cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Guião de atividades desenvolvidas na escola em Monchique
Creators: name: Dias, Joana
name: Loupa Ramos, Isabel
name: Martins, Rute
name: Saad, Guilherme
name: Partidário, Maria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Guião orientador das atividades desenvolvidas no âmbito do Laboratório de Inovação (InnoLab) do BRIDGE.

Este guião compila as atividades desenvolvidas pela equipa do BRIDGE com o Agrupamento Escolar de Monchique no Dia da Árvore de 2022 e permite a replicação das atividades, indicando para cada atividade a sua duração, escolaridade, n.º de participantes, material necessário, objetivo e descrição.
Ameliorating effects of Tamarindus indica fruit extract on anti-tubercular drugs induced liver toxicity in rats
Creators: name: Ahmad, Aftab
name: Al-Abbasi, Fahad A.
name: Mohd Amir
name: Khan, Mohammad Ahmed
name: Ahmad, Sayeed
name: Mohd Akhtar
name: Mohd Mujeeb
name: Shah Alam Khan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: The study aimed to evaluate the hepatoprotective potential of aqueous extract of Tamarindus indica fruit against combination of two antitubercular drugs viz. Isoniazid and Rifampicin induced hepatotoxicity in rats. In vitro antioxidant activity of aqueous extract of T. indica by DPPH–HPLC method was found to be 81.48%. Treatment with aqueous extract of T. indica significantly reduced the elevated levels of biochemical markers such as SGOT, SGPT, ALP, bilirubin, TBARS and increased the albumin level as well antioxidant activities of SOD, CAT and GSH in intoxicated rats. The biochemical changes were supported by histological observations. Results of this study clearly demonstrate that aqueous extract of T. indica fruit protects against anti tuberculosis induced oxidative liver damage in rats and thus possess significant hepatoprotective activity. Further, it could be suggested that supplementation with this food extract might prove beneficial in the individuals on anti-TB drugs.
Otocinclus flexilis Cope 1894
Creators: name: A, Pablo Lehmann
name: Mayer, Fernanda
name: Reis, Roberto E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Otocinclus
Otocinclus flexilis

description: Otocinclus flexilis Cope, 1894 Fig. 2 Otocinclus flexilis Cope, 1894: 97, pl. 8, fig. 13. Type locality: rio Jacuhy, Rio Grande do Sul [rio Jacuí, Brazil]. Lectotype: ANSP 21756, 40.0 mm SL, designated by Schaefer (1997: 53). Otocinclus fimbriatus Cope, 1894: 98, pl. 9, fig. 16. Type locality: rio Jacuhy, Rio Grande do Sul [rio Jacuí, Brazil]. Syntypes: ANSP 212752 (4) andANSP 21585-97 (14). Diagnosis. Otocinclus flexilis is distinguished from all other Otocinclus (except for O. xakriaba, O. affinis, O. hasemani, O. arnoldi, and O. mimulus) by possessing an iris operculum and (except for O. xakriaba, O. arnoldi, and O. mimulus) by having a lateral trunk coloration consisting of a series of 3-6 diffuse pigment blotches (Fig. 2). An inconspicuous and not elevated patch of 0-10 (mode = 0, mean = 3.0) enlarged odontodes on the postero-dorsal parieto-supraoccipital tip, the pectoral skeleton with closed arrector fossae, and the presence of a triangular pigment mark at the dorsal-fin base distinguishes O. flexilis from O. xakriaba, which possesses an elevated patch of enlarged odontodes on the parietosupraoccipital, has an open arrector fossae, and lacks the dorsal-fin mark. From O. arnoldi and O. mimulus it is easily distinguished by having six branched pectoral-fin rays (vs. five branched rays) and few (0-10, mode = 0, mean = 3.0) not elevated enlarged odontodes on the parieto-supraoccipital tip (vs. 2-23, mode = 7, mean = 8.3) not elevated enlarged odontodes in O. arnoldi and 5-14, mode = 7, mean = 8.4 conspicuously elevated odontodes in O. mimulus). Distribution. Otocinclus flexilis is restricted to the laguna dos Patos drainage basin (Fig. 5).
description: Published as part of A, Pablo Lehmann, Mayer, Fernanda & Reis, Roberto E., 2010, Re-validation of Otocinclus arnoldi Regan and reappraisal of Otocinclus phylogeny (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), pp. 57-68 in Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (1) on page 60
description: {"references": ["Schaefer, S. A. 1997. The neotropical cascudinhos: Systematics and biogeography of the Otocinclus catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 148: 1 - 120."]}
El uso del seguimiento ocular (eye-tracking) para el estudio de la comprensión lectora en la enseñanza-aprendizaje del inglés como segunda lengua (ISL): aspectos lingüísticos y multimodales
Creators: name: Moraton-Gutierrez, Lara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: CLARIAH-ES
CLARIAH-CM

description: Actualmente, todo el contenido que consumimos es multimodal, combinando texto con imágenes o vídeos. Pero, ¿estos elementos visuales siempre ayudan a la comprensión del texto? Este proyecto estudia el impacto de los contenidos multimodales en la comprensión lectora dentro del ámbito de la enseñanza del inglés como segunda lengua. Utilizando un eye-tracker, el proyecto mide experimentalmente cómo estos elementos adicionales influyen en el esfuerzo cognitivo necesario para la comprensión de textos.
Simple and Efficient Process for the Large-Scale Preparation of Agomelatine: An Antidepressant Drug
Creators: name: Vujjini, Satish Kumar
name: Vyala, Sunitha
name: Badarla, Krishna Rao
name: Sreenatha Charyulu Kandala
name: Rakeshwar Bandichhor
name: Mukkanti Kagga
name: Cherukupalli, Praveen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: A simple and efficient process for the large scale preparation of agomelatine (1), an antidepressant drug is described. agomelatine, was prepared in a linear manner starting from readily available inexpensive 2-naphthol. Key steps in the synthesis are Friedel-Crafts acylation of 2-naphthyl acetate with chloroacetyl chloride, reduction of keto intermediate and nucleophilic displacement of chloro intermediate with sodiumdiformylamide. Systemic approach was described to streamline the process into a robust scalable process by controlling the impurities.
Otocinclus arnoldi Regan 1909
Creators: name: A, Pablo Lehmann
name: Mayer, Fernanda
name: Reis, Roberto E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Otocinclus
Otocinclus arnoldi

description: Otocinclus arnoldi Regan, 1909 Fig. 3 Otocinclus arnoldi Regan, 1909: 234. Type locality: La Plata, South America. Holotype: BMNH 1908.12.5:13, 43 mm SL. Diagnosis. Otocinclus arnoldi is distinguished from all other Otocinclus species except O. mimulus, by having five branched rays in the pectoral-fin (vs. six branched pectoralfin rays), and except from O. mimulus and O. xakriaba by having the prootic involved in the contact with the hyomandibular articular condyle (vs. only compound pterotic contacting the hyomandibular articular condyle). It is distinguished from O. mimulus by having a not elevated patch of enlarged odontodes on the postero-dorsal parietosupraoccipital tip and 15 caudal vertebrae (vs. having an elevated patch of enlarged odontodes on the parietosupraoccipital and typically having 16-17 caudal vertebrae - see Table 2). It is further distinguished (except for O. affinis, O. hasemani, O. xakriaba, O. mimulus and O. flexilis) by possessing an iris operculum, and from O. affinis, O. mimulus, and O. xakriaba by having a not elevated patch of enlarged odontodes on the postero-dorsal parieto-supraoccipital tip. It is also distinguished from all remaining Otocinclus species (except for O. xakriaba, O. flexilis, and O. mimulus) by having a lateral trunk coloration composed of either a row of 3-6 distinct dark blotches or a distinct dark stripe extending from the compound pterotic to the base of the caudal fin, or a diffuse mixture of those two color patterns (Fig. 3). Distribution. Otocinclus arnoldi occurs in the tributaries of the lower río Paraná drainage, lower and middle rio Uruguai, and the río de La Plata (Fig. 5).
description: Published as part of A, Pablo Lehmann, Mayer, Fernanda & Reis, Roberto E., 2010, Re-validation of Otocinclus arnoldi Regan and reappraisal of Otocinclus phylogeny (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), pp. 57-68 in Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (1) on page 60
description: {"references": ["Regan, C. T. 1909. Descriptions of three new freshwater fishes from South America presented to the British Museum by Herr J. Paul Arnold. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3: 234 - 235."]}
Evolution of dispersal by memory and learning in integrodifference equation models
Creators: name: Cantrell, Robert Stephen
name: Cosner, Chris
name: Zhou, Ying
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Mental Health

description: In this paper, we develop an integrodifference equation model that incorporates spatial memory and learning so that each year, a fraction of the population use the same dispersal kernel as the previous year, and the remaining individuals return to where they bred or were born. In temporally static environments, the equilibrium of the system corresponds to an ideal free dispersal strategy, which is evolutionarily stable. We prove local stability of this equilibrium in a special case, and we observe convergence towards this equilibrium in numerical computations. When there are periodic or stochastic temporal changes in the environment, the population is less able to match the environment, but is able to do so to some extent depending on the parameters. Overall, the mechanism proposed in this model shows a possible way for the dispersal kernel of a population to evolve towards an ideal free dispersal kernel.
Communication dynamics of a two-agent interaction model with applications to human-autonomy teaming
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Lucero Rodriguez
name: Orellana, Carlos Bustamante
name: Cooke, Nancy
name: Demir, Mustafa
name: Kang, Yun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Communication is pivotal for the emergence of coordination and cooperation within teams. As a result, communication plays an important role in team dynamics as better communication between teammates can lead to more efficient and successful teams. To better understand communication dynamics and their impact on team performance, we develop a modelling framework of two-agent interaction dynamics in a discrete-time fashion. Our proposed model considers the communications between two agents based on each agent's personality and their individual impact on any received communication. Combined with data, we perform mathematical analysis and bifurcation diagrams to study how agents' personality and training may impact the quality of the team's communications and therefore their performance in task completion. The validations and parameter estimations of our model from data could potentially help us to select team members that could work together efficiently, and train members in the established team to collaborate better.
Agent-based dis-graph planning algorithm for web service composition
Creators: name: Zhang, Jian Feng
name: Kowalczyk, Ryszard
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In agent-based planning for service composition, a single agent may not have access to all services required to fulfill a given goal. Cooperation among multiple agents, each of whom has a limited set of services, can increase the chance of generating a valid/effective composition. However, agents may be reluctant to reveal their services to other agents during cooperation due to the concerns to privacy, security, and difficulty of a heavy communication overhead. In this paper we present a distributed algorithm that allows agents to cooperate and form a composition in such a situation. This algorithm can be viewed as a distributed extension of the reputed centralized planning paradigm, i.e. Graph planning + CSP. We adapt classical planning graph to distributed planning graph, represent the graph in distributed CSP (DisCSP) instead of CSP, and solve the DisCSP with distributed search algorithm. All agents have equal authority and no centralized coordinator is required in the whole process.
Otocinclus mimulus Axenrot & Kullander 2003
Creators: name: A, Pablo Lehmann
name: Mayer, Fernanda
name: Reis, Roberto E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Otocinclus
Otocinclus mimulus

description:  Otocinclus mimulus Axenrot & Kullander, 2003 Fig. 4 Otocinclus mimulus Axenrot & Kullander, 2003: 251. Type locality: Paraguay: Departamento Caaguazú: río Paraná drainage, small stream (arroyo) at Estancia María Belén, 8 km from Colonel Patricio Colman; 25°40’13”S 55°5’52”W. Holotype: MNHNP uncatalogued (ex NRM 43480), 34.1 mm SL [Holotype originally cited as MNHNP uncat.]. Diagnosis. Otocinclus mimulus is distinguished from all other Otocinclus species except O. arnoldi, by having five branched rays in the pectoral-fin (vs. six branched pectoral-fin rays), and except from O. arnoldi and O. xakriaba by having the prootic involved in the contact with the hyomandibular articular condyle (vs. only compound pterotic contacting the hyomandibular articular condyle). It is distinguished from O. arnoldi by having an elevated patch of enlarged odontodes on the postero-dorsal parieto-supraoccipital tip and typically having 16-17 caudal vertebrae (see Table 2; vs. having a not elevated patch of enlarged odontodes on the parietosupraoccipital and having 15 caudal vertebrae). It is further distinguished (except for O. affinis, O. hasemani, O. xakriaba, O. arnoldi, and O. flexilis) by possessing an iris operculum, and (except for O. affinis and O. xakriaba) by having an elevated patch of enlarged odontodes on the postero-dorsal parietosupraoccipital tip. It is also distinguished from all remaining Otocinclus species (except for O. xakriaba, O. arnoldi, and O. flexilis) by having a lateral trunk coloration composed of either a row of 3-6 distinct dark blotches or a distinct dark stripe extending from the compound pterotic to the base of the caudal fin, or a diffuse mixture of those two color patterns (Fig. 4). Distribution. Otocinclus mimulus is only known from the río Mondai in Paraguay, a left-bank tributary of the lower rio Paraná (Fig. 5).
description: Published as part of A, Pablo Lehmann, Mayer, Fernanda & Reis, Roberto E., 2010, Re-validation of Otocinclus arnoldi Regan and reappraisal of Otocinclus phylogeny (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), pp. 57-68 in Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (1) on pages 60-61
BO'LAJAK O'QITUVCHINING PEDAGOGIK QOBILIYATI HAMDA KASBIY VA SHAXSIY SIFATLAR UYG'UNLIGI
Creators: name: Raxmonova, Sojida
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Maqolada pedagogik  faoliyat  sifat va samaradorligi, pedagogik faoliyatda muvofaqiyatga erishish, bo‘lajak pedagoglarning shaxsiy, kasbiy hamda maxsus kompetensiyalari, pedagogik qobiliyatlar va uning ta’limiy jarayonlardagi ahamiyati, ta’limiy muhitning yaratilishida bo‘lajak pedagogning kasbiy salohiyati shakllantirish haqida umumiy ma’lumot berilgan.
Supplementary information from Thomas–Fermi theory of out-of-plane charge screening in graphene
Creators: name: Moroz, Vitaly
name: Muratov, Cyrill B.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490299
subject: Mathematical physics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 490303
subject: Numerical solution of differential and integral equations
classificationCode: 490409
subject: Ordinary differential equations, difference equations and dynamical systems
classificationCode: 490410
subject: Partial differential equations

description: This paper provides a variational treatment of the effect of external charges on the free charges in an infinite free-standing graphene sheet within the Thomas–Fermi theory. We establish existence, uniqueness and regularity of the energy minimizers corresponding to the free charge densities that screen the effect of an external electrostatic potential at the neutrality point. For the potential due to one or several off-layer point charges, we also prove positivity and a precise universal asymptotic decay rate for the screening charge density, as well as an exact charge cancellation by the graphene sheet. We also treat a simpler case of the non-zero background charge density and establish similar results in that case.
New pimarane diterpenes and other antimycobacterial metabolites from Anisochilus verticillatus
Creators: name: Khedkar, Vijay M.
name: Vedavati G. Puranik
name: Dhiman Sarkar
name: Joshi, Swati P.
name: Kulkarni, Roshan R.
name: Ketaki Shurpali
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Phytochemical investigation of the acetone extract of the aerial parts of Anisochilus verticillatus afforded a new 8,9-secopimarane diterpene (1), two new isopimarane diterpenes (2, 3) and the known ursolic acid (4), α-amyrin (5), β-amyrin (6), stigmast-5-en-3-one (7) and hydroxychavicol (8). Structures of the new compounds were elucidated with the help of 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic data, and single crystal X-ray crystallography of compound 3. Compounds 2 and 8 inhibited Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra with an IC50 of 11.3 (IC90 of 20.0 μg/mL) and 12.5 μg/mL, respectively. Correspondingly, molecular docking studies with Extra Precision Glide revealed a correlation between score and biological activity for these compounds to describe the molecular basis for the most significant SAR results.
Designing precincts in the densifying city - The role of planning support systems
Creators: name: Gudes, O.
name: Glackin, Stephen
name: Pettit, C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Australia's cities face significant social, economic and environmental challenges, driven by population growth and rapid urbanisation. The pressure to increase housing availability will lead to greater levels of high-density and medium-density stock. However, there is enormous political and community pushback against this. One way to address this challenge is to encourage medium-density living solutions through "precinct" scale development. Precinct-scale development has the potential to include additional hard and soft infrastructure that may offset the perceived negativities of higher densities. As part of Australian research into precinct-scale development, and as part of our broader Smart Cities approach, or more specifically City Analytics approach, new digital planning tools - Envision and ESP - have been developed to support scenario planning and design needs. They utilise a data-driven and scenario planning approach underpinned by Geographic Information System (GIS) functionality. We focus on a case study in the City of Blacktown, Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. By 2036 Blacktown is forecast to grow to approximately 500,000 people (an increase of over 30%) and 180,000 dwellings. Most new dwellings will be delivered through urban infill. The Blacktown master plan promotes higher density housing, mixed employment uses and continued improvements to the public domain. Our study provides a unique opportunity to implement this broad strategy within a specific case and location. Specifically, this paper provides information on how these digital planning tools supported Blacktown planners in identifying, co-designing and implementing a new approach for precinct level planning. It also presents the results of an evaluation of digital-planning tools in the context of the Blacktown case study.
Identification of hospital objects to design the transformability of hospital systems - a factory planning approach for hospitals
Creators: name: Wecken, Lena
name: Faeghi, Shiva
name: Dormeier, Lena
name: Nyhuis, Peter
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Change Capability
subject: Transformability
subject: Hospital Planning
subject: Hospital Objects
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik

description: Hospitals are facing the challenges of a turbulent environment. External influences such as cost pressures and changing disease patterns limit their actual performance and frequently pose challenges to their regular operations. Manufacturing companies face similar challenges. To counter external influences and adapt quickly and cost-effectively to changes in the environment, factory planning utilises transformability as a key strategy. Transformability describes the ability of a system to actively implement structural changes with little effort and thus adapt to changing requirements. However, the design of transformability cannot be carried out for the entire system, but is realised on the basis of individual system objects, in this case factory objects. In order for hospitals to be able to position themselves in a transformable way, hospital objects are needed in analogy to factory objects. The aim of this paper is to identify those hospital objects in which a change process is possible or which can influence such a process. In order to identify these hospital objects, a search space is first created using defined system levels and design fields, on the basis of which the hospital objects can then be identified and systematised. This work thus provides a basis for operationalizing transformability in hospitals and contributes to securing the future of the healthcare system.
A random effect autologistic regression model with application to the characterization of multiple microstructure samples
Creators: name: Nailong Zhang
name: Qingyu Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: ABSTRACTThe microstructure of a material can strongly influence its properties such as strength, hardness, wear resistance, etc., which in turn play an important role in the quality of products produced from these materials. Existing studies on a material's microstructure have mainly focused on the characteristics of a single microstructure sample and the variation between different microstructure samples is ignored. In this article, we propose a novel random effect autologistic regression model that can be used to characterize the variation in microstructures between different samples for two-phase materials that consist of two distinct parts with different chemical structures. The proposed model differs from the classic autologistic regression model in that we consider the unit-to-unit variability among the microstructure samples, which is characterized by the random effect parameters. To estimate the model parameters given a set of microstructure samples, we first derive a likelihood function, based on which a maximum likelihood estimation method is developed. However, maximizing the likelihood function of the proposed model is generally difficult as it has a complex form. To overcome this challenge, we further develop a stochastic approximation expectation maximization algorithm to estimate the model parameters. A simulation study is conducted to verify the proposed methodology. A real-world example of a dual-phase high strength steel is used to illustrate the developed methods.
The Effectiveness of Intraoperative Pharmacologic Opioid Minimization Strategies on Postoperative Patient-Centred Outcomes
Creators: name: Verret, Michael
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa
Year: 2024
Subjects: pain management
adult anaesthesia
opioid minimization strategies
clinical pharmacology
patient-centred outcomes
patient engagement

description: For close to a century, opioid administration has been a standard of care to complement anesthesia during surgery. Considering the worldwide opioid epidemic, this practice is now being challenged and opioid alternatives are being used (eg. opioid minimizing strategies). As such, there is a need to generate evidence on the effectiveness and safety of opioid alternatives with a focus on outcomes that are the most meaningful to patients (ie. patient-centred). My proposed research program, called Optimizing Patient-centred outcomes Using opioid minimization Strategies (OPUS), directly addresses this evidence and knowledge gap while focusing on four of the top ten perioperative research priories in Canada (i.e. impact of reducing opioids during anesthesia, pain control after surgery, how can patient-centred outcomes be improved, and long-term side effects of anesthesia). The ultimate objective of OPUS is to assess the effectiveness of promising intraoperative pharmacologic opioid alternative (opioid minimizing) strategies through pragmatic clincal trials. My thesis represents foundational studies needed to meet this objective. I have 1) synthesized evidence from clinical trials assessing the patient-centred effectiveness of pharmacologic intraoperative opioid minimization strategies in adult surgical patients, and assessed the effectiveness of a promising opioid minimization pharmacologic strategy, 2) assessed Canadian anesthesiologists' opinions on intraoperative opioid minimizing practices used in adult surgical patients, and 3) designed a pilot multicentre pragmatic RCT to assess the feasibility of conducting a large trial in Canada to improve patient-centred outcomes among adult surgical patients.
Optimization of Mo/Cr bilayer back contacts for thin-film solar cells
Creators: name: Khoshsirat, Nima
name: Ali, Fawad
name: Tiong, Vincent Tiing
name: Amjadipour, Mojtaba
name: Wang, Hongxia
name: Shafiei, Mahnaz
name: Motta, Nunzio
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Molybdenum (Mo) is the most commonly used material as back contact in thin-film solar cells. Adhesion of Mo film to soda-lime glass (SLG) substrate is crucial to the performance of solar cells. In this study, an optimized bilayer structure made of a thin layer of Mo on an ultra-thin chromium (Cr) adhesion layer is used as the back contact for a copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) thin-film solar cell on a SLG substrate. DC magnetron sputtering is used for deposition of Mo and Cr films. The conductivity of Mo/Cr bilayer films, their microstructure and surface morphology are studied at different deposition powers and working pressures. Good adhesion to the SLG substrate has been achieved by means of an ultra-thin Cr layer under the Mo layer. By optimizing the deposition conditions we achieved low surface roughness, high optical reflectance and low sheet resistivity while we could decrease the back contact thickness to 600 nm. That is two thirds to half of the thickness that is currently being used for bilayer and single layer back contact for thin-film solar cells. We demonstrate the excellent properties of Mo/Cr bilayer as back contact of a CZTS solar cell.
Fe-Mediated S–S Bond Cleavage and Its Application in the Synthesis of α-Arylthio Carbonyl Compounds
Creators: name: He, Yun-Hua
name: Ning-Bo Li
name: Chen, Jin-Yang
name: Qiu, Ren-Hua
name: Wang, Xie
name: Xu, Xin-Hua
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Science
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Physiology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry

description: In the presence of iron dust, diaryl disulfides react with α-bromo carbonyl compounds to obtain α-arylthio carbonyl compounds in good yield at 90 °C under an N2 atmosphere, using commercial dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent. The possible reaction mechanism is that the disulfide is reduced by iron dust to give ArSFeSAr and then reacted with α-bromo carbonyl compounds to give product α-arylthio carbonyl compounds and FeBr2.
A Random Effect Autologistic Regression Model with Application for Characterizing Variation of Multiple Microstructure Samples
Creators: name: Nailong Zhang
name: Qingyu Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The microstructure of the material can strongly influence material properties such as strength, hardness, wear resistance, etc., which in turn plays an important role in the product quality produced by these materials. The existing studies on material microstructure mainly focus on a single microstructure sample's characteristics, while the variation among different microstructure samples is ignored. In this paper, we propose a novel random effect autologistic regression model to characterize the microstructure variation of different samples for the two phase materials that consist of two distinct parts with different chemical structures. The proposed model differs from the classical autologistic regression model as we consider the unit-to-unit variability among the microstructure samples, which is characterized by the random effect parameters. To estimate the model parameters given a set of microstructure samples, we first derived the likelihood function, based on which a maximum likelihood estimation method is developed. However, maximizing the likelihood function of the proposed model is generally difficult as the likelihood function has a complex form. To overcome this challenge, we further developed a stochastic approximation expectation maximization algorithm to estimate the model parameters. A simulation study is conducted to verify the proposed methodology. A real world example of a dual-phase high strength steel is used to illustrate the developed methods.
BLOCKCHAIN AND ITS INFULANCE ON FOREIGN TRADE STRATEGIES IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Creators: name: Masharipova, Durdona
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article examines the impact of blockchain technology on the digital economy and foreign trade strategies. The role of Blockchain technology in improving security, transparency and efficiency is analyzed. The article provides information on the applications of blockchain in e-commerce, supply chain and international trade, as well as future trends. Also highlighted are the advantages of blockchain technology in strengthening new commercial models, risk management and international cooperation.
Approximate Analytic Expression of Surface Charge Density/Surface Potential Relationship for a Spherical Colloidal Particle Immersed in a General Electrolyte Solution
Creators: name: Shiqi Zhou
name: Qinghao Zhong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Physics
subject: Engineering
subject: Biophysics

description: We implement a variational iteration method for solving a Poisson–Boltzmann equation (PBE) describing a spherical colloid immersed in a general electrolyte solution. In this method, a general Lagrange multiplier is introduced to construct correction functional for the problem, and the multiplier is identified optimally via a variational method; a linearization solution of the original PBE is chosen as an initial approximation for the iteration. To proceed with the iteration analytically, we approximate the highly nonlinear term of the PBE by a polynomial of proper order. Due to presence of an exponent integral function in the first-order iteration solution, higher-order iteration solutions are analytically unavailable currently. Based on the first-order iteration solution, analytic expression for surface charge density/surface potential relationship is acquired. The present analytic solution contrasts sharply with previous ones by two striking features: (1) the present one surpasses well beyond previous approximate solutions in that general electrolyte type can be dealt with in a unified way, and (2) valid application scope of the present expression is in small κa domain and thus is complementary with those of previous ones.
Monte Carlo Simulation of Inverse Percolation with a Removal Rule Based on Distance
Creators: name: Μαρκόπουλος, Μάρκος Κ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2025
Subjects: Θεωρία Διήθησης
Προσομοίωση Μόντε Κάρλο
Καρκίνος
Percolation Theory
Monte Carlo Simulation
Cancer

description: This thesis concerns percolation theory and a new model which is used to model a tumour. A tumour has a concentration of oxygen that increases from the center to its’ outer edge. Oxygen plays an important role in the susceptibility of a tumour cell to radiation. In order to model the effect of radiotherapy in atumour, an inverse model that removes the sites near the border edges of the lattice more readily is introduced.First, important concepts and quantities of percolation theory are introduced.Afterwards, the Hoshen-Kopelman algorithm and the computational methods used to determine the percolation threshold are discussed. Then, thosemethods, are applied in a simple example for the classical model of percolation in a 2D square finite lattice. Afterwards, a Monte Carlo simulation is used on a 2D square lattice using the new model, in order to make a quantitative analysis using various measurements. These measurements include the average cluster size, the percolation probability, the critical exponents, as well as the cluster size distribution near the percolation threshold. Depictions of the lattice at various concentrations of occupied sites are also used to get an intuitive understanding.
description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία, αφορά την θεωρία της διήθησης, καθώς και ένα νέο μοντέλο το οποίο χρησιμοποιείται ωστέ να προσομοιώθει ένας καρκινικός όγκος κατά την διάρκεια ακτινοθεράπειας. Ο καρκινικός όγκος περιέχει οξυγόνο, με την συγκέντρωση του οξυγόνου να αυξάνεται, από το κέντρο του όγκου μέχρι την περιφέρεια του. Για να μελετηθεί η επίδραση της ακτινοθεραπείας σε έναν καρκινικό όγκο, εισάγουμε ένα μοντέλο αντίστροφης διήθησης, στο οποίο τα κύτταρα του όγκου αφαιρούνται πιό εύκολα όσο πλησιάζουμε την περιφέρεια του. Αρχικά, γίνεται μια εισαγωγή σε σημαντικές ιδέες της θεωρίας διήθησης καθώς και σε ποσότητες τις οποίες θα υπολογίσουμε. Στην συνέχεια, παρουσιάζεται ο αλγόριθμος Hoshen-Kopelman ο οποίος και θα χρησιμοποιηθεί κατά την διάρκεια της προσομοίωσης, καθώς και η υπολογιστική μέθοδο της διχοτόμησης, η οποία χρησιμοποιείται ωστέ να προσδιορίσει το κατώφλι διήθησης ενός μοντέλου. Στην συνέχεια, αυτές οι μέθοδοι εφαρμόζονται σε μία εφαρμογή του κλασσικού μοντέλου διήθησης σε ένα δισδιάστατο τετράγωνο πλέγμα. ΄Επειτα, πραγματοποιείται μία προσομοιώση Monte Carlo με το νέο μοντέλο, ωστέ να αναλυθεί το πρόβλημα ποσοτικά μετρώντας ορισμένα μεγέθη. Αυτά τα μεγέθη συμπεριλαμβάνουν το μέσο μέγεθος ενός συσσωματώματος, την πιθανότητα διήθησης, καθώς και και τους κρίσιμους εκθέτες και την κατανομή των μεγεθών των συσσωματωμάτων στο κατώφλι διήθησης. Τέλος, παρατίθενται και διάφορες απεικονίσεις του πλέγματος για διάφορες πυκνότητες των κατειλημμενων θέσεωντου, ωστέ να συζητηθούν ορισμένες ιδιότητες ποιοτικά.
Акция "АнтиСПИД" в Харьковском лицее №89
Creators: name: Сергеевич, Шевченко Александр
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2000
Subjects: ВИЧ/СПИД
ЮНЭЙДС
Всемирный день борьбы со СПИДом
HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS
World AIDS Day

description: На русском: [Шевченко, А.С. (2020) Акция "АнтиСПИД" в Харьковском лицее №89. Лицеист, №6. C. 6. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3758525] Ключевые слова: ВИЧ/СПИД, ЮНЭЙДС, Всемирный день борьбы со СПИДом. In English: [Shevchenko, A.S. (2020) Action "Anti-AIDS" in the Kharkov Lyceum No.89. Lyceum student, No.6. P. 6. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3758525 (In Russian)] Keywords: HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, World AIDS Day.
Generative adversarial algorithms for robust estimation: contaminated Gaussian models and robust sparse PCA
Creators: name: Wang, Ziyue
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2023

description: Consider the problem of robust covariance matrix estimation under Huber's contamination model, where a proportion of data is subject to arbitrary contamination. We investigate the automatic robustness of generative adversarial networks (GANs) as minimum f-divergence estimators, and propose tractable GANs with simple spline discriminators that enjoy a concave landscape. The proposed methods are shown to attain near-optimal rate of convergence, and simulation studies are presented to demonstrate the advantages over classic robust estimators. The flexible format of GANs allows easy modifications based on structural assumptions to tackle robust covariance estimation problems for high-dimensional data. In the later chapter, a generative adversarial algorithm with orthogonal generator and group-lasso penalty is proposed for sparse principal component analysis (SPCA). Estimation with high-dimensional data imposes challenges, and the introduction of contamination compounds the complexity of the problem. The proposed GAN, however, is shown to achieve optimal rate recovering the principal subspace under classic setting and is near-optimal against the presence of contaminated data. The implementation leverages computing power of GPUs and the performance is consistent with the theory.
Determining and facilitating the clearest ways to visualize uncertainty around estimates, time series and curves
Creators: name: Dryhurst, Sarah
name: van der Bles, Anne Marthe
name: Freeman, Alexandra LJ
name: Pearson, Mike
name: Park, Jin
name: Spiegelhalter, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: communication
uncertainty
time series
visualisation

description: Report on work completed under the M2D (Models to Decisions) project on how best to visualise uncertainty around time series.

 

Please see GitHub: 

https://github.com/WintonCentre/python-fuzzy-plots

For Open Source code to produce the plots discussed.
title: Aux Frontières de l'Urbain (2014) / At the frontiers of urban space (2014)
Publisher: name: Avignon Université
Year: 2014

description:     La conférence internationale « Aux frontières de l’urbain. Petites villes du monde : émergence,  croissance, rôle économique et social, intégration territoriale, gouvernance » s’est déroulée à  l’Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse du 22 au 24 janvier 2014. Elle a été organisée à  l’initiative d’un groupe de chercheurs de l’UMR 7300 ESPACE spécialistes de la ville et des  dynamiques d’urbanisation dans le monde. Travaillant à partir de la base de données mondiale e-  Geopolis décrivant l’évolution de la population des agglomérations urbaines à l’époque  contemporaine et développée depuis les années 1980 par F. Moriconi-Ebrard, directeur de recherche  au CNRS, les résultats des analyses fondées sur ces données ont souligné l’importance des enjeux des  petites villes dans les dynamiques territoriale
Optimization of multipollutant air quality management strategies: A case study for five cities in the United States
Creators: name: Kuo-Jen Liao
name: Xiangting Hou
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biophysics

description: Developing regional air quality management strategies is a difficult task because formation of air pollutants is interdependent and air quality at different locations may have different responses to emissions from common sources. We developed an optimization-based model, OPtimal integrated Emission Reduction Alternatives (OPERA), which allows for identifications of least-cost control strategies for attaining multipollutant air quality targets at multiple locations simultaneously. To implement OPERA, first, sensitivities of air quality to precursor emission changes are quantified. Second, cost functions of emission reductions are estimated using a cost analysis tool that includes a pool of available control measures. The third step is to determine desired reductions in concentrations of air pollutants. The last step is to identify the optimal control strategies by minimizing costs of emission controls using the sensitivities of air pollutants to emission changes, cost functions, and constraints for feasible emission reduction ratios. A case study that investigates ozone and PM2.5 air quality in the summer of 2007 for five major cities in the eastern United States is presented in this paper. The results of the OPERA calculations show that reductions in regional NOx and VOC as well as local primary PM2.5 emissions were more cost-effective than SO2 controls for decreasing ozone and total PM2.5 concentrations in the summer of 2007. This was because reductions in SO2 emissions would only decrease PM2.5 concentrations, and reductions in primary PM2.5 emissions were more cost-effective than SO2 emission controls.Implications: We developed an optimization-based model, OPtimal integrated Emission Reduction Alternatives (OPERA), which allows for identification of least-cost emission control strategies for attaining multipollutant air quality targets at multiple locations simultaneously. A major strength of OPERA is its flexibility, which allows for changes in air quality regulations, involving agencies, study regions, and so on, to be readily incorporated. Overall, it has been demonstrated that OPERA is useful in developing least-cost emission control strategies for achieving multipollutant air quality targets at multiple locations simultaneously and could be useful for policymakers developing integrated air quality management plans.
Health monitoring of bonded composite repairs using fibre optic sensors
Creators: name: Li, Henry C H
name: Dupouy, Olivier
name: Herszberg, Israel
name: Stoddart, Paul
name: Davis, Claire E.
name: Mouritz, Adrian P.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Structural health monitoring (SHM) technology may be applied to composite bonded repairs to enable the continuous through-life assessment of the repair efficacy. This paper describes an SHM technique for the detection of debonding in composite bonded patches using fibre optic Bragg grating strain sensors. A two sided doubler repair is examined in this paper. A finite element study was conducted which showed that the strain in the debonded region changed significantly compared to the undamaged state. A differential strain approach was used to facilitate the detection of debonds, where two sensors were strategically positioned so that their strain differential increased with the disbond length. With the use of matching gratings, this technique greatly reduces the interrogation equipment requirement by converting spectral information into an intensity-modulated signal, thus allowing a threshold value to be set to indicate imminent critical repair failure. An experimental investigation was conducted, using carbon/epoxy patches to carbon/epoxy substrates, to validate the theoretically predicted results. The experimental measurements agreed well with the numerical findings, indicating that the proposed scheme has great potential as a simple monitoring technique for composite bonded repairs.
Enabling agent-based management of web services with WS2JADE
Creators: name: Nguyen, Xuan Thang
name: Kowalczyk, Ryszard
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Web services management has attracted substantial research and industry interests in recent years. Web services technology is gaining popularity because of its well defined infrastructure aiming at enabling interoperability among heterogeneous applications. However, this interoperability promise also poses a difficulty in building a Web service management framework which can work across organizational boundaries. Software agents have been recognized as a promising technology for managing Web services. However in many proposed frameworks no agent standard is assumed. In this paper, we propose an extension of our existing Web services-agent integration toolkit WS2JADE for Web services management with FIPA compliant multi-agent systems. In particular, we relate our framework to other solutions in the area and show how new emerging Web services management technologies can be used with WS2JADE for enabling Web services management with agents.
Fe-Mediated S–S Bond Cleavage and Its Application in the Synthesis of α-Arylthio Carbonyl Compounds
Creators: name: He, Yun-Hua
name: Ning-Bo Li
name: Chen, Jin-Yang
name: Qiu, Ren-Hua
name: Wang, Xie
name: Xu, Xin-Hua
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Science
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Physiology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry

description: In the presence of iron dust, diaryl disulfides react with α-bromo carbonyl compounds to obtain α-arylthio carbonyl compounds in good yield at 90 °C under N2 atmosphere, using commercial DMF as solvent. The possible reaction mechanism is that the disulfide is reduced by iron dust to give ArSFeSAr, and then reacted with α-bromo carbonyl compounds to give product α-arylthio carbonyl compounds and FeBr2.
Removal of Chlorpyrifos by Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and the Role of a Plant-Associated Bacterium
Creators: name: Choochai Anudechakul
name: Vangnai, Alisa S.
name: Naiyanan Ariyakanon
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: The objective of this research was to study the efficiency of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and the role of any plant-associated bacteria in removing chlorpyrifos from water. The relative growth rate (RGR) of E. crassipes in the presence of 0.1 mg/L chlorpyrifos was not significantly different from that in its absence and only slightly decreased at concentrations of 0.5 and 1.0 mg/L by ∼1.1- and ∼1.2-fold, respectively, with an observed dry weight based RGRDW for E. crassipes of 0.036–0.041 mg/g/d. The removal rate constants of chlorpyrifos in the absence of plants were low at 3.52, 2.29 and 1.84 h−1 for concentrations of 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 mg/L, respectively, but were some 3.89- to 4.87-fold higher in the presence of E. crassipes. Chlorpyrifos removal was markedly facilitated by the presence of a root-associated bacterium, preliminarily identified as Acinetobacter sp. strain WHA. The interaction of E. crassipes and Acinetobacter sp. strain WHA provide an efficient and ecological alternative to accelerate the removal and degradation of chlorpyrifos pollution from aquatic systems including wastewater.