cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Supplemental material for Linking migraine frequency with family history of migraine
Creators: name: Pelzer, Nadine
name: Louter, Mark A
name: Zwet, Erik W Van
name: Nyholt, Dale R
name: Ferrari, Michel D
name: Maagdenberg, Arn MJM Van Den
name: Haan, Joost
name: Terwindt, Gisela M
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material for Linking migraine frequency with family history of migraine by Nadine Pelzer, Mark A Louter, Erik W van Zwet, Dale R Nyholt, Michel D Ferrari, Arn MJM van den Maagdenberg, Joost Haan and Gisela M Terwindt in Cephalalgia
title: A grammatical study of the dialogue passages of the novel, "Nga Ba," by Maung Htin.
Creators: name: Tun Myint, Maung
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1971

description: The introductory chapter includes a short account of the author and his novel Nga Ba, with a brief study on the development of the Burmese novel. It also includes the type of transliteration used, and a statement about the theories on which this thesis is based. The second chapter describes the types of sentences, i.e. Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences and their constituents, i.e. dependent clauses, independent clauses; sentence final particles or clusters of particles together with the sentence final intonation contours. The third chapter describes the types of clauses, i.e. dependent and independent clauses and their constituents, i.e. noun groups, verb groups and clause markers. The fourth chapter describes the non-basic constituents, i.e. vocatives and exclamations and their structures; and,optional constituents, i.e. adjuncts - locative and temporal adjuncts and their structures. The fifth chapter includes the types of groups, i.e. noun groups and verb groups and their constituents nouns, verbs, post-noun particles and post-verb particles. The sub-types of groups, i.e. co-ordinate noun groups, item appositive noun groups and the verb groups with rank-shifted noun and verb groups as their constituents together with the connectors, suffixes are also included. The sixth chapter discusses words and word-classes, i.e. simple, complex and compound nouns, verbs and particles. Their sub-classes, i.e. pronouns, post-noun particles, post-verb particles, sentence final particles, nominalizing psirticles and interjections are also discussed.
title: A grammatical analysis of the Panjabi finite verbal phrase as exemplified from 'Gusal khana te hor lekh'.
Creators: name: Puar, Joginder S.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1972

description: In this thesis I have attempted to present a grammatical analysis of the finite verbal phrase in literary Panjabi with the material divided into four chapters. After the acknowledgements and contents the introductory chapter provides background information about the Panjabi language, Perso-Arabic, and Gurumukhi scripts, the system of transliteration, including historical outline of Panjabi language and literature and the previous work done in the field of grammar. The terms lexeme, suffix lexeme, and finite and non-finite(verbal phrase and verbal forms) are defined on the basis of the formal and functional approach adopted in this study. The second chapter deals the verbal phrase in its relations with such larger units as sentence and clause. The clause categories represented in the verbal phrase are here discussed in detial with special attention to non-honorific and honorific clauses. The chapter is concluded with an exhaustive list of types of clause structure involving the verbal phrase. The morphology of the verbal forms of the finite verbal phrase is discussed in the third chapter. It includes the classification of verbal forms into non-finite and finite, and of verbs into vowel-root and consonant-root verbs. Non-causative and causative, one-word and two-word, double verb and conjunct verb are defined. Verbal forms that inflect for the same categories, i.e number, gender, and person are grouped together; and the morphology of these five groups is described. Finally the morphology of the verb complement HO and the auxiliary verb HEE is also given. The internal structure of the finite verbal phrase and its component categories, active and passive, and affirmative and negative, are discussed in the fourth chapter. The thesis concludes with a bibliography.
title: The role of indigenous woody species in "farmer-led" agricultural change in south east Nigeria, West Africa.
Creators: name: Dunn, Justine
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1996

description: This thesis examines the role of indigenous woody species in 'farmer-led' agricultural change in south east Nigeria. The study, carried out in parts of Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State, is set in the context of the recent trend among development professionals to stress the use of indigenous species and local knowledge in future development projects. Emphasising throughout the use of both indigenous knowledge and indigenous woody species, as well as participatory research techniques, the study comprised three main stages. The first stage was the selection of three study villages in different agroecological zones, one in a heavily forested area, one in a derived savanna area, and one in an area with little natural 'bush' remaining. Social surveys were carried out in the study villages to collect information concerning agricultural methods and problems, and the local use of woody species. The ethnobotanical results from this survey were documented and analysed, and the results were used in an examination of the impact of population density on the development of local natural resource management systems and indigenous agricultural innovation. Secondly, four indigenous woody species were selected in conjunction with the local communities, namely; Albizia zygia, Dialium guineense, Ridnodendron heudelotii and Uvaria chamae. A botanical study, including germination and growth trials in Calabar and phenological observations in the field, was conducted in relation to these four species. Finally, using the data collected during the social surveys, field trials and observations, an attempt was made to work with the villagers to develop ways in which some of the most pressing agricultural problems could be addressed using local knowledge and resources. As a result, a framework was developed for use in future rural development projects in the region, in an attempt to contribute to the current move by development professionals towards fuller community participation. Key words: agroforestry, indigenous woody species, 'farmer-led' innovation, germination trials, phenology, Albizia zygia, Dialium guineense, Ricinodendron heudelotii, Uvaria chamae, community participation, south east Nigeria.
Data from: Transinfection of Wolbachia wAlbB into Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes does not alter vector competence for Hawaiian avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum GRW4)
Creators: name: Kilpatrick, A. Marm
name: Seidl, Christa
name: White, Brad
name: Mitchell, Sara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: vector competence
Avian malaria
Wolbachia
cytoplasmic incompatibility

description: Avian malaria is expanding upslope with warmer temperatures and driving multiple species of Hawaiian birds towards extinction. Methods to reduce malaria transmission are urgently needed to prevent further declines. Releasing Wolbachia-infected incompatible male mosquitoes could suppress mosquito populations and releasing Wolbachia-infected female mosquitoes (or both sexes) could reduce pathogen transmission if the Wolbachia strain reduced vector competence. We cleared Culex quinquefasciatus of their natural Wolbachia pipientis wPip infection and transinfected them with Wolbachia wAlbB isolated from Aedes albopictus. We show that wAlbB infection was transmitted transovarially, and demonstrate cytoplasmic incompatibility with wild-type mosquitoes infected with wPip from Oahu and Maui, Hawaii. We measured vector competence for avian malaria, Plasmodium relictum, lineage GRW4, of seven mosquito lines (two with wAlbB; three with natural wPip infection, and two cleared of Wolbachia infection) by allowing them to feed on canaries infected with recently collected field isolates of Hawaiian P. relictum. We tested 73 groups (Ntotal = 1176) of mosquitoes for P. relictum infection in abdomens and thoraxes 6-14 days after feeding on a range of parasitemias from 0.028% to 2.49%, as well as a smaller subset of salivary glands. We found no measurable effect of Wolbachia on any endpoint, but strong effects of parasitemia, days post feeding, and mosquito strain on both abdomen and thorax infection prevalence. These results suggest that releasing male wAlbB-infected C. quinquefasciatus mosquitoes could suppress wPip-infected mosquito populations, but would have little positive or negative impact on mosquito vector competence for P. relictum if wAlbB became established in local mosquito populations. More broadly, the lack of Wolbachia effects on vector competence we observed highlights the variable impacts of both native and transinfected Wolbachia infections in mosquitoes.
description: Funding provided by: National Science FoundationROR ID: https://ror.org/021nxhr62Award Number: DEB-1717498
Funding provided by: National Science FoundationROR ID: https://ror.org/021nxhr62Award Number: DEB-1911853
Funding provided by: Verily Life SciencesCrossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100018044Award Number:
description: This dataset comes from a series of experiments with mosquitoes, wolbachia, and avian malaria.
Appendix_Table_1 – Supplemental material for The Impact of a New Triage and Booking System on Renal Clinic Wait Times
Creators: name: Poyah, Penelope S.
name: Tabassum Ata Quraishi
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, Appendix_Table_1 for The Impact of a New Triage and Booking System on Renal Clinic Wait Times by Penelope S. Poyah and Tabassum Ata Quraishi in Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
title: For money, children and peace : Everyday struggles in changing times in Ado-Odo, southwestern Nigeria.
Creators: name: Cornwall, Andrea
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1996

description: Owo, omo ati alafia (money, children and peace) play an Important part in the everyday struggles of women and men in Ado-Odo, a small town in southwestern Nigeria. Without money, alafia becomes all the more elusive, without children it is hard to be happy; alafia is less a goal to be actively pursued, than a state defined by an absence of difficulties and trouble. Owo, omo ati alafia are the things that women and men pray for and struggle to maintain. In this thesis, I explore the relational contexts in which their quests for money, children and peace take place. Discourses on women's behaviour in Ado-Odo present a powerful normative critique in which women and men of all ages are lively participants. Conjuring up unruly women who fail to obey their husbands, fight with his other wives and run after men and money, these discourses make reference to another time, 'the olden days', when women endured their marriages without complaint and knew their place. Discourses on the kinds of trouble that can disrupt the quest for money, children and peace implicate particular kinds of women as trouble-makers, invoking quite different models of gendered agency. Focusing on the relational positions that people occupy as subjects in different domains of association and at different points in their life courses, I take discourses on women as a starting point from which to explore the impact of social and economic change on gender relations in Ado-Odo. Situating my account historically and in the different domains of association within and between which people move in their everyday lives, I draw on narratives of change and the lived experiences of people of different generations. 1 explore what discourses on women's behaviour say about women and men, and about relationships between them and look at the ways in which trouble is made and averted, focusing on relationships between women. Exploring further some of the challenges of everyday struggles in changing times, 1 address issues of contingency, uncertainty and agency in the pursuit of owo and omo, and the means to find alafia.
Fabrication du tambourin provençal : choix et trempage des peaux.
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
Ultrahigh frequency primordial gravitational waves beyond the kHz: The case of cosmic strings
Creators: name: Servant, Géraldine
name: Simakachorn, Peera
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate gravitational-wave backgrounds (GWBs) of primordial origin that would manifest only at ultra-high frequencies, from kilohertz to 100 gigahertz, and leave no signal at either LIGO, Einstein Telescope, Cosmic Explorer, LISA, or pulsar-timing arrays. We focus on GWBs produced by cosmic strings and make predictions for the GW spectra scanning over high-energy scale (beyond $10^{10}$ GeV) particle physics parameters. Signals from local string networks can easily be as large as the Big Bang nucleosynthesis/cosmic microwave background bounds, with a characteristic strain as high as $10^{-26}$ in the 10 kHz band, offering prospects to probe grand unification physics in the $10^{14}-10^{17}$ GeV energy range. In comparison, GWB from axionic strings is suppressed (with maximal characteristic strain $\sim 10^{-31}$) due to the early matter era induced by the associated heavy axions. We estimate the needed reach of hypothetical futuristic GW detectors to probe such GWB and, therefore, the corresponding high-energy physics processes. Beyond the information of the symmetry-breaking scale, the high-frequency spectrum encodes the microscopic structure of the strings through the position of the UV cutoffs associated with cusps and kinks, as well as potential information about friction forces on the string. The IR slope, on the other hand, reflects the physics responsible for the decay of the string network. We discuss possible strategies for reconstructing the scalar potential, particularly the scalar self-coupling, from the measurement of the UV cutoff of the GW spectrum.
description: 15 pages 10 figures + appendices: 3 pages, 4 figures; Version published in PRD. General clarifications and Appendix C discussing GWB from segments added
title: The INFL constituent in the Mundani language.
Creators: name: Magba, Elizabeth A.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1995

description: The thesis is a syntactic study of the Inflectional constituent (INFL) in Mundani, a Grassfields Bantu language of the Mbam-Nkam subgroup, spoken in the S.W. Province of the Republic of Cameroon. Chapter 1 briefly introduces the Mundani language and people; chapter 2 summarizes relevant aspects of the modular system of Universal Grammar known as Government and Binding (GB) theory that forms the basic theoretical framework of the study. In order to place the INFL constituent within its wider syntactic context, chapters 3 and A outline Mundani clause structure, including interrogatives, negation, and interesting deviations from basic SVO word order in Topic and Focus constructions. The INFL constituent itself is introduced in chapter 5, with two possibilities for syntactic analysis: (i) as a single split constituent; (ii) as two separate syntactic categories: TENSE projecting to TP, and AQR projecting to AgrP. The evidence favours the second approach, which is adopted as a basis for discussion. Chapters 6 and 7 detail the content and syntactic properties of the category TENSE, including the licensing of nodes in complex TENSE constituents composed of several elements; the content and syntax of the category AGP are dealt with in chapters 8 and 9. In the case of AGR, two distinct approaches can be adopted: one based on a GB account of Switch Reference (SR) languages; the other in terms of Control Theory. Although the latter offers a more satisfactory account of AGR in this instance, the fact that both approaches can be applied to the Mundani data provides insights into the parallelisms between SR and Control: notably, the binding relationships between two INFL components, the links existing between INFL, its Spec (subject) position and COMP, and the obligatory subject control resulting from these relationships. The concluding chapter 10 summarizes evidence to show that INFL is not a single functional category, but rather a complex of different kinds of functional category, each of which forms the head X of its own XP projection. Two problems remain partially unresolved. Firstly, there are difficulties in accounting satisfactorily for the "spread" of imperfective marking across "complex TENSE" and a following main verb. Secondly, the proposed analysis of Mundani INFL is an obstacle to a coherent account of realis/irrealis modal marking, which falls under either TENSE or AGR across three different construction types.
title: Chinese writing systems for visually impaired persons : Analysis and assessment.
Creators: name: Grotz, Jurgen-Ludwig
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1996

description: The purpose of this study is to analyse and assess Chinese writing systems for visually impaired persons. The study provides a general description of the Chinese character script, the reform of Chinese language and the reform of Chinese character script. It reviews past and contemporary Chinese writing systems for visually impaired persons and gives a general description of the currently used Chinese writing systems for visually impaired persons. The different Chinese writing systems for visually impaired persons are discussed and the nature of the relationship between speech and writing in Chinese is taken into account. The discussion concludes that change to the existing writing systems for visually impaired persons is essential in order to provide for the full and equal participation of visually impaired persons in Chinese society and culture. The theoretical possibilities for achievable and worthwhile improvements to the systems are assessed. The assessment is set in a wider context by taking into account developments in other societies, notably Japan and Korea, where there are similarities in problems associated with non-alphabetic scripts. Developments in communications and computer technology and their relationship to visually impaired users are also considered. The results of field research conducted in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Britain are used to put these assessments into perspective. The field research constituted a pilot study since no previous such studies had been made. It was concerned with visually impaired users' perceptions of Chinese script and Chinese writing systems for visually impaired persons. The thesis of this work is that significant improvements could be brought about by changing Chinese writing systems for visually impaired persons. Key issues for such improvements are identified and a framework for change is established. To illustrate the framework and the issues which might arise in its implementation 1000 Chinese characters have been encoded with Braille symbols but no attempt has been made to achieve a comprehensive encoding. This could and should be left to bodies in China, entrusted with the detailed elaboration and practical implementation of the changes.
title: The Hindi public sphere, 1920-1940.
Creators: name: Orsini, Francesca
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1996

description: The 1920s and 1930s were decades of momentous changes and expansion in the Hindi literary sphere In this period Hindi became an established public language in print, education and politics and struggled successfully to become the future national language of India. A market for Hindi literature was first created, journals provided venues for debate and literary expression as well as professional employment, genres and styles were explored in many new directions, and new voices emerged, importantly those of women writers. The nationalist movement, too, entered a new phase which emphasized popular publics and vernacular institutions. Through the concept of 'public sphere' as expounded by Jurgen Habermas and other political scientists, this thesis analyzes those changes at the levels of institutions, actors, discourses and, to a limited extent, of audiences in their proper context and in relation to each other. Chapter 2 explores changes in the literary sphere, both its expansion chiefly through the medium of journals, and its institutionalization through a linguistic and literary agenda in the education system. Chapter 3 analyzes historical debates and narratives in order to trace the consolidation and diffusion of a nationalist historical consciousness. Chapter 4 examines the development of women's journals and the space they provided for a critique of discrimination against women and their public access, and for the exploration of women's roles and emotionality. Chapter 5 focuses on the making of Hindi's claim to be the 'national language', the strategies employed and the exclusions operated in the process of its political affirmation. Chapter 6 explores the relationship between the literary and the political spheres focusing on the role of Hindi intellectuals and political leaders. The institutional authority gained in one sphere underwrote that gained in the other, it shall be argued, and gave credence to an official nationalism that does not reflect the complexity and variety of cultural imagination and literary practices in that period.
Top-Bottom Interference Contribution to Fully-Inclusive Higgs Production
Creators: name: Czakon, Michał
name: Eschment, Felix
name: Niggetiedt, Marco
name: Poncelet, Rene
name: Schellenberger, Tom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We evaluate the top-bottom interference contribution to the fully-inclusive Higgs production cross section at next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD. Although bottom-quark-mass effects are power-suppressed, the accuracy of state-of-the-art theory predictions makes an exact determination of this effect indispensable. The total effect of the interference at 13 TeV is $-1.99(1)^{+0.30}_{-0.15}$ pb, while the pure $\mathcal{O}(α_s^4)$ correction is 0.43 pb. With this result, we address one of the leading theory uncertainties of the cross section.
description: 6 pages, 1 table
GRIL-Calib: Targetless Ground Robot IMU-LiDAR Extrinsic Calibration Method using Ground Plane Motion Constraints
Creators: name: Kim, TaeYoung
name: Pak, Gyuhyeon
name: Kim, Euntai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Targetless IMU-LiDAR extrinsic calibration methods are gaining significant attention as the importance of the IMU-LiDAR fusion system increases. Notably, existing calibration methods derive calibration parameters under the assumption that the methods require full motion in all axes. When IMU and LiDAR are mounted on a ground robot the motion of which is restricted to planar motion, existing calibration methods are likely to exhibit degraded performance. To address this issue, we present GRIL-Calib: a novel targetless Ground Robot IMU-LiDAR Calibration method. Our proposed method leverages ground information to compensate for the lack of unrestricted full motion. First, we propose LiDAR Odometry (LO) using ground plane residuals to enhance calibration accuracy. Second, we propose the Ground Plane Motion (GPM) constraint and incorporate it into the optimization for calibration, enabling the determination of full 6-DoF extrinsic parameters, including theoretically unobservable direction. Finally, unlike baseline methods, we formulate the calibration not as sequential two optimizations but as a single optimization (SO) problem, solving all calibration parameters simultaneously and improving accuracy. We validate our GRIL-Calib by applying it to various real-world datasets and comparing its performance with that of existing state-of-the-art methods in terms of accuracy and robustness. Our code is available at https://github.com/Taeyoung96/GRIL-Calib.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
Antimycobacterial potential of green synthesized silver nano particles from selected Himalayan flora
Creators: name: Mahmood, Suman
name: Jannat, Sammyia
name: Shah, Asad Hussain
name: Fariq, Anila
name: Rasheed, Sajida
name: Wazeer, Akhlaaq
name: Salmen, Saleh H.
name: Ansari, Mohammad Javed
name: Qayyum, Abdul
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Year: 2024

description: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a persistent threat to human life and a challenge to global public health. The pathogen’s antibiotic
resistance has become a serious problem, prompting the development of nanotechnology-based medicines to prevent multidrug resistance in microorganisms. The present study aimed to synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), using leaves extracts of Achillea millefolium, Artemisia campestris and Hedera nepalensis to analyze their antimycobacterial potential. The biosynthesized silver nanoparticlesnwere harvested and characterized through UV visible spectroscopy,nField Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The FESEM analysis showed, that selected plant-based silver nanoparticles were spherical in shape with a diameter ranging from 50 nm to 80 nm. Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy revealed that constitute elements of silver nanoparticles are Ag, C, O, Cl and Ca. The biosynthesized AgNPs exhibited significant antibacterial potential against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. At a concentration of 50 μL Hedera nepalensis exhibited the highest growth inhibition at 97.33%, followed by Artemisia at 95%, whereas the percentage growth inhibition of Achillea millefolium at 50 μL concentration was 72.33% as compared to the Rifampicin (RIF) i.e., 40%. Fluorescence microscopy confirmed visible growth inhibition in both experimental and controlled cultures. Hedra nepalensis and Artemisia campestris showed promising potential to inhibit the growth of mycobacteria populations, indicating their potential for the development of novel nanomedicine to treat tuberculosis effectively.
description: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Vol. 97 (2024): Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
The Hochschild cohomology ring of monomial algebras
Creators: name: Artenstein, Dalia
name: Letz, Janina C.
name: Oswald, Amrei
name: Solotar, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 16E40 (primary), 18G10

description: We give an explicit description of a diagonal map on the Bardzell resolution for any monomial algebra, and we use this diagonal map to describe the cup product on Hochschild cohomology. Then, we prove that the cup product is zero in positive degrees for triangular monomial algebras. Our proof uses the graded-commutativity of the cup product on Hochschild cohomology and does not rely on explicit computation of the Hochschild cohomology modules.
description: 20 pages; minor edits for v2; to appear in Journal of Algebra
title: The Chinese short story in 1979: An interpretation based on official and nonofficial literary journals.
Creators: name: Skeel, Desmond A.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1995

description: The short story has been an important genre in 20th century Chinese literature. By its very nature the short story affords the writer the opportunity to introduce swiftly any developments in ideology, theme or style. Scholars have interpreted Chinese fiction published during 1979 as indicative of a "change" in the development of 20th century Chinese literature. This study examines a number of short stories from 1979 in order to determine the extent of that "change". The first two chapters concern the establishment of a representative database and the adoption of viable methods of interpretation. An important, although much neglected, phenomenon in the make-up of 1979 literature are the works which appeared in so-called "nonofficial" journals. In order to provide a more complete picture of the short story in 1979, the database is comprised of works from one "nonofficial" and two "official" literary journals. Differences and/or similarities between the two types of short story are highlighted. The main body of this study is divided into four further chapters, each of which concerns a separate aspect of the short stories. These chapters discuss each aspect with regard to literary development and sociohistorical influences. These aspects include the presentation of themes, subject matter and character; the use of imagery and language; narrative form and plot chronology; and the types of narrative mode explored by the writers. The study is concluded by an evaluation of the Chinese short story in 1979, emphasizing the degrees of continuity and/or innovation it exhibits.
Bioactive compounds in 28 native tomato accessions from southeast Mexico
Creators: name: Medina-Dzul, Kati
name: Latournerie-Moreno, Luis
name: Ruiz Sánchez, Esaú
name: Díaz Mayo, Juan
name: Ortiz Salazar, Genny
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Year: 2024

description: The diverse populations of native tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in Mexico have great potential for breeding and nutraceutical benefits, but information on their secondary metabolites is scarce. Here we quantified bioactive compounds with nutraceutical potential in 28 native tomato accessions across southeastern Mexico. Plants were grown from seeds, transplanted to fields in a completely randomized block design with three replications of each accession and assessed for antioxidant activity, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, ß-carotene, lycopene, and other carotenoids. The results revealed significant differences in these variables among accessions. accessions Y129 (ß-carotene and lycopene), Y115, T107, and C108 (antioxidant activity), Y123 (flavonoids), and Y119 (carotenoids) had especially substantial nutraceutical value. These accessions could be incorporated into a breeding program to develop new tomato varieties with enhanced nutraceutical quality to improve health, especially in rural areas where these accessions are now grown and consumed, and are important sources of genetic diversity worth conserving.
description: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Vol. 97 (2024): Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Supplemental_Material – Supplemental material for Bridging Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening in Transgender Men: A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Dhillon, Navdeep
name: Oliffe, John L.
name: Kelly, Mary T.
name: Krist, Jennifer
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental_Material for Bridging Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening in Transgender Men: A Scoping Review by Navdeep Dhillon, John L. Oliffe, Mary T. Kelly and Jennifer Krist in American Journal of Men’s Health
title: A Buddhist inspiration for a contemporary psychotherapy.
Creators: name: Watson, Gay
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1996

description: It is almost exactly one hundred years since the popular and not merely academic dissemination of Buddhism in the West began. During this time a dialogue has grown up between Buddhism and the Western discipline of psychotherapy. It is the contention of this work that Buddhist philosophy and praxis have much to offer a contemporary psychotherapy. Firstly, in general, for its long history of the experiential exploration of mind and for the practices of cultivation based thereon, and secondly, more specifically, for the relevance and resonance of specific Buddhist doctrines to contemporary problematics. Thus, this work attempts, on the basis of a three-way conversation between Buddhism, psychotherapy and various themes from contemporary discourse, to suggest a psychotherapy that may be helpful and relevant to the current horizons of thought and contemporary psychopathologies which are substantially different from those prevalent at the time of psychotherapy's early years. It is set out according to the traditional Tibetan Buddhist plan of Ground, Path and Fruition. "Ground" presents first a brief consideration of Western psychotherapies, followed by an introduction to Buddhist views with particular reference to those doctrines considered of most relevance to psychotherapy. This is followed by consideration of ideas of the subject or self in Buddhism and in contemporary discourse. "Path" reviews the two major branches of the Buddhist way, ethics and meditation, in the context of psychotherapy. "Fruition" compares and contrasts the goals of Buddhism and psychotherapy, suggesting that they may be similar in quality, the quality being that of liberation, but different in the quantity or extent of the liberation desired. Subsequently this section explores the implications of the Buddhist view in the light of contemporary discourse, and in the context of experience. Again according to a traditional pattern this is presented in terms of the dimensions of Body, Speech and Mind. Finally in the light of the foregoing some suggestions are made as to the possible general features of a contemporary Buddhist inspired psychotherapy. An appendix describes the individual details of two existing Buddhist based trainings for psychotherapists.
Oblique view imaging analysis of a hypothetical earth observation satellite enabled with metamaterial-based image sensors
Creators: name: Alici, Kamil B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Space Science
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: This study presents the image quality estimates of a hypothetical earth observation satellite (EOS) equipped with metaxel-based image sensors for the oblique viewing angle of the pitch manoeuvre scenario. Oblique-view image estimation methods are proposed and demonstrated for the optical and detector images. Owing to the small detector period (p) of the metaxel supercells (p=1.32μm), the optical system image is optics limited. For oblique angle of θp=15∘,30∘,45∘,60∘, image quality degradation owing to the aberration remained minor and average signal to noise ratio (SNR) for nadir view was SNR = 64 because of the local field enhancement of the metaxels. However, changes in the viewing angle reduced the image quality. Correlation coefficient between synthetic ground truth and oblique viewing cases was corr = 0.833, 0.818, 0.793 and 0.745 for the viewing angles of interest listed above.
Effect of site conditions and fertilization treatments on morphological traits and mineral content of Aloe vera plants
Creators: name: Boukour, Basma
name: Florido, Maria Carmen
name: Lama-Muñoz, Antonio
name: Amallah, Lamiae
name: Bouazza, Fatima
name: Sehlaoui, Habiba
name: Douaik, Ahmed
name: El Mekkaoui, Abdelali
name: El Faiz, Chaouki
name: Hassikou, Rachida
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of various fertilizer treatments on the morphological traits and mineral content of Aloe vera plants. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse in Rabat, as well as two other fields in Skhirat and Sidi Bettach. The treatments including the ‘no application’, control F0 and three treatments which is compost (Organova) F1, compost combined with humus (Humivital) F2, and nitrogen (ammonitrate) 33% F3. The productivity of biomass was estimated based on the variables of morphological traits and mineral content. The effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the different variables of Aloe vera depends on the site. Significant effects were found for the most of the variables such as length, width, dry matter; ash content, manganese Mn, copper Cu, zinc Zn, calcium Ca, potassium K, carbon C, nitrogen N, sulfur S contents. Site effect was significant, with the higher values obtained for length, Width, Dry matter, Ash contents, Ca and N in Skhirat. Site effect was also significant for Mn and Cu in Sidi Bettach, and K in the greenhouse. The effect of the treatment F1 was significantly higher for the length and width of the leaves than F3 and the control F0, in addition F2 was significantly higher for the width of the leaves, nitrogen N and sulfur S contents.
description: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Vol. 97 (2024): Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Supplementary_material - Safety and Efficacy of Oral Anticoagulants Therapies in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Network Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Mainka, Felipe F.
name: Ferreira, Vinicius L.
name: Mendes, Antonio M.
name: Marques, Gustavo L.
name: Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando
name: Tonin, Fernanda S.
name: Pontarolo, Roberto
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplementary_material for Safety and Efficacy of Oral Anticoagulants Therapies in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Network Meta-Analysis by Felipe F. Mainka, Vinicius L. Ferreira, Antonio M. Mendes, Gustavo L. Marques, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Fernanda S. Tonin and Roberto Pontarolo in The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Cheat sites and artificial intelligence usage in online introductory physics courses: what is the extent and what effect does it have on assessments?
Creators: name: Kortemeyer, Gerd
name: Bauer, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As a result of the pandemic, many physics courses moved online. Alongside, the popularity of internet-based problem-solving sites and forums rose. With the emergence of Large Language Models, another shift occurred. One year into the public availability of these models, how has online help-seeking behavior among introductory physics students changed, and what is the effect of different patterns of online-resource usage? In a mixed-method approach, we investigate student choices and their impact on assessment components of an online introductory physics course for scientists and engineers. We find that students still mostly rely on traditional internet resources, and that their usage strongly influences the outcome of low-stake unsupervised quizzes. However, we also find that the impact of different help-seeking patterns on the supervised assessment components of the course is non-significant.
title: Convention and agency in the philosophies of the Mahayana.
Creators: name: Salvini, Mattia
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2008

description: The thesis focuses on the relationship between Sanskrit classical grammar, Ahludharma, and the debates between Madhyamaka and Yogacara. In particular, it shows how the karaka system, and the idea of laksana, influence philosophical argumentation in the context of medieval Indian Buddhist thought. The karaka system is the way in which classical Sanskrit grammarians discuss syntax, and in particular, actions and agency. Laksana means a defining trait, or a definition, at once a scholastic tool and a fundamental way to identify existent entities. There are five Chapters and two Appendices. Chapter One shows the close links between Sanskrit classical grammar and basic ideas in Buddhist thought, and isolates the karaka system as being most relevant in this regard. It also shows certain structural analogies between the karaka system and certain important features of Buddhist philosophy. Chapter Two is mostly based on Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosabhasya and its sub-commentary; it highlights and reconstructs the discussions on laksana and agency found therein. Chapter Three shows how Madhyamaka understands similar issues, and what is the proper context and significance of its refutation of laksanas,. Chapter Four shifts the focus upon the Madhyamaka understanding of conventional truths, and the role of the laksana of Abhidharma, as well as of the karaka system, within satfivni) Chapter Five compares the Yogdcdra views on the very same topics. Appendix 1 is a translation of Prajnakaramati's commentary to Bodhicarydvatdra 9.1-34, a work where many of the philosophical debates discussed throughout the thesis are well represented. Appendix 2 is a photographic reproduction of a manuscript, containing an anonymous commentary to Nagarjuna's Lokatitastava.
title: Slouching towards Jerusalem: Reactive nationalism in the Irish, Israeli and Palestinian novel, 1985-2005.
Creators: name: Maher, John
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: The Irish, Israeli and Palestinian novels have, individually, been the subject of considerable evaluation over the years. Nevertheless, very little work of a comparative nature has been carried out on the three literatures. A comparative study would provide a useful insight into the artistic articulation of the respective conflicts and the role of nationalism within those conflicts. Given the particular complexity of the Irish and Israeli-Palestinian situations, the place of nationalism in the respective societies is an extremely important one. Nevertheless, it is the 'top-down' nationalism of the elites rather than the more pragmatic reactive nationalism which tends to be highlighted in both situations. The thesis looks at the phenomenon of reactive nationalism in a selection of Irish, Israeli and Palestinian novels. Conclusions are reached as to the representation of reactive nationalism in the novels. The method followed is a comparative one, framed by an overview of nationalist theory, literary and cultural studies and involving close reading. Nationalism is considered under various tropes: land, the image of the enemy, love and war, religion and language. Land is seen as fundamental to both conflicts. The image of the enemy is seen to mutate, over time. Love and war are considered as existing in a symbiotic, if asymmetric, relationship. The contrasting weighting of religion, in both conflicts, is reflected in the selected novels. Finally, the nationalist trope of language is considered, particularly in the light of the phenomenon of the revival of Hebrew, before the foundation of the State of Israel. Reactive nationalism is shown, by virtue of its pragmatic nature, to be a less than useful tool for long-term projects such as state-building and language revival. Language is considered, in the end, as a territorializing factor at least as formidable as land tenure. The cultural survival of both the Israeli and Palestinian ethnics is seen to be reflected in the linguistic and literary hegemony of the novels drawn from their societies.
Supplemental Material, Forest_plots_baseline_biomechanics - The Changes in Cervical Biomechanics After CTDR and Its Association With Heterotopic Ossification: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Creators: name: Hui, Nicholas
name: Phan, Kevin
name: Lee, Mei-Yi
name: Kerferd, Jack
name: Telvinderjit Singh
name: Mobbs, Ralph J.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental Material, Forest_plots_baseline_biomechanics for The Changes in Cervical Biomechanics After CTDR and Its Association With Heterotopic Ossification: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Nicholas Hui, Kevin Phan, Mei-Yi Lee, Jack Kerferd, Telvinderjit Singh and Ralph J. Mobbs in Global Spine Journal
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Intrusion Detection in IoT: A Survey
Creators: name: Gueriani, Afrah
name: Kheddar, Hamza
name: Mazari, Ahmed Cherif
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The rise of new complex attacks scenarios in Internet of things (IoT) environments necessitate more advanced and intelligent cyber defense techniques such as various Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) which are responsible for detecting and mitigating malicious activities in IoT networks without human intervention. To address this issue, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been proposed in recent years, to automatically tackle intrusions/attacks. In this paper, a comprehensive survey of DRL-based IDS on IoT is presented. Furthermore, in this survey, the state-of-the-art DRL-based IDS methods have been classified into five categories including wireless sensor network (WSN), deep Q-network (DQN), healthcare, hybrid, and other techniques. In addition, the most crucial performance metrics, namely accuracy, recall, precision, false negative rate (FNR), false positive rate (FPR), and F-measure, are detailed, in order to evaluate the performance of each proposed method. The paper provides a summary of datasets utilized in the studies as well.
title: Shi'ism and film: Religion and spirituality in Iranian cinema.
Creators: name: Pak, Nacim
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: What constitutes a serious engagement of religion and spirituality in film remains a contentious topic in Western academia. The small body of literature dedicated to the study of religion and spirituality in Iranian cinema focuses largely on propaganda films exalting the Islamic Republic and its aspirations. My research examines ways in which other films participate and engage with Shi'i expressions of Islam. I have explored official and popular discourses within Shi'ism, and applied a philosophical framework to understand other engagements of film with religion. Moreover, I have situated the films I study within the larger socio-historical context of Iran and thereby located filmic discourses within a much longer-standing and continuing discourse on religion and spirituality in Iranian cinema. I study the various debates by Iranian academics, clerics and critics on film's compatibility or incongruity with religion and spirituality, and examine their relevance to the study of religion and spirituality in Iranian cinema. I examine films that debate contemporary official and formalistic religious discourses, drawing parallels between these films and the discourses of Iranian intellectuals, and thereby situating them within these wider debates. In order to demonstrate the more mystical approaches within Shi'a Islam, I explore how Majidi's films lend themselves to Sufi interpretations. I also analyse how Kiarostami's films are poetic philosophies that invite viewers to rethink their existing ideas, thoughts and beliefs, be they rooted in scientific or theological approaches to religion. Finally, I demonstrate how cinema acts as a reservoir for popular, yet threatened traditions such as ta 'ziyeh, which faces increased pressure from both intellectuals and clerics. As a medium that has received little serious attention in the analysis and understanding of Shi'i religious expressions and articulations, my study situates film as a valid and important tool in understanding many of the current debates within Iran.