cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Geology of the cretaceous Paraná Magmatic Province at the central portion of Torres Syncline, Southern Brazil
Creators: name: Marteleto, Natasha Sarde
name: de Assis Janasi, Valdecir
name: Guimarães, Letícia Freitas
name: Polo, Liza Angélica
name: Ferreira, Amanda Alves
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Geological maps of tropical areas demand special challenges due to weathering conditions, mainly where relief has low variability. Most part of Paraná Magmatic Province is included in this scenario. An exception to this situation is the southeastern portion of the province, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The stratigraphic disposition of volcanic units and the characteristics of erosion of each one caused the exposition of four identified plateaus, in which outcrop, from bottom to top: (1) basalts from Torres/Vale do Sol formations; (2) Caxias do Sul dacite; (3) Barros Cassal sequence; (4) Santa Maria rhyolite. The contacts were traced using SRTM images (through altitude and slope maps), integrating previously published semi- to detailed maps and geochemical database from our group. The resulting map (1:250,000) contributes to the volcano-stratigraphic knowledge of this huge province, and allows us to suggest the review of silicic units, initially called Palmas Formation.
High-Redshift Cosmography
Creators: name: Vitagliano, Vincenzo
name: Xia, Jun-Qing
name: Liberati, Stefano
name: Viel, Matteo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We constrain the parameters describing the kinematical state of the universe using a cosmographic approach, which is fundamental in that it requires a very minimal set of assumptions (namely to specify a metric) and does not rely on the dynamical equations for gravity. On the data side, we consider the most recent compilations of Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursts catalogues. This allows to further extend the cosmographic fit up to $z = 6.6$, i.e. up to redshift for which one could start to resolve the low z degeneracy among competing cosmological models. In order to reliably control the cosmographic approach at high redshifts, we adopt the expansion in the improved parameter $y = z/(1+z)$. This series has the great advantage to hold also for $z > 1$ and hence it is the appropriate tool for handling data including non-nearby distance indicators. We find that Gamma Ray Bursts, probing higher redshifts than Supernovae, have constraining power and do require (and statistically allow) a cosmographic expansion at higher order than Supernovae alone. Exploiting the set of data from Union and GRBs catalogues, we show (for the first time in a purely cosmographic approach parametrized by deceleration $q_0$, jerk $j_0$, snap $s_0$) a definitively negative deceleration parameter $q_0$ up to the 3$σ$ confidence level. We present also forecasts for realistic data sets that are likely to be obtained in the next few years.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables. Improved version matching the published one, additional comments and references
title: Effects of Ketoconazole on Uterine Weight and on Unbound Serum Estradiol Relative to Vaginal Cornification in Rats
Creators: name: Hall, Leonard L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1990

description: Ketoconazole is a broad-spectrum antifungal with oral activity and is documented to block steroid biosynthesis in fungi and mammals.
Estradiol-primed ovariectomized rats lose the estradiol-induced, cornified layer of the vaginal epithelium as a result of ketoconazole treatment. This effect is not explained by current knowledge of ketoconazole's mechanism of action.
Ketoconazole's effect on estradiol's binding to either receptors in target tissues (target-cell receptors) or serum-estradiol-carrying proteins in the aforementioned rats was investigated.
The uterus is responsive to estradiol treatment, which causes an increase in uterine size and weight. This tissue is a sensitive means of studying the effects of ketoconazole on target-cell estradiol receptors. Tamoxifen, documented to block the effects of estradiol by binding to target-cell estradiol receptors, was used as a control drug. Uterine weight and horn diameter were measured in estradiol-treated, ovariectomized rats after 7 days of oral, twice-a-day, drug treatment.
Ketoconazole had no effect on mean uterine weights and uterine horn diameters at any of the doses tested; however, tamoxifen at a dose of 10 mg/kg caused a significant reduction in uterine weight and horn diameter. Vaginal histopathology showed that ketoconazole and tamoxifen caused decornification.
The percentage of unbound estradiol in the serum was measured in estradiol-treated, ovariectomized rats treated with ketoconazole orally, twice-a-day for 3 days to determine the effects of ketoconazole on the serum binding of estradiol.
The results of vaginal cytology showed that ketoconazole caused normal decornification. In comparison with control animals, the results of the serum percent-unbound estradiol assays showed that ketoconazole caused a dose-related increase in the percent-unbound estradiol in the blood. The dose required to cause a 5 percent increase in serum unbound estradiol was approximately 6 times greater than the minimum dose required to cause decornification.
Ketoconazole's effects on target-cell estradiol receptors and serum estradiol-carrying proteins do not appear to have any relationship to its effects in causing vaginal decornification in this model.
title: The Heart Rate Responses of Dairy Cows to Two Types of Disturbances--Transportation and Aircraft Noises
Creators: name: Ahn, Hoon M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1992

description: Three experiments were conducted using implanted heart rate (HR) transmitters. In the first experiment three lactating Holstein cows' HR signals were monitored telemetrically for three successive days under the normal herd management. Overall mean and standard error for these cows was 76.1 ± 0.46 bpm. In the second experiment the same three cows' HR signals were monitored with a portable computer and receiver. The cows were transported 400 kilometers one way over various road surface conditions. The HR signals were monitored consecutively at the beginning of the trip and at hourly intervals during travel. The cows stayed overnight and were brought back the next day. This two-day journey was repeated one week later. As travel commenced, the cows' HRs averaged 89.7 bpm and differed significantly (p
In a second experiment, two cows were exposed to five different types of aircraft noises--helicopter low altitude flyover and hover, fixed-wing low altitude flyover, jet aircraft low altitude subsonic flyover, and high altitude supersonic boom. The cows were exposed to four to five flyovers of the same type of aircraft at approximately five-minute intervals. Intervals between different aircraft type flyovers were at least one hour. Two noise disturbance experiments were conducted seven days apart. Supersonic booms and helicopter flyovers had significant effects on HR response. With increasing exposures to aircraft disturbances, there was a reduction in HR response.
Gene technology, risk, regulation and communication
Creators: name: Gogarty, B
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis examines the social, political and legal basis for the establishment of a\ national regime for the oversight of risks posed by gene technology in Australia.\ It provides an overview of the public debate about gene technology and considers\ how that debate served to motivate and shift the focus of regulatory reform which\ led to the Gene Technology Act 2000 (Cth) (GTA).\ The debate about gene technology belies a much deeper social preoccupation with\ novel risk generally - something described by risk theorists as the 'risk society'.\ This risk society has placed pressure on legislatures to manage the perceived risks\ posed by novel technologies or to use novel technologies to manage man-made or\ natural risks. Yet the traditionally prescriptive and cumbersome process of\ regulatory reform is ill-suited to the pace and transient nature of scientific\ innovation. Consequently, legislatures have developed a new legislative form,\ risk governance, designed to provide a more flexible scientifically based\ response to novel technologies. This form of legislation is exemplified by the\ GTA. Yet risk governance has proved to create problems of its own. Maintaining\ regulatory flexibility necessitates that rule making is virtually, if not officially,\ undertaken outside of the parliamentary process. Furthermore, because risk\ governance adopts a scientifically based assessment and management process\ (risk analysis) it must co-opt technical specialists (the subjects of regulation) into\ the decision making process. These factors have contributed to risk governance\ being perceived as anti-democratic in some quarters. Such perceptions are agitated\ by a growing distrust of technocrat's ability to serve the public interest in the risk\ society. Lack of trust was a major theme throughout the Australian gene\ technology debate.\ The response to public distrust in technocratic oversight of novel technology has\ been the inception of risk communication, a process that encourages public\ involvement in risk analysis. Unfortunately, best practice risk communication has\ tended to be promulgated in policy but avoided in practice - something revealed\ with the commercialisation of gene technology. This has resulted in increased\ pressure to put promise into practice by institutionalising participatory risk\ communication principles within risk governance. I have referred to this more\ democratic regulatory form as 'deliberative risk governance'.\ The GTA was enacted with the promise that it would involve the public in all\ aspects of regulating risks posed by gene technology. I consider how we arrived\ at such a system, if it matters and whether the promise of deliberative risk\ governance is real, efficacious and genuine within this act.
Discrete Hamilton-Pontryagin mechanics and generating functions on Lie groupoids
Creators: name: Stern, Ari
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 70H30 (Primary), 22A22, 37M15, 53D12 (Secondary)

description: We present a discrete analog of the recently introduced Hamilton-Pontryagin variational principle in Lagrangian mechanics. This unifies two, previously disparate approaches to discrete Lagrangian mechanics: either using the discrete Lagrangian to define a finite version of Hamilton's action principle, or treating it as a symplectic generating function. This is demonstrated for a discrete Lagrangian defined on an arbitrary Lie groupoid; the often encountered special case of the pair groupoid (or Cartesian square) is also given as a worked example.
description: 14 pages; minor revision of section 2.3 to provide more background; major revision of sections 3-4 to allow for several time steps; accepted, Journal of Symplectic Geometry
title: Evaluation of Antiviral Compounds Against Avian Influenza
Creators: name: Call, Evan W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1991

description: Tests in vitro for antiviral activity against avian influenza viruses, A/Turkey/Sanpete/85 (H6N8) and A/Turkey/Sanpete/86 (H10N9), isolated in Sanpete County, Utah, utilized known antiviral agents, amantadine•HCl (adamantanamine hydrochloride) and ribavirin (1-β-D ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide). The testing involved evaluation of seven drug concentrations. Maximum tolerated dose, minimum inhibitory concentration and therapeutic indexes were determined for each drug used. Both drugs demonstrated reasonable antiviral activity. Then they were tested against the H10N9 strain in 10-day-old Broad White turkey poults. Large- and small- particle aerosol delivery methods utilized. Various parameters, including water and feed consumption, health score (based on visible signs), recoverable lung virus, lung hemagglutination titer, and visual lung scoring were considered for the quantification of viral infection and, thus, antiviral activity in birds. Recovery of viable virus from infected turkey poults proved sporadic. Visible signs were varied and mild, limiting the usefulness of health scores. The onset of illness was reflected in the decline in water consumption. Moderate antiviral activity was demonstrated with the use of ribavirin small-particle aerosol, but ribavirin fog was not effective. Amantadine product slight antiviral activity when used with both delivery systems. The potential efficacy of both drugs and application methods indicate further study of these control systems is warranted.
Additional file 7 of Quantitative proteomics-based analyses performed on pre-eclampsia samples in the 2004–2020 period: a systematic review
Creators: name: Navajas, Rosana
name: Corrales, Fernando
name: Paradela, Alberto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Additional file 7. Supplementary methods: acceptance criteria for the proteins appearing in Tables 1, 2, 3.
Charge asymmetries in e+e- -> pi+ pi- gamma at the phi resonance
Creators: name: Gallegos, A.
name: Lucio, J. L.
name: Moreno, G.
name: Napsuciale, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the forward-backward pion charge asymmetry for the e^{+}e^{-}\toπ^{+}π^{-}γprocess. At tree level we consider bremsstrahlung and double resonance contributions. Although the latter contribution is formally sub-leading, it is enhanced at low dipion invariant mass due to $ρ$ resonant effects. We consider also four alternative models to describe the final state radiation at the loop level: Resonance Chiral Perturbation Theory, Unitarized Chiral Perturbation Theory, Kaon Loop Model and Linear Sigma Model. The last three models yield results compatible with experimental data. The Kaon Loop Model requires an energy dependent phase to achieve the agreement.
description: Revised version, conclusions changed, 11 pages, 8 figs, version to appear in PLB
On restricted unitary Cayley graphs and symplectic transformations modulo n
Creators: name: de Beaudrap, Niel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C12, 05C17, 05C50

description: We present some observations on a restricted variant of unitary Cayley graphs modulo n, and the implications for a decomposition of elements of symplectic operators over the integers modulo n. We define quadratic unitary Cayley graphs G_n, whose vertex set is the ring Z_n, and where residues a, b modulo n are adjacent if and only if their difference is a quadratic residue. By bounding the diameter of such graphs, we show an upper bound on the number of elementary operations (symplectic scalar multiplications, symplectic row swaps, and row additions or subtractions) required to decompose a symplectic matrix over Z_n. We also characterize the conditions on n for G_n to be a perfect graph.
description: 27 pages, 1 appendix. This revision corrects a significant (but removable) error from the proof of Theorem 12
title: Effect of Feeding a Viable Yeast Culture With or Without Aspergillus Oryzae on Milk Production, Apparent Nutrient Digestibility, Ruminal Fermentation, and Nutrient Degradability in Holstein Cows
Creators: name: Kim, Daeyoon
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1992

description: Twenty-four early to midlactation Holstein cows were allocated to one of three treatments. Treatments consisted of: 1) basal ration plus 60 g wheat bran per day per head (control); 2) basal ration plus 57 g yeast culture per day per head; 3) basal ration plus 57 g yeast culture plus 3 g Aspergillus oryzae per day per head. Feed intake and milk yield were recoreded daily and milk composition and body weights were recorded weekly. Feed and fecal samples were recorded weekly. Feed and fecal samples were collected to determine apparent nutrient digestibility. No statistical difference was observed in milk yield among treatments. Percent fat, protein, and solid non fat of milk samples for the control fed group was significantly higher than the other treatment groups. Apparent crude protein, acid detergent fiber, and neutral detergent fiber digestibilities for cows fed the fungal culture treatments were significantly higher.
Six rumen-fistulated Holstein cows were randomly assigned to one of three treatments in a 3x3 replicated Latin square design. Rumen pH was significantly lower for cows fed treatment two. Total volatile fatty acid and ammonia nitrogen concentration were higher for cows fed treatment two.
Three rumen-fistulated Holstein cows were assigned one of three treatments in a 3x3 Latin square design for an in situ study. Approximately 15 g of grass hay, low quality alfalfa, and high quality alfalfa were sealed in nylon bags and put into the rumen. Samples were analyzed for dry matter, acid detergent fiber, neutral detergent fiber, and crude protein. Regardless of substrate used, dry matter disappearance was lower for control. Regardless of treatment ration fed, high quality alfalfa as a substrate was significantly higher in dry matter disappearance.
title: Use of the Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Detection of Bovine Leukosis
Creators: name: Kelly, Emma Jane
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1992

description: A diagnostic test for bovine leukosis was developed using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify a 375 base pair region in the gag gene of the proviral genome.
Blood samples were collected from 3 adult Holstein cows shown to be infected with bovine leukosis virus (BLV) by the agar-gel immunodiffusion (AGID) technique. The 3 samples were mixed and the composite blood was used to inoculate 10 cows. Five of the cows were inoculated with 0.1 ml of blood, and the other cows were inoculated with 1 ml of blood. Five of the cows were negative for BLV by AGID and PCR on the day of inoculation, and the other five cows were positive for BLV on the day of inoculation.
The 10 cows were bled on day 1 (day 0 being the day of inoculation) and day 7 post-inoculation, and every 2 weeks subsequently until 3 months post-inoculation. Samples were stored until the end of the study, at which time the AGID and PCR tests were performed.
Three cows became AGID-positive 3 weeks post-inoculation, and two cows seroconverted 5 weeks post-inoculation. The time of seroconversion did not correlate with the volume of viral inoculum. In comparison, the PCR consistently detected infection sooner than the AGID: by day 7 post-inoculation all 5 cows were BLV-positive as determined with the PCR test, and remained positive until the end of the study.
The results indicate that under the experimental conditions, bovine leukemia virus infection in cattle can be detected as much as 2 to 4 weeks earlier by PCR than by AGID.
Landscape and bioclimatic regionalization of the coast of Oaxaca (México)
Creators: name: Villalva, Maria Fernanda Onofre
name: Franch-Pardo, Iván
name: Torres, Pedro Sergio Urquijo
name: Pérez-Valladares, Cloé
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: In this paper we propose an integral methodology to spatially represent the landscapes of the coastal region of Oaxaca at a scale of 1: 250,000. For this purpose, we start from the geosystemic and bioclimatic approach, using inputs of relief types, lithology, precipitation and temperature patterns at different spatial scales and extending the analysis with photointerpretation. Once the information was processed, the landscape units were delimited. The map shows a total of 58 units distributed in 6 isobioclimates, which reflects a very significant geoecological heterogeneity. The combination of both approaches represents a novel advantage for landscape mapping, since it allows us to represent detailed information at different scales, making the map of the coast of Oaxaca a useful and efficient input for territorial planning and management at a local scale.
title: Energetics of the American Kestrel (Falco Sparverius) During Three Seasons in Northern Utah
Creators: name: Haggas, Lucinda
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1985

description: Behavioral activiti es and predatory behavior of 18 American Kestrels (Falco sparverius, 9 males and 9 females) were observed for 350+ hours during 3 seasons (nonbreeding = Jan-Feb , breeding = mid-~lar-Apr, and postbreeding = late-Aug-Sept) in northern Utah. Daily energy expenditure (DEE) of male and female kestrels was estimated with a model that incorporated flight activity data from free-living birds and laboratory measurements on daytime and nighttime metabolic rates and energy costs of tissue production derived from captive kestrels. Production costs were included in the DEE for breeding and postbreeding kestrels.
The energy cost of gonadal growth for males (0.02 kcal/day) and females (0.20 kcal/day) was added to the DEE of breeding kestrels. Breeding females expended an estimated 10.13 kcal/day for producing an average clutch of 4.5 eggs. The energy costs of fat deposition (2.27 and 4.39 kcal / day for males and females, respectively) and molt (2.38 and 2.72 kcal/day for males and females , respectively) were added to the DEE of postbreeding kestrels. In addition to the DEE , the model predicted nonflight energy expenditure (NFEE) and flight energy expenditure (FEE) during the day, and energy expenditure during the night (NEE).
DEE of nonbreeding birds is generally higher (47.71 kcal/day) than those from the breeding (44.89 kcal / day) and postbreeding (42.42 kcal / day) seasons. DEE of females (48.69 kcal/day) is higher than males (41.31 kcal/day) primarily because females averaged 15.5% heavier than males during all 3 seasons, and females have higher costs of production. Kestrels are heaviest during the nonbreeding season and the amount of metabolizable energy available is highest. DEE is lower during the breeding and postbreeding seasons because thermoregulatory demands have decreased which may allow energy to be metabolized for production.
NFEE accounts for most (48.5%) of the DEE. Flight costs are relatively small because kestrels allocate an average 3% of the photoperiod (25.6 min/day) to flight activities. Egg production accounts for 20% of the DEE of breeding females. The energy cost of fat deposition and molt accounts for 11.6 and 15.9% of the DEE for postbreeding males and females, respectively. These reproductive and tissue production costs may also elevate the DEE of breeding and postbreeding females to that of nonbreeding females.
Bath in the time of Ralph Allen : a cultural survey.
Creators: name: Rogers, Barbara Marion
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The following survey of the changing aspects of life in Bath during the first fifty years of the eighteenth century makes no claim to be an exhaustive study of the subject, but endeavours to show how the personality of one of her citizens did much to influence the development of the city. Bath, seen as a complete picture in miniature of English society of the time, possessed in Ralph Allen a man eager to forward her interests; a man who combined with his vast personal fortune a character and personality which earned him the respect and veneration of many of the most outstanding figures of the age. At his death a unique phase in Bath's history was brought to an end. In preparing this survey I have consulted the works of various contemporary commentators as well as the writings of a number of modern social historians who have examined in detail the civic, social, and architectural growth of the city during the period under review. Most valuable among these have been Barbeau's Life and Letters at Bath in the XVIIIth Century, R.A.L. Smith's Bath, Bryan Little's Bath Portrait and Willard Connely's Beau Nash: Monarch of Bath and Tunbridge Wells. Unfortunately I was unable to use Professor Benjamin Boyce's The Benevolent Man; A Life of Ralph Allen of Bath, which was not published until late in 1967, after the final draft of this thesis had been completed. In addition to the above, I have also consulted the works of those principal eighteenth century authors who were directly influenced by the cultural life of Bath, and who have given us immediate and vivid impressions derived from the daily life of this extraordinary city. Defoe, Steele, Pope, Fielding, Goldsmith, and Smollett all knew Bath well, and all have incorporated in their works the essence of Bath life. Moreover, Pope and Fielding were much indebted to Allen personally; Pope carried on a constant correspondence with him, and Fielding used him as the prototype for Squire Allworthy in Tom Jones. As for Goldsmith, he centred his interest on Beau Nash and left for us the first full length biographical study of this dynamic contemporary of Allen. In summary, I have attempted to show, through contemporary and later documents, that Ralph Allen, by his manifold activities, contributed greatly to the cultural development of Bath, and that Bath itself was a brilliant mirror, reflecting the ever-changing cultural and social life of England itself.
CP violation, massive neutrinos, and its chiral condensate: new results from Snyder noncommutative geometry
Creators: name: Glinka, L. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Snyder model of a noncommutative geometry due to a minimal scale $\ell$, e.g. the Planck or the Compton scale, yields $\ell^2$-shift within the Einstein Hamiltonian constraint, and $γ^5$-term in the free Dirac equation violating CP symmetry manifestly. In this paper the Dirac equation is reconsidered. In fact, there is no any reasonable cause for modification of the Minkowski hyperbolic geometry of a momentum space. It is the consistency -- in physics phase space, spacetime (coordinates), and momentum space (dynamics) are independent mathematical structures. It is shown that the modified Dirac equation yields the kinetic mass generation mechanism for the left- and right-handed Weyl chiral fields, and realizes the idea of neutrinos receiving mass due to CP violation. It is shown that the model is equivalent to the gauge field theory of composed two 2-flavor massive fields. The global chiral symmetry spontaneously broken into the isospin group leads to the chiral condensate of massive neutrinos. This result is beyond the Standard Model, but in general can be included into the theory of elementary particles and fundamental interactions.
description: v4: 18 pages, minor changes done
title: Preventive Predation Management: An Evaluation Using Winter Aerial Coyote Hunting in Utah and Idaho
Creators: name: Wagner, Kimberly Kessler
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1997

description: To evaluate preventive aerial coyote hunting as a depredation management technique, I compared sheep losses to coyote (Canis latransl predation and the hours of corrective predation management required on summer grazing areas with and without hunting the prior winter from helicopters. Correlations were used to test for relationships between the extent, intensity, and timing of aerial hunting and lamb losses to coyote predation. Data on the age, sex, and reproductive status of coyotes killed using aerial hunting, traps, snares, and calling-and-shooting were used to test for differential coyote vulnerability to damage management tools, and to assess the impact of aerial hunting on coyote populations.
Winter aerial hunting reduced confirmed and estimated lamb losses to coyote predation and the hours of effort required for corrective predation management the subsequent summer. Aerial hunting increased the number of coyotes killed annually per grazing area, but did not reduce summer coyote removal. There were no consistent relationships between the extent, intensity, or timing of aerial hunting and sheep losses to coyote predation. The male: female ratio for coyotes captured with calling-and-shooting was higher than that for traps or aerial hunting. More juvenile coyotes were killed with aerial hunting than with traps or shooting. However, there was no difference in the age of adult coyotes {>1.5 years old) removed using any control method or between the age of coyotes from areas with and without consistent aerial hunting. Confounding factors in the data and the high number of uncontrolled variables prohibited clear identification of the mechanism making aerial hunting effective.
I also examined financial compensation programs as an alternative to lethal control. Nineteen states and 7 Canadian provinces had compensation programs. Compensation programs appeared to be established when wildlife problems were of recent origin, resulted from government actions, and/or were caused by highly valued species. Compensation programs for coyote damage had been established in 4 states/provinces in eastern North America where coyotes are a new problem, but are unlikely to be a acceptable tool for the western U.S.
Additional file 1 of Combined quality and dose-volume histograms for assessing the predictive value of 99mTc-MAA SPECT/CT simulation for personalizing radioembolization treatment in liver metastatic colorectal cancer
Creators: name: Levillain, Hugo
name: Burghelea, Manuela
name: Derijckere, Ivan Duran
name: Guiot, Thomas
name: Akos Gulyban
name: Vanderlinden, Bruno
name: Vouche, Michael
name: Flamen, Patrick
name: Reynaert, Nick
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary material 1. Image acquisition and reconstruction parameters.
Some Darling-Siegert relationships connected with random flights
Creators: name: Cammarota, Valentina
name: Lachal, Aimé
name: Orsingher, Enzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60G40, 60G50

description: We derive in detail four important results on integrals of Bessel functions from which three combinatorial identities are extracted. We present the probabilistic interpretation of these identities in terms of different types of random walks, including asymmetric ones. This work extends the results of a previous paper concerning the Darling-Siegert interpretation of similar formulas emerging in the analysis of random flights.
description: 16 pages
Additional file 2 of Combined quality and dose-volume histograms for assessing the predictive value of 99mTc-MAA SPECT/CT simulation for personalizing radioembolization treatment in liver metastatic colorectal cancer
Creators: name: Levillain, Hugo
name: Burghelea, Manuela
name: Derijckere, Ivan Duran
name: Guiot, Thomas
name: Akos Gulyban
name: Vanderlinden, Bruno
name: Vouche, Michael
name: Flamen, Patrick
name: Reynaert, Nick
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary material 2. Relationship between dose and weighting factors.
title: Traditional and Contemporary Lakota Death, Dying, Grief, and Bereavement Beliefs and Practices: A Qualitative Study
Creators: name: Stone, Joseph B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: Bereavement beliefs and practices in the modern, American culture have been well documented. However, virtually no research has been conducted on traditional and contemporary death, dying, grief, and bereavement beliefs and practices among native tribes, such as the Lakota.
The present study was conducted with the Lakota, and fulfilled two goals. iii First, the contemporary and traditional death, dying, grief, and bereavement beliefs and practices of the Lakota were documented and summarized. Such documentation may help bereaved Lakota tribal members who are experiencing problems with death and bereavement, and may help preserve traditional knowledge, beliefs, and practices. Second, the consensus of opinion among Lakota tribal elders about death, dying , grief, and bereavement practices and beliefs was qualitatively evaluated and compared with that of mental health and substance abuse workers who serve the Lakota.
Two main theoretical conclusions to this study were reported. First, the Lakota elders' preferred interventions for bereavement for their people included family, social, community, tribal , and ceremonial activities. These findings likely resulted from the functional aspects of these types of culturally appropriate practices not only to help the bereaved Lakota individual, but also to help "fill the hole in the circle" left by the death of a tribal member. A cultural mechanism for continued tribal unity and wholeness is provided by these tribal bereavement practices. Second, the ancient historical Lakota ceremonies used to ameliorate grief within the tribe appear to have been fragmented over time, but these rituals still exist and their derivatives are used in various contemporary forms.
Two main clinical findings were reported. First, a careful clinical assessment of the bereaved Lakota client's level of acculturation is required as a prerequisite to treatment planning. Second, intervention with grieving Lakota clients should include informed attention to both "western" bereavement treatment methods and traditional Lakota family, community, and social bereavement practices.
The relative value of various Lakota family, social, community, and tribal bereavement practices and a rank ordering of various Lakota ceremonies were provided. These ceremonies and Lakota tribal practices were compared to modern "western" bereavement treatment methods.
Transformationspfade zur Klimaneutralität - Globale Herausforderung und lokales Handeln
Creators: name: Huppmann, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Klimawandel
Erderhitzung
Klimakrise
Vermeidung von Treibhausgas-Emissionen
Anpassung
Wissenschaftskommunikation

description: Vortrag im Rahmen des Klima- und Umwelt-Tags der Marktgemeinde Laxenburg am 23. Mai 2023 Der Vortrag basiert auf Graphiken des 6. Sachstandsbericht des IPCC (AR6) #WissenSchafftKlimaschutz
title: The Influence of Embryo Cell Culture Systems on Pretransfer Development of Early Ovine Embryos
Creators: name: Daniel, Pablo Gabriel
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1989

description: The complete requirements for early embryo development in vitro of the ovine and other domestic species remain unknown. Many studies have concentrated on new media, supplementation, and gas atmosphere formulations.
A newer approach is to coculture early embryos with different cell types to provide the physico-chemical requirements for their development.
In this study, oviduct epithelial (OEC) and dissociated embryo cell (DEC) growth were tested in minimum essential media (MEM) and RPMI. Media were supplemented with fetal calf serum (FCS) and equine derived serum (EDS). Fetal calf serum supported maximum cell confluence in OEC collected on day 3 and day 13 post-estrus. Although at a slower growth rate, DEC developed faster in FCS-supplemented media. Cell growth was slower for EDSsupplemented media in all treatments.
As a result, FCS-supplemented media were used to evaluate early embryo growth in various coculture systems. In MEM + OEC, 67% of 1- to 1 0- cell embryos developed to the hatched blastocyst stage (following 8 days of culture). In MEM+DEC, 66% hatched after the same time period. In control treatments (no exogenous cell layers), all embryos degenerated. When early embryo development was compared between St.Croix and Targhee-type breeds in MEM+OEC and RPMI+OEC, no significant differences were observed. The improved results obtained with coculture systems may provide an important method for assessing the viability of embryos following micromanipulation techniques (such as splitting, gene transfer, or following long periods of freezing). The nature of the beneficial action of these coculture systems remains unknown.
title: Luteinizing Hormone an Progesterone Response to GnRH Administration at Insemination in Repeat-Breeder Holstein Cows
Creators: name: Callan, Robert Joseph
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1988

description: Several studies suggest that the administration of GnRH near the time of insemination improves pregnancy rates in cattle. It has also been reported that there is greater improvement in repeat-breeder animals than at first service. The mechanism for this observation has not been established. Twenty-eight lactating Holstein cows that returned to estrus after one or more inseminations from the USU Caine Dairy were used in the study. Animals were randomly divided into two treatment groups, intramuscular administration of 100 ug GnRH or saline control at the time of insemination. Blood samples were collected at 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 and 4 hours post-insemination for LH determination and on days 0 through 7, 10, 16 and 22 for progesterone determination. Pregnancy status was determined by rectal palpation 40 to 47 days post insemination.
Serum LH concentrations reached peak concentrations (9.33 ± 5.5 ng/ml) by one hour following GnRH administration. This was significantly different from saline controls (p p < 0.10). These results support the contention that GnRH administration affects progesterone levels rut do not conclusively establish increased early progesterone levels as the mechanism for improved pregnancy rates. Other hormonal and functional factors may be involved.
Fluctuations in the High-Redshift Lyman-Werner Background: Close Halo Pairs as the Origin of Supermassive Black Holes
Creators: name: Dijkstra, Mark
name: Haiman, Zoltan
name: Mesinger, Andrei
name: Wyithe, Stuart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The earliest generation of stars and black holes must have established an early 'Lyman-Werner' background (LWB) at high redshift, prior to the epoch of reionization. Because of the long mean free path of photons with energies E<13.6 eV, the LWB was nearly uniform. However, some variation in the LWB is expected due to the discrete nature of the sources, and their highly clustered spatial distribution. In this paper, we compute the probability distribution function (PDF) of the LW flux that irradiates dark matter (DM) halos collapsing at high-redshift (z~10). Our model accounts for (i) the clustering of DM halos, (ii) Poisson fluctuations in the number of corresponding star forming galaxies, and (iii) scatter in the LW luminosity produced by halos of a given mass (calibrated using local observations). We find that > 99% of the DM halos are illuminated by a LW flux within a factor of 2 of the global mean value. However, a small fraction, ~1e-8 to 1e-6, of DM halos with virial temperatures above 1e4 K have a close luminous neighbor within < 10 kpc, and are exposed to a LW flux exceeding the global mean by a factor of > 20, or to J_(21,LW)> 1e3 (in units of 1e-21 erg/s/Hz/sr/cm^2). This large LW flux can photo--dissociate H_2 molecules in the gas collapsing due to atomic cooling in these halos, and prevent its further cooling and fragmentation. Such close halo pairs therefore provide possible sites in which primordial gas clouds collapse directly into massive black holes (M_BH~ 1e4 - 1e6 M_sun), and subsequently grow into supermassive (M_BH > 1e9 M_sun) black holes by z~6.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures, Accepted to MNRAS
Additional file 1 of Describing practices of priority setting and resource allocation in publicly funded health care systems of high-income countries
Creators: name: Seixas, Brayan V.
name: Regier, Dean A.
name: Bryan, Stirling
name: Mitton, Craig
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Transport Spectroscopy of Single Phosphorus Donors in a Silicon Nanoscale Transistor
Creators: name: Tan, Kuan Yen
name: Chan, Kok Wai
name: Möttönen, Mikko
name: Morello, Andrea
name: Yang, Changyi
name: van Donkelaar, Jessica
name: Alves, Andrew
name: Pirkkalainen, Juha-Matti
name: Jamieson, David N.
name: Clark, Robert G.
name: Dzurak, Andrew S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have developed nano-scale double-gated field-effect-transistors for the study of electron states and transport properties of single deliberately-implanted phosphorus donors. The devices provide a high-level of control of key parameters required for potential applications in nanoelectronics. For the donors, we resolve transitions corresponding to two charge states successively occupied by spin down and spin up electrons. The charging energies and the Lande g-factors are consistent with expectations for donors in gated nanostructures.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, journal
Notable resources for assistance in the research and scholarly publication journey: A brief overview
Creators: name: Dharmshaktu, Ganesh Singh
name: Pangtey, Tanuja
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Health systems
Health informatics and information systems
Continuing and community education
Professional education and training
Teacher education and professional development of educators
Technical, further and workplace education

description: Research journey is an arduous process for beginners, but consistent learning and efforts make one better every time. Regular study of core principles of research and publication process coupled with persistent writing and submission is key to gaining experience and planning robust studies later. While the guidance of seniors or seasoned researchers is important asset, but the absence of it should not dampen enthusiasm. Various educational resources exist to serve the purpose of continuous professional development and improve knowledge regarding scholarly publication. A self-directed learning is also of paramount importance, and various educational contents are available on the Internet worth a visit. Recent trends in the world of scholarly publication are a perennial process and adherence to stringent research practices is a key element of a study well done. A general review of a few common resources which may help increase our knowledge regarding research process, are described here for the educational purpose of postgraduate students and for revision purposes for experienced researchers.
title: Identification of Potential Adhesins Shared Among Isolates of Actinobacillus Species and Actinobacillus-Like Bacteria Cultured from Ram Lambs with Clinical Epididymitis
Creators: name: Liu, Yu-Wen
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1991

description: Ram lamb epididymitis, a serious reproductive disease of sheep, is caused principally by bacteria belonging to the genera Haemophilus and Actinobacillus. Six bacteria were studied: the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) of Actinobacillus seminis (ATCC 15768), ATCC of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (ATCC 29522), field isolates of A seminis (86722 and 4101) and field isolates of Actin obacillus- like bacteria (Y136 and D107). The objectives of this study were to quantitate the adhesion of these 6 bacteria to bovine kidney epithelial cells (BKECs) and ram epididymal epithelial cells (REECs), evaluate the effect of rabbit polyclonal antibody prepared against ATCC 15768 (PoAb 15768) on bacterial adherence to BKECs and REECs, and partially characterize the adhesins present on these bacteria.
In a bacterial adhesion assay (BAA), strain and species differences were noted. The number of bacteria adhering to each BKEC ranged (rom a low of 4.27 ± 1.00 (Actinobacillus-like 0107) to a high of 31.84 ± 2.00 (A seminis 86722). The number of bacteria adhering to each REEC ranged from a low of 3.05 ± 0.34 (Actinobacill us-like 0107) to a high of 21.61 ± 2.03 (Actinobacillus like Yl36). In a bacterial inhibition assay (BIA), PoAb 15768 inhibited the adhesion of ATCC 15768 to both BKECs and REECs by 5%. This same antiserum inhibited the adhesion of ATCC 29522 to BKECs by 14.5% and to REECs by 22%. The inhibition of A seminis 86722 adherence to BKECs and to REECs was less than 14% and 35%, respectively. For A seminis 4101, Actinobacillus-like Y136, and Actinobacillus-like 0107, PoAb 15768 failed to prevent adhesion to either BKECs or REECs. When the 6 bacteria were analyzed by autoradiography, 2 (Actinobacillus-like 0107) to 8 (ATCC 29522) potential adhesins were identified. However, the pathogenicity has not been firmly established for many Actinobacillus species and Actinobacillus-like bacteria. The potential adhesins identified in this study were not unequivocally confirmed as bacterial adhesins. An in vit ro model may facilitate the recognition of potential adhesins used by Actinobacillus species and Actinobacillus-like bacteria and may eventually lead to the development of an efficacious bacterin to prevent epididymitis in ram lambs at risk.
Additional file 2 of Describing practices of priority setting and resource allocation in publicly funded health care systems of high-income countries
Creators: name: Seixas, Brayan V.
name: Regier, Dean A.
name: Bryan, Stirling
name: Mitton, Craig
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Questionnaire