cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Exploring the effectiveness of dextroamphetamine for the treatment of stimulant use disorder: a qualitative study with patients receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment
Creators: name: Palis, Heather
name: Marchand, Kirsten
name: Peachey, Gerald “Spike"
name: Westfall, Jordan
name: Lock, Kurt
name: MacDonald, Scott
name: Jun, Jennifer
name: Bojanczyk-Shibata, Anna
name: Harrison, Scott
name: Marsh, David C.
name: Schechter, Martin T.
name: Oviedo-Joekes, Eugenia
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background A high proportion of people receiving both oral and injectable opioid agonist treatment report concurrent use of stimulants (i.e. cocaine and or amphetamines), which has been associated with higher rates of continued illicit opioid use and treatment dropout. A recent randomized controlled trial demonstrated the effectiveness of dextroamphetamine (a prescribed stimulant) at reducing craving for and use of cocaine among patients receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment. Following this evidence, dextroamphetamine has been prescribed to patients with stimulant use disorder at a clinic in Vancouver. This study investigates perceptions of the effectiveness of dextroamphetamine from the perspective of these patients. Methods Data were collected using small focus groups and one-on-one interviews with patients who were currently or formerly receiving dextroamphetamine (n = 20). Thematic analysis was conducted using an iterative approach, moving between data collection and analysis to search for patterns in the data across transcripts. This process led to the defining and naming of three central themes responding to the research question. Results Participants reported a range of stimulant use types, including cocaine (n = 8), methamphetamine (n = 8), or both (n = 4). Three central themes were identified as relating to participants’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the medication: 1) achieving a substitution effect (i.e. extent to which dextroamphetamine provided a substitution for the effect they received from use of illicit stimulants); 2) Reaching a preferred dose (i.e. speed of titration and effect of the dose received); and 3) Ease of medication access (i.e. preference for take home doses (i.e. carries) vs. medication integrated into care at the clinic). Conclusion In the context of continued investigation of pharmacological treatments for stimulant use disorder, the present study has highlighted how the study of clinical outcomes could be extended to account for factors that contribute to perceptions of effectiveness from the perspective of patients. In practice, elements of treatment delivery (e.g. dosing and dispensation protocols) can be adjusted to allow for various scenarios (e.g. on site vs. take home dosing) by which dextroamphetamine and other pharmacological stimulants could be implemented to provide “effective” treatment for people with a wide range of treatment goals and needs.
Tarsozeuzera prashkevitchi Yakovlev 2020
Creators: name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Hulsbosch, Ramon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Tarsozeuzera
Tarsozeuzera prashkevitchi

description: Tarsozeuzera prashkevitchi Yakovlev, 2020
Yakovlev, 2020: 207−209.
Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga Bone NP.
Type material (holotype) in NHMUK, examined.
Distribution: Indonesia, Sulawesi Island.
 Tarsozeuzera pricki Yakovlev & Hulsbosch, sp. n.
Type locality: Indien, Andaman Islands, [North Andaman], Ramnagar.
Type material (holotype) in private collection of Ramon Hulsbosch (Echt), examined.
Distribution: India, Andaman Islands.
description: Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Hulsbosch, Ramon, 2023, New species of genus Tarsozeuzera Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae) from Andaman Islands (India) with world catalogue of the Genus, pp. 79-85 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on page 83, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.7, http://zenodo.org/record/13246077
METHODS OF DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC WORLD VIEW IN STUDENTS THROUGH FINE ART LESSONS
Creators: name: Haydarova, M.I.
name: Toshnazarova, Mohinur
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Fine arts, readers, creative activity, aesthetic feeling and intellectual development in ensuring an important role plays. Fine art classes, only artistic skills is not, but scientific outlook and also in the formation serve will. This article describes the fine arts through educational scientific outlook of development of the methods discussed will be.
Tarsozeuzera ustjuzhanini Yakovlev 2011
Creators: name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Hulsbosch, Ramon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Tarsozeuzera
Tarsozeuzera ustjuzhanini

description: Tarsozeuzera ustjuzhanini Yakovlev, 2011
Yakovlev, 2011: 64.
Type locality: S. Afrika, Kwazulu Natal, Vernon-Crookes NP, 60 km SW Durban.
Type material (holotype) in MWM, examined.
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal Province).
description: Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Hulsbosch, Ramon, 2023, New species of genus Tarsozeuzera Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae) from Andaman Islands (India) with world catalogue of the Genus, pp. 79-85 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on page 83, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.7, http://zenodo.org/record/13246077
FAIR 2.0: Extending the FAIR Guiding Principles to Address Semantic Interoperability
Creators: name: Vogt, Lars
name: Strömert, Philip
name: Matentzoglu, Nicolas
name: Karam, Naouel
name: Konrad, Marcel
name: Prinz, Manuel
name: Baum, Roman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: FAIR data presupposes their successful communication between machines and humans while preserving their meaning and reference, requiring all parties involved to share the same background knowledge. Inspired by English as a natural language, we investigate the linguistic structure that ensures reliable communication of information and draw parallels with data structures, understanding both as models of systems of interest. We conceptualize semantic interoperability as comprising terminological and propositional interoperability. The former includes ontological (i.e., same meaning) and referential (i.e., same referent/extension) interoperability and the latter schema (i.e., same data schema) and logical (i.e., same logical framework) interoperability. Since no best ontology and no best data schema exists, establishing semantic interoperability and FAIRness of data and metadata requires the provision of a comprehensive set of relevant ontological and referential entity mappings and schema crosswalks. We therefore propose appropriate additions to the FAIR Guiding Principles, leading to FAIR 2.0. Furthermore, achieving FAIRness of data requires the provision of FAIR services in addition to organizing data into FAIR Digital Objects. FAIR services include a terminology, a schema, and an operations service.
Quantum unital Otto heat engines: using Kirkwood-Dirac quasi-probability for the engine's coherence to stay alive
Creators: name: Makouri, Abdelkader El
name: Slaoui, Abdallah
name: Laamara, Rachid Ahl
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we consider quantum unital Otto heat engines. The latter refers to the fact that both the unitaries of the adiabatic strokes and the source of the heat provided to the engine preserve the maximally mixed state. We show how to compute the cumulants of either the dephased or undephased engine. For a qubit, we give the analytical expressions of the averages and variances for arbitrary unitaries and unital channels. We do a detailed comparative study between the dephased and undephased heat engines. More precisely, we focus on the effect of the parameters on the average work and its reliability and efficiency. As a case study of unital channels, we consider a quantum projective measurement. We show on which basis we should projectively measure the qubit, either the dephased or undephased heat engine, to extract higher amounts of work, increase the latter's reliability, and increase efficiency. Further, we show that non-adiabatic transitions are not always detrimental to thermodynamic quantities. Our results, we believe, are important for heat engines fueled by quantum measurement.
description: In this new version, we corrected many typos. We also added more arguments to support our choice of the Kirkwood-Dirac quasi-probability as a tool to assess the cumulants of quantum Otto heat engines. Please note that a misinterpretation of a quantity ($Q_c$) in the first version has been corrected in this new version
Stellar Parameters and Absolute Velocities of all TESS recon spectra from TRES and FIES
Creators: name: Bieryla, Allyson
name: Tronsgaard, René
name: Buchhave, Lars
name: Latham, David W.
name: Torres, Guillermo
name: Eastman, Jason
name: Quinn, Samuel N.
name: Yahalomi, Daniel
name: Mink, Jessica
name: Esquerdo, Gilbert A.
name: Calkins, Michael L.
name: Berlind, Perry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: exoplanets, TESS, TRES, SPC, stellar parameters, radial velocities

description: The Tillinghast Reflector Echelle Spectrograph (TRES) is a fiber-fed optical spectrograph with a resolution of 44,000. TRES is a workhorse for recon spectroscopy as part of the TESS Follow-up Observing Program (TFOP). To date, over 4000 spectra of over 1700 TOIs have been obtained with TRES. In addition, over 200 TOIs have been observed with the Fiber-fed Echelle Spectrograph (FIES). These spectra are carefully examined to search for possible false positives such as double-lined spectra or targets that show large velocity variation indicating a stellar companion. The spectra are also used to derive stellar parameters using the Stellar Parameter Classification (SPC) tool. Extracted spectra along with quick-look stellar classification plots from the TRES pipeline are uploaded to ExoFOP weekly to encourage community collaboration. A full SPC analysis is able to provide effective temperature, surface gravity, projected rotational velocity and metallicity. A quality flag indicator has also been applied to the classifications based on the quality of the data and the stellar type/parameters. These parameters are be uploaded to ExoFOP on a monthly basis. TRES absolute radial velocities are determined by applying a standard star correction and a correction based on observations of the monitoring of minor planets. Absolute velocities are available by request and will be uploaded to ExoFOP soon!
New directions for spectrum management: An international perspective
Creators: name: Luther, Geoff
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Changes in communications technology and markets have placed great strains on traditional approaches to spectrum regulation, which have had difficulty coping with the current rate of change in radiocommunications. New technologies including mobile telephony and wireless broadband posed challenges for governments who needed faster and more objective means of allocating spectrum to competing commercial interests. Spectrum regulators have turned increasingly to market-based and more flexible approaches to regulation, including auctions, pricing and trading. Challenges for the future include improving technology neutrality, improving the efficiency of use of government spectrum, and deciding how much spectrum to set aside for the spectrum commons. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not represent the views of ACMA.
Using Low-Cost Sensors to Assess Fine Particulate Matter Infiltration (PM2.5) during a Wildfire Smoke Episode at a Large Inpatient Healthcare Facility
Creators: name: Nguyen, Phuong D. M.
name: Martinussen, Nika
name: Mallach, Gary
name: Ebrahimi, Ghazal
name: Jones, Kori
name: Zimmerman, Naomi
name: Henderson, Sarah B.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Wildfire smoke exposure is associated with a range of acute health outcomes, which can be more severe in individuals with underlying health conditions. Currently, there is limited information on the susceptibility of healthcare facilities to smoke infiltration. As part of a larger study to address this gap, a rehabilitation facility in Vancouver, Canada was outfitted with one outdoor and seven indoor low-cost fine particulate matter (PM2.5) sensors in Air Quality Eggs (EGG) during the summer of 2020. Raw measurements were calibrated using temperature, relative humidity, and dew point derived from the EGG data. The infiltration coefficient was quantified using a distributed lag model. Indoor concentrations during the smoke episode were elevated throughout the building, though non-uniformly. After censoring indoor-only peaks, the average infiltration coefficient (range) during typical days was 0.32 (0.22–0.39), compared with 0.37 (0.31–0.47) during the smoke episode, a 19% increase on average. Indoor PM2.5 concentrations quickly reflected outdoor conditions during and after the smoke episode. It is unclear whether these results will be generalizable to other years due to COVID-related changes to building operations, but some of the safety protocols may offer valuable lessons for future wildfire seasons. For example, points of building entry and exit were reduced from eight to two during the pandemic, which likely helped to protect the building from wildfire smoke infiltration. Overall, these results demonstrate the utility of indoor low-cost sensors in understanding the impacts of extreme smoke events on facilities where highly susceptible individuals are present. Furthermore, they highlight the need to employ interventions that enhance indoor air quality in such facilities during smoke events.
Reconciling microscopic and macroscopic tests of the Compton-Schwarzschild correspondence
Creators: name: Carr, Bernard
name: Mureika, Jonas
name: Nicolini, Piero
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the experimental constraints on the parameter $α$ associated with the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) and the parameter $β$ associated with the Generalized Event Horizon (GEH). The Compton-Schwarzschild correspondence implies a relationship between $α$ and $β$, with both parameters being of order 1. This presents a problem for our previous `$M+1/M$' model since the extra gravitational force at sub-Planckian masses contravenes observations. Various resolutions of this problem are discussed.
description: 3 figures
Observational Constraints on Dynamical Sculpting Timescales From Kepler Demographics
Creators: name: Lam, Christopher; Ballard, Sarah; Millholland, Sarah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: dynamical sculpting; demographics; stability timescales

description: The transit yield of the Kepler mission has provided rich constraints on the demographics of exoplanets around FGK dwarfs. Transit multiplicity, among other observables, provides key insights into planetary orbital architectures. Whether systems are largely unchanged since birth - or evolve dynamically over long timescales - is encoded in transit multiplicity as a function of stellar age. We describe an investigation in which we fold stellar age information into planetary system forward modeling in order to compare observations against model predictions for a range of dynamical sculpting laws. Based upon our findings, we comment on which dynamical timescales (the speed at which dynamical sculpting occurs and the duration of sculpting before it ceases) and formation conditions (the fraction of systems that are initially dynamically cool and the fraction of planet-hosting systems) are consistent with the Kepler data. The constraints we can place on dynamical timescales for FGK systems are useful both scientifically and practically. First, they inform our understanding of the relationship between common planetary dynamical timescales and life's evolutionary timescales. Second, if there exists little evidence of dynamical sculpting at timescales longer than 1 Gyr, this may place an upper bound on integration times for resource-intensive dynamical simulations.
Dust Evolution for 3D Hydrodynamic Simulations of Protoplanetary Disks
Creators: name: Pfeil, Thomas
name: Birnstiel, Til
name: Klahr, Hubert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: dust evolution
protoplanetary disks
simulations
hydrodynamics
planet formation

description: Full coagulation models are currently the most accurate dust evolution models. They are, however, computationally too expensive to be applied to 3D hydro simulations. Investigating dust evolution in 3D, e.g., under the influence of 3D turbulence, vertical mixing, etc. is thus not possible so far. We are currently developing and testing “2pop” - a simple, computationally inexpensive dust evolution sub-grid model for 1D, 2D, and 3D hydrodynamic simulations with the PLUTO code. In comparison to simulations with full dust coagulation (e.g., DustPy, LA-COMPASS), we can reproduce: • The local timescales of dust growth and dust drift
 • The overall shape of the local dust size distribution
 • The local mass-averaged particle size
 • The dust densities as a result of transport and coagulation
description: Research funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) priority program SPP 1992 "Exploring the Diversity of Extrasolar Planets" under grant Nos. BI 1816/7-2 and KL 1469/16-1/2.
Placobdelloides Sawyer 1986
Creators: name: Bolotov, Ivan N.
name: Eliseeva, Tatyana A.
name: Tsiplenkina, Iya G.
name: Gofarov, Mikhail Y.
name: Kondakov, Alexander V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Rhynchobdellida
Glossiphoniidae
Placobdelloides

description: Genus Placobdelloides Sawyer, 1986
 Type species: Clepsine multistriata Johansson, 1909 (by original designation).
description: Published as part of Bolotov, Ivan N., Eliseeva, Tatyana A., Tsiplenkina, Iya G., Gofarov, Mikhail Y. & Kondakov, Alexander V., 2023, Long forgotten record of a freshwater leech on Madagascar indicates a host-associated dispersal event from continental Africa, pp. 56-67 in Ecologica Montenegrina 61 on page 60, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.61.7, http://zenodo.org/record/13246087
FACTORS OF HEALTH BEHAVIOUR OF ADOLESCENTS IN THE INNER CITY OF UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE
Creators: name: Okediji,, A. Enwongo
name: Moses, T. Imbur
name: Jonah, U. Miracle
name: Ikoroha, S. Innocent
Publisher: name: ZAP JOURNALS
Year: 2024
Subjects: Adolescent health behaviors, School type, Internet use, Sexual initiation, Gender differences

description: This study investigated the impact of school type, internet use, and sexual initiation on the health behaviors of adolescents in an inner city setting. Data were collected from two secondary schools (Nuco Secondary School off Ikpa road and Four towns Secondary School off Abak road). One hundred and ninety-two (192) participants consisting of 86 (44.8%) males and 106(55.2%) females aged 14 to 21 years with a mean age of 16.70 years were selected using the convenience sampling technique. Two instruments were adopted in this study; the Internet Usage Scale (IUS) and Health Behavior Checklist scale (HBCS), and were used to collect data in the study. This study used a correlation design. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (Pearson r) and independent t-test statistics were used to analyze the data collected. Result revealed that Gender was significantly associated with the health behaviors of adolescents (r (192) = 0.24, p< 0.01). Result also revealed that school type was significantly associated with the health behavior of adolescents (r (192) =.36, p<0.01). Result also revealed that Internet usage was significantly associated with the health behaviors of adolescents (r (192) =0.55, p< 0.01). Additionally, the result revealed that there was a significant difference between the health behaviors of female adolescents who initiated sex earlier than their male counterparts (t (19) =2.01, p< 0.05). Implications and recommendations for further studies are presented.
The opportunities and challenges of social media in interstitial lung disease: a viewpoint
Creators: name: Grewal, Japnam
name: Kawano-Dourado, Leticia
name: Ryerson, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Social media is an increasingly popular source of health information, and the rarity and complexity of interstitial lung disease (ILD) may particularly draw patients with ILD to social media for information and support. The objective of this viewpoint is to provide an overview of social media, explore the benefits and limitations of ILD-related social media use, and discuss future development of healthcare information on social media. We describe the value of integrating social media into the practice of ILD health professionals, including its role in information dissemination, patient engagement, knowledge generation, and formation of health policy. We also describe major challenges to expanded social media use in ILD, including limited access for some individuals and populations, abundance of misinformation, and concerns about patient privacy. Finally, for healthcare professionals looking to join social media, we provide practical guidance and considerations to optimize the potential benefits and minimize the potential pitfalls of social media.
title: Achieving greenhouse gas reductions in the Irish dairy sector through carbon pricing: The feasibility of living labs and the attitudes of stakeholders
Creators: name: McDonagh, Joseph
Publisher: name: University of Galway
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: greenhouse gas
subject: dairy sector
subject: carbon pricing
subject: Ireland
subject: Business and Economics
subject: Economics

description: The Irish government has committed to a 51% reduction of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 as compared to 2018, in line with European Union directives, international treaties, and the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act of 2021. Given the proportion of Irish GHG emissions originating in the agricultural sector and the difficulties in reducing these emissions to date, new approaches may be required to achieve emissions reduction goals. One potential approach may be the introduction of voluntary carbon markets (VCM). In a VCM participating farmers implement GHG emissions reducing technologies of their choosing on their farms. The GHG emissions reductions achieved can be sold to generate an additional income stream. There is however uncertainty about the feasibility of VCMs due to limited implementation and the complexity of their establishment and operation. Given this complexity, the establishment of a fullscale test VCM would be unrealistic, however, utilizing the Living Labs Framework, a small-scale pilot VCM is feasible. This will provide insight into the feasibility of VCMs, the willingness of farmers to participate, and the demand for carbon credits generated by farmers. This thesis will examine these issues through the lens of the SmartDairy project1 including its living labs. In addition, interviews conducted among Irish dairy farmers by the SmartDairy team will be examined to assess farmers willingness to engage in VCMs, their thoughts on the potential structures of those VCMs and who they believe should be tasked with organisation and oversight of VCMs.
title: Exploring the Potential of Positive Attribute Framing to Reduce Observational Learning of Nocebo Side Effects
Creators: name: Pickup, Brydee
Publisher: name: The University of Sydney
Year: 2020

description: Warnings about and observation of others’ adverse experiences can trigger such outcomes via the nocebo effect. Emerging evidence suggests that positively framing side effect information to highlight the probability side effects will not occur reduces nocebo side effects relative to standard negative framing, which highlights the probability side effects will occur, but it is unclear whether this extends to observationally induced nocebo side effects. The current study used a model of virtual reality (VR) induced cybersickness to investigate this. Before viewing a VR video, 202 healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to receive a positively framed (“7 out of 10 people will not experience cybersickness”), negatively framed (“3 out of 10 people will experience cybersickness”), or no side effect warning, and to either witness a confederate model cybersickness symptoms (observational learning [OL]), or to not witness such modelling (no OL). Framing and OL did not affect composite VR-induced cybersickness scores. However, OL elevated VR-induced nausea specifically, and anxiety and expectancy, though no framing effects were found on these outcomes. Expectancy and anxiety predicted VR-induced cybersickness and nausea with mediation analysis indicating that expectancy completely mediated the effect of OL on VR-induced nausea – suggesting causal influence – but that anxiety did not. The current findings uniquely demonstrate OL-induced nocebo side effects in an online environment and indicate that media platforms should consider the unnecessary harm that can arise – via the nocebo effect – from simply observing other’s negative experiences. The current study provided no evidence that positive framing can attenuate OL-induced nocebo side effects. Future studies should therefore explore alternative methods to reduce OL of nocebo side effects; these should specifically target expectancy given the current evidence that it mediates the effect of OL on nausea.
CREATING GREEN JOBS AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY, GREEN SKILLS, AND GREEN BEHAVIOUR IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: AFWAN HARIRI AGUS PROHIMI
name: SYIHABUDHIN
name: LOHANA JUARIYAH
name: ROSMIZA BIDIN
name: ARI GUNAWAN
name: AFIS BAGHIZ SYAFRUDDIN
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Green Jobs, Environmental Literacy, Green Skills, Green Behaviour, Workforce Development.

description: Abstract

Climate change and environmental degradation have become urgent global issues. In addition, the impacts have affected welfare in the economic and social fields. In this context, an effort is needed to support the transition to a green economy by creating green jobs among school students. However, there is still a knowledge gap in its implementation, especially in understanding how environmental literacy, green skills, and behavior can affect green jobs. This study will use a quantitative approach using a survey involving high school students, where data will be collected through a questionnaire based on a Likert scale. The main results of this study indicate that green jobs through workforce development influence improving environmental literacy, green skills, and green behavior. The results of the analysis in the study showed that Workforce Development contributed to Environmental Literacy with an influence value of 0.194 (p <0.05), Green Skills 0.201 (p <0.001), and Green Behavior 0.254 (p <0.001). Based on these results, it is proven that investing in workforce development is the right step in supporting green job creation efforts, making contributions to environmental sustainability, and improving the workforce in the future.
title: Exploring a Potential Facilitating Role for Pain-Related Attentional Bias in Nocebo Hyperalgesia
Creators: name: Rooney, Tessa
Publisher: name: The University of Sydney
Year: 2019

description: The nocebo effect comprises the negative counterpart of the placebo. This occurs when administration of an inert intervention, coupled with negative information or conditioning, results in the occurrence of negative effects. While the literature agrees on the importance of negative expectancies in activating nocebo effects, other potential factors remain relatively overlooked. The aim of the present study was to use a novel gaze-augmented dot-probe task to investigate whether pain-related attentional bias contributes to nocebo effects. This was founded on theories within the pain literature, which propose a causal role for attentional biases in the subsequent experience of pain. Ninety-three participants (60 female, M = 19.67) were randomly allocated to one of four groups (nocebo-towards, nocebo-away, control-towards, control-away). A gaze-augmented variant of the the dot-probe training task was designed in an attempt to manipulate attentional biases either towards or away from pain. Participants then received either nocebo or control instruction and conditioning, by pairing a sham TENS device with contingently high pain stimulation (nocebo) or non-contingent pairing (control). Participants were required to rate pain intensity, expectancy and distress during a test phase where all TENS and no-TENS shocks were administered at the same intensity. Results showed an overall nocebo effect – rating TENS paired shocks higher than no-TENS – for all outcomes. No consistent training effect was shown for attentional bias across reaction time and eye-tracking measures. However, attentional bias was shown to interact with nocebo conditioning for intensity ratings, with tentative partial support shown for expectancy. The key interaction showed attentional bias condition to differentially affect nocebo extinction trends. Thus, results provide preliminary validation for exploration of attentional bias as a potential mechanism of nocebo hyperalgesia, however necessarily a more sensitive and dependable measure of attentional bias must be established to allow more definitive conclusions.
human-phix-db.mmi
Creators: name: Sepich-Poore, Gregory
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111202 Cancer Diagnosis
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111203 Cancer Genetics

description: Minimap2 database with GRCh38 and PhiX for host depleting cancer microbiome files. Source: Rob Knight lab.
THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES
Creators: name: Rakhimberdiyeva, Makfuzakhan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: People of pedagogy — this is our people 's historical experiences, traditions , and values on the basis formed education system. Higher education institutions in the people's pedagogy of teaching, not only the students theoretical knowledge to increase, but also them in practice apply to get abilities development also service makes.
title: Side Effects May Depend on the Framing of a Warning: But Does this Framing Effect Depend on Absolute Risk?
Creators: name: Clark, Brodie
Publisher: name: The University of Sydney
Year: 2019

description: Side effect warnings contribute directly to the burden of side effects. This occurs via the nocebo effect whereby negative outcomes are shaped by features of the treatment context, beyond the direct actions of the active treatment. Some studies have found that positive framing of warnings – stating the proportion of people who will not experience the side effect – reduces side effects compared to the more common-place negative framing – stating the proportion who will experience the side effect. However, findings have been mixed. It appears that the absolute risk ascribed to the side effect may determine the effect of framing, however this has not been tested. The current study employed a 2x2+1 between-subjects design to test the impact of both absolute risk and framing of a warning – as well as the inclusion of any statistical warning at all - on side effects. This was done in a model of virtual reality (VR)-induced nausea, with 130 healthy volunteers. Expectancy, anxiety and attentional bias were also measured as they have been proposed as mechanisms of framing and nocebo effects, but scantly - or in the case of attentional bias, never – previously empirically investigated. In this study, VR-induced nausea was not affected by framing or absolute risk of the warning. However, nausea was greater for participants who received no statistical warning. Relative to other groups, these participants also showed elevated anxiety – although not expectancy or attentional bias. These findings indicate that future studies and clinical practices must consider the effects of general, non-statistical warnings on nocebo side effects as they are potentially even more deleterious than more extensive, statistical warnings. These findings are also the first outside of pain studies to support a role for anxiety in nocebo effects, thereby shaping current understanding and future investigations of the poorly understood mechanisms of nocebo effects.
Pachymerium dilottiae Dobroruka 1976
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
name: Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A.
name: Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Pachymerium
Pachymerium dilottiae

description: Pachymerium dilottiae Dobroruka, 1976
Type locality: Baghdad Province: [BA1] (Dobroruka 1976).
 Pachymerium dilottiae Dobroruka 1976: 259.
 Previous records. Type locality only.
 Distribution. Iraq only.
 Remarks. Described based on ♀ holotype and two paratypes (one ♂ and one body fragment). The taxonomic status has never been revised (Dolejš 2015).
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. & Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M., 2023, A preliminary annotated checklist of Chilopoda from Iraq, pp. 59-78 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on page 62, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13246159
title: Counts of melanic forms of three species of moth in the Rothamsted Insect Survey light-trap network
Creators: name: Shortall, Chris
name: Cook, L.
Publisher: name: Rothamsted Research
Year: 2022

description: Dataset compiled to obtain a broad scale picture of geographical variation in frequency in B. betularia, Odontopera bidentata and Phigalia pilosaria – three species that have shown changes in melanic frequency through time. Pre-1964 data is from the Rothamsted Barnfield trap which commenced operation in 1933. Post 1964 data is from the Rothamsted Insect Survey light trap network. melanic_frequencies_totals.csv gives annual counts for each trap. melanic_frequencies_by_form.csv gives annual counts by melanic form (Intermediate, Typical, Melanic) for each trap.
description: All data from Rothamsted light-trap network
Pachymerium ferrugineum
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
name: Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A.
name: Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Pachymerium
Pachymerium ferrugineum

description: Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835)
 Type locality: [Germany, Arklee, near Regensburg] “Arklee bei Regensburg” (Bonato et al. 2016).
 Pachymerium ferrugineum caucasicum – Brölemann 1922: 57.
 Pachymerium caucasicum – Chamberlin 1958: 17.
 Pachymerium ferrugineum – Brölemann 1921: 157; Bonato & Minelli 2014: 52; Dyachkov & Tuf 2018: 26; Dyachkov 2020c: 79; 2022b: 71; Dyachkov et al. 2022b: 73.
 Previous records. Maysan: [MA1] (as P. ferrugineum; Brölemann 1921; as P. ferrugineum caucasicum; Brölemann 1922) and Erbil: [ER3], [ER4] (as P. caucasicum; Chamberlin 1958) provinces.
 Distribution. A trans-Palaearctic species (Dyachkov et al. 2022b).
 Remarks. P. caucasicum Attems, 1903 was synonymized under P. ferrugineum by Bonato & Minelli (2014).
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. & Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M., 2023, A preliminary annotated checklist of Chilopoda from Iraq, pp. 59-78 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on page 63, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13246159
Market-based methods of spectrum management in the UK and the European Union
Creators: name: Cave, Martin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Market-based methods of spectrum management can be applied both at the primary stage of issuing spectrum licences, via auctions, and by introducing a regime of secondary trading of spectrum licences, thereby permitting both change in ownership of the licence and a choice on the part of the licensee over what technology to employ (technological neutrality) and what to produce (service neutrality). Moreover, the use of market methods need not be confined to spectrum used for commercial purposes. Government and public sector bodies can participate in spectrum markets, just as they do in other input markets. Both the European Union and individual member states are increasingly interested in applying market methods of spectrum management. The European Commission has put forward legislative proposals, which, if adopted, would create bands that were subject to trading and flexibility of use over the 27 member states. In one member state, the United Kingdom, a new regime of spectrum management has been designed and is being implemented involving predominant reliance on spectrum markets, an extensive programme of spectrum awards, the development of a new method of specifying spectrum user rights to permit change of use and the integration of commercial and public sector spectrum markets. The effects of these innovations are not yet clear.
Pachymerium hanzaki Dobororuka 1976
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
name: Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A.
name: Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Pachymerium
Pachymerium hanzaki

description: Pachymerium hanzaki Dobororuka, 1976
Type locality: Baghdad Province: [BA1] (Dobroruka 1976).
 Pachymerium hanzaki Dobororuka 1976: 260.
 Previous records. Type locality only.
 Distribution. Iraq only.
 Remarks. So far, ♂ holotype is known solely. The taxonomic status has never been revised (Dolejš 2015).
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. & Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M., 2023, A preliminary annotated checklist of Chilopoda from Iraq, pp. 59-78 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on page 63, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13246159
Polyporogaster sinuata Silvestri 1919
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
name: Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A.
name: Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Himantariidae
Polyporogaster
Polyporogaster sinuata

description: Polyporogaster sinuata Silvestri, 1919
Type locality: [Pakistan] “N. Baluchistan ” (Silvestri 1919).
 Polyporogaster sinuatus Silvestri 1919: 92.
 Polyporogaster sinuatus – Brölemann 1922: 54.
 Polyporogaster sinuata – Attems 1929: 51.
 Previous records. Wasit Province: [WA1] (Brölemann 1922).
 Distribution. Iraq (Brölemann 1922), Afghanistan (Loksa 1971; Dyachkov 2022a), and Pakistan (Baluchistan) (Silvestri 1919; Attems 1929).
 Remarks. Taxonomic status of this species requires revision.
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. & Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M., 2023, A preliminary annotated checklist of Chilopoda from Iraq, pp. 59-78 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on page 64, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13246159
Mecistocephalus evansi Brolemann 1922
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
name: Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A.
name: Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Mecistocephalidae
Mecistocephalus
Mecistocephalus evansi

description: Mecistocephalus evansi Brölemann, 1922
Type locality: Maysan: [MA1] (Brölemann 1922).
 Mecistocephalus evansi Brölemann 1922: 55.
 Mecistocephalus evansi – Attems 1929: 138; Chipman et al. 2013: 243; Zarei et al. 2020: 137; Al-Simary et al. 2022: 1571.
 Material. 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (UTQ), Iraq, BS, on the left bank of the Shatt Al- Arab, N30°40'37", E47°45'36", wet agricultural land, in the soil under palm trees, 5 m, 9.XI.2022, coll. AS; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (UTQ), Al- Hartha district, 19 km NE Basrah city, N30°38'36", E47°41'26", wet agricultural land, in the soil under palm trees, 5 m, 10.XI.2022, coll. AS.
 Previous records. Maysan: [MA1] (Brölemann 1922) and Basrah: [BS 1], [BS 2] (Al-Simary et al. 2022) provinces.
 Distribution. Iraq (Brölemann 1922; Al- Simary et al. 2022), Iran (Zarei et al. 2020), and Israel (Chipman et al. 2013).
 Remarks. Described based on single ♀ (Brölemann 1922).
This species is recorded from a cave in Iran (Malek-Hosseini & Zamani 2017).
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. & Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M., 2023, A preliminary annotated checklist of Chilopoda from Iraq, pp. 59-78 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on page 64, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13246159
title: Towards the development of an objective carving feel index: Initial investigation of the subjective and objective metrics of carving feel in vehicle dynamics
title: Διερεύνηση των γενικών και ειδικών παραμέτρων για τον προσδιορισμό του “carving feel” στην δυναμική οχημάτων
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Παπαδόπουλος, Ιωάννης
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2024
Subjects: Vehicle dynamics
Carving feel
Subjective assessments
Objective metrics
Handling evaluation
Objective test methods
Δυναμική οχημάτων
Υποκειμενικοί όροι αξιολόγησης
Αντικειμενικές μετρήσεις
Αξιολόγηση χειρισμού
Αντικειμενικές μέθοδοι αξιολόγησης

description: This thesis investigates the phenomenon of "carving feel" in high-performance vehicles, and specifically, the primary objective is to attempt to objectify and correlate this subjective driving sensation with the objective parameters that mainly contribute to this perception.
title: Ταξινόμηση ιστοπαθολογικών εικόνων μικροσκοπίας σε κατηγορίες κακοήθειας
title: Classification of histopathology microscopy images into malignancy categories
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Οντατσιούκ, Κλαούντιου
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2024
Subjects: Matlab
Μικροσκοπία
Ιστοπαθολογία
Όγκος εγκεφάλου
Συστήματα υποστήριξης απόφασης

description: Η ταξινόμηση ιστοπαθολογικών εικόνων μικροσκοπίας σε κατηγορίες κακοήθειας αποτελεί κρίσιμη διαδικασία για την ανίχνευση και την πρόβλεψη των νόσων. Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία πραγματεύεται την επεξεργασία και ανάλυση ιστοπαθολογικών εικόνων καρκίνου εγκεφάλου με σκοπό την ταξινόμηση των όγκων σε βαθμό κακοήθειας μέσω ενός συστήματος ταξινόμησης που αναπτύχθηκε σε περιβάλλον Matlab. Τα δεδομένα (43 εικόνες χαμηλής κακοήθειας και 44 εικόνες υψηλής κακοήθειας) αποκτήθηκαν από το εργαστήριο Medical Image & Signal Processing του τμήματος Μηχανικών Βιοϊατρικής του Πανεπιστημίου Δυτικής Αττικής [1]. Πρώτα έγινε επεξεργασία των εικόνων με διάφορα φίλτρα για την ενίσχυση της αντίθεσης και την ομαλοποίηση των εικόνων έτσι ώστε να γίνει εστίαση στα σημεία ενδιαφέροντος, τους πυρήνες των κυττάρων. Έπειτα πραγματοποιήθηκε τμηματοποίηση των πυρήνων και εξαγωγή μορφολογικών χαρακτηριστικών και χαρακτηριστικών υφής. Αφού έγινε η εξαγωγή των χαρακτηριστικών, χρησιμοποιήθηκαν δύο ταξινομητές, ο ταξινομητής ελάχιστης απόστασης (Minimum Distance Classifier) και ο Bayesian ταξινομητής. Και οι δύο ταξινομητές δοκιμάστηκαν με δύο διαφορετικές μεθόδους εκπαίδευσης, την leave-one-out και την k-fold cross validation με k=5. Επίσης χρησιμοποιήθηκε η μέθοδος της εξαντλητικής αναζήτησης (exhaustive search) για την εύρεση του καλύτερου συνδυασμού χαρακτηριστικών μέχρι και ανά 12. Σύμφωνα με τα αποτελέσματα και οι δύο ταξινομητές αποδείχθηκαν αρκετά αποδοτικοί στην σωστή ταξινόμηση των εικόνων. Ο Bayesian ταξινομητής με τη μέθοδο leave-one-out έφτασε σε ένα ποσοστό ακρίβειας της τάξης του 77% στην γενίκεση σε άγνωστα δεδομένα, ενώ ο ταξινομητής ελάχιστης απόστασης κατάφερε ένα 76% με την ίδια μέθοδο εκπαίδευσης. Με τη μέθοδο k-fold cross validation (k=5) ο Bayesian ταξινομητής έφτασε το ποσοστό του 77% στην ακρίβεια ταξινόμησης όσο και ο ταξινομητής ελάχιστης απόστασης. Και στις δύο περιπτώσεις ο Bayesian ταξινομητής παρουσίασε υψηλότερη σταθερότητα λόγω της μικρότερης απόκλισης από τη μέση τιμή της ακρίβειας. Τα αποτελέσματα αυτά δίνουν ένα αρκετά ικανοποιητικό ποσοστό στην γενίκευση των συστημάτων σε άγνωστα δεδομένα, ωστόσο υπάρχει περιθώριο βελτίωσης με την επίτευξη καλύτερης τμηματοποίησης των πυρήνων και τη χρήση περισσότερων εικόνων και χαρακτηριστικών για την εκπαίδευση των ταξινομητών.
title: Διάγνωση βλαβών μετασχηματιστών ισχύος μέσω τεχνητών νευρωνικών δικτύων
title: Detection of power transformer faults through artificial neural networks
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Γούλας, Ιωάννης
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2024
Subjects: DGA
Ανάλυση διαλυμένων αερίων
Πολυστρωματικά Perceptron
MLP
Τεχνητά νευρωνικά δίκτυα
Τεχνητή νοημοσύνη
Βαθιά μάθηση
Μηχανική μάθηση
Χημικές μέθοδοι
MATLAB

description: Η εφαρμογή της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης για την ανίχνευση βλαβών σε μετασχηματιστές ισχύος αποτελεί ένα σημαντικό πεδίο έρευνας, επιτρέποντας την προηγμένη και αποτελεσματική παρακολούθηση της κατάστασης των ενεργειακών υποδομών. Η χρήση Νευρωνικών Δικτύων ενισχύει τη διαδικασία εντοπισμού βλαβών, παρέχοντας σημαντικά πλεονεκτήματα σε ό,τι αφορά την ακρίβεια και την ταχύτητα αναγνώρισης. Τα Τεχνητά Νευρωνικά Δίκτυα, εμπνευσμένα από τη λειτουργία του ανθρώπινου εγκεφάλου, αποτελούν τον πυρήνα της βαθιάς μάθησης. Αυτά τα δίκτυα αποτελούνται από διασυνδεδεμένους κόμβους, με τους συντελεστές των συνδέσεων τους να προσαρμόζονται κατά τη διάρκεια της διαδικασίας μάθησης. Ο στόχος είναι η ελαχιστοποίηση του σφάλματος μεταξύ της προβλεπόμενης έξοδου του δικτύου και της πραγματικής έξοδου, προσφέροντας έτσι αξιόπιστα αποτελέσματα. Σε εφαρμογές όπως η ταυτοποίηση εικόνων, η επεξεργασία φυσικής γλώσσας, η αναγνώριση ομιλίας, η ιατρική διάγνωση, και η χρηματιστηριακή διαπραγμάτευση, η βαθιά μάθηση έχει επιδείξει αξιοσημείωτη απόδοση. Στον τομέα της ενέργειας, η εφαρμογή της στον εντοπισμό βλαβών σε μετασχηματιστές ισχύος επιτρέπει την άμεση ανίχνευση προβλημάτων και την πρόληψη ενδεχόμενων ζημιών. Οι αλγόριθμοι βαθιάς μάθησης μπορούν να εκπαιδευτούν σε μεγάλα σύνολα δεδομένων, επιτρέποντας την εξαγωγή σύνθετων μοτίβων που θα ήταν δύσκολο να ανιχνευθούν από απλούστερες μεθόδους μηχανικής μάθησης. Η αυξημένη χωρητικότητα των νευρωνικών δικτύων συμβάλλει στην ακρίβεια των αποτελεσμάτων, ενώ η δυνατότητα γρήγορης πρόβλεψης καθιστά τους αλγόριθμους αποτελεσματικούς σε πρακτικές εφαρμογές. Στον τομέα της ενέργειας, η εξέλιξη αυτών των τεχνικών συνιστά ένα σημαντικό βήμα προς τη βελτίωση της αξιοπιστίας και της αποτελεσματικότητας των ενεργειακών συστημάτων. Παρά την πρόοδο που έχει σημειωθεί, είναι σημαντικό να είμαστε επιφυλακτικοί και να κατανοούμε τα όρια των αλγορίθμων βαθιάς μάθησης, προωθώντας την υπεύθυνη χρήση αυτών των τεχνολογιών σε εφαρμογές πραγματικού κόσμου. Στην παρούσα εργασία παρουσιάζεται η συνδυασμένη χρήση των Νευρωνικών Δικτύων και της συμβατικής μεθόδου Ανάλυσης Διαλυμένων Αερίων (Dissolved Gas Analysis, DGA). Αυτός ο συνδιασμός οδηγεί σε αύξηση της αξιοπιστίας και της ακρίβειας της πρόβλεψης βλαβών, που είναι δύσκολο να αναγνωριστούν με την παραδοσιακή ανάλυση. Τα νευρωνικά δίκτυα προσομοιώνονται με τη βοήθεια του λογισμικό MATLAB. Για την υλοποίηση του πειράματος χρησιμοποιούνται από την βιβλιογραφία πραγματικά δείγματα αερίων που έχουν παραχθεί σε υπό βλάβη μετασχηματιστές.