cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Chemoselective oxidation of C6 primary hydroxyl groups of polysaccharides in rice bran for the application as a novel water-soluble dietary fiber
Creators: name: Park, Kyung-Min
name: Kim, Yu Na
name: Choi, Seung Jun
name: Jung-Ha Park
name: Pahn-Shick Chang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Engineering
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Medicine
subject: Biochemistry

description: ABSTRACTRice bran, contains health-beneficial dietary fiber, but its secondary applications are limited by its poor water solubility. The water solubility of polysaccharides in rice bran was increased through the chemoselective oxidation of primary hydroxyl groups by 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyl oxoammonium ion (TEMPO) and sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl). Response surface methodology was employed to optimize chemoselective conditions in terms of TEMPO concentration, NaOCl concentration, and reaction pH. The maximum degree of oxidation reached 98.77% under the optimum conditions of 0.16 mmol TEMPO, 8.52 mmol NaOCl, and pH 10.85. The introduction of C6 carboxyl group was confirmed by 13C-NMR and FT-IR. Water solubility of the oxidized bran (84.65%) was higher than native rice bran (30.65%). Sensory evaluation indicated that high-quality cookies and bread could be prepared by partially replacing wheat flour with oxidized rice bran, demonstrating that oxidized rice bran could be used as a new water-soluble dietary fiber in the food industry.
Políticas proativas de gestão editorial | Fórum de Editores Científicos de Publicações em Ciência da Informação e Áreas afins, realizado no XV Enancib
Creators: name: Reis, Juliana Gonçalves
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Apresentação para o Fórum de editores, realizado no Enancib 2014. Belo Horizonte, MG Brasil.
Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of novel phosphorylated derivatives of amlodipine
Creators: name: Sampath Chinnam
name: Chamarthi Naga Raju
name: Chunduri Venkata Rao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: A series of novel phosphorylated derivatives of Amlodipine were synthesized by the reaction of amlodipine with 2-chlorophenyl phosphorodichloridate in the presence of tetramethylguanidine in dry THF to form an intermediate product. The intermediate on further reaction with various aminoacid esters in the presence of tetramethylguanidine in dry THF afforded the title compounds. Their structures were characterized by IR, 1H, 13C, 31P NMR, mass and elemental analyses. All the title compounds exhibited promising antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. Their bioactivity was greatly influenced by different groups present at the phosphorus.graphical abstract
N-(naphthyl)-N′-(methoxy carbonyl)thiocarbamide and its Cu(I) complex: synthesis, spectroscopic, X-ray, DFT and in vitro cytotoxicity study
Creators: name: Durga P. Singh
name: Pratap, Seema
name: Pandey, Sunil K.
name: Butcher, Ray J.
name: Marverti, Gaetano
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cancer
Information and Computing Sciences
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cell Biology
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: The structural characterization of two new compounds N-naphthyl-N′-methoxycarbonyl thiocarbamide (NMCT) (1) and its Cu(I) complex, bis(N-naphthyl-N′-methoxycarbonyl thiocarbamide) copper(I) chloride [(NMCT)2CuCl] (1a) have been done by spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and electronic spectroscopy) and X-ray crystallography. To get a deeper insight of vibrational frequencies and electronic transitions, DFT and TD-DFT studies have also been performed. X-ray study revealed trigonal planar geometry around copper(I). The ligand coordinates through thione sulfur only. The cytotoxicity of 1 and 1a has been assayed in five human carcinoma cell lines, 2008, C13* (cervical carcinoma), A2780, A2780/CP and IGROV-1 (ovarian carcinoma). Both the compounds exhibited cytotoxicity. The inhibitory activity of copper complex was better than ligand against all the cell lines.
Cratomorphus huautlaensis Zaragoza-Caballero 1996
Creators: name: Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Cratomorphus
Cratomorphus huautlaensis

description: - Cratomorphus huautlaensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
Holotype: ♂. MEXICO: Morelos, Estación CEAMISH, 2.5 km N, 4 km O Huautla, 940 m; 18°27'0.671" N, 99°2'0.475" W 16/XI/1995. Col. F. A. Noguera, T. luz 1.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
description: Published as part of Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Coleoptera types deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 4288 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4288.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010410
N-(naphthyl)-N′-(methoxy carbonyl)thiocarbamide and its Cu(I) complex: Synthesis, spectroscopic, X-ray, DFT and in vitro cytotoxicity study
Creators: name: Durga P. Singh
name: Pratap, Seema
name: Pandey, Sunil K.
name: Butcher, Ray J.
name: Marverti, Gaetano
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cancer
Information and Computing Sciences
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cell Biology
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: The structural characterization of two new compounds N-naphthyl-N′-methoxycarbonyl thiocarbamide (NMCT) (1) and its Cu(I) complex, bis(N-naphthyl-N′-methoxycarbonyl thiocarbamide) copper(I) chloride [(NMCT)2CuCl] (1a) have been done by spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and electronic spectroscopy) and X-ray crystallography. To get a deeper insight of vibrational frequencies and electronic transitions, DFT and TD-DFT studies have also been performed. X-ray study revealed trigonal planar geometry around copper(I). The ligand coordinates through thione sulfur only. The cytotoxicity of 1 and 1a has been assayed in five human carcinoma cell lines, 2008, C13* (cervical carcinoma), A2780, A2780/CP and IGROV-1 (ovarian carcinoma). Both the compounds exhibited cytotoxicity. The inhibitory activity of copper complex was better than ligand against all the cell lines.
title: L'écriture de l'histoire au Moyen Âge (XIe-XVe siècles)
Publisher: name: Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Year: 2013

description: Ce colloque a été conçu comme l'aboutissement de trois journées d'études qui ont rassemblé historiens et littéraires autour de la  question suivante : comment l'écriture de l'histoire organise-t-elle son matériau, entre les contraintes liées au genre littéraire qu'impose le travail d'écriture ou de réécriture et la nécessité de recourir aux documents, indispensables à la dimension référentielle  du discours ?
N-(naphthyl)-N′-(methoxy carbonyl)thiocarbamide and its Cu(I) complex: synthesis, spectroscopic, X-ray, DFT and in vitro cytotoxicity study
Creators: name: Durga P. Singh
name: Pratap, Seema
name: Pandey, Sunil K.
name: Butcher, Ray J.
name: Marverti, Gaetano
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Cancer
Information and Computing Sciences
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cell Biology
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: The structural characterization of two new compounds N-naphthyl-N′-methoxycarbonyl thiocarbamide (NMCT) (1) and its Cu(I) complex, bis(N-naphthyl-N′-methoxycarbonyl thiocarbamide) copper(I) chloride [(NMCT)2CuCl] (1a) have been done by spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and electronic spectroscopy) and X-ray crystallography. To get a deeper insight of vibrational frequencies and electronic transitions, DFT and TD-DFT studies have also been performed. X-ray study revealed trigonal planar geometry around copper(I). The ligand coordinates through thione sulfur only. The cytotoxicity of 1 and 1a has been assayed in five human carcinoma cell lines, 2008, C13* (cervical carcinoma), A2780, A2780/CP and IGROV-1 (ovarian carcinoma). Both the compounds exhibited cytotoxicity. The inhibitory activity of copper complex was better than ligand against all the cell lines.
Cratomorphus ramirezi Zaragoza-Caballero 1996
Creators: name: Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Cratomorphus
Cratomorphus ramirezi

description: - Cratomorphus ramirezi Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
Holotype: ♂. MEXICO: Chiapas.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia and wing glued on a card.
description: Published as part of Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Coleoptera types deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 4288 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4288.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010410
Commodification of the information profession: A critique of Higher Education under neoliberalism
Creators: name: Lawson, Stuart
name: Sanders, Kevin
name: Smith, Lauren
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: The structures that govern society’s understanding of information have been reorganised under a neoliberal worldview to allow information to appear and function as a commodity. This has implications for the professional ethics of library and information labour, and the need for critical reflexivity in library and information praxes is not being met. A lack of theoretical understanding of these issues means that the political interests governing decision-making are going unchallenged, for example the UK government’s specific framing of open access to research. We argue that building stronger, community oriented praxes of critical depth can serve as a resilient challenge to the neoliberal politics of the current higher education system in the UK and beyond. Critical information literacy offers a proactive, reflexive and hopeful strategy to challenge hegemonic assumptions about information as a commodity. This is a post-print of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication in September 2014.
Cratomorphus rodriguezae Zaragoza-Caballero 1996
Creators: name: Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Cratomorphus
Cratomorphus rodriguezae

description: - Cratomorphus rodriguezae Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
Holotype: ♂. MEXICO: Chiapas, 9.8 km N Ocosingo, 28/VI/1990. Col. M. C. Thomas. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratype: 1 ♂. MEXICO: Oaxaca, Valle Nacional, San Mateo Yetla, 12/X/1990. Col. E. Ramirez, E. Barrera, A.
Cadena.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle.
description: Published as part of Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Coleoptera types deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 4288 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4288.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010410
Investigating quality assurance in an Australian university and its implications for Cambodian higher education
Creators: name: Tan, Keattech
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2015

description: This research was prompted by various issues affecting Cambodian QA policies and their processes and procedures such as a lack of human resources, poor QA framework, a lack of university involvement in QA processes and inadequate research into the field. This research was conducted in an Australian university to (1) identify the key constructs underpinning QA policies development in the Australian HE context; (2) explore the perceptions of university leaders and lecturers in policy implementation; and (3) identify the strengths of the Australian quality assurance policies and practices and their relevance to Cambodian HE system. This research employed qualitative semi structured interviews for its data collection and Foucault’s theoretical concepts on power to identify the power-relation between the government and the university including its academics. The finding of this research suggested that academics understand that a quality standard framework is essential for a university to implement quality practices and to remain competitive in this globalized, market-oriented higher education environment. Simultaneously academics contest the value of the current standard framework and the implementation processes and procedures relating to quality assurance mechanism in higher education arguing that they challenge their academic values.
title: Outback or integration frontier?
title: Northern Territory government paradiplomacy in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, 1978-1992
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Federer, Juan Francisco
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 1993

description: This thesis looks at the efforts by the Northern Territory Government in the period 1978-1992 to develop economic, social and cultural links with the neighbouring Southeast Asian states of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The Northern Territory Government's attempts to advance Territorian interests overseas are an instance of international relations by non-sovereign government actors, referred to as paradiplomacy in this study. The thesis begins with a literature review on this increasingly prevalent new phenomenon in international relations, introducing also the political geographical concept of integration frontiers. The main paradiplomatic activities of the Northern Territory Government in the target area are critically reviewed and assessed, and factors facilitating or impeding the achievement of paradiplomatic objectives are identified. It was found that contrary to aims and governmental rhetoric, this paradiplomacy has not significantly achieved its objectives. The aim of boosting Territory economic development through integration with the Southeast Asian neighbours has not taken place, nor has the NT been able to place itself in a key position as a nexus or integration frontier between Australia and Southeast -Asia. Thus, despite its efforts, the NT remains a peripheral Australian outback. Results have been achieved towards increasing Northern Territory links with Indonesia, particularly its eastern provinces. This has not been due to the economic pull of the Territory, but primarily due to the interest of the Indonesian Government to strengthen its influence in the Northern Territory given Indonesian security concerns, particularly in relation to challenges to its annexation of East Timor.
Ecology of the savanna glider (Petaurus ariel) in tropical northern Australia
Creators: name: Stobo-Wilson, Alyson
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2018

description: Widespread declines of a small, arboreal mammals in the drier regions of northern Australia are of global concern. These declines have been variously attributed to either disruption of resource availability or increased predation pressure from invasive species. The aims of my study were to identify the factors that influence the distribution, abundance and ecology of an arboreal marsupial, the savanna glider (Petaurus ariel) in the tropical savannas of northern Australia; including whether this species is in decline. My study forms the first targeted ecological research on this species, which was formerly considered a subspecies of the sugar glider, P. breviceps. My research reveals significant variation in the abundance and ecology of P. ariel across its geographic range within the tropical savannas. I found that the dramatic north–south climatic gradient within northern Australia has an overarching influence on the distribution, abundance, density, home range size and fine-scale habitat use of P. ariel. Interestingly, I found a 50% increase in P. ariel body mass and a ten-fold increase in P. ariel home range size in areas of low resource availability. The variable ecology of P. ariel has enabled the species to adapt to varied environmental conditions, including areas of naturally low resource availability at the southern edge of the species’ distribution. Importantly, my research shows evidence of a 35% decline in the geographic distribution of P. ariel, primarily in the southern end of its geographic range; emphasising the need to understand fundamental aspects of the species’ ecology for future conservation efforts. Overall, my findings highlight the influence of variation in resource availability on an arboreal marsupial in the tropical savannas of northern Australia. My thesis contributes to our understanding of the drivers of the ecology of this, and other, arboreal mammal species inhabiting the region, and helps explain underlying patterns of decline.
title: A ship for the taking
title: the wreck of the Brisbane as a case study in site salvage and material culture reuse
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Steinberg, David
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2005

description: On the 10th of October 1881 the Brisbane, a large, modern and well equipped steamship carrying passengers and cargo struck Fish Reef, approximately 25 nautical miles from Port Darwin, and became permanently stranded. What followed over the next three months was an organised salvage programme in which the ship was salvaged of cargo, equipment and fittings. These goods were sold to Port Darwin locals through a series of auctions. The wreck provided a wide selection of second-hand goods to a small isolated community. Approximately one hundred years later locals return to this wreck to take objects they considered of value. This thesis is a case study in material culture salvage and reuse of material from the Brisbane. Local men purchased the wreck in 1881 and presided over an extensive salvage programme in which maritime technical equipment and a range of other equipment, furnishings and fittings were removed, sold and reused. Some items were not salvaged and were left on the wreck site, these being visible today. The decision of salvors to not reuse some machinery and equipment challenges broad assumptions that isolated pioneer settlements, with poor access to goods, without fail practiced full scale salvage and reuse out of necessity. This thesis examines what was taken, why it was selected and how it was used. Recent cases of salvage in which objects are valued as historic ornaments are analysed in detail to demonstrate that there is no consensus to either the historic value of this wreck or its objects. Analysing the kinds of qualities attributed to historic ornaments, identifying them for example as antiquities or curios, reflect different ways in which people engage with the past. A comparison of salvage in 1881 to that more recent shows change in how salvage and reuse have functioned as social mechanisms. This thesis emphasises that object transformations may not involve physical modification, and that object meaning is relevant to a specific time and place.
Macrolampis palaciosi Zaragoza-Caballero 2012
Creators: name: Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Macrolampis
Macrolampis palaciosi

description: - Macrolampis palaciosi Zaragoza-Caballero, 2012
Holotype: ♂. MEXICO: Tlaxcala, Nanacamilpa, Parque Recreativo Cruz Pesada, 2914 msnm, 19°29'0" N,
98°35'53.56" W, 27/VII/2012. Col. S. Zaragoza. Labeled: “COL-TIP-1563”. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratypes: 44 ♂. Ídem. Labeled: COL-TIP-1564 to COL-TIP-1600. Conservation status: Complete, genitalia of some specimens glued on a triangle, wing of others mounted on
card or both.
Paratypes: 4 ♀. Ídem. Labeled: COL-TIP-1601 to COL-TIP-1 604.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
description: Published as part of Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Coleoptera types deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 4288 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4288.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010410
In silico 3D structure modeling and inhibitor binding studies of human male germ cell-associated kinase
Creators: name: Karunakar Tanneeru
name: Guruprasad, Lalitha
name: Balla, Ashok Raja
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Cancer
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Human male germ cell-associated kinase (hMAK) is an androgen-inducible gene in prostate epithelial cells, and it acts as a coactivator of androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer. The 3D structure of the hMAK kinase was modeled based on the crystal structure of CDK2 kinase using comparative modeling methods, and the ATP-binding site was characterized. We have collected five inhibitors of hMAK from the literature and docked into the ATP-binding site of the kinase domain. Solvated interaction energies (SIE) of inhibitor binding are calculated from the molecular dynamics simulations trajectories of protein–inhibitor complexes. The contribution from each active site residue in hMAK toward inhibitor binding revealed the nature and extent of interactions between inhibitors and individual residues. The main chain atoms of Met79 invariably form hydrogen bonds with all five inhibitors. The amino acids Leu7, Val15, and Leu129 stabilize the inhibitors via CH–pi interactions. The Asp140 in the active site and Glu77 in hinge region show characteristic hydrogen bonding interactions with inhibitors. From SIE, the residue-wise interactions revealed the nature of non-bonding contacts and modifications required to increase the inhibitor activity. Our work provides 3D model structure of hMAK and molecular basis for the mechanisms of hMAK inhibition at atomic level that aid in designing new potent inhibitors.
New estimation models for determining the Q347
Creators: name: Dups, Yanick
name: Sanolamazza, Daniela Pavia
name: Staufer, Philipp
name: Lebrenz, Henning
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Hydrologie
subject: Niedrigwasser
subject: Low Flow
subject: Q347
subject: 624 - Ingenieurbau und Umwelttechnik

description: In Switzerland, low flows are described by the five percent quantile denoted by Q347. This threshold value not only has consequences for the planning, but also necessitates authorities to adjust the operation of pertinent infrastructure to mitigate ecological impacts on watercourses. Given a discharge timeseries spanning at least a ten-year period, determination of the Q347 can be done using the duration curve. Typically, said timeseries are not available for smaller catchments necessitating the estimation of the threshold value Q347. In Switzerland, the utilization of multiple linear regression has been established to estimate the area-specific discharge q347. The primary objective of these investigations is to estimate the Q347 value for 383 ungauged catchments in the Canton of Solothurn, each covering an area less than 100 km². Daily discharge, precipitation and temperature timeseries ranging from 1990 to 2020 were collected from 56 gauged catchments smaller than 500 km² surrounding the target area. 30 “static” parameters delineating geometry, topography, geology, land use, and drainage along with nine “climatic” parameters describing temperatures, precipitation distributions, and potential evapotranspiration were defined and computed to characterize gauged and ungauged catchments. Alongside comparing three regression methods, coupled with two adjustment techniques supplementing truncated discharge timeseries, three parameter selection methods are evaluated. The validation of the proposed models shows reduced errors and increased linear correlations between estimated and observed values compared to currently applied models. Notably, a spatially more homogeneous yet catchment-specific distribution of estimated values is observable. Particularly when timeseries remain unadjusted or adjustment is done using the Antecedent Precipitation Index (API) and the flow duration curve from a donor basin (Ridolfi, E.; Kumar, H.; Bárdossy, A., 2020), the proposed models yield promising results. Furthermore, the temporal variability of low flow events for the glacier-free catchments in the study area has been analysed. The frequency of low flow events below the threshold systematically increased over the last 30 years, while the 10-year Q347 value of said catchments has systematically decreased in the same period. The increase in low flow days leads to large errors in the estimation of the Q347 value, especially when its estimation is based on truncated timeseries. As further changes in runoff behaviour are to be expected due to climate change, extending the definition of "low flow" to include event duration and intensity alongside a fixed threshold value could offer a more suitable description.
Phaenolis alboterminatus Zaragoza-Caballero 1995
Creators: name: Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Phaenolis
Phaenolis alboterminatus

description: - Phaenolis alboterminatus Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
Holotype: ♂. MEXICO: Veracruz, Catemaco, Playa Escondida, 13/VI/1979. Col. T. H. Atkinson. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a card; wing and elytron mounted on a
card.
Paratype: 1 ♂. MEXICO: Morelos, Cuautla, 1/VI/1983. Col. R. Campos. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
description: Published as part of Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Coleoptera types deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 4288 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4288.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010410
Optical interrogation of neuropeptide dynamics
Creators: name: Wenardy, Celestine
name: Deisseroth, Karl
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2026
Subjects: neuropeptide signaling
GPCRs
biosensor engineering
behavioral neuroscience

description: Neuropeptides are signaling molecules in the brain that regulate a wide range of biological and behavioral processes through interactions with G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Although such neuropeptide-GPCR interactions are highly implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders, their mechanisms of action remain poorly understood due to limited technology for high-resolution study in vivo. To address this, we present a high-throughput optical screening platform that allows for rapid design and optimization of genetically encoded neuropeptide biosensors. Traditional biosensor optimization is labor-intensive, involving placing a single variant in a well and phenotyping each well individually. In contrast, we leverage STARmap, an intact-tissue spatial transcriptomics method, to screen large libraries of biosensor variants through simultaneous phenotyping and genotyping. This enables the design of biosensors for multiple neuropeptides including beta-endorphins, vasopressin, and histamine, assessing their fluorescence responses in vivo to reveal dose-dependent signal upregulation. Cell clustering by genotype indicates diverse responses, allowing us to select the most robust variants for further characterization and optimization. Our platform is fully functional and scalable high-throughput sensor development. The successful design and optimization of GPCR-based biosensors demonstrates robust fluorescence responses to neuropeptides that will be applied to in vivo whole-brain imaging. This work not only provides an adaptable platform for high-throughput biosensor engineering, but also establishes a foundation to map neuropeptide dynamics across brain structures and behaviors, allowing insights into the molecular basis of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Synthesis and characterization of novel ABA-type azobenzene-containing tri-block copolymers from telechelic polystyrene
Creators: name: Rajasekhar, Tota
name: Mummuluri Trinadh
name: Rasmita Sahoo
name: Surajit Dhara
name: Annadanam V. Sesha Sainath
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Chemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: The telechelic polystyrene (tPS) was used as a macro-reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agent to prepare the ABA-type tri-block copolymers (TBCs), poly{4-[4-(11-acryloyloxyundecyloxy)phenylazo]benzonitrile}-b-polystyrene-b-poly{4-[4-(11-acryloyloxyundecyloxy)phenylazo]benzonitrile} [poly(AUPAB)-b-PS-b-poly(AUPAB)] with 4-[4-(11-acryloyloxyundecyloxy)phenylazo]benzonitrile (AUPAB) as a monomer by the RAFT polymerization process. The poly(AUPAB) was used as a reference to probe the role of polystyrene block in poly(AUPAB)-b-PS-b-poly(AUPAB) macromolecular chain. The TBCs were characterized by spectral techniques, thermal analysis, and polarizing optical microscopic studies and compared the results with individual blocks, poly(AUPAB), and tPS. The TBCs exhibited higher thermal stability and liquid crystal–isotropic phase transition peak temperature (TLC-I), and glass transition temperature (Tg) values compared to the poly(AUPAB). TBC TLC-I value was dependent on the AUPAB wt% in macromolecular chain. Furthermore, the acquired results by optical microscopy suggest that after incorporation of the polystyrene block in acrylate-based pendant azobenzene polymer chain resulted in lower domain size of focal conic texture, which is characteristic of smectic-A liquid crystalline phase compared to the homopolymer. The photophysical properties of the TBCs were similar to those of the poly(AUPAB). Microphase-separated nano-segregation was observed in annealed thin films of TBCs.
The validity of the monocentric city model in a polycentric age: US metropolitan areas in 1990, 2000 and 2010
Creators: name: Arribas-Bel, Daniel
name: Sanz-Gracia, Fernando
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology

description: In this article, we use local indicators of spatial association (LISA) and other spatial analysis techniques to analyze the distribution of centers with high employment density within metropolitan areas. We examine the 359 metropolitan areas across the United States at three points in time (1990, 2000, and 2010) to provide a spatio-temporal panoramic of urban spatial structure. Our analysis highlights three key findings. (1) The monocentric structure persists in a majority of metropolitan areas: 56.5% in 1990, 64.1% in 2000, and 57.7% in 2010. (2) The pattern of employment centers remains stable for most metropolitan areas: the number of centers remained the same for 74.9% of metropolitan areas between 1990 and 2000 and for 85.2% between 2000 and 2010. (3) Compared with monocentric metropolitan areas, polycentric metros are larger and more dense, with higher per-capita incomes and lower poverty rates.
Bioconversion potential of Trichoderma viride HN1 cellulase for a lignocellulosic biomass Saccharum spontaneum
Creators: name: Mehwish Iqtedar
name: Nadeem, Mohammad
name: Naeem, Hira
name: Roheena Abdullah
name: Shagufta Naz
name: Qurat Ul Ain Syed
name: Afshan Kaleem
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: The industrialisation of lignocellulose conversion is impeded by expensive cellulase enzymes required for saccharification in bioethanol production. Current research undertakes cellulase production from pretreated Saccharum spontaneum through Trichoderma viride HN1 under submerged fermentation conditions. Pretreatment of substrate with 2% NaOH resulted in 88% delignification. Maximum cellulase production (2603 ± 16.39 U/mL/min carboxymethyl cellulase and 1393 ± 25.55 U/mL/min FPase) was achieved at 6% substrate at pH 5.0, with 5% inoculum, incubated at 35°C for 120 h of fermentation period. Addition of surfactant, Tween 80 and metal ion Mn+2, significantly enhanced cellulase yield. This study accounts proficient cellulase yield through process optimisation by exploiting cheaper substrate to escalate their commercial endeavour.
Investigating river-restoration-effects on riverbed-stability by physical modelling
Creators: name: Unrau, Silas
name: Venuleo, Sara
name: Derungs, Guido
name: Lebrenz, Henning
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Flood protection
subject: Riverbed stability
subject: Hydraulic modelling
subject: River revitalisation
subject: 624 - Ingenieurbau und Umwelttechnik

description: This study shows how experimental results provide fundamental insights in the challenge of river revitalisation, and thus represent a powerful tool to guide engineers’ actions. Results concerns a study case, namely the “Wiese Vital” project, a restoration project in Basel area (Switzerland), with the objectives of safeguarding Basel's drinking water supply while revitalizing its watercourse and providing flood protection. The planned revitalisation measures involve the reconstruction of the Wiese riverbed, the introduction of structures to improve its morphological variability and the replenishment of fine sediment to improve the spawning habitat of native fishes. The new Wiese riverbed will consist of a coarser sediment layer, about 1.2 meters deep, overlaying a layer of finer sediments, meant to protect the underlaying aquifer from undesirable water infiltrations and thus to ensure Basel's drinking water supply safety. The stability of the coarser layer was investigated using a physical model in scale 1 to 20, built in the hydraulic hall of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. Experiments investigated the stability of the coarse protective layer in presence and in absences of revitalization measures: with and without “ecological” structures and before and after the addition of fine sediments. Results revealed that wrong placement of “ecological” structures can cause local erosion and threaten the stability of the riverbed. Moreover, they provided useful insights on the response of a coarser riverbed to the input of fine sediments.
Spinal health and sitting: A link to the 24 hour movement continuum
Creators: name: Kastelic, Kaja
name: Šarabon, Nejc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: Prolonged sitting is widely recognized as a risk factor for low back disorders and low back pain. Several harmful mechanisms have been proposed, affecting intervertebral discs, posterior lumbo-pelvic ligaments and fasciae, and muscles of the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex. Sitting position is commonly accompanied with some degree of lumbar flexion while in the (semi)static conditions. If such posture is maintained for prolonged periods of time, the spinal tissues slowly deform, leading to a reduction of tissue resistance to loads and eventually (micro)trauma. The tissue strain when sitting is highly dependent on the sitting posture (slouched, upright, reclined etc.) and individual’s spinal tissue health. However, loading of the passive tissues (dynamic loading is favourable) and muscle activation during engaging in physical activity is essential for maintaining and strengthening the tissues’ health. Then a period of rest (i.e. unloading) must be followed, so that the adaptive tissue response could occur. Also, it was shown that insufficient sleep time, high levels of sedentary behaviour, physical inactivity and high levels of physical activity make the existing low back pain worse, while associations with first-time low back pain are not clear. The studies often investigated a single behaviour in isolation. Since there is a strong rationale based on biological plausibility and epidemiological studies, and because time is finite during the day, further studies should take into account all movement behaviours in a 24-hour period. To the best of our knowledge, little is known about the combined effect of time spent in sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity on low back pain and low back disorders.
Photinus aldretei Zaragoza-Caballero 1996
Creators: name: Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Photinus
Photinus aldretei

description: - Photinus aldretei Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
Holotype: ♂. MEXICO: Veracruz, Camino Cosautlán, 11 km al SE de Teocelo, 10/IX/1983. Col. Figueroa. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle. Paratype: 1 ♂. MEXICO: Veracruz, Banderilla, 4/VII/1984. Col. S. Zaragoza. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
description: Published as part of Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Coleoptera types deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 4288 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4288.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010410
Photinus aliciae Zaragoza-Caballero 2005
Creators: name: Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Photinus
Photinus aliciae

description: - Photinus aliciae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2005
Holotype: ♂. MEXICO: Jalisco, Estación de Biología Chamela, UNAM, Cuenca 1, 0 4 al 10/VIII/1993. Col. A. Rodriguez, T. Malaise 45.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle. Paratypes: 5 ♂. Ídem.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle. Paratype: 1 ♀. Ídem. 26–30/VIII/1991. T. Malaise 11.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratype: 1 ♀. Ídem. 0 6 al 09/VII/1993. T. Malaise 441.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratypes: 4 ♂. Ídem. 0 3 al 08/VIII/1992. T. Malaise 239.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle. Paratype: 1 ♂. Ídem. 0 3 al 08/VIII/1992. T. M. 236.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle. Paratype: 1 ♂. Ídem. 9/IX/1992. Col. E. Ramírez.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratype: 1 ♂. Ídem. 18-23/VII/1992. Trampa Malaise 222.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle. Paratypes: 3 ♂. Ídem. 18–23/VIII/1992. T. Malaise 249.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle. Paratype: 1 ♂. Ídem. 25–30/VIII/1991. Trampa Malaise 8.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle.
Paratype: 1 ♀. MEXICO: Jalisco, La Manzanilla, 17/VII/1990. Col. F. A. Noguera. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratype: 1 ♂. MEXICO: Jalisco, Chamela, 27/VI/1990. Col. R. Ayala. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia glued on a triangle.
description: Published as part of Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Coleoptera types deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 4288 (1) on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4288.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010410
Photinus amoenoides Zaragoza-Caballero 2000
Creators: name: Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Photinus
Photinus amoenoides

description: - Photinus amoenoides Zaragoza-Caballero, 2000
Holotype: ♂. MEXICO: Morelos, Estación CEAMISH, 2.5 km N, 4 km O Huautla, 940 msnm, 18°27'671" N, 99°2'475" W, 0 6 al 10/VIII/1996. Col. S. Zaragoza; col. Nocturna, loc 1.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; wing mounted on card. Allotype: ♀. Ídem. 9/VIII/1996. Col. F. A. Noguera.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratypes: 2 ♂. Ídem. 9/VII/1996. Col. S. Zaragoza y A. Pérez.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratypes: 2 ♂. Ídem. 7/VII/1996. Col. S. Zaragoza y A. Pérez.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratype: 1 ♂. Ídem. 6/XII/1996. Col. S. Zaragoza y A. Pérez. Colección Entomológica del Instituto de Biología, UNAM México, D. F.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
description: Published as part of Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Coleoptera types deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 4288 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4288.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010410
Photinus bucaro Zaragoza-Caballero 2005
Creators: name: Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Photinus
Photinus bucaro

description: - Photinus bucaro Zaragoza-Caballero, 2005
Holotype: ♂. MEXICO: Colima, La Audiencia, 7 mi NW Manzanillo, 25/VIII/1970. Col. C. E. & D.E. Wasbauer. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratypes: 14 ♂, 1 ♀. Ídem.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; genitalia of some specimens glued on a triangle.
Paratypes: 1 ♂. MEXICO: Jalisco, Chamela, 17/XI/1978. Col. Brailovsky. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratype: 1 ♀. MEXICO: Jalisco, Estación de Biología Chamela, UNAM, 16–19/X/1987. Col. Chemsak &
Powell. Bl.
Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratypes: 1 ♂, 2 ♀. Ídem. 20–27/VII/1984. Col. J. A. Chemsak, J. T. Doyen, at light. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved; wing mounted on card.
Paratype: 1 ♀. MEXICO: Jalisco, La Manzanilla, 26/VII/1990. Col. F. A. Noguera. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
Paratypes: 5 ♂. MEXICO: Nayarit, San Blas, 80 msnm, 25–27/VI/1996. Col. G. Nogueira. Conservation status: Complete, well-preserved.
description: Published as part of Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil Xinum, 2017, An annotated catalogue of the Coleoptera types deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 4288 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4288.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010410
СОВРЕМЕННОЕ ЛЕЧЕНИЕ КИШЕЧНЫХ ИНФЕКЦИЙ У ДЕТЕЙ
Creators: name: Раимкулов, Равшанбек
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Острые кишечные инфекции (ОКИ) на современном этапе остаются одной из важнейших проблем детской инфекционной патологии, в связи с широким и повсеместным распространением, значительной частотой развития тяжелых форм болезни и высоким уровнем летальности. По данным Всемирной Организации Здравоохранения ежегодно в мире острые кишечные инфекции переносят около 2 млрд. человек, при этом 6065% всех случаев ОКИ регистрируется среди детей, особенно высока заболеваемость детей раннего возраста (до 70%).
Slow Pyrolysis as a Method for the Destruction of Japanese Wireweed, Sargassum muticum.
Creators: name: Milledge, J.J,
name: Staple, A.
name: Harvey, P.
Publisher: name: UNESCO/IOC
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Sargassum muticum
subject: Seaweed
subject: Sargassum
subject: Biochar
subject: Energy balance
subject: Pyrolosis
subject: Parameter Discipline::Biological oceanography::Macroalgae and seagrass

description: Japanese wireweed, Sargassum muticum is an invasive species to Great Britain, which might be controlled by harvesting it for energy and chemicals. Pyrolysis is the thermal decomposition of the organic components of dry biomass by heating in the absence of air. The distribution of matter between solid, liquid and syngas depends on the biomass and the pyrolysis temperature and time. Slow pyrolysis with lower temperatures (~ 400 oC) tends to produce more solid char. Pyrolysis char can be an effective soil ameliorant, a sequestration agent due to its stability or burned as a fuel. The research attempts to answer the question: Could slow pyrolysis be an energy efficient means for the destruction of Japanese wireweed and produce a potential product, biochar? A simple test rig was developed to establish the yield of biochar, biocrude and syngas from the slow pyrolysis of Sargassum muticum. An energy balance was calculated using compositional data from the analysis of the seaweed feedstock, higher heating values (HHV) from bomb-calorimetry and literature values. The energy required to heat 1 kg of dry seaweed by 400 oC for slow pyrolysis was estimated at 0.5 MJ. The HHV of syngas and biocrude produced from the pyrolysis totalled 2.9 MJ. There is, therefore, sufficient energy in the biocrude and syngas fractions produced by the pyrolysis of seaweed to power the process and produce useful biochar, but insufficient energy for drying.
Open Science: Governance structures and incentive systems
Creators: name: Simukovic, Elena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This is an early draft of a PhD project at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Vienna.
title: Adult music students in a north Australian regional community
title: motivations for learning a musical instrument perceived benefits and pedagogical considerations
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Tan, Kathryn
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2018

description: This research investigated the factors that motivate adult music students, the benefits they have derived from engaging in music learning and practice, and whether the outcomes include a better awareness of self, posture and body use. Participants who responded to an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were drawn from local music organisations in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Among the range of motivating factors reported were personal satisfaction, desire to maintain physical and cognitive well-being, need for relaxation and social interaction. Closely linked to these reasons were the beneficial outcomes in terms of an improved sense of self-esteem, spiritual, cognitive and health benefits and overall well-being. A significant finding was that participants were aware of their body use in playing an instrument or singing but felt their movements were not well-coordinated. From a pedagogical perspective, the results of the study suggest that music students may benefit from being trained to apply kinaesthetic awareness in their practice and performance that would also incorporate proper body alignment and coordination. This knowledge may possibly help to make technique more sustainable and prevent injuries while students fulfil their other motivations for engaging in musical activities.