cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Improving Treatment Modalities for Pelvic Organ Prolapse using Tissue Engineered Constructs
Creators: name: PAUL, KALLYANASHIS
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 320606
subject: Regenerative medicine (incl. stem cells)

description: Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is a debilitating condition for women health affecting 1 in 4 women. Vaginal childbirth is the main risk factor that leads to tissue biomechanical failure post-menopause. Recently, transvaginal meshes for reconstructive surgery were banned in many countries due to their unacceptable complication rates. At present, there is no optimal therapy for POP. This thesis sheds light on alternative treatments using state-of-the art 3D bioprinted meshes with therapeutic endometrial mesenchymal stem/stromal cells. It presents important considerations for the translation of a new generation of tissue-engineered surgical constructs for vaginal reconstruction from the laboratory to the clinic.
Reducing stillbirth. The benefit versus harm of detecting fetal growth restriction.
Creators: name: SELVARATNAM, ROSHAN JOHN
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 321502
subject: Obstetrics and gynaecology

description: Against a backdrop of Victoria’s journey towards a learning maternity healthcare system, using the pursuit of improved detection of FGR, this thesis is a timely exposition of the balance between benefit and harm of improvement interventions. In essence, because stillbirth is rare, increasing focus on the detection of FGR is likely to prevent only a small number of stillbirths. However, at the same time, if we are not vigilant, that increased focus may bring a great burden of intervention and morbidity for normally grown babies. With the drive to reduce stillbirth only to increase, I hope that this work may usefully inform population level approaches in Australia and abroad.
Atmospheres from very low-mass stars to extrasolar planets
Creators: name: Allard, France
name: Homeier, Derek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the next few years, several instruments aiming at imaging extrasolar planets will see first light. In parallel, low mass planets are being searched around red dwarfs which offer more favorable conditions, both for radial velocity detection and transit studies, than solar-type stars. We review recent advancements in modeling the stellar to substellar transition. The revised solar oxygen abundances and cloud models allow to reproduce the photometric and spectroscopic properties of this transition to a degree never achieved before, but problems remain in the important M-L transition characteristic of the effective temperature range of characterizable exoplanets.
description: submitted to Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana
ПРИНЦИП СТУДЕНТОЦЕНТРИРОВАННОГО ОБУЧЕНИЯ В РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЙ ПРОГРАММЫ ПО ПОДГОТОВКЕ МАГИСТРА «550200 ФИЗИКО-МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ»
Creators: name: Ломакина, Юлия
Publisher: name: ООО Цифра
Year: 2023
Subjects: master's degree
programme
implementation
physico-mathematical
educational resources
student-centred education
магистр
программа
реализация
физико-математическое образование
образовательные ресурсы
студентоцентрированное обучение

description: Международный научно-исследовательский журнал, Выпуск 4 (130) 2023
A Critical Review of Access to Egg Freezing in Victoria, Australia
Creators: name: JOHNSTON, MOLLY LOUISE
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 321503
subject: Reproduction
subject: FOS: Medical biotechnology
classificationCode: 440302
subject: Fertility
classificationCode: 440706
subject: Health policy

description: This thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of access to egg freezing, a method of fertility preservation. The evidence presented in this thesis reveals that current policies governing egg freezing are outdated, do not permit fair access to egg freezing, and suggest an update of policy needs to be further considered.
ANÁLISE DA FORÇA TAREFA DO CORPO DE BOMBEIROS MILITAR DE SANTA CATARINA E SUA RESPECTIVA ATUAÇÃO DE RESPOSTA NA OPERAÇÃO BRUMADINHO MG
Creators: name: Alan Delei Cielusinsky
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Brumadinho
Corpo de bombeiro Milit
Força Tarefa

description: Resumo:

O presente trabalho apresenta uma análise da estrutura da equipe de Força Tarefa do CBMSC, com base na atuação na operação Brumadinho em Minas Gerais em 2019. O estudo teve como base o relatório e uma entrevista por meio de questionário aplicado aos bombeiros militares que atuaram nesta missão afim de identificar as principais dificuldades enfrentadas e possíveis melhorias a serem efetivadas na estrutura. Observou-se que de modo geral o desempenho das equipes do CBMSC em solo mineiro, foi positivo, tanto do ponto de vista do emprego de cães de faro, quanto das equipes de intervenção em áreas deslizadas, haja vista o grande número de corpos ou restos mortais localizados pelo efetivo do CBMSC. Contudo em uma análise mais pontual foram levantadas situações onde é preciso ainda melhorar, principalmente na logística apresentada, uma vez que o conceito de Força Tarefa indica uma equipe completamente auto suficiente para operar no terreno sem qualquer tipo de apoio. E também no que diz respeito aos uniformes e equipamentos de proteção individual, que demonstraram não serem adequados e nem oferecerem as devidas proteções necessárias para esse tipo de operação; Dessa forma registra-se o engajamento e consequentemente bom desempenho característicos do Bombeiro Militar de Santa Catarina e a necessidade de mais investimentos e aprimoramento na equipe da Força Tarefa do CBMSC.

Palavra chave - Brumadinho, Corpo de Bombeiro Militar, Força Tarefa
Chaperone-assisted translocation of a polymer through a nanopore
Creators: name: Yu, Wancheng
name: Luo, Kaifu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Using Langevin dynamics simulations, we investigate the dynamics of chaperone-assisted translocation of a flexible polymer through a nanopore. We find that increasing the binding energy $ε$ between the chaperone and the chain and the chaperone concentration $N_c$ can greatly improve the translocation probability. Particularly, with increasing the chaperone concentration a maximum translocation probability is observed for weak binding. For a fixed chaperone concentration, the histogram of translocation time $τ$ has a transition from long-tailed distribution to Gaussian distribution with increasing $ε$. $τ$ rapidly decreases and then almost saturates with increasing binding energy for short chain, however, it has a minimum for longer chains at lower chaperone concentration. We also show that $τ$ has a minimum as a function of the chaperone concentration. For different $ε$, a nonuniversal dependence of $τ$ on the chain length $N$ is also observed. These results can be interpreted by characteristic entropic effects for flexible polymers induced by either crowding effect from high chaperone concentration or the intersegmental binding for the high binding energy.
description: 10 pages, to appear in J. Am. Chem. Soc
Health and fertility of ICSI-conceived young men
Creators: name: CATFORD, SARAH ROSANNA
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 321503
subject: Reproduction
subject: FOS: Medical biotechnology
classificationCode: 440302
subject: Fertility

description: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a technique where a single sperm is injected into an egg. It was introduced in 1992 to overcome male infertility and is the most common assisted reproductive treatment. There is concern that using poor quality sperm, or the technique itself, may have a negative impact on the health of children conceived using ICSI. It’s also unclear whether male infertility can be passed onto sons. In my PhD, I reviewed the health and fertility of a group of young men conceived using ICSI and compared them to men conceived naturally and men conceived using standard IVF.
Order Handling in Convergent Environments
Creators: name: Vrtanoski, Jordan
name: Stojanovski, Toni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The rapid development of IT&T technology had big impact on the traditional telecommunications market, transforming it from monopolistic market to highly competitive high-tech market where new services are required to be created frequently. This paper aims to describe a design approach that puts order management process (as part of enterprise application integration) in function of rapid service creation. In the text we will present a framework for collaborative order handling supporting convergent services. The design splits the order handling processes in convergent environments in three business process groups: order capture, order management and order fulfillment. The paper establishes abstract framework for order handling and provides design guidelines for transaction handling implementation based on the checkpoint and inverse command strategy. The proposed design approach is based in a convergent telecommunication environment. Same principles are applicable in solving problems of collaboration in function of order processing in any given heterogeneous environment.
A Resolution for Shared Memory Conflict in Multiprocessor System-on-a-Chip
Creators: name: Mittal, Shaily
name: Nitin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Now days, manufacturers are focusing on increasing the concurrency in multiprocessor system-on-a-chip (MPSoC) architecture instead of increasing clock speed, for embedded systems. Traditionally lock-based synchronization is provided to support concurrency; as managing locks can be very difficult and error prone. Transactional memories and lock based systems have been extensively used to provide synchronization between multiple processors [1] in general-purpose systems. It has been shown that locks have numerous shortcomings over transactional memory in terms of power consumption, ease of programming and performance. In this paper, we propose a new semaphore scheme for synchronization in shared cache memory in an MPSoC. Moreover, we have evaluated and compared our scheme with locks and transactions in terms of energy consumption and cache miss rate using SimpleScalar functional simulator.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
The physiological effects of amniotic insufflation
Creators: name: AMBERG, BENJAMIN JAMES
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 321502
subject: Obstetrics and gynaecology

description: Surgeons can operate on babies with congenital abnormalities mid-way through pregnancy to minimise the consequences they inevitably face after birth. These procedures are often performed via keyhole surgery using a camera inserted into the mothers uterus. To see clearly with the camera and create enough space for surgery, surgeons drain the liquid surrounding the baby and distended the uterus with pressurised carbon dioxide gas. This thesis investigates how uterine distension with carbon dioxide effects the mother and baby during surgery.
Early Pregnancy and Assisted Reproduction in the Spiny Mouse, Acomys cahirinus
Creators: name: MCKENNA, JARROD CRAIG
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 321599
subject: Reproductive medicine not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis provides the first comprehensive analysis and characterisation of the spiny mouse postpartum reproductive tract, whilst defining novel assisted reproductive techniques to make the spiny mouse a more relevant and accessible model to biomedical research.
Computing Chemical Potential using the Phase Space Multi-histogram Method
Creators: name: Nomura, Hitomi
name: Koda, Tomonori
name: Nishioka, Akihiro
name: Miyata, Ken
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new simulation method to calculate the free energy and the chemical potential of hard particle systems. The method relies on the introduction of a parameter dependent potential to smoothly transform between the hard particle system and the corresponding ideal gas. We applied the method to study the phase transition behavior of monodispersed infinitely thin square platelets. First, we equilibrated the square platelet system for different reduced pressures with a usual isobaric Monte Carlo (MC) simulation and obtained a reduced pressure-chemical potential plot. Then we introduce the parametrized potential to interpolate the system between the ideal gas and the hard particles. After selecting the potential, we performed isochoric MC runs, ranging from the ideal gas to the hard particle limit. Through an iterative procedure, we compute the free energy and the chemical potential of the square platelet system by evaluating the volume of the phase space attributed to the hard particles, and then we find the coexistence pressure of the system. Our method provides an intuitive approach to investigate the phase transitions of hard particle systems.
Modeling the polarization of radio-quiet AGN from the optical to the X-ray band
Creators: name: Marin, Frederic
name: Goosmann, Rene W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: J.2.3; J.2.9
subject: 85-06

description: A thermal active galactic nucleus (AGN) consist of a powerful, broad-band continuum source that is surrounded by several reprocessing media with different geometries and compositions. Here we investigate the expected spectropolarimetric signatures in the optical/UV and X-ray wavebands as they arise from the complex radiative coupling between different, axis-symmetric AGN media. Using the latest version of the Monte-Carlo radiative transfer code STOKES, we obtain spectral fluxes, polarization percentages, and polarization position angles. In the optical/UV, we assume unpolarized photons coming from a compact source that are reprocessed by an optically-thick, dusty torus and by equatorial and polar electron-scattering regions. In the X-ray band, we additionally assume a lamp-post geometry with an X-ray source irradiating the accretion disk from above. We compare our results for the two wavebands and thereby provide predictions for future X-ray polarimetric missions. These predictions can be based on present-day optical/UV spectropolarimetric observations. In particular, we conclude that the observed polarization dichotomy in the optical/UV band should extend into the X-ray range.
description: Appears in the proceedings of "Journees de la SF2A 2011" held in Paris (France) from June 20th to June 23rd 2011
Assisted reproductive techniques to conserve Australia’s native fish
Creators: name: Rivers, Nicola
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 410401
subject: Conservation and biodiversity
classificationCode: 321503
subject: Reproduction
subject: FOS: Medical biotechnology

description: Hastening environmental decline means many fish species are now vulnerable to extinction. This thesis examines the reproductive biology of native fish, and develops assisted breeding methods to aid in the conservation of fish species in Australia.
Geometric scaling in ultrahigh energy neutrinos and nonlinear perturbative QCD
Creators: name: Machado, M. V. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ultrahigh energy neutrino cross section is a crucial ingredient in the calculation of the event rate in high energy neutrino telescopes. Currently there are several approaches which predict different behaviors for its magnitude for ultrahigh energies. In this contribution is presented a summary of current predictions based on the non-linear QCD evolution equations, the so-called perturbative saturation physics. In particular, predictions are shown based on the parton saturation approaches and the consequences of geometric scaling property at high energies are discussed. The scaling property allows an analytical computation of the neutrino scattering on nucleon/nucleus at high energies, providing a theoretical parameterization.
description: 6 pages, one figure. Presented at First Caribbean Symposium on Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics - STARS2011, La Habana, Cuba, 2011. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1011.2718 by different authors
Minimally invasive placental MSC Based Cellular Therapy for Alleviation of Maternal Birth Injury
Creators: name: KHANMOHAMMADI, MANIJEH
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 321502
subject: Obstetrics and gynaecology

description: A vaginal birth injury can progress to pelvic organ prolapse (POP), usually in menopausal women. Currently, there are no optimal procedures for preventing POP. Developing cells therapy for women who can use their own’s cells to repair the damaged tissue is vital. Hence, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of pMSCs delivered in the hydrogel in a rat model of acute birth injury. Animal study results indicated that treated injured vaginas appear to show a slight improvement. This treatment aims to prevent POP development, resulting in a reduction in the number of surgeries required for this condition.
Variable Modified Chaplygin Gas in Anisotropic Universe with Kaluza-Klein Metric
Creators: name: Ranjit, Chayan
name: Chakraborty, Shuvendu
name: Debnath, Ujjal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we have consider Kaluza-Klein Cosmology for anisotropic universe where the universe is filled with variable modified chaplygin gas (VMCG). Here we find normal scalar field $ϕ$ and the self interacting potential $V(ϕ)$ to describe the VMCG Cosmology. Also we graphically analyzed the geometrical parameters named {\it statefinder parameters} in anisotropic Kaluza-Klein model. Next, we consider a Kaluza-Klein model of interacting VMCG with dark matter in the Einstein gravity framework. Here we construct the three dimensional autonomous dynamical system of equations for this interacting model with the assumption that the dark energy and the dark matter are interact between them and for that we also choose the interaction term. We convert that interaction terms to its dimensionless form and perform stability analysis and solve them numerically. We obtain a stable scaling solution of the equations in Kaluza-Klein model and graphically represent solutions.
description: 11 pages, 13 figures
The Solar Neighborhood XXVIII: The Multiplicity Fraction of Nearby Stars from 5 to 70 AU and the Brown Dwarf Desert Around M Dwarfs
Creators: name: Dieterich, Sergio B.
name: Henry, Todd J.
name: Golimowski, David A.
name: Krist, John E.
name: Tanner, Angelle M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on our analysis of HST/NICMOS snapshot high resolution images of 255 stars in 201 systems within ~10 parsecs of the Sun. Photometry was obtained through filters F110W, F180M, F207M, and F222M using NICMOS Camera 2. These filters were selected to permit clear identification of cool brown dwarfs through methane contrast imaging. With a plate scale of 76 mas/pixel, NICMOS can easily resolve binaries with sub-arcsecond separations in the 19".5x19".5 field of view. We previously reported five companions to nearby M and L dwarfs from this search. No new companions were discovered during the second phase of data analysis presented here, confirming that stellar/substellar binaries are rare. We establish magnitude and separation limits for which companions can be ruled out for each star in the sample, and then perform a comprehensive sensitivity and completeness analysis for the subsample of 138 M dwarfs in 126 systems. We calculate a multiplicity fraction of 0.0{-0.0}^{+3.5}% for L companions to M dwarfs in the separation range of 5 to 70 AU, and 2.3_{-0.7}^{+5.0}% for L and T companions to M dwarfs in the separation range of 10 to 70 AU. We also discuss trends in the color-magnitude diagrams using various color combinations and present astrometry for 19 multiple systems in our sample. Considering these results and results from several other studies, we argue that the so-called "brown dwarf desert" extends to binary systems with low mass primaries and is largely independent of primary mass, mass ratio, and separations. While focusing on companion properties, we discuss how the qualitative agreement between observed companion mass functions and initial mass functions suggests that the paucity of brown dwarfs in either population may be due to a common cause and not due to binary formation mechanisms.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal
Pursuing a novel adjuvant therapy for preeclampsia
Creators: name: LANGSTON-COX, ANNIE GEORGINA
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 321502
subject: Obstetrics and gynaecology

description: Preeclampsia is a devastating disease of pregnancy which has not seen major therapeutic developments in over 50 years. Here, research is presented exploring sulforaphane, a natural antioxidant, as a potential therapy for preeclampsia. This translational research spanned laboratory and clinical studies, including cellular and subcellular experiments in the placenta, exploring effects on mitochondria. The effects of sulforaphane of maternal blood vessels were established using ex-vivo vascular methods. Finally, the laboratory findings informed pharmacokinetic dosing studies in non-pregnant and pregnant women. The overarching aim of this thesis is to contribute to improved outcomes for pregnant women with preeclampsia and their babies.
Studies on the Effects of Hypoxia and Creatine Availability on Mitochondrial Dynamics During Pregnancy
Creators: name: MUCCINI, ANNA MARIA
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 321502
subject: Obstetrics and gynaecology

description: Throughout gestation, the constant supply of oxygen and nutrients support fetal growth and development. Placental insufficiencies or intrapartum complications can compromise this oxygen supply and have catastrophic consequences on what was otherwise a healthy pregnancy. At a cellular level, multi-organ injury develops due to mitochondrial dysfunction. Creatine is an essential dietary metabolite and a cellular energy buffer with the potential to sustain mitochondrial health and prevent the adverse outcomes of these pregnancy complications. The primary focus of this thesis was to assess whether creatine supplementation mediates protection by supporting mitochondrial dynamics in the placenta and the fetus.
Tidal deformations of neutron stars: The role of stratification and elasticity
Creators: name: Penner, A. J.
name: Andersson, N.
name: Samuelsson, L.
name: Hawke, I.
name: Jones, D. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the response of neutron stars to the tidal interaction in a compact binary system, as encoded in the Love number associated with the induced deformation. This problem is of interest for gravitational-wave astronomy as there may be a detectable imprint on the signal from the late stages of binary coalescence. Previous work has focussed on simple barotropic neutron star models, providing an understanding of the role of the stellar compactness and overall density profile. We add realism to the discussion by developing the framework required to model stars with varying composition and an elastic crust. These effects are not expected to be significant for the next generation of detectors but it is nevertheless useful to be able to quantify them. Our results show that (perhaps surprisingly) internal stratification has no impact whatsoever on the Love number. We also show that crust elasticity provides a (predictably) small correction to existing models.
description: 16 pages, RevTeX, 3 eps figures
On the interaction of a single-photon wave packet with an excited atom
Creators: name: Elyutin, P. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The interaction of a single-photon wave packet with an initially excited two-level atom in free space is studied in semiclassical and quantum approaches. It is shown that the final state of the field does not contain doubly occupied modes. The process of the atom's transition to the ground state may be accelerated, decelerated or even reversed by the incoming photon, depending on parameters. The spectrum of emitted radiation is close to the sum of the spectrum of the incoming single-photon wave packet and the natural line shape, with small and complicated deviations.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures
A high performance scientific cloud computing environment for materials simulations
Creators: name: Jorissen, Kevin
name: Vila, Fernando D.
name: Rehr, John J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We describe the development of a scientific cloud computing (SCC) platform that offers high performance computation capability. The platform consists of a scientific virtual machine prototype containing a UNIX operating system and several materials science codes, together with essential interface tools (an SCC toolset) that offers functionality comparable to local compute clusters. In particular, our SCC toolset provides automatic creation of virtual clusters for parallel computing, including tools for execution and monitoring performance, as well as efficient I/O utilities that enable seamless connections to and from the cloud. Our SCC platform is optimized for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). We present benchmarks for prototypical scientific applications and demonstrate performance comparable to local compute clusters. To facilitate code execution and provide user-friendly access, we have also integrated cloud computing capability in a JAVA-based GUI. Our SCC platform may be an alternative to traditional HPC resources for materials science or quantum chemistry applications.
АДСОРБЦИЯ АЗОТСОДЕРЖАЩИХ СОЕДИНЕНИЙ
Creators: name: Газетдинов, Ришат
Publisher: name: ООО Цифра
Year: 2023
Subjects: adsorption
active carbon
nitrobenzene
waste water
адсорбция
активные угли
нитробензол
сточные воды

description: Международный научно-исследовательский журнал, Выпуск 4 (130) 2023
Nano scale phase separation in Au-Ge system on ultra clean Si(100) surfaces
Creators: name: Rath, Ashutosh
name: Dash, J. K.
name: Juluri, R. R.
name: Schowalter, Marco
name: Mueller, Knut
name: Rosenauer, A.
name: Satyam, P. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the formation of lobe-lobe (bi-lobed) Au-Ge nanostructures under ultra high vacuum (UHV) conditions (\approx 3\times 10^{-10} mbar) on clean Si(100) surfaces. For this study, \approx 2.0 nm thick Au samples were grown on the substrate surface by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Thermal annealing was carried out inside the UHV chamber at temperature \apprx 500°C and following this, nearly square shaped Au_{x}Si_{1-x} nano structures of average length \approx 48 nm were formed. A \approx 2 nm Ge film was further deposited on the above surface while the substrate was kept at a temperature of \approx 500°C. Well ordered Au-Ge nanostructures where Au and Ge residing side by side (lobe-lobe structures) were formed. In our systematic studies, we show that, gold-silicide nanoalloy formation at the substrate (Si) surface is necessary for forming phase separated Au-Ge bilobed nanostructures. Electron microscopy (TEM, STEM-EDS, SEM) studies were carried out to determine the structure of Au - Ge nano systems. Rutherford backscattering Spectrometry measurements show gold inter-diffusion into substrate while it is absent for Ge.
description: 23 pages, 6 Figures, 1 Table
Cover Crops, Farm Economics, and Policy
Creators: name: Schnitkey, Gary D.
name: Sellars, Sarah C.
name: Gentry, Laura F.
name: Schnitkey, Gary D.
name: Sellars, Sarah C.
name: Gentry, Laura F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Carbon sequestration
subject: Cover crops
subject: Crop insurance
subject: Farm economics
subject: Nitrogen management
subject: Risk

description: Cover crops have many environmental benefits. For example, cover crops can significantly reduce nitrate and phosphorus leaching from agricultural fields by scavenging residual nutrients, storing them in the soil, and making them available for future crops. Moreover, cover crops provide significant soil health benefits, including building organic matter over time and reducing erosion of topsoil. Cover crops have potential to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as soil carbon, building high quality soil organic matter over time (Lal et al. 1998). Yet, farmers often do not receive enough benefits to warrant planting cover crops, particularly when they have no prior experience with managing cover crops. Therefore, public policies supporting cover crop use may be justified given their public benefit. Herein, we will discuss methods to provide public support for cover crops, including direct subsidies for planting cover crops and providing insurance benefits for cover crops. Overall, direct subsidies likely are the most efficient ways of providing support and may only need to be temporary as individuals gain experience with cover crops.
Euthalia monbeigi Oberthur 1907
Creators: name: Huang, Si-Yao
name: Xu, Yong-Qiang
name: Lu, Di
name: Lu, Fei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae
Euthalia
Euthalia monbeigi

description: Euthalia monbeigi Oberthür, 1907:
Syntype (Fig. 6): male, handwritten label “alpherakyi var. | Monbeigi. Obthr. | type d. la Description.” / printed label “B.M.(N.H.) | Rhopalocera Slide No. 29823” / printed label “Thibet | Tsekou | R.P.Dubernard” / printed round label with red ring “Type” / printed label “BMNH(E) #310508” / printed label “BMNH(E) #807824 / print institutional label with QR-code “ NHMUK010291904 ” (NHMUK); 1 female, Tse Kou, R.P.Dubernard, 1895, NHMUK010291893 (NHMUK); 1 male, Tse Kou, R.P.Dubernard, 1898, Rhopalocera Slide No. 29836, NHMUK010291892 (NHMUK); 1 male, 2. VI.2013, Cizhong Village, Deqin County, Yunnan Province, China, leg. Zhong-hua Zheng, genitalia dissection No.DQEU1 (CHH).
description: Published as part of Huang, Si-Yao, Xu, Yong-Qiang, Lu, Di & Lu, Fei, 2025, Taxonomic notes on certain species in the subgenus Limbusa Moore of the genus Euthalia Hübner (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae, Limenitinae) from China and adjacent countries, pp. 386-400 in Zootaxa 5613 (2) on page 387, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.12, http://zenodo.org/record/15216377
Long-Term Effects of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells as a Treatment for Neonatal Brain Injury
Creators: name: PENNY, TAYLA ROSE
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 321502
subject: Obstetrics and gynaecology
classificationCode: 320606
subject: Regenerative medicine (incl. stem cells)
classificationCode: 321399
subject: Paediatrics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 320999
subject: Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

description: Newborn babies that are deprived of oxygen at birth are at risk of suffering brain injury, which can lead to cerebral palsy. In this thesis I used a rodent model to examine the potential of umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells to reduce this brain injury. Results from these studies show that giving multiple doses of UCB shortly after birth protects the brain from injury, and reduces long-term behavioural deficits, which are often apparent in children with cerebral palsy. These findings support the use of UCB as a therapy to protect vulnerable babies from long-term neurological deficits.
Ventilation-Induced Brain Injury in Preterm Neonates: Mechanisms and Potential Therapies
Creators: name: CHAN, YAN YEE KYRA
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: classificationCode: 310908
subject: Animal physiology - biophysics
classificationCode: 310909
subject: Animal physiology - cell
classificationCode: 310910
subject: Animal physiology - systems
classificationCode: 320606
subject: Regenerative medicine (incl. stem cells)
classificationCode: 321399
subject: Paediatrics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 320999
subject: Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

description: Premature babies often have trouble breathing at birth. Supporting breathing with mechanical ventilation is lifesaving but unfortunately can injure their immature brains. I aimed to understand brain injury from ventilation immediately at birth and within the neonatal intensive care unit (hours to days after birth), using fetal sheep models. I investigated how ventilation in the delivery room affects the brain and if umbilical cord blood cells are a potential therapy. I also examined what brain changes can be detected after prolonged ventilation. My findings will aid development of interventions to benefit our tiniest babies who need help breathing.
The origin of the late rebrightening in GRB 080503
Creators: name: Hascoët, R.
name: Daigne, F.
name: Mochkovitch, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: GRB 080503, detected by Swift, belongs to the class of bursts whose prompt phase consists of an initial short spike followed by a longer soft tail. It did not show any transition to a regular afterglow at the end of the prompt emission but exhibited a surprising rebrightening after one day. We aim to explain this rebrightening with two different scenarios - refreshed shocks or a density clump in the circumburst medium - and two models for the origin of the afterglow, the standard one where it comes from the forward shock, and an alternative one where it results from a long-lived reverse shock. We computed afterglow light curves either using a single-zone approximation for the shocked region or a detailed multizone method that more accurately accounts for the compression of the material. We find that in several of the considered cases the detailed model must be used to obtain a reliable description of the shock dynamics. The density clump scenario is not favored. We confirm previous results that the presence of the clump has little effect on the forward shock emission, except if the microphysics parameters evolve when the shock enters the clump. Moreover, we find that the rebrightening from the reverse shock is also too weak when it is calculated with the multi-zone method. On the other hand, in the refreshed-shock scenario both the forward and reverse shock models provide satisfactory fits of the data under some additional conditions on the distribution of the Lorentz factor in the ejecta and the beaming angle of the relativistic outflow.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Correlated percolation and tricriticality
Creators: name: Cao, L.
name: Schwarz, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent proliferation of correlated percolation models---models where the addition of edges/vertices is no longer independent of other edges/vertices---has been motivated by the quest to find discontinuous percolation transitions. The leader in this proliferation is what is known as explosive percolation. A recent proof demonstrates that a large class of explosive percolation-type models does not, in fact, exhibit a discontinuous transition[O. Riordan and L. Warnke, Science, {\bf 333}, 322 (2011)]. We, on the other hand, discuss several correlated percolation models, the $k$-core model on random graphs, and the spiral and counter-balance models in two-dimensions, all exhibiting discontinuous transitions in an effort to identify the needed ingredients for such a transition. We then construct mixtures of these models to interpolate between a continuous transition and a discontinuous transition to search for a tricritical point. Using a powerful rate equation approach, we demonstrate that a mixture of $k=2$-core and $k=3$-core vertices on the random graph exhibits a tricritical point. However, for a mixture of $k$-core and counter-balance vertices, heuristic arguments and numerics suggest that there is a line of continuous transitions as the fraction of counter-balance vertices is increased from zero with the line ending at a discontinuous transition only when all vertices are counter-balance. Our results may have potential implications for glassy systems and a recent experiment on shearing a system of frictional particles to induce what is known as jamming.
Defining the role and impact of the clinician in the early medical device innovation process using early health technology assessment- An action research-based approach
Creators: name: M, VINAYAK SMITH M
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: classificationCode: 321502
subject: Obstetrics and gynaecology
classificationCode: 400308
subject: Medical devices
classificationCode: 350307
subject: Technology management
classificationCode: 350705
subject: Innovation management

description: The clinician’s function in early health technology assessment (EHTA) is one which is unclear in terms of their role; their interactions with the process; and their subsequent impact on medical device innovation process (MDI) through participation. Using action research, these roles were clarified and a framework was developed for clinician participation during EHTA. These findings were then utilised in 3 different case-studies, which demonstrated the ability to the framework to be applied, individualised and inform on the clinical, technical and commercial aspects of the venture. Resultantly, this was shown to improve clinician direction, participation and impact during the MDI.
Актуальность интегративной криминологической характеристики осужденных за терроризм в профессиональной подготовке пенитенциарных психологов
Creators: name: Бочкина, Елена
Publisher: name: ООО Цифра
Year: 2023
Subjects: training of psychologists
integrative criminological characteristic
penitentiary psychologists
persons convicted of terrorism
psychological correction
penitentiary system
подготовка психологов
интегративная криминологическая характеристика
пенитенциарные психологи
лица
осужденные за терроризм
психокоррекция
уголовно-исполнительная система

description: Международный научно-исследовательский журнал, Выпуск 4 (130) 2023
Anisotropic in-plane optical conductivity in detwinned Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2
Creators: name: Lucarelli, A.
name: Dusza, A.
name: Sanna, A.
name: Massidda, S.
name: Chu, J. -H.
name: Fisher, I. R.
name: Degiorgi, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the anisotropic in-plane optical conductivity of detwinned Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 single crystals for x=0, 2.5% and 4.5% in a broad energy range (3 meV-5 eV) across their structural and magnetic transitions. For temperatures below the Neel transition, the topology of the reconstructed Fermi surface, combined with the distinct behavior of the scattering rates, determines the anisotropy of the low frequency optical response. For the itinerant charge carriers, we are able to disentangle the evolution of the Drude weights and scattering rates and to observe their enhancement along the orthorhombic antiferromagnetic a-axis with respect to the ferromagnetic b-axis. For temperatures above Ts, uniaxial stress leads to a finite in-plane anisotropy. The anisotropy of the optical conductivity, leading to a significant dichroism, extends to high frequencies in the mid- and near-infrared regions. The temperature dependence of the dichroism at all dopings scales with the anisotropy ratio of the dc conductivity, suggesting the electronic nature of the structural transition. Our findings bear testimony to a large nematic susceptibility that couples very effectively to the uniaxial lattice strain. In order to clarify the subtle interplay of magnetism and Fermi surface topology we compare our results with theoretical calculations obtained from density functional theory within the full-potential linear augmented plane-wave method.
description: 17 pages, 9 figures
Effects of ageing on the DNA repair capacity of the oocyte and its relationship to sperm DNA damage and reproductive outcomes
Creators: name: FABRIZZIO ENRIQUE HORTA NUNEZ
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60803 Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 111404 Reproduction
subject: FOS: Medical biotechnology
subject: 111499 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: This thesis examines the effect of ageing on the DNA repair capacity of oocytes by studying the expression of oocyte DNA repair genes and DNA damage response (DDR) in an in vitro fertilisation (IVF) experimental model using controlled levels of sperm DNA damage. It also examined the effect of male and female age on the clinical outcomes of couples presenting with idiopathic infertility at an IVF clinic. The current findings suggests that ageing results in a diminished oocyte DNA repair capacity to amend DNA damage or paternal origin. In the clinical setting, this thesis also showed that male ageing is negatively associated with the clinical outcomes of ARTs in couples with idiopathic infertility independent of female age.
The structure of decomposition of a triconnected graph
Creators: name: Karpov, Dmitri
name: Pastor, Alexey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C40

description: We describe the structure of triconnected graph with the help of its decomposition by 3-cutsets. We divide all 3-cutsets of a triconnected graph into rather small groups with a simple structure, named complexes. The detailed description of all complexes is presented. Moreover, we prove that the structure of a hypertree could be introduced on the set of all complexes. This structure gives us a complete description of the relative disposition of the complexes. Keywords: connectivity, triconneted graphs.
description: 49 pages, 8 figures. Russian version published in Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI v.391 (2011), http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/znsl/2011/v391/abs090.html
Investigating Pre and Post-Natal Therapies in the Altered Cardiovascular System of Fetal Growth Restricted Lambs
Creators: name: ISHMAEL MIGUEL INOCENCIO
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 111401 Foetal Development and Medicine
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Babies developing inside the womb require oxygen and nutrients to grow. When these factors are limited, fetal growth and the development is impaired. At birth FGR infants are smaller, sicker and have lifelong complications. Efforts to treat growth restriction before birth and after delivery have currently been unsuccessful. My PhD has investigated the cardiovascular differences between the FGR and normal baby, aiming to understand the differences in their physiology and how we can use this information to guide the application of therapies both before and after birth.
Fetal therapies and improved perinatal stabilisation to prevent pulmonary hypertension in infants with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Creators: name: Kashyap, Aidan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111401 Foetal Development and Medicine
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) have small, abnormal lungs and face difficulties breathing after birth. This thesis examines the detrimental effects that CDH has on blood flow through the lungs during the transition from fetal to neonatal life. It identifies therapies to enhance blood flow by improving the way blood vessels develop before birth or providing greater stability during the transitional period at birth. By allowing more blood to flow through the lungs and hence deliver oxygen to vital organs, these fetal and neonatal therapies may help babies with CDH, and their parents, to breathe a little easier.
Strengthening weak signals. Towards improved patient safety with better use of routine data.
Creators: name: BENJAMIN MICHAEL NOWOTNY
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Medicine

description: Healthcare associated harm is an unfortunate and often preventable by-product of healthcare. All too often these harms only come to light following critical health service safety failures, the likes of which attract significant government and media attention. This thesis examines how we can better monitor health system safety using data that is already being collected. The outcome of this work is a model for the sharing and integration of patient safety and clinical risk data from a variety of sources. Taken together, these data can be applied to detect health services at risk of safety failures before large-scale harms occur.
Preclinical Evaluation of Cell-based Tissue Engineering Constructs in Animal Models of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Creators: name: STUART JAMES EMMERSON
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: This thesis examined the effectiveness of combining stem cells with synthetic mesh to treat Pelvic Organ Prolapse. It identifies the effect of multiple child births on the anatomical composition of the vaginal wall, a new two-step method of inserting stem cell-seeded mesh into the vaginal wall and it refines an ovine animal vaginal surgery model to more closely match the human condition.