cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Pierwsze stwierdzenia Lamprodema maura (Fabricius, 1803) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) w Polsce
Creators: name: Grzegorz Gierlasiński
name: Przemysław Żurawlew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: dirt-coloured seed bug, faunistics, new record, true bugs

description: First records of Lamprodema maura (Fabricius, 1803) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) in Poland.
This note presents the first observations of a dirt-coloured seed bug species, Lamprodema maura, in Poland. Additional information about biology and distribution of this species in Europe are also provided.
General Electric Quarterly Survey 74-03, Versions I & II, Prof. & Manag., I & II, College Student
Creators: name: Electric, General
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2022

description: Adult sample: Most interesting concern (1); local community interests (1); importance of various topics (10); limited economic growth (1); feelings about technology (1); need for economic growth (1); growth potential (1); race relations (1); companies helping race relations (1); power failure problem (2); power failure causes (1); local power plant (1); need for additional plants (1); government activity changes (26); national issues discussions (2); company effects (1); dangerous activities (6); future predictions (9); effect of atomic plants (5); income change (1); price changes (1); financial situation (1). College student sample: Most interesting concern (1); importance of various topics (5); feelings about technology (1); economic growth potential (1); need for economic growth (1); race relations (1); companies helping race relations (1); government activity changes (14); national issues discussions (2); future predictions (9); atomic plant effects (5); college attended (2); class year (1); major (1); degree (1); preferred career (2); class standing (2); residency (2).
Additional file 1 of Effects of Qingda granule on patients with grade 1 hypertension at low-medium risk: study protocol for a randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial
Creators: name: Long, Lin-zi
name: Chu, Jian-feng
name: Qu, Hua
name: Yang, Qiao-ning
name: Lu, Yan
name: Fu, Chang-geng
name: Peng, Jun
name: Chen, Ke-ji
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. SPIRIT Checklist.
Turing Learning with Nash Memory
Creators: name: Wang, Shuai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017

description: Turing Learning is a method for the reverse engineering of agent behaviors. This approach was inspired by the Turing test where a machine can pass if its behaviour is indistinguishable from that of a human. Nash memory is a memory mechanism for coevolution. It guarantees monotonicity in convergence. This thesis explores the integration of such memory mechanism with Turing Learning for faster learning of agent behaviors. We employ the Enki robot simulation platform and learn the aggregation behavior of epuck robots. Our experiments indicate that using Nash memory can reduce the computation time by 35.4% and result in faster convergence for the aggregation game.

This repository corresponds to the code and data for the thesis of the same title by Shuai Wang.

If there is any question, please feel free to send an email to shuai.wang@vu.nl.
Autonomous GIS: the next-generation AI-powered GIS
Creators: name: Li, Zhenlong
name: Ning, Huan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, demonstrate a strong understanding of human natural language and have been explored and applied in various fields, including reasoning, creative writing, code generation, translation, and information retrieval. By adopting LLM as the reasoning core, we introduce Autonomous GIS as an AI-powered geographic information system (GIS) that leverages the LLM's general abilities in natural language understanding, reasoning, and coding for addressing spatial problems with automatic spatial data collection, analysis, and visualization. We envision that autonomous GIS will need to achieve five autonomous goals: self-generating, self-organizing, self-verifying, self-executing, and self-growing. We developed a prototype system called LLM-Geo using the GPT-4 API, demonstrating what an autonomous GIS looks like and how it delivers expected results without human intervention using three case studies. For all case studies, LLM-Geo returned accurate results, including aggregated numbers, graphs, and maps.. Although still in its infancy and lacking several important modules such as logging and code testing, LLM-Geo demonstrates a potential path toward the next-generation AI-powered GIS. We advocate for the GIScience community to devote more efforts to the research and development of autonomous GIS, making spatial analysis easier, faster, and more accessible to a broader audience.
Transforming education and educators : validating Indigenous knowledge in principle and practice
Creators: name: Rusk, Meredith
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: The intent of this research was to find ways to help guide non-Indigenous teachers within kindergarten to grade 12 education system to teach Indigenous content and perspectives in meaningful and respectful ways. The research plan involved working with local Secwépemc Knowledge Keepers and non-Indigenous teachers to engage with, and come to understand, local Indigenous Knowledge and perspectives. To work towards decolonization and reconciliation, this study centered raising teachers’ consciousness of racism, power, and privilege, and the validation of Indigenous knowledge. Following an Indigenist framework, this paradigm is immersed within Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing. The core methodology was storytelling, and the associated methods included sharing circles, conversations, reflective journaling, and photovoice. To bring myself and my work as the school district’s Indigenous Resource Helping Teacher into the research process, I also integrated a practitioner inquiry methodological approach. This research identified several issues that make the work of decolonization and Indigenization difficult. These include the way educators are immersed within a colonial mindset, the vast differences between Indigenous and Western knowledges and perspectives, and other ongoing effects of colonization including the continued presence of racism. Understandings that emerged from this study included the way colonial knowledges and values are presently privileged within mainstream education through ongoing racism, teachers’ fears and hesitations about teaching Indigenous content and perspectives, and the way educators and learners continue to be entrenched within colonial mindsets. This study suggests that to fully understand an Indigenous way of being and doing and make decisions on Indigenous Education within the mainstream, Indigenous Voices must be heard. Additional positive elements identified were culturally sustaining and revitalizing teaching practices based on local Indigenous ways of knowing and being. These included teaching to students’ gifts and/or strengths, building relationships with students, viewing the Land as a way of knowing and learning, and the inclusion of anti-racism education.
Conservation and restoration efforts have promoted increases in shorebird populations and the area and quality of their habitat in the Yellow River Delta, China
Creators: name: Duan, Houlang
name: Xia, Shaoxia
name: Yu, Xiubo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Conservation policies have been formulated for coastal wetlands in China, and exploration of conservation effectiveness based on waterbirds and their habitat is important for guiding conservation actions. We characterized the effects of conservation efforts on shorebird diversity, habitat area and quality using long-term remote sensing data, and shorebird survey data in the Yellow River Delta. From 1997 to 2021, habitat area, quality and population number significantly declined by 49.8% (r = −0.72, p < 0.05), 13.6% (r = −0.72, p < 0.05) and 60.67% (R2 = 0.77, p < 0.05). Before 2012, habitat area (decreased by 38.2%, r = −0.62, p > 0.05, slope = −0.25), quality (decreased by 10.53%, r = −0.68, p > 0.05, slope = −0.008), and population size (significantly decreased by 94.5%, r = −0.95, p < 0.05, slope = −7874.3) declined, and the decline in habitat area significantly contributed to population reductions (r = 0.79, p < 0.05). Since 2012, habitat area (increased by 14.3%, r = 0.71, p > 0.05, slope = 0.12), quality (increased by 17.12%, r = 0.83, p > 0.05, slope = 0.01), and population size (increased by 8.34%, R2 = 0.29, p > 0.05) slightly increased. The coefficients of variation for habitat area and quality, and population size were smaller after 2012 than before 2012. These results suggest that conservation actions maintained the stability of waterbird populations and their habitat; additional actions are needed to mediate the conservation of other degraded habitats along coastal wetlands.
Additional file 2 of Effects of Qingda granule on patients with grade 1 hypertension at low-medium risk: study protocol for a randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial
Creators: name: Long, Lin-zi
name: Chu, Jian-feng
name: Qu, Hua
name: Yang, Qiao-ning
name: Lu, Yan
name: Fu, Chang-geng
name: Peng, Jun
name: Chen, Ke-ji
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Attended hospitals.
title: F&E-Bericht: Forschung zu Intelligent Cloud Manufacturing Service und Pilot Smart Factory
Creators: name: Wang, Yübo
name: Müller, Marvin
name: Anderl, Reiner
name: Metternich, Joachim
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2022

description: Der Bericht zum abgeschlossenen Projekt CaMPuS fasst die Ergebnisse zusammen. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie ein deutsch-chinesisches Lernfabriknetzwerk durch Zusammenarbeit der TU Darmstadt und Festo Didactic in Deutschland sowie CASICloud-Tech und dem ITEI Institut in China aufgebaut wurde. Auf Basis dieses Lernfabriknetzwerkes wurden neue Schulungsinhalte in den Bereichen Werkerassistenzsysteme, Bauteilrückverfolgbarkeit und Cloud Manufacturing für die Bedarfe chinesischer Unternehmen erstellt und die Vernetzung von internationalen Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken durch Anbindung an eine gemeinsame Cloud gestärkt.
PC用キーボードを用いた演奏システム
Creators: name: 次田直樹
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: PC用キーボード
強弱
指くぐり

description: 複数人で演奏するときなど,外出先でピアノを演奏する時,電子ピアノはサイズが大きく重いものが多いので,持ち運ぶことが難しい.
 PCは比較的持っている人が多いものであり,PC用キーボードにおけるタイピングはピアノの演奏方法と似ている.
 よって,PC用キーボードがあれば外出先でも電子ピアノの代わりに演奏できると考えられる.
 PCで音楽を演奏をする場合,ピアノやMIDIキーボードに比べて,キーが小さい,キーの押しが小さい,横に並ぶキー数が$13$〜$17$個程度と少ないといった特徴がある.なので,PC用キーボードは親指と他の指との間隔が取りにくく,指くぐりが難しい.
 指くぐりとは,ドレミファソラシドのような連続した音を弾くときに,親指が他の指の下を通ることをいう.
 このような理由から,ピアノと同じように演奏することは難しい.
 また,ピアノにおける演奏において,強弱を付けるためには,鍵盤を押す強さを変える必要がある.しかし,PC用キーボードはキーを押す強さを検知できない.そのため,ピアノのようにキーの押す強さで強弱をリアルタイムに変更できない.
 既存研究ではキーボードを直接改造し,加速度センサーを設置することでキーの押す強さを検知出来るようにするものや,マウスで直接音の強さを表すベロシティを直接設定するソフトウェアがある.前者の場合,使用するまでに時間がかかり,現実的ではない.後者の場合,強弱の変化をリアルタイムに表現することが難しい.
 そこで,キーの間隔が取れるようにピアノの白鍵にあたる部分を2列にするキーボード配置を提案する.
 また,提案したキーボード配置を使用し,強弱の付与を機械学習で自動的に行うことで,PC用キーボードを利用した演奏システムにおいてよりピアノに近い演奏を目指すシステムを提案する.また、本システムを用いて評価実験を行い,PC用キーボードにおける演奏の強弱をリアルタイムに変化できることを確かめた.
Additional file 4 of Illuminating the biosynthesis pathway genes involved in bioactive specific monoterpene glycosides in Paeonia veitchii Lynch by a combination of sequencing platforms
Creators: name: Zhang, Shaoshan
name: Qu-Bie, Jun-zhang
name: Feng, Ming-kang
name: Qu-Bie, A-xiang
name: Huang, Yanfei
name: Zhang, Zhi-feng
name: Yan, Xin-jia
name: Liu, Yuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4. The full-length amino acid sequence of PvCYPs in this study.
What Can We Learn From Roman Space Telescope Observations of eRosita Galaxy Clusters?
Creators: name: Lucas, Ray
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: The combination of unprecedented resolution of eRosita images of x-ray gas structure in a large number of galaxy clusters, and Hubble-like high-resolution infrared imagery and grism spectroscopy of fields 100 times larger than that of the HST which will be enabled by the Nancy G. Roman Space Telescope will afford us a greater opportunity to examine the multiwavelength structure and kinematics of a larger number of galaxy clusters, for the cluster member galaxies, their cluster environments, and the larger-scale environments of the clusters themselves. This will provide better clues to various facets of the physical nature of a larger number of clusters such as kinematics and morphology of the clusters and the spatial distribution and kinmematics of the individual member galaxies of the clusters related to the spatial distribution and properties of cluster x-ray gas. It may also help reveal other evolutionary properties of clusters and of various individual galaxies in each cluster for clusters at different redhsifts such as colors of galaxies as a proxy for star-formation histories and stellar populations in the spatial context of the distribution of cluster x-ray gas. Such more detailed multiwavelength studies of a larger number of galaxy clusters may also help give a better understanding and calibration of measurements of cluster masses, and may aid in better characterizing phenomena such as lensing, the S-Z Effect and the implications for cosmology, among other things.
Mapping Local Climate Zones in Lausanne (Switzerland) with Sentinel-2 and PRISMA imagery: comparison of classification performance using different band combinations and building height data
Creators: name: Vavassori, Alberto
name: Giuliani, Gregory
name: Brovelli, Maria Antonia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Space Science
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) concept has emerged as a valuable classification system for climate-related studies. The World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) protocol provides a framework for generating a LCZ segmentation which relies on the supervised classification of multispectral imagery. However, since LCZ is based on the physical and thermal properties of the urban surfaces, more insightful information on the surface reflectivity characteristics – which is provided by hyperspectral sensors – may be beneficial for improving the LCZ classification. This assumption is investigated in this study by comparing the classification performance of a supervised algorithm applied to multispectral (Sentinel-2) and hyperspectral (PRISMA) satellite imagery. The study area is the city of Lausanne (Switzerland). Experiments are performed considering these sensors and different band combinations, including the building height layer as an additional band. Preliminary outcomes show that PRISMA imagery yields satisfying results in terms of classification accuracy while not outperforming Sentinel-2. An improvement is achieved by leveraging the first 10 PRISMA Principal Components which allows to retain the uncorrelated information out of the original bands. These first results will be validated in future investigations by improving image pre-processing and exploiting a larger number of seasonal PRISMA acquisitions.
Surface-initiated polymerization for the preparation of organic electronic materials
Creators: name: Poisson, Jade
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Polymer organic electronics are pervasive in materials chemistry and life sciences. These materials demonstrate mechanical properties ideal for solution processing and flexible electronic applications. The molecular weight and dispersity of a polymer can also have a profound effect on the properties of the material. Consequently, the use of controlled polymerization techniques is critical in the preparation of organic electronics. Herein, controlled polymerization techniques are used to prepare semiconducting materials demonstrating unique charge-transport and photophysical properties. Thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) materials have been used widely in bioimaging, photocatalysis and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). TADF materials can, in theory, achieve full conversion of electricity to light making them particularly useful in OLEDs. However, many of these materials demonstrate low rates of reverse intersystem crossing process. These rates can improve when utilizing TADF materials demonstrating through space rather than through bond charge transfer. Thus, in this work a library of through-space charge transfer materials is explored. However, the charge transfer character of the emission in TADF materials results in broad emission bands. The colour purity can be improved by including an appropriate fluorophore to which the TADF moiety can transfer energy, termed thermally assisted fluorescence (TAF). Surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) is an approach to prepare densely grafted polymers on a surface. These “polymer brushes” often demonstrate properties that differ from “free” polymers. Thus, the incorporation of luminophores into polymer brushes could result in unique photophysical properties. Additionally, the use of SIP approaches enable optoelectronically relevant materials to be grown directly from substrates. However, polymer brushes containing TADF and TAF moieties have yet to be explored. Thus, in this work, controlled surface-initiated polymerization techniques are used to prepare polymer brushes incorporating TADF and TAF that show promise for use in lighting and spatially resolved sensing applications. Finally, these SIP approaches are leveraged to investigate unique polymer brush architectures known as bottlebrush brushes. These materials enable high surface coverage of the polymer coating on a substrate while still allowing mass transport of molecules through the brushes affording a molecular wire-type structure. This architecture shows promise as a polyelectrolyte material.
Bolder et al Figure S1.pdf from Seasonal variations of serotonin in the visual system of an ant revealed by immunofluorescence and a machine learning approach
Creators: name: Bolder, Maximilian F.
name: Jung, Klaus
name: Stern, Michael
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Figure S1 Correlation of head size with neuropil size of hibernating (blue), active (green) and outside (brown) Lasius niger workers. R2 values are 0.59 for lamina, 0.68 for medulla, and 0.53 for lobula.
פסיכולוגיה ניסויית- האם השוואות חברתיות משפיעות על ההערכה עצמית של גברים
Creators: name: Talmor, Shira
name: Goren, Roni
name: TAU Experimental Psychology Team
name: Mintzer, Itay
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: ההרשמה מראש למחקר שלנו, במסגרת קורס פסיכולוגיה ניסויית.
สมการไดโอแฟนไทน์
Creators: name: ศิริจันทร์ เวสารัชศาต
Publisher: name: Thammasat University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Diophantine equation
quadratic residue
Legendre symbol
non-negative integer solution

description: Thai Journal of Science and Technology, 8, 3, 220-225
PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE AND WELFARE TRAITS IN PEKIN DUCKS
Creators: name: Kroger, Carl
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 300305
subject: Animal reproduction and breeding
classificationCode: 300306
subject: Animal welfare

description: The White Pekin duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) is the most widely consumed duck protein in the world. Total duck meat production had a global annual increase of 2.1% per year from 2010 to 2019. The increase in duck meat production can be credited to improved management strategies, nutritional programs, and genetic improvement made to the Pekin ducks by structured breeding programs. Regardless of the advancements already achieved by Pekin duck breeding programs, improvements can still be made. One such improvement that can be made in Pekin duck populations is reducing the frequency of the emerging welfare concern known as flip-over (FO). We hypothesize that egg quality traits, wingspan, back length, and hip width are genetically influenced and their inclusion into Pekin duck breeding programs can be used to improve the Pekin duck. Egg quality traits were collected at weeks of age 30, 32, 35 and 40 on two generations of Pekin duck hens. All heritability estimates and Genetic correlations were calculated using BLUPF90 software, the Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) method, and 9,418 individuals in the pedigree. All egg quality traits evaluated are moderate to highly heritable ranging from 0.23 for egg shape to 0.70 for shell ratio. Two hatches of 1,200 Pekin duck hens were assessed at day of age 23 and 30 for wingspan, hip width, and back length using image analysis. Wingspan, hip width, and back length were found to be heritable ranging from 0.04 ± 0.013 to 0.27 ± 0.025 for hip width and back length respectfully. This thesis will discuss approaches to evaluating genetic parameters of egg quality traits in hatching eggs and the possibility of reducing FO through the selection of increased wingspan length.
MPEC 2023-X236 : 2023 XQ10
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 XQ10

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
title: Επικίνδυνες καταστάσεις σε επιχειρήσεις ανακύκλωσης αποβλήτων και μέτρα προστασίας εργαζομένων
title: Hazardous situations in waste recycling businesses and worker protection measures
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Κοσμά, Αγγελική
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ανακύκλωση
Στερεά απόβλητα
Στερεά αστικά απόβλητα
Επικίνδυνες καταστάσεις
Μέτρα προστασίας
Προστασία εργαζομένων
Ασφάλεια εργασίας

description: Το βασικό θέμα που εξετάστηκε στην εργασία αυτή είναι οι επικίνδυνες καταστάσεις στις οποίες εκτίθενται οι εργαζόμενοι σε επιχειρήσεις ανακύκλωσης στερεών αστικών αποβλήτων και τα μέτρα προστασίας αυτών. Τα ευρήματά της εργασίας, υπογραμμίζουν την ανάγκη για επείγουσα δράση για τη βελτίωση των συνθηκών υγείας και ασφάλειας για τους εργαζόμενους στον τομέα της διαχείρισης αστικών αποβλήτων. Οι κίνδυνοι που αντιμετωπίζουν, μπορούν να μετριαστούν με προσεκτικό σχεδιασμό εγκαταστάσεων, κατάλληλο εξοπλισμό, ολοκληρωμένα σχέδια υγείας και ασφάλειας, ενδελεχή εκπαίδευση των εργαζομένων και εφαρμογή αυτοματοποιημένων συστημάτων που περιορίζουν τις επικίνδυνες καταστάσεις στην εργασία. Η παρούσα πτυχιακή χωρίζεται σε έξι κεφάλαια. Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο δόθηκε η ιστορική αναδρομή για τη νομοθεσία στην Υγεία και Ασφάλεια στην Εργασία τόσο στην ΕΕ όσο και στην Ελλάδα. Ακολούθως, στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο, αναλύθηκε το νομοθετικό πλαίσιο για τη διαχείριση των αστικών στερεών αποβλήτων στην ΕΕ και στην Ελλάδα. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο δόθηκε μια γενική περιγραφή ενός συστήματος εναλλακτικής διαχείρισης υλικών και η περιγραφή όλων των σταδίων της γραμμής παραγωγής. Στο τέταρτο κεφάλαιο έγινε προσπάθεια ανάδειξης των σοβαρότερων επικίνδυνων καταστάσεων που αντιμετωπίζουν οι εργαζόμενοι στον τομέα εναλλακτικής διαχείρισης στερεών αποβλήτων μέσω στατιστικής ανάλυσης των ατυχημάτων που έλαβαν χώρα την τελευταία δεκαετία σε χώρες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, στις ΗΠΑ αλλά και στον Ελλαδικό χώρο ειδικότερα, σε επιχειρήσεις που δραστηριοποιούνται στον τομέα αυτόν. Στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο αυτό έγινε προσπάθεια συγκέντρωσης των μέτρων που πρέπει να λαμβάνονται προς αντιμετώπιση (εξάλειψη / πρόληψη / μείωση) των κινδύνων που αντιμετωπίζουν οι εργαζόμενοι στον τομέα της εναλλακτικής διαχείρισης αστικών στερεών αποβλήτων, σε όλα τα στάδια της γραμμής παραγωγής, με στόχο την εξασφάλιση τουλάχιστον της προστασίας που απαιτείται από την νομοθεσία για την υγεία και ασφάλεια των εργαζομένων
Use of Intra-aortic- Balloon Pump Counterpulsation in Patients with Symptomatic Vasospasm Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Neurogenic Stress Cardiomyopathy
Creators: name: Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institutes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Introduction
Intra-aortic counterpulsation balloon pumps (IABPs) have been widely used to augment hemodynamics in critically ill patients with cardiogenic shock and have recently been proposed as a management strategy for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients with neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy (NSC). Prior case series have described the use of IABP as a means to manage cardiogenic shock in this patient population; however, we sought to describe our experience with IABP as a means to wean vasopressor requirement while augmenting hemodynamics and maintaining pressures at goal.
Methods
Five patients were identified from a single center, prospective, observational cohort study that received an IABP for the management of ischemia related to cerebral vasospasm in the setting of NSC. We evaluated all cases for efficacy of IABP in reducing vasopressor requirement, and complications.
Results
Vasopressor requirements were reduced by a mean of 50% (range 25–65%) following IABPs placement within 24–48 h. There were no significant complications from IABPs. Out of the five patients, the outcome in three cases was favorable (mRS≤1). Two patients suffered delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI), one patient passed away due to severe sepsis, and one patient was left with severe disability. Only one patient required anticoagulation and that was for a preexisting deep venous thrombosis.
Conclusion
The use of IABPs may be beneficial as an adjunctive therapy in SAH patients with concomitant symptomatic vasospasm and NSC.
Digital appendix_eqe3417_CCY and ASW.pdf
Creators: name: Ching-Ching Yu
name: Whittaker, Andrew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 90504 Earthquake Engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: Earthquake shaking of a submerged component induces hydrodynamic loadings on its surface generated by the adjacent liquid. If the amplitude of the seismic motion is small, the adjacent liquid is attached to and moves with the component. This attached liquid can be considered as added mass on the component. This document presents analytical solutions for added masses on rigid or flexible cylindrical components derived in a prior study and developed by the authors. Added masses for components with dimensions and mechanical properties applicable to liquid-filled advanced nuclear reactors are calculated. The differences in the calculated added masses with the assumption of rigid and flexible components are discussed. Ignoring flexibility of the submerged components leads to an overestimation of the added masses.
Agricultural Market Access Under Tariff-Rate Quotas
Creators: name: Beckman, Jayson
name: Gale, Fred
name: Lee, Tani
name: Beckman, Jayson
name: Gale, Fred
name: Lee, Tani
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Agriculture, trade, World Trade Organization, WTO, tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, TRQs, TRQ administration

description: Forty World Trade Organization (WTO) members have established 1,125 agricultural tariff-rate quotas (TRQs). TRQs are a two-tiered tariff scheme (a lower rate under a quota amount, and a higher rate once that is reached), developed during multilateral trade negotiations in the 1990s to facilitate market access for agricultural trade. This report provides data and analysis on the prevalence of these trade measures. TRQs are classified according to indicators of whether market access is constrained by administrative procedures or nontariff measures that prevent the quota from filling or by the quota itself. This analysis found that 13 percent of TRQs were “underutilized” when imports were less than 65 percent of the quota (a low “fill rate”), even though the cost of imports was less than the domestic price. Another 22 percent of TRQs were classified as “binding” when the fill rate was high and the import cost was less than the domestic commodity rice. Issues have been raised in the WTO regarding some of these TRQs, with the largest number of questions about transparency and administration of quotas.
ZooMS analysis of bone fragments within palaeofaeces
Creators: name: Runge, Anne Kathrine W.
name: Hendy, Jessica
name: Richter, Kristine K.
name: Masson-MacLean, Eduoard
name: Britton, Kate
name: Mackie, Meaghan
name: McGrath, Krista
name: Collins, Matthew
name: Cappellini, Enrico
name: Speller, Camilla
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: ZooMS

description: This dataset contains MALDI-TOF spectral data from bone fragments from within palaeofaeces. Sample names are at the end of the file name and each sample has three replicates.
description: This project has received funding from the European Union's EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 under Grant Agreement No 676154 and the Danish National Research Foundation award PROTEIOS (DNRF128). The onsite collection of samples was carried out by staff and students from the University of Aberdeen, volunteer excavators and the residents of Quinhagak. Fieldwork/primary sampling was funded by an AHRC (AH/K006029/1) grant awarded to Rick Knecht (Aberdeen), Kate Britton, and Charlotta Hillerdal (Aberdeen) and an AHRC-LabEx award (AH/N504543/1) to Kate Britton, Rick Knecht (Aberdeen), Keith Dobney (Liverpool), and Isabelle Sidéra (Nanterre). We had logistical and planning support for fieldwork by the Qanirtuuq Incorporated, Quinhagak, Alaska, and the people of Quinhagak, who we also thank for sampling permissions. We thank Prof. Jesper Velgaard Olsen at the Novo Nordisk Center for Protein Research for providing access and resources, which was also funded in part by a donation from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (grant no. NNF14CC0001). We further acknowledge Takumi Tsutaya for valuable insight in implementing the protein extraction protocol and subsequent discussions, and Samantha Preslee for completing the ZooMS extractions and MALDI-TOF analysis in conjunction with the Technology Facility at the University of York.
Design and implementation of RVV-Lite : a layered approach to the official RISC-V vector ISA
Creators: name: White, Caroline
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: The open-source RISC-V Vector extension (RVV), whose specification was frozen in 2021, comprises over 400 instructions, with four integer and two floating-point data types. Its purpose is to accelerate applications in high-performance computing. Since it is the largest optional extension to the RISC-V ecosystem, it is prudent to assess the implementation cost of these instructions with respect to their value add, particularly in cost-sensitive embedded and domain-specific applications. Some instructions are never used by certain applications, while others create unique and potentially costly hardware requirements. They can instead be replaced by simpler instruction sequences. We propose RVV-Lite, a partitioning of RVV. This partitioning allows users to deploy a smaller implementation with a predefined subset of the instructions, which is often needed in embedded or domain-specific applications with limited area or power. The rationale behind the instruction groupings is explained, and implementation results are shown to help make informed choices about the cost of these incremental implementations. To simplify software management, we suggest reducing the number of possible configurations by subdividing primary instructions into 7 layers, while presenting 5 orthogonal extensions that can be added at any point. Instructions excluded from the primary and orthogonal instruction subsets are placed into a final layer of instructions, bridging the gap between RVV-Lite and RVV 1.0. With all layers and options, RVV-Lite consists of 280 instructions, resulting in the exclusion of 127 instructions from the Zve* embedded options proposed by the RVV specification. To demonstrate efficacy of this subset, we present cycle counts for common benchmarks and compare these, along with area and timing results, to other RISC-V Vector engines.
Study of the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin vs. Unfractionated Heparin as Bridging Therapy in Patients with Embolic Stroke due to Atrial Fibrillation
Creators: name: Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institutes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Background
Anticoagulation with adjusted dose warfarin is a well-accepted treatment for the prevention of recurrent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Meanwhile, using bridging therapy with heparin or heparinoids before warfarin for initiation of anticoagulation is a matter of debate. We compared safety, efficacy, and tolerability of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and unfractionated heparin (UFH) as a bridging method in patients with recent ischemic stroke due to atrial fibrillation.
Method
This study was a randomized single-blind controlled trial in patients with acute ischemic stroke due to atrial fibrillation who were eligible for receiving warfarin and were randomly treated with 60 milligrams (mg) of LMWH (enoxaparin) subcutaneously every 12 h, or 1000 units/h of continuous intravenous heparin. The primary efficacy endpoints were recurrence of new ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction and/or death. The primary safety endpoint was central nervous system and/or systemic bleeding.
Results
Seventy-four subjects were recruited. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of two groups were matched. Composite endpoint outcome of new ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, and/or death in follow-up period was seen in 10 subjects (27.03%) in UFH group and in four subjects (10.81%) in LMWH group (p value: 0.136). All hemorrhages and symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) hemorrhages in follow-up period were in 7 (18.9%) and 4 (10.8%) patients in UFH group, in 5 (13.5%), and 3 (8.1%) patients in LMWH group (p values: 0.754 and 0.751), respectively. Drop out and major adverse-effects such as heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and drug hypersensitivity were not seen in any patient.
Conclusion
Enoxaparin can be a safe and efficient alternative for UFH as bridging therapy.
Mangrove biogeography under climate change scenarios and urbanisation
Creators: name: DIAZ, MARYCARMEN GUADALUPE MARTINEZ
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified
Biogeography and phylogeography

description: Mangrove ecosystems need to be protected because they play an enormous role in the face of climate change and are also vulnerable to environmental changes and anthropogenic pressures. Therefore, this project has advanced our knowledge of identifying geographical patterns of how climate change could impact mangroves in the future. Here we identified six central biogeographic mangrove regions in Australia and characterised their environmental thresholds. In addition, we located the most threatened areas of mangroves in Australia and Mexico in response to climate change and urbanisation, aiming to help the conservation and management of mangroves.
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title: Process and tooling design for hood part manufacturing using HX220BD steel grade
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stress and strain condition
finite elements
tooling design

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description: The object of the present research is a computer-aided modeling, calculation and design of the manufacturing process and manufacturing tooling for the automotive part. The purpose of the present research is to acquire the skills of calculation and design of the manufacturing process and manufacturing tooling for cold sheet stamping, to prepare the manual for computer simulation and design of body-in-white part manufactured by the method cold formed steel sheet stamping.
The role of Glut1 in glucose-restricted CD8+ T cells
Creators: name: Ser, Terri
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) is a popular cancer treatment that involves transferring CD8+ T cells to patients, and its therapeutic efficacy depends on the ability of CD8+ T cells to produce pro-inflammatory molecules, such as IFN-γ. Despite the promising results in leukemia, the effectiveness of T cell therapies remains limited for solid tumours. Previous research has shown that subjecting CD8+ T cells to transient glucose restriction (TGR) in vitro before infusion enhances anti-tumour function, improves in vivo persistence, and promotes complete tumour clearance. Upon T cell activation, glucose transporters Glut1 and Glut3 are both upregulated; however, TGR only promotes upregulation of Glut1, as Glut3 expression remains unchanged. Although glucose metabolism has previously been linked to IFN-γ production, the role of Glut1 in TGR CD8+ T cells remains unknown. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether Glut1 contributes to the enhanced effector functions seen in TGR CD8+ T cells. Ovalbumin (OVA)-specific mouse T cells were activated using OVA peptide to generate effector T cells. To assess the role of Glut1, two different experimental models were used: genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of Glut1 after CD8+ T cell activation. These cells were then plated in either 10 (control) or 1mM (TGR) glucose. Metabolic pathways were assessed using Seahorse assays, where Extracellular Acidification Rate (ECAR) and Oxygen Consumption Rate (OCR) are used as proxies for glucose and mitochondrial metabolism, respectively. Effector function was assessed by co-culturing T cells with a B16-OVA melanoma cell line and measuring IFN-γ using flow cytometry. We found that both deletion and inhibition of Glut1 increases the OCR:ECAR ratio, with a more pronounced effect in the TGR condition, suggesting that Glut1 helps sustain glucose metabolism in TGR T cells. Additionally, deletion and inhibition of Glut1 dampens IFN-γ production, with a more pronounced decrease seen in TGR T cells. Together, these findings suggest that Glut1 contributes to the enhanced anti-tumour function seen in TGR T cells. Future studies may further explore the role of Glut1to uncover insights into the metabolically improved TGR CD8+ T cells, with the goal of broadening the application of ACT for different types of cancer.
title: A path to the bilingual advantage
title: pairwise matching of individuals
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Czapka, Sophia
name: Wotschack, Christiane
name: Klassert, Annegret
name: Festman, Julia
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 400 Sprache

description: Matching participants (as suggested by Hope, 2015) may be one promising option for research on a potential bilingual advantage in executive functions (EF). In this study we first compared performances in three EF-tasks of a naturally heterogeneous sample of monolingual (n = 69, age = 9.0 y) and multilingual children (n = 57, age = 9.3 y). Secondly, we meticulously matched participants pairwise to obtain two highly homogeneous groups to rerun our analysis and investigate a potential bilingual advantage. The initally disadvantaged multilinguals (regarding socioeconomic status and German lexicon size) performed worse in updating and response inhibition, but similarly in interference inhibition. This indicates that superior EF compensate for the detrimental effects of the background variables. After matching children pairwise on age, gender, intelligence, socioeconomic status and German lexicon size, performances became similar except for interference inhibition. Here, an advantage for multilinguals in the form of globally reduced reaction times emerged, indicating a bilingual executive processing advantage.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe; 688
Występowanie Centrotus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) i Stictocephala bisonia Kopp et Yonke, 1977 (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha, Membracidae) w okolicach Pleszewa (Nizina Wielkopolsko-Kujawska)
Creators: name: Przemysław Żurawlew
name: Eugeniusz Markiewicz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Occurrence of Centrotus cornutus ( Linnaeus, 1758) and Stictocephala bisonia Kopp et Yonke, 1977 (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha, Membracidae) near Pleszew (Wielkopolsko-Kujawska Lowland).
The report provides new information about two species of hemipterans belonging to the Membracidae family from the Auchenorrhyncha suborder: Centrotus cornutus and Stictocephala bisonia. Centrotus cornutus, despite many years of entomological research near Pleszew, was detected only twice. In turn, S. bisonia is clearly expanding in the area in question, as it was found in 8 locations in 2021-2023.
Long-Term Land Management Practices and Their Effect on Soil Health and Crop Productivity
Creators: name: AL-Bayati, Ammar Sami
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Abstract:
Agricultural intensification reliant on monocrops could change soil health in a way that does not support maximum crop productivity. Twenty-nine-year-old no-till field plots at the University of Kentucky Spindletop research farm showed a significant reduction in corn yields from continuous corn plots compared to those from plots in various types of rotation. The objective of this study was to determine what role soil microbes might play in yield reduction and how management and time effects microbial community structure. Samples were collected from the following treatments: continuous corn (CC), continuous soybean (SS), a 2-year corn/soybean rotation (CCSS), Corn in rotation with soybean with winter wheat cover (C/W/S), and sod controls (SOD). Soil health-related parameters were determined along with microbial community structure using phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA). Results show that there is a strong seasonal dynamic in microbial communities with May, July and September showing the greatest differentiation between treatments. Nonparametric multidimensional analysis (NMDS) shows that microbial communities under SS, CC treatments were significantly different from the CS and CWS treatments across all four years of the study. My findings will prove useful for assessing the contribution of biological indicators to agroecosystem function and will aid in making recommendations of when and how to manage these parameters to improve soil health and maximize yield.
Thomas Muratore's ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-1156
Copyright: © Thomas Joseph Muratore Jr. 2019
Optimization of piezoelectric and mechanical performance of piezoelectric paper composites for MEMS applications
Creators: name: Jeorje, Ninweh Nina
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Paper, one of the oldest and greatest inventions, has and continues to play a significant role in many applications of day-to-day life. Recently, paper-based substrates have attracted significant attention in the realm of smart materials and electronics due to a growing desire for environmentally sustainable platforms, inexpensive flexible devices, and the opportunity to incorporate functional materials within the matrix. The possibility to integrate novel nanomaterials within the production methods of the paper industry is of current interest to enhance and to add new functionalities to conventional cellulose-fiber-based paper. Paper has been used as a substrate for flexible devices for several years now. However, the methods for preparing such paper-based devices are typically too complex for integration with large-scale paper manufacturing processes. This research proposes a simple process for manufacturing nanoparticle-incorporated paper-based piezoelectric composites with tailorable mechanical properties which is compatible with the conventional papermaking processes. This method utilizes a layer-by-layer process to electrostatically bind BaTiO3 particles (~300 nm diameter) to microfibrillated wood pulp with a significant particle loading of up to 72% yielding a high piezoelectric coefficient (d33) of up to 57.8 pC/N post corona poling. Such piezoelectric paper composites have potential in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and are used as a simple accelerometer and tactile sensor to demonstrate their efficacy in inertial sensing and touch applications. This work is part of a larger scope to develop a device which uses the functionalized paper as sensing strips for real-time particulate matter (PM) monitoring. In particular, PM2.5 (PM smaller than 2.5 μm) is targeted for detection as it is one of the main causes of air pollution related health issues, subsequently contributing to billions of dollars spent annually.