cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic activity of a water soluble copper(II) and nickel(II) heterobimetallic complex [CuNi(μ-OH)(μ-OH2)(μ-OAc)(bpy)2](ClO4)2 in aqueous medium in the absence of a base and co-catalyst
Creators: name: Lal, Ram A.
name: Kumar, Arvind
name: Syiemlieh, Ibanphylla
name: Kurbah, Sunshine D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: A copper(II)–nickel(II)-based catalyst system has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductance, mass spectra, magnetic moment, EPR, UV-Vis, IR spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. The structure of the complex was established by X-ray crystallography. The complex is an efficient catalyst, which oxidizes primary and secondary alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes and ketones at 70 °C employing 15% H2O2 as the oxidant in the absence of a base and co-catalyst.
ContourCraft: Learning to Resolve Intersections in Neural Multi-Garment Simulations
Creators: name: Grigorev, Artur
name: Becherini, Giorgio
name: Black, Michael J.
name: Hilliges, Otmar
name: Thomaszewski, Bernhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Learning-based approaches to cloth simulation have started to show their potential in recent years. However, handling collisions and intersections in neural simulations remains a largely unsolved problem. In this work, we present \moniker{}, a learning-based solution for handling intersections in neural cloth simulations. Unlike conventional approaches that critically rely on intersection-free inputs, \moniker{} robustly recovers from intersections introduced through missed collisions, self-penetrating bodies, or errors in manually designed multi-layer outfits. The technical core of \moniker{} is a novel intersection contour loss that penalizes interpenetrations and encourages rapid resolution thereof. We integrate our intersection loss with a collision-avoiding repulsion objective into a neural cloth simulation method based on graph neural networks (GNNs). We demonstrate our method's ability across a challenging set of diverse multi-layer outfits under dynamic human motions. Our extensive analysis indicates that \moniker{} significantly improves collision handling for learned simulation and produces visually compelling results.
description: Accepted for publication by SIGGRAPH 2024, conference track
Neutralizing scFv Antibodies against Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Isolated From a Nlpa-Based Bacterial Display Library
Creators: name: Li, Tianhe
name: Zhou, Bing
name: Yu, Tingqiao
name: Li, Ning
name: Guo, Xiaochen
name: Zhang, Tianyuan
name: Zhao, Jingzhuang
name: Li, Siming
name: Ma, Lei
name: Li, Tingting
name: Ding, Liangjun
name: Sun, Mingzhe
name: Li, Deshan
name: Yin, Jiechao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: classificationCode: 340199
subject: Analytical chemistry not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310199
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 340201
subject: Bioinorganic chemistry
classificationCode: 349901
subject: Forensic chemistry
classificationCode: 340299
subject: Inorganic chemistry not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 340204
subject: Inorganic green chemistry
classificationCode: 340499
subject: Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 340502
subject: Natural products and bioactive compounds
classificationCode: 340208
subject: Non-metal chemistry
classificationCode: 340702
subject: Radiation and matter
classificationCode: 340599
subject: Organic chemistry not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 340504
subject: Organic green chemistry
classificationCode: 340209
subject: Organometallic chemistry
classificationCode: 340505
subject: Physical organic chemistry

description: GInfectious bursal disease (IBD) considered as one of the major
viral diseases threatening the poultry industry worldwide. The causative
 agent of the IBD is Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) which
replicates in developing B lymphocytes in the bursa of Fabricius leading
 to its destruction and bursal inflammation. In this study, we
investigated a technology to produce therapeutic recombinant antibodies
against IBDV in bacteria by constructing a bacterial displayed
recombinant scFv library from immunized chickens, followed by screening
the scFv library by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) with
FITC-labeled VP2. Twelve VP2-binding scFv clones with unique sequences
were obtained, with overall amino acid homology of 81.53%. The
complementarity determining region (CDR) 3 in the heavy chain displayed
the lowest homology, while the amino acid sequences in framework regions
 and CDR2 of both chains and CDR1 of the heavy chain are relatively
conserved. Twelve VP2-binding scFv clones were expressed in E.coli and
purified through denaturation and denaturation of inclusion bodies. Our
ELISA results showed that all scFvs exhibited binding ability and
specificity to VP2 and various IBDV strains. In addition, two scFvs
showed significant neutralizing activity to IBDV (B-87 strain) as these
scFvs inhibited cytopathic effect of chicken embryo fibroblast (DF1)
caused by IBDV. In conclusion, our study provides a lead candidate for
further development of therapeutic antibodies for IBDV infection.
Data Table for Baptizing Spring Zooarchaeological Specimens [Structured Data from Open Context]
Creators: name: Kitty F Emery
name: L. Jill Loucks
name: Jerald Milanich
name: Charles Fairbanks
name: Cynthia Heath
name: Arlene Fradkin
name: Michelle LeFebvre
name: Laura Brenskelle
name: Kitty F Emery
name: Rob Guralnick
name: Michelle LeFebvre
name: Laura Brenskelle
name: John W Wieczorek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Open Context
Data Publication
Structured Data
GeoJSON
JSON-LD
CSV

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Rapid and Convenient Conversion of Nitroarenes to Anilines under Microwave Conditions Using Non-precious Metals in Mildly Acidic Medium
Creators: name: Keenan, Corey S.
name: S. Shaun Murphree
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Nitroarenes are reduced to the corresponding aniline derivatives using iron or zinc under mild conditions under microwave heating conditions. Mild acidity is provided by ammonium chloride in an aqueous methanol medium. The conditions are tolerant to other functional groups, with the exception of bromoalkyl derivatives, which yield complex reaction mixtures; otherwise, yields are generally quite high (80–99%).
Optical properties and energy propagation in a dielectric medium supporting magnetic current
Creators: name: Silva, Pedro D. S.
name: Neves, Mario J.
name: Ferreira, Manoel M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine a dielectric medium supporting a magnetic current in connection with optical properties and energy propagation. The dispersion relations, propagating modes, and some optical effects are examined for isotropic and anisotropic magnetic conductivity tensors, with the latter ones implying nonreciprocal permittivities. The eigenvalues of the effective permittivity are carried out and associated with the optical symmetries (uniaxial, biaxial) and the subjacent crystal systems. Aspects of electromagnetic energy transport for such systems are also discussed, with the group and energy velocities being presented and carried out for all the particular cases addressed. Our results suggest that a dielectric supporting magnetic current breaks the usual equivalence between group velocity and energy velocity that holds in a nonabsorbing medium, while establishing the equivalence between them in an effective absorbing scenario, two unexpected behaviors.
description: 23 pages, 2 columns, 10 figures, 3 tables
Capillary blood for point-of-care testing
Creators: name: Tang, Ruihua
name: Yang, Hui
name: Ru Choi, Jane
name: Gong, Yan
name: You, MinLi
name: Wen, Ting
name: Li, Ang
name: Li, XiuJun
name: Xu, Bo
name: Zhang, Sufeng
name: Mei, Qibing
name: Xu, Feng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Hematology

description: Clinically, blood sample analysis has been widely used for health monitoring. In hospitals, arterial and venous blood are utilized to detect various disease biomarkers. However, collection methods are invasive, painful, may result in injury and contamination, and skilled workers are required, making these methods unsuitable for use in a resource-limited setting. In contrast, capillary blood is easily collected by a minimally invasive procedure and has excellent potential for use in point-of-care (POC) health monitoring. In this review, we first discuss the differences among arterial blood, venous blood, and capillary blood in terms of the puncture sites, components, sample volume, collection methods, and application areas. Additionally, we review the most recent advances in capillary blood-based commercial products and microfluidic instruments for various applications. We also compare the accuracy of microfluidic-based testing with that of laboratory-based testing for capillary blood-based disease diagnosis at the POC. Finally, we discuss the challenges and future perspectives for developing capillary blood-based POC instruments.
title: Understanding the adoption and implementation of Sector Skills Councils in Chile
Creators: name: Bravo Contreras, Paulina
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2022

description: Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) policies have gained increased interest in global agendas, being a particular concern in ensuring that youths have the skills needed to enter the labour market. In this line, international organisations and cooperation agencies have widely promoted sector skills bodies. This policy seeks to involve employers in skills formation and foster collaboration among different stakeholders to ensure that the skills developed through TVET meet labour market needs. However, academic research about this specific policy is limited. Moreover, even when several countries have adopted these bodies, little is known about them from a policy transfer perspective (i.e. studying the travel of an education policy from one place to another). This thesis addresses this gap by examining the adoption and implementation of private-led Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) in Chile. Thus, two main research questions guided this study: Why and how private actors in Chile have adopted SSCs? How have different employers and TVET providers implemented SSCs’ initiatives in Chile? This qualitative research utilised a multiple-case study design for which data was collected through semi-structured interviews and documents analysis. First, based on a Cultural Political Economy approach, the adoption of SSCs was investigated by examining the main factors that could account for the mechanisms involved in the process. Second, the implementation of SSCs was studied by considering a policy enactment focus and the principles of the Realist Evaluation approach to understand how two main actors affected by the policy, employers and TVET providers, have fulfilled the policy expectations. The findings of this thesis show the crucial role of ideational factors (i.e. the influence of policy entrepreneur) to trigger policy change and the specific economic, institutional, political and educational conditions at the national and sectoral levels that may explain the adoption of SSCs. As a result, it advances our understanding of the different roles played by ideational and material factors in adopting SSCs as a TVET policy. Likewise, given the unusual private-led adoption of these bodies, this study provides an empirical demonstration of this uncommon situation. Simultaneously, it offers potential new insights about the assessments made by employers and their business associations when deciding to involve in skill formation policies. Moreover, by investigating the implementation of SSCs from the perspective of the main actors expected to enact the policy, this thesis provides an initial understanding of the varied contextual and stakeholder conditions affecting these actors’ responses to SSCs. In doing so, this thesis also offers an empirical demonstration of the limitations of SSCs adopted and implemented with a skills supply orthodoxy rhetoric.
title: The representation theory of Hc(Sn~Z/lZ)
Creators: name: Hird, Niall
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2022

description: In this thesis we examine various aspects of the representation theory of the restricted rational Cherednik algebra Hc(Sn~Z/lZ). We prove several multiplicity results for graded modules, in particular for modules over an algebra that admits a triangular decomposition. This includes the algebra Hc(Sn~Z/lZ). Furthermore, if the projective covers admit a radical preserving filtration, we show that we can calculate the multiplicities of the simple modules inside the radical layers of the projective covers. We give an explicit presentation of the centre of the restricted rational Cherednik algebra Hc(Sn~Z/lZ) for suitably generic c. This is done by first deriving a presentation of the centre of Hc(Sn) using Schubert cells, then extending this to the more general wreath product group using the action of the cyclic group Z/lZ. This presentation is given for each block of the centre. Using the bijection between irreducible representations of Sn~Z/lZ and l-multipartitions of n, we prove that this explicit presentation can be read directly from the l-multipartition of n.
Asymmetric macroeconomic volatility in European regions
Creators: name: Fiaschi, Davide
name: Gianmoena, Lisa
name: Parenti, Angela
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plasma Physics
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Asymmetric macroeconomic volatility in European regions. Spatial Economic Analysis. This paper investigates, on the basis of a theoretical spatial model, the determinants of macroeconomic volatility of per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in a panel of 257 NUTS-2 European regions in 1992–2008, considering positive and negative fluctuations separately. Evidence is found of strong positive spatial dependence, and of considerable asymmetric effects on macroeconomic volatility of sectoral output (its composition and concentration), of composition of aggregate demand, and of other regional/country characteristics. In particular, while public expenditure exerts a stabilizing effect on both types of fluctuations, financial depth amplifies negative fluctuations. Finally, inflation fluctuations and participation in European Monetary Union (EMU) appear to have no effect on macroeconomic volatility.
A Review of the Linkages between Climate Change, Agricultural Sustainability and Poverty in Malaysia
Creators: name: Alam, Mahmudul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 40104 Climate Change Processes
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Abstract The issues of climate change, agricultural sustainability and poverty in Malaysia are found to have been connected one with other in an interesting and circular way. The quantitative determination of the linkages between these three factors is certainly a difficult task, which is beyond the scope of the present study. This study is thus primarily aimed at reviewing the linkages between climate change, agricultural sustainability and poverty in Malaysia. Some issues requiring further investigation in order to clearly understand the linkages between climate change, agricultural sustainability and poverty have been suggested. These have been developed with particular reference to appraisals concerned with the development and implementation of social policy, programmes and practices relevant to these three issues. The study closes with some concluding remarks.
title: ALLOc : Montayral : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
Nuts and bolts of running a pulmonary embolism response team: results from an organizational survey of the National PERT™ Consortium members
Creators: name: Barnes, Geoffrey
name: Giri, Jay
name: D. Mark Courtney
name: Soophia Naydenov
name: Wood, Todd
name: Rosovsky, Rachel
name: Rosenfield, Kenneth
name: Kabrhel, Christopher
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Objectives: Pulmonary embolism response teams (PERT) are developing rapidly to operationalize multi-disciplinary care for acute pulmonary embolism patients. Our objective is to describe the core components of PERT necessary for newly developing programs. Methods: An online organizational survey of active National PERT™ Consortium members was performed between April and June 2016. Analysis, including descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis tests, was performed on centers self-reporting a fully operational PERT program. Results: The survey response rate was 80%. Of the 31 institutions that responded (71% academic), 19 had fully functioning PERT programs. These programs were run by steering committees (17/19, 89%) more often than individual physicians (2/19, 11%). Most PERT programs involved 3–5 different specialties (14/19, 74%), which did not vary based on hospital size or academic affiliation. Of programs using multidisciplinary discussions, these occurred via phone or conference call (12/18, 67%), with a minority of these utilizing ‘virtual meeting’ software (2/12, 17%). Guidelines for appropriate activations were provided at 16/19 (84%) hospitals. Most PERT programs offered around-the-clock catheter-based or surgical care (17/19, 89%). Outpatient follow up usually occurred in personal physician clinics (15/19, 79%) or dedicated PERT clinics (9/19, 47%), which were only available at academic institutions. Conclusions: PERT programs can be implemented, with similar structures, at small and large, community and academic medical centers. While all PERT programs incorporate team-based multi-disciplinary care into their core structure, several different models exist with varying personnel and resource utilization. Understanding how different PERT programs impact clinical care remains to be investigated.
title: 01_2801
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Risk of gastrointestinal complications in breast cancer patients treated with neratinib: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Jiang, Nan
name: Song, Xiang-Wei
name: Lin, Jing-Jing
name: Wang, Zhan-Yu
name: Zhang, Bei-Ning
name: Li, Ao
name: Yan, Ru-Yi
name: Yan, Hong-feng
name: Fu, Xiao- Yan
name: Zhou, Jin-Lian
name: Li, Cheng-Lin
name: Cui, Yan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Backgrounds: Neratinib is a potent EGFR/HER2 kinase inhibitor. Gastrointestinal complications (i.e. diarrhea, vomiting and nausea) are the most common adverse events. In this study, we aimed to investigate (1) the overall incidence and relative risk (RR) of diarrhea, vomiting and nausea and (2) whether combination neratinib therapy increased the incidence of gastrointestinal complications versus neratinib alone. Methods: Relevant studies were identified from the PubMed database, from abstracts presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual conference and from the Web of Science database. Incidences, RRs, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Results: The incidences of all-grade diarrhea, vomiting and nausea in the neratinib groups were 89% (95% CI = 77–95%), 31% (95% CI = 25–37%) and 44% (95% CI = 33–55%), respectively. The neratinib arms significantly increased the risk of diarrhea and vomiting in comparison with the control groups (diarrhea: all-grade, RR = 2.06, 95% CI = 1.38–3.08, P = 0.0004; grade 3/4, RR = 8.77, 95% CI = 2.91–26.40, P = 0.0001; vomiting: all-grade, RR = 2.02, 95% CI = 1.10–3.71, P = 0.02; grade 3/4, RR = 7.10, 95% CI = 3.33–15.15, P < 0.00001). Conclusions: Our meta-analysis demonstrates that the neratinib arms are associated with a significantly increased risk of diarrhea and vomiting.
title: Microdialysis studies of purine and monoamine release from the central nervous system in vivo
Creators: name: Ogilvy, Hilary V.
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: The effects of kainic acid and potassium on the release of endogenous adenosine and its metabolites, inosine, hypoxanthine and xanthine, from the rat hippocampus have been studied by in vivo microdialysis. In the hippocampus of rats anaesthetised with urethane the concentration of extracellular adenosine was estimated to be 0.8muM during the first two hrs after insertion of the dialysis probe. Kainic acid (0.1-25mM) in the perfusate evoked a concentration-dependent release of adenosine with an EC50 of 0.94mM. A 5min pulse of ImM kainic acid in the perfusate, during a sampling period of one hour, increased the 20mul dialysate levels from 3.68 +/- 0.21 to 7.66 +/- 0.82 pmol (mean +/- sem). A second stimulation (S2) 3hrs (hours) after the first stimulation (SI) also induced adenosine release. The S2/S1 ratio was 0.46 +/- 0.02. Kainate- evoked release of adenosine was shown to involve the production of action potentials since TTX (tetrodotoxin) significantly reduced the S2/S1 ratio by 53.85%. The release was reduced by incorporation into the perfusate of CNQX (6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione), a non-NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor antagonist, but not by NMDA receptor blockers, (+)-MK-801 (dizocilpine) or (+/-)-AP-5 ((+/-)-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid), indicating a non-NMDA receptor mediated process. The kappa agonist, U50 488H (trans-(+/-)-3,4-dichloro-N-methyl-N-[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl]-benzeneactemide methanesulphonate hydrochloride), significantly reduced the S2/S1 ratio by 55.77%. Release was reduced significantly by 44.23% by ascorbic acid (an antioxidant), 48.08% by glutathione (a scavenger of hydroperoxides) and 71.15% by oxypurinol (a xanthine oxidase inhibitor) indicating the involvement of free radicals in kainate-evoked adenosine release. Neither the adenosine A1 receptor antagonist CPT (8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine) nor the A1 receptor agonist R-PIA (R(-) N6-(2-phenylisopropyl)adenosine) affected kainate-evoked release of adenosine. This indicates that activation of A1 receptors, by endogenous adenosine or an agonist, does not inhibit kainate-evoked release of adenosine. The present results indicate that kainate-evoked release of adenosine may be mediated by non-NMDA receptor activation, possibly requiring the propagation of action potentials and free radical production.
Luminescent Iridium-containing liquid crystalline polymers in the side chain
Creators: name: Song, Le-Ping
name: Cong, Yue-Hua
name: Yao, Bing
name: Zhang, Bao-Yan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Luminescent liquid crystalline polymers consisting of Iridium attached to polysiloxanes are prepared. 4-Cyanophenyl 4-(allyloxy) benzoate (M1) and an Iridium complex (Ir-M2) grafted to poly(methylhydrogeno)siloxane are used for the preparation of the Iridium-containing liquid crystalline polymers. The chemical structures are characterised by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and 1H NMR. The mesomorphic properties and phase behaviour are investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, polarising optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The polymers containing <1.2 mol% of the Iridium ions reveal reversible mesomorphic phase transition, wide mesophase temperature ranges and high thermal stability. The introduction of the Iridium ions does not change the liquid crystalline state of polymer systems; on the contrary, the polymers are enabled with the luminescent properties. With the Iridium ion contents ranging between 0.3 and 1.2 mol%, luminescent intensity of polymers gradually increased. The temperature dependence of luminescent intensity was studied in the liquid crystalline phase.
Commentary: Second-hand smoke and other potential lung cancer exposures among non-smoking women
Creators: name: Akram, Hammad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Abstract:
Lung cancer among non-smoking individuals is mostly associated with the second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure. Other risk factors or exposures include air-pollution, radon, asbestos, certain heavy metals and chemicals. Furthermore, family history of lung cancer among blood relatives could also be associated with this cancer. The SHS exposure increases the risk of lung cancer in a dose-response manner among non-smokers. There is a need for enhanced surveillance and research to study the relatively less prominent risk factors of lung cancer among non-smoking females from diverse demographic and geographical backgrounds. The early screening of non-smoking household members of smokers could play an important role in future control and prognosis of lung cancer.
title: The path from instruction to inquiry: a narrative inquiry examining early childhood educators’ stories of change
Creators: name: Abel, Cynthia
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2022

description: This dissertation is an interpretive research study that examines the change experiences of four early childhood educators in Ontario, Canada during the implementation of the mandated pedagogical framework How Does Learning Happen? (Ontario, 2014a). Since the beginning of the new millennium, Ontario has introduced a number of significant policy initiatives that increasingly recognises the value of the early learning for young children for success in school and later in life. This study is rooted in my belief that the experience of early childhood educators during the implementation of these initiatives hold lessons that may be useful for future policy initiatives. The theoretical underpinning of this study is based on the ancient Greek works of Heraclitus (Haxton, 2003) and Parmenides (Král, 2011) which I used as explanatory lens to consider key aspects of change. The theoretical basis was further augmented by modifying the Ölander & Thøgersen (1995) theory of behaviour change to present a model to illustrate how change concurrently happens at the individual, organisation, and systems levels. Using the narrative inquiry model developed by Jean Clandinin and Michael Connelly (2000) as a methodological approach, I collected the experiences of these early childhood educators through a series of walking interviews and re-storied them into what Michael Agar (1990) refers to as ‘creative non-fiction’ format (p75). The stories were then analysed in three phases. First, the personal, professional and societal significance of the stories were considered collectively through a temporal lens. Following this, the change processes of the participants as revealed through the stories were compared and contrasted using Kurt Lewin’s (1947) change model. Finally, a thematic analysis was conducted. These multiple forms of analysis revealed that professional identity, access to mentoring support, and reflective practices were important considerations for the participants. These findings led me to conclude that early childhood educators could benefit from a workforce support strategy that would accompany future policy initiatives. I conclude that future research is required to fully develop the strategy.
title: ALLOc : Labretonie : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
Constituents from solid-cultured Antrodia camphorata
Creators: name: Tong, Zong-Bo
name: Cui, Xu-Hong
name: Wang, Jie
name: Zhang, Cun-Li
name: Zhang, Yan-Yan
name: Ren, Zhan-Jun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Antrodia camphorata is a rare and precious traditional food and medicine for improving health-related conditions in Taiwan. The phytochemical research of the mushroom led to the isolation of a new naphthalenecarboxaldehyde, named as 1-Naphthalenecarboxaldehyde,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5,5,8a–trimethyl (1). Meanwhile, seven other known compounds of nerolidol (2), cadinol (3), herbarulide (4), 3β-Hydroxy-5a,8a-epidioxyergosta-6,22-diene (5), ergosta-7,22-diene-3,6-dione (6) 2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-p-benzoquinone (7) and β-sitosterol (8) were also obtained from A. camphorata for the first time except compound (8). The new compound was elucidated by 2D NMR techniques (COSY, HMBC, HSQC, NOESY) and HRMS while those known compounds deduced by comparing 1H NMR and 13C NMR data with other literatures. Then, the hepG2 cell toxicity screening was conducted and the results demonstrated that only compound 7 and 8 exhibited significant toxicity to hepG2 cell at the concentration of 50 μg/mL.
Mineral composition variation in the shells of freshwater mussel Anodonta woodiana at different growth stages
Creators: name: Chen, Xiubao
name: Su, Yanping
name: Liu, Hongbo
name: Jiang, Tao
name: Yang, Jian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The levels of mineral element Na, Mg, K, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Se, Mo, Al, As, Ag, Cd, and Tl were quantified in the whole shells of the freshwater bivalve Anodonta woodiana at three different growth stages (i.e. J1 juveniles of 1 month old, J2 juveniles of 3.5 months old, and adults of 36 months old). The concentrations of Na and Al were different between different growth stages (p < 0.05). The highest Na concentrations (2715 ± 86 μg/g dry weight) were found in J2 juveniles. The highest Al concentrations (303.9 ± 5.95 μg/g dry weight) were found in J1 juveniles. Manganese concentrations (517.0 ± 47.98 μg/g dry weight) were significantly higher in J2 juveniles than in J1 juveniles (432.3 ± 9.87 μg/g dry weight) (p < 0.05). Copper concentrations (27.32 ± 0.15 μg/g dry weight) were significantly higher in J1 juveniles than in J2 juveniles (26.21 ± 0.86 μg/g dry weight) and adults (24.74 ± 1.43 μg/g dry weight) (p < 0.05). Burdens of Na, Ca, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Mo, Ag, and Tl were positively correlated with the shell length (p < 0.05). These findings can possibly contribute to an understanding of elemental requirements for shell growth and, hence, facilitate improvement of survival and growth rates during artificial mussel culture.
A PARADOX OF WORLD POPULATION STABILIZATION POLICY
Creators: name: Alam, Mahmudul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 49999 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: ABSTRACT   Population explosion of the last century necessitated adoption of a population stabilization policy internationally but without due consideration of its paradoxical impacts on future world economic and environmental sustainability and progress of civilization. Population stabilization policy makes world fertility level (projected) to fall below the replacement level by 2043. This will result in a declining work-age population endangering economic and environmental sustainability particularly during 2050 and beyond. This study has made an attempt to highlight this paradox of population stabilization policy in terms of its impacts on economic and environmental sustainability. It analyses the catch of the need for a declining population in order to maintain a stable population. It also analyses the time taking process of changing fertility habit of the human community under the concepts of ‘child bearing habitual gap’ and ‘work-age formation gap’. It argues that for a progressive and sustainable world economy a greater and rising work-age population is required and observes that world needs to maintain population growth at a rate balanced in terms of countries and earth’s absorption capacity.
title: ALLOc : Cambes : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
title: ALLOc: Loubès-Bernac : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
Improvements in physical function and pain sustained for up to 10 years after knee or hip arthroplasty irrespective of mental health status before surgery
Creators: name: G M E E (Geeske) Peeters
name: Rainbird, Sophia
name: Lorimer, Michelle
name: Dobson, Annette J
name: Mishra, Gita D
name: Graves, Stephen E
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background and purpose — There are concerns that mental health (MH) may influence outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA). We examined effects of poor MH before surgery on long-term outcomes of osteoarthritis-related TKA or THA in women. Patients and methods — The data were from 9,737 middle-aged participants (47–52 years) and 9,292 older participants (73–78 years) in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health who completed surveys between 1998 and 2013. Dates of arthroplasties were obtained from the Australian Orthopaedics Association National Joint Replacement Registry. Participants without procedures were matched with participants with procedures. Trajectories of the Short-Form 36 scores for physical functioning, bodily pain, social functioning, and mental health based on mixed modeling were plotted for participants with and without surgery (stratified according to mental health, separately for TKA and THA, and for middle-aged and older participants). Results — In middle-aged women with poor and good MH, TKA improved physical function and reduced bodily pain, with improvements sustained up to 10 years after surgery. TKA contributed to restoration of social function in women with good MH, but this was less clear in women with poor MH. In both MH groups, mental health appeared to be unaffected by TKA. Similar patterns were observed after THA, and in older women. Interpretation — Recovery of physical and social function and reductions in pain were sustained for up to 10 years after surgery. Improvements in physical function and pain were also observed in women with poor mental health. Thus, in our view poor mental health should not be a contraindication for arthroplasty.
title: ALLOc : Appelle : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
Levels of 8-oxo-dGsn and 8-oxo-Gsn in random urine are consistent with 24 h urine in healthy subjects and patients with renal disease
Creators: name: Mao, Yong-Hui
name: Weng, Qing-Hua
name: Xu, Leng-Nan
name: Li, Xiang-Yu
name: Zhao, Ban
name: Sun, Ying
name: Nie, Jing-Jing
name: Hu, Ji-Hong
name: Zhou, Qi
name: Zhang, Li-Qun
name: Guo, Jian
name: Zuo, Ming-Zhang
name: Ito, Sadayoshi
name: Cai, Jian-Ping
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Oxidatively generated damage to nucleic acids may play an important role in the pathophysiological processes of a variety of diseases. 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dGsn) and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine (8-oxo-Gsn) are oxidatively generated products of DNA and RNA, respectively. Our previous studies have suggested that the amounts of 8-oxo-dGsn and 8-oxo-Gsn in urine were considerably higher than other body fluid or tissue. The aim of this study was to investigate whether 8-oxo-dGsn and 8-oxo-Gsn levels in random urine samples are consistent with those in 24 h urine samples in healthy subjects and patients with renal disease. A total of 16 healthy subjects and 104 renal disease patients were enrolled in this study, and their random and 24 h urine samples were collected. The levels of urinary 8-oxo-dGsn and 8-oxo-Gsn were quantified by LC-MS/MS and corrected by creatinine. Regardless of healthy subjects or renal disease patients, the levels of oxidised nucleosides in random urine samples were consistent with 24 h urine samples. Regardless of the age bracket, there is no significant difference between random samples and 24 h urine samples. In conclusion, 8-oxo-dGsn and 8-oxo-Gsn levels in random urine samples could replace those in 24 h urine samples, and were considered as the representative of the level of systemic oxidative stress for the whole day.