cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The maximum trajectory coverage query in spatial databases
Creators: name: Ali, Mohammed Eunus
name: Eusuf, Shadman Saqib
name: Abdullah, Kaysar
name: Choudhury, Farhana M.
name: Culpepper, J. Shane
name: Sellis, Timos
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: With the widespread use of GPS-enabled mobile devices, an unprecedented amount of trajectory data has become available from various sources such as Bikely, GPS-wayPoints, and Uber. The rise of smart transportation services and recent break-throughs in autonomous vehicles increase our reliance on trajectory data in a wide variety of applications. Supporting these services in emerging platforms requires more efficient query processing in trajectory databases. In this paper, we propose two new coverage queries for trajectory databases: (i) k Best Facility Trajectory Search (kBFT); and (ii) k Best Coverage Facility Trajectory Search (k BCovFT). We propose a novel index structure, the Trajectory Quadtree (TQ-tree) that utilizes a quadtree to hierarchically organize trajectories into different nodes, and then applies a z-ordering to further organize the trajectories by spatial locality inside each node. This structure is highly effective in pruning the trajectory search space, which is of independent interest. By exploiting the TQ-tree, we develop a divide-and-conquer approach to efficiently process a kBFT query. To solve the k BCovFT, which is a non-submodular NP-hard problem, we propose a greedy approximation. We evaluate our algorithms through an extensive experimental study on several real datasets, and demonstrate that our algorithms outperform baselines by two to three orders of magnitude.
Coupling light and sound: giant nonlinearities from oscillating bubbles and droplets
Creators: name: Maksymov, Ivan
name: Greentree, Andrew D.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Nonlinear optical processes are vital for fields including telecommunications, signal processing, data storage, spectroscopy, sensing and imaging. As an independent research area, nonlinear optics began with the invention of the laser, because practical sources of intense light needed to generate optical nonlinearities were not previously available. However, the high power requirements of many nonlinear optical systems limit their use, especially in portable or medical applications, and so there is a push to develop new materials and resonant structures capable of producing nonlinear optical phenomena with low-power light emitted by inexpensive and compact sources. Acoustic nonlinearities, especially giant acoustic nonlinear phenomena in gas bubbles and liquid droplets, are much stronger than their optical counterparts. Here, we suggest employing acoustic nonlinearities to generate new optical frequencies, thereby effectively reproducing nonlinear optical processes without the need for laser light. We critically survey the current literature dedicated to the interaction of light with nonlinear acoustic waves and highly nonlinear oscillations of gas bubbles and liquid droplets. We show that the conversion of acoustic nonlinearities into optical signals is possible with low-cost incoherent light sources such as light-emitting diodes, which would usher new classes of low-power photonic devices that are more affordable for remote communities and developing nations, or where there are demanding requirements on size, weight and power.
Temporal whole field sawtooth flicker without a spatial component elicits a myopic shift following optical defocus irrespective of waveform direction in chicks
Creators: name: Murphy, Melanie J.
name: Riddell, Nina
name: Crewther, David
name: Simpson, David
name: Crewther, Sheila G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Purpose: Myopia (short-sightedness) is the commonest visual disorder and greatest risk factor for sight threatening secondary pathologies. Myopia and hyperopia can be induced in animal models by rearing with optical lens defocus of opposite sign. The degree of refractive compensation to lens-induced defocus in chicks has been shown to be modified by directionally drifting sawtooth spatio-temporal luminance diamond plaids, with Fast-ON sawtooth spatio-temporal luminance profiles inhibiting the myopic shift in response to negative lenses, and Fast-OFF profiles inhibiting the hyperopic shift in response to positive lenses. What is unknown is whether similar sign-of-defocus dependent results produced by spatio-temporal modulation of sawtooth patterns could be achieved by rearing chicks under whole field low temporal frequency sawtooth luminance profiles at 1 or 4 Hz without a spatial component, or whether such stimuli would indiscriminately elicit a myopic shift such as that previously shown with symmetrical (or near-symmetrical) low frequency flicker across a range of species. Methods: Hatchling chicks (n = 166) were reared from days five to nine under one of three defocus conditions (No Lens, +10D lens, or −10D lens) and five light conditions (No Flicker, 1 Hz Fast-ON/Slow-OFF sawtooth flicker, 4 Hz Fast-ON/Slow-OFF sawtooth flicker, 1 Hz Fast-OFF/Slow-ON sawtooth flicker, or 4Hz Fast-OFF/Slow-ON sawtooth flicker). The sawtooth flicker was produced by light emitting diodes (white LEDs, 1.2 -183 Lux), and had no measurable dark phase. Biometrics (refraction and ocular axial dimensions) were measured on day nine. Results: Both 1 Hz and 4 Hz Fast-ON and Fast-OFF sawtooth flicker induced an increase in vitreous chamber depth that was greater in the presence of negative compared to positive lens defocus. Both sawtooth profiles at both temporal frequencies inhibited the hyperopic shift in response to +10D lenses, whilst full myopic compensation (or over-compensation) in response to −10D lenses was observed. Conclusions: Whole field low temporal frequency Fast-ON and Fast-OFF sawtooth flicker induces a generalized myopic shift, similar to that previously shown for symmetrical sine-wave and square-wave flicker. Our findings highlight that temporal modulation of retinal ON/OFF pathways per se (without a spatial component) is insufficient to produce strong sign-of-defocus dependent effect.
title: How the village of Sope was exorcised
title: Le désenvoûtement de Sope
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: François, Alexandre
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Araki
subject: akr

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: This holy story tells how a village (now Sope) in Araki was released from the spell of a devil, by a Christian Pastor called Sope. This devil used to hide in a hollow tree close to the road, and would kill people by just dropping some of his poisonous rain water kept in the tree. This early missionary, who belonged to the T.T.I. (Tangoa Training Institute) Bible college on Tangoa, was one of the first Presbyterians who came to Araki to fight the 'dark ages' of paganism, at the end of the nineteenth century. He freed the place from its heathen fears and taboos, bringing the Christian word of God. The village of Sope was named after him.
Genetically Modified Rootworm-Resistant Corn, Risk, and Weather: Evidence from High Dimensional Methods
Creators: name: Aglasan, Serkan
name: Goodwin, Barry K.
name: Rejesus, Roderick
name: Aglasan, Serkan
name: Goodwin, Barry K.
name: Rejesus, Roderick
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Production Economics
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Paper 19164
düşük hapı cytotec 0552 733 14 31 düşük hapı sipariş numarası
Creators: name: 0552 733 14 31, düşük hapı
name: 0552 733 14 31, düşük hapı
name: 0552 733 14 31 şiparişi, düşük hapı
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510502
subject: Medical physics

description: düşük hapı 0552 733 14 31 Düşük hapı sipariş vermek isteyen kadınların güvenilir ve gizli bir şekilde alışveriş yapabilecekleri bir web sitesidir.Güvenilir ve gizli alışveriş imkanı: müşterilerinin kişisel bilgilerini gizli tutmayı taahhüt eder. Sitede yer alan sipariş formunu doldururken, müşterilerin ad, soyadı, adres ve telefon numarası gibi kişisel bilgilerini vermeleri gerekir. Bu bilgiler, yalnızca siparişin teslim edilmesi için kullanılır ve üçüncü şahıslarla paylaşılmaz.
Detaylı bilgi ve Sipariş için 0552 733 14 31 numaralı telefona WhatsApp üzerinden mesaj atabilir ya da aşağıdaki linke tıklayarak direkt olarak WhatsApp üzerinden otomatik mesaj gönderebilir
düşük hapı 0552 733 14 31 düşük hapı cytotec sipariş numarası
Creators: name: 0552 733 14 31, düşük hapı
name: 0552 733 14 31, düşük hapı
name: 0552 733 14 31 şiparişi, düşük hapı
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 440106
subject: Medical anthropology
classificationCode: 320701
subject: Medical bacteriology

description: düşük hapı 0552 733 14 31 Düşük hapı sipariş vermek isteyen kadınların güvenilir ve gizli bir şekilde alışveriş yapabilecekleri bir web sitesidir.Güvenilir ve gizli alışveriş imkanı: müşterilerinin kişisel bilgilerini gizli tutmayı taahhüt eder. Sitede yer alan sipariş formunu doldururken, müşterilerin ad, soyadı, adres ve telefon numarası gibi kişisel bilgilerini vermeleri gerekir. Bu bilgiler, yalnızca siparişin teslim edilmesi için kullanılır ve üçüncü şahıslarla paylaşılmaz.
Detaylı bilgi ve Sipariş için 0552 733 14 31 numaralı telefona WhatsApp üzerinden mesaj atabilir ya da aşağıdaki linke tıklayarak direkt olarak WhatsApp üzerinden otomatik mesaj gönderebilir
The millennium galaxy catalogue: Bulge-disc decomposition of 10 095 nearby galaxies
Creators: name: Allen, Paul D.
name: Driver, Simon P.
name: Graham, Alister
name: Cameron, Ewan
name: Liske, Jochen
name: De Propris, Roberto
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We have modelled the light distribution in 10 095 galaxies from the Millennium Galaxy Catalogue (MGC), providing publicly available structural catalogues for a large, representative sample of galaxies in the local Universe. Three different models were used: (1) a single Sérsic function for the whole galaxy, (2) a bulge-disc decomposition model using a de Vaucouleurs (r 1/4) bulge plus exponential disc, (3) a bulge-disc decomposition model using a Sérsic (R1/n) bulge plus exponential disc. Repeat observations for ~700 galaxies demonstrate that stable measurements can be obtained for object components with a half-light radius comparable to, or larger than, the seeing half width at half-maximum. We show that with careful quality control, robust measurements can be obtained for large samples such as the MGC. We use the catalogues to show that the galaxy colour bimodality is due to the two-component nature of galaxies (i.e. bulges and discs) and not due to two distinct galaxy populations. We conclude that understanding galaxy evolution demands the routine bulge-disc decomposition of the giant galaxy population at all redshifts.
Density profiles of galaxy bulges and nuclei
Creators: name: Balcells, M.
name: Graham, Alister
name: Peletier, R. F.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The bulge contribution to the inner density profile of a galaxy is well traced by the bulge's NIR surface brightness profile. We map the surface brightness profiles of bulges using HST/NICMOS imaging. Most bulges show nuclear components of 20-200 pc scales, and frequently also unresolved nuclear star clusters (<20 pc). These nuclear components are the densest parts of bulges, and gave bulges the 'reputation' of having high stellar concentration. Actually, the Sérsic r1/n bulges typically have low concentrations, 1
title: The Rat, the Hawk and the Octopus
title: Le Rat, le Faucon et le Poulpe
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: François, Alexandre
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Araki
subject: akr

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: This tale is a long, pleasant narration of Mr Rat's misadventures with his fellow creatures: first, with animals of the air and especially the Hawk (Circus approximans); and then animals of the sea, above all the Octopus. This story consists of several parts: [1] the Rat is paddling in his canoe, but several birds harass him, wanting to embark with him (this gives the tale its song); the boat nearly sinks. [2] while on the boat, the Rat steals a piece of yam belonging to the Hawk; the Hawk takes his revenge by making the boat sink. [3] the Rat swims to escape death, and asks for the help of a shark, of the Turtle, of the Dolphin, and finally the Octopus accepts to carry him. But when the Octopus realises the Rat is laughing at him, he tries to kill him. [4] the last part is an etiological reflection about how this story accounts for nowadays rats and octopuses. We believe this version probably mingles more than one traditional plot: in particular, the first part [1] is a crescendo which should naturally result in the boat sinking, but the episode of the hawk [2] brings in a new suspense; finally, the story with the octopus could form a whole tale per se. The result of this assortment is a pleasant, poetic and lively tale, in which each animal is endowed with its own human-like psychology and world. The personification of animals is patent in the many details of the story (e.g. the rat is going to have lunch with his Mum, or the birds threaten him with telling everything to their Dad when he comes back home), but it is also visible linguistically, through their genitive and object marking.
Using Libguides to offer library service to undergraduate medical students based on the case-oriented problem solving curriculum model
Creators: name: Neves, Karen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: This paper reports on a project to assess the usefulness of a web-based research portal, designed using LibGuides software and incorporating the architecture of the medical school curriculum. The portal facilitates use of electronic resources offered by the W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Accretion and nuclear activity of quiescent supermassive black holes. II. Optical study and interpretation
Creators: name: Soria, R.
name: Graham, Alister
name: Fabbiano, G.
name: Baldi, A.
name: Elvis, M.
name: Jerjen, H.
name: Pellegrini, S.
name: Siemiginowska, A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Our X-ray study of the nuclear activity in a new sample of six quiescent early-type galaxies, as well as in a larger sample from the literature, confirmed (Paper I) that the Bondi accretion rate of diffuse hot gas is not a good indicator of the SMBH X-ray luminosity. Here we suggest that a more reliable estimate of the accretion rate must include the gas released by the stellar population inside the sphere of influence of the SMBH, in addition to the Bondi inflow of hot gas across that surface. We use optical surface brightness profiles to estimate the mass-loss rate from stars in the nuclear region: we show that for our sample of galaxies it is an order of magnitude higher (~10-4 to 10-3 M-circle dot yr -1) than the Bondi inflow rate of hot gas, as estimated from Chandra (Paper I). Only by taking into account both sources of fuel can we constrain the true accretion rate, the accretion efficiency, and the power budget. Radiatively efficient accretion is ruled out, for quiescent SMBHs. For typical radiatively inefficient flows, the observed X-ray luminosities of the SMBHs imply accretion fractions ~1%-10% (i.e.,~90%-99% of the available gas does not reach the SMBH) for at least five of our six target galaxies and most of the other galaxies with known SMBH masses. We discuss the conditions for mass conservation inside the sphere of influence, so that the total gas injection is balanced by accretion plus outflows. We show that a fraction of the total accretion power (mechanical plus radiative) would be sufficient to sustain a self-regulating, slow outflow that removes from the nuclear region all the gas that does not sink into the BH ('BH feedback'). The rest of the accretion power may be carried out in a jet or advected. We also discuss scenarios that would lead to an intermittent nuclear activity.
Glyphipterigidae Stainton 1854
Creators: name: Pohl, Greg
name: Anweiler, Gary
name: Schmidt, Christian
name: Kondla, Norbert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Glyphipterigidae

description: 21. Glyphipterigidae – sedge moths Small (10–20 mm wingspan) moths, usually with metallic greenish forewings with white and silver marks. Adults of most species are diurnal. Larvae of most species are stem borers or leafminers in monocots; a few feed on dicots. A total of 384 species of glyphipterigids are known worldwide, primarily from the tropics. Forty species are known in North America, and four of these have been reported from AB. Heppner (1985) revised the family for North America; four species from southeastern United States have been added since then. Before the work of Heppner (1985), the family Glyphipterigidae had been a heterogeneous assemblage of diurnal species that have now been assigned to 25 different families. Th e group was often associated with the Choreutoidea and Copromorphoidea in earlier works, but is now recognized as belonging to the Yponomeutoidea.
description: Published as part of Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-549 in ZooKeys 38 (38) on page 65, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383, http://zenodo.org/record/576629
description: {"references": ["Heppner JB (1985) Th e sedge moths of North America (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae). Fauna and Flora Publications, Gainesville, FL, Fauna and Flora Handbook 1, 254 pp."]}
Snabb introduktion till fjärranalys
Creators: name: Angelis, Hernán De
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Environmental Science
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Physical Geography

description: [SV] Den här texten är en mycket kortfattad guide till fjärranalys. Syftet är att lägga grund till diskussioner under inlärningstillfälle och seminarier för grundkurser i fjärranalys. [EN] This text in Swedish is a very brief guide to remote sensing. The aim is to lay the basis for discussions during the learning meetings and seminars for courses in remote sensing.
title: The gecko and the three women
title: Le gecko et les trois femmes
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: François, Alexandre
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mwotlap
subject: mlv

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
A unique mitochondrial transcription factor B protein in Dictyostelium discoideum
Creators: name: Manna, Sam
name: Le, Phuong
name: Barth, Christian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: PLoS One. 2013 Jul 26;8(7):e70614 Abstract: Unlike their bacteriophage homologs, mitochondrial RNA polymerases require the assistance of transcription factors in order to transcribe mitochondrial DNA efficiently. The transcription factor A family has been shown to be important for transcription of the human mitochondrial DNA, with some of its regulatory activity located in its extended C-terminal tail. The mitochondrial transcription factor B family often has functions not only in transcription, but also in mitochondrial rRNA modification, a hallmark of its α-proteobacterial origin. We have identified and characterised a mitochondrial transcription factor B homolog in the soil dwelling cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum, an organism widely established as a model for studying eukaryotic cell biology. Using in bacterio functional assays, we demonstrate that the mitochondrial transcription factor B homolog not only functions as a mitochondrial transcription factor, but that it also has a role in rRNA methylation. Additionally, we show that the transcriptional activation properties of the D. discoideum protein are located in its extended C-terminal tail, a feature not seen before in the mitochondrial transcription factor B family, but reminiscent of the human mitochondrial transcription factor A. This report contributes to our current understanding of the complexities of mitochondrial transcription, and its evolution in eukaryotes.
An Improved Slotted Patch Antenna for RFID Application
Creators: name: Lal, Nidhi
name: Shishupal Kumar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Computer Engineering

description: This paper proposed a radio frequency identification (RFID) Reader Antenna which operates on ISM band with frequency range from 902 to 928 MHz and bandwidth of the antenna is 58MHz. Antenna consist of rectangular patches on Rogers RO4360 substrate with microstrip feed line. Return loss of the antenna comes out to be about -39.98 dB on behalf of the frequency 907MHz. Gain of the proposed antenna is 5.21dB. This antenna is simulated on CST Microwave Studio and the results are thoroughly discussed in the paper.
title: ERASMUS - Turquie contemporaine
Publisher: name: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes Georges Dumézil
Year: 2011

description: Le séminaire sur la Turquie contemporaine a deux objectifs principaux :      1. permettre aux étudiants de mieux tirer parti leur séjour de mobilité en abordant avec des spécialistes une série de thématiques fondamentales pour la compréhension la Turquie contemporaine    2. fournir un cadre d’accueil méthodologique et un centre de ressources pour la préparation d’un travail de recherche sur la Turquie contemporaine Le séminaire se déroule, selon un calendrier précis qui est fourni aux étudiants, du mois d'octobre au mois de juin.   L’assistance au séminaire est obligatoire. Les séances sont organisées autour d’un thème, à l’exception de celles qui sont consacrées à la méthodologie du rapport. Les séances à thèmes sont animées par des chercheurs de l’IFEA ou par une personnalité extérieure invitée. Le nom des intervenants est communiqué au
Total galaxy magnitudes and effective radii from Petrosian magnitudes and radii
Creators: name: Graham, Alister
name: Driver, Simon P.
name: Petrosian, Vahé
name: Conselice, Christopher J.
name: Bershady, Matthew A.
name: Crawford, Steven M.
name: Goto, Tomotsugu
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Petrosian magnitudes were designed to help with the difficult task of determining a galaxy's total light. Although these magnitudes [taken here as the flux within 2RP, with the inverted Petrosian index 1/η(RP) = 0.2] can represent most of an object's flux, they do of course miss the light outside the Petrosian aperture (2RP). The size of this flux deficit varies monotonically with the shape of a galaxy's light profile, i.e., its concentration. In the case of a de Vaucouleurs R1/4 profile, the deficit is 0.20 mag; for an R1/8 profile this figure rises to 0.50 mag. Here we provide a simple method for recovering total (Sérsic) magnitudes from Petrosian magnitudes using only the galaxy concentration (R90/R50 or R80/R20) within the Petrosian aperture. The corrections hold to the extent that Sérsic's model provides a good description of a galaxy's luminosity profile. We show how the concentration can also be used to convert Petrosian radii into effective half-light radii, enabling a robust measure of the mean effective surface brightness. Our technique is applied to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 2 (SDSS DR2) Petrosian parameters, yielding good agreement with the total magnitudes, effective radii, and mean effective surface brightnesses obtained from the New York University Value-Added Galaxy Catalog Sérsic R1/n fits by Blanton and coworkers. Although the corrective procedure described here is specifically applicable to the SDSS DR2 and DR3, it is generally applicable to all imaging data where any Petrosian index and concentration can be constructed.
title: Romanmangan, the Fairy from the Other world
title: La fée Romanmangan, ou L'impossible rencontre entre les mondes
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: François, Alexandre
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mwotlap
subject: mlv

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
description: Un homme se fait aider par de mystérieux farfadets...
Altering the selection capabilities of common cloning vectors via restriction enzyme mediated gene disruption.
Creators: name: Manna, Sam
name: Harman, Ashley
name: Accari, Jessica
name: Barth, Christian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: BMC Res Notes. 2013 Mar 6;6:85. Abstract BACKGROUND: The cloning of gene sequences forms the basis for many molecular biological studies. One important step in the cloning process is the isolation of bacterial transformants carrying vector DNA. This involves a vector-encoded selectable marker gene, which in most cases, confers resistance to an antibiotic. However, there are a number of circumstances in which a different selectable marker is required or may be preferable. Such situations can include restrictions to host strain choice, two phase cloning experiments and mutagenesis experiments, issues that result in additional unnecessary cloning steps, in which the DNA needs to be subcloned into a vector with a suitable selectable marker. RESULTS: We have used restriction enzyme mediated gene disruption to modify the selectable marker gene of a given vector by cloning a different selectable marker gene into the original marker present in that vector. Cloning a new selectable marker into a pre-existing marker was found to change the selection phenotype conferred by that vector, which we were able to demonstrate using multiple commonly used vectors and multiple resistance markers. This methodology was also successfully applied not only to cloning vectors, but also to expression vectors while keeping the expression characteristics of the vector unaltered. CONCLUSIONS: Changing the selectable marker of a given vector has a number of advantages and applications. This rapid and efficient method could be used for co-expression of recombinant proteins, optimisation of two phase cloning procedures, as well as multiple genetic manipulations within the same host strain without the need to remove a pre-existing selectable marker in a previously genetically modified strain.
Identification of Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins in the Model Organism Dictyostelium discoideum
Creators: name: Manna, Sam
name: Brewster, Jessica
name: Barth, Christian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Int J Genomics. 2013;2013:586498. Abstract: Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are RNA binding proteins with functions in organelle RNA metabolism. They are found in all eukaryotes but have been most extensively studied in plants. We report on the identification of 12 PPR-encoding genes in the genome of the protist Dictyostelium discoideum, with potential homologs in other members of the same lineage and some predicted novel functions for the encoded gene products in protists. For one of the gene products, we show that it localizes to the mitochondria, and we also demonstrate that antisense inhibition of its expression leads to slower growth, a phenotype associated with mitochondrial dysfunction.
Predictors of in-hospital appendiceal perforation in patients with non- perforated acute appendicitis with appendicolithiasis at presentation
Creators: name: Sohail, Amir H.
name: Hakmi, Hazim
name: Cohen, Koral
name: Hurwitz, Joshua C.
name: Brite, Jasmine
name: Cimaroli, Sawyer
name: Tsou Jr, Harry
name: Khalife, Michael
name: Maurer, James
name: Symer, Matthew
Publisher: name: PRIME
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320226
subject: Surgery

description: AbstractIntroductionAppendicolithiasis is a risk factor for perforated acute appendicitis. There is limited inpatient data on predictors of progression in appendicolithiasis-associated non-perforated acute appendicitis.MethodsWe identified adults presenting with appendicolithiasis-associated non-perforated acute appendicitis (on computed tomography) who underwent appendectomy. Logistic regression was used to investigate predictors of in-hospital perforation (on histopathology).Results296 patients with appendicolithiasis-associated non-perforated acute appendicitis were identified; 48 (16.2%) had perforation on histopathology. Mean (standard deviation [SD]) age was 39 (14.9) years. The mean (SD) length of stay (LOS) was 1.5 (1.8) days. LOS was significantly longer with perforated (mean [SD]: 3.0 [3.1] days) vs. non-perforated (mean [SD]: 1.2 [1.2] days) appendicitis (p < 0.001). On multivariate analysis, in-hospital perforation was associated with age > 65 years (OR 5.4, 95% CI: 1.4- 22.2; p = 0.015), BMI > 30 kg/m2 (OR 3.5, 95% CI: 1.3–8.9; p = 0.011), hyponatremia (OR 3.6, 95% CI: 1.3–9.8; p = 0.012). There was no significant association with age 25–65 years, gender, race, steroids, time-to- surgery, neutrophil percentage, or leukocyte count.ConclusionGeriatric age, obesity, and hyponatremia are associated with progression to perforation in appendicolithiasis-associated non-perforated acute appendicitis.Peer Review reports
Appendices - Determinants of screening participation of disadvantaged populations in France: a qualitative study - OpenResearchEurope
Creators: name: Le Bonniec, Alice
name: Andrin, Amandine
name: Dima, Alexandra Lelia
name: Letrilliart, Laurent
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Appendices of the article "Determinants of screening participation of disadvantaged populations in France: a qualitative study" published in Open Research Europe.

Appendix 1 - COREQ Checklist

Appendix 2 - Main recommended screening conditions in France
Density-potential pairs for spherical stellar systems with Sérsic light profiles and (optional) power-law cores
Creators: name: Terzić, Balša
name: Graham, Alister
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Popular models for describing the luminosity-density profiles of dynamically hot stellar systems (e.g. Jaffe, Hernquist, Dehnen) were constructed with the desire to match the deprojected form of an r 1/4 light profile. Real galaxies, however, are now known to have a range of different light-profile shapes that scale with mass. Consequently, although highly useful, the above models have implicit limitations, and this is illustrated here through their application to a number of real galaxy density profiles. On the other hand, the analytical density profile given by Prugniel & Simien closely matches the deprojected form of Sérsic R1/n light profiles - including deprojected exponential light profiles. It is thus applicable for describing bulges in spiral galaxies, dwarf elliptical galaxies, and both ordinary and giant elliptical galaxies. Moreover, the observed Sérsic quantities define the parameters of the density model. Here we provide simple equations, in terms of elementary and special functions, for the gravitational potential and force associated with this density profile. Furthermore, to match galaxies with partially depleted cores, and better explore the supermassive black hole/galaxy connection, we have added a power-law core to this density profile and derived similar expressions for the potential and force of this hybrid profile. Expressions for the mass and velocity dispersion, assuming isotropy, are also given. These spherical models may also prove appropriate for describing the dark matter distribution in haloes formed from ΛCDM cosmological simulations.
Identification of a novel pentatricopeptide repeat subfamily with a C-terminal domain of bacterial origin acquired via ancient horizontal gene transfer
Creators: name: Manna, Sam
name: Barth, Christian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: BMC Res Notes. 2013 Dec 9;6:525 Abstract BACKGROUND: Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are a large family of sequence-specific RNA binding proteins involved in organelle RNA metabolism. Very little is known about the origin and evolution of these proteins, particularly outside of plants. Here, we report the identification of a novel subfamily of PPR proteins not found in plants and explore their evolution. RESULTS: We identified a novel subfamily of PPR proteins, which all contain a C-terminal tRNA guanine methyltransferase (TGM) domain, suggesting a predicted function not previously associated with PPR proteins. This group of proteins, which we have named the PPR-TGM subfamily, is found in distantly related eukaryotic lineages including cellular slime moulds, entamoebae, algae and diatoms, but appears to be the first PPR subfamily absent from plants. Each PPR-TGM protein identified is predicted to have different subcellular locations, thus we propose that these proteins have roles in tRNA metabolism in all subcellular locations, not just organelles. We demonstrate that the TGM domain is not only similar to bacterial TGM proteins, but that it is most similar to chlamydial TGMs in particular, despite the absence of PPR proteins in bacteria. Based on our data, we postulate that this subfamily of PPR proteins evolved from a TGM-encoding gene of a member of the Chlamydiae, which was obtained via ancient prokaryote-to-eukaryote horizontal gene transfer. Following its acquisition, the N-terminus of the encoded TGM protein must have been extended to include PPR motifs, possibly to confer additional functions to the protein, giving rise to the PPR-TGM subfamily. CONCLUSIONS: The identification of a unique PPR subfamily which originated from the Chlamydiae group of bacteria offers novel insight into the origin and evolution of PPR proteins not previously considered. It also provides further understanding into their roles in non-organellar RNA metabolism.
An overview of pentatricopeptide repeat proteins and their applications
Creators: name: Manna, Sam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Biochimie. 2015 Apr 14. 133: 93-99 Abstract Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are a large family of modular RNA-binding proteins which mediate several aspects of gene expression primarily in organelles but also in the nucleus. These proteins facilitate processing, splicing, editing, stability and translation of RNAs. While major advances in PPR research have been achieved with plant PPR proteins, the significance of non-plant PPR proteins is becoming of increasing importance. PPR proteins are classified into different subclasses based on their domain architecture, which is often a reflection of their function. This review provides an overview of the significant findings regarding the functions, evolution and applications of PPR proteins. Horizontal gene transfer appears to have played a major role in the sporadic phylogenetic distribution of different PPR subclasses in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Additionally, the use of synthetic biology and protein engineering to create designer PPR proteins to control gene expression in vivo is discussed. This review also highlights some of the aspects of PPR research that require more attention particularly in non-plant organisms. This includes the lack of research into the recently discovered PPR-TGM subclass, which is not only the first PPR subclass absent from plants but present in economically and clinically-relevant pathogens. Investigation into the structure and function of PPR-TGM proteins in these pathogens presents a novel opportunity for the exploitation of PPR proteins as drug targets to prevent disease.
Structural properties of dwarf ellipticals and the connection with (ordinary) elliptical galaxies
Creators: name: Graham, Alister
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article reviews the popular reasons for the belief that dwarf elliptical galaxies and (ordinary) elliptical galaxies are distinct and separate species. They include: light-profile shape (or similarly image concentration); the magnitude-central surface brightness diagram; the magnitude-effective surface brightness diagram (or similarly the magnitude-effective radius diagram); and the Fundamental Plane. It is shown how a continuous trend between luminosity and a) light-profile shape, and b) central surface brightness (until the onest of core formation at MB ~ -20.5 mag), results in a unification of the dwarf elliptical and (ordinary) elliptical galaxies. Neither the above four reasons, nor the luminosity function (at least in the Virgo cluster) provide evidence for a division at MB = -18 mag between the dwarf elliptical and (ordinary) elliptical galaxies. Instead, they appear to be continuous extensions of each other.
An extended method of Lyapunov for the analysis of dynamical systems with weakly attracting equilibria
Creators: name: Alsolamy, Roqaiah A.
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2024

description: Several types of stability definitions and criteria have been developed to describe the behaviour of dynamical systems, of which Lyapunov stability is perhaps the most impactful concept and method. It enables us to determine asymptotic properties of solutions without solving the underlying differential equations. The approach, historically and methodologically, is highly germane to cases when the motions of interest are attracting to some invariant sets, orbits, or equilibria. Such motions are often compatible with the notion of Lyapunov stability, but many relevant dynamical systems exhibit motions that are attracting or approaching some relevant domains of the system’s state space, while such motions and corresponding domains do not conform with the classical notion of Lyapunov stability.An example is an equilibrium which is both an attractor and a repeller, whose attractor basin has a positive Lebesgue measure. Such equilibria are termed weak attractors in a Milnor sense. Small perturbations to these may lead to long transients or ghost attractors – a property which is important for the understanding and modelling of processes in ecology, evolution, and chemical kinetics. Unfortunately, since these motions are not stable in the sense of Lyapunov, the conventional analysis machinery based on the method of Lyapunov for the identification and characterization of these motions does not apply.The aim of the thesis is to develop Lyapunov-like criteria of weak attractivity of unstable equilibria in systems of non-linear autonomous coupled ordinary differential equations. We showed that one can determine the weak attractivity of an equilibrium by examining Jacobians and Hessians of the vector fields that can be derived from the original equations. The conditions are based on previous studies (Gorban, Tyukin, Steur & Nijmeijer, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2013; Gorban, Tyukin, Nijmeier, IEEE CDC, 2014). Applications include mathematical modelling of metastable processes
title: Kpwet, the trickster god
title: Kpwet, le dieu farceur
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: François, Alexandre
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mwesen
subject: msn

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
A Concise Reference to (Projected) Sersic R1Quantities, Including Concentration, Profile Slopes, Petrosian Indices, and Kron Magnitudes
Creators: name: Graham, Alister
name: Driver, Simon P.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Given the growing use of Sérsic's (1963, 1968) R1/n model for describing the stellar distributions in galaxies, and the lack of any single reference that provides the various associated mathematical expressions, we have endeavoured to compile such a resource here. We present the standard intensity profile, and its various guises such as the luminosity, surface-brightness, and aperture-magnitude profile. Expressions to transform the effective surface brightness into the mean effective and central surface brightness are also given, as is the expression to transform between effective radii and exponential scale-lengths. We additionally provide expressions for deriving the 'concentration' of an R1/n profile, and two useful equations for the logarithmic slope of the light-profile are given. Petrosian radii and fluxes are also derived for a range of Sérsic profiles and compared with the effective radii and total flux. Similarly, expressions to obtain Kron radii and fluxes are presented as a function of the Sérsic index n and the number of effective radii sampled. Illustrative figures are provided throughout. Finally, the core-Sérsic model, consisting of an inner power-law and an outer Sérsic function, is presented.
title: Erweiterung eines phänomenologischen Lidar-Sensormodells durch identifizierte physikalische Effekte
Creators: name: Tamm-Morschel, Jonas Franz
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2019

description: Die voranschreitende Entwicklung im Bereich des hochautomatisierten Fahrens lässt den Wunsch nach einer simulationsbasierten Entwicklung der Fahrfunktionen und insbesondere deren Sicherheitsüberprüfung entstehen. Dies ist darauf zurückzuführen, dass sich durch eine Simulation beliebige Testszenarien mit geringem Aufwand generieren lassen. Das Testen in der Praxis ist hingegen aufwendiger und zeitintensiver. Auch ist eine Simulation wesentlich wirtschaftlicher als millionen Stunden von Testfahrten im realen Straßenverkehr zu generieren. Für eine möglichst praxisnahe Simulation der Fahrfunktionen sind realitätsnahe Modelle der eingesetzten Sensoren unumgänglich. Zu den für das hochautomatisierte Fahren zur Verfügung stehenden Sensoren gehören unter anderem Lidar-Sensoren. Sie lassen sich beispielsweise zur Umwelterfassung oder Abstandsmessung verwenden. Lidar-Sensoren basieren auf einem optischen Messprinzip, das auf das Aussenden und anschließende Messen der Laufzeit von zurückreflektierten Lichtstrahlen setzt. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die Erweiterung des am Fachgebiet Fahrzeugtechnik der TU Darmstadt in Entwicklung befindlichen phänomenologischen Modells eines Lidar-Sensors. Dazu werden identifizierte physikalische Effekte in Versuchen parametrisiert und anschließend in das Sensormodell implementiert. Weiterhin erfolgen erste Vergleiche zwischen Modell und Realität. Die zu implementierenden physikalischen Effekte umfassen das Strahlmuster und die Strahlaufweitung von verschiedenen im Automobilbereich genutzen Sensoren. Ferner sind auch weitere sensorspezifische Eigenschaften berücksichtigt. Die untersuchten Sensoren sind der Ibeo Lux 2010, der Velodyne VLP32 und VLP16 und der Valeo Scala. Die Strahlaufweitung und das Strahlmuster sowie die Intensität, als Messgröße der Verlodyne Sensoren, und die Echopulsweite, als Messgröße der Ibeo und Valeo Sensoren, werden mit Hilfe einer Infrarotkamera untersucht und durch Versuche parametrisiert. Als wichtigstes Ergebnis der Versuche lässt sich festhalten, dass die gemessene Form und Größe von Strahlmuster und Strahlaufweitung von den Herstellerangaben abweichen. Dies führt dazu, dass eine Modellbildung auf Basis der Herstellerangaben unter Umständen nicht ausreichend ist. Die untersuchten physikalischen Effekte sind in das am Fachgebiet bestehende Sensormodell auf Basis der Versuchsergebnisse des Ibeo Lux 2010 Sensors integriert. Dazu zählen Strahlaufweitung, Strahlmuster und weitere sensorspezifische Parameter. Auch sind erste Ansätze bzgl. des Signalrauschens, der Signaldämpfung durch den Abstand und der Simulation des Spannungsverlaufs im Empfänger zur Berechnung der Echopulsweite implementiert. Die Ergebnisse der ersten Validierung des erweiterten Sensormodells im Bezug auf die Strahlaufweitung zeigen, dass diese mit steigender Entfernung an Einfluss gewinnt. Das ideale Sensormodell ist somit bei steigendem Abstand zwischen Objekt und Sensor unpräziser als das erweiterte Modell.
Core depletion from coalescing supermassive black holes
Creators: name: Graham, Alister
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: New measurements of the stellar-mass deficits at the centers of luminous elliptical galaxies are presented. These were derived considering the following observational facts. First, 'core' galaxies, which are thought to have had their inner region depleted from the coalescence of supermassive black holes, show an abrupt downward deviation of their inner light profile relative to their outer Sersic profile. Second, 'power-law' galaxies, having undisturbed profiles and no partially depleted core, have inner light profiles that display no departure from the inward extrapolation of their outer Sersic profile. The central stellar deficits have therefore been derived from the difference in flux between the Hubble Space Telescope observed galaxy light profiles and the inward extrapolation of each galaxy's outer Sersic profile. This approach gives flux deficits ~0.1% of the total galaxy light and mass deficits that are ~2 times each galaxy's central supermassive black hole mass. These results are in agreement with the theoretical expectations of mass ejection from binary black hole mergers and also with popular ACDM models of hierarchical galaxy formation. It is also explained why this result is some 10 times smaller than current observational estimates of the central mass deficit and therefore implies a merger history for giant elliptical galaxies that is 1 order of magnitude less violent than previously suggested.
Subcellular localisation of PtcB.
Creators: name: Manna, Sam
name: Brewster, Jessica
name: Barth, Christian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Fluorescence microscopy of D. discoideum cells (a) expressing a PtcB:GFP fusion protein,(b) stained with Mitotracker, (c) indicating that the fusion protein and the mitochondria colocalise.
title: Wuwut, the orphan
title: Wuwut, l'orphelin
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: François, Alexandre
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Lakon
subject: lkn

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
O'ZBEKISTON RESPUBLIKASIDA XALQARO ARBITRAJ QARORLARINI TAN OLISH VA IJRO ETISH
Creators: name: Xoliqov Abdulfayz Tolib oʻgʻli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Annotatsiya

Ushbu tezisda O‘zbekiston Respublikasida xorijiy arbitraj qarorlarini tan olish va ijro etish masalalari muhokama qilinadi. Xorijiy davlatlarning ushbu sohadagi tajribalari o‘raniladi hamda O‘zbekiston Respublikasida xorijiy arbitraj qarorlarini tan olish va ijro etish bilan bog‘liq mavjud muammolar muhokama qilinib ularga yechimlar beriladi.

Kalit soʻzlar: Xalqaro arbitraj, arbitraj markazi, Markaziy Osiyo, TIAC, UNICITRAL, xorijiy arbitraj qarori, tan olish va ijro etish.
Determining the Efficacy of Various Governmental Interventions in Stemming the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Seven Locations
Creators: name: Mendelson, Jordan
name: Moawad, Andrew
name: Tesoriero, Lauren
name: Wilkenfeld, Marc
Publisher: name: PRIME
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320211
subject: Infectious diseases

description: No abstract available