cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Зерновое сорго сорта Рось в рационах кобыл улучшает переваримость питательных веществ
Creators: name: Зотеев В.С.
name: Симонов Г.А.
name: Хализова З.Н.
name: Симонов А.Г.
Publisher: name: Эффективное животноводство
Year: 2024
Subjects: рацион
зерновое сорго
жеребые кобылы
комбикорма-концентраты
переваримость
diet
grain sorghum
pregnant mares
concentrated feed
digestibility

description: Изучено влияние зернового сорго сорта Рось в комбикормах-концентратах жеребых кобыл русской рысистой породы на переваримость питательных веществ рациона. Установлено, что замена 15% зерна кукурузы в комбикормах-концентратах на зерновое сорго сорта Рось позволяет увеличивать переваримость питательных веществ кормов рациона: сухого вещества на – 5,1.%, органического вещества – 5,3%, протеина – 5,9%, жира – 1,8%, клетчатки – 0,6.%, БЭВ на – 6,1%. Это способствует улучшению конверсии корма у жеребых кобыл.
description: The influence of grain sorghum variety Ros in concentrated feed for pregnant mares of the Russian Trotter breed on the digestibility of dietary nutrients was studied. It has been established that replacing 15% of corn grain in concentrated feed with grain sorghum of the Ros variety allows increasing the digestibility of nutrients in the diet: dry matter by 5.1%, organic matter by 5.3%, protein by 5.9 %, fat – 1.8%, fiber – 0.6%, BEV – 6.1%. This helps improve feed conversion in pregnant mares.
Insights into the molecular level composition, sources, and formation mechanisms of dissolved organic matter in aerolsols and precipitation
Creators: name: Altieri, Katye Elisabeth
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Atmospheric aerosols scatter and absorb light influencing the global radiation budget and climate, and are associated with adverse effects on human health.  Precipitation is an important removal mechanism for atmospheric dissolved organic matter (DOM), and a potentially important input for receiving ecosystems.  However, the sources, formation, and composition of atmospheric DOM in aerosols and precipitation are not well understood.  This dissertation investigates the composition and formation mechanisms of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formed through cloud processing reactions, elucidates the composition and sources of DOM in rainwater, and provides links connecting the two.Photochemical batch aqueous-phase reactions of organics with both biogenic and anthropogenic sources (i.e., methylglyoxal, pyruvic acid) and OH radical were performed to simulate cloud processing.  The composition of products formed through cloud processing experiments and rainwater collected in New Jersey, USA was investigated using a combination of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry techniques, including ultra-high resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.This dissertation has resulted in the first evidence that oligomers form through cloud processing reactions, the first detailed chemical mechanism of aqueous phase oligomerization, the first identification of oligomers, organosulfates, and nitrooxy organosulfates in precipitation, and the first molecular level chemical characterization of organic nitrogen in precipitation.  The formation of oligomers in SOA helps to explain the presence of large multifunctional compounds and humic like substances (HULIS) that dominate particulate organic mass.  Oligomers have low vapor pressures and remain in the particle phase after cloud evaporation, enhancing SOA.  The chemical properties of the oligomers suggest that they are less hygroscopic than the monomeric reaction products (i.e., organic acids).  Their elemental ratios are consistent with the hypothesis that oligomers are a large contributor to aged organic aerosol mass.  The majority of the compounds identified in rainwater samples by advanced mass spectrometry appear to be products of atmospheric reactions, including known contributors to SOA formed from gas phase, aerosol phase, and in-cloud reactions in the atmosphere.  The similarities between the complex organic matter in rainwater and SOA suggest that the large uncharacterized component of SOA is the main contributor to the large uncharacterized component of rainwater DOM.
Analysis of Permeability and Wayfinding of University Library: Case Study on SCCC Learning Resource Center
Creators: name: Karthikgheyan Vasudevan, Yasser Arab
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Center of information
Educational Building
Library
University
Space Syntax.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 14, 1, 14A1J: 1-12
Cacia Newman 1842
Creators: name: Medina, Milton Norman
name: Vitali, Francesco
name: Barsevskis, Arvids
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Cacia

description: Key to the subgenera of Cacia Newman, 1842
1 Antennomere 6 with apical spine.............................................................. Pseudocacia
- Antennomere 6 without spine........................................................................... 2
2 Antennomere 4 with apical spine........................................................................ 3
- Antennomere 4 without spine........................................................................... 4
3 Antennomere 3 with apical spine.............................................................. Acanthocacia
- Antennomere 3 without spine................................................................... Spinocacia
4 Antennomere 3 with apical spine................................................................ Cacia s. str.
- Antennomere 3 without spine........................................................................... 5
5 Antennomere 3 with tuft of hairs.................................................................. Pericacia
- Antennomere 3 without tuft of hairs...................................................................... 6
6 Antennomere 3 inflated at the inner side....................................................... Corethrophora
- Antennomere 3 not inflated at the inner side........................................................ Ipocregyes
description: Published as part of Medina, Milton Norman, Vitali, Francesco & Barsevskis, Arvids, 2023, Catalog of the genus Cacia Newman (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) in the Philippines with description of two new species, pp. 537-551 in Zootaxa 5231 (5) on page 545, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7609568
title: Combined branch target and predicate prediction for instruction blocks
Creators: name: Keckler, Stephen W.
name: Burger, Douglas
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: G06F9/3806
subject: G06F9/30058
subject: G06F9/30072
subject: G06F9/38
subject: G06F9/3804
subject: G06F9/3836
subject: G06F9/45516
subject: 712/239
subject: 712/237

description: Embodiments provide methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable media associated with predicting predicates and branch targets during execution of programs using combined branch target and predicate predictions. The predictions may be made using one or more prediction control flow graphs which represent predicates in instruction blocks and branches between blocks in a program. The prediction control flow graphs may be structured as trees such that each node in the graphs is associated with a predicate instruction, and each leaf associated with a branch target which jumps to another block. During execution of a block, a prediction generator may take a control point history and generate a prediction. Following the path suggested by the prediction through the tree, both predicate values and branch targets may be predicted. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Haematotrephus kossacki Witenberg 1923, n. comb.
Creators: name: Dronen, Norman O.
name: Blend, Charles K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Cyclocoelidae
Haematotrephus
Haematotrephus kossacki

description: H. kossacki (Witenberg, 1923) n. comb.
Type host. Dunlin, Calidris alpina (Linnaeus) (Syn. Tringa alpina Linnaeus) (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae)— Chertkova et al. (1994).
Type locality. Europe; specific type locality unknown; Germany—Chertkova et al. (1994).
Additional hosts. Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus (Pallas); common redshank, Tringa totanus (Linnaeus) (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) – Murai et al. (1983).
Additional locality. Hungary—Murai et al. (1983).
Previously proposed synonyms. Cyclocoelum nebularium Khan, 1935 (= H. nebularium [Khan, 1935] n. comb.), Haematotrephus lanceolatum of Stossich, 1902 nec. Wedl, 1858 of Bychowskaja- Pawlowskaja (1953) — Dubois (1959).
Remarks. This species was originally described as Corpopyrum kossacki Witenberg, 1923 (& 1926) and was considered to be the type species for Corpopyrum (= Haematotrephus) by Witenberg (1923) and Yamaguti (1958, 1971). Macko & Feige (1960) considered this species to be a synonym of Haematotrephus lanceolatum (Wedl, 1858) and Joyeux & Baer (1927) considered Corpopyrum kossacki to be Cyclocoelum kossacki (Witenberg, 1923). It has a pretesticular ovary that forms a triangle with the testes (Haematotrephinae), the genital pore is located near the mid-level of the pharynx (“The sex opening is median, situated high at the mid-level of the pharynx”— Witenberg 1926; likely postpharyngeal) and the vitelline fields are not confluent posteriorly, placing this species in Haematotrephus. Yamaguti (1971, Fig. 1135) illustrated the genital pore as being prepharyngeal, while in Fig. 152 of Bashkirova (1950) it appears to be located more posteriorly(postpharyngeal). Until these inconsistencies are resolved we have retained this species in Haematotrephus. Rudimentary oral sucker appears to be present (“The mouth is subterminal and has the shape of a muscular funnel”— Witenberg 1926).
description: Published as part of Dronen, Norman O. & Blend, Charles K., 2015, Updated keys to the genera in the subfamilies of Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902, including a reconsideration of species assignments, species keys and the proposal of a new genus in Szidatitreminae Dronen, 2007, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 4053 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/237117
Mechanisms of the neural and behavioral effects of staphylococcal enterotoxin A after acute and repeated exposure
Creators: name: Urbach, Daniella R.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Superantigens (SAgs) activate the immune system by stimulating excessive proliferation of T cells, resulting in the release of cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα). As an adaptive feedback mechanism, SAgs can also activate the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis by stimulating the release of corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) from the hypothalamus, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the anterior pituitary, and ultimately corticosterone (CORT) from the adrenal gland. Behavioral consequences of SAg activation include increased gustatory neophobia, neophobia to inanimate non-gustatory objects, and heightened anxiety. Cytokines such as TNFα have been shown to mediate some of these behavioral consequences as well as the endocrine and neurobiological effects of SAg exposure. The present experiments were designed to determine the role of TNF receptor I (TNFRI) and TNF receptor II (TNFRII) in mediating the effects of acute and repeated SEA. First, the in vivo repercussions of repeated stimulation with SEA were assessed. Then TNFRI- and TNFRII-deficient animals were tested several hours after acute and secondary exposure to SEA, as well as several days after acute SEA exposure. These studies showed that TNFRI was important in mediating the anorexia and CORT response following acute SEA exposure, but not the increase in neophobia several days following exposure. In addition, TNFRI was also important in mediating the endocrine effects of repeated SEA. Since TNFα was shown to regulate the endocrine effects of SEA, a set of experiments also confirmed that glucocorticoids play an important role in regulating TNFα tolerance following secondary SEA exposure. In addition, the consequences of glucocorticoid disruption on the effects of acute and repeated challenge with SEA were determined through the use of chronic restraint. The results showed that chronic restraint produced an overall increase in interleukin-10 (IL-10) and a blunted interleukin-2 (IL-2) response following immediate acute SEA exposure. However, when the acute exposure was given more distal to the end of restraint period there was an enhanced IL-2 and TNFα response following acute, but not secondary SEA exposure. Collectively, these studies demonstrate the reciprocal effect of TNFα and glucocorticoids after acute and repeated SEA exposure.
Structure-activity studies of novel noncamptothecin topoisomerase  I-targeting agents
Creators: name: Feng, Wei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2008

description: Topoisomerases are ubiquitous enzymes that participate in processes such as DNA replication, transcription and repair. Two camptothecin derivatives, topotecan (Hycamtin®) and irinotican (CPT-11/ Camptosar®), are currently used in the clinic as topoisomerse I targeting anticancer agents. Camptothecins can stabilize the enzyme-DNA cleavage complex, leading to DNA damage and ultimately cell death. Despite their unique tumor suppression mechanism, topotecan and irinotican can undergo hydrolysis and inactivation in vivo due to an unstable lactone moiety. In addition, both topotecan and irinotican are substrates for efflux transporters, BCRP and MDR1, which are associated with drug resistance. 8,9-Dimethoxy-5-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-2,3-methylenedioxy- 5H-dibenzo[c,h][1,6]naphthyridine-6- one (ARC-111) has been identified as exceptionally active  TOP1-targeting agent with potent antitumor activity both in vitro and in vivo. Unlike camptothecins, ARC-111 is not a substrate for major efflux transporters, and does not bind to human serum albumin. ARC-111 structurally related analogs, 12-carboxamides of benzo[i]phenathridine and the "reversed lactams" have also exhibited excellent cytotoxicity and potent TOP1 targeting activity.  In this dissertation, further insights into structure-activity relationship of ARC-111 and related compounds have been carefully examined. Alteration of both D-ring and side chain of ARC-111 have afforded potent TOP1-targeting agents. Inspired by the success of ARC-111, the design, synthesis and biological activities of other B-ring modified benzo[i]phenathridines have been systematically investigated. In review of possible metabolites of ARC-111, together with the known structure-activity relationships associated with the "reversed lactams", 11-carboxamides and 12-carboxamides of benzo[i]phenathridine, have prompted the examination of α,α-dimethyl substitution on the amino side chain on pharmacologic activity. Efficient synthetic methods associated with these novel non-camptothecin anticancer agents have also been developed. Several agents identified in this study have demonstrated excellent cancer cell cytotoxicity, TOP1 targeting specificity, as well as in vivo antitumor efficacy, comparable as the lead compound, ARC-111.
Ventilation Strategies to improve Indoor Air Quality and Occupant Safety from Covid-19: A Review
Creators: name: Asif Ali, Ahmad Sanusi Hassan
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Covid-19
Indoor Environment
Air Quality
Occupant's health
Built Environment Quality
Aerosols
ventilation.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 14, 1, 14A1K: 1-9
Haematotrephus limnodromi Dronen, Gardner & Jimenez 2006
Creators: name: Dronen, Norman O.
name: Blend, Charles K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Cyclocoelidae
Haematotrephus
Haematotrephus limnodromi

description: H. limnodromi Dronen, Gardner & Jiménez, 2006
Syn. H. selfi Dronen, Gardner & Jiménez, 2008
Type host. Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say) (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae).
Type locality. Cheyenne Bottoms, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, USA.
Additional host. Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes (Gmelin) (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae).
Remarks. Haematotrephus selfi was described from the same locality as H. limnodromi from a similar scolopacid bird. It is somewhat smaller (6,400–11,900 long) than H. limnodromi (12,000–16,000) and although it has a somewhat smaller cirrus sac (360–530, 4–6 % of body length compared to 620–750, 4–6%) and a smaller pharynx (130–175 wide, 1–2% of body length compared to 190–240, 1.5%), these differences appear likely to be a product of the size of the specimens examined because the percentages of the measurements relative to body size basically are the same. It should be noted that the larger specimens used in the original description of H. selfi (Fig. 1) represent more developed (older) specimens in which the entire length of the uterus is like that shown for H. limnodromi in Fig. 1 of the original description wherein the uterine loops overreach the ceca laterally. However, Fig. 2 in the original description of H. selfi represents less developed (younger) specimens where the uterus is like that originally described for H. nebularium (Khan, 1935) n. comb. (Fig. 1) where only the posterior aspect of the uterus (about half to one third) has the uterine loops overlapping the ceca laterally. This observation suggests that the size of specimens may need to be considered when using the posterior extent of the uterine loops and the degree to which they overreach the ceca laterally as a characteristic for distinguishing species in this family. Otherwise these two species are indistinguishable and neither has an oral sucker and they are therefore synonymized. No oral or ventral sucker present—Dronen et al. (2006b, 2008).
description: Published as part of Dronen, Norman O. & Blend, Charles K., 2015, Updated keys to the genera in the subfamilies of Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902, including a reconsideration of species assignments, species keys and the proposal of a new genus in Szidatitreminae Dronen, 2007, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 4053 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/237117
Architecture Education in Malaysia: Antecedent or Traditional Inheritance Reprisal Along the Pace of Globalization
Creators: name: Julaihi Wahid, Azli Abdullah
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Architectural Cluster
Architecture program
Board of Architects
Post millennium
Teaching studio
Architecture education system
Education reform.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 14, 1, 14A1L: 1-10
Design and fabrication of 4H silicon carbide MOSFETS
Creators: name: Wu, Jian
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: The 4H-SiC power MOSFET is an excellent candidate for power applications. Major technical difficulties in the development of 4H-SiC power MOSFET have been low MOS channel mobility and gate oxide reliability. In this dissertation, a novel 4H-SiC power MOSFET structure has been presented with the aim of solving these problems.     The research started from the study and improvement of the channel mobility of lateral trench-gate MOSFET that features an accumulation channel for high channel mobility. The design, fabrication and characterization of lateral trench-gate MOSFET are presented. The fabricated lateral trench-gate MOSFET with an accumulation channel of 0.15μm exhibited a high peak channel mobility of 95 cm2/Vs at room temperature and 255 cm2/Vs at 200oC with stable normally-off operation. Based on the successful demonstration of high channel mobility, a vertical trench-gate power MOSFET structure has been designed and developed. This structure also features an epitaxial N-type accumulation channel to take advantage of high channel mobility. Moreover, this structure introduces a submicron N-type vertical channel by counter-doping the P base region via a low-dose nitrogen ion implantation. The implanted vertical channel provides effective shielding for gate oxide from high electric field.A process using the oxidation of polysilicon was developed to achieve self-alignment between the submicron vertical channel and the gate trench. A "sandwich" process, including nitric oxide growth, dry oxygen growth and nitric oxide annealing, was incorporated to grow high-quality gate oxide. The fabricated single-gate vertical MOSFET can block up to 890 V at zero gate bias. The device exhibited a low specific on-resistance of 9.3 mΩcm2 at VGS=70 V, resulting in an improved FOM ( ) of 85 MW/cm2. A large-area MOSFET with an active area of 4.26x10-2 cm2 can block up to 810V with a low leakage current of 21μA and conducted a high on-current of 1 A at VDS=3 V and VGS=50 V. The fabricated devices all exhibited the stable normally-off operation with threshold voltages of 5~6 V. Their subthreshold characteristics with high on/off ratios of 3~5 indicates that the MOSFETs are capable of operating stably as switching devices.
Cyclocoelum wilsoni Harrah 1922
Creators: name: Dronen, Norman O.
name: Blend, Charles K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Cyclocoelidae
Cyclocoelum
Cyclocoelum wilsoni

description: W. wilsoni (Harrah, 1922)
Type host. Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus) (given as Gallinago wilsoni Seebohm; not a valid species) (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae).
Type locality. Creston, Iowa, USA.
Additional host. Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri Cabanis (Syn. Ereunetes mauri Cabanis) (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae)— Yamaguti (1971).
Additional locality. Oklahoma, USA—Yamaguti (1971).
Remarks. This species was originally described as Cyclocoelum wilsoni Harrah, 1922 but considered to be a synonym of W. triangulare (Harrah, 1922) by Bashkirova (1950), of Cyclocoelum (H.) tringae Stossich, 1902 (= Neohaematotrephus tringae [Stossich, 1902] n. comb.) by Dubois (1959) and of H. lanceolatum (Wedl, 1858) by Macko & Feige (1960). This species has a pretesticular ovary that forms a triangle with the testes (Haematotrephinae), a postpharyngeal genital pore, the vitelline fields are not confluent posteriorly and the testes are side by side or nearly so, placing it in Wardianum. Rudimentary oral sucker present—Harrah (1922).
description: Published as part of Dronen, Norman O. & Blend, Charles K., 2015, Updated keys to the genera in the subfamilies of Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902, including a reconsideration of species assignments, species keys and the proposal of a new genus in Szidatitreminae Dronen, 2007, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 4053 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/237117
Molecular and pharmacological study of transcription factor Nrf2
Creators: name: Lin, Wen
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a key regulator of ARE-mediated gene expression of Phase II detoxifying enzymes and antioxidant enzymes. In the proposed study, we tested whether nuclear receptor-associated coactivator-3 (RAC3) could participate in the stimulation of transactivation activity of Gal4-Nrf 2 (1-370) with other coactivators. We showed for the first time that the p160 coactivator RAC3 could stimulate the transactivation activity of Gal4-Nrf 2 (1-370) and this could be further enhanced by the coregulators CBP, p/CAF, CARM-1, and PRMT1. Besides, we found that regulation of Nrf2-dependent ARE-driven gene expression by small Mafs protein is dependent on dosage and the ratio of Maf to Nrf2. On the other hand, ERK2 significantly enhanced the expression of ARE-driven luciferase. ERK2 and MafG synergistically upregulated the Nrf2-activated ARE-driven luciferase expression. Nrf2 was identified as a direct substrate of ERK2 both in vivo as well as in vitro for the first time. The phosphorylation of Nrf2 by ERK2 increased its heterodimerization with small Maf proteins. To extrapolate the implication of Nrf2 in inflammation, we compared the anti-inflammatory effect of sulforaphane on LPS-stimulated inflammation in primary peritoneal macrophages derived from Nrf2 (+/+) and Nrf2 mice. The anti-inflammatory effect was attenuated in Nrf2 (-/-) primary peritoneal macrophages. We concluded that sulforaphane exerts its anti-inflammatory activity mainly via activation of Nrf2 in mouse peritoneal macrophages. To better facilitate application of sulforaphane in therapeutics, the pharmacokinetics characterization was investigated in rats. Toxicogenomics study of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ agonist (PPARγ) troglitazone (TGZ) in mouse  liver as well as to identify TGZ modulated Nuclear Factor-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)--dependent genes was performed. Utilization of animal model of cellular defense deficiency identified Nrf2-dependent genes in response to TGZ and reveals the role of Nrf2 molecule in toxicity caused by TGZ.
title: Soybean based fibers
Creators: name: Ellison, Christopher John
name: Janes, Dustin W.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: C08G75/04
subject: D01D5/0046
subject: D01D5/38
subject: D01D10/00
subject: D01F1/10
subject: D01F6/16
subject: No longer published

description: Fibers can be formed from monomers derived from a biorenewable source. In an embodiment, a fiber forming composition that includes a monomer or mixture of monomers with at least one monomer being derived from a biorenewable source in placed in a fiber producing device. At least a portion of the fiber forming composition is ejected through an opening of the fiber forming device. The ejected fiber forming composition is subjected to light at wavelengths sufficient to activate a reaction which causes solidification of the fiber as the fibers are ejected from the fiber producing device.
Utility and profit maximization in dynamic spectrum allocation
Creators: name: Acharya, Joydeep
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Demand driven, short term allocation of spectrum will be important for future wireless systems. Engineering and economics will jointly determine optimal ways to operate such systems. In this thesis, we characterize two operating principles of dynamic spectrum access: decentralized commons and centralized property right. In decentralized commons, co-located devices sense spectrum for vacant bands to transmit. Assuming an OFDM based physical layer, this means that a device can transmit in non contiguous tones. We analyze how symbol timing synchronization can be achieved using cyclic prefix based algorithms. For different spectral occupancies of the transmitter and fading conditions, we identify scenarios where synchronization algorithms yield satisfactory results and scenarios where they do not. For the centralized property rights regime, we develop a two tiered spectrum allocation model where spectrum is first allocated to service providers (SPs) by a broker and then to customers by SPs. First we assume that the users transmit to the SPs in the uplink after spectrum allocation, who maximize the sum utility of the users. We derive optimal allocation for different system parameters. We introduce a spectrum price and use it to demonstrate several key results about spectrum allocation. The spectrum price proves to be the regulatory mechanism that brings about coordination amongst the SPs with minimal control messaging. Our approach thus strikes a balance between a total and no central coordination. Next we consider a downlink scenario where SPs sell spectrum to users and then transmit data. The SPs operate to maximize their profits. Each SP transmits at a specific power spectral density which is an indicator of the modulation and coding technology used for transmission. When there is only one SP, it can act as a monopolist and when there are multiple SPs, they compete. We characterize the customer to SP interactions in monopoly and SP price competition. We derive the prices charged and profits made by the SPs and show how they vary with provider efficiencies and spectrum costs charged by the broker. We show that an SP should invest in better technology if the broker cost of spectrum is high.
The Effects of Countdown Signals on Drivers' Behavior at Intersections
Creators: name: Sanae Charoenwong, Winai Raksuntorn
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Countdown Signals
Driver Behavior
Red-Light Violation

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 14, 1, 14A1M: 1-8
Cyclocoelum nittanyense Zeliff 1946
Creators: name: Dronen, Norman O.
name: Blend, Charles K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Cyclocoelidae
Cyclocoelum
Cyclocoelum nittanyense

description: H. nittanyense (Zeliff, 1946)
Type host. Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Wilson (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae). Type locality. Nittany Mountain, Center County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Remarks. Although originally described as Cyclocoelum nittanyense Zeliff, 1946, this species was considered to be a synonym of Cyclocoelum brasilianum Stossich, 1902 (= Selfcoelum brasilianum ([Stossich, 1902] n. comb.) by Dubois (1959). It was transferred to Haematotrephus by Yamaguti (1958). Rudimentary oral sucker present— Zeliff (1946).
description: Published as part of Dronen, Norman O. & Blend, Charles K., 2015, Updated keys to the genera in the subfamilies of Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902, including a reconsideration of species assignments, species keys and the proposal of a new genus in Szidatitreminae Dronen, 2007, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 4053 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/237117
Does building more energy efficient homes in Brazil imply increasing CO2 emissions?
Creators: name: Mendes, Julia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Presentation created for the Energy Modelling Platform for Latin America and  The Caribbean (EMP-LAC) 2024.

Research Question: If Brazil implements policies to reduce the U-values of envelopes in its low-income housing stock, with the goal of decreasing energy consumption for indoor conditioning, what will be the impacts in terms of CO2 emissions for the new construction systems?
Embryonic stem cell-derived populations retain their tumorigenic potential
Creators: name: Apicella, Marisa
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disorder, which results in the death of oligodendrocytes, the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS).  Although drug therapies can abate the progression of MS, no treatment has reported significant repair of lost myelin.  One possible solution would be to use an embryonic stem cell therapy to derive oligodendrocytes.  However, ESC studies have stressed the need for have a homogenous cell population, because ESCs produce teratomas, benign embryonic tumors consisting of all three tissue layers.  In this thesis, mouse ESCs were differentiated to oligodendrocytes using a six-step protocol.   At each stage of the differentiation protocol, we asked whether teratogenic ESCs persisted within the differentiated cell population.  If ESCs persisted, the cell population would have the ability to generate embryoid bodies (EBs).  It was found that at each stage of differentiation, we were able to generate EB-like bodies.  However, the frequency of EB formation decreased as differentiation progressed indicating a progressive reduction in the number of ESCs.  The differentiated cell populations were characterized by immunocytochemistry and RT-PCR and compared and contrasted to starting ESC populations.  We conclude that undifferentiated ESCs remain within the heterogeneous population of cells.  Therefore, a possible cell therapy must have all ESCs removed from the final differentiated cell population.
Haematotrephus teesae Dharejo, Bilqees & Khan 2007, n. comb.
Creators: name: Dronen, Norman O.
name: Blend, Charles K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Cyclocoelidae
Haematotrephus
Haematotrephus teesae

description: H. teesae (Dharejo, Bilqees & Khan, 2007) n. comb.
Type host. White-eyed buzzard, Butastur teesa (Franklin) (Falconiformes: Accipitridae). Type locality. Sindh, Pakistan.
Remarks. The description of Uvitellina teesae Dharejo, Bilques & Khan, 2007 by Dharejo et al. (2007) is incomplete and neither the description nor the illustration provides the characteristics necessary to place this species in a genus. The pretesticular ovary forms a triangle with the testes (Haematotrephinae), the genital pore is postpharyngeal (“close to the intestinal bifurcation”) and the testes are diagonal. If the vitelline fields are confluent posteriorly then this species would be assigned to Uvitellina; however, if they are not confluent posteriorly this species would be assigned to Haematotrephus. Dharejo et al. (2007) described the vitelline fields as “vitellarium extracecal and occupying lateral fields” suggesting that they are not confluent posteriorly. The illustration of the vitelline field (one side only) is unclear in Fig. 1 of the original description; however, it appears to range from about a fourth of the body length posteriorly to about two thirds of the body length, and would be considered to be not confluent, placing this species in Haematotrephus. Note that this species was reported from an unusual bird host, the white-eyed buzzard; the only cyclocoelid definitive host known from the Falconiformes. Rudimentary oral sucker present—Dharejo et al. (2007).
description: Published as part of Dronen, Norman O. & Blend, Charles K., 2015, Updated keys to the genera in the subfamilies of Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902, including a reconsideration of species assignments, species keys and the proposal of a new genus in Szidatitreminae Dronen, 2007, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 4053 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/237117
Panisellus thienemanni K.Viets 1920
Creators: name: Martin, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Hydryphantidae
Panisellus
Panisellus thienemanni

description: Panisellus thienemanni (K.Viets, 1920)
Records (Table 2): Benthos samples at site Lux Qu25 (E5), 1 May 2002, one female; 17 April 2003, one male, one deutonymph. No larvae found in traps. First record for Luxembourg.
Description of larvae (see Fig. 1): Boehle (1996).
Diagnostic characters of larvae: Differing from the other Hydryphantidae treated here with respect to their remarkably shorter legs.
Remarks: Boehle (1996) and Wohltmann (pers. comm.) found the larvae of P. thienemanni parasitic exclusively on collembolans. These potential hosts have not been captured in the emergence traps in the present study. Throughout its distribution area, P. thienemanni is rarely found, the presence of adults being possibly restricted to springtime.
E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 o.s.
Panisellus thienemanni x ­
Panisus michaeli ++
Thyas palustris 461 2 1 +
Thyas pachystoma ++
Thyopsis cancellata 4 +
Partnunia steinmanni ++
Protzia eximia ++
Tartarothyas romanica x x +
Sperchonopsis verrucosa 22 +
Sperchon clupeifer x +
Sperchon denticulatus ++
Sperchon insignis 22 +
Sperchon longissimus 112 9 1 +
Sperchon squamosus 58 93 1 +
Sperchon thienemanni 261 3 1 121 1 +
Bandakia concreta 21 1 +
Lebertia crenophila ++
Lebertia glabra x 50 +
Lebertia holsatica 2 +
Lebertia sefvei 73 28 +
Lebertia stigmatifera x +
Hygrobates norvegicus 88 1 +
Atractides fonticolus 129 74 +
Atractides nodipalpis ++
Atractides pennatus 6 +
Feltria rouxi 1 +
Pseudofeltria scourfieldi 1 4 +
Pionidae indet. (cf. Tiphys sp.) 1 ­
Ljania bipapillata 151 8 353 14 +
Aturus crinitus ++
to be continued
description: Published as part of Martin, Peter, 2006, On the morphology and classification of larval water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from springs in Luxembourg, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 1138 on pages 4-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172007
Listeria monocytogenes adjusts its membrane fluidity, ATPase activity and atpE transcription levels in response to cold and acid stress
Creators: name: Badaoui Najjar, Mohamed Z.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that causes listeriosis, a disease associated with a high mortality rate. The organism responds to a variety of stresses by activating stress-response pathways and adjusting its membrane fluidity by altering its fatty acid composition. We hypothesize that the F0F1 ATPase plays a central role in L. monocytogenes' response to multiple stresses. Wild-type and mutant cells were used to investigate the response to cold, acid, and nisin. The branched-chain fatty acid deficient, cold-sensitive mutant strain, cld1, showed significantly higher membrane rigidity (r = 0.175) compared to its wild-type 10403s (r = 0.121) when grown at 30°C, but not at 15°C (r = 0.124 and 0.116, respectively). Strain cld1 adjusted its membrane fluidity to cold stress.  The F0F1 ATPase activity in strain cld1 was 3-fold higher than that of wild-type strain 10403s (0.0267 vs 0.0097 μmole Pi/min.mg protein, respectively) when cells were grown at 30°C. Supplementing cld1's growth medium with the precursor to branched fatty acid, 2-methylbutyrate, restored its fluidity but not the F0F1 ATPase activity to wild-type levels. The acid tolerance response examined differences in initial acid-sensitivity and development of tolerance to lactic acid. Strain cld1 had decreased viability when directly exposed to pH 3.5 (2.64 log CFU/ml), but gained increased viability at pH 3.5 after exposure to pH 5.5 (8.62 log CFU/ml) compared to the wild-type. Finally, a genetic approach examined the F0F1 ATPase c-subunit (atpE) expression in strains 10403s and cld1 using real-time PCR. Strain cld1 showed a 10-fold lower atpE mRNA transcript compared to 10403s. When examining the generated data, we observed that strain cld1 has higher F0F1 ATPase activity, higher initial acid sensitivity, increased protection due to the acid tolerance response, and lower c-subunit mRNA compared to strain 10403s in addition to a rigid membrane. These results support the hypothesis that adjustments took place at the level of the F0F1 ATPase. The various data were pooled in a model in which the mutant strain cld1 has a smaller c-subunit carousel compared to its wild-type 10403s, and highlights the important role of the ATPase in microbial stress response.
The role of pathogens in determining plant recruitment and distribution patterns in a western Amazonian floodplain
Creators: name: Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia C.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: The main objective of this dissertation was to investigate plant host-pathogen dynamics and evaluate the Janzen and Connell (J-C) hypothesis explaining tropical ecosystem mechanism of diversity maintenance. The first chapter of this dissertation explores the influence of distance from fruiting trees and plant density on fungal disease incidence, insect damage and subsequent mortality of conspecific plants  (J-C distance effect). I present novel data about plant pathogens, disease mechanisms, herbivores and host-pathogen interactions for one of the most common plant species of western Amazonia, Iriartea deltoidea.  I found that insect herbivores are located in the vicinity of fruiting trees causing high mortality of conspecific seedlings as predicted by the J-C hypothesis. Surprisingly, the J-C distance pattern is not observed for lethal fungal pathogens such as Diplodia mutila. The second chapter evaluates the nature and infection mechanisms of one of the most lethal pathogens found in I. deltoidea seedlings: Diplodia mutila. This fungus is ubiquitous and a generalist pathogen, causing disease and mortality in several host plants from different families. This characteristic could partially explain why I. deltoidea seedlings did not follow a J-C distance pattern. The potential implications of ubiquitous and pathogenic-endophytic fungi effects in tropical ecosystems are discussed. Endophyte-pathogens, hosts, herbivores and environmental conditions interact with each other, determining disease expression or repression. The third chapter evaluates how environmental conditions, such as light availability, triggers disease expression and potentially defines plant distribution in tropical ecosystems. The ubiquitous and endophytic nature of many fungal pathogens also influences plant recruitment of dispersed propagules. The fourth chapter examines the fate of dispersed seeds and seedlings in tropical ecosystems.  Endophytic fungal pathogens could limit germination of dispersed seeds.  Seedling mortality is high when dispersion is spatially and temporally aggregated. However seedling mortality is low when seedlings are randomly dispersed in the forest floor.  Seedling mortality of dispersed propagules is produced by the synergistic effect of insect herbivores, fungal pathogens and environmental conditions. I conclude that pathogens in tropical ecosystems are not just agents of mortality or disease, but also organisms that influence survival and recruitment patterns of plant species.
Ассоциация цирковирусов второго и третьего типов с возбудителем парвовирусной инфекции свиней
Creators: name: М.А. Леонова
name: С.В. Леонов
name: Н.В. Фоменко
Publisher: name: Эффективное животноводство
Year: 2024
Subjects: свинья
откормочное стадо
технология содержания цирковирус 2 типа
цирковирус 3 типа
возбудитель парвовирусной инфекции свиней
swine
fattening herd
technology for keeping circovirus type 2
circovirus type 3
causative agent of swine parvovirus infection

description: В представленной работе целью являлось изучение вирусной нагрузки и ассоциаций цирковирусов второго и третьего типов с возбудителем парвовирусной инфекции свиней в ключевых фазах выращивания свиней на свинокомплексах с технологией «единого коридора». В результате установлено, что наиболее активное развитие инфекционного процесса, вызванного ЦВС-2, приходится на период отъёма (80,00% проб, в том числе 30,00% с высокой вирусной нагрузкой). Генетический материал ЦВС-3 обнаружен на опоросе (85,71% положительных проб, в том числе с высокой вирусной нагрузкой 57,14%) и далее на отъёме, доращивании и откорме в 90,00100,00% проб, включая 40,00-70,00% проб с Ct<30. Парвовирус, в основном, имел скрытое течение, начиная с опороса и к периоду откорма выявление генетического материала достигало 50,00% проб.
description: Тhe presented work, the goal was to study the viral load and associations of circoviruses of the second and third types with the causative agent of parvovirus infection in pigs in key phases of raising pigs in pig farms with the “single corridor” technology. As a result, it was found that the most active development of the infectious process caused by PCV-2 occurs during the weaning period (80,00% of samples, including 30,00% with a high viral load). The genetic material of PCV-3 was detected at farrowing (85,71% of positive samples, including those with a high viral load of 57,14%) and further at weaning, growing and fattening in 90,00100,00% of samples, including 40,00-70,00% of samples with Ct<30. Parvovirus mainly had a hidden course, starting from farrowing and by the fattening period, the detection of genetic material reached 50,00% of samples.
Reclaiming rural character
Creators: name: Baskind-Wing, Sharon L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: This dissertation takes an ethnographic approach to examining the meanings of rural character on Orcas Island, in San Juan County, Washington.  In spite of the challenges facing productive agriculture in the county, achieving rural character remains the stated goal of county planning efforts, environmental groups, affordable housing advocates, and private landowners.  Drawing from the anthropology of landscape, political ecology, and critical readings of memory and history, this project examines the definitions of rurality in a place where farming and other types of labor have been overshadowed by real estate speculation and tourism.   More broadly, this work argues that land management is a highly subjective process that engages aesthetic preferences, popular ecological models, cultural conceptions of property, and concerns with labor and affordability.  In particular, looking at conservation easements can highlight the ways in which nostalgic longings for particular landscapes can be elevated to the level of political economic conflict, in which only certain individuals are able to shape the land according to personally or culturally shared visions.
Aal Configuration of a Museum Typology with a Case of the Audain Art Museum Canada
Creators: name: Khaw Su Chee, Muhammad Hafeez Abdul Nasir
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Permeability
Wayfinding
Museum
Spatial Arrangement
Privacy

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 14, 1, 14A1N: 1-15
Essays in forecasting
Creators: name: Armah, Nii Ayi Christian
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: This dissertation comprises three essays in macroeconomic forecasting. The first essay discusses model selection and predictive accuracy tests in the context of parameter and model uncertainty under recursive and rolling estimation schemes. Particular emphasis is placed on the construction of valid bootstrap procedures for calculating the impact of parameter estimation error on the class of test statistics with limiting distributions that are functionals of Gaussian processes. Results of an empirical investigation of the marginal predictive content of money for income are also presented.The second essay outlines a number of approaches to the selection of factor proxies (observed variables that proxy unobserved estimated factors) using statistics based on large sample datasets. This approach to factor proxy selection is examined via a small Monte Carlo experiment and a set of prediction experiments, where evidence supporting our proposed methodology is presented.The third essay compares the predictive content of a set of macroeconomic indicators with that of various other observable variables that act as proxies to factors constructed using diffusion index methodology. The analysis suggests that certain spreads constructed as the difference between short or long term debt instruments and the federal funds rate are found to be useful indicators. Surprisingly, traditional spreads, such as the yield curve slope and the reverse yield gap are not found to provide additional predictive power.