cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Synchronization in dynamical networks with unconstrained structure switching
Creators: name: del Genio, Charo I.
name: Romance, Miguel
name: Criado, Regino
name: Boccaletti, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We provide a rigorous solution to the problem of constructing a structural evolution for a network of coupled identical dynamical units that switches between specified topologies without constraints on their structure. The evolution of the structure is determined indirectly, from a carefully built transformation of the eigenvector matrices of the coupling Laplacians, which are guaranteed to change smoothly in time. In turn, this allows to extend the Master Stability Function formalism, which can be used to assess the stability of a synchronized state. This approach is independent from the particular topologies that the network visits, and is not restricted to commuting structures. Also, it does not depend on the time scale of the evolution, which can be faster than, comparable to, or even secular with respect to the the dynamics of the units.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1407.0742
When Can We Leave?: Understanding the Moral Requirements for Justifiable Secession
Creators: name: Pritchard, Samuel
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: The thesis examines the moral underpinnings of secession and applies them to modern examples.  The thesis examines past theories justifying secession and proposes a new principle, "The Secession Principle".  Then it applies this new principle to modern examples of secession.
Urban Resilience and Climate Change: Developing a Multidimensional Index to Adapt against Climate Change in the Iranian Capital City of Tehran
Creators: name: Jamali, Azadeh
name: Robati, Maryam
name: Nikoomaram, Hanieh
name: Farsad, Forough
name: Aghamohammadi, Hossein
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified
Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified
Global and planetary environmental engineering
Environmental engineering not elsewhere classified
Environmentally sustainable engineering

description: Urban resilience studies have increased during recent years due to the significance of climate change as an alarming issue in centralized and highly populated cities where urban functionalities are disintegrated. Towards this aim, an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was enrolled to streamline the urban resilience to climate change over the 22 districts in Tehran after assessing the resilience objectivity. Based on the results, the city coverage was classified into best (41%), moderate (15%), low (14%), and least resilient (30%). In addition, the urban municipal districts were classified into five functional zones including Wellbeing-wealth (WWZ), Ecological Conservation (ECZ), Core (CZ), Downtown (DZ), and Neutral Zone (NZ) after evaluating the concept of urban functionality in the resilience framework. The results indicated that the socio-cultural component is considered as the fundamental necessity, along with eco-environmental and economic components in capacity building to urban climate resilience. In fact, more than half of the Tehran coverage is regarded as resilient. Thus, the rest should be prioritized, despite the need to inspire from top-ranked districts, especially D4. However, downtown and neutral zones, especially D9 and D21, which account for up to 12% of the least resilient areas, should be evaluated seriously. Finally, the robustness of the proposed methodology was compared to the studies addressing the same concept, and we offer some preparatory and adaptive measures for urban planners and policymakers.
Dimension-wise sparse low-rank approximation of a matrix with application to variable selection in high-dimensional integrative analyzes of association
Creators: name: Poythress, J. C.
name: Park, Cheolwoo
name: Ahn, Jeongyoun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Many research proposals involve collecting multiple sources of information from a set of common samples, with the goal of performing an integrative analysis describing the associations between sources. We propose a method that characterizes the dominant modes of co-variation between the variables in two datasets while simultaneously performing variable selection. Our method relies on a sparse, low rank approximation of a matrix containing pairwise measures of association between the two sets of variables. We show that the proposed method shares a close connection with another group of methods for integrative data analysis – sparse canonical correlation analysis (CCA). Under some assumptions, the proposed method and sparse CCA aim to select the same subsets of variables. We show through simulation that the proposed method can achieve better variable selection accuracies than two state-of-the-art sparse CCA algorithms. Empirically, we demonstrate through the analysis of DNA methylation and gene expression data that the proposed method selects variables that have as high or higher canonical correlation than the variables selected by sparse CCA methods, which is a rather surprising finding given that objective function of the proposed method does not actually maximize the canonical correlation.
Occurrence of Microdebris in Muscle of Round Scad (Decapterus maruadsi) Collected from Central Vietnam
Creators: name: My, Tran Thi Ai
name: Nguyen Duy Dat
name: Long, Hoang Thai
name: Binh, Tran Thuc
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2022
Subjects: Microdebris
Round scad
Decapterus maruadsi
Central Vietnam

description: EnvironmentAsia, 15, 3, 38-47
title: Σχεδίαση καλουπιού πλαστικής έγχυσης μέσω του λογισμικού ΝΧ Siemens
title: Plastic injection mold design through NX Siemens software
Creators: name: Μανε Ερμες
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2023

description: Σκοπός της εν λόγω διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι η αναπαράσταση του σχεδιασμού ενός καλουπιού σε τρισδιάστατο περιβάλλον για την παραγωγή ενός αντικειμένου με την μέθοδο χύτευσης και συγκεκριμένα πλαστική έγχυσης (Plastic injection). Επίσης, γίνεται αναφορά για την τεχνολογία της σύμμορφης ψύξης (Conformal Cooling). Η υλοποίηση του σχεδιασμού έγινε με την χρήση του προηγμένου λογισμικού CAD/CAM/CAE  NX SIEMENS. Σε πρώτο στάδιο, αναλύεται η διαδικασία κατασκευής προϊόντων από καλούπια με την μέθοδο της πλαστικής έγχυσης. Στην συνέχεια γίνεται αναφορά στο λογισμικό NX SIEMENS και στην διαδικασία όπου ακολουθήθηκε για τον σχεδιασμό του τεμαχίου. Έπειτα, αναλύεται η διαδικασία για την δημιουργία καλουπιού μέσω του NX SIEMENS και τα αποτελέσματα της προσομοίωσης της χύτευσης. Τέλος, γίνεται αναφορά στην διαδικασία της σύμμορφης ψύξης και  το πως μπορεί αυτή να βελτιστοποιήσει την παραγωγή προϊόντων μέσω καλουπιών.
description: The aim of this project is to represent the design of a mold in a 3D environment to produce an object by plastic injection and how cooling systems like conformal cooling affects the product and the all process.
The design was made with the use of NX SIEMENS software. At first, is analyzed the process of manufacturing products from molds with plastic injection. Then, a reference is made about the NX SIEMENS software and the process where the product was designed. Also, the process of creating a mold through this software and the results of the casting simulation are analyzed. Finally, a reference for conformal cooling is made, how conformal channels are made and how it can optimize the production of products through molds.
Self-Liberated Women of the later Middle Ages: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, the Paston Women, and the Early History of Feminism
Creators: name: Al-Akhdar, Aida
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Fifteenth-century East Anglia was a historic time and place in the history of feminism. The regional culture, while overtly patriarchal, allowed the subjects of this paper to achieve greater influence in matters of secular leadership (both feudal and familial), religious authority and interpretation, trade and commerce, land ownership, the planning and execution of marriages, and the negotiation of social codes such as sumptuary laws. Second wave feminist thought often critiques the ways in which individuals attempt to achieve autonomy (meaning, the idea that freedom of personal choice will lead to a fulfilling and satisfying life) through subversive activity. However, there is indeed merit to self-empowerment through subversive activity, as the case studies of this paper prove. This paper focuses upon East Anglian medieval contemplatives and gentry matriarchs: Julian of Norwich,  Margery Kempe, and the Paston women. Analyzing the lives and works of Julian, Kempe, and the Paston women from a subversive-feminist perspective reveals different ways in which women could indeed lead liberated lives in fifteenth-century East Anglia, in spite of the many challenges they faced.
Assessment of Saltwater Intrusion Using Geochemical Chloride Bicarbonate Ratio Method in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
Creators: name: Geran John T. Flores
name: Lacang, Gina C.
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2022
Subjects: Cagayan de Oro
Groundwater Quality
Hydrochemistry
Saltwater intrusion

description: EnvironmentAsia, 15, 3, 48-57
Supplementary Figure 1 from KAP1 targets actively transcribed genomic loci to exert pleomorphic effects on RNA polymerase II activity.
Creators: name: Kauzlaric, Annamaria
name: Jang, Suk Min
name: Morchikh, Mehdi
name: Cassano, Marco
name: Evarist Planet
name: Monsef Benkirane
name: Trono, Didier
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 60408 Genomics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: KAP1 (KRAB-associated protein 1) is best known as a co-repressor responsible for inducing heterochromatin formation notably at transposable elements. However, it has also been observed to bind the transcription start site of actively expressed genes. To address this paradox, we characterized the protein interactome of KAP1 in the human K562 erythro-leukaemia cell line. We found that the regulator can associate with a wide range of nucleic acid binding proteins, nucleosome remodellers, chromatin modifiers and other transcription modulators. We further determined that KAP1 is recruited at actively transcribed polymerase II promoters, where its depletion resulted in pleomorphic effects, whether expression of these genes was normally constitutive or inducible, consistent with the breadth of possible KAP1 interactors.This article is part of the discussion meeting issue ‘Crossroads between transposons and gene regulation’.
Estimation and selection in linear mixed models with missing data under compound symmetric structure
Creators: name: Lee, Yi-Ching
name: Shang, Junfeng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: It is quite appealing to extend existing theories in classical linear models to correlated responses where linear mixed-effects models are utilized and the dependency in the data is modeled by random effects. In the mixed modeling framework, missing values occur naturally due to dropouts or non-responses, which is frequently encountered when dealing with real data. Motivated by such problems, we aim to investigate the estimation and model selection performance in linear mixed models when missing data are present. Inspired by the property of the indicator function for missingness and its relation to missing rates, we propose an approach that records missingness in an indicator-based matrix and derive the likelihood-based estimators for all parameters involved in the linear mixed-effects models. Based on the proposed method for estimation, we explore the relationship between estimation and selection behavior over missing rates. Simulations and a real data application are conducted for illustrating the effectiveness of the proposed method in selecting the most appropriate model and in estimating parameters.
Monometallic and bimetallic SiC(O) ceramic with Ni, Co and/or Fe nanoparticles for catalytic applications
Creators: name: Kaur, Sarabjeet
name: Fiates, Ana Luiza Silveira
name: Rezwan, Kurosch
name: Wilhelm, Michaela
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Computational Biology

description: Monometallic (Ni, Co or Fe-SiC(O)) and bimetallic (Ni, Co or FeM-SiC(O) with M = Ni or Co) ceramic nanocomposites have been successfully prepared using polymeric precursors obtained by chemical modification of polycarbosilane with metal acetylacetonate. The nanocomposites consist of homogeneously distributed metal nanoparticles within an amorphous SiC(O). The specific surface area (SSA) of Ni, Co or Fe-SiC(O)600 nanocomposites were found to be 155, 50 or 14 m2/g. However, the addition of Fe to the Ni-or Co-containing precursors tends to increase the SSA to 290 or 170 m2/g. Maximum CO2 conversion for monometallic samples was found to be 40% at 500 °C for Ni-SiC(O)600 and maximum CH4 selectivity was 61% at 300 °C for Co-SiC(O)600. The additional presence of Co and Ni in the respective nanocomposites helps to increase the CO2 conversion and selectivity at 500 °C whereas Fe modification shows high methane selectivity at lower temperature < 350 °C. Novel nanocomposites consist of bimetallic and SiC(O) ceramic with high specific surface area (SSA) for catalytic applications synthesized via polymer-derived route. Homogeneously distributed metal nanoparticles (5–7 nm) within amorphous SiC(O) ceramics. Among monometallic composites, Ni-SiC(O) and Co-SiC(O) show better catalytic results in methanation reaction than Fe-SiC(O). Introduction of second metal (Ni, Co or Fe) into Ni and Co-SiC(O) ceramic nanocomposites enhances the SSA and catalytic activity in methanation reaction. In bimetallic nanocomposites Ni and Co increase the catalytic activity and selectivity whereas Fe helps to improve the selectivity at lower temperature.
ТАЪЛИМ МУАССАСАЛАРИНИНГ ТАЪМИНОТИ ШАЙБОНИЙЛАР ДАВРИДА ТЕЗИС
Creators: name: Садинов, Маьруфжон
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Бухоро хонлигида таълим муассасаларининг таълим тизимидаги муҳим муаммоси, бу, албатта, моддий таъминот масаласи бўлган." Тизимни ташкил қилиш ва бошқариш қанчалик муҳим масала бўлса, унинг молиявий томонини йўлга қўйиш аҳамияти ундан кам бўлмаган мураккаб ижтимоий жараён эди.
Supplementary materials and methods, and captions for Supplementary Figures and Table from KAP1 targets actively transcribed genomic loci to exert pleomorphic effects on RNA polymerase II activity
Creators: name: Kauzlaric, Annamaria
name: Jang, Suk Min
name: Morchikh, Mehdi
name: Cassano, Marco
name: Evarist Planet
name: Monsef Benkirane
name: Trono, Didier
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 60408 Genomics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: KAP1 (KRAB-associated protein 1) is best known as a co-repressor responsible for inducing heterochromatin formation notably at transposable elements. However, it has also been observed to bind the transcription start site of actively expressed genes. To address this paradox, we characterized the protein interactome of KAP1 in the human K562 erythro-leukaemia cell line. We found that the regulator can associate with a wide range of nucleic acid binding proteins, nucleosome remodellers, chromatin modifiers and other transcription modulators. We further determined that KAP1 is recruited at actively transcribed polymerase II promoters, where its depletion resulted in pleomorphic effects, whether expression of these genes was normally constitutive or inducible, consistent with the breadth of possible KAP1 interactors.This article is part of the discussion meeting issue ‘Crossroads between transposons and gene regulation’.
Broad resonances and beta-decay
Creators: name: Riisager, K.
name: Fynbo, H. O. U.
name: Hyldegaard, S.
name: Jensen, A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Beta-decay into broad resonances gives a distorted lineshape in the observed energy spectrum. Part of the distortion arises from the phase space factor, but we show that the beta-decay matrix element may also contribute. Based on a schematic model for p-wave continuum neutron states it is argued that beta-decay directly to the continuum should be considered as a possible contributing mechanism in many decays close to the driplines. The signatures in R-matrix fits for such decays directly to continuum states are discussed and illustrated through an analysis of the beta-decay of $^8$B into $2^+$ states in $^8$Be.
description: 27 pages, 5 figures
Der Einfluss des Wachstumshormons auf den Fettstoffwechel kleinwüchsiger Kinder und Jugendlicher
Creators: name: Dummer, Ramona
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine

description: In dieser Studie sollte der Einfluss des Wachstumshormons auf die Fettoxidation untersucht werden. Dazu wurden  kleinwüchsige Kinder im Alter von 6 bis 14 Jahren, welche mit Wachstumshormon behandelt wurden, in einem Zeitraum von drei Monaten beobachtet. Gemessen wurde eine Zunahme von Körpergröße und Körpergewicht. Eine Veränderung des Fettstoffwechsels wurde mittels 13CO2-Atemtests mit einem oral applizierten, den Fettstoffwechsel repräsentierenden 13C-markierten Algen-Lipid-Gemisches untersucht. Es zeigte sich eine signifikante Zunahme des Fettstoffwechels unter Wachstumshormontherapie.
Geochemical Assessment and Spatial Distributions of Trace Elements in the Surface Sediments of the Strait of Malacca
Creators: name: Rahim, Mohamad Arif Che Abd
name: Shengfa Liu
name: Xuefa Shi
name: Mohamed, Che Abd Rahim
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2022
Subjects: Strait of Malacca
Heavy metal
Sediment
Pollutant
Enrichment factor

description: EnvironmentAsia, 15, 3, 58-69
Domestic Cooking Fuel Combustion and Household Air Pollution in Chinese Adults
Creators: name: Donald Fejfar
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Over the past two decades, epidemiological research has been expanding to explore the
relationships between individual exposure to air pollutants and the negative effects that it may have on
human health. Complex pathways including host metabolites and gut microbiota are involved in the
burden air pollution places on individuals, and these pathways are not yet well understood. We
employed a set of simple analyses to investigate these relationships in a diverse sample of adults from
the 2015 China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). We used a series of analyses, which accounted for
covariates such as gender and geography: first, we used descriptive statistics to investigate the
relationship between cooking fuel usage and gut microbiota in 2,798 individuals; and then used random
forest models to investigate the relationship between a 6-category household air pollution variable
(household smoking exposure vs none and the use of different cooking fuels) and diet and metabolite
data in 308 individuals. The original hypothesis proposed for this analysis was that household air
pollution via the combustion of domestic cooking fuels could be used to explain some of the variation in
the gut microbiota of adults in the CHNS dataset. Descriptive analyses indicated a diverse dataset,
however with high geographical variation in the gut microbiome and too few individuals using each
cooking fuel type per province, further analyses were underpowered. Similarly, four random forest
models using host metabolites, diet, and other important covariates showed low predictive accuracy of
household air pollution exposure in a 6-category variable both overall (45-55% in each model) and
across classes of the 6-category measure (0-75%). Random forests also had lower predictive accuracy in
classes of the 6-category variable with fewer individuals contained in them (lower sample size). While
the original hypothesis and planned analyses could be useful in determining potential future areas for
research, the CHNS data is overall underpowered for dissecting the relationships between household air
pollution, host gut microbiota and plasma metabolites, and important covariates.
In-situ synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/silver nanoparticles (rGO/AgNPs) nanocomposites for high loading capacity of acetylsalicylic acid
Creators: name: Handayani, Murni
name: Suwaji, Bagus Indra
name: Asih, Geolita Ihsantia Ning
name: Kusumaningsih, Triana
name: Kusumastuti, Yuni
name: Rochmadi
name: Anshori, Isa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Graphene has excellent properties which can be a promising material as nanocomposites for application in a drug delivery system (DDS). In this study, reduced graphene oxide/silver nanoparticles (rGO/AgNPs) nanocomposites was synthesized using a facile in-situ method for drug loading application of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). The synthesis results were characterized by FESEM, EDX, UV-Vis, XRD, and Raman spectrophotometers analyses. The results showed that rGO/AgNPs nanocomposites was synthesized successfully. Drug loading application was performed using UV-Vis measurements. The loading results depicted that rGO/AgNPs is successfully created in high-capacity loading for ASA. Drug loading performances enhanced with the increasing loading time of ASA on rGO/AgNPs. The optimum percentage of drug loading capacity for ASA by rGO/AgNPs was ∼83% in a contact time of 30 hrs.
The Promise and Potential of Queensland’s Human Rights Act for Indigenous Peoples: Interpreting the ‘Environmental Right’
Creators: name: Wray-Jones, Nick
name: Bell-James, Justine
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 480203
subject: Environmental law
classificationCode: 480703
subject: Domestic human rights law

description: In 2019, Queensland became the third Australian state to legislate human rights protections, but the first to enshrine a right of ‘Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples [to] not be denied the right, with other members of their community … to conserve and protect the environment and productive capacity of their land, territories, waters, coastal seas and other resources’. This article analyses how this right may be interpreted and applied in practice, and argues in favour of an expansive interpretation, encompassing a right to consultation. Coupled with Queensland’s complaints and conciliation process, it is argued that this right may provide significant protection for indigenous cultural rights in Queensland.
Analysis of Female Adolescent Bodies in Women Directed Horror Films
Creators: name: Gratz, Eleanor
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: This thesis conducts scene analysis of horror films directed by women to examine female bodies onscreen. Within each chapter a different figure or representation of the body is discussed. The female body as present in the Monstrous Adolescent, the Carnivorous Body, and the Mutilated help examine how women filmmakers choose to represent authenticity of the lived female experience. Scene analysis conducted within each chapter provides close examination of how bodies are presented onscreen to best understand their impact. 
In conjunction with scene analysis, I engage with feminist film theory, horror scholarship, and horror film history. The framework of feminist film theory and horror film history allows for dialogue between the contemporary films I examine and foundational horror films. With this I will clearly explore how women filmmakers revise the horror genre while elevating it with infusion of female authenticity.
Heavy Metal Contamination and Allicin in Shallots and Garlic in Srisaket Province, Thailand
Creators: name: Pongthipun Phuengphai
name: Suphapan Satchawan
name: Sampan Tongnunui
name: Tongsai Jamnongkan
name: Amnuay Wattanakornsiri
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2022
Subjects: Heavy metals
Adsorption
Allicin
Health hazards
Garlic
Shallots

description: EnvironmentAsia, 15, 3, 70-83
Optimizing the sales level of perishable goods in a two-echelon green supply chain under uncertainty in manufacturing cost and price
Creators: name: Malakot, Reza Ahmadi
name: Sahraeian, Rashed
name: Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Hassan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: The present study addresses a green model of vendor managed inventory policy for perishable goods in a multi-period two-echelon supply chain network. Shortage is permissible and the unsatisfied demand is considered as back order. In addition, uncertainties in prices and manufacturing costs are considered as the main contribution of this study. Two objective functions are considered to optimize simultaneously. (a) Maximizing profits and (b) minimizing the amount of carbon emissions. This problem is formulated and the effects of uncertainty in key parameters are investigated using several decision trees. The result of the study shows the efficiency of the proposed procedure in dealing with uncertainties. Accordingly, increasing backorder costs lead to a decrease in order quantity and a decrease in profit value. However, this change reduces the emission of pollutants due to the reduced need for transport. In addition, profit levels increase and carbon emissions decrease as the product lifespan increases.
Associations Among Social Physique Anxiety, Perfectionism, and Burnout in American Collegiate Dancers
Creators: name: Abby Dennis
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Athlete burnout is a cognitive-affective syndrome that can lead to serious psychological implications. Although extant literature has not investigated this construct in college dance team members, this population could be more susceptible to burnout development due to the demanding and often competing schedules of practice, performance, and academics. Further, dancers experience generally high levels of social physique anxiety relative to others. If ignored, this unique combination could become harmful for college dance team members’ psychological well-being. According to Smith’s Cognitive-Affective Model, the dispositional nature of perfectionism could differentiate how social physique anxiety and burnout impact one another. The examination of these three variables in one research question is not only conceptually novel, but also practically valuable to the population of dance. From a cross-sectional survey of 166 American collegiate dancers, findings suggest social physique anxiety and perfectionism are individually related to burnout. With generally high social physique anxiety scores, body-related concerns could develop from pressure and/or criticism based on how their body might appear to peers, fans, alumni, coaches, or other sports players. Personal standards perfectionism could be adaptive regarding motivation or goal-setting and could become harmful in dancers’ quest for bodily perfection. Since this aspect of perfectionism could be attached to body-related concerns, high personal standards might not be as adaptive as perfectionism theory suggests. Future research regarding the development of body-related concerns over time and the potential for reframing perfectionistic thoughts is needed to develop successful intervention strategies for this population.
Multi-Photon Quantum Key Distribution Based on Double-Lock Encryption
Creators: name: Chan, Kam Wai Clifford
name: Rifai, Mayssaa El
name: Verma, Pramode K.
name: Kak, Subhash
name: Chen, Yuhua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a multi-stage, multi-photon quantum key distribution protocol based on the double-lock cryptography. It exploits the asymmetry in the detection strategies between the legitimate users and the eavesdropper. The security analysis of the protocol is presented with coherent states under the intercept-resend attack, the photon number splitting attack, and the man-in-the-middle attack. It is found that the mean photon number can be much larger than one. This complements the recent interest in multi-photon quantum communication protocols that require a pre-shared key between the legitimate users.
Das Görlitzer Musikleben zwischen 1570 und 1650
Creators: name: Napp, Thomas
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch Ständige Konferenz Mitteldeutsche Barockmusik
Year: 2018

description: Am Beispiel der bürgerlich geprägten Stadt Görlitz, die ihre Bedeutung aus der zentralen Handelslage der Oberlausitz bezog, wird die Institutionalisierung des Musiklebens in der Frühen Neuzeit exemplarisch dargestellt. Zu dieser Zeit fand das musikalische Leben seine Verankerung in der Kirchenmusik. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird der erste Kantor der Stadt, Joachim Steuer bzw. Steyrer, vorgestellt. Das Wachstum der Stadtkapelle wird von der ersten Erwähnung eines Turmwächters bis zur Einführung eines Stadtpfeifers als einer städtischen Amtsperson geschildert. Anschließend wird die Rolle der Schulen im bürgerlichen Musikleben untersucht, bevor auf die tradierte Kunst des Meistergesanges und die Entwicklung eines ratsbürgerlichen Singens eingegangen wird. Auf der Grundlage von Dedikationszahlungen wird das Görlitzer Musikrepertoire analysiert. Großes Ansehen genossen nicht nur Johannes Christoph Demantius und Andreas Hammerschmidt, sondern vor allem Jacobus Gallus und Johann Knöfel. Dabei steht Gallus für die Einflüsse des Prager Kaiserhofs, während Knöfel diejenigen des habsburgischen Herzogtums Schlesien vertritt. Diese beiden Komponisten repräsentieren darüber hinaus die konfessionellen und politischen Grenzüberschreitungen um 1600, welche unter der die Kunst fördernden Regierungszeit Rudolfs II neben der wirtschaftlichen Prosperität die Scharnierstellung des Oberlausitzer Sechsstädtebunds überhaupt erst ermöglichten. Für die Städte bedeutete dies, dass sie sich aufgrund ihrer finanziell und politisch privilegierten Stellung der kulturellen Vielfalt eines ostmitteleuropäischen Ballungsraumes bedienen und damit als gesuchte Kunst- und Musikförderer auftreten konnten. Die Komponisten konnten ihrerseits ebenso höfisches wie städtisch-bürgerliches Mäzenatentum nutzen und bewiesen damit ihre ökonomische Umsichtigkeit ebenso wie ihr erstarktes künstlerisches Selbstbewusstsein. (Beatrix Obal) Quelle: Bibliographie des Musikschrifttums online
description: Jahrbuch Ständige Konferenz Mitteldeutsche Barockmusik, Bd. 7 (2006): Jahrbuch 2005: Musikgeschichte im Zeichen der Reformation
Supercurrent reversal in Josephson junctions based on bilayer graphene flakes
Creators: name: Rameshti, Babak Zare
name: Zareyan, Malek
name: Moghaddam, Ali G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the Josephson effect in a bilayer graphene flake contacted by two monolayer sheet deposited by superconducting electrodes. It is found that when the electrodes are attached to the different layers of the bilayer, the Josephson current is in a $π$ state when the bilayer region is undoped and in the absence of vertical bias. Applying doping or bias to the junction reveals $π-0$ transitions which can be controlled by varying the temperature and the junction length. The supercurrent reversal here is very different from the ferromagnetic Josephson junctions where the spin degree of freedom plays the key role. We argue that the scattering processes accompanied by layer and sublattice index change give rise to the scattering phases which their effect varies with doping and the bias. Such scattering phases are responsible for the $π-0$ transitions. On the other hand if both of the electrodes are coupled to the same layer of the flake or the flake has AA stacking instead of common AB, the junction will be always in $0$ state since layer or sublattice index is not changed.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Translocation Mechanism of Lanceleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria lancifolia) on Copper (Cu) and Phytoremediation Ability
Creators: name: Alfin Fatwa M Afifudin
name: Irawanto, Rony
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2022
Subjects: Copper
Lanceleaf arrowhead
Phytoremediation
Translocation

description: EnvironmentAsia, 15, 3, 84-94
Barjols, grenier de l'usine Plauchud, des musiciens de l'orchestre de l'équipage de la Flotte en formation de jazz-band animent le bal de la saint Marcel
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
Formulation and Antioxidant Activity of Lip Balm Preparate Enriched by Bidara Leaf Extract (Ziziphus spina-christi L.)
Creators: name: Hendrawati
name: Siti Aidina
name: Maulidia
name: Nurhasni
name: Yulyani Nur Azizah
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2022
Subjects: Antioxidant
Bidara leaf
Cosmetic
Lip balm
Indonesian National Standard

description: EnvironmentAsia, 15, 3, 95-105
Supplementary Figure 1 from KAP1 targets actively transcribed genomic loci to exert pleomorphic effects on RNA polymerase II activity
Creators: name: Kauzlaric, Annamaria
name: Jang, Suk Min
name: Morchikh, Mehdi
name: Cassano, Marco
name: Evarist Planet
name: Monsef Benkirane
name: Trono, Didier
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 60408 Genomics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: KAP1 (KRAB-associated protein 1) is best known as a co-repressor responsible for inducing heterochromatin formation notably at transposable elements. However, it has also been observed to bind the transcription start site of actively expressed genes. To address this paradox, we characterized the protein interactome of KAP1 in the human K562 erythro-leukaemia cell line. We found that the regulator can associate with a wide range of nucleic acid binding proteins, nucleosome remodellers, chromatin modifiers and other transcription modulators. We further determined that KAP1 is recruited at actively transcribed polymerase II promoters, where its depletion resulted in pleomorphic effects, whether expression of these genes was normally constitutive or inducible, consistent with the breadth of possible KAP1 interactors.This article is part of the discussion meeting issue ‘Crossroads between transposons and gene regulation’.
Flower-like and nanorods ZnO deposited on rGO as efficient photocatalysts for removal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Creators: name: Merlano, Aura S.
name: Albiter, Elim
name: Valenzuela, Miguel A.
name: Hoyos, Lina M.
name: Salazar, Ángel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plasma Physics

description: PCBs were used for several decades as coolants, lubricants in transformers, plasticizers, and dielectric fluids, being highly carcinogenic and representing a severe environmental problem in soil and water. Pure and modified TiO2 has been the most studied photocatalyst looking to degrade PCBs into less toxic products. Lately, ZnO-graphene composites have played an essential role in the photocatalytic degradation of various toxic organic compounds. In this work, ZnO nanostructures were coupled with reduced graphene oxide (ZnO-rGO) via a one-pot microwave-assisted hydrothermal route. As a result, the composites exhibited improved photocatalytic performance for PCBs degradation compared to ZnO nanoparticles. Thus, this research provides an in-situ method to grow different morphologies of ZnO on rGO.
A State of the Science Paper: Factors Affecting Asian American Health Outcomes
Creators: name: Choi, Youngjun
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Introduction: Health is often determined by health disparities such as access and barriers to healthcare services, which contribute to unmet needs among Asian Americans. This state of science paper explores the literature to reveal factors that drive decisions that affect Asian Americans’ health outcomes.  Methodology: Sciwheel platform was used to organize the literature. PubMed, CINAHL databases were used, as well as reliable websites. The final review consisted of 27 peer-reviewed articles, 1 textbook, and 10 websites. Results: Common contributing factors that affect Asian Americans’ perception of health included but were not limited to language barriers, health-seeking behaviors, stigmatized attitudes and its effects, and the lack of culturally tailored care. Discussion:  Providing insurance or additional providers will not solve poor health outcomes. Yet, promoting respectful care that is aligned with preferred beliefs, language, and cultural practices for Asian Americans is essential for better outcomes.
Byens cykelgade – Jernbanegade, Næstved
Creators: name: Ágústsson, Lárus
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2014

description: I 2010 søgte Næstved Kommune om tilskud fra Cykelpuljen til Næstveds Cykelbyprojekter. Kommunen fik tilsagn om støtte fra puljen bl.a. til projektet "Byens cykelgade - Jernbanegade". I første fase af projektet blev en del af Jernbanegade ændret fra en trafikvej til en cykelgade, hvor al trafik skal foregå på cyklisternes præmisser. Formålet med projektet er at fremme cyklismen i Næstved by, herunder specifikt mellem Næstved Station og bymidten. Ændringerne var færdige i slutningen af maj 2013. Denne artikel omhandler evaluering af første fase. Resultaterne viser for kørsel i begge retninger efter ombygningen, at: • Der i gennemsnit kører godt 2.100 køretøjer pr. dag • Gennemsnitshastigheden for alle køretøjer er på 25 km/t • 79 % af førerne overholder de 30 km/t kommunen anbefaler • 99,8 % af førerne overholder 50 km/t • Der i gennemsnit er 316 cyklister og knallertkørere pr. dag. Generelt set viser resultaterne fra før-perioden, sammenholdt med efter-perioden, at antal køretøjer er faldet, de højeste hastigheder (85 %-fraktilen) er faldet, der er kommet flere cyklister i Jernbanegade, og at cyklisterne føler sig mere trygge ved at færdes i gaden. Dermed er der en tendens til at cyklisternes forhold er forbedret. Evaluering af et enkelt projekt giver ikke en klar anbefaling om, at etablering af cykelgader generelt kan anvendes, men resultaterne viser en tendens til at tiltaget i Næstved er vellykket, idet det har givet bedre forhold for cyklisterne. Yderligere formidling af projektet vil kunne betyde, at antal cyklister stiger yderligere og har vist sig at reducere problemer med ulovligt parkerede køretøjer.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol 1 Nr 1 (2014): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Isomonodromic $τ$-functions and $W_N$ conformal blocks
Creators: name: Gavrylenko, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the solution of the Schlesinger system for the 4-point $\mathfrak{sl}_N$ isomonodromy problem and conjecture an expression for the isomonodromic $τ$-function in terms of 2d conformal field theory beyond the known $N=2$ Painlevé VI case. We show that this relation can be used as an alternative definition of conformal blocks for the $W_N$ algebra and argue that the infinite number of arbitrary constants arising in the algebraic construction of $W_N$ conformal block can be expressed in terms of only a finite set of parameters of the monodromy data of rank $N$ Fuchsian system with three regular singular points. We check this definition explicitly for the known conformal blocks of the $W_3$ algebra and demonstrate its consistency with the conjectured form of the structure constants.
description: 22 pages, 7 figures; version to appear in JHEP
New generation washable PES membrane face mask for virus filtration
Creators: name: Talukder, Md Eman
name: Alam, Fariya
name: Pervez, Md. Nahid
name: Jiangming, Wang
name: Hassan, Fahim
name: Stylios, George K.
name: Naddeo, Vincenzo
name: Song, Hongchen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Membrane materials might be used for face protection because they can decontaminate the inhaled air from particle pollution and viruses like the SARS-Cov0-2 which damages our respiration system. In this study, plyethersulfone membranes (PES) were synthesized with green solvent at room temperature and its filtration effectiveness was investigated against nano-bacteria (size 0.05 to 0.2 µm) by measuring their Bacterial Filtration Efficiency (BFE) and micro aerosol size (0.3 µm), and Particulate Filtration Efficiency (PFE). The average SARS-CoV-2 diameters are between 50 nm to 160 nm. A series of experiments were performed to accomplish between 0.03 to 0.21 µm PES sponge like diameters so that can be used for SARS-CoV-2 filtration. Results showed that nanofiltration/ultrafiltration could filter 99.9% of bacteria and aerosol from contaminated air the size of the Covid-19 molecule.
Supplementary figures from Contribution of unfixed transposable element insertions to human regulatory variation.
Creators: name: Goubert, Clément
name: Zevallos, Nicolas Arce
name: Feschotte, Cédric
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60408 Genomics

description: Thousands of unfixed transposable element (TE) insertions segregate in the human population, but little is known about their impact on genome function. Recently, a few studies associated unfixed TE insertions to mRNA levels of adjacent genes, but the biological significance of these associations, their replicability across cell types and the mechanisms by which they may regulate genes remain largely unknown. Here, we performed a TE-expression QTL analysis of 444 lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL) and 289 induced pluripotent stem cells using a newly developed set of genotypes for 2743 polymorphic TE insertions. We identified 211 and 176 TE-eQTL acting in cis in each respective cell type. Approximately 18% were shared across cell types with strongly correlated effects. Furthermore, analysis of chromatin accessibility QTL in a subset of the LCL suggests that unfixed TEs often modulate the activity of enhancers and other distal regulatory DNA elements, which tend to lose accessibility when a TE inserts within them. We also document a case of an unfixed TE likely influencing gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Our study points to broad and diverse cis-regulatory effects of unfixed TEs in the human population and underscores their plausible contribution to phenotypic variation. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Crossroads between transposons and gene regulation’.
Toxicity of Indigo Dye-Contaminated Water on Silver Barbs (Barbonymus gonionotus) and Pathology in the Gills
Creators: name: Naiyana Senasri
name: Patcharawalai Sriyasak
name: Supannee Suwanpakdee
name: Nattiya Chumnanka
name: Pongsathorn Tongkasee
name: Kosit Sriputhorn
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2022
Subjects: Indigo dye
Silver barb
Toxicity

description: EnvironmentAsia, 15, 3, 106-115