cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Respiratory and Bronchitic Symptoms Predict Intention to Quit Smoking among Current Smokers with, and at Risk for, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Creators: name: Naureckas, Edward T.
name: Au, David H.
name: Melzer, Anne C.
name: Crothers, Kristina
name: Feemster, Laura C.
name: Henderson, Ashley G.
name: Pickard, A. Simon
name: Mularski, Richard A.
name: Krishnan, Jerry A.
name: Carson, Shannon S.
name: Lindenauer, Peter K.
name: McBurnie, Mary Ann
name: Gillespie, Suzanne E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Rationale: Smoking cessation is the most important intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). What leads smokers with COPD to quit smoking remains unknown.
The Econometric Specification of Input Demand Systems Implied by Cost Function Representations
Creators: name: McLaren, Keith R.
name: Zhao, Xueyan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: In the case of input demand systems based on specification of technology by a Translog cost function, it is common to estimate either a system of share equations alone, or to supplement them by the cost function. By adding up, one of the share equations is excluded. In this paper it is argued that a system of n-1 share equations is essentially incomplete, whereas if the n-1 share equations are supplemented by the cost function the implied error structure is inadmissible. Similarly, if the technology is specified by a normalized quadratic cost function, it is common to estimate either a system of n-1 demand equations alone, or to supplement them by the cost function. In both cases, the implied error structure is again inadmissible.
Fine pitch CdTe-based Hard-X-ray polarimeter performance for space science in the 70-300 keV energy range
Creators: name: Antier, S.
name: Limousin, O.
name: Ferrando, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: X-rays astrophysical sources have been almost exclusively characterized through imaging, spectroscopy and timing analysis. Nevertheless, more observational parameters are needed because some radiation mechanisms present in neutrons stars or black holes are still unclear. Polarization measurements will play a key role in discrimination between different X-ray emission models. Such a capability becomes a mandatory requirement for the next generation of high-energy space proposals. We have developed a CdTe-based fine-pitch imaging spectrometer, Caliste, able to respond to these new requirements. With a 580-micron pitch and 1 keV energy resolution at 60 keV, we are able to accurately reconstruct the polarization angle and polarization fraction of an impinging flux of photons which are scattered by 90° after Compton diffusion within the crystal. Thanks to its high performance in both imaging and spectrometry, Caliste turns out to be a powerful device for high-energy polarimetry. In this paper, we present the principles and the results obtained for this kind of measurements: on one hand, we describe the simulation tool we have developed to predict the polarization performances in the 50-300 keV energy range. On the other hand, we compare simulation results with experimental data taken at ESRF ID15A (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) using a mono-energetic polarized beam tuned between 35 and 300 keV. We show that it is possible with this detector to determine with high precision the polarization parameters (direction and fraction) for different irradiation conditions. Applying a judicious energy selection to our data set, we reach a remarkable sensitivity level characterized by an optimum Quality Factor of 0.78 in the 200-300 keV range. We also evaluate the sensitivity of our device at 70 keV, where hard X-ray mirrors are already available; the measured Q factor is 0.64 at 70 keV.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, Avalaible online January 2015
Exponential Smoothing and the Akaike Information Criterion
Creators: name: Snyder, Ralph D.
name: Ord, J. Keith
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: Using an innovations state space approach, it has been found that the Akaike information criterion (AIC) works slightly better, on average, than prediction validation on withheld data, for choosing between the various common methods of exponential smoothing for forecasting. There is, however, a puzzle. Should the count of the seed states be incorporated into the penalty term in the AIC formula? We examine arguments for and against this practice in an attempt to find an acceptable resolution of this question.
¿DETERIORO DEL TRABAJO CIENTIFICO? Revisión de la literatura con énfasis en universidades de México
Creators: name: Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Social change
Other education not elsewhere classified
Public policy
Labour economics

description: En un contexto global de deslizamientos a la baja en el mundo del trabajo, la profesión académica propende, como el resto de las ocupaciones, a un deterioro paulatino. Esta actividad calificada e intelectual –que en el nivel superior y de posgrado implica investigación y docencia, por lo común–ha merecido cuantiosos análisis que sugieren una peculiar precarización. En las siguientes líneas se recuperan y organizan en seis ejes escritos referidos a México durante los dos últimos decenios: (1) Los estudios sobre causas y motivaciones de los cambios en el oficio académico; (2) aquéllos centrados en las políticas públicas, normativas, y otros dispositivos, como vehículos de la flexibilidad y precarización laboral; (3) las indagaciones abocadas a las condiciones de trabajo, salarios y prestaciones, entre otras prerrogativas laborales en mengua; (4) las que refieren a los cambios en la organización y contenido del oficio; (5) los análisis que abordan las repercusiones de lo anterior, en la calidad de vida y subjetividad docente; y (6) los que refieren a la diferenciación entre los miembros de la comunidad científica. Inventariar y sopesar el conocimiento acumulado en la Sociología del Trabajo Académico, tiene siempre sentido al identificar vacíos y definir nuevas vetas de investigación.
Spectral collapse via two-phonon interactions in trapped ions
Creators: name: Felicetti, S.
name: Pedernales, J. S.
name: Egusquiza, I. L.
name: Romero, G.
name: Lamata, L.
name: Braak, D.
name: Solano, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-photon processes have so far been considered only as resulting from frequency-matched second-order expansions of light-matter interaction, with consequently small coupling strengths. However, a variety of novel physical phenomena arises when such coupling values become comparable with the system characteristic frequencies. Here, we propose a realistic implementation of two-photon quantum Rabi and Dicke models in trapped-ion technologies. In this case, effective two-phonon processes can be explored in all relevant parameter regimes. In particular, we show that an ion chain under bichromatic laser drivings exhibits a rich dynamics and highly counterintuitive spectral features, such as interaction-induced spectral collapse.
description: Improved version
Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity
Creators: name: Feng, Guohua
name: Serletis, Apostolos
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: This paper provides parametric estimates of technical change, efficiency change, economies of scale, and total factor productivity growth for large banks (those with assets in excess of $1 billion) in the United States, over the period from 2000 to 2005. This is done by estimating an output distance function subject to theoretical regularity within a Bayesian framework. We find that failure to incorporate theoretical regularity conditions results in mismeasured shadow revenue and/or cost shares, which in turn leads to perverse conclusions regarding productivity growth. Our results from the regularity-constrained model show that total factor productivity of the large U.S. banks grew at an average rate of 1.98% over the sample period. However, our estimates also show a clear downward trend in the growth rate of total factor productivity and our decomposition of the primal Divisia total factor productivity growth index into its three components - technical change, efficiency change, and economies of scale - indicates that technical change is the driving force behind this decline.
A viral kinase mimics S6 kinase to enhance cell proliferation
Creators: name: Wong, Jason P.
name: Izumiya, Yoshihiro
name: Temple, Brenda R. S.
name: Damania, Blossom
name: Bhatt, Aadra Prashant
name: Buijnink, Joshua
name: Host, Kurtis M.
name: Kung, Hsing-Jien
name: Giffin, Louise C.
name: Weinberg, Marc S.
name: Van Dijk, Evert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Viruses usurp the host cell machinery to replicate, disseminate, and propagate themselves. Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) encodes a viral protein kinase (vPK) also known as ORF36. Using in silico modeling and biochemistry, we report that vPK/ORF36 displays limited homology to cellular S6 kinase B1 (S6KB1). Both kinases share overlapping substrates and can phosphorylate S6. However, unlike S6KB1, vPK augments S6 phosphorylation under conditions where mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is inhibited. vPK modulates cellular proliferation and protein synthesis, augments anchorage independence, and enhances angiogenesis. Depletion of vPK/ORF36 during lytic replication inhibits the production of infectious virions, thereby underscoring the importance of this kinase during the KSHV life cycle. Our collective observations suggest that vPK may function as a constitutively active mimic of S6KB1.
title: An Arms Race in Outer Space Between the United States and the Soviet Union Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
Creators: name: Jensen, Gary Morgan
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1983

description: The development of an operational anti-satellite capability by the Soviet Union, and the corresponding U.S. effort to develop an anti-satellite capability of its own, are gradually propelling both nations into a space arms race. The militarization of outer space moves forward as both superpowers launch an increasing number of satellites on military missions. This emerging space race has important foreign policy implications for the United States. Will the two superpowers move in the direction of increased competition and possible confrontation in outer space, or will they agree to the need for some kind of achievable space arms control agreement? The main conclusion of this paper is that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. must strive to achieve a space arms control agreement if the earth is to be spared an "Armageddon in outer space" which could escalate to global war between the superpowers.
Inserción laboral de jóvenes egresados universitarios. Estado del arte y panorama nacional
Creators: name: Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena
name: FLORES, MAYRA SELENE LAMAS
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Economics of education
Labour economics
Continuing and community education

description: En México, la inserción laboral de los jóvenes egresados de educación superior -entendida como su incorporación a un empleo asalariado o el ocuparse en una actividad independiente que les genere ingresos- se ha complicado en los últimos años a raíz del modelo económico adoptado por los gobiernos nacionales. Los datos arrojados por fuentes oficiales como la Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo (ENOE), que realiza de forma trimestral el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEG), señalan que el índice de desocupación en este sector de la población está por encima de lo registrado en otros grupos de edad. De acuerdo a este organismo, en el cuarto trimestre del año 2015, la tasa de desocupación en jóvenes menores de 29 años con educación superior a nivel nacional fue de 8.9%, en tanto que la desocupación abierta se ubicó en 4.3%. Es decir, los universitarios tienen el doble de probabilidades de estar desocupados en relación con la población en general.
In vitro Investigation on Antidiabetic and Antioxidant Assessments of Partially Purified Fractions of Cassia siamea and Butea monosperma: Indigenous Myanmar Medicinal Plant
Creators: name: Thida, Mya
name: Aung, Hay Mar
name: Win, Zar Kyi
name: Htay, Nwe Nwe
name: Moe, The Su
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: This study aimed to evaluate the antidiabetic and antioxidant potentials of fractions from Cassia siamea and Butea monosperma. The water, hexane, dichloromethane, and ethyl acetate fractions of tested plants was determined their bioactivities by hemolysis, antiglycation, alpha-glucosidase and dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) inhibition, glucose uptake by yeast cells, DPPH radical scavenging, and total phenolic content determination assays. Non-hemolytic effects of all fractions were shown by < 20% on RBCs. The best inhibition activities for AGE formation of water and hexane fractions from C. siamea were shown in IC50 values (mg/mL) of 0.17 and 0.14, respectively. For B. monosperma, the EtOAc fraction exhibited the best inhibitory effect with an IC50 value of 0.10 mg/mL. The water and ethyl acetate fractions of C. siamea strongly inhibited α-glucosidase, and their IC50 values were 0.16 mg/mL and 0.17 mg/mL, respectively. Ethyl acetate fractions of B. monosperma significantly inhibited α-glucosidase, with a respective IC50 value of 0.14 mg/mL. DPP-IV inhibitory activities for water, hexane, and ethyl acetate fractions of C. siamea revealed with IC50 values of 0.11, 0.09, and 0.18 mg/mL, respectively and those of B. monosperma were 0.23, 0.13, and 0.24 mg/mL, respectively. The glucose uptake effect observed in the water and ethyl acetate fractions of B. monosperma was better than that observed in the fractions of C. siamea at tested glucose concentrations (5-25 mM). In addition, all tested fractions were very active in antioxidant capacity. This study indicated that the water fraction of C. siamea and ethyl acetate fraction of B. monosperma exhibited the best antidiabetic potential with high antioxidant power.
El Estado mexicano frente al feminicidio (2010-2020)
Creators: name: Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena
name: Becerra Cuevas, Norma Angélica
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Gender relations
Feminist theory
Gender history
Gender and politics
Social change
Sociology of gender

description: “El Estado mexicano frente al feminicidio (2010-2020)” de Becerra Cuevas y Acosta Reveles, nos conduce a un tema por demás candente. Las cifras sobre el crecimiento de los feminicidios, pese a que no todos los delitos se denuncian o no todos se clasifi can de forma adecuada, van en aumento. ¿Cuál es la razón? La respuesta no es simple, como nos lo muestran, pero más allá del sistema patriarcal y las razones culturales, las autoras destacan el papel del Estado mexicano, al cual califi can de omiso e ineficiente, asumiendo que existe una correlación entre el aumento de la violencia feminicida y la actuación del Estado. Las evasivas, negligencia e impunidad, son características de la forma en que el Estado se ha presentado frente al incremento de las violencias y las desapariciones, pero sobre todo, del feminicidio. Frente a ello, han sido las colectivas, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y diversas agrupaciones, quienes han asumido la tarea de buscar, capturar y entregar a los presuntos delincuentes, haciendo evidente la falta en que incurre el Estado mexicano al incumplir la legislación tanto internacional como nacional que existe en la materia, volviéndose con ello cómplice de las violencias. Con esto, las autoras muestran la pertinencia, hoy más que nunca, de la defi nición que Lagarde (2005) hace del feminicidio en el contexto de un Estado misógino y patriarcal.
MPEC 2023-T161 : A/2023 R3
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: A/2023 R3

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Antigen clasping by two antigen-binding sites of an exceptionally specific antibody for histone methylation
Creators: name: Krajewski, Krzysztof
name: Hattori, Takamitsu
name: Dementieva, Irina S.
name: Kurosawa, Kohei
name: Grzybowski, Adrian T.
name: Zheng, Yupeng
name: ͆wist-Rosowska, Kalina M.
name: Koide, Shohei
name: Montaño, Sherwin P.
name: Koide, Akiko
name: Kelleher, Neil L.
name: Lai, Darson
name: Strahl, Brian D.
name: Akin, Louesa R.
name: Ruthenburg, Alexander J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Extensive studies of the structure–function relationship of antibodies have established that conventional immunoglobulins contain two copies of the antigen-binding fragment (Fab), each of which serves as an autonomous and complete unit for recognizing an antigen. In this paper, we report a previously unidentified mode of antibody–antigen recognition, dubbed “antigen clasping,” where two antigen-binding sites cooperatively clasp one antigen, and the design of a long-neck antibody format that facilitates antigen clasping. Antigen clasping led to recombinant antibodies for histone posttranslational modifications with extraordinarily high specificity, valuable tools for epigenetic research. This study substantially broadens the long-standing paradigm for antibody–antigen recognition.
VARMA models for Malaysian Monetary Policy Analysis
Creators: name: Raghavan, Mala
name: Athanasopoulos, George
name: Silvapulle, Param
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: This paper establishes vector autoregressive moving average (VARMA) models for Malaysian monetary policy analysis by efficiently identifying and simultaneously estimating the model parameters using full information maximum likelihood. The monetary literature is largely dominated by vector autoregressive (VAR) and structural vector autoregressive (SVAR).models, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to use VARMA modelling to investigate monetary policy. Malaysia is an interesting small open economy to study because of the capital control measures imposed by the government following the 1997 Asian financial crisis. A comparison of the impulse responses generated by these three models for the pre- and post-crisis periods indicates that the VARMA model impulse responses are consistent with prior expectations based on economic theories and policies pursued by the Malaysian government, particularly in the post-crisis period. Furthermore, uncovering the way in which various intermediate channels work would help Bank Negara Malaysia to steer the economy in the right direction so that monetary policy can still remain an effective policy measure in achieving sustainable economic growth and price stability.
Tyrosinase Inhibition Activities of Depsides Isolated from Ramalina Species
Creators: name: Marasini, Bishnu P.
name: Yue, Jian Min
name: Manandhar, Erendra
name: Rai, Rejina
name: Khadka, Uddav
name: Manandhar, Mangala Devi
name: Shyaula, Sajan Lal
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Three depsides, namely sekikaic acid (1), homosekikaic acid (2), and 4′-O-demethylsekikaic acid (3) were isolated from acetone fraction of Ramalina spp. The structures were characterized by using spectroscopic techniques like 1H NMR, 13C NMR, ESI MS and IR. The quantitative determinations of these compounds were conducted by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detector (LC-PDA). The developed assay method could be considered as a suitable quality control method for Ramalina spp. The content on percentage dry basis of these compounds were 1.39%, 0.98% and 0.58% for compound 1, 2 and 3, respectively. It is the first time report for tyrosinase inhibition activity for depsides. All of these compounds exhibited inhibition for tyrosinase enzyme with the IC50 values 110.3±3.5, 90.1±1.4, and 206.4±5.1 µg/mL by the compounds 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The structure activity relationship of despides showed that the methoxy group at ring A might have enhanced the inhibitory activity. Therefore, these compounds may have their potential use in cosmetics with further studies.
Compact stars in a SU(3) Quark-Meson Model
Creators: name: Zacchi, Andreas
name: Stiele, Rainer
name: Schaffner-Bielich, Juergen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent observations of the massive pulsars PSR J1614-2230 and of PSR J0348+0432 with about two solar masses implies strong constraints on the properties of dense matter in the core of compact stars. Effective models of QCD aiming to describe neutron star matter can thereby be considerably constrained. In this context, a chiral quark-meson model based on a SU(3) linear $σ$-model with a vacuum pressure and vector meson exchange is discussed in this work. The impact of its various terms and parameters on the equation of state and the maximum mass of compact stars are delineated to check whether pure quark stars with two solar masses are feasible within this approach. Large vector meson coupling constant and a small vacuum pressure allow for maximum masses of two or more solar masses. However, pure quark stars made of absolutely stable strange quark matter, so called strange stars, turn out to be restricted to a quite small parameter range.
description: 10 pages, 13 figures, matches published version in PRD
Purcell-enhanced optical spin readout of Nitrogen-Vacancy centers in diamond
Creators: name: Wolf, Sigal A.
name: Rosenberg, Itamar
name: Rapaport, Ronen
name: Bar-Gill, Nir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond have emerged as promising quantum solid-state systems, with applications ranging from quantum information processing to magnetic sensing. One of the most useful properties of NVs is the ability to read their ground-state spin projection optically at room temperature. This work provides a theoretical analysis of Purcell enhanced NV optical coupling, through which we find optimal parameters for maximal Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) of the optical spin-state readout. We conclude that a combined increase in spontaneous emission (through Purcell enhancement) and in optical excitation could significantly increase the readout SNR.
Chemical shift imprint of intersubunit communication in a symmetric homodimer
Creators: name: Lee, Andrew L.
name: Falk, Bradley T.
name: Sapienza, Paul J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Regulatory signals between protein subunits depend on communication between sequential binding events. How such long-range communication, or allostery, operates at the subdomain level has been elusive, especially for homooligomeric proteins. To address this problem, homodimers of thymidylate synthase were generated for optimized study of individual protomers of the singly bound dimer. Mixed 15N-labeled dimers were created with a single functional active site, allowing site-specific, protomer-specific chemical shifts to report on step-wise binding effects. Long-range intersubunit communication was observed although this communication was apparent only in the second ligand-binding step, in which changes were in the first ligand-bound region. Visualization of up to four peaks for each residue amide provides a unique way to assess the allosteric mechanism.
title: Securing South Africa's Future Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS as a Model for Social Development Change
Creators: name: Eck, Savannah Lynn
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Focusing on the role of elder women in South Africa as a lens to understand the central connections among HIV/ AIDS, poverty and Human Security provides a distinct approach to analyze women's contributions to community development and social change. Drawing from the theories of Gender and Development and Human Security, this research aims to highlight HIV/ AIDS as a social and political security issue, while underscoring the vitality of the inclusion of women in the processes of peace building, reconciliation, education and social development. Furthermore, the influential role of elder women in South Africa will serve as a model in support of the central connections between gender and human security. From the analysis of original research collected among a group of grandmothers based in Khayelitsha, South Africa, the role of elder women will be situated within the larger structure of poverty and HIV/ AIDS within the larger national context of ongoing socio-economic development processes. Focusing specifically on the grassroots civil society organization Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS (GAPA), the social restructuring caused by HIV/AIDS and its impact on elder women will be illuminated as a critical consequence of the global pandemic. While grandmothers take on the dual leading roles of both caretakers and educators, their stories, prevention efforts and contributions to the larger picture of development often go unrecognized. From the original data collected over two field visits to South Africa, this thesis integrates personal narratives of grandmother leaders with an organizational evaluation of the role of GAP A to highlight how elder women, who continually defy race, class and gender stereotypes, overcome both the social and economic obstacles within the context of the dual burden of poverty and HIV/AIDS in this post-apartheid context. Findings from this study demonstrate that elder women provide not only core foundational support systems and community social cohesion within Khayelitsha, but also central human security functions within the larger socio-economic context of South Africa's post-conflict transition. The original data in this study demonstrate how GAPA serves as a replicable model of change and encompasses a larger representation of the power of women's community activism roles in post-conflict social development and peace building.
Towards an autonomous industry 4.0 warehouse: A UAV and blockchain-based system for inventory and traceability applications in big data-driven supply chain management
Creators: name: Fernandez-Carames, Tiago M.
name: Blanco-Novoa, Oscar
name: Froiz-Miguez, Ivan
name: Fraga-Lamas, Paula
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we present the design and evaluation of a UAV-based system aimed at automating inventory tasks and keeping the traceability of industrial items attached to Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags. To confront current shortcomings, such a system is developed under a versatile, modular and scalable architecture aimed to reinforce cyber security and decentralization while fostering external audits and big data analytics. Therefore, the system uses a blockchain and a distributed ledger to store certain inventory data collected by UAVs, validate them, ensure their trustworthiness and make them available to the interested parties. In order to show the performance of the proposed system, different tests were performed in a real industrial warehouse, concluding that the system is able to obtain the inventory data really fast in comparison to traditional manual tasks, while being also able to estimate the position of the items when hovering over them thanks to their tag's signal strength. In addition, the performance of the proposed blockchain-based architecture was evaluated in different scenarios.
description: Accepted version of Sensors journal article
Cisplatin DNA damage and repair maps of the human genome at single-nucleotide resolution
Creators: name: Adar, Sheera
name: Lieb, Jason D.
name: Sancar, Aziz
name: Hu, Jinchuan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The chemotherapy drug cisplatin kills cancer cells by damaging their DNA. It has been used for treating a variety of cancer types for almost four decades. Although the drug is generally effective, it has strong adverse side effects, and some cancers exhibit or, after initial favorable response, develop drug resistance. The mechanism of drug resistance is multifactorial and involves the ability of cancer cells to repair the cisplatin-induced DNA damages. We have developed methods to map the sites of cisplatin damage and its repair for the entire human genome at single-nucleotide resolution. These methods can be used to study cancer sensitivity and resistance to the drugs, and to identify new strategies for efficient combination therapies.
Economía de plataformas: nuevos modos de dominación capitalista
Creators: name: FLORES, MAYRA SELENE LAMAS
name: Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Economic history
Labour economics
Macroeconomic theory
Sociology not elsewhere classified

description: Con el denominado "capitalismo de plataformas", que el desarrollo tecnológico facilita, decenas de miles de personas en todo el mundo han encontrado la oportunidad de ocuparse y lograr ingresos para subsistir, aunque sea en condiciones de extrema precariedad laboral. El capitalismo de plataformas ha surgido al amparo de los avances en materia digital y abre paso a un nuevo modelo de negocio, conocido como economía colaborativa. Esta ponencia busca lograr un acercamiento situación laboral de los jóvenes de cara a lo que ofrecen las plataformas digitales.
CBS News/The New York Times Poll: 2016 Presidential Campaign/Clinton/Trump
Creators: name: CBS News
name: New York Times
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: 2016 Presidential election (1); 2016 Presidential campaign (2); likely presidential vote (1); presidential candidates (10); Hillary Clinton (5); Tim Kaine (2); Donald Trump (5); Mike Pence (2); Gary Johnson (2); Jill Stein (2); voter enthusiasm (1); US House of Representatives election (1); Trump vs. Clinton qualities/characteristics (10); Trump vs. Clinton on handling issues (12); Barack Obama job performance (1); opinion of Michelle Obama (1); national economy (2); 2010 health care law (1); voter fraud (2); Republican Party united or divided (1); most likely candidate to win (1); Trump’s alleged activities involving unwanted sexual advances against women (2); FBI investigation of Clinton emails (2); official election results (3); presidential and vice presidential debates (1); Democratic nomination for President (1); Republican nomination for President (1); 2012 presidential election (1); registered to vote (1); personal finances (1); political party preference (2).
Antioxidant action of persulfides and polysulfides against free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation
Creators: name: Kaneko, Takayuki
name: Mita, Yuichiro
name: Nozawa-Kumada, Kanako
name: Yazaki, Masana
name: Arisawa, Mieko
name: Niki, Etsuo
name: Noguchi, Noriko
name: Saito, Yoshiro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Hydrogen sulfide, hydropersulfides, and hydropolysulfides have been revealed to play important physiological roles such as cell signaling and protection against oxidative stress, but the underlying mechanisms and dynamics of action remain elusive. It is generally accepted that these species act by two-electron redox mechanisms, while the involvement of one-electron redox chemistry has received less attention. In this study, the radical-scavenging activity of hydrogen persulfide, hydrogen polysulfides (HSnH n = 2–4), and diallyl- or dialkyl-sulfides (RSnR, n = 1–4) was measured. Furthermore, their antioxidant effects against free radical-mediated human plasma lipid peroxidation were assessed by measuring lipid hydroperoxides. It was found that disodium disulfide, trisulfide, and tetrasulfide acted as potent peroxyl radical scavengers, the rate constant for scavenging peroxyl radical being 3.5 × 105, 4.0 × 105, and 6.0 × 105 M−1 s−1 in PBS pH 7.4 at 37 °C respectively and that they inhibited plasma lipid peroxidation efficiently, the efficacy is increased with the catenation number. Disodium tetrasulfide was 1.5 times as reactive as Trolox toward peroxyl radical and inhibited plasma lipid peroxidation more efficiently than ascorbate and Trolox. On the other hand, diallyl- and dialkyl-sulfides did not exert significant radical-scavenging activity, nor did they inhibit lipid peroxidation efficiently, except for diallyl tetrasulfide, which suppressed plasma lipid peroxidation, despite less significantly than disodium tetrasulfide. Collectively, this study shows that hydrogen persulfide and hydrogen polysulfides act as potent radical-scavenging antioxidants and that, in addition to two-electron redox mechanisms, one electron redox reaction may also play important role in the in vivo defense against deleterious oxidative stress.
X-ray binary accretion states in AGN? Sensing the accretion disc of supermassive black holes with nebular lines
Creators: name: Fernández-Ontiveros, Juan Antonio
name: Muñoz-Darias, Teo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: active galactic nuclei
accretion states
infrared spectroscopy
jets

description: Accretion states, which are universally observed in stellar-mass black holes in X-ray binaries, are also anticipated in active galactic nuclei (AGN). This is the case at low luminosities, when the jet-corona coupling dominates the energy output in both populations. Previous attempts to extend this framework to a wider AGN population have been extremely challenging due to heavy hydrogen absorption of the accretion disc continuum and starlight contamination from the host galaxies. We present the luminosity-excitation diagram (LED), based on the [OIV]25.9µm and [NeII]12.8µm mid-infrared nebular line fluxes. This tool enables to probe the accretion disc contribution to the ionising continuum. When applied to a sample of 167 nearby AGN, the LED recovers the characteristic q-shaped morphology outlined by individual X-ray binaries during a typical accretion episode, allowing us to tentatively identify the main accretion states. The soft state would include broad-line Seyferts and about half of the Seyfert 2 population, showing highly excited gas and radio-quiet cores consistent with disc-dominated nuclei. The hard state mostly includes low-luminosity AGN (<10-3 Ledd) characterised by low-excitation radio-loud nuclei and a negligible disc contribution. The remaining half of Seyfert 2 nuclei and the bright LINERs show low excitation at high accretion luminosities, and could be identified with the bright-hard and intermediate states. Their hosts show ongoing star formation in the central kiloparsecs. We discuss the above scenario, its potential links with the galaxy evolution picture and the possible presence of accretion state transitions in AGN, as suggested by the growing population of changing-look quasars.
La Rivista di Economia Agraria: un percorso scientifico in continua evoluzione
Creators: name: Finco, Adele
name: D’Amico, Mario
name: Del Giudice, Teresa
Publisher: name: Italian Review of Agricultural Economics
Year: 2016

description: The 70th REA celebratory meeting “Results of Agricultural Economics research in Italy between publications and evaluations” was held in Rome, on 27th January 2016, at CREA-PAV Institute. In 1945, REA was founded by the National Institute of Agricultural Economics (INEA) through the work of the great masters of the Italian Agricultural Economics. The first issue came out in January 1946. Since 2015, REA belongs to CREA (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics) and through the synergic collaboration of SIDEA (Italian Society of Agricultural Economics), it boasts a second season through an open access web platform. With this speech, the REA Editorial Board wants to give a tribute to the great cultural and historical heritage that the REA represents, hoping that this pathway will go on in the future decades.
description: Italian Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol 71 No 1 (2016)
X-ray binary accretion states in AGN? Sensing the accretion disc of supermassive black holes with nebular lines
Creators: name: Ontiveros, Juan Antonio Fernández
name: Darias, Teo Muñoz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: active galactic nuclei
accretion states
infrared spectroscopy
jets

description: Accretion states, which are universally observed in stellar-mass black holes in X-ray binaries, are also anticipated in active galactic nuclei (AGN). This is the case at low luminosities, when the jet-corona coupling dominates the energy output in both populations. Previous attempts to extend this framework to a wider AGN population have been extremely challenging due to heavy hydrogen absorption of the accretion disc continuum and starlight contamination from the host galaxies. We present the luminosity-excitation diagram (LED), based on the [OIV]25.9µm and [NeII]12.8µm mid-infrared nebular line fluxes. This tool enables to probe the accretion disc contribution to the ionising continuum. When applied to a sample of 167 nearby AGN, the LED recovers the characteristic q-shaped morphology outlined by individual X-ray binaries during a typical accretion episode, allowing us to tentatively identify the main accretion states. The soft state would include broad-line Seyferts and about half of the Seyfert 2 population, showing highly excited gas and radio-quiet cores consistent with disc-dominated nuclei. The hard state mostly includes low-luminosity AGN (<10-3 Ledd) characterised by low-excitation radio-loud nuclei and a negligible disc contribution. The remaining half of Seyfert 2 nuclei and the bright LINERs show low excitation at high accretion luminosities, and could be identified with the bright-hard and intermediate states. Their hosts show ongoing star formation in the central kiloparsecs. We discuss the above scenario, its potential links with the galaxy evolution picture and the possible presence of accretion state transitions in AGN, as suggested by the growing population of changing-look quasars.
Compliant glass–polymer hybrid single ion-conducting electrolytes for lithium batteries
Creators: name: Balsara, Nitash P.
name: Tong, Wei
name: Villaluenga, Irune
name: Wujcik, Kevin H.
name: Devaux, Didier
name: DeSimone, Joseph M.
name: Wong, Dominica H. C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: This study describes hybrid single ion-conducting electrolytes based on inorganic sulfide glasses and perfluoropolyether polymers for lithium batteries. Herein, it is shown that hybrid electrolytes provide a compelling alternative to the traditional glass, ceramic, or polymer battery electrolytes. These electrolytes present high transference numbers, unprecedented ionic conductivities at room temperature, and excellent electrochemical stability, and they limit the dissolution of lithium polysulfides. The results in this work represent a significant step toward addressing the challenges of enabling the next generation cathodes, such as lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide and sulfur.
La filiera della soia nell’America del Cono Sud: dinamiche, processi e attori
Creators: name: João Wesz Junior, Valdemar
Publisher: name: Italian Review of Agricultural Economics
Year: 2016

description: In recent years, soy has become the main agricultural activity in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay, reaching vast territorial proportions and assuming a great economical and commercial prominence. The article’s objective is to analyse the soy market dynamics, processes and stakeholders in the Latin American Southern Cone, highlighting the similitudes, differences, complementarities and interconnections amongst the five countries mentioned. Besides the specialized academic literature used for the subjects’ discussion, secondary data from the different countries were surveyed and analysed, and information from media releases was collected. Results indicate a strong similarity and interrelation in the Southern Cone soy market, although each country has a different and specific trajectory.
description: Italian Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol 71 No 1 (2016)
Vertical integration in Italian pasta supply chain: A farm level analysis
Creators: name: Carillo, Felicetta
Publisher: name: Italian Review of Agricultural Economics
Year: 2016

description: This paper aims at identifying what features are relevant in characterizing the vertical coordinated farms in Italian durum wheat sector. Vertical coordination of food supply chains is deemed as a necessary strategy to optimize the production system, helping processors to face the global competition and allowing farms to get more distant markets accessible. However, in Italy a form of vertical coordination in the pasta supply chain is diffusing, and despite the potential advantages of this relationship, the majority of durum wheat is sold through spot contracts typically underwritten with commercial intermediaries. Using data from the Agricultural census, the empirical analysis suggests that the integrated farms are more sized and professional and have a greatest focus on product quality.
description: Italian Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol 71 No 1 (2016)
Live and let DAI : characterizing the execution of anti-viral necroptotic cell death
Creators: name: Ragan, Katherine Blair
name: 0000-0002-1883-8181
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2018
Subjects: DAI
ZBP1
Necroptosis
MCMV

description: Programmed cell death plays a critical role in host defense against viruses. Infected cells detect the intruder and execute signaling cascades resulting in cell death, thus thwarting the spread of infection to neighboring cells. Necroptosis is a pro-inflammatory form of programmed cell death that relies on RIP homotypic interaction motif (RHIM)-dependent interactions between members of the signaling pathway. DNA-dependent activator of interferon regulatory factors (DAI) senses viral infection, resulting in interactions between the DAI RHIM and the RHIM of the protein at the crux of necroptosis, RIPK3. Here, I characterize how DAI specifically senses murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection and induces the necroptotic signaling cascade. Viral capsid transport to the nucleus and subsequent viral IE3-dependent transcription are required for necroptosis. Necroptotic machinery, including DAI, enters the nucleus following MCMV infection, and nuclear DAI promotes necroptotic cell death following infection. DAI’s RNA-binding domain, Zα2, is required to trigger necroptosis and, importantly, DAI binds via Zα2 to Z-RNAs in the nucleus following MCMV infection. After activation via Zα2-Z-RNA interaction, DAI binds to RIPK3 in the nucleus. Thus, MCMV IE3-dependent transcription from the viral genome plays a crucial role in activating DAI/ZBP1-dependent necroptosis. This implicates IE3-induced Z-form RNA transcripts as a biologically relevant ligand for DAI during natural viral infection, indicating that MCMV-induced necroptosis is initiated in the nucleus. MCMV encodes for a RHIM-dependent inhibitor of necroptosis known as the viral inhibitor of RIP activation (vIRA). vIRA functions by binding and sequestering RIPK3, which prevents its activation by DAI. Since host RHIMs promote death, and the MCMV-encoded RHIM promotes cell survival, I sought to determine if the RHIM sequence itself contributes to cell fate. I found that vIRA-RHIM swap proteins maintained their ability to bind RIPK3, but were unable to protect cells from necroptotic cell death either in the context of chemical- or virus-induced necroptosis. These data indicate that different RHIMs are not functionally equivalent, and suggest specific RHIM sequences may play a role in determining cell fate. Together, my results provide a more nuanced understanding of DAI-dependent antiviral RHIM signaling.
Optimal Probabilistic Forecasts for Counts
Creators: name: McCabe, Brendan P.M.
name: Martin, Gael M.
name: Harris, David
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: Optimal probabilistic forecasts of integer-valued random variables are derived. The optimality is achieved by estimating the forecast distribution nonparametrically over a given broad model class and proving asymptotic efficiency in that setting. The ideas are demonstrated within the context of the integer autoregressive class of models, which is a suitable class for any count data that can be interpreted as a queue, stock, birth and death process or branching process. The theoretical proofs of asymptotic optimality are supplemented by simulation results which demonstrate the overall superiority of the nonparametric method relative to a misspecified parametric maximum likelihood estimator, in large but .nite samples. The method is applied to counts of wage claim benefits, stock market iceberg orders and civilian deaths in Iraq, with bootstrap methods used to quantify sampling variation in the estimated forecast distributions.
Additional file 1 of Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory (ONI)
Creators: name: Zagaria, Andrea
name: Barbaranelli, Claudio
name: Mocini, Edoardo
name: Lombardo, Caterina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1. The Italian version of the Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory.