cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mercury in fish products: what’s the best for consumers between bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna?
Creators: name: Cammilleri, Gaetano
name: Vazzana, Mirella
name: Arizza, Vincenzo
name: Giunta, Francesca
name: Vella, Antonio
name: Dico, Gianluigi Lo
name: Giaccone, Vita
name: Giofrè, Salvatore V.
name: Giangrosso, Giuseppe
name: Cicero, Nicola
name: Ferrantelli, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: A total of 205 bluefin and yellowfin tuna samples were examined for mercury detection in order to verify possible differences and have a detailed risk assessment of the two tuna species. The results showed significant higher mercury concentration in muscle tissue of bluefin tuna respect yellowfin tuna (p
Phytochemical analysis and antioxidant activity of the seed of Telfairia occidentalis Hook (Cucurbitaceae)
Creators: name: Olorunfemi A. Eseyin
name: Akaninyene Daniel
name: Paul, Thomas S.
name: Attih, Emmanuel
name: Essien Emmanuel
name: Ekarika, Johnson
name: Zubaid, Abdul Sattar Munavvar
name: Ashfaq, Ahmad
name: Sheryar Afzal
name: Akpan Ukeme
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
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: Plant Biology

description: The 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) radical, nitric oxide, reducing power, hydrogen peroxide scavenging, and total antioxidant activities of the methanol extract, n-hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, butanol and aqueous fractions of the seed of Telfairia occidentalis were evaluated. Total phenolic content was determined using the Folin–Ciocalteu method. The dichloromethane fraction exhibited the highest DPPH radical scavenging, reducing power and total antioxidant activities. Two pure compounds which were identified by FTIR, H-and 2D NMR and Mass spectroscopy as 9-octadecenoic acid (TOS B) and 10-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid (TOS C) and four oily isolates, TOS A, TOS D, TOS E and TOS F were obtained from the dichloromethane fraction. TOS E had the highest DPPH radical scavening activity comparable to that of ascorbic acid. GC-MS analysis revealed the major compounds in TOS E as 4-(2,2-Dimethyl-6-methylene cyclohexylidene)-2-butanol; 3-(3-hydroxybutyl)-2,4,4-trimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1-one and 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid disooctyl ester. Thus, the seed of T. occidentalis can be consumed for its antioxidant property.
title: Progress towards ultrasound-mediated targeted drug delivery in the small intestine
Creators: name: Turcanu, Mihnea Vlad
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2022

description: The intestinal mucosa acts as a selective barrier to permeation of material. Small molecules can usually pass the barrier provided they fulfil specific physicochemical requirements, but many macromolecular biotherapeutics cannot cross it. This restricts the delivery of biologics to injections, which can be associated with administration-related injuries and often require administration by a healthcare professional. However, the oral route is the drug administration route best accepted by patients. Ultrasound (US) and microbubbles (MBs) may allow this route to be used in future for biotherapeutics. Hence, an ingestible capsule incorporating an US transducer has the potential to offer a method for oral delivery of drugs to the small intestine. This capsule could both protect the drug payload against the destructive action of low stomach pH and facilitate delivery of a drug once it reaches the intestine. The thesis describes the development and testing of a proof of concept tethered therapeutic capsule for delivering medication to the small intestine. The first experimental chapters present in vitro work, progressing to ex vivo tests on porcine tissue and in vivo tests in pigs. Preliminary studies suggested how to increase the relevance of in vitro tests for in vivo systems, in order to help reduce the number of animals used for research. To this end, classical in vitro systems for testing US-mediated drug delivery were refined to include stem cell-derived cell layers. US combined with either MBs or nanodroplets decreased the barrier function of these improved cell layers to different extents. The in vitro pathway also identified suitable transducer types and US parameters to facilitate the delivery of compounds across relevant cell layers. It was found that the effect of focused single-element transducers was surpassed by unfocused single-element and phased array transducers, with the latter allowing most control over barrier permeation. Array transducers were therefore integrated into test capsules. The US parameters tested in vitro were frequency, cycle number, pulse repetition frequency, duty cycle, mechanical index and surface area insonated. A decrease in barrier function was associated with lower frequencies, more cycles, more pulses, a higher duty cycle, a higher mechanical index and insonating a larger surface area. The results obtained determined the insonation parameters for the in vivo test with capsules able to deliver insulin, MBs and fluorescent quantum dots (qDots). One control pig was administered insulin and qDots alone and two test pigs were administered insulin and qDots, with US and MBs. Blood glucose tests showed that the two test pigs displayed a smaller increase in glucose levels than the control pig, suggesting that more insulin reached the systemic circulation. This early result suggests US combined with MBs can facilitate drug delivery through the small intestine.
Esential oils extraction: a 24-hour steam distillation systematic methodology
Creators: name: Božović, Mijat
name: Navarra, Alberto
name: Garzoli, Stefania
name: Pepi, Federico
name: Ragno, Rino
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
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: Steam distillation is known to be the most prevalent method of essential oil extraction. Despite many studies on extraction methods, there is no report about the impact of distillation process duration on the yield and oil quality. A new 24-h steam distillation process for extraction of plant essential oils is presented. For improving the total yield, prolonged and continued isolation was used. A selection of plant species from Lamiaceae and Apiaceae families was subjected to direct steam distillation and essential oils were collected at different times (1, 2, 3, 6, 12 and 24 h). The analysis included either annual or perennial species monitored in terms of different harvesting time. From these studies, it is conclusively that there is no rule about appropriate extraction time, and different plants need different periods for the essential oils to achieve the desired quality or quantity of extract. Thus, extraction duration is directly dependent on what the study is conducted for.
One sample t-test. (65cm/s > All on)
Creators: name: Oh, Hyuntaek
name: Custead, Rebecca
name: Wang, Yingying
name: Barlow, Steven
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: classificationCode: 520406
subject: Sensory processes, perception and performance

description: An fMRI group data set (one sample t-test. 65cm/s > All ON) used in "Neural encoding of saltatory pneumotactile velocity in human glabrous hand"
Tardif, Ernest-Joseph, Coutumiers de Normandie, Rouen, A. Lestringant, Paris, A. Picard et fils, tome 2, 1896
Creators: name: Tardif, Ernest-Joseph
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2019

description: Source: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55002605
description: Relation: vignette : https://www.nakala.fr/data/11280/44a3d8f0
title: Management controls, government regulations, customer involvement: Evidence from a Chinese family-owned business
Creators: name: Tang, Yayan
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2022

description: This research reports on a case study of a family-owned elevator manufacturing company in China, where management control was sandwiched between the state policies and global customer production requirements. By analysing the role of government and customer, this thesis aimed to illustrate how management control operated in a family-owned business and to see how and why they do management control differently. In particular, it focused on how international production standards and existing Chinese industry policies translated into a set of the management control practices through a local network within the family-owned business I studied. Based on an ethnographic approach to research, I spent six months in the field, conducted over 30 interviews, several conservations, and reviewed relevant internal documents to understand how management control (MC) techniques with humans cooperated in the company. I also understood how two layers of pressure have shaped company behaviour, and how a company located in a developing country is connecting with global network. I also found there is considerable tension among key actors and investigated how the company responded and managed it. Drawing on Actor Network Theory (ANT), I analysed the interviews from key actors, examined the role of government regulations and customer requirements to see how management control being managed under two layers of pressure, i.e., the government regulations (e.g., labour, tax, environment control) and customer requirement (e.g., quality and production control). Management controls were an obligatory passage point (OPP), and transformation of those elements of Western production requirements and government requirements arrived at the Chinese local factory and influenced management control and budgeting. The findings suggest that management control systems are not only a set of technical procedures, but it is also about managing tensions. This understanding shows a linear perspective on MC practices rather than a social perspective. However, when we use ANT as a theoretical perspective, we see those actors who, being obliged and sandwiched, and controlled by external forces for them to follow. Consequently, human actors must work in an unavoidable OPP. This is the tension they face which constructed mundane practices of MC. Hence, MCs are managing such tensions. This study contributes to management control research by analysing management controls in terms of OPP, extends our understanding by illustrating the role of the government and customers, and our understanding of family-owned business from a management controls perspective in a developing country.
title: ALLOc : Brassac : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
Coordination modes of 2-mercapto-1,3-benzothiazolate in gallium and indium complexes
Creators: name: Basiak, Dariusz
name: Ziemkowska, Wanda
name: Paweł Socha
name: Łukasz Dobrzycki
name: Ochal, Zbigniew
name: Pindelska, Edyta
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
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: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: 2-Mercapto-1,3-benzothiazole (mbztH) may act as a chelating or bridging ligand. In this study, reactions of mbztH with Me3Ga and Me3In were examined. The products were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, elemental analyses, melting point and molecular weight determinations. Formation of mononuclear chelating complexes Me2M(mbzt) (M = Ga, In) was observed in solutions. Crystallization of Me2M(mbzt) yielded uncommon non-symmetrical dinuclear complexes Me4M2(mbzt)2, in which one metal is bonded to two sulfurs and the other to two nitrogens.
Evolution of bubbles in decomposition and replacement process of methane hydrate
Creators: name: Liu, Yinan
name: Zhao, Li
name: Deng, Shuai
name: Bai, Dongsheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Nanobubbles have been proved to play an important role for the extraction kinetics of CH4 hydrates. Existing investigations on nanobubbles mainly focus on the hydrate melting. However, the mechanism and effect of bubble evolution during the replacement of CH4 hydrates by CO2 are still elusive. Therefore, molecular dynamics simulations on melting and replacement of CH4 hydrate are performed with the same initial system size, pressure and amount of CH4 hydrates. It is proved the two processes move layer by layer but with different features. Moreover, despite the different composition of gas phases, behaviours of nanobubbles are similar during the two processes except that the gas film is not formed during the replacement. In addition, a quantitative analysis of molecules in each nanobubble during the decomposition is conducted preliminarily. Also a remarkable effect of mixed nanobubble on the replacement is revealed based on the analysis of bubble behaviour. It is found that CH4 molecules are surrounded by some dense CO2 molecules in the mixed bubble during the replacement. Moreover, CO2 molecules in the solution can assist the bubble formation of CH4 molecules at an initial stage and prevent their further escape and reoccupation by encompassing them afterwards.
title: ALLOc : Gaillac : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
Similarities in Autistic and Neurotypical Visual–Haptic Perception When Making Judgements About Conflicting Sensory Stimuli. Supplementary Materials
Creators: name: DANIEL POOLE
name: Poliakoff, Ellen
name: Gowen, Emma
name: Couth, Samuel
name: Champion, Rebecca A.
name: Warren, Paul A.
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 110999 Neurosciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110906 Sensory Systems

description: A number of studies have shown that multisensory performance is well predicted by a statistically optimal maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) model. Under this model unisensory estimates are combined additively and weighted according to relative reliability. Recent theories have proposed that atypical sensation and perception commonly reported in autism spectrum condition (ASC) may result from differences in the use of reliability information. Furthermore, experimental studies have indicated that multisensory processing is less effective in those with the condition in comparison to neurotypical (NT) controls. In the present study, adults with ASC (n = 13) and a matched NT group (n = 13) completed a visual–haptic size judgement task (cf. Gori et al., 2008) in which participants compared the height of wooden blocks using either vision or haptics, and in a dual modality condition in which visual–haptic stimuli were presented in size conflict. Participants with ASC tended to produce more reliable estimates than the NT group. However, dual modality performance was not well predicted by the MLE model for either group. Performance was subsequently compared to alternative models in which the participant either switched between modalities trial to trial (rather than integrating) and a model of non-optimal integration. Performance of both groups was statistically comparable to the cue-switching model. These findings suggest that adults with ASC adopted a similar strategy to NTs when processing conflicting visual–haptic information. Findings are discussed in relation to multisensory perception in ASC and methodological considerations associated with multisensory conflict paradigms.
title: ALLOc : Cordes : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
title: 01_1065
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Supplementary document for Angular Momentum Properties of Circularly Polarized Vortex Beam in the Paraxial Optical Systems - 7189279.pdf
Creators: name: Yin, Xiaojin
name: Li, Yu
name: Jin, Guoliang
name: Wang, Jing
name: Liu, Jinhong
name: Li, Jinhong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The theoretical derivation of results in paper.
Supplementary document for Angular Momentum Properties of Circularly Polarized Vortex Beam in the Paraxial Optical Systems - 7245032.pdf
Creators: name: Yin, Xiaojin
name: Li, Yu
name: Jin, Guoliang
name: Wang, Jing
name: Liu, Jinhong
name: Li, Jinhong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The theoretical derivation of results in paper.
title: ALLOc : Rouairoux : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
title: Understanding the role of gamma delta (γδ) T cells in pancreatic cancer metastasis
Creators: name: Lawrence, Mark
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2022

description: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal malignancy with a 1-year survival rate of 5.6% and a 10-year survival rate of <1%. In Scotland, 3 in 5 people with pancreatic cancer are diagnosed at late-stage metastatic disease, and surgical resection remains the only effective cure for patients with nonmetastatic disease. Given late-stage diagnosis and low rates of surgical resection, understanding the mechanisms of metastatic disease is of the utmost importance. In breast cancer, IL-17A+ gamma delta (γδ) T cells are potently prometastatic and drive myeloid cell expansion which impairs anti-metastatic CD8+ T cells. In PDAC, IL-17A has been implicated in early-stage PDAC progression, and γδ T cells have been shown to be abundant in human PDAC. Therefore, I sought to understand the role of γδ T cells in PDAC metastasis, and if they can promote metastasis in a similar manner as seen in breast cancer. Using spontaneous KrasG12D;Trp53R172H;Pdx1-Cre (KPC) mice, I have phenotyped γδ T cells in mouse PDAC and assessed their role in PDAC tumourigenesis and metastasis. In short, IL-17A+ γδ T cells are significantly infiltrated into PDAC tumours, and Vγ6+ γδ T cells (considered IL-17A-producers) are expanded in KPC spleen. Crucially, the absence of γδ T cells in KPC mice leads to a two-fold reduction in the incidence of spontaneous liver metastasis. Contrasting with breast cancer, γδ T cells do not mediate crosstalk with neutrophils by systemic cytokine production, but instead communicate locally with tumour-associated macrophages within the PDAC TME. Furthermore, γδ T cells promote the expansion of the embryonic-derived (tissue-resident) macrophage compartment, which have greater pro-tumour function than monocyte-derived macrophages. These results reveal that tumour-infiltrated γδ T cells in PDAC display a protumour phenotype, and that γδ T cells are indispensable for metastatic dissemination. They also reveal a novel phenotype where γδ T cells mediate crosstalk with macrophages specifically within the primary PDAC tumour. Further work is required to understand the mechanism of this crosstalk, but these findings may have important implications for the identification of future targets of anti-metastatic therapies.
Profiling and identification of chlorogenic acid metabolites in rats by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with linear ion trap-Orbitrap mass spectrometer
Creators: name: Wang, Fei
name: Shang, Zhanpeng
name: Xu, Lulu
name: Wang, Zhibin
name: Zhao, Wenjing
name: Mei, XiaoDan
name: Lu, Jianqiu
name: Zhang, Jia Yu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
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
subject: Plant Biology

description: 1. Chlorogenic acids (CGAs), one kind of major bioactive constituents isolated from Flos Lonicera Japonica, possess many biological activities, such as antibacterial, antioxidant and antiviral activities. In this study, we established an efficient strategy using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with linear ion trap-Orbitrap mass spectrometry (UHPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap MS) to profile the in vivo metabolic fate of CGAs in rat urine and plasma. 2. The extract from Flos Lonicera Japonica was orally administrated to Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats at a dose of 1000 mg/kg body weight. Then, a combination of various post-acquisition data mining methods, including high-resolution extracted ion chromatogram (HREIC) and multiple mass defect filters (MMDFs) and diagnostic product ions (DPIs), were adopted to characterize the known and unknown CGA metabolites in SD rats. 3. As a result, a total of 68 CGA metabolites were unambiguously or tentatively screened and characterized. These metabolites, including 18 prototype compounds and 50 metabolites, were deduced to be yielded via methylation, hydrogenation, demethylation, dehydration, sulfate conjugation, glucuronide conjugation, glycosylation conjugation and their composite reactions, which mainly occurred to caffeoylquinic acids, dicaffeoylquinic acids, p-coumaroylquinic acids and feruloylquinic acids. 4. In conclusion, this study profiled CGA metabolites, which are useful in understanding the in vivo metabolic fate, effective forms, and pharmacological and toxic actions of CGAs.
title: John Smith, Youngest (1784-1849), and the book trade of Glasgow
Creators: name: Hall, Stephen
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: John Smith youngest, early nineteenth-century Glasgow, book trade, bookselling, book history, Maitland Club.

description: This thesis is a response to Darnton’s challenge that ‘more work needs to be done on the bookseller as a cultural agent’, and offers as a case study the career of the early nineteenth- century Glasgow bookseller John Smith, Youngest (1784-1849), and the company John Smith and Son (founded 1751). Early nineteenth-century Glasgow was developing into a major centre of commerce, with trade and finance taking full advantage of the new industrial age and burgeoning population. In comparison to Edinburgh, there has been comparatively little research on Glasgow’s role in the contemporary book trade. John Smith, Youngest, was the third of three generations of booksellers of the namesake family firm, merchant baillie, Secretary to the Maitland Club, and member of the contemporary Glasgow cultural and social elite. Smith was a devout Presbyterian, and this religious faith was highly influential on and guided his personal and business lives. I argue that this aspect of his life is the key to understanding John Smith. This is the first thorough study of John Smith. Using publications of Smith’s imprint and his social network, I show the influence Smith had on the book trade of the period through his Presbyterian religious faith, how he maintained his business, and which outside pressures were brought to bear on the family firm; as well as determining what contribution he made to the cultural milieu of the period through his business and philanthropic ventures. This will be the first study on the book trade of Glasgow from a bookseller’s perspective.
Raw data from Iron-based magnetic molecular imprinted polymers and their application in removal and determination of di-n-pentyl phthalate in aqueous media
Creators: name: Li, Jing
name: Zhou, Qingxiang
name: Yuan, Yongyong
name: Wu, Yalin
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017

description: The raw data in adsorption experiments.
In situ MEMS testing: correlation of high-resolution X-ray diffraction with mechanical experiments and finite element analysis
Creators: name: Schifferle, Andreas
name: Dommann, Alex
name: Neels, Antonia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: New methods are needed in microsystems technology for evaluating microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) because of their reduced size. The assessment and characterization of mechanical and structural relations of MEMS are essential to assure the long-term functioning of devices, and have a significant impact on design and fabrication. Within this study a concept for the investigation of mechanically loaded MEMS materials on an atomic level is introduced, combining high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) measurements with finite element analysis (FEA) and mechanical testing. In situ HRXRD measurements were performed on tensile loaded single crystal silicon (SCSi) specimens by means of profile scans and reciprocal space mapping (RSM) on symmetrical (004) and (440) reflections. A comprehensive evaluation of the rather complex XRD patterns and features was enabled by the correlation of measured with simulated, ‘theoretical’ patterns. Latter were calculated by a specifically developed, simple and fast approach on the basis of continuum mechanical relations. Qualitative and quantitative analysis confirmed the admissibility and accuracy of the presented method. In this context [001] Poisson’s ratio was determined providing an error of less than 1.5% with respect to analytical prediction. Consequently, the introduced procedure contributes to further going investigations of weak scattering being related to strain and defects in crystalline structures and therefore supports investigations on materials and devices failure mechanisms.
title: Development of a point-of-care molecular diagnostic tool for malaria and schistosomiasis in low-resource settings
Creators: name: Garrett, Alice Catherine
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2021

description: There is an imminent need for more sensitive and low-cost point-of-care diagnostics for low-resource settings. Molecular diagnostics are becoming increasingly relevant in global efforts for disease elimination, although, healthcare workers face practical and logistical problems in the implementation of such tests in low-resource laboratories and environments. This has propelled the development of tailored point-of-care (POC) molecular diagnostic tests, however, to date there is lack of investigations into POC molecular tests trialled in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) have highlighted the importance of the elimination of malaria and schistosomiasis in the 2030 roadmap to achieve sustainable development goals. Work previously conducted within the Biomedical Research Division at The University of Glasgow resulted in the development of a low-cost POC molecular diagnostic platform for malaria. The technique is reliant on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). This thesis describes the adaptation of the technique to aid the diagnosis of schistosomiasis. Furthermore, field-trials were undertaken in collaboration with the Vector Control Division in Uganda, to assess the logistics and feasibility of POC LAMP to detect plasmodium and schistosome DNA in rural low-resource-settings. Molecular detection of malaria and schistosomiasis has the potential to provide more sensitive diagnostic tests which will benefit current surveillance programs and epidemiological studies. Additionally, the assessment of field trials will assist those developing POC molecular tests for use in low-resource environments out-with clinical and laboratory settings. Due to the malleability of the technique, this could further benefit additional POC testing and disease surveillance studies in-the-field, thus, contributing to the development of future work in these areas.
The details of synthesis and equations in adsorption process from Iron-based magnetic molecular imprinted polymers and their application in removal and determination of di-n-pentyl phthalate in aqueous media
Creators: name: Li, Jing
name: Zhou, Qingxiang
name: Yuan, Yongyong
name: Wu, Yalin
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017

description: Detailed synthesis process, the equations in adsorption kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamic study.
title: ALLOc : Gijounet : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
title: ALLOc : Roussayrolles : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
Supplementary Material for: Methylation Patterns of SOX3, SOX9, and WNT4 Genes in Gonads of Dogs with XX (SRY-Negative) Disorder of Sexual Development
Creators: name: Salamon, S.
name: Flisikowski, K.
name: Switonski, M.
Publisher: name: Karger Publishers
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine

description: Ovotesticular or testicular disorder of sexual development in dogs with female karyotype and lack of SRY (XX DSD) is a common sexual anomaly diagnosed in numerous breeds. The molecular background, however, remains unclear, and epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation, have not been studied. The aim of our study was comparative methylation analysis of CpG islands in promoters of candidate genes for XX DSD: SOX9, SOX3, and WNT4. Methylation studies were performed on DNA extracted from formalin-fixed/paraffin-embedded or frozen gonads from 2 dogs with ovotesticular and 2 dogs with testicular XX DSD as well as control females (n = 4) and males (n = 2). Bisulfite-converted DNA was used for CpG methylation analysis using quantitative pyrosequencing. Promoter regions of SOX9 and WNT4 showed similar CpG methylation in each group, ranging from 0 to 5.5% and from 39 to 74%, respectively. The SOX3 promoter showed significantly higher methylation in the ovotesticular XX DSD cases and the testicular XX DSD and control males, suggesting that SOX3 methylation may play a role in canine XX DSD pathogenesis.
title: ALLOc : Rabastens : Parabole
Creators: name: LDOR
name: Sauzet, Patrick
name: Thésaurus Occitan
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Occitan/Languedocien
subject: oci
subject: translating_and_interpreting

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Cet enregistrement provient des enquêtes dialectologiques en vue de constituer l'Atlas Linguistique et Ethnographique du Languedoc Occidental. Une traduction de la Parabole de l'Enfant Prodigue a été enregistrée dans chaque point d'enquête.
Effect of boundary roughness on the attenuation of specular phonon reflection in graphene
Creators: name: Ong, Zhun-Yong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The reduced phonon specularity $p$ from boundary roughness scattering plays a major role in the lower thermal conductivity in semiconducting and insulating nanowires and films. Although the well-known Ziman formula $p=\exp(-4σ^{2}q_{x}^{2})$, where $σ$ and $q_{x}$ denote the root-mean-square boundary roughness and the normal component of the incident phonon wave vector, respectively, and its variants are commonly used in the literature to estimate how roughness attenuates $p$, their validity and accuracy remain poorly understood, especially when the effects of mode conversion cannot be ignored. In this paper, we investigate the accuracy and validity of the more general Ogilvy formula, from which the Ziman formula is derived, by comparing its predictions to the $p$ values computed from Atomistic Green's Function (AGF) simulations for an ensemble of rough boundaries in single-layer graphene. The effects of phonon dispersion, incident angle, polarization, mode conversion, and correlation length are analyzed. Our results suggest that the Ogilvy formula is remarkably accurate for $0
description: 17 pages and 10 figures
Agent Orange (2,4,5T) - Molecule of the Month December 2000 [Archived version]
Creators: name: Hardy, John
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: classificationCode: 349999
subject: Other chemical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This is the Molecule of the Month entry for December 2000 about agent orange. It is a pdf archive version of the HTML webpage.
title: Investigating the cortico-hippocampal dynamics involved in human episodic memory with neural stimulation
Creators: name: van der Plas, Mircea
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2022

description: The human episodic memory system depends on specific interactions between the hippocampus and neocortex. The three studies performed as part of this doctoral thesis each sought to improve our understanding of the cortico-hippocampal system in the context of episodic memory. Each study used a different approach to directly manipulate neural activity with the aim of revealing causal relationships between certain patterns of neural activity and behaviour. In the first study the cortico-hippocampal network was investigated by using occipital transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and auditory sensory stimulation with the aim of altering memory performance during an audio-visual association task. The electrical stimulation was hypothesized to interact with the auditory sensory stimulation after propagating from the neocortex to the hippocampus. This study was unsuccessful in modulating behaviour through stimulation. In the second study, the left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC) was targeted using 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the course of two experiments, during a set of list learning tasks. This study found a beneficial effect on memory performance when stimulation occurred over the left DLPFC compared to stimulation over the vertex (control site). This behavioural effect was further characterized by a beta-power decrease over parietal sensors as measured by electroencephalography (EEG). The third study probed the cortico-hippocampal network by directly stimulating the hippocampus and the neocortex, by applying direct electrical stimulation through implanted electrodes in human subjects. This study used measures of population activity as well as single neuron activity to monitor how the brain responds to direct stimulation. This study found that direct stimulation throughout the network produces a neural response that is characterized by short, intense excitation and prolonged follow-up inhibition which has the potential to travel throughout the brain. The ability of the response to travel between the neocortex and hippocampus was leveraged to measure a transduction delay of ~140 ms between the two regions. Together these findings have advanced our understanding on how different stimulation methods can be used to manipulate neural activity and consequently affect the episodic memory system. Through these methods we might one day be able to aid persons suffering from cognitive impairments or related pathologies.
Supplementary Material for: Sudden Death in End Stage Renal Disease: Comparing Hemodialysis versus Peritoneal Dialysis
Creators: name: Genovesi, S.
name: Porcu, L.
name: Luise, M.C.
name: Riva, H.
name: Nava, E.
name: Contaldo, G.
name: Stella, A.
name: Pozzi, C.
name: Ondei, P.
name: Minoretti, C.
name: Gallieni, M.
name: Pontoriero, G.
name: Conte, F.
name: Torri, V.
name: Bertoli, S.
name: Vincenti, A.
Publisher: name: Karger Publishers
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine

description: Background/Aims: This study aimed to evaluate total and sudden death (SD) in a cohort of dialysis patients, comparing hemodialysis (HD) vs. peritoneal dialysis (PD). Methods: This is a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Results: Deaths were 626 out of 1,823 in HD and 62 of 249 in PD patients. HD patients had a greater number of comorbidities (p < 0.05). PD patients had a lower risk of death than HD patients (p < 0.001); however, the advantage decreased with time (p < 0.001). Mortality predictors were left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35%, older age, ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, previous stroke, and atrial fibrillation (p < 0.03). SDs were 84:71 in HD and 13 in PD population (12.1 and 22.8% of all causes of death, respectively). A non-significant risk of SD among PD compared to HD patients was detected. SD predictors were older age, ischemic heart disease, and LVEF ≤35% (p < 0.05). Conclusions: HD patients showed a greater presence of comorbidities and reduced survival compared to PD patients; however, the incidence of SD does not differ in the 2 populations. Video Journal Club “Cappuccino with Claudio Ronco” at http://www.karger.com/?doi=464347.
Primordial black holes from null energy condition violation during inflation
Creators: name: Cai, Yong
name: Zhu, Mian
name: Piao, Yun-Song
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Primordial black holes (PBHs) and the violation of the null energy condition (NEC) have significant implications for our understanding of the very early universe. We present a novel approach to generate PBHs via the NEC violation in a single-field inflationary scenario. In our scenario, the universe transitions from a first slow-roll inflation stage with a Hubble parameter $H = H_{\text{inf}1}$ to a second slow-roll inflation stage with $H = H_{\text{inf}2}\gg H_{\text{inf}1}$, passing through an intermediate stage of NEC violation. The NEC violation naturally enhances the primordial scalar power spectrum at a certain wavelength, leading to the production of PBHs with masses and abundances of observational interest. We also investigate the phenomenological signatures of scalar-induced gravitational waves (SIGWs) resulting from the enhanced density perturbations. Our work highlights the potential of utilizing a combination of PBHs, SIGWs, and primordial gravitational waves as a valuable probe for studying NEC violation during inflation, opening up new avenues for exploring the early universe.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures + supplemental material, published in PRL
Synthesis of monodisperse iron oxide nanoparticles: Effect of temperature, time, solvent, and surfactant
Creators: name: Wei, Yuxue
name: Zhang, Chenghua
name: Chang, Qiang
name: Wang, Xianzhou
name: Niu, Liwei
name: Xu, Jian
name: Yang, Yong
name: Li, Yongwang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by the thermal decomposition of iron-oleate. The effects of reaction temperature, time, solvent, and surfactant were tested. The synthesized NPs were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis,, and Fourier transform infrared. The results show that reaction time has little effect on the sizes of synthesized NPs, while the solvent directly decides the sizes. There is a most appropriate temperature to fulfill perfect monodisperse iron oxide NPs. Moreover, different surfactants lead to different shapes of synthesized NPs.
title: Shareholders’ rights protection after Brexit: Hic sunt leones?
Creators: name: Corgatelli, Michele
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2021

description: In the European Union, the rights of shareholders of listed companies have been strengthened in the last decades, in several instances at the national level, but also by means of EU law. Today, the United Kingdom – the shareholder-centric Member State par excellence – is no longer part of the Union. Some authors have claimed that this may lead to a new dominance of the German stakeholder-oriented model in further corporate law harmonisation. Conversely, this dissertation, investigating whether Britain’s departure endangers the pathway towards the empowerment of shareholders, concludes that it is likely that the strands of convergence towards higher levels of shareholders’ rights will continue to unfold in the long run, unaltered by Brexit. In particular, this dissertation studies the influence of the ‘UK benchmark’ – a comparative example for lawmakers – on two past patterns of convergence towards higher levels of shareholders’ rights in the European Union: on a ‘horizontal’ level, their autonomous enhancement by Member States, and on a ‘vertical’ level, their harmonisation promoted by the European Commission. The projection of these trajectories into the aftermath of Brexit allows to assess the likeliness of various scenarios and explore the rationale behind different policy choices related to shareholders’ rights.