cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Overview of the CLEF 2016 Social Book Search Lab
Creators: name: Koolen, Marijn
name: Bogers, Toine
name: Gäde, Maria
name: Hall, Mark
name: Hendrickx, Iris
name: Huurdeman, Hugo C.
name: Kamps, Jaap
name: Skov, Mette
name: Verberne, Suzan
name: Walsh, David
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke
subject: 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
subject: 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften

description: The Social Book Search (SBS) Lab investigates book search in scenarios where users search with more than just a query, and look for more than objective metadata. Real-world information needs are generally complex, yet almost all research focuses instead on either relatively simple search based on queries, or on profile-based recommendation. The goal is to research and develop techniques to support users in complex book search tasks. The SBS Lab has three tracks. The aim of the Suggestion Track is to develop test collections for evaluating ranking effectiveness of book retrieval and recommender systems. The aim of the Interactive Track is to develop user interfaces that support users through each stage during complex search tasks and to investigate how users exploit professional metadata and user-generated content. The Mining Track focuses on detecting and linking book titles in online book discussion forums, as well as detecting book search research in forum posts for automatic book recommendation.
Characterizing Off-Highway Road Use with Remote-Sensing, Social Media and Crowd-Sourced Data: An Application to Grizzly Bear (Ursus Arctos) Habitat
Creators: name: Kearney, Sean
name: Larsen, Terrence A.
name: Goodbody, Tristan R. H.
name: Coops, Nicholas C.
name: Stenhouse, Gordon B.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Characterizing roads is important for conservation since the relationship between road use and ecological impact can vary across species. However, road use is challenging to monitor due to limited data and high spatial-temporal variability, especially for unpaved roads, which often coincide with critical habitats. In this study, we developed and evaluated two methods to characterize off-highway road use across a large management area of grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) habitat using: (1) a ‘network-based’ approach to connect human activity hotspots identified from social media posts and remotely detected disturbances and (2) an ‘image-based’ approach, in which we modeled road surface conditions and travel speed from high spatial resolution satellite imagery trained with crowd-sourced smartphone data. To assess the differences between these approaches and their utility for characterizing roads in the context of habitat integrity, we evaluated how behavioural patterns of global positioning system (GPS)-collared grizzly bears were related to road use characterized by these methods compared to (a) assuming all roads have equal human activity and (b) using a ‘reference’ road classification from a government database. The network- and image-based methods showed similar patterns of road use and grizzly bear response compared to the reference, and all three revealed nocturnal behaviour near high-use roads and better predicted grizzly bear habitat selection compared to assuming all roads had equal human activity. The network- and image-based methods show promise as cost-effective approaches to characterize road use for conservation applications where data is not available.
Factors affecting the development of talent identification athletes
Creators: name: Morley, Elissa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: While some talent identification athletes transition successfully into elite sport, others identified through the same process and developed in the same environment do not. Case-matched comparative analyses revealed that development of elite talent identified sprint kayakers was distinguished by ongoing progress and psycho-behavioural factors including ‘fire in the belly’, perseverance, adaptability, commitment, and enjoyment. Kayakers at the same phase of talent development were influenced by different factors depending on their age, with open age kayakers pursuing an Olympic dream, and juniors, a desire to travel. This research aimed to contribute to talent identification and development literature and practice.
On some numerical integration methods for solving algebraic equations
Creators: name: Tu, Kai-Wen
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1974

description: ThIs paper examines theiterative arise from the numerical methods for the integration approach [3,5,7] to nonlinear algebraic equations. Convergence of some multistep methods and single-step methods has been demonstrated in [1,6]. While these methods do not require as good an initial approximation as Newton-Raphson method, they have not been widely implemented due to (a) unavailability of convergence rate, (b) a lack of rapid convergence close to the solution. In this paper we shall show that the problems of (a) and (b) are closely related to the stepsize for numerical integration. Specifically, rapid convergence can be attained with a judicious choice of stepsize and the resulting rate of convergence is either quadratic or weaker depending on the numerical method. It follows that of Euler's method, third order Runge-Kutta method and the two-correction trapezoidal rule are quadratically convergent with stepsizes 1, 1.596071638 and 1.295597743 approximately. The first result is obvious since the Euler's method with stepsize 1 reduces to the Newton-Raphson method. The findings on non-Euler methods provide significant insight into the numerical integration approach to algebraic problems.
The German DEAL
Creators: name: Mittermaier, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: DEAL
transformative agreement
publishing
open access

description: This presentation is part of the workshop "Transformative agreements: Lessons learned and outlook" Dirk Pieper1, Anna Lundén2, Amy Devenny3, Anna Vernon4, Bernhard Mittermaier5, Arjan Schalken6, Brigitte Kromp7, Arja Tuuliniemi8 1Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld, Deutschland; 2National Library Sweden; 3Jisc; 4Jisc; 5Forschungszentrum Jülich; 6UKBsis; 7Universitätsbibliothek Wien; 8National Library of Finland Transformative agreements are currently one important instrument to create a irreversible shift away from the still existing subscription and paywall system. Their goal is to carry subscriptions over to open access within a defined process and offer authors a way to publish open access directly in their preferred journals. Transformative agreements considerably increase the proportion of new journal articles published directly open access.
 Although the first DEAL contracts in Germany are regarded as a major milestone in implementing such agreements on a national level, other European countries already have a multi-year history with transformative agreements. The goal of the workshop is to exchange experciences and to identify best practices for the further development of transformative agreements along the following guiding questions: - To what extent have transformation agreements been able to increase the open access share of journal articles in hybrid journals to date? - How is the financing of transformation agreements organised for participating academic institutions? Are there central financing or central grants? How are the financial contributions of the institutions participating in the contracts measured? - Are there strategic plans for the further development of transformation contracts, especially with regard to Plan S? The presenters (Anna Lundén / National Library Sweden, Amy Devenny & Anna Vernon / Jisc, Bernhard Mittermaier / DEAL, Arjan Schalken / UKBsis, Brigitte Kromp/ KEMÖ, N.N. /FinElib) will give impulse talks about the experiences in their countries, which are compared and discussed together with the workshop participants. The result of the workshop is a jointly developed document summarising the presentations and discussions and setting out some guidelines for the further development of transformative agreements.
A note on hardness under projections for graph isomorphism and time-bounded Kolmogorov complexity
Creators: name: Allender, Eric
name: Garvıa Bosshard, Azucena
name: Musipatla, Amulya
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Complexity Theory

description: This paper focuses on a variant of the circuit minimization problem (MCSP), denoted MKTP, which studies resource-bounded Kolmogorov complexity in place of circuit size. MCSP is not known to be hard for any complexity class under any kind of m-reducibility, but recently MKTP was shown to be hard for DET under m-reductions computable in NC 0 , by presenting an AC 0 reduction from the rigid graph isomorphism problem to MKTP, and combining that with a theorem of Torán, showing that DET AC 0-reduces to the rigid graph isomorphism problem, and then appealing to the " Gap Theorem " of [1]. Here, we show that these reductions can be accomplished by means of projections. Thus MKTP is hard for DET under projections, and the rigid graph isomorphism problem is hard for DET under uniform projections.
Update on the Pathology of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
Creators: name: Heller, Debra
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Gestational trophoblastic disease
Hydatidiform mole
Choriocarcinoma
Trophoblastic neoplasms

description: Gestational Trophoblastic Disease can be a challenging area for pathologic evaluation. An update with a focus on pathologic challenges is presented.
On the quasistatic effective elastic moduli for elastic waves in three-dimensional phononic crystals
Creators: name: Shuvalov, A. L.
name: Norris, Andrew N.
name: Kutsenko, A. A.
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2013
Subjects: Effective moduli
Plane-wave expansion
Homogenization
Monodromy matrix

description: Effective elastic moduli for 3D solid-solid phononic crystals of arbitrary anisotropy and oblique lattice structure are formulated analytically using the plane-wave expansion (PWE) method and the recently proposed monodromy-matrix (MM) method. The latter approach employs Fourier series in two dimensions with direct numerical integration along the third direction. As a result, the MM method converges much quicker to the exact moduli in comparison with the PWE as the number of Fourier coefficients increases. The MM method yields a more explicit formula than previous results, enabling a closed-form upper bound on the effective Christoffel tensor. The MM approach significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of evaluating effective wave speeds for high-contrast composites and for configurations of closely spaced inclusions, as demonstrated by three-dimensional examples.
Crassostrea Sacco 1897
Creators: name: Lam, Katherine
name: Morton, Brian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Crassostrea

description: Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
 Crassostrea Sacco, 1897: 15; Dall, 1898: 671; Hirase, 1930: 41; Stenzel, 1971: N1128-N1131; Torigoe, 1981: 304, 325; Harry, 1985: 152, 156; Coan et al., 2000: 216.
 Dioeciostrea Orton, 1928: 320.
 Type species. – Crassostrea virginica, Gmelin, 1791, by original designation.
 Description. – Size varies among species and populations and can be up to 60 cm in height. Outline is variable among individuals but is usually high, slender and spatulate. Shell rough externally with many nonappressed, irregularly spaced growth squamae which are either simple or frilled along their free ends. Rounded radial ribs on some individuals, more common on left than on the right valve and tend to end as undulating ventral shell margins. Chambers are common. Well-developed umbonal cavity on left valve. No chomata. Adductor muscle scar close to postero-ventral valve margin. Ligamantal area on left valve well-developed with dense growth foliations. This always give rise to a well-developed, convex resilifer and ligamantal area on the right valve. Nonincubatory. Cosmopolitan.
description: Published as part of Lam, Katherine & Morton, Brian, 2004, The Oysters Of Hong Kong (Bivalvia: Ostreidae And Gryphaeidae), pp. 11-28 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244740
Developing a homeowners insurance policy comparison tool—RU InsureScore
Creators: name: Feinman, Jay M.
Publisher: name: Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility
Year: 2023
Subjects: homeowners insurance
Consumer Services
Insurance or Actuarial Science

description: Homeowners need easily understandable information about insurance policies in order to evaluate their current coverage and to shop effectively for insurance. But insurance is the only product for which consumers don’t know what they are buying before they buy it. Insurance companies almost never provide copies of policy language or complete summaries of policy terms to prospective policyholders, and most state insurance regulators don’t require insurers to make policies readily available.
description: Even if consumers had access to policies, most of them wouldn’t read or couldn’t understand the long, complex, legal documents, or be able to anticipate the many ways in which a loss might occur or the problems that may result if it does.
description: Yet homeowners insurance policies vary widely among companies in what things and risks they cover—and don’t cover—and what they pay for losses. Many people only discover the limitations of their coverage when they have a claim and often find they don’t have adequate coverage.
description: Therefore, there is a need for an accessible way for homeowners to evaluate and compare homeowners insurance policies.
description: This paper describes the development and contents of a first effort to provide that information: RU InsureScore, a project of the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School.
Differences in selected HIV care continuum outcomes among people residing in rural, urban, and metropolitan areas – 28 United States jurisdictions
Creators: name: Gonzalez, Maribel
name: Paz, Natalia Martínez
name: Ledonne, Charlotte
name: Henry, Jason
name: Bramel, Theresa
name: Harris, Jeanne
name: Hall, H. Irene
name: Nelson, John
name: Kinder, Anna
name: Johnson, Anna Satcher
name: Katner, Harold
name: Hu, Xiaohong
name: Sweet, Donna
name: Guido, Alyssa
name: Janelle, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Care continuum
HIV
Metropolitan
Rural

description: Purpose. The HIV care continuum is used to monitor success in HIV diagnosis and treatment among persons living with HIV in the United States. Significant differences exist along the HIV care continuum between subpopulations of people living with HIV; however, differences that may exist between residents of rural and non-rural areas have not been reported.
description: Methods. We analyzed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National HIV Surveillance System data on adults and adolescents (≥13 years) with HIV diagnosed in 28 jurisdictions with complete reporting of HIV-related lab results. Lab data were used to assess linkage to care (≥1 CD4 or viral load test ≤3 months of diagnosis), retention in care (≥2 CD4 and/or viral load tests ≥3 months apart) and viral suppression (viral load <200 copies/mL) among persons living with HIV. Residence at diagnosis was grouped into rural (<50,000 population), urban (50,000-499,999 population), and metropolitan (≥500,000 population) categories for statistical comparison. Prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated to assess significant differences in linkage, retention, and viral suppression.
description: Findings. Although greater linkage to care was found for rural residents (84.3%) compared to urban residents (83.3%) and metropolitan residents (81.9%), significantly lower levels of retention in care and viral suppression were found for residents of rural (46.2% and 50.0%, respectively) and urban (50.2% and 47.2%) areas compared to residents of metropolitan areas (54.5% and 50.8%).
description: Conclusions. Interventions are needed to increase retention in care and viral suppression among people with HIV in non-metropolitan areas of the United States.
DataSpace - querying and monitoring deeply networked collections in physical space: Part I - Concepts and Architecture
Creators: name: Imieliński, Tomasz
name: Goel, Samir
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1999

description: The DataSpace is a three-dimensional physical space 100 kilometers above and 10 kilometers below the surface of the earth that is accessible to the network. It is addressed geographically as opposed to the current "logical" addressing scheme of the Internet. With the enormous 128 bit addressing space of IP version 6, one can individually address every cubic centimeter of the physical space in DataStage with approximately 90 bits of area code. This would include every street, building, room, basement or even drawer of a desk. The DataSpace would thus serve as the host for the entire part of the physical world that is connected to the network. The billions of objects populating the DataBase, each aware of its own geographic location will form "dataflocks", mobile object classes which can be selectively queried, monitored and controlled. To support the DataSpace, we propose a version of the multicast protocol called "spacecast". Here, the network plays the role of a Database machine, handling queries through space which "illuminate" selected datacubes and gather multiple responses from the objects that respond to the query. The user will interact with the DataSpace through spacecast in the same way that a person interacts with his physical environment through the information in recessed light waves.
Developing criteria to align investments with 2 ˚C-compatible pathways
Creators: name: Höhne, Niklas
name: Röser, Frauke
name: Hagemann, Markus
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Klimaschutz
subject: investment criteria
subject: climate change mitigation
subject: capital investment
subject: climate change
subject: Global Warming
subject: Climate | Energy
subject: Economy | Consumption

description: This report is intended to enable investors to align their investments in physical assets with the internationally agreed objective of limiting global warming to well below 2 ˚C compared to preindustrial levels. The project focuses in particular on public finance institutions with a climate mandate or mission. However, the applicability of the guidance and criteria to the wider investment community, in particular institutional investors, will also be explored. For greenhouse gas mitigation investment criteria are proposed for the power, buildings and transport infrastructure sectors. Additionally the report explores investment criteria for climate resilience and adaptation to climate change. Quelle: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
description: This report is intended to enable investors to align their investments in physical assets with the internationally agreed objective of limiting global warming to well below 2 °C compared to preindustrial levels. The project focuses in particular on public finance institutions with a climate mandate or mission. However, the applicability of the guidance and criteria to the wider investment community, in particular institutional investors, will also be explored. For greenhouse gas mitigation investment criteria are proposed for the power, buildings and transport infrastructure sectors. Additionally the report explores investment criteria for climate resilience and adaptation to climate change.
Contribution of genetic and epigenetic changes to escape from X-chromosome inactivation
Creators: name: Balaton, Bradley
name: Brown, Carolyn Janet
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the epigenetic inactivation of one of two X chromosomes in XX eutherian mammals. The inactive X chromosome is the result of multiple silencing pathways that act in concert to deposit chromatin changes, including DNA methylation and histone modifications. Yet over 15% of genes escape or variably escape from inactivation and continue to be expressed from the otherwise inactive X chromosome. To the extent that they have been studied, epigenetic marks correlate with this expression. Results Using publicly available data, we compared XCI status calls with DNA methylation, H3K4me1, H3K4me3, H3K9me3, H3K27ac, H3K27me3 and H3K36me3. At genes subject to XCI we found heterochromatic marks enriched, and euchromatic marks depleted on the inactive X when compared to the active X. Genes escaping XCI were more similar between the active and inactive X. Using sample-specific XCI status calls, we found some marks differed significantly with variable XCI status, but which marks were significant was not consistent between genes. A model trained to predict XCI status from these epigenetic marks obtained over 75% accuracy for genes escaping and over 90% for genes subject to XCI. This model made novel XCI status calls for genes without allelic differences or CpG islands required for other methods. Examining these calls across a domain of variably escaping genes, we saw XCI status vary across individual genes rather than at the domain level. Lastly, we compared XCI status calls to genetic polymorphisms, finding multiple loci associated with XCI status changes at variably escaping genes, but none individually sufficient to induce an XCI status change. Conclusion The control of expression from the inactive X chromosome is multifaceted, but ultimately regulated at the individual gene level with detectable but limited impact of distant polymorphisms. On the inactive X, at silenced genes euchromatic marks are depleted while heterochromatic marks are enriched. Genes escaping inactivation show a less significant enrichment of heterochromatic marks and depletion of H3K27ac. Combining all examined marks improved XCI status prediction, particularly for genes without CpG islands or polymorphisms, as no single feature is a consistent feature of silenced or expressed genes.
Evaluation of RC building strengthened with column jacketing method with consideration of soft-story
Creators: name: Sinaga, A. H.
name: Wijaya, H.
name: Teruna, D. R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The assessment and strengthening method of existing reinforced concrete buildings in terms of seismic responses have been highly important for the past decades especially buildings with soft-story mechanism which are found to be more vulnerable. Several strengthening techniques have been proposed including Fibre Reinforced Polymer and steel jacket of RC column elements. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of two strengthening techniques with variability of soft-story under severe earthquake excitations. Five-story RC building is investigated and non-linear dynamic analysis is performed to capture the inelastic responses of the structure. Four sets of ground motion are selected and matched with target response spectrum for Aceh earthquake. Seismic responses of the considered models and strengthening techniques are compared.
Stepping up: a U.S. perspective on the ten steps to responsible inland fisheries
Creators: name: Ferreri, C. Paola
name: Fogarty, Michael J.
name: Hartman, Kyle J.
name: Zydlewski, Gayle B.
name: Infante, Dana M.
name: Kinnison, Michael T.
name: Levin, Simon A.
name: Melstrom, Richard T.
name: Newman, Raymond M.
name: Pinsky, Malin L.
name: Rubenstein, Daniel
name: Sullivan, S. Mazeika P.
name: Venturelli, Paul A.
name: Weber, Michael J.
name: Wuellner, Melissa R.
name: DeVries, Dennis R.
name: Carlson, Andrew K.
name: Taylor, William
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2022
Subjects: Fisheries
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Science & Technology

description: The Ten Steps to Responsible Inland Fisheries are global recommendations to address the subordinate position of inland fisheries in sustainability dialogues. Regional and local perspectives are essential for implementing global initiatives. Hence, we surveyed state fisheries agency administrators and American Fisheries Society Governing Board members about the importance, funding, and achievability of the Steps. Respondents rated Science, Communication, and Assessment as highly important, well funded, and achievable steps, unlike Aquaculture and a global Action Plan. Nutrition was rated the most inadequately supported yet achievable step, highlighting an opportunity to promote nutritional contributions of inland fisheries. Opinions were similar between administrators and Governing Board members across U.S. regions, suggesting a foundation for incorporating underemphasized steps into management programs by building multi-organizational partnerships and applying lessons from better integrated steps (e.g., Science, Assessment). Overall, the Steps can advance freshwater science and management in the United States while increasing the visibility of inland fisheries that are rarely prioritized globally.
Mobile services: context-aware service migration in ad hoc networks
Creators: name: Nadeem, Tamer
name: Riva, Oriana
name: Borcea, Cristian
name: Iftode, Liviu
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2004

description: Short-range wireless technology is on its way of becoming ubiquitous, and it will soon be possible to program real world ad hoc networks. Deploying services in such networks, however, is constrained by the lack of proper service models and system support. This paper presents mobile services, a context-aware service model that addresses the highly dynamic configurations and rapidly changing contexts encountered in ad hoc networks. Unlike a statically identified service that is always located on the same node, a mobile service can migrate to different nodes in the network to accomplish its task. The service migration occurs transparently to the client application, which is presented with a unique virtual service end-point. We designed and implemented a middleware for developing mobile services. We built a proof-of-concept mobile service that dynamically computes the average vehicular speed in a region ahead of a given car by using only car-to-car short-range wireless communication. The experimental results obtained over a mobile ad hoc network of PDAs show the effectiveness of our approach in the presence of frequent disconnections. We also present simulation results that demonstrate the benefits of mobile services in large scale networks compared to statically centralized approaches.
Crassostrea angulata
Creators: name: Lam, Katherine
name: Morton, Brian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Crassostrea
Crassostrea angulata

description: Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck, 1819)
Common name: Portuguese oyster (Figs. 3 D-F)
 Gryphaea angulata Lamarck, 1819: 198.
 Crassostrea angulata Ranson, 1967: 127-199; Lam, 2003: 107-108, Pls. 3-6.
 Material examined. – Holotype – right valve only (length 103 mm)(MNHM, no registration number, from Lamarck’s collection), no locality, coll. Sallé, 1819.
 Description. – Hong Kong individuals up to ~ 60mm in height. Shell outline variable with usually spatulate to oval individuals. Attachment area of left valve depends on the substratum. Both valves concave with left more deeply cupped and hence a deep umbonal cavity. Both valves have dichotomous radial ribs from the umbo; the tops of the ribs are well-rounded and radial ribs with growth squamae are recognisable on both valves. The older part of the right valve, i.e. the dorsal surface, is usually eroded. Wavy plications along the shell margins reflect the positions and height of the ribs. No chomata. Adductor muscle scar reniform, anterodorsal border concave and close to the postero-ventral shell margin from the centre of the valve. External coloration of both valves is variable from white and light purple with deep purple lines radiating from the umbo. Internally, the shell is white with patches of chalky deposits and hollow chambers. The muscle scar is colourless with occasional purple growth lines.
 Distribution. – This species originated in Taiwan and was introduced into Portugual and Spain for cultivation. It is one of the important commercial oyster species in Taiwan and Western Europe. Although this species is cultured in Taiwan extensively, it occurs as wild populations and in low abundance in Hong Kong. Only two bays with constant freshwater inputs, i.e. Hoi Ha Wan and Tai Tam Bay, have been identified as local habitats.
 Remarks. – The shell and anatomy of this species cannot be distinguished morphologically from Crasssotrea gigas. The C. angulata specimens collected from Hong Kong have been genetically identified using mitochondial DNA sequences. Crassostrea angulata from Hong Kong (this study) and Portugal [GenBank accession number AF152567] (O’ Foighil et al., 1998) showed an intraspecific K2P sequence divergence value of 0.43%. Hong Kong C. angulata morphologically resembles and occurs in low abundance at the same shore level as the rock oyster, Saccostrea cucullata. This may be why C. angulata has not been recorded from Hong Kong hitherto. The two can be distinguished by examining the eroded dorsal side of the right valve. Alternate white calcareous and brown conchiolin layers are exposed in S. cucullata whereas only white calcareous layers occur in C. angulata.
description: Published as part of Lam, Katherine & Morton, Brian, 2004, The Oysters Of Hong Kong (Bivalvia: Ostreidae And Gryphaeidae), pp. 11-28 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244740
Oxidative Stress Causes Vacuolar Fragmentation in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
Creators: name: Kim, Donghyeun
name: Song, Moonyong
name: Do, Eunsoo
name: Choi, Yoojeong
name: Kronstad, James Warren
name: Jung, Won Hee
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Vacuoles are dynamic cellular organelles, and their morphology is altered by various stimuli or stresses. Vacuoles play an important role in the physiology and virulence of many fungal pathogens. For example, a Cryptococcus neoformans mutant deficient in vacuolar functions showed significantly reduced expression of virulence factors such as capsule and melanin synthesis and was avirulent in a mouse model of cryptococcosis. In the current study, we found significantly increased vacuolar fragmentation in the C. neoformans mutants lacking SOD1 or SOD2, which respectively encode Zn, Cu-superoxide dismutase and Mn-superoxide dismutase. The sod2 mutant showed a greater level of vacuole fragmentation than the sod1 mutant. We also observed that the vacuoles were highly fragmented when wild-type cells were grown in a medium containing high concentrations of iron, copper, or zinc. Moreover, elevated temperature and treatment with the antifungal drug fluconazole caused increased vacuolar fragmentation. These conditions also commonly cause an increase in the levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species in the fungus, suggesting that vacuoles are fragmented in response to oxidative stress. Furthermore, we observed that Sod2 is not only localized in mitochondria but also in the cytoplasm within phagocytosed C. neoformans cells, possibly due to copper or iron limitation.
Consuming abjection: an examination of death and disgust in the black metal scene
Creators: name: Podoshen, Jeffrey S.
name: Andrzejewski, Susan A.
name: Wallin, Jason
name: Venkatesh, Vivek
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: Business & Economics
Business
Social Sciences

description: This paper examines abjection in the context of the extreme (black) metal scene. Moving beyond the ritual-heavy, community work that dominates much of the death-related consumption literature, our study pieces together death, violence, misanthropy, blood and social tensions to create novel insights into the consumption of disgust. Based on our interview and participant observation methodologies, we present work that explains how death-oriented consumption and abjection is manifested for some consumers and actually plays a role as an affront to mainstream orientations and the greater social order. Additionally, our work indicates that the use of abjection can be seen as a boundary and source of delineation between the acceptable and the unacceptable in society.
title: Towards Commercial Fusion: Innovation, Technology Roadmapping for Start-ups, and Critical Natural Resource Availability
Creators: name: Pearson, Richard John
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2020

description: Nuclear fusion, a potentially world-changing energy source, has been the subject of dedicated research for over half a century. With a focus on scientific research, development has principally been via publicly funded programmes led by government laboratories in which strategy and innovation are largely overlooked. Consequently, and without intention, the commercial aspects of development on such programmes are left until later, and routes that are not well-suited to commercialisation are pursued. The recent emergence of privately funded fusion start-ups with the explicit goal of commercialisation is disrupting the fusion innovation paradigm. The purpose of this thesis is to characterise the fusion start-up innovation approach and to apply Technology Roadmapping to help fusion start-ups overcome challenges in the commercialisation process. Strategic challenges in the availability, supply, and use of critical natural resources are specifically analysed. The research takes an interdisciplinary engineering systems approach, using mixed methods to connect innovation, technology management and strategy to the fusion paradigm. The thesis deploys innovation theory via contextual analysis, with parallels to the space exploration sector, to find that fusion start-ups operate on an agile innovation model. Technology Roadmapping is applied to a fusion start-up case study with Tokamak Energy Ltd, and the process is adapted to the hardware-based agile innovation approach. The impact of roadmapping on planning, innovation management and communication are examined. Via forecasting models and literature-based analysis, key commercial challenges for critical fusion resources – specifically deuterium, tritium, lithium-6, beryllium, lead and helium – are characterised. A new innovation space for commercial tritium breeding blankets is identified. In conclusion, this thesis characterises a paradigm shift in fusion commercialisation. It provides a framework for the innovation approach, an applied roadmapping process, and highlights key resource criteria yielding recommendations to drive commercial fusion missions forward.
Numerical upstream boundary conditions that reduce spurious reflection
Creators: name: Vichnevetsky, Robert
name: Sciubba, E.
name: Pak, Y.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1981

description: It is commonly (but erroneously) assumed that the best way to treat upstream boundaries for hyperbolic equations is to let the numerical value be equal to the imposed value. What is erroneous in this assumption is that it ignores the presence of spurious numerical solutions which may have originated inside of the computational domain and which may be present near the boundary. Such spurious solutions are characterized by short wavelength spatial oscillations, with a group velocity, which is opposed to the direction of flow and are therefore moving as "packets" toward the boundary. They are reflected by the "standard" treatment whereas a better numerical treatment of the boundary should attempt to absorb them. This paper describes two methods for the modified numerical treatment of upstream boundaries of hyperbolic equations, which are effective in absorbing those purious solutions with a remainder which decreases as O (r-~J) and 0~~VA"-) respectively, where _17L is the frequency and h is the mesh size.
Dataset for: Perspectives on public health interventions in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
Creators: name: Pan-ngum, Wirichada
name: Peerawaranun, Pimnara
name: Osterrieder, Anne
name: Waithira, Naomi
name: Mukaka, Mavuto
name: Cheah, Phaik Yeong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: COVID-19
ethics
social distancing
self-isolation
quarantine
Thailand
survey

description: This is the dataset underlying the publication entitled Perspectives on public health interventions in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.
Lesions of the Pouch of Douglas: A Review
Creators: name: Heller, Debra
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Douglas’ Pouch
Peritoneal neoplasms

description: The pouch of Douglas may become involved by a variety of mass-like lesions, which may be challenging to providers who treat women. They may initially be thought to be arising from the uterus or adnexa. A literature review was conducted. A Medline search was used, using the terms Douglas’ Pouch, Pouch of Douglas, cul-de-sac, and rectouterine pouch. A review of the scope of Pouch of Douglas lesions is presented to assist in developing a differential diagnosis if a patient with such a lesion is encountered.
Energy Management of Virtual Memory on Diskless Devices
Creators: name: Kremer, Ulrich
name: Hom, Jerry
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2001

description: In a pervasive computing environment, applications are able to run across different platforms with significantly different resources. Such platforms range from high-performance desktops to handheld PDAs. This paper discusses a compiler approach to reduce the energy consumption of a diskless device where the swap space is provided by a remotely mounted file system accessible via a wireless connection. Predicting swapping events at compile time allows effective energy management of a PDAs wireless communication component such as a 802.11 or Bluetooth card. The compiler activates and deactivates the communication card based on compile-time knowledge of the past and future memory footprint of an application. In contrast to OS techniques, the compiler can better predict future program behavior, and can change this behavior through program transformations that enable additional optimizations. A prototype compilation system EEL(RM) has been implemented as part of the SUIF2 compiler infrastructure. Preliminary experiments based on the SimpleScalar simulation toolset and three numerical programs indicate the potential benefits of the new technique.
Heuristics for Finding a Maximum Number of Disjoint Bounded Paths
Creators: name: Perl, Yehoshua
name: Ronen, D.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1983

description: We consider the following problem: Given an integer K and a network G with two distinct vertices s and t, find a maximum number of vertex disjoint paths from s to t of length bounded by k. In a recent work [IPS] it was shown that for length greater that four this problem is NP-Hard. In this paper we present a polynomial heuristic algorithm for the problem for general length. The algorithm is proved to give optimal solution for length less than five. Experiments show very good results for the algorithm.
Building a “Library in a Box” with an out of the box solution: creating a prototype engineering library using XTF
Creators: name: Palumbo, Laura Bolton
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2012
Subjects: University libraries
Computer software
Open source software
Library systems
Academic Libraries
Digital Libraries
Liberia

description: Rutgers University Libraries, in collaboration with the University of Liberia, and with grants from the Engineering Information Foundation (EIF), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and with contributions from the International Society of Electrical Engineers (IEEE), have created The EAKO System – Engineering Access to Knowledge Offline, a prototype “Library in a Box” for engineering information at the University of Liberia. The product runs on the open source platform XTF, created by California Digital Library, and is based on TEEAL, The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library, developed by Cornell University. Because internet access is extremely limited in Liberia, The EAKO System, like TEEAL, will work entirely offline.
description: Excellence in Higher Education for Liberian Development (EHELD)
title: Catholic Women’s Colleges in the United States: An Archival, Bibliographic and Historical Survey
title: Catholic Women’s Colleges in the United States: An Archival, Bibliographical and Historical Survey
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Perrone, Fernanda H.
Publisher: name: Newcomb College Center for Research on Women
Year: 1999
Subjects: Catholic history
Catholic higher education
Women's religious communities
Women's History
Women's Education

description: Brief history of Catholic women's colleges in the United States and bibliographic essay on published and archival sources.
Does social insurance enrollment improve citizen assessment of local government performance? Evidence from China
Creators: name: Huang, Xian
name: Gao, Qin
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Social insurance
Social policies
Assessment of government performance
Propensity score matching
China

description: Although many studies claim that social policies are “carrots” that authoritarian leaders use to garner public support, the assumption that social benefits can boost public support of government has been rarely tested empirically, especially at the local levels. This article investigates the effects of social insurance enrollment on citizens' assessment of local government performance using data from the 2010 China Family Panel Study. We use propensity score matching to reduce selection bias and ordered probit regressions with fixed effects to examine these possible effects. We find that social insurance enrollment had a significant positive effect on rural citizens' assessment of government performance, but this effect did not exist for their urban and migrant peers. This discrepancy could be largely due to the groups' different expectations for government redistribution and their distinct experiences of China's social welfare reform. We conclude that the Chinese authoritarian government has achieved partial success in its attempt to use socialpolicies to maintain popular support.
Application of geoethics to university education based on a mining geoethical dilemma case study in the Catalonian Potassic Basin (Spain)
Creators: name: Canseco, Raquel
name: Bellaubi, Francesc
Publisher: name: JOURNAL OF GEOETHICS AND SOCIAL GEOSCIENCES
Year: 2022
Subjects: geoethical dilemma
geoethics
geodiversity
geogovernance
social geosciences
mining
geoeducation
case study
Spain

description: This research presents the usefulness of geoethics to be applied to university education through a mining case study related to the subsidence problems in the Barri de l'Estació neighbourhood (Sallent municipality) in the Catalonian Potassic Basin located in the eastern Ebro Basin (Catalonia, Spain). The geological studies carried out on the subsidence, which give a valuable insight of the problem, do not intend to provide a solution to the conflict between the local residents and the mining activity. Instead, a geoethical dilemma is used to explore different possible geogovernability scenarios. The application of the geoethical dilemma model derives from the benefits to expose different values and attitudes in order to qualitatively evaluate which would be the steps to achieve a resilient and geodiverse territory where mining and protection of the environment are not mutually exclusive, but complementary. Four scenarios are evaluated: geoecological tragedy, environmental preservation, geoengineering, and territorial resilience. The case study is taken as an example of how geoethics could be included in the curricula of the Geology degree of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB). Therefore, the research makes some recommendations to meet the commitment of the university to implement ethical competences to the teaching of geosciences. The paper is based on the research carried out by a geosciences student, who is hereby included as a co-author, having obtained the degree in geological sciences at UAB.
description: Journal of Geoethics and Social Geosciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1
When physical activity meets the physical environment: precision health insights from the intersection
Creators: name: Giles, Luisa V.
name: Koehle, Michael
name: Saelens, Brian E.
name: Sbihi, Hind
name: Carlsten, Christopher Russell
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background The physical environment can facilitate or hinder physical activity. A challenge in promoting physical activity is ensuring that the physical environment is supportive and that these supports are appropriately tailored to the individual or group in question. Ideally, aspects of the environment that impact physical activity would be enhanced, but environmental changes take time, and identifying ways to provide more precision to physical activity recommendations might be helpful for specific individuals or groups. Therefore, moving beyond a “one size fits all” to a precision-based approach is critical. Main body To this end, we considered 4 critical aspects of the physical environment that influence physical activity (walkability, green space, traffic-related air pollution, and heat) and how these aspects could enhance our ability to precisely guide physical activity. Strategies to increase physical activity could include optimizing design of the built environment or mitigating of some of the environmental impediments to activity through personalized or population-wide interventions. Conclusions Although at present non-personalized approaches may be more widespread than those tailored to one person’s physical environment, targeting intrinsic personal elements (e.g., medical conditions, sex, age, socioeconomic status) has interesting potential to enhance the likelihood and ability of individuals to participate in physical activity.
Attribution processes in cross-cultural heritage tourism
Creators: name: Hunt, James M.
name: Podoshen, Jeffrey S.
name: Andrzejewski, Susan A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Business & Economics
Business
Social Sciences

description: This article, utilizing a mixed methods approach, examines psychological processes of some global Jewish tourists and local hosts surrounding historic Holocaust sites located in Europe. These processes, which include stereotyping, the perseverance effect, and the role of atypical information, generate insights into social-psychological activity nested in cross-cultural tourism. Our research yields significant implications on collective memory and narrative and marketing management. It also indicates that current Holocaust tourism and its related marketing strategies can lead to further disconnect between tourists and hosts in Eastern Europe.