cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Vesiclepedia: A Compendium for Extracellular Vesicles with Continuous Community Annotation
Creators: name: Kalra, H
name: Simpson, Richard
name: Ji, H
name: Aikawa, E
name: Altevogt, P
name: Askenase, P
name: Bond, VC
name: Borràs, FE
name: Breakefield, X
name: Budnik, V
name: Buzas, E
name: Camussi, G
name: Clayton, A
name: Cocucci, E
name: Falcon-Perez, JM
name: Gabrielsson, S
name: Gho, YS
name: Gupta, D
name: Harsha, HC
name: Hendrix, A
name: Hill, Andrew
name: Inal, JM
name: Jenster, G
name: Krämer-Albers, EM
name: Lim, SK
name: Llorente, A
name: Lötvall, J
name: Marcilla, A
name: Mincheva-Nilsson, L
name: Nazarenko, I
name: Nieuwland, R
name: Hoen, ENM Nolte-'t
name: Pandey, A
name: Patel, T
name: Piper, MG
name: Pluchino, S
name: Prasad, TSK
name: Rajendran, L
name: Raposo, G
name: Record, M
name: Reid, GE
name: Sánchez-Madrid, F
name: Schiffelers, RM
name: Siljander, P
name: Stensballe, A
name: Stoorvogel, W
name: Taylor, D
name: Thery, C
name: Valadi, H
name: van Balkom, BWM
name: Vázquez, J
name: Vidal, M
name: Wauben, MHM
name: Yáñez-Mó, M
name: Zoeller, M
name: Mathivanan, Suresh
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 30
subject: Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences

description: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membraneous vesicles released by a variety of cells into their microenvironment. Recent studies have elucidated the role of EVs in intercellular communication, pathogenesis, drug, vaccine and gene-vector delivery, and as possible reservoirs of biomarkers. These findings have generated immense interest, along with an exponential increase in molecular data pertaining to EVs. Here, we describe Vesiclepedia, a manually curated compendium of molecular data (lipid, RNA, and protein) identified in different classes of EVs from more than 300 independent studies published over the past several years. Even though databases are indispensable resources for the scientific community, recent studies have shown that more than 50% of the databases are not regularly updated. In addition, more than 20% of the database links are inactive. To prevent such database and link decay, we have initiated a continuous community annotation project with the active involvement of EV researchers. The EV research community can set a gold standard in data sharing with Vesiclepedia, which could evolve as a primary resource for the field.
Conceptual CAD design of the workstation for XAFS spectroscopy and spectral-domain X-ray OCT studies using a laser plasma X-ray source based on a gas puff target containing micron-sized droplets
Creators: name: Fiedorowicz, Henryk
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Design of the workstation for XAFS spectroscopy and spectral-domain X-ray OCT studies using a laser plasma X-ray source is presented. Soft X-ray emission in the wavelength range of about 1-10 nm, roughly corresponding to the photon energy range of about 0.1-1 keV, will be studied. Soft X-ray emission in this range will be produced using a new type of laser targets in the form of pulsed gas jets containing microdroplets of liquid with a diameter of about 1 μm which will be irradiated with intense laser pulses. Soft X-ray sources with new targets will be used in research in the field of X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and X-ray coherence tomography (XCT). The work was made under the NCN project No 2020/39/I/ST7/03194.
RAQAMLI IQTISODIYOTDA AXBOROT XAVFSIZLIGINI TA'MINLASHNING ZAMONAVIY USULLARI VA VOSITALARI.
Creators: name: Xaydaraliyev, Elbek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Hozirgi zamonaviy iqtisodiyotning raqamlashuv sharoitida insoniyat hayot tarzining deyarli barcha yo’nalishlarida raqamli texnologiyalardan  foydalanish  misli ko’rilmagan tezlik  bilan  rivojlanib  bormoqda.  Shu jihatdan qaraydigan bo‘lsak, raqamli iqtisodiyotda axborot xavfsizligini ta'minlash hamda ma’lumotlarni to’plash jarayonlarida   sun`iy   intellekt texnologiyalarini  qo`llashda  kerak  bo`ladigan  barcha  jarayonlarni  kuzatish,  har bir jarayonni tahlil qilib baho berish,  kerakli barcha  aniq va ishonchli ma’lumotlarni  yig‘ib  borish,  unga  ta`sir  etuvchi omillar   xamda   ushbu   yunalishda   olib   borilayotgan   amaliy   chora –tadbirlar yoritilgan. Shu bilan bir qatorda har bir xalqaro tajriba va innovatsion g‘oyalarga tayangan holda raqamli iqtisodiyotda axborot xavfsizligini ta'minlashda   zamonaviy raqamlashtirilgan texnologiyalardan fordalanishda  yangicha  qarashlarni  oshirishga qaratilgan xulosa va takliflar o‘rin olgan.
Supporting information 1: Questionnaire.pdf
Creators: name: Kohek, Maja
name: Ona, Genis
name: Saiz, José Carlos Bouso
name: Santos, Rafael Guimarães dos
name: van Elk, Michiel
name: Hallak, Jaime Eduardo Cecilio
name: Ángel Alcázar-Córcoles, Miguel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Online supporting information: The questionnaire Evaluation of the Health Status of Ayahuasca Ceremony Participants in the Netherlands used in the study.
An Investigation of the Neurophysiologic Effect of Tone-Reducing AFOs on Reflex Excitability in Subjects with Spasticity Following Stroke while Standing
Creators: name: Ibuki, A
name: Bach, T
name: Rogers, D
name: Bernhardt, J
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science
classificationCode: 4207
subject: Sports science and exercise

description: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/03093641003649405Tone-reducing ankle-foot orthoses (TRAFOs) are said to improve the control and functioning of spastic lower limbs by their biomechanic and neurophysiologic effects. Unfortunately, there is limited evidence in literature to support the theory that TRAFOs can effectively decrease spasticity in the foot and ankle neurophysiologically. The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine the neurophysiologic effect of TRAFOs on soleus muscle reflex excitability in subjects with spasticity following stroke while standing. A repeated-measures intervention study was conducted on 15 adult subjects with stroke who were recruited from the community. Custom-made articulated ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) and TRAFOs with orthokinetic compression garments (OCGs) were fabricated for each subject. Five conditions were tested: (1) Shoes only, (2) AFO, (3) TRAFO, (4) TRAFO with OCG, (5) shoes only, to determine if the TRAFOs were most effective in decreasing spasticity as assessed by the ratio of maximum Hoffmann reflex amplitude to maximum muscle response amplitude (Hmax:Mmax ratio) of the soleus. The results found that there were no significant treatment effects for the interventions (F0.992, df2.167, p0.388), however, when analysed subject-by-subject, four subjects displayed significant increases in their Hmax:Mmax ratios to at least one treatment condition. Overall, the results demonstrated that the tone-reducing devices had no significant neurophysiologic effect on soleus reflex excitability in subjects with spasticity, however individual responses showed that the TRAFOs increased spasticity in some individuals. © 2010 ISPO.
The NGOization of the Syrian Revolution 2011-2021
Creators: name: Dallal, Abdulsalam
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022

description: In March 2011 the Syrian Spring arrived. Syrians had lived under the totalitarianism of the Asad family for forty years. This included a state of emergency since 1963, involving the notorious detention, torture and execution of political prisoners and the 1982 Hama massacre. The Syrian Spring took off with spontaneous, simultaneous demonstrations across the country and increased after the state fired on and killed peaceful demonstrators in the southern city of Daraa. Many Syrians called this massive emancipatory, non-sectarian popular mobilisation AL-Thawrah Al-Souriyyieh (the Syrian Revolution). Four months in it was attracting a million protesters on the streets despite 1,500 killed and 15,000 detained. The ‘Kingdom of Silence’ had been ruptured. The revolution was met by the bloodiest national and international counter-revolution of the Arab Spring, leaving a million Syrians dead and the largest global refugee and humanitarian crisis since the second world war. Aid poured into the country. This thesis examines what happened when international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) first arrived on the Turkish-Syrian border in late 2012. It is unique in that it applies the theoretical framework of NGOization to analyse how international aid undermined the political institutions and culture of the Syrian Revolution. First, grassroots revolutionary local councils had been painstakingly established in the liberated areas of the country. Instead of supporting them, international donors set up and funded a parallel NGO service provision structure. Second, international aid came with bureaucratisation, professionalisation and the transfer of power to external funders, leading to the weakening and depoliticisation of organisations and activists. A revolutionary political culture and praxis was thus transformed into the international humanitarian discourse of ‘impartiality’ alongside the re-emergence of authoritarianism and corruption. This led to a new class of NGO compradors, at odds with the values and aims of the Revolution and the people they serve. The thesis is based on a lifetime of insider knowledge, first under the repression of Asadism, then with the transformatory political and cultural liberation of the Revolution followed by the relentless bombardment, death, destruction and trauma of a decade of counter-revolutionary violence. Since 2012 I have worked with a range of revolutionary local councils and international and Syrian humanitarian organisations in Syria and Turkey. This has provided me with observant participant experience as well as a network of over ninety key actors, built on trust, to draw on for semi-structured interviews. Epistemologically, this thesis foregrounds the unheard voices of those who played a central part in the Syrian Revolution and its subsequent NGOization. It thus enhances indigenous knowledge production within the academic literature on Syrian politics and the globally documented phenomenon of NGOization.
title: The role of native phonology in spontaneous imitation: Evidence from Seoul Korean
Creators: name: Kwon, Harim
Publisher: name: Journal of the Association of Laboratory Phonology
Year: 2019

description: This study investigates the role of phonology in spontaneous imitation in Seoul Korean speakers’ imitation of aspirated stops by comparing the primary and non-primary cues. Seoul Korean aspirated stops are differentiated from stops of other phonation types by at least two distinct acoustic properties, stop VOT and f0 of the post-stop vowel, with the latter being the primary cue. In the imitation experiment, Seoul Korean speakers heard and shadowed model speech that contained aspirated stops manipulated by either raising post-stop f0 or lengthening VOT. Their realization of these properties in /tʰ/, /t/, and /t*/ productions were compared before, during, and after exposure. Although both high f0 and long VOT induced imitative changes in post-shadowing productions, the results revealed that exposure to an enhanced non-primary cue (long VOT) also influences the production of the primary cue for aspirated stops (post-stop f0). However, an enhanced primary cue (high f0) does not have similar effects on the non-primary cue. These results provide evidence that spontaneous imitation is not strictly tied to individual phonetic properties but it is rather phonological in that abstract categories are involved in the process of imitation.
Identifikation und Bewertung von Entsiegelungspotenzialen als Beitrag zur nachhaltigen Quartiersentwicklung: Zwischenergebnisse aus NaMaRes
Creators: name: Volk, Rebekka
name: Naber, Elias
name: Lützkendorf, Thomas
name: Böhnke, Denise
name: Mörmann, Kai
name: Schultmann, Frank
name: Norra, Stefan
Publisher: name: Rhombos-Verlag
Year: 2021
Subjects: urban development
urban districts
resource management
resource assessment

description: Es besteht ein großes gesellschaftliches Interesse daran, städtische Lebensräume nachhaltiger zu gestalten. Die zugehörige nachhaltige und ressourceneffiziente Quartiersentwicklung stellt u.a. eine Herausforderung für das Flächenmanagement dar und ist ein Prozess, der auf Basis der Analyse des Ausgangszustands zu einer Formulierung konkreter Ziele führt sowie eine Auswahl, Bewertung und Umsetzung von Maßnahmen erfordert. Der Beitrag adressiert die Grundlagen einer Analyse und Bewertung des Ausgangszustands der Flächennutzung und Bodenversiegelung in Bestandsquartieren, sowie die Identifikation von Entsiegelungspotenzialen. Zur Bewertung der Maßnahmen werden Kennwerte zu ihren Wirkungen berechnet. Mit einem Werkzeug, welches im BMBF-Projekt NaMaRes konzipiert, entwickelt und erprobt wird, werden vorhandene städtische Daten verarbeitet und angereichert, um fundierte Arbeitsgrundlagen bereitzustellen und Szenarioanalysen zu ermöglichen. Die Vorgehensweise wird am Beispiel der Karlsruher Innenstadt-Ost dargestellt.
A morphological assessment of the Olearia phlogopappa complex (Asteraceae: Astereae)
Creators: name: Messina, Andre
name: NG Walsh
name: Hoebee, Susan
name: Green, Peter
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A morphometric study of the Olearia phlogopappa species complex from throughout south-eastern Australia has confirmed species boundaries and resolved the infraspecific taxonomy of two species. It has shown O. phlogopappa (Labill.) DC., O. stellulata (Labill.) DC., O. lirata (Sims) Hutch., O. rugosa (F.Muell. ex W.Archer bis) Hutch. and O. brevipedunculata N.G.Walsh to be non-overlapping entities with unique morphological characters. O. stellulata is circumscribed to include only southern and western Tasmanian populations and those from the Otways and Wilsons Promontory in southern Victoria. O. rugosa is restricted to Victoria and a few isolated populations on Flinders Island and northern Tasmania. Four previously noted variants of O. rugosa from Victoria are here described as subspecies, along with the description of a fifth subspecies from northern Tasmania. Infraspecific boundaries of O. phlogopappa are here revised to include nine subspecies, six of which were previously included as varieties, and descriptions are made of three new subspecies. © 2013 CSIRO.
Involutivity of integrals of sine-Gordon, modified KdV and potential KdV maps
Creators: name: Tran, DT
name: Kamp, PHVD
name: Quispel, Gilles
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 4902
subject: Mathematical physics
classificationCode: 4904
subject: Pure mathematics
classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Closed form expressions in terms of multi-sums of products have been given in Tran et al (2009 J. Phys A: Math. Theor. 42 225201) and van der Kamp et al (2007 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 39 12789-98) of integrals of sine-Gordon, modified Korteweg-de Vries and potential Korteweg-de Vries maps obtained as so-called (p, -1)-travelling wave reductions of the corresponding partial difference equations. We prove the involutivity of these integrals with respect to recently found symplectic structures for those maps. The proof is based on explicit formulae for the Poisson brackets between multi-sums of products. © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Sex-biased dispersal, post-fledging care and juvenile movements in the white-throated dipper
Creators: name: Roskell, Philip
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022

description: Dispersal is a crucial life history trait which has profound consequences for individual fitness and population dynamics. Yet, our understanding of the spatial and temporal processes of dispersal remains poorly understood, largely due to the logistic difficulties of following and monitoring wide-ranging individuals. White-throated dippers are specialised aquatic passerines which are well-established as an important indicator of river and stream water quality, and they provide an ideal model system for studying dispersal due to their linear territories. However, little is known about the factors that underpin variation in natal dispersal distance. Furthermore, as with many passerines, behaviour during the post-fledging period has rarely been studied despite the likely influence on dispersal. Here, these issues are investigated using a long-term study population of dippers in the UK. In Chapter 2, the impact of early life conditions on natal dispersal is investigated, including the timing of breeding, brood size, population density, and body condition. The analyses also accounted for sex, a well-known determinant of dispersal distance in birds. Indeed, as with many species, sex was the most important predictor of dispersal distance in dippers, with females generally travelling further than males. However, there also appears to be a weak effect of condition, suggesting that individuals in better condition disperse shorter distances. This may reflect the benefits to settling on territories near to the natal area, including familiarity with nesting and feeding sites. No other early life effects were detected. In Chapter 3, observations during the 2021 breeding season were used to measure provisioning rates and track movements of juvenile dippers during the post-fledging period. Brood division appeared to be widespread within this population, and comparisons of mean feeding rates suggests that males contributed more to feeding the fledglings than females. Post-fledging provisioning rates were generally higher than nestling provisioning rates. On average, juveniles were first observed outside of their natal territory 30 days after fledging, but some had left as young as nine days old. Soon after leaving the natal territory, juveniles were highly mobile and able to travel relatively long distances; many individuals were observed together with birds from other broods. Together, these observations provide some of the first descriptions of behaviour during the post-fledging period in this species, and the implications for dispersal are discussed. In the final chapter, the key messages of the thesis are reviewed alongside avenues for future research, with an emphasis on the need to further study the early life determinants of dispersal and behaviour during the transience stage. Combining long-term studies of marked individuals with advanced tracking technologies offer perhaps the best opportunities.
Involutivity of integrals of sine-Gordon, modified KdV and potential KdV maps
Creators: name: Tran, DT
name: Kamp, PHVD
name: Quispel, Gilles
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: Closed form expressions in terms of multi-sums of products have been given in Tran et al (2009 J. Phys A: Math. Theor. 42 225201) and van der Kamp et al (2007 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 39 12789-98) of integrals of sine-Gordon, modified Korteweg-de Vries and potential Korteweg-de Vries maps obtained as so-called (p, -1)-travelling wave reductions of the corresponding partial difference equations. We prove the involutivity of these integrals with respect to recently found symplectic structures for those maps. The proof is based on explicit formulae for the Poisson brackets between multi-sums of products. © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Closed-form expressions for integrals of traveling wave reductions of integrable lattice equations
Creators: name: Tran, DT
name: Van Der Kamp, Pieter
name: Quispel, Gilles
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 4902
subject: Mathematical physics
classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a method to calculate closed-form expressions in terms of multi-sums of products for integrals of ordinary difference equations which are obtained as traveling wave reductions of integrable partial difference equations. Important ingredients are the staircase method, a non-commutative Vieta formula and certain splittings of the Lax matrices. The method is applied to all equations of the Adler-Bobenko-Suris classification, with the exception of Q4.
Closed-form expressions for integrals of traveling wave reductions of integrable lattice equations
Creators: name: Tran, DT
name: Van Der Kamp, Pieter
name: Quispel, Gilles
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: We give a method to calculate closed-form expressions in terms of multi-sums of products for integrals of ordinary difference equations which are obtained as traveling wave reductions of integrable partial difference equations. Important ingredients are the staircase method, a non-commutative Vieta formula and certain splittings of the Lax matrices. The method is applied to all equations of the Adler-Bobenko-Suris classification, with the exception of Q4.
Sufficient number of integrals for the pth-order Lyness equation
Creators: name: Tran, DT
name: Van Der Kamp, Pieter
name: Quispel, Gilles
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this communication, we present a sufficient number of first integrals for the Lyness equation of arbitrary order. We first use the staircase method (Quispel et al 1991 Physica A 173 243-66) to construct integrals of a derivative equation of the Lyness equation. Closed-form expressions for the integrals are given based on a non-commutative Vieta expansion. The integrals of the Lyness equation then follow directly from these integrals. Previously found integrals for the Lyness equation arise as special cases of our new set of integrals. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Sufficient number of integrals for the pth-order Lyness equation
Creators: name: Tran, DT
name: Van Der Kamp, Pieter
name: Quispel, Gilles
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: In this communication, we present a sufficient number of first integrals for the Lyness equation of arbitrary order. We first use the staircase method (Quispel et al 1991 Physica A 173 243-66) to construct integrals of a derivative equation of the Lyness equation. Closed-form expressions for the integrals are given based on a non-commutative Vieta expansion. The integrals of the Lyness equation then follow directly from these integrals. Previously found integrals for the Lyness equation arise as special cases of our new set of integrals. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.
title: Diaspora Nationalism: How the Bosnian Diaspora in the United States Engages in Home Politics
Creators: name: Avramović, Ivan
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Diaspora
subject: Bosnian migration
subject: Bosnian diaspora
subject: Political engagement

description: Since the end of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in 1995, much has been done to reconcile the ethnic tensions within the boundaries of the country. Less attention has been paid to Bosnian citizens living in the United States and how these individuals interact with one another as well as participate in their home political system. The purpose of this project is to look at diaspora involvement of Bosnian citizens aged 18-26 living in the United States in Bosnian home politics in terms of voting in home elections and fundraising. Additionally, this project looks at how the three main ethnic groups of BiH (Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs) interact with one another in the United States to see if tensions that are present in BiH are present within the young diaspora population in the United States. What makes this population interesting is the fact that none of them had firsthand experiences of the war, so any tensions that may be present come indirectly from family members, the media space, and politicians.
Development and evaluation of an aged care specific Advance Care Plan
Creators: name: Silvester, W
name: Parslow, RA
name: Lewis, Virginia
name: Fullam, RS
name: Sjanta, R
name: Jackson, L
name: White, Vanessa
name: Hudson, R
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing

description: Objectives: To report on the quality of advance care planning (ACP) documents in use in residential aged care facilities (RACF) in areas of Victoria Australia prior to a systematic intervention; to report on the development and performance of an aged care specific Advance Care Plan template used during the intervention. Design: An audit of the quality of pre-existing documentation used to record resident treatment preferences and end-of-life wishes at participating RACFs; development and pilot of an aged care specific Advance Care Plan template; an audit of the completeness and quality of Advance Care Plans completed on the new template during a systematic ACP intervention. Participants and setting: 19 selected RACFs (managed by 12 aged care organisations) in metropolitan and regional areas of Victoria. Results: Documentation in use at facilities prior to the ACP intervention most commonly recorded preferences regarding hospital transfer, life prolonging treatment and personal/cultural/ religious wishes. However, 7 of 12 document sets failed to adequately and clearly specify the resident's preferences as regards life prolonging medical treatment. The newly developed aged care specific Advance Care Plan template was met with approval by participating RACFs. Of 203 Advance Care Plans completed on the template throughout the project period, 49% included the appointment of a Medical Enduring Power of Attorney. Requests concerning medical treatment were specified in almost all completed documents (97%), with 73% nominating the option of refusal of life-prolonging treatment. Over 90% of plans included information concerning residents' values and beliefs, and future health situations that the resident would find to be unacceptable were specified in 78% of completed plans. Conclusions: Standardised procedures and documentation are needed to improve the quality of processes, documents and outcomes of ACP in the residential aged care sector.
A taxon-specific analysis of chironomid δ13C to assess carbon cycling of Blakemere Moss during the early Holocene
Creators: name: Weston, Kyle
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022
Subjects: chironomid
paleolimnology
paleoclimate
ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
Holocene
Lake carbon cycle
Lake sediment cores

description: Chironomid remains of the Chironomus genus and Chironomini tribe were extracted and studied for carbon isotopic content from a lake sediment sequence from Blakemere Moss during the early Holocene (10,743 to 10,482 Cal BP). Evidence derived from bulk geochemical proxies and chironomid assemblage was used to elucidate the factors that influenced the chironomid isotopic content. The spatial heterogeneity of carbon processing was revealed by vastly different carbon isotopic signatures (Δδ13CHC; Δδ13CChironomus – Chironomini = –0.7 to 7.0‰). A climatic amelioration beginning the sequence, indicated by a rapid increase in chironomid-inferred temperatures, was mirrored by a rapid fall in Chironomus δ13CHC and δ13COM with the former exhibiting the greater 13C depletion. This indicates that in our shallow paleolake, an increase in methane-derived carbon to Chironomus is likely linked to a strengthened summer thermal stratification. Due to the hydrologically closed nature of Blakemere Moss, a small shift in precipitation/evaporation balance is thought to have induced an ecosystem state shift from algal to macrophyte dominance and increased faunal diversity, indicated by an increase in C/N and δ15N reduction. Despite a concurrent shift in the dominating functional feeding group from collectors to shredders, Chironomini δ13CHC continued to represent the δ13C of aquatic organic matter, indicating that bulked samples of littoral dwelling Chironomini can be used to faithfully reconstruct the δ13C of aquatic organic matter through time. This supports the use of littoral-dwelling Chironomini for tracing temporal variations of aquatic organic matter, and for quantifying methane-derived carbon uptake via ingestion of methane-oxidising bacteria in isotope mixing models.
title: Preventive Reconciliation
Creators: name: Jones, Lindsay Brooke Buffum
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Reconciliation
subject: Conflict Prevention
subject: Dialogue
subject: Racial Reconciliation

description: This thesis discusses the use of reconciliation processes in areas of latent conflict and their utility in preventing the manifestation of conflict. This study uses a comparative case study of reconciliation in Portland, Oregon, and Dayton, Ohio. During the course of this research the author conducted interviews of community members in each city, reviews of primary and secondary source literature, and a statistical analysis of the cities affected. This thesis should be a reference and resource for practitioners of reconciliation and agents of peace.
Quality of advance care planning policy and practice in residential aged care facilities in Australia
Creators: name: Silvester, W
name: Fullam, RS
name: Parslow, RA
name: Lewis, Virginia
name: Sjanta, R
name: Jackson, L
name: White, Vanessa
name: Gilchrist, J
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing

description: Objectives: To assess existing advance care planning (ACP) practices in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in Victoria, Australia before a systematic intervention; to assess RACF staff experience, understanding of and attitudes towards ACP. Design: Surveys of participating organisations concerning ACP-related policies and procedures, review of existing ACP-related documentation, and pre-intervention survey of RACF staff covering their role, experiences and attitudes towards ACP-related procedures. Setting: 19 selected RACFs in Victoria. Participants: 12 aged care organisations (representing 19 RACFs) who provided existing ACP-related documentation for review, 12 RACFs who completed an organisational survey and 45 staff (from 19 RACFs) who completed a pre-intervention survey of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. Results: Findings suggested that some ACPrelated practices were already occurring in RACFs; however, these activities were inconsistent and variable in quality. Six of the 12 responding RACFs had written policies and procedures for ACP; however, none of the ACP-related documents submitted covered all information required to meet ACP best practice. Surveyed staff had limited experience of ACP, and discrepancies between self reported comfort, and levels of knowledge and confidence to undertake ACP-related activities, indicated a need for training and ongoing organisational support. Conclusions: Surveyed organisationsâ policies and procedures related to ACP were limited and the quality of existing documentation was poor. RACF staff had relatively limited experience in developing advance care plans with facility residents, although attitudes were positive. A systematic approach to the implementation of ACP in residential aged care settings is required to ensure best practice is implemented and sustained.
Analysis of the role of CDK and ubiquitin E3 ligase activity in regulation of CIZ1 proteostasis
Creators: name: Caprani, Louise
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022

description: Cip1 interacting Zinc finger protein 1 (CIZ1) is a nuclear matrix protein and coordinates the activity of cyclin A- cyclin dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) for efficient initiation of DNA replication. The overexpression of CIZ1 has been associated with tumorigenesis in several common cancers including breast, prostate, colorectal, gall bladder and hepatocellular carcinoma, this suggests that CIZ1 may be a viable target for therapeutic intervention in CIZ1-dependent cancers. The working model for CIZ1 regulation suggests that CIZ1 protein levels are regulated by DDK/CDK2 mediated phosphorylation which protects from ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) mediated degradation. Furthermore, inhibition of DDK/ CDK2 may facilitate the UPS- mediated degradation of CIZ1. The UPS-mediated degradation of CIZ1 would be dependent on a functional UPS, therefore the E3 ligases that target CIZ1 may represent biomarkers for patient stratification when determining which patients would respond to CDK inhibitors as a way of reducing CIZ1 levels. Further characterisation of the molecular pathways that regulate CIZ1 levels could provide potential avenues for reducing CIZ1 in cancer. Here, the efficacy of small molecule CDK/DDK inhibitors to reduce CIZ1 levels was evaluated in murine fibroblasts. Furthermore, three E3 ligases (UBR5, FBXO38 and UBE2O) that potentially target CIZ1 were transfected into 3T3 cells in order to characterise their potential role in regulating CIZ1 protein levels. In this study, inhibition of CDK4/6, DDK and CDK2 resulted in a non-significant reduction in CIZ1 levels during G1/S. Furthermore, inhibition of CDK1 resulted in a non- significant reduction in CIZ1 levels later in the cell cycle. Inhibition of DDK/CDK2 potentially facilitates the UPS mediated degradation of CIZ1, inhibition of the proteasome using MG132 prevented CIZ1 degradation with concomitant inhibition of DDK or CDK2. For E3 transfection experiments, there was difficulty validating E3 expression in the 3T3 cells. Nevertheless, there was a non-significant reduction in CIZ1 levels in cells transfected with UBR5-GFP or FBXO38- FLAG. Together the findings suggest that manipulation of CIZ1 regulators could provide an avenue to reduce CIZ1 levels, however the findings are preliminary and further validation of the findings is required in future work.
Supplementary document for On-chip clearing for live imaging of 3D cell cultures - 6418048.pdf
Creators: name: Yu, Tingting
name: Zhong, Xiang
name: Yang, Qihang
name: Gao, Chao
name: Chen, Wenyue
name: Liu, Xiang
name: Liu, Zhang
name: Zhu, Tingting
name: Li, Dongyu
name: Fei, Peng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Cell Development, Proliferation and Death
Cell Biology
Technology not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Figures
Future volunteer intentions at a major sport event
Creators: name: Aisbett, L
name: Randle, Erica
name: Kappelides, Panayiota
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 3504
subject: Commercial services
classificationCode: 3508
subject: Tourism
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This paper presents the findings of a study that explored the intended future voluntary behaviour of volunteers at the 2013 Australian Masters Games, a major sport event held in Geelong, Australia. Grounded on data gathered from 194 participants who responded to an online survey (post-event), perceived organizational support (POS) and perceived supervisor support (PSS) theory guided the examination into volunteers’ satisfaction while volunteering at the event, and as predictors of future volunteer intentions (FVI). Upon exploring the relative contributions of POS and PSS respectively to predicting volunteer satisfaction and FVI, there were some interesting findings. In predicting the satisfaction of volunteers at the event, POS was found to make a substantial contribution to predicting volunteer satisfaction, while PSS had very little contribution. Further, POS and satisfaction were both found to make substantial contributions to predicting FVI, yet PSS was again found to have very little contribution; these findings may be explained by the relationship the volunteer had with their immediate supervisor at the event. The paper has the following implications; first it can inform volunteer managers on the practicalities of creating volunteer satisfaction, particularly those associated with sport events; second it can make recommendations based on creating lasting benefit to host communities; and finally it may provide academic benefits to research concerned with volunteerism and sport events.
On “good” history and “tough” problems.’ [Introduction to ‘Manuscript XLIV: Inaugural Lecture: History, Lies and Mythology – the Historian and the Community.’]
Creators: name: Muckle, Adrian
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies

description: Alan Ward (1935–2014) delivered his inaugural professorial address at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, on 23 March 1988. Following his 1987 promotion to Professor, a position he held until his retirement in 1996, the lecture marked a milestone in his career, which to that point had included not only his influential study, A Show of Justice: Racial ‘Amalgamation’ in Nineteenth Century New Zealand (1974), but also important work on land reform in Papua New Guinea, the New Hebrides/Vanuatu, and New Caledonia. Some 35 years after its delivery and ten years after Ward’s death, the Journal of Pacific History now publishes the lecture (as retrieved from his papers and transcribed by his daughter, Ingrid Ward) in its entirety. This introduction highlights key themes from the lecture in the context of Ward’s career and subsequent publications that expanded on the issues raised in the speech.
Let's talk about sex: older people's views on the recognition of sexuality and sexual health in the health-care setting.
Creators: name: Bauer, Michael
name: Haesler, Emily
name: Fetherstonhaugh, Deirdre
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing
classificationCode: 420502
subject: Aged care nursing
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: Objective: To report on the findings of a systematic review which examined the experiences and views of older people aged 65 years and over on health professionals’ recognition of sexuality and sexual health and whether these aspects of the person are incorporated into care. Review methods: The review followed the methods laid out by the Joanna Briggs Institute. Eleven electronic databases were searched using the terms sexual*, aged, ageing/aging, attitudes and care in any health-care setting. Only quantitative and qualitative research and opinion papers written in English and offering unique commentary published between January 2004 and January 2015 were eligible. Results: A total of 999 papers were initially identified and of these, 148 were assessed by two reviewers. Eighteen studies – seven quantitative, eight qualitative and three opinion papers – met the inclusion criteria and were appraised. The importance of sexuality to well-being, language used, expressing sexuality, discomfort discussing sexuality, inadequate sexuality health education and treatment and deficient communication with health-care professionals were all identified as significant issues in a range of settings. Fourteen categories and five syntheses summarize the 43 findings. Conclusions: Sexuality remains important for many older people; however, embarrassment, dissatisfaction with treatment, negative attitudes and seeming disinterest by health professionals can all inhibit discussions. Professionals and health-care services need to adopt strategies and demonstrate characteristics which create environments that are more supportive of sexuality. Issues related to sexuality and sexual health should be able to be discussed without anxiety or discomfort so that older people receive optimal care and treatment.
The Evolution Of Rotation And Magnetism In Small Stars Near The Sun
Creators: name: Newton, Elisabeth R.
name: Irwin, Jonathan
name: Charbonneau, David
name: Berta-Thompson, Zachory K.
name: Berlind, Perry
name: Calkins, Michael
name: Mink, Jessica
name: West, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: cool stars
stellar rotation
magnetic activity

description: Despite the prevalence of fully-convective stars, very few members of the field population have measured rotation periods. The lack of observational constraints at field ages has hampered studies of rotational evolution. We present rotation periods for 387 nearby mid-to-late M dwarfs in the Northern hemisphere, including detections from 0.1 to 140 days. The period distribution is mass dependent: as the mass decreases, the slowest rotators at a given mass have longer periods, and the fastest rotators have shorter periods. We find a dearth of stars with intermediate rotation periods, which suggests that fully-convective stars undergo rapid angular momentum evolution. The typical detected rotator has stable, sinusoidal photometric modulations at a semi-amplitude of 0.5 to 1%. We find no correlation between period and amplitude for stars below 0.25 Msun. We use Galactic kinematics and established age-velocity relations to estimate the M dwarf spin-down timescale. We find that stars with P<10 days are on average <2 Gyrs, and that those with P>70 days are about 5 Gyrs. We observe a threshold in the mass–period plane that separates active and inactive M dwarfs. The threshold coincides with the fast-period edge of the slowly rotating population, at approximately the rotation period at which the era of rapid rotational evolution appears to cease. Our data show that rapid rotators maintain a saturated value of LHα/Lbol, and that for slow rotators there is a power-law decay in LHα/Lbol with Rossby number.
description: Talk in plenary session "Stellar Winds, Mass Loss, and Rotation from the pre-MS through the AGB"
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Developing a Questionnaire to Assess the Perception, Knowledge, And Attitude of Nursing Students in Providing Oral Health Care to Older People, And Associated Influential Factors
Creators: name: Bhagat, Vandana
name: Hoang, Ha
name: Crocombe, Leonard
name: Goldberg, Lynette R
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 390110
subject: Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 320307
subject: Oral medicine and pathology

description: Abstract:- Objective: Developing a questionnaire to assess the perception, knowledge, and attitude of nursing students in providing oral health care to older people, and associated influential factors. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions to dental services have had a notable impact on the increase in older people’s oral and associated systemic health problems, impacting their quality of life. Though COVID-19 is of viral origin, many older people have developed severe complications from this virus due to bacterial superinfections associated with poor oral health. This pandemic has emphasised the need to include preventive oral health care in holistic nursing care for older people. Nurses play a leading role in holistic and interprofessional care that supports healthy ageing. Study design and methods: The questionnaire was developed following a standardised protocol consisting of a literature review, group discussions, and expert opinions. The 49-item questionnaire was then pilot tested through a cross-sectional online survey conducted with 26 participants in Australia who were recent nursing graduates or about to graduate with a Bachelor of Nursing degree. Results: The questionnaire demonstrated satisfactory content, face, and construct validity. The internal consistency (reliability) as measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, of the perception, knowledge, and attitude sections of the questionnaire was 0.82, 0.76, and 0.60, respectively. Discussion and conclusions: The questionnaire is suggested as a helpful beginning to systematically evaluate what nursing students have learned about oral health care for older adults in their Bachelor of Nursing programs, their perception and attitude about providing such care, and identifying influential factors such as age, gender, experience, nationality, and geographic location, and working in interprofessional teams. Completion of the questionnaire by a larger number of participants will be valuable to confirm these psychometric results. Impact: Using this questionnaire to identify gaps in the oral health education of nursing students will assist educators and increase students’ awareness of the association between oral and systemic health and prepare them for holistic and effective nursing practice. Nursing graduates skilled in providing oral health care through interprofessional practice can improve older people’s oral and systemic health.
title: Paper: Anonymous, "New Communities: An Alternative to Unplanned Suburban Sprawl" Undated
Creators: name: Anonymous
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: New communities

description: Textual: Paper, typescript original; 10.5” x 8” (25.4 cm x 21.6 cm)
description: Anonymous, undated paper entitled "New Communities: An Alternative to Unplanned Suburban Sprawl." This paper discusses problems with the development of unplanned suburban communities, and advocates the development of new communities to alleviate some of these problems. Fairfax County, Virginia is mentioned in this paper. Planned Community Archives Collection, 484.18