cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from plant latex and their antibacterial and photocatalytic studies
Creators: name: Chandhru, M.
name: Logesh, R.
name: Rani, S. Kutti
name: Ahmed, Neesar
name: Vasimalai, N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The present work describes a facile synthesis of silver nanoparticles from calotropis procera (CP-AgNPs). The CP-AgNPs was well characterized by techniques. The synthesized CP-AgNPs are stable for more than 5 months. Then we have used CP-AgNPs as photocatalyst for the degradation of methyl orange dye. The photocatalytic degradation efficiency was calculated to be 0.0076. Moreover, we also have studied the antibacterial activity against pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA), klebsiella pneumonia (KP), staphylococcus aureus (SA) and bacillus subtilis (BS) bacteria. Interestingly, all four different bacteria causing biofilm was 80 % inhibited by CP-AgNPs. To the best of our knowledge, this is a first report for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles from calotropis procera plant latex. Further, CP-AgNPs effectively applied as a photocatalyst or the degradation of methyl orange dye and applied them for anti-biofilm application.
Assessment of fouling mechanisms on reverse osmosis (RO) membrane during permeation of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) solutions
Creators: name: Moreira, Carolina G.
name: Santos, Henrique G.
name: Bila, Daniele M.
name: da Fonseca, Fabiana V.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Fouling mechanisms are mainly caused by the deposition of organic compounds that reduce the removal efficiency on reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. It can be described by mathematical models. The aim of this study was to evaluate the membrane fouling and rejection mechanisms when aqueous solutions containing 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) in different concentrations are permeated at 5 and 10 bar in a bench-scale dead-end RO system. Adsorption tests were performed and the fouling mechanism was assessed by Hermia’s model for solutions of EE2 at concentrations typically found in the environment (µg L−1). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has indicated the presence of EE2 on the fouled membrane surface. Membrane rejection of EE2 ranged from 90% to 98% and the main rejection mechanism was size exclusion at all experimental conditions. However, for the higher concentration of EE2 permeated at 5 and 10 bar, adsorption of 7 and 32 mg m−2, respectively, also took place. The rejection was influenced by fouling and concentration polarisation. Fouled membranes present higher rejection of hydrophobic neutral compounds and the concentration polarisation reduces rejection. Hermia’s model demonstrated that the permeation values fitted better the standard blocking filtration and cake filtration equations for describing fouling mechanism. This study showed that fouling also occurs in the TFC RO membrane after permeation of EE2, which corroborates with studies using other pollutants.
The performance of machine learning algorithm in surgical site infections case identification and prediction, a systematic review protocol (Addendum of DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/F8ERZ)
Creators: name: Wu, Guosong
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: Surgical site infections (SSI) are the most frequent reported healthcare associated infection among surgical patients[1, 2]. Annually, a total of 1.3 million operative procedures were performed in Canada, 2-5% of the patients acquired SSI[3, 4]. The cost associated with SSI are estimated up to $1 million each year in Canada[3]. The length of hospital stay was prolonged by an average of 11 days due to SSI, and the readmission rate for patients who experienced SSI are five times higher than the patient who did not experience SSI[3, 5]. Detecting SSI is an essential step of infection prevention and control programs to further develop quality initiatives to decrease the infection rates. Traditional methods of SSI case identification often require extensive human resources and time-consuming[6]. Machine learning (ML) algorithm which leveraging the enrich text data documented in electronic medical record (EMR) have been applied in SSI case identification and prediction[7-11], yet its effectiveness was not summarized. To close this knowledge gap, we will conduct a systematic review to scan the literature evidence of ML algorithm applied in SSI case identification/ prediction to summarize its overall performance.
Lung growth index and lung growth ratio – new ultrasound parameters for predicting neonatal survival in fetuses with isolated left sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
Creators: name: Przemyslaw Kosinski
name: Luterek, Katarzyna
name: Lipa, Michal
name: Miroslaw Wielgos
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of several ultrasound parameters used to predict neonatal survival in fetuses with isolated left-sided severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia. This study is to compare different measurement methods. Also, two new ultrasound parameters have been described: the lung growth ratio (LGR) and the lung growth index (LGI). Methods: This was a retrospective study in pregnancies with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) treated by fetoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO). Pictures revealing four-chamber view of the fetal heart were reviewed and the right lung area was remeasured with several techniques: anterior-posterior, longest diameter, and tracing method. Based on the measurements, different parameters were obtained: lung-to-head ratio (LHR) (anterior-posterior), LHR (longest diameter), LHR (tracing method), o/e LHR (longest diameter), quantitative lung index (QLI) (longest diameter), and QLI (tracing method). All measurements were taken at the time of balloon insertion and at the time of balloon removal. In order to describe and compare fetal lung size indices in terms of their value as predictors of neonatal survival, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was applied. Results: Lung-to-head ratio calculated at the time of balloon occlusion measured with the tracing method reached the most significant statistical difference (p
The impact of inhaled bronchodilators on bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a nonrandomized comparison from the NEuroSIS trial
Creators: name: Koch, Alexander
name: Kreutzer, Karen B.
name: Poets, Christian
name: Engel, Corinna
name: Bassler, Dirk
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background: Inhaled bronchodilators improve pulmonary function. Their effects on bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are uncertain. We assessed the efficacy of early inhaled bronchodilators on the risk of BPD and death in extremely preterm infants. Methods: We performed a post-hoc analysis of prospectively collected data from the Neonatal European Study of Inhaled Steroids (NEuroSIS). In NEuroSIS, 863 extremely preterm infants were randomly assigned to receive early inhaled budesonide or placebo. We now performed nonrandomized comparisons between infants that participated in the NEUROSIS trial and either received early (within the first 48 h of life) bronchodilators or no bronchodilators. Groups were assembled according to predefined criteria stated in the study protocol and we used the same prespecified primary outcome as in the main study, a composite of BPD and death at a postmenstrual age of 36 weeks. Results: Treatment groups did not differ significantly in the composite outcome of BPD and death at 36 weeks postmenstrual age: bronchodilator group (20/46; 43.5%), versus 349/810 (43.1%) in the no bronchodilator group; (p = .97). Analyzed by individual components, there were no significant differences in BPD and death rates between the groups. Discussion: Based on our analyses, early inhaled bronchodilators did not reduce the risk of BPD and death in extremely preterm infants.
Megachile (Xanthosarus) lagopoda
Creators: name: Boustani, Mira
name: Rasmont, Pierre
name: Dathe, Holger H.
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
name: Kasparek, Max
name: Michez, Denis
name: Müller, Andreas
name: Pauly, Alain
name: Risch, Stefan
name: Straka, Jakub
name: Terzo, Michael
name: Achter, Xavier Van
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Nemer, Nabil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Megachile
Megachile lagopoda

description: Megachile (Xanthosarus) lagopoda (L., 1761)
Distribution: PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Literature. Listed in Mavromoustakis (1956) as Megachile lagopoda fulvohirta Alfken, 1935, which can possibly be a distinct subspecies. Verification of type material is necessary in this case.
Mount Lebanon, Baabdate, 2♀, 1♂, 24.V.1953, det. & leg. Mavroumoustakis G.A.
description: Published as part of Boustani, Mira, Rasmont, Pierre, Dathe, Holger H., Ghisbain, Guillaume, Kasparek, Max, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Pauly, Alain, Risch, Stefan, Straka, Jakub, Terzo, Michael, Achter, Xavier Van, Wood, Thomas J. & Nemer, Nabil, 2021, The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-146 in Zootaxa 4976 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018
Innovative Technologies For A Cost-Effective Biogas Upgrading In Wastewater Treatment Plants.
Creators: name: Mª Del Rosario Rodero
name: Lebrero, Raquel
name: Marín, David
name: Lara, Enrique
name: Zouhayr Arbib
name: Muñoz, Raúl
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: wastewater
biogas
high rate algae pond

description: Poster presented in AlgaEurope 2017. Conference about algal-bacterial processes for biogas upgrading in wastewater treatment plants.
description: {"references": ["Toledo-Cervantes A., Serejo M., Blanco S., P\u00e9rez R., Lebrero R., Mu\u00f1oz R., (2016). Photosynthetic biogas upgrading to bio-methane: Boosting nutrient recovery via biomass productivity control. Algal Res.17, 46-52.", "Bahr M., D\u00edaz I., Dom\u00ednguez A., Gonz\u00e1lez A. and Mu\u00f1oz R. (2013). Microalgal-Biotechnology as a platform for an integral biog\u00e1s upgrading and nutrient removal from anaerobic effluents. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48, 573-581.", "Posadas E., Serejo M.L., Blanco S., P\u00e9rez R., Garc\u00eda-Encina P.A. and Mu\u00f1oz R. (2015). Minimization of biomethane oxygen concentration during biogas upgrading in algal-bacterial photobioreactors. Algal Res. 12: 221-229."]}
Megachile (Chalicodoma) monstrifica Morawitz 1877
Creators: name: Boustani, Mira
name: Rasmont, Pierre
name: Dathe, Holger H.
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
name: Kasparek, Max
name: Michez, Denis
name: Müller, Andreas
name: Pauly, Alain
name: Risch, Stefan
name: Straka, Jakub
name: Terzo, Michael
name: Achter, Xavier Van
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Nemer, Nabil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Megachile
Megachile monstrifica

description: Megachile (Chalicodoma) monstrifica Morawitz, 1877
Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Possibly conspecific with M. manicata (Praz, unpublished).
Mavromoustakis (1956): Listed under M. monstrfica var. lebanotica Mavromoustakis, 1956
Bekaa: North of Ainata, 2200 m., 1♀, 1.VII.1953, det. Mavroumoustakis G.A., leg. Christiansen K.
description: Published as part of Boustani, Mira, Rasmont, Pierre, Dathe, Holger H., Ghisbain, Guillaume, Kasparek, Max, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Pauly, Alain, Risch, Stefan, Straka, Jakub, Terzo, Michael, Achter, Xavier Van, Wood, Thomas J. & Nemer, Nabil, 2021, The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-146 in Zootaxa 4976 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018
Effect of digestate loading rates on microalgae-based treatment under low LED light intensity
Creators: name: Torres-Franco, Andrés Felipe
name: Silva, Gabriela
name: Freitas, Matheus Pascoal
name: Passos, Fabiana
name: Figueredo, César Rossas Mota Filho and Cleber Cunha
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Low red-LED irradiances are an attractive alternative for enhancing microalgae photobioreactors treating digestate due to their potential contribution in decreasing area footprints with low energy consumptions. However, more information is required regarding the influence of digestate load on treatment performance and biomass valorisation when low-intensity red-LEDs are applied. Thus, this study assessed microalgae-based photobioreactors treating food waste digestate under different concentrations (5%, 25%, 50%, and 75%, v/v) at low red-LED irradiance (15 µmol·m-2·s-1). The removal efficiencies of soluble chemical oxygen demand (sCOD) at the end of the experiment ranged from 45-75% when treating influent loads between 5.3 and 79.1 g sCOD·m-3·d-1 (5% and 75%-digestate), respectively. Total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) was applied in loading rates between 3.2 and 48.5 g TAN·m-3·d-1 (5% and 75%, respectively) and removed with maximum efficiencies of 90-100% in all trials. Nitrification-denitrification was proportionally more relevant when treating 5%-digestate, whereas volatilisation was the primary process in 25%, 50% and 75% concentrations. Microalgae presented adequate yields in all treatments, except in 75%-digestate, likely due to the blocking of light by the high solids concentrations. The assessment of the microalgae community and chlorophyll-a and carotenoids suggested that chlorophytes, mainly Dictyosphaerium pulchellum and Scenedesmus sp. grew autotrophically, whereas cyanobacteria Pseudanabaena sp. grew mixotrophically. Moreover, the sustainability of red LED lighting applications can be increased by anaerobic digestion or agricultural valorisation of the biomass, enabled by its high N and P contents. Low-intensity red-LEDs may have promissory applications in the treatment of high-strength wastewaters.
Clinical and ultrasonographic parameters in assessment of labor induction success in nulliparous women
Creators: name: Bila, Jovan
name: Plesinac, Snezana
name: Vidakovic, Snezana
name: Spremovic, Svetlana
name: Terzic, Milan
name: Dotlic, Jelena
name: Vukovic, Ivana Kalezic
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Purpose: Evaluation of simplified Bishop score and ultrasound cervicometry in the assessment of labor induction success in nulliparous women. Methods: Prospective cohort study included 146 nulliparous women with singleton pregnancy and indications for labor induction. Prior to labor induction, cervicometry and Bishop score were determined. Upon delivery, patients were classified as those delivered vaginally and by cesarean section (CS) after unsuccessful labor induction. Results: Bishop score >5 was found in 47.95% of vaginally delivered women and 12.33% of patients delivered by CS (p p 5 versus ≤5) had lower sensitivity (52.05%) and specificity (12.33%) than cervicometry (good versus unfavorable findings) (sensitivity 65.75%, specificity 75.34%) for prediction of labor induction success. If Bishop score was ≤5, cervicometry had 50.0% sensitivity and 78.13% specificity, while if Bishop score was >5, 82.86% sensitivity and 55.56% specificity. Obtained model for predicting labor induction outcome in nulliparous women based on their clinical and ultrasonographical characteristics identified the Bishop score as the most important predictor. Conclusions: Study confirmed the usefulness of simplified Bishop score and ultrasound cervicometry in the assessment of labor induction success in nulliparous women.
Full NLO QCD corrections to Higgs-pair production in the Standard Model and beyond
Creators: name: Baglio, J.
name: Campanario, Francisco
name: Glaus, Seraina
name: Mühlleitner, Milada Margarete
name: Ronca, J.
name: Spira, M.
Publisher: name: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Year: 2022

description: Higgs-pair production is one of the targets of the high-luminosity LHC and of future hadron colliders, as it allows for a direct probe of the trilinear Higgs coupling and hence of the mechanism behind electroweak symmetry breaking. This contribution focuses on the impact of the full next- to-leading order QCD corrections to Higgs-pair production via gluon fusion, the main production mechanism at hadron colliders, in the Standard Model and in Two-Higgs-Doublet models. The uncertainties due to the top-mass scale-and-scheme choice will be discussed.
RELATIONSHIP OF WORKING CAPITAL TO CORPORATE PERFORMANCE AND STOCK PRICE: EVIDENCE FROM THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR OF PAKISTAN
Creators: name: Noheed Khan, Muhammad Bilal
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Current ratio (CR)
Cash
Stock Price (SP)
Net operating profitability
Working capital management (WCM)
Cash conversion cycle (CCC)
Inventory turnover.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 13, 11A13U: 1-11
Supplementary material from Selection and spatial arrangement of building materials during the construction of nest turrets by grass-cutting ants
Creators: name: Römer, Daniela
name: Cosarinsky, Marcela I.
name: Roces, Flavio
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Engineering
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Supplementary material: Table S1, Statistical data analysis of stick ordinal number (Figure 5) and Figure S1, choice between unmarked and paint-marked sticks for building
Megachile (Eutricharaea) leucomalla Gerstacker 1869
Creators: name: Boustani, Mira
name: Rasmont, Pierre
name: Dathe, Holger H.
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
name: Kasparek, Max
name: Michez, Denis
name: Müller, Andreas
name: Pauly, Alain
name: Risch, Stefan
name: Straka, Jakub
name: Terzo, Michael
name: Achter, Xavier Van
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Nemer, Nabil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Megachile
Megachile leucomalla

description: Megachile (Eutricharaea) leucomalla Gerstäcker, 1869 *
Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 1187 m, 29.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.
Flower record. Astereaceae: Echinops gaillardotii.
description: Published as part of Boustani, Mira, Rasmont, Pierre, Dathe, Holger H., Ghisbain, Guillaume, Kasparek, Max, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Pauly, Alain, Risch, Stefan, Straka, Jakub, Terzo, Michael, Achter, Xavier Van, Wood, Thomas J. & Nemer, Nabil, 2021, The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-146 in Zootaxa 4976 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018
title: Revising the Locations of Several Cities in the Western Region of the Iranian Plateau
Creators: name: Novotny, Jamie
name: Firouzi, Sorena
Publisher: name: Sargon Editrice e Libreria
Year: 2023

description: One of the most common methods of determining the location of settlements, mountains, and other geographic features related to historical and archaeological studies is to examine the geographic data included in written documents and to investigate them with the locations of a modern region or area. By using and understanding the contents of these sources, it is possible to draw a reliable map within a general or specific framework. This, in turn, can lead to more nuanced research in historical and archaeological investigations, thus providing a better understanding and description of the cultural and political background of these regions. This is particular true of the western region of the Iranian Plateau, especially during the eighth century BCE.
Based on the information provided by royal inscriptions of Sargon II of Assyria (721–705 BCE) and the “Sargon Geography,” a text attributed to Sargon of Agade (ca. 2334–2279 BCE), this article examines the geographic position of a settlement called Karzinû/Karzina in the central Zagros and an adjacent settlement called Ḫandakiyaš. New modern locations are proposed for both places. Fur-thermore, based on Neo-Assyrian inscriptions, especially those from the reign of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BE), it appears that there were two cities with the name Bīt-Ištar, rather than just one. The proposed locations of both cities are discussed. Finally, the article examines Bīt-Bagaya and its po-sition within the central Zagros.
Megachile (Chalicodoma) manicata Giraud 1861
Creators: name: Boustani, Mira
name: Rasmont, Pierre
name: Dathe, Holger H.
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
name: Kasparek, Max
name: Michez, Denis
name: Müller, Andreas
name: Pauly, Alain
name: Risch, Stefan
name: Straka, Jakub
name: Terzo, Michael
name: Achter, Xavier Van
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Nemer, Nabil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Megachile
Megachile manicata

description: Megachile (Chalicodoma) manicata Giraud, 1861 (fig. 20.4–5)
Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean (Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Local distribution fig. 14.14
Literature. Listed under Megachile manicata var. hammanensis Mavromoustakis, 1956
Mavromoustakis (1956) describes this variety from Lebanon with smaller size than Megachile manicata. He also reports that M. manicata “has the punctuation on anterior tergites somewhat finer than in my Lebanon females.” Mount Lebanon: Hammana, 17.V.1953, 1♀; 16.V.1953, 1♀; Mount Lebanon, Jebel el Knaisse, 1♂, 18.V.1953; Mount Lebanon, Brumanna, 11.V.1953, 2♂.
Material examined. Bekaa: Ainata, 1824 m, 30.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P., coll. MBOU.
N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine, 1800 m, 25.III.2002, 1♂, leg. Nemer N., coll. TCFNR; Horch Ehden, 1797 m, 4.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.Additional 22♀ and 18♂ from 14 records, collected between 5.V.2017 and 9.VIII.2018 from Fehta, Hadath El Jebbe, Jord Tannourine, Bcharre, and Arz Tannourine.
Flower records. Fabaceae: Astragalus angustifolius, Astragalus coluteoides, Astragalus cruentiflorus, Lotus gebelia libanoticus, Onobrychis cornuta, Vicia canescens, Vicia tenuifolia; Lamiaceae: Stachys ehrenbergii.
Reported as having a preference for Fabaceae (Gogala 2014) that we also observe in the records above.
description: Published as part of Boustani, Mira, Rasmont, Pierre, Dathe, Holger H., Ghisbain, Guillaume, Kasparek, Max, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Pauly, Alain, Risch, Stefan, Straka, Jakub, Terzo, Michael, Achter, Xavier Van, Wood, Thomas J. & Nemer, Nabil, 2021, The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-146 in Zootaxa 4976 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018
CoFBAT overall approach poster
Creators: name: Concepcion, Carlos
name: Gopalakrishnan, Rahul
name: Smajic, Jasmin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Cobalt free
lithium ion batteries
Gel Polymer electrolyte
Silicon anodes
LMNO cathodes
Titanium Niobate anodes
Recycling

description: CoFBAT is an European Project within LC BAT 2-2019 framework focused on targets of EU stationary storage policy, fulfilling the needs of decentralized energy production, private households and robotised devices. The CoFBAT approach covers the complete value chain ranging from the material’s development through cost-effective technologies, cell assembly and optimization to the technology validation. CoFBAT relies on the development of materials, performance and cost optimization, and upscaling.
Model-independent test of T violation in neutrino oscillations
Creators: name: Segarra, Alejandro
name: Schwetz, Thomas
Publisher: name: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Year: 2021

description: We propose a method to establish time reversal symmetry violation at future neutrino oscillation experiments in a largely model-independent way. We introduce a general parametrization of flavour transition probabilities which holds under weak assumptions and covers a large class of new-physics scenarios. This can be used to search for the presence of T-odd components in the transition probabilities by comparing data at different baselines but at the same neutrino energies. We show that this test can be performed already with experiments at three different baselines and might be feasible with experiments under preparation/consideration.
LINPS: A database for cancer cell-specific perturbations of biological networks
Creators: name: Ahmed, Mahmoud
name: Kim, Deok Ryong
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2022

description: Screening for potential cancer therapies using existing large datasets of drug perturbations requires expertise and resources not available to all. This is often a barrier for lab scientists to tap into these valuable resources. To address these issues, one can take advantage of prior knowledge, especially those coded in standard formats such as causal biological networks (CBN). Large datasets can be converted into appropriate structures, analyzed once, and the results made freely available in easy-to-use formats. We used the Library of Integrated Cellular Signatures to model the cell-specific effect of hundreds of drug treatments on gene expression. These signatures were then used to predict the effect of the treatments on several CBN using the network perturbation amplitudes analysis. We packaged the pre-computed scores in a database with an interactive web interface. The intuitive, user-friendly interface can be used to query the database for drug perturbations and quantify their effect on multiple key biological functions in cancer cell lines. In addition to describing the process of building the database and the interface, we provide a realistic use case to explain how to use and interpret the results. To sum, we pre-computed cancer-cell-specific perturbation amplitudes of several biological networks and made the output available in a database with an interactive web interface.
Tools Registry and EDAM ontology
Creators: name: Ienasescu, Hans
name: Lamothe, Lucie
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2022

description: Supported by Elixir, bio.tools and EDAM projects work hand in hand to allow users to easily register and search for tools, in a FAIR manner. Bio.tools includes more than 25.000 software and data services for biological and biomedical science. The bio.tools registry uses EDAM ontology concepts to annotate the tools and navigate the registry.
 These slides were presented at the Elixir Tools Platform annual meeting.
title: Experimental Investigation of a Wind Turbine with Adaptive Camber Rotor Blades under Gusty Conditions
Creators: name: Schiffmann, Klaus
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2020

description: This study has the purpose of investigating the performance of the adaptive camber profile (ACP) concept on wind turbine blades. As such, it extends previous studies at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt in which the load-dependent ACP concept has been examined for two-dimensional flow and for synthetic gust generation. The experiments in this study have been performed on the Berlin Research Turbine (BeRT) at the Technische Universität Berlin. Two main goals were formulated in designing the experiments. The first goal was to investigate the ACP performance under fully three-dimensional operating conditions and with realistic turbulence/gust conditions of the inflow. For this, the response of the ACP elements when the turbine operated with a yawed rotor plane was compared to the non-yawed case. The yawed rotor plane resulted in local variations of angle of attack, dependent on both rotation angle and span location, yielding highly unsteady conditions of the onflow. The aim was to examine the ability of the ACP concept to alleviate gust load fluctuations. The second goal was to investigate to what extent the ACP concept was suitable over a larger range of angle-of-attack variations. This was realised by outfitting one rotor blade with three ACP sections, distributed between the root and tip of the blade, since these three positions exhibit very different effective AoA variations. The experiments show that it is favourable to control not only the outer blade area with an ACP mechanism but also the area near the blade root, resulting in a significantly higher overall gust load reduction. A peak load reduction of about 10% could be achieved. On the other hand, local load increase of about 20% could be achieved and this leads to a reduction of load fluctuation amplitude compared with rigid profiles. Based on the findings of this study it can be concluded that the ACP concept, if properly designed and implemented for specific operating conditions, has great potential to increase the lifetime and the energy output of wind turbines.
Long-Term Effect of Beta-Blockers on Mortality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Without Reduced Ejection Fraction in Phitsanulok
Creators: name: Duangkamon Poolpun
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2020
Subjects: beta-blockers, mortality, acute myocardial infarction without reduced left ventricular ejection fraction

description: Isan Journal ofPharmaceutical Sciences, 16, 4, 1-12
Tachycardia in Schizophrenia Patients Treated with Clozapine During Inpatient Hospitalization
Creators: name: Jaraweekorn Sermram
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2020
Subjects: Clozapine, tachycardia, schizophrenia

description: Isan Journal ofPharmaceutical Sciences, 16, 4, 13-23
Multimodal physical therapy for treating primary and secondary fibromyalgia – German multimodal rheumatologic complex treatment
Creators: name: Klemm, Philipp
name: Hudowenz, Ole
name: Asendorf, Thomas
name: Dischereit, Gabriel
name: Müller-Ladner, Ulf
name: Lange, Uwe
name: Tarner, Ingo H.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Multimodal rheumatologic complex therapy (MRCT) delivers various modalities of physical therapy (PT) to patients with rheumatic diseases. We conducted a monocentric retrospective analysis of the effects of MRCT on pain and disease activity in patients with primary (PFM) and secondary fibromyalgia (SFM). 102 treatment episodes (N) applied to 83 patients (n) with PFM (N = 50; n = 39) and SFM (N = 52, n = 44) were analysed. Of the latter, 23 had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 21 spondyloarthritis (SpA). We evaluated changes in pain intensity, functional status and disease activity before and after a MRCT episode. In addition, we assessed influences of various patient characteristics and analysed treatment responses in PFM and SFM. MRCT resulted in significant reduction of pain (NRS, p < 0.0001) and disease activity (FIQ, p = 0.001). In SFM, disease activity of the underlying disease (i.e. RA or SpA) was significantly reduced. Various aspects of the disease did not have a significant effect on the outcome parameters. Treatment effects were not significantly different in PFM and SFM. MRCT significantly decreases pain and disease activity in patients with FM, irrespective of the course of disease, and is equally effective in both PFM and SFM, thus underlining the importance of PT in the treatment of FM.
Megachile (Chalicodoma) montenegrensis Dours 1873
Creators: name: Boustani, Mira
name: Rasmont, Pierre
name: Dathe, Holger H.
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
name: Kasparek, Max
name: Michez, Denis
name: Müller, Andreas
name: Pauly, Alain
name: Risch, Stefan
name: Straka, Jakub
name: Terzo, Michael
name: Achter, Xavier Van
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Nemer, Nabil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Megachile
Megachile montenegrensis

description: Megachile (Chalicodoma) montenegrensis Dours, 1873 *
Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Algeria (Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Local distribution fig. 14.15
Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 11.V.2017, 7♀, leg. Boustani M.,
coll. MBOU. Additional 30♀ and 10♂ from 17 records collected between 26.V.2017 and 23.VI.2018, from Fehta, Arz Tannourine, Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Bcharre, Harissa, and Hadath El Jebbe.
Flower records. Asteraceae: Carduus argentatus; Fabaceae: Colutea cilicica, Lotus gebelia var libanoticus, Ononis natrix, Vicia tenuifolia; Campanulaceae: Michauxia campanuloides; Lamiaceae: Stachys distans.
Reported as having a preference for Fabaceae (Praz 2017), as observed in the records above.
description: Published as part of Boustani, Mira, Rasmont, Pierre, Dathe, Holger H., Ghisbain, Guillaume, Kasparek, Max, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Pauly, Alain, Risch, Stefan, Straka, Jakub, Terzo, Michael, Achter, Xavier Van, Wood, Thomas J. & Nemer, Nabil, 2021, The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-146 in Zootaxa 4976 (1) on pages 76-77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018
Electronic supplementary material from Young frigatebirds learn how to compensate for wind-drift
Creators: name: Wynn, Joe
name: Collet, Julien
name: Prudor, Aurélien
name: Corbeau, Alexandre
name: Padget, Oliver
name: Guilford, Tim
name: Weimerskirch, Henri
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional analyses designed to complement those presented in the main text.
Situations of implementation of pharmaceutical cost containment policies in Phimai hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima province
Creators: name: Juraiwan Lekkanok
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2020
Subjects: control cost containment medicines, CIPP Model, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

description: Isan Journal ofPharmaceutical Sciences, 16, 4, 24-39
Transition from Parenteral to Oral Antimicrobial Therapy for Bacterial Pneumonia at Srinagarind Hospital
Creators: name: Ratchadaporn Soontornpas
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2020
Subjects: Anitmicrobia transition, Bacterial pneumonia

description: Isan Journal ofPharmaceutical Sciences, 16, 4, 40-49
Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietana Geoffroy 1785
Creators: name: Boustani, Mira
name: Rasmont, Pierre
name: Dathe, Holger H.
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
name: Kasparek, Max
name: Michez, Denis
name: Müller, Andreas
name: Pauly, Alain
name: Risch, Stefan
name: Straka, Jakub
name: Terzo, Michael
name: Achter, Xavier Van
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Nemer, Nabil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Megachile
Megachile parietana

description: Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietana Geoffroy, 1785 (fig. 20.6, fig. 28.3)
Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Local distribution fig. 14.16
Literature. Mavroumoustakis (1956): Listed as Megachile parietina nestorea Brullé, 1832, as a form of M. parietana with an entirely black scopa.
Mount Lebanon, Hammana, 15.V.1953, 1♀, 1♂; 17.V.1953, 5♀, 4♂; Bekaa, Baalbeck, 25.V.1953, 1♀, l ♂, all det. & leg. Mavroumoustakis G.A.
Material examined. N. Lebanon: Bcharre, Daher El Adib, 2611 m, 20.VI.2016, 4♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 25♀ and 3♂ from 16 records, collected between 4.V.2017 and 29.VII.2018, from Horch Ehden, Arz Bcharre, and Qanat.
S. Lebanon: Hlaliyeh, 29.V.1975, 1♀; Chhim, Khallat Chhim, 24.IV.1981, 1♂., all coll. AUB.
Flower records. Boraginaceae: Echium italicum; Fabaceae: Astragalus angustifolius, Lotus gebelia var libanoticus, Onobrychis cornuta; Lamiaceae: Stachys ehrenbergii; Salvia multicaulis.
Reported to visit mainly Fabaceae and Lamiaceae by Gogala (2014), both observed in our records as well.
description: Published as part of Boustani, Mira, Rasmont, Pierre, Dathe, Holger H., Ghisbain, Guillaume, Kasparek, Max, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Pauly, Alain, Risch, Stefan, Straka, Jakub, Terzo, Michael, Achter, Xavier Van, Wood, Thomas J. & Nemer, Nabil, 2021, The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-146 in Zootaxa 4976 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018
How to communicate science to the society? Storytelling for Citizen Science
Creators: name: Augustinienė, Aldona
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: citizen science
science communication
storytelling
storytelling methods

description: Slides from Multiplier Event "Strengthening the Role of Libraries for Rising Citizen Science: LibOCS shares knowledge and experience", took place at Kaunas University of Technology Campus Library (Studentų St. 48, Kaunas, Lithuania). 

 

Project Number: 2021-1-EE01-KA220-HED-000031125

Project Acronym: LibOCS

Project Title: University libraries strengthening the academia-society connection through citizen science in the Baltics

This project is funded under the Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnerships program.
title: Dagstuhl Reports, Table of Contents, Volume 14, Issue 10, 2024
Creators: name: Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik
Publisher: name: Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Table of Contents
subject: Frontmatter

description: Dagstuhl Reports, Table of Contents, Volume 14, Issue 10, 2024
description: DagRep, Volume 14, Issue 10, pages i-ii
Megachile (Megachile) pilicrus Morawitz 1877
Creators: name: Boustani, Mira
name: Rasmont, Pierre
name: Dathe, Holger H.
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
name: Kasparek, Max
name: Michez, Denis
name: Müller, Andreas
name: Pauly, Alain
name: Risch, Stefan
name: Straka, Jakub
name: Terzo, Michael
name: Achter, Xavier Van
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Nemer, Nabil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Megachile
Megachile pilicrus

description: Megachile (Megachile) pilicrus Morawitz, 1877 *
Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Southern Europe and east to China (Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 21.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Ehden, Ain Naasa, 1528 m, 2. VIII.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, 1754 m, 16. VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.
Flower records. Asteraceae: Centaurea pallescens, Centaurea sp.
description: Published as part of Boustani, Mira, Rasmont, Pierre, Dathe, Holger H., Ghisbain, Guillaume, Kasparek, Max, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Pauly, Alain, Risch, Stefan, Straka, Jakub, Terzo, Michael, Achter, Xavier Van, Wood, Thomas J. & Nemer, Nabil, 2021, The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-146 in Zootaxa 4976 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis & Palliative Care: A Qualitative Exploration of Nurses’ Experiences
Creators: name: O'Sullivan, Grace
Publisher: name: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a rare terminal respiratory disease caused by scarring of the terminal airways resulting in eventual respiratory failure (King et al. 2011). IPF has a median life expectancy of three to five years, however the disease trajectory is often unpredictable (Martinez et al. 2005 & Lindell et al. 2010). While both nonpharmacological and pharmacological interventions are available, lung transplantation is the only treatment option associated with reduced mortality rates (Sampson et al. 2015). However, only a minority of individuals diagnosed with IPF receive a lung transplant (Irish Thoracic Society 2018), therefore symptom management is imperative. In correlation with the National Patient Charter for IPF, palliative care implementation at diagnosis is recommended for optimum symptom management (Irish Lung Fibrosis Association 2015). In contrast, current literature appears to be inconsistent with these guidelines and portrays evidence of poor palliative care implementation practice in IPF at present. As nurses predominantly spend the greatest amount of time with patients (Delucia et al. 2009), the nurses’ experiences on the provision of palliative care in IPF including the impact on the nursing professional appears vital to enhance future care for those with IPF. Thus, the aim of this study is to explore nurses’ experiences in relation to the delivery of palliative care in IPF to improve future care for both patients and nursing professionals. To address this research question, a qualitative description (QD) approach was used to explore nurses’ experiences. Semi structured interviews facilitated data collection while data analysis was conducted through a thematic analysis (TA) strategy. Four themes emerged from the data collected, hope, symptom burden, nurse impact and palliative care implementation measures to name some. In conclusion, IPF is associated with high symptom burden thus palliative care is required for better patient outcomes. However, as a result of stigma, palliative care discussions often result in a sense of hopelessness for those with IPF. Overall improvement is required in palliative care implementation in current practice; nevertheless, implementation timing should be assessed on an individual level. Strategies such as disease awareness, palliative care education and improved communication are required to enhance IPF management in the future.
Hydration and oil binding properties of raw and germinated alfalfa seeds and sprouts as novel gluten-free ingredients
Creators: name: Djordjević, Marijana
name: Djordjević, Miljana
name: Šoronja-Simović, Dragana
name: Maravić, Nikola
name: Šereš, Zita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Alfalfa
Germination
Hydration properties
Oil binding
Gluten-free

description: Arising incidence of coeliac disease made both consumers’ and food industry aware of the close link between diet and health far beyond the well-known role of food in satisfying hunger. The emerging requirements for healthy gluten-free foods providing necessary nutrients has steadily prompted the research and development towards exploration and introduction of novel gluten-free raw materials as an alternative to refined flours and starches. However, finding the right balance between nutritive value and technological functionality of such gluten-free raw materials creates many challenges nowadays especially in production of gluten-free bread that will match the properties of its wheat counterparts.
 As one of the extensively cultivated forage legume alfalfa or lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), and its seeds possessing high nutritional value (rich in proteins, dietary fibres, essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and associated total phenols) have immense potential as a gluten-free food resource. In application of novel gluten-free flours as baking ingredients, knowing the water absorption properties of flour represents one of the essential prerequisites for reaching the final product with desired overall quality. Additionally, differences in novel gluten-free flours effect on the final product quality can be predicted to some extent by assessing its hydration properties. In this regard, presented study aims to investigate and compare the hydration (water binding capacity, water holding capacity, and swelling) and oil binding properties of grounded raw alfalfa seeds, grounded germinated alfalfa seeds, and alfalfa sprouts powder.
 The highest water holding capacity and swelling was recorded for alfalfa sprouts 6.48 g/g and 7.13 cm3/g, respectively, whilst germinated alfalfa seeds had the highest water binding capacity (3.13 g/g). Oil binding capacity ranged from 0.90 to 1.41 g/g with the highest value reported for alfalfa sprouts followed by germinated and raw alfalfa seeds. The obtained results demonstrated that alfalfa sprouts, considering their hydration properties, can have a great impact on other gluten-free ingredients functionality, product yield and shelf stability, while in terms of oil binding can act as flavour retainer increasing the mouth feel of gluten-free bakery products. Additionally, germinated and raw alfalfa seeds also showed hydration and oil binding properties desirable for the gluten-free bread production. Further research should be conducted to establish the raw and germinated alfalfa seeds and sprouts influence on gluten-free bread technological, sensory and nutritional quality.