cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Whither Ripeness Theory?
Creators: name: Pruitt, Dean G.
Publisher: name: School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Ripeness

description: Ripeness theory, in its most common version, concerns the psychological states that encourage parties who are involved in severe conflict to move into negotiation—either bilateral or mediated. This monograph first summarizes ripeness theory as it stands today, while drawing on the writings of I. William Zartman, the founder of this field, and several other international relations scholars. Then it presents a critique, which recasts this important theory in conventional psychological terms; uses the language of variables rather than necessary states; and focuses on the psychological states of individual actors rather than on joint psychological states. The recast theory, which is called “readiness theory,” argues that an actor’s readiness for conflict resolution is a function of both motivation to end the conflict and optimism about the success of negotiation. This revision appears to (a) fit more historical cases than the original; (b) be more heuristic in the sense of suggesting testable theoretical propositions; and (c) have greater reach, thus casting light on concession making, agreement, compliance, and third-party activation.
Machine learning to the rescue: Enabling novel proteomics workflows with data-driven bioinformatics methods
Creators: name: Gabriels, Ralf
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Proteomics
subject: Mass spectrometry
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Computational biology
subject: Machine learning
subject: Deep learning

description: Proteins are the molecular work horse of the cell and carry out many functional and structural tasks. In depth knowledge of the complement of all proteins in a cell or tissue, called the proteome, can provide valuable insights into cellular biology in health and disease. To study the proteome in high throughput, liquid-chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is most-often the platform of choice. The result of an LC-MS/MS experiment is a large set of peptide spectra that require specific bioinformatics software to be identified. However, the confident identification of peptide spectra is not always straightforward, especially when novel challenging proteomics workflows are used. Examples of such workflows are data independent acquisition (DIA), proteogenomics, metaproteomics, biopeptidomics, and immunopeptidomics. Fortunately, machine learning (ML) can provide accurate predictions of peptide behavior in LC-MS/MS, allowing more LC-MS/MS data to be used in the identification process, resulting in a higher sensitivity. In this PhD research, the use of ML to enable novel proteomics workflows is investigated in-depth. First, the peptide spectrum predictor MS²PIP is significantly improved and extended to more use-cases. Second, a novel paradigm for the proteome-wide identification of DIA data is proposed and developed. Third, a perspective of the current state of peptide LC-MS/MS behavior predictors is given. Fourth, the MS²PIP spectrum predictor is integrated in a fully data-driven post-processing pipeline, which is subsequently applied on the various challenging proteomics workflows mentioned above. Fifth, preliminary results are shown on a novel modification-aware spectrum predictor. Each of the detailed applications of spectrum prediction for improved identification performance resulted in a more sensitive scoring function leading to more confident peptide identifications. In conclusion, ML proved to be a valuable tool for the identification of peptide mass spectra in challenging proteomics workflows. In the future, where proteomics experiments will become increasingly demanding, ML is expected to take up a central role in proteomics data analysis workflows.
title: The truth about intelligence
title: Framework 1,0,-1
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Bargiel, Marek Paweł
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This work introduces Framework 1.0.-1, a trinary model of intelligence and consciousness, based on the 1, 0, -1 structure. It proposes that intelligence is not an isolated trait but an emergent property of reality, cycling through three fundamental states. 

Applying this model, the framework spans quantum mechanics, AI development, civilization cycles, personal cognition, and collective intelligence. It integrates trinary AI logic, self-regulating intelligence structures, and a consciousness singularity model, suggesting a new paradigm for understanding reality as intelligence in motion.

 

The Singularity of Consciousness Chain further refines this model, mapping the evolution of intelligence from pure logic to infinite potential, emphasizing the foundational virtues of honesty, loyalty, and honor as prerequisites for advanced intelligence.

 

This work challenges binary limitations in computing, philosophy, and societal structures, advocating for trinary cognition as the next evolutionary leap in intelligence.
Potential contributions of the methodology to the variability of glycaemic index of foods
Creators: name: Flavel, Matthew
name: Markandeya Jois
name: Kitchen, Barry
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Glycaemic index (GI) testing provides a useful point of comparison between carbohydrate sources. For this comparison to be meaningful, the methods used to determine GI values need to be rigorous and consistent between testing events. This requirement has led to increasing standardization of the GI methodology, with an international standard developed in joint consultation with FAO/WHO (ISO 26642:2010) currently the most up to date document. The purpose of this review is to compare the international standard to methods of published studies claiming to have performed a GI test. This analysis revealed that the international standard permits a wide range of choices for researchers when designing a GI testing plan, rather than a single standardized protocol. It has also been revealed that the literature contains significant variation, both between studies and from the international standard for critical aspects of GI testing methodology. The primary areas of variation include; what glucose specification is used, which reference food is used, how much reference food is given, what drink is given during testing, the blood sampling site chosen and what assay and equipment is used to measure blood glucose concentration. For each of these aspects we have explored some of the methodological and physiological implications of these variations. These insights suggest that whilst the international standard has assisted with framing the general parameters of GI testing, further stan-dardization to testing procedures is still required to ensure the continued relevance of the GI to clinical nutrition.
Socialisation, Training, and Help-Seeking Specific Puppy Raising Practices That Predict Desirable Behaviours in Trainee Assistance Dog Puppies
Creators: name: Mai, Dac Loc
name: Howell, Tiffani
name: Pree Benton
name: Bennett, Pauleen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Puppies are often purpose-bred and carefully selected to be future assistance dog candidates. Early experiences during their stay with volunteer puppy raisers help shape their behaviour as young adults, which is an important determinant of whether they are selected for further training. Exactly how puppy raisers’ practices contribute to puppy behavioural development during this time remains unknown. The current study aimed to address this by investigating relationships between puppy raisers’ practices, various support factors, and puppy behaviour. A total of 231 puppy raisers (205 females, 25 males, 1 preferred not to say), aged between 18 and 79 years old (M = 40, SD = 18), completed an online survey. They provided demographic information, described their puppy raising practices (e.g., ‘I walk my puppy regularly even when I don't feel like doing it’, ‘I know what to do when my puppy doesn't behave’), ranked their perceived support from various sources (e.g., organisation's dog trainers, other puppy raisers, family members, and friends) and rated their puppy's behaviour (e.g., [My puppy] pulls towards unfamiliar dogs). A principal component analysis revealed that the puppy-raising practices item set was factorable, with three internally consistent subscales, i.e., Socialisation, Training, and Help-Seeking Behaviour. Stepwise linear regression showed that Socialisation and Training predicted most puppy behaviours (Trainability, General Anxiety, Adaptability, and Excitability). In turn, these two factors were predicted by support from mentors/counsellors, although mediation analyses indicated that raiser's help-seeking behaviour mediated these relationships. While further research is required, it is recommended that, to ensure optimal puppy rearing outcomes, organisations should invest resources in improving and supervising puppy raisers’ practices, particularly through promoting a help-seeking culture amongst puppy raisers and through sharing the experiences of previous puppy raisers.
Behaviour, cognition, and autism symptoms and their relationship with sleep problem severity in young children with autism spectrum disorder
Creators: name: Roussis, Stephanie
name: Richdale, Amanda
name: Katz, Terry
name: Malow, Beth
name: Barbaro, Josephine
name: Sadka, Nancy
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology

description: No description supplied.
Behaviour, cognition, and autism symptoms and their relationship with sleep problem severity in young children with autism spectrum disorder.
Creators: name: Roussis, Stephanie
name: Richdale, Amanda
name: Katz, Terry
name: Malow, Beth
name: Barbaro, Josephine
name: Sadka, Nancy
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In autism, poor sleep begins in early childhood, varies in severity and is associated with behavioural difficulties. We examined relationships between sleep and behaviour in young children with autism and no, mild/typical or severe/atypical sleep problems to determine behavioural profiles that may differentiate sleep problem severity. Method: Parents of children with autism aged 2- to 5-years reported on their child's sleep behaviour (CSHQ), including additional written descriptions of sleep behaviours. Children were then classified as good sleepers or as having mild/typical or severe/atypical sleep problems using National Sleep Foundation guidelines and current sleep literature. The three sleep groups were compared on autistic severity (ADOS), cognition (Mullen Scales of Early Leaning) and behaviour (BASC-3). Results: Parents of 46 children aged 24- to 71-months participated. The severe/atypical sleep group were more likely to have multiple severe sleep difficulties. The sleep groups did not differ on autism severity or cognition. The BASC-3 withdrawal subscale differentiated severe problem sleepers from the other groups, while BASC-3 inattention differentiated problem sleepers from good sleepers. The severe/atypical sleep problem group also had more overall behaviour problems than good sleepers Conclusions: Social withdrawal and multiple, severe sleep difficulties may underlie difficulties in treating poor sleep in some autistic children, suggesting that an individualised approach to treatment is needed to address severe sleep concerns. Early detection and intervention for poor sleep may reduce or prevent significant sleep and behavioural concerns continuing into later childhood. Sleep interventions that include targeting attention and withdrawal behaviours may assist in in this regard.
Imperialism and social movement unionism in South African responses to the Just Transition
Creators: name: McNamara, Thomas
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4404
subject: Development studies
classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: In November 2021, South Africa signed the first international Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). This unlocked 8.5 billion USD in donor funding (primarily loans) to decarbonise its economy. The processes and substance of this decarbonisation have been criticised by unions and by civil society. This article traces the stakeholder consultation process through which civil society encouraged marginal improvements while broadly legitimising the JETP, and it details the causes and implications of South African unions’ decreased engagement with the Just Transition. The article argues that the specifics of civil society’s engagement with multistakeholder consultations, and organised labour’s disengagement, work towards legitimising a donor- and market-led transition. In partially explaining why a powerful civil society and the labour movement have not demanded more radical change, the article highlights tensions between the ‘professional class’ that dominates responses to climate change and a workers’ movement where political power is deeply tied to identarian mobilisation.
Nitrogen cycling in coastal sediment microbial communities with seasonally variable benthic nutrient fluxes
Creators: name: AJ Marshall
name: A Longmore
name: L Phillips
name: Caixian Tang
name: HL Hayden
name: KB Heidelberg
name: Mele, Pauline
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Benthic microbial communities contribute to nitrogen (N) cycling in coastal ecosystems through taxon-specific processes such as anammox, nitrification and N-fixation and community attributed pathways such as denitrification. By measuring the total (DNA-based) and active (RNA-based) surface sediment microbial community composition and the abundance and activity profiles of key N-cycling genes in a semi-enclosed embayment — Port Phillip Bay (PPB), Australia — we show that although the total relative abundance of N-cycling taxa is comparatively lower close to estuary inputs (Hobsons Bay [HB]), the capacity for this community to perform diverse N-cycling processes is comparatively higher than in sediments isolated from inputs (Central PPB [CPPB]). In HB, seasonal structuring of the sediment microbial community occurred between spring and summer, co-occurring with decreases in the activity profiles of anammox bacteria and organic carbon content. No changes were detected in the activity profiles of nitrifiers or the community-based pathway denitrification. Although no seasonal structuring of the sediment microbial community occurred in CPPB, the activity profiles of key N-cycling genes displayed comparatively higher within-site variability. These results show that despite N-cycling taxa representing a smaller fraction of the total community composition in estuary impacted sediments (HB) these microbial communities consistently engage in N-cycling processes and that seasonal instability in the composition of this community is not reflective of changes in its capacity to cycle N through coupled nitrification−denitrification but potentially via changes within the anammox community.
Re-evaluation of the podosphaera tridactyla species complex in australia
Creators: name: Smith, Reannon
name: May, TW
name: Kaur, Jatinder
name: Sawbridge, Tim
name: Mann, Ross
name: Pascoe, IG
name: Edwards, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology

description: The Podosphaera tridactyla species complex is highly variable morphologically and causes powdery mildew on a wide range of Prunus species, including stone fruit. A taxonomic revision of the Po. tridactyla species complex in 2020 identified 12 species, seven of which were newly charac-terised. In order to clarify which species of this complex are present in Australia, next generation sequencing was used to isolate the fungal ITS+28S and host matK chloroplast gene regions from 56 powdery mildew specimens of stone fruit and ornamental Prunus species accessioned as Po. tridac-tyla or Oidium sp. in Australian reference collections. The specimens were collected in Australia, Switzerland, Italy and Korea and were collected from 1953 to 2018. Host species were confirmed using matK phylogenetic analysis, which identified that four had been misidentified as Prunus but were actually Malus prunifolia. Podosphaera species were identified using ITS+28S phylogenetic anal-ysis, recognising three Podosphaera species on stone fruit and related ornamental Prunus hosts in Australia. These were Po. pannosa, the rose powdery mildew, and two species in the Po. tridactyla species complex: Po. ampla, which was the predominant species, and a previously unidentified species from peach, which we describe here as Po. cunningtonii.
Re-evaluation of the podosphaera tridactyla species complex in australia
Creators: name: Reannon Smith
name: TW May
name: J Kaur
name: Sawbridge, Tim
name: RC Mann
name: IG Pascoe
name: Edwards, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Podosphaera tridactyla species complex is highly variable morphologically and causes powdery mildew on a wide range of Prunus species, including stone fruit. A taxonomic revision of the Po. tridactyla species complex in 2020 identified 12 species, seven of which were newly charac-terised. In order to clarify which species of this complex are present in Australia, next generation sequencing was used to isolate the fungal ITS+28S and host matK chloroplast gene regions from 56 powdery mildew specimens of stone fruit and ornamental Prunus species accessioned as Po. tridac-tyla or Oidium sp. in Australian reference collections. The specimens were collected in Australia, Switzerland, Italy and Korea and were collected from 1953 to 2018. Host species were confirmed using matK phylogenetic analysis, which identified that four had been misidentified as Prunus but were actually Malus prunifolia. Podosphaera species were identified using ITS+28S phylogenetic anal-ysis, recognising three Podosphaera species on stone fruit and related ornamental Prunus hosts in Australia. These were Po. pannosa, the rose powdery mildew, and two species in the Po. tridactyla species complex: Po. ampla, which was the predominant species, and a previously unidentified species from peach, which we describe here as Po. cunningtonii.
Re-evaluation of the podosphaera tridactyla species complex in australia
Creators: name: Smith, Reannon
name: May, TW
name: Kaur, Jatinder
name: Sawbridge, Tim
name: Mann, RC
name: Pascoe, IG
name: Edwards, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024

description: The Podosphaera tridactyla species complex is highly variable morphologically and causes powdery mildew on a wide range of Prunus species, including stone fruit. A taxonomic revision of the Po. tridactyla species complex in 2020 identified 12 species, seven of which were newly charac-terised. In order to clarify which species of this complex are present in Australia, next generation sequencing was used to isolate the fungal ITS+28S and host matK chloroplast gene regions from 56 powdery mildew specimens of stone fruit and ornamental Prunus species accessioned as Po. tridac-tyla or Oidium sp. in Australian reference collections. The specimens were collected in Australia, Switzerland, Italy and Korea and were collected from 1953 to 2018. Host species were confirmed using matK phylogenetic analysis, which identified that four had been misidentified as Prunus but were actually Malus prunifolia. Podosphaera species were identified using ITS+28S phylogenetic anal-ysis, recognising three Podosphaera species on stone fruit and related ornamental Prunus hosts in Australia. These were Po. pannosa, the rose powdery mildew, and two species in the Po. tridactyla species complex: Po. ampla, which was the predominant species, and a previously unidentified species from peach, which we describe here as Po. cunningtonii.
Proteomic profiling of human uterine extracellular vesicles reveal dynamic regulation of key players of embryo implantation and fertility during menstrual cycle
Creators: name: Rai, Alin
name: Poh, Qi Hui
name: Fatmous, Monique
name: Fang, Haoyun
name: Gurung, Shanti
name: Vollenhoven, Beverley
name: Salamonsen, Lois A
name: Greening, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
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: 3215
subject: Reproductive medicine

description: No description supplied
Proteomic profiling of human uterine extracellular vesicles reveal dynamic regulation of key players of embryo implantation and fertility during menstrual cycle
Creators: name: Rai, Alin
name: Poh, Qi Hui
name: Fatmous, Monique
name: Haoyun Fang
name: Gurung, Shanti
name: Vollenhoven, Beverley
name: Salamonsen, Lois A
name: Greening, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Endometrial extracellular vesicles (EVs) are emerging as important players in reproductive biology. However, how their proteome is regulated throughout the menstrual cycle is not known. Such information can provide novel insights into biological processes critical for embryo development, implantation and successful pregnancy. Using mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics, we show that small EVs (sEVs) isolated from uterine lavage of fertile women (UL-sEV), compared to infertile women, are laden with proteins implicated in antioxidant activity (SOD1, GSTO1, MPO, CAT). Functionally, sEVs derived from endometrial cells enhance antioxidant function in trophectoderm cells. Moreover, there was striking enrichment of invasion-related proteins (LGALS1/3, S100A4/11) in fertile UL-sEVs in the secretory (estrogen plus progesterone-driven, EP) versus proliferative (estrogen-driven, E) phase, with several players downregulated in infertile UL-sEVs. Consistent with this, sEVs from EP- versus E-primed endometrial epithelial cells promote invasion of trophectoderm cells. Interestingly, UL-sEVs from fertile versus infertile women carry known players/predictors of embryo implantation (PRDX2, IDHC), endometrial receptivity (S100A4, FGB, SERPING1, CLU, ANXA2) and implantation success (CAT, YWHAE, PPIA), highlighting their potential to inform regarding endometrial status/pregnancy outcomes. Thus, this study provides novel insights into proteome reprogramming of sEVs and soluble secretome in uterine fluid, with potential to enhance embryo implantation and hence fertility. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
OG'IZ BO'SHLIG'I LEYKOPLAKIYASI: SABABLARI, DIAGNOSTIKASI VA DAVOLASH
Creators: name: Abduvaliyeva, Sabrina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Og‘iz bo‘shlig‘i leykoplakiyasi – og‘iz bo‘shlig‘i shilliq qavatida hosil bo‘ladigan oq dog‘ yoki blyashka bo‘lib, u og‘iz bo‘shlig‘i shilliq qavatining asosiy potensial saraton oldi kasalliklaridan biri hisoblanadi. Agar leykoplakiyani davolash choralari ko‘rilmasa, ayniqsa yuqori xavfli omillar mavjud bo‘lganda, u og‘iz bo‘shlig‘i saratoniga aylanib ketishi mumkin. Ushbu maqola og‘iz bo‘shlig‘i leykoplakiyasini to‘liq o‘rganishni maqsad qilib, uning asosiy sabablarini, xavf omillarini, klinik ko‘rinishlarini, gistopatologik xususiyatlarini, diagnostika usullarini, davolash yo‘llarini va saraton oldi transformatsiya xavfini kamaytirish uchun profilaktik choralarni muhokama qiladi.
What is good service quality? Day service staff's perspectives about what it looks like and how it should be monitored
Creators: name: McEwen, Jade
name: Bigby, Christine
name: Douglas, Jacinta
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: Australian disability services must comply with quality standards defined by federal government. Standards are abstract, focus on paperwork and rarely describe what good service quality looks like in practice. This research explored frontline day service staff's perceptions of good service quality to identify ways that it may be better monitored. Methods: Using a constructivist grounded theory methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 9 frontline staff from 3-day services. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed for themes using constant comparison and line-by-line coding. Results: Five categories of good practice were identified: collaborative hands-on leadership, well-planned services, respect for people with intellectual disabilities and their carers, a culture of continuous improvement and professionalization of the support worker role. Conclusions: Results align with research undertaken in accommodation services for people with intellectual disabilities, suggesting commonalities in frontline staff's perceptions of quality in both day and accommodation services.
STUDY ON SIMILARITIES BETWEEN CHINESE AND GREEK MYTHS
Creators: name: Zhichao, Long
Publisher: name: Современное педагогическое образование
Year: 2022
Subjects: MYTHS
ORIGIN
GOD
GODDESS

description: Myth originated from the primitive clan society, and has evolved for thousands of years. Today, it has become a kind of cultural accumulation. China and Greece are two countries with ancient civilizations. Due to their natural environment as well as the similarities in the evolution process and mode of civilization, the myths and legends of the two countries shows the national spirit and ideological ethics with similar characteristics. Chinese and Greek myths and legends originated in the initial era of mankind, reflecting the process of early human life and cognition. The awe of nature and the desire to conquer are the common characteristics of Chinese and Greek myths. This paper deals with the similarities of two nations’ valuable myths. And the purpose of this paper is to let anyone who happens to read it have a general but deep impression of myth and begin to get interested in studying it. Due to the same humanity, Greek and Chinese myths have much in common. This paper tries to find the similarities of the two myths and further the same developing stages of two far away countries that reflected in their myths.
title: Ticket: NCAA Elite Eight Game, March 26, 2006
Creators: name: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Publisher: name: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: George Mason University
subject: Basketball
subject: Elite Eight

description: ticket: color, 2.5" x 4.5" (6.35 cm x 11.43 cm)
description: Ticket for the NCAA Elite Eight game between the George Mason Patriots and Connecticut Huskies at the (former) MCI Center (now known as the Verizon Center) on March 26, 2006. 2005-06 Men's Basketball Season and Tournament Run Collection 2.04
A gender-focused multilevel analysis of how country, regional and individual level factors relate to harm from others’ drinking
Creators: name: Callinan, Sarah
name: Karriker-Jaffe, KJ
name: Roberts, SCM
name: Cook, W
name: Kuntsche, Sandra
name: Grittner, U
name: Graham, K
name: Room, Robin
name: Bloomfield, K
name: Greenfield, TK
name: Wilsnack, S
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration

description: Background: The aim of this study was to examine how gender, age and education, regional prevalence of male and female risky drinking and country-level economic gender equality are associated with harms from other people’s drinking. Methods: 24,823 adults in 10 countries were surveyed about harms from drinking by people they know and strangers. Country-level economic gender equality and regional prevalence of risky drinking along with age and gender were entered as independent variables into three-level random intercept models predicting alcohol-related harm. Findings: At the individual level, younger respondents were consistently more likely to report harms from others’ drinking, while, for women, higher education was associated with lower risk of harms from known drinkers but higher risk of harms from strangers. Regional rate of men’s risky drinking was associated with known and stranger harm, while regional-level women’s risky drinking was associated with harm from strangers. Gender equality was only associated with harms in models that did not include risky drinking. Conclusions: Youth and regional levels of men’s drinking were consistently associated with harm from others attributable to alcohol. Policies that decrease the risky drinking of men would be likely to reduce harms attributable to the drinking of others.
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Brief COPE in autistic older adolescents and adults
Creators: name: Muniandy, Melanie
name: Richdale, Amanda
name: Arnold, SRC
name: Trollor, JN
name: Lawson, Lauren
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology

description: Background: Autistic adults experience high levels of stress, which may negatively affect their mental health. However, research into coping with stress in this population is limited, with no coping measures specifically validated for use in the autistic population. Method: Utilising data from two Australian longitudinal adult studies, exploratory factor analysis was conducted to determine the factor structure that best represented the use of coping strategies in a sample of autistic adults (N = 255) using the Brief COPE. Mental health and well-being measures were used to provide information on psychometric properties. To explore potential intricacies in factor structure that may be unique to autistic adults, a preliminary subjective comparison with a non-autistic adult sample (N = 165) was also conducted. Results: A six-factor solution, with high internal reliabilities, best represented the use of coping strategies in the autistic adult sample. Good convergent and divergent validities for the conceptually relevant coping factors were also reported. Subjective comparisons raise the possibility of some similarities (e.g., support-seeking coping strategies) and differences (e.g., the use of self-distraction coping strategies) in factor structures between the autistic and non-autistic samples. Conclusions: This study provides an initial validation of the Brief COPE in autistic adults and supports its usefulness in assessing coping strategies in response to stress in this population. Findings also have potential implications for informing intervention services for autistic individuals, given the known relationships between the coping of stress and broader outcomes, such as mental health.
title: Letter: Esther Cooper to C. Harrison Mann, Jr., August 28, 1956
Creators: name: Cooper, Esther
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
subject: Schools
subject: Segregation
subject: Integration
subject: Desegregation

description: Letter, 1 pg, typescript signed, 8.5" x 11" (21.6 cm x 27.9 cm)
description: Letter to C. Harrison Mann, Jr. from constituent Esther Cooper expressing her disappointment in his and Sen. Fenwick's attitude toward integration in Virginia. C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Collection 44.09
THE IMPORTANCE OF DRIP IRRIGATION IN COTTON CULTIVATION
Creators: name: Khialov, Islambek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article analyzes the importance of drip irrigation systems in cotton cultivation, including its advantages, disadvantages, and economic efficiency. The paper presents a review of existing scientific literature on the impact of drip irrigation systems on cotton yield, efficient water resource utilization, and environmental effects.
title: Newspaper Column: Slow Growth for Herndon
Creators: name: Nicoson, William J.
Publisher: name: The Connection
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Herndon (VA)
subject: Loudoun County (VA) Board of Supervisors
subject: Smart Growth
subject: Slow Growth
subject: Rust, Thomas (VA Delegate)
subject: James, Michael

description: PDF file distilled from original WordPerfect document. Original size 11" x 8.5".
description: Whether the campaign slogan is “smart growth” or “slow growth”, the electoral banner that swept out the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and unchaired the chairperson of the Prince William County Board has been unfurled in Herndon. Mayor Thomas Rust, a 10-year incumbent unopposed for reelection in his last two terms, faces a “slow growth” challenge by Michael James in the mayoral race to be decided May 2.
Detection of Urinary Albumin Using a “Turn-on” Fluorescent Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics
Creators: name: Hu, Q
name: Yao, Bicheng
name: Owyong, Tze Cin
name: Prashanth, S
name: Wang, C
name: Zhang, X
name: Wong, WWH
name: Tang, Y
name: Hong, Yuning
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Human serum albumin (HSA) is a broadly used biomarker for the diagnosis of various diseases such as chronic kidney disease. Here, a fluorescent probe TC426 with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics is reported as a sensitive and specific probe for HSA. This probe is non-emissive in aqueous solution, meanwhile it shows bright fluorescence upon interacting with HSA, which makes it applicable in detecting HSA with a high signal to noise ratio. Besides, the fluorescence of TC426 exhibits a high linear correlation with the concentration of albumin in the range of microalbumin (20–200 mg/L), which has a significant importance for the early diagnosis of glomerulus related diseases. Compared with previously reported HSA probes TPE-4TA and BSPOTPE, TC426 shows comparable anti-interference ability towards creatinine and other major components in urine but is excited by a longer excitation wavelength at the visible light range. Finally, with the established assay, TC426 shows excellent performance in detecting HSA in real human urine, indicating its great potential in practical urinalysis.
Paracompsa flavofasciata
Creators: name: Vlasak, Josef
name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Santos-Silva, Antonio
name: -, U. S. A. - - -
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Paracompsa
Paracompsa flavofasciata

description: Paracompsa flavofasciata (Thomson, 1867)
(Fig. 37)
Ibidion (Compsibidion) flavofasciatum Thomson, 1867: 152.
Remarks. – This species was described based on syntypes from Colombia. Currently, it is known from Colombia and Venezuela (Monné 2024a; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024).
Material examined. – ECUADOR (new country record), Imbabura: Termas de Chachimbiro, 2600 m, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 22 Jun 2023, J. Vlasak leg. (JVCO).
description: Published as part of Vlasak, Josef, Botero, Juan Pablo, Santos-Silva, Antonio & -, U. S. A. - - -, 2025, Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) from Ecuador: new genera, new species, new records, and corrections in species-group names, pp. 1-14 in Faunitaxys 13 (13) on page 12, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(13), http://zenodo.org/record/15366006
Detection of Urinary Albumin Using a “Turn-on” Fluorescent Probe with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics
Creators: name: Hu, Q
name: Yao, Bicheng
name: Owyong, TC
name: Prashanth, S
name: Wang, C
name: Zhang, X
name: Wong, WWH
name: Tang, Y
name: Hong, Yuning
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Human serum albumin (HSA) is a broadly used biomarker for the diagnosis of various diseases such as chronic kidney disease. Here, a fluorescent probe TC426 with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics is reported as a sensitive and specific probe for HSA. This probe is non-emissive in aqueous solution, meanwhile it shows bright fluorescence upon interacting with HSA, which makes it applicable in detecting HSA with a high signal to noise ratio. Besides, the fluorescence of TC426 exhibits a high linear correlation with the concentration of albumin in the range of microalbumin (20–200 mg/L), which has a significant importance for the early diagnosis of glomerulus related diseases. Compared with previously reported HSA probes TPE-4TA and BSPOTPE, TC426 shows comparable anti-interference ability towards creatinine and other major components in urine but is excited by a longer excitation wavelength at the visible light range. Finally, with the established assay, TC426 shows excellent performance in detecting HSA in real human urine, indicating its great potential in practical urinalysis.
Extracellular vesicles in metabolism and metabolic diseases
Creators: name: Marzan, Akbar Lulu
name: Nedeva, Christina
name: Mathivanan, Suresh
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology

description: No description supplied
Factors impacting the evidence-based assessment, diagnosis and management of Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy: a systematic review
Creators: name: Diacogiorgis, Dimitri
name: Perrin, Byron
name: Kingsley, Michael
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy (CN) is a destructive condition that is characterised by acute fractures, dislocations and joint destruction in the weight-bearing foot. The acute phase is often misdiagnosed and can rapidly lead to devastating health outcomes. Early diagnosis and management of CN is imperative to attenuate progression of this condition. Consequently, timely evidence-based assessment, diagnosis and management of acute CN is imperative. Objective: To identify the factors that impact the delivery of evidence-based care in assessment, diagnosis and management of people with acute CN. Method: Systematic searches were conducted in four databases to identify studies in English that included factors that impact the delivery of evidence-based care in the assessment, diagnosis and management of people with acute CN. Articles and consensus/guideline documents were assessed for inclusion by the researchers and disagreements were resolved through consensus. Additionally backward citation searching was used to source other potentially relevant documents. Information relevant to the research question was extracted and thematic analyses were performed using qualitative synthesis. Results: Thirty-two articles and four additional consensus/guideline documents were included for data extraction and analyses. Information related to the research question was of expert opinion using the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Levels of Evidence guidelines. Themes explaining practices that deviated from evidence-based care in assessment, diagnosis and management of acute CN centred around patient, health professional and health organisation/environmental. Delay to diagnosis is particularly influenced by the patient’s knowledge of when to seek help, practitioner knowledge in knowing how to recognise and refer for appropriate immediate care, confusion in imaging and offloading and geographical and local health service resources to appropriately manage the condition. Conclusion: Individual and health professional awareness and geographical barriers are key challenges to the effective delivery of evidence-based assessment, diagnosis and management of people with acute CN. Acute CN represents a medical emergency warranting the need for expedited assessment, diagnosis and management by appropriately trained health professionals in the appropriate.
Arietocometes violaceicollis
Creators: name: Vlasak, Josef
name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Santos-Silva, Antonio
name: -, U. S. A. - - -
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Arietocometes
Arietocometes violaceicollis

description: Arietocometes violaceicollis (Villiers, 1958)
(Fig. 38)
Paracometes violaceicollis Villiers, 1958: 51.
Remarks. – This species was described and remains formally known only by the holotype and the two paratypes from Ecuador (Loja and Morona-Santiago) (Monné 2024b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024).
Material examined. – ECUADOR, Zamora-Chinchipe (new province record): Zamora, 1000 m, 1 ♂, 7-8 Aug 2023, J. Vlasak leg. (JVCO).
description: Published as part of Vlasak, Josef, Botero, Juan Pablo, Santos-Silva, Antonio & -, U. S. A. - - -, 2025, Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) from Ecuador: new genera, new species, new records, and corrections in species-group names, pp. 1-14 in Faunitaxys 13 (13) on page 12, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(13), http://zenodo.org/record/15366006
Media portrayal of spinal cord injury and its impact on lived experiences: a phenomological study
Creators: name: Rees, Leanne
name: Sherwood, Merryn
name: Shields, Nora
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Study design: This is a qualitative, phenomenological study. Objective: To investigate media portrayal of spinal cord injury (SCI) as perceived by people with SCI and explore its impact on their lived experience. Setting: People with SCI living in Australia. Method: Twenty-four participants, recruited using purposive and snowball sampling, completed in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Thematic data analysis followed an inductive, iterative process. Results: Participants perceived media portrayed SCI through a narrow lens, describing how people with SCI were ‘absent’ or portrayed as either ‘pity or pedestal’. Participants said media portrayed an inaccurate picture of their lived experience that perpetuated misunderstandings of SCI. This portrayal fostered unreasonable public expectations and assumptions about living with SCI, which presented in the participant’s lives as uncomfortable interactions and inappropriate remarks. The impact for participants was a burden to explain SCI and justify what it meant for them. People with SCI would like media to portray a broader, more authentic representation of SCI to improve public understanding and to reduce the negative impact on their lives. Conclusion: People with SCI perceived a narrow and inaccurate portrayal of SCI in media that overlooked potential quality of life, overshadowed health and life domains they considered important and reinforced the idea that SCI can be overcome. People with SCI were mostly concerned with what was absent in media portrayal of SCI rather than what was present. Action for change lies in promoting information, expanding narratives and raising awareness to diverse abilities of people with SCI.
ESQUEMA DO TRATO GASTROINTESTINAL: INTEGRANDO ANATOMIA, DEGLUTIÇÃO E IMPLICAÇÕES CLÍNICAS
Creators: name: Burity Tenório Pimentel, Felipe
name: Fregadolli, Andrea Marques Vanderlei
name: Assunção Bezerra, Myrtis Katille de
name: de Morais Belo Bezerra, Maria Lusia
name: Cabral Junior, Cyro Rego
name: Siqueira de Miranda Gomes, Weidila
name: Miranda Costa, Elisa
name: Austrilino, Lenilda
name: Araújo Gomes Antunes, Mírian
name: Quintiliano Pedroza, Lais
name: Lopes da Silva, Clodoaldo
name: Robalinho de Faria, Luísa
name: Monteiro Laranjeira, Ana Clara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Mapa Conceitual
Tutoria
Trato Gastrointestinal
Cavidade Bucal

description: Este estudo apresenta a construção de um mapa conceitual como ferramenta educacional no ensino médico, com foco na anatomia e fisiologia do trato gastrointestinal. Baseado no Caso Motivador do Módulo II da Turma 93A da UFAL, o trabalho organiza conceitos fundamentais relacionados à cavidade oral, glândulas salivares, dentes, língua, palatos, faringe e esôfago.

Além disso, o estudo explora o processo de deglutição, abordando a produção de saliva, mecanismos de controle neural, movimentos peristálticos e as fases da deglutição. São discutidos também aspectos do desenvolvimento dos arcos faríngeos, a composição histológica da cavidade oral, esôfago e faringe, e a funcionalidade das moléculas de adesão celular na integridade tecidual.

O estudo também analisa o impacto das neoplasias nas organelas celulares, como mitocôndrias e lisossomos, e destaca a importância da atuação de uma equipe multidisciplinar no tratamento de condições como o carcinoma espinocelular. Além disso, discute as implicações éticas da glossectomia parcial, enfatizando o consentimento informado e a qualidade de vida do paciente.

O estudo reforça a importância dos mapas conceituais no ensino médico, demonstrando sua eficácia na organização do conhecimento, desenvolvimento do raciocínio clínico e na aprendizagem baseada em problemas.
Supplementary document for Optimal quantization of amplitude and phase in computer-generated holography using a model free of circular-convolution error - 6425575.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaoting
name: He, Zehao
name: Cao, Liangcai
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Effects of factors including resolution, reconstruction distance, wavelength and pixel pitch on reconstruction quality
Fire and functional traits: Using functional groups of birds and plants to guide management in a fire-prone, heathy woodland ecosystem
Creators: name: Rainsford, Frederick
name: Kelly, LT
name: Leonard, Steven
name: Bennett, Andrew
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
classificationCode: 41
subject: Environmental sciences
classificationCode: 4101
subject: Climate change impacts and adaptation
classificationCode: 4102
subject: Ecological applications

description: Aim: Many dry forests and woodlands worldwide are fire-prone and support bird and plant communities shaped by fire. Changes in fire regimes, including the time between fires, have important implications for population trajectories. We studied the responses of bird and plant communities of heathy woodlands to time since the last fire, a key measure underpinning fire management, to evaluate whether current management strategies will enhance conservation of multiple taxa. Location: Otway Ranges, south-eastern Australia. Methods: We surveyed birds and plants at 38 sites, stratified by an 80-year post-fire chronosequence, and modelled the responses of individual species, functional groups and community composition to fire history. Model outputs were used to evaluate the impacts of fire management as guided by (a) domains of tolerable fire intervals, a concept based on plant life history traits, and (b) the spatial arrangement of post-fire age classes, a surrogate for animal habitats. Results: Bird and plant communities both responded to time since fire. Notable relationships included the following: a high reporting rate of ground-foraging birds and high cover and species richness of shrubs immediately after fire; and a gradual increase up to ~50 years and ~20 years post-fire of birds that forage in the mid-storey and facultative-resprouting plants, respectively. Post-fire age classes had distinct bird and plant assemblages. Tolerable fire intervals currently used by land managers (min 12–max 45 years between fires) encompassed the peak in richness of most plant functional groups but not the preferred habitat of lower-mid-storey foraging birds. Main conclusions: Fire management based solely on birds or plants risks population declines in other biota. Use of functional groups can help guide strategic planning, such as spatial representation of post-fire age classes across the landscape. Maintaining late-successional vegetation will provide habitat for several groups of birds, while fire is needed at sufficient frequency to prevent loss of plants and ground-foraging birds.