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Blueprint of Shopping Center Parking Sketch G, Stony Brook, October 17, 1939
Creators: name: Smythe, Richard Haviland
name: Melville, Ward, 1887-1977
name: Organization, Ward Melville Heritage
name: Stony Brook Community Fund
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: Stony Brook
Sketches
Blueprints
Plans
Architects
Shopping centers
Architectural drawings
Stores & shops

description: This blueprint shows sketch "G" for a proposed shopping center located in Stony Brook, L. I. This plan was completed by architect Richard Haviland Smythe, located at 681 fifth avenue, New York. Building for D.T. Bayles & Son.
Desiccation Patterns of Blood Sessile Drops
Creators: name: RUOYANG CHEN
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 30603 Colloid and Surface Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: The formation of desiccation patterns in a biological sessile drop is a natural and ubiquitous phenomenon that involves complex physical/chemical/biological processes. This thesis studies the desiccation patterns of blood sessile drops, i.e., whole blood and blood plasma. It presents the desiccation processes of blood sessile drops and discloses the underlying mechanisms of the formation of blood desiccation patterns. It also investigates the major influencing factors on blood desiccation patterns and develops the effective and novel methods to control the pattern morphologies. Furthermore, it explores the potential applications of the blood desiccation patterns in health diagnosis.
title: Saccadic suppression in schizophrenia
Creators: name: Lencer, Rebekka
name: Meyhöfer, Inga
name: Triebsch, Janina
name: Rolfes, Karen
name: Lappe, Markus
name: Watson, Tamara
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610 Medicine and health

description: About 40% of schizophrenia patients report discrete visual disturbances which could occur if saccadic suppression, the decrease of visual sensitivity around saccade onset, is impaired. Two mechanisms contribute to saccadic suppression: efference copy processing and backwards masking. Both are reportedly altered in schizophrenia. However, saccadic suppression has not been investigated in schizophrenia. 17 schizophrenia patients and 18 healthy controls performed a saccadic suppression task using a Gabor stimulus with individually adjusted contrast, which was presented within an interval 300 ms around saccade onset. Visual disturbance scores were higher in patients than controls, but saccadic suppression strength and time course were similar in both groups with lower saccadic suppression rates being similarly related to smaller saccade amplitudes. Saccade amplitudes in the saccadic suppression task were reduced in patients, in contrast to unaltered amplitudes during a saccade control task. Notably, smaller saccade amplitudes were related to higher visual disturbances scores in patients. Saccadic suppression performance was unrelated to symptom expression and antipsychotic medication. Unaltered saccadic suppression in patients suggests sufficiently intact efference copy processing and backward masking as required for this task. Instead, visual disturbances in patients may be related to restricted saccadic amplitudes arising from cognitive load while completing a task.
description: Finanziert über die DEAL-Vereinbarung mit Wiley 2019-2022.
Non-Central Potentials, Exact Solutions and Laplace Transform Approach
Creators: name: Arda, Altug
name: Sever, Ramazan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exact bound state solutions and the corresponding wave functions of the Schrödinger equation for some non-central potentials including Makarov potential, modified-Kratzer plus a ring-shaped potential, double ring-shaped Kratzer potential, modified non-central potential and ring-shaped non-spherical oscillator potential are obtained by using the Laplace transform approach. The energy spectrums of the Hartmann potential, modified-Kratzer potential and ring-shaped oscillator potential are also briefly studied as special cases. It is seen that our analytical results for all these potentials are consistent with those obtained by other works. We also give some numerical results obtained for the modified non-central potential for different values of the related quantum numbers.
description: 15 pages
On the comparison of results regarding the post-Newtonian approximate treatment of the dynamics of extended spinning compact binaries
Creators: name: Hergt, Steven
name: Steinhoff, Jan
name: Schaefer, Gerhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A brief review is given of all the Hamiltonians and effective potentials calculated hitherto covering the post-Newtonian (pN) dynamics of a two body system. A method is presented to compare (conservative) reduced Hamiltonians with nonreduced potentials directly at least up to the next-to-leading-pN order.
description: Conference proceedings for the 7th International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC2011), 4 pages
Dwelling, tourism and sustainability on the rural-urban fringe : a Bowen Island case study
Creators: name: Pettipas, Donna Nona
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The thesis examines the question of why people live in rural communities, what draws them to these communities and the significance of social sustainability. The focus is on the view of individual perspectives that could be obtained through the process of completed questionnaires and interviews. Results of the combined questionnaire and interviews were referenced to earlier studies and to government statistics. The community of Bowen Island served as the case study, a rural community with a historical and evolving relationship to Metro Vancouver, British Columbia. The research activity was designed to be one of information and knowledge gathering, rather than an issue-oriented approach. The approach taken is one of discovering patterns of shared values and the adaptive practices of islanders in their homes and community environs. Transcribed interview responses were grouped by enquiry type to facilitate comparison between participants across BI neighbourhoods, resulting in qualitatively rich personal narratives about home, habitat and community engagement. The community is physically engaged in a beautiful mountainous and marine environment, which is also a tourist destination. Fun is a quality of BI’s community celebrations along with spirituality and a connection to nature, the backdrop to a privileged life-style; some with ‘plenty of dough’ most somewhere in-between ranging to bohemian artists, sharing in the community dynamic. The major attraction and commitment to stay on BI was the desire to achieve and retain a connection to nature. Diverse opinions expressed by the respondents were accepted and respected by the group, the open discussions and commitment to the Island has resulted in a shared value system while respecting diversity. The major concern of the Islanders is the feeling of uncertainty resulting from issues of governance. Shifts in ethical norms and lifestyle patterns warrant examination: the dynamics that constitute a cohesive community can be seen in the lived experiences and individual intentions of people on an island such as Bowen where the cultural collective aspires to live very close to nature at the wild land and rural-urban fringe.
On Shear-Free perturbations of FLRW Universes
Creators: name: Nzioki, Anne Marie
name: Goswami, Rituparno
name: Dunsby, Peter K. S.
name: Ellis, George F. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A surprising exact result for the Einstein Field Equations is that if pressure-free matter is moving in a shear-free way, then it must be either expansion-free or rotation-free. It has been suggested this result is also true for any barotropic perfect fluid, but a proof has remained elusive. We consider the case of barotropic perfect fluid solutions linearized about a Robertson-Walker geometry, and prove that the result remains true except for the case of a specific highly non-linear equation of state. We argue that this equation of state is non-physical, and hence the result is true in the linearized case for all physically realistic barotropic perfect fluids. This result, which is not true in Newtonian cosmology, demonstrates that the linearized solutions, believed to result in standard local Newtonian theory, do not always give the usual behaviour of Newtonian solutions.
Spin-induced localized density excitations in quantum plasmas
Creators: name: Akbari-Moghanjoughi, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper the dominant effect of electron inertia on the dynamics of localized density excitations is studied in a quantum plasma in the presence of electron spin effects. Using the quantum magnetohydrodynamics (QMHD) model including electron tunneling and spin polarization phenomena, it is revealed that the quantum effects such as plasma paramagnetism and diamagnetism play inevitable role on soliton existence criteria in quantum plasmas. Furthermore, it is shown that the magnetosonic localized density-excitation stability depends strongly on the quantum system dimensionality. Two distinct region of soliton stability is shown to exist depending on the value of the electron effective mass, where, the soliton amplitude variation with respect to the external magnetic field strength is quite opposite in these regions. Current findings can be important in the study of dynamical nonlinear wave features in dense laboratory or inertial-confined plasmas.
description: Paper accepted in journal IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci
title: Ways To Make Cybersecurity Education/Opportunities More Accessible in the Philippine Public School System
Creators: name: Oania, Joshua
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: This paper will examine how the Philippines can make cybersecurity education more accessible in their public school system. The solutions it proposes include making cybersecurity a part of the school curriculum, creating summer/internship programs for Junior and Senior High School students in multiple different areas within cybersecurity, and providing basic infrastructure and resources for students to meet their educational needs and aspirations.
ПОРАЖЕНИЕ ПОЧЕК У ПАЦИЕНТОВ ПЕРЕНЕСШИХ COVID-19 (ОБЗОР ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ)
Creators: name: Бахронов, С.Т.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: COVID-19 — это новое появившееся инфекционное заболевание человека, ознаменовавшее начало третьего десятилетия XXI века. Новый коронавирус, вызывающий COVID-19, получил обозначение «коронавирус тяжелого острого респираторного синдрома 2» (SARS-CoV-2) [21]. Впервые о нем сообщили в городе Ухань, Китай, и он быстро распространился по стране, вызвав эпидемию. COVID-19 затронул почти все страны мира и был зарегистрирован среди людей всех возрастов, включая детей [27]. 11 марта 2020 года ВОЗ объявила COVID-19 пандемией, которая позже была описана ВОЗ 23 марта как «ускоряющаяся пандемия», когда количество случаев заболевания превысило 350 000 [24].
Brans-Dicke Theory in Anisotropic Model with Viscous Fluid
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Shuvendu
name: Debnath, Ujjal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we have considered an anisotropic space-time model of the Universe in presence of Brans-Dicke (BD) scalar field $ϕ$, causal viscous fluid and barotropic fluid. We have shown that irrespective of fluid the causality theory provides late time acceleration of the Universe. If the deceleration occurs in radial direction and acceleration occurs in transverse direction then the anisotropic Universe will accelerate for a particular condition of the power law representation of the scale factors.
description: 5 pages
Sketching ways towards RDM at an institute scale
Creators: name: Schmitt, Robert
name: Hamann, Tobias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The authors would like to thank the Federal Government and the Heads of Government of the Länder, as well as the Joint Science Conference (GWK), for their funding and support within the framework of the NFDI4Ing consortium. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) - project number 442146713.
Effects of Foam Granulation on Dissolution Specific Properties and Applications in Detergent Manufacture
Creators: name: GEORGE ALEXANDER MUTCH
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90403 Chemical Engineering Design
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: 90406 Powder and Particle Technology
subject: 91006 Manufacturing Processes and Technologies (excl. Textiles)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Thesis explored the effect of using a novel foaming technique on binding liquid to agglomerate raw powdered ingredients in detergent and pharmaceutical formulations. Intent was to enhance dissolution rate of either formulation. Pharmaceutical powders showed no benefit, but detergent formulations showed both enhanced dissolution rate and secondary benefits of waste reduction.
Small-molecule Polθ inhibitors provide safe and effective tumor radiosensitization in preclinical models.
Creators: name: Rodriguez-Berriguete, Gonzalo
name: Ranzani, Marco
name: Prevo, Remko
name: Puliyadi, Rathi
name: Machado, Nicole
name: Bolland, Hannah R
name: Millar, Val
name: Ebner, Daniel
name: Boursier, Marie
name: Cerutti, Aurora
name: Cicconi, Alessandro
name: Galbiati, Alessandro
name: Grande, Diego
name: Grinkevich, Vera
name: Majithiya, Jayesh
name: Piscitello, Desiree
name: Rajendra, Eeson
name: Stockley, Martin L
name: Boulton, Simon J
name: Hammond, Ester M
name: Heald, Robert A
name: Smith, Graeme CM
name: Robinson, Helen MR
name: Higgins, Geoff S
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2023
Subjects: Model organisms
Biochemistry & Proteomics
Genetics & Genomics
Genome Integrity & Repair
Cell Biology
Cell Cycle & Chromosomes

description: PURPOSE: DNA polymerase theta (Polθ) is a DNA repair enzyme critical for microhomology mediated end joining (MMEJ). Polθ has limited expression in normal tissues but is frequently overexpressed in cancer cells and, therefore, represents an ideal target for tumor-specific radiosensitization. In the present study we evaluate whether targeting Polθ with novel small-molecule inhibitors is a feasible strategy to improve the efficacy of radiotherapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We characterized the response to Polθ inhibition in combination with ionizing radiation in different cancer cell models in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS: Here, we show that ART558 and ART899, two novel and specific allosteric inhibitors of the Polθ DNA polymerase domain, potently radiosensitize tumor cells, particularly when combined with fractionated radiation. Importantly, non-cancerous cells were not radiosensitized by Polθ inhibition. Mechanistically, we show that the radiosensitization caused by Polθ inhibition is most effective in replicating cells and is due to impaired DNA damage repair. We also show that radiosensitization is still effective under hypoxia, suggesting that these inhibitors may help overcome hypoxia-induced radioresistance. In addition, we describe for the first time ART899 and characterize it as a potent and specific Polθ inhibitor with improved metabolic stability. In vivo, the combination of Polθ inhibition using ART899 with fractionated radiation is well tolerated and results in a significant reduction in tumor growth compared to radiation alone. CONCLUSION: These results pave the way for future clinical trials of Polθ inhibitors in combination with radiotherapy.
Gut_microbiome_in_ESLD_and_Lung_Transplantation_STORMS_Excel.xlsx
Creators: name: Zhang, Shuyan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310208
subject: Translational and applied bioinformatics

description: We assessed the gut microbiome in 64 faecal samples from end-stage lung disease patients before transplantation and 219 samples from lung transplant recipients after transplantation using metagenomic sequencing. To identify dysbiotic microbial signatures, we analysed 243 faecal samples from age-, sex- and BMI-matched healthy controls. By unsupervised clustering, we identified five groups of lung transplant recipients using different combinations of immunosuppressants and antibiotics and analysed them in relation to the gut microbiome. Finally, we investigated the gut microbiome composition of lung transplant recipients in different chronic lung allograft dysfunction stages and longitudinal gut microbiome changes after transplantation.
Nonleptonic $B \to D^{(*)}D_{sJ}^{(*)}$ decays and the nature of the orbitally excited charmed-strange mesons
Creators: name: Segovia, J.
name: Albertus, C.
name: Hernandez, E.
name: Fernandez, F.
name: Entem, D. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Belle Collaboration has recently reported a study of the decays $B \to D_{s1}(2536)^{+}\bar{D}^{(\ast)}$ and has given also estimates of relevant ratios between branching fractions of decays $B \to D^{(\ast)}D_{sJ}^{(\ast)}$ providing important information to check the structure of the $D_{s0}^{\ast}(2317)$, $D_{s1}(2460)$ and $D_{s1}(2536)$ mesons. The disagreement between experimental data and Heavy Quark Symmetry has been used as an indication that $D_{s0}^{\ast}(2317)$ and $D_{s1}(2460)$ mesons could have a more complex structure than the canonical $c\bar{s}$ one. We analyze these ratios within the framework of a constituent quark model, which allows us to incorporate the effects given by finite $c$-quark mass corrections. Our findings are that while the $D_{s1}(2460)$ meson could have a sizable non-$q\bar{q}$ component, the $D_{s0}^{\ast}(2317)$ and $D_{s1}(2536)$ mesons seem to be well described by a pure $q\bar{q}$ structure.
description: 13 pages, 1 figure
Superheated Steam in Spray Drying for Particle Functionality Engineering
Creators: name: AMANDA LI CHING LUM
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90805 Food Processing
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: The thesis explored the capabilities of superheated steam in the spray drying of food powder. It was discovered that superheated steam spray drying can be used to improve the wetting behaviour of dairy powder. This process was then used to make more skim milk and full cream milk powder with improved wettability. The characteristics of superheated steam was also found to be very versatile for the control of crystal formation in food powder. This part of the thesis led to the production of porous salt particles with the potential for salt reduction applications in food products.
Graphene Oxide-Based Thin Film Nanocomposite Membranes for Water Purification
Creators: name: WANG ZHAO
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90404 Membrane and Separation Technologies
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: This dissertation aims to develop high performance TFC membrane via GO incorporation for water processing. Three types of GO incorporated TFN membranes are synthesized via novel strategies and studied systematically. The results demonstrate that GO incorporation is an effective approach to enhance TFC membrane performance in terms of flux and salt rejection. Furthermore, the designed novel incorporation strategies allow GO to facilitate IP reaction at low monomer concentration and confine the IP reaction interface and polyamide growth on microfiltration substrate, which bring insights into the future TFN membrane design and application.
Improving hydrocarbon ratio in microalgae bio-oil by catalytic pyrolysis and adsorptive denitrogenation
Creators: name: FANGHUA LI
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: 90405 Non-automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering (incl. Alternative/Renewable Fuels)
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering

description: The major objective of this study is the conversion of microalgae to bio-oil and reduction of its oxygen and nitrogen content via catalytic pyrolysis and adsorptive denitrogenation. Pyrolysis oils have undesirable properties such as high oxygen- and nitrogen-containing compounds. Catalysts and adsorbents can help to improve the quality of bio-oils by reducing the oxygen- and nitrogen-containing compounds. The fuels produced can supplement or replace petroleum-based fuels such as gasoline and diesel, minimizing the dependency on fossil fuels. This is the first publicly available investigation on improving hydrocarbon ratio in microalgae bio-oil by combination of catalytic pyrolysis and adsorptive denitrogenation.
Sustainable hydrolysis of protein waste: an engineering approach using enzymes
Creators: name: MADURA BAIRAVI ANANDA KUMAR
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 100305 Industrial Microbiology (incl. Biofeedstocks)
subject: FOS: Industrial biotechnology

description: This Master thesis broadly explores the potential of converting protein waste into high-value products in a sustainable way. This research demonstrates a bioprocess combining enzymes, nature’s catalysts, with the unconventional solvent ionic liquids to break down abundantly available keratin. It then looks at ways to improve the efficiency of this process.
Design of Metallic Nanostructures for Stretchable and Transparent Electronics
Creators: name: MY DUYEN HO
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: Different nanostructures of metallic materials like one-dimensional nanowires, fractal nanoframework, and two-dimensional sheet are synthesized for stretchable electronics. The relationship between nanostructures of stretchable materials and their properties such as electrical conductivity, optical transparency, as well as mechanical stretchability are investigated throughout the thesis. Based on the nanostructures and properties of the materials, the stretchable materials are applied for different practical applications like highly sensitive transparent strain sensors which can detect facial emotional expressions, heart beats, as well as human motions and stretchable transparent conductors which exhibits novel strain-insensitive at up to 20% stretching strain.
Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for improved accumulation and storage of standard and high-value lipids and impacts on cellular physiology
Creators: name: HUADONG PENG
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biological Engineering
subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: 100399 Industrial Biotechnology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Industrial biotechnology

description: The development of sustainable sources of industrial feedstocks such as lipids (oils) is an imperative for the planet’s future. An alternative to crop production of oils that can involve land clearing, is production of lipids within cells of microbes such as Bakers’ yeast. Microbial lipids have wide utility in industry and reduce burden on the environment. In this Ph.D. thesis, strategies for the improvement of yeast lipid production were investigated and resulted in high level production of standard and high value lipids in cells. The fundamental discoveries from this thesis will open up opportunities to supply our society with renewable fuels, cosmetics, lubricants, etc.
The effect of disorder on the wave propagation in one-dimensional periodic optical systems
Creators: name: Godin, Yuri A.
name: Molchanov, Stanislav
name: Vainberg, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The influence of disorder on the transmission through periodic waveguides is studied. Using a canonical form of the transfer matrix we investigate dependence of the Lyapunov exponent $γ$ on the frequency $ν$ and magnitude of the disorder $σ$. It is shown that in the bulk of the bands $γ\sim σ^2$, while near the band edges it has the order $γ\sim σ^{2/3}$. This dependence is illustrated by numerical simulations.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures
Point of Care Diagnostic Device and Wearable Sensors Based on Bifunctional Nanoparticle
Creators: name: LIM WEI YAP
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 100703 Nanobiotechnology
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: 91205 Functional Materials
subject: FOS: Materials engineering
subject: 100705 Nanoelectronics
subject: 100706 Nanofabrication, Growth and Self Assembly
subject: 100708 Nanomaterials

description: This thesis focus on the design, fabrication and application of bifunctional particles in point of care diagnostic and wearable electronics. The bifunctional particles has shown its potential in improving the point of care diagnostic device in terms of immunoassay time, efficiency and specificity in a microfluidic environment. The bifunctional particles was also demonstrated in the fabrication of wearable sensors with pressure sensing, strain sensing, magnetic field sensing and wind sensing ability. Finally, miniaturized electronics were combined with the wearable sensors to open a route for fabrication of truly wearable device.
A natural diketopiperazine stimulates axon sprouting and sensory recovery following dorsal rhizotomy
Creators: name: Wong, Jennifer Wai Jing
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: During prenatal and early postnatal development, the mammalian nervous system has the remarkable ability to build its intricate array of connections and circuitries with the help of a variety guidance cues. When the nervous system matures, it appears to lose its ability to rebuild damaged connections following traumatic insults. This can be attributed in part to the expression of inhibitory molecules that hinder axon regeneration and reconnection. The goal of this thesis is to identify novel compounds that can stimulate axon outgrowth in the unfavourable environment of the adult central nervous system (CNS) by manipulating the axon outgrowth machinery in the neuronal growth cone. To isolate compounds of therapeutic potential, we first developed a novel high-throughput screening technology to rapidly identify candidate neurite outgrowth promoting molecules from a bioactive marine sponge extract library. Using the high-throughput screening technology, we identified a natural diketopiperazine DKP101516 that demonstrated robust axon outgrowth promoting activity through the phosphotidyl-3-inositol kinase (PI3K) signalling pathway. Further in vivo studies revealed that while DKP101516 did not stimulate afferent regeneration, it markedly enhanced intraspinal axon sprouting following dorsal rhizotomy. Lastly, behavioural studies suggest that DKP10516 also promoted rapid and transient recovery in mechanosensation, concomitant to the sprouting of VGLUT1 positive mechanosensory afferents. Collectively, our data suggest that DKP101516 may be a promising therapeutic to stimulate axon repair and functional recovery following injuries in the CNS.
Protein-based functional nanoparticles: Comparision of strategies for design and engineering
Creators: name: PRADEEP G C
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 30406 Proteins and Peptides
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 100301 Biocatalysis and Enzyme Technology
subject: FOS: Industrial biotechnology
subject: 100703 Nanobiotechnology
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology

description: This Ph.D. thesis focuses on engineering protein-based functional nanoparticles that have attractive structural and functional properties. Different strategies in designing and engineering such nanoparticles have been studied and compared. The strategies include: i) covalent immobilisation of protein on silica nanoparticles, ii) non-covalent affinity immobilisation of proteins on silica and iron oxide nanoparticles, iii) self-assembly peptides for formation of protein-only nanoparticles, and iv) combination of self-assembly and affinity adsorption to form clusters of hybrid protein-iron oxide nanoparticles. This research has built a new platform for designing protein-based functional nanomaterials that may have diverse application in biomedical, health, and environmental sectors.
Preparation, characterization, and applications of VO2 nanocomposites
Creators: name: SONG LI
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 100708 Nanomaterials
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology

description: VO2 nanocomposites, such as VO2@SiO2, VO2@SiO2@ZrO2, VO2@SiO2@ZrO2 core-shell nanoparticles, are synthesized to increase its chemical stability and optical performance.
Nuclear symmetry energy and the role of the tensor force
Creators: name: Vidana, Isaac
name: Polls, Artur
name: Providencia, Constanca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Hellmann--Feynman theorem we analyze the contribution of the different terms of the nucleon-nucleon interaction to the nuclear symmetry energy $E_{sym}$ and the slope parameter $L$. The analysis is performed within the microscopic Brueckner--Hartree--Fock approach using the Argonne V18 potential plus the Urbana IX three-body force. We find that the main contribution to $E_{sym}$ and $L$ is due to the tensor component of the nuclear force.
description: 4 pages, 4 tables
Temporal networks exploring the interrelation between time, subject, world and others
Creators: name: Newman, Charis
Publisher: name: Anglia Ruskin Research Online (ARRO)
Year: 2024

description: If you look out of the window you can watch the world go by; everything is constantly changing, including us, as we press on, ever forward, through life. This is how we naturally experience the world; we move away from the past, towards the future and experience each moment at a time; we remember the past and anticipate the future. But is this how the world is in reality? My thesis seeks to shed new light on this old metaphysical debate using a phenomenological method. Existing temporal models appear to lack a way to account for temporal experience as a smooth continuum and fail to acknowledge the importance of the active human subject as a constituting factor. My research puts the human subject at the heart of temporal experience and highlights the need to challenge existing temporal metaphors in order to move forward with our understanding of time. With a grounding in Husserlian inner time-consciousness, I put forward an intersubjective temporal network model which stands at the intersection between phenomenology, metaphysics, and cognitive science.
Lattice Boltzmann investigation on non-Newtonian fluid-particle systems
Creators: name: ZHENG QI
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 91504 Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 90406 Powder and Particle Technology
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: 80110 Simulation and Modelling
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Non-Newtonian fluid-particle systems are commonly encountered in natural and industrial processes. To understand and predict the interaction between fluid and particle and the behaviors of these two distinct phases, a parallelized lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is applied to conduct a comprehensive numerical study at sub-particle level on non-Newtonian fluid-particle systems. Effects of some key factors, including flow regimes, fluid properties, porosity, size distributions and particle behaviors, will be considered and studied respectively. Based on the analysis and a series of simulated data, general constitutive correlations are proposed to be more accurate and applicable in a wide range of conditions.
CFD Investigation of the Injection of Victorian Brown Coal into an Ironmaking Blast Furnace
Creators: name: JUNHAI LIAO
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 30602 Chemical Thermodynamics and Energetics
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: An industry-scale 3D CFD model is successfully developed to simulate the complicated in-furnace combustion phenomena with the injection of Victorian brown coal in PCI operation, aiming to study the possibility of replacing the relatively expensive black coal with the upgraded Victorian brown coal in PCI operation in an ironmaking blast furnace, and provide scientific evidence to guide the industry on the utilization and optimization of upgraded brown coal in PCI.
Precise calculation of the two-step process for K- d -> pi Sigma N in the Lambda (1405) resonance region
Creators: name: Miyagawa, K.
name: Haidenbauer, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The reaction K- d -> pi Sigma N is investigated taking into account single scattering and the two-step process due to Kbar N -> pi Sigma rescattering. The influence of some common approximations are examined. It is found that the treatment of the kinematics in the Green's function that appears in the loop integral of the rescattering process has a rather strong impact on the resulting lineshape of the pi Sigma invariant mass spectrum. Specifically, a calculation with correct kinematics where the three-body unitarity cut due to the nK- p threshold occurs at the physical value yields a pronounced peak in the invariant mass spectrum at this threshold and, at the same time, suppresses the signal in the region of the Lambda(1405) resonance. On the other hand, an approximation applied in past calculations shifts that threshold down and, consequently, leads to an accidental and therefore erroneous enhancement of the signal of the Lambda(1405) in the pi Sigma invariant mass spectrum.
description: 11 pages, 13 figures
Radio signatures of CME-streamer interaction and source diagnostics of type II radio burst
Creators: name: Feng, S. W.
name: Chen, Y.
name: Kong, X. L.
name: Li, G.
name: Song, H. Q.
name: Feng, X. S.
name: Liu, Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been suggested that type II radio bursts are due to energetic electrons accelerated at coronal shocks. Radio observations, however, have poor or no spatial resolutions to pinpoint the exact acceleration locations of these electrons. In this paper, we discuss a promising approach to infer the electron acceleration location by combining radio and white light observations. The key assumption is to relate specific morphological features (e.g. spectral bumps) of the dynamic spectra of type II radio bursts, to imaging features (e.g. CME going into a streamer) along the CME (and its driven shock) propagation. In this study, we examine the CME-streamer interaction for the solar eruption dated on 2003 November 1. The presence of spectral bump in the relevant type II radio burst is identified, which is interpreted as a natural result of the shock-radio emitting region entering the dense streamer structure. The study is useful for further determinations of the location of type II radio burst and the associated electron acceleration by CME-driven shock.
description: 16 pages,5 figures
On the nature of dust clouds in the region towards M81 and NGC3077
Creators: name: Heithausen, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There is some controversy on the nature of dust clouds found in direction of the interacting galaxy triplett M81, M82, and NGC3077. Are they associated with the tidal arms seen in HI around those galaxies or are they simply Galactic foreground clouds? Data from the SPIRE instrument onboard HERSCHEL and MIPS onboard of SPITZER are used to derive physical parameters for the dust clouds. These observions are compared to CO clouds previously mapped with the IRAM and the FCRAO radio telescopes.SPIRE and MIPS maps show several dust clouds north of M81 and south of NGC3077. Modelling of the dust emission provides total hydrogen column densities between 1.5 and 5.0 * 10^20 cm^-2. Dust temperatures are between 13 to 17K. No significant difference in the dust emission can be found between individual clouds. It is shown that CO line emission provides the best clues on the origin of those clouds. Most of the clouds seen towards M81 are associated with small-area molecular structures (SAMS), i.e. tiny CO clouds of Galactic origin. The clouds seen towards NGC3077 are partly associated with the tidal arms and are partly in the Galactic foreground associated with SAMS.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, accepted by A&A
Thermocatalytic Conversion of Automotive Shredder Residue to Liquid Fuels
Creators: name: ISHA KOHLI
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The overall objective of this research is to study the non-catalytic pyrolysis of ASR and catalytic purification its oil in a lab-scale , fixed-bed reactor and a bench-scale, fixed-bed reactor to examine the characteristics and yield (concentration) of oil produced by varying parameters i.e. temperature and catalyst type.
A Dynamical Systems Approach for Static Evaluation in Go
Creators: name: Wolf, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: I.2.1
subject: 37N99

description: In the paper arguments are given why the concept of static evaluation has the potential to be a useful extension to Monte Carlo tree search. A new concept of modeling static evaluation through a dynamical system is introduced and strengths and weaknesses are discussed. The general suitability of this approach is demonstrated.
description: IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, vol 3 (2011), no 2
Thermo-physical Properties and Applications of Copper Nanomaterials with Discrete Morphologies
Creators: name: Sushrut Sandeep Bhanushali
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 30602 Chemical Thermodynamics and Energetics
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: This thesis focuses on the thermo-physical and photo-thermal properties of composite materials incorporated with metallic copper nanomaterials. We investigate how the particle morphology of the copper nanomaterials affects the thermo-physical properties of its composites in heat transfer fluids (nanofluids) and thermal interface materials (TIMs). While thermal conductivity enhancement is desirable for improvement of heat transfer characteristics, the inevitable alteration of the rheological and mechanical properties of the composite materials can jeopardize their applicability. We demonstrate how tailoring the particle morphology and surface chemical treatment can be utilized to design composite materials for heat transfer applications rationally.
Finite element study of flow kinematics and mixing behaviors in granular mixers
Creators: name: LIANG BAI
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: Granular mixing is an important research area and has a wide range of applications. However, the current simulation method (discrete element method) has a sever limitation in computational efficiency. To overcome the problem, this thesis aims to propose a continuum model of granular mixing based on the Eulerian FEM approach and apply the model to study various mixing phenomena in mixers such as rotating drums and high shear mixers.
Faraday synthesis: The synergy of aperture and rotation measure synthesis
Creators: name: Bell, M. R.
name: Enßlin, T. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a new technique for imaging the polarized radio sky using interferometric data. The new approach, which we call Faraday synthesis, combines aperture and rotation measure synthesis imaging and deconvolution into a single algorithm. This has several inherent advantages over the traditional two-step technique, including improved sky plane resolution, fidelity, and dynamic range. In addition, the direct visibility- to Faraday-space imaging approach is a more sound foundation on which to build more sophisticated deconvolution or inference algorithms. For testing purposes, we have implemented a basic Faraday synthesis imaging software package including a three-dimensional CLEAN deconvolution algorithm. We compare the results of this new technique to those of the traditional approach using mock data. We find many artifacts in the images made using the traditional approach that are not present in the Faraday synthesis results. In all, we achieve a higher spatial resolution, an improvement in dynamic range of about 20%, and a more accurate reconstruction of low signal to noise source fluxes when using the Faraday synthesis technique.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, submitted to A&A
Finite element investigation of dense granular flow in shear cells
Creators: name: QI LUO
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering
subject: 30301 Chemical Characterisation of Materials
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Granular matter is one of the most commonly handled materials on our planet and has many unique features that cannot be observed in usual substances. Shear cells are commonly deployed to study fundamental mechanics and constitutive models of granular flow. By using a dynamic finite element method, the thesis seeks to macroscopically model granular flow in shear cells based on conventional elastoplastic theories and recently developed rheology. The thesis improves the understanding of state-of-the-art problems in sheared granular flow for both research interests and industrial applications, including the important phenomena, applicable constitutive models and continuum simulation frameworks for complex flow.
Lantern-shaped cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes based on a tripodal bis(pyrazol-1-yl)acetate ligand: crystal structure, magnetic property and Hirshfeld surface analysis
Creators: name: Feng, Chao
name: Guo, Jing- Jing
name: Li, Zun-Qun
name: Khan, Arshad
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Biotechnology
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

description: Two novel Co(II) and Ni(II) complexes Co(dpza)2 (1) and Ni(dpza)2 (2) (Hdpza is 2,2-di(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)acetic acid) were successfully synthesized via solvothermal method. The two complexes namely, 1 and 2 are isostructural exhibiting lantern-shaped configurations as illustrated by the structural analysis. The structures of the two complexes have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, FT-IR, and TGA. Magnetic property of 1 in the 2–300 K also has been investigated which displays dominant ferromagnetic behavior. Hirshfeld surface analysis reveals that the main interactions for complex two are O···H/H···O and H···H contacts.
Counting statistics in an InAs nanowire quantum dot with a vertically coupled charge detector
Creators: name: Choi, Theodore
name: Ihn, Thomas
name: Schön, Silke
name: Ensslin, Klaus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A gate-defined quantum dot in an InAs nanowire is fabricated on top of a quantum point contact realized in a two-dimensional electron gas. The strong coupling between these two quantum devices is used to perform time-averaged as well as time-resolved charge detection experiments for electron flow through the quantum dot. We demonstrate that the Fano factor describing shot noise or time-correlations in single-electron transport depends in the theoretically expected way on the asymmetry of the tunneling barriers even in a regime where the thermal energy $k_\mathrm{B}T$ is comparable to the single-particle level spacing in the dot.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Strong Coupling Optimization With Planar Spiral Resonators
Creators: name: Klein, Avraham
name: Katz, Nadav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Planar spirals offer a highly scalable geometry appropriate for wireless power transfer via strongly coupled inductive resonators. We numerically derive a set of geometric scale and material independent coupling terms, and analyze a simple model to identify design considerations for a variety of different materials. We use our model to fabricate integrated planar resonators of handheld sizes, and optimize them to achieve high Q factors, comparable to much larger systems, and strong coupling over significant distances with approximately constant efficiency.
description: ISSN 1567-1739
Time-resolved whole field investigation of the phenomena of laser produced plasma-induced shockwaves in the media of different densities
Creators: name: Choudhury, Kaushik
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 20502 Lasers and Quantum Electronics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 90403 Chemical Engineering Design
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: This thesis presents a study based on a particular way in which a high power laser pulse interacts with a piece of matter – laser ablation. In laser ablation the laser pulse hits the material causing fragments of material coming out accompanied with an emission of bright light. This finds application in the domains of medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, material sciences etc. The emission when characterised tells us about the composition of the material and the fragmentation leads to the formation of nanoparticles. The observations presented, will help future researchers to make use of this process in various engineering and scientific applications.
The Durham adaptive optics real-time controller: Capability and ELT suitability
Creators: name: Basden, Alastair
name: Myers, Richard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Durham adaptive optics real-time controller is a generic, high performance real-time control system for astronomical adaptive optics systems. It has recently had new features added as well as performance improvements, and here we give details of these, as well as ways in which optimisations can be made for specific adaptive optics systems and hardware implementations. We also present new measurements that show how this real-time control system could be used with any existing adaptive optics system, and also show that when used with modern hardware, it has high enough performance to be used with most Extremely Large Telescope adaptive optics systems.
description: Accepted by MNRAS