cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Digitalization in Candidate Selection. Support and Resistance Within Established Political Parties in Germany
Creators: name: Bloquet, Claire
name: Borucki, Isabelle
name: Höhne, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: e-democracy
subject: intra-party democracy
subject: party membership
subject: candidate selection
subject: information and communication technology (ICT)
subject: democratization
subject: inclusion
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::301 Soziologie, Anthropologie

description: The digitalization of human life has impacted many aspects of politics in the last two decades. Intra-party decision-making is one of them. While new political parties appear to be rather native digital organizations, established parties are increasingly beginning to incorporate online tools into their internal processes. However, not much is known about how intra-party selectorates evaluate the digitalization of a crucial decision-making process. This study asks whether party members who participate in candidate selection support online consultations—or not. Using an original large-N dataset on the preferences of party members attending candidate selection assemblies for the German Bundestag, we determine variables that increase or decrease the likelihood to support the introduction of online consultations as part of intra-party democracy. Our results show that attitudes toward digitalization do not depend on a generational or a partisan factor, as might have been expected. Instead, we highlight that digitalization support is first and foremost related to, on the one hand, the seniority in the party, and, on the other, on one's preferences toward inclusion. We relate these findings to the distribution of powers and incentives within the party and discuss both the implications of these results and what they might mean for established parties trying to reform.
Inter- and Intraspecific Trait Compensation of Behavioural and Morphological Defences in a Damselfly Genus
Creators: name: Mühlenhaupt, Max
name: Jiang, Bin
name: Brauner, Oliver
name: Mikolajewski, Dirk J.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Coenagrion
subject: defensive traits
subject: phenotypic plasticity
subject: predation
subject: trait correlations
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Predation is a key driver of phenotypic diversification with prey having evolved sets of correlated anti-predator traits. Changes in anti-predator traits can be studied on an evolutionary as well as on a developmental timescale. Using a common garden setup, we studied inter- and intraspecific correlations of behavioural and morphological defences in four damselfly species that either occur in habitats dominated by predatory fish (fish habitats) or fishless habitats by raising larvae either with predatory fish or in a control treatment. We found inter- as well as intraspecific trait compensation (negative correlations) between behavioural and morphological defences. Compared to fishless habitat species, fish habitat species invested more in behavioural defences and less in morphological defences. This was mirrored by fish habitat species investing more in behavioural defences and less in morphological defences when reared with predatory fish whereas fishless habitat species invested less in morphological defences only. Our results emphasise the role of context-specific combinations of defensive traits to avoid predation. We suggest, considering changes in multiple correlated traits on different timescales when studying the evolution of anti-predator traits.
Microstructure Evaluation and Impurities in La Containing Silicon Oxynitrides
Creators: name: Hakeem, Abbas Saeed
name: Ali, Sharafat
name: Höche, Thomas
name: Drmosh, Qasem Ahmed
name: Khan, Amir Azam
name: Jonson, Bo
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Characterisation
subject: Defects
subject: Electron microscopy
subject: Nitrogen enrich
subject: Oxynitride glass
subject: Transparency
subject: 570
subject: 540

description: Oxynitride glasses are not yet commercialised primarily due to the impurities present in the network of these glasses. In this work, we investigated the microstructure and instinctive defects in nitrogen rich La-Si-O-N glasses. Glasses were prepared by heating a powder mixture of pure La metal, Si3N4, and SiO2 in a nitrogen atmosphere at 1650-1800 °C. The microstructure and impurities in the glasses were examined by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy in conjunction with electron energy-loss spectroscopy. Analyses showed that the glasses contain a small amount of spherical metal silicide particles, mostly amorphous or poorly crystalline, and having sizes typically ranging from 1 µm and less. The amount of silicide was estimated to be less than 2 vol. %. There was no systematic relation between silicide formation and glass composition or preparation temperature. The microstructure examination revealed that the opacity of these nitrogen rich glasses is due to the elemental Si arise from the decomposition reaction of silicon nitride and silicon oxide, at a high temperature above ~1600 °C and from the metallic silicide particles formed by the reduction of silicon oxide and silicon nitride at an early stage of reaction to form a silicide intermetallic with the La metal.
Nesorthomorpha Jeekel 1980
Creators: name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Le, Minh D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polydesmida
Paradoxosomatidae
Nesorthomorpha

description: Genus NeSOrthOMOrpha Jeekel, 1980
Type species: Orthomorpha coriacea Carl, 1902.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Le, Minh D., 2018, First record of the millipede genus Nesorthomorpha Jeekel, 1980 in Vietnam with description of a new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), pp. 426-434 in Zootaxa 4462 (3) on page 428, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/1441725
From behaviour to the brain: representation learning and sensorimotor control
Creators: name: Wu, Yufei
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2019

description: Behaviour, the only approach for living creatures to interact with the environment, is the consequence of sensorimotor transformations in the central nervous system. Successful implementation of behaviour tasks requires high accuracy in sensory perception and motor execution, and more importantly, experience-based plasticities. We seek to investigate neuronal accomplishment of these sensorimotor functions in the brain. Due to technical obstacles, neural recording experiments fail to provide a complete understanding. Thus, we intend to bridge the gap by reverse-engineering the brain with machine learning algorithms as functional and quantitative frameworks. For this purpose, we develop a series of computational models and algorithms, covering different aspects of control and representational learning as sensorimotor transformations. We propose a spiking neural circuit model of the cerebellum, learning from movement errors to generate motor correction against external perturbation to ensure accurate execution. This allows us to discover sensorimotor error-based learning in a bottom-up manner, bringing insights to the functional structure and disorders of the cerebellum. Moving from sensorimotor control to representational learning, we emphasise more on the statistical structure of natural behaviour, i.e. the prior p(x), rather than individual executions. We assume that sensorimotor representations are shaped by the natural behaviour statistics, and based on this assumption, we introduce machine learning models of topological neural coding and manifold learning. Our topological neural coding models, with neurons arranged in a 2D topological map, are optimised towards the optimal representational power under p(x). Applying topological neural coding to natural arm movement data reproduces features of proprioceptive representations observed in macaque S1. Our manifold learning models aims to explore the hidden structure of p(x) while learning a non-linear low-dimensional manifold embedded in the high-dimensional space. This allows us to achieve analytic density description and auto-clustering of human behaviour, which directly leads to symbolic representations of behaviour and metrics to measure behaviour similarity.
Targeted cardiac resynchronisation therapy
Creators: name: Butcher, Charles John Tobias
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) is a well-established pacing treatment for severe systolic heart failure. This is a condition which carries a poor prognosis if left untreated. Despite decades of work and a number of large prospective randomised controlled trials, conventionally implanted CRT is only effective in around 70% of patients. In a further group, implantation of the left ventricular (LV) resynchronisation pacing lead is not feasible. Optimised endocardial LV lead placement may overcome these obstacles. In this thesis, I consider techniques to deliver optimised endocardial LV pacing. I validate and use a new electroanatomic three-dimensional (3D) mapping system and mapping catheter, in addition to a bias-resistant high precision haemodynamic assessment protocol. I use these to evaluate techniques for acute optimisation of endocardial biventricular pacing. Following this, I evaluate permanently implanting an endocardial LV lead at a selected ideal location. Specifically I assess: (1) If there is variation in the atrioventricular (AV) delay that delivers the greatest acute improvement in systolic blood pressure when the LV lead is placed at different locations; (2) if there is variation in acute systolic blood pressure change when the LV lead is placed in different locations; (3) the correlation between the acute change in systolic blood pressure at a specific LV lead location and other targets including, LV and right ventricular (RV) lead tip separation, LV endocardial electrical activation, change in QRS duration and scar; (4) the difference in LV endocardial activation patterns between intrinsic depolarisation and RV pacing; and (5) the feasibility of implanting a permanent endocardial LV lead, guided by a 3D mapping system. I report that (1) there is variation in the AV delay that delivers the best improvement in systolic blood pressure with the LV lead in different locations but that the haemodynamic impact is small; (2) between patients, there is variation in the LV location that increases acute systolic blood pressure the most, and constantly it was at an alternative location to the mid lateral wall; (3) the LV location that delivers the greatest acute change in systolic blood pressure cannot be predicted by LV and RV lead tip separation, LV endocardial activation time, change in QRS duration or pacing away from scar; (4) the location of latest LV endocardial depolarisation differs between intrinsic LV depolarisation in left bundle branch block and RV pacing; and (5) implanting a permanent endocardial LV lead guided by a 3D mapping system is feasible and associated with limited morbidity.
Is land fragmentation facilitating or obstructing adoption of climate adaptation measures in Ethiopia?
Creators: name: Cholo, T.C.
name: Fleskens, L.
name: Sietz, D.
name: Peerlings, J.
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI AG
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Adaptation
subject: Gamo Highlands
subject: Land fragmentation
subject: Sustainable land management
subject: 360

description: Land fragmentation is high and increasing in the Gamo Highlands of southwest Ethiopia. We postulate that this substantial land fragmentation is obstructing the adoption of sustainable land management practices as climate adaptation measures. To explore this, a mixed method study was conducted with emphasis on a multivariate probit model. The results indicate that farmers adapt to climate change and variability they perceive. According to the probit model, there is no clear answer to the question whether land fragmentation facilitates or obstructs adoption of sustainable land management practices. Yet, a qualitative analysis found that farmers perceive land fragmentation as an obstacle to land improvement as adaptation strategy. Moreover, farmers invest more in land improvement on plots close to their homestead than in remote plots. However, the higher land fragmentation also promoted crop diversification, manure application and terracing. Although exogenous to farmers, we therefore suggest that land fragmentation can be deployed in climate change adaptation planning. This can be done through voluntary assembling of small neighboring plots in clusters of different microclimates to encourage investment in remote fields and to collectively optimize the benefits of fragmentation to adaptation.
Investigating gut-microbiota mediated polymerisation of deoxycholic acid in humans
Creators: name: Bello, Adesola Temitope
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) continue to be the leading cause of death worldwide. Hypercholesterolemia (HC) is a modifiable risk factor in the development of CVD. Diet-based therapies, such as dietary fibres (DF) are first-line treatment options to be used solely or in conjunction with pharmacological options for cholesterol management. DF have been shown to reduce HC, but underlying mechanisms are unknown. Existing literature suggest that the hypocholesterolemic effect may be as a result of an interplay of diet, host metabolism, and gut microbiota (GM) which leads to the increased faecal excretion of bile acids (BA). Faecal BA excretion (FBAE) leads to a reduction of circulating cholesterol via a cascade of reactions, therefore increasing FBAE may be a cardioprotective mechanism. A novel mechanism was thus hypothesised. DF may modulate GM to promote the polymerisation of secondary BA deoxycholic acid (DCA) to polydeoxycholic acid (PDC). PDC cannot be reabsorbed; it is subsequently excreted, triggering compensatory reactions that lead to reduced plasma cholesterol and its associated CVD risk. This PhD project explored the mechanisms involved in and the effects of diet on PDC production in humans using a combination of cutting edge metabolomic and metagenomic tools. An ultra-performance liquid chromatography-based method was developed for high throughput and sensitive detection and quantification of PDC. PDC was reliably detected in human faeces (up to 90% of total faecal DCA) and was found to correlate with anti-inflammatory butyrate producing GM and established beneficial GM like Bifidobacteria, and also with a high fibre high protein diet. More investigations are warranted to further elucidate the role of PDC in host physiology. Current indications suggest a beneficial role for PDC. Abbreviations: CVD cardiovascular diseases; HC Hypercholesterolemia; DF dietary fibres; BA bile acids; GM gut microbiota, FBAE faecal bile acid excretion, DCA deoxycholic acid; PDC polydeoxycholic acid.
The role of spatial variability of soil moisture for modelling surface runoff generation at the small catchment scale
Creators: name: Bronstert, A.
name: Bárdossy, A.
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: catchment
subject: hillslope
subject: runoff
subject: soil moisture
subject: spatial variation
subject: 550

description: The effects of spatial variability of soil moisture on surface runoff generation at the hillslope and small catchment scale were studied. The model used is physically based accounting for the relevant hydrological processes during storm runoff periods. A case study investigating the effects on runoff generation in a loessy small catchment is presented. In this study the storm rainfall response was modelled using different distribution patterns of the initial soil moisture content, and where different initial soil moisture fields were generated by using both interpolation methods and stochastic simulation methods. It is shown that spatial variability of pre-event soil moisture results in an increase in runoff production compared to averaged values. It is of particular importance to note the combined organised/stochastic variability features, that is, the superposition of systematic and random features of soil moisture dominate local generation of surface runoff. In general one can say that the stronger the organised heterogeneity is, the more important is an adequate and refined interpolation technique which is capable of accounting for complex spatial trends. The effects of soil moisture variations are of particular importance for storms, where the produced runoff volume is just a small fraction of precipitation.
Understanding agricultural direct marketing and consumer behavior in the Mid-Atlantic United States
Creators: name: Soysal, Ufuk
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2024

description: Direct marketing, encompassing various strategies and techniques, has played both an important and useful role. This study examines the prospects of direct marketing as a strategy for farmers in the food market, using data collected from a survey of 1,167 consumers from New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and Virginia who shopped at direct (farmer-to-consumer) markets, with on-farm markets as an example. The factors influencing participation in direct marketing sectors, consumers' willingness to purchase products from direct markets, and the consumption of value-added agricultural products were estimated. The analysis includes socio-demographic factors, consumer preferences and behaviors, and travel and accessibility. It has been noticed that young people are inclined towards direct marketing activities. People with awareness on such as nature tourism, giving tips and sustainability both willing to pay for agricultural premium and spending money for value-added products. The results of this study aim to illustrate the potential market for direct marketing segmentation, with a focus on on-farm markets, to help small and medium-sized farmers better understand the potential demand.
Reversible thermosensitive biodegradable polymeric actuators based on confined crystallization
Creators: name: Stroganov, Vladislav
name: Al-Hussein, Mahmoud
name: Sommer, Jens-Uwe
name: Janke, Andreas
name: Zakharchenko, Svetlana
name: Ionov, Leonid
Publisher: name: Washington, DC : ACS Publ.
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: confined crystallization
subject: polycaprolactone
subject: Reversible actuators
subject: stimuli-responsive
subject: thermoresponsive
subject: 540
subject: 660

description: We discovered a new and unexpected effect of reversible actuation of ultrathin semicrystalline polymer films. The principle was demonstrated on the example of thin polycaprolactone-gelatin bilayer films. These films are unfolded at room temperature, fold at temperature above polycaprolactone melting point, and unfold again at room temperature. The actuation is based on reversible switching of the structure of the hydrophobic polymer (polycaprolactone) upon melting and crystallization. We hypothesize that the origin of this unexpected behavior is the orientation of polycaprolactone chains parallel to the surface of the film, which is retained even after melting and crystallization of the polymer or the “crystallization memory effect”. In this way, the crystallization generates a directed force, which causes bending of the film. We used this effect for the design of new generation of fully biodegradable thermoresponsive polymeric actuators, which are highly desirable for bionano-technological applications such as reversible encapsulation of cells and design of swimmers.
Origin and avoidance of double peaks in the induced voltage of a thermomagnetic generator for harvesting low-grade waste heat
Creators: name: Dzekan, Daniel
name: Kischnik, Tim D.
name: Diestel, Anett
name: Nielsch, Kornelius
name: Fähler, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Bristol : IOP Publishing
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Magnetocaloric material
subject: Thermomagnetic energy harvesting
subject: Thermomagnetic generator
subject: Thermomagnetic material
subject: waste-heat recovery
subject: 530

description: Thermomagnetic harvesting is an emerging approach used to convert low-grade waste heat to electricity, which recently obtained a boost due to the development of both more efficient functional materials and innovative device concepts. Here, we examine a thermomagnetic generator which utilizes gadolinium as the thermomagnetic material and report on the double peaks of the induced voltage. Using a combination of experiments and theory we show that these double peaks originate from the interaction between an asymmetric magnetization curve and a pretzel-like magnetic field topology. Double peaks are detrimental for the output power and can be avoided by matching the magnetization change by adjusting the cold and hot fluid flow.
ORCID Annual Report 2012
Creators: name: Haak, Laurel
name: Laura, Paglione
name: Ratner, Howard
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This is the 2016 annual report for ORCID, which includes information about membership, usage and adoption, engagement activities, integrations, technical updates, financials, and more. For more information, visit orcid.org.
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) taeniorhynchus
Creators: name: Cooper, David
name: Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki
name: Macdonald, David
name: Nanova, Olga
name: Yudin, Viktor
name: Dugmore, Andrew
name: Kitchener, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae
Aedes
Aedes taeniorhynchus

description: Aedes (Ochlerotatus) taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann, 1821)
This is the first time that Ae. taeniorhynchus is recorded on Sint Maarten. Adults of this species were collected in the Belvedere district near the French border next to an open drain and a small pond, close to a marsh. Van der Kuyp (1954) reported that this species often co-occurs with Anopheles species. Interestingly, we trapped Ae. taeniorhynchus in conjuction with An. albimanus at this site. Furthermore, larvae were collected at a different site close to Mullet Bay Golf Course from stagnant rainwater on the course. This location is close to the American University building of the Caribbean School of Medicine where adults were trapped by students (Colin Michie, pers. comm., 27 July 2018). Van der Kuyp (1953, 1954) also reports Ae. taeniorchynchus from a well at Spring Bay, Saba. Despite our best efforts, both in April and October we were not able to find this species there again. However, during a subsequent study, a female of this species was trapped with a BG-Sentinel Trap in the harbour of Saba by one of the authors (Cornel et al., 2020) (Yoosook Lee, pers. comm., 1 September 2019), which shows that this species is still occurring on the island.
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Antillean adults of Ae. taeniorhynchus are described to be darker overall than their continental conspecifics (Belkin et al., 1970). This is most pronounced in the reduced white rings on the hind tarsus, with only a very small basal white ring on the 5th segment. Previously, these dark specimens have been described by Giles (1904) and Ludlow (1905) as two separate species: Ae. niger and Ae. portoricensis. Howard et al. (1917) noted the absence of differences in the male genitalia and larvae between both forms, and suggested the dark form was a “geographic race” of Ae. taeniorhynchus.
description: Published as part of Cooper, David, Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Macdonald, David, Nanova, Olga, Yudin, Viktor, Dugmore, Andrew & Kitchener, Andrew, 2020, Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Dutch Leeward Islands, with a key to the adults and fourth instar larvae, pp. 373-392 in Contributions to Zoology 89 (1) on pages 380-381, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-bja10005, http://zenodo.org/record/8343373
Kriging Riemannian Data via Random Domain Decompositions
Creators: name: Menafoglio, Alessandra
name: Pigoli, Davide
name: Secchi, Piercesare
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Data taking value on a Riemannian manifold and observed over a complex spatial domain are becoming more frequent in applications, for example, in environmental sciences and in geoscience. The analysis of these data needs to rely on local models to account for the nonstationarity of the generating random process, the nonlinearity of the manifold, and the complex topology of the domain. In this article, we propose to use a random domain decomposition approach to estimate an ensemble of local models and then to aggregate the predictions of the local models through Fréchet averaging. The algorithm is introduced in complete generality and is valid for data belonging to any smooth Riemannian manifold but it is then described in details for the case of the manifold of positive definite matrices, the hypersphere and the Cholesky manifold. The predictive performances of the method are explored via simulation studies for covariance matrices and correlation matrices, where the Cholesky manifold geometry is used. Finally, the method is illustrated on an environmental dataset observed over the Chesapeake Bay (USA). Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) tortilis
Creators: name: Cooper, David
name: Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki
name: Macdonald, David
name: Nanova, Olga
name: Yudin, Viktor
name: Dugmore, Andrew
name: Kitchener, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae
Aedes
Aedes tortilis

description: Aedes (Ochlerotatus) tortilis (Theobald, 1903)
Aedes tortilis has never been recorded on any of the Dutch Leeward Islands, but occurs throughout the Lesser Antilles (Arnell, 1976) and is present on the neighboring Virgin Islands (Dyar, 1922) and Saint Kitts (Mohammed et al., 2015). Therefore, it is likely that this species is present, on one of the Dutch islands and it is therefore included in the adult and larval identification keys. The larval habitats generally occur in temporary or semipermanent fresh to brackish groundwater pools(Arnell, 1976), conditions that are omnipresent on Sint Maarten.
description: Published as part of Cooper, David, Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Macdonald, David, Nanova, Olga, Yudin, Viktor, Dugmore, Andrew & Kitchener, Andrew, 2020, Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Dutch Leeward Islands, with a key to the adults and fourth instar larvae, pp. 373-392 in Contributions to Zoology 89 (1) on page 381, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-bja10005, http://zenodo.org/record/8343373
Ruthenacycles and Iridacycles as Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysts
Creators: name: Ritleng, Vincent
name: De Vries, Johannes G.
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Iridium
subject: Ketone
subject: Metallacycle
subject: Oxidation
subject: Ruthenium
subject: Transfer hydrogenation
subject: 540

description: In this review, we describe the synthesis and use in hydrogen transfer reactions of ruthenacycles and iridacycles. The review limits itself to metallacycles where a ligand is bound in bidentate fashion to either ruthenium or iridium via a carbon-metal sigma bond, as well as a dative bond from a heteroatom or an N-heterocyclic carbene. Pincer complexes fall outside the scope. Described are applications in (asymmetric) transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes, ketones, and imines, as well as reductive aminations. Oxidation reactions, i.e., classical Oppenauer oxidation, which is the reverse of transfer hydrogenation, as well as dehydrogenations and oxidations with oxygen, are described. Racemizations of alcohols and secondary amines are also catalyzed by ruthenacycles and iridacycles.
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti
Creators: name: Cooper, David
name: Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki
name: Macdonald, David
name: Nanova, Olga
name: Yudin, Viktor
name: Dugmore, Andrew
name: Kitchener, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae
Aedes
Aedes aegypti

description: Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)
The invasive Ae. aegypti was probably introduced in the 16th century (Lounibos, 2002). It breeds in artificial containers and feeds mainly on human blood and is therefore mainly found close to habitation (Harrington et al., 2001). It is the main vector for a number of arboviruses in the Caribbean causing dengue, chikungunya and Zika (Leslie et al., 2014, 2017). As expected, we found Ae. aegypti present in urban habitats on all three islands. We also found Ae. aegypti in high densities in two remote old wells on Sint Eustatius (Venus Bay Road, 17°30’17.8“ N, 62°58’59.4” W; Smoke Alley [near Fort Rotterdam], 17°29’13.1“ N, 62°59’36.0” W). One of these wells had a relatively high salinity of 7 ‰, which has been shown to be well within the tolerance range of Ae. aegypti (De Brito Arduino et al., 2015). Verdonschot and Besse-Lototskaya (2014) concluded from a meta-analysis of 62 dispersal studies that Ae. aegypti can cover maximally distances of 2.5 km (mean = 333 m). Reiter et al. (1995) reported that furthest Ae. aegypti post-blood meal flight was 441 m (mean = 181 m). In a 200 m radius around the wells, only one or two residences are present, whereas goats were extremely abundant on this part of this island. The fact that post-blood meal flights over 200 m are exceptional and densities of adult mosquitoes at both sites were exceptionally high suggests that Ae. aegypti at these localities may be partly feeding on nonhuman hosts. Other studies have shown that the percentage of Ae. aegypti that were bloodfed on humans varies from 76.2 % in rural Puerto Rico (Barrera et al., 2012), where other hosts were mainly dogs, but also on cats, horses, and chickens, to 99.1 % in Thailand (Ponlawat & Harrington, 2005). On Sint Eustatius, goats and sheep are very abundant at these sites. However, further research is needed to examine the origin of the blood meals.
description: Published as part of Cooper, David, Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Macdonald, David, Nanova, Olga, Yudin, Viktor, Dugmore, Andrew & Kitchener, Andrew, 2020, Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Dutch Leeward Islands, with a key to the adults and fourth instar larvae, pp. 373-392 in Contributions to Zoology 89 (1) on page 381, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-bja10005, http://zenodo.org/record/8343373
Can Green Plants Mitigate Ammonia Concentration in Piglet Barns?
Creators: name: Menardo, Simona
name: Berg, Werner
name: Grüneberg, Heiner
name: Jakob, Martina
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ammonia emissions
subject: Forced ventilated barn
subject: Mitigation solutions
subject: Piglet
subject: Plant absorption
subject: 550

description: For animal welfare and for farmers’ health, the concentration of ammonia (NH3 ) in animal houses should be as low as possible. Plants can remove various atmospheric contaminants through the leaf stomata. This study examined the effect of ornamental plants installed inside a piglet barn on the NH3 concentration in the air. Gas measurements of the air in the ‘greened’ compartment (P) and a control compartment (CTR) took place over two measuring periods (summer–autumn and winter). Differences between the NH3 emissions were calculated based on the ventilation rates according to the CO2 balance. Fairly low mean NH3 concentrations between 2 and 4 ppm were measured. The NH3 emissions were about 20% lower (p < 0.01) in P than in CTR, in summer–autumn and in winter period. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
ORCID Annual Report 2013
Creators: name: Haak, Laurel
name: Laura, Paglione
name: Peters, Robert
name: Wilmers, Catalina
name: Pentz, Edward
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This is the 2013 annual report for ORCID, which includes information about membership, usage and adoption, engagement activities, integrations, technical updates, financials, and more. For more information, visit orcid.org.
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus Another
Creators: name: Cooper, David
name: Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki
name: Macdonald, David
name: Nanova, Olga
name: Yudin, Viktor
name: Dugmore, Andrew
name: Kitchener, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae
Aedes
Aedes albopictus

description: Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894)
Another invasive mosquito species, Ae. albopictus is present on other Caribbean islands such as Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Trinidad, but has not yet been confirmed for the three focal islands (Benedict et al., 2007). Due to intensive travel and transport to the Dutch Leeward Islands, establishment seems probable. We therefore included this species in both the adult and larval identification keys. At the time of writing there is no definitive evidence to support the presence of Ae. albopictus on the Dutch Leeward Islands.
description: Published as part of Cooper, David, Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Macdonald, David, Nanova, Olga, Yudin, Viktor, Dugmore, Andrew & Kitchener, Andrew, 2020, Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Dutch Leeward Islands, with a key to the adults and fourth instar larvae, pp. 373-392 in Contributions to Zoology 89 (1) on page 381, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-bja10005, http://zenodo.org/record/8343373
Templated Self-Assembly of Ultrathin Gold Nanowires by Nanoimprinting for Transparent Flexible Electronics
Creators: name: Maurer, Johannes H. M.
name: González-García, Lola
name: Reiser, Beate
name: Kanelidis, Ioannis
name: Kraus, Tobias
Publisher: name: Washington, DC : ACS Publications
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Metal grids
subject: flexible electronics
subject: nanoimprint
subject: transparent conductive electrodes
subject: ultrathin gold nanowires
subject: 540

description: We fabricated flexible, transparent, and conductive metal grids as transparent conductive materials (TCM) with adjustable properties by direct nanoimprinting of self-assembling colloidal metal nanowires. Ultrathin gold nanowires (diameter below 2 nm) with high mechanical flexibility were confined in a stamp and readily adapted to its features. During drying, the wires self-assembled into dense bundles that percolated throughout the stamp. The high aspect ratio and the bundling yielded continuous, hierarchical superstructures that connected the entire mesh even at low gold contents. A soft sintering step removed the ligand barriers but retained the imprinted structure. The material exhibited high conductivities (sheet resistances down to 29 Ω/sq) and transparencies that could be tuned by changing wire concentration and stamp geometry. We obtained TCMs that are suitable for applications such as touch screens. Mechanical bending tests showed a much higher bending resistance than commercial ITO: conductivity dropped by only 5.6% after 450 bending cycles at a bending radius of 5 mm.
Aerobic iron-catalyzed site-selective C(sp3)–C(sp3) bond cleavage in N-heterocycles
Creators: name: Leonard, David K.
name: Li, Wu
name: Rockstroh, Nils
name: Junge, Kathrin
name: Beller, Matthias
Publisher: name: Amsterdam : Elsevier
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: C–C bond activation
subject: Design of experiments
subject: Iron
subject: Oxidation
subject: Thermodynamic stability
subject: Bond cleavages
subject: Bond scissions
subject: 540
subject: 660

description: The kinetic and thermodynamic stability of C(sp3)–C(sp3) bonds makes the site-selective activation of these motifs a real synthetic challenge. In view of this, herein a site-selective method of C(sp3)–C(sp3) bond scission of amines, specifically morpholine and piperazine derivatives, using a cheap iron catalyst and air as a sustainable oxidant is reported. Furthermore, a statistical design of experiments (DoE) is used to evaluate multiple reaction parameters thereby allowing for the rapid development of a catalytic process. © 2021
Bayesian Variable Selection for Gaussian Copula Regression Models
Creators: name: Alexopoulos, Angelos
name: Bottolo, Leonardo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We develop a novel Bayesian method to select important predictors in regression models with multiple responses of diverse types. A sparse Gaussian copula regression model is used to account for the multivariate dependencies between any combination of discrete and/or continuous responses and their association with a set of predictors. We use the parameter expansion for data augmentation strategy to construct a Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for the estimation of the parameters and the latent variables of the model. Based on a centered parameterization of the Gaussian latent variables, we design a fixed-dimensional proposal distribution to update jointly the latent binary vectors of important predictors and the corresponding nonzero regression coefficients. For Gaussian responses and for outcomes that can be modeled as a dependent version of a Gaussian response, this proposal leads to a Metropolis-Hastings step that allows an efficient exploration of the predictors’ model space. The proposed strategy is tested on simulated data and applied to real datasets in which the responses consist of low-intensity counts, binary, ordinal and continuous variables.
ORCID Annual Report 2014
Creators: name: Haak, Laurel
name: Laura, Paglione
name: Peters, Robert
name: Wilmers, Catalina
name: Pentz, Edward
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This is the 2014 annual report for ORCID, which includes information about membership, usage and adoption, engagement activities, integrations, technical updates, financials, and more. For more information, visit orcid.org.
Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices for Emulsion Formation by Microstereolithography
Creators: name: Männel, Max J.
name: Baysak, Elif
name: Thiele, Julian
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 3D printing
subject: Additive manufacturing
subject: Droplets
subject: Emulsions
subject: Microfluidics
subject: Projection micro‐stereolithography
subject: Three‐dimensional
subject: 540

description: Droplet microfluidics—the art and science of forming droplets—has been revolutionary for high-throughput screening, directed evolution, single-cell sequencing, and material design. However, traditional fabrication techniques for microfluidic devices suffer from several disadvantages, including multistep processing, expensive facilities, and limited three-dimensional (3D) design flexibility. High-resolution additive manufacturing—and in particular, projection micro-stereolithography (PµSL)—provides a promising path for overcoming these drawbacks. Similar to polydimethylsiloxane-based microfluidics 20 years ago, 3D printing methods, such as PµSL, have provided a path toward a new era of microfluidic device design. PµSL greatly simplifies the device fabrication process, especially the access to truly 3D geometries, is cost-effective, and it enables multimaterial processing. In this review, we discuss both the basics and recent innovations in PµSL; the material basis with emphasis on custom-made photopolymer formulations; multimaterial 3D printing; and, 3D-printed microfluidic devices for emulsion formation as our focus application. Our goal is to support researchers in setting up their own PµSL system to fabricate tailor-made microfluidics.
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann 1820
Creators: name: Cooper, David
name: Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki
name: Macdonald, David
name: Nanova, Olga
name: Yudin, Viktor
name: Dugmore, Andrew
name: Kitchener, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae
Anopheles
Anopheles albimanus

description: Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820
Anopheles albimanus had been recorded once as larvae from a well in Rockland on Sint Maarten by Van der Kuyp (1953, 1954). During our survey, adults were caught in Belvedere district near the French border, which is approximately two kilometers from the place where Van der Kuyp observed this species.
Van der Kuyp (1954) mentioned the finding of An. “ tarsimaculatus ” [sic] on French Saint Martin by B.J. Emanuels in the 1920s. At the time, the name tarsimaculatus was invalidly proposed as emendation for An. albipes by Goeldi (1905). Both names are now recognized as synonyms of An. albimanus (fide Rozeboom & Gabaldon, 1941). We assume Emanuels’ finding of An. albimanus to be correct because there are no other Anopheles species present on the neighboring islands, and Faran (1980) also recorded this species from French Saint Martin.
description: Published as part of Cooper, David, Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Macdonald, David, Nanova, Olga, Yudin, Viktor, Dugmore, Andrew & Kitchener, Andrew, 2020, Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Dutch Leeward Islands, with a key to the adults and fourth instar larvae, pp. 373-392 in Contributions to Zoology 89 (1) on page 382, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-bja10005, http://zenodo.org/record/8343373
Numerical simulation of the wave-induced mixing in the coupled model and an integrated approach for assessing tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts
Creators: name: zhang, wenqing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Oceanography
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Investigation of the wave orbital motion and wave breaking induced mixing. A new approcach for evaluating the forecasts of tropical cyclones.
Near-surface fault detection using high-resolution shear wave reflection seismics at the CO2CRC Otway Project site, Australia
Creators: name: Beilecke, Thies
name: Krawczyk, Charlotte M.
name: Ziesch, Jennifer
name: Tanner, David C.
Publisher: name: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: fault
subject: high resolution
subject: near surface
subject: Otway Basin
subject: reflection seismic
subject: shear wave
subject: 550

description: High-resolution, near-surface, shear wave reflection seismic measurements were carried out in November 2013 at the CO2CRC Otway Project site, Victoria, Australia, with the aim to determine whether and, if so, where deeper faults reach the near subsurface. From a previous P wave 3-D reflection seismic data set that was concentrated on a reservoir at 2 km depth, we can only interpret faults up to 400 m below sea level. For the future monitoring in the overburden of the CO2 reservoir it is important to know whether and how the faults continue in the subsurface. We prove that two regional fault zones do in fact reach the surface instead of dying out at depth. Individual first-break signatures in the shot gathers along the profiles support this interpretation. However, this finding does not imply perforce communication between the reservoir and the surface in the framework of CO2 injection. The shear wave seismic sections are complementary to existing P wave volumes. They image with high resolution (better than 3 m vertically) different tectonic structures. Similar structures also outcrop on the southern coast of the Otway Basin. Both the seismic and the outcrops evidence the complex youngest structural history of the area.
Bayesian Variable Selection for Gaussian copula regression models
Creators: name: Alexopoulos, A.
name: Bottolo, L.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We develop a novel Bayesian method to select important predictors in regression models with multiple responses of diverse types. A sparse Gaussian copula regression model is used to account for the multivariate dependencies between any combination of discrete and/or continuous responses and their association with a set of predictors. We utilize the parameter expansion for data augmentation strategy to construct a Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for the estimation of the parameters and the latent variables of the model. Based on a centered parametrization of the Gaussian latent variables, we design a fixed-dimensional proposal distribution to update jointly the latent binary vectors of important predictors and the corresponding non-zero regression coefficients. For Gaussian responses and for outcomes that can be modeled as a dependent version of a Gaussian response, this proposal leads to a Metropolis-Hastings step that allows an efficient exploration of the predictors’ model space. The proposed strategy is tested on simulated data and applied to real data sets in which the responses consist of low-intensity counts, binary, ordinal and continuous variables.
Culex (Culex) bahamensis Dyar & Knab 1906
Creators: name: Cooper, David
name: Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki
name: Macdonald, David
name: Nanova, Olga
name: Yudin, Viktor
name: Dugmore, Andrew
name: Kitchener, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae
Culex
Culex bahamensis

description: Culex (Culex) bahamensis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex bahamensis was collected in large numbers at two brackish water sites on Sint Maarten (Lowlands, 18°02’28.7“ N, 63°07’ 28.2” W, in saltwater rockpools; Guana Bay, 18°01’54.6“ N, 63°01’25.9” W, in a puddle on the concrete driveway of an unfinished and abandoned mansion).
This is in line with all the findings of Van der Kuyp (1948, 1949, 1954), which are also from brackish water. However, this species has also been recorded from fresh water and is occasionally found in artificial containers on other islands (Belkin et al., 1970). On Sint Eustatius, this species had previously been recorded from a well near ‘Oranjebaai’ by Van der Kuyp (1948, 1949, 1954). Despite our effort to sample from the exact same well (17°29’13.1“ N, 62°59’36.0” W), the species was not found. Instead, we trapped adults of Ae. aegypti at the well and collected large numbers of larvae from the slightly brackish well water.
description: Published as part of Cooper, David, Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Macdonald, David, Nanova, Olga, Yudin, Viktor, Dugmore, Andrew & Kitchener, Andrew, 2020, Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Dutch Leeward Islands, with a key to the adults and fourth instar larvae, pp. 373-392 in Contributions to Zoology 89 (1) on page 382, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-bja10005, http://zenodo.org/record/8343373