cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Compressive parallel MRI for accelerated imaging
Creators: name: Pawar, Kamlesh
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the widely used imaging modalities in clinical practice due to its high quality diagnostic images. The good contrast between soft tissues provided by MRI makes it useful for a diverse range of clinical applications. It is used in a wide variety of clinical applications ranging from structural brain scans to detect tumors, functional neuro-imaging to analyse brain function, cardiovascular imaging to diagnose abnormalities in the heart and diffusion tensor imaging to map brain's neutral network to name a few. However these applications of MRI come at a cost of its slow imaging speed. The objective of this thesis is to improve upon the speed limitation of MR imaging and achieve higher acceleration and produce better quality images. This research has resulted in two novel acceleration techniques, one for static imaging and another for dynamic imaging. The first technique called "multichannel compressive sensing MRI using noiselet encoding" that achieves an 8 times speed up and produce good quality images for static images. The second technique is called "k-space aliasing" that achieves acceleration up to 6 for cardiac imaging. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India and Monash University, Australia.
I 'felt really inspired by it, it was really interesting to interact with the pupils’: active citizenship in the British undergraduate social science curriculum
Creators: name: Watt, Paul
name: Gifford, Chris
name: Koster, Shirley
name: Clark, Wayne
Publisher: name: Social Science Tribune
Year: 2009

description: I 'felt really inspired by it, it was really interesting to interact with the pupils’: active citizenship in the British undergraduate social science curriculum
description: Social Science Tribune, Vol. 14 No. 55 (2009)
Scaling Properties of Liquid Dynamics Predicted from a Single Configuration: Pseudoisomorphs for Harmonic-Bonded Molecules
Creators: name: Sheydaafar, Zahraa
name: Dyre, Jeppe C.
name: Schrøder, Thomas B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Isomorphs are curves in the thermodynamic phase diagram of invariant excess entropy, structure, and dynamics, while pseudoisomorphs are curves of invariant structure and dynamics, but not of the excess entropy. The latter curves have been shown to exist in molecular models with flexible bonds [A. E. Olsen et al., J. Chem. Phys. 145, 241103 (2016)]. We here present three force-based methods to trace out pseudoisomorphs based on a single configuration and test them on the asymmetric dumbbell and 10-bead Lennard-Jones chain models with bonds modeled as harmonic springs. The three methods are based on requiring that particle forces, center-of-mass forces, and torques, respectively, are invariant in reduced units. For each of the two investigated models we identify a method that works well for tracing out pseudoisomorphs, but these methods are not the same. Overall, it appears that the more internal degrees of freedom there are in the molecule studied, the less they affect the gross dynamical behavior. Moreover, the "internal" degrees of freedom (including rotation) do not appear to significantly affect the scaling behavior of the dynamical/transport coefficients provided some "quenching" is performed.
Australian women playwrights: the sacrifice of Oriel Gray
Creators: name: Moss, Merrilee
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Australian Women Playwrights: the Sacrifice of Oriel Gray argues that multi-award winning left-wing Australian playwright Oriel Gray was sacrificed in 1955 by and for the dominant discourse in one symbolic act of “violence”. It investigates contributing elements and circumstances that may have worked together and separately to create and maintain Gray’s liminal status in the theatre world, despite her significant achievements, for more than half a century, and asks how it has been possible for Gray and her considerable body of work to be “forgotten” again and again. It also seeks to examine the manner in which Gray as an outsider/stranger/artist depicted sacrifice and expressed liminality in her work, and argues that Gray’s position provided her a particular point of view. The artwork at the centre of the thesis is the play script Oriel, structured by a dialogue between two Australian playwrights: ‘Oriel’ from the mid-twentieth century, and modern-day playwright, ‘Moss’. As a secondary task, both artwork and dissertation speculate on what effect the forgetting of Gray and her work may have had on the situation for women playwrights today, focusing particularly on contemporary multi-award winning left-wing Melbourne playwright, Patricia Cornelius. With reference to psychoanalysis, sociology and anthropology, using a feminist lens and a synthesized practice-as-research methodology, this thesis highlights Gray as an innovative, important playwright, and argues that she was sacrificed precisely because of her significance.
Additional file 13: Table S6. of RNA-seq analysis reveals alternative splicing under salt stress in cotton, Gossypium davidsonii
Creators: name: Zhu, Guozhong
name: Li, Weixi
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Guo, Wangzhen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biochemistry
Space Science
Medicine
Molecular Biology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Marine Biology
Science Policy

description: Primers used for RT-PCR of alternative splicing events. (DOCX 14Â kb)
Pilot study: Refining a culture-guided selective dry cow therapy program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship on dairy farms
Creators: name: Godden, S. M.
name: Royster, E.
name: Leonard, E.
name: Albrecht, D.
name: Timmerman, J.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: Selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) programs typically use either milk culture or algorithm methods to identify cows with a high risk of infection, and thereby warranting antimicrobial therapy (AMX) at dry off (DO). Multiple studies have demonstrated that SDCT programs can maintain future cow health while signifi­cantly reducing antimicrobial use (AMU), as compared to blan­ket DCT (BDCT). However, we may be able to further reduce AMU at DO by targeting only specific types of intramammary infection (IMI) that will benefit from AMX. A recent meta-analysis concluded that IMI caused by Streptococcus spp. or Streptococcus-like organisms (SSLO) do benefit from DC therapy, while IMI caused by coliform or non-aureus Staph spp. (NAS) do not. Similarly, IMI caused by other Gram-positive bacteria, in­cluding S. aureus, occur with a relatively low frequency in most herds, and often do not respond to AMX. The Minnesota Easy® Focus® media is selective for SSLO growth in milk samples. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the effect of a SDCT program that identifies and treats only IMI caused by SSLO (vs. BDCT) on quarter health and AMU.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
Social judgments about ethnic exclusion among Latin-American children and adolescents living in Spain
Creators: name: Sada, Alejandra Navarro
name: Troncoso, Sheila
name: Gomez, Lila
name: Gomez, Miguel
Publisher: name: Social Science Tribune
Year: 2009

description: Social judgments about ethnic exclusion among Latin-American children and adolescents living in Spain
description: Social Science Tribune, Vol. 14 No. 55 (2009)
Additional file 14: Table S7. of RNA-seq analysis reveals alternative splicing under salt stress in cotton, Gossypium davidsonii
Creators: name: Zhu, Guozhong
name: Li, Weixi
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Guo, Wangzhen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Primers used for qRT-PCR of differential alternative splicing events. (DOCX 15Â kb)
The texture of her skin: a studio project excavating and reweaving visions of female subjectivity
Creators: name: Just, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Texture of Her Skin: A Studio Project Excavating and Reweaving Visions of Female Subjectivity is developed in counterpoint to dominant visual representations that centre on women’s object-hood and suppression in skin. Through a series of visual art works, I evaluate the evocative and connective character of skin, and advance its potential to visualise subjective and multi-layered approaches to female embodiment. Moving beyond the prevalence of literal or singular images of women’s skin, my project investigates the potential for sculptural ‘relics’ to unearth skin’s role as a tactile catalyst in accruing our sense of identity and belonging. I also explore whether media bearing a conceptual affinity to skin, including knitting, clay and photography, might recast skin as a texture enfolding greater female subjectivity and agency. This archive of ‘artefacts’ was developed in New York, Barcelona, Madrid, Vienna, Krems and Melbourne, reflecting a sustained engagement with a diversity of cultural and visual histories. Comprising a series of surgical tools, archaeological relics, knitted second skins and armours, my works creatively reconfigure surface accounts of the female body, reimagine history from a subjective position, and manifest skin’s capacity to sustain our most intimate connections. Studio processes including cutting, kneading, sewing, knitting, carving, tracing and reassembling are deployed to further augment and reweave skin as an active, porous network enfolding a sense of self and connection to the world. I enrich the texture of my own works by mapping out a genealogy of connection to the work of female artists and theorists. Constructing a textual tapestry of our intersecting perspectives, I document the multifarious approaches to the collective task of reclaiming women’s own bodily representation and experience. My own work, centred within this larger body of theory and art practice, exudes optimism that through the tactile threshold of skin, boundaries can be broken, wounds can be healed, and new visions and stories can forged.
Awards: Winner of the Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for Excellence, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, 2013.
Assessment of the relationship between differential somatic cell count and presence of subclinical mastitis
Creators: name: Pena Mosca, F.
name: Florentino, C.
name: Rial, C.
name: Laplacette, A.
name: Masic, A.
name: Borchers, M.
name: Asper, D.
name: Caixeta, L.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: Somatic cell count (SCC) is commonly used for the identifica­tion of cows with subclinical mastitis. Differential somatic cell count (DSCC) represents a novel diagnostic method that allows for the identification and quantification of the different types of inflammatory cells in milk samples (neutrophils (NEU), lym­phocytes (LYM) and macrophages (MAC)) and thus the propor­tions of different cell types could be utilized for subclinical mastitis screening. The objective of this study was to investi­gate if the counts and abundance of different leukocytes types could be used for the identification of cows with subclinical mastitis.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
Identity and ICT: The influence of Rationality, Market Society and ICT in the classroom
Creators: name: Loannis Kamarianos
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2009

description: Identity and ICT: The influence of Rationality, Market Society and ICT in the classroom.
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 14 No. 55 (2009)
An event detection framework for wireless sensor networks
Creators: name: Alam, Kh Mahmudul
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) introduce a new paradigm for sensing and disseminating information from various sources in the physical environment around us. WSNs facilitate the detection of various real-world phenomena (e.g. environmental anomaly, natural disasters, structural faults, man-made hazards and so forth) and thereby aim to reduce any economic and human loss. Typically, a WSN consists of a large number of sensor nodes deployed over a geographic area and each sensor is capable of sensing one or more attributes of the surrounding environment. Unlike traditional communication networks, the structure of a WSN is tightly coupled with the target application. Therefore, the design of a WSN based event detection system involves careful consideration of application-specific performance requirements, diversity in real-world sensing fields, impacts and contexts of the types of target events. The research presented in this thesis focuses on the reliability and accuracy of the detection of physical events using WSNs. Studies in the relevant literature suggest the use of node redundancies in the form of k-coverage to ensure robust detection. In this thesis, first, an optimal QoS support framework for k-coverage in an event-centric WSN using static nodes is presented. Then the concept of coverage hole recovery using variable range sensing is introduced that deals with the loss of coverage arising from node faults and ageing in the post deployment scenario. However, the redundant coverage can be cost prohibiting as the number of nodes becomes very high for high degree of coverage requirement. To reduce the deployment cost, a dynamic k-coverage scheme is proposed that ensures 1-coverage during deployment and provides k-coverage on-demand only after an event is sensed by at least one node. Two different solutions - one using the sensing range adjustment technique and another using node mobility are presented and compared for performance and cost analysis. The proposed detection scheme in this thesis also considers the detection of multiple simultaneous events in a WSN where events may have different priorities depending on their locations and costs of missed-detections. The differentiated treatment for event on a priority basis is evident in many real-world applications. Finally, incorporating the context information in conjunction with the sensed data extends the event detection framework and facilitates the seamless integration of WSNs to the Internet of Things for event detection purpose.
Effects of a naturally occurring caffeine product delivered orally on rate of caffeine absorption and associated metabolic parameters in the bovine neonate
Creators: name: Upah, N.
name: Kolstad, B.
name: Janssen, Z.
name: Fritchen, A.
name: Abeyta, M.
name: Baumgart, L.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: A significant amount of published research has been conducted in the field of human medicine investigating the therapeutic effects of administering caffeine to infants. Consequently, caf­feine is very commonly used as a stimulant, particularly in the NICU. However, little work exists investigating the applica­tion of caffeine in bovine neonates, specifically those with low vigor. The study objectives were first to determine absorption rate and subsequent blood concentration of caffeine in calves administered a viscous oral product containing naturally oc­curring caffeine (Calf Perk®, TechMix LLC, Stewart, MN). The second objective was to determine if caffeine alters any associ­ated effects on metabolic variables of the calf such as circulat­ing glucose, insulin and NEFA concentrations.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
Pilot study to investigate the impacts of cannabinoids from industrial hemp and repeated transportation events on cattle health and immune status
Creators: name: Fritz, B. R.
name: Kleinhenz, M. D.
name: Griffin, J.
name: Weeder, M.
name: Leslie, A. A.
name: Johnson, B. T.
name: Curtis, A. K.
name: Coetzee, J. F.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: The segmentation of the cattle industries necessitates regular transportation. Transport alters immune and stress biomark­ers in cattle. The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill excluded indus­trial hemp (IH; Cannabis sativa, ≤ 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol) from the USDA marijuana definition and DEA Schedule I sta­tus, enabling USDA-authorized IH research to determine the sustainability of IH cultivation. Data on the utility of IH for cattle transport has not been described. The object of the cur­rent study was to evaluate the effects of oral IH on immune and stress biomarkers in cattle being transported considerable distances.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of pantoprazole in calves
Creators: name: Olivarez, J.
name: Mulon, P.
name: Smith, J.
name: Cremerius, H.
name: Cantrell, C.
name: Kreuder, A.
name: Ebner, L.
name: Cox, S.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: Abomasal ulcers occur commonly in veal calves as well as and hospitalized beef calves. One of the recognized therapeutic in­terventions for abomasal and gastric ulceration is the increase of the gastric pH. The lack of efficacy data for gastroprotec­tants, such as pantoprazole, for ulcer prevention and treatment in cattle is a health and welfare issue. The goal of this study was to investigate the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of pantoprazole administered to healthy calves.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
ANTI-DIABETIC ACTIVITY OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AgNPs) SYNTHESIZED USING ACAI BERRY FRUIT EXTRACT
Creators: name: Pradeep Veerappan
name: Sangeetha S
name: Taniya M
name: M Sundaram K
name: Lavanya Prathap
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Acai Berry, Alpha Amylase, Alpha Glucosidase, Diabetes, Hyperglycaemia, Silver Nanoparticles.

description: Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In this research we report the natural synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using the Acai berry fruit extract. Silver nanoparticles are usually formed from AgNO3 which is reduced to colloidal Ag in the presence of a reducing agent. Acai berry (Euterpe oleracea) is a species of palm tree   (Arecaceae ) cultivated mostly for its fruit. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Acai berry fruit was taken and powdered as an extract; 0.12 ml of the acai berry fruit extract was mixed with 100 ml of AgNO3 solution. With the help of heating mantle, it was heated and collected. Colour change from white to dark brown confirms the presence of AgNPs. RESULTS: When our extract is compared to a standard drug of diabetes, our extract exhibited same level of inhibition of the two enzymes: alpha amylase & alpha glucosidase. As those two enzymes are significantly responsible for the conversion of complex polysaccharides into glucose and thereby increasing the blood sugar level, inhibition of the two enzymes is necessary in control of diabetes. With increasing concentration of extract the % of inhibition increases furthermore. CONCLUSION: We conclude that with the inhibition of two enzymes, blood glucose level can be maintained and people can get rid of diabetes, hyperglycaemia through plant extract mediated nanoparticles. The AgNPs produced from Acai berry fruit extract were found to be the best medicine for the treatment of diabetes.
Additional file 1: of Metabolomics insights into the modulatory effects of long-term compound polysaccharide intake in high-fat diet-induced obese rats
Creators: name: Chen, Mingyi
name: Lu, Biyu
name: Li, Yuan
name: Wang, Yuanyuan
name: Zheng, Haihui
name: Zhong, Danmin
name: Liao, Ziqiong
name: Wang, Mengxia
name: Ma, Fangli
name: Liao, Qiongfeng
name: Xie, Zhiyong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Figure S1. Effects of LF on body weight gain, liver weight, epididymal adipose weight and mean energy take in HFD-fed rats. (A) Body weight gain in 12 weeks; (B) liver weight; (C) epididymal adipose weight; (D) mean energy intake. Values are expressed as means ± standard error. Graph bars with different letters on top represent statistically significant results (p < 0.05) based on one-way ANOVA analysis, whereas bars with the same letter correspond to results that show no statistically significant differences. In the case where two letters are present on top of the bars in A, C, D, each letter should be compared separately with the letters of other bars to determine whether the results show statistically significant differences. Figure S2. PCA scores plots of 1H NMR data of urine (A) and feces (B) are exhibited at 12th week. Both analysis among three groups and pairwise comparisons are showed with PCA model. Figure S3. Metabolic pathways altered by HFD (compared with CD group). ↑, up-regulated; ↓, down-regulated; red color: urine; blue color: feces. Abbreviations: TMA, Trimethylamine; DMA, Dimethylamine; MA, Methylamine; TMAO, Trimethylamine N-oxide; PAG, Phenylacetylglycine; TCA cycle, Tricarboxylic acid cycle; 2PY, N′-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide; 4PY, N′-methyl-4-pyridone-3-carboxamide; NAD+, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; NADP+, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate; 4-HPA, 4-hydroxybenzoacetic acid; NAG, N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase. Table S1. Recipes of control and high-fat diet. Table S2. 1H NMR data for metabolites in rat urine and feces. Table S3. Model validation parameters for rat urine. Table S4. Model validation parameters for rat feces. Table S5. Model validation parameters from confusion matrix. Table S6. Content changes of significant altered metabolites in urine. Table S7. Content changes of significant altered metabolites in feces. (DOCX 1259 kb)
EDITORIAL: What identity; national, European or something more?
Creators: name: Spinthourakis, Julia Athena
name: Kamarianos, Ioannis
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2009

description: EDITORIAL: What identity; national, European or something more?
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 14 No. 55 (2009)
The space of dwelling: an investigation into the potential for spatial flexibility to improve volume housing in Australia
Creators: name: Ramirez-Lovering, Diego
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This PhD explores architectural contributions in the design and delivery of volume housing, which provides the most affordable housing option in the Australian market. The study develops different design strategies for incorporating spatial flexibility in four housing projects: The Dividable House, The Adaptable House, The Adaptable Apartment and The Flexible Townhouse, stemming from the Sustainable Affordable Home initiative (SAHI) and Designing Affordable Sustainable Housing (DASH). These projects, commissioned by Victorian State Government authorities, aim to provide design improvements that can be adopted at negligible increase in cost to the dwelling. In addition to the housing design projects, the design research has been developed through case-study analysis and the development of hypothetical occupancy scenarios. The design projects, developed between 2006 and 2011 as demonstration projects aimed at volume housing providers in Melbourne, were conceptualised to offer flexible spatial designs in response to the social, economic and environmental issues that current models of volume housing struggle to address. The Adaptable House, stemming from the SAHI project, was built in 2010 by the volume builder Burbank. These projects, as well as the design research that accompanied them, were developed through the collaborative efforts of research teams. The SAHI projects were completed in collaboration with Professor Shane Murray and Graham Crist. The DASH projects were conducted under the auspices of the Monash Architecture Studio in collaboration with Professor Shane Murray, Lee-Anne Khor, Ross Brewin, Tom Morgan, Barend Meyer, Professor Nigel Bertram, Louise Wright and Studio m-b.
Pergunta de pesquisa
Creators: name: De Castro Dias, Ricardo
name: Loiola, João Augusto Dourado
name: De Melo Benites, Vinicius
name: Straliotto, Rosângela
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2022

description: A pergunta de pesquisa foi elaborada de acordo com o método PICOT, onde se definil como população todas as espécies de plantas cultivadas; como intervenção a aplicação de pó de rocha silicática como fonte de nutrientes; como comparadores a não aplicação de fonte de nutrientes (controle negativo) e a aplicação de fertilizantes solúveis convencionais (controle positivo); como resultado, a mensuração de qualquer parâmetro relacionado à produção, sem restrição quanto ao tipo de estudo. Chegou-se então à seguinte pergunta de pesquisa: "Rochas silicáticas são fontes eficientes de nutrientes para plantas cultivadas?".
Maintenance of the last step of the cold chain: on-farm refrigerator storage and performance
Creators: name: Fallness, C. A.
name: Rollin, E.
name: Heins, B. D.
name: Berghaus, R. D.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: Failure of the cold chain and thermal damage to refrigerated vaccines can result in losses for cattle owners and safety issues for cattle. The primary objectives of this study were to quantify characteristics of refrigerator operating temperatures on re­gional dairy and veterinary operations, including the percent­age of time that refrigerators spent outside the recommended temperature interval (RTI) of 36°F to 46°F (2°C to 8°C) for vac­cine storage, the mean daily temperature range (MDTR), and identify variables associated with those characteristics.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
Evaluation of the stress-reducing effect of injectable trace minerals in beef calves
Creators: name: Megahed, A.
name: Bittar, J.
name: Palomares, R.
name: Mercadante, V.
name: Dias, N.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: Very few studies have shown that trace minerals supplementa­tion may have stress-reducing effects in humans. In beef cattle, to the best of our knowledge, no available information about the mechanistic effects of injectable trace-minerals supple­mentation (ITM) on beef calf’s stress response. The aim of the current study was, therefore, to address this gap in knowledge by evaluating the stress-mitigation effects of ITM in beef calves exposed to different types of stress.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Testes-specific protease 50 (TSP50) promotes invasion and metastasis by inducing EMT in gastric cancer
Creators: name: Cao, Qing-Hua
name: Liu, Fang
name: Li, Chang-Zhao
name: Liu, Ni
name: Shu, Man
name: Lin, Yuan
name: Ding, Li
name: Xue, Ling
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: The relationship between TSP50 expression and E-Cadherin expression in lymph node metastatic lesions through Phi and Cramers V correlation analysis. Table S2. The relationship between TSP50 expression and nuclear p65 expression in gastric cancer tissues through Phi and Cramers V correlation analysis. (DOCX 14 kb)
Deconstructing indiscriminate violence: a mixed methods study in nightclub security
Creators: name: Zalewski, Antony Michael
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Violence in and around nightclubs has been the subject of community concern for many years and yet there has been little research into how nightclubs address the risk of violence. The study reported in this thesis explores systems of security in 20 Victorian nightclubs located within an entertainment precinct and how they address violence. Violence was defined as behaviours that include verbal threats, aggressive actions such as pointing or invading personal space, and physical attack that required actual or potential intervention by venue staff. The study grouped the 20 nightclubs into two categories (Levels 1 and 2) based upon reported incidents. The 10 Level 1 venues averaged >4 incidents each week and the 10 Level 2 venues averaged <1 incident each week. The study made comparisons between elements within the security systems that had been developed and introduced into the 10 Level 1 and 10 Level 2 nightclubs in determining which elements appear to be associated with less violence. The study found that venues with higher levels of violence tended to have informal systems, poor management methods and less preventative practices which meant they were weighted toward reactivity in addressing the risk of violence.
Impacts of Black-Hole-Forming Supernova Explosions on the Diffuse Neutrino Background
Creators: name: Nakazato, Ken'ichiro
name: Akaho, Ryuichiro
name: Ashida, Yosuke
name: Tsujimoto, Takuji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Flux spectrum, event rate, and experimental sensitivity are investigated for the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB), which originates from past stellar collapses and is also known as a supernova relic neutrino background. For this purpose, the contribution of collapses that lead to successful supernova (SN) explosion and black hole (BH) formation simultaneously, which are suggested to be a non-negligible population from the perspective of Galactic chemical evolution, is taken into account. If the BH-forming SNe involve the matter fallback onto the protoneutron star for the long term, their total emitted neutrino energy becomes much larger than that of ordinary SNe and failed SNe (BH formation without explosion). Then, in the case of the normal mass hierarchy in neutrino oscillations and with half of all core-collapse SNe being BH-forming SNe, the expected event rate according to the current DSNB model is enhanced by up to a factor of two due to the BH-forming SNe. While substantial uncertainties exist regarding the duration of the matter fallback, which determines the total amount of emitted neutrinos, and the fraction of BH-forming SNe, the operation time required to detect the DSNB at Hyper-Kamiokande would be reduced by such contribution in any case.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures, published in ApJ
Scopaeus micros Kraatz 1859
Creators: name: Frisch, Johannes
name: Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Scopaeus
Scopaeus micros

description: Scopaeus micros Kraatz, 1859
Kraatz (1859: 133) described Scopaeus micros from Sri Lanka. Decades later, Cameron (1930: 346) recorded it for Sumatera Utara (Medan). Because reference specimens are unknown and due to the wide geographical distance, the distribution of S. micros in Indonesia is unproven and unlikely.
description: Published as part of Frisch, Johannes & Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa, 2022, Revision of Scopaeus Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) of Indonesia, with description of 19 new species, pp. 23-73 in Soil Organisms 95 (1) on page 70, DOI: 10.25674/so95iss1id311, http://zenodo.org/record/10724236
Readers for frequency signature-based chipless RFID tags
Creators: name: Koswatta, Randika Vishwajith
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems are currently a major research area globally. Most of the RFID tags available in the market use application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) which are expensive compared to other tagging techniques. RFID can only compete with, even and replace barcodes if they are made chipless and printed like the barcodes. Chipless RFID tags reduce the manufacturing costs and enable the use of the technology in high volume applications. Much research has been carried out on the development of chipless RFID tags. However, only a limited amount of work has been carried out on the development of chipless RFID readers. This thesis presents the design of three novel, very low-cost chipless RFID readers for reading spectral signature-based chipless RFID tags. Two of the readers use frequency domain-based techniques to decode data from the chipless tags. The Gen-1 reader is capable of detecting the features of amplitude and phase signature of a chipless RFID tag. The reader requires a calibration measurement. The detection process is more hardware-based and fewer signal processing techniques are used. The Gen-2 reader reconstructs the amplitude and phase responses using the signals received from the chipless RFID tags. The reader does not need a calibration measurement, which offers a major improvement over the predecessors. The voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) of the reader generates a linear chirp (swept) frequency interrogation signal. The Gen-2 reader is even lower-cost compared to the Gen-1 and has a simpler RF section. The detection process uses a Hilbert transform-based signal processing technique to re-construct the amplitude and phase responses of the chipless tag. The operation of both Gen-1 and Gen-2 readers are validated experimentally. The tag reading speed is hindered by the performance of the VCO and the number of data points required in frequency domain-based readers. A novel high-speed tag reading technique based on ultra-wideband RF pulses is proposed in this research. The proposed method is validated with simulations. The integrated reader is a complete system with an RF section, a digital section and a graphical user interface (GUI) and software interface. Most of the existing UWB antenna designs are not suitable for chipless RFID applications due to their low gain or physical size. Hence, in addition to the readers, a design of novel UWB antenna is also proposed in this research work to use with the readers. The antenna is compact and high gain and provides UWB operation with over 9 dB gain and 3.9-10 GHz operating frequency band. The unique features of the developed chipless RFID reader systems are (i) low cost, (ii) secure and (iii) remote and non-line of sight operability. The importance of these developments lies in the fact that they enable the development of low-cost chipless RFID systems comparable to other cheap tagging systems such as optical barcodes.
Embryo morphokinetic and metabolomics evident in videos of bovine embryos
Creators: name: Killingsworth, R.
name: Wells, C.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: Current methods to evaluate embryo health have not changed in 4 decades. These methods rely on the International Embryo Transfer Society morphological grading system and are insuf­ficient to distinguish morphokinetic and metabolomic charac­teristics, which are known factors pertaining to an embryo’s developmental potential. The objective of this research aimed to utilize graphic image processing to evaluate embryo mor­phokinetic changes present in 30s video data of bovine embryos to study real-time embryo morphokinetics and infer informa­tion pertaining to embryo metabolic activity.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
Additional file 4: Table S1. of RNA-seq analysis reveals alternative splicing under salt stress in cotton, Gossypium davidsonii
Creators: name: Zhu, Guozhong
name: Li, Weixi
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Guo, Wangzhen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biochemistry
Space Science
Medicine
Molecular Biology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Science Policy

description: Number of AS events in four groups. (DOCX 14Â kb)
Estratégia de busca
Creators: name: De Melo Benites, Vinicius
name: De Castro Dias, Ricardo
name: Loiola, João Augusto Dourado
name: Straliotto, Rosângela
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2022

description: A estratégia utilizada nesse estudo compreendeu a efetivação de buscas sistemáticas na literatura, a partir das bases indexadoras Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Springer e Oasis. As buscas foram realizadas por artigos disponíveis até o dia 20 de outubro de 2020. Foram utilizados filtros por área de conhecimento, buscando apenas pelas áreas de ciências biológicas, agrícolas e ambientais. Previamente à seleção dos termos de busca, foram determinados 56 artigos sentinelas. As buscas preliminares tiveram a eficiência mensurada através da recuperação dos artigos sentinelas. Ao final da etapa preliminar, definiu-se como termo de busca a seguinte combinação: "( "rock powder" OR "crushed rock" OR "Remineralizer" OR "rock dust" OR "basalt powder" OR "sienite powder" OR "phonolite powder" OR "glauconite powder" OR "granite powder" ) AND ( "crop yield" OR "plant* growth" ) ", com algumas variações a depender da base. Em seguida, procedeu-se com a checagem de artigos duplicados, mesclando as duplicações. Ao final, obtiveram-se 580 artigos.
Better than the human eye – machine learning models to objectively analyze bovine embryo quality
Creators: name: Wells, C. E.
name: Killingsworth, R.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: Machine learning (ML) is a type of artificial intelligence that al­lows software applications to become more accurate at predict­ing outcomes without being explicitly programmed. ML models use millions of parameters to detect patterns and generate al­gorithms which can provide image analysis and predictive out­put superior to the human eye. ML models offer value to many biological applications, including the evaluation and selection of bovine embryos in conventional embryo transfer (ET) and in vitro fertilization (IVF). The objective of this study was to train ML models to evaluate bovine embryo viability and test their prediction accuracy against known pregnancy outcomes.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
Enantiomer-Specific Pumping of Chiral Molecules
Creators: name: Zou, Fen
name: Li, Yong
name: Zhang, Peng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Enantiomer-specific state transfer (ESST), which involves transferring enantiomers with different handedness of a chiral molecule into different-energy internal states, is a challenging yet significant task. Previous ESST methods are based on dynamic processes and thus require the preparation of initial states and precise control of microwave operation times. We propose a novel ESST approach, called enantiomer-specific pumping (ESP), which is based on a {\it dissipative} process, and thereby eliminates the need for these two technical requirements. This approach utilizes a special microwave-induced dark state that appears exclusively for the enantiomer with a specific handedness. Specifically, in ESP, the enantiomer lacking the dark state can be pumped out of the subspace of relevant internal states, while the enantiomer with the dark state maintains a finite probability within this subspace, offering high efficiency in ESST. Notably, ESP facilitates enantiodetection without the need for enantiopure samples as reference.
description: 18 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 8: Table S2. of RNA-seq analysis reveals alternative splicing under salt stress in cotton, Gossypium davidsonii
Creators: name: Zhu, Guozhong
name: Li, Weixi
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Guo, Wangzhen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Biological process of DAS genes and their corresponding isoforms distribution. (DOCX 15Â kb)
miR-Q: a novel quantitative RT-PCR approach for the expression profiling of small RNA molecules such as miRNAs in a complex sample
Creators: name: Sharbati-Tehrani, Soroush
name: Kutz-Lohroff, Barbara
name: Bergbauer, Ramona
name: Scholven, Jutta
name: Einspanier, Ralf
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: miRNA expression
subject: reverse transcription reaction
subject: ileal sample
subject: miRNA molecule
subject: miRNA concentration
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::572 Biochemie

description: Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small endogenous non-coding interfering RNA molecules regarded as major regulators in eukaryotic gene expression. Different methods are employed for miRNA expression profiling. For a better understanding of their role in essential biological processes, convenient methods for differential miRNA expression analysis are required. Results Here, we present the miR-Q assay as a highly sensitive quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) for expression analysis of small RNAs such as miRNA molecules. It shows a high dynamic range of 6 to 8 orders of magnitude comprising a sensitivity of up to 0.2 fM miRNA, which corresponds to single copies per cell. There is nearly no cross reaction among closely-related miRNA family members, which points to the high specificity of the assays. Using this approach, we quantified the expression of let-7b in different human cell lines as well as miR-145 and miR-21 expression in porcine intestinal samples. Conclusion miR-Q is a cost-effective and highly specific approach, which neither requires the use of fluorochromic probes, nor Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA)-modified oligonucleotides. Moreover, it provides a remarkable increase in specificity and simplified detection of small RNAs.
Effect of increasing GnRH dose during Double- Ovsynch on fertility of lactating dairy cows
Creators: name: Stangaferro, M. L.
name: Thomas, M. J.
name: Couto Serrenho, R.
name: Moncada Torres, J.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Conference Proceedings
Year: 2023

description: The rate of ovulation to the first GnRH treatment of Ovsynch-type protocols is key to achieve excellent fertility. In cows syn­chronized with the Double-Ovsynch protocol (DO), only around half of the cows ovulate to the third GnRH injection (first GnRH of the Breeding-Ovsynch portion of Double-Ovsynch). Increas­ing the dose of GnRH at this time has been proven to improve ovulatory response, reaching up to 67% of ovulation rate. Our objective was to determine whether increasing the dose of the third GnRH of DO could improve the reproductive outcomes at first service.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings
Additional file 9: Table S3. of RNA-seq analysis reveals alternative splicing under salt stress in cotton, Gossypium davidsonii
Creators: name: Zhu, Guozhong
name: Li, Weixi
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Guo, Wangzhen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: DAS genes related to salt stress response. (DOCX 17Â kb)
Two sides of the same coin: challenging the mother-daughter trope in contemporary Italian women's writings.
Creators: name: Di Rollo, Aureliana
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In this thesis I engage with the tradition of writing about the mother in order to explore how the representation of the mother-daughter relationship has evolved in the works of contemporary Italian women writers. Within the corpus of mother-daughter narratives, I have looked for novels that, departing from the dominant pattern characterised by maternal passivity and by the predominance of daughters' narrations, endowed the mother and the daughter with the same degree of agency. I have focused on the expression of maternal subjectivity and I demonstrate how select women writers have subverted the passive idealisation of the maternal figure by challenging the wide-spread representation of the mother as a silent object. I have chosen four novels, which allowed me to trace an evolution in the expression of the maternal voice, framed in a mother-daughter plot: Goliarda Sapienza's L'Arte della Gioia (1994 and 2008), Igiaba Scego's Oltre Babilonia (2008), Valeria Parrella's Lo Spazio Bianco (2008) and Michela Murgia's Accabadora (2009). While still placing a definite stress on the mother-daughter relationship, these texts present maternal models that challenge the male-dominated symbolic order, forge filial bonds outside of bloodlines and normative family paradigms, and widen the notion of motherhood to include tasks that do not necessarily hinge on child-rearing. Drawing from ancient Greek myth, psychoanalysis, feminist thought and literary theory I analyse how the experience of motherhood, disentangled from its bodily functions, becomes a relational practice, where the maternal perspective gradually emerges as dominant, although never completely severed from the daughter's. By redesigning the mother-daughter relationship, the novels discussed in the thesis also challenge the cultural context in which the mother-daughter plot is inscribed, revealing an underpinning logic that differs from a patriarchal symbolic through recurrent slippage between a patriarchal and a non-patriarchal frame of reference, which is, to some extent, consequential to their critique of maternal silence and passivity.