cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Efficacy of selected phenolic acids in inhibiting the LasI/LasR and PQS quorum sensing pathways of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Creators: name: Leitão, Miguel M.
name: Borges, Fernanda
name: Simões, Manuel
name: Borges, Anabela
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Quorum sensing (QS) is a bacterial intercellular communication mechanism mediated by extracellular signalling molecules known as autoinducers [1]. LasI/LasR and pseudomonas quinolone signalling (PQS) are fundamental components of the QS system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These systems perform a crucial role in the regulation of gene expression in response to cell density, coordination of biofilm formation, and expression of virulence factors, as well as antimicrobial resistance [2]. Therefore, the use of QS inhibitors (QSI), especially those that interact with multiple QS systems, could be a promising strategy, not only because it can increase the efficacy of bacterial infection treatment, but also because it reduces the selective pressure for the development of resistance [2]. In particular, phenolic acids are a group of plant secondary metabolites (i.e. phytochemicals) that exhibit a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity and have excellent properties in modulating bacterial cell-cell communication 
[3]. Objective: In this study, the efficacy of ferulic acid and sinapic acid in disrupting the LasI/LasR and PQS-QS system of P. aeruginosa was investigated. Methods: The efficacy of phenolic acids (ferulic and sinapic acids) as QSI of P. aeruginosa was investigated using bioreporter strains (P. aeruginosa PA14-wild type, PA14-R3, PAO1-wild type, and PAO1-CTX). For this purpose, the ability to inhibit the production of the autoinducers N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) and PQS as well as the QS responses mediated by AHL were evaluated by a high-throughput QS inhibition screening system based on a co-cultivation assay. Results: Phenolic acids have the potential to inhibit the LasI/LasR and PQS systems by more than 85%, even at subinhibitory concentrations. In addition, reductions of 80% were observed in the production of AHL by the LasI/LasR system of P. aeruginosa. Conclusions: This study has shown that the phenolic acids tested are promising as inhibitors of LasI/LasR and PQS, allowing them to reduce the pathogenicity/virulence of P. aeruginosa.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium causing infections in one Portuguese hospital (2022-2024)
Creators: name: Antunes, Beatriz
name: Almeida-Santos, Ana C.
name: Read, Antónia
name: Alves, Valquíria
name: Novais, Carla
name: Peixe, Luísa
name: Freitas, Ana R.
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) are leading nosocomial pathogens linked to high mortality rates and costs [1,2]. VREfm are also included in the WHO global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed [3]. Their epidemiology is puzzling within Europe and VREfm data in Portuguese hospitals are lacking since the 2000s. Objective: We aimed to characterize the antibiotic susceptibility of VREfm obtained from one hospital in the Porto metropolitan area during 2022-2024. Methods: Thirty-seven pure cultures obtained from diverse clinical specimens were sent by the hospital in blood agar plates and inoculated onto Slanetz-Bartley agar. Colonies with different morphologies (typical of Enterococcus spp.) were further cultivated onto BHI agar. To specifically select VREfm, PCR screening of vanA/vanB genes was performed along with a species-specific gene, gluP, to distinguish Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus lactis (former E. faecium clade B) [4]. Antibiotic susceptibility was performed by disk diffusion or broth microdilution (linezolid) (EUCAST/CLSI). WGS (Illumina-NovaSeq) was performed on the linezolid-resistant isolate. Results: All VREfm harbored the vanA gene and were multidrug-resistant (MDR: resistant to ≥ 3 antibiotics of different families). All isolates were resistant to ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, vancomycin and teicoplanin. Most to erythromycin (94%) and quinupristin-dalfopristin (88%), and less to tetracycline (16%), streptomycin (15%), high-level gentamicin (6%), or linezolid (3%; MIC=8mg/L). None of the isolates were resistant to chloramphenicol. The linezolid resistant isolate (sequence type 80) carried a G2576T mutation in the 23s rRNA gene. Preliminary findings indicated that three cultures (9%) exhibited colonies with different susceptibility to streptomycin (n=2) and quinupristin-dalfopristin (n=1). Conclusions: Contemporaneous VREfm isolates are MDR, demanding dependence on last-resort alternatives, and vanA continues to be the dominant gene in local VREfm. Continuing surveillance of linezolid susceptibility and the need for different approaches investigating colony-level diversity are needed to optimize treatment, infection control and antibiotic stewardship.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Melanogaster nuda
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Boletales
Paxillaceae
Melanogaster
Melanogaster nuda

description: Melanogaster nuda (Macquart, 1829).
Regions: UC, GO, CK, CL, CS, SA.
Reference: Glumac (1956) (as Chrysogaster viduata), Vujić (1999b), de Groot & Govedič (2008) (as Melanogaster viduata), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
A challenge in antibiotic stewardship: detection of vancomycin-variable Enterococcus faecium (VVE) in human clinical and commensal samples (2009-2022)
Creators: name: Almeida-Santos, Ana C.
name: Tedim, Ana P.
name: Duarte, Bárbara
name: Silva, Luís M.
name: Teixeira, Júlio
name: Castro, Ana P.
name: Novais, Carla
name: Peixe, Luísa
name: Freitas, Ana R.
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Vancomycin-variable-enterococci (VVE) are vanA+ enterococci expressing a vancomycin-susceptible phenotype that can revert to a resistant phenotype (VRE) after vancomycin exposure. Objective: We aimed to screen and characterize VVE in a large collection of Enterococcus faecium (Efm) [1]. Methods: We performed a vanA-PCR screening on an extensive Efm collection (2009-2022), including hospital (n=255) and healthy-human (n=161) isolates, followed by disk-diffusion susceptibility testing. Vancomycin MICs (Etest) were performed in vanA+ isolates with a susceptible phenotype. VVE were sequenced (Illumina-MiSeq/Eurofins-Germany) and representatives of each clonal-complex-CT were sequenced by Nanopore (Plasmidsaurus/USA). cgMLST, antimicrobial resistance and plasmid-replicases (rep;Resfinder/PlasmidFinder-CGE-tools) were evaluated. vanA-transposons and plasmids were characterized and compared to references using Geneious-Prime tools, alongside NCBI blastn/blastx. Results: We identified seven VVE (7/416; 2%), six causing infections (3-urine, 1-pus, 1-blood from 2009 and 1-tissue from 2011) and one healthy-human (2022), indicating daily contact with non-treated water and no hospitalization in the previous 12-months. All VVE were vancomycin susceptible (MIC:1.5-4mg/ml), resistant to ampicillin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin and identified as ST78: five CT230 (4-clinical;1-commensal) and two clinical CT330. Hybrid assemblies of two clinical isolates, CT230 and CT330, showed a homologous Tn1546 structure with 18,211bp (vanH-vanA-∆vanX-IS1216-vanY-vanZ-other_genes-IS1216-∆tnpA-tnpB-vanR-∆vanS) flanked by IS1216. The presence of ∆vanX and ∆vanS by IS1216-insertions might explain the lack of resistant phenotype. The healthy-human isolate apparently carries an identical Tn1546 (nanopore-sequencing is ongoing). Closed genomes carried two different plasmids with Tn1546. One is a mosaic plasmid (~150kb) presenting Inc18-like-rep_pRE25, Rep1 (rep_pTT39_p3) and Rep3 (∆rep_pVRE1-VanA). The other (~107kb) carried a Rep3-like (rep_pZY2). No homologous plasmids have been described. The healthy volunteer isolate had similar rep content to hospital isolates, possibly indicating plasmid similarities or recombined plasmids. Conclusions: We firstly report identical strains and Tn1546-VVE platforms in human clinical and commensal samples across distant years. This indicates potential colonization leading to VVE selection upon hospital admission and/or antibiotic administration. Continuous surveillance of VVE is crucial for optimizing antibiotic stewardship and ensure effective treatments.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Benders decomposition algorithms for minimizing the spread of harmful contagions in networks
Creators: name: Tanınmış, Kübra
name: Aras, Necati
name: Güney, Evren
name: Sinnl, Markus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 90C11, 90C57, 90C90

description: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a recent example for the spread of a harmful contagion in large populations. Moreover, the spread of harmful contagions is not only restricted to an infectious disease, but is also relevant to computer viruses and malware in computer networks. Furthermore, the spread of fake news and propaganda in online social networks is also of major concern. In this study, we introduce the measure-based spread minimization problem (MBSMP), which can help policy makers in minimizing the spread of harmful contagions in large networks. We develop exact solution methods based on branch-and-Benders-cut algorithms that make use of the application of Benders decomposition method to two different mixed-integer programming formulations of the MBSMP: an arc-based formulation and a path-based formulation. We show that for both formulations the Benders optimality cuts can be generated using a combinatorial procedure rather than solving the dual subproblems using linear programming. Additional improvements such as using scenario-dependent extended seed sets, initial cuts, and a starting heuristic are also incorporated into our branch-and-Benders-cut algorithms. We investigate the contribution of various components of the solution algorithms to the performance on the basis of computational results obtained on a set of instances derived from existing ones in the literature.
title: Survival Of Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus Canicula, L.) Discarded By Trawlers
Creators: name: Rodríguez-Cabello, C.
name: Fernández, A.
name: Olaso, I.
name: Sánchez, F.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - N - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Discards of up to 35% represent a significant percentage of the catches in the trawl fishery. The estimated average annual dogfish catch in ICES area VIIIc is approximately 1,500 tn, from which 80% is discarded. Different experiments have been carried out in order to estimate the survival rate of the lesser spotted dogfish caught by trawlers in the Cantabrian Sea (North of Spain). Survival estimates based on tagging surveys have provided a mean value of 90% while estimates based on commercial trawlers gave 78%. No significant differences were found between males and females, and with the currently available data there was no strong relationship between survival rate and depth, sorting time or haul duration. Also, survival rate was not dependent on the length. The survival rate was estimated to be close to 0.42 based on length distributions from the total catch mortality (Z) caused by trawlers.
title: География
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Липецкий государственный технический университет, Профобразование
Year: 2024

description: Учебное пособие содержит теоретический материал и практические задания по дисциплине «География». Наиболее сложные для понимания темы расширены и подробно объяснены. Общеизвестные факты и географические особенности представлены тезисно, без излишней детализации, в виде схем, статистических таблиц и рисунков. Подготовлено в соответствии с требованиями Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта среднего профессионального образования. Предназначено для изучения дисциплины «География» по всем специальностям и профессиям.
Merodon aberrans Egger 1860
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Merodon
Merodon aberrans

description: Merodon aberrans Egger, 1860.
Regions: GO, LC.
Reference: de Groot et al. (2010), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Colistin-resistant Escherichia coli in calves and adult cattle from Portuguese dairy farms
Creators: name: Ribeiro, Madalena F.
name: Pinho, Luís
name: V. Brito, Nuno
name: Campos, Carla
name: Freitas, Ana R.
name: Quinteira, Sandra
name: Miranda, Carla
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Antimicrobial resistance poses a pressing and significant challenge, driven by the intricate interplay among animals, humans, and the environment [1]. Escherichia coli, a commensal within animal and human gut microbiota, stands as one of the most ubiquitous bacteria. With a multitude of resistance genes, many E. coli strains exhibit a multidrug-resistant phenotype, diminishing the effectiveness of available antimicrobial agents [2] and becoming a major challenge in human therapeutics. Resistance to colistin, which is currently only used in humans as a last resort against multidrug-resistant bacteria [2,3], is unknown in fecal E. coli from Portuguese bovine. Objective: To detect E. coli carrying mobilized-colistin resistance (mcr) genes isolated from Portuguese dairy cattle. Methods: Fecal pools divided by age groups (8 adult or 8 calf samples) were collected from Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle produced on 8 farms in the Northern region (Braga and Porto), with a history of antibiotic administration in the last 3 months. Each farm comprised 2 pools totaling 128 samples (8 farms´16 pools). Samples were plated onto MacConkey agar (with or without 3 µg/mL colistin). Typical colonies from each plate were identified by MALDI-TOF MS and screened for mcr-1, mcr-2 and mcr-3 genes by PCR [3]. Results: Representative E. coli (n=26) identified in 15/16 pools (7 adults and 8 calves) were selected for mcr screening. The mcr-1 gene was detected in 46% (n=12) of the E. coli isolates from 11 positive pools (6 isolates from 6 calf pools and 6 isolates from 5 adult animal pools). In 5 farms, both age groups analyzed were positive. No mcr-2 and mcr-3 were identified. Conclusions: This study represents the first detection of the mcr-1 colistin-resistance gene in E. coli from dairy cattle, including calves, in Portugal. These highlight the potential public health risk posed by livestock as a reservoir and source of mcr-1genes able to reach humans through the food chain or the environment.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Merodon aerarius Rondani 1857
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Merodon
Merodon aerarius

description: Merodon aerarius Rondani, 1857. *
Regions: UC, GO, CL.
Reference: de Groot et al. (2010) (as Merodon aeneus C).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Introduction to Open Science: Why it is necessary and how we practice open science at WIN
Creators: name: Gould van Praag, Cassandra
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5553231
description: Intorduction to open science, presented at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) Graduate Programme.
Unlocking success: the crucial role of good clinical practices in veterinary practice for antimicrobial resistance control
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Inês C.
name: Ribeiro-Almeida, Marisa
name: Ribeiro, Jorge
name: Silveira, Leonor
name: C. Prata, Joana
name: Pista, Ângela
name: Martins Da Costa, Paulo
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global health challenge, impacting both humans and animals [1]. The emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria among pets heighten the risk of transmission to humans or animals, given their close interaction [2]. Objective: This study aimed to underscore the importance of implementing good clinical practices in veterinary medicine, using a clinical case of a dog exhibiting purulent rhinorrhea diagnosed with extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae). Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on cases admitted to the Veterinary Hospital (UPVet) of ICBAS, University of Porto, throughout 2022. A clinical case was selected based on the isolation of a multidrug-resistant bacterial strain considered clinically relevant for public health. Antimicrobial resistance profiling and Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) were conducted on the isolated strains [3]. Results: A 1-year-old dog presenting signs of vomiting and mucopurulent rhinorrhea was brought to UPVet for an emergency appointment. During the examination, a nasal sample was taken, revealing a pure culture of ESBL K. pneumoniae. Amikacin was chosen for treatment and the animal was promptly placed in isolation with appropriate biosafety measures. After seven days, methicillin-resistant (MRSP) Staphylococcus pseudintermedius was also isolated in a nasal swab. Genotypic analysis showed similarities between ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae strains, while the MRSP strains differed: the first MRSP exhibited resistance to aminoglycosides and the second carried the aac(6′)-aph(2″) gene, heightening its resistance to amikacin. After antibiotic treatment, neither ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae nor MRSP were isolated. Within 6 months post-case, no similar K. pneumoniae from UPVet was found. Conclusions: The emergence of MRSP strains may have been favored by ongoing antibiotic therapy. Nevertheless, veterinary intervention focused on identifying the potential causative agent and selecting the optimal antibiotic choice likely contributed to resolving the infectious process. The implemented biosafety measures may have played a crucial role in containing the spread of K. pneumoniae throughout hospital facilities. Hence, targeted therapy, alongside proper clinical practices, improves treatment success rates and mitigates antimicrobial resistance, safeguarding the health of animals, humans, and the environment.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Community building in Scientific open source in latin america
Creators: name: Peña-Castellanos, Gonzalo Andrés
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Latin america, Open Source

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5706382
description: The CZI mission to 'cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of the century' implicitly requires reaching everyone on Earth, which creates an imperative for Open Science to have global reach. This requires situated (e.g., in the local language, locally and culturally grounded) Open Science organizations that flourish in their local context. Our presenters will discuss their experience with efforts building Open Source and Open Science in Latin America.
title: Using Simulation Results And Bayesian Belief Networks To Assist Fisheries Planning: A Case Study Of The Patagonian Toothfish Fishery At Macquarie Island
Creators: name: Kuikka, Sakari
name: Tuck, Geoff
name: Smith, Tony
name: He, Xi
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - N - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.In this paper we consider two key areas of fisheries management. Firstly, we demonstrate how knowledge related to biological hypotheses and observations can be brought into fisheries management modelling in a relatively simple way. Secondly, we show how value-of-information and value-of-control can be used when planning fisheries management systems. We apply Bayesian belief network methodology to the fishery for Patagonian toothfish at Macquarie Island, Australia. In this fishery, fishers’ observations, as well as the scientific data, suggest that large-sized transient fish, increasing the total catches and CPUE values in a remarkable but also unpredictable way, might occasionally occupy the area. We use a model to simulate the daily fishing decisions of the fishers. We show that the reaction of the fishers to the variability in daily income includes a strong self-regulatory mechanism, which serves to protect the stock. The probabilistic output results of this system are further analysed in a belief network model, including biological observations from genetics, tagging experiments and fatty acid compositions. We demonstrate that in addition to catch limits as management tools, economic tools focusing on the behaviour of the fishermen can be effective in fisheries planning, especially in increasing the robustness of management systems. Moreover, changes within the utility function can reveal potential conflicts between various interest groups.
Merodon albifrons Meigen 1822
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Merodon
Merodon albifrons

description: Merodon albifrons Meigen, 1822.
Regions: CK, SA.
Reference: Glumac (1956) (as Lampetia albifrons).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Open science and the role of rights management
Creators: name: Galimberti, Paola
name: Jacq, Violaine
name: Rindom Riise, Rasmus
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Open Science
Open Access
Copyright

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6414579
description: Copyright plays an important role in research publishing and Open Science. Transfer of copyright from researcher to publisher is the legal instrument that publishers use to establish paywalls to the research. This session will shed light on this transfer and its consequences for realization of Open Science, and present possible alternatives to the copyright transfer agreement. The session will also present the open copyright licenses, Creative Commons, which are the most used licenses within Open Science.
title: The changing face of european metropolis : the culture of urbanism
Creators: name: Bollerey, Franziska
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Europa
subject: Metropole
subject: Städtebau
subject: 720

description: Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium vom 18. bis 21. Juni 1992 in Weimar an der Hochschule für Architektur und Bauwesen zum Thema: ‚Architektur und Macht’
description: Architektur und Macht: 6. Internationales Bauhaus-Kolloquium Weimar 1992, vol. 39, 1993, no. 1/2, p. 139
description: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Hochschule für Architektur und Bauwesen Weimar, vol. 39, 1993, no. 1/2, p. 139
Seasonal Oxygen-Metabolism and Cutaneous Osmoregulation in California Newt, Taricha-Torosa
Creators: name: Harlow, Henry
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: While breathing air at rest, aquatic Taricha torosa consumed 0.054 cm302 g-1 h-1, which represent oxygen metabolism twice that of the terrestrial phase. There was no significant difference in the rate of oxygen consumption between phases upon sub-mergence. Aquatic newts accumulated a significantly higher lactate debt than the terrestrial phase while underwater. Aquatic newts had a higher emerged heart rate and exhibited a significantly greater bradycardial response after 40 min of dive. Although initiation of the response was relatively slow in both phases, lowest heart rates were realized after 60-120 min. The reduced oxygen uptake and increased blood lactate levels during a dive by aquatic newts suggest that skin permeability may be a limiting factor for oxygen uptake. Data from this study do not indicate cutaneous changes to have respiratory consequence. Aquatic T. torosa skin exhibited significantly lower in vitro rates of water transfer in an osmotic gradient of 210 mOsm/liter and a significantly greater rate of sodium transport when compared to the terrestrial phase. The results of these experiments imply an osmoregulatory function for seasonal morphological skin changes displayed by T. torosa.
Emergency crisis kit used in veterinary palliative care of a cat with suspected gastric lymphoma and other co-morbidities
Creators: name: Da Costa, Joana Maria
name: Correia Prata, Joana
name: Queiroga, Felisbina
name: Parrinha, Hugo
name: Barroso, Teresa
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Emergency Crisis Kits for palliative veterinary patients ensure adequate measures to be taken in a sudden and/or acute situation until assistance from a veterinary medical doctor can be procured [1]. Objective: This case study demonstrates the use of a personalized Emergency Crisis Kit on a cat with gastric lymphoma and other co-morbidities. Results: It was found that the Emergency Crisis Kit helped to improve the cat’s quality of life, as well as relieve the caretaker burner syndrome of owners, promoting closeness, empathy, and confidence with the veterinary team. Conclusion: Emergency Crisis Kits empower pet owners to be more active in the palliative management of their animals, by providing aid in moments of pain, distress and discomfort and by preventing stressful and traumatic experiences [2,3]. However, the use of Emergency Crisis Kits must be further disseminated and implemented.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Merodon analis Meigen 1822
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Merodon
Merodon analis

description: Merodon analis Meigen, 1822.
Regions: GO, CL, LC.
Reference: Vujić et al. (2020b)
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
title: Дискретная математика и математическая логика
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Липецкий государственный технический университет, Профобразование
Year: 2024

description: В настоящем учебном пособии рассматриваются некоторые разделы дискретной математики и математической логики. В каждом разделе приведено большое количество иллюстраций и подробно разобранных примеров. Подготовлено в соответствии с требованиями Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта среднего профессионального образования. Предназначено для изучения дисциплин «Дискретная математика», «Элементы математической логики», «Дискретная математика с элементами математической логики», «Математическая логика и теория алгоритмов» по укрупненным группам специальностей «Информатика и вычислительная техника» и «Информационная безопасность».
Sustainable societies and industries 5.0
Creators: name: Portela, Filipe
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Today’s cities have transcended their historical simplicity into multifaceted ecosystems teeming with challenges and opportunities. The quest for environmentally conscious and sustainable societies has never been more pressing, led by industries that profoundly influence our urban fabric. From the spectre of CO2 emissions to the challenge of using eco processes or from the promotion of product circulation to the task of waste management or reuse of natural resources (e.g., water) extensive usages, cities grapple with complex issues that reverberate through the lives of their inhabitants. The population remains largely unaware of the tangible repercussions of their daily actions. We must be alert to these issues, reduce our carbon footprint, and decrease natural resource usage. Unfortunately, there is no single solution to the earth’s problems. Still, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Gamification can help make it a better place to live. This presentation aims to draw attention to some of society's problems and show some solutions that are being developed to help create a more sustainable environment in the future. From predictive analytics to intelligent resource management systems, AI is key to unlocking unprecedented insights and efficiencies in our quest for greener, more sustainable urban environments. Gamification is a complementary key because it can help engage citizens and motivate them to perform more green actions. Raising people’s awareness and endowing them with the correct technologies are the keys to an increasingly sustainable society and even more digital and resource-optimized industry.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
title: Is The Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus Canicula) From The Cantabrian Sea, A Unique Stock ?
Creators: name: Rodríguez-Cabello, C.
name: Sánchez, F.
name: Fernández, A.
name: Olaso, I.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - O - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Technologies and data

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.A summary of the information recorded from tagging surveys since 1993 for S. canicula in the VIIIc ICES area is presented. A total of 6619 specimens have been tagged, the recapture rate being around 2.3 %. The maximum distance recorded has been 158.9 miles while the 70 % of the specimens recaptured were in less than 15 miles and 56 % less than 10 miles. From this data, a priori, we can affirm that this specie remains in certain areas, making short movements. At the moment no differences are found between males and females and no seasonal pattern is detected. Apparently, there is no a relation between time at liberty and distanced covered. Spatial and bathymetrical distribution of both juveniles and adults of this specie is presented and combined with the previous one to describe the habitat of this specie.
Criodrilus lacuum HOFFMEISTER 1845
Creators: name: Csuzdi, C.
name: Pavlíček, T.
name: Mısırlıoğlu, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Crassiclitellata
Criodrilidae
Criodrilus
Criodrilus lacuum

description: Criodrilus lacuum HOFFMEISTER, 1845
 Criodrilus lacuum: ČERNOSVITOV 1940: 440, OMODEO 1952: 3, PAVLÍČEK, CSUZDI & NEVO 2003: 457.
 Material examined: Z/15087 one ex. Turkey, Hatay Province, left bank of the Orontes River, near Karşıyaka, 36°05’N, 36°03’E, mud sediments covered by Tamariscus and reed, leg. T. PAVLÍČEK, 14 April 2006.
description: Published as part of Csuzdi, C., Pavlíček, T. & Mısırlıoğlu, M., 2007, Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Criodrilidae And Acanthodrilidae) Of Hatay Province, Turkey, With Description Of Three New Lumbricids, pp. 347-361 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (4) on page 358, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12585314
European Space Agency (ESA)’s human research science activities
Creators: name: Balk, Melike
name: Antunes, Inês
name: Rios, Gabriel
name: Van Ombergen, Angelique
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: The mission of the European Space Agency (ESA)’s human spaceflight and robotic exploration (HRE) programme is a sustainable and international endeavour to visit new places and make novel discoveries. The ESA HRE strategy includes three destinations where humans will work with robots to gather new knowledge: low-Earth orbit on the International Space Station, the Moon and Mars.
 To enable human exploration beyond low Earth orbit it is crucial to reduce the risks of spaceflight in human health and performance. ESA is running a dedicated research programme that leads to the development and delivery of human health, performance, and countermeasures and risk mitigation solutions for unwanted effects from space hazards, and advanced habitability and medical support technologies. The main research topics focus on human health and performance (physiology and behavioural health), radiation, habitability and medical capabilities. Furthermore, space and space analogues also offer unique possibilities to study health problems related to diseases, ageing and immobility which then might yield benefits for terrestrial medicine. This presentation will focus on ESA’s Human Exploration activities, including mainly human research across the variety of platforms and destinations within the ESA HRE portfolio. Here, the aim to outline recent highlights stemming from ESA Life Sciences research, focusing mainly on Human research activities, the research priorities for the future, and how the science community can get involved with ESA’s HRE science programme.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Merodon armipes Rondani 1843
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Merodon
Merodon armipes

description: Merodon armipes Rondani, 1843.
Regions: GO, CK, LC.
Reference: Glumac (1956) (as Lampetia armipes), de Groot & Govedič (2008), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Climate as nobody’s thing or as common heritage?
Creators: name: Magalhães, Paulo
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: When the latest ILC report states that “Atmosphere and airspace are two different concepts which must be distinguished (...)”, this opens the pathway to make the “functional” dimension of the earth system autonomous, from the “static” territorial element of sovereignty. This development makes it possible to answer the question: “What is Climate from a legal point of view?”. The current inability to legally portray the functional dynamics of the planet was at the origin of the non-recognition of the good Stable Climate itself as a Common Heritage of Humankind, and the choice to address the problem – climate change is a Common Concern of Humankind. This option has limited the action strategy to avoid/mitigate/neutralize emissions, preventing the internalization of benefits in the good Stable Climate, because they disappear into the global legal void. This makes it impossible to build an economy capable of actively care/restore/regenerate climate. Today, there is no incentive or compensation system for negative emissions. The tragic paradox in which we find ourselves is that the current legal status of climate change as a “concern of humankind”, in fact, maintains and prolongs the condition of the climate system as a nobody’s thing, the status of res nullius [1], the dumpster of humankind [2]. This status, conditions and limits all efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere (through nature-based solutions or the use of new technologies), to neutralize and maintain current emissions or generating rights to make even more emissions. In other words, it does not allow the development of an economic activity to remove CO2 already in excess and restore the functioning of the Climate System.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Upper Mantle P-Wave Velocity Structure from Passcal Teleseismic Transects Across Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado
Creators: name: Dueker, Ken
name: Yuan, H. Y.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Inversion of teleseismic P-time residuals along two linear seismic arrays provides well-resolved inverse images of the upper mantle. Low velocity bodies beneath the Yellowstone Hotspot Track and the Grand Mesa volcanic field in western Colorado are similar in shape and magnitude. In the two places where our transects cross the 1.78 Ga Archean-Proterozoic Cheyenne suture, high velocities are imaged to 150 km. Beneath the Leucite Hills volcanic field in Wyoming a small upper mantle low velocity body is imaged. Whether these anomalies are lithospheric or asthenospheric in origin is poorly constrained, but the consistent high velocities beneath the Cheyenne suture suggest a lithospheric origin. Likewise, the lack of extension beneath the western Colorado volcanic fields suggests that a low-solidus lithosphere is being disturbed by a regional heating event.
Lithium: a crucial non-toxic metal for the energy transition
Creators: name: Lima, Alexandre
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Lithium is a strategic metal globally. The expanding market for lithium (Li) batteries, utilized in a diverse range of products from electric vehicles and renewable energy storage and backup to smartphones and laptops, is driving a growing demand for lithium, amplifying the risk of supply shortages and surging prices. With the ongoing energy transition, advanced geological exploration technologies are essential to uncover mineral deposits containing critical elements like Li. Currently, most of it originates from pegmatites, primarily spodumene. Spodumene concentrates can be obtained from various sources such as tailings, waste piles, quarries serving ceramic and glass industries containing spodumene in pegmatites. The majority of lithium deposits in Europe are associated with Li–Cs–Ta (LCT) pegmatites. While traditional exploration methods rely heavily on geochemical surveys and related tools, there is a pressing need to assess alternative techniques, particularly remote sensing (RS) and geophysics. Recent developments have explored the application of remote sensing data in detecting lithium (Li), focusing on identifying either pegmatite or brine deposits. The Greenpeg H2020 project that was focused in Europe is scheduled to be concluded in 2024. However, our objective extends beyond this timeline, aiming to implement exploration tools tailored for pegmatites in tropical environments. Our cutting-edge research on Critical Raw Materials (CRM) within the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) primarily involves a comparative study of Li minerals sourced from pegmatites across CPLP regions. With studies specialized in pegmatites in Portugal, Mozambique, and Brazil, our overarching goal is to secure research that conduct an intensive analysis of each pegmatite field type and establish connections between them. By doing so, we aim to enhance exploration techniques specifically tailored for rare-element pegmatites, thereby advancing our understanding and optimizing the utilization of these valuable mineral resources. With that we hope to help to secure energy transition for Europe. 
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Carbonate Assimilation in the Alkaline Hortavaer Igneous Complex, Norway
Creators: name: Barnes, C. G.
name: Li, Y.
name: Barnes, M.
name: McCullock, L.
name: Frost, Carol
name: Prestvik, T.
name: Allen, C.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Meeting abstract for "Carbonate Assimilation in the Alkaline Hortavaer Igneous Complex, Norway," Aug-Sept 2006.
Local continuous extension of proper holomorphic maps: low-regularity and infinite-type boundaries
Creators: name: Banik, Annapurna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 32A40, 32H35 (Primary) 32F45 (Secondary)

description: We prove a couple of results on local continuous extension of proper holomorphic maps $F:D \rightarrow Ω$, $D, Ω\varsubsetneq \mathbb{C}^n$, making local assumptions on $\partial{D}$ and $\partialΩ$. The first result allows us to have much lower regularity, for the patches of $\partial{D}, \partialΩ$ that are relevant, than in earlier results. The second result (and a result closely related to it) is in the spirit of a result by Forstneric--Rosay. However, our assumptions allow $\partialΩ$ to contain boundary points of infinite type.
description: 20 pages. Added references; added Remark 6.1. Accepted for publication in J. Math. Anal. Appl.; DOI of the published journal article given elsewhere on this page>>
Merodon aureus Fabricius 1805
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Merodon
Merodon aureus

description: Merodon aureus Fabricius, 1805. *
Regions: UC, GO, CK, CL, LC, CS.
Reference: Strobl (1894) (as Merodon aeneus Megerle in Meigen, 1822), Funk & Graeffe (1895) (as Merodon aeneus), Strobl (1910) (as Merodon aeneus), de Groot (2004) (as Merodon aeneus), de Groot & Govedič (2008) (as Merodon aeneus), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
CMB imprints of high scale non-thermal leptogenesis
Creators: name: Ghoshal, Anish
name: Nanda, Dibyendu
name: Saha, Abhijit Kumar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the imprints of high scale non-thermal leptogenesis on cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the measurements of inflationary spectral index ($n_s$) and tensor-to-scalar ratio ($r$), which otherwise is inaccessible to the conventional laboratory experiments. We argue that non-thermal production of baryon (lepton) asymmetry from subsequent decays of inflaton to heavy right-handed neutrinos (RHN) and RHN to SM leptons is sensitive to the reheating dynamics in the early Universe after the end of inflation. Such dependence provides detectable imprints on the $n_s-r$ plane which is well constrained by the Planck experiment. We investigate two separate cases, (I) inflaton decays to radiation dominantly and (II) inflaton decays to RHN dominantly which further decays to the SM particles to reheat the Universe adequately. Considering a class of $α-$ attractor inflation models, we obtain the allowed mass ranges for RHN for both cases and thereafter furnish the estimates for $n_s$ and $r$. The prescription proposed here is general and can be implemented in various kinds of single-field inflationary models given the conditions for non-thermal leptogenesis are satisfied.
description: Accepted for Publication in Physics Letter B
TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Creators: name: Ozodakhon Elmurod qizi Izzatillaeva Uzbekistan state world languages university
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) stands as a prominent approach in language education, emphasizing practical application over traditional rote learning. This pedagogical method centers around the execution of meaningful tasks to enhance language acquisition. In this article, we delve into the theory behind Task-Based Language Teaching, explore its practical implications, and examine its effectiveness in fostering communicative competence in second language learning.

Keywords: Task-Based Language Teaching, Language Acquisition, Communicative Competence, Second Language Learning
How can we achieve a sustainable nuclear fuel cycle?
Creators: name: M. Harwood, Laurence
name: Afsar, Ashfaq
name: Singh Babra, Jasraj
name: Bond, Gary
name: Burk, Jaanus
name: June Choi, Sang
name: Cowell, Joseph
name: Davis, Frederick
name: Distler, Petr
name: Eccles, Harry
name: Edwards, Chad
name: Geist, Andreas
name: E. Hodson, Mark
name: Hopkins, Iain
name: Hudson, Michael
name: Holdsworth, Alistair
name: Jang, Geungseok
name: Jang, Jiseon
name: John, Jan
name: Sung Lee, Dae
name: Jin Lee, Kyung
name: Seung Lee, Taek
name: Lewis, Frank
name: Mohan, Saeed
name: Ogden, Mark
name: Pepper, Sarah
name: Selfe, Zoe
name: Shaw, Elizabeth
name: Sharrad, Clint
name: Smith, Chris
name: Soon Song, Jong
name: Tamm, Kaido
name: Westwood, James
name: Whitehead, Roger
name: Whittle, Karl
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Dealing with spent nuclear fuel is key if nuclear fission is to be used more widely going forward. Nuclear power is close to carbon neutral, but spent nuclear fuel has a storage lifetime of ~300,000 years. Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is carried out on large scale using the PUREX “Plutonium Uranium Reduction and Extraction” process. The spent nuclear fuel is reduced to 15% of its original weight and the separated uranium and plutonium reused as “Mixed Oxide Fuel”. In the civil sector, this was carried out by the UK at Sellafield (now curtailed) and continues in France at La Hague. A plant in Rokashamura in Japan has been mothballed after the Fukushima accident. The residual waste must be stored for ~9,000 years with most of the remaining radiotoxicity due to traces of the minor actinides, neptunium, americium and curium, constituting just 0.1% of the original spent fuel. Separation of these minor actinides from the chemically very similar lanthanides (rare earths) in the last 15% of waste remaining after PUREX is the key step for future reprocessing. If separated, the minor actinides can be used as fuel in the next generation of nuclear reactors and converted into benign products, but lanthanides will cause the fission process to shut down if introduced into the reactor pile as they absorb neutrons efficiently. Removing the minor actinides from post PUREX waste will mean that the final residue need only be stored for 300 years. The highly challenging separation of the chemically very similar minor actinides from the lanthanides has been achieved using nitrogen-bearing organic ligands developed at Reading University. This can lead to significantly improved handling of spent nuclear fuels and means that waste nuclear fuel need not be a long-term storage liability but a source of yet more clean power.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)