cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
KSP and Aurora B as potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for head and neck cancer
Creators: name: Silva, João P. N.
name: Silva, Raquel
name: Vilas-Boas, Maria Do Carmo
name: Silva, Patrícia M. A. Silva
name: Bousbaa, Hassan
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the seventh most prevalent worldwide [1]. The treatment for HNC often involves a combination of modalities such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. However, HNC patients’ survival rate has shown little improvement [2]. Treatment failures are often attributed to local recurrence, lymph node metastases, and drug resistance [3]. Hence, the need for new biomarkers which allow personalized treatments and novel therapeutic approaches arises. Proteins involved in mitosis, like KSP and Aurora B, are potential candidates. KSP is engaged in bipolar spindle formation and chromosome segregation, while Aurora B is essential for kinetochore stability and cytokinesis regulation [4,5]. Inhibiting these proteins halts mitosis and triggers cell death [6,7]. Moreover, the targeting of these proteins can potentially be used not only as monotherapy but also to improve other therapeutic approaches. Objective: to analyze the potential of KSP and Aurora B as biomarkers and potential treatment targets in head and neck cancer. Methods: Bioinformatic tools such as UALCAN, Timer 2.0 and BioGrid were used to collect and analyze data. Results: Both KSP and Aurora B are overexpressed in HNC patients. Nonetheless there is no statistically significant correlation between higher expression of either protein and patient survivability even though a tendency can be observed for a higher expression of KSP and a better prognosis. Furthermore, the overexpression of both proteins seems to be correlated with the expression of prosurvival proteins, such as BCL-2 and BCL-xL, and BRD4, an epigenetic activator involved in cancer development. Conclusions: KSP and Aurora B are overexpressed in HNC patients, but no significant correlation was found regarding patient survivability potentially making them unsuitable as biomarker candidates. However, the overexpression of both proteins is correlated with proteins involved in cancer survival and development which opens the possibility for co-targeting strategies.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Embedding calculus for surfaces
Creators: name: Krannich, Manuel
name: Kupers, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57K20, 57R40, 57S05, 58D10

description: We prove convergence of Goodwillie-Weiss' embedding calculus for spaces of embeddings into a manifold of dimension at most two, so in particular for diffeomorphisms between surfaces. We also relate the Johnson filtration of the mapping class group of a surface to a certain filtration arising from embedding calculus.
description: 29 pages, final version
Cheilosia scutellata
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia scutellata

description: Cheilosia scutellata (Fallén, 1817).
Regions: UC, GO, CK, CL, LC.
Reference: Strobl (1894, 1910), Coe (1960), Vujić (1996), de Groot (2004), de Groot & Govedič (2008), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
title: Gli edifici e le loro ecologie. Il progetto contemporaneo nella relazione natura architettura
Creators: name: Cherchi, Pier Francesco
name: Lecis, Marco
Publisher: name: UNICApress
Year: 2024

description: Presentiamo in questo libro una raccolta di saggi dedicati al rapporto natura architettura. Si tratta di saggi scritti da architetti e dal punto di vista del progettista: quello che ci interessa non è infatti discutere la relazione in termini teorici – una relazione così profonda e radicata nella tradizione disciplinare – ma avere verifica di alcune strategie e procedimenti progettuali utilizzati nel presente. Il nostro è dunque un punto di vista soprattutto pratico e tecnico. Spesso però, specialmente negli ultimi anni, nasce un equivoco se si dichiara di voler affrontare la questione da un punto di vista simile. Il dibattito si è infatti caratterizzato in un senso meramente tecnologico e fisico tecnico: si associa insomma il tema alla questione ecologica e si è portati a cercare una risposta il più possibile immediata, di tipo prestazionale. Un approccio giustificato che rimane però ai nostri occhi parziale: ci sembra incapace, nella sua fiducia ostentata per i procedimenti di calcolo e per l’evoluzione tecnologica, di interpretare in modo soddisfacente un tema che invece ci investe in modo più ampio, anche nella sua esperienza diretta, che è non solo fisica, ma psicofisica, immaginativa e culturale. È importante, dal nostro punto vista, far comprendere come la condizione critica del presente non abbia bisogno di risposte soltanto pratiche, ma vada inquadrata in un ambito più generale per predisporre strategie di lunga durata e migliore efficacia. Deve essere analizzata e affrontata non solo come problematica specificatamente ambientale, ma anche come questione sociale ed esistenziale.
Women's Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh: Assessing Inbuilt Challenges
Creators: name: Rahman, Md Mizanur
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 380101
subject: Agricultural economics
classificationCode: 380102
subject: Behavioural economics
classificationCode: 380107
subject: Financial economics
classificationCode: 380106
subject: Experimental economics
classificationCode: 380111
subject: Labour economics
classificationCode: 380119
subject: Welfare economics

description: The study strived to review the present status of women's financial inclusion, identify the key factors for ensuring effective financial services for women, and examine the relationship between financial inclusion and women empowerment in Bangladesh. It reveals that Female-headed households are not increasing significantly compared to other developing countries. Only 10% of women have full access, while 23% have partial access to financial services. 33% of women have bank accounts and 20% are empowered which means they can take part in the decision-making of their family. Women face a lot of inherent general challenges together with challenges originating from the supply side; regulatory and institutional framework; and social problems. The study recommends adopting a gender-sensitive financial inclusion policy. The existing regulatory and institutional framework should be updated to motivate women to be included in financial services. Financial education and financial literacy programs should be taken for rapid awareness and financial literacy building among women. Social inclusion of poor women is needed for their financial inclusion. Financing small businesses owned by women can improve women’s social inclusion.
KSP and MPS1 kinases as potential therapeutic targets for ovarian cancer
Creators: name: Sampaio, Francisca
name: Gomes, Carina
name: Silva, João P. N.
name: Bousbaa, Hassan
name: Silva, Patrícia M. A.
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Ovarian cancer ranks among the top causes of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide [1]. The conventional treatment for ovarian cancer involves surgery and chemotherapy, typically using a combination of paclitaxel and carboplatin [2]. However, despite the initial positive response to this treatment regimen, the development of treatment resistance has emerged as a significant challenge in managing the disease [3]. This scenario underscores the need for the discovery of new biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets and alternative therapeutic strategies for ovarian cancer. Objective: The main goal of this study is to explore the potential of targeting mitotic kinases KSP and MPS1 for ovarian cancer treatment. The specific objectives are to analyze the expression of KSP and MPS1 in (i) ovarian cancer cell lines, OVCAR 8 wt and OVCAR 8 R (double resistant to paclitaxel and carboplatin [4]), and (ii) using bioinformatic analyses. Methods: The expression of KSP and MPS1 in ovarian cancer cells was evaluated at both mRNA transcript and protein levels using qReal-Time PCR and Western Blotting, respectively. The UALCAN cancer database was used to analyze KSP and MPS1 expression and correlate it with clinicopathologic indicators. Results: We found that KSP and MPS1 were overexpressed both at mRNA (OVCAR 8 wt: 4.34±0.61 and 7.64±0.49, respectively; OVCAR 8 R: 4.65±0.43 and 6.69±1.03, respectively) and protein (OVCAR 8 wt: 1.74 and 1.97±0.12, respectively; OVCAR 8 R: 2.30 and 2.55±0.05, respectively) levels in ovarian cancer cell lines compared to their non-cancer cell line counterpart (HOSE 6.3, normalized as 1). Similar results were obtained from UALCAN analysis for KSP at the protein level. Regarding mRNA expression levels, we found no difference between normal and tumor tissues. Conclusions: Our results showed that both KSP and MPS1 are overexpressed in ovarian cancer, highlighting the potential of these kinases as therapeutic targets for ovarian cancer.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
title: Development Of Elasmobranch Assessments (Delass)
Creators: name: Heessen, Henk J.L.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - J - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Sharks, rays and skates (elasmobranchs) receive rapidly growing attention world-wide in targeted fisheries, and also as a by-catch in other fisheries. Sharks and rays are known to be more vulnerable to fishing than most teleosts, due to their low reproduction and high age at maturity. International and regional bodies are concerned about the sustainability of these fisheries. Although sharks and rays should be incorporated into regular fishery management procedures, this is, with very few exceptions, not yet the case.DELASS is initiated by the ICES Elasmobranch Study Group and aims to improve the scientific basis for the management of fisheries taking elasmobranch species. DELASS is in part funded by the European Commission (CFP 99/055). Its duration is 3 years (2000-2002) and there are 17 partners from countries bordering the NE Atlantic, extending from Norway to the Azores (see below for the list of participants).
Cheilosia semifasciata Becker 1894
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia semifasciata

description: Cheilosia semifasciata Becker, 1894.
Regions: UC, GO.
Reference: Maček (1976, 1977).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Cheilosia subpictipennis Claussen 1998
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia subpictipennis

description: Cheilosia subpictipennis Claussen, 1998.
Region: UC.
Reference: Vujić (1996).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Chemical characterization and in vitro studies on the impact of the 'Dream Herb' Calea zacatechichi Schltdl. upon neuronal cells
Creators: name: Garcia, Maria Rita
name: Mineiro, Tiago
name: Andrade, Paula B.
name: Ferreres, Federico
name: Gil-Izquierdo, Ángel
name: Seabra, Vítor
name: Dias-Da-Silva, Diana
name: Gomes, Nelson G. M.
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: An increasing number of psychoactive plants, particularly those with long history of use on ritualistic practices, are now being progressively used in recreational context, many of which remaining unregulated [1]. Calea zacatechichi is traditionally used in divination rituals, due to its oneirogenic properties. Yet, considering the psychoactive effects of this ‘Dream Herb’ and easiness of purchase, the potential for recreational use is high, with scarce information concerning its toxicity [2-4]. Objective: We aimed to characterize C. zacatechichi aqueous extracts, mimicking those typically consumed, to identify bioactives that underlie the psychoactive or toxic effects, and evaluate their impact upon neuronal function, neurotransmission and radical stress. Methods: Chemical characterization was attained by HPLC-DAD-ESI (Ion Trap)/MSn and HPLC-DAD. Impact upon SH-SY5Y and BV-2 cell viability was assessed by the MTT assay and LDH release (up to 1000 µg/mL). Impact on neuromodulation and neuroinflammation was evaluated through acetylcholinesterase and 5-lipoxygenase inhibition, while antiradical properties were approached upon nitric oxide (•NO) and superoxide (O2•-). Statistical comparisons among groups performed by one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett post hoc test. Results: Qualitative analyses enabled the identification of 28 compounds, the majority being hydroxycinnamic acid derivates, namely 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid and 4,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, followed by flavonoid derivates, particularly quercetin-3-O-rutinoside. Cytotoxic effects were verified at concentrations above 125 µg/mL with LDH leakage starting at 250 µg/mL. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition was recorded at 1000 µg/mL, and a concentration-dependent inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase was found (IC50 = 71.12 µg/mL). Concentration-dependent scavenging effects upon •NO and O2•- were verified at concentrations higher than 62.5 µg/mL. Conclusions: Even though apparent antiradical and anti-inflammatory properties were attained with C. zacatechichi, the pronounced cytotoxic effects upon neuronal cells cannot be overlooked, requiring further investigation to elucidate the underlying mechanisms that might be involved, given the possible deleterious consequences this plant can induce among its consumers.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Cerebrovascular mechanism of bisphenol A exposure in stroke ischemic events
Creators: name: Costa, Henrique
name: Lorigo, Margarida
name: Cairrão, Elisa
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: The endocrine-disrupting compound bisphenol A (BPA) is produced in large quantities all over the world and is found in epoxy resins and polycarbonate plastics, which are used to make baby bottles and food and drink storage containers [1]. Due to its androgenic and estrogenic qualities, BPA has been shown to accumulate in brain tissue and is thus linked to negative neurological and vascular outcomes, including strokes [2]. This type of brain injury significantly impairs blood vessels and arteries, especially the middle cerebral artery (MCA), which in turn impairs smooth muscle cells (SMC) viability. To maintain cerebral homeostasis and vascular integrity, SMC is essential in controlling vascular tone [3]. Objective: Thus, this study aims to investigate the mechanisms via which a 24-hour exposure to BPA modifies the contractile function of smooth muscle cells of the middle cerebral arteries (SMC-MCA) of rats. Methods: Therefore, explants were isolated from the MCA of Wistar rats and MTT assays were carried out to test the response to BPA in the SMC-MCA. Contractility tests by Planar Cell Surface Area were performed to analyse the vasoactive response of SMC-MCA in response to the contractile agent, noradrenaline, and the relaxing agent, sodium nitroprusside. Proteins and ion channel subunits expression implicated in the MCA vasoactive response were assessed by RT-qPCR. Results: The incubation concentration determined the genomic effects, which resulted in modifications to the contractile response by altering the expression of the sGC protein and the α subunit of BKCa 1.1. Conclusions: In summary, these findings suggest that BPA exposure modifies SMC-MCA's vascular homeostasis and may, thus, be connected to the development of ischemic stroke. This underscores the pressing need to comprehend this connection and the underlying pathways, necessitating additional research.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
title: Development Of A Two Stage Gam Model To Study Scottish Squid Abundance In Relation To Environmental Conditions
Creators: name: Bellido, Jose M.
name: Pierce, Graham J.
name: Cardoso, Xosé A.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.This report shows a two-stage statistical approach to model plausible relationships between oceanographic features and squid abundance in the British NE Atlantic waters. Traditional approaches to stock assessment are based on information about population dynamics derived largely from the fishery. An alternative and complementary approach to population size estimation makes use of the empirical relationships between stock size and environmental conditions.
Slope Gap Distributions of Veech Surfaces
Creators: name: Kumanduri, Luis
name: Sanchez, Anthony
name: Wang, Jane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 32G15, 37D40, 14H55

description: The slope gap distribution of a translation surface is a measure of how random the directions of the saddle connections on the surface are. It is known that Veech surfaces, a highly symmetric type of translation surface, have gap distributions that are piecewise real analytic. Beyond that, however, very little is currently known about the general behavior of the slope gap distribution, including the number of points of non-analyticity or the tail.
 We show that the limiting gap distribution of slopes of saddle connections on a Veech translation surface is always piecewise real-analytic with \emph{finitely} many points of non-analyticity. We do so by taking an explicit parameterization of a Poincaré section to the horocycle flow on $\text{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})/\text{SL}(X,ω)$ associated to an arbitrary Veech surface $\text{SL}(X,ω)$ and establishing a key finiteness result for the first return map under this flow. We use the finiteness result to show that the tail of the slope gap distribution of Veech surfaces always has quadratic decay.
description: 22 pages, 16 figures. v2: Added author and the new result Theorem 2, and its proof in Section 4
title: Modelling And Forecasting Loliginid And Ommastrephid Landings In Greek Waters By Ap-Plying Time Series Analysis Techniques And Artificial Neural Networks
Creators: name: Georgakarakos, S.
name: Haralabous, J.
name: Koutsoubas, D.
name: Arvanitidis, C.
name: Kapantagakis, A.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.In the present work, time series analysis techniques (ARIMA models), artificial neural net-works (ANNs) and Bayesian Dynamic Models were used to forecast annual loliginid and ommastrephid landings recorded from the most important fishing ports in the Northern Ae-gean Sea (1984-1999). The techniques were evaluated on the basis of their efficiency to fore-cast and their ability to utilise auxiliary environmental information. The predictive perform-ance of the compared models was estimated using the determination coefficient and the squared correlation coefficient between observed and predicted landings. The developed ARIMA models predicted very precisely (high R2) the test data, especially if the target time series contained a strong autoregressive character, after they were first differenced to obtain stationarity. The disadvantage of the ARIMA, as most statistical models, is their assumption that quantified relationships and system parameters remain the same across the observation and forecasting time period. The significance of certain temperature descriptors was mainly investigated applying neural models, which predicted the monthly landings with high precision (R2=0.89), even by incorporating in the model exclusively monthly SST descriptors. Similarly, ANN models of annual landings containing exclusively the mean temperatures encountered in each month, provided high scores (R2=0.87) and valuable inference concerning the possible effect of the SST on certain months. Bayesian Dynamic Models provided the highest prediction performance. They com-bined the information of both environmental and landings time series, namely the monthly mean temperatures and the monthly seasonality of the landings. The estimated from the model impact factors have the form of time series representing the temperature effect during the in-vestigated time period. The results reveal that both the monthly and the annual landings can be predicted and that, in general, the Bayesian models are among the best performers, characterised by higher number of stable forecasts and of forecasts with higher precision and accuracy. Finally, ANN and Bayesian models can provide better estimations of the relative impact factor of the applied regressors, taking into account possible non-linear relations between landings and the envi-ronmental parameters under study.
Development of Novel Convolutional Neural Networks for Detection of Damage to Nuclear Storage Containers
Creators: name: Taylor, Lee David
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: 3D Convolutions
Damage Detection
Deep Learning
Novel Network Development
Point Clouds
Machine Learning

description: Over the last decade, the use of machine-based monitoring systems has exploded in popularity due to the relatively low cost and improved accuracy over human based monitoring systems. Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL) is investigating the potential of using machine-based tools to monitor containers which are used to store nuclear materials using multiple modes of detection. In this work, the mode of detection to be examined is a 3D convolutional neural network which will use point-cloud data as an input, captured by depth cameras. Training these networks requires a significant amount of data as examples in order to be considered robust enough for human lives to depend on them. Preexisting labeled data is not always readily available and the process of capturing data and labeling a custom dataset is time consuming and expensive. Point cloud data poses a particularly difficult problem as these are typically massive metric spaces that are not useable the typical network architecture used in 2D networks. In this research, no real data was available for the purposes of training so synthetic data would need to be used instead. Synthetic data is generated using a 3D model of the container made available by LANL. A series of iteratively more complex datasets are developed for use in training and testing in two generations of neural networks which are developed for the purposes of the detection of surface damage using the whole of a point cloud. The second-generation network shows itself capable of accurately prediction of surface damage within a pre-defined ideal distance from the camera. In addition to these networks, two auxiliary networks were created which explore a per-point classification verses per-cloud classification. The first of these auxiliary networks is a multi-label classification network which classifies features of the container and also labels locations of damage. The second network is intended to classify points in a scene as container/no container for use in the process of labeling of real data or extracting the points which constitute the container as a separate point cloud. Ultimately, the viability of synthetic data as a sole training data source is not determined with per-cloud networks in this research; however, the per-point container extraction network showed promising early result with the first real data available. This work will assist future researchers developing convolutional neural networks which use point cloud data, and best practices for using synthetic data to stand-in or augment their training data.
FusionVision: A comprehensive approach of 3D object reconstruction and segmentation from RGB-D cameras using YOLO and fast segment anything
Creators: name: Ghazouali, Safouane El
name: Mhirit, Youssef
name: Oukhrid, Ali
name: Michelucci, Umberto
name: Nouira, Hichem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the realm of computer vision, the integration of advanced techniques into the processing of RGB-D camera inputs poses a significant challenge, given the inherent complexities arising from diverse environmental conditions and varying object appearances. Therefore, this paper introduces FusionVision, an exhaustive pipeline adapted for the robust 3D segmentation of objects in RGB-D imagery. Traditional computer vision systems face limitations in simultaneously capturing precise object boundaries and achieving high-precision object detection on depth map as they are mainly proposed for RGB cameras. To address this challenge, FusionVision adopts an integrated approach by merging state-of-the-art object detection techniques, with advanced instance segmentation methods. The integration of these components enables a holistic (unified analysis of information obtained from both color \textit{RGB} and depth \textit{D} channels) interpretation of RGB-D data, facilitating the extraction of comprehensive and accurate object information. The proposed FusionVision pipeline employs YOLO for identifying objects within the RGB image domain. Subsequently, FastSAM, an innovative semantic segmentation model, is applied to delineate object boundaries, yielding refined segmentation masks. The synergy between these components and their integration into 3D scene understanding ensures a cohesive fusion of object detection and segmentation, enhancing overall precision in 3D object segmentation. The code and pre-trained models are publicly available at https://github.com/safouaneelg/FusionVision/.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures, 1 table
Passive tobacco smoke exposure and children’s health outcomes: a preliminary analysis
Creators: name: Faria, Ana Margarida
name: Hatem, Georges
name: Bessa Pinto, Mariana
name: Teixeira, João Paulo
name: Slezakova, Klara
name: Pereira, Maria Do Carmo
name: Costa, Carla
name: Madureira, Joana
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Children’s exposure to Passive Tobacco Smoke (PTS) in utero and during infancy can increase the risk of childhood respiratory diseases and infections (e.g., otitis) [1-3]. Objective: This study explores the association between children’s exposure to PTS in utero (maternal, frequent smoking family member during pregnancy), up to one year, and current maternal smoke exposure with, to date, and the first two years of life health conditions. Methods: Data were collected from 192 parents of children (5-10 years) using a structured survey. Apart from PTS exposure data, it collected children’s early health outcomes (developed in the first two years of life) including bronchitis, asthmatic bronchitis, and bronchiolitis, while to date conditions included doctor-diagnosed asthma, eczema, and otitis. Descriptive and univariate analyses were performed using SPSS v.29, with results presented through odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Results: In utero, 12.3% of children were exposed to maternal tobacco and 18.8% to PTS from another family member. Twenty-two percent were exposed to PTS during their first year of life, and 17.5% had currently smoking mothers. Among others, PTS exposure in utero from maternal smoking was associated with 1.32 and 1.10 times higher odds of bronchitis and otitis, respectively with no statistical significance. Children exposed to another smoking family member had 6.53 times significantly higher odds of asthmatic bronchitis than others (p<0.05) and 1.49 times higher odds of asthma (p>0.05). PTS exposure during the first year of life was associated with 1.80 and 2.14 times higher odds of bronchiolitis and eczema, while children with currently smoking mothers had 1.72 and 1.21 times greater odds of bronchitis and eczema, respectively (p>0.05). Conclusions: Although further investigations with a larger sample size are imperative to validate these associations, these preliminary findings reinforce the harmful effects of children's PTS exposure on their health.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Towards Catastrophe theory for Khovanov-Rozansky homology
Creators: name: Anokhina, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We briefly summarise our results on jumps in the analytic formulas for the Khovanov(-Rozansky) polynomials. We conclude from the empiric data that there are ``regular'' and ``weird'' catastrophes, which drastically differ by form of the associated jumps in the Khovanov(-Rozansky) polynomials. This is the first step towards the catastrophe theory for the cohomological knot invariants. In particular, it can be another way to see these quantities as observables in cohomological quantum field theory.
Active shooter live exercise: an important diagnose tool
Creators: name: M. Fernandes, Luís
name: Assis, Hugo
name: Mendes, João
name: Faria, Ricardo
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Active-threat incidents are increasingly frequent, even within the European Union (EU). Multi-casualty incidents (MCI) are occurring in previously unaffected locations, amplifying the challenge for law enforcement and emergency services readiness. Violence in confined spaces, notably educational institutions, presents substantial security risks to public safety [1,2,3]. A common factor among active shooter scenarios is the selection of densely populated public venues. The Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) possesses territorial policing authority covering approximately 95% of the national territory, including the IUCS-CESPU Campus. Objective: The main objective of this study was to identify challenges faced by various institutions in responding to active threat situations with casualties on an Academic Campus. An integrated response is crucial for saving lives during active threat events. Coordinating law enforcement, emergency medical services, and academia necessitates joint training to optimise survival rates and mitigate post-event consequences. Methods: A simulation assessed the performance of an integrated Rescue Task Force (RTF), comprising the first Police Patrol, the Intervention Unit, and an INEM Special Team, in response to an active shooter incident. The simulation replicated a tactical incident, an MCI scenario of an active shooter on the IUCS-CESPU Campus. Multiple GNR teams, including Patrol and Intervention Units, were deployed to identify, search, and neutralise the threat. An emergency service team also participated in the final simulation. Results: Internal evaluations confirmed that all operators met the minimum mission standards. The average mission duration was 10 minutes. Conclusions: While completion of the simulation was not a definitive indicator of operational readiness, participant perception of its effectiveness as a training platform significantly improved post-exercise.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
title: The Falkland Current As A Governor Of The Illex Squid Fishery Off Exclusive Economic Zones (45-47 S)
Creators: name: Laptikhovsky, V.V.
name: Remeslo, A.V.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The Falkland Current originates from the Antarctic Circumpolar Current between 63° and 55°W, and flows equator-ward as a stream of 70-100 km width with a superficial velocity as high as up to 30 cm/s (Zyrjanov, Severov, 1979; Legeckis, Gordon, 1982). The main eastern branch of this current flows over the continental slope to the east of the Falkland Islands penetrating northwards to nearly 38°S where it meets the opposing flow of the Brazil Current. The interaction of these currents is a major factor influencing the local climate (Barros et al., 2000; Robertson, Mechoso, 2000), and evidently will influence the environment of commercial fishery species. The Falkland Current variability influences water structure above shelf edge and continental slope. An increase of the current’s transports provokes respective increase in horizontal gradients both in temperature and salinity. In its turn this causes an increase of both near-bottom temperature on the slope and gradients in the frontal zone. This relation is better expressed when main stream of the current is situated closer to the slope (Remeslo, 1998). The short-fin squid, I. argentinus is one of the most important commercial squid species, with annual catch sometimes attaining as much as 550,000-750,000 MT (FAO, 1997). A multinational squid fishery takes place in both the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of Argentina and the Falkland Islands and outside of them at 42° and 45-47°S. The bulk of catches in international waters comprise the winter spawning squid, most of them appearing in the hig seas fishery grounds in February. At this time the so-called winter shelf spawning groups (Bonaerensis-northpatagonic stock) forages there, while the winter slope spawning group (Southpatagonic stock) migrate further southward to forage and return to the slope in their prespawning migration in May-June (Haimovici et al., 1998; Carvalho, Nigmatullin, 1998).
Understanding Melt Generation Beneath the Slow-Spreading Kolbeinsey Ridge Using (238)U, (230)Th, and (231)Pa Excesses
Creators: name: Elkins, L. J.
name: Sims, Ken
name: Prytulak, J.
name: Elliott, T.
name: Mattielli, N.
name: Blichert-Toft, J.
name: Blusztajn, J.
name: Dunbar, N.
name: Devey, C.
name: Mertz, D. F.
name: Schilling, J. G.
name: Murrell, M.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: To examine the petrogenesis and sources of basalts from the Kolbeinsey Ridge, one of the shallowest locations along the global ridge system, we present new measurements of Nd, Sr, Hf, and Pb isotopes and U-series disequilibria on 32 axial basalts. Young Kolbeinsey basalts (full-spreading rate = 1.8 cm/yr; 67° 05'-70 degrees 26'N) display (230Th/238U) 1 with (230Th/238U) from 0.95 to 1.30 and have low U (11.3-65.6 ppb) and Th (33.0 ppb-2.40 ppm) concentrations. Except for characteristic isotopic enrichment near the Jan Mayen region, the otherwise depleted Kolbeinsey basalts (e. g. 87Sr/86Sr = 0.70272-0.70301, ε(Nd) = 8.4-10.5, ε(Hf) = 15.4-19.6 (La/Yb)(N) = 0.28-0.84) encompass a narrow range of (230Th/232Th) (1.20-1.32) over a large range in (238U/232Th) (0.94-1.32), producing a horizontal array on a (230Th/232Th) vs. (238U/232Th) diagram and a large variation in (230Th/238U). However, the (230Th/238U) of the Kolbeinsey Ridge basalts (0.96-1.30) are inversely correlated with (234U/238U) (1.001-1.031). Samples with low (230Th/238U) and elevated (234U/238U) reflect alteration by seawater or seawater-derived materials. The unaltered Kolbeinsey lavas with equilibrium 234U/238U have high (230Th/238U) values (≥ 1.2), which are consistent with melting in the presence of garnet. This is in keeping with the thick crust and anomalously shallow axial depth for the Kolbeinsey Ridge, which is thought to be the product of large degrees of melting in a long melt column. A time-dependent, dynamic melting scenario involving a long, slowly upwelling melting column that initiates well within the garnet peridotite stability zone can, in general, reproduce the (230Th/238U) and (231Pa/235U) ratios in uncontaminated Kolbeinsey lavas, but low (231Pa/235U) ratios in Eggvin Bank samples suggest eclogite involvement in the source for that ridge segment.
title: The Macro-Ecosystem Variations Of Helminth Fauna In Ommastrephid Squid Sthenoteuthis Oualaniensis From Indian Ocean And East Tropical Pacific01 / K:21
Creators: name: Nigmatullin, Ch. M.
name: Shukhalter, O.A.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.During 1978-1986 oceanic squid Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis ) have been studied for parasitic helminths: 303 squid from open waters of the Indian Ocean and 146 squid from nerito-oceanic part of the East Pacific (2°N-12°S. Eleven species of parasitic helminths were recorded: 2 Trematoda species, 5 – Cestoda, 3 – Nematoda and 1 – Acantocephala. All these helminths occurred as larval stages. In each region nine species were found, seven of them being common. The total prevalence of infection was 98.4% in the Indian squids and 71.3% in the Pacific ones. But main helminths of the Indian Ocean had significantly higher infestation parameters (the prevalence 50-95%, the intensity tens and hundreds specimens) while in the Pacific Ocean these values were 20-32% and up to several dozen specimens. There were revealed geographic patterns of helminth fauna changes too. This squid is a member of the complicated and diverse tropho-parasite system that includes the most of ecosystem web at the consumer level. Thus, the revealed differences in parasite fauna and its infestation rates are a sensible indicator of the differences in both trophic and parasite structures in these two ecosystems.
Cheilosia urbana
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Cheilosia
Cheilosia urbana

description: Cheilosia urbana (Meigen, 1822).
Regions: UC, GO, CK, CL, SA.
Reference: Vujić (1996) (as Cheilosia praecox), de Groot & Govedič (2008).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Quantitative convergence rates for scaling limit of SPDEs with transport noise
Creators: name: Flandoli, Franco
name: Galeati, Lucio
name: Luo, Dejun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider on the torus the scaling limit of stochastic 2D (inviscid) fluid dynamical equations with transport noise to deterministic viscous equations. Quantitative estimates on the convergence rates are provided by combining analytic and probabilistic arguments, especially heat kernel properties and maximal estimates for stochastic convolutions. Similar ideas are applied to the stochastic 2D Keller-Segel model, yielding explicit choice of noise to ensure that the blow-up probability is less than any given threshold. Our approach also gives rise to some mixing property for stochastic linear transport equations and dissipation enhancement in the viscous case.
description: 34 pages
Pergalumna amorpha Mahunka, 2008, sp. n.
Creators: name: Mahunka, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Galumnidae
Pergalumna
Pergalumna amorpha

description: Pergalumna amorpha sp. n.   (Figs 47–49)  Diagnosis: All prodorsal setae, except for exobothridial ones long, interlamellar setae straight. Sensillus setiform, pilose. Dorsosejugal suture absent. Porose areas hardly observable, without borders, their form indistinct. Whole surface of body distinctly punctate. Both prodorsal lines curved.
Material examined: Holotype: Thailand, Province Prachin Buri, Sakaerat Research Station. 02.06.2001. Leg. E. HORVÁTH & GY. SZIRÁKI (As-798). Twelve paratypes from the same sample. Holotype (1745-HO-2007) and 10 paratypes (1745-PO-2007): HNHM, two paratypes: MHNG.
Measurements: Length of body: 332–377 µm, width of body: 245–276 µm.
 Prodorsum: Rostral part wide, conical, without peculiar apex. Lamellar and sublamellar lines well observable also in dorsal view. Rostral and lamellar setae setiform, finely, but distinctly pilose, setae le longer than ro. Interlamellar setae longer and thicker than other prodorsal setae and well pilose. Sensillus long, filiform, directed laterally and posteriorly, with long cilia. Sejugal porose areas not visible.
 Notogaster: Dorsosejugal suture very short, thin, incomplete. Notogaster well punctate, pteromorphae ornamented by radiate sculpture. Porose areas not clearly visible on the punctate notogastral surface, only the densest part show their position (Fig. 47). Probably only three pairs of porose areae present, Aa seems to be elongated, located medially, far from the pteromorphae. Ten pairs of setal alveoli. Opisthosomal gland opening well observable.
Lateral part of podosoma: Lamellar and sublamellar lines running parallel, distance between them short (Fig. 49).
 Ventral regions (Fig. 48): Apodemata and epimeral borders weakly developed. Epimeral setal formula: 1–0–1–1, all very short. Two pairs of setae arising on the anterior margin of genital plates, all equal in length. Aggenital, anal and adanal setae minute, simple, ad 2 and ad 3 represented only by their alveoli. Lyrifissures iad located at the level a little posterior to anterior margin of anal aperture, postanal area porosa absent.
Legs: All legs triheterodactylous.
Remarks: The new species well is characterised by the long and straight interlamellar setae, by the form of the sensillus, and especially the indistinct porose areas.
Etymology: Named after the indistinct porose areas.
description: Published as part of Mahunka, S., 2008, A New Genus And Some Other Data Of Oribatids From Thailand (Acari: Oribatida), pp. 125-150 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54 (2) on pages 146-147, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12585162
Best of the Literature: Graduate Student Instruction
Creators: name: Calkins, Kaijsa
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2007
Subjects: Information Literacy
Library and Information Science

description: The recent literature on college and university library instruction largely focuses on undergraduate and, more specifically, first-year students. During my review, I found that discussion of graduate students in library and information science literature is dominated by studies of information behavior and much less often on instruction methods and models specifically. While information behavior studies are useful when planning for instruction, I have selected articles that explicitly focus on the design, delivery, and assessment of instruction. Many of the projects described in these articles include innovative collaborations between librarians and discipline faculty and demonstrate a strong foundation in pedagogy. In order to cast my net widely and find the best selection possible, I reviewed education literature as well as library and information science literature.
title: Environmental Effects On The Distribution And Migrations Of The Squid Illex Argentinus (Ommastrephidae) In Falkland Islands Waters -
Creators: name: Middleton, David A. J.
name: Arkhipkin, Alexander I.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Winter spawning Illex argentinus utilize the southern part of the Patagonian shelf (the eastern part of which is located in the Falkland Islands Interim Conservation and Management Zone – FICZ) as their feeding grounds in the Southwest Atlantic(SWA). Immature I. argentinus migrate southwards into the north-west of the FICZ in February and, upon maturation, concentrate on the shelf edge and migrate northwards in May-June to their spawning grounds. To study possible environmental effects on their distribution and migrations, sea surface temperatures (SST) were used as an indicator of the position and strength of the main oceanographic structures in the SWA: the cold northward Falkland Current (FC) and the warm southward Argentinean Current (AC). The catch rates of licensed vessels were used to show the weekly distribution and abundance of squid in 1987-2000. Squid generally appeared in the FICZ in February associated with waters >12°C SST and by March were distributed south to the 9°C SST isotherm. In April the squid move eastwards to the shelf edge in a wide range of SSTs (8-11°C). The 7-8°C SST isotherms marked the southernmost limits of squid distribution in May-June. There are indications that inter-annual variability in I. argentinus distribution is associated with oceanographic variability which is reflected in the SST data.