cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Oiovelia viannai Rodrigues & Melo
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Higor D. D.
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Oiovelia
Oiovelia viannai

description: Oiovelia viannai Rodrigues & Melo in Rodrigues et al., 2014
(Figures 11, 16–17)
Material examined. BRAZIL, Minas Gerais State: apterous male, holotype, Luz, Ribeirão Jorge Grande, 19º40’13”S / 45º36’37”W, 27.IV.2010, H.D.D. Rodrigues leg. Paratypes: 1 macropterous male, 2 apterous females, same data as holotype, except 06.I.2010; 2 apterous males, 1 macropterous female, same data as holotype, except 13.III.2010, H.D.D. Rodrigues & G.J.C. Vianna leg. Bahia State: 1 apterous female, Andaraí, Chapada Diamantina, #28, Cachoeira do Rio Roncador, Marimbus, 12°41’57.6”S / 41°21’26.1”W, 323 m a.s.l., N. Hamada, J.M.C. Nascimento & J. O. Silva leg. All in MZUSP.
Remarks. It is common to find more than one species of Oiovelia in the same foam mass and O. cunucunumana (Fig. 15) occurred together with O. viannai (Figs 16–17) in the State of Minas Gerais, at a brown water stream without formation of foam (Rodrigues et al. 2014). The same two species were found co-occurring in foam mass from a dark water stream in the State of Bahia, which represents the first record of the genus from Northeastern Brazil. Oiovelia cunucunumana is the species with the largest range within the genus, with records from Venezuela to Argentina. Oiovelia viannai is a recently described species, and until now was known only from the type locality in the State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil.
The occurrence of specimens of Oiovelia outside foam masses appears to be a secondary option, because individuals are rarely found in streams or rivers without foam. Additionally, in field trips in the State of Amazonas, northern Brazil, it was noticed that specimens seem to rest on twigs or banks of streams at night, since the number of specimens present on foam at this period is much lower than during the day (HDDR, personal observations).
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, Higor D. D. & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2016, A new species and new records of Oiovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae) from Brazil, pp. 153-160 in Zootaxa 4078 (1) on pages 158-159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.14, http://zenodo.org/record/264966
Kremnothrips epakrus Mound & Tree, 2017, sp.n.
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
name: Tree, Desley J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Kremnothrips
Kremnothrips epakrus

description: Kremnothrips epakrus sp.n. (Figs 1–6)
Female microptera. Body, legs and antennae golden brown, tarsal apex sclerotized and brown. With the character states in the generic diagnosis. Pronotum with anterior margin slightly eroded medially. Fore wing lobe about 90 microns long each with 2 long fine setae.
Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 2750. Head, length 300; width medially 200. Pronotum, length 200; width 300; major setae, anteromarginals 40 (12), anteroangulars 75, midlaterals 90, epimerals 120, posteroangulars 100. Tergite VIII lateral setae 150. Tergite IX setae, S1 175; S2 180; S3 180. Tube length 150. Antennal segments I–VIII length, 75, 50 (110 ventrally), 55, 45, 35, 30, 35, 45.
Specimens studied. Holotype female microptera, Australia, Queensland, Behana Gorge, Wooroonooran National Park., dead branches & leaves, 3.xi.2008 (D.J.Tree 778), in ANIC.
Paratype. one micropterous female taken with holotype, in QDPC, Brisbane.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2017, Two new Australian fungus-feeding thrips in two new Plectrothripini genera (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), pp. 443-446 in Zootaxa 4273 (3) on pages 444-445, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/803209
Strategies for the Islamic Financing of Muslim-Owned Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore
Creators: name: Hassan, Nadia Farhanah Binte
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: The ecosystem of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore is one of the leading practices internationally. While many policies and support programs are in place to encourage the establishment of start-ups and SMEs in the city-state, there are still gaps in SME financing, particularly the financing of local Muslim-owned SMEs. Thus, the above concern about the underserved segment of Muslim-owned SMEs in Singapore has served as a motivation for this study. The aim of this research is to investigate how we can leverage on Islamic Finance for the Shariah-compliant financing of Small and Medium Muslim-owned enterprises. The key questions addressed in this research are threefold. Firstly, how are the financing needs of Muslim-owned SMEs currently being met? Secondly, what financing problems and challenges do Muslim-owned SMEs encounter in Singapore? Thirdly, how can Islamic Finance services be further developed to support Muslim-owned SMEs in Singapore? With the above research questions in mind, the researcher has sought for answers through a comprehensive study of the current landscape of SME financing in Singapore and a questionnaire of twenty Muslim-owned SMEs to identify their financing needs, their perspectives of Islamic Finance, and some of the financing challenges that they face. The results of the above approaches revealed that Islamic Finance services are limited in Singapore. Also, the questionnaire responses also show that entrepreneurs feel that there lies a great potential for Islamic Finance to better address the financing needs of the underserved segment of Muslim-owned SMEs. Regarding the financing challenges, they faced, common problems cited were their limited access to finance, rejection of loan applications, difficulties in producing supporting documents, limited opportunities for startups, and the lack of for Shariah-compliant financing. Lastly, the study concludes by proposing a strategic framework on how to integrate Islamic Finance into Singapore’s SME ecosystem, expand its range of services, and increase the level of awareness of the local population about Islamic Finance. The strategic framework proposes for the joint collaborations of key stakeholders at every level to ensure a successful strategy in Islamic Financing of SMEs in Singapore.
Gardner Centre, Brighton – The Nuns
Creators: name: B.A., Young
name: Young, B.A.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024
Subjects: Théâtre
''Les Nonnes''

description: Critique de la pièce ''The Nuns'' (''Les Nonnes'') d’Eduardo Manet, mise en scène par Walter Eysselinck, représentée au Gardner Centre for the Arts, de l’Université du Sussex (Brighton).
description: Reseña de la obra ''The Nuns'' (''Las Monjas'') de Eduardo Manet, dirigida por Walter Eysselinck, representada en el Gardner Center for the Arts, Universidad de Sussex (Brighton).
description: Notes : Le document est composé de quatre photocopies d’articles collées, deux au recto, deux au verso, sur un feuillet vierge au format A4. Les articles ont été indexés séparément. Le document est classé dans le fonds d’archives à la cote EM-E1-1970-03-13c. Les informations de publication sont manuscrites, au dessus du titre de l’article.
description: Titre de la publication : Financial Times
description: Périodicité : Quotidien
description: Directeur de la publication : Newton, Gordon (Sir).
description: Source: EM-E1-1970-03-13e
description: Source: Localisation de la ressource : Centre de Recherches Latino-Américaines (CRLA–Archivos, ITEM UMR8132). MSHS - Bât. A5, 1er étage 5 rue Théodore Lefebvre - TSA21103. 86073 Poitiers cedex 9.
description: Relation: EM-E1-1970-03-13d
description: Relation: EM-E1-1970-03-15
description: Relation: EM-E1-1970-03-19
Argothrips Mound & Tree, 2017, gen.n.
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
name: Tree, Desley J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Argothrips

description: Argothrips gen.n.
Diagnosis. Head as long as maximum width, but sharply narrowed to base such that basal width only 0.6 of maximum width (Figs 7, 8); cheeks extending slightly around external margins of compound eyes; eye facets more numerous ventrally than dorsally, but one posterodorsal facet enlarged and separated; anterior margin of head and first ocellus overhanging first antennal segment, posterior ocelli close to compound eyes; postocular setae no longer than minor setae; maxillary stylets retracted to eyes and close together medially. Antennae 8-segmented (Fig. 13), all segments pedicellate; segment II with campaniform sensillum placed medially; III almost spherical with one short stout sense cone; IV with 3 similar sense cones, V with 2 but VI with only one such sense cone; VIII elongate. Pronotum strongly eroded, at anterior and lateral margins, also epimera; only epimeral setae longer than discal setae (Fig. 11); metanotum with no sculpture medially. Prosternal sclerites and anterior margin of mesosternum eroded, only ferna present (Fig. 12); minute setae present in position of basantra. Fore tarsus without tooth; mid and hind tibiae without stout setae (fore wing not seen). Pelta very broadly triangular, tergite II eroded laterally (Fig. 10); II–VII with no sculpture lines and no wing-retaining setae; VIII and IX with posteroangular setae long and finely pointed; tube much shorter than head, lateral margins weakly concave (Fig. 9). Sternites without reticulate areas.
Type species Argothrips ommatos sp.n.
Comments. The campaniform sensillum on the second antennal segment is placed almost medially, rather than in the basal half of the segment, and the sternites lack glandular areas. However, the species shares the following character states with typical Plectrothripini species: antennal segment VIII elongate; sense cones on III and IV short and stout; posterior pair of ocelli close to compound eyes; pronotum strongly eroded; second abdominal tergite strongly eroded laterally. In the key to genera (Okajima 1981) this new genus progresses to the last couplet involving Menothrips and Plectrothrips. However, the maxillary stylets are longer and closer together than in species of either of those genera, the fore tarsus lacks a tooth, and the structure of the eyes is unique amongst Phlaeothripidae. It is not unusual in various unrelated Thysanoptera species for a few ventral eye facets to be enlarged, but the condition in this species of a single enlarged dorsal facet is unique. Although the fore tarsus lacks a lateral tooth, the hamus is well-developed on the ventrolateral external margin of the tarsus.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2017, Two new Australian fungus-feeding thrips in two new Plectrothripini genera (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), pp. 443-446 in Zootaxa 4273 (3) on page 446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/803209
The Relational Dynamics of Space-Time
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum physics
subject: Physics
subject: Physics/education

description: The Relational Dynamics of Space-Time is a groundbreaking theory that redefines space-time as an emergent and discrete structure, arising from fundamental interactions between elementary entities. Rooted in the principle that “nothing is empty, nothing is solitary; interactions define reality”, this theory challenges the notion of a pre-existing, continuous space-time and introduces a relational framework for its origin and dynamics.

The model organizes these interactions into three fundamental levels:

Binary interactions, responsible for local equilibrium and structural stability.

Triple interactions, introducing dynamical complexity and non-linear emergent patterns.

Higher-order interactions, which describe extreme fluctuations and intrinsic granularity at quantum scales.

The resulting emergent space-time metric, constructed from these interactions, rigorously recovers the classical solutions of General Relativity (GR)—such as the Schwarzschild, Kerr, and FLRW metrics—at macroscopic scales. Furthermore, the theory resolves gravitational singularities predicted by GR. In black holes and the early universe, regions of infinite curvature are regularized through quantum fluctuations, ensuring physical consistency.

Critically, the theory makes testable predictions, including observable deviations in gravitational waves, non-Gaussian signatures in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), and oscillatory corrections at black hole event horizons. These features make the model falsifiable and ripe for experimental verification.

By addressing the limitations of GR while maintaining its proven successes, The Relational Dynamics of Space-Time offers a consistent and elegant path toward a unified theory of quantum gravity, connecting classical and quantum regimes through a fundamentally relational and emergent perspective.
Argothrips ommatos Mound & Tree, 2017, sp.n.
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
name: Tree, Desley J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Argothrips
Argothrips ommatos

description: Argothrips ommatos sp.n. (Figs 7–12)
Female (dealate macroptera). Body, legs and antennae light brown, tarsi and apices of tibiae paler, antennal segment II almost yellow also tube medially. With the character states of the generic diagnosis; macropterous but holotype with wings largely missing, clavus with stout terminal setae, sub-basal setae scarcely 10 microns long.
Measurements (holotype in microns). Body length 1500. Head, length150; width across eyes 150; width at base 100. Pronotum, length 80; width 135; epimeral setae 35. Tergite VIII lateral setae 85. Tergite IX setae, S1 70; S2 95; S3 130. Tube length 85. Antennal segments III–VIII length, 28, 37, 35, 35, 35, 45.
Specimen studied. Holotype female, Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin, East Point vine thicket, from dead wood, 5.v.2014 (D.J.Tree 1809), in ANIC.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2017, Two new Australian fungus-feeding thrips in two new Plectrothripini genera (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), pp. 443-446 in Zootaxa 4273 (3) on page 446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/803209
title: Method of dirty paper coding using nested lattice codes
Creators: name: Yun, Sang Boh
name: Kim, Sung-Hwan
name: Jung, Sung-Yoon
name: Hwang, Song Soo
name: Viswanath, Sriram
name: Lee, Sang-Hyun
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: H04L1/0045
subject: H04L25/03343
subject: 327/551
subject: 329/349
subject: 329/353
subject: 341/173
subject: 341/180
subject: 370/334
subject: 370/335
subject: 370/342
subject: 375/265
subject: 375/260
subject: 375/262
subject: 375/285
subject: 375/299
subject: 375/346
subject: 375/347
subject: 455/63.1
subject: 455/67.13
subject: 455/101
subject: 455/114.2
subject: 455/132
subject: 455/500
subject: 455/501
subject: 455/562.1
subject: 714/751
subject: 714/752

description: A method of Dirty Paper Coding DPC using nested lattices is disclosed. The complexity of DPC can be reduced by scaling nested lattices and mapping interference to a lattice point of the scaled lattice.
New Work in der Natur:erfolgreiche Teamarbeit dank des Biophilia-Effekts? Entstanden im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes Outside Society in Zusammenarbeit mit Outside Society Schweiz, gefördert von Innosuisse
Creators: name: Affolter, Lorenz Frédéric
name: Scheidegger, Carole
Publisher: name: Berner Fachhochschule, Wirtschaft
Year: 2023

description: Die Natur als Arbeitsort bietet für Teams eine Chance, im Kontext hybrider Zusammenarbeit ihre physischen Meetings produktiv zu gestalten. Hierfür ist es von entscheidender Bedeutung, dass die Natur gezielt eingesetzt wird. Dies zeigt unsere Begleitforschung zum Outdoor Workspace von Outside Society Schweiz in den Sommern 2022 und 2021. Konkret zeigt sich, dass die Natur für Teams immer dann gewinnbringend ist und als Arbeitsort in Erwägung gezogen werden sollte, wenn die Ziele und Themen sowie folglich die Methoden eines Meetings darauf abgestimmt sind. Die Resultate unserer Begleitforschung zeigen, dass insbesondere die Themenbereiche Strategie, Innovation und Kreativität sowie Teamentwicklungsarbeit geeignet sind. Die befragten Teams nennen zudem das Bedürfnis nach Abstand zum Tagesgeschäft, der Wunsch nach Abwechslung und die Suche nach Inspirationsquellen als Beweggründe für die Wahl des Arbeitsortes Natur. Sie erhoffen sich von der Natur ein Umfeld, um sich auszutauschen, kreativ zu sein und Arbeit freudvoll zu gestalten. Die Resultate aus den Interviews und Fragebögen lassen darauf schliessen, dass diese Hoffnungen erfüllt wurden. So wurde die Wirkung der Natur sowohl auf individueller Ebene als auch auf der Teamebene als positiv beschrieben. Auf der individuellen Ebene wurden insbesondere die entspannende Wirkung der Natur und die damit verbundenen geringeren Erschöpfungserscheinungen hervorgehoben. Auf der Teamebene wurde unter anderem eine positive Wirkung der Arbeitsumgebung auf die Teamdynamik festgestellt, die sich durch ein positives Klima im Team, eine höhere psychologische Sicherheit und ein gestärktes Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl bemerkbar machte. Für die befragten Teams war der Arbeitstag in der Natur ein einmaliges Erlebnis. Die Frage, ob die positiven Effekte anhalten würden, wenn Teams die Natur regelmässig für die Zusammenarbeit aufsuchen, gilt es im Rahmen zukünftiger Forschung zu klären.
title: Method for forming perfluorocarbon ethers
Creators: name: Lagow, Richard J.
name: Gerhardt, Glenn E.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: C07C41/01
subject: C07C43/126
subject: C08G65/3236
subject: 568/615
subject: 568/677
subject: 568/683

description: A method is disclosed for producing fluorocarbon ethers wherein a high molecular weight polyether is reacted with elemental fluorine to produce a highly fluorinated polyether which is subjected to an elevated temperature sufficient to cause fragmentation of the polymer chain to produce fluorocarbon ethers.
title: Positive displacement pump system and method with rotating valve
Creators: name: Smalling, Richard W.
name: Gohean, Jeffrey R.
name: Pate, Thomas D.
name: Longoria, Raul G.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: F04B17/04
subject: F04B17/03
subject: 417/53
subject: 417/410.1

description: Systems and methods including a valve piston in a pumping chamber. The pumping chamber may include a pump inlet and a pump outlet in fluid communication with the pumping chamber. The valve piston may be configured to rotate between a first position within the pumping chamber and a second position outside of the pumping chamber.
Prenatal exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, umbilical cord blood DNA methylation, and cardio-metabolic indicators in newborns: The healthy start study
Creators: name: Starling, A.P
name: Zhang, W
name: Calafat, A.M
name: Borengasser, S.J
name: Shen, G
name: Adgate, J.L
name: Kechris, K
name: Smith, H.A
name: Liu, C
name: Yang, I.V
name: Dabelea, D
name: Boyle, K.E
name: Hamman, R.F
Publisher: name: Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services
Year: 2020

description: BACKGROUND: Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are environmentally persistent chemicals widely detected in women of reproductive age. Prenatal PFAS exposure is associated with adverse health outcomes in children. We hypothesized that DNA methylation changes may result from prenatal PFAS exposure and may be linked to offspring cardio-metabolic phenotype. OBJECTIVES: We estimated associations of prenatal PFAS with DNA methylation in umbilical cord blood. We evaluated associations of methylation at selected sites with neonatal cardio-metabolic indicators. METHODS: Among 583 mother–infant pairs in a prospective cohort, five PFAS were quantified in maternal serum (median 27 wk of gestation). Umbilical cord blood DNA methylation was evaluated using the Illumina HumanMethylation450 array. Differentially methylated positions (DMPs) were evaluated at a false discovery rate (FDR) <0:05 and differentially methylated regions (DMRs) were identified using comb-p (Šidák-adjusted p <0:05). We estimated associations between methylation at candidate DMPs and DMR sites and the following outcomes: newborn weight, adiposity, and cord blood glucose, insulin, lipids, and leptin. RESULTS: Maternal serum PFAS concentrations were below the median for females in the U.S. general population. Moderate to high pairwise correla-tions were observed between PFAS concentrations (q =0:28 − 0:76). Methylation at one DMP (cg18587484), annotated to the gene TJAP1, was associated with perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) at FDR < 0:05. Comb-p detected between 4 and 15 DMRs for each PFAS. Associated genes, some common across multiple PFAS, were implicated in growth (RPTOR), lipid homeostasis (PON1, PON3, CIDEB, NR1H2), inflammation and immune activity (RASL11B, RNF39), among other functions. There was suggestive evidence that two PFAS-associated loci (cg09093485, cg09637273) were associated with cord blood triglycerides and birth weight, respectively (FDR < 0:1). DISCUSSION: DNA methylation in umbilical cord blood was associated with maternal serum PFAS concentrations during pregnancy, suggesting potential associations with offspring growth, metabolism, and immune function. Future research should explore whether DNA methylation changes mediate associations between prenatal PFAS exposures and child health outcomes. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP6888.
Large proportions of overweight and obese children, as well as their parents, underestimate children's weight status across Europe: the ENERGY (EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth) project
Creators: name: Manios, Yannis
name: Moschonis, George
name: Karatzi, Kalliopi
name: Androutsos, Odysseas
name: Chinapaw, Mai JM
name: Moreno, Luis A.
name: Bere, Elling
name: Molnar, Denes
name: Jan, Natasha
name: Dössegger, Alain
name: De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse
name: Singh, Amika
name: Brug, Johannes
Publisher: name: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2015
Subjects: Perceptions of weight status Childhood obesity Weight status underestimation

description: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the magnitude and country-specific differences in underestimation of children's weight status by children and their parents in Europe and to further explore its associations with family characteristics and sociodemographic factors. DESIGN: Children's weight and height were objectively measured. Parental anthropometric and sociodemographic data were self-reported. Children and their parents were asked to comment on children's weight status based on five-point Likert-type scales, ranging from 'I am much too thin' to 'I am much too fat' (children) and 'My child's weight is way too little' to 'My child's weight is way too much' (parents). These data were combined with children's actual weight status, in order to assess underestimation of children's weight status by children themselves and by their parents, respectively. Chi-square tests and multilevel logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the aims of the current study. SETTING: Eight European countries participating in the ENERGY (EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth) project. SUBJECTS: A school-based survey among 6113 children aged 10-12 years and their parents. RESULTS: In the total sample, 42·9 % of overweight/obese children and 27·6 % of parents of overweight/obese children underestimated their and their children's weight status, respectively. A higher likelihood for this underestimation of weight status by children and their parents was observed in Eastern and Southern compared with Central/Northern countries. Overweight or obese parents (OR=1·81; 95 % CI 1·39, 2·35 and OR=1·78, 95 % CI 1·22, 2·60), parents of boys (OR=1·32; 95 % CI 1·05, 1·67) and children from overweight/obese (OR=1·60; 95 % CI 1·29, 1·98 and OR=1·76; 95 % CI 1·29, 2·41) or unemployed parents (OR=1·53; 95 % CI 1·22, 1·92) were more likely to underestimate children's weight status. CONCLUSIONS: Children of overweight or obese parents, those from Eastern and Southern Europe, boys, younger children and children with unemployed parents were more likely to underestimate their actual weight status. Overweight or obese parents and parents of boys were more likely to underestimate the actual weight status of their children. In obesity prevention such underestimation may be a barrier for behavioural change.
Ghanaian Muslims in Public Schools: Religious Freedom and Minority Rights
Creators: name: Mohammed, Salisu
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: Religious freedom is widely regarded as major achievement of constitutional democracies and liberal democratic governments across the globe because of the way the system is perceive to guarantee the peaceful co-existence of religiously plural society. Many political scientists have argued that human rights are better promoted and enhanced under liberal constitutional democracies than undemocratic governments. This may mean that Ghana’s transition from military regime to constitutional democracy will significantly improve her human rights record. But the Ghanaian context where the religious freedom of the minority Muslim students is persistently been frustrated by ‘artificial’ bureaucracies instituted by school administrators force us to reconsider the fact that guaranteeing religious freedom and liberty of a minority group is not simply the making of constitutional provisions, rather, and most crucially, national and international governments whose duty it is to protect minority groups, must endeavor to provide other social mechanisms and techniques that could, in addition to the existing laws, help in protecting the minority group from the majority ‘abuse’.In recent years, the discourse of religious liberty has become a dominant idiom in the Ghanaian Muslim struggle against policies of public schools that marginalize the minority Muslim students based on their religious identity. The Mainland Churches, which have since independence been fighting against human rights abuses are, surprisingly, the ‘culprits’ in this situation. Recommendations are made at the end of the study to enable the State and the Church to consider the immediate need to [re]solving the challenge.
title: Polyamine/alkali salt blends for carbon dioxide removal from gas streams
Creators: name: Rochelle, Gary T.
name: Cullinane, John
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: B01D53/1493
subject: B01D53/1475
subject: B01D2257/504
subject: Y02A50/2342
subject: Y02C10/04
subject: Y02C10/06
subject: Y02P20/152
subject: 252/60
subject: 252/184
subject: 423/228
subject: 95/155
subject: 95/236

description: Novel solvents and methods of use for the removal of CO2 from flue gas, natural gas, hydrogen gas, synthesis gas, and other process and waste gas streams are provided. The solvent contains an alkali salt such as potassium carbonate and a polyamine such as piperazine (PZ) where the polyamine concentration is at least 1.5 equivalents/Kg H2O and the alkali salt concentration is at least 0.5 equivalents/Kg H2O. The preferred alkali salt/polyamine ratio is from approximately 1:2 to 2:1, and no additional alcohol is required for solubilizing the PZ. This chemical solvent and method of use provides efficient and effective removal of CO2 from gaseous streams and other sources.
title: Method, system and computer-accessible medium for providing a distributed predicate prediction
Creators: name: Keckler, Stephen W.
name: Burger, Douglas
name: Esmaeilzadeh, Hadi
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: G06F8/4451
subject: G06F9/3836
subject: G06F9/3842
subject: G06F9/3844
subject: 712/239

description: Examples of a system, method and computer accessible medium are provided to generate a predicate prediction for a distributed multi-core architecture. Using such system, method and computer accessible medium, it is possible to intelligently encode approximate predicate path information on branch instructions. Using this statically generated information, distributed predicate predictors can generate dynamic predicate histories that can facilitate an accurate prediction of high-confidence predicates, while minimizing the communication between the cores.
title: Surfactants for heterogeneous processes in liquid or supercritical CO.sub.2
Creators: name: Robeson, Lloyd M.
name: Bott, Richard Henry
name: Wilkinson, Steven Paul
name: Johnston, Keith P.
name: O'Neill, Mark Leonard
name: Mawson, Simon
name: Smith, Carrington Duane
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: C08J3/02
subject: Y02P20/544
subject: 524/505
subject: 524/245
subject: 524/377
subject: 524/401
subject: 524/502
subject: 525/88
subject: 525/93

description: Heterogeneous polymer mixtures comprising a polymer in liquid or supercritical CO.sub.2 are stabilized by employing a poly(propylene oxide) or poly(butylene oxide) based surfactant. These surfactants are especially well suited for stabilizing heterogeneous polymer mixtures formed by micronizing techniques as well as by precipitation of a compressed fluid antisolvent applications.
Fetal exposure to maternal active and secondhand smoking with offspring early-life growth in the Healthy Start study
Creators: name: Glueck, D.H
name: Ringham, B.M
name: Moore, B.F
name: Starling, A.P
name: Adgate, J.L
name: Dabelea, D
name: Allshouse, W.B
name: Magzamen, S
name: Harrod, C.S
Publisher: name: Nature Publishing Group
Year: 2019

description: Background: Previous studies have modeled the association between fetal exposure to tobacco smoke and body mass index (BMI) growth trajectories, but not the timing of catch-up growth. Research on fetal exposure to maternal secondhand smoking is limited. Objectives: To explore the associations between fetal exposure to maternal active and secondhand smoking with body composition at birth and BMI growth trajectories through age 3 years. Methods: We followed 630 mother-child pairs enrolled in the Healthy Start cohort through age 3 years. Maternal urinary cotinine was measured at ~ 27 weeks gestation. Neonatal body composition was measured using air displacement plethysmography. Child weight and length/height were abstracted from medical records. Linear regression models examined the association between cotinine categories (no exposure, secondhand smoke, active smoking) with weight, fat mass, fat-free mass, and percent fat mass at birth. A mixed-effects regression model estimated the association between cotinine categories and BMI. Results: Compared to unexposed offspring, birth weight was significantly lower among offspring born to active smokers (−343-g; 95% CI: −473, −213), but not among offspring of women exposed to secondhand smoke (−47-g; 95% CI: −130, 36). There was no significant difference in the rate of BMI growth over time between offspring of active and secondhand smokers (p = 0.58). Therefore, our final model included a single growth rate parameter for the combined exposure groups of active and secondhand smokers. The rate of BMI growth for the combined exposed group was significantly more rapid (0.27 kg/m 2 per year; 95% CI: 0.05, 0.69; p < 0.01) than the unexposed. Conclusions: Offspring prenatally exposed to maternal active or secondhand smoking experience rapid and similar BMI growth in the first three years of life. Given the long-term consequences of rapid weight gain in early childhood, it is important to encourage pregnant women to quit smoking and limit their exposure to secondhand smoke.
title: Method for separating molecules
Creators: name: Thomas, Richard E.
name: Sessler, Jonathan L.
name: Iverson, Brent L.
name: Kral, Vladimir A.
name: Shreder, Kevin
name: Furuta, Hiroyuki
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: A61K41/0076
subject: A61K47/54
subject: A61K47/546
subject: A61K47/558
subject: C07H21/00
subject: C07D487/22
subject: C07H15/26
subject: C12N15/101
subject: 422/48
subject: 435/6.12
subject: 435/5
subject: 435/6.1
subject: 435/91.1
subject: 435/91.2
subject: 536/24.3
subject: 536/24.32
subject: 536/24.33
subject: 540/145
subject: 540/472

description: The present invention provides various novel covalently modified sapphyrin derivatives and conjugates; polymers including sapphyrin or derivatives thereof; and chromatographic supports including sapphyrins and other expanded porphyrins and derivatives thereof. Disclosed are water soluble sapphyrins, including polyhydroxysapphyrins and sapphyrin-sugar derivatives; sapphyrin-metal chelating conjugates; sapphyrin nucleobase conjugates; oligosapphyrins and polysapphyrins, including sapphyrin dimers, trimers, oligomers and higher polymers; and polymer supported expanded porphyrin compositions, including advantageous rubyrin- and sapphyrin-based chromatography columns and electrophoretic supports. Sapphyrin oligomers and polymers and polymer supported expanded porphyrins, such as, e.g., glass and silica expanded porphyrin constructs, are disclosed which include both repeating units of sapphyrin derivatives alone and which include other units, for example, nucleobases, sapphyrin-nucleobase conjugates and long chain alkyl groups.
Impact Investing: Konzept, Spannungsfelder und Zukunftsperspektiven. Eine Orientierung für private und institutionelle Investoren
Creators: name: Dey, Pascal
name: Wettstein, Florian
name: Schaefers, Kevin
name: Bahlmann, Julia
Publisher: name: FERI Cognitive Finance Institute
Year: 2019

description: Das Konzept des „Impact Investing“ (wirkungsorientiertes Investieren) steht zunehmend im Fokus strategischer Investoren. Impact Investing hat den Anspruch, neben der Erzielung finanzieller Renditen auch positive soziale oder ökologische Wirkungen herbeizuführen. Allerdings sind zentrale Fragen noch ungeklärt: Wodurch unterscheidet es sich von traditionellen und anderen nachhaltigen Investments sowie von rein gemeinnützigen Aktivitäten? Welche sozialen oder ökologischen Wirkungen sind gesellschaftlich wünschbar? Und wie können sie gemessen werden? Unsere aktuelle Studie geht diesen Fragen nach und gibt wissenschaftlich fundierte Einschätzungen, welche Entwicklungen in den kommenden Jahren in Deutschland zu erwarten sind.
Organizational and activational androgens, lemur social play, and the ontogeny of female dominance
Creators: name: Sharrock, K
name: Fitzpatrick, C
name: Drea, C.M
name: Starling, A
name: Grebe, N.M
Publisher: name: Academic Press Inc.
Year: 2019

description: The role of androgens in shaping “masculine” traits in males is a core focus in behavioral endocrinology, but relatively little is known about an androgenic role in female aggression and social dominance. In mammalian models of female dominance, including the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), links to androgens in adulthood are variable. We studied the development of ring-tailed lemurs to address the behavioral basis and ontogenetic mechanisms of female dominance. We measured behavior and serum androgen concentrations in 24 lemurs (8 males, 16 females) from infancy to early adulthood, and assessed their ‘prenatal’ androgen milieu using serum samples obtained from their mothers during gestation. Because logistical constraints limited the frequency of infant blood sampling, we accounted for asynchrony between behavioral and postnatal hormone measurements via imputation procedures. Imputation was unnecessary for prenatal hormone measurements. The typical sex difference in androgen concentrations in young lemurs was consistent with adult conspecifics and most other mammals; however, we found no significant sex differences in rough-and-tumble play. Female (but not male) aggression increased beginning at approximately 15 months, coincident with female puberty. In our analyses relating sexually differentiated behavior to androgens, we found no relationship with activational hormones, but several significant relationships with organizational hormones. Notably, associations of prenatal androstenedione and testosterone with behavior were differentiated, both by offspring sex and by type of behavior within offspring sexes. We discuss the importance of considering (1) missing data in behavioral endocrinology research, and (2) organizational androgens other than testosterone in studies of female dominance.
title: Method for determining and controlling the cooling rate for metal alloys in an electrical resistance welding process
Creators: name: Carnes, Robert W.
name: Harville, Michael W.
name: Haase, Paul W.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: B23K11/02
subject: B23K31/12
subject: 219/109
subject: 219/104
subject: 219/112

description: The system of the present invention includes a homopolar generator, a hydraulic uniaxial press to hold the metal alloys to be welded, and electrical connections set at selected distances from the weld interface to provide a desired cooling rate for metal alloys being welded. A method is disclosed for determining a cooling rate for a metal alloy pipe in an electrical resistance welding process in a homopolar welding system following the resistive heating of a weld interface by discharging energy from a homopolar generator through electrodes attached to each of first and second pipes to form a welded pipe segment. The temperature of the welded pipe segment is measured at periodic time intervals to determine a cooling rate for the welded pipe segment. A desired range for the cooling rate may be determined by adjusting the electrode gap for repeated samples and analyzing the resulting metallurgical properties for each sample. In a further aspect, a method is disclosed for controlling the cooling rate of metal alloy pipe by varying the electrode gap to provide a desired cooling rate following resistive heating of the weld interface and allowing the welded pipe segment to cool at the desired cooling rate.
Palliative Care: Vom innovativen Ansatz zum umfassenden Versorgungskonzept.
Creators: name: Monteverde, Settimio
name: Pfammatter, Danielle
Publisher: name: Berner Fachhochschule BFH, Departement Gesundheit
Year: 2014

description: Seit der ersten Entwicklung einer nationalen Strategie Palliative Care ist dieser wichtige Bereich des Gesundheitswesens auch in der Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildung von Pflegefachpersonen fest verankert. Am Fachbereich Gesundheit der Berner Fachhochschule bereiten sich die Bachelorstudierenden in mehreren Modulen auf ihre Praxistätigkeit in der palliativen Pflege vor.
title: Tumor marker protein for cancer risk assessment
Creators: name: Hanausek-Walaszek, Margaret
name: Walaszek, Zbigniew
name: Slaga, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: C07K14/82
subject: C12Q1/6886
subject: 435/6.14
subject: 435/7.23
subject: 435/69.3
subject: 530/352
subject: 530/358
subject: 530/388.8
subject: 530/388.85
subject: 530/389.7
subject: 530/828
subject: 536/23.5

description: This invention relates to the isolation, identification and sequencing of a cancer associated protein, preparation of hybridization probes therefrom, preparation of antibodies thereto, and methods of cancer risk assessment and diagnosis.
title: Metal complexes of texaphyrins
Creators: name: Sessler, Jonathan L.
name: Hemmi, Gregory W.
name: Mody, Tarak D.
name: Kral, Vladimir A.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: A61K51/0485
subject: A61K41/0038
subject: A61K41/0057
subject: A61K41/0076
subject: A61K47/546
subject: A61K49/0021
subject: A61K49/0054
subject: A61K49/085
subject: A61K49/10
subject: A61K49/106
subject: A61K49/126
subject: A61L2/0011
subject: B01J31/1658
subject: B01J31/1805
subject: B01J31/1815
subject: B01J31/061
subject: B01J2531/025
subject: B01J2531/23
subject: B01J2531/26
subject: B01J2531/27
subject: B01J2531/28
subject: B01J2531/36
subject: B01J2531/37
subject: B01J2531/38
subject: B01J2531/72
subject: B01J2531/842
subject: B01J2531/845
subject: B01J2531/847
subject: B01J2531/96
subject: C07D487/22
subject: C07H21/00
subject: 534/15
subject: 534/11
subject: 534/13
subject: 534/16
subject: 540/145
subject: 540/465
subject: 540/472

description: Texaphyrins are provided for use as radiation sensitizers. Advantageous properties of texaphyrins for use as a radiation sensitizer include: i) a low redox potential which allows radiation-induced hydrated electrons to flow to texaphyrin rather than neutralizing hydroxyl radicals, allowing hydroxyl radicals to cause cellular damage, ii) a relatively stable texaphyrin radical that reacts readily to covalently modify neighboring molecules causing further cellular damage, iii) intrinsic biolocalization, and iv) indifference to the presence or absence of O.sub.2. These properties allow texaphyrins to be particularly effective for treating the hypoxic areas of solid neoplasms. Methods of treatment for an individual having a neoplasm or atheroma include the use of a texaphyrin as a radiation sensitizer and as an agent for photodynamic tumor therapy, or the use of a texaphyrin for internal and for external ionizing radiation. Novel texaphyrins are provided.
title: Method and apparatus for real-time weld-quality control and post-process weld-quality verification for homopolar pulsed welding
Creators: name: Weldon, William F.
name: Harville, Michael W.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: B23K11/02
subject: B23K11/252
subject: B23K11/255
subject: B23K11/257
subject: B23K2101/10
subject: 219/110
subject: 219/109
subject: 219/112

description: The present invention provides a method and apparatus to control and verify weld-quality in a homopolar pulsed weld by measuring in-process parameters. Methods are disclosed for real-time weld-quality control in a weld-quality control system for homopolar pulsed welding, including measuring at least one in-process parameters that correlates to a resulting weld-quality of a weld. Further, methods are disclosed for post-process weld-quality verification for homopolar pulsed welding, including identifying at least one in-process parameter that may be used as a post-process weld-quality verification parameter and utilizing such a post-process weld-quality verification parameter to verify the weld-quality after a homopolar pulsed welding process.
Combined environmental and social exposures during pregnancy and associations with neonatal size and body composition: The Healthy Start study
Creators: name: Allshouse, W.B
name: Glueck, D.H
name: Ringham, B.M
name: Dabelea, D
name: Adgate, J.L
name: Magzamen, S
name: Martenies, S.E
name: Starling, A.P
Publisher: name: Wolters Kluwer Health
Year: 2019

description: Background: Prenatal environmental and social exposures have been associated with decreased birth weight. However, the effects of combined exposures (CEs) in these domains are not fully understood. Here we assessed multi-domain exposures for participants in the Healthy Start study (Denver, CO) and tested associations with neonatal size and body composition. Methods: In separate linear regression models, we tested associations between neonatal outcomes and three indices for exposures. Two indices were developed to describe exposures to environmental hazards (ENV) and social determinants of health (SOC). A third index CEs in both domains (CE = ENV/10 × SOC/10). Index scores were assigned to mothers based on address at enrollment. Birth weight and length were measured at delivery, and weight-for-length z-scores were calculated using a reference distribution. Percent fat mass was obtained by air displacement plethysmography. Results: Complete data were available for 897 (64%) participants. Median (range) ENV, SOC, and CE values were 31.9 (7.1-63.2), 36.0 (2.8-75.0), and 10.9 (0.4-45.7), respectively. After adjusting for potential confounders, 10-point increases in SOC and CE were associated with 27.7 g (95% confidence interval [CI] = 12.4, 42.9 g) and 56.3 g (19.4-93.2 g) decreases in birth weight, respectively. SOC and CE were also associated with decreases in percent fat mass. Conclusions: CEs during pregnancy were associated with lower birth weight and percent fat mass. Evidence of a potential synergistic effect between ENV and SOC suggests a need to more fully consider neighborhood exposures when assessing neonatal outcomes.
Additional file 6: of Establishment of high reciprocal connectivity between clonal cortical neurons is regulated by the Dnmt3b DNA methyltransferase and clustered protocadherins
Creators: name: Tarusawa, Etsuko
name: Sanbo, Makoto
name: Okayama, Atsushi
name: Miyashita, Toshio
name: Kitsukawa, Takashi
name: Teruyoshi Hirayama
name: Hirabayashi, Takahiro
name: Hasegawa, Sonoko
name: Kaneko, Ryosuke
name: Toyoda, Shunsuke
name: Kobayashi, Toshihiro
name: Kato-Itoh, Megumi
name: Nakauchi, Hiromitsu
name: Hirabayashi, Masumi
name: Yagi, Takeshi
name: Yoshimura, Yumiko
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Figure S6. Morphological and electrophysiological properties of Dnmt3b-KO neurons. (A) Traces from iPS cell-derived Dnmt3b-KO spiny stellate cells in layer 4 of the barrel cortex in Dnmt3b-KO chimeric mice at P18–20. The neurons were stained by biocytin. Scale bar: 100 μm. (B) A representative trace of action potentials evoked by depolarizing current injection (300 pA) in current clamp mode in Dnmt3b-KO neurons. (C–E) Box-and-whisker plot showing the value (median, 25th to 75th percentiles, minimum to maximum) of the resting membrane potential (RMP, C), the threshold to induce action potentials (firing threshold, D), and the input resistance (E) in Dnmt3b KO neurons (purple) and wild-type GFP-positive neurons (green, the same as shown in Fig. 2) at P18–20. No significant differences in electrophysiological parameters between Dnmt3b-deficient cells and wild-type cells were observed; P = 0.72 (C), P = 0.71 (D), and P = 0.68 (E) (t test). The numbers of cells are indicated above the box-and-whisker plot. (PDF 728 kb)
title: Spectroscopic probe for in vivo measurement of raman signals
Creators: name: Richards-Kortum, Rebecca R.
name: Mitchell Follen, Michele
name: Mahadevan-Jansen, Anita M.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: A61B5/444
subject: A61B5/0071
subject: A61B5/0075
subject: A61B5/0086
subject: A61B5/4331
subject: A61B5/445
subject: G01N21/65
subject: 356/301
subject: 600/473
subject: 600/476

description: An optical probe is disclosed which is suitable for rapidly measuring Raman spectra in vivo. The probe is designed to minimize interfering Raman and fluorescence signals generated within the probe itself. In addition, the probe design is compact, making it particularly suited for use in confined spaces such as body cavities. In one embodiment, the probe is employed to detect tissue abnormalities such as cervical cancers and precancers.