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title: Sacred space. A study of the mass rocks of the diocese of Cork and Ross, County Cork
Creators: name: Bishop, Hilary
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2014

description: The history of Catholicism is an essential component in the history of modern Ireland. As locations of a distinctively Catholic faith, Mass Rocks are important historical, ritual and counter-cultural sites. Their continued use reflects, and helps reconstruct and legitimise, contemporary Irish identity whilst providing a tangible and experiential connection to Irish heritage and tradition. The mythology surrounding Mass Rocks tends to symbolise the worst excesses of the ‘Penal Laws’. Yet, as Elliott (2000) has pointed out, the impact of the Penal Laws was short-lived and the worst was over by 1730 (Elliott 2000:170). Since the 1990s, most historians have rejected this traditional ‘penal’ paradigm with its subtext of a heroic but silenced Catholic nation (Dickson 2004:38). Yet, the Irish countryside remains littered with the Mass Rocks that were used throughout this period and they are still considered to be special and sacred places. Using a framework of sacred space this research provides an original and important vista on this topic. An examination of their geographical distribution has yielded some surprising concentrations and absences in certain areas. The actual locations of these sites have proved equally intriguing since few appear to conform to the mythical, secluded, upland sanctuaries depicted in early and mid-twentieth century history textbooks and more recently on ‘republican’ murals. This research does not attempt to assess the implementation, success or failure of the Penal Laws. However, it does provide one of the most thorough syntheses of available information in respect to Mass Rocks at a diocesan level and therefore provides a valuable resource that will help widen knowledge of this emotive and often misunderstood period. Research has been based in the diocese of Cork and Ross, county Cork. The parish of Uíbh Laoghaire or Iveleary, the county of Cineal Laoghaire or O’Leary, is located within this diocese and is relatively rich in Mass Rock sites. The parish of ‘Inshiguilah’ or Inchigeelagh is referenced within the Report on the State of Popery of 1731 along with adjoining parishes. Its sound pedigree in terms of its historical, geographical and cultural background made it an excellent candidate for a case study. It offered a valuable opportunity to apply the conceptual framework of sacred space to a specific parish within the research area in order to evaluate the validity of the research findings. Although much has been written about the Penal era, the study of Mass Rocks is a neglected area of study and it is hoped that these results will help to frame Eighteenth-century Irish Catholicism within a broader economic, social, cultural and political context.
Holographic Graph Neuron: a Bio-Inspired Architecture for Pattern Processing
Creators: name: Kleyko, Denis
name: Osipov, Evgeny
name: Senior, Alexander
name: Khan, Asad I.
name: Şekercioğlu, Y. Ahmet
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This article proposes the use of Vector Symbolic Architectures for implementing Hierarchical Graph Neuron, an architecture for memorizing patterns of generic sensor stimuli. The adoption of a Vector Symbolic representation ensures a one-layered design for the approach, while maintaining the previously reported properties and performance characteristics of Hierarchical Graph Neuron, and also improving the noise resistance of the architecture. The proposed architecture enables a linear (with respect to the number of stored entries) time search for an arbitrary sub-pattern.
description: 9 pages, 13 figures
Above-threshold ionization with highly charged ions in super-strong laser fields: III. Spin effects and its dependence on laser polarization
Creators: name: Yakaboylu, Enderalp
name: Klaiber, Michael
name: Hatsagortsyan, Karen Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spin effects in the tunneling regime of strong field ionization of hydrogenlike highly charged ions in linearly as well as circularly polarized laser fields are investigated. The impact of the polarization of a laser field on the spin effects are analyzed. Spin-resolved differential ionization rates are calculated employing the relativistic Coulomb-corrected strong-field approximation (SFA) developed in the previous paper of the series. Analytical expressions for spin asymmetries and spin flip probability, depending on the laser's polarization, are obtained for the photoelectron momentum corresponding to the maximum of tunneling probability. A simpleman model is developed for the description of spin dynamics in tunnel-ionization, which provides an intuitive explanation for the spin effects. The spin flip is shown to be experimentally observable by using moderate highly charged ions with a charge of the order of 20 and a laser field with an intensity of $I\sim 10^{22}$ W/cm$^2$.
description: 21 pages, 5 figures
Are pesticides only a problem from rural areas? The case of a highly urbanised tropical mangrove (Fortaleza, CE, Brazil)
Creators: name: Duaví, Wersângela C.
name: Gama, Allyne F.
name: Damasceno, Évila P.
name: Moreira, Lucas B.
name: Da Silva, Vitor P. A
name: Nascimento, Ronaldo F.
name: Cavalcante, Rivelino M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the occurrence and environmental partition of urban pesticides and the dependence of these compounds on the physicochemical properties of the sediment and water of the Ceará River (fluvial and mangrove regions) located on the tropical coast of northeast Brazil. Surface sediment and water were collected from each site. Dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, conductivity, depth, turbidity, and salinity were measured in situ. Bifenthrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, imiprothrin, and malathion were analysed in both environmental matrices. An ecological risk assessment was performed using the risk quotient (RQ) calculated from responses of aquatic organisms to the target compounds compiled in the United States Environmental Protection Agency ECOTOXicology knowledgebase (ECOTOX). The highest concentrations were found for the urban pesticides cypermethrin, permethrin, and deltamethrin, ranging from 37.39 to 367.60, 44.49 to 226.45 ng L−1, and 60.99 to 170.56 ng L−1 in water and 270.99 to 623.99, 27.00 to 307.00 ng g−1 and 0.27 to 443.48 ng g−1, in sediment in dry weight, respectively. Malathion, cypermethrin, cyfluthrin, and deltamethrin are related to chemical control performed for combatting vectors of diseases. The main sources of permethrin and imiprothrin are household insecticides. Bifenthrin may be related to its use by specialised pest control services. The study of toxic effects and the ecological risk assessment revealed cyfluthrin to be extremely toxic to marine and estuarine organisms, followed by deltamethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin, and permethrin, whereas imiprothrin and malathion were classified as toxic and non-toxic, respectively. The urban pesticides investigated in this study were on the same level of magnitude as those found in agricultural areas, except for malathion and imiprothrin, the levels of which were higher due to the fact that these compounds are commonly used in urban pest control.
Dissecting the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich-gravitational lensing cross-correlation with hydrodynamical simulations
Creators: name: Hojjati, Alireza
name: McCarthy, Ian G.
name: Harnois-Deraps, Joachim
name: Ma, Yin-Zhe
name: Van Waerbeke, Ludovic
name: Hinshaw, Gary
name: Brun, Amandine M. C. Le
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the cosmo-OWLS suite of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations, which includes different galactic feedback models, to predict the cross-correlation signal between weak gravitational lensing and the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ) $y$-parameter. The predictions are compared to the recent detection reported by van Waerbeke and collaborators. The simulations reproduce the weak lensing-tSZ cross-correlation, $ξ_{yκ}(θ)$, well. The uncertainty arising from different possible feedback models appears to be important on small scales only ($θ\lesssim 10$ arcmin), while the amplitude of the correlation on all scales is sensitive to cosmological parameters that control the growth rate of structure (such as $σ_8$, $Ω_m$ and $Ω_b$). This study confirms our previous claim (in Ma et al.) that a significant proportion of the signal originates from the diffuse gas component in low-mass ($M_{\rm{halo}} \lesssim 10^{14} M_{\odot}$) clusters as well as from the region beyond the virial radius. We estimate that approximately 20$\%$ of the detected signal comes from low-mass clusters, which corresponds to about 30$\%$ of the baryon density of the Universe. The simulations also suggest that more than half of the baryons in the Universe are in the form of diffuse gas outside halos ($\gtrsim 5$ times the virial radius) which is not hot or dense enough to produce a significant tSZ signal or be observed by X-ray experiments. Finally, we show that future high-resolution tSZ-lensing cross-correlation observations will serve as a powerful tool for discriminating between different galactic feedback models.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables
Navigating the transition to online teaching at the University of Melbourne during COVID-19: approaches, reflections and insights
Creators: name: MULDER, RAOUL
name: Bone, Elisa
name: FRENCH, SARAH
name: Connelly, Farley
Publisher: name: University of Melbourne
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 390402
subject: Education assessment and evaluation
classificationCode: 390403
subject: Educational administration, management and leadership
classificationCode: 390405
subject: Educational technology and computing

description: The COVID-19 pandemic was the most profoundly disruptive event experienced by university teachers in living memory. In a matter of weeks, delivery of every subject had to transition from predominantly face-to-face to online. In this paper, we sought to understand the nature and variation of approaches taken to online delivery by academic staff at the University of Melbourne, what motivated their delivery decisions, their perceptions of how the move online impacted learning and teaching, and their thoughts about how the experience of transitioning to online learning has shaped their future teaching plans and approaches. Educators adopted a range of synchronous and asynchronous delivery methods and refined these in subsequent iterations of their subjects. While most educators felt that their teaching experiences - and the learning experiences of their students - worsened during the pandemic, there were also positive outcomes. These included new initiatives in teaching, learning and assessment and a significant increase in the capacity and skills of academics in online teaching. Drawing on what they learned from pandemic teaching, most educators felt that a blended approach to their future teaching would be most effective, potentially in tension with university directives to commit to minimum levels of on-campus face-to-face teaching. The insights from our study will help to inform future teaching and learning strategies at the University of Melbourne and across the Australian higher educator sector.
Longitudinal studies of patients with ANCA vasculitis demonstrate concurrent reactivity to complementary PR3 protein segments cPR3m and cPR3C and with no reactivity to cPR3N
Creators: name: Belmonte, Frances
name: Preston, Gloria A.
name: Hewins, Peter
name: Charles Jennette, J.
name: Falk, Ronald J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Antibodies recognizing the complement of the middle of PR3 (cPR3m) occur in ~30% of PR3-ANCA-vasculitis patients and immunization of animals with a peptide complementary to the middle of PR3 (cPR3m) induces not only anti-complementary PR3 antibodies, but also anti-PR3 antibodies derived through an anti-idiotypic response. PR3 epitopes recognized by patient ANCA however, are not restricted to the middle of PR3. This prompted us to test for antibodies that react with proteins complementary to the terminal regions of PR3 (cPR3C and cPR3N) in PR3-ANCA patients. Anti-cPR3C reactivity was detected in 28% of patients but anti-cPR3N reactivity in only 15%. Ranked anti-cPR3C and anti-cPR3m reactivity correlated in the cohort, whereas there was no significant relationship between cPR3C and cPR3N reactivity. Serial samples from three patients’ revealed that anti-cPR3C and anti-cPR3m reactivity followed a similar pattern over time. Serial samples from a fourth patient demonstrated an anti-cPR3N response without concurrent cPR3m or cPR3C reactivity. Epitope determination by mass spectrometry identified a thirteen amino acid sequence on cPR3C that contained a common binding site recognized by antibodies from three patients. This peptide sequence contains a “PHQ” motif which was reported to be the basis for cross-reactivity of anti-cPR3m antibodies with plasminogen. Why these antibodies are detected in only ~30% of the patients remains unclear. The data reveal it is not due to lack of inclusion of flanking regions of complementary PR3 during screening. Instead, quite unexpectedly, the data demonstrate that patients’ antibodies react with a restricted epitope that exists in both cPR3m and cPR3C.
Academic Journal of Medical Sciences
Creators: name: AJMS
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Academic Journal of Medical Sciences (AJMS)

description: Academic Journal of Medical Sciences (AJMS) Is an international peer-reviewed indexed publication, sj Impact Factor:
 http://sjifactor.com/passport.php?id=21115 2018: 5.185, 2019: 5.669, 2020: 5.981, 2021: Not indexed, 2022: under evaluation ,  The aim of AJMS is to provide a scientific medium of communication for researchers throughout the globe. The Journal welcomes original clinical articles as well as basic science research experiences mainly on prevalent diseases worldwide and the analysis of various worldwide health problems. Manuscripts are publishable in the form of original articles, review articles, case reports, letters to the Editor, etc. Manuscripts should be sent through the online submission system, or by email to editor-in-chief , kindly visit the submission page and follow the Author’s Guideline before submission.
 Issues: 4 per year
 ISSN: 2708-2725
 Email:  editor@ajms.site, academicjms@gmail.com
description: Indexed in The European Union Indexes, Scientific Journal Impact Factor, OPENAIRE, ZENODO
Application of the Fe3O4/ alginate/ diatomite nano-adsorbent for the adsorption of palladium and cyanide from wastewater: optimisation, kinetic and equilibrium studies
Creators: name: Rasoulzadeh, Hassan
name: Sheikhmohammadi, Amir
name: Abtahi, Mehrnoosh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: In this research, the adsorption rates of cyanide and palladium onto Fe3O4/alginate/diatomite nano-adsorbent (FADA) were evaluated. The co-precipitation technique was applied to synthesis of FADA. The response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to investigate the relation between input-independent factors (initial pollutant concentration, contact time, FADA dosage and pH) and one dependent output response (removal efficiency). The best model was selected based on the results of the ANOVA analysis.SO model due to R2 of 0.929 and the insignificant lack of fit (0.12) for cyanide and also R2 of 0.98 and the insignificant lack of fit (0.12) for palladium was selected as an appropriate model for adsorption of both pollutants. Therefore, prediction and optimisation of the adsorption of the pollutants onto FADAwere done based on SO model. The best conditions for the adsorption of cyanide (95.65%) and palladium (92.66%) onto FADA were obtainedat (pH, 5.45; palladium concentration, 15.13 mg L−1; contact time, 104.8 min and FADA dosage, 0.98 g L−1) and (pH,7.0; cyanide concentration, 4.88 mg L−1; contact time, 91.06 min and FADA dosage, 2.05 g L−1), respectively. Investigation of the non-linear isotherm models indicated adsorptions of cyanide (R2 = 0.995) and palladium (R2 = 0.999) ontoFADA have reasonably fit to the Sips model.The maximum adsorption capacities of cyanide and palladium per mass unit of FADA were 208.55 mg g−1 and 60.2 mg g−1, respectively.The pseudo-first-order (R2 = 0.99) and the intra-particle diffusion (R2 = 0.96) were found to agreement well with the adsorption experimental data obtained for cyanide and palladium, respectively. Results indicated the sorption reactions of cyanide and palladium onto FADA were endothermic and exothermic, respectively.The present study indicated diatomite magnano composite boosted with alginate polymer beads due to high operating groups and also a high surface-to-volume ratio and porosity can be applied as an efficient adsorbent for the removal of cyanide and palladium from aqueous solutions.
title: Targeted surveillance for Ljungan virus and hantaviruses in UK rodents
Creators: name: Pounder, Keiran Christopher
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2014

description: Zoonoses are a significant threat to public health and can also be a considerable economic burden. A large proportion of zoonotic pathogens have rodent hosts that provide important connections between wildlife communities and humans. This thesis aimed to better understand the risk to humans from hantaviruses and Ljungan virus in the UK by targeting rodents from urban and semi-rural environments, by sampling domesticated pet rats and also by studying brown rats in and around Lyon (France). Hantaviruses are zoonotic and cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Europe, but their presence in the UK had never been confirmed. Ljungan virus (LV) has been associated with several human diseases in Europe, but has not been confirmed as zoonotic, although it has been detected in rural rodents in the UK. All samples were assayed for these viruses using PCR detection methods. Moreover, I used high throughput sequencing to quantify genomic variation in two new LV genomes to better understand the evolution of this group. I present molecular evidence of a novel hantavirus circulating in a rural rodent species within the UK, as well as a Rattus–associated hantavirus, Seoul virus, in pet rats in the UK and brown rats from Lyon. This study therefore not only adds confirmation of a novel hantavirus species circulating in the UK but also that Seoul virus might be more prevalent in European brown and pet rats than previously believed. Analyses of sequence variation (cytochrome b) of brown rats found few genetic differences, irrespective of infection status, country of origin and domestication, and thus could not be used to identify whether the introduction of non-indigenous rats into the UK is associated with Seoul virus. The prevalence of LV was much lower than that previously reported, possibly due to differences in habitat type and the virus‟ maintainability. I identified a lack of potential adaptive variation among LV genomes perhaps indicative of it being a slow evolving virus, a characteristic unlike other RNA viruses. This study has also shown that further surveillance should be conducted in the UK, targeting not only the two viruses described here, but also existing and novel zoonotic pathogens carried by rodents that have yet to be detected.
Removal of pharmaceuticals from aqueous samples by adsorption using pristine polypyrrole as adsorbent: kinetic, isothermal and thermodynamic studies
Creators: name: Pires, Bruna Carneiro
name: Dutra, Flávia Viana Avelar
name: Nascimento, Tienne Aparecida
name: Borges, Keyller Bastos
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Conductive polymers have been used as adsorbents to remove organic pollutants from aqueous samples. In this study, pristine polypyrrole (PPy) was used for the first time in the removal of potassium diclofenac (PD) and moxidectin (MOX) from aqueous solutions.PPy was properly characterised by scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, infrared spectroscopy, textural properties, wettability, and point zero charge. Through the characterisation results, it was observed that the adsorbent showed be favourable to adsorption, high temperature of thermal degradation, bands characteristic of the PPy,mesopore structures, and hydrophilicity. The results pointed that pH 6 favoured the removal, reaching percentages of 95.26% for PD and 99.75% for MOX.The kinetic data followed the model of pseudo second-order (PD: R2 = 0.872 and MOX: R2 = 0.887) with equilibrium reached in 20 min for PD and MOX. OThe best fit isotherm model was the dual-site Langmuir-Freundlich (R2 > 0.99), with maximum capacity adsorption of 221.23 mg g−1 for PD and 87.46 mg g−1 for MOX. Finally, the thermodynamic study showed that the adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic. Through the reuse study, it was possible to show a good cost-benefit ratio when using the developed adsorbent material, since it can be used several times without losing its adsorption capacity. Finally, PPy showed great potential to be used in the adsorption of compounds with different physicochemical properties.
Identification of candidate target genes of oral squamous cell carcinoma using high-throughput RNA-Seq data and in silico studies of their interaction with naturally occurring bioactive compounds
Creators: name: Soni, Unnati
name: Singh, Anirudh
name: Soni, Ramendra
name: Samanta, Sintu Kumar
name: Varadwaj, Pritish Kumar
name: Misra, Krishna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology

description: Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) accounts for more than 90% of all kinds of oral neoplasms that develop in the oral cavity. It is a type of malignancy that shows high morbidity and recurrence rate, but data on the disease’s target genes and biomarkers is still insufficient. In this study, in silico studies have been performed to find out the novel target genes and their potential therapeutic inhibitors for the effective and efficient treatment of OSCC. The DESeq2 package of RStudio was used in the current investigation to screen and identify differentially expressed genes for OSCC. As a result of gene expression analysis, the top 10 novel genes were identified using the Cytohubba plugin of Cytoscape, and among them, the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (UBE2D1) was found to be upregulated and playing a significant role in the progression of human oral cancers. Following this, naturally occurring compounds were virtually evaluated and simulated against the discovered novel target as prospective drugs utilizing the Maestro, Schrodinger, and Gromacs software. In a simulated screening of naturally occurring potential inhibitors against the novel target UBE2D1, Epigallocatechin 3-gallate, Quercetin, Luteoline, Curcumin, and Baicalein were identified as potent inhibitors. Novel identified gene UBE2D1 has a significant role in the proliferation of human cancers through suppression of ‘guardian of genome’ p53 via ubiquitination dependent pathway. Therefore, the treatment of OSCC may benefit significantly from targeting this gene and its discovered naturally occurring inhibitors. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
Assessment and correction of skinfold thickness equations in estimating body fat in children with cerebral palsy
Creators: name: BENNIS, JACEY A
name: BUSBY, MARJORIE G
name: HOULIHAN, CHRISTINE M
name: HENDERSON, RICHARD C
name: GURKA, MATTHEW J
name: KUPERMINC, MICHELLE N
name: STEVENSON, RICHARD D
name: GROSSBERG, RICHARD I
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: To assess the accuracy of skinfold equations in estimating percentage body fat in children with cerebral palsy (CP), compared with assessment of body fat from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
On 't Hooft-Polyakov Monopole, Julia-Zee Dyon, and Higgs Field, throughout the Generalized Bogomoln'yi Equations
Creators: name: Glinka, Lukasz Andrzej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, making use of the 't Hooft-Polyakov-Julia-Zee ansatz for the SU(2) Yang-Mills-Higgs gauge field theory, we present the straightforward generalization of the Bogomoln'yi equations and its several consequences. Particularly, this is shown that this idea is able to generate new types of non-abelian both dyons and magnetic monopoles and, moreover, that within the new model the scalar field can be described through the Coulomb potential, whereas, up to a constant, the non-abelian gauge field becomes the Wu-Yang monopole.
description: 12 pages
Application of polyaniline impregnated mixed phase Fe2O3, MnFe2O4 and ZrO2 nanocomposite for rapid abatement of binary dyes from aqua matrix: response surface optimisation
Creators: name: Deb, Akash
name: Debnath, Animesh
name: Bhowmik, KartickLal
name: Paul, Sajal Rudra
name: Saha, Biswajit
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Wastewater loaded with toxic dyes causes serious environmental problems because of their high toxicity and needs to be treated before their disposal. In this research, mixed phase of Fe2O3, MnFe2O4 and ZrO2 nanocomposite was impregnated onto polyaniline to prepare a new nanocomposite (Fe-Mn-Zr/PANI-NC). The produced nanocomposite was utilised to adsorb methyl orange (MO) and eosin yellow (EY) dyes from binary dye solution. The response surface methodology (RSM) based optimisation showed that MO and EY dyes can be removed with ~98% efficiency under optimal experimental conditions. The adsorption process was quick in the wide solution pH range from 2.0 to 5.0 and the equilibrium was achieved within 5 min of reaction at solution pH 5.0. The adsorption process was mainly driven by strong electrostatic attraction and π-π interaction between dye molecules and Fe-Mn-Zr/PANI-NC. Kinetic study reveals the applicability of the pseudo-second-order and intra-particle diffusion model and the maximal adsorption capacity of Fe-Mn-Zr/PANI-NC was computed using the Langmuir isotherm model and found to be 217.39 mg/g for MO dye and 117.65 mg/g for EY dye. Therefore it can be concluded that Fe-Mn-Zr/PANI-NC can be a potential adsorbent for MO and EY dye remediation from wastewater due to high adsorption capacity, short equilibrium time, high reusability and adsorption favourability in a wide range of solution pH.
title: The characterisation and epidemiology of avian pathogenic Escherchia coli in UK broiler chickens
Creators: name: Kemmett, Kirsty
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2014

description: Poultry health and welfare are important for maintaining sustainable and safe food production. In the UK alone, in excess of 900 million broiler chickens are farmed annually with demand continuously increasing. Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is the causative agent of the extraintestinal syndromic poultry disease colibacillosis, which has a major impact on poultry health and is a considerable economic burden to the global poultry industry. The need for disease control is of paramount importance. Little is known about the epidemiology, population dynamics and infection biology of APEC in UK broiler chickens. This knowledge would contribute to the implementation of control measures. This investigation comprised: one longitudinal field study in commercial flocks aimed at simultaneously identifying potential APEC (pAPEC) in the intestinal tract of healthy birds and extraintestinal E. coli in diseased birds, one study determining the contribution of E. coli to early flock mortalities and a series of in vitro experiments and genetic analyses characterising both extraintestinal and avian faecal E. coli isolated from UK broiler chickens. E. coli were subjected to virulotyping, phylogenetic typing, macro-restriction pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). The extraintestinal E. coli isolates from diseased birds represent a diverse genetic population. Furthermore, as broiler chickens age, the prevalence of pAPEC in the gastrointestinal tract decreases. The intestinal tract of day-old chicks contains considerable levels of pAPEC (24.05% of the faecal population sampled), while ~70% of early mortalities relate to extraintestinal E. coli infections, possibly originating from the gut. In vitro, pAPEC did not appear to invade intestinal epithelial cells, suggesting the respiratory route is likely to be favourable for dissemination, although pAPEC are cytotoxic and may disrupt epithelial integrity prior to dissemination. There were no significant differences in the intracellular persistence of APEC and faecal E. coli in cultured avian macrophages and survival in serum; challenges encountered by E. coli during dissemination. Overall, this investigation highlights the diverse spectrum of E. coli associated with extraintestinal disease in commercial broiler production and the need to determine the contribution of host susceptibility to disease manifestation.
Efficiency assessment of Cu and Al electrodes in the removal of anthraquinone based disperse dye aqueous solution in electrocoagulation–an analytical approach
Creators: name: Kalivel, Parameswari
name: Jisson, Jithin Choondal
name: Kavitha, Subbiah
name: Padmanabhan, Dhanasekaran
name: Bhagavathsingh, Jebasingh
name: Palanichamy, Jegathambal
name: Stephen, Asath Murphy Maria
name: David, Jovitha Jane
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Anthraquinone dyes are tough to degrade compared to azo dyes, due to the resonance in the anthracene structure that leads to more difficulty in the removal and challenges the possibility of an effective decolouration/degradation process. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of copper and aluminium electrodes in electrocoagulation process for the elimination of an anthraquinone based aqueous solution of Red BFL dye. The efficiency of the electrodes in the dye removal was studied using X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the collected sludge, in terms of the respective M(OH)n formation which contributes in coagulation of the dispersed dye molecules and the results indicated that Al formed four types of hydroxides and Cu only one type. The maximum removal of the dye solution obtained with Al was 99.17% at the optimum conditions: pH 8, contact time 15 min, current density 40 A m−2, and 91.88% with Cu: pH 9, contact time 25 min and current density 60 A m−2. Phytotoxicity and ecotoxicity studies with Vigna radiata and Artemia salina was done to investigate the toxicity of intermediate products in the treated Red BFL dye solution, results showed that the Al used Red BFL dye solution was less toxic in comparison to copper. Abbreviation: EC: Electrocoagulation; AQ: Anthraquinone; CD: Current density; CT: Contact time; ECE%: Efficiency in Colour Elimination percentage; HPLC: High-performance liquid chromatography; XPS: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; V. radiata: Vigna radiata; A. salina: Artemia salina
Contributions of Hot and Cool Self-Regulation to Preschool Disruptive Behavior and Academic Achievement
Creators: name: Willoughby, Michael
name: Voegler-Lee, Mare
name: Bryant, Donna
name: Kupersmidt, Janis
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: The construct of self-regulation can be meaningfully distinguished into hot and cool components. The current study investigated self-regulation in a sample of 926 children aged 3–5 years old. Children’s performance on self-regulatory tasks was best described by two latent factors representing hot and cool regulation. When considered alone, hot and cool regulation were both significantly correlated with disruptive behavior and academic achievement. When considered together, cool regulation was uniquely associated with academic achievement, while hot regulation was uniquely associated with inattentive-overactive behaviors. Results are discussed with respect to treatment studies that directly target improvement in children’s self-regulation.
Psychodiagnostic Chart
Creators: name: Gordon, Robert M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Psychodynamic diagnostic manual; PDM-2; Diagnoses; Psychodiagnostic Chart;

description: Free copy of the Psychodiagnostic Chart. In 2011, Robert M. Gordon and Robert F. Bornstein agreed that the PDM needed a short, user-friendly tool that would: (a) guide the practitioner through all sections of the PDM taxonomy, (b) be idiographic, flexible and useful for clinicians of any theoretical orientation, and (c) integrate the PDM with the symptom classifications of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) or International Classification of Diseases (ICD). We developed the PDC with this in mind.
 The PDC-2 is an updated version of the PDC that is compatible with the PDM-2 and that incorporates the changes that were introduced during the PDM revision process. The modifications are not expected to affect reliability and validity of the PDC-2. The PDC-2 is for use with adult clients, but the basic format of the PDC-2 can be used for the Elderly, Adolescent, Child and Infancy sections or further revisions of the PDM.
 The goal of the PDC-2 is to offer a person-based nosology that may be used for teaching the PDM-2, supervision, diagnoses, treatment formulations, progress reports, and outcome assessment, as well as for empirical research on personality, psychopathology, and treatment. Our overarching aim is to make psychodiagnostic formulation more useful to the practitioner by combining the symptom-focused ICD and DSM with the full range and depth of human mental functioning addressed by the PDM (see, e.g., Bornstein, 2011; Lingiardi et al., 2015).
 The PDC-2 requires some familiarity with the PDM-2. The clinician must perform (or have access to) diagnostic interview data and psychological assessment data to derive optimal PDC-2 ratings. We recognize that this is not always feasible, and in many instances the clinician will code an initial impression, then reassess as additional information accrues. If the PDC-2 is used for progress notes, there will be opportunities to reassess and revise the person’s diagnosis as well. The validity of this chart can be enhanced with the integration of relevant psychological tests as suggested in this chapter.
title: Evaluation of agronomical and qualitative characteristics of Greek Oregano (Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum) germplasm for breeding purposes.
Creators: name: Sarrou, Elrini
name: Tsivelika, Nektaria
name: Chatzopoulou, Paschalina
name: Mavromatis, Athanasios
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Origanum vulgare
subject: breeding
subject: honeycomb
subject: carvacrol
subject: thymol

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv 453
description: Oregano (Origanum vulgare) is one of the most commercially valued species with remarkable biological properties, while its world trade and consumption is steadily increased. In order to identify a standardized plant material of Greek Oregano (Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum), sixteen native populations collected from different regions of Greece, were evaluated for their essential oil yield and composition. A breeding program was initiated for the most effective populations, concerning the most desirable biochemical, agronomic and morphological characteristics, using pedigree method and honeycomb design for plant selection.
Rule Learning in Autism: The Role of Reward Type and Social Context
Creators: name: Dawson, G.
name: Estes, A.
name: Webb, S. J.
name: Jones, E. J. H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Learning abstract rules is central to social and cognitive development. Across two experiments, we used Delayed Non-Matching to Sample tasks to characterize the longitudinal development and nature of rule-learning impairments in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Results showed that children with ASD consistently experienced more difficulty learning an abstract rule from a discrete physical reward than children with DD. Rule learning was facilitated by the provision of more concrete reinforcement, suggesting an underlying difficulty in forming conceptual connections. Learning abstract rules about social stimuli remained challenging through late childhood, indicating the importance of testing executive functions in both social and non-social contexts.
Interplay of Threshold Resummation and Hadron Mass Corrections in Deep Inelastic Processes
Creators: name: Accardi, Alberto
name: Anderle, Daniele P.
name: Ringer, Felix
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss hadron mass corrections and threshold resummation for deep-inelastic scattering $\ell N\rightarrow\ell' X$ and semi-inclusive annihilation $e^+e^-\rightarrow h X$ processes, and provide a prescription how to consistently combine these two corrections respecting all kinematic thresholds. We find an interesting interplay between threshold resummation and target mass corrections for deep-inelastic scattering at large values of Bjorken $x_B$. In semi-inclusive annihilation, on the contrary, the two considered corrections are relevant in different kinematic regions and do not affect each other. A detailed analysis is nonetheless of interest in the light of recent high precision data from BaBar and Belle on pion and kaon production, with which we compare our calculations. For both deep inelastic scattering and single inclusive annihilation, the size of the combined corrections compared to the precision of world data is shown to be large. Therefore, we conclude that these theoretical corrections are relevant for global QCD fits in order to extract precise parton distributions at large Bjorken $x_B$, and fragmentation functions over the whole kinematic range.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures
Effective Copper and Methylene blue adsorption from industrial effluents onto activated carbons prepared from Rice husk ash and Hazelnut husks modified by Diopside: Equilibrium, Kinetics, and Experimental design
Creators: name: Kiamarzi, SomayehSadat
name: Abrishamkar, Maryam
name: Maleki, Afsaneh
name: Marahel, Farzaneh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Activated carbon from rice husk ash (AC-RH) and hazelnut husks (AC-HH) modified by Diopside (AC-RH/Diop, AC-HH/Diop) composites were synthesised and applied for the adsorption of Copper and Methylene blue from industrial effluents. Diopside was provided by the sol-gel method and activated carbon was prepared from rice husk ash and hazelnut husks. The formation of AC/Diop composites was characterised by FT-IR, FESEM, BET, and XRD analyses. Effects of pH, amount of adsorbent, and contact time at 10 mg L−1 of Copper and Methylene blue on removal percentage were studied by Box Behnken design (BBD). Optimal conditions for maximum Copper and MB by AC/Diop adsorbent (95.54% and 99.42%, respectively) were as follows: (pH = 5.45, 7.35) (adsorbent amount: 0.10, 0.45 g), and (contact time: 9.56, 13.49 min) in 20 mL of 10 mg L−1 of pollutants concentration, respectively. In addition, the adsorption kinetics, thermodynamics, and isotherms were examined. Adsorption isotherms (qmax: 184.25 and 289.51 mg g−1 for Copper and MB, respectively) and kinetics were demonstrated that the sorption processes were better described by the Langmuir and pseudo-second-order equation.
title: Identification of progenitor cell-rich sites of the conjunctiva
Creators: name: Stewart, Rosalind
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2014

description: The conjunctiva is a mucous membrane which forms the majority of the ocular surface, and plays a key role in ocular surface defence and maintenance of the tear film. Ex vivo expansion of conjunctival epithelial cells offers potential to reconstruct the ocular surface in cases of severe cicatrising disease; but in order to ensure long term success, conjunctival stem cells which produce both keratinocytes and goblet cells must be present. An initial biopsy rich in stem cells would aid this, however the distribution of human conjunctival stem cells has not been clearly elucidated. I hypothesised that human conjunctival progenitor cells reside in specific areas of the tissue. A surgical method to retrieve whole human conjunctival tissue for research purposes is described. Expression of the stem cell marker ABCG2 and the transit amplifying cell marker p63 was assessed across 22 different regions of such fixed paraffin-embedded tissue, with significantly higher expression of ABCG2 demonstrated basally in the medial canthal and inferior medial/central forniceal areas. Tissue was also cultured ex vivo, and clonogenic ability assessed across 8 different regions. Significantly higher colony forming efficiency was demonstrated in the medial canthal and inferior forniceal areas. Similar significant patterns were demonstrated for the expression of the stem cell markers ABCG2, ΔNp63 and Hsp70 in these cultures, with highest expression of each in these same areas, and significant associations between each marker. Increasing donor age and longer post mortem retrieval times were associated with significantly lower ABCG2 expression in fixed tissue, colony forming efficiency, and stem cell marker expression in cell cultures. Preliminary propagation studies demonstrated that conjunctival epithelial cell growth is supported by fibronectin, collagen IV and laminin 1. This is the first study to comprehensively assess the distribution of human conjunctival progenitor cells. Substantial evidence is here presented that progenitor cells are distributed basally throughout the human conjunctiva, but with highest levels in the medial canthal and inferior forniceal areas. This region may offer physical protection and niches which are rich in goblet cells, vasculature, melanocytes and immune cells. Biopsies from this area, from younger donors, and with short post mortem retrieval times offer the greatest potential to developing stem cell-rich epithelial constructs for transplantation.
title: The impact of peak oil on globalisation – an example of steel exports to the United States
Creators: name: Moldenhauer, Jan
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2014

description: Despite the potential importance of the link between peak oil and the geography of world trade, so far remarkably little research has been conducted for that matter. Particularly, there is a gap in the literature regarding the impact of peak oil on international trade patterns at the industry level. The dissertation contributes to filling that gap. The study uses the VEC model approach to analyse the influence of peak oil on the geography of international trade, thereby using the example of steel exports to the United States between 1998 and 2008. The hypothesis tested is that peak oil, which involves high oil prices and rising international transport costs, leads to an increasing regionalisation of international trade flows at the cost of long-distance trade. Steel exports to the U.S. are analysed by steel export category, country and region. Steel exports per steel product category are analysed for 18 countries, total steel exports are analysed for 64 countries, and steel exports per region are analysed for 8 regions. The findings suggest that following an oil price shock, steel export volumes decrease for countries/regions geographically distant to the U.S. and increase for countries/regions geographically close to the U.S. The evidence also reveals the significant explanatory power oil prices have for steel exports to the United States and that price patterns play a role in the realignment process of international trade flows in the global steel industry. The findings are in line with economic trade theory with regard to the importance of the distance of trade and indicate that due to peak oil, trade globalisation, at least in the steel industry, may be at risk.