cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
What is the evidence documenting the effects of marine or coastal nature conservation or natural resource management activities on human well-being in South East Asia? A systematic map protocol
Creators: name: Garside, Ruth
name: Eales, Jacqualyn
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity conservation
Marine Reserve
Marine Protected Area
Human welfare
Poverty
Human development
Sustainability
Livelihoods
Human health

description: Abstract Background: Conservation activities and natural resource management interventions have often aimed to tackle the dual challenge of improving nature conservation and human well-being, particularly in low and middle-income countries. However, there is concern over the extent to which this dual goal has been achieved, and to what extent there are trade-offs and synergies within and between aspects of each of the goals’ targets. The amount and scope of the available evidence on the success of conservation and management interventions in both arenas has lacked documentation, for a number of reasons, including limited resources for monitoring and evaluation and the difficulty in bringing together a disparate evidence base. A systematic map was published in 2016 that attempted to provide a base understanding of the evidence base across all biomes. This protocol is for a systematic map which focuses on the effects of marine and coastal conservation and natural resource management activities on the health and well-being of coastal communities in South East Asia. This stakeholder-driven need stems from this region and biome being under increasing pressure from burgeoning demand for natural resources and the uncertain events that climatic change will bring. The systematic map described here will build and expand upon searches from the 2016 map, for relevance in the context described above. Method: We will undertake a search of bibliographic databases to find published literature. Supplementary searching will include canvassing key informants and searching institutional and organisational websites, where we will be looking for both published and unpublished (grey) literature. Inclusion criteria will be applied in two stages, title and abstract and full text, with repeatability checks. We will extract coded data on study design and characteristics. From the coded data we will produce visualisations and a database. The systematic map output can be used to inform on evidence gaps, and topic areas where the evidence base is ripe for synthesis. Keywords Biodiversity conservation, Marine Reserve, Marine Protected Area, Human welfare, Poverty, Human development, Sustainability, Livelihoods, Human health
Colocalization of somatostatin receptors and epidermal growth factor receptors in breast cancer cells
Creators: name: Watt, Heather L
name: Kumar, Ujendra
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Somatostatin receptor (SSTR) expression is positively correlated with tumor size and inversely correlated with epidermal growth factor receptor (ErbB) levels and tumor differentiation. In the present study, we compared SSTR1-5 and ErbB1-4 mRNA and protein expression in two breast cancer cell lines: MCF-7 (ER+) and MDA-MB-231 (ERα-). Results All five SSTRs and four ErbBs were variably expressed as both cell surface and cytoplasmic proteins. In both cell lines, SSTR4 and SSTR1 were highly expressed, followed by SSTR2 and SSTR5 with SSTR3 being the least expressed subtype, at the protein level. ErbBs were variably expressed with ErbB1 as the predominant subtype in both cell lines. ErbB1 is followed by ErbB3, ErbB2 and ErbB4 in MCF-7 at both the protein and mRNA levels. In MDA-MB-231 cells, ErbB1 is followed by ErbB2, ErbB4 and ErbB3. Our results indicate significant correlations at the level of mRNA and protein expression in a cell and receptor-specific manner. Using indirect immunofluorescence, we found that, in MCF-7 cells, SSTR5 was the most prominent subtype coexpressed with ErbBs followed by SSTR3, SSTR4, SSTR1 and SSTR2, respectively. In MDA-MB-231 cells, SSTR1 colocalized strongly with ErbBs followed by SSTR5, SSTR4, SSTR3 and SSTR2. ErbBs displayed higher levels of colocalization amongst themselves in MCF-7 cells than in MDA-MB-231 cells. Conclusion These findings may explain the poor response to endocrine therapy in ER-cancer. Differential distribution of SSTR subtypes with ErbBs in breast cancer cells in a receptor-specific manner may be considered as a novel diagnosis for breast tumors.
Ozone ensemble forecasts: 1. A new ensemble design
Creators: name: Delle Monache, Luca
name: Deng, Xingxiu
name: Zhou, Yongmei
name: Stull, Roland B., 1950-
Publisher: name: American Geophysical Union
Year: 2011

description: A new Ozone Ensemble Forecast System (OEFS) is tested as a technique to improve the accuracy of real-time photochemical air quality modeling. The performance of 12 different forecasts along with their ensemble mean is tested against the observations during 11–15 August 2004, over five monitoring stations in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, a population center in a complex coastal mountain setting. The 12 ensemble members are obtained by driving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Models-3/Community Multiscale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) with two mesoscale meteorological models, each run at two resolutions (12- and 4-km): the Mesoscale Compressible Community (MC2) model and the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale (MM5) model. Moreover, CMAQ is run for three emission scenarios: a control run, a run with 50% more NOx emissions, and a run with 50% fewer. For the locations and days used to test this new OEFS, the ensemble mean is the best forecast if ranked using correlation, gross error, and root mean square error and has average performance when evaluated with the unpaired peak prediction accuracy. Ensemble averaging removes part of the unpredictable components of the physical and chemical processes involved in the ozone fate, resulting in a more skilful forecast when compared to any deterministic ensemble member. There is not one of the 12 individual forecasts that clearly outperforms the others on the basis of the four statistical parameters considered here. A lagged-averaged OEFS is also tested as follows. The 12-member OEFS is expanded to an 18-member OEFS by adding the second day from the six 12-km “yesterday” forecasts to the “today” ensemble forecast. The 18-member ensemble does not improve the ensemble mean forecast skill. Neither correlation nor a relationship between ensemble spread and forecast error is evident. An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2006 American Geophysical Union.
title: Motivación en el aprendizaje de la factorización en estudiantes de la Escuela Secundaria Técnica setenta “Emiliano Zapata”
Creators: name: BAUTISTA CORTES, ADRIANA
Publisher: name: Tecnológico de Monterrey
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/03ayjn504
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5.3
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: El álgebra desempeña un papel fundamental en el desarrollo cognitivo y en la resolución de problemas en la vida cotidiana. Por lo tanto, la falta de motivación que la mayoría de los alumnos de tercer grado muestran hacia esta disciplina es una preocupación creciente entre los docentes de matemáticas en la Escuela Secundaria Técnica 70 Emiliano Zapata. Esta situación es preocupante, ya que obstaculiza el aprendizaje efectivo dentro de la asignatura de matemáticas. Para abordar esta problemática, el presente proyecto se centra en motivar el aprendizaje en la factorización, mediante el uso del Método de los Cuatro Pasos y la aplicación de estrategias de motivación dentro de una intervención educativa. Como instrumentos de análisis, se utilizó la Escala TMMS-24 para evaluar la inteligencia emocional, así como formas para padres, alumnos y docentes. Posteriormente, se llevaron a cabo estudios de caso de cada uno de los participantes, apoyados en entrevistas para obtener una comprensión profunda de los factores que influyen en la motivación. El resultado final fue prometedor pues los estudiantes y padres expresaron su satisfacción con el proyecto gracias al aprendizaje obtenido, así como la motivación que manifestaron los estudiantes hacia la clase, también mostraron una mejora en el aprendizaje tanto como el rendimiento académico dentro de la asignatura aludiendo al orden que proporciona la metodología y las estrategias usadas. Los resultados obtenidos proporcionan información valiosa para diseñar futuras estrategias de intervención educativa, priorizando la motivación de los estudiantes en la factorización u otros temas o asignaturas. Se busca mejorar la calidad de la enseñanza en la Escuela Secundaria Técnica 70 “Emiliano Zapata”, con un enfoque en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes.
Geometry-based SAR curvilinear feature selection for damage detection: Errata
Creators: name: Brett, Peter
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Probability
subject: Geography

description: Errata to the following paper: P.T.B. Brett and R. Guida. Geometry-based SAR curvilinear feature selection for damage detection. In 9th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar - Invited Papers (EUSAR 2012 - Invited Papers), pages 62-65, 23-26 April 2011.
Milestone document - Data collection completed and integrated into the FEAST database
Creators: name: Murante, Anna Maria
name: Consalez, Fabio
name: Manca, Federica
name: Jani, Anant
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Milestone 2.1 “data collection completed and integrated into the FEAST database” references the dataset created to achieve Task 2.2 of FEAST WP2 “Explore adherence to and factors influencing healthy/sustainable dietary choices across Europe”. This task was led by SSA and supported by other institutions involved in WP2, specifically UKH, LBI, UCC, IRD, ICL, USG, KUL, OD, TNO and IPVC. This task involved the design of a cross-sectional EU-survey based on a quantitative questionnaire to collect primary data on dietary patterns; purchasing and consumption behaviours; barriers and facilitators to the adherence to healthier and more sustainable diets; and opinions on food system policies, from adult populations across the Europe.

More information can be accessed at www.feast2030.eu
description: Other funding acknowledgements: Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under contract number 22.00156.
Chroma Keying Based on Stereo Images
Creators: name: Chu, Mengdie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: chroma keying
alpha matting
stereo images

description: This thesis proposes a novel chroma keying method based on stereo images, which can be applied to post-process the alpha matte generated by any existing matting approach. Given a pair of stereo images, a new matting Laplacian matrix is constructed based on the affinities between matching pixels and their neighbors from two frames. Based on the new matting Laplacian matrix, a new cost function is also formulated to estimate alpha values of the reference image through the propagation between stereo images.
Accelerator and beam conditions critical for physics and detector simulations for the Electron-Ion Collider
Creators: name: Adam, Jaroslav
name: Aschenauer, Elke-Caroline
name: Diefenthaler, Markus
name: Furletova, Yulia
name: Huang, Jin
name: Jentsch,
name: Page, Brian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: eic
beam
accelerator
simulations
pythia
monte carlo
event generator

description: We identify accelerator and beam conditions at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) that need to be included in physics and detector simulations. For our studies, we implement accelerator and beam effects in the Pythia 8 Monte Carlo event generator and examine their influence on the measurements in the central and far-forward regions of the detector. In our analysis, we demonstrate that the accelerator and beam effects can be also studied accurately by modifying the Monte Carlo input to detector simulations, without having to implement the effects directly in the event generators.
A SAR Image-Based Tool for Prompt and Effective Earthquake Response
Creators: name: Brett, Peter
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Geography

description: Preprint of: R. Guida and P.T.B. Brett. A SAR image-based tool for prompt and effective earthquake response. In Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event 2011 (JURSE 2011), pages 213-216, 11-13 April 2011. Published version: doi:10.1109/JURSE.2011.5764758.
Bright line detection in COSMO-SkyMed SAR images of urban areas
Creators: name: Brett, Peter
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Probability
subject: Geography

description: Preprint of: P.T.B. Brett and R. Guida. Bright line detection in COSMO-SkyMed SAR images of urban areas. In Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event 2011 (JURSE 2011), pages 253-256, 11-13 April 2011. Published version: doi:10.1109/JURSE.2011.5764767.
Storyboard: Metaphor and metonymy, computer-generated
Creators: name: Mallos, Melina
Publisher: name: The University of Melbourne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390101
subject: Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390401
subject: Comparative and cross-cultural education
classificationCode: 470212
subject: Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies

description: A/r/tography has provided new ponderings about how I see myself and my memories of migration. In my storyboarding work, intertextuality informs how I digest the information and discourses that have expanded my discoveries. In the context of this study, storyboards allow for self-reflection. The process of curating visuals and text from my data spotlights key discoveries. The Metaphor and Metonymy Storyboard is my rendered response to data provided by the participants. I have synthesised the following participant metaphors into a storyboard that ties together our identities and new media: • A tennis match. One person is standing in Greece; they have just served, and the ball crosses fast above the water/countries (map) to another person with a racket in Australia waiting to hit it. • On top of the tennis ball, a DeLorean car flies up above. For me, the DeLorean represents travel, as it does in the movie Back to the Future, which I watched in the mid-1980s at around the same time I migrated to Australia. I loved Michael J. Fox. A bridge made out of social media icons covers the distance/arch that connects Greece and Australia. • A few people on a Zoom call (on a computer monitor). • A participant quote written in the form of a text message on a mobile phone screen. • A time traveller in search of his ideal/contented self (an amalgamation of past, present, future selves) – we get reminders from Facebook (e.g., Memories), which we can relive and share again with our online communities. • A bridge crossing between the physical and the virtual (past and present; not so much the future). • Key words and phrases, both Greek and English, to map out possible text and images: ερεθίσματα (trigger); and γέφυρα (bridge). • Connection
Ozone ensemble forecasts: 2. A Kalman filter predictor bias correction
Creators: name: Deng, Xingxiu
name: Nipen, Thomas
name: Delle Monache, Luca
name: Stull, Roland B., 1950-
name: Zhou, Yongmei
Publisher: name: American Geophysical Union
Year: 2011

description: The Kalman filter (KF) is a recursive algorithm to estimate a signal from noisy measurements. In this study it is tested in predictor mode, to postprocess ozone forecasts to remove systematic errors. The recent past forecasts and observations are used by the KF to estimate the future bias. This bias correction is calculated separately for, and applied to, 12 different air quality (AQ) forecasts for the period 11–15 August 2004, over five monitoring stations in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, a population center in a complex coastal mountain setting. The 12 AQ forecasts are obtained by driving an AQ Model (CMAQ) with two mesoscale meteorological models (each run at two resolutions) and for three emission scenarios (Delle Monache et al., 2006). From the 12 KF AQ forecasts an ensemble mean is calculated (EK). This ensemble mean is also KF bias corrected, resulting in a high-quality estimate (KEK) of the short-term (1- to 2-day) ozone forecast. The Kalman filter predictor bias-corrected ensemble forecasts have better forecast skill than the raw forecasts for the locations and days used here. The corrected forecasts are improved for correlation, gross error, root mean square error, and unpaired peak prediction accuracy. KEK is the best and EK is the second best forecast overall when compared with the other 12 forecasts. The reason for the success of EK and KEK is that both the systematic and unsystematic errors are reduced, the first by Kalman filtering and the second by ensemble averaging. An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2006 American Geophysical Union.
Metaphor and Metonymy Storyboard: A/r/tographic Artefact
Creators: name: Mallos, Melina
Publisher: name: The University of Melbourne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390101
subject: Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390401
subject: Comparative and cross-cultural education
classificationCode: 470212
subject: Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies

description: A/r/tography has provided new ponderings about how I see myself and my memories of migration. In my storyboarding work, intertextuality informs how I digest the information and discourses that have expanded my discoveries. In the context of this study, storyboards allow for self-reflection. The process of curating visuals and text from my data spotlights key discoveries. The Metaphor and Metonymy Storyboard is my rendered response to data provided by the participants. I have synthesised the following participant metaphors into a storyboard that ties together our identities and new media: • A tennis match. One person is standing in Greece; they have just served, and the ball crosses fast above the water/countries (map) to another person with a racket in Australia waiting to hit it. • On top of the tennis ball, a DeLorean car flies up above. For me, the DeLorean represents travel, as it does in the movie Back to the Future, which I watched in the mid-1980s at around the same time I migrated to Australia. I loved Michael J. Fox. A bridge made out of social media icons covers the distance/arch that connects Greece and Australia. • A few people on a Zoom call (on a computer monitor). • A participant quote written in the form of a text message on a mobile phone screen. • A time traveller in search of his ideal/contented self (an amalgamation of past, present, future selves) – we get reminders from Facebook (e.g., Memories), which we can relive and share again with our online communities. • A bridge crossing between the physical and the virtual (past and present; not so much the future). • Key words and phrases, both Greek and English, to map out possible text and images: ερεθίσματα (trigger); and γέφυρα (bridge). • Connection
Geometry-based SAR curvilinear feature selection for damage detection
Creators: name: Brett, Peter
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Probability
subject: Geography

description: Preprint of: P.T.B. Brett and R. Guida. Geometry-based SAR curvilinear feature selection for damage detection. In 9th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar - Invited Papers (EUSAR 2012 - Invited Papers), pages 62-65, 23-26 April 2011. No DOI for the published version unfortunately. Please also see the errata.
title: Peach :
title: Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021

description: The purpose of these guidelines (“Test Guidelines”) is to elaborate the principles contained in the General Introduction (document TG/1/3), and its associated TGP documents, into detailed practical guidance for the harmonized examination of distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) and, in particular, to identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and production of harmonized variety descriptions.
A Review on Zigbee, Gsm and Wsn Based Home Security by Using Embedded Controlled Sensor Network
Creators: name: Anjali, Anjali
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016

description: Embedded controlled detector network is that the technology needs to implement environmental solutionseffectively. The wireless sensor network is used to control respective devices and monitor environmentalparameters effectively. Wireless sensor network technology is used to monitor environmental parameterssuch temperature sound pressure in many applications. Many researchers are developed the wirelesssensor network to implement real time surveillance for many applications. The existing wired systems arebulky, very high cost and difficult to maintain. The proposed system is user friendly, low cost andcontrolled by embedded controlled sensor network. In the proposed system ARM based microcontroller isused for monitoring and wireless sensors are used to control the various devices.
Elevated rates of HIV infection among young Aboriginal injection drug users in a Canadian setting
Creators: name: Miller, Cari L.
name: Strathdee, Steffanie A.
name: Spittal, Patricia M.
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Li, Kathy
name: Schechter, Martin T.
name: Wood, Evan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Objectives: Recent reports have suggested that Aboriginal and American Indian people are at elevated risk of HIV infection. We undertook the present study to compare socio-demographic and risk variables between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young (aged 13 – 24 years) injection drug users (IDUs) and characterize the burden of HIV infection among young Aboriginal IDUs. Methods We compared socio-demographic and risk variables between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young IDUs. Data were collected through the Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS). Semi-annually, participants have completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire and have undergone serologic testing for HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV). Results To date over 1500 Vancouver IDU have been enrolled and followed, among whom 291 were aged 24 years and younger. Of the 291 young injectors, 80 (27%) were Aboriginal. In comparison to non-Aboriginal youth, Aboriginal youth were more likely to test seropositive for either HIV (20% vs 7%, p=< 0.001) or Hepatitis C virus (HCV) (66% vs 38%, p =< 0.001), be involved in sex work and live in the city's IDU epi-centre at baseline. After 48 months of follow-up, Aboriginal youth experienced significantly higher HIV seroconversion rates than non-Aboriginal youth, 27.8 per ppy (95% CI: 13.4–42.2) vs. 7.0 per ppy (95% CI: 2.3–11.8) respectively (log-rank p = 0.005) and the incidence density over the entire follow-up period was 12.6 per 100 pyrs (CI: 6.49–21.96) and 3.9 per 100 pyrs (CI: 1.8–7.3) respectively. Interpretation These findings demonstrate that culturally relevant, evidence based prevention programs are urgently required to prevent HIV infection among Aboriginal youth.
Simulated Power Study of ANCOVA vs. Repeated Measure Analyses for Two-Way Designs with one Repeated Measure
Creators: name: Lemay, Julien
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Research Methods
subject: Simulations
subject: Power
subject: ANCOVA
subject: RMANOVA

description: Whether one should use an analysis of covariance or a form of difference score test (difference as an outcome or repeated measure) is not always clear. The literature on the topic focused for a while on Lord's paradox which lead to the conclusion that both analyses were equally valid when there is true random assignment. Yet, the issue of which analysis is best was little explored. In an attempt to create a unifying simulation framework that will allow for comparable results when exploring various data structure variations, I will tackle 5 such manipulations by exploring the impact of varying effect size and relationship between time points, violating the homogeneity of the regression slopes assumption, exploring the effect of large systematic baseline differences, the impact of data missing at random, as well as comparing the sample size requirements for a given test power. The programs provided, which allow for tens of millions of simulations to be run in a reasonable time frame (within a day) also puts to rest any ambiguity on the stability of the results. By analyzing Type I error rate and statistical power, I establish that ANCOVA respects the type-I error rate of alpha, and has more power than repeated measure analysis in most cases, but should be avoided when there is a baseline imbalance. Hence, in cases where ANCOVA is applicable, it is preferable to use it over other difference score tests.
Assessment of the Guardianship System for Persons with Psychosocial Disability in Indonesia
Creators: name: Mulia, Hisyam Ikhtiar
name: Wirya, Albert
name: Octavian, Yosua
name: Gunawan, Ricky
name: Gooding, Piers
name: Walvisch, Jamie
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4409
subject: Social work
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: This article examines Indonesia’s guardianship system for persons with psychosocial disabilities (PPDs) following the country’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Despite this ratification, Indonesia continues using a substitute decision-making framework, violating CRPD principles. Analyzing 49 court decisions from 2015 to 2018, the study identifies issues such as outdated criteria for guardianship, inappropriate involvement of religious courts, and the use of insufficient evidence during hearings. Focus group discussions with PPDs, caregivers, and experts reveal fears and hardships faced under the current system. The findings indicate most applications are granted without thorough consideration, often based on inadequate evidence. The article calls for legal reforms to align with CRPD mandates, advocating for a supported decision-making framework to protect PPDs’ rights and autonomy. Indonesia must adopt a contemporary understanding of capacity to ensure PPDs retain their legal capacity and receive necessary support.
Developing Specialized Data Curation Curricula to Meet Growing Demands: A Community-based and Evolving Approach
Creators: name: Lafferty-Hess, Sophia
name: Keshavarzian, Neggin
name: Narlock, Mikala
name: Erickson, Seth
name: Marsolek, Wanda
name: Moore, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Data curation
Community-based education
IDCC25
Papers
Education and training: How effective is current training in delivering knowledge and skills?
Education and training: What are established best practices in educating and training these groups?
Education and training: What innovations are being explored?

description: Data curation is “the encompassing work and actions taken by curators of a data repository in order to provide meaningful and enduring access to data” (Johnston et al., 2018a).  It can be multifaceted and complex based on the types of data, the expertise of the curator, disciplinary expectations, and repository policies. With evolving data sharing practices and standards, ensuring data curators and stewards have access to high-quality, extensible instruction on specific data types is essential for supporting the goals of open research and accessible data sharing, particularly in the landscape where funders (National Institutes of Health, 2020) and journals (Naughton & Kernohan, 2016) are mandating data publication for the purpose of reproducibility, reuse, and external validation. In brief, data need to be curated for effective re-use and in alignment with the FAIR principle (Wilkinson et al, 2016). The Data Curation Network (DCN) (Johnston et al., 2018b) has been actively developing education and training programs to expand capacity in data curation along multiple axes. This paper will explore the progression of the DCN’s education program based primarily within the United States, highlighting a recent effort to develop specialized data curation education for four specialized data types. We will conclude with lessons learned, reflections on growth of education efforts in the DCN more broadly, and potential next steps.
Improving Energy Efficiency and Bandwidth Utilization in Data Center Networks Using Segment Routing
Creators: name: Ghuman, Karanjot Singh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Energy Efficiency
Software Defined Networking
Segment Routing
Data Center Networks
MPLS
Traffic Engineering

description: In today’s scenario, energy efficiency has become one of the most crucial issues for Data Center Networks (DCN). This paper analyses the energy saving capability of a Data center network using Segment Routing (SR) based model within a Software Defined Network (SDN) architecture. Energy efficiency is measured in terms of number of links turned off and for how long the links remain in sleep mode. Apart from saving the energy by turning off links, our work further efficiently manages the traffic within the available links by using Per-packet based load balancing approach. Aiming to avoid congestion within DCN’s and increase the sleeping time of inactive links. An algorithm for deciding the particular set of links to be turned off within a network is presented. With the introduction of per-packet approach within SR/SDN model, we have successfully saved 21 % of energy within DCN topology. Results show that the proposed Per-packet SR model using Random Packet Spraying (RPS) saves more energy and provides better performance as compared to Per-flow based SR model, which uses Equal Cost Multiple Path (ECMP) for load balancing. But, certain problems also come into picture using per-packet approach, like out of order packets and longer end to end delay. To further solidify the effect of SR in saving energy within DCN and avoid previously introduced problems, we have used per-flow based Flow Reservation approach along with a proposed Flow Scheduling Algorithm. Flow rate of all incoming flows can be deduced using Flow reservation approach, which is further used by Flow Scheduling Algorithm to increase Bandwidth utilization Ratio of links. Ultimately, managing the traffic more efficiently and increasing the sleeping time of links, leading to more energy savings. Results show that, the energy savings are almost similar in per-packet based approach and per-flow based approach with bandwidth reservation. Except, the average sleeping time of links in per-flow based approach with bandwidth reservation decreases less severely as compared to per-packet based approach, as overall traffic load increases.
Braillon A, Mereau AS, Dubois G (2012) Tobacco control policy in France: from war to compromise and collaboration
Creators: name: Andreeva, Tatiana
name: Dubois, Gérard
name: Mereau, Anne Sophie
name: Braillon, Alain
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Medicine
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Geography
subject: Economics
subject: Anthropology

description: Tobacco control policy in France: from war to compromise and collaboration
Alain Braillon, Anne Sophie Mereau, Gérard Dubois  BACKGROUND: Absence of an effective tobacco control policy costs lives and tobacco prevention is policy-sensitive. We describe the historical record of tobacco control in France.
METHODS: Public policies and main decisions (laws, regulations, health plans) for tobacco control were considered from 1950 to 2010. Data for cigarette sales and relative price of cigarettes were obtained from official databases. Sales are expressed in number of cigarettes. The relative price of cigarettes is the nominal price divided by the Consumer Price Index.
RESULTS: The first step Veil Law (1976) blunted the steady increase in cigarette sales observed since World War II.
The second period began with the Evin Law (1991). This law banned tobacco advertising and withdrew tobacco from the Consumer Price Index allowing for marked and repeated increases in taxes. Sales decreased over the next 6 years, from 97.1 billion to 83.0 billion in 1997 but then remained steady for 5 years (83.5 billion in 2001).
The first Cancer Plan (2003) imposed three tax increases in a year (39% increase in price). Cigarette sales decreased to 54.9 billion in 2004.
This period ended in 2004 when a moratorium on tobacco taxes was announced. The policies which have been implemented since President Sarkozy was elected in 2007 were flawed and protected the interests of the tobacco industry: prevalence of smoking is now increasing, mainly among the younger generation.
Since 1991, the cigarette market has nearly halved but the decline has been a stop-and-go erratic process. The two 5-year periods (1997-2002 and 2005 -2010) during which consumption leveled off seem to demonstrate that government-driven health policies could have been influenced by commercial interests.
CONCLUSION: Tobacco control efforts, especially tobacco tax increases, need to be sustained and shielded from the influence of the tobacco industry.

KEYWORDS: tobacco, public policy, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, France
Storyboard: Openings, computer-generated
Creators: name: Mallos, Melina
Publisher: name: The University of Melbourne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390101
subject: Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390401
subject: Comparative and cross-cultural education
classificationCode: 470212
subject: Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies

description: The storyboard I rendered through openings includes an element from each participant’s digital narrative. The storyboard opened a dialogue between participants with me. It provided a space for me to re-examine my own identities in relation to the participants, and identify commonalities that united me with them, thereby reinforcing my feelings of belonging. The key images featured in it were: (a) text (“How does a butterfly transform?”) accompanied by the image of a swimmer mid-butterfly stroke, spreading hands out wide as a symbol of growth; (b) an Aegean Airlines plane; (c) the image of Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station clock; (d) references to the Pontian Genocide; (e) Pontians fleeing their homeland; and (f) a Melbourne tram.
Openings Storyboard: A/r/tographic Artefact
Creators: name: Mallos, Melina
Publisher: name: The University of Melbourne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390101
subject: Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390401
subject: Comparative and cross-cultural education
classificationCode: 470212
subject: Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies

description: The storyboard I rendered through openings includes an element from each participant’s digital narrative. The storyboard opened a dialogue between participants with me. It provided a space for me to re-examine my own identities in relation to the participants, and identify commonalities that united me with them, thereby reinforcing my feelings of belonging. The key images featured in it were: (a) text (“How does a butterfly transform?”) accompanied by the image of a swimmer mid-butterfly stroke, spreading hands out wide as a symbol of growth; (b) an Aegean Airlines plane; (c) the image of Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station clock; (d) references to the Pontian Genocide; (e) Pontians fleeing their homeland; and (f) a Melbourne tram.
NovelFam3000 - Uncharacterized human protein domains conserved across model organisms
Creators: name: Kemmer, Danielle
name: Podowski, Raf M.
name: Arenillas, David
name: Lim, Jonathan
name: Hodges, Emily
name: Roth, Peggy
name: Sonnhammer, Erik L.
name: Höög, Christer
name: Wasserman, Wyeth W.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Despite significant efforts from the research community, an extensive portion of the proteins encoded by human genes lack an assigned cellular function. Most metazoan proteins are composed of structural and/or functional domains, of which many appear in multiple proteins. Once a domain is characterized in one protein, the presence of a similar sequence in an uncharacterized protein serves as a basis for inference of function. Thus knowledge of a domain's function, or the protein within which it arises, can facilitate the analysis of an entire set of proteins. Description: From the Pfam domain database, we extracted uncharacterized protein domains represented in proteins from humans, worms, and flies. A data centre was created to facilitate the analysis of the uncharacterized domain-containing proteins. The centre both provides researchers with links to dispersed internet resources containing gene-specific experimental data and enables them to post relevant experimental results or comments. For each human gene in the system, a characterization score is posted, allowing users to track the progress of characterization over time or to identify for study uncharacterized domains in well-characterized genes. As a test of the system, a subset of 39 domains was selected for analysis and the experimental results posted to the NovelFam3000 system. For 25 human protein members of these 39 domain families, detailed sub-cellular localizations were determined. Specific observations are presented based on the analysis of the integrated information provided through the online NovelFam3000 system. Conclusion: Consistent experimental results between multiple members of a domain family allow for inferences of the domain's functional role. We unite bioinformatics resources and experimental data in order to accelerate the functional characterization of scarcely annotated domain families.
Design of the Khelekhele Suspended Footbridge in Eswatini, Africa: Engineers in Action (EIA) Project
Creators: name: Guetling, Abbylene
name: Muensterman, Megan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Bridge
subject: EIA
subject: Engineers in Action
subject: Suspended Footbridge
subject: Eswatini

description: This project will explore the design of a suspended footbridge that will be placed between the communities of Mbelebeleni and Nkiliji in Eswatini, Africa. Spanning 93.5 meters, this bridge will provide a connection between these communities providing access between the sides of the Black Mbuluzi River. Once completed, this project will serve over 3,300 people and 2,600 children by allowing access to essential resources year-round. Furthermore, the suspended walkway bridge will allow access between the communities during the flood season. The design was created partnering with Engineers in Action (EIA), a non-profit organization that aims to build sustainable infrastructure, supplying resources to underserved communities. The University of Southern Indiana (USI) Engineers in Action (EIA) chapter will collaborate with the chapters of Penn State University and Colorado University (CU) Boulder to create a safe and efficient bridge that EIA will construct in summer 2025. The report details the preliminary designs created early in the design process, as well as the finalized design. The project deliverables include the calculation page, checked by the design engineer in charge (DEIC) and the Engineers in Action team, as well as the full plan set. The plan set includes a bridge layout page, and detail pages for the walkway, steel crossbeams, fencing, suspenders, cables, and decking. The full plan set will be referenced during construction of the bridge beginning in May 2025.
Supplementary titles and captions from Evolutionary history limits species' ability to match colour sensitivity to available habitat light
Creators: name: Murphy, Matthew J.
name: Westerman, Erica L.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology

description: The spectrum of light that an animal sees—from ultraviolet to far red light—is governed by the number and wavelength sensitivity of a family of retinal proteins called opsins. It has been hypothesized that the spectrum of light available in an environment influences the range of colours that a species has evolved to see. However, invertebrates and vertebrates use phylogenetically distinct opsins in their retinae, and it remains unclear whether these distinct opsins influence what animals see, or how they adapt to their light environments. Systematically using published visual sensitivity data from across animal phyla, we found that terrestrial animals are more sensitive to shorter and longer wavelengths of light than aquatic animals and that invertebrates are more sensitive to shorter wavelengths of light than vertebrates. Using phylogenetically controlled analyses, we found that closed and open canopy habitat species have different spectral sensitivities when comparing across the Metazoa and excluding habitat generalists, while deepwater animals are no more sensitive to shorter wavelengths of light than shallow-water animals. Our results suggest that animals do adapt to their light environment, however, the invertebrate–vertebrate evolutionary divergence may limit the degree to which animals can perform visual tuning.
Zerstörung natürlicher Ressourcen in der Autonomen Region Xinjiang der Uighuren
Creators: name: Hamann, Bettina
name: Halik, Ümüt
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: The 'Autonomous Region' Xinjiang in NW-China is a dry region, characterised by extreme differences in temperature and a general shortage of water. Socioeconomic developments - expecially the migration of Han-Chinese into this area since 1949 - have lead to vastly increased demands on food-production and therefore on agriculture and the keeping of livestock. This resulted in the largescale turning of grassland into cropland during the last 4 decades, which, however, caused a number of major environmental strains in this ecologically highly sensitive area. Together with the ever increasing number of livestock on the remaining pastures this development has resulted in problems such as overgrazing, degradation of natural pasture-vegetation and desertification. Moreover, the irrigation of wide agricultural areas (together with ill-suited irrigation-techniques) causes a serious shortage of water resulting on the one side in the slow reduction of rivers and lakes, and on the other side in the salinisation of badly irrigated fields. The effects of land-utilization types insufficiently adapted to the natural conditions of Xinjiang on the natural ressources (water, soil, vegetation) are presented in this paper.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 69 (1998): ASIEN (Oktober)
Initiation of opiate addiction in a Canadian prison: a case report
Creators: name: Wood, Evan
name: Lim, Ronald
name: Kerr, Thomas
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: In North America, the harms of illicit drug use have been responded to primarily through law enforcement interventions. This strategy has resulted in record populations of addicted individuals being incarcerated in both Canada and the United States. The incarceration of non-violent drug offenders has become increasingly controversial as studies demonstrate the harms, including elevated HIV risk behavior, of incarcerating injection drug users. Other harms, such as the initiation of illicit drug use by prison inmates who previously did not use drugs, have been less commonly described. Case Presentation: We report on the case of an individual who initiated non-injection opiate use in a Canadian prison and developed an addiction to the drug. Upon release into the community, the individual continued using opiates and sought treatment at a clinic. The patient feared that he might initiate injection use of opiates if his cravings could not be controlled. The patient was placed on methadone maintenance therapy. Conclusion: While anecdotal reports indicate that initiation in prison of the use of addictive illicit substances is frequent, documentation through clinical experience is rare, and the public health implications of this behavior have not been given sufficient attention in the literature. Strategies of incarcerating non-violent drug offenders and attempting to keep illicit drugs out of prisons have not reduced the harms and costs of illicit drug use. Effective, practical alternatives are urgently needed; expanded community diversion programs for non-violent drug offenders deserve particular attention.
Elevated pCO2 causes developmental delay in early larval Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas
Creators: name: Timmins-Schiffman, Emma
name: Roberts, Steven
name: O'Donnell, Michael
name: Friedman, Carolyn
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Marine Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: **This is a draft version of the following article: Timmins-Schiffman et al. (2012) Elevated pCO2 causes developmental delay in early larval Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas. Marine Biology, doi:10.1007/s00227-012-2055-x, which has been published in final form at the link provided below.**
 Increasing atmospheric CO2 equilibrates with surface seawater, elevating the concentration of aqueous hydrogen ions. This process, ocean acidification, is a future and contemporary concern for aquatic organisms, causing failures in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) aquaculture. This experiment determines the effect of elevated pCO2 on the early development of C. gigas larvae from a wild Pacific Northwest population. Adults were collected from Friday Harbor, Washington, USA (48°31.7’ N, 12°1.1’ W) and spawned in July 2011. Larvae were exposed to Ambient (400 µatm CO2), MidCO2 (700 µatm), or HighCO2 (1000 µatm). After 24 hours, a greater proportion of larvae in the HighCO2 treatment were calcified as compared to Ambient. This unexpected observation is attributed to increased metabolic rate coupled with sufficient energy resources. Oyster larvae raised at HighCO2 showed evidence of a developmental delay by 3 days post-fertilization, which resulted in smaller larvae that were less calcified.
Ecological needs for a sustainable tea production in Darjeeling, India
Creators: name: Fuchs, Hans-Joachim
Publisher: name: Asien
Year: 2021

description: The paper aims to present fundamentals and principals of ecological tea cultivation in a very brief manner. The findings are valid for the growing conditions in the Darjeeling Hill Country. Different kinds of erosion in tea fields will be explained. The evaluation of various agricultural practices in tea cultivation was undertaken and proved in an existing tea plantation. Numerous realizable ecological innovations were discussed and introduced. Sustainable tea cultivation in Darjeeling has only a chance, if long-term ecological measures are implemented.
description: Asien, Nr. 69 (1998): ASIEN (Oktober)