cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Accelerated screening of thermoelectric materials by first-principles computations of electron-phonon scattering
Creators: name: Samsonidze, Georgy
name: Kozinsky, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent discovery of new materials for thermoelectric energy conversion is enabled by efficient prediction of materials' performance from first-principles, without empirically fitted parameters. The novel simplified approach for computing electronic transport properties is described, which achieves good accuracy and transferability while greatly reducing complexity and computation cost compared to the existing methods. The first-principles calculations of the electron-phonon coupling demonstrate that the energy dependence of the electron relaxation time varies significantly with chemical composition and carrier concentration, suggesting that it is necessary to go beyond the commonly used approximations to screen and optimize materials' composition, carrier concentration, and microstructure. The new method is verified using high accuracy computations and validated with experimental data before applying it to screen and discover promising compositions in the space of half-Heusler alloys. By analyzing data trends the effective electron mass is identified as the single best general descriptor determining material's performance. The Lorenz number is computed from first principles and the universality of the Wiedemann-Franz law in thermoelectrics is discussed.
description: This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 1800246, which has been published in final form at doi:10.1002/aenm.201800246. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving
First evidence of a paedomorphic population of the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) in the Czech Republic
Creators: name: Gvoždík, Václav
name: Javůrková, Veronika
name: Kopecký, Oldřich
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2013

description: Facultative paedomorphosis is an environmentally induced polymorphism that is well known for many caudate species including newts. Although facultative paedomorphosis has been documented in some smooth-newt populations, records of entirely paedomorphic populations outside the Balkans are limited. Here we present the first evidence of a paedomorphic population of the smooth newt in the Czech Republic with discussion of potential causes that need to be further tested.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 8 No 1 (2013)
A hysteretic model of localized frictional contacts with instrumental stiffness
Creators: name: Argatov, Ivan
name: Voll, Lars
name: Popov, Valentin L.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: frictional contact
subject: steady-state vibration
subject: hysteretic force
subject: harmonic balance
subject: frictional damping
subject: relaxation damping

description: The steady-state dynamic response of a single-degree-of-freedom system comprising both a hysteretic element and a spring is considered. The Hertz–Cattaneo–Mindlin theoretical framework for modeling of local tangential contact with friction is applied in conjunction with the Masing model of hysteresis to describe the hysteretic behavior of the multiple localized frictional contact interface. The steady-state tangential displacement amplitude of a rigid body under harmonic tangential force excitation is approximately determined by means of the equivalent linearization technique, based on the harmonic balance principle. A special attention is paid to the evaluation of the frictional damping and the determination of the backbone curve of the Masing model from the dissipation-amplitude relation.
Utility of the Business Case for Quality Approach in Healthcare: Practice & Policy Implications from an Integrated Review
Creators: name: Patel, Esita
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Background: As the scrutiny on healthcare quality and costs intensifies, the need to align healthcare quality enhancing initiatives (QEIs) with the finances that facilitate these QEIs becomes important to QEI buy‐in, uptake, and sustainability from stakeholders. The business case (BC) Approach can serve as a strategic tool to this. The absence of a BC for a QEI can derail a QEI. Purpose: This study evaluates published BCs In nursing to synthesize current uses, gaps, and implications of the BC approach in healthcare. Study Design: An integrative review was conducted using Whifemore and Knafl’s (2005) methodology16. E--‐databases (CINAHL, Pubmed, Business Source Premier, and ProQuest Central) were searched for studies from 2003--‐2016 using a comprehensive strategy. All data were extracted into a standardized template and results were collectively analyzed for and categorized by common themes and conclusions, based on Reiter et al.’s (2007) 11 steps for developing a BC for quality17. We used these data to diagram the uses of the BC in healthcare. Conclusions: Few BC analyses exist in healthcare literature. • There were inconsistencies in the use of the term “business case” and strategies used to conduct and present them. • The BC is a powerful but underutilized tool that provides stakeholders systematic evidence to support or reject a QEI in healthcare.
CRediT figure
Creators: name: Ropovik, Ivan
name: Sawicki, Przemysław
name: Idzikowska, Katarzyna
name: Razza, Timothy
name: Gawryluk, Katarzyna
name: Day, Christopher
name: Markiewicz, Lukasz
name: IJzerman, Hans
name: Ebersole, Charles
name: Tidwell, Natasha
name: Lima, Tiago
name: Wolf, Daniel
name: Novak, Sarah
name: Collins, W.
name: Menon, Madhavi
name: de Souza, Luana
name: Boucher, Leanne
name: Bialek, Michal
name: Kraus, Sue
name: Weissgerber, Sophia
name: Baník, Gabriel
name: Kołodziej, Sabina
name: Babincak, Peter
name: Schütz, Astrid
name: Sternglanz, R. Weylin
name: Sullivan, Gavin
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: Code and data for the CRediT figure
Evolution of temporal coherence in confined polariton condensates
Creators: name: Klaas, M.
name: Flayac, H.
name: Amthor, M.
name: Savenko, I. G.
name: Brodbeck, S.
name: Ala-Nissila, T.
name: Klembt, S.
name: Schneider, C.
name: Höfling, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the influence of spatial confinement on the second-order temporal coherence of the emission from a semiconductor microcavity in the strong coupling regime. The confinement, provided by etched micropillars, has a favorable impact on the temporal coherence of solid state quasi-condensates that evolve in our device above threshold. By fitting the experimental data with a microscopic quantum theory based on a quantum jump approach, we scrutinize the influence of pump power and confinement and find that phonon-mediated transitions are enhanced in the case of a confined structure, in which the modes split into a discrete set. By increasing the pump power beyond the condensation threshold, temporal coherence significantly improves in devices with increased spatial confinement, as revealed in the transition from thermal to coherent statistics of the emitted light.
Records of Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821) in the Colli Albani (Latium, central Italy), with some ecological notes (Urodela, Salamandridae)
Creators: name: Angelini, Claudio
name: Cari, Bruno
name: Utzeri, Carlo
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2006

description: The distribution of the Northern Spectacled Salamander in the Colli Albani (= Albani Hills), together with some ecological aspects at eight sites are reported. In four sites, oviposition took place between February and April, but in the other four it probably started at least in the first half of december. Eggs were deposited into the water of either temporary or perennial spring ponds or inside flooded man-made tuff tunnels. In some sites, which do not undergo summer drought, some larvae surpassed the summer and even the following winter. For one site, length and weight of 52 ovipositing females were recorded and larval development was monitored. A clear relation between larval body size and limb development did not appear.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 1 No 1 (2006)
Extending the Absorption Limit of BiVO4 Photoanodes with Hydrogen Sulfide Treatment
Creators: name: Gahlawat, Soniya
name: Schnell, Patrick
name: Irani, Rowshanak
name: Ahmet, Ibbi Y.
name: Choubrac, Leo
name: Fiechter, Sebastian
name: Ingole, Pravin P.
name: Abdi, Fatwa F.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
subject: bandgap reduction
subject: BiVO4
subject: H2S treatments
subject: photoelectrochemical water splitting
subject: protection layers
subject: sulfur incorporation

description: Bismuth vanadate is a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical water splitting due to its relative stability, low cost, and nontoxic properties. However, its performance is limited by the large bandgap (Eg) of 2.4 eV, and the record photocurrent is already within 90% of its theoretical limit. Further photocurrent enhancement could only be obtained by increasing its optical absorption, for example, by reducing Eg. Herein, sulfur‐incorporated bismuth vanadate (S‐BiVO4) thin films are synthesized via spray pyrolysis combined with post‐treatment in hydrogen sulfide environment. Under optimal H2S treatment conditions, sulfur can be incorporated successfully into the BiVO4 lattice, without the formation of any secondary phases. The use of reactive H2S, instead of solid sulfur powders, allows us to decrease the required annealing temperature and increase the kinetics for sulfur incorporation into BiVO4. The Eg of the resulting S‐BiVO4 films is decreased by >200 meV (vs. pristine BiVO4), which theoretically corresponds to a 20% increase in the theoretical photocurrent limit. Finally, the stability limitation of S‐BiVO4 is overcome by introducing pulsed‐laser‐deposited NiOx protection layers. The modified S‐BiVO4/ NiOx film exhibits higher photocurrent density with no reduction of photocurrent during the 9 h stability test with AM1.5 illumination.
Rehabilitation of habitat connectivity between two important marsh areas divided by a major road with heavy traffic
Creators: name: Scoccianti, Carlo
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2006

description: ‘Vignarca’ is a major road between Piombino and Follonica along the coast in Southern Tuscany, in the Province of Livorno. Until the 1940s, the area crossed by Vignarca was a large marsh, which in turn was the remains of an ancient costal lake (Lake Piombino). Over the years the area was reclaimed, and now only two wetlands remain: one is a typical brackish water marsh (‘orti’) and the other a freshwater marsh (‘Bottagone’) with large areas of reedbeds. These marshes are bisected by the Vignarca road. Since 1991, the marshes have been protected by the WWF by the establishment of the orti-Bottagone Nature Reserve.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 1 No 1 (2006)
On the classifying space of Artin monoids
Creators: name: Paolini, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20F36 (Primary) 55R35, 55U10, 52C35 (Secondary)

description: A theorem proved by Dobrinskaya in 2006 shows that there is a strong connection between the $K(π,1)$ conjecture for Artin groups and the classifying space of Artin monoids. More recently Ozornova obtained a different proof of Dobrinskaya's theorem based on the application of discrete Morse theory to the standard CW model of the classifying space of an Artin monoid. In Ozornova's work there are hints at some deeper connections between the above-mentioned CW model and the Salvetti complex, a CW complex which arises in the combinatorial study of Artin groups. In this work we show that such connections actually exist, and as a consequence we derive yet another proof of Dobrinskaya's theorem.
Additional file 1 of Clinician perspectives and recommendations regarding design of clinical prediction models for deteriorating patients in acute care
Creators: name: Blythe, Robin
name: Naicker, Sundresan
name: White, Nicole
name: Donovan, Raelene
name: Scott, Ian A.
name: McKelliget, Andrew
name: McPhail, Steven M
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Transition Programs and Their Effect on Identity Formation in Emerging Adulthood
Creators: name: Venable, Megan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Background Transitioning individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) report low rates of employment and independent living1. Transition programs are intended to increase functional independence. Emerging adulthood is characterized by critical identity formation.Individuals with ASD navigate conflicting discourse on ASD and have difficulty committing to an identity.Occupation serves as the vehicle to maintain and construct identities.Research Aim: To explore how participation in transition programs affects identity formation in emerging adulthood for individuals with ASD
title: An Introduction to Camphill Communities and the BA in Curative Education
Creators: name: Hart, Norma
name: Monteux, Angelika
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2004

description: Curative Education is a multi-disciplinary, professional approach concerned with the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of children and adults with special/complex needs. It encompasses care, education, craft and artistic activities and a medical, therapeutic element.
Biodiversity maintains soil multifunctionality and soil organic carbon in novel urban ecosystems
Creators: name: Schittko, Conrad
name: Onandia, Gabriela
name: Bernard‐Verdier, Maud
name: Heger, Tina
name: Jeschke, Jonathan M.
name: Kowarik, Ingo
name: Maaß, Stefanie
name: Joshi, Jasmin
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
subject: Anthropocene
subject: biological invasions
subject: ecosystem function and services
subject: functional diversity
subject: global change
subject: non‐native species
subject: novel ecosystems
subject: urbanization

description: 1. Biodiversity in urban ecosystems has the potential to increase ecosystem functions and support a suite of services valued by society, including services provided by soils. Specifically, the sequestration of carbon in soils has often been advocated as a solution to mitigate the steady increase in CO2 concentration in the atmosphere as a key driver of climate change. However, urban ecosystems are also characterized by an often high level of ecological novelty due to profound human‐mediated changes, such as the presence of high numbers of non‐native species, impervious surfaces or other disturbances. Yet it is poorly understood whether and how biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning and services of urban soils under these novel conditions. 2. In this study, we assessed the influence of above‐ and below‐ground diversity, as well as urbanization and plant invasions, on multifunctionality and organic carbon stocks of soils in non‐manipulated grasslands along an urbanization gradient in Berlin, Germany. We focused on plant diversity (measured as species richness and functional trait diversity) and, in addition, on soil organism diversity as a potential mediator for the relationship of plant species diversity and ecosystem functioning. 3. Our results showed positive effects of plant diversity on soil multifunctionality and soil organic carbon stocks along the entire gradient. Structural equation models revealed that plant diversity enhanced soil multifunctionality and soil organic carbon by increasing the diversity of below‐ground organisms. These positive effects of plant diversity on soil multifunctionality and soil fauna were not restricted to native plant species only, but were also exerted by non‐native species, although to a lesser degree. 4. Synthesis. We conclude that enhancing diversity in plants and soil fauna of urban grasslands can increase the multifunctionality of urban soils and also add to their often underestimated but very valuable role in mitigating effects of climate change.
First record of the four-lined snake Elaphe quatuorlineata (Lacépède, 1789) in Serbia
Creators: name: Ristić, Nemanja
name: Tomović, Ljiljana
name: Ajtić, Rastko
name: Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2007

description: This paper presents the first record of four-lined snake Elaphe quatuorlineata in Serbia. In Serbia and Montenegro, according to the literature data, this species was found only in Mediterranean and submediterranean Montenegro. We present here data about founding site and suggest conservation measures for this species in Serbia.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 1 No 2 (2006)
Additional file 1 of Electroacupuncture reduces inflammatory damage following cerebral ischemia–reperfusion by enhancing ABCA1-mediated efferocytosis in M2 microglia
Creators: name: Liao, Yu-sha
name: Zhang, Tie-chun
name: Tang, Yu-qi
name: Yu, Pei
name: Liu, Ya-ning
name: Yuan, Jing
name: Zhao, Ling
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Phonon-assisted relaxation and decoherence of singlet-triplet qubits in Si/SiGe quantum dots
Creators: name: Kornich, Viktoriia
name: Kloeffel, Christoph
name: Loss, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study theoretically the phonon-induced relaxation and decoherence of spin states of two electrons in a lateral double quantum dot in a SiGe/Si/SiGe heterostructure. We consider two types of singlet-triplet spin qubits and calculate their relaxation and decoherence times, in particular as a function of level hybridization, temperature, magnetic field, spin orbit interaction, and detuning between the quantum dots, using Bloch-Redfield theory. We show that the magnetic field gradient, which is usually applied to operate the spin qubit, may reduce the relaxation time by more than an order of magnitude. Using this insight, we identify an optimal regime where the magnetic field gradient does not affect the relaxation time significantly, and we propose regimes of longest decay times. We take into account the effects of one-phonon and two-phonon processes and suggest how our theory can be tested experimentally. The spin lifetimes we find here for Si-based quantum dots are significantly longer than the ones reported for their GaAs counterparts.
A composition between risk and deviation measures
Creators: name: Righi, Marcelo Brutti
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Risk Management (q-fin.RM)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The intuition of risk is based on two main concepts: loss and variability. In this paper, we present a composition of risk and deviation measures, which contemplate these two concepts. Based on the proposed Limitedness axiom, we prove that this resulting composition, based on properties of the two components, is a coherent risk measure. Similar results for the cases of convex and co-monotone risk measures are exposed. We also provide examples of known and new risk measures constructed under this framework in order to highlight the importance of our approach, especially the role of the Limitedness axiom.
Preliminary data on the biometry and the diet of a microinsular population of Podarcis wagleriana (Reptilia: Lacertidae)
Creators: name: Lo Cascio, Pietro
name: Pasta, Salvatore
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2007

description: The results of some investigations on the Podarcis wagleriana population of La Scuola Islet (Stagnone Lagoon Archipelago, W Sicily) are here presented. Adult mean SVL was 69.5 mm and 61.6 mm for males and females respectively. The analysis of faecal pellets showed that the most important prey types were Formicidae (32%), Coleoptera (15%), and other Hymenoptera (13%). The proportion of vegetal matter (occurring in 35% of the examined pellets) was higher than in Sicilian populations, suggesting that plant consumption in this micro-insular environment may play a more significant role in the diet of the species.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 1 No 2 (2006)
Interventions for Minimally Verbal School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Strenk, Laura
name: Xu, Ruthy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Research Questions: For minimally verbal school-aged children who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, what intervention techniques have evidence of efficacy in improving communication? Background The diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been on the rise in recent years, with a prevalence as high as 1 in 45 children. Currently, the vast majority of research on children with ASD is focused on the preschool-age population and higher-functioning older children. Despite the fact that 25-30% of children with ASD remain minimally verbal through school-age, research in the speech-language field on treatment methods for this subset of children is lacking. In this paper, we aim to assess the quality and outcomes of the literature on this topic through a systematic review of current research on intervention strategies for minimally verbal children between 5-17 years old. We examined the definitions of minimally-verbal and low-functioning in the ASD population, as well as evidence for intervention efficacy in promoting communication. Methods In this systematic review, a comprehensive literature search was conducted in three databases -- PsycInfo, PubMed and CINAHL. This search yielded 485 articles published between January 1996 and January 2017. Titles, abstracts, and/or full-texts were independently assessed by two reviewers in order to determine inclusion, and ultimately 15 articles fit the inclusion criteria for this study. Published appraisal tools were used by two independent reviewers in order to determine the quality of the 15 articles in this review. Anticipated Results Of the 15 articles in this systematic review, 8 had small single-subject designs. Of the articles remaining, 5 were randomized controlled trials and 2 were systematic reviews. It is anticipated that there will be moderate support for the use of alternative and augmentative communication, such as the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), for school-aged children who remain minimally verbal. Further details about the results will be available when analyses are completed. Discussion The current review supports the continued need for further research investigating the most efficacious communication interventions for minimally verbal school-aged children with ASD. While there has been a surge in research over the past 6 years addressing this gap in the literature, many studies have been small and yielded weak results.
Standard karyotypes of two populations of the Scincus scincus complex from Tunisia and Morocco (Reptilia: Scincidae)
Creators: name: Kalboussi, Mohsen
name: Aprea, Gennaro
name: Splendiani, Andrea
name: Giovannotti, Massimo
name: Caputo, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2007

description: A study on chromosomes of two Scincus populations attributed to S. scincus and S. albifasciatus was carried out by conventional Giemsa staining. Both samples showed the same diploid number of 2N = 32 and identical chromosome morphology. Therefore, these populations seem to be lacking in chromosome changes that could act as barriers to gene flow. However, because speciation in lizards is not always associated with chromosome repatterning, the taxonomic status of “scincus” and “albifasciatus” forms remains unsettled.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 1 No 2 (2006)
Convex Sparse Spectral Clustering: Single-view to Multi-view
Creators: name: Lu, Canyi
name: Yan, Shuicheng
name: Lin, Zhouchen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Spectral Clustering (SC) is one of the most widely used methods for data clustering. It first finds a low-dimensonal embedding $U$ of data by computing the eigenvectors of the normalized Laplacian matrix, and then performs k-means on $U^\top$ to get the final clustering result. In this work, we observe that, in the ideal case, $UU^\top$ should be block diagonal and thus sparse. Therefore we propose the Sparse Spectral Clustering (SSC) method which extends SC with sparse regularization on $UU^\top$. To address the computational issue of the nonconvex SSC model, we propose a novel convex relaxation of SSC based on the convex hull of the fixed rank projection matrices. Then the convex SSC model can be efficiently solved by the Alternating Direction Method of \canyi{Multipliers} (ADMM). Furthermore, we propose the Pairwise Sparse Spectral Clustering (PSSC) which extends SSC to boost the clustering performance by using the multi-view information of data. Experimental comparisons with several baselines on real-world datasets testify to the efficacy of our proposed methods.
Temperature variation in nests of Caiman crocodilus (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae)
Creators: name: Escobedo Galván, Armando H.
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2007

description: Caiman crocodilus is a widely distributed species in the Neotropics; however, studies of incubation temperatures in wildlife are uncommon. Incubation temperature in four nests of Caiman crocodilus were measured with a digital thermometer, in the National Wildlife Refuge Caño Negro, Costa Rica. Average temperatures in these four nests (no. 1-4) were 32.13 + 0.92 °C (no. 1), 32.46 + 0.77 °C (no. 2), 33.60 + 0.95 °C (no. 3), and 31.78 + 2.30 °C (no. 4). Temperature variations recorded showed higher temperatures than those reported from other studies in Caño Negro. The temperatures registered in this study will lead to a higher proportion of males within the caiman population, reducing the number of future reproducing females and, therefore, in the population viability.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 1 No 2 (2006)
A new finding of Salamandra lanzai in the Upper Sangone Valley (NW Italy) marks the species' most disjunct population (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)
Creators: name: Tessa, Giulia
name: Crottini, Angelica
name: Andreone, Franco
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2006

description: The presence of Salamandra lanzai was confirmed for the Upper Sangone Valley (Turin Province, NW Italy), within the Parco Naturale Orsiera Rocciavré. The species attribution was further supported by morphological and genetic (16S) analysis and represents the north-eastern most limit of the species’ distribution. This salamander was so far known only for a few major alpine valleys of Italy (Po, Pellice, and Germanasca Valleys), and France (Guil Valley). The new finding is especially interesting since it is separated from its closest known locality by about 15 km. For such a reason this population needs to be carefully managed.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 2 No 1 (2007)
Characterization of the Anti-Tumour Immune Response Following Treatment with an Infected Leukemia Cell Vaccine
Creators: name: Dempster, Holly
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Infected Cell Vaccines
subject: Cancer Immunotherapy
subject: Leukemia
subject: Oncolytic Viruses
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Current treatment methods for Acute Leukemia (AL) only provide temporary therapeutic efficacy as most patients will experience relapse within 2 years following first remission. Our lab has determined that vaccination with autologous cells infected with oncolytic virus MG1 can provide durable cures in a pre-clinical mouse model of AL. However, the mechanism(s) by which the infected cell vaccine (ICV) stimulates T cell dependent anti-tumour immunity and provides protection against tumour growth is unknown. This thesis was aimed to determine 1) what antigen presenting cell populations are activated post ICV immunization and 2) what T cell subsets are important in developing anti-tumour immunity during ICV immunization. My thesis has demonstrated that ICV immunization is more effective at inducing in vivo dendritic cell activation compared to irradiated L1210 cells alone and this activation may be a reason as to why we see improved anti-tumour efficacy in our ICV model. In addition, we have determined that CD4 T cells play an essential anti-leukemic role during ICV immunization and that neutralizing antibody production is a CD4 T cell dependent mechanism. Our data also demonstrates that both CD4 and CD8 T cell populations from ICV immunized mice provide a leukemia-specific anti-tumour immune response. Taken together, this data suggests that CD4 T cells may be acting as helper T cells to aid in the robust activation of leukemia-specific anti-tumour CD8 T cells. Our pre-clinical data characterizing the immune response has improved our understanding of the mechanism(s) which contribute to the efficacy of the ICV and will help provide a rationale framework with which to begin translating this treatment to clinical trials.
Assessing organoleptic and nutritional quality parameters of innovative rice based foods. Report of "Summer with Science 2022" fellowship
Creators: name: Bação, Margarida
name: Brites, Carla
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Food chemistry and food sensory science
Food safety, traceability, certification and authenticity

description: Report of Margarida Bação "Summer with Science 2022" fellowship focused in the activities of TRACE-RICE www.trace-rice.eu ongoing project and acquire training in rice quality evaluation parameters.
Additional file 5 of Electroacupuncture reduces inflammatory damage following cerebral ischemia–reperfusion by enhancing ABCA1-mediated efferocytosis in M2 microglia
Creators: name: Liao, Yu-sha
name: Zhang, Tie-chun
name: Tang, Yu-qi
name: Yu, Pei
name: Liu, Ya-ning
name: Yuan, Jing
name: Zhao, Ling
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 5.
Complete albinism in a Podarcis muralis newborn
Creators: name: Spadola, Filippo
name: Di Toro, Francesco
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2006

description: The authors describe a case of complete albinism in a Podarcis muralis newborn, from Chieti (Abruzzo, central Italy) in September 2004. This is the first complete albinism case in a Podarcis spp. In the world.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 2 No 1 (2007)
Li-Yau gradient bounds on compact manifolds under nearly optimal curvature conditions
Creators: name: Zhang, Qi S
name: Zhu, Meng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove Li-Yau type gradient bounds for the heat equation either on manifolds with fixed metric or under the Ricci flow. In the former case the curvature condition is $|Ric^-| \in L^p$ for some $p>n/2$, or $\sup_\M \int_\M |Ric^-|^2(y)d^{2-n}(x,y)dy
description: title changed per suggestion of one referee and Section 4 shortened according to another referee
Identification of sulphonamide-tethered N-((triazol-4-yl)methyl)isatin derivatives as inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease
Creators: name: ElNaggar, Mai H.
name: Elgazar, Abdullah A.
name: Gamal, Ghada
name: Hamed, Shimaa M.
name: Elsayed, Zainab M.
name: El-Ashrey, Mohamed K.
name: Abood, Amira
name: Hassab, Mahmoud A. El
name: Soliman, Ahmed M.
name: El-Domany, Ramadan A.
name: Badria, Farid A.
name: Supuran, Claudiu T.
name: Eldehna, Wagdy M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
classificationCode: 39999
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 80699
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
classificationCode: 110309
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
classificationCode: 60506
subject: Virology

description: SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the end of 2019 led to profound consequences on global health and economy. Till producing successful vaccination strategies, the healthcare sectors suffered from the lack of effective therapeutic agents that could control the spread of infection. Thus, academia and the pharmaceutical sector prioritise SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drug discovery. Here, we exploited previous reports highlighting the anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities of isatin-based molecules to develop novel triazolo-isatins for inhibiting main protease (Mpro) of the virus, a crucial enzyme for its replication in the host cells. Particularly, sulphonamide 6b showed promising inhibitory activity with an IC50= 0.249 µM. Additionally, 6b inhibited viral cell proliferation with an IC50 of 4.33 µg/ml, and was non-toxic to VERO-E6 cells (CC50 = 564.74 µg/ml) displaying a selectivity index of 130.4. In silico analysis of 6b disclosed its ability to interact with key residues in the enzyme active site, supporting the obtained in vitro findings.
Report of a bite by the South American colubrid snake Philodryas olfersii latirostris (Squamata: Colubridae)
Creators: name: Peichoto, María Elisa
name: Céspedez, Jorge Abel
name: Pascual, Juan Antonio
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2006

description: Following the bite of Philodryas olfersii latirostris Cope, 1862, a 29-year-old male herpetologist developed localized and burning pain, and minimal bleeding from the puncture marks of posterior maxillary teeth, which subsided rapidly. The victim developed no other local signs or symptoms. After few days the victim presented persistent severe rotatory dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. On examination his hearing was normal. Neurological exam was otherwise normal. The patient had acute vertiginous symptoms but had no associated neurological signs. Computed tomography did not show abnormality. A diagnosis of labyrinthine syndrome was made. It was treated conservatively, and the patient recovered uneventfully. It was assumed as an effect of ophitoxemia. This case may be regarded as an unusual presentation of systemic envenoming following a human bite by Philodryas olfersii latirostris.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 2 No 1 (2007)
Global Convergence of ADMM in Nonconvex Nonsmooth Optimization
Creators: name: Wang, Yu
name: Yin, Wotao
name: Zeng, Jinshan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we analyze the convergence of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) for minimizing a nonconvex and possibly nonsmooth objective function, $ϕ(x_0,\ldots,x_p,y)$, subject to coupled linear equality constraints. Our ADMM updates each of the primal variables $x_0,\ldots,x_p,y$, followed by updating the dual variable. We separate the variable $y$ from $x_i$'s as it has a special role in our analysis. The developed convergence guarantee covers a variety of nonconvex functions such as piecewise linear functions, $\ell_q$ quasi-norm, Schatten-$q$ quasi-norm ($0
description: 33 pages, 1 figure, Accepted by Journal of Scientific Computing
Tutorial on process optimization with a compressor example
Creators: name: Thornhill, Nina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008

description: A task that a process control engineer may face is to work out the optimum steady-state operating point of an item of equipment, or even of the whole process. Technical questions in optimization focus on:

how to select the best overall operating point;

how to select the best achievable operating point within some constraints;

how to formulate and solve the optimization problem.

Process optimization is an important aspect of process operation and control because it has a considerable impact on profit. This short article illustrates the formulation, practice and theory of process optimization using optimal operation of a compressor as an example. The reason for choosing a compressor is that the characteristic curves on the compressor map are easy to visualize, and they help to make the ideas of optimization become intuitive. 

Keywords: Objective function, constraint, constrained optimization, mixed integer optimization, linear programming, quadratic programming, nonlinear programming, compressor efficiency, compressor characteristic, surge line, restaging.
OPPERA Study Identifies an Association Between the Use of Hormonal Contraceptives and Orofacial Pain and Headaches
Creators: name: Carey, Erin T.
name: Maixner, William
name: Bair, Eric
name: Zolnoun, Denniz
name: Gaynor, Sheila
name: Slade, Gary
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Introduction: • Hormone therapy has been described as a risk factor for chronic pain conditions such as low back pain and temporomandibular disorders (TMD)• Hormonal contraception (HC) may affect pain by altering the function of the endogenous opioid system and augmenting serotonin metabolism • HC has been shown to increase experimental heat and ischemic pain sensitivity in women with TMD and migraine headaches • Women using HC also demonstrate decreased pressure pain and tactile thresholds of the temporalis and masseter muscles compared to healthy women not using HC • An association between the use of HC and painful conditions such as migraine headaches and TMD has been described in previous studies although the nature of this association remains unclear • This analysis sought to determine the relationship between HC use and painful symptoms (particularly headaches and orofacial pain)
Longevity and body size in three populations of Dyscophus antongilii (Microhylidae, Dyscophinae), the tomato frog from north-eastern Madagascar
Creators: name: Tessa, Giulia
name: Guarino, Fabio M.
name: Giacoma, Cristina
name: Mattioli, Fabio
name: Andreone, Franco
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2007

description: Age profile and body size were studied in three populations of the rare and understudied tomato frog, Dyscophus antongilii, from NE Madagascar. For each individual, a phalanx was clipped and the bone used for skeletochronology. Sexual dimorphism is significantly different between all three populations: females are larger and heavier than males, with males also being distinguishable by a more yellowish throat. Age structure analysis was possible on two populations (Antara, Lampirano). The age within the two populations ranged between 3 and 7 years (mean ± SD = 5.0 ± 0.2) for males, and 3 to 11 years (mean ± SD = 5.8 ± 0.3) for females. Longevity was positively correlated to body size and weight within both sexes and populations. Sexual maturity was reached between 2 and 3 years, with sexual maturity recorded for males signifi- cantly lower than for females.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 2 No 2 (2007)
Adjusting Scientific Beliefs to New Evidence
Creators: name: McDiarmid, Alexander
name: Tullett, Alexa
name: Vazire, Simine
name: Whitt, Cassie
name: Mensch, Zachary
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

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Environmental planning: Greening by doing
Creators: name: Smith, Nancy
name: Kriger, David
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Sustainable development--Canada
subject: Bicycle trails--Canada
subject: Greenways--Canada
subject: Trails--Canada
subject: Sustainable design--Canada

description: Summary of one of the seven themes of the 2001 CIP conference in Ottawa - "green planning".
description: Appears in issue table of contents as: "Green planning/Urbanisme vert" by Nancy Smith.
description: Part of "Green Planning/Urbanisme vert" section of issue.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5405/Article017.pdf?sequence=3
Standard karyotype and nucleolus organizer region of Neotropical blindsnake Typhlops brongersmianus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)
Creators: name: Ruiz García, José Augusto
name: Hernando, Alejandra
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2007

description: The karyotype of Typhlops brongersmianus is reported on the basis of specimens from north-eastern Argentina. The conventional Giemsa staining showed that the species has 2n = 34 chromosomes, including 8 pairs of macrochromosomes and 9 pairs of microchromosomes. Ag-NOR staining revealed the NORs location on a pair of macrochromosomes. The chromosome number and karyotypic morphology are similar to those of Neotropical typhlopid previously karyotyped.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 2 No 2 (2007)
Is there a relationship between AGN and star formation in IR-bright AGNs?
Creators: name: Dai, Y. Sophia
name: Wilkes, Belinda J.
name: Bergeron, Jacqueline
name: Kuraszkiewicz, Joanna
name: Omont, Alain
name: Atanas, Adam
name: Teplitz, Harry I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the relationship between the luminosities of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and the rates of star formation (SF) for a sample of 323 far-infrared (FIR)-detected AGNs. This sample has a redshift range of 0.2 $< z $100\micron. Significant bivariate $L_{\rm X}$-$L_{\rm IR}$ correlations are found, which remain significant in the combined sample when using residual partial correlation analysis to account for the inherent redshift dependence. No redshift or mass dependence is found for the ratio between SFR and black hole accretion rate (BHAR), which has a mean and scatter of log (SFR/BHAR) $=3.1 \pm$ 0.5, agreeing with the local mass ratio between supermassive black hole and host galaxies. The large scatter in this ratio and the strong AGN-SF correlation found in these IR-bright AGNs are consistent with the scenario of an AGN-SF dependence on a common gas supply, regardless of the evolutionary model.
description: 20 pages, 7 figures, 6 tables; accepted for publication in MNRAS
The phenology of a rare salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata) in a population breeding under unpredictable ambient conditions: a 25 year study
Creators: name: Warburg, Michael R.
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2007

description: This is a long-term study (1974-1999) on the phenology of the rare, xeric- inhabiting salamander Salamandra infraimmaculata in a small isolated population during the breeding season near the breeding ponds on Mt. Carmel. This is a fringe area of the genus’ south-easternmost Palaearctic distribution. Salamanders were captured during the 25 year long study. The first years up to the 1980s the total number of salamanders increased but during the last years there seems to have been a decline. Although this could be a phase in normal population cyclic oscillations nevertheless when compared with long-term data on a European Salamandra it does not seem so. The interpretation of the species’ status is dependent on numbers of salamanders captured as well as on the duration of the study. These subjects are reviewed and discussed in this paper.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 2 No 2 (2007)
Cell Segmentation from Membrane Staining for Plant Tissues
Creators: name: DeepImageJ
name: ZeroCostDL4Mic
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: bioimage.io
bioimage.io:model
zerocostdl4mic
deepimagej
segmentation
3d
unet
fluorescence-light-microscopy
cell-membrane
plant
arabidopsis
tensorflow

description: Download RDF Package

description: A 3D U-net to predict cell membranes in plant tissues, trained on volumes of Arabidopsis thaliana ovules acquired on a confocal microscope. (Uploaded via https://bioimage.io)
Contribution to the herpetology of southern Libya
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Adel A.
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2008

description: The herpetofauna of southwestern Libya has been surveyed during 2005- 2006. Overall, two amphibian and 18 reptile species were found; of these, 16 reptile species are reported for the first time for Morzoq Province and one lizard, Tarentola mauritanica, for Sabha Province.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 3 No 1 (2008)
Preimages under the Stack-Sorting Algorithm
Creators: name: Defant, Colin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05A05, 05A15, 05A16

description: We use a method for determining the number of preimages of any permutation under the stack-sorting map in order to obtain recursive upper bounds for the numbers $W_t(n)$ and $W_t(n,k)$ of $t$-stack sortable permutations of length $n$ and $t$-stack sortable permutations of length $n$ with exactly $k$ descents. From these bounds, we are able to significantly improve the best known upper bounds for $\displaystyle{\lim_{n\to\infty}\sqrt[n]{W_t(n)}}$ when $t=3$ and $t=4$.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures
Other/Private
Creators: name: McDiarmid, Alexander
name: Tullett, Alexa
name: Vazire, Simine
name: Whitt, Cassie
name: Mensch, Zachary
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

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The Occupational Choice of Parenting: the Black Parent Experience
Creators: name: Byrd, Taylar
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: BackgroundCurrent occupational science research is focused on white, middle class families and an individualized view of occupational choice Social environment together with collective and contextual histories influences the manner and types of occupational choices madeOccupational choices that are inhibited due to incontrollable contextual factors represents occupational injusticeResearch Aim: To explore influences on the occupational choice of parenting of Black Parents