cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Migration behavior of gaseous ruthenium tetroxide under boiling and drying accident condition in reprocessing plant
Creators: name: Yoshida, Naoki
name: Ohno, Takuya
name: Amano, Yuki
name: Abe, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Neuroscience
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

description: In the boiling and drying accident of high-level liquid waste in the fuel reprocessing plant, behavior of ruthenium (Ru) has attracted much attention because Ru could form volatile compounds such as ruthenium tetroxide (RuO4) and could be released into the environment. To contribute towards safety evaluation of this accident, the migration behavior and the leak path factor of the gaseous ruthenium compound has been experimentally measured in this study. The experiment was proceeded by using the ‘Ruthenium Migration Evaluating Apparatus,’ which partially simulates the atmospheric condition (temperature, flow rate, and composition of water vapor and gaseous nitric acid mixture) of migration pathway in the accident. Experiments with dry air and water vapor were also performed as the control experiment to discuss the effect of nitric acid. As a result, the experiment with dry air and the experiment with water vapor demonstrated that the majority of the ruthenium deposited along the migration pathway. On the other hand, the experiment with the water vapor containing gaseous nitric acid demonstrated that almost all of the ruthenium passed through the migration pathway without deposition. These results suggested that the migration behavior of gaseous ruthenium will be affected by the gas-phase composition.
Interactions Between Downslope Flows and a Developing Cold-Air Pool
Creators: name: Burns, Paul
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cold-air pools
Downslope flows
Numerical simulation
Radiative heat loss
Pollutant dispersion

description: Downslope flows and regions of enhanced cooling have important impacts on society and the environment. Parameterisation of these often subgrid-scale phenomena in numerical models requires a sound understanding of the underlying physical processes, which has been the overarching aim of this work. A numerical model has been used to characterise the development of a region of enhanced cooling in an idealised alpine valley with width and depth of order 10 and 1 km, respectively, under stable, decoupled, poorly-drained conditions. A focus of this work has been to remove the uncertainty surrounding the forcing mechanisms behind the development of regions of enhanced cooling. The average valley-atmosphere cooling has been found to be almost equally partitioned between radiative and dynamics effects. Complex interactions between the downslope flows and the region of enhanced cooling have been quantified for the first time. For example, relatively large variations in the downslope flows are generally restricted to the region of enhanced cooling and cannot solely be attributed to the analytical model of [McNider, 1982a]. These flow variations generally coincide with return flows above the downslope flows, where a thin region of unstable air occurs, as well as coinciding with elongated downslope flow structures. The impact of these interactions on the dispersion of passive pollutants has been investigated. For example, pollutants are generally trapped within the region of enhanced cooling. The concentration of pollutants within the region of enhanced cooling, emitted over the lower half of the slopes, increase as the emission source moves away from the ground-based inversion that expands from the bottom of the valley. The concentration of pollutants within the region of enhanced cooling is very similar when varying the location of the emission source over the top half of the valley slopes. This work includes a test of the effects of varying the horizontal numerical grid resolution on average valley-atmosphere temperature changes.
A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Sense of Self among People Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in Adulthood
Creators: name: Tilki, Susan
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2015
Subjects: Asperger syndrome
adult
self
personal construct psychology
repertory grid
thematic analysis

description: Asperger syndrome is a relatively recent diagnostic classification. Several factors, including a high prevalence of mental illness, mean receiving a diagnosis in adulthood is a very unique experience but remarkably there is little literature about the impact on individuals. Instead the dominance of the medical/psychiatric paradigm pervades and limits understanding and possibilities. The main implication is a lack of clarity about what support services are needed and effective, and as such the needs of this population are often overlooked. This is the first study to explore the sense of self among a sample of males and females diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in adulthood using social constructionist and constructivist ideas. It was interested in whether personal construal of the self before diagnosis and self after diagnosis were differentiated. Given the importance in the development of self-concept of discriminations between the self and others, the research also sought to explore how people diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in adulthood construe other people with and without Asperger syndrome. Using the repertory grid and other techniques from Personal Construct Psychology (Kelly, 1955) in combination with a semi-structured interview, this study presents a novel exploration of idiosyncrasies and commonalities across a demographically diverse sample of eight participants. An extended analysis of a unique subsample of women diagnosed aged 50 years and over was undertaken. Both cognitively complex and simple construct systems were found across the sample. Findings indicated the self before diagnosis was construed critically and was more elaborated than the self after diagnosis. Several participants had a reduced sense of self following diagnosis. The diagnosis offered an explanation of symptoms but for some participants these symptoms were a way of life and accommodating the new label with the existing view of self posed challenges. An overarching and striking theme was the sense of difference felt by participants before and after diagnosis. This study offers a fresh insight into a virtually unexplored population which, through dissemination, may influence the way clinical psychologists and other practitioners work to support adults diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. Recommendations for clinical practice included approaches that target the need for individuality, commonality and sociality, and should be gender-specific where possible. Such approaches might elaborate multiple aspects of self, the diagnosis and related dilemmas. They should support people to widen their perceptual field to alternative ways of construing and explore change. The mixed method approach was assessed to be a strength of the study and a number of recommendations for future research are presented.
Usage of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Higher Education Institutions in Pakistan
Creators: name: Ahmer, Zeshan
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Technology Usage
subject: Structural Equation Modelling
subject: Higher Education Institutions
subject: Pakistan
subject: Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology

description: The purpose of this empirical study is to examine the usage of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERPS) in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). Recently, rapid growth in information technology services compels developing countries to emerge as an information-based society. This emergence corresponds with the calls of researchers to address ERPS (Abbas, 2011). However, there is a scarcity of efforts by researchers to identify the factors contributing to the usage of ERPS at the organisational, departmental and end-user layer in HEIs. To fill this gap, this research develops a Multi-Layer Usage Model (MLUM) to determine the factors of ERPS usage across the organisational, departmental and individual levels of HEIs. The theoretical foundation of this study is adapted from unified theory of acceptance and use of technology developed by Venkatesh et al (2003). The study is unique in many respects. Firstly, it offers a newly developed multi-level conceptual model that is tested empirically using three distinct questionnaires; one for each layer. A large primary dataset, 1317 responses, is collected through three questionnaire from 18 higher education institutions in Pakistan; 86 responses from the organisational layer, 143 from the departmental layer and 1088 from the end-user layer. Structural equation modelling is used to analyse the effect of factors at three layers contributing to the usage of ERPS. Furthermore, the models are refined by applying extensions of structural equation modelling. Results suggest that at the organisational layer human resource availability, tolerance for risks and conflicts, collegial support and collaboration and decision making and control are significant and contributed towards ERPS usage while at the end-user layer behavioural intentions and motivation were insignificant and were therefore, removed from the model. This study contributes to theory development regarding usage of innovations in the under-researched context of HEIs. It also provides indigenous manifestations of ERPS usage that may be used by policy-makers.
Entrevista a Michael Schudson
Creators: name: Santos, Rogério
name: Pereira, Gonçalo
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2008

description: Michael Schudson é professor de comunicação nas Universidades da Califórnia (San Diego) e de Columbia (Nova Iorque). Entre outros, escreveu os livros Discovering the news (1978), The power of news (1995), The good citizen (1998) e The sociology of news (2003). Nesta entrevista, ele passa em revista a formação da vida cívica americana, o modo como as notícias são produzidas e o nascimento de géneros como a entrevista, os efeitos e as tendências do jornalismo. Em Abril de 2008, Michael Schudson esteve no programa de doutoramento de Ciências da Comunicação da Faculdade de Ciências Humanas da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP).
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 5 (2008): Mediatização da dor
Characterization and thermodynamic study of humic acid in deep groundwater at Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan
Creators: name: Kimuro, Shingo
name: Kirishima, Akira
name: Nagao, Seiya
name: Saito, Takumi
name: Amano, Yuki
name: Miyakawa, Kazuya
name: Akiyama, Daisuke
name: Sato, Nobuaki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
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: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: In this study, humic substances (humic acid and fulvic acid) were isolated from deep groundwater at −350 m depth of Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan to compare the characteristic property and reaction mechanism with generic humic acid isolated from surface soils. The size distributions of Horonobe humic substances were analyzed by size exclusion chromatography, flow-field flow fractionation, and total organic carbon measurement with ultrafiltration. All of them indicated small molecular weight and particle size of Horonobe humic acid in comparison with generic humic acids. Additionally, the simple protonation behavior of Horonobe humic substances similar to benzoic acid and/or phenol was revealed by thermodynamic quantities obtained by potentiometry and calorimetry. Consequently, molecular size and the reaction mechanism of Horonobe humic substances are different from generic humic acids, due to the characteristic origin.
The violence of money
Creators: name: Bronfen, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2008

description: Este artigo oferece uma leitura de três filmes contemporâneos de Hollywood, There will be Blood (Anderson), No Country for Old Men (Coen) e Eastern Promises (Cronenberg), abordando a violência subjacente às criações cinematográficas do capitalismo criativo. Simultaneamente, a leitura destes filmes é confrontada com a discussão de Richard Sennet sobre a cultura do novo capitalismo, expondo a sua própria nostalgia de uma forma prévia de capitalismo antigo. Finalmente, este artigo também aborda a representação visceral e violenta da ganância financeira, reclamando uma ética de uma linguagem cinematográfica afectiva.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 6 (2008): Culturalite
Sigma-1 receptor ablation impairs autophagosome clearance
Creators: name: Yang, Huan
name: Shen, Hongtao
name: Li, Jing
name: Guo, Lian-Wang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Autophagosome-lysosome fusion is a common critical step in various forms of macroautophagy including mitophagy, the selective degradation of mitochondria. Regulations of this fusion process remain poorly defined. Here we have determined the role of the sigma-1 receptor (Sig1R), a unique endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein. Knockout of Sig1R impaired mitochondrial clearance without altering the PINK1/Parkin signaling, in mouse retinal explants and cultured cells treated with carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone (CCCP) for induction of mitophagy. Sig1R depletion also caused accumulation of autophagosome markers LC3-II and SQSTM1, but did not change the levels of Beclin1 and ATG7, proteins associated with autophagosome biogenesis. Lysosomal pH and protease activities were not negatively affected. However, Sig1R knockout partially compromised autophagosome-lysosome fusion in CCCP-treated NSC34 cells, as revealed by reduced GFP fluorescence quenching of GFP-RFP-LC3-II puncta and co-localization of lysosomes with mitochondria. Furthermore, Sig1R co-immunoprecipitated with ATG14, STX17, and VAMP8 (but not SNAP29), proteins key to autophagosome-lysosome membrane fusion. Re-expressing Sig1R in the null background rescued clearance of mitochondria and autophagosomes. In summary, we started out finding that Sig1R knockout impaired the clearance of mitochondria and autophagosomes, and then narrowed down the Sig1R modulation to the autophagosome-lysosome fusion step. This study may shed new light on understanding autophagy-associated cyto-protection and disease mechanisms. Abbreviations: APEX2, a genetically engineered peroxidase; BiFC, bimolecule fluorescence complementation; CCCP, a mitophagy inducing compound; CRISPR, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats; EM, electron microscopy; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; LC3, Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3; Sig1R, sigma-1 receptor.
Improvement of a physical model for blockage formation of solid–liquid mixture flow with freezing for core safety evaluation of SFRs
Creators: name: Aoyagi, Mitsuhiro
name: Kamiyama, Kenji
name: Tobita, Yoshiharu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The SIMMER code has been developed to analyze event progression during core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors. One of the key phenomena during CDAs is the discharge of molten fuel from the core region which reduces the reactivity effectively. The discharge flow is inhibited by blockage formation due to freezing of the molten fuel. Then, the blockage formation is enhanced by unmolten fuel which forms solid–liquid mixture flow with the molten fuel. A physical model for blockage formation of solid–liquid mixture flow with freezing in the SIMMER code is improved in this study to dissolve some inconsistencies between the modeling and the physical phenomena involved in the solid–liquid mixture flow with freezing for more precise evaluation of CDA. The improved model is validated with a systematical procedure through a benchmark analysis of an experiment. Consequently, experimental penetration behaviors are simulated reasonably by the SIMMER code analysis with the improved model while excessive blockage formation occurred in the analysis with the original model.
From planes to pipes: The emplacement of elongate intrusions in shallow magma plumbing systems
Creators: name: Köpping, Jonas
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 40312 Structural Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 40314 Volcanology

description: When magma migrates through the Earth’s crust, it forms large networks of interconnected sheet-like conduits called dykes and sills. To facilitate this movement, finger-like pipes (here referred to as elements) can emerge from the leading edges of sills and dykes. This research aims to better understand the three-dimensional geometry of elements, how surrounding rocks deform to make space for the magma, and how magma flows within elements. Presented outcomes have broad implications for better understanding large-scale magma transport through the Earth’s crust, assessing volcanic risks, and exploring for magmatic ore deposits.
From planes to pipes: The emplacement of elongate intrusions in shallow magma plumbing systems
Creators: name: KÖPPING, JONAS
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 40312 Structural Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 40314 Volcanology

description: When magma migrates through the Earth’s crust, it forms large networks of interconnected sheet-like conduits called dykes and sills. To facilitate this movement, finger-like pipes (here referred to as elements) can emerge from the leading edges of sills and dykes. This research aims to better understand the three-dimensional geometry of elements, how surrounding rocks deform to make space for the magma, and how magma flows within elements. Presented outcomes have broad implications for better understanding large-scale magma transport through the Earth’s crust, assessing volcanic risks, and exploring for magmatic ore deposits.
Additional file 3: of Similarities and differences between variants called with human reference genome HG19 or HG38
Creators: name: Pan, Bohu
name: Kusko, Rebecca
name: Xiao, Wenming
name: Zheng, Yuanting
name: Liu, Zhichao
name: Xiao, Chunlin
name: Sakkiah, Sugunadevi
name: Guo, Wenjing
name: Gong, Ping
name: Zhang, Chaoyang
name: Ge, Weigong
name: Shi, Leming
name: Tong, Weida
name: Hong, Huixiao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental figures. (PDF 900 kb)
Active labour market policies and the efficiency of the European Social Fund in Spanish regions
Creators: name: González-Alegre, Juan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Active labour market policies and the efficiency of the European Social Fund in Spanish regions. Regional Studies. This paper estimates the determinants of public expenditure on active labour market policies (ALMPs) at the regional level using panel data from a sample of the 17 Spanish regions (1989–2010). The estimations take into account endogeneity, dynamics and spatial dependence among regions. Estimations’ outcome is interpreted with the help of a simple theoretical model of intergovernmental grants. Results reveal that the European Social Fund is not effective in its aim of promoting ALMP expenditure and show that rent-seeking when regions compete to attract funds from a common pool provokes the opposite effect, which is exacerbated in the presence of imitation.
Cultura light televisiva: o fenómeno da telenovela
Creators: name: Torres, Mário Jorge
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2008

description: O texto aborda a origem e o impacto da telenovela desde 1977, quando Gabriela Cravo e Canela, emitida na RTP, alterou o quotidiano dos portugueses. Essa e as telenovelas seguintes foram fornecidas pela TV Globo, uma empresa brasileira. O fenómeno da telenovela atingiu importantes sectores de produção e criou no Brasil um star sytem. Desde 2000, à semelhança da Globo, a TVi criou também um star system, algo que nunca tinha existido em Portugal. o autor analisou telenovelas como A Outra e Olhos nos Olhos, e comparou as suas estruturas com a dos reality shows.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 6 (2008): Culturalite
Usos e consumos da televisão e da internet por imigrantes
Creators: name: Ferin, Isabel
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2008

description: Apresentamos neste artigo dados relativos a usos e consumos dos media por imigrantes. A investigação decorreu de 2007 a 2008, no âmbito do Estudo de recepção dos meios de Comunicação Social em Portugal, que contemplou a realização de uma sondagem nacional e dez sessões de grupos de foco, na Grande Lisboa, com imigrantes de diversas origens. A exposição centra-se nos dados sobre o uso e o consumo da internet e da televisão, nomeadamente sobre as telenovelas, obtidos nas sessões de grupo de foco. Com base em trabalhos anteriores com estas populações, estruturamos as nossas interpretações em torno dos conceitos de «identidade», «diferença», «diáspora», «campo dos media» e «cidadania». Os resultados revelam que os usos e consumos da televisão e da internet são condicionados de forma efectiva pelas trajectórias de vida, pela nacionalidade, pelo domínio da língua portuguesa e pelas condições socioeconómicas deste público.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 6 (2008): Culturalite
Mulheres em tempos de modernidade líquida
Creators: name: Santaella, Lucia
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2008

description: As novas identidades do feminino têm sido um tema freqüente entre os estudiosos da cultura contemporânea. Para alguns, os meios de comunicação massivos, especialmente as revistas dedicadas ao público feminino, são grandemente responsáveis pelos ideais de identidade, sucesso, liberdade, maternidade, sexualidade, moralidade e cidadania a que as mulheres aspiram. Assim, as identidades femininas são construídas por aconselhadores psicológicos e agentes do mercado que se apresentam como especialistas em desejos, paixões, perplexidades, sonhos, mas que, na realidade, se constituem em «tecnólogos do eu». Este artigo visa discutir que, embora não se possa negar esse poder de influência sobre as mulheres, existem hoje outras fontes de informação que competem com as revistas femininas e que abrem novas e mais ricas possibilidades para a formação identitária das mulheres.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 6 (2008): Culturalite
Escola e mercado de bens simbólicos na formação cultural dos jovens
Creators: name: Settom, Maria Da Graça
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2008

description: Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir a centralidade da escola e das mídias enquanto matrizes legitimadoras de práticas de cultura entre os jovens. Tomando a escola como espaço capaz de produzir disposições de habitus, um modus operandi de idéias e comportamentos frente às escolhas em matéria de cultura e lazeres, considero importante identificar e analisar o alcance e o limite desta instituição no contexto das sociedades do século xxi. Por outro lado, ciente da forte presença das mídias no universo juvenil, seja ela televisiva, fonográfica e/ou ficcional, penso problematizar as relações de interdependência que mantém com a escola, bem como sua força no processo formativo de um segmento social precocemente socializado por ela. Para desenvolver este argumento, vou fazer uma breve análise do gosto cultural entre jovens oriundos de uma escola privada da cidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 6 (2008): Culturalite
title: Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan SCCS consultation response
Creators: name: Bell, Rebecca
name: Bond, Clare
name: Haszeldine, Stuart
name: Bond, Clare
Publisher: name: SCCS
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: consultation
subject: ccs
subject: carbon capture and storage
subject: energy strategy
subject: just transition
subject: net zero

description: SCCS' consultation response to the Scottish Government's Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan
description: SCCS' consultation response to the Scottish Government's Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan
Lego: Metadata for reproducibility
Creators: name: Donaldson, Mary
name: Mahon, Matt
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Metadata
Reproducibility
Lego
Game

description: What information might you need to be able to make sense of your research in 6 months… 3 years…10 years? What might another researcher need to know to reproduce your findings? Issues of reproducibility are a recurring theme in research and data management. There are many different reasons for failures of reproducibility, and not all area simple to address. Insufficient metadata is an area that is relatively straightforward to identify and improve once researchers are aware of the need. We have developed an interactive game for 4 – 24 players using Lego to help researchers explore the metadata they might need to record to aid reproducibility. Our game addresses issues including planning for metadata, formats of metadata recording, standards and automation. Our game also draws multiple parallels between recording and communicating the research process and documenting and the creation of a Lego model. The process of playing the game draws researchers into a discussion of how metadata is captured, recorded and disseminated, which in turn provides an opportunity for signposting to further resources in this area. Feedback from researchers has been positive and we have created a game pack that other research support services could use to run the game with their own researchers. The pack provides facilitators with templates for activities, a list of materials needed and game set-up instructions. There is also a suggested short introduction to get things going and discussion points for afterwards. In this talk, we will give an overview of the game and how it is played with a brief analysis of feedback from researchers who have played it.
Genetic analysis of early-maturing maize (Zea Mays L.) inbred lines under stress and nonstress conditions
Creators: name: Mageto, Edna K.
name: Makumbi, Dan
name: Kiarie Njoroge
name: Nyankanga, Richard
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Early-maturing maize (Zea Mays L.) germplasm developed from diverse sources has the potential for use in developing maize hybrids suitable for increasing maize production in the dry ecologies of eastern Africa. A diallel study was conducted to estimate general combining ability (GCA) of 12 early-maturing maize inbred lines, identify potential single-cross hybrids for use as parents, assess genetic diversity among the inbred lines, and relate genetic distance to specific combining ability (SCA) and hybrid performance. Sixty-six F1 diallel hybrids were evaluated under optimal and drought stress conditions at four locations in Kenya and Uganda. The parental inbred lines were genotyped using 94 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. Additive gene action was more important than nonadditive gene action for inheritance of grain yield (GY) under optimal conditions. However, nonadditive gene effects were more important in the inheritance of GY under drought and across all environments. Inbred lines CKL0722, VL058014, and CZL0724 were among the best with positive GCA effects for GY across both optimal and drought stress conditions. The correlation between SCA and both genetic distance and F1 GY was significant under both drought stress and across all environments. Inbred lines with desirable GCA effects for GY and other agronomic traits and hybrids with good performance under both optimal and drought stress conditions are potential parents for development of various types of high-yielding, stress-tolerant, and early-maturing hybrids.
Modulation of TRPV1 Function in Sensory Neuropathy
Creators: name: Pritchard, Sara
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2015
Subjects: TRPV1
TRPA1
Diabetic neuropathy
methylglyoxal
diabetic complications
STZ
streptozotocin
electrical field stimulation
EFS
capsaicin
resiniferatoxin
RTX
bladder
detrusor
bradykinin
modulation
neuronal

description: This thesis examined how and why TRPV1 function is being modulated in sensory neuropathy and explored the potential of its rescue in the urinary bladder of STZ-­‐induced diabetic rats. Diabetes induced a rapid decline in TRPV1 function and changes in neurogenically mediated electrically-­‐evoked responses together with a gradual decline in muscarinic function. Diabetic bladder was also deficient in muscarinic and TRPV1 organ bath temperature-­‐induced changes but not in those affecting spontaneous contractile activity. Exposure to a potential neuropathy causative agent, methylglyoxal was studied and its mechanism of action explored through the use of TRPA1 ligands. Methylglyoxal exposure mimicked some of the effects of diabetes on TRPV1, neurogenic electrically evoked responses and muscarinic function. Methylglyoxal effects were seen to be partly through TRPA1 receptor activation but other as yet undefined pathways were also involved. Use of TRPA1 ligands revealed an unexpected complexity of the interaction of the TRPA1 receptor with TRPV1. Finally the potential of reversing the diminished TRPV1 response was examined through the use of three known sensitising agents, bradykinin, NGF and insulin. Bradykinin was the only agent seen to reverse the TRPV1 diminished response back up to to control equivalent levels and through the use of bradykinin selective ligands, it was seen that the dual activation of BK-­‐1 and BK-­‐2 receptor was necessary to rescue the TRPV1 response. The likely mechanism of action of bradykinin was through prostaglandin production as indomethacin blocked TRPV1 rescue. In the acute stage of diabetes, TRPV1 function is downregulated and may be caused by exposure to a neuropathy-­‐causing metabolite such as methylglyoxal. The TRPV1 function still retains plasticity at this acute stage because function could be enhanced back to control levels by bradykinin receptor activation : a potential for early therapeutic intervention.
title: Multidentate Resorcinarene Surfactants for the Phase Transfer of Metal Nanoparticles and Nanodiamonds: Applications in Catalysis and Diamond Film Growth
Creators: name: Sheela, Vara Prasad
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2012

description: One main objective of the present work is to functionalize cuboctahedral platinum nanoparticles with various multidentate resorcinarene surfactants and study their influence in determining their catalytic activity. We hypothesized that catalytically active and recyclable catalysts can be achieved by incomplete yet strong passivation of the nanoparticle surfaces by using multidentate resorcinarene surfactants. We have developed phase transfer protocols for functionalizing cuboctahedral platinum nanoparticles with resorcinarene thiol or amine. Fluorescence assay confirmed that both these nanoparticles contained almost comparable unpassivated metal area. The activity of such phase transferred nanoparticles was tested in the catalytic hydrogenation of allyl alcohol. The conversion of ally! alcohol to propanol depended on both the nature and concentration of the stabilizing resorcmarene surfactant. While nanoparticles passivated with resorcinarene amine led to almost quantitative conversion under certain conditions, up to 58% conversion could be obtained even with resorcinarene thiol stabilized Pt nanoparticles. In the presence of excess surfactants, no changes in the size and shape of the nanoparticles were observed after catalysis. On the other hand, TEM analysis after catalysis showed that in the absence of excess surfactant, resorcinarene thiol stabilized nanoparticles were stable, while resorcinarene amine stabilized nanoparticles were substantially aggregated. Overall, these results indicate that resorcinarene thiol can substantially increase the stability and hence the reusability of the nanoparticles without compromising on their catalytic activity.

Nanodiamonds have attracted lot of attention in recent years. However, their dispersion stabilization, or lack thereof, poses major limitations on their applications. Though covalent functionalization approaches have been developed to disperse nanodiamonds in non-polar organic solvents, there are certain inherent disadvantages. This work shows that resorcinarene amine surfactant can extract nanodiamonds of different sizes and shapes from aqueous to organic layer. Control experiments showed that both resorcinarene skeleton and amine groups are necessary for the extraction. Based on infrared spectroscopic analysis, we believe that these nanodiamonds are electrostatically stabilized by the resorcinarene amine surfactant. We in collaboration with Dr. Albin's group have showed that such resorcinarene surfactant stabilized nanodiamond dispersions can act as superior nucleation seeds for diamond film growth by chemical vapor deposition method.
The Dynamic Relationships Between Public Spending, Economic Growth and Income Inequality in China
Creators: name: Cheng, Xiangbin
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2015
Subjects: public spending
economic growth
income inequality
aggregate demand
post-Keynesian growth theory
endogenous growth theory
China's fiscal reform
(panel) vector auto-regression model

description: China’s economic development has performed spectacularly during the period of China’s economic transition as a result of radical economic reform in the all markets. The country has also gone through extensive fiscal reforms in the last three decades. However, a number of problems have been associated with such rapid economic growth. One of these has been raising inequality. In both Keynesian and neoclassical endogenous growth theories, public spending can play an important role for economic growth and inequality. The majority of previous studies have focused on the relationship between public spending and economic growth, or between public spending and inequality separately. There is no doubt that public spending has an effect on both economic growth and equity simultaneously. In this respect, this thesis attempts to address the problems that have emerged during the period of China’s fiscal reforms, and seeks to examine the effects of public spending on economic growth and equality in the same model. This thesis investigates the dynamic relationships among these three variables in China. For aggregate national data, vector error correction model (VECM) has been used. Analysis at the provincial level is based on the panel vector auto-regression (PVAR) model. These methods help to solve the endogeneity in estimations. The national level analysis indicates that total public spending shows a long term Granger causality with GDP per capita, which supports the positive growth effect of public spending in the Keynesian and endogenous growth model. Social public spending has a negative effect on real output per capita in both the short term and long term, but it also has a negative impact on income inequality. Moreover, we find that a higher level of real GDP per capita will increase the level of inequality, but a higher level of inequality has a negative effect on real GDP per capita in the long term. Furthermore, total provincial public spending and provincial social spending have either a non-significant effect on economic growth. On the other hand, the SOEs’ investment has a significant, positive growth effect at both the national and provincial level. As for the redistributive role of the public spending, the provincial total public spending and social spending have played an important role on income distribution. Furthermore, the Gini coefficient has a positive effect on the per capita growth rate at the provincial level, but the economic growth has no significant impact on the Gini coefficient.
Sample size calculation in osteoarthritis trials: A systematic review protocol (Version details: Osteoarthritis sample size systematic review protocol_BCopsey_16May2017.docx)
Creators: name: Copsey, Bethan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110322 Rheumatology and Arthritis
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Protocol for a systematic review of sample size calculation in osteoarthritis trials
Updated: 16 May 2017Changes: Added non-English language and mixed populations as exclusion criteria, clarified subgroup categorisations and refine methods of subgroup analysis.
Influence of spray drying temperatures and storage conditions on physical and functional properties of dried egg white
Creators: name: Wattinee Katekhong
name: Sanguansri Charoenrein
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
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: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: This study investigated the effect of spray drying inlet temperatures (140, 160 and 180°C) and storage conditions (temperature; 25 and 40°C and storage period; 1 and 2 months) on the physical and functional properties of dried egg white. The results showed that the three inlet temperatures did not affect the color of the spray-dried egg white (SDEW) after drying. However, all SDEWs increased in yellow color after storage at 40°C. The solubility (%) of SDEW and gelling properties including gel hardness and water holding capacity of the gel samples were changed when the dried samples were stored, particularly for SDEW drying at 180°C. The changes in gelling properties of the SDEW were related to a decrease in the enthalpy of protein denaturation, an increase in exposed sulfhydryl (SH) contents, a decrease in the total SH contents and the occurrence of protein aggregation as shown by the sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis pattern.
Additional file 2: of Development and validation of a novel predictive score for sepsis risk among trauma patients
Creators: name: Lu, Hong-xiang
name: Du, Juan
name: Wen, Da-lin
name: Sun, Jian-hui
name: Chen, Min-jia
name: Zhang, An-qiang
name: Jiang, Jian-xin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Table S1. Baseline characteristics of trauma patients in training and validation cohorts*. Table S2. Baseline characteristics and clinical tests included in the training cohorts. (DOCX 23 kb)
Amyloid- and FDG-PET in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Correlation with pathological prion protein in neuropathology
Creators: name: Matías-Guiu, Jordi A.
name: Guerrero-Márquez, Carmen
name: Cabrera-Martín, María Nieves
name: Gómez-Pinedo, Ulises
name: Romeral, María
name: Mayo, Diego
name: Porta-Etessam, Jesús
name: Moreno-Ramos, Teresa
name: Carreras, José Luis
name: Matías-Guiu, Jorge
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Introduction. The role of positron emission tomography (PET) in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is less defined than in other neurodegenerative diseases. We studied the correlation between the uptake of 18F-florbetaben and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose with pathological prion protein deposition in histopathology in a case.Methods. A patient with 80 y old with a rapid neurological deterioration with a confirmed diagnosis of CJD was studied. PET and MRI studies were performed between 13–20 d before the death. A region of interest analysis was performed using Statistical Parametric Mapping.Results. MRI showed atrophy with no other alterations. FDG-PET showed extensive areas of hypometabolism including left frontoparietal lobes as well as bilateral thalamus. Correlation between uptake of 18F-florbetaben and pathological prion protein deposition was r = 0.786 (p < 0.05). Otherwise, correlation between uptake of 18F-FDG and pathological prion protein was r = 0.357 (p = 0.385). Immunohistochemistry with β-amyloid did not show amyloid deposition or neuritic plaques.Conclusions. Our study supports the use of FDG-PET in the assessment of CJD. FDG-PET may be especially useful in cases of suspected CJD and negative MRI. Furthermore, this case report provides more evidence about the behavioral of amyloid tracers, and the possibility of a low-affinity binding to other non-amyloid proteins, such as the pathological prion protein, is discussed.
Additional file 1: of Follicular lymphoma patients with KIR2DL2 and KIR3DL1 and their ligands (HLA-C1 and HLA-Bw4) show improved outcome when receiving rituximab
Creators: name: Erbe, Amy
name: Wang, Wei
name: Carmichael, Lakeesha
name: Hoefges, Anna
name: Grzywacz, Bartosz
name: Reville, Patrick
name: Ranheim, Erik
name: Hank, Jacquelyn
name: Kim, KyungMann
name: Seo, Songwon
name: Mendonca, Eneida
name: Song, Yiqiang
name: Kenkre, Vaishalee
name: Hong, Fangxin
name: Gascoyne, Randy
name: Paietta, Elisabeth
name: Horning, Sandra
name: Miller, Jeffrey
name: Kahl, Brad
name: Sondel, Paul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Table S1. Description of KIR/KIR-ligand genotypes included in analyses for Fig. 1. Table S2. Description of KIR/KIR-ligand genotypes included in analyses for Table 1 and Fig. 2. Table S3. Detailed statistical information for data pertaining to Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Table S4. Description of KIR/KIR-ligand genotypes included in analyses for Table 2 and Fig. 3. Table S5. Demographic and clinical characteristics of ECOG patients with. FL that were randomly assigned and genotyped. (DOCX 531 kb)
RIMG0968
Creators: name: Arlo, Griffiths
name: Levivier, Adeline
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2019
Subjects: undetermined

description: Kawi (in relief)
description: Provenance: East Java
description: Provenance: Indonesia
description: Provenance: Pusat Informasi Majapahit
description: Provenance: Trowulan
description: date: 1000-1500
Entrevista a Barbie Zelizer
Creators: name: Figueiras, Rita
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2007

description: Barbie Zelizer é uma das mais notáveis investigadoras da actualidade na área do jornalismo e cultura. É professora na Annenberg School for Communication (Universidade da Pensilvânia), onde ocupa a Raymond Williams Chair of Communication. É fundadora e co-editora da revista científica Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism. Tem desenvolvido inúmeras pesquisas, nomeadamente sobre autoridade jornalística, memória colectiva, bem como sobre imagens jornalísticas em tempos de crise e de guerra. Nesta entrevista abordamos alguns dos temas centrais à compreensão dos media enquanto produto e reflexo da cultura ocidental.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 4 (2007): Terror e terrorismos
Cactus Yearbook, 1995
Creators: name: University Of Texas At Austin
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 1995
Subjects: yearbook
University of Texas at Austin

description: Contents: Calendar (p.4) -- Student Life (p.28) -- Academics (p.60) -- Classes (p.98) -- Athletics (p.146) -- Student Leadership (p.212) -- Professionals (p.246) -- Special Interests (p.264) -- Greeks (p.306) -- Limelight (p.384)
Filmes onde a morte paira: duas faces: Solaris e O quarto do filho
Creators: name: Capucho, Carlos
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2008

description: Ao encontro da relevância que a matriz judaico-cristã sempre concedeu ao fenómeno decisivo da morte, o cinema, desde os seus primórdios, sempre construiu narrativas onde aquela realidade está presente. Umas vezes como interrogação/perplexidade, outras exibindo a violência indutora de morte como espectáculo. Um veículo mais específico de morte no cinema é-nos trazido pelo género guerra. Neste quadro, inúmeros realizadores propuseram filmes que revelam a insensatez da guerra como veículo de destruição e de morte. Com Solaris, de Tarkovski, e O Quarto do Filho, de Moretti, pretende-se propor e analisar duas obras cinematográficas que, de forma muito diversa, colocam uma reflexão filosófica, no primeiro caso, e existencial, no segundo, sobre a presença da morte no mundo dos vivos.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 5 (2008): Mediatização da dor
Cactus Yearbook, 1996
Creators: name: University Of Texas At Austin
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 1996
Subjects: yearbook
University of Texas at Austin

description: Contents: Student Life (p.18) -- Academics (p.46) -- Athletics (p.84) -- Student Leadership (p.152) -- Organizations (p.182) -- Greeks (p.224) -- Classes (p.294) -- Limelight (p.376)