cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Epigenetic regulation of immunity: methylation profiling in the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor
Creators: name: Nair, Shanta
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Immune responses incur a large energy cost for organisms. Hence, environmental conditions such as nutritional status may change how an organism’s immune response genes are expressed, and these changes can be inherited by offspring. At the centre of this is the concept of epigenetics: the process by which environmental factors alter an organism’s DNA expression. These changes can be heritable, and so it is widely hypothesized that epigenetics is the key mechanism driving the co-evolution of hosts and parasites. This study used T. molitor to investigate the regulatory role of a particular type of environmentally induced epigenetic change, methylation, on immune response levels. Beetles were subjected to different starvation treatments before being presented with a bacterial immune challenge. Immunoassays and methylation sensitive AFLP demonstrated that methylation patterns in this species are subject to change following a period of starvation, and that starvation downregulates phenoloxidase activity levels.
Influence of a large-scale field on energy dissipation in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
Creators: name: Zhdankin, Vladimir
name: Boldyrev, Stanislav
name: Mason, Joanne
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, the large-scale magnetic field sets a preferred local direction for the small-scale dynamics, altering the statistics of turbulence from the isotropic case. This happens even in the absence of a total magnetic flux, since MHD turbulence forms randomly oriented large-scale domains of strong magnetic field. It is therefore customary to study small-scale magnetic plasma turbulence by assuming a strong background magnetic field relative to the turbulent fluctuations. This is done, for example, in reduced models of plasmas, such as reduced MHD, reduced-dimension kinetic models, gyrokinetics, etc., which make theoretical calculations easier and numerical computations cheaper. Recently, however, it has become clear that the turbulent energy dissipation is concentrated in the regions of strong magnetic field variations. A significant fraction of the energy dissipation may be localized in very small volumes corresponding to the boundaries between strongly magnetized domains. In these regions the reduced models are not applicable. This has important implications for studies of particle heating and acceleration in magnetic plasma turbulence. The goal of this work is to systematically investigate the relationship between local magnetic field variations and magnetic energy dissipation, and to understand its implications for modeling energy dissipation in realistic turbulent plasmas.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Physical purity of forage and granifer seeds in Brazil
Creators: name: Ternus, Ricardo
name: Meneghello, Geri Eduardo
name: Cavalcante, Jerffeson
name: Szareski, Vinícius Jardel
name: Carvalho, Ivan Ricardo
name: Martins, Andréa
name: Conte, Giordano
name: Villela, Francisco
Publisher: name: Revista de Ciências Agrárias
Year: 2020

description: This study aimed to evaluate the physical quality, identify and quantify the contaminants of seeds of forage and granifer species in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The data collection was realized from the results obtained from samples of seeds lots collected by the State Program of Inspection, from the Input Inspection Division of the State Department of Vegetal Defense, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Batches of ryegrass seeds (national), black oat, oat and sudangrass commercialized in Santa Catarina among the years 2013 to 2015 present non-conformities in relation to the presence of other seeds per number. Within the lots of forage seeds commercialized in Santa Catarina, only lots of millet and ryegrass (imported) seeds presented number of other seeds below the legal limit, staying within the commercialization standards, independent of the analyzed year. Seed lots of granifer crops as soybeans, rice, maize, wheat and common beans did not present irregularities related to the criterion other seeds per number, conferring aptitude to the seed lots of this species commercialized in the state of Santa Catarina from 2013 to 2015.
description: Revista de Ciências Agrárias, Vol. 42 No. 4 (2019)
Prevalence of and Comorbid Health Conditions Associated With Pediatric Prescription Opioid Use in the US
Creators: name: Souvik Banerjee
name: Roland, Carl L.
name: Willke, Richard
name: Mardekian, Jack
name: Garrison, Louis P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Prescription opioids are among the most effective analgesics to treat moderate to severe pain; however, little is known about the use of prescription opioids in children, particularly those receiving an extended-release formulation for the treatment of chronic pain. In this retrospective study, the authors determined the prevalence of prescription opioid use among 7–17-year-old children and associated comorbid health conditions from 2010 to 2013 using Truven Health MarketScan (MarketScan) and Optum Clinformatics DataMart (Optum). The primary end points were prevalence of using any prescription opioids, using only prescription short-acting opioids (SAOs), and at least one prescription of a long-acting opioid (LAO). The prevalence of prescription opioid use among children is non-negligible and has been trending downwards: 6.90% in 2010 and 5.93% in 2013 using MarketScan and a similar trend using Optum: 5.47% in 2010 and 4.51% in 2013. Very few children had claims for LAOs, with only 0.04% (4979 children) in MarketScan and 0.03% (1117 children) in Optum. Given the very small number of children, primarily in the 12–17 age group, who are prescribed LAOs, there is a need to focus on a better understanding of the patterns of SAO use in children.
Propriedades físicas dos grãos de soja, cotilédones e impurezas
Creators: name: Lopes, Maria Aparecida
name: Resende, Osvaldo
name: Bessa, Jaqueline
name: Lima, Rayr
name: Quequeto, Wellytton Darci
Publisher: name: Revista de Ciências Agrárias
Year: 2020

description: Devido à diversidade das características dos produtos agrícolas e a possível presença de defeitos e impurezas na massa de grãos, torna-se fundamental conhecer as propriedades físicas destes materiais. Assim, objetivou-se determinar as propriedades físicas para diferentes proporções de grãos de soja, cotilédones e impurezas. O teor de água dos materiais foi determinado em estufa de circulação de ar forçada. A massa específica aparente foi obtida em balança de peso hectolitro e o ângulo de repouso em um prisma transparente. A porosidade intergranular foi determinada pelo método direto adicionando-se hexano. A massa específica unitária foi obtida analiticamente em função da porosidade intergranular e da massa específica aparente. A velocidade terminal foi determinada utilizando-se o equipamento de coluna de ar. As propriedades físicas dos grãos de soja variam quando inseridas diferentes proporções de cotilédones e impurezas. O ângulo de repouso aumenta com a maior quantidade de impurezas finas e a porosidade intergranular aumenta com a presença de impurezas grossas; a massa específica aparente é maior para grãos inteiros, enquanto ocorre incremento da massa específica unitária para as impurezas grossas. Os grãos, cotilédones, vagens e impurezas apresentam variações na velocidade terminal, sendo influenciadas pelo teor de água, forma e tamanho das partículas.
description: Revista de Ciências Agrárias, Vol. 42 No. 4 (2019)
Accretion and outflow activity on the late phases of pre-main-sequence evolution. The case of RZ Piscium
Creators: name: Potravnov, I. S.
name: Mkrtichian, D. E.
name: Grinin, V. P.
name: Ilyin, I. V.
name: Shakhovskoy, D. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: RZ Psc is an isolated high-latitude post-T Tauri star that demonstrates a UX Ori-type photometric activity. The star shows very weak spectroscopic signatures of accretion, but at the same time possesses the unusual footprints of the wind in Na I D lines. In the present work we investigate new spectroscopic observations of RZ Psc obtained in 2014 during two observation runs. We found variable blueshifted absorption components (BACs) in lines of the other alcali metals, K I 7699 Å and Ca II IR triplet. We also confirmed the presence of a weak emission component in the H$α$ line, which allowed us to estimate the mass accretion rate on the star as $\dot{M}\leq$ $7 \cdot 10^{-12}$Msun yr$^{-1}$. We could not reveal any clear periodicity in the appearance of BACs in sodium lines. Nevertheless, the exact coincidence of the structure and velocities of the Na I D absorptions observed with the interval of about one year suggests that such a periodicity should exist.
MPEC 2024-G158 : 2023 JH6
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Características biométricas e fisiológicas de sementes de Echium plantagineum L. em diferentes épocas de colheita
Creators: name: Roso, Rodrigo
name: Nunes, Ubirajara Russi
name: Müller, Caren Alessandra
name: Paranhos, Juçara Terezinha
name: Dalcin, Joner Silveira
name: Fernandes, Tiéle Stuker
name: Forte, César Tiago
Publisher: name: Revista de Ciências Agrárias
Year: 2020

description: O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as características biométricas e fisiológicas de diásporos (carcerulídeo: fruto concrescido com a semente) de Echium plantagineum coletados em diferentes épocas, e a influência do armazenamento dos diásporos na germinação e viabilidade das sementes. Utilizou-se um fatorial 5 x 2 para avaliar as épocas de coleta dos frutos (03/out, 18/out, 01/nov, 15/nov e 01/dez) e tratamento de superação da dormência (presença ou ausência). Os diásporos foram submetidos a avaliação da qualidade fisiológica, através de testes de germinação, índice de velocidade de germinação e viabilidade das sementes após cada coleta e depois do armazenamento por seis meses, bem como a caracterização biométrica dos mesmos. Os frutos produzidos no início do período reprodutivo apresentam maiores dimensões e massa, ocorrendo dormência das sementes antes da dispersão do fruto. Ocorre variação na germinação das sementes de E. plantagineum no decorrer das épocas de coleta dos frutos, podendo estar relacionado a fatores genéticos e ambientais. A dormência das sementes é superada com o armazenamento por seis meses e a imersão em nitrato de potássio (0,2%) por 12 h e ácido giberélico (500 mg L-1) por 48 h.
description: Revista de Ciências Agrárias, Vol. 42 No. 4 (2019)
title: 01_1009
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Horizontal Planar Motion Mechanism (HPMM) Incorporated to the existing towing carriage for Ship Manoeuvring Studies
Creators: name: Kunal Tiwari
name: Akhil Balagopalan
name: P Krishnankutty
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 99902 Engineering Instrumentation
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: 91101 Marine Engineering
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering
subject: 91102 Naval Architecture

description: Planar Motion Mechanism (PMM) equipment is a facility generally attached with Towing Tank to perform experimental studies with ship models to determine the manoeuvring characteristics of a ship. Ship model is oscillated at prescribed amplitude and frequency in different modes of operation while it is towed along the towing tank at predefined speed.The hydrodynamic forces and moments are recorded, analyzed and processed to get the hydrodynamic derivatives appearing in the manoeuvring equations of motion of a ship. This paper presents the details about the Horizontal Planar Motion Mechanism (HPMM) equipment which is designed, developed and installed in Towing Tank laboratory at IIT Madras.
Akhil Balagopalan, Kunal Tiwari and Parameswaran Krishnankutty, ``Horizontal Planar Motion Mechanism (HPMM) incorporated to the existing towing carriage for ship manoeuvring studies,'' Proceedings of the RINA 5th International Conference on Ship and Offshore Technology (ICSOT 2017), IIT Kharagpur, India, 2017. pp 421-426.
Translational semiotic communication: a transdisciplinary perspective
Creators: name: Tou, Asruddin Barori
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This study is designed to explore, model, propose and develop a transdisciplinary framework for the study of translation phenomena. To this end, this study offers an alternative gateway to understanding translation, in which it develops a would-be-theory of translation as social semiotic phenomena. In this, it presents a theoretical model of translational semiotic communication which focusses on human translational semiotic communication systems and processes. -- Specifically, this study conceptualizes translation as a semiotic system, more specifically, a metasemiotic system. In this, it views translation as a potential (system) which makes meaning by way of other semiotic systems, in an overall multilevelled and multilayered semiotic activity system and process of translational semiotic communication. Having conceptualized translation as a potential (system), this study further conceptualizes translation as an actual (instance, text). In this, a translation potential manifests itself as a translated actual through the concepts of realization and instantiation. That is, these concepts semiotically design the semiotic space and movement of translation, as such they enable a translation potential to turn itself into a translated actual, in the overall translational semiotic activity system and process. This study thus challenges most of the mainstream views currently held within translation studies. -- To achieve its objective, and in reference to the overall theory of translational semiotic communication proposed, this study presents the following areas of enquiry and discussion: translation potentiality, translational semiotic, transtextual (translinguistic/transnonlinguistic) semiotic, transcontextual semiotic, translational relevance, translinguistic typology, transdien(ic) semiotic, and translational analysis and application. Readers may find unfamiliar technical terms employed in this study. -- It is hoped that whatever may have been achieved in this study can be seen as a useful contribution to further development of the current translation studies.
Counter anion effect on structural, opto-electronic and charge transport properties of fused π-conjugated imidazolium compound
Creators: name: M. Vinodha
name: K. Senthilkumar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The structure–activity relationship of fused π-conjugated imidazolium cation with three counter anion molecules, BF4−, CF3SO3− and (CF3SO2)2N−, was studied using electronic structure calculations. The structural, opto-electronic and charge transport properties of these complexes were studied. The charge transfer from π-conjugated imidazolium(I) to counter anion was confirmed in all the studied complexes. Interaction energy varies significantly depending on the counter anion and the stability was found higher for I-BF4 complex than both I–CF3SO3 and I–(CF3SO2)2N complexes. The strong (C–H)+···F− hydrogen bond of length 1.95 Å between fused π-conjugated imidazolium and BF−4 anion is the driving force for the strongest interaction energy in I–BF4 complex. The energy decomposition analysis confirms that the interaction between imidazolium and counter anion is mainly driven by electrostatic and orbital interaction. It has been observed that the absorption spectra of the complex are independent of anion nature but the influence of anion character is observed on frontier molecular orbital pattern. The charge transport property of I–BF4 complex was studied by using tight-binding Hamiltonian approach and found that the hole mobility in I–BF4 is 1.13 × 10−4 cm2 V−1 s−1.
Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of the reaction between biological catecholamines and chlorinated methylperoxy radicals
Creators: name: Dušan S. Dimić
name: Milenković, Dejan A.
name: Marković, Jasmina M. Dimitrić
name: Marković, Zoran S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The antiradical potency of catecholamines (dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, L-DOPA), metabolites of dopamine (homovanillic acid, 3-methoxytyramine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid) and catechol towards substituted methylperoxy radicals is investigated. The thermodynamic parameters, together with the kinetic approach, are used to determine the most probable mechanism of action. The natural bond orbital and quantum theory of atoms in molecules are utilised to explain the highest reactivity of trichloromethylperoxy radical. The preferred mechanism is dependent both on the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters . The number of chlorine atoms on radical, the presence of intra-molecular hydrogen bond and number of hydroxy groups attached to the aromatic ring significantly influence the mechanism. The results suggest that sequential proton loss electron transfer (SPLET) is the most probable for reaction with methylperoxy and hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) for reaction with trichloromethylperoxy radicals, with a gradual transition between SPLET and HAT for other two radicals. Due to the significant deprotonation of molecules containing the carboxyl group, the respective anions are also investigated. The HAT and SPLET mechanisms are highly competitive in reaction with MP radical, while the dominant mechanism towards chlorinated radicals is HAT. The reactions in methanol and benzene are also discussed.
Post-partum pelvic floor dysfunction assessed on 3D rotational ultrasound: a prospective study on women with first- and second-degree perineal tears and episiotomy
Creators: name: Leombroni, Martina
name: Buca, Danilo
name: Liberati, Marco
name: Falò, Eleonora
name: Rizzo, Giuseppe
name: Khalil, Asma
name: Manzoli, Lamberto
name: Flacco, Maria Elena
name: Santarelli, Alessandro
name: Makatsariya, Alexander
name: Frondaroli, Franco
name: D’Antonio, Francesco
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Purpose: To evaluate the morphology and biometry of pelvic floor structures 3 months after birth in women experiencing first- or second-degree perineal tears or undergoing episiotomy during labor. Material and methods: Prospective observational study including nulliparous women delivering at term with a clinical diagnosis of first- or second-degree perineal tears after birth or undergoing episiotomy. The role of Kristeller maneuver during labor in affecting pelvic structure and function is also explored. All women underwent 2D trans-perineal and 3D endovaginal or endoanal ultrasound 3 months after birth. Results: 115 women assessed 3 months after delivery were enrolled in the study. Compared with controls, women who experienced first-degree perineal tears had higher bladder neck-symphysis (versus 20.9 ± 4.9 versus 16.1 ± 4.9 mm, p = .017), bladder wall-pubic symphysis (22.4 ± 7.4 versus 14.2 ± 9.5 mm, p = .02) and anorectal angle-symphysis distance (12.5 ± 4.7 versus 9.3 ± 4.3 mm, p = .018). Furthermore, they have thicker internal and external anal sphincter. The incidence of partial right and left pubo-rectalis muscle avulsion was higher in women experiencing first-degree vaginal tear during labor (16.2 versus 0%, p = .004 for both). In women affected by second-degree tears, the occurrence of partial avulsion of the right and left pubo-rectalis muscle was 16.2%, while Oasis was detected in 10.8% of the cases. Women receiving Kristeller maneuver during labor had a higher incidence of either right or left puborectalis muscle avulsion. Conclusion: Women who had either first- and second-degree perineal tears or episiotomy show signs of abnormal pelvic morphometry on 3D rotational ultrasound 3 months after birth.
Additional file 1 of Association of marital status with cognitive function in Chinese hypertensive patients: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Shen, Si
name: Cheng, Jianduan
name: Li, Junpei
name: Xie, Yanyou
name: Wang, Li
name: Zhou, Xinlei
name: Zhou, Wei
name: Zhu, Lingjuan
name: Wang, Tao
name: Tu, Jianglong
name: Bao, Huihui
name: Cheng, Xiaoshu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1.
Can anisotropy in the galaxy distribution tell the bias?
Creators: name: Pandey, Biswajit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use information entropy to analyze the anisotropy in the mock galaxy catalogues from dark matter distribution and simulated biased galaxy distributions from $Λ$CDM N-body simulation. We show that one can recover the linear bias parameter of the simulated galaxy distributions by comparing the radial, polar and azimuthal anisotropies in the simulated galaxy distributions with that from the dark matter distribution. This method for determination of the linear bias requires only $O(N)$ operations as compared to $O(N^{2})$ or at least $O(N \log N)$ operations required for the methods based on the two-point correlation function and the power spectrum. We apply this method to determine the linear bias parameter for the galaxies in the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) and find that the 2MRS galaxies in the $K_{s}$ band have a linear bias of $\sim 1.3$.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Qualidade sanitária e fisiológica de sementes de soja (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) tratadas com peróxido de hidrogénio
Creators: name: Medeiros, José George Ferreira
name: Araujo Neto, Aderson Costa
name: Da Silva, Manoel Gustavo Neto
name: Da Silva, José Vinicius Bezerra
name: Inô, Claudiney Felipe Almeida
Publisher: name: Revista de Ciências Agrárias
Year: 2020

description: Os fungos são os principais microrganismos associados às sementes de soja (Glycine max L.), podendo causar patologias tanto na fase de campo, como também na pós-colheita e durante o armazenamento. O peróxido de hidrogênio (H2O2) é um eficiente oxidante de comprovada atividade antimicrobiana contra agentes fitopatogênicos, sobretudo, associados a sementes. Dessa forma, objetivou-se avaliar a influência do peróxido de hidrogênio sobre a qualidade sanitária e fisiológica de sementes de soja. As sementes utilizadas foram da cultivar FTS ATHENA RR, as quais foram submetidas aos seguintes tratamentos: testemunha (sementes não tratadas); fungicida comercial (dicarboximida) e os tratamentos com peróxido de hidrogênio nas concentrações de 0,5; 1,0; 1,5; 2,0; 4,0; 6,0; 8,0 e 10,0% por cinco minutos de imersão. Após os tratamentos, as sementes foram submetidas aos testes de sanidade e emergência em delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado. O tratamento com peróxido de hidrogênio nas concentrações de 2,0; 4,0; 6,0; 8,0 e 10,0% proporcionou eficiente redução da incidência da micoflora associada às sementes (Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Penicillium sp., Fusarium sp., Colletotrichum sp., Cercospora sp. e Rhizoctonia sp.) e influenciou positivamente a emergência e o crescimento inicial das plântulas de soja.
description: Revista de Ciências Agrárias, Vol. 42 No. 4 (2019)
Magnetic field gradient effects on the magnetorotational instability
Creators: name: Dogan, Suzan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The magnetorotational instability (MRI), also known as the Balbus -- Hawley instability, is thought to have an important role on the initiation of turbulence and angular momentum transport in accretion discs. In this work, we investigate the effect of the magnetic field gradient in the azimuthal direction on MRI. We solve the magnetohydrodynamic equations by including the azimuthal component of the field gradient. We find the dispersion relation and calculate the growth rates of the instability numerically. The inclusion of the azimuthal magnetic field gradient produces a new unstable region on wavenumber space. It also modifies the growth rate and the wavelength range of the unstable mode: the higher the magnitude of the field gradient, the greater the growth rate and the wider the unstable wavenumber range. Such a gradient in the magnetic field may be important in T Tauri discs where the stellar magnetic field has an axis which is misaligned with respect to the rotation axis of the disc.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in AN
Additional file 7 of Deletion of Abi3/Gngt2 influences age-progressive amyloid β and tau pathologies in distinctive ways
Creators: name: Ibanez, Kristen R.
name: McFarland, Karen N.
name: Phillips, Jennifer
name: Allen, Mariet
name: Lessard, Christian B.
name: Zobel, Lillian
name: De La Cruz, Elsa Gonzalez
name: Shah, Shivani
name: Vo, Quan
name: Wang, Xue
name: Quicksall, Zachary
name: Ryu, Daniel
name: Funk, Cory
name: Ertekin-Taner, Nilüfer
name: Prokop, Stefan
name: Golde, Todd E.
name: Chakrabarty, Paramita
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 7: Fig. S3. Hub genes from WGCNA modules identified in 3 month old Abi3-Gngt2−/− mice. a. Volcano plot and table of altered genes representing DEG in 3 month old heterozygous Abi3-Gngt2+/−vs WT Abi3-Gngt2+/+mice. FC, fold change; padj, adjusted pvalue. b-d. WGCNA module membership is plotted against gene connectivity (kWithin) for genes identified within modules significantly correlated with Abi3-Gngt2 genotype and glial burden traits in Abi3-Gngt2−/−mice. Accompanying table shows top hub genes (as ranked by kWithin values) identified in each co-expression WGCNA modules of 3 month old Abi3-Gngt2−/−mice relative to Abi3-Gngt2+/+ mice. The module members of antiquewhite2, coral2 and mediumpurple2 modules are shown. Module statistics are denoted by: kWithin, extent of gene connectivity within the module; MM, module membership value (of gene to module); GS, gene significance value to specific experimental trait. e. The overlap of genes within WGCNA modules with genes previously identified in AD-associated microglial and astrocytic subtypes is expressed as odds ratio value. The different cell signatures are: neurotoxic A1 and neurotrophic A2 astrocyte [38]; PIG network [21]; DAM [25]; MGnD and homeostatic microglia [24]. Higher odds ratio (warmer color) denotes higher correlation. All p values are adjusted for multiple testing. Grey boxes indicate non-significant odds ratio values. f. Genes within WGCNA modules associated with known KEGG pathways based on over-representation of enriched genes in Abi3-Gngt2−/−mice (relative to Abi3-Gngt2+/+) is depicted in a bubble plot. Pathways with an over-represented p-value ≤ 0.05, the number of module genes within the pathway >5 and an enrichment score >1.5 are depicted. The bubble plot is colored by p-value (blue color; higher p value is indicated by deeper blue hues) and sized by the enrichment score (circle diameter). N=4 mice (2 male, 2 female) per cohort.
Physiological functions of multidrug efflux pumps in the nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii
Creators: name: Naidu, Varsha
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The success of A. baumannii as a pathogen may be attributed to its broad resistance capabilities, and its ability to persist in the clinical setting and infect new hosts. Multidrug efflux pumps may play important roles in each of these factors. The role of multidrug efflux pumps in conferring resistance to antibiotics is of clinical relevance and has been well studied. However it is becoming increasingly apparent that these efflux pumps may have physiological roles such as colonisation of the bacterium in hosts; maintaining cellular homeostasis by mediating extrusion of endogenous polyamines and playing a role in cell-to-cell signalling which ultimately controls biofilm formation.To determine if multidrug efflux pumps have physiological roles in biofilm formation and resistance to host produced factors a mutant library from strain AB5075-UW was screened. Disruption of several chromosomally encoded efflux pump genes resulted in either significantly higher or lower biofilm formation. Efflux pumps which showed significant differences in biofilm were screened for polyamine transport. It was found that MATE efflux pump mutant ABUW_0109-152::T26, which displayed a loss of biofilm formation, was sensitive to the polyamine spermine. Therefore, spermine may be a native substrate of this efflux pump and play a role in biofilm regulation.
Effect of HEH[EHP] impurities on the ALSEP solvent extraction process
Creators: name: Holfeltz, Vanessa E
name: Campbell, Emily L.
name: Peterman, Dean R.
name: Standaert, Robert F.
name: Paulenova, Alena
name: Lumetta, Gregg J.
name: Levitskaia, Tatiana G
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
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: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In solvent extraction processes, organic phase impurities can negatively impact separation factors, hydrolytic performance, and overall system robustness. The resulting inconsistent performance can affect the process-level viability of a separation concept, and thus knowledge of the impurities present, their effects on the process, and how to remove them are vital. Deleterious impurities may be introduced into a system from reagent synthesis, or result from degradation via radiolysis and hydrolysis during use. In this work, the acidic extractant, 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (HEH[EHP])—proposed for application in extractive processes aimed at separating trivalent minor actinides from lanthanides and other fission products—is characterized with respect to its common impurities and their impact on Am(III) stripping in the Actinide Lanthanide SEParation (ALSEP) system. To control impurities in HEH[EHP], existing purification technologies commonly applied for the acidic organophosphorus reagent were assessed and a new chromatographic purification method specific to HEH[EHP] is presented.
Narrating 'Katyń': (re)membering the event through myth, memory and justice
Creators: name: Fredericks, Vanessa
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: "This thesis offers a critique of narrative structure via an analysis of Polish WWII narratives of history, with a specific focus on the Katyń massacre. The word 'Katyń' has come to represent the massacre of around 22,000 Polish citizens who, under Stalin's orders, were executed and buried in mass graves during the Second World War. The first of the mass graves were discovered in 1943 by German soldiers in the Katyń Forest. The German government publicly announced the discovery of the graves and accused the Soviets of mass murder. The Soviet government denied responsibility for the massacre and retaliated by accusing the Germans of committing the crime. Successive Soviet governments maintained the narrative of German guilt, until documents that proved Soviet involvement were released under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990. Katyń has become the source of much tension between Russian and Poland. This is evident in narratives on Katyń which are marked by a complex interplay of competing national myths, narratives of national identity, collective memories, conflicting histories, definitions of 'truth', and interpretations of justice and reconciliation. These narratives are the key focus of this thesis. My interest in these narratives is not motivated by an attempt to legitimate any one particular narrative or to uncover 'truths' within them. Drawing on poststructuralist theorists Michel Foucault, Jean-François Lyotard, and Jacques Derrida, this thesis proposes a critique of the tendency inherent in narrative structure to promote a particular version of events and present this as absolute 'truth'. I aim to locate these narratives within the particular contexts that they are constructed in order to identify the discourses that inform them and the meanings that are (re)produced." -- Abstract
Nonperturbative Casimir effect and monopoles: compact Abelian gauge theory in two spatial dimensions
Creators: name: Chernodub, M. N.
name: Goy, V. A.
name: Molochkov, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that Casimir forces associated with zero-point fluctuations of quantum vacuum may be substantially affected by the presence of dynamical topological defects. In order to illustrate this nonperturbative effect we study the Casimir interactions between dielectric wires in a compact formulation of Abelian gauge theory in two spatial dimensions. The model possesses topological defects, instanton-like monopoles, which are known to be responsible for nonperturbative generation of a mass gap and for a linear confinement of electrically charged probes. Despite the model has no matter fields, the Casimir energy depends on the value of the gauge coupling constant. We show, both analytically and numerically, that in the strong coupling regime the Abelian monopoles make the Casimir forces short-ranged. Simultaneously, their presence increases the interaction strength between the wires at short distances for certain range of values of the gauge coupling. The wires suppress monopole density in the space between them compared to the density outside the wires. In the weak coupling regime the monopoles become dilute and the Casimir potential reduces to a known theoretical result which does not depend on the gauge coupling.
description: 19 pages, 12 figures
Additional file 3 of Deletion of Abi3/Gngt2 influences age-progressive amyloid β and tau pathologies in distinctive ways
Creators: name: Ibanez, Kristen R.
name: McFarland, Karen N.
name: Phillips, Jennifer
name: Allen, Mariet
name: Lessard, Christian B.
name: Zobel, Lillian
name: De La Cruz, Elsa Gonzalez
name: Shah, Shivani
name: Vo, Quan
name: Wang, Xue
name: Quicksall, Zachary
name: Ryu, Daniel
name: Funk, Cory
name: Ertekin-Taner, Nilüfer
name: Prokop, Stefan
name: Golde, Todd E.
name: Chakrabarty, Paramita
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 3: Table S3. Normalized RNA levels (FKPM values) of Abi3 and Gngt2 from rTg4510 mice at various ages.
The happiness distribution: an exploratory analysis of eight European countries
Creators: name: Sambyal, Mahak B.
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Since the 1970s the Economics of Happiness literature has grown rapidly. Most of its focus has been on determinants of happiness, including relative and absolute incomes, inequality, social capital, and macroeconomic policies. However, the question of the distribution of happiness has also received some attention. In addition to developing appropriate measures of happiness, it is argued that understanding its distributional aspects is important to assist in developing holistic measures of well-being. A great deal remains to be studied in this domain, particularly in understanding happiness inequality both within and across societies. Predominantly, the application of cardinal variability measures to assess ordinal happiness scores has rendered problematic the conclusions of many prior empirical studies of happiness inequality. Allison and Foster (2004) recommend using a median-centred technique based on a ‘dominance approach’ to evaluate the distribution of categorical data. Dutta and Foster (2013) have recently applied this method to examine the distribution of happiness in the United States (U.S.) from 1972 to 2010. The current research takes the Dutta–Foster approach to an exploration of the distribution of happiness over the past four decades (i.e. 1975-2013) in eight European countries using the rich dataset provided in the Eurobarometer (European Commission, 2014). Complete and unambiguous rankings for happiness inequality and mean happiness are obtained using S-dominance and F-dominance criteria. Happiness inequality indices are estimated using the measures developed by Allison and Foster (2004) and Abul Naga and Yalchin (2008). Consistent with Dutta and Foster’s (2013) findings for the U.S., the dominance results obtained for European countries are robust to various scale and subjective weight transformations. Overall, in terms of average happiness, 1980s appears to be the decade with lowest mean happiness for majority of the countries in our sample, with happiness levels rising in recent decades. Moreover, for most countries, a period of rise in mean happiness seems to correspond with a decline in happiness inequality. Contrary to the materialistic and social comparison theories of happiness, which postulate a trade-off between the level and inequality of happiness, this finding indicates that an egalitarian policy targeted at reducing happiness disparities may in fact complement a utilitarian policy focused on enhancing mean happiness levels.
z~2: An Epoch of Disk Assembly
Creators: name: Simons, Raymond C.
name: Kassin, Susan A.
name: Weiner, Benjamin J.
name: Faber, Sandra M.
name: Trump, Jonathan R.
name: Heckman, Timothy M.
name: Koo, David C.
name: Pacifici, Camilla
name: Primack, Joel R.
name: Snyder, Gregory F.
name: de la Vega, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the evolution of the internal gas kinematics of star-forming galaxies from the peak of cosmic star-formation at $z\sim2$ to today. Measurements of galaxy rotation velocity $V_{rot}$, which quantify ordered motions, and gas velocity dispersion $σ_g$, which quantify disordered motions, are adopted from the DEEP2 and SIGMA surveys. This sample covers a continuous baseline in redshift from $z=2.5$ to $z=0.1$, spanning 10 Gyrs. At low redshift, nearly all sufficiently massive star-forming galaxies are rotationally supported ($V_{rot}>σ_g$). By $z=2$, the percentage of galaxies with rotational support has declined to 50$\%$ at low stellar mass ($10^{9}-10^{10}\,M_{\odot}$) and 70$\%$ at high stellar mass ($10^{10}-10^{11}M_{\odot}$). For $V_{rot}\,>\,3\,σ_g$, the percentage drops below 35$\%$ for all masses. From $z\,=\,2$ to now, galaxies exhibit remarkably smooth kinematic evolution on average. All galaxies tend towards rotational support with time, and it is reached earlier in higher mass systems. This is mostly due to an average decline in $σ_g$ by a factor of 3 since a redshift of 2, which is independent of mass. Over the same time period, $V_{rot}$ increases by a factor of 1.5 for low mass systems, but does not evolve for high mass systems. These trends in $V_{rot}$ and $σ_g$ with time are at a fixed stellar mass and should not be interpreted as evolutionary tracks for galaxy populations. When galaxy populations are linked in time with abundance matching, not only does $σ_g$ decline with time as before, but $V_{rot}$ strongly increases with time for all galaxy masses. This enhances the evolution in $V_{rot}/σ_g$. These results indicate that $z\,=\,2$ is a period of disk assembly, during which the strong rotational support present in today's massive disk galaxies is only just beginning to emerge.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures, submitted to ApJ
Mobile WiFi-calling feature and algorithms
Creators: name: Alsaihan, Ali
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The increasing demand in mobile broadband services urged communication system operators to take advantage of small cells and the frequency reuse factor of one in 4G LTE. However, a key problem is the weak coverage of cellular networks within indoor places. On the other hand, wireless local area networks (WLAN), which have become increasingly popular over recent years, cover most of the interior areas in residential and commercial areas, as well as shopping malls. However, the problem of performance degradation when transitioning between open areas where cellular networks have coverage and indoor places where WiFi access points (AP) provide better connectivity, is of paramount importance to be tackled. The technology which allows seamless transition between WLAN and cellular networks is referred to as vertical hando. Vertical handover is the automatic fall-over (or switch) between two technologies aiming to maintain communication. However, the hando requires a certain amount of time to be implemented, which might result in temporary disconnection of the communication link, which results in call dropping. One way to alleviate the issue is to add a hand-o trigger node (HTN) which helps the mobile station to initiate vertical hando prior to reaching the WLAN coverage border. This way, the mobile station will have ample time to accomplish vertical hando before WiFi coverage is lost. This report outlines the background concept of vertical handover and presents the HTN methodology as a practical solution for seamless transition between WLAN and cellular networks. MATLAB simulations are presented to validate the efficacy of the proposed method.
Additional file 2 of Genome-wide identification and characterization of GATA family genes in wheat
Creators: name: Feng, Xue
name: Yu, Qian
name: Zeng, Jianbin
name: He, Xiaoyan
name: Liu, Wenxing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2.