cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Acceleration of Tri-Addition to [70]Fullerene by “Nanom Black” Fullerene Soot
Creators: name: Matsuo, Yutaka
name: Yasuda, Shigeo
name: Suemura, Koji
name: Nakamura, Eiichi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: We report the structure and properties of a fullerene soot called “Nanom Black,” which is prepared by removing fullerenes from the soot formed in fullerene production. Nanom Black remarkably accelerates the regioselective tri-addition of phenylcopper reagent to C70, giving C70Ph3H at a reaction rate approximately 50-fold that in the absence of Nanom Black. Transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Raman data on Nanom Black are presented, and a mechanistic rationale is discussed.
Exploring Social Theatre's Impact on Soft Skills Development in Adolescents: A Qualitative Inquiry
Creators: name: Morelli, Laura
name: Alby, Francesca
Publisher: name: Psychology Hub
Year: 2024

description: Through the thematic analysis of interviews with adolescents participating in a social theater course, the article explores the effectiveness of social theater as a device for developing soft skills in adolescents. The results show that the social theater course allowed participants to develop subjective and intersubjective knowledge, regarding emotions and communication skills. Participants also acquired skills related to memory, role playing and improvisation. The findings of this research suggest that social theater can be a valuable educational resource for developing a range of transversal skills in young people that can be transferred and applied in a variety of contexts, in personal, social, and professional settings. Further research will be able to verify the presence of the specific skills identified in other contexts and on a larger number of participants.
description: Psychology Hub, Vol. 41 No. 2 (2024)
Spectroscopic Characterization of Nanohybrids Consisting of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerodendron
Creators: name: Suzuki, Hironori
name: Iizumi, Yoko
name: Tange, Masayoshi
name: Joung, Soon-Kil
name: Furube, Akihiro
name: Wada, Takaaki
name: Tajima, Tomoyuki
name: Takaguchi, Yutaka
name: Okazaki, Toshiya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Hydrogen gas, which can be used in fuel cells to generate electricity, is considered the ultimate clean energy source. Recently, it was reported that a photo-induced electron transfer system consisting of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and fullerodendrons shows photo-catalytic activity with a very high quantum yield for splitting water under visible light irradiation. However, the mechanism of high efficiency hydrogen generation is not yet clearly understood. We report here the spectroscopic characterizations of the SWCNT-fullerodendron composites. The results indicate two important fundamental properties of the composite system. First, fullerodendrons preferentially interact with the semiconducting SWCNTs instead of with their metallic counterparts. Second, the photo-induced electron transfer process from the C60 moiety of fullerodendrons to SWCNTs occurs more efficiently with an increasing tube diameter.
Coherent states for compact Lie groups and their large-N limits
Creators: name: Hall, Brian C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The first two parts of this article surveys results related to the heat-kernel coherent states for a compact Lie group K. I begin by reviewing the definition of the coherent states, their resolution of the identity, and the associated Segal-Bargmann transform. I then describe related results including connections to geometric quantization and (1+1)-dimensional Yang--Mills theory, the associated coherent states on spheres, and applications to quantum gravity. The third part of this article summarizes recent work of mine with Driver and Kemp on the large-N limit of the Segal--Bargmann transform for the unitary group U(N). A key result is the identification of the leading-order large-N behavior of the Laplacian on "trace polynomials."
description: Submitted to the proceeding of the CIRM conference, "Coherent states and their applications: A contemporary panorama."
The influence of cultural worldviews on the association between wildfire risk perception and preventive behaviors
Creators: name: Reho, Matteo
name: Veneziani, Giorgio
name: Ciacchella, Chiara
name: Gennaro, Alessandro
name: Salvatore, Sergio
name: Lai, Carlo
Publisher: name: Psychology Hub
Year: 2024

description: Wildfire prevention is one of the most important contemporary environmental challenges. Risk perception appears to be a relevant variable in influencing preventive behaviors, and this association is influenced by several variables. In this regard, cultural worldviews directly influenced environmental risk perception, although, in the context of wildfires, research has not investigated their role in the association between risk perception and preventive behaviors. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between wildfire risk perception and preventive behaviors, and to examine the extent to which this relationship was affected by different cultural worldviews. A survey was administered to 108 Italian participants to assess cultural worldviews, wildfire risk perception and prevention behaviors. Results showed that higher levels of wildfire risk perception were associated with higher prevention behaviors, and that this association was stronger in people with the optimistic engaged worldview than in people with the cautiously engaged worldview. The results suggest that the development of specific policies and interventions on particularly prudent and conservative people could increase enactment of wildfire prevention behaviors.
description: Psychology Hub, Vol. 41 No. 2 (2024)
Search for new physics in dijet angular distributions using proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV and constraints on dark matter and other models
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search is presented for physics beyond the standard model, based on measurements of dijet angular distributions in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV. The data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$^{-1}$. The observed distributions are found to be in agreement with predictions from perturbative quantum chromodynamics that include electroweak corrections. Constraints are placed on models containing quark contact interactions, extra spatial dimensions, quantum black holes, or dark matter using the detector-level distributions. In a benchmark model where only left-handed quarks participate, contact interactions are excluded at the 95% confidence level up to a scale of 12.8 or 17.5 TeV, for destructive or constructive interference, respectively. The most stringent lower limits to date are set on the ultraviolet cutoff in the Arkani-Hamed-Dimopoulos-Dvali model of extra dimensions. In the Giudice-Rattazzi-Wells convention, the cutoff scale is excluded up to 10.1 TeV. The production of quantum black holes is excluded for masses below 5.9 and 8.2 TeV, depending on the model. For the first time, lower limits between 2.0 and 4.6 TeV are set on the mass of a dark matter mediator for (axial-)vector mediators, for the universal quark coupling $g_\mathrm{q}\geq$ 1.
description: Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/EXO-16-046 (CMS Public Pages)
CHARACTERIZATION OF A BIOACTIVE DERIVATIVE OF CALOPHYLLOLIDE BY 2D NMR AND LC-MS/MS
Creators: name: L. Kalyanaraman
name: K. K. Sree Ganesh
name: R. Mohan Kumar
name: R. Pichai
name: K. Vyas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study details the characterization of a novel and an unexpected cyclization reduction product of Calophyllolide (I), by using sodium borohydride. The structure of the derivative (II) was established as 6,10,11-tetramethyl-4-phenyl-6, 10-dihydro-2H-dipyrano [2, 3-f: 2′, 3′-h] chromen-2-one by 2D NMR experiments such as 1H-1H gCOSY, gHSQC, gHMBC, and LC-MS/MS along with 1H and 13C NMR spectra. A reversed-phase HPLC method and a chiral HPLC method were developed to evaluate the purity and chirality. A reaction mechanism for II was proposed. The synthesized compound was showing significant antimicrobial activity than the parent compound (I) when tested against various pathogenic bacteria and fungus.
The Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS): An in-depth psychometric validation among Italian workers
Creators: name: Soraci, Paolo
name: Griffiths, Mark
name: Pisanti, Renato
name: Servidio, Rocco
Publisher: name: Psychology Hub
Year: 2024

description: Studies have suggested that basic psychological needs are associated with a variety of workplace dimensions across different cultures such as psychological well-being, burnout, motivation, and job design. Consequently, adopting validated cross-cultural psychometric scales could facilitate researchers and consultants to better understand employee’s motivational processes. Therefore, the present paper evaluated the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS). The evaluation included confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and measurement invariance across gender. The sample comprised 309 Italian workers (61.6% females), with a mean age of 41.94 years (SD= ±10.71). The survey including the Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and the cognitive weariness subscale of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ). The results of CFA supported a first-order six-factor. The NSFS subscales showed good internal consistencies (Cronbach alphas ranging from 0.88 to 0.95; McDonald omegas ranging from 0.88 to 0.95). Overall, need satisfaction was positively associated with life satisfaction, and need frustration was positively associated with cognitive weariness. Measurement invariance across gender was established. The findings indicate that the NSFS is a psychometrically reliable and valid measure for assessing the basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration among Italian workers. The study expands the literature regarding basic psychological need and demonstrates important associational dimensions in the Italian context.
description: Psychology Hub, Vol. 41 No. 2 (2024)
Requirements and protocol of the 3D documentation of the Heritage Crafts tools
Creators: name: Kokolantonakis, Nikolaos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: 3D
3D modeling
3D art
Heritage Crafts

description: This thesis is part of the Mingei project that studies some crafts as cultural heritage. The goal of it is to make the 3D representation of the tools used in glass making and mastic production. It examines several methods of representing the real world in a 3D aspect. The goal is to give everyday people the chance to get in touch with those crafts tools over a tangible representation of their 3D image. Mingei is a project conducted by several institutes and labs throughout Europe. The aim of it is to explore the possibilities of representing and making accessible both tangible and intangible aspects of craft as cultural heritage to the public. Cultural heritage has significant impact on history and economy of the countries that are found on. It is particularly important to preserve it as it is close to extinction nowadays. In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of making a 3D presentation of an object surface using specialized software. The software used here is Blender. It is a free powerful software that provides many tools and techniques to construct 3D models. The outcome of each blender project is a 3D model. The creator of those models is called a 3D artist. Methods and techniques of 3D design will be discussed throughout the case studies. Glassblowing is a glass forming technique in which the glassblower inflates molten glass through a blowpipe. He reforms the glass in order to make nice looking shapes. Mastic production is the process of making mastic. Mastic is something like a gum that it is produced in Chios which is a Greek island. Both crafts need several tools to that will be made in 3D to achieve the final result. There will be extensive reference to the methods used. From plain 3D modeling to 3D scanning.The case studies will be presented with step by step representation of the procedure. A lot of sub methods will be discussed so the user can choose the best applicable in each occasion. In conclusion the goal of this thesis is to represent the tools used on the crafts above and the way they are made. 3D modeling is probably the best way to do it because it’s the most effective way for people to feel those tools.
description: To run the website you have to set up a localhost server and place the thesis_site_3 folder in your localhost folder.
description: {"references": ["Coordinator: Xenophon Zabulis, http://users.ics.forth.gr/~zabulis/", "Meingei project: http://www.mingei-project.eu/"]}
Percolation Behavior of Electrically Conductive Graphene Nanoplatelets/Polymer Nanocomposites: Theory and Experiment
Creators: name: İbrahim Mutlay
name: Tudoran, Lucian Barbu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Percolation behavior of graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) filled electrically conductive nanocomposites of polymers was studied theoretically and experimentally. A modified power law based percolation theory was formulated to include particulate geometry and temperature dependence. Pristine and vinyl acetate/butyl acrylate functionalized GNPs were synthesized for further usage in preparation of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanocomposites via in situ polymerization. Structural characterization of the samples showed their unique quality. Best values of percolation threshold and maximum conductivity were found to be 0.3 vol.% and 10−1 S/cm, respectively. Modified power law allowing one to predict the percolation by knowing only aspect ratio of GNPs was successfully described our graphene-polymer model system as well as wide range of literature collected data. Our results could serve as a design tool in graphite nanofiller based conductive composites.
Only Closed Testing Procedures are Admissible for Controlling False Discovery Proportions
Creators: name: Goeman, Jelle
name: Hemerik, Jesse
name: Solari, Aldo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 62F03

description: We consider the class of all multiple testing methods controlling tail probabilities of the false discovery proportion, either for one random set or simultaneously for many such sets. This class encompasses methods controlling familywise error rate, generalized familywise error rate, false discovery exceedance, joint error rate, simultaneous control of all false discovery proportions, and others, as well as seemingly unrelated methods such as gene set testing in genomics and cluster inference methods in neuroimaging. We show that all such methods are either equivalent to a closed testing method, or are uniformly improved by one. Moreover, we show that a closed testing method is admissible as a method controlling tail probabilities of false discovery proportions if and only if all its local tests are admissible. This implies that, when designing such methods, it is sufficient to restrict attention to closed testing methods only. We demonstrate the practical usefulness of this design principle by constructing a uniform improvement of a recently proposed method.
SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF FREE AMINO ACIDS, L-CARNOSINE, PURINE, PYRIMIDINE, AND NUCLEOSIDES IN MEAT BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/SINGLE QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY
Creators: name: Szterk, Arkadiusz
name: Roszko, Marek
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A novel approach to single-run determination of 25 free amino acids, L-carnosine, 4 nitrogen bases (purine and pyrimidine), and 5 nucleosides in unpurified biological samples is reported. The analytes were extracted from the sample, derivatized with dansyl chloride, and analyzed using RP-HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS. The reported method features high sensitivity (LOQs in 5–10 ng mL−1 range), wide linearity range with r > 0.94, and high precision (intra-day RSD within the 0.1–4.2% range). Analyte average recovery coefficient was in the 70.1–111.3% range. The method was used to determine levels of free amino acids, L-carnosine, nitrogen bases, and nucleosides in beef (strip loin). Evolution of concentrations of the studied compounds during meat storage processes (vacuum packing, cold storage) was also investigated.
Additional file 2 of The sucrose transporter MdSUT4.1 participates in the regulation of fruit sugar accumulation in apple
Creators: name: Peng, Qian
name: Yaming Cai
name: Enhui Lai
name: Nakamura, Masayoshi
name: Liao, Liao
name: Beibei Zheng
name: Collins Ogutu
name: Cherono, Sylvia
name: Han, Yuepeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. Primer sequences of gene-tagged SSR markers for six MdSUT genes in apple.
Percolation Behavior of Electrically Conductive Graphene Nanoplatelets/Polymer Nanocomposites: Theory and Experiment
Creators: name: İbrahim Mutlay
name: Tudoran, Lucian Barbu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Percolation behavior of graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) filled electrically conductive nanocomposites of polymers was studied theoretically and experimentally. A modified power law based percolation theory was formulated to include particulate geometry and temperature dependence. Pristine and vinyl acetate/butyl acrylate functionalized GNPs were synthesized for further usage in preparation of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanocomposites via in situ polymerization. Structural characterization of the samples showed their unique quality. Best values of percolation threshold and maximum conductivity were found to be 0.3 vol.% and 10−1 S/cm, respectively. Modified power law allowing one to predict the percolation by knowing only aspect ratio of GNPs was successfully described our graphene-polymer model system as well as wide range of literature collected data. Our results could serve as a design tool in graphite nanofiller based conductive composites.
Early life history dynamics of European anchovy in the Western Mediterranean: an Individual-Based Modelling approach
Creators: name: Ospina-Álvarez, Andrés
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Computational Biology
Marine Biology
Developmental Biology
Biophysics

description: Knowledge of the factors influencing the vertical distribution of fish early stages, and consequently influencing the transport, is a crucial issue in fisheries science. Small pelagic fish populations exhibit reproductive strategies resulting from past natural selection pressure, by which certain traits become more or less common in a population, allowing them to adapt and become better suited to certain habitats. One such adaptation is the buoyancy of eggs, which is observed as density changes during development. This is an important issue in fisheries and modeling science, as it affects the vertical distribution of eggs and, therefore, egg transport. Other adaptation of anchovy is the diel vertical migration pattern. The usual pattern involves displacement from shallow depths at night to greater depths during the day. We explore the underlying mechanisms generating known early life history dynamics patterns of European anchovy associated with egg-buoyancy and DVM. Subsequent, we focused on the relevance of spawners location and egg production of the anchovy stock as factors influencing the transport of eggs and larvae toward nursery areas and to provide a method to estimate the daily egg production from adult biomass obtained by mean of acoustic surveys and available fecundity data. At last, we examine the relative contribution of the inter-annual variability of spawner distribution and hydrodynamic circulation on the dispersal of European anchovy eggs and larvae. To accomplish our objectives, an IBM was applied to study how physical (e.g., ocean currents, temperature, salinity) and biological (e.g., buoyancy, growth, vertical migrations) factors affect the dynamics of ichthyoplankton using velocity, temperature and salinity fields obtained from an hydrodynamic model. It also allowed us to track virtual drifters and the ocean properties (temperature, salinity, density) encountered by virtual particles. In this study, egg-buoyancy is highlighted as an important biological characteristic that influences the egg position in the water column. Our results clearly showed that anchovy larvae migrating between different depths are subjected to different currents and thus their Lagrangian trajectories change. We have shown that physical events that alter the strength or position of the jet, such as changes in sub-basin scale climatic patterns, changes in the frequency of zonal winds, increases in surface temperature or modification in deep Mediterranean water formation might therefore affect the area prone to yield pre- recruits, and therefore affect regional fisheries. We demonstrate that spatial paths dramatically differ in some years. The results are compatible with an explanation based on the inter-annual variability of the spawning distribution and ocean circulation, ruling out factors such as temperature or salinity at the spawning time.
title: Konflikti për Gardianin e Kushtetutës në Republikën e Kosovës
Creators: name: Berisha, Durim
name: Bokshi, Bardh
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Kosovo Constitutional Law
subject: 342

description: Constitutional discourse in states in democratic transition has been and remains focused in constitutional phenomena which introduce novelties for the societies of those states. Therefore, such a discourse on the existence of constitutional justice is inevitable in the Kosovar society as well. Thus, this work aims to bring to the fore the role and position of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, comparative aspects of that institution with regard to other constitutional bodies; and finally, a detailed treatment regarding the existence of that institution based on doctrinal comparative aspects and the case law of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo itself.

The birth of the European constitutional justice produced the famous Schmitt-Kelsen debate on the question of the guardian of the constitution. Early stages of the constitutional jurisprudence also revealed a clash between constitutional courts and governing bodies. But in Kosovo, it was the President who claimed to be the guardian of the constitution. An opinion which was supported also by the Speaker of the Parliament .
description: Law: Journal for Juridical and Social Issues, vol. 2019, no. 1-4, p. 37
Controlling for Biasing Signals in Images for Prognostic Models: Survival Predictions for Lung Cancer with Deep Learning
Creators: name: van Amsterdam, Wouter A. C.
name: Eijkemans, Marinus J. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep learning has shown remarkable results for image analysis and is expected to aid individual treatment decisions in health care. To achieve this, deep learning methods need to be promoted from the level of mere associations to being able to answer causal questions. We present a scenario with real-world medical images (CT-scans of lung cancers) and simulated outcome data. Through the sampling scheme, the images contain two distinct factors of variation that represent a collider and a prognostic factor. We show that when this collider can be quantified, unbiased individual prognosis predictions are attainable with deep learning. This is achieved by (1) setting a dual task for the network to predict both the outcome and the collider and (2) enforcing independence of the activation distributions of the last layer with ordinary least squares. Our method provides an example of combining deep learning and structural causal models for unbiased individual prognosis predictions.
description: Initial version presented at AAAI-WHY spring symposium, 2019
Additional file 3 of The sucrose transporter MdSUT4.1 participates in the regulation of fruit sugar accumulation in apple
Creators: name: Peng, Qian
name: Yaming Cai
name: Enhui Lai
name: Nakamura, Masayoshi
name: Liao, Liao
name: Beibei Zheng
name: Collins Ogutu
name: Cherono, Sylvia
name: Han, Yuepeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Table S3. Sequences of primers used for vector construction.
Input-Feedforward-Passivity-Based Distributed Optimization Over Jointly Connected Balanced Digraphs
Creators: name: Li, Mengmou
name: Chesi, Graziano
name: Hong, Yiguang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, a distributed optimization problem is investigated via input feedforward passivity. First, an input-feedforward-passivity-based continuous-time distributed algorithm is proposed. It is shown that the error system of the proposed algorithm can be decomposed into a group of individual input feedforward passive (IFP) systems that interact with each other using output feedback information. Based on this IFP framework, convergence conditions of a suitable coupling gain are derived over weight-balanced and uniformly jointly strongly connected (UJSC) topologies. It is also shown that the IFP-based algorithm converges exponentially when the topology is strongly connected. Second, a novel distributed derivative feedback algorithm is proposed based on the passivation of IFP systems. While most works on directed topologies require knowledge of eigenvalues of the graph Laplacian, the derivative feedback algorithm is fully distributed, namely, it is robust against randomly changing weight-balanced digraphs with any positive coupling gain and without knowing any global information. Finally, numerical examples are presented to illustrate the proposed distributed algorithms.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures, accepted by IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Crystalline Weyl semimetal phase in Quantum Spin Hall systems under magnetic fields
Creators: name: Dominguez, Fernando
name: Scharf, Benedikt
name: Hankiewicz, Ewelina M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate an unconventional topological phase transition that occurs in quantum spin Hall (QSH) systems when applying an external in-plane magnetic field. We show that this transition between QSH and trivial insulator phases is separated by a stable topological gapless phase, which is protected by the combination of particle-hole and reflection symmetries, and thus, we dub it as crystalline Weyl semimetal. We explore the stability of this new phase when particle-hole symmetry breaking terms are present. Especially, we predict a robust unconventional topological phase transition to be visible for materials described by Kane and Mele model even if particle-hole symmetry is significantly broken.
description: 22 pages, comments are welcome
Microwave-assisted synthesis of anisotropic gold nanocrystals in polymer matrix and their catalytic activities
Creators: name: Gobinda Prasad Sahoo
name: Basu, Samita
name: Sadhan Samanta
name: Misra, Ajay
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Biotechnology
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: We report a facile and fast one-pot microwave (MW) synthesis of gold nanotriangle, nanobranches and nanorod. Gold salt is reduced to gold nanoparticles by ethylene glycol/polyethylene glycol in the presence of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose. Morphology of the nanocrystals can be tailored by varying the amount of capping agents, reducing agent and the MW irradiation time. Synthesised nanoparticles are characterised by ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis), transmission electron microscopic and X-ray diffraction spectroscopy study. The key requirement for producing the gold triangle and gold nanorod of higher aspect ratio is the adequate MW heating time. The photocatalytic activity of gold nanocrystals is investigated by monitoring the photochemical reduction of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) in the presence of excess NaBH4. The reaction is first order with respect to the concentration of TNP. It has been observed that the catalytic efficiency of rod-like gold nanocrystals is higher than the other gold nanocrystals.
SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF FREE AMINO ACIDS, L-CARNOSINE, PURINE, PYRIMIDINE, AND NUCLEOSIDES IN MEAT BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/SINGLE QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY
Creators: name: Szterk, Arkadiusz
name: Roszko, Marek
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A novel approach to single-run determination of 25 free amino acids, L-carnosine, 4 nitrogen bases (purine and pyrimidine), and 5 nucleosides in unpurified biological samples is reported. The analytes were extracted from the sample, derivatized with dansyl chloride, and analyzed using RP-HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS. The reported method features high sensitivity (LOQs in 5–10 ng mL−1 range), wide linearity range with r > 0.94, and high precision (intra-day RSD within the 0.1–4.2% range). Analyte average recovery coefficient was in the 70.1–111.3% range. The method was used to determine levels of free amino acids, L-carnosine, nitrogen bases, and nucleosides in beef (strip loin). Evolution of concentrations of the studied compounds during meat storage processes (vacuum packing, cold storage) was also investigated.
CHARACTERIZATION OF A BIOACTIVE DERIVATIVE OF CALOPHYLLOLIDE BY 2D NMR AND LC-MS/MS
Creators: name: L. Kalyanaraman
name: K. K. Sree Ganesh
name: R. Mohan Kumar
name: R. Pichai
name: K. Vyas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: This study details the characterization of a novel and an unexpected cyclization reduction product of Calophyllolide (I), by using sodium borohydride. The structure of the derivative (II) was established as 6,10,11-tetramethyl-4-phenyl-6, 10-dihydro-2H-dipyrano [2, 3-f: 2′, 3′-h] chromen-2-one by 2D NMR experiments such as 1H-1H gCOSY, gHSQC, gHMBC, and LC-MS/MS along with 1H and 13C NMR spectra. A reversed-phase HPLC method and a chiral HPLC method were developed to evaluate the purity and chirality. A reaction mechanism for II was proposed. The synthesized compound was showing significant antimicrobial activity than the parent compound (I) when tested against various pathogenic bacteria and fungus.
Assessment of crtRB1 Polymorphism Associated with Increased β-Carotene Content in Maize (Zea mays L.) Seeds
Creators: name: D. Thirusendura Selvi
name: N. Senthil
name: A. Yuvaraj
name: A. John Joel
name: A. Mahalingam
name: P. Nagarajan
name: S. Vellaikumar
name: P. Srimathi
name: M. Raveendran
name: T. Nepolean
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Breeding for increasing β-carotene levels in maize (Zea mays L.) kernel aims to address the dietary vitamin A deficiency. Due to 3’TE polymorphism, the crtRB1gene (that encodes β-carotene hydroxylase 1) exists in the three allelic forms, viz., 3’TE allele 1 (termed favorable allele, for it favors higher β-carotene accumulation in kernels), 3’TE allele 2 and 3’TE allele 3 (both termed unfavorable alleles, for they do not favor β-carotene accumulation). Here, we aimed to identify maize lines with favorable allele. First, 3’TE polymorphism assay in 210 inbreds revealed that only “UMI 176” had the favorable allele while the rest had the unfavorable alleles, confirming the previous finding that favorable allele is rare in frequency. Second, β-carotene content analysis in 24 inbreds revealed that it varied from 4.5 to 7.92 (μg/g), 0.23 to 2, and 0.42 to 4.22 for lines with allele 1, 2, and 3 respectively, corroborating the previous findings that the presence of favorable allele correlates with higher β-carotene content. In summary, UMI 176 has the favorable allele and had the highest amount of β-carotene content (7.92 μg/g), indicating that it is a promising donor line that can be utilized in β-carotene biofortification breeding.
On pole-swapping algorithms for the eigenvalue problem
Creators: name: Camps, Daan
name: Mach, Thomas
name: Vandebril, Raf
name: Watkins, David S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65F15, 15A18

description: Pole-swapping algorithms, which are generalizations of the QZ algorithm for the generalized eigenvalue problem, are studied. A new modular (and therefore more flexible) convergence theory that applies to all pole-swapping algorithms is developed. A key component of all such algorithms is a procedure that swaps two adjacent eigenvalues in a triangular pencil. An improved swapping routine is developed, and its superiority over existing methods is demonstrated by a backward error analysis and numerical tests. The modularity of the new convergence theory and the generality of the pole-swapping approach shed new light on bi-directional chasing algorithms, optimally packed shifts, and bulge pencils, and allow the design of novel algorithms.
Crisi e necessità della teoria
Creators: name: Gatto, Marco
Publisher: name: Status Quaestionis
Year: 2024

description: The article presents the main weaknesses of contemporary literary theory and proposes a materialistic revival of the concept of theory. It identifies academicised French theory as the main obstacle to this revival, not without pointing out a number of anti-theoretical impulses active in the Anglo-Saxon and Italian scene.
description: Status Quaestionis, N. 26 (2024): Teoria/Theory. Perspectives on Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature
D6.1: Project risk assessment
Creators: name: Gerardi, Fabiana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This deliverable addresses the critical risks analysis of UPTAKE project including the provision of measures to properly manage adverse situations along with the evolution of the project (risk management).

The UPTAKE project holds very ambitious goals: it aims at generating an open and interactive CDR roadmap explorer to investigate strategies that are resilient to risks of failure and disruption and minimize adverse impacts on society, the economy, and the environment, aiming for a just, inclusive, and sustainable transition. Therefore, it is essential to understand potential risks and have an appropriate process to manage them.

This deliverable contains the details of the project risk assessment, exploring, identifying, and handling all relevant risks related to the research and the strategic process to manage them.
title: Mehrbedarfe für Leistungsempfänger nach SGB II und SGB XII
Creators: name: Schmallowsky, Thomas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mehrbedarfe , SGB II und SGB XII
subject: 340

description: Vor den Sozialgerichten wird derzeit über Mehrbedarfe im Hinblick auf den von der Bundesregierung empfohlenen Vorrat an Lebensmittel nach SGB II und SGB XII gestritten. Der Beitrag soll einen Überblick geben über die derzeitige Rechtslage.
Experimental influence of pH on the early life-stages of sea urchins II: increasing parental exposure times gives rise to different responses
Creators: name: Suckling, Coleen C.
name: Clark, Melody S.
name: Beveridge, Christine
name: Brunner, Lars
name: Hughes, Adam D.
name: Harper, Elizabeth M.
name: Cook, Elizabeth J.
name: Davies, Andrew J.
name: Peck, Lloyd S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Many studies into the responses of early life-stages to ocean acidification utilise offspring obtained from parents reared under present-day conditions. Their offspring are directly introduced to altered-pH conditions. This study determined whether this approach is suitable by pre-exposing parent sea urchins (Psammechinus miliaris) to altered seawater pH (~1000 μatm) for several durations, spawning them and rearing their offspring to settlement. Parents acclimated when exposed to low seawater pH for extended periods (>42 d). Longer adult pre-exposures reduced larval survival and less competent offspring were removed from populations earlier than in controls. Control offspring were larger during earlier development stages (2–7 d), but smaller during later development stages (14 + d) than offspring reared under low pH conditions. Juvenile settlement levels were similar across all treatments. After 17 d, offspring sourced from parents pre-exposed to low pH for 42 and 70 d were larger than those pre-exposed for 28 d and ambient sourced offspring directly transferred to low pH. These different responses show that the use of ambient derived offspring utilised in many studies is likely not an ideal approach when assessing larval development responses via morphometric measurements and survivorship prior to settlement. This study also suggests that calcifying organisms have capacities to acclimate and possibly adapt towards conditions beyond natural rates of ocean acidification.
Assessment of crtRB1 Polymorphism Associated with Increased β-Carotene Content in Maize (Zea mays L.) Seeds
Creators: name: D. Thirusendura Selvi
name: N. Senthil
name: A. Yuvaraj
name: A. John Joel
name: A. Mahalingam
name: P. Nagarajan
name: S. Vellaikumar
name: P. Srimathi
name: M. Raveendran
name: T. Nepolean
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Breeding for increasing β-carotene levels in maize (Zea mays L.) kernel aims to address the dietary vitamin A deficiency. Due to 3’TE polymorphism, the crtRB1gene (that encodes β-carotene hydroxylase 1) exists in the three allelic forms, viz., 3’TE allele 1 (termed favorable allele, for it favors higher β-carotene accumulation in kernels), 3’TE allele 2 and 3’TE allele 3 (both termed unfavorable alleles, for they do not favor β-carotene accumulation). Here, we aimed to identify maize lines with favorable allele. First, 3’TE polymorphism assay in 210 inbreds revealed that only “UMI 176” had the favorable allele while the rest had the unfavorable alleles, confirming the previous finding that favorable allele is rare in frequency. Second, β-carotene content analysis in 24 inbreds revealed that it varied from 4.5 to 7.92 (μg/g), 0.23 to 2, and 0.42 to 4.22 for lines with allele 1, 2, and 3 respectively, corroborating the previous findings that the presence of favorable allele correlates with higher β-carotene content. In summary, UMI 176 has the favorable allele and had the highest amount of β-carotene content (7.92 μg/g), indicating that it is a promising donor line that can be utilized in β-carotene biofortification breeding.
Introduction: Teoria/Theory
Creators: name: Abignente, Elisabetta
name: Cangiano, Mimmo
name: Fantappiè, Irene
name: Gallerani, Guido Mattia
name: Gatto, Marco
name: Giusti, Francesco
Publisher: name: Status Quaestionis
Year: 2024

description: This monographic section of Status Quaestionis aims to explore today's uses of theory in the context of literary studies. In particular, this collection of essays stems from the idea of verifying which theories from the twentieth-century period are still present in the dominant perspectives of current literary research, and to what extent. The sixteen contributions hosted in this issue range from Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Translation and Transnational Studies to contemporary narratology and lyric theory. In addition to the articles, the reader will also find inside five interviews, with which the editors have decided to propose in-depth studies on specific themes - Mediterranean Studies, Sociology of Literature, Translation Theory, Manipulation Theory, Lyric Theory - through a dialogue with scholars working abroad and, therefore, able to broaden the collective reflection.
description: Status Quaestionis, N. 26 (2024): Teoria/Theory. Perspectives on Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature
A Remark on the Memory Property of Fractional Difference Operators
Creators: name: Jonnalagadda, Jagan Mohan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Mathematics (math.GM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 26A33, 34A08, 39A12, 39A70

description: Fractional difference operators possess nonlocal structure which largely affects and complicates the qualitative analysis of fractional difference equations. In this article, we discuss the effect of this memory property on asymptotic behaviour of solutions of nabla fractional difference equations.
PDE methods in random matrix theory
Creators: name: Hall, Brian C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 60B20 (primary) 35F21, 46L54, 22E30 (secondary)

description: This article begins with a brief review of random matrix theory, followed by a discussion of how the large-$N$ limit of random matrix models can be realized using operator algebras. I then explain the notion of "Brown measure," which play the role of the eigenvalue distribution for operators in an operator algebra. I then show how methods of partial differential equations can be used to compute Brown measures. I consider in detail the case of the circular law and then discuss more briefly the case of the free multiplicative Brownian motion, which was worked out recently by the author with Driver and Kemp.
description: 40 pages, 20 figures. To appear in Springer volume on "Harmonic Analysis and Applications", February 2021. Corrected typos and made a notational change: the regularization parameter is now called $\varepsilon$ instead of $x$
Work, value, criticism. The metamorphosis of the silkworm
Creators: name: Mozzachiodi, Luca
Publisher: name: Status Quaestionis
Year: 2024

description: The essay examines three key topics of Marxist literary theory (literature as labour, literature as value and the role of literary criticism) through a theoretical and historical survey of the dialectic idea of literary creation as labour. The first Section discusses mainly the works of Lukács, Jameson, and the Italian debate on the writer as labourer. The second section focuses on the work of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and his commentaries on Marxist aesthetics. The struggle between art production and market is underlined by considering issues as the debate on postmodernism and Sánchez Vázquez’s call for a socialization of creation. The last section moves from Bolívar Echeverría’s criticism of capitalist modernity and his studies on use value and ethos to drive a critical perspective on literature considered as value.
description: Status Quaestionis, N. 26 (2024): Teoria/Theory. Perspectives on Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature
Additional file 4 of The sucrose transporter MdSUT4.1 participates in the regulation of fruit sugar accumulation in apple
Creators: name: Peng, Qian
name: Yaming Cai
name: Enhui Lai
name: Nakamura, Masayoshi
name: Liao, Liao
name: Beibei Zheng
name: Collins Ogutu
name: Cherono, Sylvia
name: Han, Yuepeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Figure S1. A schematic of the predicted topology of MdSUTs in apple. AA, amino acid.
Remembering and understanding the past. The value of literature for Memory Studies
Creators: name: Bartolini, Guido
Publisher: name: Status Quaestionis
Year: 2024

description: The article traces the emergence and evolution of the field of memory studies and its impact on the study of literature. It reconstructs the initial first and second waves of memory research, and it highlights key trends in its third and fourth phases. The article then examines the main theories of cultural memory studies and explores the role of literature in shaping collective memory dynamics. While the theoretical foundations of cultural memory studies prioritise intermedial and contextualist interpretations of culture, potentially downplaying the significance of literature, the article shows that recent works with a focus on the ethical dimensions of memory narratives have reaffirmed the crucial role of literature as a heuristic tool for understanding and reflecting on the past and present. As a result, despite the theoretical trajectory of the field, memory studies research interested in developing a complex ethical perspective on the past continues to affirm and preserve literature’s enduring value.
description: Status Quaestionis, N. 26 (2024): Teoria/Theory. Perspectives on Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature
Additional file 5 of The sucrose transporter MdSUT4.1 participates in the regulation of fruit sugar accumulation in apple
Creators: name: Peng, Qian
name: Yaming Cai
name: Enhui Lai
name: Nakamura, Masayoshi
name: Liao, Liao
name: Beibei Zheng
name: Collins Ogutu
name: Cherono, Sylvia
name: Han, Yuepeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5:Figure S2. An example of genotyping of apple cultivars using SSR markers of the MdSUT genes.
Experimental influence of pH on the early life-stages of sea urchins II: increasing parental exposure times gives rise to different responses
Creators: name: Suckling, Coleen C.
name: Clark, Melody S.
name: Beveridge, Christine
name: Brunner, Lars
name: Hughes, Adam D.
name: Harper, Elizabeth M.
name: Cook, Elizabeth J.
name: Davies, Andrew J.
name: Peck, Lloyd S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Many studies into the responses of early life-stages to ocean acidification utilise offspring obtained from parents reared under present-day conditions. Their offspring are directly introduced to altered-pH conditions. This study determined whether this approach is suitable by pre-exposing parent sea urchins (Psammechinus miliaris) to altered seawater pH (~1000 μatm) for several durations, spawning them and rearing their offspring to settlement. Parents acclimated when exposed to low seawater pH for extended periods (>42 d). Longer adult pre-exposures reduced larval survival and less competent offspring were removed from populations earlier than in controls. Control offspring were larger during earlier development stages (2–7 d), but smaller during later development stages (14 + d) than offspring reared under low pH conditions. Juvenile settlement levels were similar across all treatments. After 17 d, offspring sourced from parents pre-exposed to low pH for 42 and 70 d were larger than those pre-exposed for 28 d and ambient sourced offspring directly transferred to low pH. These different responses show that the use of ambient derived offspring utilised in many studies is likely not an ideal approach when assessing larval development responses via morphometric measurements and survivorship prior to settlement. This study also suggests that calcifying organisms have capacities to acclimate and possibly adapt towards conditions beyond natural rates of ocean acidification.