cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Total and Regional White Matter Lesions Are Correlated With Motor and Cognitive Impairments in Carriers of the FMR1 Premutation
Creators: name: Hocking, Darren
name: Loesch-Mdzewska, Danuta
name: Trost, Nicholas
name: Bui, Minh Q
name: Hammersley, Eleanor
name: Francis, David
name: Tassone, Flora
name: Storeys, Elsdon
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5202
subject: Biological psychology

description: This study explores the relationships between hemispheric and cerebellar white matter lesions and motor and cognitive impairments in male carriers of Fragile-X Mental Retardation 1 (FMR1) premutation alleles, and in a subgroup of these carriers affected with Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). Regional and total white matter hyperintensities (wmhs) on MRI, assessed using semiquantitative scores, were correlated with three motor rating scales (ICARS, UPDRS, Tremor), and neuropsychological measures of non-verbal reasoning, working memory and processing speed, in a sample of 30 male premutation carriers aged 39-81 years, and separately in a subsample of 17 of these carriers affected with FXTAS. There were significant relationships between wmhs in the infratentorial region and all three motor scales, as well as several cognitive measures-Prorated IQ, Matrix Reasoning, Similarities, and the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), in the total sample of carriers, as well as in the FXTAS group separately. This shows that whms within the infratentorial region correlates across the categories of clinical status with a range of motor and cognitive impairments. In the FXTAS group, there was a highly significant relationship between supratentorial (periventricular) lesions and parkinsonism, and between both periventricular and supratentorial deep white matter and ICARS ataxia score. These findings further support the relevance of white matter changes in different brain regions to the motor and cognitive deficits across the spectrum of premutation involvement. Future longitudinal studies using larger sample sizes will be necessary to examine the factors that lead to conversion to a greater extent of neurological involvement as seen in the progression across the FXTAS spectrum.
title: Noble Gas Isotopes of Natural Gases from the Onshore Canning Basin, Western Australia. Data Release
Creators: name: D., Edwards
name: D. S, Edwards
name: T., Darrah
name: B., Lary
name: C., Boreham
Publisher: name: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: EFTF – Exploring for the Future
subject: Onshore Energy Systems
subject: Noble gas isotopes
subject: molecular composition
subject: Canning Basin
subject: Natural gas
subject: Isotope geochemistry
subject: Organic geochemistry
subject: Resource geoscience
subject: Published_External

description: The onshore Canning Basin in Western Australia was the focus of a regional hydrocarbon prospectivity assessment undertaken by the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program dedicated to increasing investment in resource exploration in northern Australia, with the objective being to acquire new data and information about the potential mineral, energy and groundwater resources concealed beneath the surface. Significant work has been carried out to deliver new pre-competitive data in the region including new seismic acquisition, drilling of a stratigraphic well, and geochemical analysis from historic exploration wells.
As part of this program, determination of the molecular and noble gas isotopic composition of natural gases from selected petroleum wells in the Canning Basin were undertaken by Smart Gas Sciences, under contract to Geoscience Australia, with results from these analyses being released in this report. This report provides additional data to determine the sources of natural gases in the Canning Basin and build on the availability of existing gas data, gas-gas correlations and gas-oil correlations. Noble gas isotopic data can be used in conjunction with carbon and hydrogen isotopic data to determine the origin of both inorganic and organic (hydrocarbon) gases. This information can be used in future geological programs to determine the source and distribution of hydrogen and helium in natural gases and support exploration programs.
Demographic and life history variation in two sky-island populations of an endangered alpine lizard
Creators: name: Atkins, Zak
name: Clemann, N
name: Chapple, DG
name: Edwards, Amy
name: Sinsch, U
name: Hantzschmann, AM
name: Schroder, M
name: Scroggie, MP
name: Robert, Kylie
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics
classificationCode: 3109
subject: Zoology

description: A species’ life history is a strong determinant of its risk of extinction; traits such as body size, growth rate, age at maturity and fecundity influence population viability and persistence, as well as capacity for dispersal and colonisation of new habitats. Yet, despite the potential for substantial geographic variation in life history, most conservation programmes rely upon the species average rather than information specific to individual populations. We use the Guthega Skink (Liopholis guthega), a threatened alpine endemic lizard restricted to two geographically isolated locations in south-eastern Australia, as a case study to demonstrate how geographic variation in life history traits may better inform conservation management. Liopholis guthega has a relatively short life span, with only a few years of reproductive activity, inter-annual variation in reproductive output, and less-than-annual reproduction. We show that the Victorian population has a significantly slower growth rate, attains a smaller maximum size, reaches reproductive maturity later, and produces significantly smaller litters, despite no difference in longevity suggesting that it may be more vulnerable to extinction. We, therefore, suggest evaluating genetic rescue from the New South Wales population to improve recruitment and longevity of Victorian L. guthega, ongoing population monitoring in both locations, and a dedicated pest control programme to reduce pressure on this population. Our study has far reaching impacts; primarily demonstrating how knowledge of geographic variation in life history has the potential to improve conservation management of threatened species.
title: Huffman Approach to Opcode Compression
Creators: name: Shreve, Jason B.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2004

description: Instructions are the building blocks of computer programs. They are composed of opcodes, which uniquely identify each instruction, and the operands or data. In most architectures, the instruction length is a set multiple of the word size. The size and number of operands vary by instruction. Due to programmer usage, program need, or compiler design, opcodes do not occur with a constant distribution. Likely, some opcodes occur very frequently, whereas others occur very infrequently or not at all. If the length of an opcode were representative of its frequency, compression in program size might be achieved.

This thesis is an attempt to perform Huffman compression of instructions with the goal of achieving reasonable opcode compression, without overcomplicating the architecture. The Motorola 68HCI I was used as a baseline for the design, but the same methods can be applied to like microcontrollers and embedded systems.
title: Noble Gas Isotopes of Natural Gases from the Bedout Sub-basin, Roebuck Basin, Australia. Data Release
Creators: name: D., Edwards
name: Edwards D.S
name: T., Darrah
name: B., Lary
name: E., Grosjean
Publisher: name: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Offshore Energy Systems
subject: Roebuck Basin
subject: Noble gas isotopes
subject: molecular composition
subject: Isotope geochemistry
subject: Organic geochemistry
subject: Resource geoscience
subject: Published_External

description: The Roebuck Basin on Australia’s offshore north-western margin is the focus of regional energy exploration activity. Drilling in the Roebuck Basin resulted in oil and gas discoveries at Phoenix South 1 (2014), Roc 1 (2015–2016) and Dorado 1 (2018) in the Bedout Sub-basin (Figure 1‑2) and demonstrated the presence of a petroleum system in Lower Triassic strata. These discoveries have been evaluated for development and production with infill drilling at Roc 2 (2016), Phoenix South 2 (2016), Phoenix South 3 (2018), Dorado 2 (2019), and Dorado 3 (2019). Recent drilling by Santos (2022) has resulted in the discovery of oil at Pavo 1 (2022) and hydrocarbon shows at Apus 1 (2022).
To complement this industry work, Geoscience Australia’s Offshore Energy Systems program produces pre-competitive information to assist with the evaluation of the energy and resource potential of the central North West Shelf, including both hydrogen and helium resources, and to attract exploration investment to Australia. As part of this program, determination of the molecular and noble gas isotopic composition of natural gases from selected petroleum wells in the Roebuck Basin were undertaken by Smart Gas Sciences, under contract to Geoscience Australia, with results from these analyses being released in this report. This report provides additional gas data to determine the sources of natural gases in the Roebuck Basin and build on previously established gas-gas correlations. Noble gas isotopic data can be used in conjunction with carbon and hydrogen isotopic data to determine the origin of both inorganic and organic (hydrocarbon) gases. This information can be used in future geological programs to determine the source and distribution of hydrogen and helium in natural gases and support acreage releases by the Australian Government.
Drosophila models of cell polarity and cell competition in tumourigenesis
Creators: name: Fahey-Lozano, Natalia
name: La-Marca, John
name: Portela-Esteban, Marta
name: Richardson, Helena
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences

description:

This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23629-8_3 
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-23629-8_3 
Abstract: Cell competition is an important surveillance mechanism that measures relative fitness between cells in a tissue during development, homeostasis, and disease. Specifically, cells that are “less fit” (losers) are actively eliminated by relatively “more fit” (winners) neighbours, despite the less fit cells otherwise being able to survive in a genetically uniform tissue. Originally described in the epithelial tissues of Drosophila larval imaginal discs, cell competition has since been shown to occur in other epithelial and non-epithelial Drosophila tissues, as well as in mammalian model systems. Many genes and signalling pathways have been identified as playing conserved roles in the mechanisms of cell competition. Among them are genes required for the establishment and maintenance of apico-basal cell polarity: the Crumbs/Stardust/Patj (Crb/Sdt/Patj), Bazooka/Par-6/atypical Protein Kinase C (Baz/Par-6/aPKC), and Scribbled/Discs large 1/Lethal (2) giant larvae (Scrib/Dlg1/L(2)gl) modules. In this chapter, we describe the concepts and mechanisms of cell competition, with emphasis on the relationship between cell polarity proteins and cell competition, particularly the Scrib/Dlg1/L(2)gl module, since this is the best described module in this emerging field.
Supplementary document for Fast and rigorous optical simulation of periodically corrugated light-emitting diodes based on a diffraction matrix method - 6423146.pdf
Creators: name: Park, Chanhyung
name: Shin, Jeongmin
name: Kim, Sanmun
name: Lee, Songju
name: Park, Juho
name: Park, Jaehyeok
name: Park, Sehong
name: Yoo, Seunghyup
name: Jang, Min Seok
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
A ‘messenger of sex’? Making testosterone matter in motivations for anabolic-androgenic steroid injecting
Creators: name: Fomiatti, Renae
name: Latham, Joe
name: Fraser, Suzanne
name: Moore, David
name: Seear, Kathryn
name: Aitken, Campbell
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Health Sociology Review. Renae Fomiatti, J. R. Latham, Suzanne Fraser, David Moore, Kate Seear & Campbell Aitken (2019) A ‘messenger of sex’? Making testosterone matter in motivations for anabolic-androgenic steroid injecting, Health Sociology Review, 28:3, 323-338, DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2019.1678398. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Moving on from quality assurance: Exploring systems that measure both process and personal outcomes in disability services
Creators: name: McEwen, Jade
name: Bigby, Christine
name: Douglas, Jacinta
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4409
subject: Social work
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology

description: Systems that measure service quality in disability organizations commonly review service delivery processes, rather than quality of life outcomes for service users. Disadvantages of measuring processes rather than outcomes are that funders and regulators may fail to identify poor quality support until major crises occur. One solution has been the development of quality systems that combine measuring processes and the personal outcomes of service users, though the efficacy of such systems has not been explored. The aim of this article was to identify quality systems that combine measurement of processes and personal outcomes, and explore the advantages and limitations of these to inform future development of quality assurance systems. The study used an internationally accepted eight domain quality of life framework and a qualitative content analysis to map and evaluate the characteristics of three combined quality systems currently used in the disability sector; the Care Quality Commission framework for community adult social care services, the adult social care outcomes framework and personal outcome measures. The three systems were unbalanced,focusing more on procedure than personal outcomes. None of the systems measured personal outcomes comprehensively against all eight quality of life domains and the rigor applied to such measurement varied markedly. Combined systems have potential to compensate for limitations of systems that measure either processes or outcomes, but could be improved by a greater focus on measuring service user outcomes, including all quality of life domains and use of mixed methods such as interviews and observation of the support people receive.
Lunch menu from the Empress of Japan from 6 Dec. 1932
Creators: name: Canadian Pacific Steamships
name: Crawford, Lawrence
Publisher: name: England : Canadian Pacific Steamships
Year: 2018

description: Cover image is a ship and a seagull in blue. With musical programme on the back. Assembled by Lawrence Crawford, orchestra leader on the Canadian Pacific second Empress of Japan, Princess Louise, and Princess Alice.
Calliphora ignicera Johnston, Szpila, Pape, Meiklejohn, Foley & Wallman, 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Johnston, Nikolas P.
name: Szpila, Krzysztof
name: Pape, Thomas
name: Meiklejohn, Kelly A.
name: Foley, Liam B.
name: Wallman, James F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Calliphoridae
Calliphora
Calliphora ignicera

description: Calliphora ignicera sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0FE45501-BA3B-4933-9CE1-443CB8A44A00
Fig. 3
Diagnosis
Females of this species can be distinguished from all other female members of the clarki -group by the unique combination of the basicosta black, arista with only short, sparse setulae near its base and twice length of the postpedicel.
Etymology
The species epithet ‘ ignicera ’ comes from the combination of the Latin ‘ ignis ’ meaning ‘fire’ and the suffix ‘ -cera ’ meaning ‘horned’. The name refers to the bright orange antennae of this species.
Type material
Holotype AUSTRALIA – TAS • ♀; Flinders Is.; 3 Nov.1989; C. Tann leg.; ANIC.
Paratypes AUSTRALIA – TAS • 1 ♀; Cradle Valley; 16 Jan. 1923; A. Tonnoir leg.; ANIC • 10 ♀♀; Meredith River; 5–6 Jan. 1954; T.G. Campbell leg.; ANIC • 6 ♀♀; Pieman River; 5 Jan. 1954; T.G. Campbell leg.; ANIC • 11 ♀♀; Flinders Is.; 3 Nov. 1989 – 20 May 1991; C. Tann leg.; ANIC.
Description
This species is morphologically similar to C. clarki, except for the following character states.
Female
HEAD. Fronto-orbital plate with brassy microtomentum. One pair of outer vertical setae. Parafacial plate with brassy microtomentum. Frontal stripe ~8 × width of ocellus for entire length. Arista almost bare, only a few very short and sparse setulae near base, twice length of postpedicel.
THORAX. Ground colour metallic dark green with grey microtomentum that is most visible presuturally.
CHAETOTAXY. 1 pair of discal scutellar setae.
WING. Basicosta black. Upper calypter white with contrasting brown margin, yellow setulae on margin particularly in fold between upper and lower calypters. Lower calypter weakly infuscated brown with pale yellow margin, dorsal surface with yellow setulae, entire margin with pale yellow setulae.
ABDOMEN. S5 uncleft.
Ecology
Unknown.
Distribution
AUSTRALIA: TAS.
Remarks
No male specimens were available.
description: Published as part of Johnston, Nikolas P., Szpila, Krzysztof, Pape, Thomas, Meiklejohn, Kelly A., Foley, Liam B. & Wallman, James F., 2025, A species-group framework to unravel blowfly diversity: integrative revision of the Calliphora clarki-group (Diptera: Calliphoridae), pp. 94-118 in European Journal of Taxonomy 989 on pages 106-108, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2887, http://zenodo.org/record/15351100
Moving on from quality assurance: exploring systems that measure both process and personal outcomes in disability services
Creators: name: McEwen, Jade
name: Bigby, Christine
name: Douglas, Jacinta
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Systems that measure service quality in disability organizations commonly review service delivery processes, rather than quality of life outcomes for service users. Disadvantages of measuring processes rather than outcomes are that funders and regulators may failto identify poor quality support until major crises occur. One solution has been the development of quality systems that combine measuring processes and the personal outcomes of service users, though the efficacy of such systems has not been explored. The aim of this article was to identify quality systems that combine measurement of processes and personal outcomes, and explore the advantages and limitations of these to inform future development of quality assurance systems. The study used an internationallyaccepted eight domain quality of life framework and a qualitative content analysis to map and evaluate the characteristics of three combined quality systems currently used in the disability sector; the Care Quality Commission framework for community adult social care services, the adult social care outcomes framework and personal outcome measures. The three systems were unbalanced,focusing more on procedure than personal outcomes. None of the systems measured personal outcomes comprehensively against all eight quality of life domains and the rigor applied to such measurement varied markedly. Combined systems have potential to compensate for limitations of systems that measure either processes or outcomes, but could be improved by a greater focus on measuring service user outcomes, including all quality of life domains and use of mixed methods such as interviews and observation of the support people receive.
A Möbius transformation based model for fingerprint minutiae variations
Creators: name: Moorfield, J
name: Wang, Song
name: Yang, Wencheng
name: Bedari, Aseel
name: Van Der Kamp, Pieter
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences
classificationCode: 4603
subject: Computer vision and multimedia computation
classificationCode: 4605
subject: Data management and data science
classificationCode: 4607
subject: Graphics, augmented reality and games
classificationCode: 4611
subject: Machine learning

description: No description supplied
Lunch menu from the Empress of Japan from 10 Dec. 1932
Creators: name: Canadian Pacific Steamships
name: Crawford, Lawrence
Publisher: name: England : Canadian Pacific Steamships
Year: 2018

description: Cover image is a ship and a seagull in blue. With musical programme on the back. Assembled by Lawrence Crawford, orchestra leader on the Canadian Pacific second Empress of Japan, Princess Louise, and Princess Alice.
title: Model Language for Research Data Management Policies
Creators: name: Hall, Nathan
name: Corey, Bill
name: Mann, Wendy
name: Wilson, Tom
Publisher: name: ASERL / SURA Research Data Coordinating Committee
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Research Data
subject: Data Management
subject: Research Data Management Policy

description: This proposal was drafted by a Working Group of the ASERL/SURA Research Data Coordinating Committee. The purpose of this document is to provide model language for universities to consider when drafting policy to support data management practices and infrastructure at their institutions. ASERL/SURA member institutions may not need all of the sections in this document. Each institution should include the sections that are relevant for their situation, and modify content as necessary. Much of this document was adopted from Research Data Management Policy, University of Edinburgh, available at (http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/about/policies-and-regulations/research-data-policy).
Differences in protein structural regions that impact functional specificity in GT2 family β- Glucan synthases
Creators: name: Oehme, Daniel P
name: Shafee, Thomas
name: Downton, Matthew T
name: Bacic, Tony
name: Doblin, Monika
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2019 Oehme, Shafee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Most cell wall and secreted β-glucans are synthesised by the CAZy Glycosyltransferase 2 family (www.cazy.org), with different members catalysing the formation of (1,4)-β-, (1,3)-β-, or both (1,4)- and (1,3)-β-glucosidic linkages. Given the distinct physicochemical properties of each of the resultant β-glucans (cellulose, curdlan, and mixed linkage glucan, respectively) are crucial to their biological and biotechnological functions, there is a desire to understand the molecular evolution of synthesis and how linkage specificity is determined. With structural studies hamstrung by the instability of these proteins to solubilisation, we have utilised in silico techniques and the crystal structure for a bacterial cellulose synthase to further understand how these enzymes have evolved distinct functions. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses were performed to determine amino acid conservation, both family-wide and within each sub-family. Further structural analysis centred on comparison of a bacterial curdlan synthase homology model with the bacterial cellulose synthase crystal structure, with molecular dynamics simulations performed with their respective β-glucan products bound in the trans-membrane channel. Key residues that differentially interact with the different β-glucan chains and have sub-family-specific conservation were found to reside at the entrance of the trans-membrane channel. The linkage-specific catalytic activity of these enzymes and hence the type of β-glucan chain built is thus likely determined by the different interactions between the proteins and the first few glucose residues in the channel, which in turn dictates the position of the acceptor glucose. The sequence-function relationships for the bacterial β- glucan synthases pave the way for extending this understanding to other kingdoms, such as plants.
Specific timely appointments for triage to reduce wait times in a medical outpatient clinic: protocol of a pre-post study with process evaluation
Creators: name: Lewis, Annie
name: Taylor, Nicholas
name: Carney, PW
name: Harding, Katherine
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: Background: Managing demand for services is a problem in many areas of healthcare, including specialist medical outpatient clinics. Some of these clinics have long waiting lists with variation in access for referred people. A model of triage and appointment allocation has been developed and tested that has reduced waiting times by about a third in community outpatient services. This study aims to determine whether the model can be applied in the setting of a specialist medical outpatient clinic to reduce wait time from referral to first appointment. Methods: A pre-post study will collect data before and after implementing the Specific Timely Appointments for Triage (STAT) model of access and triage. The study will incorporate a pre-implementation period of 12 months, an implementation period of up to 6 months and a post STAT-implementation period of 6 months. The setting will be the epilepsy clinic at a metropolitan health service in Melbourne. Included will be all people referred to the clinic, or currently waiting, during the allocated periods of data collection (total sample estimated n = 975). Data routinely collected by the health service and qualitative data from staff will be analysed to determine the effects of introducing the STAT model. The primary outcome will be wait time, measured by number of patients on the wait list at monthly time points and the mean number of days waited from referral to first appointment. Secondary outcomes will include patient outcomes, such as admission to hospital while waiting, and service outcomes, including rate of discharge. Analysis of the primary outcome will include interrupted time series analysis and simple comparisons of the pre and post-implementation periods. Process evaluation will include investigation of the fidelity of the intervention, adaptations required and qualitative analysis of the experiences of clinic staff. Discussion: Prompt access to service and optimum patient flow is important for patients and service providers. Testing the STAT model in a specialist medical outpatient clinic will add to the evidence informing service providers and policy makers about how the active management of supply and demand in health care can influence wait times. The results from this study may be applicable to other specialist medical outpatient clinics, potentially improving access to care for many people.
Cunonieae Time Calibration
Creators: name: Fajardo, Francisco
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310402
subject: Biogeography and phylogeography
classificationCode: 310411
subject: Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy
classificationCode: 310412
subject: Speciation and extinction
classificationCode: 310410
subject: Phylogeny and comparative analysis

description: A dense sampling of Cunonieae, and extended to the Rosid orders Oxalidales, Celastrales, Malpighiales, Cucurbitales, Fagales, Rosales, Fabales and Zygophyllales allowed to perform a time calibration with multiple fossil calibration points in Beast2, exploring multiple scenarios of fossil placement. A first calibration was done using a reduced and balanced topology with 65 tips and 9 fossils, and then a second calibration was done only with Cunoniaceae (84 tips and 5 fossils) using the first calibration age as a secondary calibration point for the stem node of the family Cunoniaceae: 80 – 88.9 Ma.This phase includes the following directories, where 65 and 84 are the number of tips/samples used in each analysis:P_65 = The fossil Pterophylla sp. from Tasmania is applied in the crown node of Pterophylla (P). Scenario A.CPP_65 = The fossil Pterophylla sp. from Tasmania is applied in the node comprising all Cunonia, Pancheria and Pterophylla (CPP). Scenario B.P_CrI84 = The fossil Weinmannia potosina from Bolivia is applied at the node subtending all Central and Northern Andes Weinmannia, including W. crassifolia (CrI). Scenario C.P_CrO84 = The fossil Weinmannia potosina from Bolivia is applied at the node subtending most of Central and Northern Andes Weinmannia, excluding W. crassifolia (CrO). Scenario D.CPP_CrO84 = The fossil Weinmannia potosina from Bolivia is applied at the node subtending most of Central and Northern Andes Weinmannia, excluding W. crassifolia (CrO). Scenario E.CPP_CrI84 = The fossil Weinmannia potosina from Bolivia is applied at the node subtending all Central and Northern Andes Weinmannia, including W. crassifolia (CrI). Scenario F.Each folder contains*.xml files prepared in Beauti and ran in BEAST2.*.trees output files from BEAST2.*ann.trees files with the HDP 95% node ages from TreeAnnotator.*.svg graphic output files from FigTree.Finally, the Second_Step.xml file contains the instruction for the final BEAST analysis, corresponding with the scenario C: P_CrI84.
ENDOKRIN KASALLIKLAR KECHISHIDA VA ASORATLARIDA MITOXONDRIYA DISFUNKTSIYASINI AHAMIYATI.
Creators: name: Irgasheva, Oydin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Endokrin kasalliklar, organizmning gormon ishlab chiqaruvchi bezlarining normal faoliyatini buzilishi natijasida yuzaga keladigan patologiyalar to'plamidir. Ushbu kasalliklar ko'plab tizimlar va organlarga ta'sir qilishi mumkin, bu esa ularning kechishi va asoratlarining murakkabligini oshiradi. So'nggi yillarda ilmiy tadqiqotlar mitoxondriya disfunktsiyasining endokrin kasalliklar bilan bog'liqligini ko'rsatmoqda. Mitoxondriya, hujayralarning energiya ishlab chiqarish markazi bo'lib, ularning normal ishlashi organizmning umumiy salomatligi uchun juda muhimdir. Ushbu maqolada endokrin kasalliklar kechishida va asoratlarida mitoxondriya disfunktsiyasining ahamiyati ko'rib chiqiladi.
Recent versus lifetime experiences of discrimination and the mental and physical health of older lesbian women and gay men
Creators: name: Lyons, Anthony
name: Alba, Beatrice
name: Waling, Andrea
name: Minichiello, Victor
name: Hughes, Mark
name: Barrett, Catherine
name: Fredriksen-Goldsen, Karen
name: Edmonds, Samantha
name: Blanchard, Michelle
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4405
subject: Gender studies
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Abstract: This study examines the potential health-related impact of recent versus lifetime experiences of sexual orientation discrimination among older Australian lesbian women and gay men. In a nationwide survey, a sample of 243 lesbian women and 513 gay men aged 60 years and over reported on their experiences of sexual orientation discrimination and their mental and physical health, including psychological distress, positive mental health and self-rated health. Among both lesbian women and gay men, recent discrimination uniquely predicted lower positive mental health after adjusting for experiences of discrimination across the lifetime and socio-demographic variables. In addition, recent discrimination uniquely predicted higher psychological distress among gay men. Experiences of discrimination over the lifetime further predicted higher psychological distress and poorer self-rated health among gay men after adjusting for recent experiences of discrimination and socio-demographic variables. However, there were no associations between lifetime discrimination and any of the outcome variables among lesbian women. Overall, recent and lifetime experiences of sexual orientation discrimination were related to mental and physical health in different ways, especially among the men. These findings have potential implications for policy/practice, and suggest that distinguishing between recent and lifetime experiences of discrimination may be useful when assessing potential health-related impacts of sexual orientation discrimination among older lesbian women and gay men, while also taking account of differences between these two groups.
Some fundamentals of meta-modelling with applications to measurement of software artefact reuse
Creators: name: Doroshenko, Eugene Eric
Publisher: name: University of Tasmania
Year: 2024

description: This thesis proposes a meta-model based framework to investigate measurement of the amount of reuse for a variety of software models. The framework was assessed using a prototype tool. The evaluation of the framework consisted of four phases that constitute the experiments conducted in the study. The phases are: ‚Äö Software Model Type Classification. The framework is assessed to see if it can classify different kinds of software models. ‚Äö Software Model Classification. The framework is assessed to see if it can classify and measure size related to the amount of reuse for different software models. ‚Äö Measurement Testing. The framework is assessed to see if it can measure the amount of reuse using a series of software models as test cases. ‚Äö Automation assessment. The framework is assessed to identify the limits of its application for measurement of the amount of reuse. Findings from this study indicated that most software model types selected could be measured for the amount of reuse for different software models, provided that each software model type is classified prior to measurement of reuse. This did not require either additional programming or different software components in the prototype tool for different software models. Nor did the framework itself have to be modified at meta-level two, three, or four. Measurement of the amount of reuse using generation provided a reasonably accurate reflection of the actual contribution made using this reuse approach. Importing of software models using data entry and imported text file did work but was labour intensive. To automate this, tools specific to each software model type need to be made to translate the software model into the text file format defined by the prototype tool. Measurement of reuse using composition for analysis and design models was more realistic in its measurement than for source code models, particularly if the CASE tool used an import/export approach to the reuse of software models. Measurement of the amount of reuse using composition for source code was inaccurate for practical purposes. Recommendations for further research include the need to streamline the development of tools for translation of software models, refine the framework to include the concept of references for measuring internal reuse using composition, and refine the measurement of reuse for source code and repository-based reuse in CASE technology.
Recent versus lifetime experiences of discrimination and the mental and physical health of older lesbian women and gay men
Creators: name: Lyons, Anthony
name: Alba, Beatrice
name: Waling, Andrea
name: Minichiello, Victor
name: Hughes, Mark
name: Barrett, Catherine
name: Fredriksen-Goldsen, Karen
name: Edmonds, Samantha
name: Blanchard, Michelle
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Abstract This study examines the potential health-related impact of recent versus lifetime experiences of sexual orientation discrimination among older Australian lesbian women and gay men. In a nationwide survey, a sample of 243 lesbian women and 513 gay men aged 60 years and over reported on their experiences of sexual orientation discrimination and their mental and physical health, including psychological distress, positive mental health and self-rated health. Among both lesbian women and gay men, recent discrimination uniquely predicted lower positive mental health after adjusting for experiences of discrimination across the lifetime and socio-demographic variables. In addition, recent discrimination uniquely predicted higher psychological distress among gay men. Experiences of discrimination over the lifetime further predicted higher psychological distress and poorer self-rated health among gay men after adjusting for recent experiences of discrimination and socio-demographic variables. However, there were no associations between lifetime discrimination and any of the outcome variables among lesbian women. Overall, recent and lifetime experiences of sexual orientation discrimination were related to mental and physical health in different ways, especially among the men. These findings have potential implications for policy/practice, and suggest that distinguishing between recent and lifetime experiences of discrimination may be useful when assessing potential health-related impacts of sexual orientation discrimination among older lesbian women and gay men, while also taking account of differences between these two groups.
title: Floating Floor Attenuation of Impact Structure-borne Sound in Timber Construction
Creators: name: Hacene-Djaballah, Nouri
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Floating floor
subject: Timber
subject: Footstep
subject: Working Model 2D
subject: Structure-borne sound

description: The transmission of footfall-excited impact sound is commonly reduced using floating floors. The most basic of these constructions contains three layers – a resilient material, a load-bearing floor, and a floating slab. According to a literature review, a single degree-of-freedom (SDOF) vibration isolation model theoretically predicts impact sound reduction when assuming harmonic loading and a rigid load-bearing floor. However, for timber layers excited by transient loading (e.g. footsteps), sound reduction estimations may contain uncertainties due to inadequate modeling of footsteps and/or floor components. Therefore, this research presents a technique for modeling timber floating floors, as multiple degree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems, using the rigid body dynamics software Working Model 2D® (WM2D). WM2D is first used to verify the SDOF case, by comparing software-generated impact sound reduction plots to graphs found in the literature. Results show agreement between both sources, though with slight error in predicting resonance values. Next, an MDOF model is created with a transversely orthotropic and flexible timber load-bearing floor along with mechanical systems representing the footstep and resilient layer. The impact sound reduction graph for the MDOF system achieves higher values than the SDOF case, which can be attributed to additional resiliencies from flexible beams. Also, regions within the graph resemble the sound reduction plot for the SDOF case.
Sensitivity and specificity of metatranscriptomics as an arbovirus surveillance tool
Creators: name: Batovska, Jana
name: Mee, Peter
name: Lynch, SE
name: Sawbridge, Tim
name: Rodoni, Brendan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences

description: © 2019, The Author(s). The ability to identify all the viruses within a sample makes metatranscriptomic sequencing an attractive tool to screen mosquitoes for arboviruses. Practical application of this technique, however, requires a clear understanding of its analytical sensitivity and specificity. To assess this, five dilutions (1:1, 1:20, 1:400, 1:8,000 and 1:160,000) of Ross River virus (RRV) and Umatilla virus (UMAV) isolates were spiked into subsamples of a pool of 100 Culex australicus mosquitoes. The 1:1 dilution represented the viral load of one RRV-infected mosquito in a pool of 100 mosquitoes. The subsamples underwent nucleic acid extraction, mosquito-specific ribosomal RNA depletion, and Illumina HiSeq sequencing. The viral load of the subsamples was also measured using reverse transcription droplet digital PCR (RT-ddPCR) and quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). Metatranscriptomic sequencing detected both RRV and UMAV in the 1:1, 1:20 and 1:400 subsamples. A high specificity was achieved, with 100% of RRV and 99.6% of UMAV assembled contigs correctly identified. Metatranscriptomic sequencing was not as sensitive as RT-qPCR or RT-ddPCR; however, it recovered whole genome information and detected 19 other viruses, including four first detections for Australia. These findings will assist arbovirus surveillance programs in utilising metatranscriptomics in routine surveillance activities to enhance arbovirus detection.
Sensitivity and specificity of metatranscriptomics as an arbovirus surveillance tool
Creators: name: Batovska, Jana
name: PT Mee
name: SE Lynch
name: Sawbridge, Tim
name: Rodoni, Brendan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2019, The Author(s). The ability to identify all the viruses within a sample makes metatranscriptomic sequencing an attractive tool to screen mosquitoes for arboviruses. Practical application of this technique, however, requires a clear understanding of its analytical sensitivity and specificity. To assess this, five dilutions (1:1, 1:20, 1:400, 1:8,000 and 1:160,000) of Ross River virus (RRV) and Umatilla virus (UMAV) isolates were spiked into subsamples of a pool of 100 Culex australicus mosquitoes. The 1:1 dilution represented the viral load of one RRV-infected mosquito in a pool of 100 mosquitoes. The subsamples underwent nucleic acid extraction, mosquito-specific ribosomal RNA depletion, and Illumina HiSeq sequencing. The viral load of the subsamples was also measured using reverse transcription droplet digital PCR (RT-ddPCR) and quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). Metatranscriptomic sequencing detected both RRV and UMAV in the 1:1, 1:20 and 1:400 subsamples. A high specificity was achieved, with 100% of RRV and 99.6% of UMAV assembled contigs correctly identified. Metatranscriptomic sequencing was not as sensitive as RT-qPCR or RT-ddPCR; however, it recovered whole genome information and detected 19 other viruses, including four first detections for Australia. These findings will assist arbovirus surveillance programs in utilising metatranscriptomics in routine surveillance activities to enhance arbovirus detection.
Tri den yaouank eus a Bloneour
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
Supporting student writing with an intelligent tutoring system for assignment checking
Creators: name: Vitartas, Peter
name: Midford, Sarah
name: Kanjere, Anastasia
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © ASCILITE 2019 Singapore University of Social Sciences. All Rights Reserved. In this paper we present the results of a prototype system designed as a draft assignment checker that students can use prior to the submission of their assignments. The tool was designed to provide descriptive timely feedback to students on their digitally submitted text-based assignments. This process allows students to submit draft versions of their assignments, obtain feedback and improve them before they make a final submission for marking. Students are able to access the results and descriptive feedback generated for the assignments they have uploaded and the software allows customisation of the evaluation measures based on the type of assignment and expectations of the academic staff. Findings from a survey of student feedback on the system are presented. Overall students found the system useful, but the tool needed to be incorporated into the assignment preparation process more closely to be effective.
title: EMERGENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF TEACHERS’ PRODUCTIVE DISPOSITION THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES VIEWED THROUGH AN ANDRAGOGICAL LENS
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2019

description: This dissertation addresses the development or sustainability of teachers’ productive dispositions through professional development and related professional experiences when viewed from an andragogical perspective. The study identified experiences which both promoted and hindered productive disposition, and then considered these events using the andragogical framework (Knowles, Holton, & Swanson, 2011). This dissertation study includes a literature review of relevant topics including andragogy, professional development, teacher change and productive disposition. Teachers who participated in a grant funded professional development opportunity were interviewed, and an account taken of the math experiences throughout their lives, to include K- 12 mathematics instruction. This dissertation is meant to help identify professional development opportunities and professional experiences teachers have which promote a change or pathway toward productive disposition. The research considered, from an andragogical perspective, the professional development opportunities and conditions which will better promote the emergence or sustainability of a teacher’s productive disposition. The research also identified circumstances or events which hinder or curb a productive disposition, again, from an andragogical perspective.
Supplementary document for Monomer-mixed hole transport layers for improving hole injection of quantum dot light-emitting diodes - 6423186.pdf
Creators: name: Hong, Yongtaek
name: Kim, Yiseul
name: Park, Hwaeun
name: Yoon, Jinsu
name: Yoon, Hyungsoo
name: Jeong, Sujin
name: Kim, Dahyun
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Figure S1, S2 with caption
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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

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