cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Addition of the Local Volume sample of galaxies from the FAST HI survey
Creators: name: Karachentsev, Igor D.
name: Karachentseva, Valentina E.
name: Kaisin, Serafim S.
name: Zhang, Chuan-Peng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: {We report the discovery of 20 new dwarf galaxies in the Local Volume identified as optical counterparts to the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) All Sky HI Survey (FASHI) sources. The galaxies have a median stellar mass of $7.8\times 10^6~M_{\odot}$ and a median HI mass of $1.0\times 10^7~M_{\odot}$. Most of them are field galaxies, while three are probable members of the M 101 and M 106 groups. We also found seven FASHI radio sources to be probable dark HI clouds in nearby groups. Together with four other known HI clouds in the local groups, their mean-square radial velocity difference of 49~km~s$^{-1}$ with respect to the host galaxies yields an average total mass of ($2.7\pm1.0)\times10^{11}~M_{\odot}$ for these groups on the projected scale of 90 kpc.
description: 9 pages, 4 tables, 4 figures, accepted for publication in A&ALett
ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF LONELINESS AMONG COMMUNITY DWELLING OLDER PEOPLE AT EAST COAST, MALAYSIA
Creators: name: Siti Nur Illiani Jaafar
name: Siti Suhana Zakaria
name: Nik Noor Kaussar Nik Mohd Hatta
name: Muhammad Kamil Che Hasan
name: Noor Shamira binti Jang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Aging, Community-dwelling, Loneliness, Older people, Factors.

description: Abstract

Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional feeling which may experience to older people due to an increased number of chronic illnesses, declines in physical function, the death of spouse or significant others, or retirement. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and the associated factors of loneliness among community-dwelling older people. A cross- sectional, door to door survey was conducted at four districts in Kuala Terengganu. A total of 240 community dwelling older people aged 60 years old and above were participated in this study. Several tools were used such as Geriatric Depression Scale, Elderly Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire (ECAQ), The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Barthel Modified Index, Lawton –Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale, and The Duke University Religion Index (DUREL). Descriptive statistic was applied to measure prevalence and logistic regression to determine the association of depression with background variables.The prevalence of loneliness among older people in community dwelling was 33%. Other than that, the multiple logistic regression model revealed that the older people with depression symptoms (aOR=20.97; CI=9.80; 44.89), cognitive impairment (aOR =2.31 ; CI =1.03; 5.17) and older people were not received any formal education (aOR =11.46; CI =3.51; 37.37) and primary education level (aOR =7.12; CI =2.43; 20.84), impaired functional status (aOR =2.18 ; CI =1.14; 4.18), lack of social support (aOR =1.98 ; CI =1.06; 53.68), and low of religiosity practice (aOR =4.06; CI =1.27; 12.99)  were associated with loneliness among older people in community dwelling. Therefore, screening the elderly at primary care is needed for early detection of depressive symptoms and initiation of community-based intervention in psychological aspects is needed to address the issue.
Unveiling the neuroprotective potential of new xanthene derivatives in Parkinson's disease
Creators: name: Azevedo, Rita
name: Costa, Inês
name: Maia, Miguel
name: Martins, Márcia
name: Remião, Fernando
name: Sousa, Maria Emília
name: Silva, Renata
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition marked by the premature loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Additionally, PD is linked to several neuropathological processes, such as the formation of Lewy bodies, neuroinflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, ferroptosis and oxidative stress [1-4]. Despite the notable progress in PD research, the development of an effective, long-term disease-modifying treatment remains elusive. For that reason, xanthene derivatives have been intensely studied and demonstrated diverse biological activities [5]. Objective: The main objective of this work was to evaluate, in vitro, the potential neuroprotective effects of new xanthene derivatives against MPP+, a neurotoxin widely used in vitro to mimic PD by interfering with electron transport chain, impacting ATP production and leading to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation [6]. Methods: Differentiated SH-SY5Y cells were used as in vitro model and compounds (0–25 μM) cytotoxicity evaluated, 24 h after exposure, by the neutral red uptake and resazurin reduction assays, to select non-cytotoxic concentrations. To evaluate the compounds’ neuroprotective effects, MPP+ was used (500 and 1000 μM). The cytotoxicity of the chemical aggressor was evaluated by the NR uptake assay 24 h after exposure to the chemical insult in the presence and absence of the xanthene derivatives (10 and 25 μM, non-cytotoxic concentrations). Results: All the tested compounds demonstrated to be non-cytotoxic for concentrations up to 25 μM. Some xanthene derivatives significantly reduced MPP+-induced cell death. Conclusions: Given the neuroprotective effects of these innovative compounds against MPP+, further studies are needed to deeper elucidate the mechanism(s) underlying the observed neuroprotection, and to explore their potential against other pathological hallmarks of PD.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Forest Stand Structure, Productivity, and Age Mediate Climatic Effects on Aspen Decline
Creators: name: Bell, David A.
name: Bradford, John B.
name: Lauenroth, William K.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2014
Subjects: POPULUS-TREMULOIDES
QUAKING ASPEN
BIOMASS ALLOCATION
PONDEROSA PINE
DIE-OFF
MORTALITY
DROUGHT
LANDSCAPE
COLORADO
CARBON

description: Because forest stand structure, age, and productivity can mediate the impacts of climate on quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) mortality, ignoring stand-scale factors limits inference on the drivers of recent sudden aspen decline. Using the proportion of aspen trees that were dead as an index of recent mortality at 841 forest inventory plots, we examined the relationship of this mortality index to forest structure and climate in the Rocky Mountains and Intermountain Western United States. We found that forest structure explained most of the patterns in mortality indices, but that variation in growing-season vapor pressure deficit and winter precipitation over the last 20 years was important. Mortality index sensitivity to precipitation was highest in forests where aspen exhibited high densities, relative basal areas, quadratic mean diameters, and productivities, whereas sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit was highest in young forest stands. These results indicate that the effects of drought on mortality may be mediated by forest stand development, competition with encroaching conifers, and physiological vulnerabilities of large trees to drought. By examining mortality index responses to both forest structure and climate, we show that forest succession cannot be ignored in studies attempting to understand the causes and consequences of sudden aspen decline.
title: Early Life Stages Of Cephalopods In The Sargasso Sea: Distribution And Diversity Relative To Hydrographic Conditions
Creators: name: Diekmann, Rabea
name: Piatkowski, Uwe
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The distribution of early life stages of cephalopods was studied during a cruise of the German research vessel RV Poseidon to the Sargasso Sea in March 1993, covering an area south-east of Bermuda from 24°N to 31°N and 61°W to 65°W. Hydrographic measurements were conducted by CTD and/ or XBT. The subtropical convergence zone was detected at a latitude of approximately 27°20’N and divided the Sargasso Sea into a northern and a southern area. Zooplankton sampling with a 6m² Isaac Kidd midwater trawl and Bongo nets yielded a total catch of 909 early life stages of cephalopods representing at least 14 families and 23 mainly oceanic species. Multivariate statistical analyses were performed in order to compare the species composition and abundance of cephalopods. Two different assemblages were clearly identified, north and south of the front. According to the position of the front an analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) was applied which confirmed the observed differences in species composition on a highly significant level. The Cranchiidae, mainly represented by the endemic species Leachia lemur, was the most abundant family especially in the northern part of the Sargasso Sea and was mainly responsible for the distinction between the cephalopod assemblages. In general, higher abundances of early life stages and a higher diversity was observed north of the subtropical convergence zone, which is assumed to form a faunal boundary.
Chrysogaster basalis Loew 1857
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Chrysogaster
Chrysogaster basalis

description: Chrysogaster basalis Loew, 1857.
Regions: UC, CL.
Reference: de Groot & Govedič (2008).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
New Frontiers in Adaptive Experimental Design for Multi-Objective Optimization
Creators: name: Belakaria, Syrine
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Adaptive experimentation
Bayesian Optimization
Machine Learning

description: The problem of adaptively selecting a sequence of experiments to achieve a goal (aka adaptive experimental design) arises in many real-world settings. A canonical example is the active learning paradigm where we need to iteratively collect labeled data to build predictors with high accuracy. Motivated by the challenges faced by scientists and engineers, this dissertation studies adaptive experimental design algorithms for the purpose of solving a large-class of multi-objective optimization (MOO) problems. Such MOO problems enable many science and engineering applications including drug design, protein engineering, design of materials, and hardware design. For example, in drug design optimization, we need to find drugs that trade-off effectiveness, safety, and cost by performing expensive experiments to evaluate each candidate drug. Similarly, in hardware design optimization, we need to find the designs that trade-off performance, energy, and area using expensive computational simulations to mimic the real hardware.
description: We have the ability to evaluate any candidate input according to the target objectives by performing a costly experiment, where the cost is measured by the resources consumed by the experiment (physical or computational). Our overall goal is to approximate the optimal Pareto set of solutions by minimizing the total resource cost of conducted experiments. The key challenge is how to select the sequence of experiments under uncertainty. This dissertation develops a suite of novel reasoning algorithms based on the principles of information gain per unit resource cost and uncertainty reduction for adaptive experimental design to solve MOO problems. We appropriately instantiate these principles to derive efficient algorithms for the following MOO problem settings, most of which are studied for the first time: 1) The most basic single-fidelity setting, where experiments are expensive and accurate, and we can conduct a single experiment in each iteration; 2) The batch setting where a batch of experiments can be conducted in parallel to accelerate the search process; 3) The constrained setting where we cannot evaluate constraints to identify feasible inputs without performing experiments; 4) The discrete multi-fidelity setting where experiments can vary in the amount of resources consumed and their evaluation accuracy; and 5) The continuous-fidelity setting, where continuous function approximations result in a huge space of experiments. 6) The budget-aware setting where a limited resource budget constraint is enforced requiring us to take a planning approach. Experiments on synthetic and real-world benchmarks from a diverse set of engineering and industrial domains demonstrate that our algorithms significantly improve resource efficiency over prior methods to produce high-quality Pareto solutions.
Mapping of key bacterial species for postmortem interval calculation
Creators: name: Cláudia-Ferreira, Ana
name: Barbosa, Daniel J.
name: Campos, Carla
name: Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge
name: Freitas, Ana R.
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Estimation of the Postmortem Interval (PMI), the time elapsed since death, is one of the most challenging issues in forensic sciences [1]. Most studies focus on extensive bacterial sequencing, but culture-based experiments for higher taxonomic resolution remain scarce [2]. Objective: We aimed to analyze total bacterial counts and map Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureusand Escherichia coli in different organs and timepoints. Methods: Male C57BL/6J SPF mice underwent three independent assays during 11 postmortem timepoints. Feces and organs (n=10: intestine/stomach/skeletical muscle/liver/spleen/kidney/bladder/lungs/ brain/heart) were collected and resuspended in buffered peptone water, then plated onto enriched nonselective and selective culture media (n=4). Following routine aerobic incubation, Colony Forming Units (CFU) per gram/tissue or per mL/sample were quantified for total/individual bacterial loads. Species were identified by MALDI-TOF MS and statistics were done in GraphPad-Prism v.10.0.1. Results: Species (n=44) from 13 families and 3 phyla were identified, with notable consistency in the presence of Staphylococcus xylosus, E. faecalis, and E. coli across all experiments. Particular families were consistently identified across all organs, including Enterococcaceae and Enterobacteriaceae mostly in the later stages of decomposition, and Bacillaceae resisting often until the last timepoint, whereas Staphylococcaceae was variably detected. The early and substantial contamination observed in skeletal muscle, stomach, and intestine, makes them unsuitable for PMI calculations.  E. faecalis appeared promising as a potential biomarker for kidney, liver, and, possibly, brain invasion at later timepoints, whereas E. faecalis and E. coli in the bladder, and E. coli in the spleen and heart, warrant further investigation for similar biomarker potential. Conclusions: This is one of the first quantitative cultural studies assessing how time elapsing postmortem affects the growth/evolution of key bacterial species, with E. faecalis and E. coli emerging as promising traceable biomarkers in real postmortem contexts. While recognizing the limitations of not considering the complex microbiota network, our pilot study brings an easy species-specific approach and offers a baseline for future human-oriented investigations.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Understanding Hyperbolic Metric Learning through Hard Negative Sampling
Creators: name: Yue, Yun
name: Lin, Fangzhou
name: Mou, Guanyi
name: Zhang, Ziming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In recent years, there has been a growing trend of incorporating hyperbolic geometry methods into computer vision. While these methods have achieved state-of-the-art performance on various metric learning tasks using hyperbolic distance measurements, the underlying theoretical analysis supporting this superior performance remains under-exploited. In this study, we investigate the effects of integrating hyperbolic space into metric learning, particularly when training with contrastive loss. We identify a need for a comprehensive comparison between Euclidean and hyperbolic spaces regarding the temperature effect in the contrastive loss within the existing literature. To address this gap, we conduct an extensive investigation to benchmark the results of Vision Transformers (ViTs) using a hybrid objective function that combines loss from Euclidean and hyperbolic spaces. Additionally, we provide a theoretical analysis of the observed performance improvement. We also reveal that hyperbolic metric learning is highly related to hard negative sampling, providing insights for future work. This work will provide valuable data points and experience in understanding hyperbolic image embeddings. To shed more light on problem-solving and encourage further investigation into our approach, our code is available online (https://github.com/YunYunY/HypMix).
description: published in Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision. 2024
Chrysogaster cemiteriorum
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Chrysogaster
Chrysogaster cemiteriorum

description: Chrysogaster cemiteriorum (Linnaeus, 1758).
Regions: GO, MU, SA.
Reference: Strobl (1893a, 1893b, 1894, 1910).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Flavor's Delight
Creators: name: Nilles, Hans Peter
name: Ramos-Sanchez, Saul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Discrete flavor symmetries provide a promising approach to understand the flavor sector of the standard model of particle physics. Top-down (TD) explanations from string theory reveal two different types of such flavor symmetries: traditional and modular flavor symmetries that combine to the eclectic flavor group. There have been many bottom-up (BU) constructions to fit experimental data within this scheme. We compare TD and BU constructions to identify the most promising groups and try to give a unified description. Although there is some progress in joining BU and TD approaches, we point out some gaps that have to be closed with future model building.
description: 13 pages + citations, 4 figures. Contribution to the Special Issue of MDPI-entropy: Particle Theory and Theoretical Cosmology-Dedicated to Professor Paul Howard Frampton on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday
A Chain-of-Thought Prompting Approach with LLMs for Evaluating Students' Formative Assessment Responses in Science
Creators: name: Cohn, Clayton
name: Hutchins, Nicole
name: Le, Tuan
name: Biswas, Gautam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper explores the use of large language models (LLMs) to score and explain short-answer assessments in K-12 science. While existing methods can score more structured math and computer science assessments, they often do not provide explanations for the scores. Our study focuses on employing GPT-4 for automated assessment in middle school Earth Science, combining few-shot and active learning with chain-of-thought reasoning. Using a human-in-the-loop approach, we successfully score and provide meaningful explanations for formative assessment responses. A systematic analysis of our method's pros and cons sheds light on the potential for human-in-the-loop techniques to enhance automated grading for open-ended science assessments.
description: In press at EAAI-24: The 14th Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Freshwater and estuarine diatom composition and seasonal variation: influence of environmental factors and its forensic application
Creators: name: Torres-Portugal, Mariana
name: Madureira-Carvalho, Áurea
name: Couto, Cristina
name: Ribeiro, Cláudia
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Diatoms are unicellular microalgae common in aquatic systems. Different species and communities are characteristic of the ecosystems where they are found, allowing temporal and local associations to be made. Additionally, they do not occur naturally in the human body. Therefore, diatoms can provide relevant information in forensic investigation situations, i.e., determining the cause of death by drowning [1,2], or be used to establish associative indices between places, individuals, and/or objects [3,4]. Nevertheless, the diatom composition of an aquatic ecosystem depends on diverse factors such as seasonality and physiochemical and hydrological conditions of the water body. Objective: This study focused on analyzing the composition of diatoms in three types of aquatic environments (stream, estuary, and wells) throughout 4 seasons and exploring the influence of the physicochemical parameters of the water in diatom composition and variation. Methods: Samples were collected from two sampling locations in the stream and estuary, and from two wells. Afterward samples were processed and analyzed by optical microscopy for diatom identification. Physicochemical parameters (temperature, pH, conductivity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen and nutrients) were measured. Results: Differences in the composition and abundance of diatoms between the three aquatic systems were found, demonstrating the influence of hydrological and anthropogenic characteristics in diatom composition. The stream and estuary showed the higher diversity and abundance of diatoms in summer, whereas samples from the wells showed the lowest and even absence of diatoms in one well. Seasonal and spatial variations were evident and association of diatom composition with physicochemical parameters were found for some species. Conclusions: This preliminary study highlights the importance of investigate diatom composition in different aquatic systems and its relationship with seasonal and physicochemical factors. This study provides a basis for future research that could develop a useful database for forensic investigations.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
Automatic Build Repair for Test Cases using Incompatible Java Versions
Creators: name: Mak, Ching Hang
name: Cheung, Shing-Chi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Context: Bug bisection is a common technique used to identify a revision that introduces a bug or indirectly fixes a bug, and often involves executing multiple revisions of a project to determine whether the bug is present within the revision. However, many legacy revisions often cannot be successfully compiled due to changes in the programming language or tools used in the compilation process, adding complexity and preventing automation in the bisection process.
 Objective: In this paper, we introduce an approach to repair test cases of Java projects by performing dependency minimization. Our approach aims to remove classes and methods that are not required for the execution of one or more test cases. Unlike existing state-of-the-art techniques, our approach performs minimization at source-level, which allows compile-time errors to be fixed.
 Method: A standalone Java tool implementing our technique was developed, and we evaluated our technique using subjects from Defects4J retargeted against Java 8 and 17.
 Results: Our evaluation showed that a majority of subjects can be repaired solely by performing minimization, including replicating the test results of the original version. Furthermore, our technique is also shown to achieve accurate minimized results, while only adding a small overhead to the bisection process.
 Conclusion: Our proposed technique is shown to be effective for repairing build failures with minimal overhead, making it suitable for use in automated bug bisection. Our tool can also be adapted for use cases such as bug corpus creation and refactoring.
description: 44 pages, 22 figures (incl. tables and listings); To be published in Information and Software Technology. Link to artifact is available within the paper
Chrysogaster solstitialis
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Chrysogaster
Chrysogaster solstitialis

description: Chrysogaster solstitialis (Fallén, 1817).
Regions: UC, GO, CL, LS, LC, SA.
Reference: Glumac (1972), Vujić (1999b), de Groot (2004), de Groot & Govedič (2008), Van Steenis et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Calibration of measuring instruments and standards for roughness metrology – Calibration of the horizontal measuring system of stylus instruments : Guideline DKD-R 4-2 Sheet 4
Creators: name: Krüger-Sehm, Rolf
name: Volk, Raimund
Publisher: name: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Year: 2024

description: This guideline describes how to establish traceability for the scaling of the horizontal axis of stylus instruments to the national length standard in accordance with ISO 3274. The metrological traceability is based on the determination of the value of a horizontal surface parameter (characteristic quantity) such as RSmon a calibrated reference standard. The unit of length is passed on by alternately using a standard for calibrating a device, and a calibrated device for calibrating a standard. The scope of this guideline applies to the second and to the fourth step in the dissemination chain (described in the guideline sheet in Appendix A and Appendix B, respectively).
Prevalence and characteristics of emotional distress and neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV in Huambo/ Angola
Creators: name: Carvalho, Gizella
name: Paixão António, Armindo
name: Walter M. Carlos, Aires
name: Peixoto, Bruno
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: As life expectancy for people living with HIV (PLWH) increases, there's a growing acknowledgment of the crucial need to address their psychological and neurocognitive well-being [1,2]. Objective: This study aims to determine the prevalence of emotional distress and neurocognitive impairment in PLWH receiving care at a primary HIV center. Methods: 204 participants were assessed through the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to evaluate emotional distress, anxiety, and depression, while the Mini-Mental State Examination was utilized to assess neurocognitive functioning. Results: 62.7% of the participants exhibit clinically significant levels of emotional distress, with 62.7% and 53.2% experiencing significant levels of anxiety and depression, respectively. Furthermore, 58.3% demonstrate impairment in global neurocognitive functioning. Notably, participants reporting emotional distress tend to have lower levels of education and monthly income. Factors such as gender, limited daily access to food, and potable water are associated with an increased risk of distress. Participants displaying neurocognitive impairments tend to be older, have fewer years of formal education, exhibit depressive symptoms, and have been living with HIV for an extended period. Conclusions: These findings underscore the high prevalence of emotional distress among PLWH and highlight the significance of factors such as education, income, and access to necessities like food and clean water. Consequently, it is imperative that public health policy makers develop and implement mental health services within HIV centers to address these critical concerns.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
title: Seasonal Variations For The Concentrations Of Trace Elements In Common Octopus (Octopus Vulgaris) At Portugese Waters
Creators: name: Seixas, Sonia
name: Pinheiro, T.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Octopus vulgaris, is a bentonic specie with a high growth rate, relatively short life cycle, widespread in various marine ecosystems at the Portuguese coo.st. All the elements analysed, vanadium (V), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu). zinc (Zn). arsenic (As) and selenium (Se) are considered micronutrients to animals. V, Mn, Fe. Zn and As are important for enzymatic activity. Cu i5 the metal existent in hemocy4nins, which are oxygen transport proteins. Se works as an antioxidant defence mechanisms. Octopus can contribute to accumulation of these elements in food web There is an exposure concentration below which insufficiency effects are seen and a different concentration aboYe which toxicity occurs, the area between them is the optimal concentration. For Octopus .-ulgoris this optimal conccrrtration is not determine. This .study pretends to be another contribution to the knowledge of the concentration of these trace elements in octopus.
Kalibrieren von Geräten und Normalen für die Rauheitsmesstechnik – Kalibrierung des horizontalen Messsystems von Tastschnittgeräten : Richtlinie DKD-R 4-2 Blatt 4
Creators: name: Krüger-Sehm, Rolf
name: Volk, Raimund
Publisher: name: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Year: 2024

description: Diese Richtlinie beschreibt die metrologische Rückführbarkeit (Rückführung) der Skalierung der horizontalen Achse von Tastschnittgeräten nach ISO 3274 auf das nationale Längennormal. Die Rückführung basiert auf der Bestimmung des Wertes einer horizontalen Oberflächenkenngröße wie RSm an einem kalibrierten Bezugsnormal. Bei der Weitergabe der Längeneinheit wird abwechselnd ein Normal zum Kalibrieren eines Gerätes und ein kalibriertes Gerät zum Kalibrieren eines Normals verwendet. Der Anwendungsbereich dieser Richtlinie gilt der zweiten Stufe der Weitergabekette, die in Anhang A des Richtlinienblattes beschrieben ist und der vierten Stufe der Weitergabekette, die in Anhang B des Richtlinienblattes beschrieben ist.
Criorhina asilica
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Criorhina
Criorhina asilica

description: Criorhina asilica (Fallén, 1816).
Regions: UC, CL, SA.
Reference: de Groot & Govedič (2008).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
title: Common Trends In Environmental Time Series
Creators: name: Zuur, A. F.
name: Pierce, G. J.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Dynamic factor analysis (DFA) is a multivariate time series analysis technique which can be used to estimate common patterns and effects of explanatory variables in short, non-stationary multivariate time series containing missing values. Although DFA has been used in various econometrical studies, it has hardly been used in fisheries studies. In this paper, a non-statistical introduction to DFA is given and the method is used to estimate common trends in a time series of squid catch per unit effort in Scotland (UK). To avoid modelling seasonal patterns, time series for each month were created and analysed. Results indicated that time series of most months were related to sea surface temperature measured at Millport (UK).
Behavior of teeth and restorative materials when exposed to different temperatures: A systematic review
Creators: name: Guimarães, Maria Inês
name: Rybinski, Alma
name: Lopes, Beatriz
name: Veiga, Francisco
name: Ferraz, Hugo
name: Castro, Inês
name: Silveira, Augusta
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Teeth are recognized as the most indestructible elements of the human body, being considered one of the most resistant tissues, providing morphological, macroscopic or radiological analysis, allowing human identification, and presenting good resistance to environmental action. When exposed to different temperatures, restorative materials generally retain their original properties and respond in a predictable way, allowing for the possibility of accurate and legally acceptable identification [1-5]. Objective: Answer the following research question: what is the impact of different temperature ranges on dental pieces and restorative materials such as amalgam, composite resin, glass ionomer and metal-ceramic crowns? Methods: Search in the PubMed, B-On and ScienceDirect databases. The research was subject to duly identified inclusion and exclusion criteria and the studies were selected following the criteria of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) diagram. The assessment of the methodological quality of the articles was carried out according to the Quality Assessment Tool For In Vitro Studies (QUIN) for in vitro studies. Results: Of a total of 46,639 potentially eligible articles, only 8 in vitro studies were included after applying the established inclusion and exclusion criteria. These studies suggest that restorative materials demonstrate the ability to resist elevated temperatures and present specific patterns of macroscopic and microscopic changes in different temperature ranges. Conclusions: Analysis of in vitro studies suggests that restorations performed with amalgam, ceramic/metal-ceramic crowns and endodontic procedures experience fewer changes, both in terms of chemical composition and in macroscopic or microscopic aspects, when compared to other restorative materials such as composite. These materials provide a source of forensic evidence following exposure to temperatures up to 1000°C, which can be used for comparison and positive identification of victims following exposure to high temperatures.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
The effects on groundwater resources from irrigation supply changes in the Odessa subarea of the Columbia Plateau aquifer.
Creators: name: Mendsaikhan, Nyamaa
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: basalt aquifers
commingling
irrigation water supply
surface water
water level depletion
Hydrologic sciences
Groundwater

description: Global population growth is driving the need for crop production expansion to meet increasing food supply demands. To support this crop production, both surface and groundwater are used for irrigation. However, reliance on groundwater has been significantly increasing in recent decades due to changes in demand as well as surface water availability and/or reliability. As a consequence, groundwater declines have been observed worldwide where irrigation is the leading cause. In this study, spatial and temporal changes in hydraulic head are evaluated in response to the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program (OGWRP). The Odessa Subarea is a region in the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System (CPRAS) of the Pacific Northwest that has been experiencing severe groundwater declines due to irrigation pumping since the 1960s. The OGWRP will replace groundwater rights with surface water rights in an attempt to stabilize the water levels in the deep basalts from which the majority of irrigation water is pumped. Numerical flow models assist in estimates of groundwater availability in a study area and the evaluation of water level trends. Using an existing CPRAS model developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the composite hydraulic heads resulting from systematic pumping changes in wells found within the Odessa Subarea were simulated. This work tested the hypothesis that aquifer recovery is feasible in response to OGWRP implementation. The study results showed that irrigation supply changes in Odessa impact beyond its boundary. The Grande Ronde Basalt, which supplies most of irrigation water demands in Odessa, has the greatest potential to recover of up to 49.8% by 2050 to predevelopment state if groundwater pumping stopped in 2008. Moreover, the study found two main limitations of the model related to uncertainties in commingling flow and recharge mechanisms in the deep aquifers. Without improved knowledge of recharge pathways and controls and timescales of the intra-borehole flows that are induced in uncased wells, it is difficult to quantify the overall model performance. To reduce model uncertainty the calibration of commingling wells is suggested.
title: New Estimates Of The Martialia Hyadesi Stock Based On Predator Diet-Implications For South Atlantic Squid Fisheries
Creators: name: Xavier, Jose C.
name: Rodhouse, Paul G.
name: Croxall, John P.
name: Wood, A.G.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The quantity of M. Hyadesi consumed by grey-headed and black-browed albatrosses between 1996 and 2000 using data from food samples is shown in Table 2. The estimation of M. Hyadesi consumption calculated using the SGSIA model (croxall et al., 1985) and an updated version is provided in Fig. 2
Criorhina floccosa
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Criorhina
Criorhina floccosa

description: Criorhina floccosa (Meigen, 1822).
Region: CL.
Reference: de Groot & Govedič (2008).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
title: Management Of Loligo Gahi Around The Falkland Islands: Utilising Environmental Correlates To Predict Recruitment Strength
Creators: name: Agnew, D. J.
name: Beddington, J. R.
name: Hill, R. C. Wakeford S. L.
name: Marlow, T. R.
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The Falkland Islands operates a commercially important squid fishery for Loligp 􀀂hi, catching approximately 50,000 tonnes per annum. Management of the fishery is through controlling licensed effurt rather than using catch quotas. Fishing restrictions are enforced within a delimited zone and there are two seasons (February - May and August - October). Management of the fishery aims to maintain an escapement spawning stock biomass of 10,000 tin each season. Advance knowledge of recruitment levels, now possible through a relationship with sea surface temperature, may considerably assist management of the fishery.
title: Abundance Indexes Of Octopus Vulgaris And Coastal Upwelling Intensity In The South Of Senegal
Creators: name: Caverivière, Alain
name: Demarcq, Hervé
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.In Senegal (fig.1) there has been significant annual variation in the fishing of the common octopus O. vulgaris since its first appearance in great numbers during the summer of 1986. Unloaded quantities (fig.2) oscillate between less than 5,000 metric tons (1987, 93, 95) and 15,000-20,000 tons (1986, 89, 91) and nearly 40,000 tons in 1999. In 1999 storage capacity for this export species was saturated during the summer. The catches are mainly carried out in the area south of Dakar (Petite Côte) by industrial trawlers and small-scale fishermen who use a special octopus jigging handline (fig.3 and 4). Catches and are generally made up of small octopuses from the summer recruitment, which follows a winter upwelling period. These catches reflect variations in abundance and can thus be used as abundance indexes.
Study of dental records archive: global perspective
Creators: name: Guimarães, Maria Inês
name: Loibl, Beatriz
name: Silva, Jéssica
name: Rodrigues, Carolina
name: Silva, Madalena
name: Mira De Almeida, Sofia
name: Silveira, Augusta
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: Forensic medicine is a field that applies medical knowledge to legal issues focusing on human identification. Dental records are of great importance in this area due to the valuable information they can provide. Objective: The aim of this research is to examine the worldwide participation and dedication to the preservation of dental records, while also noting variations in this practice among different nations. Methods: An email was sent to the representative dentistry associations in several countries to inquire about their awareness of the importance of preserving dental records. The addresses were collected from the official website of the International Dental Federation. International SOS has determined the risk category and classified it into five levels, considering variables such as military forces, state of war, government and legal control, among others. These levels are high risk, medium risk, low risk and insignificant risk. Results: The Portuguese Dental Association suggests that dental records should be kept for at least 20 years after the last treatment. Several countries, including Israel, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and South Africa, which are classified as medium or high risk, attach great importance to such procedures, with a minimum retention period of 75 years. However, it may be advisable for Guinea-Bissau and Brazil to consider implementing regulations or extending their minimum periods (currently at a minimum of 4 years) to mitigate potential risks. Conclusions: At a global perspective, it was found that the countries surveyed did not always have an ideal correlation between the level of risk and awareness of the importance of complete and updated dental records. It is recommended that all nations enhance the implementation of dental records, ensuring they are stored effectively and are accessible. With the world constantly changing, it is important to constantly update these elements.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)
title: Virtual Population Analysis Of The Senegalese Octopus Vulgaris Stock
Creators: name: Didier, Jouffre
name: Alain, Caveriviere
name: Sophie, Lanco-Bertrand
name: Didier, Gascuel
Publisher: name: ASC 2001 - K - Theme session
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Octopus vulgaris is one of the most valuable resource of the Senegalese fishery. A virtual population analysis of the Senegalese Octopus stock is computed on a monthly basis between January 1996 and December 1999. The model resolution is age-based using Pope approximation. In spite of the uncertainties linked to the conversion from weight to age and to the estimation of the natural mortality rate (M), the model provides a coherent explanatory tool of the dynamic of this stock during the 1996-1999 period. In particular it accounts for the events linked to the demographic explosion that occurred in summer 1999 and which had considerable impact on the Senegalese fishery
Criorhina pachymera Egger 1858
Creators: name: Kočić, Anja
name: Vujić, Ante
name: Tot, Tamara
name: Milosavljević, Marina Janković
name: Groot, Maarten De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Criorhina
Criorhina pachymera

description: Criorhina pachymera Egger, 1858.
Regions: SS, CK, CL.
Reference: de Groot & Govedič (2008).
description: Published as part of Kočić, Anja, Vujić, Ante, Tot, Tamara, Milosavljević, Marina Janković & Groot, Maarten De, 2023, An updated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Slovenia, pp. 189-227 in Zootaxa 5297 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7993180
Dental fitness system adopted by NATO
Creators: name: Guimarães, Maria Inês
name: Loibl, Beatriz
name: Silva, Madalena
name: Rodrigues, Carolina
name: Silva, Jéssica
name: Mira De Almeida, Sofia
name: Silveira, Augusta
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2024

description: Background: The Portuguese Armed Forces play a crucial role in international missions, as they are committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations (UN). It is worth noting that oral health is a significant factor in the military selection process, which underscores the importance of preventive care and minimizing dental emergencies. Objective: This text outlines the dental requirements for military personnel in NATO countries, as well as the dental fitness classification system. The database contains information on NATO's classification for selection purposes. Methods: The search terms Dental Fitness, Military, Dental Record, and Dental Condition were used to conduct a thorough search of articles on the official NATO website, PubMed, and ScienceDirect databases. Subsequently, inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied. Results: According to the NATO guide, military personnel are classified into two low-risk dental fitness classes: Dental Fitness Class 1, which does not require any treatment or appointments, and Dental Fitness Class 2, which includes pre-existing dental conditions that seldom result in emergencies within 12 months. The guide does not specify the high-risk classes. Dental Fitness Class 3 is typically assigned when there is a possibility of an oral emergency within the next 12 months or if the condition is left untreated. Dental Fitness Class 4 is assigned to military personnel who require an annual examination, have undetermined dental status or incomplete records. Ideally, Class 1 and 2 military personnel are selected, although definitions and assessments may change. It is worth noting that some countries accept Class 3 conditions, while others prioritize the highest classification in case of doubt. Conclusions: These classifications help to standardize and enable each country to select the most suitable soldiers for missions, thereby reducing associated risks.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (2024)