cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A note on calibration of video cameras for autonomous vehicles with optical flow
Creators: name: Tapia, Ernesto
name: Raúl, Rojas
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme

description: We show how to compute the extrinsic parameters of a video camera from the optical flow measured in consecutive video frames. We assume that the camera is mounted on a car or a robot which move forward and sideways on a flat area to acquire the images used for the calibration. The vanishing points of the optical flow lines provide enough information to compute the camera rotation matrix. We also show how the flow lines on the ground together with the vehicles's velocity provide enough information to compute the camera position.
Chandra Observations of the Components of Clusters, Groups, and Galaxies and their Interactions
Creators: name: Forman, W.
name: Jones, C.
name: Markevitch, M.
name: Vikhlinin, A.
name: Churazov, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss two themes from Chandra observations of galaxies, groups, and clusters. First, we review the merging process as seen through the high angular resolution of Chandra. We present examples of sharp, edge-like surface brightness structures ``cold fronts'', the boundaries of the remaining cores of merger components and the Chandra observations of CL0657, the first clear example of a strong cluster merger shock. In addition to reviewing already published work, we present observations of the cold front around the elliptical galaxy NGC1404 which is infalling into the Fornax cluster and we discuss multiple ``edges'' in ZW3146. Second, we review the effects of relativistic, radio-emitting plasmas or ``bubbles'', inflated by active galactic nuclei, on the hot X-ray emitting gaseous atmospheres in galaxies and clusters. We review published work and also discuss the unusual X-ray structures surrounding the galaxies NGC4636 and NGC507.
Using the High Resolution X-ray Spectrum of PSR B0656+14 to Constrain the Chemical Composition of the Neutron Star Atmosphere
Creators: name: Marshall, H. L.
name: Schulz, N. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observations of PSR B0656+14 using the Chandra Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer are presented. The zeroth order events are pulsed at an amplitude of 10 +/- 2% and the image may be slightly extended. The extended emission is modelled as a Gaussian with a FWHM of about 0.75", for a linear size (at a distance of 760 pc) of 8.5e15 cm. In the absence of systematic errors in the detector point spread function, the extended emission comprises
description: 14 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Circulating vitamin D levels and colorectal cancer risk: A meta-analysis and systematic review of case-control and prospective cohort studies
Creators: name: Hernández-Alonso, Pablo
name: Boughanem, Hatim
name: Canudas, Silvia
name: Becerra-Tomás, Nerea
name: de la Puente, María Fernández
name: Babio, Nancy
name: Macias-Gonzalez, Manuel
name: Salas-Salvadó, Jordi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy

description: The associations between circulating vitamin D concentrations and total and site-specific colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence have been examined in several epidemiological studies with overall inconclusive findings. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis of both case-control and prospective cohort studies was to evaluate the association between CRC and circulating levels of vitamin D. The main exposure and outcome were circulating total 25(OH)D and CRC, respectively, in the overall population (i.e., all subjects). Two reviewers, working independently, screened all the literature available to identify studies that met the inclusion criteria (e.g., case-control or prospective cohort studies, published in English, and excluding non-original papers). Data were pooled by the generic inverse variance method using a random or fixed effect model, as approriate. Heterogeneity was identified using the Cochran's Q-test and quantified by the I2 statistic. Results were stratified by study design, sex, and metabolite of vitamin D. Sensitivity and subgroup analyses were also performed. A total of 28 original studies were included for the quantitative meta-analysis. Meta-analyses comparing the highest vs lowest categories, showed a 39% lower risk between levels of total 25(OH)D and CRC risk (OR (95% CI): 0.61 (0.52; 0.71); 11 studies) in case-control studies; whereas a 20% reduced CRC risk in prospective cohort studies (HR (95% CI): 0.80 (0.66; 0.97); 6 studies). Results in women mirrored main results, whereas results in men were non-significant in both analyses. Our findings support an inverse association between circulating vitamin D levels and CRC risk.
Leveraging Labeled and Unlabeled Data for Consistent Fair Binary Classification
Creators: name: Chzhen, Evgenii
name: Denis, Christophe
name: Hebiri, Mohamed
name: Oneto, Luca
name: Pontil, Massimiliano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We study the problem of fair binary classification using the notion of Equal Opportunity. It requires the true positive rate to distribute equally across the sensitive groups. Within this setting we show that the fair optimal classifier is obtained by recalibrating the Bayes classifier by a group-dependent threshold. We provide a constructive expression for the threshold. This result motivates us to devise a plug-in classification procedure based on both unlabeled and labeled datasets. While the latter is used to learn the output conditional probability, the former is used for calibration. The overall procedure can be computed in polynomial time and it is shown to be statistically consistent both in terms of the classification error and fairness measure. Finally, we present numerical experiments which indicate that our method is often superior or competitive with the state-of-the-art methods on benchmark datasets.
On the growth of massive scalar hair around a Schwarzschild black hole
Creators: name: Clough, Katy
name: Ferreira, Pedro G.
name: Lagos, Macarena
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Through numerical simulations of a minimally coupled massive Klein-Gordon scalar field, we show that it is possible to grow hair on a Schwarzschild black hole if one assumes an initial periodically time-varying but spatially homogeneous scalar background. By "hair", we mean a non-trivial profile in the scalar field. We find that this profile emerges on a timescale related to the mass of the black hole, with features related to the mass of the scalar particle. We undertake simulations with and without backreaction on the metric and see that the essential, qualitative features remain consistent. We also contrast the results from higher mass scalars to the case of a low mass with a large Compton wavelength. The results are particularly relevant for scalar-tensor theories of gravity and dark matter models consisting of a massive scalar, e.g. axions.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures, updated to incorporate low mass cases and referee suggestions
title: The bidirectional C-H insertion approach in the synthesis of cyclic structures, and, computational studies on important reactions in organic synthesis.
Creators: name: Lepage, Romain
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cycle structures
subject: Organic synthesis
subject: Computational studies

description: This thesis describes the development of a new methodology for the synthesis of spiroacetals. 5,5-Spiroacetals are common in a wide variety of biologically active natural products, from insect pheromones to highly potent anti-cancer agents. The threedimensionality of their structures has proven to be an important feature for their biological activity, making these structural motifs privileged scaffolds in medicinal chemistry, especially in fragment-based drug discovery, as building blocks for research purposes, or as chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis. Although there are numerous synthetic methods applicable to 5,5-spiroacetal synthesis, stereochemistry at the spirocentre is often difficult to control. This project seeks to develop an innovative and general new strategy for the stereoselective synthesis of spiroacetal compounds from acyclic formaldehyde acetals, via rhodium-catalysed bidirectional C–H insertion. The rhodium(II)-catalysed insertion of a carbene into a C–H bond has emerged as a powerful tool to create C-C bonds from readily available precursors. The intramolecular variant of this reaction shows a strong preference for 5-membered ring formation, allowing good selectivities to be achieved. The insertion into a C–H bond adjacent to an oxygen atom is also favoured. For the first time, 5,5-spiroacetals have been synthesized by bidirectional C–H insertion of methylene acetals bearing two diazo ester substituents. The diastereoselectivity of the reaction is influenced by the choice of catalyst and chiral catalysts provide the major diastereoisomer with an excellent level of enantioselectivity. This new, stereoselective synthetic strategy for 5,5-spiroacetal synthesis provides these useful building blocks in high yields and selectivities and may find application to drug discovery. The mechanism of the bidirectional C–H insertion has also been studied experimentally, in order to explain the stereoselectivity of the reaction. The results obtained from carefully designed experiments suggest that the second cyclization occurs via a different mechanism than the concerted C–H insertion mechanism. In this thesis are also presented our efforts to extend the bidirectional C–H insertion strategy to the synthesis of other spirocyclic scaffolds (spiroethers) and other bicyclic topologies (oxa-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes), as well to improve the reactivity and selectivity of the developed method. Finally, computational chemistry calculations have been performed on several reactions unrelated to the main project. This work is presented in the second part of this thesis.
MOESM3 of BRD4 bimodal binding at promoters and drug-induced displacement at Pol II pause sites associates with I-BET sensitivity
Creators: name: P. Khoueiry
name: A. Ward Gahlawat
name: M. Petretich
name: A. Michon
name: D. Simola
name: E. Lam
name: E. Furlong
name: V. Benes
name: M. Dawson
name: R. Prinjha
name: G. Drewes
name: P. Grandi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 3: Figure S2. Barplot with the number of peaks called for each condition and for both cell lines (a) for all peaks and (b) for peaks overlapping a TSS − 1 Kb or a TSS + 1 Kb. (c) Stacked barplot showing the percentage of peaks falling in TSS −/+ 1 Kb (blue), H3K27ac marked regions excluding TSS −/+ 1 Kb (orange) and other intergenic or genic regions excluding TSS −/+ 1 Kb and H3K27ac marked sites (gray) after treating cells in DMSO, 50 nM, 500 nM or 5000 nM I-BET151.
Behaviors of two supersymmetry breaking scales in $\mathcal{N}=2$ supergravity
Creators: name: Abe, Hiroyuki
name: Aoki, Shuntaro
name: Imai, Sosuke
name: Sakamura, Yutaka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the supersymmetry breaking patterns in four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauged supergravity. The model contains multiple (Abelian) vector multiplets and a single hypermultiplet which parametrizes SO$(4,1)/{\rm{SO}}(4)$ coset. We derive the expressions of two gravitino masses under {\it{general}} gaugings and prepotential based on the embedding tensor formalism, and discuss their behaviors in some concrete models. Then we confirm that in a single vector multiplet case, the partial breaking always occurs when the third derivative of the prepotential exists at the vacuum, which is consistent with the result of Ref.~\cite{Antoniadis:2018blk}, but we can have several breaking patterns otherwise. The discussion is also generalized to the case of multiple vector multiplets, and we found that the full ($\mathcal{N}=0$) breaking occurs even if the third derivative of the prepotential is nontrivial.
description: 27 pages, 7 figures, published version, a comment added
Firefighters' Perceptions on Collaboration and Interaction with Autonomous Drones: Results of a Field Trial
Creators: name: Li, Moyi
name: Katsiuba, Dzmitry
name: Dolata, Mateusz
name: Schwabe, Gerhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Applications of drones in emergency response, like firefighting, have been promoted in the past decade. As the autonomy of drones continues to improve, the ways in which they are integrated into firefighting teams and their impact on crews are changing. This demands more understanding of how firefighters perceive and interact with autonomous drones. This paper presents a drone-based system for emergency operations with which firefighters can interact through sound, lights, and a graphical user interface. We use interviews with stakeholders collected in two field trials to explore their perceptions of the interaction and collaboration with drones. Our result shows that firefighters perceived visual interaction as adequate. However, for audio instructions and interfaces, information overload emerges as an essential problem. The potential impact of drones on current work configurations may involve shifting the position of humans closer to supervisory decision-makers and changing the training structure and content.
description: This is authors' copy of the manuscript accepted for ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2024. Please, refer to the published article at https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642061 for further information
Leucospis namibica BOU C EK 1974
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Schwarz, M.
name: K, Micrapion
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Leucospidae
Leucospis
Leucospis namibica

description: Leucospis namibica BOU Č EK 1974
 Leucospis namibica sp.n.: BOUČEK 1974: 104 (key), 113 (figs 165-168), 138 (descr., Namibia).
 Leucospis namibica BOUČEK 1974: DARLING & CARDINAL 2005: 57 (tax.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Namibia.
description: Published as part of Madl, M., Schwarz, M. & K, Micrapion, 2012, Catalogue and faunistics of the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Ethiopian region exluding Malagasy subregion, pp. 1221-1235 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2) on page 1225, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5329443
A Strongly Nonlinear Alfvenic Pulse in a Transversely Inhomogeneous Medium
Creators: name: Tsiklauri, D.
name: Nakariakov, V. M.
name: Arber, T. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the interaction of a plane, linearly polarized, Alfvenic pulse with a one-dimensional, perpendicular to the magnetic field, plasma density inhomogeneity in the strongly nonlinear regime. Our numerical study of the full MHD equations shows that: (i) Plasma density inhomogeneity substantially enhances (by about a factor of 2) the generation of longitudinal compressive waves. (ii) Attained maximal values of the generated transverse compressive perturbations are insensitive to the strength of the plasma density inhomogeneity, plasma beta and the initial amplitude of the Alfven wave. Typically, they reach about 40% of the initial Alfven wave amplitude. (iii) Attained maximal values of the generated relative density perturbations are within 20-40% for 0.5 <= beta <= 2.0. They depend upon plasma beta strongly; and scale almost linearly with the initial Alfven wave amplitude.
description: see full version with all figures at: http://www.astro.warwick.ac.uk/~tsikd/aa2708.pdf
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the CfA Seyfert 2s: Near-infrared Surface Photometry and Nuclear Bars
Creators: name: Martini, Paul
name: Pogge, Richard W.
name: Ravindranath, Swara
name: An, Jin H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present near-infrared J and H surface photometry of 24 of the nearby Seyfert 1.8, 1.9 and 2 galaxies from the CfA Seyfert sample. The excellent angular resolution of HST probes spatial scales as small as tens of parsecs in most of these AGN and is sensitive to the presence of nuclear bars and other potential signatures of the AGN fueling process that channels host galaxy gas and dust to the nuclear region. We have used elliptical isophote techniques to search for nuclear bars in all of these galaxies and have employed a two-dimensional fitting technique to model the nuclear point source and surface brightness distribution of a bright subsample of these galaxies in an attempt to alleviate the impact of the nuclear point source on our sensitivity to nuclear bars. We find stellar nuclear bar candidates in four of these galaxies: Mrk 471, Mrk 270, Mrk 573, and NGC 5929, nearly 20% of the total sample. The percentage rises to ~30% when systems with disturbed morphologies or high inclinations are excluded. The nuclear bars in Mrk 573 and Mrk 270 exhibit some evidence for dust lanes along their leading edges, analogous to the structures seen in host galaxy bars, while the dust lanes in Mrk 471 and NGC 5929 exhibit a more complex morphology. The fact that most of these AGN do not appear to contain stellar nuclear bars suggests that they are not the fueling mechanism for most low-luminosity AGN.
description: ApJ Accepted (November 2001). 24 pages with 5 embedded ps figures. Version with full resolution figures available at http://www.ociw.edu/~martini/pubs/index.html
title: Spaced Retrieval, Errorless Learning and Vanishing Cues in Retraining Sit-to-Stand in People Living with Dementia
Creators: name: Dolecka, Urszula E
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dementia patients
subject: Sit - to - stand phyiotherapy

description: Inability to stand up independently has significant consequences for older adults and people living with dementia and can lead to dependency and institutionalisation. Physiotherapists frequently retrain sit-to-stand (STS) during rehabilitation, addressing underlying impairments, and teaching STS strategies with the aim of making the task easier (Carr & Shepherd, 2010, pp. 77-92). These strategies comprise sliding forward, moving the feet backwards, leaning forward and pushing through the armrests (Janssen, et al., 2002). However, there is limited empirical evidence regarding which STS strategies are actually used by older adults and people living with dementia when standing up unconstrained from a standard chair with or without a table in front. During therapy sessions physiotherapists use verbal instructions and feedback that are often ambiguous and extensive (Parry, 2005b; Talvitie & Reunanen, 2002). Providing extensive verbal instructions appears to be counterproductive when working with people living with dementia as they respond better to short, action based commands (Christenson, et al., 2011). People living with dementia have memory problems that have a detrimental effect on learning. However, as the decline in declarative memory occurs, implicit memory is preserved much longer and can be used in task retraining (Grandmaison & Simard, 2003; Hopper, 2003). Practicing over increasing time intervals (spaced retrieval) (Camp, et al., 1996), without errors (errorless learning) (Clare & Jones, 2008), using cues in a structured manner (vanishing cues) (Haslam, et al., 2010), and written instructions (Bouergeois, et al., 2003; Curtin, 2011) have been demonstrated as beneficial for learning in people living with dementia but have not been broadly used in physiotherapy (Creighton, et al., 2013; White, et al., 2014).
Atmospheric Abundances in Post-AGB candidates of Intermediate Temperature
Creators: name: Ferro, A. Arellano
name: Giridhar, Sunetra
name: Mathias, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Detailed atmospheric abundances have been calculated for a sample of A-G supergiant stars with IR fluxes and/or high galactic latitudes. HD 172481 and HD 158616 show clear indications of being post-AGB stars that have experienced third dredge-up. HD 158616 is carbon-rich while the abundance pattern of HD 172481 and its large Li enhancement gives support to the hot bottom burning scenario that explains paucity of carbon-rich stars among AGB stars. HD 172324 is very likely a hot post-AGB star that shows a strong carbon deficiency. HD 725, HD 218753 and HD 331319 also appear to be evolved objects between the red giant and the AGB. HD 9167, HD 173638 with a few exceptions, reflect solar abundances and no signs of post red giant evolution. They are most likely young massive disk supergiants. Further analysis of proto-Planetary Nebula HDE 341617 reveals that He lines show signs of velocity stratification. The emission lines have weakened considerably since 1993. The envelope expands at 19 km s$^{-1}$ relative to the star. Atmospheric abundances, evolutionary tracks and isochrones are used to estimate masses and ages of all stars in the sample.
description: 19 pages (text), 14 tables, 5 figures
title: Baroque Performance Practice Pedagogy and the Twenty-First Century Practitioner: The Tenor Repertoire of George Frideric Handel
Creators: name: McMahon, Paul G
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solo tenor voice practitioners
subject: George Frideric Handel 1685-1759
subject: Music training
subject: Baroque tenor performance

description: This dissertation investigates the experiential processes in music training and performance techniques of solo tenor voice practitioners. It is informed by teaching methodologies in baroque performance practice within higher education and links theoretical phases of the research with functional aspects of music making. The dissertation also examines applied performance practice in music for the solo tenor voice by a pivotal composer of the baroque period, George Frideric Handel (1685–1759). Solo vocal literature of the baroque period forms a core component of studies in conservatoires and universities. However, empirical data compiled in this research indicates that emerging performers frequently experience only limited formal instruction that combines theoretical and practical aspects of baroque performance practice. Furthermore, most vocal teachers’ exclusive focus upon their students’ technical development often prevails to the detriment of interpretive considerations. Students therefore may commonly develop little capacity to balance the development of their personal vocal technique with the declamatory practices and theoretical awareness required in the professional performance of baroque music. Practitioners suggest such experiences articulate a pervasive ‘on the job’ training scenario in terms of baroque performance practice. This enquiry incorporates a multi-faceted qualitative research framework. Informed by documented literature cited within the investigation, the methodologies used include semi-structured interviews, case studies and reflexivity.
How many SARS-CoV-2 “viroporins” are really ion channels?
Creators: name: Hartel, Andreas
name: Thiel, Gerhard
name: Abbott, Geoffrey W.
name: Harrison, Neil L.
name: Yazawa, Masayuki
name: Moroni, Anna
name: Shepard, Kenneth
name: Grant, Stephen
name: Gentzsch, Martina
name: Nichols, Colin G.
name: Garcia, David Cabrera
name: Lester, Henry A.
name: Aleksandrov, Andrei
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2022

description:
The SARS-CoV-2 virus uses a small number of viral proteins to enter host cells and disrupt their activity, including the spike (S), membrane (M), and envelope (E) proteins, as well as a number of accessory proteins of unknown function (Orf3a, Orf8, Orf10, etc.), some of which may function to alter ion flux across membranes. Toft-Bertelsen et al.1 recently reported that the drug amantadine may interact with virally encoded ion channels and proposed that inhibitors of these “viroporins” might have therapeutic use in COVID-19. We concur with the idea that the E protein of SARS-CoV-2 can form an ion channel and that amantadine inhibits this channel, but we suggest below that a number of additional specific criteria need to be met in order for SARS-CoV-2 accessory proteins (Orf3a, Orf8, Orf10) to be accepted as having ion channel activity, and that further work will be necessary. This field represents a neglected area of overlap between biophysics and virology that continues to be understudied and underfunded and clearly merits greater attention from the relevant funding agencies.
Hymenasplenium amoenum Ranil 2021, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Rajapaksha, Ranil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Aspleniaceae
Hymenasplenium
Hymenasplenium amoenum

description: 1. Hymenasplenium amoenum (C.Presl ex Mett.) Ranil comb. nov.
 Basionym: Asplenium amoenum C.Presl ex Mett., (1859:131).
 Type:— NEPAL, 1821, Wallich 209.1 (K, lectotype designated by Fraser-Jenkins, Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 164 (2008))
Distribution:— Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.
 Note:—The African species, Hmenasplenium unilaterale (Lam.) Hayata, is widely misreported and confused from India and other parts of Asia in error for H. amoenum (Fraser-Jenkins, 2008; Fraser-Jenkins et., 2017). The nomenclatural ambiguity of A. amoenum has adequately discussed by Fraser-Jenkins (2008). According to him Asplenium amoenum C.Presl ex Mett. Ueb. Einig. Farngttungen 9:131 (1859) [Abhandl. Senckenb. Nat. Ges. 3 131 (1859)], was based on Asplenium laetum Wall., nom, nud., Num. List.: no 209, from Nepal, 1820, which Presl listed in Ten. Pterid.: 107 [not 108, as given by Mettenius] (1836), but did not describe.
description: Published as part of Rajapaksha, Ranil, 2021, Six new combinations and one new natural hybrid of ferns from Sri Lanka, pp. 183-186 in Phytotaxa 511 (2) on page 183, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.511.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5426642
MOESM2 of BRD4 bimodal binding at promoters and drug-induced displacement at Pol II pause sites associates with I-BET sensitivity
Creators: name: P. Khoueiry
name: A. Ward Gahlawat
name: M. Petretich
name: A. Michon
name: D. Simola
name: E. Lam
name: E. Furlong
name: V. Benes
name: M. Dawson
name: R. Prinjha
name: G. Drewes
name: P. Grandi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Figure S1. Diagram depicting the strategy used to call peaks described in Materials and Methods.
title: Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Ecotourism
Creators: name: Romero Brito, Tania Paola
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
subject: Ecotourism
subject: Protected areas worldwide
subject: Conservation of natural areas

description: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have become major stakeholders in global conservation efforts, particularly in establishing protected areas and proposing and testing new conservation models for their management. Since the 1990s, NGOs have used ecotourism as one rationale for advocating the maintenance of protected areas worldwide. Ecotourism aims to use revenues from visitors to support conservation. In particular, community-based ecotourism aims to support conservation commonly through economic and social development of local communities. Despite the widespread involvement of NGOs in conservation through ecotourism, their precise roles and decision-making processes have not previously been studied using systematic or comparative approaches at global or national scale. There are numerous case studies of single ecotourism projects assisted by NGOs, and some of these highlight significant shortcomings with actual or potential negative effects on both biodiversity and local communities. These studies, however, have not analysed how NGOs select and define which initiatives to support, nor the factors which determine effective strategies for development of ecotourism enterprises in protected areas. Given the global scale of NGO involvement, this lack of information on NGO dynamics represents a significant gap in our current understanding of ecotourism practices. This thesis aims to address this gap.
The K20 survey. I. Disentangling old and dusty star-forming galaxies in the ERO population
Creators: name: Cimatti, A.
name: Daddi, E.
name: Mignoli, M.
name: Pozzetti, L.
name: Renzini, A.
name: Zamorani, G.
name: Broadhurst, T.
name: Fontana, A.
name: Saracco, P.
name: Poli, F.
name: Cristiani, S.
name: D'Odorico, S.
name: Giallongo, E.
name: Gilmozzi, R.
name: Menci, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of VLT optical spectroscopy of a complete sample of 78 EROs with R-Ks\geq5 over a field of 52 arcmin^2. About 70% of the 45 EROs with Ks\leq19.2 have been spectroscopically identified with old passively evolving and dusty star-forming galaxies at 0.7
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters
Alsophila sledgei Ranil 2021, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Rajapaksha, Ranil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Cyatheales
Cyatheaceae
Alsophila
Alsophila sledgei

description: 2. Alsophila sledgei (Ranil, Pushpakumara & Fraser-Jenk.) Ranil, comb. nov.
 Basionym: Cyathea sledgei Ranil, Pushpakumara & Fraser-Jenk. (2010: 319).
 Type:— SRI LANKA, Sabaragamuwa Province, Ratnapura District, Sinharaja forest, 380 m, R. H. G . Ranil 314, 28 July 2008 (holotype PDA 314 A!, isotypes PDA 314 B!, 314 C !).
Distribution:— Sri Lanka (endemic).
 Note:—This species was originally mentioned by Sledge (1982) as a putative hybrid between Alsophila sinuata (Hook. & Grev.) R.M.Tryon and Alsophila hookeri (Thwaites) R.M.Tryon considering its intermediate morphology. Later Ranil et al., (2010a) described it as a species after conducting a comprehensive investigation. All three species are endemic to Sri Lanka and confined to restricted populations in southern lowland rainforests. Alsophila sledgei is an extremely rare and critically endangered species confined to small populations in Kanneliya Man and Biosphere Reserve and Sinharaja World Heritage site.
description: Published as part of Rajapaksha, Ranil, 2021, Six new combinations and one new natural hybrid of ferns from Sri Lanka, pp. 183-186 in Phytotaxa 511 (2) on page 184, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.511.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5426642
The luminosity functions and stellar masses of galactic disks and spheroids
Creators: name: Benson, A. J.
name: Frenk, C. S.
name: Sharples, R. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a method to obtain quantitative measures of galaxy morphology and apply it to a spectroscopic sample of field galaxies in order to determine the luminosity and stellar mass functions of galactic disks and spheroids. We estimate, for each galaxy, the bulge-to-disk luminosity ratio in the I-band using a two-dimensional image fitting procedure. Monte Carlo simulations indicate that reliable determinations are only possible for galaxies approximately two magnitudes brighter than the photometric completeness limit, leaving a sample of 90 galaxies with well determined bulge-to-total light ratios. We construct the luminosity functions of disks and spheroids and, using a stellar population synthesis model, we estimate the stellar mass functions of each of these components. The disk and spheroid luminosity functions are remarkably similar. We do, however, find evidence in the bi-variate luminosity function that spheroid-dominated galaxies occur only among the brightest spheroids, while disk-dominated galaxies span a much wider range of disk luminosities. Remarkably, the total stellar mass residing in disks and spheroids is approximately the same. For our sample, we find the ratio of stellar masses in disks and spheroids to be 1.3+/-0.2. Ongoing large photometric and redshift surveys will lead to a large increase in the number of galaxies to which our techniques can be applied and thus to an improvement in the current estimates. (abridged)
description: 25 pages, 5 figures, to appear in ApJ
MOESM1 of Identification of novel inhibitors for TNFα, TNFR1 and TNFα-TNFR1 complex using pharmacophore-based approaches
Creators: name: Saddala, Madhu
name: Huang, Hu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. FAF-Drugs4 ADME results for the TNF-α best ligand molecules and their respective properties such as: 2D structure of each ligand atoms, physicochemical filter positioning, compound complexity, oral property space, oral absorption estimation and Pfizer 3/75 rule positioning. Fig. S2. FAF-Drugs4 ADME results for the TNFR1 best ligand molecules and their respective properties such as: 2D structure of each ligand atoms, physicochemical filter positioning, compound complexity, oral property space, oral absorption estimation and Pfizer 3/75 rule positioning. Fig. S3. FAF-Drugs4 ADME results for the TNF-α–TNFR1 complex best ligand molecules and their respective properties such as: 2D structure of each ligand atoms, physicochemical filter positioning, compound complexity, oral property space, oral absorption estimation and Pfizer 3/75 rule positioning. Table S1. TNF-α and its inhibitors to compute physicochemical descriptors as well as to predict ADME parameters, pharmacokinetic properties, druglike nature and medicinal chemistry friendliness properties predicted by SwissADME tool. Table S2. TNFR1 and its inhibitors to compute physicochemical descriptors as well as to predict ADME parameters, pharmacokinetic properties, druglike nature and medicinal chemistry friendliness properties predicted by SwissADME tool. Table S3. TNF-α -TNFR1 complex and its inhibitors to compute physicochemical descriptors as well as to predict ADME parameters, pharmacokinetic properties, druglike nature and medicinal chemistry friendliness properties predicted by SwissADME tool.
Leucospis schlettereri DE
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Schwarz, M.
name: K, Micrapion
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Leucospidae
Leucospis
Leucospis schlettereri

description: Leucospis schlettereri DESCHULTHESS- SCHINDLER 1899
 Leucospis schlettereri nov.spec.: DE SCHULTHESS- SCHINDLER 1899: 250 (descr., Mozambique), 11 (cat. Mozambique).
 Leucospis schlettereri DE SCHULTHESS- SCHINDLER 1899: WELD 1922: 38 (cat.).
 Leucospis schlettereri DE SCHULTHESS- SCHINDLER 1899: BOUČEK 1974: 104 (key), 109 (fig. 149), 124 (tax.), 131 (tax., type design., Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: South Africa: North West Province, Klerksdorf 1 11.01.2003 leg. M. Snižek – Maputoland, SW Emanguzi 1 29.01.2003 leg. M. Snižek.
 Leucospis schlettereri DE SCHULTHESS- SCHINDLER is not mentioned in SCHMIEDEKNECHT (1909).
description: Published as part of Madl, M., Schwarz, M. & K, Micrapion, 2012, Catalogue and faunistics of the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Ethiopian region exluding Malagasy subregion, pp. 1221-1235 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2) on page 1227, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5329443
title: The Application of Self-Discrepancy Theory to the Mental Health Outcomes of Transsexuals who are Living in their Preferred Gender
Creators: name: Van Houten, Ashley
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Gender identity disorder
subject: Living in your preferred gender
subject: Identity theory
subject: Self-discrepancy theory

description: Gender Identity Disorder (GID) is a mental health diagnosis that is currently treated through a triadic medical model which involves hormone therapy, the real life experience, and various forms of surgery, including genital surgery. The aim of treatment is to ameliorate the dysphoria and anxiety symptoms associated with being gender incongruent. Surgical options have grown and improved over the last four decades and most of the research conducted in the area is associated with transsexuals who seek this treatment option. The findings of previous research have generally shown high satisfaction with surgical outcomes. However, limitations of the current treatment model are identifiable. Notably, due to the invasive and irreversible nature of surgery, the guidelines for inclusion in surgical procedures are stringent and exclude many transsexuals. Many studies have focussed on identifying risk and protective factors that predict good surgical outcomes. However, this process has not reflected the mental health outcomes of many transsexuals who do not seek the triadic medical model of treatment. Additionally, there has been a lack of theoretical application from a psychological perspective to guide treatment protocols. The present project used a theoretical framework based on the two core components of this disorder, gender and identity, by utilising identity theory and self-discrepancy theory to help explain the interplay between being gender incongruent and achieving gender congruence post transition. The project was the first study of its genre conducted with an Australian and New Zealand sample. The project utilised a subjective definition of transition which is different to the objective definition of transition defined by the medical model as engaging in hormone therapy, living as the preferred gender and the completion of sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
High harmonic generation in crystals using Maximally Localized Wannier functions
Creators: name: Silva, R. E. F.
name: Martín, F.
name: Ivanov, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, the nonlinear optical response, and in particular, the high harmonic generation of semiconductors is addressed by using the Wannier gauge. One of the main problems in the time evolution of the Semiconductor Bloch equations resides in the fact that the dipole couplings between different bands can diverge and have a random phase along the reciprocal space and this leads to numerical instability. To address this problem, we propose the use of the Maximally Localized Wannier functions that provide a framework to map ab-initio calculations to an effective tight-binding Hamiltonian with great accuracy. We show that working in the Wannier gauge, the basis set in which the Bloch functions are constructed directly from the Wannier functions, the dipole couplings become smooth along the reciprocal space thus avoiding the problem of random phases. High harmonic generation spectrum is computed for a 2D monolayer of hBN as a numerical demonstration.
Alsophila srilankensis Ranil, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Rajapaksha, Ranil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Cyatheales
Cyatheaceae
Alsophila
Alsophila srilankensis

description: 3. Alsophila srilankensis (Ranil) Ranil, comb. nov.
 Basionym: Cyathea srilankensis Ranil (2010:39).
 Type:— SRI LANKA, Sabaragamuwa Province, Ratnapura District, Sinharaja forest, 542 m, R. H. G . Ranil 50 R, 15 May 2017 (holotype PDA!).
Distribution:— Sri Lanka (endemic).
 Note:—In Sri Lanka, A. srilankensis remotely resembles A. hookeri (Thwaites) R.M.Tryon from which it is easily distinguished by its larger trunk and leaves as well as by its pinnate to pinnatisect pinnae (Ranil et al., 2010b). Also, it was clear that A. srilankensis is somewhat morphologically similar only to Alsophila humilis J.Sm., which occurs in Tanzania and Kenya, and to Alsophila schliebenii Reimers in Tanzania. Though, Holttum (1981) suggested an affinity of Sri Lankan tree ferns with African elements, Janssen et al. (2008) claimed that Sri Lankan tree ferns form a monophyletic group not closely related to African tree ferns. However, the phylogenetic position of A. srilankensis remains to be further elucidated.
description: Published as part of Rajapaksha, Ranil, 2021, Six new combinations and one new natural hybrid of ferns from Sri Lanka, pp. 183-186 in Phytotaxa 511 (2) on page 184, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.511.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5426642
title: Spatial Analysis of the Impacts of Urbanisation on the Health of Ephemeral Streams in Southeast Queensland
Creators: name: Millington, Heidi Kathryn
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Aquatic ecosystems
subject: Urban streams ecology
subject: Urban stream catchments

description: Aquatic ecosystems are vulnerable to threats from human activity. Numerous studies have shown that urban freshwater stream ecosystems are especially vulnerable to the intensity and complexity of stream health stressors associated with activities in the surrounding urban landscape. Scientists, government organisations and local volunteer groups are well aware of the deteriorating health of urban streams and are working towards understanding and managing the sources of stress on stream health. Improving the health of urban streams has the potential to provide local benefits such as biodiversity protection, enhanced ecosystem health, water purification, access to green space, scenic amenity and improved land values. While several important stressors have been identified in the Urban Stream Syndrome (elevated sediments, nutrients and contaminants, increased hydrologic flashiness and altered riparian and biotic assemblages) further research is required on the most important stressors and the mechanisms by which they impact stream health, especially in systems within dry climates where urban streams experience low flow conditions and flashy natural hydrology. Catchment-scale impervious surface has been identified in previous studies as a major driver of altered urban stream hydrology leading to degraded stream health. However, especially in drier climates, other aspects such as water quality and ecological processes associated with longitudinal and lateral connectivity have been identified as potentially more important stressors on urban stream health.
Time Series Photometry of Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 6397
Creators: name: Kaluzny, Janusz
name: Thompson, Ian B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Time series BVI photometry is presented for 16 short-period variables located in the central region of the globular cluster NGC 6397. The sample includes 9 newly detected variables. The light curve of cataclysmic variable CV6 shows variability with a period of 0.2356 days. We confirm an earlier reported period of 0.472 days for cataclysmic variable CV1. Phased light curves of both CVs exhibit sine-like light curves, with two minima occurring during each orbital cycle. The secondary component of CV1 has a low average density of 0.83 g/cm^{3} indicating that it cannot be a normal main sequence star. Variables among the cluster blue stragglers include a likely detached eclipsing binary with orbital period of 0.787 days, three new SX Phe stars (one of which has the extremely short period of 0.0215 days), and three low amplitude variables which are possible gamma Doradus variables.
description: 28 pages, 13 figures
MOESM13 of BRD4 bimodal binding at promoters and drug-induced displacement at Pol II pause sites associates with I-BET sensitivity
Creators: name: P. Khoueiry
name: A. Ward Gahlawat
name: M. Petretich
name: A. Michon
name: D. Simola
name: E. Lam
name: E. Furlong
name: V. Benes
name: M. Dawson
name: R. Prinjha
name: G. Drewes
name: P. Grandi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 13: Figure S5. Gene set enrichment analysis for all I-BET treatment conditions in both cell lines. Normalized enrichment scores (NES) of GSEA for hallmark gene sets v6.1. Listed are all hallmark that shows significant NES (− 1 1). Log2 fold changes of gene expression in MV4;11 or K562 treated with I-BET 50 nM, 500 nM or 5000 nM compared to DMSO were used to identify enriched sets. Red bars correspond to enriched gene sets for upregulated genes and blue for downregulated genes.
Stretching potential engineering
Creators: name: Cusumano, Stefano
name: De Pasquale, Antonella
name: La Rocca, Giuseppe Carlo
name: Giovannetti, Vittorio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As the possibility to decouple temporal and spatial variations of the electromagnetic field, leading to a wavelength stretching, has been recognized to be of paramount importance for practical applications, we generalize the idea of stretchability from the framework of electromagnetic waves to massive particles. A necessary and sufficient condition which allows one to identify energetically stable configuration of a 1D quantum particle characterized by arbitrary large spatial regions where the associated wave-function exhibit a flat, non-zero profile is presented, together with examples on well-known and widely used potential profiles and an application to 2D models.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures