cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Four new species of the Hylomyscus anselli group (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania
Creators: name: Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C.
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Doty, Jeffrey B.
name: Malekani, Jean M.
name: Moyer, David C.
name: Krásová, Jarmila
name: Bryja, Josef
name: Banasiak, Rebecca A.
name: Demos, Terrence C.
Publisher: name: Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
Year: 2020
Subjects: Afrotropics
biodiversity
endemism
Murinae
molecular phylogeny
systematics
alpha-taxonomy
biogeo-graphy

description: As in many other small mammal groups from the Afrotropics, the number of species recognized within the ge-nus Hylomyscus has increased considerably over the past dozen years. The last comprehensive review (2005) of the genus recognized eight species. Since that time, nine additional species have been elevated from synonymy (n = 4) or described as new (n = 5). Here we describe four additional new species supported by morphological and molecular evidence, all collected by the late William Stanley. Two of the new taxa are sympatric and come from the poorly known left bank (di-rection source to mouth) of the Congo River. One of these (Hylomyscus pygmaeus sp. nov.) is easily recognized, as it is tiny and significantly smaller than any known species of the genus; the second new species (Hylomyscus thornesmithae sp. nov.) is also small, and syntopic with the first. The third new species (Hylomyscus stanleyi sp. nov.), from the SW corner of Tanzania, is quite large and had been previously included within the hypodigm of Hylomyscus anselli following its recognition from within the synonymy of Hylomyscus denniae. The fourth species (Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum sp. nov.) is from Mahale Mountains National Park, western Tanzania. Our study reveals a much higher species diversity of the genus than previously known, providing insights into additional Afrotropical and Afromontane centers of endemism that require further exploration.
Supp 2: The interplay of lithology, tectonics and climate in the morphology of Corsica
Creators: name: Harries, Rebekah M.
name: Lavarini, Chrystiann
name: Kirstein, Linda A.
name: Attal, Mikael
name: Mudd, Simon M.
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary Figure 2.
La Dama de las Mil Máscaras. Introducción General a los Estudios sobre el Fenómeno Religioso
Creators: name: Marrero, Aureliano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Estudios sobre el Fenómeno Religioso, Religious Studies, Ciencias de las Religiones, Enfoques Sustancialista y Funcionalista, Funciones socioculturales de los Sistemas Político-Religiosos, Función Identitaria, Función Biopolítica, Función Consciente o Autorreflexiva Comunidades Antiguas y Tradicionales, Culturas Urbanas o Civilizaciones, Matriz Indostánica, Budismos, Religiones Abrahámicas, Orígenes Judaicos, La Era de las Guerras Santas o de las Guerras de Religión

description: Presentación visual de amplia extensión (un cursillo compuesto por doce bloques temáticos o capítulos, abarcando de modo general las mayores tradiciones religiosas de la historia humana), que fue originalmente dada a conocer en el año de 2013, a los alumnos asistentes al Seminario de Filosofía de la Religión, en la Facultad de Filosofía Samuel Ramos, de la UMSNH, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Michoacán, México
Selected publications from a Systematic Literature Review on Computational Thinking in Compulsory Education
Creators: name: Kampylis, Panagiotis
name: Bocconi, Stefania
name: Dagienė, Valentina
name: Chioccariello, Augusto
name: Wastiau, Patricia
name: Engelhardt, Katja
name: Earp, Jeffrey
name: Horvath, Milena
name: Eglė Jasutė
name: Malagoli, Chiara
name: Masiulionytė-Dagienė, Vaida
name: Gabrielė Stupurienė
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: computational thinking
computer science education
informatics education
digital competence
compulsory education
systematic literature review
PRISMA method

description: This is the list of the 98 publications from between 2016 and 2021 analysed through a review matrix in the context of the "Reviewing Computational Thinking in Compulsory Education: State of Play and Practices from the Field" research study. The study was designed, funded, and followed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to investigate how Computational Thinking (CT) is currently positioned within compulsory school education in Europe’s various Member States, as well as outside the EU. The study was carried out from April to December 2021 by the Institute for Educational Technology of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-ITD), together with European Schoolnet (EUN) and Vilnius University (VU).
COMPARISON BETWEEN A. SENILIS MOTION PATTERNS IN TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF WORKERS from Variability in individual activity bursts improves ant foraging success
Creators: name: Campos, Daniel
name: Bartumeus, Frederic
name: Vicenç Méndez
name: Andrade, Jose Soares De
name: Espadaler, Xavier
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 60114 Systems Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60199 Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Using experimental and computational methods, we study the role of behavioural variability in activity bursts (or temporal activity patterns) for individual and collective regulation of foraging in A. senilis ants. First, foraging experiments were carried out under special conditions (low densities of ants and food and absence of external cues or stimuli) where individual-based strategies are most prevalent. By using marked individuals and recording all foraging trajectories, we were then able to precisely quantify behavioural variability among individuals. Our main conclusions are that (i) variability of ant trajectories (turning angles, speed, etc.) is low compared with variability of temporal activity profiles, and (ii) this variability seems to be driven by plasticity of individual behavioural through time, rather than the presence of fixed behavioural stereotypes or specialists within the group. The statistical measures obtained from these experimental foraging patterns are then used to build a general agent-based model (ABM) which includes the most relevant properties of ant foraging under natural conditions, including recruitment through pheromone communication. Using the ABM, we are able to provide computational evidence that the characteristics of individual variability observed in our experiments can provide a functional advantage (in terms of foraging success) to the group; thus, we propose the biological basis underpinning our observations. Altogether, our study reveals the potential utility of experiments under simplified (laboratory) conditions for understanding information-gathering in biological systems.
Supplementary Information from Uncovering emergent interactions in three-way combinations of stressors
Creators: name: Beppler, Casey
name: Tekin, Elif
name: Zhiyuan Mao
name: White, Cynthia
name: McDiarmid, Cassandra
name: Vargas, Emily
name: Miller, Jeffrey H.
name: Savage, Van M.
name: Yeh, Pamela J.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 60114 Systems Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60199 Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Understanding how multiple stressors interact is needed to predict the dynamical outcomes of diverse biological systems, ranging from drug-resistant pathogens that are combated and treated with combination drug therapies to ecosystems impacted by environmental toxicants or disturbances. Nevertheless, extensive studies of higher-order (more than two component) interactions have been lacking. Here, we conduct experiments using 20 three-drug combinations and their effects on the bacterial growth of Escherichia coli. We report our measurements of growth rates in single, pairwise and triple-drug combinations. To uncover emergent interactions, we derive a simple framework to calculate expectations for three-way interactions based on the measured impact of each individual stressor and of each pairwise interaction. Using our framework, we find that (i) emergent antagonisms are more common than emergent synergies and (ii) emergent antagonisms are more common and emergent synergies are more rare than would be inferred from measures of net effects that do not disentangle pairwise interactions from three-way interactions.
Data from the long term experiment and phytoplankton tableNodularia table from Evolving interactions between diazotrophic cyanobacterium and phage mediate nitrogen release and host competitive ability
Creators: name: Cairns, Johannes
name: Coloma, Sebastián
name: Sivonen, Kaarina
name: Hiltunen, Teppo
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology

description: Interactions between nitrogen-fixing (i.e. diazotrophic) cyanobacteria and their viruses, cyanophages, can have large-scale ecosystem effects. These effects are mediated by temporal alterations in nutrient availability in aquatic systems owing to the release of nitrogen and carbon sources from cells lysed by phages, as well as by ecologically important changes in the diversity and fitness of cyanobacterial populations that evolve in the presence of phages. However, ecological and evolutionary feedbacks between phages and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria are still relative poorly understood. Here, we used an experimental evolution approach to test the effect of interactions between a common filamentous, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium (Nodularia sp.) and its phage on cellular nitrogen release and host properties. Ecological, community-level effects of phage-mediated nitrogen release were tested with a phytoplankton bioassay. We found that cyanobacterial nitrogen release increased significantly as a result of viral lysis, which was associated with enhanced growth of phytoplankton species in cell-free filtrates compared with phage-resistant host controls in which lysis and subsequent nutrient release did not occur after phage exposure. We also observed an ecologically important change among phage-evolved cyanobacteria with phage-resistant phenotypes, a short-filamentous morphotype with reduced buoyancy compared with the ancestral long-filamentous morphotype. Reduced buoyancy might decrease the ability of these morphotypes to compete for light compared with longer, more buoyant filaments. Together, these findings demonstrate the potential of cyanobacteria–phage interactions to affect ecosystem biogeochemical cycles and planktonic community dynamics.
Supp 1: The interplay of lithology, tectonics and climate in the morphology of Corsica
Creators: name: Harries, Rebekah M.
name: Lavarini, Chrystiann
name: Kirstein, Linda A.
name: Attal, Mikael
name: Mudd, Simon M.
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary Figure 1.
ESM contains supplemental methods and material as well as rendered source code of the main analysis (incl. figures). All other information is linked to this manuscript via GitHub and Zenodo (https://github.com/macrobiotus/antarctic_invertebrates.git) from Age-related environmental gradients influence invertebrate distribution in the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica
Creators: name: Czechowski, Paul
name: Duanne White
name: Clarke, Laurence
name: McKay, Alan
name: Cooper, Alan
name: Stevens, Mark I.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Science
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The potential impact of environmental change on terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems can be explored by inspecting biodiversity patterns across large-scale gradients. Unfortunately, morphology-based surveys of Antarctic invertebrates are time-consuming and limited by the cryptic nature of many taxa. We used biodiversity information derived from high-throughput sequencing (HTS) to elucidate the relationship between soil properties and invertebrate biodiversity in the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica. Across 136 analysed soil samples collected from Mount Menzies, Mawson Escarpment and Lake Terrasovoje, we found invertebrate distribution in the Prince Charles Mountains significantly influenced by soil salinity and/or sulfur content. Phyla Tardigrada and Arachnida occurred predominantly in low-salinity substrates with abundant nutrients, whereas Bdelloidea (Rotifera) and Chromadorea (Nematoda) were more common in highly saline substrates. A significant correlation between invertebrate occurrence, soil salinity and time because deglaciation indicates that terrain age indirectly influences Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity, with more recently deglaciated areas supporting greater diversity. Our study demonstrates the value of HTS metabarcoding to investigate environmental constraints on inconspicuous soil biodiversity across large spatial scales.
title: The Plasmodium Falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter, PFCRT, Mediates the Activity of Chloroquine-Resistance Reversal Agents in the Malaria Parasite
Creators: name: Lane, Kristin
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2007

description: Chloroquine (CQ) resistant Plasmodium falciparum is a serious problem affecting 3.2 billion people in over 100 countries today. Most endemic malarious countries are among the poorest in the world and lack the resources to replace the inexpensive and highly effective CQ. CQ resistance (CQR) reversal agents are a potentially inexpensive solution to restoring CQ efficacy. CQR reversal agents are drugs that have little to no antimalarial activity alone, but in combination with CQ, they increase dmg accumulation in the parasite and enhance the sensitivity to CQ in CQR parasites. PfCRT is a putative transporter located on the parasite digestive vacuole membrane and is causally associated with CQ resistance. Evidence also suggests that the resistance reversal phenomenon is mediated through PfCRT. To investigate the molecular mechanism of CQR reversal and PfCRT interaction, in vitro drug assays were performed and structure activity relationships in CQR reversal agents were identified to test the hypothesis that PfCRT mediates CQR reversal. Fourteen antimalarials and reversal agents were tested for intrinsic activity against a panel of PfCRT mutant parasites generated in the 106/1 genetic background. Four of the reversal agents were then selected for resistance reversal assays against CQ and quinine (QN). Drug responses varied with PfCRT polymorphisms indicating direct interaction between PfCRT and reversal agents of diverse structural classes. The combined inherent activity and reversal results are consistent with the hypothesis that PfCRT does modulate CQR reversal agent activity in the panel of PfCRT mutants tested.
title: Relation Uber Bethl. Gab. Expedition; 1623
title: ex Relatione Consiliarj Serenissimo Gabori à Secretis. ex Cassovia 17. VIIIbris
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Gabriel, Siebenbürgen, Fürst, 1580-1629 Siebenbürgen, Fürst, 1580-1629
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2024

description: Vorlageform des Erscheinungvermerks: Jm Jahr, 1623
Additional figures, tables, and analysesContents:-Supplementary Tables S1-S8-Dominance ranks (Supplementary Table S8)-Supplementary Figures S1-S3-Further analyses of age-related variation in endocranial volume (Supplementary Figure S2) from Endocranial volume is heritable and is associated with longevity and fitness in a wild mammal
Creators: name: C. J. Logan
name: L. E. B. Kruuk
name: R. Stanley
name: A. M. Thompson
name: T. H. Clutton-Brock
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Research on relative brain size in mammals suggests that increases in brain size may generate benefits to survival and costs to fecundity: comparative studies of mammals have shown that interspecific differences in relative brain size are positively correlated with longevity and negatively with fecundity. However, as yet, no studies of mammals have investigated whether similar relationships exist within species, nor whether individual differences in brain size within a wild population are heritable. Here we show that, in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus), relative endocranial volume was heritable (h2 = 63%; 95% credible intervals, CI = 50–76%). In females, it was positively correlated with longevity and lifetime reproductive success, though there was no evidence that it was associated with fecundity. In males, endocranial volume was not related to longevity, lifetime breeding success or fecundity.
MOTION RULES AND TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THE AGENT-BASED MODEL FOR ANT FORAGING from Variability in individual activity bursts improves ant foraging success
Creators: name: Campos, Daniel
name: Bartumeus, Frederic
name: Vicenç Méndez
name: Andrade, Jose Soares De
name: Espadaler, Xavier
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 60114 Systems Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60199 Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Using experimental and computational methods, we study the role of behavioural variability in activity bursts (or temporal activity patterns) for individual and collective regulation of foraging in A. senilis ants. First, foraging experiments were carried out under special conditions (low densities of ants and food and absence of external cues or stimuli) where individual-based strategies are most prevalent. By using marked individuals and recording all foraging trajectories, we were then able to precisely quantify behavioural variability among individuals. Our main conclusions are that (i) variability of ant trajectories (turning angles, speed, etc.) is low compared with variability of temporal activity profiles, and (ii) this variability seems to be driven by plasticity of individual behavioural through time, rather than the presence of fixed behavioural stereotypes or specialists within the group. The statistical measures obtained from these experimental foraging patterns are then used to build a general agent-based model (ABM) which includes the most relevant properties of ant foraging under natural conditions, including recruitment through pheromone communication. Using the ABM, we are able to provide computational evidence that the characteristics of individual variability observed in our experiments can provide a functional advantage (in terms of foraging success) to the group; thus, we propose the biological basis underpinning our observations. Altogether, our study reveals the potential utility of experiments under simplified (laboratory) conditions for understanding information-gathering in biological systems.
Η Αγιότητα κατά τους Κολλυβάδες πατέρες
Creators: name: Κούλενδρου, Πέτρος Χ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2025
Subjects: Αγιότητα
Κολλυβάδες
Άγιο Όρος
Holiness
Kollyvades
Holly Mountain

description: Η παρούσα εργασία, επί της ουσίας, διαιρείται σε τρία κύρια κεφάλαια. Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο, όπως είναι αναγκαίο, επισημαίνονται όσο το δυνατόν πιο ακροθιγώς κάποια σημαντικά στοιχεία που αφορούν γενικά στο Κολλυβαδικό κίνημα όπως η εμφάνισή του, οι κύριοι εκφραστές του, οι γενικοί άξονες που χαρακτήρισαν την πορεία του καθώς και οι συνθήκες υπό τις οποίες εκδηλώθηκε. Θα ήταν αδύνατον για κάποιον ο οποίος δεν γνωρίζει αυτά τα τέσσερα δεδομένα, να παρακολουθήσει και να κατανοήσει εις βάθος τα κίνητρα και το πνεύμα της Φιλοκαλικής αναγέννησης.Ακολούθως, το β’ κεφάλαιο ασχολείται με το πρακτικό κομμάτι του αγιολογικού έργου των Κολλυβάδων. Δηλαδή, παρουσιάζεται το αγιολογικό αυτό έργο ως μια πρώτη γνωριμία του αναγνώστη με τα κύρια Φιλοκαλικά συγγράμματα και πονήματα. Μέσω αυτού του κεφαλαίου, ο κάθε ένας μπορεί να αντιληφθεί τη δυσκολία και τους κόπους τους οποίους κατέβαλαν οι Φιλοκαλικοί προκειμένου να εκπονήσουν ή να επιμεληθούν τιτάνια έργα για τα δεδομένα της εποχής όπως η έκδοση της Φιλοκαλίας των Ιερών Νηπτικών. Το τρίτο και τελευταίο κεφάλαιο, αποτελεί το κατεξοχήν θεωρητικό σκέλος της εργασίας αφού, μέσα από τις σελίδες του παρουσιάζονται οι αγιολογικές αντιλήψεις και ανησυχίες των Κολλυβάδων. Μέσα από αυτό φαίνεται το πνεύμα το οποίο διέπνεε τους Πατέρες της θεολογικής αυτής αναγέννησης, καθώς και οι άξονες μέσα στους οποίους κινήθηκαν για να επιτελέσουν το μέγιστο έργο της διαιώνισης της τιμής των αγίων. Κατά την, μικρής κλίμακας, έρευνα που επιτελέστηκε με σκοπό να εκπονηθεί όσο το δυνατόν πιο εμπεριστατωμένα η παρούσα εργασία, ανακαλύφθηκαν ορισμένες ελλείψεις της ερευνητικής «βιβλιογραφίας» γύρω από τους Κολλυβάδες Πατέρες. Μια από αυτές τις ελλείψεις είναι η μη ύπαρξη ενός εγχειριδίου, πλήρως καταρτισμένου, που να καλύπτει όλα τα βασικά ζητήματα γύρω από τους Κολλυβάδες, όπως για παράδειγμα τη συγκέντρωση των βιογραφικών στοιχείων των κύριων εκφραστών, την κριτική έκδοση όλων των γνωστών έργων τους καθώς και την ανάλυση των βασικών τους θέσεων γύρω από τις έριδες στις οποίες ενεπλάκησαν.
Supplementary Material for: Clinicopathological Features and Predictive Factors for Colorectal Cancer Outcome in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Creators: name: Aldiab, A.
name: Al Khayal, K.A.
name: Al Obaid, O.A.
name: Alsheikh, A.
name: Alsaleh, K.
name: Shahid, M.
name: Alkharji, H.
Publisher: name: Karger Publishers
Year: 2016
Subjects: Medicine

description: Background/Aims: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most frequent cancer and a leading cause of cancer death in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). To date, no nationwide screening programs have been adopted. This prospective, longitudinal study investigated factors influencing the outcome of CRC in Saudi patients. Methods: Patients completed a CRC awareness questionnaire. Colonoscopy, CT/MRI, histopathology of tumor biopsies, and KRAS and BRAF testing were performed. Patients were treated according to their stage. All patients were followed until the end of the study and 3- and 5-year survival was assessed. Results: Sixty percent of study patients with sporadic CRC presented with significantly advanced disease (stages III and IV) with or without metastases at entry. Patients showed low levels of awareness of the risk factors and signs of CRC. Patients presented at a median age of 50 years. Family history of CRC and ulcerative colitis were positive in 11 and 6% of patients, respectively. Stage III/IV tumors with distant metastases at enrollment, right-sided tumors, mucinous tumors, lymphovascular invasion, and KRAS (51%) or BRAF (28%) mutations predicted poor prognosis and survival. Conclusion: CRC in KSA is usually diagnosed at advanced stages with metastases and KRAS/BRAF, and is associated with poor prognosis and short survival. Nationwide awareness campaigns and screening programs for CRC are critical for prevention, early detection and adequate management of CRC.
Ultrasound enhanced mid IR spectroscopy for sensing bacteria in aqueous solutions
Creators: name: Freitag, Stephan
name: Schwaighofer, Andreas
name: Radel, Stefan
name: Lendl, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017

description: In this work, we demonstrate our activities towards the combination of an ultrasound (
 enhanced ATR IR setup for analysis of bacteria in water For samples containing low bacteria
 levels, US enhanced ATR IR spectroscopy poses an interesting approach, because the
 standing ultrasonic wave ( can be used in a first step for accumulation of the bacteria in
 the sample cell Subsequently, the enriched bacteria solution is forced towards the ATR
 element for interaction with the evanescent wave
Occurrence and risk assessment of glycidyl and 3-monochloropropanediol esters in infant formulas marketed in Taiwan
Creators: name: Liu, Chen
name: Wang, Shang-Ta
name: Tan, Choon-Hui
name: Lin, Zih-Ee
name: Lee, Wei-Ju
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Glycidyl esters (GEs) and 3-monochloropropanediol esters (3-MCPDEs) are process contaminants commonly found in refined edible oils which are often added to infant formulas. The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) launched regulations for GEs in infant formulas that went into effect on 1 July 2021. To investigate levels of GEs and 3-MCPDEs in infant formula powder, 45 products were sampled and analysed during 2020–2021. The contents of GEs and 3-MCPDEs in formulas of different brands significantly varied, but their concentrations in all of the formulas complied with European Union (EU) regulations. Infant formulas containing palm oil had significantly higher 3-MCPDE levels in both extracted oils and milk powder than those without palm oil. Concentrations of GEs and 3-MCPDEs in infant formula powder and extracted oils were significantly lower in products from Europe than those from Australia and New Zealand. Infants aged 0–1 years in Taiwan who consumed only infant formula showed a margin of exposure (MoE) exceeding 25,000. Mean consumer exposures to 3-MCPDEs stayed below the tolerable daily intake (TDI), while high exposures at the 95th percentile (P95) exceeded the TDI by 1.7-fold. Herein, we present the changing trends in the risk assessment results of infant formula across various countries in the decade. Implementation of regulations and mitigation strategy effectively reduced the risk of infants being exposed to GEs and 3-MCPDEs through infant formula.
Supplementary Material for: Nordic Walking and the Isa Method for Breast Cancer Survivors: Effects on Upper Limb Circumferences and Total Body Extracellular Water - a Pilot Study
Creators: name: Di Blasio, A.
name: Morano, T.
name: Napolitano, G.
name: Bucci, I.
name: Di Santo, S.
name: Gallina S
name: Cugusi L
name: Di Donato, F.
name: D'Arielli, A.
name: Cianchetti, E.
Publisher: name: Karger Publishers
Year: 2016
Subjects: Medicine

description: Background: The negative side effects of breast cancer treatments can include upper limb lymphoedema. The growing literature indicates that Nordic walking is an effective discipline against several disease symptoms. The aim of this study was to determine whether introduction to Nordic walking alone is effective against total body extracellular water and upper limb circumferences in breast cancer survivors compared to its combination with a series of specifically created exercises (i.e. the Isa method). Methods: 16 breast cancer survivors (49.09 ± 2.24 years) were recruited and randomly assigned to 1 of 2 different training groups. Results: 10 lessons on Nordic walking technique plus the Isa method significantly reduced both extracellular body water and the extracellular-to-total body water ratio (p = 0.01 for both), and also the circumference of the upper limb, (both relaxed arm and forearm circumferences) (p = 0.01 for all), whereas Nordic walking alone did not. Conclusions: Introduction to Nordic walking does not seem to affect lymphoedema in breast cancer survivors. This might be because novice Nordic Walkers do not adequately generate an effective muscular pump through coordination of the alternated bimanual openclose cycle. The Isa method appears to close this gap.
A 3D Potree tool for the technological study of sculpture
Creators: name: Clerbois, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro
Year: 2024

description: If the realization of 3D models is now commonplace, the production of professional systems for the digital study of works of art, and sculpture remains a scientific challenge. Within the framework of an ARC project, the PANORAMA platform of the Université libre de Bruxelles has developed a tool for the acquisition and digital study of sculpture. This tool is not only aimed at Heritage documentation: through examples, it is demonstrated that it is an effective support of technological study.
description: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro, n. 13 (2021): SCULPT: Shaping Genealogies: 1st International Conference on late 19th and early 20th century sculpture
Investigation on the presence of mycotoxins in seed hemp varieties
Creators: name: Lanzanova, Chiara
name: Giorni, Paola
name: Bulla, Giulia
name: Locatelli, Sabrina
name: Montanari, Massimo
name: Alberti, Ilaria
name: Leni, Giulia
name: Abate, Alessio
name: Bertuzzi, Terenzio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: In recent years, the cultivation of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Europe has aroused interest among farmers for the potential market opportunities of its products; its cultivation has increased from 20,450 ha in 2015 to 33,020 ha in 2022. Thanks to the great versatility of this crop, there are opportunities in the food and nutraceutical fields (gluten free), cosmetics, energy and industrial sectors. As for several crops, hemp seeds may also be contaminated by fungal pathogens compromising its quality and safety. Considering the recent interest of consumers in using hemp for food purposes, in the present work, a small survey on mycotoxin contamination was carried out during 2018–2022 in hemp seed samples cultivated in Italy for food use. The results showed a limited occurrence of the most common regulated mycotoxins (aflatoxins [AFs], fumonisins [FBs], ochratoxin A [OTA], deoxynivalenol [DON] and zearalenone), but very high levels of alternariols, reaching a maximum value of 38510, 308, 226 and 288 ug/kg for tenuazonic acid [TeA], tentoxin [TEN], alternariol [AOH] and alternariol monoether, respectively. In the same period, an investigation carried out in an experimental field showed that fungal contamination and mycotoxin occurrence were influenced by different meteorological conditions and different varieties.
A material that “lends itself to fine interpretations”. The status of plaster in Marino Marini’s Oeuvre
Creators: name: Maglione, Biancalucia
Publisher: name: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro
Year: 2024

description: The purpose of this paper aims to clarify the use of plaster in Marini’s artistic practice, both when the plaster is a unique piece, and when it is in relation with other materials. Even if Marini often used plaster in a ‘traditional’ way to make casts suitable for the translations to bronze or other materials, these sculptures are very often considered by the artist not only as translation tools and ‘mediation’ between the idea and the final plastic artwork, or academic exercise. For the artist, sculptures in plaster are also works with a proper autonomy that can render them final and definitive, as is evident from sculptures such as Piccola Pomona or Danzatrice, both made in the 1940s.
description: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro, n. 13 (2021): SCULPT: Shaping Genealogies: 1st International Conference on late 19th and early 20th century sculpture
Barcode-style lateral flow immunochromatographic strip for the semi-quantitative detection of ochratoxin A in coffee samples
Creators: name: Alvarez, Luis Alberto Contreras
name: Jara, Marcia Daniela Lazo
name: Campos, Fabiana Vasconcelos
name: de Oliveira, Jairo Pinto
name: Guimarães, Marco César Cunegundes
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin contaminating agricultural products produced by fungi, associated with important toxic effects. Thus, the development of fast, sensitive, and economical approaches for OTA detection is crucial. In this study, a barcode-style lateral flow assay for the semi-quantitative detection of OTA in coffee samples was developed. To achieve this goal, a BSA-OTA complex was immobilized in three test zones to compete with OTA molecules in the sample for binding with anti-OTA antibodies labeled with gold nanoparticles. Different concentrations of OTA in the sample produced distinct colour patterns, allowing semi-quantification of the analyte. The assay exhibited high sensitivity, with a limit of detection of 2.5 µg.L−1, and high reproducibility, with variation coefficient values between 2% and 13%. Moreover, the colour patterns obtained in the analysis with coffee samples were similar to the results obtained with standard OTA solutions, demonstrating a reliable applicability in real samples.
Software validation for Estimation of Bone Age through the Cervical Vertebrae
Creators: name: Ferreira, Paulo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 110506 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics

description: Currently, to establish a diagnosis and determine a treatment plan based on theskeletal maturation, lateral radiograph of the head can be used, where it is observedthe morphological changes of the cervical vertebrae C2, C3 and C4. The aim of thisstudy is to validate a software (Easy Age) to assess skeletal maturation by cervicalvertebrae, demonstrating its applicability and reproducibility. For this, the sampleconsisted of 500 lateral radiographs of patients of both genders, from 7 to 15 years ofage, who were examined by three evaluators, twice for the visual method and twicewith the software. To evaluate the inter- and intra-examiner agreement, it wasapplied the test of Kappa, which showed a substantial level of agreement for visualassessment of the cervical vertebrae, while for the evaluation of the cervicalvertebrae through the software, showed a level almost perfect agreement for allevaluators. Friedman's test was applied to compare the ratings between 1st and 2ndvisual examination and between 1st and 2nd examination using the software, andthere were no significant differences. To validate the software it was performed acomparison between results obtained by visual method and by software, with theSpearman correlation test. Results showed a strong correlation, statisticallysignificant, between the measurements of visual examination and of the softwareevaluation. It is concluded that the software is valid and improved applicability andreproducibility of the method of estimating skeletal age.
Squamate reptiles from seasonal semi-deciduous forest remnantsin southwestern Bahia, Brazil
Creators: name: Souza-Costa, Carlos Augusto
name: Mira-Mendes, Caio Vinicius De
name: Iuri Ribeiro, Dias
name: Kaique Brito, Silva
name: Argôlo, Antônio Jorge S.
name: Solé, Mirco
Publisher: name: Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
Year: 2020
Subjects: Snakes
lizards
richness
biodiversity
species distribution

description: We present a list of Squamata from Serra do Mandim and Serra Azul, both in the Atlantic Forest domain of Southern Bahia, Brazil. We recorded 27 species (21 snakes and six lizards). Most species can be characterized as gen-eralists with a wide distribution as Phyllopezus pollicaris, Salvator merianae, Corallus hortulanus, Philodryas olfersii, Oxyrhopus trigeminus and Pseudoboa nigra. However, some of the species are considered as being difficult to sample and restricted to forest fragments such as Bothrops bilineatus, Dipsas sazimai and Echinantheracephalostriata. The snake fauna of both areas represents 70% of the species previously known for the semi-deciduous forests of the state of Bahia. Although the study region is under severe anthropogenic pressure, especially due to the expansion of livestock areas, some forest remnants still withstand a rich reptile diversity.
Exploring portable ultrasonic pulse velocity avails in the conservation assessment of plaster sculptures in museum environment
Creators: name: Almeida, António Mário
name: Pereira, Mário António
name: Vasconcelos, Graça
name: Carvalho, Salomé
name: Bordalo, Rui
name: Vieira, Eduarda
Publisher: name: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro
Year: 2024

description: Ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) is generally used in Civil Engineering as an in situ and non-destructive methodology to assess the condition of construction materials. Given the fact that non-contemporary sculpture was traditionally made with similar materials – stone, wood, clay or plaster – a hypothesis arose regarding the possible contribution of UPV for the conservation assessment of sculptures with stone-based materials. Plaster is a fragile material, very susceptible to internal and external fractures, alterations and losses. Museum sculptures cannot be moved to a laboratory, due to conservation protocols and therefore portable UPV could, in theory, play an important role in assessing these artistic structures in situ. There are scarce references to such a methodology, and its implementation implied a partnership with Soares dos Reis National Museum (Porto, Portugal) for an experimental approach to three plaster sculptures made by A. Soares dos Reis: “St. Joseph”, “St. Joachim” (both made in 1880) and “Narcissus” (1881). The aim of this study was to assess if portable UPV could help to detect superficial and internal damages and differences between the original plaster and added materials.
description: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro, n. 13 (2021): SCULPT: Shaping Genealogies: 1st International Conference on late 19th and early 20th century sculpture
VALIDAÇÃO DE UM SOFTWARE PARA A ESTIMAÇÃO DA IDADE ÓSSEA POR MEIO DAS VÉRTEBRAS CERVICAIS
Creators: name: Ferreira, Paulo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 110506 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics

description: Currently, to establish a diagnosis and determine a treatment plan based on theskeletal maturation, lateral radiograph of the head can be used, where it is observedthe morphological changes of the cervical vertebrae C2, C3 and C4. The aim of thisstudy is to validate a software (Easy Age) to assess skeletal maturation by cervicalvertebrae, demonstrating its applicability and reproducibility. For this, the sampleconsisted of 500 lateral radiographs of patients of both genders, from 7 to 15 years ofage, who were examined by three evaluators, twice for the visual method and twicewith the software. To evaluate the inter- and intra-examiner agreement, it wasapplied the test of Kappa, which showed a substantial level of agreement for visualassessment of the cervical vertebrae, while for the evaluation of the cervicalvertebrae through the software, showed a level almost perfect agreement for allevaluators. Friedman's test was applied to compare the ratings between 1st and 2ndvisual examination and between 1st and 2nd examination using the software, andthere were no significant differences. To validate the software it was performed acomparison between results obtained by visual method and by software, with theSpearman correlation test. Results showed a strong correlation, statisticallysignificant, between the measurements of visual examination and of the softwareevaluation. It is concluded that the software is valid and improved applicability andreproducibility of the method of estimating skeletal age.
More than surface temperature: mitigating thermal exposure in hyper-local land system
Creators: name: Turner, V. Kelly
name: Rogers, Morgan L.
name: Zhang, Yujia
name: Middel, Ariane
name: Schneider, Florian A.
name: Ocón, Jonathan P.
name: Seeley, Megs
name: Dialesandro, John
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Regional land surface temperature (LST) maps derived from remote sensing data are most available to cities to assess and respond to heat. Yet, LST only captures one dimension of urban climate. This study investigates the extent to which remote sensing derived estimates of LST are a proxy for multiple climate variables at hyper-local scales (<10s of meters). We compare remotely sensed estimates of LST (RS-LST) to field and simulated LST, MRT, and air temperature (AT), in a neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona, USA. We find that LST, MRT, and ST follow different diurnal trends masked by RS-LST. We also find that three-dimensional urban design is a better predictor of MRT than two-dimensional land cover and albedo – a known determinant of RS-LST. Shade is a better predictor of both simulated LST and MRT than RS-LST. We conclude that RS-LST is not adequate for guiding heat mitigation at hyper-local scales in cities.
Soares dos Reis’ plaster models: technical production and the challenge of the conservation and restoration
Creators: name: Murta, Elsa
name: Portela, Michèle
name: Sardinha, Inês
name: Santos, Paula
Publisher: name: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro
Year: 2024

description: Soares dos Reis’ natural gifts for the fine arts and the knowledge obtained during his academic career provided him with the tools for teaching and executing his work, considering clay models as a transitional material and original plaster models. The Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis (MNSR) houses among other works of art a great number of original plaster models. Nowadays, they are a source of technical information due to the execution marks left on the support. In a work project delineate between MNSR and José de Figueiredo Laboratory (LJF), six plaster sculptures were selected, with problems of alteration, to start the intervention process of conservation and restoration of the body of work authored by the sculptor.
description: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro, n. 13 (2021): SCULPT: Shaping Genealogies: 1st International Conference on late 19th and early 20th century sculpture
El Profeta de la Tierra Caliente
Creators: name: Marrero, Aureliano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Nabor Cárdenas Mejorada, Papá Nabor-Tata Nabor, Nueva Jerusalén, México, Michoacán, Tierra Caliente, Cura Heroico, Profeta popular, conflicto interreligioso, integralismo, Cristeros, autonomías comunitarias, utopías societarias, Heroical Priest, Popular Prophet, interreligious conflict, Integralism, Cristeros, Autonomous communities-Self governed communities, Societal utopies

description: Análisis de la Autobiografía de Papá Nabor, y otros documentos en los que el cura rebelde de Nueva Jerusalén explica su lucha contra la modernización de la Iglesia Católico Romana, pero también contra el estado-nación mexicano posrrevolucionario y la imposición de la cultura industrial y urbana y su concepción moderna del mundo a las comunidades campesinas de Tierra Caliente, a las que trató de acaudillar para construir una utopía político-religiosa integralista, la plasmada en la Nueva Jerusalén, o Ermita de Turicato, en Michoacán, México.
 Trabajo de Fin de Máster presentado por Aureliano Marrero Muñoz, al término del Máster Universitario en Ciencias de las Religiones: Historia y Sociedad- Curso 2018-2019 - Universidad de La Laguna. Tutor del trabajo: Francisco Díez de Velasco
 Edición corregida y revisada por el autor
António Soares dos Reis and Augustus Saint-Gaudens: an artistic friendship
Creators: name: Tolles, Thayer
Publisher: name: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro
Year: 2024

description: António Soares dos Reis and Augustus Saint-Gaudens enjoyed a close friendship in Paris (1868-70) and Rome (1871-72), about which little is known. There are no extant letters between the two sculptors and few references to their relationship in published or archival sources. Some conclusions may be posited through their training, shared experiences, and mutual friends. This paper traces the time that the two artists spent together through the lens of Saint-Gaudens, an artist of French-Irish parentage who would become the leading American sculptor of his day. It examines concurrent work on Soares dos Reis’s O Desterrado (1872) and Saint-Gaudens’s Hiawatha (1871-72; carved 1874).
description: Estudos de Conservação e Restauro, n. 13 (2021): SCULPT: Shaping Genealogies: 1st International Conference on late 19th and early 20th century sculpture
Examining the relationship between migration and land cover change in rural U.S.: evidence from Ohio, United States, between 2008 and 2016
Creators: name: Park, Sohyun
name: Chapman, Rebecca
name: Munroe, Darla K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Rural migration is an integral component of land systems, altering land management both at the origin and destination of migration in regions of Europe and North America. We examine population moving in and out of rural areas in Ohio, U.S.A, between 2008 and 2016 and examine spatiotemporal patterns in land cover. Among families changing residential location, one-third of all household moving events are migration from or to rural areas. A PCA ordination and cluster analysis of rural migration revealed qualitatively distinct patterns. Urban peripheries grew due to in-migration from metro suburban areas, while agricultural and forested areas reflect intra-rural and micropolitan migration. Forested communities have lost population to other rural areas, and rural poverty pockets have gained low-income families from both rural and metro urban areas. Spatial analysis of rural migration patterns and associations with land use helps develop targeted land management strategies and reveals under-represented dynamics in prior studies.
Virtual Machining
Creators: name: Soori, Mohsen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 91001 CAD/CAM Systems
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: To increase accuracy as well as productivity in part production, manufacturing processes are simulated in digital environment by virtual machining systems.
Ultrasound Manipulation of Bacteria in Drinking Water for Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared (ATR-IR) Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Freitag, Stephan
name: Schwaighofer, Andreas
name: Radel, Stefan
name: Lendl, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: In this work, we present our activities towards the development of an ultrasound (
 enhanced attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR IR) setup for analysis of bacteria in water
 For investigations of samples containing low bacteria levels, US enhanced ATR IR
 spectroscopy poses an interesting approach, because ultrasound particle manipulation can be
 used for accumulation of the bacteria within the acoustofluidic cell Subsequently, the resulting
 bacteria conglomerates can be observed via ATR IR spectroscopy In an alternative approach,
 a bead based assay implementing ultrasound particle manipulation, was realized to improve
 the sensitivity of the US ATR IR sensor The potential of an US ATR IR setup has been
 demonstrated in earlier works by trapping biotechnological relevant particles (e g yeast,
 Escherichia coli in the evanescent field of an ATR probe employing ultrasound particle
 manipulation.