cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Visualizing traceability links between source code and documentation
Creators: name: Xiaofan Chen, Xiaofan
name: Hosking, J.
name: Grundy, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: It is well recognized that visualizing traceability links between software artifacts helps developers to recover, browse, and maintain these inter-relationships effectively and efficiently. However, it is a major challenge for researchers to efficiently visualize traceability links for big software systems because of scalability and visual clutter issues. In this paper we present a new approach that combines treemap and hierarchical tree visualization techniques to provide a global structure of traces and a detailed overview of each trace. These both reduce visual clutter while still being highly scalable and interactive. Our usability study shows that our approach can support comprehension, browsing, and maintenance of traceability links.
Photomodulation of strigolactone biosynthesis and accumulation during sunflower seedling growth
Creators: name: Niharika Bharti
name: Tripathi, Smita
name: Bhatla, Satish Chander
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Physiology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Present investigations report the presence of strigolactones (SLs) and photomodulation of their biosynthesis in sunflower seedlings (roots, cotyledons and first pair of leaves) during early phase of seedling development. Qualitative analyses and characterization by HPLC, ESI-MS and FT-IR revealed the presence of more than one type of SLs. Orobanchyl acetate was detected both in roots and leaves. Five-deoxystrigol, sorgolactone and orobanchol were exclusively detected in seedling roots. Sorgomol was detectable only in leaves. HPLC eluted fraction from seedling roots and leaves co-chromatographing with GR24 (a synthetic SL) could also bring about germination in Orobanche cernua (a weed) seeds, which are established to exhibit SL – mediated germination, thereby indicating the SL identity of the eluates using this bioassay. SLs accumulation was always more in the roots of light-grown seedlings, it being maximum at 4 d stage. Although significant activity of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD, the enzyme critical for SL biosynthesis) was detected in 2 d old seedling roots, SLs remained undetectable in cotyledons at all stages of development and also in the roots of 2 d old light and dark-grown seedlings. Roots of light-grown seedlings showed maximum CCD activity during early (2 d) stage of development, thereby confirming photomodulation of enzyme activity. These observations indicate the migration of a probable light-sensitized signaling molecule (yet to be identified) or a SL precursor from light exposed aerial parts to the seedling roots maintained in dark. Thus, a photomodulation and migration of SL precursor/s is evident from the present work.
MAP Policy (art) brief: Arts-based methods for youth-led delivery of the Social Science curriculum
Creators: name: Adhikari, Juhi
name: Tamang, Ramila
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: L900 - Others in social studies
W900 - Others in creative arts & design
X900 - Others in education

description: Youth researchers in the MAP project in Nepal explored the creation of policy briefs in an artistic way, called a policy (art) brief. This policy (art) brief highlights the use of arts-based methods in delivering the social science curriculum to young people, particularly in grades 6-8.
Supporting Virtualization-Aware Security Solutions Using a Systematic Approach to Overcome the Semantic Gap
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Amani S.
name: Hamlyn-Harris, James
name: Grundy, John
name: Almorsy, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 460403
subject: Data security and protection
classificationCode: 460405
subject: Hardware security
classificationCode: 460406
subject: Software and application security
classificationCode: 460407
subject: System and network security
classificationCode: 460610
subject: Operating systems

description: A prerequisite to implementing virtualization-aware security solutions is to solve the 'semantic gap' problem. Current approaches require a deep knowledge of the kernel data to manually solve the semantic gap. However, kernel data is very complex; an Operating System (OS) kernel contains thousands of data structures that have direct and indirect (pointer) relations between each other with no explicit integrity constraints. This complexity makes it impractical to use manual methods. In this paper, we present a new solution to systematically and efficiently solve the semantic gap for any OS, without any prior knowledge of the OS. We present: (i) KDD, a tool that systematically builds a precise kernel data definition for any C-based OS such as Windows and Linux. KDD generates this definition by performing points-to analysis on the kernel's source code to disambiguate the pointer relations. (ii) SVA, a security appliance that solves the semantic gap based on the generated definition, to systematically and externally map the virtual machines' physical memory and extract the runtime dynamic objects. We have implemented prototypes for KDD and SVA, and have performed different experiments to prove their effectiveness..
Synthesis and biological evaluation of thiophosphate tricyclic coumarin derivatives as steroid sulfatase inhibitors
Creators: name: Kozak, Witold
name: Daśko, Mateusz
name: Masłyk, Maciej
name: Bartłomiej Gielniewski
name: Rachon, Janusz
name: Demkowicz, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Steroid sulfatase (STS) enzyme inhibition is an important approach to the management of hormone-dependent breast cancer. In this paper, we report convenient methods for the synthesis and biological evaluation of thiophosphate tricyclic coumarin analogs exhibiting STS activity. The described methods are based on the straightforward preparation of 7-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]chromen-2-one, 3-hydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-one, and 3-hydroxy-8,9,10,11-tetrahydro-7H-cyclohepta[c]chromen-6-one and their further modification by the introduction of various thiophosphate moieties. The inhibition properties of the synthesized compounds were tested toward STS isolated from human placenta. Most of the new STS inhibitors possessed good to moderate activity toward STS. During the course of our investigation, the largest inhibitory effects in the STS enzyme assays were observed for the two compounds 3f and 4r, with IC50 values of 13.3 and 30.3 μM, respectively (the IC50 value of 1 μM for the 665-COUMATE was used as a reference). The structure–activity relationships of the synthesized coumarin derivatives toward STS enzymes are discussed.
A comparison of solution and solid state coordination environments for calcium(II), zirconium(IV), cadmium(II) and mercury(II) complexes with dipicolinic acid and methylimidazole derivatives
Creators: name: Rudbari, Hadi Amiri
name: Bruno, Giuseppe
name: Ghadermazi, Mohammad
name: Derikvand, Zohreh
name: Mahmouidiazar, Zahra
name: Shahnejat, Elham
name: Ardeshir Shokrollahi
name: Nasiri, Sara
name: Naderi, Parisa Mehdizadeh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Four new supramolecular compounds, (2-mimH)[Ca(pydcH)3][Ca(pydcH2)(pydc)(H2O)2]·4H2O (1), (1-mimH)2[Zr(pydc)3] (2), (2-mimH)2[Cd(pydc)2]·8H2O (3), and (2-mimH)2[Hg(pydc)2]·8H2O (4) [where pydcH2 = pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (dipicolinic acid), 1-mim = 1-methylimidazole, and 2-mim = 2-methylimidazole], have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, spectroscopic techniques (IR, UV–vis, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR), thermal (TG/DTG/DTA) analysis as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction. All four compounds are proton-transfer salts of the methylimidazolium cations and metal complex anions that crystallized from a solution of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, methylimidazole, metal nitrates or chlorides as starting materials. The coordinating dicarboxylic acid is deprotonated at the carboxyl group and methylimidazole is protonated to balance the charge. In the crystal structures of 1–4, hydrogen bonding and π–π stacking play important roles. Water clusters are formed in 1, 3, and 4. The equilibrium constants of dipicolinic acid (pydc) and methylimidazole derivatives (1-mim and 2-mim), pydc-2-mim, pydc-1-mim proton-transfer systems as well as those of their complexes were investigated by a potentiometric pH titration method. The stoichiometries of most of the complex species in solution were very similar to the cited crystalline metal ion complexes.
MAP Policy (art) brief: Youth researchers as generational "translators" in educational policy
Creators: name: Adhikari, Juhi
name: Shrestha, Neharika
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: L900 - Others in social studies
W900 - Others in creative arts & design
X900 - Others in education

description: Youth researchers in the MAP project in Nepal explored the creation of policy briefs in an artistic way, called a policy (art) brief. This policy (art) brief highlights the role of youth researchers in bridging the gap between their peers (students) and educational authorities and policymakers within the education system.
Surface patterning by ripples using femtosecond laser for sensing and opto-fluidics
Creators: name: Buividas, Richard
name: Day, Daniel J.
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
name: Stockman, Mark I.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Ripples on silicon have been fabricated by femtosecond laser ablation to minimize Si removal and to achieve a flat (not a groove-like) coverage of extended millimeter size areas for nano-/micro-fluidic applications. Such flat ripple-covered regions were found to control flow and wetting properties of water. Depending on orientation of ripples the flow speed of a 1 µl water droplet can be changed from 1.6 to 9.1 mm/s. Gold-coated ripples on sapphire are demonstrated as an excellent SERS substrate with more than one order-of-magnitude larger sensitivity and superior reproducibility a,.., compared to the commercial SER.S substrates; SERS signal on the ripples was more than 15 times higher and more than 2 times more uniform as compared to Klarite substrate at 633 mn excitation wavelength. It was shown that ripples can also be fabricated on thin transparent conducting indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings of 45 mn thickness. The electrical resistance can be controlled by orientation and area fraction of ripples. Applications on miniaturized heaters for incubation and micro-chemistry chambers on lab-on-chip and electrowetting are discussed along with potential applications in orientational flows, self-assembly of micro-chips, and sensing.
Chanos chanos
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Gonorynchiformes
Chanidae
Chanos
Chanos chanos

description: 23. Chanos chanos (Fabricius, 1775)
Common name. Milkfish
Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil chanos Fabricius in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775: 74, xiv [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea (not Mediterranean Sea); holotype: ZMUC P17154 (dry skin)].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Randall (2005: 60, fig.).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris, Persis, Hormuz, Makran.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates, 451-Northern Hormuz Drainages, 701-Baluchistan.
Status in Iran. [Native].—Khame mahi.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: None.
Conservation. —IUCN: LC.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Uptake of Environmental Schemes: An analysis of the farm business survey 2016-2021
Creators: name: Andrew, Barnes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Agricultural transition is a key pillar of Scotland’s post-Brexit framework for support of farmers.  The proposed support framework outlines a greater commitment to reward environmental benefits in line with food production.  Understanding why some farmers choose to commit to greater environmental enhancement will be of increasing interest to policy makers who wish to embed nature based and climate enhancing goals within future support policy.

We use the Farm Business Survey (FBS), for the period 2016-2021, and aggregate environmental payments (these cover such aspects as farmland management options, such as management of woodland and wetland).  We explore uptake of environmental payments per standard labour requirement against a number of variables between 2016-2021.

·         Around 60% of the farms in the FBS have received some environmental payment under pillar 2 but there are wide variances in payment across SLR within farms of the whole FBS cohort.

 ·         Indicators of innovation, information seeking and farm tenancies are drivers of high environmental payments per SLR on farms. 

 ·         Farm family life cycle factors have an influence, though succession plans tend to focus on embedding agricultural production, whereas as the farmers reach planned retirement, they tend to increase the intensity of environmental payments.
Cobitis avicennae Mousavi
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cobitidae
Cobitis
Cobitis avicennae

description: 24. Cobitis avicennae Mousavi –Sabet, Vatandoust, Esmaeili, Geiger & Freyhof, 2015
Common name. Zagros spined loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis avicennae Mousavi – Sabet, Vatandoust, Esmaeili, Geiger & Freyhof, 2015: 562, figs. 3–7 [Hamedan Province, Gamasiab River at Dehno, a tributary to Karkheh, 34°10’15"N, 48°21’19"E, altitude 1610 meters, Iran; holotype: GUIC CC1462 MA].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Mousavi–Sabet et al. (2015: figs. 3–7).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates, 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates.
Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Ebne Sina.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran materials: GUIC, ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Organic Amendments with Plant Growth Promoting Fungi Support Paddy Cultivation in Sodic Soil
Creators: name: Manjul Gupta
name: Srivastava, Pankaj Kumar
name: Singh, Suman B.
name: Singh, Nandita
name: Tewari, Shri Krishna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Medicine

description: Excessive sodium content in sodic soils is an important limiting factor for cultivation of agricultural crops. The present study was conducted to explore the influence of a novel organic amendment (SFOA) along with use of plant growth promoting fungi (PGPF) on soil properties and growth/yield of Oryza sativa L. The combined application of PGPF and SFOA increased total organic carbon (TOC) (0.62%) and decrease the exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) (15.6%) of soil more significantly from 0.56% (TOC) and 30.1% (ESP), respectively compared to SFOA alone treatment. The combined application reduced soil bulk density, pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and improved soil enzymatic activities. A significant negative correlation was observed between grain yield with soil ESP and bulk density (r =—0.728, and—0.789, respectively). This study showed that the combined treatment of PGPF and SFOA could enhance the potential of organic amendments for alleviating salt stress in rice.
Chironomus ramosus larvae exhibit DNA damage control in response to gamma radiation
Creators: name: Kailas D. Datkhile
name: Gaikwad, Pallavi S.
name: Ghaskadbi, Saroj S.
name: Mukhopadhyaya, Rita
name: Bimalendu B. Nath
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Purpose: Chironomus ramosus is one of the recently reported radiotolerant insects. Salivary gland cells of fourth instar larvae respond to ionizing radiations with increases in the levels of antioxidant enzymes and chaperone proteins. Here we made an attempt to study the state of nuclear DNA after exposure of larvae to a lethal dose for 20% of the population (LD20) of gamma radiation (2200 Gy, at a dose rate 5.5 Gy/min).Materials and methods: Genomic DNA preparations were subjected to competitive ELISA (Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) for detection of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) to monitor any radiation-induced damage. Single salivary gland cells were subjected to alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (ASCGE), comet assay and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to check for DNA double-strand breaks.Results: Results from all four experimental procedures confirmed damage of nucleobases and fragmentation of nuclear DNA immediately after radiation. Some 48 h after radiation exposure, modified 8-oxodG residues returned to basal level, homodispersity of genomic DNA reappeared, the length of comet tail regressed significantly (ASCGE) and PFGE pattern matched with that of high molecular weight unirradiated DNA.Conclusion: Chironomus ramosus larvae showed control of DNA damage as observed over 48 h in post irradiation recovery which could be attributed to their ability to tolerate gamma radiation stress.
title: Evaluation of Peptide Assimilation in Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells
Creators: name: Castellano, John M.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1984

description:
The dipeptides glycyl-L-(3H)-leucine and L-phenylalanyl-L-(3H)-leucine were synthesized in radioactive form and utilized in the analysis of peptide transport and hydrolysis by Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. The tumor cells were cultured in the abdominal cavity of CF-1 albino mice and harvested into sterile isotonic buffer for all experimental analyses.

The results of this study reveal that the tumor cells rapidly accumulate radiolabel when incubated with the above mentioned peptides, but that the peptide is most probably hydrolyzed extracellularly and free L-(3)-leucine transported. This hypothesis is based on the observations of reduction in accumulation of radiolabel by free leucine, but not by other peptides, and that only L-(3H)-leucine is found intracellularly.

Extracellular and intracellular peptidase activities associated with the tumor cells are high. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with "in situ” activity staining revealed six major bands of peptidase activity in the cytoplasmic component. The non-fractionated extracellular peptidase activity hydrolyzed all peptides tested except for those peptides containing beta-alanyl residues.
Cobitis linea
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cobitidae
Cobitis
Cobitis linea

description: 26. Cobitis linea (Heckel, 1849)
Common name. Persepolis/Kor spined loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Acanthopsis linea Heckel, 1847: 267 [Creeks at Persepolis, Iran; Syntypes: NMW 48560 or 48450 (7)].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Freyhof et al. (2018: 24, fig. 18).
Distribution in Iran.— Distribution in River Basin: Kor River.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.
Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Kor.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: NMW, ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Thermal imaging of a heat transport in regions structured by femtosecond laser
Creators: name: Morikawa, Junko
name: Hayakawa, Eita
name: Hashimoto, Toshimasa
name: Buividas, Richard
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A non-contact determination of thermal diffusivity and spatial distribution of temperature on tens-of-micrometers scale is demonstrated by thermal imaging. Temperature localization and a heat flow have been in situ monitored with ∼ 10 ms temporal resolution in Kapton polymer films structured by femtosecond laser pulses. The structured regions can localize temperature and create strong thermal gradients of few degrees over tens-of-micrometers (∼ 0.1 K/μm). This is used to induce an anisotropy in a heat transport. Temperature changes on the order of ∼ 0.1°C were reliably detected and spatial spreading by diffusion was monitored using Fourier analysis. Application potential, miniaturization prospects, and emissivity changes induced by laser structuring of materials are discussed.
title: Carte des sols
title: Carte des sols
Creators: name: :Unkn
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Pédologie
subject: Sols

description: Cartographie
description: BESM-carto_1961-90-p136_90-01
description: 136
description: 90
description: Bulletin économique et social du Maroc
description: Source: Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), Bibliothèque nationale du Royaume du Maroc (BNRM)
description: Source: Bulletin économique et social du Maroc
description: Source: Bulletin économique et social du Maroc (BESM) > BESM (Cartographie)
description: Relation: https://cinumed.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/idurl/1/81972
description: Coverage: Maroc
description: Coverage: XXe siècle
description: Temporal: XXe siècle
description: Bibliographic citation: « Carte des sols », In Bulletin économique et social du Maroc (BESM), n° 90, 1961
description: Provenance: Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), Bibliothèque nationale du Royaume du Maroc (BNRM)
description: Provenance: https://cinumed.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/
High light-directing micrometer-sized parabolic mirror arrays
Creators: name: Yan, Wensheng
name: Hossain, Md Muntasir
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Excellent light-directing abilities are demonstrated by well-designed three-dimensional micrometer-sized parabolic mirrors that are fabricated by direct laser writing and subsequent surface coating of titanium and silver. The full-width at half-maximum of the measured light divergence for the mirrors with different geometries is much less than 20 μm, even when the height is up to 130 μm. These results are beneficial for developing highly collimating light-emitting diodes. The simulation for the mirrors reveals that the electric field intensity distribution is highly confined toward the central axis of the mirrors, which is consistent with the experimental results.
A current control approach for an abnormal grid supplied ultra sparse Z-source matrix converter with a particle swarm optimization proportional-integral induction motor drive controller
Creators: name: Sebtahmadi, Seyed Sina
name: Azad, Hanieh Borhan
name: Islam, Didarul
name: Seyedmahmoudian, Mehdi
name: Horan, Ben
name: Mekhilef, Saad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A rotational d-q current control scheme based on a Particle Swarm Optimization-Proportional-Integral (PSO-PI) controller, is used to drive an induction motor (IM) through an Ultra Sparse Z-source Matrix Converter (USZSMC). To minimize the overall size of the system, the lowest feasible values of Z-source elements are calculated by considering the both timing and aspects of the circuit. A meta-heuristic method is integrated to the control system in order to find optimal coefficient values in a single multimodal problem. Henceforth, the effect of all coefficients in minimizing the total harmonic distortion (THD) and balancing the stator current are considered simultaneously. Through changing the reference point of magnitude or frequency, the modulation index can be automatically adjusted and respond to changes without heavy computational cost. The focus of this research is on a reliable and lightweight system with low computational resources. The proposed scheme is validated through both simulation and experimental results.
Sustainable mobility for heavy freight vehicles
Creators: name: Hassan, Rayya
name: McManus, Kerry
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Mobilisation of heavy freight vehicles in a sustainable manner requires providing accessibility and a well-defined, safe and smooth road network that allows short travel times to minimise the carbon foot print of heavy transport system. Road surface roughness affects the comfort of the driver and increases user costs in terms of vehicle operating costs and travel time. Achieving a smooth road network requires adopting appropriate maintenance and rehabilitation strategies. The latter requires the use of appropriate intervention criteria in terms of intervention measures and treatments. This paper describes the development and validation of a profile-based roughness measure referred to as the Heavy Articulated Truck Index (HATI). HATI can be used to identify road sections providing poor ride quality for heavy transport operators. The effectiveness of HATI as a measure of pavement damage due to dynamic wheel loads is also investigated. Adopting HATI and the other diagnostic measures proposed herein help road authorities implement appropriate maintenance strategies to ensure the sustainability of their pavement assets and reduce emissions generated by heavy and light vehicles, in addition to providing acceptable level of service to all road users.
Zirconium, calcium, and strontium contents in magnesium based biodegradable alloys modulate the efficiency of implant-induced osseointegration
Creators: name: Mushahary, Dolly
name: Sravanthi, Ragamouni
name: Li, Yuncang
name: Kumar, Mahesh J.
name: Harishankar, Nemani
name: Hodgson, Peter D.
name: Wen, Cuie
name: Pande, Gopal
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Development of new biodegradable implants and devices is necessary to meet the increasing needs of regenerative orthopedic procedures. An important consideration while formulating new implant materials is that they should physicochemically and biologically mimic bone-like properties. In earlier studies, we have developed and characterized magnesium based biodegradable alloys, in particular magnesium-zirconium (Mg-Zr) alloys. Here we have reported the biological properties of four Mg-Zr alloys containing different quantities of strontium or calcium. The alloys were implanted in small cavities made in femur bones of New Zealand White rabbits, and the quantitative and qualitative assessments of newly induced bone tissue were carried out. A total of 30 experimental animals, three for each implant type, were studied, and bone induction was assessed by histological, immunohistochemical and radiological methods; cavities in the femurs with no implants and observed for the same period of time were kept as controls. Our results showed that Mg-Zr alloys containing appropriate quantities of strontium were more efficient in inducing good quality mineralized bone than other alloys. Our results have been discussed in the context of physicochemical and biological properties of the alloys, and they could be very useful in determining the nature of future generations of biodegradable orthopedic implants.
CDP++.Italian: Modelling Sublexical and Supralexical Inconsistency in a Shallow Orthography
Creators: name: Perry, Conrad
name: Ziegler, Johannes C.
name: Zorzi, Marco
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 520401
subject: Cognition

description: Most models of reading aloud have been constructed to explain data in relatively complex orthographies like English and French. Here, we created an Italian version of the Connectionist Dual Process Model of Reading Aloud (CDP++) to examine the extent to which the model could predict data in a language which has relatively simple orthography-phonology relationships but is relatively complex at a suprasegmental (word stress) level. We show that the model exhibits good quantitative performance and accounts for key phenomena observed in naming studies, including some apparently contradictory findings. These effects include stress regularity and stress consistency, both of which have been especially important in studies of word recognition and reading aloud in Italian. Overall, the results of the model compare favourably to an alternative connectionist model that can learn non-linear spelling-to-sound mappings. This suggests that CDP++ is currently the leading computational model of reading aloud in Italian, and that its simple linear learning mechanism adequately captures the statistical regularities of the spelling-to-sound mapping both at the segmental and supra-segmental levels.
Near state vector selection-based model predictive control with common mode voltage mitigation for a three-phase four-leg inverter
Creators: name: Dadu, Abdul
name: Mekhilef, Saad
name: Soon, Tey Kok
name: Seyedmahmoudian, Mehdi
name: Horan, Ben
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A high computational burden is required in conventional model predictive control, as all of the voltage vectors of a power inverter are used to predict the future behavior of the system. Apart from that, the common mode voltage (CMV) of a three-phase four-leg inverter utilizes up to half of the DC-link voltage due to the use of all of the available voltage vectors. Thus, this paper proposes a near state vector selection-based model predictive control (NSV-MPC) scheme to mitigate the CMV and reduce computational burden. In the proposed technique, only six active voltage vectors are used in the predictive model, and the vectors are selected based on the position of the future reference vector. In every sampling period, the position of the reference current is used to detect the voltage vectors surrounding the reference voltage vector. Besides the six active vectors, one of the zero vectors is also used. The proposed technique is compared with the conventional control scheme in terms of execution time, CMV variation, and load current ripple in both simulation and an experimental setup. The LabVIEW Field programmable gate array rapid prototyping controller is used to validate the proposed control scheme experimentally, and demonstrate that the CMV can be bounded within one-fourth of the DC-link voltage.
Automated analysis of performance and energy consumption for cloud applications
Creators: name: Chen, Fei Fei
name: Grundy, John
name: Schneider, Jean-Guy
name: Yang, Yun
name: He, Qiang
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In cloud environments, IT solutions are delivered to users via shared infrastructure. One consequence of this model is that large cloud data centres consume large amounts of energy and produce significant carbon footprints. A key objective of cloud providers is thus to develop resource provisioning and management solutions at minimum energy consumption while still guaranteeing Service Level Agreements (SLAs). However, a thorough understanding of both system performance and energy consumption patterns in complex cloud systems is imperative to achieve a balance of energy efficiency and acceptable performance. In this paper, we present StressCloud, a performance and energy consumption analysis tool for cloud systems. StressCloud can automatically generate load tests and profile system performance and energy consumption data. Using StressCloud, we have conducted extensive experiments to profile and analyse system performance and energy consumption with different types and mixes of runtime tasks. We collected finegrained energy consumption and performance data with different resource allocation strategies, system configurations and workloads. The experimental results show the correlation coefficients of energy consumption, system resource allocation strategies and workload, as well as the performance of the cloud applications. Our results can be used to guide the design and deployment of cloud applications to balance energy and performance requirements.
Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cobitidae
Cobitis
Cobitis faridpaki

description: 25. Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet, Vasil'eva, Vatandoust & Vasil'ev, 2011
Common name. Siahrud spined loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet, Vasil'eva, Vatandoust & Vasil'ev, 2011: 928, figs. 2-4 [Siahrud River, Mazandaran region, 36°26'85.05"N, 52°56'70.08"E, northern Iran, elevation 83 meters; holotype: GUIC CC1403 MA].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Mousavi-Sabet et al. (2011: 928, fig. 2).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea, Namak Lake.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450-Turan Plain, 446-Caspian Highlands, 447-Namak.
Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Faridpaki.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: GUIC, ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Gossypetin ameliorates ionizing radiation-induced oxidative stress in mice liver—a molecular approach
Creators: name: Khan, Amitava
name: Krishnendu Manna
name: Dipesh Kr Das
name: Swaraj Bandhu Kesh
name: Mahuya Sinha
name: Das, Ujjal
name: Sushobhan Biswas
name: Aaveri Sengupta
name: Kunal Sikder
name: Datta, Sanjukta
name: Ghosh, Mahua
name: Anindita Chakrabarty
name: Asoke Banerji
name: Sanjit Dey
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Radioprotective action of gossypetin (GTIN) against gamma (γ)-radiation-induced oxidative stress in liver was explored in the present article. Our main aim was to evaluate the protective efficacy of GTIN against radiation-induced alteration of liver in murine system. To evaluate the effect of GTIN, it was orally administered to mice at a dose of 30 mg/kg body weight for three consecutive days prior to γ-radiation at a dose of 5 Gy. Radioprotective efficacy of GTIN were evaluated at physiological, cellular, and molecular level using biochemical analysis, comet assay, flow cytometry, histopathology, immunofluorescence, and immunoblotting techniques. Ionizing radiation was responsible for augmentation of hepatic oxidative stress in terms of lipid peroxidation and depletion of endogenous antioxidant enzymes. Immunoblotting and immunofluorescence studies showed that irradiation enhanced the nuclear translocation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) level, which leads to hepatic inflammation. To investigate further, we found that radiation induced the activation of stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK)-mediated apoptotic pathway and deactivation of the NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-mediated redox signaling pathway, whereas GTIN pretreatment ameliorated these radiation-mediated effects. This is the novel report where GTIN rationally validated the molecular mechanism in terms of the modulation of cellular signaling system’ instead of ‘ This is the novel report where GTIN is rationally validated in molecular terms to establish it as promising radioprotective agents. This might be fruitful especially for nuclear workers and defense personnel assuming the possibility of radiation exposure.
title: Atlas des DOM. - La Réunion - Planche 22 : Équipements agricoles : notice, page 1 "I. Les organismes d'aide" et "II. Les équipements agricoles"
Creators: name: Benoist, Aimé
name: Defos du Rau, Jean
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2017
Subjects: agriculture
aide financière
eau potable
intrant agricole
machinisme agricole
matériel agricole
mise en valeur du sol
motorisation agricole
mécanisation agricole
politique agricole
société de développement rural
économie rurale
électrification
équipement agricole

description: Présente les aides financières allouées par les organismes officiels et les sociétés d'économie mixtes et organismes assimilés. Présente les équipements agricoles mécaniques et les autres (produits chimiques, électrification et eau potable). Un tableau et un graphique appuient ces propos : un tableau donne les dépenses agricoles et forestière pendant le Vème plan de 1966 à 1970, un graphique en courbes montre l'évolution des travaux de la Régie de Mécanoculture de 1956 à 1970.
description: Relation: http://www.nakala.fr/data/11280/b4b3451f
description: Relation: http://www.nakala.fr/data/11280/bccea12b
description: Coverage: La Réunion
description: Temporal: start=1956; end=1970;
Hazard estimation with bivariate survival data and copula density estimation
Creators: name: Gu, Chong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics

description: Bivariate survival function can be expressed as the composition of marginal survival functions and a bivariate copula, and consequently, one may estimate bivariate hazard functions via marginal hazard estimation and copula density estimation. Leveraging on earlier developments on penalized likelihood density and hazard estimation, a nonparametric approach to bivariate hazard estimation is being explored in this artical. The new ingredient here is the nonparametric estimation of copula density, a subject of interest by itself, and to accommodate survival data one needs to allow for censoring and truncation in the setting. A simple copularization process is implemented to convert density estimates into copula densities, and a cross-validation scheme is devised for density estimation under censoring and truncation. Empirical performances of the techniques are investigated through simulation studies, and potential applications are illustrated using real-data examples and open-source software.
Alcohol mixed with energy drinks: Methodology and design of the Utrecht Student Survey
Creators: name: de Haan, Lydia
name: de Haan, Hein A.
name: Olivier, Berend
name: Verster, Joris
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper describes the methodology of the Utrecht Student Survey. This online survey was conducted in June 2011 by 6002 students living in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The aim of the survey was to determine the potential impact of mixing alcoholic beverages with energy drinks on overall alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences. In contrast to most previous surveys conducted on this topic, the current survey used a more appropriate within-subject design, comparing the alcohol consumption of individuals who consume alcohol mixed with energy drinks on occasions. Specifically, a comparison was conducted to examine the occasions during which these individuals consume this mixture versus occasions during which they consume alcohol alone. In addition to energy drinks, the consumption of other non-alcoholic mixers was also assessed when combined with alcoholic beverages. Furthermore, the reasons for consuming energy drinks alone or in combination with alcohol were investigated, and were compared to reasons for mixing alcohol with other non-alcoholic beverages. Finally, personality characteristics and the level of risk-taking behavior among the individuals were also assessed to explore their relationship with alcohol consumption. The Utrecht Student Survey will be replicated in the USA, Australia, and the UK. Results will be pooled, but also examined for possible cross-cultural differences.
Photomodulation of strigolactone biosynthesis and accumulation during sunflower seedling growth
Creators: name: Niharika Bharti
name: Tripathi, Smita
name: Bhatla, Satish Chander
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Physiology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Present investigations report the presence of strigolactones (SLs) and photomodulation of their biosynthesis in sunflower seedlings (roots, cotyledons and first pair of leaves) during early phase of seedling development. Qualitative analyses and characterization by HPLC, ESI-MS and FT-IR revealed the presence of more than one type of SLs. Orobanchyl acetate was detected both in roots and leaves. 5-deoxystrigol, sorgolactone and orobanchol were exclusively detected in seedling roots. Sorgomol was detectable only in leaves. HPLC eluted fraction from seedling roots and leaves co-chromatographing with GR24 (a synthetic SL) could also bring about germination in Orobanche cernua (a weed) seeds, which are established to exhibit SL - mediated germination, thereby indicating the SL identity of the eluates using this bioassay. SLs accumulation was always more in the roots of light-grown seedlings, it being maximum at 4 d stage. Although significant activity of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD, the enzyme critical for SL biosynthesis) was detected in 2 d old seedling roots, SLs remained undetectable in cotyledons at all stages of development and also in the roots of 2 d old light and dark-grown seedlings. Roots of light-grown seedlings showed maximum CCD activity during early (2 d) stage of development, thereby confirming photomodulation of enzyme activity. These observations indicate the migration of a probable light-sensitized signaling molecule (yet to be identified) or a SL precursor from light exposed aerial parts to the seedling roots maintained in dark. Thus, a photomodulation and migration of SL precursor/s is evident from the present work.
СВЯЗЬ МЕЖДУ '1984' ОРУЭЛЛА И НАШЕЙ РЕАЛЬНОСТЬЮ
Creators: name: Вахидова, Фатима
name: Галузина, Варвара
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В этом исследовании исследуется поразительное сходство между социально-политическим климатом XXI века и романом-антиутопией Джорджа Оруэлла "1984". Пророческое эссе Оруэлла, опубликованное в 1949 году, описывало тоталитарное государство, которое манипулировало информацией, подавляло оппозицию и поддерживало повсеместную слежку. В этом реферате исследуются тревожные параллели между реальным миром и научно-фантастическим фильмом "1984", исследуются последствия для личных свобод, авторитета государства и влияния технологий на социальные стандарты.
Cobitis saniae Eagderi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Jalili, Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili 2017
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cobitidae
Cobitis
Cobitis saniae

description: 27. Cobitis saniae Eagderi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Jalili, Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2017
Common name. Sania’s spined loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis saniae Eagderi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Jalili, Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2017: 51, figs. 2-9, 11b, 12c, 13 [Bara Goor River a tributary of Sefid River, near Emamzadeh Hashem, Caspian Sea basin, Guilan province, Iran, 37°00'11"N, 49°37'49"E; holotype: IMNRF-UT-1091].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Eagderi et al. (2017: 51, fig. 2).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages.
Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Sania.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: IMNRF.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE (2023).
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
5 Recommendations to Help Your Organization Manage Technical Debt.
Creators: name: Ozkaya, Ipek
name: O'Hearn, Brigid
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Software Engineering

description: The fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Section 835, “Independent Study on Technical Debt in Software-Intensive Systems,” required the Secretary of Defense to engage a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) “to study technical debt in software-intensive systems.” To satisfy this requirement and lead this work, the Department of Defense (DoD) selected the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Software Engineering Institute (SEI), which is a recognized leader in the practice of managing technical debt. According to NDAA Section 835, the purpose of the study was to provide, among other things, analyses and recommendations on quantitative measures for assessing technical debt, current and best practices for measuring and managing technical debt and its associated costs, and practices for reducing technical debt. Our team spent more than a year conducting the independent study. The report we produced describes the conduct of the study, summarizes the technical trends observed, and presents the resulting recommendations. In this SEI Blog post, we summarize several recommendations that apply to the DoD and other development organizations seeking to analyze, manage, and reduce technical debt. You can find a complete discussion of the study methodology, findings, and recommendations in the SEI’s Report to the Congressional Defense Committees on National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 Section 835 Independent Study on Technical Debt in Software-Intensive Systems.