cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Nanorod formation of cyclodextrin-covered sudan dyes through supramolecular self-assembly
Creators: name: R.K. Sankaranarayanan
name: N. Rajendiran
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Cyclodextrin-covered sudan III (SDIII) and sudan IV (SDIV) dyes produced various nanostructures such as pseudorotaxanes through supramolecular self-assembly, studied by absorption, fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence, SEM, TEM, FT-IR, DSC, PXRD and 1H NMR. Solvent study shows that azo–hydrazo tautomer is present in sudan dyes. Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy data gave evidence for the formation of 1:2 inclusion complexes. Big nanorod (∼36 nm) surrounded by small nanorod (∼3 nm) was identified in SDIV/α-CD complexes. This confirms that the rigid molecular nanorod aggregates of α-CD and β-CD complexes are formed through the initial formation of smaller nanorods. An unequal morphology noticed in SDIII/CD suggests that the 1:2 inclusion complexes were self-assembled into irregular arrangement. The thermodynamic parameters (ΔH, ΔG and ΔS) of inclusion processes were determined from semi-empirical PM3 calculations.
Elaborated spectral analysis and modeling calculations on Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Pd(II), Pt(II) and Pt(IV) nanoparticles complexes with simple thiourea derivative
Creators: name: Gamil A.A. Al-Hazmi
name: El-Zahhar, Adel A.
name: Khlood S. Abou-Melha
name: Saad, Fawaz A.
name: Abdel-Rhman, Mohamed H.
name: Khedr, Abdalla M.
name: Nashwa M. El-Metwaly
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Engineering
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biochemistry

description: A series of metal complexes was synthesized using a simple thiourea derivative. The prepared complexes were characterized using different techniques (FTIR, ESR, XRD, TG/DTA and TEM). The FTIR spectrum of the ligand shows the presence of its tautomer forms (keto-enol). The ligand coordinates as a neutral bidentate in the Pt(IV), Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes. In the case of Co(II) and Ni(II) complexes, the ligand is mono-negative bidentate. The proposed complexes are four to six coordinate. The geometries are proposed based on electronic spectral data and magnetic measurements and were verified using other tools. The XRD patterns reflect the nano-crystalline structures except for the Cu(II) complex, which is amorphous. The TEM images for platinum complexes show nano-size particles and homogeneous metal ion distribution on the complex surface. The EPR spectrum of Cu(II) complex verified the octahedral geometry of the complex. Molecular modeling was performed to assign the structural formula proposed for the ligand based on the characterization results.
Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Creators: name: Garg, HK
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Molecular Genetics
Replication of DNA
Gene Expression
Protein Synthesis

description: The molecular basis of inheritance highlights the mechanisms by which traits are encoded, replicated, and expressed in living organisms. At the heart of this process are nucleic acids: DNA and RNA, which serve as the blueprint for life’s development, function, and reproduction.

DNA’s iconic double-helix structure contains genes that code for proteins, which are vital for cellular structure and activity. The genetic journey begins with DNA replication, ensuring precise duplication during cell division. Next, transcription converts DNA segments into messenger RNA (mRNA), forming templates for protein synthesis during translation. This flow of genetic information, known as the central dogma of molecular biology, emphasizes the intricate regulation of gene expression.

Progress in molecular genetics has exposed mechanisms like mutations, genetic recombination, and epigenetic changes that influence inheritance. These modifications significantly impact an organism’s characteristics, contributing to evolutionary diversity and adaptation.
title: L’inspiration au prisme des vies de poètes
Publisher: name: CNRS – Service audiovisuel d'ARDIS (Appui à la Recherche et Diffusion des Savoirs) (UAR2259)
Year: 2014

description: À des époques et dans des civilisations différentes, les poètes se disent « inspirés » au moment de la création. Mais que signifie être « inspiré », par exemple, pour un aède de la Grèce Antique, un poète d’Afrique de l’ouest, un troubadour du Moyen-Age ou un barde himalayen ?
Anti-infective potential of caffeic acid and epicatechin 3-gallate isolated from methanol extract of Euphorbia hirta (L.) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Creators: name: S. Perumal
name: R. Mahmud
name: S. Ramanathan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Euphorbia hirta (L.) plant is traditionally used in Malaysia for the treatment of gastrointestinal, bronchial and respiratory ailments caused by nosocomial infectious agents. Bioactivity-guided fractionation of the methanol extract of the aerial parts of E. hirta and analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography have led to the isolation of two antibacterial compounds. These compounds were identified as caffeic acid (CA) and (–)-epicatechin 3-gallate (ECG) based on spectroscopic analyses and comparison with previously published data. Using broth microdilution method, both ECG and CA had demonstrated significant minimum inhibitory concentration of 15.6 and 31.3 μg/mL respectively, against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Time-kill assessment of ECG and CA displayed bactericidal effect on P. aeruginosa cells.
Does Trade in Medical Products Improve Health Outcomes in Nigeria? A Macro-Level Analysis
Creators: name: Oyelade, Aduralere Opeyemi
name: Maku, Olukayode Emmanuel
name: Oladimeji, Akinfemi
name: Oyelade, Aduralere Opeyemi
name: Maku, Olukayode Emmanuel
name: Oladimeji, Akinfemi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: Trade in Medical Products
subject: Health Outcome
subject: Grossman Health Demand Theory
subject: Error Correction Model (ECM)

description: This study examined the relationship between trade in medical products and health outcomes in Nigeria. Annual time series data ranging from 1980 to 2016 was sourced from Business Monitor International (BMI, 2017), World Development Indicators (WDI, 2018) and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS, 2018) was used for the study. The study make used of Grossman health demand theory and health outcome was measured by three indicators which are infant mortality rate (less than one), infant mortality rate (less than five) and life expectancy. The independent variables used in the model include trade in medical product, health finance, growth rate of gross domestic product, sanitation facilities, urbanization, education and total fertility rate. From the estimated results of ECM, trade in medical product reduces both infant mortality rate less than one, infant mortality rate less than five and life expectancy but reduction in terms of infant mortality rate less than one and that of infant mortality rate less indicates that trade in medical product improve health outcomes while the reduction in terms of life expectancy shows that trade in medical product worsen health outcomes in Nigeria. Therefore, trade in medical product only improve infant mortality rate less than one and that of five but worsen life expectancy. Most of the medical product has their side effect at old age. Therefore, the study recommended that there should be more investment in trade in medical product in Nigeria in other for both infant mortality rate (less than one) and infant mortality rate (less than five) to be improve more significantly. The investment in trade in medical product should be on product that will also lead to increase in life expectancy and there should be a control on the number of children given birth to by individual household in Nigeria.
Wound-healing activity of an oligomer of alkannin/shikonin, isolated from root bark of Onosma echioides
Creators: name: Gawand Nikita
name: Purnima Vivek
name: Gadgoli Chhaya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Root bark of Onosma echioides belonging to the family Boraginaceae is reported to be rich in naphthaquinones such as alkannins and shikonins. In this study, a dimer of alkannin/shikonin was isolated from the petroleum ether (60–80 C) extract of the bark, and the structure of the same was elucidated through spectral studies (UV, IR, NMR, MS and DEPT). The petroleum ether extract was found to contain 62.4% (w/w) of the dimer of alkannin/shikonin, and the compound is found to promote wound-healing process, when studied in the excision and incision wound models in albino rats.
Probing Dark Energy with Large Galaxy Surveys: Systematics Quantification & Mitigation
Creators: name: Awan, Humna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Cosmology, Dark Energy, Large-scale Structure, Survey Strategy, Correlation Functions, LSST

description: Dark energy is a leading theory to explain cosmic acceleration, and forthcoming astronomical surveys have been specifically designed to probe this mysterious energy component of our universe. This thesis addresses aspects of using large galaxy surveys to study dark energy, which requires an unprecedented understanding and mitigation of systematics -- a challenge that can be addressed on two fronts: quantification of the impacts of systematics, and new tools to mitigate them. Here, we specifically study the impacts of three key systematics: those induced by 1) the telescope observing strategy, 2) the Milky Way dust, and 3) uncertain photometric redshifts. Focusing on the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) carried out by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, we quantify the impacts of LSST observing strategy on large-scale structure studies, which is a probe of dark energy. We demonstrate the effectiveness of large translational dithers -- telescope-pointing offsets -- in increasing LSST survey uniformity and reducing systematic uncertainties (Awan et al., 2016; LSST Science Collaboration et al., 2017) -- a result that has now been adopted for the baseline LSST observing strategy. We also study the impacts of Milky Way dust on dark energy science and demonstrate that ~25% of the default LSST survey area would not be useful for extragalactic static science given the Milky Way dust extinction, motivating the reconfiguration of the LSST survey footprint to avoid high-extinction regions of the sky (Lochner et al., 2018; Olsen et al., 2018). And finally, we present a new formalism that provides a novel way to correct for redshift contamination arising from photometric redshift estimation (Awan & Gawiser, 2020). Specifically, we first introduce a general formalism to correct for sample contamination for photometric galaxy samples when measuring two-point angular correlation functions, and then a new weighted estimator that assigns each galaxy a weight in each redshift bin based on its probability of being in that bin, thereby fully utilizing the probabilistic distance information available for photometric galaxies. While these techniques are motivated by preparations for LSST, they are applicable to other large galaxy surveys like Dark Energy Survey (DES), Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), Euclid, and Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
description: To be published by ProQuest with a non-exclusive right to distribute.
HPTLC analysis of Scoparia dulcis Linn (Scrophulariaceae) and its larvicidal potential against dengue vector Aedes aegypti
Creators: name: Wankupar Wankhar
name: Srinivasan, Sakthivel
name: Sheeladevi Rathinasamy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: This study evaluates the larvicidal activity of Scoparia dulcis aqueous extract against dengue vector and determines its major chemical components. The extract was tested at various concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 2 mg/mL against Aedes aegypti larvae. The extracts displayed significant larvicidal efficacy against Ae. aegypt species after 24 h exposure revealing LC50 of 3.3835 (mg/mL) and LC90 of 5.7578 (mg/mL). Finger printing profile carried out by CAMAG automatic TLC sample applicator programmed through WIN CATS software revealed peaks with different Rf values for three different volumes injected: 16, 15 and 18 peaks were spotted for 3, 6 and 9 μL, respectively. Ascending order of Rf values was also ascertained for each peak recorded. This study clearly signifies that S. dulcis extract contains numerous compounds that are known to have larvicidal properties which clearly substantiates its efficacy on Ae. aegypti larvae.
A qualidade do sono de indivíduos participantes do projeto caminhada na água da UFRN
Creators: name: Andrade, Elmir Henrique Silva
name: Cabral, Ludmila Lucena Pereira
name: Sena, Lidia Cavalcante Campos De
name: Casada, Diego Lopes Fernandez
name: Jônatas De França Barros
name: Coquerel, Patrick Ramon Stafin
name: Nunes, Raimundo Nonato
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015

description: Pesquisa apresentada em Congresso
High expression level of antioxidants and pharmaceutical bioactivities of endophytic fungus Chaetomium globosum JN711454
Creators: name: Selim, Khaled A.
name: El-Beih, Ahmed A.
name: Tahany M. Abdel-Rahman
name: El-Diwany, Ahmed I.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: In order to maximize antioxidant activity of pharmaceutical bioactive endophytic fungus Chaetomium globosum JN711454 during fermentation process, designed fermentation experiments of culture media for three levels of eight culture factors were performed using a Taguchi orthogonal array (OA) design with layout L18 (21 × 37). The agitation and the potato extract were the most significant affecting factors, and their interaction contributed significantly to fungus activity. The production of antioxidants was more favorable for static condition with 25 g potato extract/100 m. The remaining factors had no strong impact when considered individually. The validation of statistically optimized medium indicated the improvement of antioxidant activity to a level of twofold with approximately overall 40% enhancement in activity. The extract of optimized medium was investigated for various pharmaceutical bioactivities; it revealed a moderate antimicrobial activity, strong anticancer activity against HepG-2, UACC62 cell lines, an antiviral activity against HSV-2 virus, and strong inhibitory activity to butyrylcholinesterase enzyme, one of the neurohydrolase enzymes that play a major role in development of Alzheimer’s disease. As a result of applying statistical fermentation designs, the optimized conditions of endophytic fungus C. globosum JN711454 developed a cost-effective production medium by using inexpensive commercial potato extracts statically, which can lower the energy requirement and could become an efficient, economic, and viable fermentation process for production of pharmaceutical secondary metabolites.
‘Somber glee at any idea of mass destruction’: history, crisis, and affect in Pynchon
Creators: name: Douglas, Oscar Byron
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 470514
subject: Literary theory

description: Thomas Pynchon’s approach to writing history is characterised by an acute attention to detail and also careful indirection, particularly when it comes to histories of violence, tragedy, and crisis. Considering three of Pynchon’s works, V., Gravity’s Rainbow and Mason & Dixon, this thesis examines his depictions of these histories, locating in them an affective quality often neglected by Pynchon critics. Understanding these histories affectively means engaging with new modes of interpreting historical information in a post-truth climate—modes that acknowledge the multiplicity and (inter)subjectivity of affective facts.Each of the three novels is viewed in relation to a specific temporality: past (V.), present (Gravity’s Rainbow) and future (Mason & Dixon). Viewing Pynchon’s works in this way, the thesis argues that the relationship between temporality and subjectivity is distorted by the affective experiences that they evoke and the ways in which individuals manage them. Pynchon’s characteristic use of paranoia is dominant among these modes of affectivity, along with dissociation, libidinal impulse, pre-emption, and prognostication. By applying elements of affect theory to the analysis of Pynchon’s histories, new kinds of textual engagement start to take shape and affect is revealed to be a vital element of the novels’ narrative composition.
Городище біля села Пекарі в урочищі Заводище
Creators: name: Borysov, Artem
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Archaeology

description: Борисов А. В. Міста Давньої Русі. Збірка наукових праць пам’яті А. В. Кузи. — К.: «Стародавній Світ», 2014. — 532 с. + 2 с. вкл. - с.460-469 A. Borysov HlLLFORT AT THE VILLAGE PEKARI IN THE TRACT ZAVODYSHHE This hillfort is part of defensive line Old Rus. It located in the lower reach of the river Ross. This monument located on the higher left bank of the river. Total area of hillfort aggregate 3,5 hectare. The main body of hillfort is 0,91 hectare. This hillfort constitute of two fortified line (it means rampart and ditch outside). Pekaris hillfort has two fortification lines. In the monument revealed materials Bronze Age (Kaniv group of monuments of culture Middle Dnipro culture), of Old Rus (XI-XII century), Late Middle Ages and burial Scythian period. This hillfort mapped the second half of the XIX century. Archaeological work began V. G. Petrenko 1963. Research carried out during 1970-2012. Location monument near the mouth Ross associates it with chronicle Rodney. The archaeological materials not allow reliable identification hillfort in ur. Zavodysche with chronicle Rodney. In the monument was find insignificant materials of XI-XII century. The cultural layer has a few find and has a small footprint. The facts point to a small number of people or a short time of existence this settlement. It is necessary to continue archaeological research of the hillfort and its neighborhood for expansion the problem of identifying the chronicle Rodney. The important tasks during next investigation for exact dating are following: a) mapping instrumental plan of hillfort; b) research remainders of fortification; c) searching of archaeological objects.
Entrepreneurship Innovation and Development of Entrepreneurship Education-Strategy for Startup Ventures
Creators: name: Prabhu, J. Jose
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Entrepreneurship innovation
entrepreneurship education
startup ventures
business idea
startup ideas
business strategy

description: The entrepreneur is basically concerned about growing new products, processor advertises, the capacity to bring something new into the market. The entrepreneur visionary enjoys unique reasoning more than some other individual considers and he can create arrangements that go against set up information. Entrepreneurship will in general be advancement driven and will likewise help produce answers for nation's social issues including excellent quality education, reasonable health care services, clean vitality and waste management, and monetary consideration and Innovation are at the core of the soul of big business. They catch the chance to develop to make the lives increasingly agreeable. The significance of development in enterprise is key an incentive for the life span of a business. Business visionaries and organizations started with a need. Development is the way toward bringing the best thoughts into the real world, which triggers an inventive thought, which creates a progression of imaginative occasions. A thought doesn't turn into a development until it is broadly embraced and joined into individuals' day by day lives. A great many people oppose change, so a key piece of improving is persuading other individuals that your thought is a decent one-by enrolling their assistance, and, in doing as such, by helping them see the handiness of the thought. Entrepreneurship all through the world are encountering what can be really depicted as a transformation: the rising vitality that can be accomplished through advancement. Along these lines advancement assumes an essential job in structure up innovative soul inside. This book underlines on the pretended by advancement in Entrepreneurship Development with clear depiction of the Elements of Innovation, standards of development and the achievement components of advancement. The focal point of this report is on understanding the components that decide graduate business entrepreneurship in India. This is essential for two reasons. To start with,there is a proof hole in our comprehension of what inspires graduate business enterprise. Earlier examinations have would in general spotlight either on the neighborhood or the provincial instead of the national picture. Similarly, few earlier investigations have considered a rich arrangement of elements that may help clarify graduate business. Such understandings are likewise vital for a second reason: the Indian economy, as other created economies, needs venturesome alumni to drive future dimensions of efficiency and prosperity
High Expression Level of Antioxidants and Pharmaceutical Bioactivities of Endophytic Fungus Chaetomium Globosum JN711454
Creators: name: El-Beih, Ahmed A.
name: Selim, Khaled A.
name: Tahany M. Abdel-Rahman
name: El-Diwany, Ahmed I.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Meta Science
subject: Ecology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biochemistry

description: In order to maximize antioxidant activity of pharmaceutical bioactive endophytic fungus Chaetomium globosum JN711454 during fermentation process, designed fermentation experiments of culture media for three levels of eight culture factors were performed using Taguchi Orthogonal Array (OA) design with layout L18 (21x37). The agitation and the potato extract were the most significant affecting factors and their interaction contributed significantly on fungus activity. The production of antioxidants was more favorable for static condition with 25 g potato extract/100 ml. The remaining factors had no strong impact when considered individually. The validation of statistically optimized medium indicated the improvement of antioxidant activity to the level of double fold with approximately overall 40% enhancement in activity. The extract of optimized medium was investigated for various pharmaceutical bioactivities; it revealed a moderate antimicrobial activity, strong anticancer activity against HepG-2, UACC62 cell lines, an antiviral activity against HSV-2 virus, and strong inhibitory activity to butyrylcholinesterase enzyme, one of neuro hydrolase enzymes that play a major role in development of Alzheimer's disease. As a result of applying statistical fermentation designs, the optimized conditions of endophytic fungus C. globosum JN711454 developed a cost-effective production medium by using inexpensive commercial potato extracts statically, which can lower energy requirement and could become an efficient, economic, and viable fermentation process for production of pharmaceutical secondary metabolites.
Additional file 1 of A single-arm feasibility cohort study of rivaroxaban in antiphospholipid syndrome
Creators: name: Legault, Kimberly
name: Blostein, Mark
name: Carrier, Marc
name: Khan, Susan
name: Schulman, Sam
name: Sudeep Shivakumar
name: Wu, Cynthia
name: Crowther, Mark A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. CONSORT 2010 checklist of information to include when reporting a pilot or feasibility trial
title: SMARS 25 et 26 mars 2015
Publisher: name: Avignon Université
Year: 2015

description: Les Smartphones et les réseaux sociaux comme outils d’aide à l’alerte face aux inondations : Enjeux et perspectives   Dans le contexte des inondations, et particulièrement des crues éclairs,   l'information en temps réel et sa diffusion au plus grand nombre   demeurent des éléments cruciaux. L'apport des réseaux sociaux numériques   et des smartphones apparaissent comme des opportunités pouvant   compléter positivement des dispositifs institutionnels nécessaires mais   insuffisants (24 victimes recensées lors des crues méditerranéennes en   2014). On cherche aussi à travers ce projet, à recréer des liens autour   d'une politique globale de gestion du risque inondation qui va de la   prévention intégrée des risques (souhaitée en France mais laissant un   petite place aux messages émis par les citoyens-capteurs) jusqu'à la   gestion de cris
Supplemental Document for Breaking the Limitations with Sparse Inputs by Variational Frameworks (BLIss) in Terahertz Super-Resolution 3D Reconstruction - Manuscript ID 510670
Creators: name: Zhang, Yiyao
name: Chen, Ke
name: Yang, Shang-Hua
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510205
subject: Terahertz physics
classificationCode: 490399
subject: Numerical and computational mathematics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 490107
subject: Mathematical methods and special functions
classificationCode: 400909
subject: Photonic and electro-optical devices, sensors and systems (excl. communications)
classificationCode: 400899
subject: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental Document for Breaking the Limitations with Sparse Inputs by Variational Frameworks (BLIss) in Terahertz Super-Resolution 3D Reconstruction
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.510670

- Manuscript ID 510670 Submitted to
Feature Issue of Optics Express on 3D Image Acquisition and Display: Technology, Perception and Applications

- Table of contents:
1. Brief Mathematical Preliminaries
2. Derivation of Numerical Algorithm with ADMM
3. Optical Images of 3D-Printed Objects
4. Metrics
A. Global Smoothness Quantity by Standard Deviation of Gaussian Curvatures and of Mean Curvatures
B. Accuracy Verification by MS-SSIM
5. Visualization for Super-Resolution Evolution
6. Potential Improvements in Experimental Setting and Data Acquisition
Supplemental Document for Breaking the Limitations with Sparse Inputs by Variational Frameworks (BLIss) in Terahertz Super-Resolution 3D Reconstruction - Manuscript ID 510670
Creators: name: Zhang, Yiyao
name: Chen, Ke
name: Yang, Shang-Hua
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 510205
subject: Terahertz physics
classificationCode: 490399
subject: Numerical and computational mathematics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 490107
subject: Mathematical methods and special functions
classificationCode: 400909
subject: Photonic and electro-optical devices, sensors and systems (excl. communications)
classificationCode: 400899
subject: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental Document for Breaking the Limitations with Sparse Inputs by Variational Frameworks (BLIss) in Terahertz Super-Resolution 3D Reconstruction

- Manuscript ID 510670 Submitted to
Feature Issue of Optics Express on 3D Image Acquisition and Display: Technology, Perception and Applications

- Table of contents:
1. Brief Mathematical Preliminaries
2. Derivation of Numerical Algorithm with ADMM
3. Optical Images of 3D-Printed Objects
4. Metrics
A. Global Smoothness Quantity by Standard Deviation of Gaussian Curvatures and of Mean Curvatures
B. Accuracy Verification by MS-SSIM
NPA_ref12561
Creators: name: Santen, Jeffrey Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Citation for NP Atlas reference previously without DOI Citation: Eugster CH Isolation, structure, and syntheses of central-active compounds from Amanita muscaria (L. ex Fr.) hooker. Psychopharmacol Bull, 1967, 4(3), 18-19 PubMed ID: 5629522 Publisher Access: NONE
The Nexus between Trade Policy and Manufacturing Employment in Nigeria: A Panel Cointegrating Regression
Creators: name: Oshodi, Ayodele Folorunso
name: Kilishi, Abdulhakeem Abdullahi
name: Muhammed, Ismail Aremu
name: Oshodi, Ayodele Folorunso
name: Kilishi, Abdulhakeem Abdullahi
name: Muhammed, Ismail Aremu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Trade Policy
subject: Tariff, Manufacturing employment
subject: Common External Tariff
subject: Pooled Mean Group
subject: Export-oriented

description: This paper uses firm level data to examine the impact of tariff and adoption of ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) on manufacturing sector employment in Nigeria. The empirical strategy is based on Pooled Mean Group (PMG), which is one of the panel cointegrating regression techniques. The findings show that tariff does not have short-run effect on manufacturing employment in Nigeria. However, in the long-run employment in manufacturing firms declines with increase in tariff rate. The decline is more in the non-exporting firms, than in the exporting firms. It is also evident that CET does not have short-run effect on manufactured employment but harms employment in the long-run. It however, enhances employment when reform is interacted with tariff. It is therefore, recommended that Nigeria should generally reduce tariff rates and avoid policy inconsistency in order to achieve the desire long-run impact. Blanket policy reform targeting at all firms in the manufacturing sector should be discouraged. Case by case analysis should always be carried out so as to identify which policy is most appropriate for each manufacturing sub-sector. Finally, it is recommended the government should always follow up trade agreements with corresponding appropriate trade policy reform so as to maximize the gains from such agreement.
Graph-Theoretical Methods for Statistical Inference on MR Connectome Data DARPA
Creators: name: NeuroData
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Neuroscience

description: Gray WR, Vogelstein JT, Bogovic J, Carass A, Prince JL, Landman B, Pham D, Ferrucci L, Resnick SM, Priebe CE, Vogelstein RJ. Graph-Theoretical Methods for Statistical Inference on MR Connectome Data.DARPA Neural Engineering, Science and Technology Forum, 2010. Same information as OHBM.
D5.1. Methodologies adapted for the environmental assessments for agro-ecosystems and of the food value chain
Creators: name: Wollmann, Iris
name: Krause, Simone
name: Kraus, Fabian
name: Herndl, Markus
name: Gaillard, Gérard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: General methodology of Life Cycle Assessment that will be used to assess the environmental evaluation of each case study. This includes the description of the used methods and tools, as well as information that applies for all studied systems. The document also comprises the methodological approach, the interpretation concept and specific assumptions for the innovative production strategies assessed within the CS of Circular Agronomics. All studied systems are described in detail and a brief overview over the further steps of the environmental assessment, including data collection and calculations is given.
Graph-Theoretical Methods for Statistical Inference on MR Connectome Data OHBM
Creators: name: NeuroData
name: J Bogovic
name: A Carass
name: WR Gray
name: JL Prince
name: B Landman
name: D Pham
name: L Ferrucci
name: SM Resnick
name: CE Priebe
name: RJ Vogelstein
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Neuroscience

description: Vogelstein JT, Bogovic J, Carass A, Gray WR, Prince JL, Landman B, Pham D, Ferrucci L, Resnick SM, Priebe CE, Vogelstein RJ. Graph-Theoretical Methods for Statistical Inference on MR Connectome Data. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2010
Deciphering Hatchery Stock Influences on Wild Populations of Vermont Lake Trout
Creators: name: Baillie, Shauna M.
name: Blackie, Craig
name: Gerardi, Leonard
name: Bentzen, Paul
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics

description: To better understand the influence of hatchery practices on wild populations of Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush, we used a landscape genetic approach to tease apart the population genetic patterns expected due to natural processes versus hatchery stocking, i.e., human-mediated gene flow. In several lakes across our study area in Vermont, the presence of exogenous mitochondrial DNA haplotypes supported our human-mediated gene flow hypothesis. Microsatellite DNA analyses showed introgression of hatchery genotypes into the wild populations. Nonetheless, clustering patterns within river drainages and signatures of isolation by distance were consistent with natural postglacial colonization. We conclude that though the genetic makeup of Vermont Lake Trout populations has been influenced by stocking, a lack of genetic bottlenecks and concordance with landscape processes suggests that much of the indigenous genetic diversity remains intact. We were able to attribute departures from expectations based on natural genetic patterns to hatchery introgression in specific lakes. To preserve the adaptive potential of local populations that have persisted since the last ice age, we suggest areas for which hatchery supplementation could be minimized.Received June 16, 2014; accepted September 12, 2014
General Motor Vehicle Drivers’ Knowledge and Practices Regarding Drink Driving in Yinchuan and Guangzhou, China
Creators: name: Keqin Jia
name: King, Mark
name: Fleiter, Judy
name: Sheehan, Mary
name: Wenjun Ma
name: Lei, Jing
name: Jianzhen Zhang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: Drink driving contributes to significant levels of injury and economic loss in China but is not well researched. This study examined knowledge, drink-driving practices, and alcohol misuse problems among general drivers in Yinchuan. The objectives were to gain a better understanding of drink driving in Yinchuan, identify areas that need to be addressed, and compare the results with a similar study in Guangzhou. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with a survey designed to collect information on participants’ demographic characteristics and their knowledge and practices in relation to drinking and driving. The survey was composed of questions on knowledge and practices in relation to drink driving and was administered to a convenience sample of 406 drivers. Alcohol misuse problems were assessed by using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Results: Males accounted for the main proportion of drivers sampled from the general population (“general drivers”). A majority of general drivers in both cities knew that drunk driving had become a criminal offense in 2011; however, knowledge of 2 legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limits was quite low. Fewer drivers in Yinchuan (22.6%) than in Guangzhou (27.9) reported having been stopped by police conducting breath alcohol testing at least once in the last 12 months. The mean AUDIT score in Yinchuan (M = 8.2) was higher than that in Guangzhou (M = 7.4), and the proportion of Yinchuan drivers with medium or higher alcohol misuse problems (31.2%) was correspondingly higher than in Guangzhou (23.1%). In Yinchuan, males had a significantly higher AUDIT score than females (t = 3.454, P P =.09) and age at which drinking started (beta = 0.141, P =.033), but the overall model for Yinchuan was not significant, unlike Guangzhou. Conclusions: The results show that there are shortfalls in knowledge of the legislation and how to comply with it and deficiencies in police enforcement. In addition, there was evidence of drink driving and drink riding at high levels in both cities. Recommendations are made to address these issues.
Finite Element Model Prediction of Pulmonary Contusion in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Simulations of Real-World Crashes
Creators: name: Danelson, Kerry A.
name: Stitzel, Joel D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: Medicine
subject: Biochemistry

description: Objective: Pulmonary contusion (PC) is a common chest injury following motor vehicle crash (MVC). Because this injury has an inflammatory component, studying PC in living subjects is essential. Medical and vehicle data from the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) database were utilized to examine pulmonary contusion in case occupants with known crash parameters.Method: The selected CIREN cases were simulated with vehicle finite element models (FEMs) with the Total HUman Model for Safety (THUMS) version 4 as the occupant. To match the CIREN crash parameters, vehicle simulations were iteratively improved to optimize maximum crush location and depth. Fifteen cases were successfully modeled with the simulated maximum crush matching the CIREN crush to within 10%. Following the simulations, stress and strain metrics for the elements within the lungs were calculated. These injury metrics were compared to patient imaging data to determine the best finite element predictor of pulmonary contusion.Results: When the thresholds were evaluated using volumetric criteria, first principal strain was the metric with the least variation in the FEM prediction of PC.Conclusions: A preliminary threshold for maximum crush was calculated to predict a clinically significant volume of pulmonary contusion.
PUBLIC POLICIES ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ELDERLY'S RIGHT TO WORK
Creators: name: Rocha, Sheila Marta Carregosa
name: ROSANA DE QUEIROZ DIAS
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: The elderly's right to work needs public policies that stimulate their permanence or reintegration into the labor market, the learning of skills for new occupations, the access to technological development and a dignified and non-prejudiced treatment towards age. This issue is raised in this article, following the field survey carried out with two hundred and fifty-four elders working in Bahia between January and July 2012 and lacking public policies that enable the right to work. The pistemological framework was undertaken in relation to the elderly who still work. To this end, the methodology implemented consists in a qualitative approach regarding the interview data collected, and in a survey on Brazilian-government labor websites. Researches under this perspective are still very incipient in Brazil, despite occurrences of this issue since the 90s. This article kindles the discussion on public policies for the elderly in the labor market.
Surface Water Quality Assessment Using Phytoplankton and Zoobenthos: A Case Study at Bung Binh Thien, An Giang Province, Vietnam
Creators: name: NGUYEN, Thanh Giao
Publisher: name: Journal of Vietnamese Environment
Year: 2020

description: The study aimed to evaluate water quality at Bung Binh Thien Lake, An Giang Province, Vietnam using Shannon-Wiener species diversity index (H’) and associated average score per taxon (ASPT) calculated from composition of phytoplankton and zoobenthos. The water quality index (WQI) was used as the reference for the quality of surface water. The samples of surface water quality, phytoplankton, and zoobenthos were simultaneously collected at 11 sites in the dry season. The results showed that WQI (57-88) classified water quality from good to medium, H’ calculated using phytoplankton species (1.12-2.71) presented water quality from medium to bad whereas, (H'z) calculated (0 to 2.07) and ASPT (2-4.21) calculated from zoobenthos species divided water quality from bad to very bad. The findings revealed that assessing water quality should not totally only relied on diversity indices (H’, ASPT) but also carefully consider compositions of phytoplankton and zooplankton. In addition, interpretation of the biodiversity indices for water quality examination should involve the experts in the relevant fields. Nghiên cứu nhằm đánh giá chất lượng nước tại hồ Bung Binh Thiên, tỉnh An Giang, Việt Nam sử dụng chỉ số đa dạng loài Shannon-Wiener (H’) và chỉ số tính điểm trung bình bình theo họ (ASPT) được tính từ thành phần của phiêu sinh thực vật và động vật đáy. Chỉ số chất lượng nước (WQI) được sử dụng tham chiếu cho chất lượng nước mặt. Các mẫu chất lượng nước mặt, phiêu sinh thực vật thực vật và động vật đáy được thu đồng thời tại 11 địa điểm trong mùa khô. Kết quả cho thấy WQI (57-88) phân loại chất lượng nước từ tốt đến trung bình, H’p được tính dựa vào các loài phiêu sinh thực vật (1.12-2.71) thể hiện chất lượng nước từ trung bình đến xấu trong khi, H’z (0- 2.07 ) và ASPT (2-4,21) được tính toán từ các loài động vật đáy phân loại chất lượng nước từ xấu đến rất xấu Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy đánh giá chất lượng nước không chỉ hoàn toàn dựa vào các chỉ số đa dạng (H’, ASPT) mà còn xem xét cẩn thận thành phần loài của phiêu sinh thực vật và động vật đáy. Ngoài ra, việc giải thích các chỉ số đa dạng sinh học nhằm tra chất lượng nước cần có sự tham gia của các chuyên gia trong các lĩnh vực liên quan.
description: Journal of Vietnamese Environment, Vol 12 No 1 (2020)
General Motor Vehicle Drivers' Knowledge and Practices Regarding Drink Driving in Yinchuan and Guangzhou, China
Creators: name: Keqin Jia
name: King, Mark
name: Fleiter, Judy
name: Sheehan, Mary
name: Wenjun Ma
name: Lei, Jing
name: Jianzhen Zhang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Medicine

description: ABSTRACTObjectiveDrink driving contributes to significant levels of injury and economic loss in China, but is not well researched. This study examined knowledge, drink driving practices and alcohol misuse problems among general drivers in Yinchuan. The objectives were to gain a better understanding of drink driving in Yinchuan, identify areas that need to be addressed, and compare the results with a similar study in Guangzhou.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study with a survey designed to collect information of participants' demographic characteristics and their knowledge and practices in relation to drinking and driving. The survey was comprised of questions on knowledge and practices in relation to drink driving and was administered to a convenience sample of 406 drivers. Alcohol misuse problems were assessed by using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT).Results Males accounted for the main proportion of drivers sampled from the general population (“general drivers”). A majority of general drivers in both cities knew that drunk driving had become a criminal offence in 2011, however knowledge of two legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limits was quite low. Less drivers in Yinchuan (22.6%) than in Guangzhou (27.9) reported having been stopped by police conducting breath alcohol testing at least once in the last twelve months. The mean AUDIT score in Yinchuan (M = 8.2) was higher than in Guangzhou (M = 7.4), and the proportion of Yinchuan drivers with medium or higher alcohol misuse problems (31.2%) was correspondingly higher than in Guangzhou (23.1%). In Yinchuan, males had a significantly higher AUDIT score than females (t = 3.454, p < .001), similar to Guangzhou. Multiple regression analyses were conducted on potential predictors of the AUDIT score (age, gender, monthly income, education level, years licensed and age started drinking). There were significant individual contributions of gender (beta = 0.173, p = 0.09) and age at which drinking started (beta = 0.141, p = 0.033), but the overall model for Yinchuan was not significant, unlike Guangzhou.ConclusionsThe results show that there are shortfalls in knowledge of the legislation and how to comply with it, and deficiencies in police enforcement. In addition there was evidence of drink driving and drink riding at high levels in both cities. Recommendations are made to address these issues.
SHORT NOTES ON THE LIMITATION OF CIVIL LIABILITY IN CARRIAGE OF HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES BY SEA UNDER THE 2010 HNS CONVENTION
Creators: name: Castro, Osvaldo Agripino
name: RENATO RODRIGUES DA SILVA
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: The liability shall be limited and manage the risk of the activities of shipping of hazardous and harmful substances, given the current situation of great increase in international trade. Against this backdrop, this article aims to contribute to the protection of the marine environment and the sustainable development of the Petroleum Industry (transport) through the introduction of the main aspects of the 1996 HNS Convention, which was adopted by the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization - IMO in April 2002 and on the 2010 Protocol amending the Convention. Seeks, then, from a brief examination of these rules, to check if it is relevant to the ratification of the same by Brazil. Keywords: Marine environmental rotection. Maritime transportation of harmful and hazardous goods. Limitation of civil liability.
SUPRAINDIVIDUAL CRIMINAL LEGAL PROPERTY AND MANDATORY REPRESSION
Creators: name: Dissenha, Rui Carlos
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: The notion of juridical interest is essential to ensure the coexistence in a democratic State based on the rule of law, as in the form adopted by the Brazilian constitution. The recognition of special functions to the State in the twentieth century caused the rising of new juridical interests – the so called upraindividual juridical interests – that doesn’t have the same characteristics as classical juridical interests. Based on the notion that there are constitutional orders to criminalize certain conducts, mainly those that violate individual interests, the question proposed is whether this obligation to criminalize may also affect supraindividual interests of an economical nature. However, as the notion of juridical interest is designed to protect the citizen by creating limitations to the ius puniendi, the answer seems to be negative: there is a possibility, not an obligation, to criminalize conducts that jeopardize economical supraindividual interests. This criminalization would be fair only when those conducts cause risks to individuals and their rights.