cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Investigating the role of boundary bricks in DNA brick self-assembly
Creators: name: Wayment-Steele, Hannah
name: Frenkel, Daan
name: Reinhardt, Aleks
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the standard DNA brick set-up, distinct 32-nucleotide strands of single-stranded DNA are each designed to bind specifically to four other such molecules. Experimentally, it has been demonstrated that the overall yield is increased if certain bricks which occur on the outer faces of target structures are merged with adjacent bricks. However, it is not well understood by what mechanism such `boundary bricks' increase the yield, as they likely influence both the nucleation process and the final stability of the target structure. Here, we use Monte Carlo simulations with a patchy particle model of DNA bricks to investigate the role of boundary bricks in the self-assembly of complex multicomponent target structures. We demonstrate that boundary bricks lower the free-energy barrier to nucleation and that boundary bricks on edges stabilize the final structure. However, boundary bricks are also more prone to aggregation, as they can stabilize partially assembled intermediates. We explore some design strategies that permit us to benefit from the stabilizing role of boundary bricks whilst minimizing their ability to hinder assembly; in particular, we show that maximizing the total number of boundary bricks is not an optimal strategy.
Non-Amontons-Coulomb local friction law of randomly rough contact interfaces with rubber
Creators: name: Nguyen, D. T.
name: Wandersman, E.
name: Prevost, A.
name: Chenadec, Y. Le
name: Fretigny, C.
name: Chateauminois, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on measurements of the local friction law at a multi-contact interface formed between a smooth rubber and statistically rough glass lenses, under steady state friction. Using contact imaging, surface displacements are measured, and inverted to extract both distributions of frictional shear stress and contact pressure with a spatial resolution of about 10~$μ$m. For a glass surface whose topography is self-affine with a Gaussian height asperity distribution, the local frictional shear stress is found to vary strongly sub-linearly with the local contact pressure over the whole investigated pressure range. Such sub-linear behavior is also evidenced for a surface with a non Gaussian height asperity distribution, demonstrating that, for such multi-contact interfaces, Amontons-Coulomb's friction law does not prevail at the local scale.
Selected Wills of West Northamptonshire, 1500-1700
Creators: name: Hatton, G.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 2020

description: The main purpose of the Selected Wills of West Northamptonshire, 1500-1700 study was to transcribe a complete set of wills (and associated probate inventories where available) for 5 neighbouring villages in west Northamptonshire, over the period 1500-1700. This would enable the analysis of the social, demographic, and religious development of a historically interesting rural area over a time period that is of considerable relevance to the area's long-term development. The intention is to use the testamentary evidence in conjunction with other sources such as parish registers, tax surveys, manorial court records and maps to allow a very detailed local historical study to be conducted and to compare this with local studies carried out by other historians.
Phyxelididae
Creators: name: Zonstein, Sergei
name: Marusik, Yuri
name: Omelko, Mikhail
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Phyxelididae

description: Family PHYXELIDIDAE A small family of cribellate spiders with 64 known species distributed among 14 genera (WSC, 2015). Most of the species (61) are restricted to Africa, south of the Sahara. One genus with two species is known from Southeast Asia, and one species occurs in the East Mediterranean (see below).
description: Published as part of Zonstein, Sergei, Marusik, Yuri & Omelko, Mikhail, 2015, A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 372-385 in Zoology in the Middle East 61 (4) on page 379, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525, http://zenodo.org/record/807961
description: {"references": ["World Spider Catalog (2015) World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http: // wsc. nmbe. ch, version 15.5 [accessed on 20.01.2015]."]}
Field-line localized destabilization of ballooning modes in 3D tokamaks
Creators: name: Willensdorfer, M.
name: Cote, T. B.
name: Hegna, C. C.
name: Suttrop, W.
name: Zohm, H.
name: Dunne, M.
name: Strumberger, E.
name: Birkenmeier, G.
name: Denk, S. S.
name: Mink, F.
name: Vanovac, B.
name: Luhmann, L. C.
name: Team, the ASDEX Upgrade
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Field-line localized ballooning modes have been observed at the edge of high confinement mode plasmas in ASDEX Upgrade with rotating 3D perturbations induced by an externally applied n = 2 error field and during a moderate level of edge localized mode-mitigation. The observed ballooning modes are localized to the field-lines which experience one of the two zero-crossings of the radial flux surface displacement during one rotation period. The localization of the ballooning modes agrees very well with the localization of the largest growth rates from infinite-n ideal ballooning stability calculations using a realistic 3D ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium. This analysis predicts a lower stability with respect to the axisymmetric case. The primary mechanism for the local lower stability is the 3D distortion of the local magnetic shear.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, for submission to Physical Review Letter
Exploring High Dimensional Free Energy Landscapes: Temperature Accelerated Sliced Sampling
Creators: name: Awasthi, Shalini
name: Nair, Nisanth N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Biased sampling of collective variables is widely used to accelerate rare events in molecular simulations and to explore free energy surfaces. However, computational efficiency of these methods decreases with increasing number of collective variables, which severely limits the predictive power of the enhanced sampling approaches. Here we propose a method called Temperature Accelerated Sliced Sampling (TASS) that combines temperature accelerated molecular dynamics with umbrella sampling and metadynamics to sample the collective variable space in an efficient manner. The presented method can sample a large number of collective variables and is advantageous for controlled exploration of broad and unbound free energy basins. TASS is also shown to achieve quick free energy convergence and is practically usable with ab initio molecular dynamics techniques.
Granular rheology: measuring boundary forces with laser-cut leaf springs
Creators: name: Tang, Zhu
name: Brzinski, Theodore A.
name: Daniels, Karen E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In granular physics experiments, it is a persistent challenge to obtain the boundary stress measurements necessary to provide full a rheological characterization of the dynamics. Here, we describe a new technique by which the outer boundary of a 2D Couette cell both confines the granular material and provides spatially- and temporally- resolved stress measurements. This key advance is enabled by desktop laser-cutting technology, which allows us to design and cut linearly-deformable walls with a specified spring constant. By tracking the position of each segment of the wall, we measure both the normal and tangential stress throughout the experiment. This permits us to calculate the amount of shear stress provided by basal friction, and thereby determine accurate values of $μ(I)$.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, powder and grains 2017 conference
Διερεύνηση των επιπέδων στρες και φόβου απο την πιθανότητα επαφής και νόσησης με Covid-19 καθώς και της ψυχικής ανθεκτικότητας σε σχέση με την ποιότητα ζωής σε επαγγελματίες υγείας ,ασθενείς με χρόνια νοσήματα,καθώς και στον γενικό πληθυσμό στο Νομό Αχαΐας.
Creators: name: Παναγοπούλου, Χρυσάνθη
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: COVID-19 (Ασθένεια) -- Ψυχολογικές απόψεις -- Ελλάδα -- Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες
subject: COVID-19 (Ασθένεια) -- Κοινωνικές απόψεις -- Ελλάδα-- Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες
subject: Εργασία και εργαζόμενοι -- Ελλάδα -- Υγεία και υγιεινή -- Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες
subject: Εργασία και εργαζόμενοι -- Ελλάδα -- Μέτρα ασφαλείας -- Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες
subject: Βιομηχανική ασφάλεια -- Ελλάδα
subject: Βιομηχανική υγιεινή -- Ελλάδα
subject: Ποιότητα ζωής -- Ελλάδα
subject: Πανδημία
subject: Φόβος
subject: Άγχος
subject: Ποιότητα ζωής
subject: Στίγμα
subject: Ερωτηματολόγιο
subject: Γενικός πληθυσμός
subject: Ανθεκτικότητα
subject: Pandemic
subject: Fear
subject: Anxiety
subject: Quality of life
subject: Stigma
subject: Questionnaire
subject: General population
subject: Resilience

description: Αριθμός Εισαγωγής: 013431 cd
description: Σκοπός της έρευνας αυτής ήταν να διερευνηθεί η επίδραση που έχει ασκήσει η πανδημία Covid-19 στην ζωή των πολιτών. Συγκεκριμένα, στόχο της έρευνας αποτέλεσε η διερεύνηση και η καταγραφή των επιπέδων φόβου που προκαλεί η πανδημία στους πολίτες, η διερεύνηση και η καταγραφή του βαθμού στον οποίο ο ιός Covid-19 προκαλεί στιγματισμό, η διερεύνηση και καταγραφή των επιπέδων άγχους που βιώνουν οι πολίτες λόγω των συνθηκών που έχει δημιουργήσει η πανδημία. Ακόμα, στόχο αποτέλεσε η διερεύνηση και καταγραφή των στρατηγικών και των τεχνικών που χρησιμοποιούν οι πολίτες για να διαχειρίζονται το άγχος που προκαλεί η πανδημία, η διερεύνηση και η καταγραφή των επιπέδων ψυχικής ανθεκτικότητας που αναπτύσσουν οι πολίτες σήμερα, καθώς και η αξιολόγηση της ποιότητας ζωής και των διαστάσεων αυτής. Το δείγμα της έρευνας αποτέλεσαν συνολικά 623 άτομα, τα οποία κλήθηκαν να συμπληρώσουν συνολικά έξι (6) ερωτηματολόγια με ερωτήσεις κλειστού τύπου. Τα αποτέλεσμα της έρευνας επιβεβαιώνουν την επίδραση της πανδημίας σε διάφορες διαστάσεις του φόβου και του άγχους των πολιτών, καθώς και της ποιότητας ζωής τους. Η επίδραση αυτή, όμως, φαίνεται πως είναι μικρότερη από αυτή που καταγράφεται σε προηγούμενες έρευνες, κυρίως αυτές που πραγματοποιήθηκαν κατά την πρώτη φάση της πανδημίας.
Phyxelida Simon 1894
Creators: name: Zonstein, Sergei
name: Marusik, Yuri
name: Omelko, Mikhail
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Phyxelididae
Phyxelida

description: Phyxelida Simon, 1894 This is the largest genus of the family with 14 described species (WSC, 2015). All species, except those listed below, are known from south of the Sahara (Griswold, 1990).
description: Published as part of Zonstein, Sergei, Marusik, Yuri & Omelko, Mikhail, 2015, A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 372-385 in Zoology in the Middle East 61 (4) on page 379, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525, http://zenodo.org/record/807961
description: {"references": ["World Spider Catalog (2015) World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http: // wsc. nmbe. ch, version 15.5 [accessed on 20.01.2015].", "Griswold, C. E. (1990): A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 196, 1 - 206."]}
Phyxelida anatolica Griswold 1990
Creators: name: Zonstein, Sergei
name: Marusik, Yuri
name: Omelko, Mikhail
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Phyxelididae
Phyxelida
Phyxelida anatolica

description: Phyxelida anatolica Griswold, 1990 (Figure 4) Phyxelida anatolica Griswold, 1990: 167, f. 90c‒d (♀); Thaler & Knoflach, 1998: 36, f. 1‒16, 18‒23 (♂♀). Material. ISRAEL: Mt. Meron area, Ziv’on. 773 m, 33°02’N 35°25’E, 16.iv.2005 (A. Timm & T. Assmann) ‒ 1♂ (TAU); Carmel Ridge, Shuni Park 1 km N Binyamina, 32°32’N 34°57’E, 60 m, 27.xii.2010 (YM) ‒ 1♀ (ZMMU). Comment. Phyxelida anatolica is the only species of the entire family known from the Palaearctic. Although it is somatically rather similar to Mesiotelus Simon, 1897 (Liocranidae) and some other genera of other families, it can be easily recognised by having a cribellum, a calamistrum and light colouration. It differs from the cribellate family Titanoecidae by its light colouration (Israeli Titanoecidae are black). It differs from the cribellate Dictynidae by its larger size (over 4 mm). This species differs from other cribellate spiders occurring in Israel, such as Zoropsis, Uloboridae and Oecobius, by habitus. Here, we only provide a figure of the female because the males are easily distinguished from other cribellates by the palp. Until recently, P. anatolica was known from two localities, Cyprus and Antakya, in Southern Turkey (type locality). This species is a new record for Israel. The record from Ziv’on is the easternmost in the entire range, and the record from Shuni Park is the southernmost locality of the species.
description: Published as part of Zonstein, Sergei, Marusik, Yuri & Omelko, Mikhail, 2015, A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 372-385 in Zoology in the Middle East 61 (4) on pages 379-380, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525, http://zenodo.org/record/807961
description: {"references": ["Griswold, C. E. (1990): A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 196, 1 - 206.", "Thaler, K., & Knoflach, B. (1998): Phyxelida anatolica Griswold, new to Cyprus (Arachnida Araneae: Amaurobiidae, Phyxelidinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 11, 36 - 40."]}
Poverty and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland, 2002-2003
PSENI
Creators: name: Hillyard, P. A. R.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 2006

description: The objectives of the Poverty and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland, 2002-2003 (PSENI) study were threefold. Firstly, the study aimed to provide a number of different measures of poverty and social exclusion which could be periodically updated. Secondly, it aimed to provide data on the extent to which poverty and social exclusion varied across the dimensions specified in Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act, 1998. Finally, it aimed to compare poverty levels in Northern Ireland with the results of similar research in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

 The research comprised two stages. The first stage explored what people in Northern Ireland considered to be basic necessities, and was conducted via a module fielded in the Northern Ireland Omnibus Survey (the UK Data Archive (UKDA) does not currently hold that series). The second stage of the PSENI project involved a large survey of a representative sample of Northern Ireland households.
Verification of Gyrokinetic codes: theoretical background and applications
Creators: name: Tronko, Natalia
name: Bottino, Alberto
name: Goerler, Tobias
name: Sonnedruecker, Eric
name: Told, Daniel
name: Villard, Laurent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In fusion plasmas the strong magnetic field allows the fast gyro-motion to be systematically removed from the description of the dynamics, resulting in a considerable model simplification and gain of computational time. Nowadays, the gyrokinetic (GK) codes play a major role in the understanding of the development and the saturation of turbulence and in the prediction of the subsequent transport. Naturally, these codes require thorough verification and validation. Here we present a new and generic theoretical framework and specific numerical applications to test the faithfulness of the implemented models to theory and to verify the domain of applicability of existing GK codes. For a sound verification process, the underlying theoretical GK model and the numerical scheme must be considered at the same time, which has rarely been done and therefore makes this approach pioneering. At the analytical level, the main novelty consists in using advanced mathematical tools such as variational formulation of dynamics for systematization of basic GK code's equations to access the limits of their applicability. The verification of numerical scheme is proposed via the benchmark effort. In this work, specific examples of code verification are presented for two GK codes: the multi-species electromagnetic ORB5 (PIC) and the radially global version of GENE (Eulerian). The proposed methodology can be applied to any existing GK code. We establish a hierarchy of reduced GK Vlasov-Maxwell equations implemented in the ORB5 and GENE codes using the Lagrangian variational formulation. At the computational level, detailed verifications of global electromagnetic test cases developed from the CYCLONE Base Case are considered, including a parametric $β$-scan covering the transition from ITG to KBM and the spectral properties at the nominal $β$ value.
description: 16 pages, 2 Figures, APS DPP 2016 invited paper
X-ray constraints on the fraction of obscured AGN at high accretion luminosities
Creators: name: Georgakakis, A.
name: Salvato, M.
name: Liu, Z.
name: Buchner, J.
name: Brandt, W. N.
name: Ananna, T. Tasnim
name: Schulze, A.
name: Shen, Yue
name: LaMassa, S.
name: Nandra, K.
name: Merloni, A.
name: McGreer, I. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The wide-area XMM-XXL X-ray survey is used to explore the fraction of obscured AGN at high accretion luminosities, $L_X (\rm 2-10 \, keV) > 10^{44} \, erg \,s ^{-1}$, and out to redshift $z\approx1.5$. The sample covers an area of about $\rm14\,deg^2$ and provides constraints on the space density of powerful AGN over a wide range of neutral hydrogen column densities extending beyond the Compton-thick limit, $\rm N_H\approx10^{24}\,cm^{-2}$. The fraction of obscured Compton-thin ($\rm N_H=10^{22}-10^{24}\,cm^{-2}$) AGN is estimated to be $\approx0.35$ for luminosities $L_X(\rm 2-10\,keV)>10^{44}\,erg\,s^{-1}$ independent of redshift. For less luminous sources the fraction of obscured Compton-thin AGN increases from $0.45\pm0.10$ at $z=0.25$ to $0.75\pm0.05$ at $z=1.25$. Studies that select AGN in the infrared via template fits to the observed Spectral Energy Distribution of extragalactic sources estimate space densities at high accretion luminosities consistent with the XMM-XXL constraints. There is no evidence for a large population of AGN (e.g. heavily obscured) identified in the infrared and missed at X-ray wavelengths. We further explore the mid-infrared colours of XMM-XXL AGN as a function of accretion luminosity, column density and redshift. The fraction of XMM-XXL sources that lie within the mid-infrared colour wedges defined in the literature to select AGN is primarily a function of redshift. This fraction increases from about 20-30% at z=0.25 to about 50-70% at $z=1.5$.
description: MNRAS accepted
Prodidomidae
Creators: name: Zonstein, Sergei
name: Marusik, Yuri
name: Omelko, Mikhail
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Prodidomidae

description: Family PRODIDOMIDAE A globally distributed family with over 309 species belonging to 31 genera (WSC, 2015). Until recently, only one genus with two species, Prodidomus amaranthinus (Lucas, 1846) and P. redikorzevi Spassky, 1940, were known from the Eastern Mediterranean.
description: Published as part of Zonstein, Sergei, Marusik, Yuri & Omelko, Mikhail, 2015, A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 372-385 in Zoology in the Middle East 61 (4) on page 380, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525, http://zenodo.org/record/807961
description: {"references": ["World Spider Catalog (2015) World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http: // wsc. nmbe. ch, version 15.5 [accessed on 20.01.2015]."]}
Weak invariance principle in Besov spaces for stationary martingale differences
Creators: name: Giraudo, Davide
name: Rackauskas, Alfredas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60F17, 60G10, 60G42

description: The classical Donsker weak invariance principle is extended to a Besov spaces framework. Polygonal line processes build from partial sums of stationary martingale differences as well independent and identically distributed random variables are considered. The results obtained are shown to be optimal.
A Colonel Blotto Game for Interdependence-Aware Cyber-Physical Systems Security in Smart Cities
Creators: name: Ferdowsi, Aidin
name: Saad, Walid
name: Maham, Behrouz
name: Mandayam, Narayan B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Smart cities must integrate a number of interdependent cyber-physical systems that operate in a coordinated manner to improve the well-being of the city's residents. A cyber-physical system (CPS) is a system of computational elements controlling physical entities. Large-scale CPSs are more vulnerable to attacks due to the cyber-physical interdependencies that can lead to cascading failures which can have a significant detrimental effect on a city. In this paper, a novel approach is proposed for analyzing the problem of allocating security resources, such as firewalls and anti-malware, over the various cyber components of an interdependent CPS to protect the system against imminent attacks. The problem is formulated as a Colonel Blotto game in which the attacker seeks to allocate its resources to compromise the CPS, while the defender chooses how to distribute its resources to defend against potential attacks. To evaluate the effects of defense and attack, various CPS factors are considered including human-CPS interactions as well as physical and topological characteristics of a CPS such as flow and capacity of interconnections and minimum path algorithms. Results show that, for the case in which the attacker is not aware of the CPS interdependencies, the defender can have a higher payoff, compared to the case in which the attacker has complete information. The results also show that, in the case of more symmetric nodes, due to interdependencies, the defender achieves its highest payoff at the equilibrium compared to the case with independent, asymmetric nodes.
Biochar and Manure Applications Differentially Altered the Class 1 Integrons, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Gene Cassettes Diversity in Paddy Soils
Creators: name: Ali, Niyaz
name: Lin, Y
name: Jiang, L
name: Ali, I
name: Ahmed, Ishtiaq
name: Akhtar, K
name: He, B
name: Wen, Ronghui
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology
classificationCode: 3207
subject: Medical microbiology

description: Integrons are genetic components that are critically involved in bacterial evolution and antimicrobial resistance by assisting in the propagation and expression of gene cassettes. In recent decades, biochar has been introduced as a fertilizer to enhance physiochemical properties and crop yield of soil, while manure has been used as a fertilizer for centuries. The current study aimed to investigate the impact of biochar, manure, and a combination of biochar and manure on integrons, their gene cassettes, and relative antimicrobial resistance in paddy soil. Field experiments revealed class 1 (CL1) integrons were prevalent in all samples, with higher concentration and abundance in manure-treated plots than in biochar-treated ones. The gene cassette arrays in the paddy featured a broad pool of cassettes with a total of 35% novel gene cassettes. A majority of gene cassettes encoded resistance to aminoglycosides, heat shock protein, heavy metals, pilus secretory proteins, and twin-arginine translocases (Tat), TatA, TatB, and TatC. Both in combination and solo treatments, the diversity of gene cassettes was increased in the manure-enriched soil, however, biochar reduced the gene cassettes’ diversity and their cassettes array. Manure considerably enhanced CL1 integrons abundance and antimicrobial resistance, whereas biochar amendments significantly reduced integrons and antimicrobial resistance. The results highlighted the differential effects of biochar and manure on integrons and its gene cassette arrays, showing increased abundance of integrons and antibiotic resistance upon manure application and decrease of the same with biochar. The use of biochar alone or in combination with manure could be a beneficial alternative to mitigate the spread of antimicrobial resistance and bacterial evolution in the environment, specifically in paddy soils.
Geographies of Terror and Fear: Black Communities in Colombia and Displacement, 2004
Creators: name: Oslender, U.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 2006

description: This research project sought to address the 'invisibilisation' of many 'terror' contexts through a geographical perspective. In particular it sought to develop an original conceptual framework through which to view and examine the impact of terror 'on the ground' and the multiple ways in which its manifestations affect human beings in a variety of settings.

 The study was empirically sited in Colombia, where it sought to explain the ways in which the country's black communities in the Pacific coast region are displaced from their lands by the various armed actors of Colombia's internal conflict.

 Evidence for this ethnographic study was collected with internally displaced persons (IDPs) and black leaders in the Colombian capital of Bogota and the small town of Guapi on the Pacific coast. Qualitative data was gathered from in-depth interviews and focus group sessions, which were recorded, transcribed and analysed, and also numerous informal conversations and observation in the field (the interview transcripts are included in the data collection, but the informal notes and observation data are not).
Do Gender and Country of Residence Matter? A Mixed Methods Study on Lay Causal Beliefs about PTSD
Creators: name: Meyer, Caroline
name: Heinzl, Louisa
name: Kampisiou, Christina
name: Triliva, Sofia
name: Knaevelsrud, Christine
name: Stammel, Nadine
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: post-traumatic stress disorder
subject: illness perceptions
subject: explanatory models
subject: trauma
subject: cultural clinical research
subject: mixed methods
subject: intersectionality
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: Laypersons’ causal beliefs about mental disorders can differ considerably from medical or psychosocial clinicians’ models as they are shaped by social and cultural context and by personal experiences. This study aimed at identifying differences in causal beliefs about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by country and gender. A cross-sectional, vignette-based online survey was conducted with 737 participants from Germany, Greece, Ecuador, Mexico, and Russia. Participants were presented with a short unlabeled case vignette describing a person with symptoms of PTSD. Causal beliefs were assessed using an open-ended question asking for the three most likely causes. Answers were analyzed using thematic analysis. Afterwards, themes were transformed into categorical variables to analyze differences by country and by gender. Qualitative analyses revealed a wide range of different causal beliefs. Themes differed by gender, with women tending to mention more external causal beliefs. Themes also differed between the five countries but the differences between countries were more pronounced for women than for men. In conclusion, causal beliefs were multifaceted among laypersons and shared basic characteristics with empirically derived risk factors. The more pronounced differences for women suggest that potential gender effects should be considered in cross-cultural research.
EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY ON ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSPECTIVE IN URBAN REGION OF CHENNAI.pdf
Creators: name: Balasingh, Nishali
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Other economics not elsewhere classified

description: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of e-technology on Entrepreneurial activities. The study used a questionnaire survey technique to gather data from 30 respondents. The results showed that 36.7% of respondents support the use of technology in entrepreneurial activities, 30% of respondents strongly support this, 20% of respondents are either in favour of or against using technology in entrepreneurship activities, 10% are against using technologically advanced technologies, and 3.3% are highly against using tech. The majority of respondents stated that they concur that technology is better than traditional techniques in promoting best practices, improving profitability, and enhancing the company environment. A Kruskal-Wallis H test showed that there was a statistically significant difference in requirement of E-Technology between the different nature of business, χ2= 15.489, p = 0.017, with a mean rank requirement of E-Technology of 16.38 for Cloth & Readymade, 8.50 for Bridal Service, 6.88 for Foods & Bake Items, 8.83 for Natural Cosmetics, 16.00 for Craft and Art Items, 21.25 for Event Management and 21.71 for Construction related work.
Prodidomus rufus Hentz 1847
Creators: name: Zonstein, Sergei
name: Marusik, Yuri
name: Omelko, Mikhail
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Prodidomidae
Prodidomus
Prodidomus rufus

description: Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847 Prodidomus rufus: Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 13, f. 24‒28 (♂♀) For a complete synonym listing and references, see the World Spider Catalog (2015). Material. ISRAEL: Arava Valley (north part), Nahal Shezaf 5 km S Hazeva, - 120 m, 30°43’N, 35°16’E, 28.iii.2011 (SZ) ‒ 1♀ (TAU); Western Negev, Izuz, 320 m, 30°36’N 34°42’E, 7.ii.2013 (SZ) ‒ 1♂ 1♀ (TAU). Comments. This is the type species of the genus and the most widespread species of the family. Although it has a broad distribution and is known from China, Japan, New Caledonia, USA, Cuba, Argentina, Chile and St. Helena (WSC, 2015), it was not previously reported from the Western Palaearctic. Prodidomus rufus is a new record for Israel and the entire Mediterranean region. Compared with the figures of P. hispanicus Dalmas, 1919 (Pérez & Blasco, 1986: figs 8-9) known from the Iberian Peninsula, this species can be a junior synonym of P. rufus.
description: Published as part of Zonstein, Sergei, Marusik, Yuri & Omelko, Mikhail, 2015, A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 372-385 in Zoology in the Middle East 61 (4) on pages 380-381, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525, http://zenodo.org/record/807961
description: {"references": ["Platnick, N. I., & Baehr, B. (2006): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 298, 1 - 287.", "World Spider Catalog (2015) World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http: // wsc. nmbe. ch, version 15.5 [accessed on 20.01.2015].", "Perez, P. J. A., & Blasco, F. A. (1986): Nota sobre los Prodidominae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) de la Peninsula Iberica. Memoires de la Societe Royal Belge d'Entomologie, 33, 155 - 164."]}
Relocalisation and Alternative Food Networks: a Comparison of Two Regions, 2003-2004
Creators: name: Gilg, A. W.
name: Ilbery, B.
name: Little, J. K.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 2007

description: Although most foods are derived from the land, the territorial link between product and place in the United Kingdom has been eroded by industrialised farming systems, favourable agricultural support policies and the dominance of increasingly globalised food supply chains by agribusiness, large food processors and corporate retailers. While ensuring regular and standardised food supplies, these processes have also resulted in overproduction, collapsing farm-gate returns and rising public fears about food safety. Thus interest is growing in the potential for developing 'alternative' or 'relocalised' food systems based on quality, traceability and shorter supply chains.

 The research project had six aims:
to conceptualise food relocalisation

to compare the extent of food relocalisation in the West Midlands and South West regions of England

to analyse institutional strategies for promoting food relocalisation

to examine producer attempts to develop local food networks

to explore consumer perceptions of local food products

to examine the policy implications of food relocalisation
Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to unravel the complex networks operating between producers, consumers and institutions. The main outputs of the research were: an informed conceptualisation of food relocalisation; an explanation of current food relocalisation processes in the two regions; and a set of policy recommendations for the future development of sustainable local food supply systems. This data collection consists of the 125 qualitative interviews conducted for the project; no quantitative data are included.
Regular Car Commuters Employed in Central Brighton and Hove, 2004-2005
Creators: name: Abraham, C.
name: Gardner, B.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 2006

description: Despite the increasingly urgent need to reduce car use through psychological and behavioural strategies, to date there have been few in-depth analyses of car use motives based on drivers' experiences. This research sought to explore the multiple reasons drivers have for preferring car use to public transport and the relationship between utility and affective motives. The study adds to existing literature by documenting misconceptions regarding journey times and control in relation to car and public transport use, systematic under-estimation of car-related monetary costs, and the importance of self- and identity-relevant consequences in policy acceptance.

 The research was conducted by means of grounded theory analysis, performed using semi-structured interviews conducted with 19 regular private car commuters living in the Brighton and Hove area. The sample was drawn from employees of four major organisations with offices in Brighton city centre: a life assurance organisation, a college of further education, a utility company, and a banking corporation. All four destinations are served by frequent bus or train services. No respondents had a physical condition requiring car use, and none would have a timetabled journey of longer than one hour by public transport between their places of residence and employment. Thus, all interviewees had access to public transport alternatives for commuting purposes.
Political Demography: the Northern Ireland Census, Discourse and Territoriality, 2003-2004
Creators: name: Anderson, J.
name: Shuttleworth, I.
name: Lloyd, C. D.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 2007

description: The project's main objectives were to analyse the public discourses surrounding the 2001 Northern Ireland Census and relate them to the already available data on population trends, segregation and projected future changes and to assess their political implications in terms of voting patterns.

 It assesses the politics of demography through 25 in-depth interviews with political party representatives about the relationships of religion ratios and segregation with electoral strategies, voting patterns and levels of conflict.

 The interviews examined politicians' views on how demography influences territorial politics. The interviews were semi-structured and covered a commonality of themes while also allowing the interviewees to raise and develop their own concerns. Interviewees were selected on the basis of the media analysis with those most frequently reported as commenting on demographic issues being approached first, though the researchers ensured a geographical spread across Northern Ireland and coverage that broadly reflected the electoral strength of the various political parties. The interviewees included Westminster MPs, Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, local councillors and party advisers. Some senior politicians had to cancel interviews but three party leaders were interviewed and in other cases senior colleagues deputised. For a wider perspective, officials from the Housing Executive and from the Census Office were also interviewed because they interact closely with local politicians on demographic matters.

 The project also assesses the limitations and problems of census data, particularly with respect to discourses on ratios and segregation. It builds on earlier work and it links with research on political demography in other divided societies.
Thermodynamics and Phase transition from regular Bardeen black hole
Creators: name: Saleh, Mahamat
name: Thomas, Bouetou Bouetou
name: Crépin, Kofané Timoléon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, thermodynamics and phase transition are investigated for the regular Bardeen black hole. Considering the metric of the Bardeen spacetime, we derived the Unruh-Verlinde temperature. Using the first law of thermodynamics, we derived the expression of the specific heat and plot its behavior. It results that the magnetic monopole charge $β$ reduces the temperature and induces a thermodynamics phase transition in the spacetime. Moreover, when increasing $β$, the transition point moves to higher entropy.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
Heinz Cüppers, Die Trierer Romerbrücken
Creators: name: Ulbert, Günter
Publisher: name: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts
Year: 2023

description: Rezension zu: Heinz Cüppers, Die Trierer Romerbrücken. Trierer Grabungen und Forschungen, Band 5. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein 1969. XV und 224 Seiten, 180 Abbildungen und 5 Falttafeln.
description: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Bd. 52 Nr. 2 (1974)
Verfasserverzeichnis der Bibliothekszugänge in Germania 52, 1974
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts
Year: 2023

description: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Bd. 52 Nr. 2 (1974)
Anton Gäck und Otto Grabe, Franz Anton Mayer. Forscher am römischen Limes in Bayern (1773-1854)
Creators: name: Baatz, Dietwulf
Publisher: name: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts
Year: 2023

description: Rezension zu: Anton Gack und Otto Grabe, Franz Anton Mayer. Forscher am römischen Limes in Bayern (1773-1854). München 1973. 140 Seiten und 19 Abbildungen.
description: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Bd. 52 Nr. 2 (1974)
Sheppard Frere, Verulamium Excavations. Vol. I.
Creators: name: Baatz, Dietwulf
Publisher: name: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts
Year: 2023

description: Rezension zu: Sheppard Frere, Verulamium Excavations. Vol. I. Mit Beiträgen von D. Charlesworth, I. W. Cornwall, R. Goodburn, B. R. Hartley, K. F. Hartley, W. H. Manning, H. Waugh und M.G. Wilson. Reports of the Research Comittee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, No. 28. Oxford 1972. XIV und 384 Seiten, 146 Abbil- dungen, 60 Tafeln und eine Faltbeilage.
description: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Bd. 52 Nr. 2 (1974)
G. J. Verwers, Das Kamps Veld in Haps in Neolithikum, Bronzezeit und Eisenzeit
Creators: name: Bantelmann, Niels
Publisher: name: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts
Year: 2023

description: Rezension zu: G. J. Verwers, Das Kamps Veld in Haps in Neolithikum, Bronzezeit und Eisenzeit. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia, Band V. Pubhkationen des Instituts fur Prähistorie der Universität Leiden. Leiden University Press 1972. XI und 176 Seiten, 83 Textabbildungen und 8 Beilagen.
description: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Bd. 52 Nr. 2 (1974)
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on NHS trainee doctors: a scoping review
Creators: name: Irvine, James
name: O'Brien, Jennifer
name: Harding, Janet
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: The overall aim of this scoping review is to explore existing research to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted NHS trainee doctors directly and how this may have influenced patient care outcomes. Specifically examining the effect of the pandemic on the following key areas: 1. Education, training and clinical competence 2. Changes to work and work load 3. Teamwork, support and feeling valued 4. Mental and physical health 5. The impact of the above on patient safety/outcomes and organisational performance The full protocol details are outlined in the scoping review protocol PDF file
Neon Simon 1876
Creators: name: Zonstein, Sergei
name: Marusik, Yuri
name: Omelko, Mikhail
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Neon Simon, 1876 Neon is a relatively large genus with 27 species (Platnick, 2014). Most species are restricted to the Holarctic. Although the genus has a wide distribution, in the Palaearctic, it was not previously reported from Israel.
description: Published as part of Zonstein, Sergei, Marusik, Yuri & Omelko, Mikhail, 2015, A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 372-385 in Zoology in the Middle East 61 (4) on page 381, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525, http://zenodo.org/record/807961
description: {"references": ["Platnick, N. (2014): The World Spider Catalog, Version 15. http: // research. amnh. org / iz / spiders / catalog / INTRO 1. html [accessed on 11 January 2015]."]}
Die Anfänge des Neolithikums vom Orient bis Nordeuropa
Creators: name: Eckerle, Klaus
Publisher: name: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts
Year: 2023

description: Rezension zu: Die Anfänge des Neolithikums vom Orient bis Nordeuropa. Teil V a: Westliches Mitteleuropa, herausgegeben von Hermann Schwabedissen, bearbeitet von Jens Lüning. Fundamenta, Monographien zur Urgeschichte, Reihe A, Band 3. Böhlau Verlag, Köln-Wien 1972. 282 Seiten, 73 Abbildungen (Tabellen und Karten) und 62 Tafeln.
description: Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Bd. 52 Nr. 2 (1974)
Young Men, Masculinities and Health, 2003-2004
Creators: name: De Visser, R.
name: Smith, J. A.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 2006

description: The aim of this study was to explore the influence of men's beliefs about masculinity on their social behaviour, particularly that related to their health. The study was influenced by recent research into masculinity and masculine identities, especially among young men. A second influence was the steady stream of health-related research showing high rates of alcohol consumption (especially 'binge drinking'), recreational drug use, smoking (although rates are falling among young men), unprotected sex and sexually transmitted infections, and motor vehicle accidents. Rather than making the assumption that masculinity is 'bad' for men's health, this study sought to interrogate the links between masculinity and health, and to see whether masculinity is a 'package deal' of behaviours, or whether men are able to forge their own identities and their own patterns of masculine (and non-masculine) behaviour.

 The research focus was on young men's lived experiences of growing up, socialising, and developing a masculine identity. To do this, a qualitative study was designed. The participants in the study were 18 - 21-year-old men living in inner London. This group was chosen because these men are old enough to drink, drive, etc. and would be somewhere between leaving school and their adult destinations. They would have achieved some degree of independence, but may still have been in the process of developing their identities.

 Thirty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with a group of men recruited to ensure diversity in class/socio-economic opportunity (unemployed young men from job centres and young men from universities were recruited for the study), and race/ethnicity (the sample was stratified to ensure sufficient numbers of white, black, and Asian young men were included). In addition, focus group discussions were also conducted.
Electoral Reform and British Members of the European Parliament, 1999-2004
Electoral Reform and the British MEP
Creators: name: Farrell, D.
name: Scully, R.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 2006

description: Electoral reform has become a major issue in contemporary British politics. This project aimed to advance understanding of the relationship between electoral systems and parliamentary representation. Through an examination of the impact on parliamentarians of the introduction of a proportional list electoral system for European Parliament elections, and an assessment of their attitudes towards representative role and 'constituency service' behaviour, the research sought to achieve four main objectives:
to make a substantial contribution to scholarly understanding of how electoral systems affect parliamentary representation, through examination of an aspect of the representative relationship largely neglected in previous research

to produce findings with more specific and immediate implications for current debates over electoral reform within British politics

to generate greater knowledge about the quality and form of representation enjoyed by British citizens from members of the increasingly important European Parliament

to inform discussions over possible further change to the system used to elect British Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
Trade-offs in Decision-Making for Sustainable Technologies, 2004-2005
Creators: name: Oates, C. J.
name: McDonald, S.
name: Hwang, K.
name: Young, W.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 2007

description: When individuals consider the adoption of sustainable technologies, they engage with an increasingly complex decision-making process. It was the contention of this research project that in order to develop promotional strategies that can raise the adoption rates of sustainable technologies, researchers must understand real decision-making processes in all their complexity. This research therefore attempted to capture the decision-making process in great detail, paying particular attention to criteria that people regard as important and how they make trade-offs between these criteria, and the types and sources of information that people consult as part of this process. The overall aims of the project were to investigate individual decision-making for sustainable technologies at a micro level, and to understand the trade-offs in decision-making for sustainable technologies.