cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Chemical constituents from Lactuca plumieri (L.) Gren. & Godr. (Asteraceae)
Creators: name: Michalska, Klaudia
name: Malarz, Janusz
name: Stojakowska, Anna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: This is the first report concerning the natural products of the hitherto unstudied Lactuca plumieri (L.) Gren. & Godr., a member of the tribe Cichorieae (Asteraceae). From aerial parts and roots of this plant, five sesquiterpene lactones and one coumarin were isolated. The compounds were identified as sonchuside A, 11β,13-dihydrolactucin-8-O-acetate, 11β,13-dihydrolactucin, cichorioside B, 11β,13-dihydrolactucin-8-O-acetate-15-O-β-glucopyranoside and coumarin – cichoriin. Their structures were established by 1H NMR. Moreover, HPLC/PAD analysis of a hydroalcoholic extract from the aerial parts of the plant revealed the presence of caffeic acid derivatives, coumarins and flavonoids commonly found in lettuces.
Understanding the Investment Behavior of Ugandan Smallholder Farmers: An Experimental Analysis
Creators: name: Ihli, Hanna Julia
name: Musshoff, Oliver
name: Ihli, Hanna Julia
name: Musshoff, Oliver
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: experimental economics
subject: investment
subject: price floors
subject: real options
subject: Uganda

description: In this study, we experimentally analyze the investment behavior of smallholder farmers in Uganda. We ascertain whether, and to what extent, the real options approach and the classical investment theory can predict farmers’ investment behaviors. We also examine differences in the investment behavior with respect to the presence of a price floor, which is often used to stimulate investments. Furthermore, we look at learning effects. We consider a problem of optimal stopping, stylizing an option to invest in a project. Our results show that both theories do not explain the observed investment behavior exactly. However, our results suggest that the real options models better predict the decision behavior of farmers than classical investment theory. The presence of a price floor has a significant impact on the investment behavior of Ugandan smallholder farmers. Learning from personal experience during the experiment does not have an effect on the investment behavior. However, we find that specific socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics affect the investment behavior of farmers.
Carbon-substituted MgB2 single crystals
Creators: name: Lee, Sergey
name: Masui, Takahiko
name: Yamamoto, Ayako
name: Uchiyama, Hiroshi
name: Tajima, Setsuko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Carbon-substituted MgB2 single crystals, Mg(B_1-xC_x)_2 of 0.3-1.0 mm size were grown for x=0.02-0.15 by a high-pressure technique. The doping dependence of lattice constants studied in a range of x=0.0-0.2 shows a monotonic decrease in a, while the c parameter remains almost invariant. Using X-ray diffraction and Auger electron spectroscopy, the solubility limit of C in MgB2 was estimated to be about 15(+/-)1%,which is substantially larger than that reported for the polycrystalline samples synthesized by encapsulation techniques. Measurements of temperature dependence of magnetization and resistivity showed a dramatic decrease in Tc with C-substitution, followed by complete suppression of superconductivity for x>0.125. Resistivity measurements in magnetic fields parallel and perpendicular to the basal plane of the crystals showed a nearly isotropic state in the heavily-doped crystals (x>0.1).
description: 15 pages, 5 figures, 1 table; to be published in Physica C
Does Eye Tracking Reveal More About the Effects of Buying Impulsiveness on the Green Industry Consumer Choice Behavior?
Creators: name: Khachatryan, Hayk
name: Behe, Bridget K.
name: Campbell, Benjamin L.
name: Hall, Charles R.
name: Dennis, Jennifer H.
name: Khachatryan, Hayk
name: Behe, Bridget K.
name: Campbell, Benjamin L.
name: Hall, Charles R.
name: Dennis, Jennifer H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: Although consumer behavior research has investigated impulsive buying behavior since the early 1950s, no studies explored the relationship between eye gaze metrics, buying impulsiveness scores and purchase decisions. The present study is a preliminary approach to setting consumer purchase decisions as a function of not only product attributes, but also individuals’ buying impulsiveness and eye gaze measures, which were collected using an eye tracking device during choice experiments. Specifically, we investigated the moderation effects of eye gaze measures on the relationship between buying impulsiveness and plant purchase likelihood. The results showed that impulsive buying scores were negatively related to purchase decisions, and that eye gaze duration (when viewing plant displays) influenced that relationship, depending on the type of the display information viewed (e.g., price vs. production methods or plant type signs). Theoretical contributions to choice behavior literature and implications for developing effective plant sales marketing efforts are discussed.
Quotients of torus endomorphisms and Lattès-type maps
Creators: name: Bonk, Mario
name: Meyer, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 30D05, 37F15, 54H20

description: We show that if an expanding Thurston map is the quotient of a torus endomorphism, then it has a parabolic orbifold and is a Lattès-type map.
description: 30 pages
N=1/2 gauge theory and its instanton moduli space from open strings in R-R background
Creators: name: Billo, Marco
name: Frau, Marialuisa
name: Pesando, Igor
name: Lerda, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the four dimensional N=1/2 super Yang-Mills theory from tree-level computations in RNS open string theory with insertions of closed string Ramond-Ramond vertices. We also study instanton configurations in this gauge theory and their ADHM moduli space, using systems of D3 and D(-1) branes in a R-R background.
description: 29 pages, 6 figures, JHEP class (included)
АХБОРОТ ОЛИШ ВА ТАРҚАТИШ ЖАРАЁНИДА ИНТЕРНЕТНИНГ АҲАМИЯТИ
Creators: name: Илхомбеков, Жасурбек
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ушбу илмий мақолада ахборотнинг замонавий дунёдаги тутган ўрни ва унинг аҳамияти таҳлил қилинган. Шунингдек, ахборот алмашинуви жараёнида Интернетнинг аҳамияти, унинг қолган ахборот ресурсларидан фарқли жиҳатлари, устунлиги ва ҳуқуқий аҳамияти илмий таҳлил қилинган. Бундан ташқари, Интернетнинг келиб чиқиш тарихи, келиб чиқишининг сабаблари ва ундан дастлабки вақтда кутилган натижалар келтириб ўтилган. Интернетнинг ривожланиш босқичлари, унинг дастлабки вақтдаги аудиторияси ва ҳозирги кундаги аудиторияси солиштирилиб таҳлил қилинган. Шунингдек, Интернет маконидаги ижтимоий тармоқларнинг ўрни, уларнинг ҳозирги кундаги жамият ҳаётидаги аҳамияти таҳлил қилинган.
HI observations of IC 10 with the DRAO synthesis telescope
Creators: name: Namumba, Brenda
name: Carignan, Claude
name: Foster, Tyler
name: Deg, Nathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: HI observations of the nearby blue compact dwarf galaxy IC 10 obtained with the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory synthesis telescope (DRAO), for a total integration of $\sim$1000 hours, are presented. We confirm the NW faint 21 cm HI emission feature discovered in GBT observations. The HI feature has an HI mass of 4.7 $\times 10^{5}$ M$_{\odot}$, which is only $\sim$ 0.6$\%$ of the total HI mass of the galaxy (7.8 $\times 10^{7}$ M$_{\odot}$). In the inner disk, the rotation curve of IC 10 rises steeply, then flattens until the last point where it rises again, with a maximum velocity of 30 km s$^{-1}$. Based on our mass models, the kinematics of the inner disk of IC 10 can be described without the need of a dark matter halo. However, this does not exclude the possible presence of dark matter on a larger scale. It is unlikely that the disturbed features seen in the outer HI disk of IC 10 are caused by an interaction with M 31. Features seen from our simulations are larger and at lower surface density than can be reached by current observations. The higher velocity dispersions seen in regions where several distinct HI features meet with the main core of IC 10 suggests that there is ongoing accretion.
description: 15 pages, 14 figures. Accepted in MNRAS
Indonesia's Modern Retail Food Sector: Interaction With Changing Food Consumption and Trade Patterns
Creators: name: Dyck, John H.
name: Woolverton, Andrea E.
name: Rangkuti, Fahwani Yuliati
name: Dyck, John H.
name: Woolverton, Andrea E.
name: Rangkuti, Fahwani Yuliati
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Indonesia
subject: Indonesian retail food sector
subject: Indonesian food demand
subject: supply chain
subject: trade barriers
subject: supermarkets

description: Indonesia’s food market has changed in response to a changing and growing economy. The report examines changes in the food consumption pattern and measures the growth of modern food retail chains, packaged food purchases, and food imports in the world’s fourth-most-populous country. The evidence suggests that Indonesians are moving toward modern global purchasing and consumption patterns, but more slowly than in some comparable countries. Barriers to foreign and domestic commerce, affecting the development of modern food retail supply chains, are important constraints on food market change in Indonesia. Further change in Indonesia’s retail food sector will help determine future growth in imports, including from the United States.
Farmland Prices and the Real Interest Rate on Farm Loans
Creators: name: Gertel, Karl
name: Gertel, Karl
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Land prices
subject: land returns
subject: interest rates
subject: distributed lag
subject: rational lag

description: While economists agree on the importance of returns to land as a determinant of farmland prices, they disagree about the role of interest rates and inflation. Analysis of farmland prices for the conterminous United States, the Corn Belt, and wheat-growing areas of Kansas showed that the real interest rate on farm mortgages has only a minimal temporary effect on farmland prices before 1972. The real interest rate along with returns have become major determinants of farmland prices since then. Changes in the inflation rate will affect real farmland prices if nominal interest rates fail to keep up with inflation.
MOESM6 of Genomic identification and characterization of MYC family genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Creators: name: Bai, Jian-Fang
name: Wang, Yu-Kun
name: Guo, Li-Ping
name: Guo, Xiao-Ming
name: Guo, Hao-Yu
name: Yuan, Shao-Hua
name: Duan, Wen-Jing
name: Zihan Liu
name: Zhao, Chang-Ping
name: Zhang, Feng-Ting
name: Zhang, Li-Ping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary 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: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 6: Table S3. miRNA targeting prediction of TaMYC gene family
Single-Stage and Two-Stage Decision Modeling of the Recreational Demand for Water
Creators: name: Hansen, LeRoy T.
name: Hallam, Arne
name: Hansen, LeRoy T.
name: Hallam, Arne
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Recreational demand
subject: recreational fishing
subject: stream fishing

description: Past rivalry over access to water has usually been between the farmers who irrigate and new agricultural, industrial, and municipal demands. Recently, the recreational demand for water has become another consideration in water allocation decisions. We examine the significance of the recreational demand for water as a fishery resource by applying two different frameworks to the decision to fish. The consistency of the estimated responses to changes in fishery resources across both decision frameworks testifies to the importance of streams as a recreational fishery resource. Modeling behavior within the household production framework allows all downstream effects to be estimated, not just impacts at particular sites. Marginal values of water as a recreational fishery resource are estimated based on day values of fishing derived in prior research.
Maeacris saytu Cigliano & Pocco & Lange 2011, n. sp.
Creators: name: Cigliano, María Marta
name: Pocco, Martina E.
name: Lange, Carlos E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Acrididae
Maeacris
Maeacris saytu

description: Maeacris saytu n. sp.
(Figs 2 L-P; 6D-F; 10)
 TYPE MATERIAL. — Peru. Ancash, 17 km N Conococha, 3947 m, 09°59’48.0”S, 77°20’11.8”W, 29.II.2008, Cigliano & Lange, holotype ♂, allotype ♀ (MLPA).
 PARATYPES. — Peru. Ancash, 17 km north of Conococha, 3947 m, 09°59’48.0”S, 77°20’11.8”W, 29.II.2008, Cigliano & Lange, 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (MNHN), 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (MLPA). — Ancash, Pque. Nac. Huascarán, Laguna Querococha, 4168 m, 09°43’06.3”S, 77°18’55.2”W, 15. V.2004, Cigliano & Lange, 1 ♂ (MLPA). — Ancash, Pque. Nac. Huascarán, Sector Carpa, 5 km before Nevado Pastoruri, 4660 m, 09°53’00”S, 77°12’04.2”W, 14. V.2004, Cigliano & Lange, 1 ♂ (MLPA).
TYPE LOCALITY. — Peru, Ancash, 17 km N Conococha, 3947 m, 09°59’48.0”S 77°20’11.8”W.
ETYMOLOGY. — “Sayt’u” means long, slender, rectangular shape in native Quechua language, and it refers to the shape of the valves of the aedeagus.
 DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. — Same as described for Maeacris chilikuti n. sp. (Fig. 10).
 DIAGNOSIS. — Similar to Maeacris chilikuti n. sp. from which it is distinguished by characters of the phallic complex (Figs 2 L-P; 6D-F).
DESCRIPTION
 Males
 Similar to those of Maeacris chilikuti n. sp. from which they can only be distinguished by the following characters of the phallic complex: aedeagal valves straight in lateral view (Fig. 2L), with blunt apex (Fig. 2N); arch of cingulum entire (Fig. 2M); sheath of aedeagus with longitudinal median excision without basal lobes.
Measurements (in mm): body length to apex of hind femur 10.75 (10-11); hind femur length: 5.8 (5.5-6).
 Females
Similar to males but with fastigium more prominent; eyes subtrigonal; ovipositor valves long, slender, without pre-apical tooth.
Measurements (in mm): body length to apex of hind femur: 13.5 (13-14); hind femur length: 7.25 (7-7.5).
description: Published as part of Cigliano, María Marta, Pocco, Martina E. & Lange, Carlos E., 2011, Grasshoppers of the Andes: new Melanoplinae and Gomphocerinae taxa (Insecta, Orthoptera, Acrididae) from Huascarán National Park and Callejón de Huaylas, Ancash, Peru, pp. 523-544 in Zoosystema 33 (4) on page 533, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n4a5, http://zenodo.org/record/5166897
Second Order Perturbation Theory for a Superconducting Double Quantum Dot
Creators: name: Pokorný, Vladislav
name: Žonda, Martin
name: Loukeris, Georgios
name: Novotný, Tomáš
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend our approach based on the second order perturbation theory in the Coulomb interaction recently developed for quantum dots coupled to superconducting leads to the superconducting double quantum dot setups. Using our perturbative method we evaluate several single-particle quantities such as on-dot induced gap and generalized occupations together with the Andreev in-gap spectra and compare them with numerically exact results from the Numerical Renormalization Group and Quantum Monte Carlo finding a very good correspondence for not too strongly correlated regimes. Thus we can offer in a wide parameter range this method as an efficient and reliable alternative to the heavy numerical tools exclusively used so far for the description of such experimentally relevant systems.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of the SCES 2019 conference
Precise estimation of shell model energy by second order extrapolation method
Creators: name: Mizusaki, Takahiro
name: Imada, Masatoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A second order extrapolation method is presented for shell model calculations, where shell model energies of truncated spaces are well described as a function of energy variance by quadratic curves and exact shell model energies can be obtained by the extrapolation. This new extrapolation can give more precise energy than those of first order extrapolation method. It is also clarified that first order extrapolation gives a lower limit of shell model energy. In addition to the energy, we derive the second order extrapolation formula for expectation values of other observables.
description: PRC in press
Expressão de grelina no olho e a sua implicação na redução da pressão intraocular
Creators: name: Rodrigues-Araújo, J.
name: Pereira-Silva, P.
name: Azevedo-Pinto, S.
name: Tavares-Silva, M.
name: Pinho, S.
name: Rocha-Sousa, A.
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2014

description: Objectivo: Avaliar a distribuição da grelina e do seu receptor (GHSR-1) no globo ocular de rato adulto e avaliar o papel da grelina na modulação da pressão intra-ocular (PIO) em modelos animais de glaucoma agudo. Métodos: Foi realizada imunolocalização da grelina e seu receptor (GHSR-1) em ratos machos adultos Wistar (300-480g). Foi induzido glaucoma agudo em coelhos brancos Neozelandeses (2.0 – 3.0 Kg) e ratos machos adultos Wistar (300-480g) através de injecção intravítrea de 20% de NaCl. Posteriormente realizou-se uma injecção subconjuntival de grelina (em coelho: 10-4 M; n=6; em rato: 10-4 M; n=13) ou des-acil-grelina (em coelho: 10-4 M; n=6; em rato: 10-4 M; n=18) e foram registados os valores de PIO. No coelho foram também estudadas as vias sub-celulares envolvidas, nomeadamente avaliando o efeito da grelina na PIO após injecção subconjuntival de ceterolac (inibidor da COX, 30 mg/ml; 500 μL; n=5) e L-NAME (inibidor da síntase do NO; 150mg/Kg; 500 μL; n=9). Resultados: Foi identificada a presença de grelina nos processos ciliares e a presença do seu receptor (GHSR-1) no estroma do corpo ciliar e na coróide. Em relação ao efeito na PIO, verifi- cou-se que a grelina diminui a PIO em dois modelos animais (coelho e rato) de glaucoma agudo (percentagem máxima diminuição em relação ao controlo em coelho 43.82±10.81%; percenta- gem máxima diminuição em relação ao controlo em rato 34.42±11.62%). Dos resultados obtidos verificou-se que a des-acil grelina não altera significativamente a PIO em coelho, mas leva a uma dimuição da mesma no modelo de rato (diferença máxima face ao controlo de 45.84±10.77%). No coelho o efeito da grelina foi abolido com a adição de ceterolac e L-NAME. Conclusão: A grelina e seu receptor (GHSR-1) são expressos no tecido ocular de rato. A grelina promove diminuição da PIO em olhos de rato e coelho após indução de glaucoma agudo. Os pre- sentes resultados sugerem a existência de um papel para a grelina na patofisiologia do glaucoma.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 38 N.º 2 (2014)
Excisão simples de pterígio: presente ou passado?
Creators: name: Pedrosa, Catarina
name: Ramalho, Mário
name: Pina, Susana
name: Pêgo, Peter
name: Feijóo, Bernardo
name: Prietp, Isabel
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2014

description: Introdução: As opções cirúrgicas clássicas para o tratamento do pterígio estão associadas a uma taxa significativa de recorrência, o que constitui a principal limitação na abordagem a esta patologia. Objectivos: Determinar e analisar a taxa de recidiva após cirurgia de pterígio primário por técni- ca de excisão simples versus excisão com auto-transplante de conjuntiva e analisar a sua relação com a idade, sexo, raça e aplicação de mitomicina C tópica intra-operatória. Material e Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo de 95 casos, de 82 pessoas submetidas a cirurgia de pterígio primário, entre Janeiro de 2007 e Dezembro de 2011. Foi avaliada a recorrência, e analisada a relação com a técnica cirúrgica utilizada, idade, sexo, raça e aplicação de terapêutica adjuvante, através dos testes t e χ2. Considerou-se estatisticamente significativo valores de p de 0.05 ou inferiores. Resultados: Ocorreu recidiva do pterígio em 63.9% dos casos em que se realizou excisão sim- ples, e 26% dos casos em que foi realizada excisão com auto-transplante de conjuntiva (p=0.002). Nos doentes de raça negra que apresentaram recidiva, a excisão com auto-transplante de con- juntiva apresentou uma taxa de recorrência ainda menor (p=0.008). Na raça negra, os pacientes apresentaram menor recorrência quando aplicada mitomicina C intra-operatória (p=0.020). Conclusões: A excisão de pterígio com auto-transplante de conjuntiva deve sempre ser preferida relativamente à técnica de excisão simples, principalmente na raça negra, na qual a aplicação de mitomicina C deverá, também, ser ponderada em todos os casos.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 38 N.º 2 (2014)
Orphulella Giglio-Tos 1894
Creators: name: Cigliano, María Marta
name: Pocco, Martina E.
name: Lange, Carlos E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Acrididae
Orphulella

description: Genus Orphulella Giglio-Tos, 1894
 TYPE SPECIES. — Orphulella gracilis Giglio-Tos, 1894.
 DISTRIBUTION. — The genus Orphulella is distributed from Canada to Argentina, with four species known to occur in the Peruvian Andes, O. losamattensis Caudell, 1909, O. punctata (De Geer, 1773), O. concinnula (Walker, 1870) and O. fluvialis Otte, 1979 (see geographic distribution in OSF).
description: Published as part of Cigliano, María Marta, Pocco, Martina E. & Lange, Carlos E., 2011, Grasshoppers of the Andes: new Melanoplinae and Gomphocerinae taxa (Insecta, Orthoptera, Acrididae) from Huascarán National Park and Callejón de Huaylas, Ancash, Peru, pp. 523-544 in Zoosystema 33 (4) on page 537, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n4a5, http://zenodo.org/record/5166897
Age constraints and fine tuning in variable-mass particle models
Creators: name: Franca, Urbano
name: Rosenfeld, Rogerio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: VAMP (variable-mass particles) scenarios, in which the mass of the cold dark matter particles is a function of the scalar field responsible for the present acceleration of the Universe, have been proposed as a solution to the cosmic coincidence problem, since in the attractor regime both dark energy and dark matter scale in the same way. We find that only a narrow region in parameter space leads to models with viable values for the Hubble constant and dark energy density today. In the allowed region, the dark energy density starts to dominate around the present epoch and consequently such models cannot solve the coincidence problem. We show that the age of the Universe in this scenario is considerably higher than the age for noncoupled dark energy models, and conclude that more precise independent measurements of the age of the Universe would be useful in distinguishing between coupled and noncoupled dark energy models.
description: 7 pages, 8 figures, matches the Phys. Rev. D published version
Dipole formation at metal/PTCDA interfaces: Role of the Charge Neutrality Level
Creators: name: Vazquez, H.
name: Oszwaldowski, R.
name: Pou, P.
name: Ortega, J.
name: Perez, R.
name: Flores, F.
name: Kahn, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The formation of a metal/PTCDA (3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride) interface barrier is analyzed using weak-chemisorption theory. The electronic structure of the uncoupled PTCDA molecule and of the metal surface is calculated. Then, the induced density of interface states is obtained as a function of these two electronic structures and the interaction between both systems. This induced density of states is found to be large enough (even if the metal/PTCDA interaction is weak) for the definition of a Charge Neutrality Level for PTCDA, located 2.45 eV above the highest occupied molecular orbital. We conclude that the metal/PTCDA interface molecular level alignment is due to the electrostatic dipole created by the charge transfer between the two solids.
description: 6 pages
Effect of Intercropping Ginger and Sweet Maize on Growth, Yield and Benefits
Creators: name: REN Qingsheng
name: LI Chengyong
name: REN Qingsheng
name: LI Chengyong
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Ginger, Sweet maize, Intercropping, Growth, Yield

description: Ginger is an important cash crop in Shandong Province and it usually takes the sole cropping in the production. In order to explore new ginger cultivation patterns and improve planting benefits, sweet maize (Jingengtian 1) was intercropped with ginger (Laiwu ginger). The plug seedling was performed for sweet maize on April 18. Ginger was planted with plastic film mulching on April 20, and double-row sweet maize seedlings were transplanted on the ridges of interlaced ginger fields on May 2. The sweet maize was harvested from July 18 to 25, and the tillering rate of sweet maize reached 100%. The number of tillers in intercropping was more than that of sole cropping, and the highest average tiller reached 5.32 per plant; when sweet maize was intercropped, the number of ears decreased by 17.35% and the ear weight decreased by 8.07%. Ginger was harvested on October 20, the number of branches of intercropping ginger decreased by 5.12% to 6.47%, and the rhizomes weight per plant decreased by 5.64% to 16.43%. The economic benefit of ginger intercropping sweet maize was higher than that of sole ginger cropping. The intercropping model increased the efficiency by 6.28% and 2.87% respectively in the two bases, and increased the net income by 12 000 and 5 000 yuan/ha, respectively.
Murexsul Iredale 1915
Creators: name: Merle, Didier
name: Garrigues, Bernard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricidae
Murexsul

description: Genus Murexsul Iredale, 1915
 TYPE SPECIES. — Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 by original designation.
description: Published as part of Merle, Didier & Garrigues, Bernard, 2011, Description of four new species of Muricidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Philippines and the Caribbean area, pp. 557-575 in Zoosystema 33 (4) on page 568, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n4a7, http://zenodo.org/record/5166966
MetaAdvDet: Towards Robust Detection of Evolving Adversarial Attacks
Creators: name: Ma, Chen
name: Zhao, Chenxu
name: Shi, Hailin
name: Chen, Li
name: Yong, Junhai
name: Zeng, Dan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 2010

description: Deep neural networks (DNNs) are vulnerable to adversarial attack which is maliciously implemented by adding human-imperceptible perturbation to images and thus leads to incorrect prediction. Existing studies have proposed various methods to detect the new adversarial attacks. However, new attack methods keep evolving constantly and yield new adversarial examples to bypass the existing detectors. It needs to collect tens of thousands samples to train detectors, while the new attacks evolve much more frequently than the high-cost data collection. Thus, this situation leads the newly evolved attack samples to remain in small scales. To solve such few-shot problem with the evolving attack, we propose a meta-learning based robust detection method to detect new adversarial attacks with limited examples. Specifically, the learning consists of a double-network framework: a task-dedicated network and a master network which alternatively learn the detection capability for either seen attack or a new attack. To validate the effectiveness of our approach, we construct the benchmarks with few-shot-fashion protocols based on three conventional datasets, i.e. CIFAR-10, MNIST and Fashion-MNIST. Comprehensive experiments are conducted on them to verify the superiority of our approach with respect to the traditional adversarial attack detection methods.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures, accepted as the conference paper of Proceedings of the 27th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM'19)
Espessura da Camada de Fibras Nervosas em Doentes com Síndrome de Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono
Creators: name: Ramalho, Mário
name: Vaz, Fernando
name: Coutinho, Inês
name: Pedrosa, Catarina
name: Martins, António
name: Kaku, Paulo
name: Esperancicha, F.
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2014

description: Objectivo: Avaliar a relação entre a gravidade da Síndrome de Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono (SAOS) e a espessura da Camada de Fibras Nervosas (CFN) determinada por Tomografia de Coerência Óptica (OCT). Material e Métodos: Neste estudo foram incluídos 47 olhos de 47 doentes com SAOS. Com base no Índice de Apneia-Hipopneia (IAH) os doentes foram divididos em 3 grupos consoante a gravidade da SAOS, grupo 1 (19 doentes) com SAOS ligeira (IAH 5-15), grupo 2 (11 doentes) com SAOS moderada (IAH 15-30) e grupo 3 (17 doentes) com SAOS grave (IAH > 30). Todos os doentes receberam avaliação oftalmológica completa. Resultados: Os valores da espessura da CFN média foram: 105,27 μm ± 12,6 (total dos doen- tes), 105,85 μm ± 11,67 (grupo 1), 106,48 μm ± 11,72 (grupo 2) e 103,84 μm ± 14,6 (grupo 3). Quando se correlacionou a CFN com as diferentes variáveis para o total dos doentes verificou-se uma correlação com significado estatístico apenas na variável idade (r = -0,359; p = 0,013). A gravidade da SAOS, interpretada como IAH correlaciona-se positivamente com a pressão in- traocular (PIO) (r = 0,302; p = 0,039), espessura central da córnea (ECC) obtida por paquimetria ultrassónica (r = 0,368; p = 0,012) e por Pentacam® (r = 0,443; p = 0,002). Conclusões: Este estudo não demonstrou diminuição da espessura da CFN com o aumento da gravidade da SAOS, no entanto, verificou-se uma correlação entre a gravidade da SAOS e a ECC.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 38 N.º 2 (2014)
Lamotrigine induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.  A case report
Creators: name: Eduardo Torres Delgado M.D.
name: Monica Itzel Ramirez Diaz M.D.
name: José Isidro Mozqueda Medina M.D.
name: Jesus Orlando Mendoza Lira M.D.
name: Hannako Hayashi Heredia M.D.
name: Francisco Javier Caro Valerio M.S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Background:

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is a severe, life-threatening mucocutaneous disorder, often induced by medications such as lamotrigine. First described in 1922, SJS involves severe conjunctivitis, stomatitis, and purpuric macules. Lamotrigine, an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizer approved by the FDA in 1994, is one of the drugs linked to SJS, especially when dosed too high or escalated too quickly.

We report a case of SJS in an 18-year-old woman with epilepsy who developed symptoms after switching to lamotrigine. Initial symptoms included fever, facial edema, and a painful erythematous rash. On admission to the hospital, the patient presented with a purpuric rash, pustules, and ulcerations, which confirmed SJS.

SJS and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) form a disease spectrum, differing in the extent of skin involvement. While SJS affects less than 10% of body surface area, TEN involves more than 30%. Medications like lamotrigine, phenytoin, and NSAIDs are common triggers. The condition is often preceded by nonspecific symptoms such as fever and discomfort.

Treatment strategies focus on withdrawing the causative drug and providing supportive care. Corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulins, and cyclosporine have shown varying degrees of efficacy, although evidence on their effectiveness remains debated. Early intervention is critical due to the high mortality rates of SJS/TEN, estimated between 34-50%.

 

Keywords: Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Lamotrigine
MOESM4 of Impacts of intellectual property provisions in trade treaties on access to medicine in low and middle income countries: a systematic review
Creators: name: Md. Islam
name: Kaplan, Warren
name: Trachtenberg, Danielle
name: Thrasher, Rachel
name: Gallagher, Kevin
name: Wirtz, Veronika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4. Checklist to identify study limitations.
Contribuição da microscopia confocal in vivo para o diagnóstico e follow-up de neoplasias conjuntivais intraepiteliais
Creators: name: Vieira, Luísa
name: Martins, Manuela
name: Santos, Arnaldo
name: Anjos, Rita
name: Maduro, Vitor
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2014

description: Objectivo: Analisar o contributo da microscopia confocal in vivo para o diagnóstico e follow- -up de neoplasias conjuntivais intraepiteliais. Métodos: Avaliámos 5 doentes com neoplasia conjuntival intraepitelial unilateral com o Hei- delberg Retina Tomograph II, Rostock Cornea Module. Três doentes foram submetidos a ex- cisão com crioterapia adjuvante, um doente a excisão com crioterapia adjuvante e ciclos de IFN-ɑ2b e um doente a excisão simples e ciclos de IFN-ɑ2b. As imagens de microscopia con- focal foram comparadas com a histologia das mesmas lesões. O follow-up clínico, através de fotografias do segmento anterior, foi comparado com os achados da microscopia confocal. Resultados: Três dos doentes foram identificados histologicamente como neoplasia intraepite- lial de alto grau e dois como carcinoma in situ. As características histológicas descritas correla- cionam-se bem com as visíveis à microscopia confocal: alteração da estrutura do epitélio com acantose, disqueratose, pleomorfismo celular, aumento da refletibilidade celular e nuclear, com relação núcleo/citoplasma aumentada e por vezes binucleação. A lesão é bem delimitada e os plexos nervosos sob a lesão não são visíveis. A microscopia confocal identificou 1 recidiva e demonstrou-se útil na monitorização da resposta ao tratamento. Conclusão: A microscopia confocal in vivo pode ter um papel importante não só no diagnóstico inicial como também na deteção de recivivas e na avaliação da resposta ao tratamento, de uma forma minimamente invasiva.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 38 N.º 2 (2014)
Rastreio da Retinotoxicidade pela Hidroxicloroquina
Creators: name: Miranda, Ana Filipa
name: Sousa, Sandra
name: Telles, Paula
name: Gonçalves, Pedro
name: Canas Da Silva, José
name: Campos, Nuno
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2014

description: Na última metade do século XX, assistiu-se ao desenvolvimento de múltiplos fármacos com novos mecanismos de ação para o tratamento da artrite reumatóide (AR), lúpus eritematoso sistémico (LES) e outras doenças auto-imunes. Contudo, os antigos anti-palúdicos de síntese (APS), prin- cipalmente a hidroxicloroquina (HCQ), têm-se mantido como fármacos relevantes no tratamento da AR e do LES. A preocupação central com o tratamento continua a ser a potencial toxicidade retiniana que, embora seja rara, é potencialmente irreversível, o que torna indispensável a sua de- teção precoce. Estudos recentes têm sugerido a avaliação complementar aos campos visuais com electroretinograma multifocal (mfERG), tomografia de coerência óptica spectral domain (SD- -OCT) e autofluorescência de fundo (FAF) de forma a detectar mais precocemente a maculopatia. Esta revisão pretende abordar as principais indicações dos APS nas doenças reumatológicas, a retinotoxicidade associada à HCQ e os mais recentes métodos de rastreio da mesma.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 38 N.º 2 (2014)
Dynamical study on polaron formation in a metal/polymer/metal structure
Creators: name: Wu, C. Q.
name: Qiu, Y.
name: Nasu, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By considering a metal/polymer/metal structure within a tight-binding one-dimensional model, we have investigated the polaron formation in the presence of an electric field. When a sufficient voltage bias is applied to one of the metal electrodes, an electron is injected into the polymer chain, then a self-trapped polaron is formed at a few hundreds of femtoseconds while it moves slowly under a weak electric field (not larger than $% 1.0\times 10^4$ V/cm). At an electric field between $1.0\times 10^4$ V/cm and $% 8.0\times 10^4$ V/cm, the polaron is still formed, since the injected electron is bounded between the interface barriers for quite a long time. It is shown that the electric field applied at the polymer chain reduces effectively the potential barrier in the metal/polymer interface.
L'impact de la COVID-19 sur le vécu des enseignants en langue seconde dans une école traditionnelle.
Creators: Nabila Bella Aissiou
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a crisis that left no one untouched. Unfortunately, it spared neither schools nor institutions worldwide. Our research treats a small, traditional school hit by COVID-19, which the entire staff could not escape. The pandemic affected the learning community both personally and professionally: from administration to teachers as well as the students and the parents. The goal of this study is to examine how the teachers and the administration of the traditional school felt and experienced the pandemic and how they managed this crisis.

In order to answer the above question, we have asked the three following subquestions:

How were the teachers in this traditional school able to introduce new technologies in their teaching over such a short period of time?

What was the impact of the quick incorporation of new technologies on teachers' academic teaching styles and their wellness?

According to the teachers, what was the impact of the digital transition on the success and wellness of their students?

This study illustrates the courage, determination and expertise of these teachers as well as the leadership of the administrative staff to ensure the continuity of academic success in the school.
Precise Lifetime Measurement of the Cesium $5^2D_{5/2}$ State
Creators: name: Pucher, S.
name: Schneeweiss, P.
name: Rauschenbeutel, A.
name: Dareau, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure the lifetime of the cesium $5^2D_{5/2}$ state using a time-resolved single-photon-counting method. We excite atoms in a hot vapor cell via an electric quadrupole transition at a wavelength of $685\,\mathrm{nm}$ and record the fluorescence of a cascade decay at a wavelength of $852\,\mathrm{nm}$. We extract a lifetime of $1353(5)\,\mathrm{ns}$ for the $5^2D_{5/2}$ state, in agreement with a recent theoretical prediction. In particular, the observed lifetime is consistent with the literature values of the polarizabilities of the cesium $6P$ states. Our measurement contributes to resolving a long-standing disagreement between a number of experimental and theoretical results.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables
Robertsonidridae Rosso & Sciuto & Sinagra 2010, n. fam.
Creators: name: Rosso, Antonietta
name: Sciuto, Francesco
name: Sinagra, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Robertsonidridae

description: Family ROBERTSONIDRIDAE Rosso, n. fam.  DIAGNOSIS. — As for the genus (see below), but frontal wall including a pseudoporous or a centrally imperforate area, besides the row of marginal areolae.
description: Published as part of Rosso, Antonietta, Sciuto, Francesco & Sinagra, Alessandro, 2010, Bertorsonidra n. gen. (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) for Tremopora prenanti Gautier, 1955, a rare species from the Mediterranean, pp. 457-467 in Zoosystema 32 (3) on page 459, DOI: 10.5252/z2010n3a7, http://zenodo.org/record/5167340
Assesment of regional development in light of rural and agricultural indicators within the Kralovehradecky region (NUTS4, the Czech Republic)
Creators: name: Hlavsa, Tomas
name: Hlavsa, Tomas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: International Development
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: composite indicator
subject: rural region
subject: disparity
subject: ranking
subject: categorization

description: Regions in the Czech Republic, the same as in most European countries, show in their rural areas a considerable difference rate from points of view demographic, social and economic as well as from point of view of infrastructure. The paper deals with an assessment of NUTS 4 in Kralovehradecky region in light of rural development and agriculture indicators. The methodological approach is based on multivariate statistical analysis using composite indicators. Identification and a subsequent analysis of these differences and a determination of a certain sequence of regions and their categorization can be beneficial for definition of trouble shooting regions and better support aiming. In the paper is also evaluated current regional policy applied in observed NUTS 4 in relation with disparity analysis results and categorization.
MOESM3 of Impacts of intellectual property provisions in trade treaties on access to medicine in low and middle income countries: a systematic review
Creators: name: Md. Islam
name: Kaplan, Warren
name: Trachtenberg, Danielle
name: Thrasher, Rachel
name: Gallagher, Kevin
name: Wirtz, Veronika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Reasons for not selecting a particular study.
Estimating high-spatial resolution surface daily longwave radiation from the instantaneous Global LAnd Surface Satellite (GLASS) longwave radiation product
Creators: name: Zeng, Qi
name: Cheng, Jie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: In this paper, time extension methods, originally designed for clear-sky land surface conditions, are used to estimate high-spatial resolution surface daily longwave (LW) radiation from the instantaneous Global LAnd Surface Satellite (GLASS) longwave radiation product. The performance of four time methods were first tested by using ground based flux measurements that were collected from 141 global sites. Combined with the accuracy of daily LW radiation estimated from the instantaneous GLASS LW radiation, the linear sine interpolation method performs better than the other methods and was employed to estimate the daily LW radiation as follows: The bias/Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of the linear sine interpolation method were −6.30/15.10 W/m2 for the daily longwave upward radiation (LWUP), −1.65/27.63 W/m2 for the daily longwave downward radiation (LWDN), and 4.69/26.42 W/m2 for the daily net longwave radiation (LWNR). We found that the lengths of the diurnal cycle of LW radiation are longer than the durations between sunrise and sunset and we proposed increasing the day length by 1.5 h. The accuracies of daily LW radiation were improved after adjusting the day length. The bias/RMSE were −4.15/13.74 W/m2 for the daily LWUP, −1.3/27.52 W/m2 for the daily LWDN, and 2.85/25.91 W/m2 for the daily LWNR. We are producing long-term surface daily LW radiation values from the GLASS LW radiation product.
Cultivating Wisdom: Intricacies of Cell Culture Insights, A Brief Introduction
Creators: name: Rana, Sidra
name: Khaliq, Hafiz Muhammad Haseeb
name: Imran, Anusha
name: Javed, Shiza
name: Arshad, Adnan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321101
subject: Cancer cell biology
classificationCode: 310105
subject: Cellular interactions (incl. adhesion, matrix, cell wall)
classificationCode: 310103
subject: Cell metabolism
classificationCode: 320801
subject: Cell physiology
classificationCode: 360104
subject: Visual cultures

description: Cultivation of animal cell in culture is an utmost requirement of molecular and biomedical research in today’s scenario. All the scientists and researchers conducting research on human genetics, diseases, drug discovery and translational biology are in crucial need to have done invitro investigations. Continuous and primary cell lines need to be established with their authorized details and most importantly without any contamination, under aseptic conditions. In addition, all the manipulations related to cell culture needs proper biosafety cabinets and safeguard procedures to minimize the risk of any contamination and exposure towards any hazardous chemical or biological product. This draft provides a brief introduction to cell culture and guidelines related to culture techniques and maintaining cell lines, along with some safety and precautionary measures to prevent and tackle problems associated with basic cell culture laboratory.