cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Robust and adaptive control strategies for closed-loop climate engineering
Creators: name: Bonetti, Federica
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Climate engineering, climate change, control theory, Solar Radiation Management, space mirror, solar sails, Lyapunov stability.

description: Climate engineering aims to offset human-driven climate change through engineering interventions. This thesis focuses on the deployment of Solar Radiation Management (SRM) methods which aim to counteract radiative forcing generated by the concentration of atmospheric CO2. The climate system is investigated as a closed-loop control problem with uncertainties in its dynamics mitigated by robust and adaptive control strategies. Indeed, an adaptive controller for climate engineering is presented for the first time in a multi-variable control scheme. A low order three-box energy model is developed for the climate system to investigate such adaptive control strategies. Climate engineering measures are then deployed in 3 boxes, thus representing northern, southern and central (equatorial) bands. It is demonstrated that, through the on-line estimation of the controller parameters, adaptive control can overcome key-issues related to uncertainties of the climate model, external radiative forcing and actuator dynamics. The use of adaptive control provides a robust means of dealing with unforeseeable abrupt perturbations and the parametrisation of the model considered, while still providing bounds on stability and control performance. Importantly, the convergence of the controller is guaranteed through the Lyapunov stability criterion. Moreover, an analytical model describing the main latitudinal dynamics of the Earth’s climate with closed-loop control has been developed. This model has analytical solution and allows for quick evaluations of non-uniform climate engineering strategies. Multi-objective analyses are considered and analytical expressions for control laws with latitudinal resolution are obtained in several scenarios. Results are broadly comparable with the literature, demonstrating model’s utility in rapidly assessing climate engineering controls laws. Using the PDE model, ice line dynamics are investigated and a Lyapunov stability analysis is employed to estimate the maximum insolation reduction before the current climate falls into an ice-covered state. This provides an extreme operational boundary for future climate engineering ventures. Finally, the PDE model is employed to investigate strategies involving the deployment of space shields. The grade of obscuration provided at each latitude is estimated and an optimization process performed in order to minimize the shield size and to find the ideal orbit to counteract 2xCO2 concentration.
Additional file 6: of Nanog induced intermediate state in regulating stem cell differentiation and reprogramming
Creators: name: Yu, Peijia
name: Nie, Qing
name: Tang, Chao
name: Zhang, Lei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Space Science
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Medicine
Cell Biology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology

description: Figure S5. The MAP of the reprogramming process in the WT model. The MAP (white curve) starting from the ME differentiated state (the blue point) to the pluripotent state (the green point) is different from that of differentiation process (Fig.Â 3A). The green dotted line is the ODE trajectory to compare with the MAP. (PDF 3338Â kb)
Technology Enhanced Learning Survey
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: Surrounded as we are by technologies, in almost every aspect of our lives, it is important that we are able to make sensible decisions about what works and what doesn’t work, about what facilitates and what encumbers and, importantly, about what inspires and encourages learning and creativity. This survey provides invaluable information about the current state of play in our institutions of higher education.
Learning Resources and Open Access in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: This report provides a considered account of some of the key issues which influence the sharing of open educational resources. These include questions of awareness and understanding of open educational resources at individual as well as institutional level, and the value placed on openness as a positive incentive for academic engagement. Acknowledging the complex interplay between these factors, the study suggests important practical steps to take forward OER engagement, including: awareness raising; professional development for academic staff; capturing excellent OERs and continuing relevant and targeted research to support particular OER initiatives.
Mapping professional development pathways for those who teach in Irish higher education: Where are we now and where do we want to go?
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: The National Forum has launched a consultation on proposals for the establishment and management of a professional development framework for those who teach in Irish higher education. The following consultation documents have been written to support this process.
title: Blood cyst of the mitral valve
Creators: name: Kulkarni, Amol Anil
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cardiovascular
subject: Cardiac
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: MR
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 65-year-old male without any comorbidities suffered an embolic neurological stroke 4 months back. 2D Echocardiography performed at the time of the event revealed a cystic mass over the mitral valve, no patent foramen ovale identified. Blood cultures were negative, leucocyte counts were normal, C-Reactive protein level was normal.  Carotid and lower limb venous doppler showed no significant disease. There was no history of prior cardiac imaging or interventions. Thus the cardiac mass was the presumed aetiology for the embolic stroke. He was managed conservatively with dual antiplatelet therapy and is currently referred for MR evaluation of cardiac mass.

description: 65 years, male
Additional file 7: of Nanog induced intermediate state in regulating stem cell differentiation and reprogramming
Creators: name: Yu, Peijia
name: Nie, Qing
name: Tang, Chao
name: Zhang, Lei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biophysics
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Cancer
Computational Biology

description: Figure S6. Three different strategies of reprogramming demonstrate additional Nanog activation is necessary to maintain the high Nanog level and promote the efficient cell reprogramming. (A-C) Strategy by of activating Oct4 and repressing MEs. (A) C0 = I m  = 0.3; (B) C0 = I m  = 0.5; (C) C0 = I m  = C n  = 0.5; (D-F) Strategy of activating Sox2 and ECTs. (D) C m  = 0.3, C s  = 0.06; (E) C m  = 0.5, C S  = 0.1; (F) C m  = 0.5, C S  = 0.1, C n  = 0.5; (G-H) Strategy of activating MEs and ECTs. (G) C m  = C e  = 0.3; (H) C m  = C e  = C n  = 0.3. (PDF 2322 kb)
Teaching and Learning in Irish Education: A Roadmap for Enhancement in a Digital World 2015-2017
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: One of the key goals of the National Forum is, via wide consultation, to create a digital roadmap to help to guide institutions and organisations in the development of local and national digital strategies and to ensure alignment, coherence and a sense of common endeavour at a sectoral level.This document is designed to inform and guide senior managers, heads of department, schools or faculties and leaders within the higher education sector. It focuses also on systems-level higher education organisations, as well as representative organisations within the sector which together must take the lead in building digital capacity to enhance teaching and learning across the sector. The roadmap identifies the key priorities for change and provides an informed framework for supporting organisations in addressing these priorities.
Mapping Existing Research Output Focused on Higher Education Teaching and Learning in Ireland 1990-2015
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: This project, a systematic review of teaching and learning research in Irish higher education and marks the first study of its kind nationally. Using a recognised analytical framework (Tight, 2012) it analyses the key features and themes of teaching and learning research in Ireland. It provides an excellent overview of the Irish teaching and learning research field, including key areas of inquiry and key contributing disciplines and institutions. As a result, it offers enormous potential to future researchers and institutions by identifying areas which may be under-researched and directing attention towards those areas of research which could offer rich insights on matters of learning impact.
Additional file 1: of The PhyR homolog RSP_1274 of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is involved in defense of membrane stress and has a moderate effect on RpoE (RSP_1092) activity
Creators: name: Li, Qingfeng
name: Peng, Tao
name: Klug, Gabriele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Strains and plasmids (Table S1), Oligodeoxynucleotides (Table S2) used in this study. (PDF 163 kb)
Why Students Leave: Findings From Qualitative Research Into Student Non-completion In Higher Education In Ireland
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: This project reports on a systematic survey of existing qualitative data on student non-completion gathered by 16 Irish higher education institutions, including Universities, Institutes of Technology and HECA Colleges. The findings of the current qualitative study identified five core themes which are significant in terms of student non-completion: course, personal, financial, medical/health and family. Of these five, course was the strongest influencing factor. Importantly the study calls for a more positive interpretation of non-completion as part of the wider context of students’ career and programme plans. It also suggests that developing systematic and standardised institutional approaches to qualitative data gathering on students who leave will help enhance institutional and policy responses for the future. This study also helps to inform the forthcoming HEA Report 2015 A Study of Progression in Irish Higher Education Institutions 2012/13 2013/14, a quantitative analysis.
What drives some American Muslims to support Republicans?
Creators: name: Soliman, Adam Y.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2021

description: What drives some American Muslims to support the Republican Party? Recent research and polling information suggests that a significant portion of this religious community supports a political faction that is often perceived to be anti-Muslim; this may be impacted by factors such as income and race. The author hypothesized that identity with racial groups that are often considered "white" would most impact Muslim support for the GOP. Using polling data from a nationally-representative sample of Muslim Americans, the researcher studied Muslims who supported Republicans. He operationalized the dependent variable using logit models to measure affiliation with the GOP and support for Donald Trump in 2016. The independent variables tested were: White identity, Arab identity, mosque attendance, religious identity, income, education, and gender (female). There were positive correlations between White and Arab identity and backing the GOP, and negative associations among females and support for the Republicans. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Additional file 2: of The PhyR homolog RSP_1274 of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is involved in defense of membrane stress and has a moderate effect on RpoE (RSP_1092) activity
Creators: name: Li, Qingfeng
name: Peng, Tao
name: Klug, Gabriele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Schematic representation and RNA-seq read coverage of the phyR operon in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Blue: Read coverage of the phyR operon in R. sphaeroides visualized by the Integrated Genome Browser. Black: Genes are represented by black boxes. The direction of the arrow indicates the direction of transcription. (PDF 66 kb)
Extent and Costs of Using Chemicals in Cotton Production, Selected Areas, 1961
Creators: name: Langsford, E. L.
name: Langsford, E. L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1964
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management
Production Economics

description: Excerpts from the report: Insecticides, fertilizer, herbicides, and defoliants are becoming increasingly important in producing cotton in the United States. To aid in determining the extent cotton growers use these chemicals, and the costs, the Economic Research Service conducted a survey in the summer of 1962. Information on practices used in 1961 was collected from about 2,200 farmers in 15 areas where boll weevils caused significant damage. Totals and averages for all areas as well as data for each area are presented. The major purposes of this survey were: (1) To determine, for selected areas, the proportion of the cotton acreage on which insect control practices were used and to ascertain the kind and quantity of materials used, the method of application, and to develop estimates of costs of insecticides and their application; (2) to obtain similar information for pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicides, defoliants, and fertilizer.
Additional file 3: of The PhyR homolog RSP_1274 of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is involved in defense of membrane stress and has a moderate effect on RpoE (RSP_1092) activity
Creators: name: Li, Qingfeng
name: Peng, Tao
name: Klug, Gabriele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Growth of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides wild type 2.4.1 and various mutant strains after heat shock. Cultures were grown at 32 °C to exponential phase in microaerobic conditions and diluted to OD660 of 0.1. For each strain 5 μl of diluted culture were spread on agar plates and incubated under the indicated temperature in the dark. The agar plates incubated at 42 °C were shifted to 32 °C after 24 h. (PDF 791 kb)
Additional file 4: of The PhyR homolog RSP_1274 of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is involved in defense of membrane stress and has a moderate effect on RpoE (RSP_1092) activity
Creators: name: Li, Qingfeng
name: Peng, Tao
name: Klug, Gabriele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Spot survival assays for R. sphaeroides and phyR mutant after membrane stress. All strains were cultured to an OD660 of 0.5 in microaerobic condition. 5 μl from consecutive 10-fold dilutions were spotted onto agar plates before and after 15 and 30 min of SDS (0.015%) and EDTA (30 mM) treatment(A) or after 30 and 60 min of ethanol (12%) treatment. (PDF 1323 kb)
Additional file 5: of The PhyR homolog RSP_1274 of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is involved in defense of membrane stress and has a moderate effect on RpoE (RSP_1092) activity
Creators: name: Li, Qingfeng
name: Peng, Tao
name: Klug, Gabriele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Northern blot analysis of Pos19. Cultures were treated with t-BOOH and samples taken at time point 0 and 7Â min. Pos19 bands were normalized to the 5S rRNA and the calculated fold change is indicated. (PDF 669 kb)
title: FloodRisk: Earthquakes, uplift, and long-term liabilities – risk minimisation during mine flooding
Creators: name:  Quandt ,   Dennis
name:  Alber ,   Michael
name:  Allgaier ,   Felix
name:  Busch ,   Benjamin
name:  Markus ,   Even
name:  Fischer ,   Kasper
name:  Friederich ,   Wolfgang
name:  Greve ,   Jonas
name:  Knaak ,   Mathias
name:  Müller ,   Birgit
name:  Niederhuber ,   Thomas
name:  Rettenmaier ,   Detlev
name:  Rische ,   Martina
name:  Röckel ,   Thomas
name:  Schilling ,   Frank
name:  Schröder ,   Daniel
name:  Ukelis ,   Olaf
name:  Westerhaus ,   Malte
name:  Zorn ,   Roman
name:  Busch ,   Benjamin
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Due to the cessation of coal mining in Germany, mine water management in the former coal districts is subject to change and of environmental and economic significance. Since there is no technical need to drain the abandoned coal mines, mine water levels rise. As a result, subsurface rock pore pressures rise changing the subsurface effective stress regime. This may induce local ground movements and activate mining-related and natural fault zones. In order to develop a better understanding of the processes and their interaction, FloodRisk applies an interdisciplinary approach involving geological, geomechanical, geodetic, and geophysical methods. For this purpose, former German coal districts in the Saarland, Ruhr area, and Ibbenbüren serve as suitable study areas. Based on a geological 3D subsurface model complemented by petrophysical (porosity and permeability) and structural data (fracture network characterization), geomechanical properties such as slip and dilation tendencies of faults were calculated. These data give insights into the expected fault behaviour under assumed stress conditions and provide a basis for the localisation of suitable areas for soil gas measurements (222Rn, 220Rn, CO2, O2, H2, S, CH4) using recently developed economic sensors. Simultaneously, seismic events and ground movements are continuously monitored using seismic network, GNSS, Nivellement, and InSAR data and subsequently compared with the evolution of mine water levels. These multidisciplinary observations will be combined in a conceptual model on flood-induced ground movements and seismicity. This enables the deduction of operations for future mine flooding and the establishment of an optimised reservoir management.
Effects of carbon nanotubes additions on flash ignition characteristics of Fe and Al nanoparticles
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
name: Liu, Yanxiong
name: Liu, Guannan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The influences of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) additions on the flash ignition characteristics of Iron (Fe) and aluminum (Al) nanoparticles (NPs) were presented. CNTs can be used as the additive to these metal nanoparticles for improving the flash ignition and burning processes. Different mass fractions of CNTs additions were considered. The mixture of Al and CNTs could combust in air with obvious giant flame, whereas the mixture of Fe and CNTs combusted under a relative stable condition with slight red light. The temperature distributions were measured using non-contact optical method and showed that Al NPs mixed with CNTs were burning at a higher temperature level than Fe NPs. Although different mass fractions of CNTs cannot significantly change the overall flash ignition phenomenon, CNTs additions influenced the minimum ignition energy (MIE) of mixtures. The appropriate content of CNTs addition can decrease the Fe NPs MIE significantly. However, the Al NPs MIE decreased all along with the increase of CNTs content. The micro- and nano- structures of Fe and Al NPs with CNTs additions before and after ignitions were examined by scanning electron microscope and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. It was found that the special thermal conductive characteristics of CNTs and the cross-connected features for metal particles with CNTs caused the enhancement of flash ignition.
title: Testicular haemangioma
Creators: name: Vandermeulen, Henri
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Uroradiology & genital male imaging
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: CT
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Haemangioma
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 38-year old male was referred for scrotal evaluation because of a newly detected nodule in the left testis during self-examination. Previous medical history includes multiple myeloma with radiotherapy of the right pubic ramus.

description: 38 years, male
title: Antigenic epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease: understanding the limitations of in-vitro vaccine matching for Malaysian strains
Creators: name: Binti Senawi, Jamaliah
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Antigenic, foot-and-mouth disease, vaccine matching, in-vitro.

description: Foot-and mouth disease (FMD) is highly transmissible between all cloven-hoofed animals and is considered a livestock disease of great importance due to its impact upon productivity and the trade restrictions. The aetiological agent is an RNA virus classified into seven serotypes: A, O, C, Asia 1, SAT 1, SAT 2 and SAT 3. Despite considerable global research efforts, serological in-vitro tests, such as virus neutralisation test (VNT) and liquid phase blocking ELISA (LPBE), are still the only methods for vaccine selection. Although, these assays are relatively simple to perform, they are known to be highly variable and the accuracy of the resulting relationship coefficient (r1-values) is often questioned. The overall aim of the thesis was to identify the source of variability that impacts the relationship coefficient (r1-values) and understand the limitations of the invitro vaccine-matching tests. Therefore, three main factors, thought to contribute to this variability, were investigated: (i) cellular, (ii) serological, and (iii) virus. The experimental design focused on the A/ASIA/Sea-97 lineage; a contemporary virus frequently detected in Southeast Asia that exhibits high antigenic variability in in-vitro vaccine matching tests. The impact of cell replication cycle on virus and neutralisation titres, reflect on the variability of vaccine-matching tests. Thus, it is recommended that fully confluent cells are used to reduce the variability. Further, the source of the variability in the vaccine-matching tests is also attributed to the low of day-to-day repeatability of the serological tests and the inherent differences between individual post vaccinal sera. Consequently, variability in in-vitro vaccine matching assays can be reduced by pooling sera from different animals and performing the tests for field and vaccine viruses simultaneously. Although, measuring different spectrum of antibodies, results obtained using VNT are more inconsistent than those of LPBE. The importance of FMDV antigen integrity on variability of in-vitro vaccine matching tests was shown to be multifactorial; even in related strains, viral capsid dissociates at different temperatures and the level of dissociated capsid particles varies in different viruses. Interestingly, the A-May-97 vaccine virus was found to be more unstable than the field strains. Field evaluation of post vaccination immune response in Peninsular Malaysia indicated that the vaccine used is effective and able to confer protection against the contemporary field virus, despite poor vaccine-matching results. In conclusion, the current serological tests can be useful indicators for vaccine selection; there are simple and affordable but the r1 values need further attention as well as improvement, and, ideally, should be linked to protection.
title: New methods for the stereoselective synthesis of fluorescent amino acids, natural products and biomolecules
Creators: name: Bell, Jonathan D.
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019

description: The stereoselective synthesis of fluorescent amino acids, biomolecules and natural products was achieved using a chiral pool strategy with α-amino acids. The use of L-aspartic acid gave access to a small library of enone derived amino acids via a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) reaction. Transformation of the enones via a number of steps gave a series of pyrazoloquinazoline derived amino acids. Due to the rigid structure of these amino acids, high quantum yields were observed. The lead compound from this series, a dimethylamino substituted pyrazoloquinazoline also displayed high excitation and emission wavelengths. It was found that this compound could be excited either by a one or a two-photon process. This amino acid was also incorporated into a short cell-penetrating pentapeptide in high yield, with no loss of fluorescence. A second series of fluorescent amino acids bearing benzotriazole side-chains was synthesised from L-asparagine in five steps. The conjugation of these was extended using a Suzuki-Miyaura reaction that led to a highly fluorescent 4-methoxyphenyl substituted analogue. This new chromophore was also rigidified using a copper-catalysed C-H insertion reaction, which yielded a new carbazole derived amino acid. The HWE reaction used in the first project was investigated as a new approach for bioconjugation. The aspartic acid derived phosphonate ester was coupled with alanine, and this model dipeptide was subjected to successful HWE reactions with various aldehydes, showing this as a possible new method for incorporating chromophores within peptides and proteins. Finally, L-aspartic acid was also used as a starting material to synthesis a small library of enones, using a HWE reaction. These were found to be excellent substrates for an acid-mediated 6-endo-trig¬¬ cyclisation for the stereoselective synthesis of a series of 2,6-dialkyl-4-oxopiperidines. This transformation was then used as the key step for the synthesis of the alkaloids, (+)-myrtine and (−)-solenopsin A.
Transition From Second Level And Further Education To Higher Education
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: This project is a case study of the experiences of students in the transition to higher education drawn from four higher education institutions, Trinity College Dublin, Limerick Institute of Technology, Mary Immaculate College and University of Limerick. The aims of the project were to review the ways in which students are best prepared to participate successfully in higher education and to make the transition from second and further education to a higher education learning context. The study involved a high level review of the literature relating to transitions internationally, as well as literature specific to the Irish higher education context. A survey of students was undertaken, which generated 1,579 responses and ten focus groups were conducted across the four institutions (pp19-23). It provides a valuable insight to the process of transition from students’ perspectives highlighting a number of areas for development as well as indicating good practices which are currently effective and should be extended further.
A Snapshot of Accredited Professional Development Provision in Irish Higher Education
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: The first of three snapshot reports arising from the professional development consultation: “Mapping professional development pathways for those who teach in higher education; Where are we now and where do we want to go?’.
This first Snapshot report presents an overview of the existing accredited professional development (APD) provision in Ireland. It documents the programmes that are on offer, outlines their level and associated credits. In addition a qualitative analysis has been completed on the programme and modular learning outcomes of all identified provision to determine the knowledge, skills and competency development currently incorporated into teaching and learning accredited programmes across the sector. The outcome of this analysis provides an excellent foundation for informing a national professional development framework. This first report comes in two parts. Part One profiles the different programmes identified including, level, associated ECTS credits, mode of delivery, recognition of prior learning (RPL), support offered to participants and numbers graduating from these programmes nationally. The report’s second part provides a qualitative analysis of (i) the programme objectives and (ii) the associated modular learning outcomes to identify the key aspects of the provision. Finally a comparison of the intended modular learning outcomes and the programme objectives is provided.
title: Liste de liens vers des textes ou entretiens de J. Leibowitch publiés sur des sites web
Creators: name: Leibowitch, Jacques
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: Source: http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/Calames-20193111135767410
description: created: start=1975;end=2018
title: Millimeter-wave and terahertz technology for integrated circuits
Creators: name: Benakaprasad, Bhavana
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Millimeter-wave, terahertz technology, terahertz antenna, on-chip antenna, integrated circuits, gallium nitride, low-resistivity silicon, Ohmic contact, couplers and power-dividers, array antenna, HFSS simulations, deep SiO2 etch, gold etch.

description: In recent years, there has been rapid growth in the use of millimeter-wave or Terahertz-wave frequencies for various applications like communication, imaging, medical sciences and space instrumentation. As the semiconductor processing technologies have enhanced from past years and with state of the art TMIC (Terahertz Monolithic Integrated Circuits) offering increased cut-off frequencies (>1 THz) of HEMT / HBT transistors, these applications have become even more feasible and can now be integrated onto a single chip for low cost and compact production. The work carried out in this thesis mainly deals with the development of passive structures such as transmission lines, antenna, couplers and power dividers, which are compatible to available TMIC processes using GaN on low resistivity silicon as a substrate. Techniques to reduce ohmic contact resistance for GaN HEMT technology was also investigated. To reduce losses caused by the substrate and to enhance performance of the integrated antenna at THz frequencies, passive structures were shielded using silicon nitride and metal, in addition to a layer of low dielectric material. Transmission lines were designed with operational frequencies up to 1 THz, in order to demonstrate losses presented by several dielectric mediums- air, BCB (Benzocyclobutene) and SiO2 (Silicon-dioxide). BCB and SiO2 were also investigated to evaluate antenna performance. For this, various types of antenna were designed - rectangular, circular, three variants of stack antenna (double rectangular, double circular, rectangular-circular), array antenna and stack array antenna. These designs were studied at two different frequencies, 300 and 650 GHz. Both simulated and measured results are presented, which show the importance of using low dielectric materials at THz frequencies. Other passive structures, such as couplers and power dividers were designed using the shielding technique mentioned above. Here, four different hybrid junction couplers (branch line, cascaded branch line, rat race, curved rat race) and one power divider (Wilkinson) were designed at three frequencies: 90, 300, and 650 GHz. The results presented by both antenna and couplers showed the viability of the shielding technique used. The optimisation of ohmic contact formation on AlGaN/GaN layers on LR Si has been studied by way of etching into the substrate under metal contacts. This investigation compared various etch patterns to standard, unetched, contacts. The depth of these patterns was varied to be above and below the substrates conductive channel and Ti/Al/Ni/Au metal schemes was used. A contact resistance below 0.3 Ω.mm was achieved using a grid etch pattern.
Additional file 1 of A randomized approach to speed up the analysis of large-scale read-count data in the application of CNV detection
Creators: name: Wang, WeiBo
name: Sun, Wei
name: Wang, Wei
name: Szatkiewicz, Jin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Proof of Theorem 1 and descriptions of the GLM+NB HMM model. (PDF 301 kb)
A Snapshot of International & National Disciplinary Initiatives for Enhancing Teaching & Learning
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: This report provides an overview of the activities of disciplinary and network groups and their approaches to the enhancement of teaching and learning arising from a series of Forum Partnership Dialogues. It also places these activities in the wider context of international practices for supporting disciplinary enhancement.
Teaching for Transitions: A Review of Teaching for Transitions Related Teaching and Learning Activity and Research
Creators: name: .. Nation Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning commissioned this study of scholarship that focuses on ‘Teaching for Transitions’, with particular reference to higher education in Ireland. An international element was included to allow some benchmarking with national scholarship. The question ‘how can this scholarship be more impactful on the practice of teachers in the higher education sector?’ was a key question of interest in the project. Part 1 of the study is reported here. It sets out early results and insights and makes recommendations based on investigations carried out between January and June 2015. It raises questions for further investigation.
Reaching Out: Why Students Leave Briefing Paper 2
Creators: name: .. Nation Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: During 2014/15 the Union of Students (USI) in Ireland, in partnership with the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, undertook a pilot research project to explore students’ experiences of higher education.
The National Forum has published a Briefing Paper on Non-Completion on ICT Programmes
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: This report is based on findings from a National Forum-funded research project on student non-completion on ICT programmes led by a team based at the University of Limerick.The Paper summarises international literature on student non-completion with a focus on students of ICT ; it outlines proven initiatives and pedagogic practices designed to tackle ICT student non-completion and it presents the results of exploratory case study research on ICT non-completion at the University of Limerick. It also includes further considerations arising specifically from the institutional case study as well as those arising more generally from the question of non-completion in the Irish context.
Description_of_Documentation
Creators: name: Verhage, Fabian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 50101 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 80110 Simulation and Modelling
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This text file lists the files which were published as supplementary material in the article Verhage, F.Y.F., Anten, N.P.R. & Sentelhas, P.C. Climatic Change (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-2068-z
Description_of_Documentation
Creators: name: Verhage, Fabian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 50101 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 80110 Simulation and Modelling
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This text file lists the files which were published as supplementary material the article Verhage et al. (2017) (still in process of submission).
THE RIGHT TO HAVE RIGHTS: THE PROTECTION OF HIV WORKERS
Creators: name: ANTONIO BAPTISTA GONCALVES
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: The democratic rule of law fights sexual discrimination, and the legislature has not remained inert on this matter over the years. The problem, however, resides in the cause and not in the consequence; that is, the solution lies not in creating rights for people with HIV, but through guaranteeing that HIV-positive people have the right to exercise their rights if exposed the illness as a basis in constitutional principles of equality and liberty in a society that can be characterized as open and pluralistic. Legal protection of HIV-positive employees, especially against discrimination, will be fully analyzed to consider protections against unjust discharges by prejudiced employers, abuse by disrepectful coworkers, and other measures necessary to secure a healthy and harmonious work environment, including reinstatement in case of discriminatory discharge as mandated by Law No. 9.029/95.
A Snapshot Of Non-accredited Continuing Professional Development For Those Who Teach In Irish Higher Education
Creators: name: :: National Forum For The Enhancement Of Teaching And Learning In Higher Education
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Education

description: This is the third of three snapshot reports arising from the professional development consultation document: Mapping Professional Development Pathways for those who Teach in Higher Education. The purpose of these report is to provide focused in-depth coverage of key topics; accredited, non-accredited and disciplinary engagement with professional development.The aim of this series of reports is to give readers the opportunity to delve selectively or comprehensively into the underpinning research and benchmarking activity that has informed the proposals and options outlined in the professional development consultation document. Based on structured data-gathering and analysis as well as active engagement with key personnel across the sector, these snapshot reports allow the current arrangements for professional development in Irish higher education to be described and interpreted further in the context of prevailing research literature. This report gives an overview of the non-accredited continuing professional development (CPD) activity currently delivered across the sector.
title: Portfolio of compositions
Creators: name: Beattie, Alison Margaret
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Composition, music, acoustic instruments, electronic soundscape, field recordings, spectralism, spectromorphology, beyond domain, cello, horn, flute, clarinet, chamber instruments, chaos theory, genetics, blending of acoustic instruments with field recordings.

description: This portfolio contains two works. The first, arising from equations describing chaotic systems, is a four-movement composition entitled Bifurcation of Nature. This is written for six amplified cellos, six amplified horns and field recordings. The second entitled Angle to the Sun, in two movements, and written for an acoustic ensemble, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Horn, Cello and soundscape, was developed from genetic concepts. This commentary discusses my compositional strategies in terms of a “Beyond Domain” approach and my investigations into the combination of instrumental forces and recorded media using ideas within the fields of spectralism, spectromorphology and mimetic discourse. Concepts of imagery and political allusion also form part of this discussion.
Additional file 1: of Extracellular matrix stiffness controls osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells mediated by integrin α5
Creators: name: Sun, Meiyu
name: Chi, Guangfan
name: Xu, Juanjuan
name: Tan, Ye
name: Xu, Jiayi
name: Lv, Shuang
name: Xu, Ziran
name: Xia, Yuhan
name: Li, Lisha
name: Li, Yulin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Figure S1. showing identification of hMSCs. (A) Morphological appearance of third-passage hMSCs. Scale bar = 200 μm; 20 μm. (B) Logarithmic proliferation of cells. (C) Chromosome karyotype analysis of cells. (D) MSC cell surface markers evaluated through flow cytometric analysis. (E) Immunofluorescence performed using monoclonal antibodies. (F) Differentiation of hMSCs into adipocytes and osteogenic cells. Scale bar = 100 μm. n = 3. Figure S2. showing morphology of hMSCs on gels with various stiffnesses. After hMSCs were planted on the gels, the cells were analyzed with an inverted phase-contrast microscope at 4–72 h. Scale bar = 20 μm. n = 3. Figure S3. showing Phalloidin stained F-actin to examine the arrangement of the cytoskeleton, observed by confocal microscope. Figure S4. showing cells cultured on 13–16 kPa ECM, 62–68 kPa ECM, and TCP with cells cultured in medium and osteogenic medium at 1 week, then stained by Alizarin Red to detect calcium deposits. n = 3. Figure S5. showing hMSCs cultured on different stiffness matrices to observe expression of active integrin β1 by confocal microscope. Scale bar = 20 μm. Figure S6. showing cells cultured on 13–16 kPa ECM, 62–68 kPa ECM, and TCP with or without anti-integrin α5 antibody for 1 week, then observing ALP expression and calcium deposits. Scale bar = 200 μm (PDF 19990 kb)