cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Closed-loop robots driven by short-term synaptic plasticity: Emergent explorative vs. limit-cycle locomotion
Creators: name: Martin, Laura
name: Sándor, Bulcsú
name: Gros, Claudius
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the hypothesis, that short-term synaptic plasticity (STSP) may generate self-organized motor patterns. We simulated sphere-shaped autonomous robots, within the LPZRobots simulation package, containing three weights moving along orthogonal internal rods. The position of a weight is controlled by a single neuron receiving excitatory input from the sensor, measuring its actual position, and inhibitory inputs from the other two neurons. The inhibitory connections are transiently plastic, following physiologically inspired STSP-rules. We find that a wide palette of motion patterns are generated through the interaction of STSP, robot, and environment (closed-loop configuration), including various forward meandering and circular motions, together with chaotic trajectories. The observed locomotion is robust with respect to additional interactions with obstacles. In the chaotic phase the robot is seemingly engaged in actively exploring its environment. We believe that our results constitute a concept of proof that transient synaptic plasticity, as described by STSP, may potentially be important for the generation of motor commands and for the emergence of complex locomotion patterns, adapting seamlessly also to unexpected environmental feedback. We observe spontaneous and collision induced mode switchings, finding in addition, that locomotion may follow transiently limit cycles which are otherwise unstable. Regular locomotion corresponds to stable limit cycles in the sensorimotor loop, which may be characterized in turn by arbitrary angles of propagation. This degeneracy is, in our analysis, one of the drivings for the chaotic wandering observed for selected parameter settings, which is induced by the smooth diffusion of the angle of propagation.
description: 15 pages, 12 figures
title: Stimulation der Osteogenese osteoporotischer mesenchymaler Stammzellen durch Zugabe von 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 in vitro
Creators: name: Lips, Katrin Susanne
name: Dakischew, Olga
name: Trinkaus, Katja
name: Szalay, Gabor
name: Schnettler, Reinhard
name: Heiss, Christian
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Osteoblasten
subject: Vitamin D3
subject: Calcium
subject: MSC
subject: Osteoporose
subject: Osteogenese
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Fragestellung: Vitamin D Mangel wird häufig bei der älteren Bevölkerung beobachtet und ist oft mit Calciummangel, Osteopenie bzw. Osteoporose assoziiert. Kürzlich konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Differenzierung von primären humanen Osteoblasten in vitro durch die Gabe von 25-Hydroxyvitamin[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2015)
Feb 28 Friday
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293
subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
Promising bioactive properties of quercetin for potential food applications and health benefits: A review
Creators: name: Shabir, Irtiqa
name: Kumar Pandey, Vinay
name: Shams, Rafeeya
name: Dar, Aamir Hussain
name: Dash, Kshirod Kumar
name: Khan, Shafat Ahmad
name: Bashir, Iqra
name: Jeevarathinam, G.
name: Rusu, Alexandru Vasile
name: Esatbeyoglu, Tuba
name: Pandiselvam, R.
Publisher: name: Lausanne : Frontiers Media
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: antimicrobial properties
subject: antioxidant
subject: bioactive compounds
subject: nutraceutical properties
subject: quercetin
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::630 | Landwirtschaft, Veterinärmedizin

description: Naturally occurring phytochemicals with promising biological properties are quercetin and its derivatives. Quercetin has been thoroughly studied for its antidiabetic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-Alzheimer's, anti-arthritic, antioxidant, cardiovascular, and wound-healing properties. Anticancer activity of quercetin against cancer cell lines has also recently been revealed. The majority of the Western diet contains quercetin and its derivatives, therefore consuming them as part of a meal or as a food supplement may be sufficient for people to take advantage of their preventive effects. Bioavailability-based drug-delivery systems of quercetin have been heavily studied. Fruits, seeds, vegetables, bracken fern, coffee, tea, and other plants all contain quercetin, as do natural colors. One naturally occurring antioxidant is quercetin, whose anticancer effects have been discussed in detail. It has several properties that could make it an effective anti-cancer agent. Numerous researches have shown that quercetin plays a substantial part in the suppression of cancer cells in the breast, colon, prostate, ovary, endometrial, and lung tumors. The current study includes a concise explanation of quercetin's action mechanism and potential health applications.
Feb 27 Thursday.
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945
subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
The Role of Mitochondrial Function and Retrograde Signalling for Stress Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Meng, Xiangxiang
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Life Sciences, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.

In plants, mitochondria are the power houses of the cell and critical organelles for plant energy metabolism, biosynthetic pathways and stress responses. Mitochondria also function as stress sensors and are important for stress tolerance through relaying their functional status to the nucleus via retrograde signalling involving components such as the transcription factor ANAC017 and the protein kinase CDKE1. Flooding is a detrimental abiotic stress which severely affects agricultural production by reducing the availability of oxygen, carbon dioxide and light. The importance of mitochondrial signalling for the acclimation to flooding is not well characterised. Although plants vary in flooding tolerance, knowledge on the contribution of mitochondrial function and signalling for adaptation mechanisms is limited. To investigate the role of ANAC017 in mitochondrial retrograde signalling, plants overexpressing ANAC017 were generated and characterised to identify its role in plant growth (Chapter 2, published in Plant Physiology, Meng et al., 2019). The results from phenotypic characterisation and RNA-seq indicated that the overexpression in Arabidopsis thaliana leads to growth retardation, altered leaf development and early leaf senescence by reprogramming the retrograde signalling pathway. A gene regulatory network revealed the extensive interaction of transcription factors and downstream stress responsive genes. A comparative phenotypical, physiological and transcriptomic characterisation of Arabidopsis mitochondrial signalling mutants (cdke1/rao1 and anac017/rao2) and a set of contrasting accessions was performed after submergence (Chapter 3, in revision with The Plant Journal). The results revealed that acclimation to submergence is dependent on mitochondrial retrograde signalling and underlying transcriptional re-programming is used as an adaptation mechanism. Functional characterisation of two WRKY transcription factors (WRKY40 and WRKY45) confirmed their role in conferring tolerance to submergence. A genome wide association study (GWAS) was performed using 387 Arabidopsis accessions. Significant associations of single nucleotide polymorphisms with quantified flooding related traits were determined and underlying genes are related to processes important for flooding tolerance such as carbohydrate metabolism and nutrient uptake (Chapter 4, draft manuscript in preparation for submission).
Cleaner Production Assessment in Mekanissa Alcohol and Liquor Factory
Creators: name: Andom, Beyene
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Mekanissa Alcohol and Liquor Factory is a branch of National Alcohol and Liquor Factory which uses molasses or technical alcohol as raw material to produce ethanol. The production process consists of five major sections i.e. molasses treatment, fermentation, distillery, liquor and utilities. Raw material and energy utilization efficiencies of all sections are evaluated based on cleaner production manual. Where, cleaner production options were assessed, filtered and evaluated for all sections. In the fiscal year, factory produced alcohol was71.37% of the designed capacity. Overall efficiency of the alcohol production was 81.64%; of which the efficiency of fermentation and distillery were 72% and 97.2% respectively. And it is low compared to expected performance at fermentation and distillation; which is 94.6% and 99% respectively. Average residual sugar in fermentation was 2,252 kg per day. The total absolute alcohol loss per day from the fermentation and distillation were 946.76 and 535.79 liters respectively. Molasses, technical alcohol, and water consumptions per liter of produced alcohol were found to be 4.23 kg, 1.131liters and 15.13liters respectively. Thermal energy and electric energy consumptions per liter of alcohol were found to be 14,635.552 kJ and 1,575.50kJ respectively which are higher than factory standards. Boiler combustion efficiency and thermal efficiency were 82.66% and 71.75% respectively. All boiler energy losses are evaluated; of which, energy loss due to dry flue gas is the maximum one which is 15.69%. There are two heat integrations proposed in this study to conserve energy; one is in molasses treatment section and the other is between boiler and distillery sections. Recovery of heat from dark and white stillages, CO2 recovery, waste water recycling and heat lost recoveries; are proposed to improve resource utilization and reducing environmental pollution.
In-Situ Characterization of Microstructural Changes in Alloy 718 during High-Temperature Low-Cycle Fatigue
Creators: name: Barton, Sebastian
name: Weiss, Maximilian K.-B.
name: Maier, Hans Juergen
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: alloy 718
subject: fatigue
subject: oxidation
subject: chromium depletion
subject: non-destructive testing
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::530 | Physik

description: Components made of nickel-based alloys are typically used for high-temperature applications because of their high corrosion resistance and very good creep and fatigue strength, even at temperatures around 1000 °C. Corrosive damage can significantly reduce the mechanical properties and the expected remaining service life of components. In the present study, a new method was introduced to continuously determine the change in microstructure occurring as a result of exposure to high temperature and cyclic mechanical loading. For this purpose, the conventional low-cycle fatigue test procedure was modified and a non-destructive, electromagnetic testing technique was integrated into a servohydraulic test rig to monitor the microstructural changes. The measured values correlate with the magnetic material properties of the specimen, allowing the microstructural changes in the specimen’s subsurface zone to be analyzed upon high-temperature fatigue. Specifically, it was possible to show how different loading parameters affect the maximum chromium depletion as well as the depth of chromium depletion, which influences the magnetic properties of the nickel-based material. It was also observed that specimen failure is preceded by a certain degree of microstructural change in the subsurface zone. Thus, the integration of the testing technology into a test rig opens up new possibilities for improved prediction of fatigue failure via the continuous recording of the microstructural changes.
Sobre la exponencial de una matriz
Creators: name: Orozco Fernández, Lizeth Del Carmen
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2010
Subjects: Matriz (matemáticas)
Derivada de Frechet
Funciones exponenciales

description: Tesis (Matemático).--Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Programa de Matemáticas, 2010
description: El presente trabajo pretende introducir dos funciones matriciales y dos funciones reales que serán herramientas básicas para el desarrollo de esta investigación.
Feb 26 Wednesday.
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293
subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
Prospects of Establishing the Origin of Cosmic Neutrinos using Source Catalogs
Creators: name: Bartos, I.
name: Ahrens, M.
name: Finley, C.
name: Marka, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cosmic neutrino flux recently discovered by IceCube will be instrumental in probing the highest-energy astrophysical processes. Nevertheless, the origin of these neutrinos is still unknown. While it would be more straightforward to identify a transient, or galactic source class, finding a population of distant, continuous sources is challenging. We introduce a source-type classification technique that incorporates all available information from catalogs of source candidates. We show that IceCube-Gen2 can statistically establish the origin of cosmic neutrinos even for the most challenging source populations--starburst galaxies, AGN or galaxy clusters, if neutrino track directions can be reconstructed with a precision ~$0.3^\circ$. We further show that source catalog out to ~100 Mpc can be sufficient for the most challenging source types, allowing for more straightforward source surveys. We also characterize the role of detector properties, namely angular resolution, size and veto power in order to understand the effects of IceCube-Gen2's design specifics.
description: accepted in PRD
title: Implementation of the Kids-CAT in clinical settings: a computer-adaptive test to facilitate the assessment of patient-reported outcomes of children and adolescents in clinical practice in Germany
Creators: name: Fischer, Kathrin
name: Barthel, Dana
name: Nolte, Sandra
name: Walter, Otto
name: Otto, Christiane
name: Thyen, Ute
name: Klein, Markus
name: Bünte, Anja
name: Knaak, Andrea
name: Reisinger, Sigrid
name: Rose, Matthias
name: Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) are gaining importance in health care, as they complement clinical examinations and diagnostics. PROs may be particularly important in paediatric health care in order to facilitate doctor-patient communication and identify areas where young patients have particular[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 14. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung
Microcanonical thermodynamics in general physical theories
Creators: name: Chiribella, Giulio
name: Scandolo, Carlo Maria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Microcanonical thermodynamics studies the operations that can be performed on systems with well-defined energy. So far, this approach has been applied to classical and quantum systems. Here we extend it to arbitrary physical theories, proposing two requirements for the development of a general microcanonical framework. We then formulate three resource theories, corresponding to three different sets of basic operations: i) random reversible operations, resulting from reversible dynamics with fluctuating parameters, ii) noisy operations, generated by the interaction with ancillas in the microcanonical state, and iii) unital operations, defined as the operations that preserve the microcanonical state. We focus our attention on a class of physical theories, called sharp theories with purification, where these three sets of operations exhibit remarkable properties. Firstly, each set is contained into the next. Secondly, the convertibility of states by unital operations is completely characterised by a majorisation criterion. Thirdly, the three sets are equivalent in terms of state convertibility if and only if the dynamics allowed by theory satisfy a suitable condition, which we call unrestricted reversibility. Under this condition, we derive a duality between the resource theory of microcanonical thermodynamics and the resource theory of pure bipartite entanglement.
description: 21+6 pages, 3 figures, extended framework including general systems with constraints, close to published version. See also the related work by Krumm, Barnum, Barrett, and Mueller on arXiv:1608.04461
Thermal stability and topological protection of skyrmions in nanotracks
Creators: name: Cortés-Ortuño, David
name: Wang, Weiwei
name: Beg, Marijan
name: Pepper, Ryan A.
name: Bisotti, Marc-Antonio
name: Carey, Rebecca
name: Vousden, Mark
name: Kluyver, Thomas
name: Hovorka, Ondrej
name: Fangohr, Hans
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic skyrmions are hailed as a potential technology for data storage and other data processing devices. However, their stability against thermal fluctuations is an open question that must be answered before skyrmion-based devices can be designed. In this work, we study paths in the energy landscape via which the transition between the skyrmion and the uniform state can occur in interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya finite-sized systems. We find three mechanisms the system can take in the process of skyrmion nucleation or destruction and identify that the transition facilitated by the boundary has a significantly lower energy barrier than the other energy paths. This clearly demonstrates the lack of the skyrmion topological protection in finite-sized magnetic systems. Overall, the energy barriers of the system under investigation are too small for storage applications at room temperature, but research into device materials, geometry and design may be able to address this.
Aplicación del álgebra lineal a la deducción de propiedades de la sucesión de fibonacci
Creators: name: Hernández Del Toro, Víctor Juan
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2011
Subjects: Álgebra lineal - Aplicaciones científicas
Álgebra lineal - Análisis funcional

description: Tesis (Matemático).--Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Programa de Matemáticas, 2011
description: En este trabajo se muestra una aplicacion del algebra básica a las propiedades de una de las sucesiones de mayor importancia de la matemática, la sucesión de Fibonacci.
A Study of Management Accounting Systems Sophistication in Association with Firm Characteristics to Develop a Performance Optimization Model
Creators: name: Masud, Mohammad Zakaria
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Department of Accounting and Data Analytics, La Trobe Business School, College of College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
IMPROVEMENT IN ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCT QUALITY THROUGH DIETARY MANIPULATION
Creators: name: CHIAPPARINI, SARA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2020

description: La principale sfida nel settore zootecnico � mantere un?elevata produttivita e la sicurezza degli alimenti in modo sostenibile, riducendo l?utilizzo degli antimicrobici. Diverse strategie alimentari risultano indispensabili per il raggiungimento di questi obiettivi, in quanto sono in grado di migliorare le performance e la salute degli animali e la qualit� dei prodotti. In particolare, sono state valutate diverse integrazioni dietetiche con estratti naturali e molecole bioattive. L?obiettivo della tesi � stato: 1) Studiare l?utilizzo di integrazioni dietetiche con alghe nella specie suina. 2) Valutare gli effetti dell?integrazione dietetica nel suinetto in post svezzamento con estratti naturali biotecnologici su performance di crescita, parametri immunitari e lo status antiossidante. 3) Valutare gli effetti dell?integrazione dietetica con alghe brune e polifenoli su parametri riproduttivi e status antiossidante delle coniglie. 4) Valutare gli effetti dell?integrazione dietetica con alghe brune e polifenoli sulle performance di crescita e qualit� della carne in conigli in accrescimento. Gli studi mostrano che l?integrazione dietetica con sostanze naturali riuslta un approccio sostenibile per migliorare la salute, i parametri produttivi e la qualit� dei prodotti nella specie suina e cunicola. In particolare, sono state studiate alcune integrazioni dietetiche con estratti biotecnologici e con una miscela di alghe brune e polifenoli. I risultati hanno dimostrato l?efficacia di queste sostanze nel modulare positivamente la la salute degli animali, con conseguente riduzione di antibiotici. Tali strategie alimentari possono quindi contribuire allo sviluppo di un sistema produttivo sostenibile migliorando la salute animale e la qualit� dei prodotti, riducendo l?impatto ambientale come richiesto dall?approccio One Health. Considerando l?eterogeneit� delle sostanze naturali, si rendono necessarie ulteriori indagini per approfondire le conoscenze relative ai diversi meccanismi d?azione e ai corretti dosaggi da applicare nelle diverse specie d?interesse zootrecnico.
Color dependence of the topological susceptibility in Yang-Mills theories
Creators: name: Bennett, Ed
name: Hong, Deog Ki
name: Lee, Jong-Wan
name: Lin, C. -J. David
name: Lucini, Biagio
name: Piai, Maurizio
name: Vadacchino, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For Yang-Mills theories in four dimensions, we propose to rescale the ratio between topological susceptibility and string tension squared in a universal way, dependent only on group factors. We apply this suggestion to $SU(N_c)$ and $Sp(N_c)$ groups, and compare lattice measurements performed by several independent collaborations. We show that the two sequences of (rescaled) numerical results in these two families of groups are compatible with each other. We hence perform a combined fit, and extrapolate to the common large-$N_c$ limit.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures; v2 minor change, a reference added; v3. minor changes to match the version accepted in PLB
Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude About Prevention of Mother to Child Transimion of Hiv Option B+ and Associated Factors Among Anc Clients In Dessie Town, South Wollo Amhara Regional State
Creators: name: G/Egziabher, Tadesse
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Introduction: HIV still remains a major challenge globally despite decades of, advocacy, awareness raising and investing in programs to control the spread of HIV. The Global Plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive was well underway, with ambitious goals of reducing the number of new HIV infections in children by 90% and HIV-related maternal deaths by 50%. There was now unprecedented collaboration and political will to accomplish these goals. The national PMTCT program in Ethiopia was launched in 2001 through implementing the first PMTCT guideline that was focusing on opt-in approach and use of single dose NVP for the mother and the baby. Following the launch of the Global e-MTCT plan in 2011, Ethiopia has launched the accelerated plan of PMTCT in 2012 focusing on site expansion, quality improvement, demand creation and use of more efficient PMTCT regimen and adapted PMTCT option B+ . Objective: To assess knowledge, attitude about PMTCT option B+ and associated factors among ANC clients in Dessie. Method: A cross sectional study design that employed simple &systematic random probability sampling, quantitative data collection method supplemented by qualitative FGD conducted on a sample size of 301 study subjects from march 14 to April16 2015G.C. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted. Statistical tests were done at a level of significance of p = 0.05. Tables and graphs were used to present result. Results: In this study 297 (99.7 %) of the required sample pregnant women attending antenatal care were participate 199(66.1%) had positive attitude and 167(55%) had the knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission ways. 168(55.8%) were known what the service PMTCT option B+ mean, however, 129(42.9%) were not have clear understanding. 243(80.7 %) study participants thought to receive reactive results face to face without their husband. Professional women were 4.53 times [Adj.OR & (95%CI) = 4.53(1.23-15.31)] more than 1-4th grade women positive opinion for the PMTCT option B+ services utilization and Muslim followers were 0.03 times [Adj.OR & (95%CI) = 0.03(0.15-0.83)] more positive opinion on PMTCT option B+ services utilization than orthodox followers. Conclusion: Most of the study participants in this study knew that HIV could be transmitted from an infected mother to her baby and most of them know what did the service PMTCT option B+ mean and its benefit and they had also positive attitude on PMTCT option B+ service but worried about discrimination by their partner. Key words: Prevention of mother to child transmission option B+ Antenatal care
Effect of Empagliflozin on Thioacetamide-Induced Liver Injury in Rats: Role of AMPK/SIRT-1/HIF-1α Pathway in Halting Liver Fibrosis
Creators: name: El Baset, Marwan A.
name: Salem, Rana S.
name: Ayman, Fairouz
name: Ayman, Nadeen
name: Shaban, Nooran
name: Afifi, Sherif M.
name: Esatbeyoglu, Tuba
name: Abdelaziz, Mahmoud
name: Elalfy, Zahraa S.
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: antioxidant
subject: inflammation
subject: cytokines
subject: hepatic fibrosis
subject: caspase-3
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::540 | Chemie
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::610 | Medizin, Gesundheit

description: Hepatic fibrosis causes severe morbidity and death. No viable treatment can repair fibrosis and protect the liver until now. We intended to discover the empagliflozin’s (EMPA) hepatoprotective efficacy in thioacetamide (TAA)-induced hepatotoxicity by targeting AMPK/SIRT-1 activity and reducing HIF-1α. Rats were treated orally with EMPA (3 or 6 mg/kg) with TAA (100 mg/kg, IP) thrice weekly for 6 weeks. EMPA in both doses retracted the serum GGT, ALT, AST, ammonia, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and increased serum albumin. At the same time, EMPA (3 or 6 mg/kg) replenished the hepatic content of GSH, ATP, AMP, AMPK, or SIRT-1 and mitigated the hepatic content of MDA, TNF-α, IL-6, NF-κB, or HIF-1α in a dose-dependent manner. Likewise, hepatic photomicrograph stained with hematoxylin and eosin or Masson trichrome stain of EMPA (3 or 6 mg/kg) revealed marked regression of the hepatotoxic effect of TAA with minimal injury. Similarly, in rats given EMPA (3 or 6 mg/kg), the immunohistochemically of hepatic photomicrograph revealed minimal stain of either α-SMA or caspase-3 compared to the TAA group. Therefore, we concluded that EMPA possessed an antifibrotic effect by targeting AMPK/SIRT-1 activity and inhibiting HIF-1α. The present study provided new insight into a novel treatment of liver fibrosis.
Towards optimal health-care in patients with co-morbid diabetes and chronic kidney disease
Creators: name: Lo, Clement Chien Fung
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Comorbid diabetes and chronic kidney disease is a common problem associated with an increased risk of death and significant health-care costs. Health-care is often suboptimal. This thesis focuses on health-care improvement for this patient population by using multiple research methodologies to address gaps in medical management and identifies key barriers and enablers to optimal health-care. It also includes the largest multi-centre Australian assessment of the needs and possible improvements to health-care delivery for diabetes and kidney disease, through the lens of health-care providers and patients. The findings have informed the development of a new patient-centred model of care.
Investigations on Additively Manufactured Stainless Bearings
Creators: name: Coors, Timm
name: Faqiri, Mohamad Yusuf
name: Saure, Felix
name: Kahra, Christoph
name: Buedenbender, Christoph
name: Peddinghaus, Julius
name: Prasanthan, Vannila
name: Pape, Florian
name: Hassel, Thomas
name: Herbst, Sebastian
name: Nuernberger, Florian
name: Wester, Hendrik
name: Uhe, Johanna
name: Breidenstein, Bernd
name: Denkena, Berend
name: Behrens, Bernd-Arno
name: Poll, Gerhard
name: Maier, Hans Juergen
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: tailored forming
subject: additive manufacturing
subject: hybrid bearing
subject: Rockit®
subject: plasma transferred arc welding
subject: residual stress
subject: bearing fatigue life
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::660 | Technische Chemie

description: Additive manufacturing with multi-material design offers great possibilities for lightweight and function-integrated components. A process chain was developed in which hybrid steel–steel-components with high fatigue strength were produced. For this, a material combination of stainless powder material Rockit® (0.52 wt.% C, 0.9% Si, 14% Cr, 0.4% Mo, 1.8% Ni, 1.2% V, bal. Fe) cladded onto ASTM A572 mild steel by plasma arc powder deposition welding was investigated. Extensive material characterization has shown that defect-free claddings can be produced by carefully adjusting the welding process. With a tailored heat treatment strategy and machining of the semi-finished products, bearing washers for a thrust cylindrical roller bearing were produced. These washers showed a longer fatigue life than previously produced bearing washers with AISI 52100 bearing steel as cladding. It was also remarkable that the service life with the Rockit® cladding material was longer than that of conventional monolithic AISI 52100 washers. This was reached through a favourable microstructure with finely distributed vanadium and chromium carbides in a martensitic matrix as well as the presence of compressive residual stresses, which are largely retained even after testing. The potential for further enhancement of the cladding performance through Tailored Forming was investigated in compression and forging tests and was found to be limited due to low forming capacity of the material.
Temperature-dependent broadening of coherent current peaks in InAs double quantum dots
Creators: name: Dani, Olfa
name: Hussein, Robert
name: Bayer, Johannes C.
name: Kohler, Sigmund
name: Haug, Rolf J.
Publisher: name: London : Springer Nature
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Calculations
subject: Electron transport properties
subject: Electron tunneling
subject: III-V semiconductors
subject: Nanocrystals
subject: Quantum chemistry
subject: Quantum computers
subject: Quantum optics
subject: Semiconductor quantum dots
subject: Temperature distribution
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::530 | Physik

description: Quantum systems as used for quantum computation or quantum sensing are nowadays often realized in solid state devices as e.g. complex Josephson circuits or coupled quantum-dot systems. Condensed matter as an environment influences heavily the quantum coherence of such systems. Here, we investigate electron transport through asymmetrically coupled InAs double quantum dots and observe an extremely strong temperature dependence of the coherent current peaks of single-electron tunneling. We analyze experimentally and theoretically the broadening of such coherent current peaks up to temperatures of 20K and we are able to model it with quantum dissipation being due to two different bosonic baths. These bosonic baths mainly originate from substrate phonons. Application of a magnetic field helps us to identify the different quantum dot states through their temperature dependence.
Personalidad peligrosa
Creators: name: Arrieta Rojas, Antonio
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 1979
Subjects: Delincuentes
Derecho penal

description: Tesis (Abogado) -- Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas. Programa de Derecho, 1979
description: Estudio del hombre, sus manifestaciones y las causas bien sean patológicas o psíquicas que lo impulsaron a actuar de esa forma, siendo necesario para la correcta administración de justicia, que es aplicada por la mano del juez quien debe ser justo, tanto como en el campo humano como el jurídico.
Los partidos políticos
Creators: name: Romero Rivera, Romeo Darío
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 1974
Subjects: Partidos políticos

description: Tesis (Abogado) -- Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas. Programa de Derecho, 1974
description: Los partidos políticos contribuyen a la organización y expresión de la voluntad política del pueblo y a la conformación democrática del estado, donde se garantizan el libre ejercicio de las actividades siempre que no atenten contra los principios consagrados en la constitución.
[C.7.26.] Los Quilapayun - chantent pour aider à vaincre la sécheresse en Afrique – sing to help schools in the drought stricken area of Africa
Creators: name: Parti Socialiste (France). Fédération
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Unitélédis
Year: 2023
Subjects: http://www.idref.fr/027481077/id
http://www.idref.fr/027261468/id
http://www.idref.fr/034705074/id
http://www.idref.fr/028135350/id
http://www.idref.fr/027606309/id
http://www.idref.fr/035624981/id

Abstract
Feb 29th Sat.
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293
subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
Tango Siglo XXI: The Revival of the Orquesta Típica in Twenty-First Century Buenos Aires
Creators: name: Cuttriss, Stephen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.

Over the past three decades tango music has experienced a resurgence in its place of origin: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Characterised as a musical revival, this has involved the reinterpretation of traditional tango music from its historical roots of the twentieth century, and concomitantly the generation of new meanings and significance. In particular, the revival of the orquesta típica has been an important vehicle for cultural renewal through creative production. This traditional ensemble, a symbol of tango’s past splendour, has been employed as a medium through which young musicians have sought historical continuity, legitimacy, cultural alterity, and social mobilisation. As a site of contestation, tango is implicated in a range of contexts from cultural heritage and tourism projects, the independent cultural sphere, to state and institutional cultural policy. Musicians have called into question the capacity of conventional forms of cultural management (i.e. heritage projects) to contribute to tango’s sustainability and vitality. Instead, musicians are enacting alternative forms of engagement which are localised, bottom-up, participatory, and emphasise tango as a productive site of popular culture. A range of actors are implicated in these processes from individuals and grassroots organisations, to governmental and nongovernmental institutions. The revival of the orquesta típica has generated numerous innovative musical projects which uniquely interact with tango’s tradtional canon and it’s consecrated styles. Centred in the theory of ethnomusicology, this thesis presents a range of ethnographic case studies which reveal the various ways in which the orquesta típica is being revived. Revealing the complexity of these contexts, this research investigates how the orquesta típica operates in contemporary cultural contexts while still relating to its historical narratives; how musical revival proposes new forms of socio-cultural engagement; and how these relate to discourses of cultural heritage and cultural sustainability.
title: Die Einschätzung des krankheitsspezifischen Mortalitätsrisikos von Patienten mit lokal begrenztem Prostatakarzinom ist assoziiert mit der Behandlungsstrategie
Creators: name: Kendel, Friederike
name: Helbig, Lukas
name: Schrader, Mark
name: Gaissmaier, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Für das lokal begrenzte Prostatakarzinom stehen unterschiedliche Behandlungsstrategien zur Verfügung, die von invasiven Verfahren wie der radikalen Prostatektomie (RP) bis zu abwartenden Strategien „Active Surveillance“ (AS) reichen. Diese Behandlungsstrategien unterscheiden[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 14. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung
March 1st St David's Day.
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293
subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
Investigations into Flux-Free Plasma Brazing of Aluminum in a Local XHV-Atmosphere
Creators: name: Klett, Jan
name: Bongartz, Benedict
name: Viebranz, Vincent Fabian
name: Kramer, David
name: Hao, Chentong
name: Maier, Hans Juergen
name: Hassel, Thomas
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: plasma brazing
subject: plasma spectroscopy
subject: local XHV-atmosphere
subject: oxide layer
subject: aluminum
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik

description: As a lightweight construction material, aluminum plays a key role in weight reduction and, thus, sustainability in the transport industry. The brazing of aluminum and its alloys is impeded by the natural passivating oxide layer, which interferes with the brazing process. The presented study investigates the possibility of using a thermal silane-doped argon plasma to reduce this oxide layer in situ and thus eliminating the need to use hazardous chemical fluxes to enable high-quality brazing. Using plasma spectroscopy and an oxygen partial pressure probe, it was shown that a silane-doped argon plasma could significantly reduce the oxygen concentration around the plasma in a thermal plasma brazing process. Oxygen concentrations below 10−16 vol.-% were achieved. Additionally, metallographic analyses showed that the thickness of an artificially produced Al2O3-Layer on top of AlMg1 samples could be substantially reduced by more than 50%. With the oxide layer removed and inhibition of re-oxidation, silane-doped plasma brazing has the potential to become an economically efficient new joining method.
Indigenous and local peoples’ values of estuarine shellfisheries: moving towards holistic-based catchment management
Creators: name: Kainamu-Murchie, Ani Alana
name: Marsden, Islay D.
name: Tau, Rawiri T. M.
name: Gaw, Sally
name: Pirker, John
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Mental Health
subject: Plant Biology

description: Estuaries support a wide range of human activities and values, but are one of the most anthropogenically impacted ecosystems in the world. Ki uta ki tai is a holistic view of waterways that is embodied within Ngāi Tahu environmental management, which acknowledges the connectivity between environmental systems and people with the environment. While this philosophy is referred to within current policies, management does not effectively account for or reflect this philosophy. This research evaluated indigenous and local socio-cultural values provided by estuarine shellfisheries across Waitaha/Canterbury and found Ngāi Tahu place-based interaction was impacted by management and anthropogenic inputs. Participants’ estuarine stressors aligned with global stressors. Experienced harvesters/fishers adapted their practices to these stressors, while less experienced harvesters/fishers visited high food-risk sites. Effective management requires identifying the risks to socio-cultural values towards accountability of activities, to meet the ethic of ki uta ki tai.
Investigating the role of toll-like receptor 4 in saturated fatty acid-induced inflammation
Creators: name: Langley, Katherine Grace
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Current dogma stipulates that long chain saturated fatty-acids (lcSFA) are agonistic ligands for Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4), driving low-grade inflammation and ultimately contributing to the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. While there is a substantial body of evidence which suggests that TLR4 modulates lipid-induced inflammation, there is little direct evidence that lcSFAs are agonistic ligands for TLR4. As such, we endeavoured to identify the role of TLR4 in lcSFA-induced inflammation. Using a combination of pharmacological and biochemical methods we provide compelling evidence that lcSFAs are not agonistic ligands for TLR4. Paradoxically, however, we have also confirmed and extended the results of others, showing that genetic ablation of TLR4 in tlr4-/- and C3H/HeJ bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) prevents lcSFA-induced inflammation. We hypothesized that loss of TLR4 function may alter the expression of specific genes, rendering tlr4-/- macrophages insensitive to lcSFAs. Remarkably, and in support of this hypothesis, when ‘primed’ with either TNFα, the TLR1/2 agonist pam₃ CSK₄ or the TLR3 agonist poly(I:C), the ability to sense lcSFAs, as measured by JNK activation, was restored in tlr4-/- BMDMs. The restoration of sensitivity to lcSFAs in ‘primed’ tlr4-/- BMDMs was associated with the re-expression of NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3), an NF-κB dependent gene. Our data suggests that lcSFAs are not agonistic ligands for TLR4. Rather, TLR4 appears to indirectly regulate lcSFA-induced inflammation by controlling the expression of fatty acid sensitive pathways. Our results direct future efforts towards identifying the gene(s) which are upregulated via TLR4 activation and mediate SFA-induced inflammation, so that these genes can be specifically targeted therapeutically in the context of obesity in the absence of compromised innate immunity.
title: Rückgang der Häufigkeit schwerer diabetischer Folgekomplikationen zwischen 2003 und 2013. Ergebnisse aus dem Disease Management Programm (DMP) Diabetes mellitus Typ 2 in Nordrhein
Creators: name: Hagen, Bernd
name: Groos, Sabine
name: Kretschmann, Jens
name: Weber, Arne
name: Altenhofen, Lutz
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Eines der zentralen Ziele in der Versorgung von Patienten mit Typ-2-Diabetes ist das Vermeiden oder zumindest Hinauszögern des Auftretens schwerer diabetischer Folgekomplikationen. Hierzu zählen Amputationen, Erblindungen oder die Notwendigkeit einer Dialyse. Chronikerprogramme[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 14. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung
[C.7.28.] Pierre Tisserand - Au poing la rose
Creators: name: Parti Socialiste (France). Fédération
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Unitélédis
Year: 2023
Subjects: http://www.idref.fr/028135350/id
http://www.idref.fr/027261468/id
http://www.idref.fr/034705074/id

Abstract
Multivariate integration over $\R^s$ with exponential rate of convergence
Creators: name: Nguyen, Dong T. P.
name: Nuyens, Dirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65D32, 65D30

description: In this paper we analyze the approximation of multivariate integrals over the Euclidean plane for functions which are analytic. We show explicit upper bounds which attain the exponential rate of convergence. We use an infinite grid with different mesh sizes and lengths in each direction to sample the function, and then truncate it. In our analysis, the mesh sizes and the truncated domain are chosen by optimally balancing the truncation error and the discretization error. This paper derives results in comparable function space settings, extended to $\R^s$, as which were recently obtained in the unit cube by Dick, Larcher, Pillichshammer and Wo{ź}niakowski (2011). They showed that both lattice rules and regular grids, with different mesh sizes in each direction, attain exponential rates, hence motivating us to analyze only cubature formula based on regular meshes. We further also amend the analysis of older publications, e.g., Sloan and Osborn (1987) and Sugihara (1987), using lattice rules on $\R^s$ by taking the truncation error into account and extending them to take the anisotropy of the function space into account.
description: 23 pages, 3 figures