cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Inelastic behaviour of cold-formed channel sections in bending
Creators: name: Maduliat, Soheila
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This thesis investigates the behaviour of cold-formed channel sections with edge stiffener under pure bending. The primary aim of this research is to examine the inelastic bending capacity of cold-formed channel sections and in doing so provide design rules to account for such behaviour. Design rules are prepared for cold-formed steel specifications (inelastic reserve capacity) NASPEC (2007) and AS/NZS4600 (2005) as well as hot-rolled steel specifications (compact, non-compact and slender classes) AS4100 (1998). To investigate the behaviour of cold-formed channel sections under pure bending, this study conducts an extensive experimental and numerical analysis of 42 cold-formed channel sections in three different geometrical categories (simple channel sections, channel sections with simple edge stiffener and channel sections with complex edge stiffener) to determine the effect of different edge stiffeners on the ultimate strength of cold-formed channel sections. The sections are made from cold-formed G450 steel with nominal thickness of 1.6mm and varying theoretical buckling stresses ranging between elastic to seven times the yield stress. The ultimate bending moment capacities of the sections are calculated from six methods being the: test result ( ), NASPEC (2007) design rules ( ), AS/NZS4600 (2005) design rules ( ), DSM ( ), EUROCODE3 (2006) design rules ( ) and AS4100 (1998) design rules ( ). The is then used as a benchmark to gauge the accuracy of the , , , and . The results of the test investigations showed that the existing design rules in NASPEC (2007), AS/NZS4600 (2005), DSM and EUROCODE3 (2006) are conservative and the sections classifications in AS4100 (1998) are inaccurate for cold-formed channel sections. Therefore, the experimental results were used to revise the existing design methods (NASPEC (2007), AS/NZS4600 (2005) and DSM) for determining the ultimate capacity of cold-formed channel sections in bending and also defining new slenderness limits for sections classifications in AS4100 (1998). The yield line mechanism model is proposed and compared with the test results in order to investigate the behaviour of cold-formed channels with edge stiffener after collapse. Numerical (finite element) analyses is then developed and verified with the test results and used to investigate deformation process of cold-formed channel sections under bending that could not be monitored during the experimental program to complement the test results. The outcome of this study is to determine the section geometry for which a cold-formed channel section can reach the fully plastic capacity and maintain it for sufficient rotation, such that when employed in a structure such as a portal frame it may be considered applicable for plastic mechanism analysis, thus allowing for increased design capacities and more economical structural solutions.
A3CLNN: Spatial, Spectral and Multiscale Attention ConvLSTM Neural Network for Multisource Remote Sensing Data Classification
Creators: name: Li, Heng-Chao
name: Hu, Wen-Shuai
name: Li, Wei
name: Li, Jun
name: Du, Qian
name: Plaza, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The problem of effectively exploiting the information multiple data sources has become a relevant but challenging research topic in remote sensing. In this paper, we propose a new approach to exploit the complementarity of two data sources: hyperspectral images (HSIs) and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data. Specifically, we develop a new dual-channel spatial, spectral and multiscale attention convolutional long short-term memory neural network (called dual-channel A3CLNN) for feature extraction and classification of multisource remote sensing data. Spatial, spectral and multiscale attention mechanisms are first designed for HSI and LiDAR data in order to learn spectral- and spatial-enhanced feature representations, and to represent multiscale information for different classes. In the designed fusion network, a novel composite attention learning mechanism (combined with a three-level fusion strategy) is used to fully integrate the features in these two data sources. Finally, inspired by the idea of transfer learning, a novel stepwise training strategy is designed to yield a final classification result. Our experimental results, conducted on several multisource remote sensing data sets, demonstrate that the newly proposed dual-channel A3CLNN exhibits better feature representation ability (leading to more competitive classification performance) than other state-of-the-art methods.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures
Unilateral liberalisation of services: a case study of the mobile phone sector in Bangladesh
Creators: name: Yusuf, Mohammad Abu
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Unilateral liberalisation of trade in goods and services has been considered an important policy objective. Most trade in services liberalisation in the developing world has taken place unilaterally; but it is not common among Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Among LDCs Bangladesh is a forerunner in pursuing unilateral liberalisation of mobile telephone services. There is a dearth of empirical studies on Bangladesh’s unilateral liberalisation of mobile phone services and its impact on users. Furthermore, no scholarly studies are known on the influence of unilateral liberalisation on undertaking binding liberalisation obligations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) framework of the World Trade Organisation. This study examined factors that motivated Bangladesh’s unilateral liberalisation of mobile phone service and its impact on users. It also investigated how unilateral liberalisation influenced Bangladesh to undertake binding liberalisation commitments under the GATS. The study applied a qualitative research design to address the research questions. Primary data were obtained from three different sources: informants from mobile phone firms, senior managers across the six mobile phone firms, trade experts, telecommunications analysts, policy makers, the telecommunications regulator, public officials and private sector representatives. Focus group discussions with different mobile phone users were conducted to determine the impact of unilateral liberalisation of mobile services. In the first 6-7 years after unilateral liberalisation of the sector, there was a lack of competition, mobile phone tariffs were high, quality of service was unsatisfactory, and the diversity of services was limited, which affected the growth of the sector. The competitive landscape of the sector changed dramatically after the state-owned firm and another large private operator commenced mobile phone service operations in 2005. Stiff competition took hold, which resulted in cheap and easy accessibility, a drastic reduction in mobile phone tariffs, and improved quality and variety of services. The main implications of the study are: (1) An unfettered market is detrimental to consumer benefits. A powerful independent regulatory body, which is held accountable for its actions, is needed for a free market to operate in the broader public interest; (2) Unilateral liberalisation is a ‘necessary condition’ and provided a foundation for the government of Bangladesh to undertake binding liberalisation commitments under WTO GATS.
Amendment of vanadium-contaminated soil with soil conditioners: A study based on pot experiments with canola plants (Brassica campestris L.)
Creators: name: Zhang, Wenjie
name: Jiang, Jianguo
name: Li, Kaimin
name: Li, Tianran
name: Li, De' an
name: Wang, Jiaming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: We performed pot experiments with canola plants (Brassica campestris L.) to evaluate the effect of eight soil conditioners on the amendment of vanadium (V)-contaminated soil based on analysis of the growth of canola plants and the uptake, bioaccumulation, and translocation of heavy metals. Tested soil conditioners included polyacrylamide (PAM), sepiolite, humic acid (HAC), peat, sludge compost (SC), bentonite, lime, and fly ash. Results from the analysis of the growth of canola plants and the analysis of variance showed that the best soil conditioners for V-contaminated soil were 0.05–0.1 wt% PAM, 1 wt% peat, 1 wt% HAC, and 1 wt% SC; moderately effective soil conditioners included sepiolite and lime. The best combination of soil conditioners was 0.1 wt% PAM, 1 wt% HAC, and 0.15 wt% lime, in addition of 1% ZVI, which increased the biomass and height of canola plants by 1.18-fold and 59.49%, respectively. We conclude that the best combination of soil conditioners determined from this study is promising for mitigating V contamination in soil.
Large-scale evaluation of bacterial genome content for the identification of epidemiological and virulence bases in MRSA
Creators: name: Francois, Patrice
Publisher: name: Université de Genève
Year: 2010
Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/616
Staphylococcus aureus
Small RNA
Genome
Transcriptome
Sequencing
Expression
SNPs
Microarray
Restriction systems

description: Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen responsible for a wide diversity of infections ranging from localized to life threatening diseases. From 1961 and the emergence methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA), this bacterium has shown particular capacity to survive and adapt to drastic environmental changes and we observed since beginning of the nineties its worldwide spreading. Until recently, S. aureus was considered as the prototype of a nosocomial pathogen but it has now clearly shown also responsible for outbreaks in the community. Several recent reports suggest therefore that the epidemiology of MRSA is changing. The understanding of pathogenicity, virulence and emergence of epidemic clones within MRSA populations is not clearly defined, despite several attempts to identify common molecular features between strains that share similar epidemiological and/or virulence behavior. These studies included: i) pattern profiling of bacterial adhesins, ii) analysis of clonal complex groups, iii) molecular genotyping, or iv) enterotoxins content studies. To date, all approaches failed unraveling correlation between molecular determinants and clinical outcomes. We hypothesize that parameters contributing to strain virulence or to the capacity to evolve from a non-invasive to an invasive behavior are contained within the genetic material of the bacterium. The utilization of massively parallel methods of analysis is therefore ideal to study the contribution of this genetic make-up. Our evaluations are therefore performed on the entire genome including coding sequences (CDS) as well as non coding sequences. Ideally, these determinations should allow appreciating micro and macro evolution of MRSA and identifying specific genomic markers of evolution towards invasive or highly virulent phenotypes.
Role of substrate surface morphology on the performance of graphene inks for flexible electronics
Creators: name: Ruhkopf, Jasper
name: Sawallich, Simon
name: Nagel, Michael
name: Otto, Martin
name: Plachetka, Ulrich
name: Kremers, Tom
name: Schnakenberg, Uwe
name: Kataria, Satender
name: Lemme, Max C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene, are seen as potential candidates for fabricating electronic devices and circuits on flexible substrates. Inks or dispersions of 2D materials can be deposited on flexible substrates by large-scale coating techniques, such as inkjet printing and spray coating. One of the main issues in coating processes is nonuniform deposition of inks, which may lead to large variations of properties across the substrates. Here, we investigate the role of surface morphology on the performance of graphene ink deposited on different paper substrates with specific top coatings. Substrates with good wetting properties result in reproducible thin films and electrical properties with low sheet resistance. The correct choice of surface morphology enables high-performance films without postdeposition annealing or treatment. Scanning terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) is introduced to evaluate both the uniformity and the local conductivity of graphene inks on paper. A paper-based strain gauge is demonstrated and a variable resistor acts as an on-off switch for operating an LED. Customized surfaces can thus help in unleashing the full potential of ink-based 2D materials.
Rh(III)-catalyzed synthesis of unsymmetrical acridines from aldehydes and azides using transient directing strategy in biomass-derived γ-valerolactone
Creators: name: Shen, Jun
name: Liu, Xi
name: Wang, Liang
name: Chen, Qun
name: He, Mingyang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Computational Biology

description: An Rh(III)-catalyzed synthesis of unsymmetrical acridines from aldehydes and azides through bilateral cyclization process in biomass-derived γ-valerolactone has been developed. The in situ-generated imino directing group (DG) from aldehyde and catalytic amount of BnNH2 worked as a transient directing group, thereby no additional steps were required for installation and removal of the DG. A series of functional groups were well tolerated, affording the desired products in good to excellent yields. Gram-scale synthesis of the product was also achieved.
An investigation into the possible use of glucose oxidase catalysed enzymatic reaction to generate heat for warming blanket
Creators: name: Wong, Chun Ming
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Hypothermia is a medical condition in which the human body’s core temperature is 35°C or lower, well below the nominal temperature of around 37°C. Accidental/unintentional hypothermia is generally divided into mild, moderate and severe. Severe hypothermia patients are re-warmed using active internal/external methods. There is a market for portable non-electric based warming blanket in pre-hospital treatment but such product is not currently available. In this project, feasibility of glucose oxidase (GOX) based reaction is examined for use in an active warming blanket. GOX was chosen because the enzyme and its substrates are readily available, relatively cheap, safe and have relatively long shelf-life; essential for subsequent commercialization. In addition, GOX from Aspergillus niger is a well characterised glycoprotein, its catalyzed reaction: the oxidation of D-glucose (C6H12O6) to D-gluconolactone (C6H10O6) and hydrogen peroxide, releases significant amount of energy (200 kJ mol-1) which is necessary for the application examined here. GOX is Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) and is the basis of many industrial applications. In depth study was conducted to understand the various fundamental properties which govern the glucose oxidase catalyzed enzymatic reaction. The result shows that there were two pH optimums as well as increasing temperature optimum at decreasing pH. Thermostability of GOX increases from pH 3.8 to 7.5 as well as in the presence of sodium chloride and/or glucose. Stabilization due to dissolved sodium chloride and glucose are cumulative because they act via different mechanism and was demonstrated with fluorescence emission. Upon drying, GOX activity decreases 60% immediately and gradually decreases further over longer time. Unexpectedly, additions of thermo-stabilizers do not increase the stability of dried GOX but actually accelerates its rate of degradation over time. These findings are important factors to consider when the proposed warming blanket utilizing GOX is ready for commercial use. To examine the heat transfer characteristics and performance of GOX reaction, a simple experimental model was built. The model consists of a reaction chamber where the reaction mixture is pumped into a prototype blanket insulated by polystyrene box. Fitting the experimental data into a hypothetical naked human model covered only with the prototype blanket, shows that the warming blanket concept utilizing the GOX heat generation reaction is feasible only if the reaction rate and/or scale of reaction is increased several times.
Finding the Right Place: Sensor Placement for UWB Time Difference of Arrival Localization in Cluttered Indoor Environments
Creators: name: Zhao, Wenda
name: Goudar, Abhishek
name: Schoellig, Angela P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Ultra-wideband (UWB) time difference of arrival (TDOA)-based localization has recently emerged as a promising indoor positioning solution. However, in cluttered environments, both the UWB radio positions and the obstacle-induced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) measurement biases significantly impact the quality of the position estimate. Consequently, the placement of the UWB radios must be carefully designed to provide satisfactory localization accuracy for a region of interest. In this work, we propose a novel algorithm that optimizes the UWB radio positions for a pre-defined region of interest in the presence of obstacles. The mean-squared error (MSE) metric is used to formulate an optimization problem that balances the influence of the geometry of the radio positions and the NLOS effects. We further apply the proposed algorithm to compute a minimal number of UWB radios required for a desired localization accuracy and their corresponding positions. In a real-world cluttered environment, we show that the designed UWB radio placements provide 47% and 76% localization root-mean-squared error (RMSE) reduction in 2D and 3D experiments, respectively, when compared against trivial placements.
p-Toluenesulfonic acid-promoted autocatalytic hydrolyzation of 1-tosyl-1,2,3-triazoles
Creators: name: Dong, Haohao
name: Zhang, Dongdong
name: Fang, Renjie
name: Du, Qingyang
name: Dong, Zhuoya
name: Wei, Hao
name: Shi, Min
name: Wang, Feijun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The first example of autocatalytic hydrolyzation of 4-aryl-1-tosyl-1,2,3-triazoles induced by p-toluenesulfonic acid was reported, providing an effective and metal-free synthetic approach to deliver a broad range of new 4-aryl-2H-1,2,3-triazoles in good yields. The kinetic profile of this hydrolyzation suggested that this reaction has exponential autocatalytic behavior.
Attention U-Net as a surrogate model for groundwater prediction
Creators: name: Taccari, Maria Luisa
name: Nuttall, Jonathan
name: Chen, Xiaohui
name: Wang, He
name: Minnema, Bennie
name: Jimack, Peter K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Numerical simulations of groundwater flow are used to analyze and predict the response of an aquifer system to its change in state by approximating the solution of the fundamental groundwater physical equations. The most used and classical methodologies, such as Finite Difference (FD) and Finite Element (FE) Methods, use iterative solvers which are associated with high computational cost. This study proposes a physics-based convolutional encoder-decoder neural network as a surrogate model to quickly calculate the response of the groundwater system. Holding strong promise in cross-domain mappings, encoder-decoder networks are applicable for learning complex input-output mappings of physical systems. This manuscript presents an Attention U-Net model that attempts to capture the fundamental input-output relations of the groundwater system and generates solutions of hydraulic head in the whole domain given a set of physical parameters and boundary conditions. The model accurately predicts the steady state response of a highly heterogeneous groundwater system given the locations and piezometric head of up to 3 wells as input. The network learns to pay attention only in the relevant parts of the domain and the generated hydraulic head field corresponds to the target samples in great detail. Even relative to coarse finite difference approximations the proposed model is shown to be significantly faster than a comparative state-of-the-art numerical solver, thus providing a base for further development of the presented networks as surrogate models for groundwater prediction.
Perfil de las hospitalizaciones en adolescentes con enfermedades mentales en España en las dos últimas décadas
Creators: name: Chiclana Actis, Carlos
name: Soriano, Vicente
name: Ramos, José Manuel
name: López Ibor, María Inés
name: Faraco, Manuel
name: Gónzalez-Cabrera, Joaquin
name: González-Fraile, Eduardo
name: Mestre-Bach, Gemma
name: Pinargoté, Hector
name: Corpas, Manuel
name: Gallego, Lucía
name: Corral, Octavio
name: Blasco-Fontecilla, Hillario
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2024

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 28 (2024): enero-febrero-marzo
MOESM1 of Tumor-suppressor role of miR-139-5p in endometrial cancer
Creators: name: Liu, JinHui
name: Li, ChunYu
name: Jiang, Yi
name: Wan, YiCong
name: Zhou, ShuLin
name: Cheng, WenJun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. The primers used for real-time PCR. The 3â -UTR of HOXA10 cDNA which contains a putative target region for miR-139-5p (bold stands for the putative target site for miR-139-5p).
Hyperinflammation in chronic granulomatous disease : paradox or paradigm?
Creators: name: Schaeppi, Michela
Publisher: name: Université de Genève
Year: 2010
Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/616.07
CGD
ROS
NOX2
Inflammation

description: Chronic granulomatous disease was for a long time seen only as an immunodeficient disorder, although its name reminds us all along of its granulomatous component. The exact nature of the granuloma started to be of interest to researchers in the recent years. Studies on patients provided us with the conviction that hyperinflammatory response in the colon is not caused by infections, but in the contrary responds well to immunomodulators. With the help of CGD animal models the mechanisms of hyperinflammation start to be unravelled. We demonstrated that hyperinflammation can be induced by fungal cell wall preparations. The major culprits are some of the main constituents of fungal cell walls, and in particular the curdlan. The resolution of the hyperinflammation caused by -glucan can take place in the wild-type but not in the CGD mice. This suggests that ROS play a role in the termination of the hyperinflammation. β-glucan-induced inflammation in CGD mice is associated with high amount of TNF,although this hyperinflammation is not TNF-dependent, as neither pharmacological inhibition with etanercept nor genetic inhibition did significantly dampen the exacerbated inflammation. In contrary, the involvement of dectin-1, the principal  glucan receptor, is a required step for the -glucan-induced CGD hyperinflammation. This thesis focuses on the apparently counterintuitive findings that NOX2 deficiency leads to a hyperinflammatory response. Since ROS are usually associated with inflammation, hyperinflammation in absence of ROS generation represents a paradox at first sight. A fine tuning in the balance of ROS production seems necessary as the ROSlow inflammatory response is also a mechanism for the host defence such as is the ROShigh inflammatory response.
Study of desiccation cracking and fracture properties of clay soils
Creators: name: Costa, Warnakulasuriya D Susanga M
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The thesis focuses on the development of shrinkage cracking in clay soils upon drying and the determination of fracture properties of clay soils as applicable to analysis of desiccation cracking phenomenon. The results and conclusions were drawn from comprehensive experimental work analysed drawing from Classical Soil Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials with the aid of powerful image analysis techniques. Attempts were made to fill the gaps in the existing knowledge related to scope of the thesis as identified by a detailed study on the previous works. Three types of soils were used for the work presented in this thesis: Merri-Creek clay, Werribee clay and milled fine sand. The former two are naturally available materials in the Melbourne region. The last material was sourced from a commercial dealer. Potato starch was also used in desiccation tests as an alternative material to examine the crack patterns different from clays. Qualitative and quantitative studies were carried out using these materials aiming to acquire deeper understanding of the cracking mechanisms. Effects of desiccation rate, specimen thickness and particle size on crack patterns were studied. The influence of stress distribution and flaw distribution on crack initiation was also discussed. Image analysis techniques were used extensively to investigate the deformations of soil particles during drying. Shrinkage characteristics and onset of crack initiation were closely studied with displacement vector fields and strain isochrones. Interesting observations were made during these studies which led to deeper understanding of the subject, especially in relation to the mechanisms of crack initiation and associated modelling approaches. Fracture properties of Werribee clay was investigated using SENB beam test. Fracture toughness, fracture energy of Werribee clay was measured using three methods. An attempt was made to explain the behaviour of these parameters with the water content. Finally, an innovative test method to determine the J-integral was introduced. The test is specially designed to determine the J-integral of desiccating soils.
MOESM2 of Nondestructive and rapid determination of lignocellulose components of biofuel pellet using online hyperspectral imaging system
Creators: name: Feng, Xuping
name: Yu, Chenliang
name: Liu, Xiaodan
name: Chen, Yunfeng
name: Zhen, Hong
name: Sheng, Kuichuan
name: He, Yong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. Result of PLSR models for cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin based on raw spectra and mean centering pretreatment.
On the development of magnesium alloys with improved corrosion resistance
Creators: name: Sudholz, Aaron
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The work presented herein represents a research endeavour undertaken by Aaron Südholz at Monash University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The research program investigated the technological challenges of Mg alloys in regards to the inherent susceptibility of Mg metal to corrosion, examined in context of the improvement of the corrosion resistance of Mg. A broad range of atypical alloying additions were initially considered in conjunction with the commercial AZ91 alloy. Additions were found to influence the formation of the incumbent β-phase intermetallic when added in small concentrations and lead to the introduction of an additional intermetallic phase when added in excess of the respective solubility limit. This work aided the identification of elements which could be beneficial to the reduction of corrosion kinetics in AZ91 alloys. The investigation proceeded to model Mg alloys to identify individual effects of elements commonly applied in commercial Mg alloys such as; Al, Zn, Ce, La, Nd and Y. It was found that each of these elements enters the solid solution matrix below their respective solubility limit and each element forms an intermetallic phase rich in the alloying element when in excess of the solubility limit for that element. The respective intermetallic phases were found to be more noble than the parent Mg alloy, in all cases support enhanced levels of cathodic kinetics and supported reduced rates of dissolution than α-Mg when anodically polarised. This work concluded with the integration of the AZ91 Mg-based alloy with small amounts of rare earth elements in order to exploit the beneficial properties of RE elements in the solid solution of the α-matrix and its subsequent influence on the formation of the Mg17Al12 β-phase. As a result, this work prompts discussion of strategies in regards to improving the corrosion resistance of Mg alloys and these strategies are demonstrated in a number of new cast Mg alloys designed by the author. This work also presents and tests hypotheses which are generally applicable to Mg alloys with respect to corrosion. The information contained in this thesis is intended to fill the current knowledge gap of the corrosion behaviour of Mg alloys with previously unreported findings and introduce, through the analysis of these findings, strategies for improving the corrosion resistance of Mg alloys for future applications.
Technical Advancements in Removable Dental Prostheses for the Elderly Edentates
Creators: name: Srinivasan, Murali
Publisher: name: Université de Genève
Year: 2019
Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/617.6
Rehabilitation
CAD/CAM
Edentulous jaws

description: La réhabilitation des mâchoires édentées à l'aide de prothèses dentaires amovibles implanto-portées (IOD) est une approche bien fondée qui peut être considérée comme minimalement invasive et économique. Le concept IOD réduit la charge de traitement en évitant les chirurgies complexes et en diminuant les risques de morbidité chirurgicale associés. Le concept permet également de réduire le nombre d'implants nécessaires et les coûts de laboratoire. En utilisant des nouveaux systèmes d'attachement qui s'accommodent plus facilement aux grandes divergences angulaires inter-implantaires, la charge de traitement peut être davantage réduite. En outre, l'adoption de nouvelles technologies de conception et de fabrication assistées par ordinateur (CFAO) ainsi que leurs protocoles cliniques respectifs peuvent potentiellement réduire le nombre de visites pour les patients et le temps de traitement. Par conséquent, notre objectif de recherche était de mettre à l'essai les nouveaux systèmes d'attachements et certains aspects liés aux prothèses dentaires amovibles complètes usinées par CFAO.
MOESM1 of Novel optimization strategy for tannase production through a modified solid-state fermentation system
Creators: name: Wu, Changzheng
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Li, Lijun
name: Jiang, Zhedong
name: Ni, Hui
name: Xiao, Anfeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. High-density polyurethane sponge and morphological characteristics of Aspergillus tubingensis CICC 2651.
MOESM1 of Liquid fuel generation from algal biomass via a two-step process: effect of feedstocks
Creators: name: Xu, Yu-Ping
name: Duan, Pei-Gao
name: Wang, Feng
name: Guan, Qing-Qing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Tentative identities and area % of the major peaks in the total ion chromatograms for bio-oils produced from eight different algal biomasses.
Cerebral palsy motion analysis using a wearable activity tracking device and humanoid robot
Creators: name: Cooney, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Wearable devices for human activity tracking are becoming a commonly used infotainment gadget in daily life. Many commercial devices have emerged for human health and wellness assessment, such as daily physical activity monitoring through step counting or exercise tracking. The popularity of wearables has improved drastically with developments in internet of things (IoT) technologies and the ability to analyse data with cloud-computing. However, wearables have not been fully utilized in the physical activity tracking of disabled people. This is primarily due to the ethical requirements and restrictions imposed when acquiring data from this cohort. In this study, we show that humanoid robots have the potential to be used as a model for the movement and physical activity analysis of disabled people. This will aid in the development of wearable devices capable of providing services to disabled people.
title: Method development for the acute oral toxicity test on the solitary bee Megachiles rotundata – LD50 toxic reference
Creators: name: Gimeno, Ignacio
name: Soler, Eugenia
Publisher: name: Bundesbehörden und Einrichtungen im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Oral toxicity test
subject: solitary bee
subject: EFSA requirements
subject: PPPs
subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 481Hazards of pesticides to bees, 16th International Symposium of the ICP-PR Bee Protection Group, - Proceedings -; 15th - 17th October, 2024; Sevilla (Spain), p. 83
Towards a Criterial V2: Some Notes on Subject-initial Clauses
Creators: name: Samo, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Université de Genève
Year: 2018
Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/410
Syntax
Cartography
Acquisition
Locality
Syncart

description: I would like to propose an ideal mechanism for V2 adopting the guidelines of the Cartography of Syntactic Structures (Cinque & Rizzi 2010; Rizzi & Cinque 2016). I consider V2 as a sum of "residual" V2 (Rizzi 1991). Each "residual V2" targets a different functional projection in the LP in a Spec-head configuration, similar to the Wh-criterion. The inflected verb undergoes movement through all the activated LP heads until it lands in the highest one, giving raise to V2 order. After having presented Cartographic guidelines and discussed the drawbacks of mainstream analyses concerning V2, I will develop a Criterial V2. Assuming Cartographic guidelines, the natural hypothesis is to adopt the proposal in Travis (1984) and Zwart (1997), in which the “canonical” subject remains in the IP, within a Cartography of Subjects (Cardinaletti 2004). I will bring evidence from Swiss Romansh varieties and Icelandic. Finally, I propose that scrambling means movement to the LP, without a “bottleneck effect” in SpecFinP: the ungrammaticality of certain patterns may be due to standard fRM effects, as it is the case for the lacking of multiple topics in English (Haegeman 2012; Rizzi 2013).
Additional file 1: of New indexes of body fat distribution and sex-specific risk of total and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Rost, Susanne
name: Freuer, Dennis
name: Peters, Annette
name: Thorand, Barbara
name: Holle, Rolf
name: Linseisen, Jakob
name: Meisinger, Christa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: BMI and cause-specific mortality. Hazard ratios (HR) and confidence intervals (CI) for the association between BMI and cause-specific mortality by WHO definition in men and women. (DOCX 14Â kb)
Instantaneous blowup and singular potentials on Heisenberg groups
Creators: name: Goldstein, Gisele R.
name: Goldstein, Jerome A.
name: Kogoj, Alessia E.
name: Rhandi, Abdelaziz
name: Tacelli, Cristian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47D07, 47D08, 35J10, 35K20

description: In this paper we generalize the instantaneous blowup result from [3] and [15] to the heat equation perturbed by singular potentials on the Heisenberg group.
On Insituness and (very) low Wh-Positions: The Case of Trevigiano
Creators: name: Bonan, Caterina
Publisher: name: Université de Genève
Year: 2018
Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/410

description: The goal of this paper is to show that in Trevigiano, a Romance dialect of the Venetan area, ‘insituness' is actually an instance of wh-movement targeting a TP-internal focal position, whP (‘little whP'). This is true not only in matrix but also in embedded question, where wh-phrases are licensed under two specialized embedding COMPs, ‘che' and ‘se'. These properties make ‘insituness' in Trevigiano incompatible with remnant-IP movement à la Poletto and Pollock (2015, and previous related works) and call for a different analysis, thus raising a number of questions on the intrinsic nature of ‘optional insituness' in Romance.
Prosodic and Syntactic Properties of French Interrogatives: a Corpus Study
Creators: name: Tual, Lucas
Publisher: name: Université de Genève
Year: 2018
Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/410

description: This paper deals with the apparent optionality of French wh-in-situ. I present the theoretical proposal of Cheng & Rooryck (2000), in which the authors claim that in situ wh-elements in French are licensed by a special Q-morpheme that is realized at PF with a final rising intonation. This hypothesis has been tested experimentally by Déprez et al. (2012, 2013), and confirmed by the results that they obtained. The present paper presents new results from spontaneous corpus data to check Cheng and Rooryck's (2000) hypothesis. My results differ from those of Déprez et al., and disfavor the analysis of French wh-in-situ proposed by Cheng & Rooryck (2000).
MOESM2 of Liquid fuel generation from algal biomass via a two-step process: effect of feedstocks
Creators: name: Xu, Yu-Ping
name: Duan, Pei-Gao
name: Wang, Feng
name: Guan, Qing-Qing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2: Figure S1. Total ion chromatograms of upgraded bio-oils produced from the upgrading of eight different crude bio-oils.
Update In Musculoskeletal Imaging: From Diagnosis To Treatment
Creators: name: Boudabbous, Sana
Publisher: name: Université de Genève
Year: 2019
Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/616.0757
Radiology
Musculoskeletal
Techniques

description: Medical imaging plays an important role in care of patients with musculoskeletal pathologies. In this field, all Imaging modalities are useful, providing morphological and functional information. The presence of metallic implants and the complexity of structures require an update of imaging techniques to better understand the structural static data. Finally, imaging- guided treatment of bone and soft tissue diseases has benefited from the developing techniques to achieve an optimal target with minor adverse effects. This thesis describes the evolution in this direction in selected fields of musculoskeletal imaging.
Additional file 2: of New indexes of body fat distribution and sex-specific risk of total and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Rost, Susanne
name: Freuer, Dennis
name: Peters, Annette
name: Thorand, Barbara
name: Holle, Rolf
name: Linseisen, Jakob
name: Meisinger, Christa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Different anthropometric measures and total mortality. Hazard ratios (HR) and confidence intervals (CI) for the association between the different anthropometric measures and total mortality for persons <=/>â 60Â years by quartiles; the second quartile was set as the reference category. (DOCX 21Â kb)
Validity, reliability and utility of connected objects as a tool for clinicians
Creators: name: Gerstel, Eric
Publisher: name: Université de Genève
Year: 2019
Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/613
info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/616

description: The development of consumer grade connected objects has the potential to change the way we detect and manage health in many diverse domains, such as cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological disease, diabetes, sleep disorders and post-operative care. Some of the most significant advantages that connected objects could provide to the medical field include early diagnosis of diseases and exacerbations, improved patient autonomy and behavior, and remote communication with healthcare providers. However, comprehensive studies on the validity and reliability of connected objects in medicine are still limited. More importantly, prospective trials exploring their impact on health outcomes are lacking. Nevertheless, connected tools offer low cost, accessibility and availability across a large community of users, allowing collection of big data in free-living settings. Continuous development in technology added to machine learning systems will further improve connected objects performance in medicine. With the development of this new technology arise new challenges to our society. Regulatory authorities must revise their approach to address digital health. Confidentiality and personal data are increasingly difficult to protect from cybercriminals. On the other hand, insuring patients' privacy without limiting the development of new potential beneficial technologies is challenging. An opportunity for improvement or a threat to our society, no matter what our opinion on connected objects is, we will have to adapt to them, as they are already everywhere.
Nitrogen heterocycles: novel tools for protein purification
Creators: name: Bhagwat, Anjali Makarand
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Thesis Summary: Proteins such as antibodies, non-glycosylated proteins including cytokines as well as glycosylated proteins such as transferrin play an important role in clinical diagnosis and treatment of diseases, which together constitute a multibillion dollar per year bioindustry. Traditionally, purification of these biomolecules can be done by a combination of hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC), immobilised metal affinity chromatography (IMAC), ion exchange chromatography, size exclusion chromatography (molecular sieving) and occasionally electrophoretic methods. The work carried out in this thesis was to develop an efficient, cost effective and greener method for protein purification by using adsorbents based on substituted nitrogen heterocycles. Several thioamine pyridine and bipyridine derivatives were synthesised using green chemical methodologies. These compounds contained a primary amino, hydroxyl, carboxyl or thiol group, which is required for attachment of ligand to a solid support, and a sulphur atom for enhanced binding interactions with proteins. Figure 1: General structure of ligands The general structure of the ligands tested is shown in Figure 1. These ligands were immobilised onto a suitable solid support material, such as agarose, using the general procedure for activation and ligand-loading as shown in the Scheme 1. Experimental parameters such as reaction time, solvent and temperature were investigated to optimise the coupling conditions for the ligand with the activated solid support. R = -CH2-CH2-S- R' Scheme 1: General synthetic route for activation of Sepharose with epichlorohydrin and immobilisation of ligands (A) PSEA isomers and PSEA derivatives, (B) PSESH and (C) PSEOH onto the activated Sepharose through a side chain The adsorbents were evaluated for their binding (suitable reactive performance) for different antibody, cytokine and transferrin species by batch adsorption assays using a range of pH, buffer and salt concentration conditions. The optimal protein binding conditions were then used to calculate the thermodynamic interaction parameters such as dissociation constant (KD) and maximal binding capacity (Qmax) of the adsorbents. Purification of proteins such as monoclonal antibodies, transferrin and cytokines using column chromatographic techniques was performed on a laboratory scale and mAb binding was compared with a commercial adsorbent, Protein A. As the new methods for the synthesis of these ligands are relatively simple, greener and inexpensive, the purification method has the potential to be developed to large scale processes suitable for commercial applications in the biotechnology industry.