cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Continuous-variable quantum non-demolishing interaction at a distance
Creators: name: Filip, Radim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A feasible setup of continuous-variable (CV) quantum non-demolishing (QND) interaction at a distance is proposed. If two distant experimentalists are able to locally perform identical QND interactions then the proposed realization requires only a single quantum channel and classical communication between them. A possible implementation of the proposed setup in recent quantum optical laboratories is discussed and an influence of Gaussian noise in the quantum channel on a quality of the implementation is analyzed. An efficient realization of the QND interaction at a distance can be a basic step to possible distributed quantum CV experiments between the distant laboratories.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
title: Structural Change, Trade and Real Exchange Rates
Creators: name: Ramos Torres Fevereiro, José Bruno
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2018

description: Recent bodies of empirical literature have addressed the issue of real exchange rate misalignments and economic growth. Different author’s using different estimation methods have mostly found that countries which have been able to keep their real exchange rate at undervalued levels have experienced higher growth rates, especially in the case of underdeveloped and developing economies. The main argument put forward by this literature to explain this empirical regularity is that Real Exchange Rate undervaluation can enhance competitiveness of tradable sectors and help to boost exports. However, the literature has mostly used measures of real exchange rate “equilibrium”, from which misalignments are derived, in an uncritical manner. Therefore, an initial aim of this research is to develop a critical review of the different measures used in the literature, assessing their underlying hypothesis, ability to track long term trends of real exchange rate and discussing their embedded notions of equilibrium. We then propose an alternative approach proposed originally by Shaikh (1999) and further developed by Shaikh (2016) which is inspired by classical political economy. In this alternative framework, the real exchange rate of a country is essentially determined by the relative vertically integrated unit labour cost between the countries exporting sectors and its imports. Using world input-output tables, we develop an exploratory empirical application of Shaikh’s approach for the UK economy between 1995 and 2009. The results are contrasted with a traditional measure based on the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and reveal a better fit to track real effective exchange rate movements. This highlight that changes in real exchange rates are also a consequence of changes in the country’s relative competitive condition, represented by relative vertically integrated unit labour costs (RVIULC).
Scalar waves on a naked-singularity background
Creators: name: Stalker, John G.
name: Tahvildar-Zadeh, A. Shadi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain global space-time weighted-L^2 (Morawetz) and L^4 (Strichartz) estimates for a massless chargeless scalar field propagating on a super-extremal (overcharged) Reissner-Nordstrom background. We begin by discussing the question of well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for scalar fields on non-globally hyperbolic manifolds and the role played by the Friedrichs extension, go over the construction of the function spaces involved, show how to transform the problem to one about the wave equation on the Minkowski space with a singular potential, and finally prove that the potential thus obtained satisfies the various conditions needed in order for the estimates to hold.
description: 20 pages, 2 figures. final version, to appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity. Includes minor corrections, additional footnotes and references
title: Design and Democracy: Transformative Agency within Indigenous Structure
Creators: name: Qually, Byron Alexander
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2018

description: South African democracy is perceived and evidenced to be under duress. This research questions how design, when underpinned by transdisciplinarity and abduction, can articulate and address this problem.

The literature is reviewed to map how designed objects, processes, and philosophy enable and hamper notions of democracy. Within this literature, two concepts are identified as key to a South African context, and require further research - Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and cosmopolitanism. The African concept of Ubuntu, a subset of IKS, is argued to function as an authentic context, however, its ability to influence urban and diverse environments is questioned. Cosmopolitan theory, and Dewey's focus on experimentation, is argued to promote normative organisation, and its application to facilitate urban and dynamic participation is questioned.

The Cape Town precinct - Long Street - provides a case study with which to unpack these two key concepts, and obtain empirical data to answer the research questions. Qualitative data is firstly obtained, from key informants who have the authority to influence the case study delineation. Based on this data, an Abductive instrument (Ai), based on Experience Design (XD) and Designing For Participation (DFP) methods, obtains quantitative data from public actors.

Findings from the research include: political philosophy is increasingly enabled and countered by design; design is required to deconstruct and not fortify South African democracy; design is capable of operationalising decolonisation as a constructive, and not reductive, act; indigeneity is being reclaimed in urban contexts, and reinterpreted by design; reflective participation, and not historical assimilation, is a fundamental challenge for political studies; publics experiment with, and not on, themselves.

The key implication of the research is designing critical representation, which is at the intersection of design, IKS, and cosmopolitanism. Here, empowerment is an indigenous imperative, design synthesises direct and representative democracy, and design intent is hyper-transparent.
HIV-1 Packaging Visualised by In-Gel SHAPE.
Creators: name: D'Souza, Aaron R
name: Jayaraman, Dhivya
name: Long, Ziqi
name: Zeng, Jingwei
name: Prestwood, Liam J
name: Chan, Charlene
name: Kappei, Dennis
name: Lever, Andrew
name: Kenyon, Julia
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: HIV-1
packaging
in-gel SHAPE
Gag
NC
RNA structure
dimerisation

description: HIV-1 packages two copies of its gRNA into virions via an interaction with the viral structural protein Gag. Both copies and their native RNA structure are essential for virion infectivity. The precise stepwise nature of the packaging process has not been resolved. This is largely due to a prior lack of structural techniques that follow RNA structural changes within an RNA-protein complex. Here, we apply the in-gel SHAPE (selective 2'OH acylation analysed by primer extension) technique to study the initiation of HIV-1 packaging, examining the interaction between the packaging signal RNA and the Gag polyprotein, and compare it with that of the NC domain of Gag alone. Our results imply interactions between Gag and monomeric packaging signal RNA in switching the RNA conformation into a dimerisation-competent structure, and show that the Gag-dimer complex then continues to stabilise. These data provide a novel insight into how HIV-1 regulates the translation and packaging of its genome.
description: This work was funded by an Eric Reid fund for Methodology grant from the Biochemical Society (to JCK), UK Medical Research Council, Grant/Award Number: MR/N022939/1 (to AML and JCK). AMLL is supported by the Clinical Academic Reserve and his laboratory by the NIHR Cambridge BRC (Grant RCAG/18). Research in the Kappei laboratory was supported by the National Research Foundation Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Education under its Re-search Centres of Excellence initiative.
MIGNEX Handbook Chapter 7 - Survey data collection
Creators: name: Hagen-Zanker, Jessica
name: Hennessey, Gemma
name: Carling, Jørgen
name: Memon, Rashid
Publisher: name: Peace Research Institute Oslo
Year: 2023

description: The MIGNEX survey will interview 12,500 young adults across 25 research areas whose lives may be touched by the dynamics of migration and development. In order to collect comparable data on a broad range of issues in diverse settings, the design, preparations and delivery of the survey we will be guided by the principles of universality, value for effort and practicality.

Key Takeaways

The MIGNEX survey will collect data from 500 individuals aged 18-39 years in each research area, not all of whom have migration experience.

The survey data will be used to explore both sides of the migration- development nexus and to describe migration trends.

Implementation of the survey consists of many specific step-by-step processes, from planning the sampling to ensuring data quality.
Low Handgrip Strength (Possible Sarcopenia) with Insulin Resistance Is Associated with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Supplementary Tables.
Creators: name: Tajima, Tubasa
name: Kaga, Hideyoshi
name: Someya, Yuki
name: Tabata, Hiroki
name: Naito, Hitoshi
name: Kakehi, Saori
name: Ito, Naoaki
name: Yamasaki, Nozomu
name: Sato, Motonori
name: Kadowaki, Satoshi
name: Sugimoto, Daisuke
name: Nishida, Yuya
name: Kawamori, Ryuzo
name: Watada, Hirotaka
name: Tamura, Yoshifumi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 329999
subject: Other biomedical and clinical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Table 1. The number of individuals with lipid-lowering and diabetes drugs in groups.Supplementary Table 2. Associations between the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and IR-Possible sarcopenia in subjects with IR.Supplementary Table 3. Associations between the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and IR-Sarcopenia.
Unsupervised Learning Methods for Anomaly Detection and Log Quality Improvement Using Process Event Log
Creators: name: Vijayakamal, M.
name: D Vasumathi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Computer Engineering

description: With Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) prevailing, enterprise applications of the real world became very complex in size and operations. This has led to several thousands of processes involved. Manual inspection of processes became very tedious and impractical exercise. Process mining came into existence to deal with extraction or discovery of business processes, finding outliers and anomalies besides process enhancement. Out of these aspects, anomaly detection and process enhancement are given high importance. The existing methods in this area have limitations in terms of accurately identifying anomalies and enhancing the processes. To overcome this problem, a comprehensive framework is proposed for detecting anomalies from business process event logs and rectify anomalies for process enhancement. The Simple Auto Encoder based Anomaly Detection (SAEAD) algorithm is proposed to achieve this. However, it is deterministic in nature while making prediction decisions. A probabilistic algorithm called Probabilistic Auto Encoder based Anomaly Detection (PAE-AD) is proposed to detect anomalies and enhance processes involved. Both algorithms are based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) with unsupervised learning. Empirical study is made with Business Process Intelligence (BPI) challenge datasets especially targeted for process mining research. The empirical results revealed that the proposed framework improves performance in anomaly detection and process enhancement.
Transcriptomic Similarities And Differences Across  Neuropsychiatric Disorders(Bipolar, Schizophrenia And Autism)
Creators: name: Noman, Gul e lala
name: Shirdel, Madina
name: Khan, Faisal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Neuropsychiatric Disorders are multifactorial disease that is not completely understood of the brain. That’s why it is very essential to look and generate knowledge about it , and thus we dove into understanding its genetic element genetic. According to WHO Neuro-behavioral disorders affect 10th of the human population and 15% global disease burden.

Objectives: To study and see the common and unique genes of each disorder and see how these genes are involves in biological mechanisms leading up to each disorder.
title: An Exploratory Study of the Curriculum in Primary School Nurture Groups: From a Pupil, Parent and Practitioner Perspective.
Creators: name: Kirk, John
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2018

description: Nurture groups were introduced in the late 1960s to support the well-being of selected pupils whose developmental and learning needs could not be met by mainstream provision (Boxall, 2002). Nurture group intervention emphasises that creating opportunities to develop attachment and security can modify some negative early experiences. Previous research has indicated that primary school nurture groups can be successful but research into the specific characteristics including curriculum provision is sparse and requires further investigation. This small scale, qualitative study investigated the impact of the primary nurture group curriculum. Constructivist ontological and critical realist epistemological positions were adopted to gain the perceptions of pupils, parents and staff through face-to-face interviews supported by observations in nurture groups and mainstream classrooms. The analysis of data was based on thematic analysis (Braun and Clarke, 2006). A total of 16 pupils, 10 parents / caregivers and 8 staff members from three primary schools in the North West of England participated in face-to-face interviews. Findings highlight the perceptions and experiences of all participants with common themes identifying increased levels of both pupil and parental confidence, improved pupil concentration and independence that led to a greater desire to learn. Implications for pupils, parents, nurture groups and schools are discussed.
Singular spherical maximal operators on a class of two step nilpotent Lie groups
Creators: name: Mueller, Detlef
name: Seeger, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42B25, 22E25, 43A80

description: Let $H^n\cong \Bbb R^{2n}\ltimes \Bbb R$ be the Heisenberg group and let $μ_t$ be the normalized surface measure for the sphere of radius $t$ in $\Bbb R^{2n}$. Consider the maximal function defined by $Mf=\sup_{t>0} |f*μ_t|$. We prove for $n\ge 2$ that $M$ defines an operator bounded on $L^p(H^n)$ provided that $p>2n/(2n-1)$. This improves an earlier result by Nevo and Thangavelu, and the range for $L^p$ boundedness is optimal. We also extend the result to a more general setting of surfaces and to groups satisfying a nondegeneracy condition; these include the groups of Heisenberg type.
description: ESI preprint 1292, March 2003
A New Method for Peer Matching and Negotiation of Prosumers in Peer-to-Peer Energy Markets
Creators: name: Khorasany, Mohsen
name: Paudel, Amrit
name: Razzaghi, Reza
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 80501 Distributed and Grid Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a scalable mechanism for peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading among prosumers in a smart grid.
In the proposed mechanism, prosumers engage in a non-mediatednegotiation with their peers to reach an agreement on the priceand quantity of energy to be exchanged. Instead of concurrentbilateral negotiation between all peers with high overheads, aniterative peer matching process is employed to match peersfor bilateral negotiation. The proposed negotiation algorithmenables prosumers to come to an agreement, given that theyhave no prior knowledge about the preference structure of theirtrading partners. A greediness factor is introduced to model theselfish behavior of prosumers in the negotiation process andto investigate its impact on the negotiation outcome. In orderto recover the costs related to power losses, a transaction feeis applied to each transaction that enables the grid operatorto recover incurred losses due to P2P trades. The case studiesdemonstrate that the proposed mechanism discourages greedybehavior of prosumers in the negotiation process as it does notincrease their economic surplus. Also, it has an appropriateperformance from the computation overheads and scalabilityperspectives.
title: Improving STEM Undergraduate Education with Efficient Learning Design
Creators: name: Godsk, Mikkel
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2018

description: The project investigates the potential of Learning Design for efficiently improving STEM undergraduate education with technology. In order to investigate this potential, the project consists of two main studies at Aarhus University: a study of the perspectives of the main stakeholders on Learning Design based on mixed methods, and a study of how to deliver Learning Design efficiently in four undergraduate STEM modules based on an action research methodology. The project revealed that all stakeholders at AU had a direct interest in the business, teaching, and/or learning affordances potentially provided by technology-enhanced learning based on Learning Design, and in particular students’ learning was of a high common interest. However, only the educators were directly interested in Learning Design and its support for design, reuse in their practice and to inform pedagogy. A holistic concept of Efficient Learning Design and its related assessment methodology is proposed in which efficiency is expressed as a vector sum of the weighted ratios of effort for and impact on the three main stakeholders: the institution, the educators, and the students, and assessed according to their stakes by means of four outcome scenarios: outperforming, underperforming, progressive, and regressive. The assessment of the four modules identified both outperforming and progressive interventions, a series of direct and indirect factors for Efficient Learning Design as well as an important temporal aspect of Learning Design uptake. The project concludes that it is possible to improve STEM undergraduate education with Learning Design for technology-enhanced learning efficiently and that Efficient Learning Design provides a useful concept for qualifying educational decisions.
ANALYSIS OF APPEAL PROCEDURE FOR CO-FINANCING OF TOURISM PROJECTS UNDER REGIONAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PODLASKIE PROVINCE 2007-2013
ANALIZA PROCEDURY ODWOŁAWCZEJ W ZAKRESIE DOFINANSOWANIA PROJEKTÓW TURYSTYCZNYCH W RAMACH REGIONALNEGO PROGRAMU OPERACYJNEGO WOJEWÓDZTWA PODLASKIEGO 2007-2013
Creators: name: Snarski, Sławomir
name: Martyniuk, Marek
name: Snarski, Sławomir
name: Martyniuk, Marek
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: regional operational programme
subject: appeal procedure
subject: tourism

description: Subject and purpose of work: Research targeted at verification of the effectiveness of the appeal procedure for co-financing of tourism projects under the ROPPV 2007-2013 has been presented in the article. Materials and methods: The article is based on the analysis of the secondary data collected by the Podlaskie Province Marshal’s Office in Bialystok and the literature covering the research area. The analysis of detailed information was performed using inductive inference. Results: None of the applicants under Priority Axis III. Tourism and culture development ROPPV 2007- 2013 decided to exercise their right regarding the use of the judicial stage of the appeal procedure. Conclusions: It is impossible to clearly determine the degree of effectiveness of the appeal procedure concerning the process of application for the co-financing of tourism projects under the ROPPV 2007- 2013 because the mechanism of verification of the correctness of projects’ assessment was not applied in its full extent.
description: Przedmiot i cel pracy: W artykule przedstawiono badania mające na celu weryfikację skuteczności procedury odwoławczej w zakresie ubiegania się o dofinansowanie projektów turystycznych w ramach RPO WP 2007-2013. Materiały i metody: W badaniach wykorzystano analizę danych wtórnych pochodzących z Urzędu Marszałkowskiego Województwa Podlaskiego w Białymstoku oraz literatury z dziedziny objętej obszarem badawczym. Analiza informacji jednostkowych dokonana została z zastosowaniem wnioskowania indukcyjnego. Wyniki: Żaden z wnioskodawców w ramach Osi priorytetowej III. Rozwój turystyki i kultury RPOWP 2007-2013 nie zdecydował się na realizację swego uprawnienia w zakresie skorzystania z etapu sądowego procedury odwoławczej. Wnioski: Nie da się jednoznacznie określić stopnia skuteczności procedury odwoławczej w przedmiocie ubiegania się o dofinansowanie projektów turystycznych w ramach RPO WP 2007-2013 jako mechanizmu weryfikacji prawidłowości przeprowadzenia oceny projektów, gdyż nie miała ona zastosowania w pełnym zakresie. Słowa kluczowe: regionalny program operacyjny, procedura odwoławcza, turystyka
Neuroticism and Valence of Negative Emotional Concepts
Creators: name: Trnka, Radek
name: Balcar, Karel
name: Kuska, Martin
name: Hnilica, Karel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170109 Personality, Abilities and Assessment
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Personality, Social and Criminal Psychology
subject: 170204 Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension)
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 170112 Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance
subject: Neuroscience and Physiological Psychology
subject: 170205 Neurocognitive Patterns and Neural Networks
subject: 170101 Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)

description: This study explored the relationships of neuroticism with subjective assessments of 10 discrete negative emotions. One hundred eighty seven university students from 19 to 34 years (males = 85, females = 102) completed the Eysenck Personality Scales. Further, they evaluated the valence of 10 given negative emotions - disgust, anger, sadness, fear, contempt, hate, disappointment, jealousy, envy and guilt. Highly neurotic individuals evaluated negative emotions as more unpleasant than lowly neurotic individuals. Furthermore, males generally evaluated negative emotions more positively than females. There are a few possible interpretations. First, highly neurotic individuals may experience negative emotions more intensively than lowly neurotic individuals. This interpretation supports the Eysenck's model, where high levels of neuroticism are supposed to be related to the lower thresholds for activation of the limbic system which is responsible for most negative emotions. Second, highly neurotic individuals may only “evaluate” negative emotions as more unpleasant than lowly neurotic individuals. It implies that highly neurotic individuals may retrospectively evaluate their memories of past negative emotional experiences as more unpleasant than lowly neurotic individuals.
Operator theory on noncommutative varieties, II
Creators: name: Popescu, Gelu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47A20, 47A56, 47A13

description: We show that the constrained characteristic function is a complete unitary invariant for J-constrained completely non-coisometric (c.n.c.) row contractions, where J is a WOT-closed two-sided ideal of the noncommutative analytic Toeplitz algebra. We provide a model for this class of row contractions in terms of the constrained characteristic functions. In particular, we obtain a model theory for q-commuting c.n.c. row contractions.
description: 13 pages
Thermal acclimation and adaptation in the common killfish, Fundulus heteroclitus : thermal reaction norms and underlying mechanisms
Creators: name: Fangue, Nann A.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: I have quantified the effects of temperature on the performance of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from the northern and southern ends of the species' distribution along the East coast of North America, and examined potential mechanisms that could be involved in shaping these traits. I demonstrated that upper and lower thermal tolerance limits were higher in southern fish by ~1.5°C, consistent with adaptation to warmer habitat temperatures (Chapter Two). Thermal tolerance limits were, however, plastic in both populations, changing by >10°C with temperature acclimation. In thermal preference experiments, the thermally tolerant southern killifish chose lower temperatures than the less tolerant northern fish (29.0°C versus 30.6°C; Chapter Three), consistent with countergradient variation. Swimming performance (U[sub crit]) trials on thermally acclimated and acutely challenged killifish revealed a broad zone (~7-34°C) over which performance varied little with temperature in both populations (Chapter Four). Taken together, these data showed that although there were differences in thermal tolerance limits between populations, there was little evidence of local thermal adaptation in other measured traits. As a candidate mechanism underlying differences in thermal tolerance, I examined the role of heat shock proteins (Hsps) and found significant differences between populations in hsp mRNA expression and across multiple isoforms (Chapter Two), but these differences were not obviously consistent with the thermal tolerance differences between killifish populations. I also explored the adjustment of aerobic capacity at the level of the mitochondria (Chapter Five) as a potential mechanism defining an organism's thermal niche, as proposed in the hypothesis of oxygen limited thermal tolerance. In response to cold acclimation, both killifish populations increased mitochondrial oxidative capacity and content, with northern fish increasing both to a greater degree. With warm acclimation, however, killifish mitochondrial function and content were very similar between populations. These data suggest the possibility of evolutionary modulation at the level of the mitochondria to enhance aerobic performance in the cold. Overall, I have shown that there are differences between northern and southern killifish at the physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels. These data highlight the importance of considering multiple mechanisms that could underlie differences in whole-organism performance when investigating local thermal adaptation.
Carcinoplax sinica Chen 1984
Creators: name: Castro, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Goneplacidae
Carcinoplax
Carcinoplax sinica

description: Carcinoplax sinica Chen, 1984
 Carcinoplax sinica Chen, 1984: 189 [in key], 190, 197, 200, fig. 2, pl. 1, figs 6, 10; 1998: 266 [in key], 270, 310 [in list], fig. 3 [South China Sea]. — Dai et al. 1986: 366 [in key], 366, figs 190-2 to 190-4, pl. 53, fig. 5 [China]. — Guinot 1989: 285 [discussion], figs 12-14, pl. 5 [Philippine Is]. — Dai & Yang 1991: 394 [in key], 395, figs 190-2 to 190-4, pl. 53, fig. 5 [China]. — Hsueh & Huang 2002: 119 [in key], 126, figs 8D, 11 [Taiwan].
 Carcinoplax (purpurea ?) – Stephensen 1946: 166, 208, fig. 44 (pl. 5, figs A-C 1 in Guinot [1989]) [Persian Gulf].
 Carcinoplax purpurea – Serène & Lohavanijaya 1973: 62 [in list], 63 [in key], 66, figs 148-155, pl. 14, figs B, C, pl. 15, fig. B [Hong Kong, Vietnam, Gulf of Thailand]. — Serène & Vadon 1981: 118, 123 (part) [Philippine Is] (not Carcinoplax purpurea Rathbun, 1914).
TYPE MATERIAL. — ♂ holotype (IOAS K248 B-23); ♀ allotype (IOAS X50 B-37); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ paratypes (IOAS K234 B-44); 1 ♂, 1 ♀ paratypes (IOAS Q129 B-39).
TYPE LOCALITY. — South China Sea, 19°50’N, 109°00’W, 25 m.
 MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Taiwan. Kaohsiung, Tungkang fishing port, L. S. Huang coll., 4.VIII.1996, 1 ♀ (ZRC 2001.0136).
 South China Sea. Stn 6269, 31 m, 13.V.1960, H. Chen leg., 1 ♀ (MNHN-B 16939).
MUSORSTOM 1, stn 1, 14°28’N, 120°42’E, 36-37 m, 18.III.1976, 10 ♂♂, 1 pre-adult ♀, 14 ♀♀ (MNHN-B 10142).
 Indonesia. Tanimbar Is, KARUBAR, stn CP 63, 08°00’S, 132°58’E, 215- 214 m, 1.XI.1991, 1 ♂ (MNHN-B 29307).
 DISTRIBUTION. — Persian Gulf (Stephensen 1946, as C. purpurea) and western Pacific Ocean from Taiwan to Indonesia. Depth: 25- 215 m.
REMARKS
 Carcinoplax sinica has often been confused with C. purpurea. Differences were outlined by Guinot (1989: 287). The most marked difference is in the morphology of the second anterolateral tooth: hook-like and more salient in C. sinica (Guinot 1989: fig. 12) than in C. purpurea (Guinot 1989: fig. 11). There are also differences in the colour patterns, a reddish carapace in C. sinica (see Hsueh & Huang 2002: fig. 8D) that is unfortunately readily lost in preservation and a purple-red band along the medial axis of the carapace in C. purpurea (see Hsueh & Huang 2002: fig. 8C).
 Photographs of specimens identified as C. purpurea by Serène & Lohavanijaya (1973: pl. 14, figs B, C, pl. 15, fig. B) shows that the material belongs to C. sinica. It can also be confirmed that part of the MUSORSTOM 1 material originally identified as C. purpurea by Serène & Vadon (1981) actually belonged to C. sinica as previously reported by Guinot (1989: 287).
description: Published as part of Castro, Peter, 2007, A reappraisal of the family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and revision of the subfamily Goneplacinae, with the description of 10 new genera and 18 new species, pp. 609-774 in Zoosystema 29 (4) on page 640, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4525564
Prognostic value of myocardial injury-related findings on resting electrocardiography for cardiovascular risk in the asymptomatic general population: the 12-year follow-up report from the Ansan-Ansung cohort
Creators: name: Jinho Shin
name: Yonggu Lee
name: Jin-Kyu Park
name: Shin, Jeong-Hun
name: Young-Hyo Lim
name: Heo Ran
name: Kim, Hyun-Jin
name: Hwan-Cheol Park
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Computational Biology

description: Background: We investigated the predictive values of myocardial injury-related findings (MIFs) including ST-T wave abnormalities (STA) and pathologic Q waves (PQ) in electrocardiography for long-term cardiovascular outcomes in an asymptomatic general population. Methods: We observed 8444 subjects without cardiovascular diseases and related symptoms biennially over a 12-year period. Major cardiovascular adverse events (MACEs) were defined as a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease and stroke. Results: MACEs occurred more frequently in subjects with STA (9.1% vs. 5.2%, p p = .001) than in those without any MIFs, whereas anterolateral/posterior PQ were not associated with a higher incidence of MACEs. Multivariate Cox regression analyses showed that STA and anterior PQ were independently associated with the risk of MACEs. However, survival receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that the composite of STA and anterior PQ did not improve the predictive power of the conventional cardiovascular risk estimators when added to the models. Conclusions: The presence of STA or anterior PQ was associated with worse cardiovascular outcomes in the asymptomatic general population. However, the addition of MIFs to the conventional risk estimators was of limited value in the prediction of MACEs.Key MessagesMyocardial injury-related findings including ST-T wave abnormalities and anterior pathologic Q waves in resting electrocardiography predict long-term cardiovascular outcomes in an asymptomatic low-risk population.However, ST-T wave abnormalities and anterior pathologic Q waves add only limited value to conventional cardiovascular risk estimators in the prediction of cardiovascular outcomes. Myocardial injury-related findings including ST-T wave abnormalities and anterior pathologic Q waves in resting electrocardiography predict long-term cardiovascular outcomes in an asymptomatic low-risk population. However, ST-T wave abnormalities and anterior pathologic Q waves add only limited value to conventional cardiovascular risk estimators in the prediction of cardiovascular outcomes.
Three-dimensional cytoplasmic calcium propagation with boundaries
Creators: name: Jiang, Han-Yu
name: He, Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Ca$^{2+}$ plays an important role in cell signal transduction. Its intracellular propagation is the most basic process of Ca$^{2+}$ signaling, such as calcium wave and double messenger system. In this work, with both numerical simulation and mean field ansatz, the 3-dimensional probability distribution of Ca$^{2+}$, which is read out by phosphorylation, is studied in two scenarios with boundaries. The coverage of distribution of Ca$^{2+}$ is found at an order of magnitude of $μ$m, which is consistent with experimental observed calcium spike and wave. Our results suggest that the double messenger system may occur in the ER-PM junction to acquire great efficiency. The buffer effect of kinase is also discussed by calculating the average position of phosphorylations and free Ca$^{2+}$. The results are helpful to understand the mechanism of Ca$^{2+}$ signaling.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
POSSIBILITY OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION IN AREAS OF HIGH NATURE VALUE
MOŻLIWOŚCI UPRAWY KONOPI WŁÓKNISTYCH NA OBSZARACH PRZYRODNICZO CENNYCH
Creators: name: Zadrożniak, Bogumiła
name: Radwańska, Katarzyna
name: Baranowska, Alicja
name: Mystkowska, Iwona
name: Zadrożniak, Bogumiła
name: Radwańska, Katarzyna
name: Baranowska, Alicja
name: Mystkowska, Iwona
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: areas of high nature value
subject: cultivation
subject: industrial hemp

description: Subject and purpose of work: The aim of this work is to present the possibilities of cultivating varieties of industrial hemp which are registered in Poland in areas of high nature value. Materials and methods: This work is a type of overview; it describes characteristic features of areas of high nature value. It also presents specific biological properties, cultivation and agrotechnical requirements, as well as the versatility of industrial hemp usage. Results: This study demonstrated considerable importance of industrial hemp in developing areas of high nature value, in accordance with the idea of sustainable development. Conclusions: Due to the specific biological properties of industrial hemp, its low cultivation and agrotechnical requirements and lack of the need to use pesticides, industrial hemp can be successfully grown in areas of high nature value.
description: Przedmiot i cel pracy: Celem pracy jest przedstawienie możliwości uprawy zarejestrowanych w Polsce odmian konopi włóknistych na obszarach przyrodniczo cennych. Materiały i metody: Praca ma charakter przeglądowy, dokonuje charakterystyki obszarów przyrodniczo cennych. Przedstawiono także specyficzne właściwości biologiczne, wymagania uprawowe i agrotechniczne oraz wszechstronne kierunki użytkowania konopi włóknistych. Wyniki: W pracy wykazano duże znaczenie konopi włóknistych w zagospodarowaniu obszarów przyrodniczo cennych zgodnie z realizacją idei zrównoważonego rozwoju. Wnioski: Konopie włókniste ze względu na specyficzne właściwości biologiczne, niskie wymagania uprawowe i agrotechniczne oraz brak konieczności stosowania pestycydów z powodzeniem mogą być uprawiane na obszarach cennych przyrodniczo. Słowa kluczowe: obszary przyrodniczo cenne, uprawa, konopie włókniste
Biodiversity Productive Capacity in Mixed Farms of North-West of France: a Multi-output Primal System
Creators: name: Bareille, François
name: Dupraz, Pierre
name: Bareille, François
name: Dupraz, Pierre
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: ecosystem services
subject: agriculture
subject: permanent grassland
subject: crop diversity

description: Biodiversity Productive Capacity in Mixed Farms of North-West of France: a Multi-output Primal System Abstract: Previous studies on the productive value of biodiversity emphasized that crop diversity increases crop yields. Here, we focus on the productivity of crop diversity and permanent grasslands for crops and milk. Using a GMM approach, we estimate detailed production functions using a sample of 3960 mixed farms from the FADN between 2002 and 2013. We highlight that permanent grasslands enhance crop production. We confirm that crop diversity increases crop and milk yields. Permanent grasslands and crop diversity are however substitute inputs. We also find that both of these biodiversity productive capacities influence variable input productivities. These results suggest the potential adaptations of farmers’ choices to environmental measures.
Shakura-Sunyaev Disk Can Smoothly Match Advection-Dominated Accretion Flow
Creators: name: Lu, Ju-Fu
name: Lin, Yi-Qing
name: Gu, Wei-Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the standard Runge-Kutta method to solve the set of basic equations describing black hole accretion flows composed of two-temperature plasma. We do not invoke any extra energy transport mechanism such as thermal conduction and do not specify any ad hoc outer boundary condition for the advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) solution. We find that in the case of high viscosity and non-zero radiative cooling, the ADAF solution can have an asymptotic approach to the Shakura-Sunyaev disk (SSD) solution, and the SSD-ADAF transition radius is close to the central black hole. Our results further prove the mechanism of thermal instability-triggered SSD-ADAF transition suggested previously by Takeuchi & Mineshige and Gu & Lu.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters
CALB-catalyzed kinetic resolution of (RS)-3-benzoylthio-2-methylpropyl azolides: kinetic and thermodynamic analysis
Creators: name: Chen-Hao Kuo
name: Bo-Son Kou
name: Shau-Wei Tsai
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Zofenopril as an ACE inhibitor expired recently was found to have a favourable safety profile in comparison with other ACE inhibitors in treating high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, and acute myocardial infarction. It can be synthesised from the key building blocks of (S)-3-benzoylthio-2-methylpropanoic acid and (4S)-phenylthio-L-proline. In this report, an efficient hydrolytic resolution via Candida antarctic lipase B (CALB) for preparing the former block in isopropyl ether (IPE) containing (RS)-3-benzoylthio-2-methylpropyl pyrazolide (1) and water was developed. Quantitative improvements of the enzyme activity and enantioselectivity in terms of k2SKmS−1 = 5.726 L h−1 g−1 and E = 217 at 45 °C were found from the kinetic analysis. Insights into the CALB performance via thermodynamic analysis were then addressed and compared with those by using (RS)-3-benzoylthio-2-methylpropyl 1,2,4-triazolide (2) as the substrate. A putative thermodynamic model was moreover hypothesised for elucidating the more enthalpy reduction of 68.92-70.86 kJ mol−1 from the acyl part of (S)-1 and (S)-2 as well as that of 23.69-25.63 kJ mol−1 from the triad imidazolium to Ser105 and leaving 1,2,4-triazole moiety of (R)-2 and (S)-2 on stabilising the corresponding transition states.
Mechanisms of modulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors by mutant huntingtin
Creators: name: Fan, Mannie Man Yee
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Evidence supports a role for neuronal damage arising from excessive activation of glutamate receptors (especially the NMDA subtype) in the pathogenesis of Huntington's disease (HD), although clinical trials involving NMDA receptor inhibition have mostly failed. Further understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms is therefore needed to refine therapeutic approaches. My work has focused on the elucidation of molecular pathways linking huntingtin (htt) to NMDA receptors (NMDARs). I found that NMDAR subunits NR1/NR2B are shifted from internal pools to the plasma membrane, with faster NMDAR insertion to the surface in striatal neurons from YAC72 HD mice. YAC72 striatum shows a relative enrichment of NR1 C2' isoforms in the vesicle/microsome-enriched fraction and preferential association of these isoforms with NR2B subunits, suggesting alternative splicing of NR1 may favour faster forward trafficking of receptors to potentiate NMDAR current and toxicity in this HD mouse model. I demonstrated co-localization and interaction of the htt-interacting protein HIP-1 and actin-crosslinking α-actinin proteins, together in a complex with NMDARs in mouse striatal neurons and forebrain tissue. In fact, HIP-1 can directly interact with α-actinin, thus providing a physical link between htt and NMDARs. To broaden the search for candidate proteins mediating the effects of mutant htt (mhtt) on NMDAR function, I collaborated with Kinexus Bioinformatics Corp. to examine expression patterns of a variety of protein kinases, phosphatases, and heat shock/stress proteins, in HEK cells over-expressing NR1/NR2B-type NMDARs and wild-type or mutant htt. Multiple proteins involved in the heat shock response pathway, including Hsp-70 and CK2, show altered subcellular distribution with co-expression of mhtt and NR1/NR2B, an effect potentiated by NMDAR stimulation. CK2 expression is also elevated in striatal tissue from YAC HD mice, and its activity plays a protective role against NMDAR toxicity. Altered expression of stress response proteins in the presence of mhtt and NR1/NR2B may reflect anattempt to mitigate mhtt-induced sensitivity to excitotoxicity. Findings from this thesis provide additional insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying increased NMDAR-mediated excitotoxicity in the YAC mouse model of HD. Target molecules and pathways identified in this work may contribute to the optimization of strategies for the treatment of HD.
The Age Distribution of Massive Star Clusters in the Antennae Galaxies
Creators: name: Fall, S. Michael
name: Chandar, Rupali
name: Whitmore, Bradley C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine the age distribution of star clusters in the Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038/9) for two mass-limited samples (M > 3 x 10^4 M_{\odot} and M > 2 x 10^5 M_{\odot}). This is based on integrated broadband UBVI and narrowband H-alpha photometry from deep images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. We find that the age distribution of the clusters declines steeply, approximately as dN/dτ\propto τ^{-1}. The median age of the clusters is ~10^7 yr, which we interpret as evidence for rapid disruption ("infant mortality"). It is very likely that most of the young clusters are not gravitationally bound and were disrupted near the times they formed by the energy and momentum input from young stars to the interstellar matter of the protoclusters. At least 20% and possibly all stars form in clusters and/or associations, including those that are unbound and short-lived.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the ApJ Letters; Submitted 2004 July 29; accepted 2005 August 3
TYPE IS BLACK BUT WHAT IS BLACK IN TYPE: Exploring The Black Female Experience Through Typography.
Creators: name: Kowo, Natasha Assma
Publisher: name: Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Year: 2024
Subjects: Typography
Women, Black
Feminism
Racism
Zines
Self-publishing

description: In my creative practice, I harness the power of typography within zine creation to confront the pervasive influence of Eurocentric design norms in media and society. I perceive striking parallels between typography and racism, as both elements envelop us and shape our daily interactions. For black women, navigating through the intersecting challenges of colorism, classism, racism, and sexism underscores the urgent need to acknowledge and dismantle these systemic injustices for the advancement of a more equitable society. I explore how the use of playful and decorative typefaces can foster increased engagement with my work. However, I recognize that the typefaces I employ may not always align with the narrative I aim to convey. My artistic endeavors are deeply rooted in experimental typography within editorial design, with a primary focus on print media such as zines and posters. Drawing inspiration from a rich legacy of subversive activism posters, particularly those from the 1970s and 1980s, I seek to channel the spirit of socio-political dialogue surrounding issues of racism, sexism, and prejudice against black individuals. These posters often utilized typography as a potent tool for communication, such as the iconic “I AM A MAN” movement, which employed bold, plain sans serif typefaces to demand equitable treatment for black men in the workforce. This juxtaposition invites the reader to engage with my zines on multiple levels, sparking curiosity and provoking thought through contrasting tones of loudness and playfulness. Ultimately, my goal is to open up spaces for dialogue and reflection, challenging existing norms and fostering a more inclusive and critical engagement with design and typography.
description: Black Women
description: Feminism
description: Racism
description: Classism
description: Sexism
description: Discrimination
description: Intersectionality
description: Representation
description: Community engagement
description: Knowledge sharing
description: Culture
description: Connection
description: Design
description: Graphic design
description: Font
description: Experimental typography
description: Self-publishing
description: Zines