cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sandstone Ground Stone Technology: a Multi-level Use Wear and Residue Approach to Investigate the Function of Pounding and Grinding Tools
Creators: name: Cristiani, Emanuela
name: Zupancich, Andrea
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 210102 Archaeological Science
subject: FOS: History and archaeology

description: Ground stone tool (GST) technology includes artefacts utilized in pounding or grinding activities and characterized by long life cycles and multiple uses. The introduction of such technology dates back to early prehistory, and for this reason, it is used as prime evidence for tackling a wide range of archaeological questions such as the origins of technology, patterns of daily subsistence and lifeways. In this paper, we contribute to the field of study of GSTs by discussing the application of a novel multi-level analytical approach combining use wear and residue observations at low and high magnification with residue spatial distribution investigated using GIS. We aim to assess the potential of a combined use wear and residue approach to (1) discriminate specific gestures and worked materials on sandstone GSTs and (2) understand the potential of residue distributions for reconstructing ancient GST functions and, more specifically, the role of GSTs recovered at Mesolithic sites of the Danube Gorges region in the Central Balkans. We identified diagnostic surface modifications associated with the use of GSTs in different activities involving both animal and plant materials. Morphological characteristics of residues have been described under reflected and transmitted light and characterized using biochemical staining. Finally, we mapped residues across the utilized surfaces of experimental tools to link patterns of residue spatial distribution to specific materials and gestures. We expect our methodological approach will be taken up by other researchers in order to produce comparable datasets on GSTs and improve our understanding of their ancient functional biographies.
Shaped stone balls were used for bone marrow extraction at Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel
Creators: name: Assaf, Ella
name: Caricola, Isabella
name: Gopher, Avi
name: Rosell, Jordi
name: Blasco, Ruth
name: Bar, Oded
name: Zilberman, Ezra
name: Lemorini, Cristina
name: Baena, Javier
name: Barkai, Ran
name: Cristiani, Emanuela
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 210102 Archaeological Science
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: Archaeology
subject: 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant

description: The presence of shaped stone balls at early Paleolithic sites has attracted scholarly attention since the pioneering work of the Leakeys in Olduvai, Tanzania. Despite the persistent presence of these items in the archaeological record over a period of two million years, their function is still debated. We present new results from Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave on the use of these implements as percussion tools. Use-wear and abundant bone and fat residues found on ten shaped stone balls indicate crushing of fresh bones by thrusting percussion and provide direct evidence for the use of these items to access bone marrow of animal prey at this site. Two experiments conducted to investigate and verify functional aspects proved Qesem Cave shaped stone balls are efficient for bone processing and provide a comfortable grip and useful active areas for repeated use. Notably, the patina observed on the analyzed items precedes their use at the cave, indicating that they were collected by Qesem inhabitants, most probably from older Lower Paleolithic Acheulian sites. Thus, our results refer only to the final phases of the life of the items, and we cannot attest to their original function. As bone marrow played a central role in human nutrition in the Lower Paleolithic, and our experimental results show that the morphology and characteristics of shaped stone ball replicas are well-suited for the extraction of bone marrow, we suggest that these features might have been the reason for their collection and use at Qesem Cave. These results shed light on the function of shaped stone balls and are consistent with the significance of animal fat in the caloric intake of Middle Pleistocene humans as shown by the archeozoological evidence at Qesem Cave and possibly beyond.
Interleaver Design for Deep Neural Networks
Creators: name: Dey, Sourya
name: Beerel, Peter A.
name: Chugg, Keith M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose a class of interleavers for a novel deep neural network (DNN) architecture that uses algorithmically pre-determined, structured sparsity to significantly lower memory and computational requirements, and speed up training. The interleavers guarantee clash-free memory accesses to eliminate idle operational cycles, optimize spread and dispersion to improve network performance, and are designed to ease the complexity of memory address computations in hardware. We present a design algorithm with mathematical proofs for these properties. We also explore interleaver variations and analyze the behavior of neural networks as a function of interleaver metrics.
description: Slightly abridged version presented at the 2017 51st Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, copyright IEEE
СВЕТОДИОДНОЕ ОСВЕЩЕНИЕ ПРИ ВЫРАЩИВАНИИ ОВОЩНЫХ КУЛЬТУР
Creators: name: С. Д. Малахова
name: М. В. Тютюнькова
name: З. С. Федорова
name: Е. В. Демьяненко
Publisher: name: Проблемы региональной экологии
Year: 2019
Subjects: светодиодные лампы
овощные культуры
рост растений
развитие растений
спектр
минеральная вата
фенологические наблюдения
биометрический анализ.

description: В ходе исследований изучено влияние светодиодного фитоосвещения на рост овощных культур в закрытом грунте. В рамках данной работы была разработана программа испытаний, осуществлено плановое проведение экспериментов над сортами огурцов, сладкого перца при вариативном воздействии фитосвета, химического состава полива, температуры и концентрации углекислого газа, проведены анализы продукции на соответствие нормируемым показателям. Доказано, что рассада при правильно подобранной досветке растет почти вдвое быстрее, а впоследствии позволяет получать первые плоды на 2—3 недели раньше обычного. В результате эксперимента получено доказанное обоснование возможности значительной экономии электроэнергии для тепличного выращивания распространенных сортов огурцов и сладкого перца при использовании фитосветильников марки Pandora LED. Себестоимость овощей за счет повышения урожайности снижается на 15—20 %.
Diet variations across remote populations of a widely distributed snake species, the Asp viper (Vipera aspis aspis, Linnaeus 1758)
Creators: name: Laurence, Florian
name: Bonnet, Xavier
name: Ursenbacher, Sylvain
name: Guiller, Gaetan
name: Billy, Gopal
name: Naulleau, Guy
name: Vidal, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: Documenting intra-specific diet variations among remote populations, thus across different habitats, is important to address evolutionary (e.g., phenotypic plasticity) and conservation issues (e.g., capacity to adapt to changing prey availability). We compared the diet of different populations of Asp vipers (Vipera aspis aspis; Linnaeus 1758) living in contrasted habitats of France and Switzerland. We sampled 1,680 individuals in five geographical areas, broadly encompassing the distribution range of the species (West to East and North to South): Group 1 = Western Central France; Group 2 = Central France; Group 3 = West France; Group 4 = South France, and Group 5 = Switzerland. We compared mean total body size (TL) of snakes and their diet. We found strong similarities among the groups with a predominance of micromammals in the diet. In mountainous area (Group 5), however, snakes included a substantial number of reptiles and fed occasionally on amphibians and birds. The diet varied ontogenetically (juveniles often consuming lizards, adults heavily feeding on mammals) and sexually (females tending to feed more extensively on mammals). Overall, our results suggest that Asp vipers maintain a diet largely based on micromammals (mostly voles), at least across their continental distribution range.
ПУТИ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ПРОДУКТИВНОСТИ ОЗИМОЙ ПШЕНИЦЫ ПОД ВЛИЯНИЕМ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ ПРЕПАРАТА НА ОСНОВЕ ГИДРОЗОЛЯ АКТИВИРОВАННОГО ТОРФА
Creators: name: Е. П. Проценко
name: Н. И. Косолапова
name: Е. Ю. Алферова
name: А. А. Проценко
name: О. В. Мирошниченко
name: Н. П. Неведров
Publisher: name: Проблемы региональной экологии
Year: 2019
Subjects: ультразвуковая кавитационная обработка сырья при высоком статическом давлении
торф диспергированный до наноразмеров;
биотестирование;
качество зерна

description: Проведены исследования, направленные на изучение возможных путей формирования продуктивности озимой пшеницы под влиянием применения препарата на основе гидрозоля активированного торфа («Cavita Biocomplex»). Результаты, полученные в рамках лабораторного фитотестирования, свидетельствуют о способности препарата выступать в качестве стимулятора роста и развития культуры озимой пшеницы. Это утверждение подтверждается данными, полученными в ходе микрополевого опыта. Показано, что использование водных растворов препарата с концентрацией 1 % и 3 % способствует достоверной интенсификации процессов прорастания семян, стимуляции роста и развития проростков растений. Некорневое применение препарата способствовало увеличению числа колосоносных стеблей, повышению массы и размера зерен при сохранении высоты растений, что положительно сказалось на продуктивности культуры. Использование препарата благотворно отразилось и на качестве зерна. В ходе проведенного трехлетнего производственного исследования на черноземе типичном была выявлена тесная положительная корреляционная связь урожайности и качественных показателей зерна озимой пшеницы с содержанием элементов питания в слое почвы 0—50 см. Это свидетельствует о способности препарата влиять на процессы усвоения макро- и микроэлементов из почвенной среды.
My stepfather - Alfonso Giglio's story
Creators: name: Project Team, Their Finest Hour
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: The attached PDF chronicles the life of the contributor's stepfather, Alfonso Giglio, a journalist who faced persecution under Mussolini's regime and who was later interned as an "enemy alien" in Britain.
Spearheading into the Neolithic: Last Foragers and First Farmers in the Dinaric Alps of Montenegro
Creators: name: Borić, Dušan
name: Borovinic, Nikola
name: Đuricic, Ljijana
name: Bulatović, Jelena
name: Gerometta, Katarina
name: Filipović, Dragana
name: Allué, Ethel
name: Vusovic-Lucic, Zvezdana
name: Cristiani, Emanuela
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 210102 Archaeological Science
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: Archaeology
subject: 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant

description: This article presents a summary of new evidence for the Mesolithic in the Dinaric Alps of Montenegro. The region is one of the best areas in south-eastern Europe to study Early Holocene foragers and the nature of the transition to Neolithic lifeways at the end of the seventh and the beginning of the sixth millennium cal BC thanks to the existence of biodiverse landscapes and numerous karstic features. We argue that harpoons found at two different sites in this regional context represent a curated technology that has its roots in a local Mesolithic cultural tradition. The continued use of this standardized hunting tool kit in the Neolithic provides an important indication about the character of the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition. We also use this regional case study to address wider questions concerning the visibility and modes of Mesolithic occupation in south-eastern Europe as a whole.
title: Sister: The sister's wedding (version 5)
title: Le mariage de la sœur (version 5)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: 摩梭人丧葬仪式中的“斯克”仪式是怎么来的？（第五次讲述版本）
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Michaud, Alexis
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Yongning Na
subject: nru

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Consultant F16 acts as respondent
A Model of the Pulsating Extremely Low-Mass White Dwarf Precursor WASP 0247-25B
Creators: name: Istrate, Alina G.
name: Fontaine, Gilles
name: Heuser, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of the evolutionary and pulsation properties of the extremely low-mass white dwarf precursor (B) component of the double-lined eclipsing system WASP 0247-25. Given that the fundamental parameters of that star have been obtained previously at a unique level of precision, WASP 0247-25B represents the ideal case for testing evolutionary models of this newly-found category of pulsators. Taking into account the known constraints on the mass, orbital period, effective temperature, surface gravity, and atmospheric composition, we present a model that is compatible with these constraints and show pulsation modes that have periods very close to the observed values. Importantly, these modes are predicted excited. Although the overall consistency remains perfectible, the observable properties of WASP 0247-25B are closely reproduced. A key ingredient of our binary evolutionary models is represented by rotational mixing as the main competitor against gravitational settling. Depending on assumptions made about the values of the degree index l for the observed pulsation modes, we found three possible seismic solutions. We discuss two tests, rotational splitting and multicolor photometry, that should readily identify the modes and discriminate between these solutions. However, this will require improved temporal resolution and higher S/N observations than currently available.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
The Stolpersteine family story
Creators: name: Project Team, Their Finest Hour
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Story of father's family - a Jewish family from Vienna. Father's family: The family surname was Stolpersteine. A number of family members died in the Holocaust. Father's great-grandfather, Paul Weisz, died at Theresienstadt. Father's twin brother and his sister also died in Vienna.Father managed to survive/escape. Found out about these family deaths when he was 18.Mother's family: father was in France and Belgium during war [not clear if this was in a military capacity].Grandmother left London during the Blitz and married during the war.
Usability of value-by-alpha maps compared to area cartograms and proportional symbol maps
Creators: name: Peichao Gao
name: Zhilin Li
name: Qin, Zhe
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: The value-by-alpha map is a recently proposed method for mapping bivariate spatial information. It is theoretically advantageous, but no thorough evaluations have yet been reported. Here we conducted a systematic evaluation of its usability in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction. Major conclusions from this study are the following: (1) value-by-alpha maps are as effective and as efficient as area cartograms in bivariate mapping, but are generally less effective and efficient than bivariate proportional symbol maps, and (2) in terms of satisfaction, value-by-alpha maps are as popular as bivariate proportional symbol maps and are more popular than bivariate area cartograms.
ЭКОЛОГО-БИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ В ОСОБО ОХРАНЯЕМОЙ ТЕРРИТОРИИ «СУНТАР-ХАЯТА» В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ САХА (ЯКУТИЯ)
Creators: name: И. М. Охлопков
name: В. Е. Колодезников
name: Б. Н. Пестряков
name: В. П. Николаев
Publisher: name: Проблемы региональной экологии
Year: 2019
Subjects: особо охраняемая природная территория
ресурсный резерват
редкие виды
флора
фауна

description: Ресурсный резерват «Сунтар-Хаята» расположен на хребте Сунтар-Хаята на 232-м километре автодороги Хандыга-Магадан по обе стороны р. Восточная Хандыга. Большая часть площади покрыта горными хребтами и плоскогорьями. Характеризуется обилием горных тундр, каменистых пустынь, остаточных наледей. Преобладают кустисто-лишайниковые редкостойные лиственничные леса. Исследования на территории республиканского ресурсного резервата «Сунтар-Хаята» проводились в 1999, 2003 гг. Велись флористические сборы и геоботанические описания, собраны данные по фауне и экологии насекомых, птиц, мелких и крупных млекопитающих. Выявлено произрастание 231 вида водорослей из 55 семейств и 7 отделов. 98 таксонов листостебельных мхов из 25 семейств; 231 вида высших сосудистых растений из 47 семейств. 3 вида мхов и 17 видов сосудистых растений занесены в Красную Книгу Республики Саха (Якутия). Энтомофауна составляет более чем 400 видов из 7 отрядов, 4 вида входят в списки Красной Книги РС(Я). Орнитофауна включает 99 видов птиц, 6 видов занесены в Красные Книги РС (Я) и РФ. Видовой состав млекопитающих включает 25 видов, один вид занесен в Красную Книгу РС (Я).
ЦИФРОВАЯ МОДЕЛЬ АРКТИКИ И ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ
Creators: name: А. Г. Косиков
name: Е. И. Голубева
name: Ю. Г. Селиверстов
name: В. Н. Семин
name: Л. А. Ушакова
name: Е. Г. Харьковец
Publisher: name: Проблемы региональной экологии
Year: 2019
Subjects: виртуальные геоизображения
виртуальное моделирование
временные данные
массивы пространственных данных
многомерные пространственно-временные модели окружающей среды
объемная визуализация
пространственный анализ.

description: Статья посвящена исследованиям по разработке цифровой, многомерной, пространственно-временной, сверхвысокого разрешения модели Арктического региона, рассматриваемого как объемная область пространства Земли севернее 60-го градуса северной широты, а также новой методологии и комплекса технологий, программных средств и аналитических методов исследований поверхности, гидросферы, атмосферы и недр Земли на основе данной модели для обеспечения комплексных экологических исследований. Дается представление о характере и свойствах разрабатываемой модели, позволяющей многосторонне представить экосистемы Арктики обновляемыми результатами их оперативного дистанционного и наземного мониторинга. Обсуждаются содержательная и логическая структура данных модели; источники данных, характеризующих важнейшие особенности арктических территорий; применяемые подходы и методы; особенности построения модели, проецирования и интеграции в нее тематических данных, ее модификации, анализа и визуализации. Приведены примеры построенных по модели Арктики виртуальных геоизображений анализа ледовой обстановки, ледников и типов вечной мерзлоты, типов земного покрова Арктики по системе классификации земного покрова ФАО ООН. Выделяется роль модели в экологических исследованиях, актуальность и значимость исследования в реализации инновационных подходов к изучению, освоению и рациональному природопользованию Арктики.
Looking fear in the eye: Gamified virtual reality exposure towards spiders for children using attention based feedback
Creators: name: Wechsler, Theresa F.
name: Kocur, Martin
name: Schumacher, Sandra
name: Rubenbauer, Mirjam
name: Ruider, Andreas
name: Brockelmann, Martin
name: Lankes, Michael
name: Wolff, Christian
name: Mühlberger, Andreas
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Spider phobia, specific phobia, anxiety disorder, serious game, gamified virtual reality exposure, therapy, eye tracking, visual attention, positive affect, human computer interaction, gaze interaction
subject: 150 Psychologie

description: Many children around the globe suffer from spider phobia. Virtual reality exposure therapy is an effective phobia treatment, but so far predominantly tailored for adults. A gamified approach utilizing gaze interaction would allow for a more child-friendly and engaging experience, and provide the possibility to foster working mechanisms of exposure therapy. We developed an application in which children make spiders change in positively connoted ways (e.g., make them dance or shrink) if sufficient visual attention towards them is captured via eye tracking. Thereby, motivation for and positive affects during exposure towards spiders are aspired. In this pilot study on 21 children without (n = 11) and with fear of spiders (n = 10), we examined positive and negative affect during exposure to a virtual spider and to different gaze-related transformations of the spider within a quasi-experimental design. Within a one-group design, we additionally examined fear of spiders in spider fearful children before and one week after the intervention. We found that significantly more positive than negative affect was induced by the spiders’ transformations in children without and with fear of spiders. Fear of spiders was furthermore significantly reduced in spider-fearful children, showing large effect sizes (d > .80). Findings indicate eligibility for future clinical use and evaluation in children with spider phobia.
Additional file 1 of Urban-rural disparities in the healthy ageing trajectory in China: a population-based study
Creators: name: Li, Haomiao
name: Zeng, Yixin
name: Gan, Li
name: Tuersun, Yusupujiang
name: Yang, Jiao
name: Liu, Jing
name: Chen, Jiangyun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Items to calculate healthy ageing score. Table S2. Variable description. Table S3. Bonferroni corrections of baseline descriptions.
title: Tone tutorial: verification of tone patterns for a monograph (later published as Michaud 2017), part 1 of 3
Creators: name: Michaud, Alexis
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Yongning Na
subject: nru

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Tone Tutorial: the investigator read tone patterns reported in the monograph about tone in Yongning Na (Michaud 2017), which at the time of recording was nearing completion. The consultant was asked to check whether those productions were correct and intelligible way. This was one of several methods for verifying the findings. Thus, this is not phonological elicitation, but a recording of a work session in which the investigator asked the consultant to check whether he realized the tone patterns in a correct and intelligible way. If a pattern was OK, the consultant repeated it. If it was not, she provided a correction. (Part 1 of 3.) This document covers: Table 5.6, Table 5.8, and Table 5.9.
Multi-band photometry and spectroscopy of an all-sky sample of bright white dwarfs
Creators: name: Raddi, R.
name: Fusillo, N. P. Gentile
name: Pala, A. F.
name: Hermes, J. J.
name: Gaensicke, B. T.
name: Chote, P.
name: Hollands, M. A.
name: Henden, A.
name: Catalán, S.
name: Geier, S.
name: Koester, D.
name: Munari, U.
name: Napiwotzki, R.
name: Tremblay, P. -E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The upcoming NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will obtain space-based uninterrupted light curves for a large sample of bright white dwarfs distributed across the entire sky, providing a very rich resource for asteroseismological studies and the search for transits from planetary debris. We have compiled an all-sky catalogue of ultraviolet, optical, and infrared photometry as well as proper motions, which we propose as an essential tool for the preliminary identification and characterisation of potential targets. We present data for 1864 known white dwarfs and 305 high-probability white dwarf candidates brighter than 17 mag. We describe the spectroscopic follow-up of 135 stars, of which 82 are white dwarfs and 25 are hot subdwarfs. The new confirmed stars include six pulsating white dwarf candidates (ZZ Cetis), and nine white dwarf binaries with a cool main-sequence companion. We identify one star with a spectroscopic distance of only 25 pc from the Sun. Around the time TESS is launched, we foresee that all white dwarfs in this sample will have trigonometric parallaxes measured by the ESA Gaia mission next year.
description: Accepted for publication on MNRAS. 21 pages, 8 tables. Machine readable tables, which will be made also available through VizieR, are also included
Safety and efficacy of ipragliflozin in elderly versus non-elderly Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a subgroup analysis of the STELLA-LONG TERM study
Creators: name: Maegawa, Hiroshi
name: Tobe, Kazuyuki
name: Tabuchi, Hiromi
name: Nakamura, Ichiro
name: Uno, Satoshi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background: This subgroup analysis of STELLA-LONG TERM interim data explored the long-term safety and efficacy of ipragliflozin in non-elderly vs. elderly Japanese type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Research design and methods: STELLA-LONG TERM is an ongoing 3-year prospective surveillance study of Japanese T2DM patients receiving ipragliflozin 50 mg once daily. In this subgroup analysis, patient characteristics, laboratory variables, and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) were compared between non-elderly (<65 years) and elderly (≥65 years) patients. Results: Non-elderly patients had significantly higher body mass index and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol than elderly patients (P P P P = 0.003). Conclusions: Ipragliflozin was effective in non-elderly and elderly Japanese T2DM patients in a real-world clinical setting. The incidence of renal disorder and skin complications was significantly higher in elderly vs. non-elderly patients.
БИОМОНИТОРИНГ ТЕРАТОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ: КОНЦЕПЦИЯ, ПРОЕКТЫ, ФОТОБАНК
Creators: name: Д. А. Маркелов
name: А. В. Маркелов
name: Н. Я. Минеева
name: А. П. Акользин
name: М. А. Григорьева
name: Н. Н. Малышева
name: Б. И. Кочуров
name: Д. А. Шаповалов
name: А. О. Хуторова
Publisher: name: Проблемы региональной экологии
Year: 2019
Subjects: биомониторинг
тераты — морфологические аномалии растений
биоиндикаторы: иван-чай узколистный (Chamaеnerion angustifolium)
нивяник обыкновенный (Leucanthemum vulgare)
вербейник обыкновенный (Lysimachia nummularia.).

description: В статье обоснован тератологический биомониторинг. Система геоэкологических стандартов территории должна включать показатели и характеристики состояния биоты, легко наблюдаемые и эффективно индицирующие условия среды. К таким показателям относятся тераты — морфологические аномалии растений. Пределы толерантности биомониторинга определяются ареалом видов-биоиндикаторов. Виды, доминирующие в экосистемах, типичных для территории, развиваются и функционируют в оптимальных условиях (климатических, эдафических, ценотических). Это позволяет считать, что появление аномалий роста и развития у растений вызывается действием дополнительных факторов. Данное положение является основой концепции биомониторинга с использованием терат, морфологических аномалий растений. Проведен анализ опубликованных работ. Выбраны биоиндикаторы и их признаки: это иван-чай узколистный (Chamaеnerion angustifolium), нивяник обыкновенный (Leucanthemum vulgare), вербейник обыкновенный (Lysimachia nummularia.). Разработаны методика отбора проб и учет терат. Показана достоверность и значимость биомониторинга. Создан фотобанк терат.
title: Tone tutorial: verification of tone patterns for a monograph (later published as Michaud 2017), part 2 of 3
Creators: name: Michaud, Alexis
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Yongning Na
subject: nru

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Tone Tutorial: the investigator read tone patterns reported in the monograph about tone in Yongning Na (Michaud 2017), which at the time of recording was nearing completion. The consultant was asked to check whether those productions were correct and intelligible way. This was one of several methods for verifying the findings. Thus, this is not phonological elicitation, but a recording of a work session in which the investigator asked the consultant to check whether he realized the tone patterns in a correct and intelligible way. If a pattern was OK, the consultant repeated it. If it was not, she provided a correction. (Part 2 of 3.) This document covers: Table 5.10 and Table 5.11.
The influence of the design of mental rotation trials on performance and possible differences between sexes: A theoretical review and experimental investigation
Creators: name: Jost, Leonardo
name: Jansen, Petra
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mental rotation; sex differences; test design; multiple choice
subject: 796 Sport

description: Sex differences in mental rotation performance are one of the largest in cognitive psychology. Men outperform women by up to 1 SD in psychometric mental rotation tests, but it is often neglected that there are no or only small sex differences for chronometric tests. As both tests are supposed to measure the same ability, we suspect some features of the tests themselves to affect sex differences in performance. Following a theoretical review of the test features, we evaluate the effects of the number of possible answer alternatives, whether they are presented as pairwise mirrored, and their interaction on sex differences in mental rotation performance. In an online experiment, 838 German-speaking participants, 421 women, 417 men, Mage =  42.58 (SD = 12.54) years, solved four blocks of mental rotation trials with two or eight alternatives, which were either pairwise mirrored or not. The results show that that the overall performance was lower for more alternatives and for mixed alternatives but not for their interaction. We could not determine explanations for sex differences as we did not observe meaningful sex differences at all. Possible reasons include the differences between men and women in age and education. This study suggests that the differences between tests affect performance. Sex differences, however, need more investigation, including possible effects and interactions of the test design, education, and age.
Characterizing Sparse Connectivity Patterns in Neural Networks
Creators: name: Dey, Sourya
name: Huang, Kuan-Wen
name: Beerel, Peter A.
name: Chugg, Keith M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose a novel way of reducing the number of parameters in the storage-hungry fully connected layers of a neural network by using pre-defined sparsity, where the majority of connections are absent prior to starting training. Our results indicate that convolutional neural networks can operate without any loss of accuracy at less than half percent classification layer connection density, or less than 5 percent overall network connection density. We also investigate the effects of pre-defining the sparsity of networks with only fully connected layers. Based on our sparsifying technique, we introduce the `scatter' metric to characterize the quality of a particular connection pattern. As proof of concept, we show results on CIFAR, MNIST and a new dataset on classifying Morse code symbols, which highlights some interesting trends and limits of sparse connection patterns.
description: Presented at the 2018 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, San Diego, California
Discovery of a new metal and NAD+-dependent formate dehydrogenase from Clostridium ljungdahlii
Creators: name: M. Mervan Çakar
name: Mangas-Sanchez, Juan
name: Birmingham, William R.
name: Turner, Nicholas J.
name: Barış Binay
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Over the next decades, with the growing concern of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, the importance of investigating new approaches for its reduction becomes crucial. Reclamation of CO2 for conversion into biofuels represents an alternative and attractive production method that has been studied in recent years, now with enzymatic methods gaining more attention. Formate dehydrogenases (FDHs) are NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductases that catalyze the conversion of formate into CO2 and have been extensively used for cofactor recycling in chemoenzymatic processes. A new FDH from Clostridium ljungdahlii (ClFDH) has been recently shown to possess activity in the reverse reaction: the mineralization of CO2 into formate. In this study, we show the successful homologous expression of ClFDH in Escherichia coli. Biochemical and kinetic characterization of the enzyme revealed that this homologue also demonstrates activity toward CO2 reduction. Structural analysis of the enzyme through homology modeling is also presented.
The Effect of Adsorbed Liquid and Material Density on Saltation Threshold: Insight from Laboratory and Wind Tunnel Experiments
Creators: name: Yu, Xinting
name: Hörst, Sarah M.
name: He, Chao
name: Bridges, Nathan T.
name: Burr, Devon M.
name: Sebree, Joshua A.
name: Smith, James K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Saltation threshold, the minimum wind speed for sediment transport, is a fundamental parameter in aeolian processes. The presence of liquid, such as water on Earth or methane on Titan, may affect the threshold values to a great extent. Sediment density is also crucial for determining threshold values. Here we provide quantitative data on density and water content of common wind tunnel materials that have been used to study conditions on Earth, Titan, Mars, and Venus. The measured density values for low density materials are higher compared to literature values, whereas for the high density materials, there is no such discrepancy. We also find that low density materials have much higher water content and longer atmospheric equilibration timescales compared to high density sediments. In the Titan Wind Tunnel, we performed threshold experiments with the standard walnut shells (125-150 μm, 7.2% water by mass) and dried walnut shells (1.7% water by mass). The threshold results for the two scenarios are almost the same, which indicates that humidity had a negligible effect on threshold for walnut shells in this experimental regime. When the water content is lower than 11.0%, the interparticle forces are dominated by adsorption forces, whereas at higher values the interparticle forces are dominated by much larger capillary forces. For materials with low equilibrium water content, like quartz sand, capillary forces dominate. When the interparticle forces are dominated by adsorption forces, the threshold does not increase with increasing relative humidity (RH). Only when the interparticle forces are dominated by capillary forces does the threshold start to increase with increasing RH/water content. Since tholins have a low methane content (0.3% at saturation, Curtis et al., 2008), we believe tholins would behave similarly to quartz sand when subjected to methane moisture. [abridged abstract]
description: 45 pages, 11 figures
title: Tone tutorial: verification of tone patterns for a monograph (later published as Michaud 2017), part 3 of 3
Creators: name: Michaud, Alexis
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Yongning Na
subject: nru

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Tone Tutorial: the investigator read tone patterns reported in the monograph about tone in Yongning Na (Michaud 2017), which at the time of recording was nearing completion. The consultant was asked to check whether those productions were correct and intelligible way. This was one of several methods for verifying the findings. Thus, this is not phonological elicitation, but a recording of a work session in which the investigator asked the consultant to check whether he realized the tone patterns in a correct and intelligible way. If a pattern was OK, the consultant repeated it. If it was not, she provided a correction. (Part 3 of 3.) This document covers: Table 5.14 and Table 5.15.
An infant burial from Arma Veirana in northwestern Italy provides insights into funerary practices and female personhood in early Mesolithic Europe
Creators: name: Hodgkins, Jamie
name: Orr, Caley M.
name: Gravel‑Miguel, Claudine
name: Riel-Salvatore, Julien
name: E. Miller, Christopher
name: Bondioli, Luca
name: Nava, Alessia
name: Lugli, Federico
name: Talamo, Sahra
name: Hajdinjak, Mateja
name: Cristiani, Emanuela
name: Romandini, Matteo
name: Meyer, Dominique
name: Drohobytsky, Danylo
name: Kuester, Falko
name: Pothier‑Bouchard, Geneviève
name: Buckley, Michael
name: Mancini, Lucia
name: Baruffaldi, Fabio
name: Silvestrini, Sara
name: Arrighi, Simona
name: Keller, Hannah May
name: Griggs, Rocío Belén
name: Peresani, Marco
name: Strait, David S.
name: Benazzi, Stefano
name: Negrino, Fabio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 210102 Archaeological Science
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: Archaeology
subject: 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant

description: The evolution and development of human mortuary behaviors is of enormous cultural significance. Here we report a richly-decorated young infant burial (AVH-1) from Arma Veirana (Liguria, northwestern Italy) that is directly dated to 10,211–9910 cal BP (95.4% probability), placing it within the early Holocene and therefore attributable to the early Mesolithic, a cultural period from which well-documented burials are exceedingly rare. Virtual dental histology, proteomics, and aDNA indicate that the infant was a 40–50 days old female. Associated artifacts indicate significant material and emotional investment in the child’s interment. The detailed biological profile of AVH-1 establishes the child as the earliest European near-neonate documented to be female. The Arma Veirana burial thus provides insight into sex/gender-based social status, funerary treatment, and the attribution of personhood to the youngest individuals among prehistoric hunter-gatherer groups and adds substantially to the scant data on mortuary practices from an important period in prehistory shortly following the end of the last Ice Age.
The limited role of galaxy mergers in driving stellar mass growth over cosmic time
Creators: name: Martin, G.
name: Kaviraj, S.
name: Devriendt, J. E. G.
name: Dubois, Y.
name: Laigle, C.
name: Pichon, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A key unresolved question is the role that galaxy mergers play in driving stellar mass growth over cosmic time. Recent observational work hints at the possibility that the overall contribution of `major' mergers (mass ratios $\gtrsim$1:4) to cosmic stellar mass growth may be small, because they enhance star formation rates by relatively small amounts at high redshift, when much of today's stellar mass was assembled. However, the heterogeneity and relatively small size of today's datasets, coupled with the difficulty in identifying genuine mergers, makes it challenging to $\textit{empirically}$ quantify the merger contribution to stellar mass growth. Here, we use Horizon-AGN, a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation, to comprehensively quantify the contribution of mergers to the star formation budget over the lifetime of the Universe. We show that: (1) both major and minor mergers enhance star formation to similar amounts, (2) the fraction of star formation directly attributable to merging is small at all redshifts (e.g. $\sim$35 and $\sim$20 per cent at z$\sim$3 and z$\sim$1 respectively) and (3) only $\sim$25 per cent of today's stellar mass is directly attributable to galaxy mergers over cosmic time. Our results suggest that smooth accretion, not merging, is the dominant driver of stellar mass growth over the lifetime of the Universe.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRASl
Additional file 1 of AMSTAR 2 appraisal of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the field of heart failure from high-impact journals
Creators: name: Li, Lin
name: Asemota, Iriagbonse
name: Liu, Bolun
name: Gomez-Valencia, Javier
name: Lin, Lifeng
name: Arif, Abdul Wahab
name: Siddiqi, Tariq Jamal
name: Usman, Muhammad Shariq
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table 1. Characteristics of 81 systemic reviews and meta-analyses. Supplement Table 2. Inter-rater reliability analysis.
Animal residues found on tiny Lower Paleolithic tools reveal their use in butchery
Creators: name: Venditti, Flavia
name: Cristiani, Emanuela
name: Nunziante Cesaro, Stella
name: Agam, Aviad
name: Lemorini, Cristina
name: Barkai, Ran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Archaeology
subject: 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: 210102 Archaeological Science

description: Stone tools provide a unique window into the mode of adaptation and cognitive abilities of Lower Paleolithic early humans. The persistently produced large cutting tools (bifaces/handaxes) have long been an appealing focus of research in the reconstruction of Lower Paleolithic survival strategies, at the expenses of the small flake tools considered by-products of the stone production process rather than desired end products. Here, we use use-wear, residues and technological analyses to show direct and very early evidence of the deliberate production and use of small flakes for targeted stages of the prey butchery process at the late Lower Paleolithic Acheulian site of Revadim, Israel. We highlight the significant role of small flakes in Lower Paleolithic adaptation alongside the canonical large handaxes. Our results demonstrate the technological and cognitive flexibility of early human groups in the Levant and beyond at the threshold of the departure from Lower Paleolithic lifeways
Additional file 1 of High nutrition literacy linked with low frequency of take-out food consumption in chinese college students
Creators: name: Qi, Qi
name: Sun, Qing
name: Yang, Ling
name: Cui, Yan
name: Du, Jing
name: Liu, Huaqing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Management potentiality of emulsions based on essential oil of Piper macedoi and Piper arboreum for spider mite: a possible alternative for agroecological control
Creators: name: Lima, Kíssila França
name: Pirovani, Victor Dias
name: Parreira, Luciana Alves
name: Santos, Mario Ferreira Conceição
name: de Abreu, Karla Maria Pedra
name: Menini, Luciano
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical 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: Plant Biology

description: Tetranychus urticae, popularly known as spider mite, is a pest that causes several economic losses to crops. Thus, this work evaluated the effect of essential oils from the leaves of Piper macedoi and Piper arboreum on managing T. urticae. The chemical compounds present in essential oils were identified by gas chromatography. Tests were carried out to evaluate the acaricidal activity by fumigation effect and direct contact with T. urticae. The results showed that LC50 values for the essential oils of P. macedoi and P. arboreum in the fumigation effect were 16.15 and 50.53 µL L−1 air, respectively. Using the contact application route, the LC50 values for the essential oil of P. macedoi was 17.16 µL mL−1, and for P arboreum, it was 15.17 µL mL−1. So, this work showed that essential oils of Piper macedoi and Piper arboreum could be used as possible alternative to managing T. urticae.