cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Scoparia bicornuta Leger 2024, sp. n.
Creators: name: Léger, Théo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Scoparia
Scoparia bicornuta

description: Scoparia bicornuta Léger, sp. n.
https://zoobank.org/A1CB240B-E577-4C8E-A4B0-B25502A2B202
Figs. 11, 67, 126.
MATERIAL
Holotype: ♂ (specimen identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_932371, DNA voucher MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL01-F08, genitalia on slide TL973♂; BOLD sample ID PYPHI052-21, Genbank Accession Number PP196741): PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Mountain Province, Chatol, 2100 m (K. Ebert, W. Mey, M. Nuss). Deposited in MfN.
Paratypes: 1 ♂ (specimen identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_ade9e9), 6 ♀ (specimen identifiers coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_8052f1, 6a8603, 3272b2, 1f46b8, 5c625, d684f0) (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/ dryad.b8gtht7mh).
Other specimens examined: 1 ♂, 5 ♀, 3 unsexed (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/ dryad.b8gtht7mh).
SIMILAR SPECIES
Scoparia noacki Nuss, 2002.
DIAGNOSIS
This species is similar to Scoparia noacki, with which it shares the same MOTU. It can be separated from S. noacki by examination of the habitus: Scoparia bicornuta sp. n. has greyish forewings with scattered white scales while S. noacki has dull brown forewings. In male genitalia, the vesica of S. bicornuta sp. n. bears two cornuti, while only one cornutus is found in S. noacki (7 male specimens examined). Female genitalia are identical to Scoparia noacki.
HABITUS (FIG. 11)
Forewing length 6 mm (n = 2), ground color brown, with white markings. Antemedian band speckled with copper scales, edged basally and distally with marked white lines. Median area with scattered white scales; median discoidal stigma dark brown, X-shaped, costally and dorsally abutted with copper scales. Postmedian and subterminal lines white, unevenly marked, together forming X shape. Margin with six marked white spots. Fringes brownish. Hindwing dirty white, with apex pale brown.
MALE GENITALIA (FIG. 67)
As in S. noacki except for the vesica that bears two cornuti.
FEMALE GENITALIA (FIG.126)
As in S. noacki.
DISTRIBUTION
PHILIPPINES: Luzon (Mountain Province). Collected at altitudes between 2000 and 2100 m.
DNA BARCODING
This species displays a divergence of 0.7-1.0% to Scoparia noacki and was recovered with the latter species a single MOTU in the species delimitation analysis.
ETYMOLOGY
From the Latin bi -, “two,” and cornutus, a, um, “bearing horns,” refering to the two diagnostic cornuti of the vesica in male genitalia.
description: Published as part of Léger, Théo, 2024, Half of the Diversity Undescribed: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals 32 New Species and a High Cryptic Diversity in the Scopariinae and Crambinae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), pp. 1-93 in Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3 (2) on page 14, DOI: 10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9527, http://zenodo.org/record/15116964
Additional file 6 of Xylitol enhances synthesis of propionate in the colon via cross-feeding of gut microbiota
Creators: name: Xiang, Shasha
name: Ye, Kun
name: Li, Mian
name: Ying, Jian
name: Wang, Huanhuan
name: Han, Jianzhong
name: Shi, Lihua
name: Xiao, Jie
name: Shen, Yubiao
name: Feng, Xiao
name: Bao, Xuan
name: Zheng, Yiqing
name: Ge, Yin
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Liu, Chang
name: Chen, Jie
name: Chen, Yuewen
name: Tian, Shiyi
name: Zhu, Xuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6: Figure S5. Histogram of changes in gas proportions in each segment of the colon (AC, TC, DC presented Ascending Colon, Transverse colon and descending colon. The number means the days for adding xylitol).
Hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase forms oligomeric structures that exhibit optimal DNA unwinding activity in vitro
Creators: name: Harrison, M.K.
name: Tackett, A.J.
name: Lichti, C.F.
name: Raney, K.D.
name: Lichti, C.F.
name: Chen, Y.
name: Jennings, T.A.
name: Jordan, J.B.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Raney, K.D.
name: Sakon, J.
name: Tackett, A.J.
name: Tang, Y.
name: Harrison, M.K.
name: Jennings, T.A.
name: Chen, Y.
name: Sikora, B.
name: Tang, Y.
name: Sakon, J.
name: Sikora, B.
name: Jordan, J.B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: HCV NS3 helicase exhibits activity toward DNA and RNA substrates. The DNA helicase activity of NS3 has been proposed to be optimal when multiple NS3 molecules are bound to the same substrate molecule. NS3 catalyzes little or no measurable DNAunwinding under single cycle conditions in which the concentration of substrate exceeds the concentration of enzyme by 5-fold. However, when NS3 (100 nM) is equimolar with the substrate, a small burst amplitude of ∼8 nM is observed. The burst amplitude increases as the enzyme concentration increases, consistent with the idea that multiple molecules are needed for optimal unwinding. Protein-protein interactions may facilitate optimal activity, so the oligomeric properties of the enzyme were investigated. Chemical cross-linking indicates that full-length NS3 forms higher order oligomers much more readily than the NS3 helicase domain. Dynamic light scattering indicates that full-length NS3 exists as an oligomer, whereas NS3 helicase domain exists in a monomeric form in solution. Size exclusion chromatography also indicates that full-length NS3 behaves as an oligomer in solution, whereas the NS3 helicase domain behaves as a monomer. When NS3 was passed through a small pore filter capable of removing protein aggregates, greater than 95% of the protein and the DNA unwinding activity was removed from solution. In contrast, only ∼10% of NS3 helicase domain and ∼20% of the associated DNA unwinding activity was removed from solution after passage through the small pore filter. The results indicate that the optimally active form of fulllength NS3 is part of an oligomeric species in vitro.
PR - Disinvestment Behaviour Of Agricultural Entrepreneurs: Experimental Results (p380-387)
Creators: name: Maart, Syster Christin
name: MuÃŸhoff, Oliver
name: Odening, Martin
name: Sandri, Serena
name: Schade, Christian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Disinvestment
subject: Real Options
subject: Experimental Economics

description: Agrarian structures are often characterized by some kind of economic inertia. It is particularly puzzling why unprofitable farms persist over time instead of being sold. In this paper we analyze the exit decision of farmers using the real options approach. The validity of the real options theory is assessed by means of laboratory experiments. Our results show that real options models are able to predict actual disinvestment decisions better than traditional investment theory. Nevertheless, the observed disinvestment reluctance was even more pronounced as predicted by real options theory.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Production, Bioassay, and partial purification of erogens from Tremelia mesenterica Fr
Creators: name: Reid, Ian Duncan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A defined medium containing glucose, ammonium sulphate, thiamine, salts and microelements supports good growth of Tremella mesenterica Fr. 2259-7. A high concentration of microelements selectively slows growth in media containing amino acids. L- asparagine causes slow and abnormal growth. Conjugation hormones secreted by haploid cells of each mating type of T. mesenter ica induce the growth of conjugation tubes from cells of the other mating type. The conjugation hormones (erogens) from strain 2259-7 can be extracted from, aqueous solution with n-butanol, but not with less polar solvents. They are strongly adsorbed on activated charcoal, and on the polystyrene resin Porapak. The erogens are also adsorbed on both anion and cation exchange resins, partly by non-polar forces and partly by ionic forces. Ultrafiltration indicates that the molecular weight of the erogens is less than 750. Three active materials are separated by chromatography on silica gel columns with a gradient of water in ethanol, and two active components can be separated by thin layer chromatography. A quantitative bioassay for erogen activity has been developed, based on the fraction of cells which produce conjugation tubes. An incubation time of 12 to 18 hours, at 20°C, pH 5-5; and low cell density with a complex nitrogen source is optimal for conjugation tube production. The effect of compositon of the medium on production of erogens in 2259-7 cultures has been studied, and a defined medium giving high hormone yields has been selected. The erogens can be concentrated and partially purified from, cultures by foaming. Attempts to purify the erogens have been hampered by low recoveries of hormone activity. The erogens may be amino acids or short peptides with non-polar side chains.
PR - Strategic Marketing Plan To Promote The Nguni As An Indigenous Beef Breed In South Africa (p488-495)
Creators: name: MarÃ©, F.A.
name: Willemse, B.J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Nguni
subject: cattle breed promotion
subject: marketing plan

description: South Africa is richly endowed with different indigenous cattle breeds which are adapted to the harsh conditions. The breedersâ€™ society of the Nguni, one of the indigenous breeds, decided that they want to promote the breed through the development and implementation of a well-designed marketing plan. To promote a cattle breed it must consist of unique characteristics that can be use in the marketing process. Research has revealed that the Nguniâ€™s unique breed characteristics (including amongst other fertility, feed requirements and temperament) and product characteristics (meat and hides) makes it a competitive and marketable breed in the South African cattle industry. A workshop was held by role players in the Nguni industry and through focus group discussions an implementable marketing plan was designed by using the goal setting methodology. The marketing plan, consisting of five focus areas (Innovative positioning, Breeding policy, Research needed, Promotion and awareness and Strong Institutions), is already implemented in certain areas and runs according to expectations. This successful marketing plan can thus be used as the methodology behind the promotion and marketing of other beef breeds, not only in South Africa but also in the rest of the world.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Picornavirus genome replication: Identification of the surface of the poliovirus (PV) 3C dimer that interacts with PV 3Dpol during VPg uridylylation and construction of a structural model for the PV 3C2-3Dpol complex
Creators: name: Arnold, J.J.
name: Shen, M.
name: Zhao, Y.
name: Reitman, Z.J.
name: Arnold, J.J.
name: Moustafa, I.
name: Shen, M.
name: Pathak, H.B.
name: Reitman, Z.J.
name: Wang, Q.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Moustafa, I.
name: Pathak, H.B.
name: Zhao, Y.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Wang, Q.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Picornaviruses have a peptide termed VPg covalently linked to the 5′-end of the genome. Attachment of VPg to the genome occurs in at least two steps. First, Tyr-3 of VPg, or some precursor thereof, is used as a primer by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, 3Dpol, to produce VPg-pUpU. Second, VPg-pUpU is used as a primer to produce full-length genomic RNA. Production of VPg-pUpU is templated by a single adenylate residue located in the loop of an RNA stem-loop structure termed oriI by using a slide-back mechanism. Recruitment of 3Dpol to and its stability on oriI have been suggested to require an interaction between the back of the thumb subdomain of 3Dpol and an undefined region of the 3C domain of viral protein 3CD. We have performed surface acidic-to-alanine-scanning mutagenesis of 3C to identify the surface of 3C with which 3Dpol interacts. This analysis identified numerous viable poliovirus mutants with reduced growth kinetics that correlated to reduced kinetics of RNA synthesis that was attributable to a change in VPg-pUpU production. Importantly, these 3C derivatives were all capable of binding to oriI as well as wild-type 3C. Synthetic lethality was observed for these mutants when placed in the context of a poliovirus mutant containing 3Dpol-R455A, a residue on the back of the thumb required for VPg uridylylation. These data were used to guide molecular docking of the structures for a poliovirus 3C dimer and 3Dpol, leading to a structural model for the 3C2-3Dpol complex that extrapolates well to all picornaviruses.
Stéphane Van Damme, Les voyageurs du doute. L’invention d’un altermondialisme libertin (1620–1820), Paris (Fayard) 2023
Creators: name: Kolb, Lisa
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Stéphane Van Damme, Les voyageurs du doute. L’invention d’un altermondialisme libertin (1620–1820), Paris (Fayard) 2023, 368 p. (L’épreuve de l’histoire), ISBN 978-2-213-67854-2, EUR 24,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
Structure-function relationships of the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase: Fidelity, replication speed, and initiation mechanism determined by a residue in the ribose-binding pocket
Creators: name: Korneeva, V.S.
name: Korneeva, V.S.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Cameron, C.E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Studies of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) from poliovirus (PV), 3Dpol, have shown that Asn-297 permits this enzyme to distinguish ribose from 2′-deoxyribose. All animal RNA viruses have Asn at the structurally homologous position of their polymerases, suggesting a conserved function for this residue. However, all prokaryotic RNA viruses have Glu at this position. In the presence of Mg2+, the apparent affinity of Glu-297 3Dpol for 2′-deoxyribonucleotides was decreased by 6-fold relative to wild type without a substantial difference in the fidelity of 2′-dNMP incorporation. The fidelity of ribonucleotide misincorporation for Glu-297 3Dpol was reduced by 14-fold relative to wild type. A 4- to 11-fold reduction in the rate of ribonucleotide incorporation was observed. Glu-297 PV was unable to grow in HeLa cells due to a replication defect equivalent to that observed for a mutant PV encoding an inactive polymerase. Evaluation of the protein-(VPg)-primed initiation reaction showed that only half of the Glu-297 3Dpol initiation complexes were capable of producing VPg-pUpU product and that the overall yield of uridylylated VPg products was reduced by 20-fold relative to wild-type enzyme, a circumstance attributable to a reduced affinity for UTP. These studies identify the first RdRp derivative with a mutator phenotype and provide a mechanistic basis for the elevated mutation frequency of RNA phage relative to animal RNA viruses observed in culture. Although protein-primed initiation and RNA-primed elongation complexes employ the same polymerase active site, the functional differences reported here imply significant structural differences between these complexes.
Astrit Schmidt-Burkhardt, Die Chronologiemaschine. Barbeu-Dubourgs Aufbruch in die historiografische Moderne, Berlin (Lukas Verlag) 2022
Creators: name: Fulda, Daniel
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Astrit Schmidt-Burkhardt, Die Chronologiemaschine. Barbeu-Dubourgs Aufbruch in die historiografische Moderne, Berlin (Lukas Verlag) 2022, 256 S., 258 farb. Abb., ISBN 978-3-86732-388-8, EUR 48,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
Number of degrees of freedom of two-dimensional turbulence
Creators: name: Tran, Chuong V.
name: Blackbourn, Luke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive upper bounds for the number of degrees of freedom of two-dimensional Navier--Stokes turbulence freely decaying from a smooth initial vorticity field $ω(x,y,0)=ω_0$. This number, denoted by $N$, is defined as the minimum dimension such that for $n\ge N$, arbitrary $n$-dimensional balls in phase space centred on the solution trajectory $ω(x,y,t)$, for $t>0$, contract under the dynamics of the system linearized about $ω(x,y,t)$. In other words, $N$ is the minimum number of greatest Lyapunov exponents whose sum becomes negative. It is found that $N\le C_1R_e$ when the phase space is endowed with the energy norm, and $N\le C_2R_e(1+\ln R_e)^{1/3}$ when the phase space is endowed with the enstrophy norm. Here $C_1$ and $C_2$ are constant and $R_e$ is the Reynolds number defined in terms of $ω_0$, the system length scale, and the viscosity $ν$. The linear (or nearly linear) dependence of $N$ on $R_e$ is consistent with the estimate for the number of active modes deduced from a recent mathematical bound for the viscous dissipation wave number. This result is in a sharp contrast to the forced case, for which well-known estimates for the Hausdorff dimension $D_H$ of the global attractor scale highly superlinearly with $ν^{-1}$. We argue that the "extra" dependence of $D_H$ on $ν^{-1}$ is not an intrinsic property of the turbulent dynamics. Rather, it is a "removable artifact," brought about by the use of a time-independent forcing as a model for energy and enstrophy injection that drives the turbulence.
description: 7 journal pages, to appear in PRE
PR - Should Maize Farmers Consider A Long Term Feedlot In Response To Low Maize Prices: The Case Of The South African Market (p287-296)
Creators: name: MarÃ©, F.A.
name: Willemse, B.J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Maize price
subject: beef feedlot
subject: profitability

description: The decrease in South African maize prices has led to a situation where producers are facing problems to cover their input costs. The meat sector came up as an alternative and maize producers begin to explore the possibility of marketing their maize through cattle to increase the value of their crop. A feedlot simulating model is used to run different price scenarios and the conclusion is that a feedlot can be profitable and that the value of the maize can be increased at average market prices. It was further found that small changes in input prices (weaner price, carcass price, maize price etc.) have a large influence on the profitability of a feedlot. Future scenarios, using estimated input prices, indicate that the outlook for an on farm beef feedlot is positive and that it may justify the initial investment cost of the feedlot. Maize producers can therefore consider a long term feedlot as a marketing alternative for their maize, but careful planning, good price estimates and superb management are essential for the success of such an enterprise. The vertical expansion of the farm through a feedlot not only adds value to the produced maize, but it also eliminates maize transport costs and spread the risks of the farm.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Picornavirus genome replication: Assembly and organization of the VPg uridylylation ribonucleoprotein (initiation) complex
Creators: name: Hargittai, M.R.S.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Arnold, J.J.
name: Hargittai, M.R.S.
name: Wiegand, P.N.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Pathak, H.B.
name: Pathak, H.B.
name: Wiegand, P.N.
name: Arnold, J.J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: All picornaviruses have a protein, VPg, covalently linked to the 5′-ends of their genomes. Uridylylated VPg (VPg-pUpU) is thought to serve as the protein primer for RNA synthesis. VPg-pUpU can be produced in vitro by the viral polymerase, 3Dpol, in a reaction in which a single adenylate residue of a stem-loop structure, termed oriI, templates processive incorporation of UMP into VPg by using a "slide-back" mechanism. This reaction is greatly stimulated by viral precursor protein 3CD or its processed derivative, 3C; both contain RNA-binding and protease activities. We show that the 3C domain encodes specificity for oriI, and the 3D domain enhances the overall affinity for oriI. Thus, 3C(D) stimulation exhibits an RNA length dependence. By using a minimal system to evaluate the mechanism of VPg uridylylation, we show that the active complex contains polymerase, oriI, and 3C(D) at stoichiometry of 1:1:2. Dimerization of 3C(D) is supported by physical and structural data. Polymerase recruitment to and retention in this complex require a protein-protein interaction between the polymerase and 3C(D). Physical and functional data for this interaction are provided for three picornaviruses. VPg association with this complex is weak, suggesting that formation of a complex containing all necessary components of the reaction is rate-limiting for the reaction. We suggest that assembly of this complex in vivo would be facilitated by use of precursor proteins instead of processed proteins. These data provide a glimpse into the organization of the ribonucleoprotein complex that catalyzes this key step in picornavirus genome replication. © 2007 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
David D. Reitsam, La Querelle d’Homère dans la presse des Lumières. L’exemple du »Nouveau Mercure galant«, Tübingen (Gunter Narr Verlag) 2021
Creators: name: Saada, Anne
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: David D. Reitsam, La Querelle d’Homère dans la presse des Lumières. L’exemple du »Nouveau Mercure galant«, Tübingen (Gunter Narr Verlag) 2021, 470 S. (Biblio 17, 225), ISBN 978-3-8233-8479-3, EUR 88,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
Hydrogen ion mobility in normal and heavy water solutions of electrolytes
Creators: name: Northey, HL
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Proton and deuteron mobility in normal and heavy water solutions of some alkali halides and tetraalkylammonium bromides has been measured polarographically, and the diffusion coefficients of the proton and deuteron calculated using a corrected form of the Ilkovic equation. The value of the constant in the correction factor of the equation was found to be 17, in agreement with other experimental and theoretical work. In all cases, proton and deuteron diffusion was retarded as concentration of supporting electrolyte increased. This was also found to occur when cadmium ion diffusion was measured in some nitrate solutions. The main difference was the rapid decrease for hydrogen and deuterium ion diffusion in the 0 - 1 m concentration range. The similarity of both diffusion current and half-wave potential vs. concentration plots for hydrogen and cadmium ions at higher concentrations seemed. to point to a complete reduction of any abnormal diffusion mechanism for the hydrogen ion, in agreement with the conclusions drawn by some other workers. When, however, results were analysed in terms of the effect of electrolyte concentration on the excess or Grotthuss mobility of the hydrogen and deuterium ions, it was found that some of the Grotthuss component was present even up to concentrations of supporting electrolyte of about 4 m. These results also raise some questions about the accepted mechanism for the transport of normal and heavy hydrogen ions in electrolyte solutions. It appears that it is the field-induced orientation of water molecules or hydrogen ions that is the rate determining step in proton and deuteron transport. This exceeds the rate of thermal orientation, is slower than proton or deuteron tunnelling and has been justified theoretically. The thermal orientation of water molecules appears to be no guide to the field-induced orientation in the presence of electrolytes. The lower diffusion currents in heavy water solutions are attributed to the more extensive deuterium bonding as compared with the hydrogen bonding in normal water. The greater reduction of proton and deuteron diffusion in solutions of electrolytes considered to be structure-makers is, therefore, in agreement with this. Energy of activation measurements support generally the above conclusions. When hydrogen ion diffusion coefficients obtained in this study were compared with literature values there appeared some discrepancies, but some values agreed with present ones. It is thought that diffusion through a glass diaphragm cell may not give reliable results for the hydrogen ion because water structure becomes modified when water moves through very fine glass capillaries or pores, and this would affect the abnormal Grotthuss component of mobility.
Volker Reinhardt, Montaigne. Philosophie in Zeiten des Krieges, München (C. H. Beck) 2023
Creators: name: Dooley, Brendan
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Volker Reinhardt, Montaigne. Philosophie in Zeiten des Krieges, München (C. H. Beck) 2023, 330 S., 23 Abb., ISBN 978-3-406-79741-5, EUR 29,90.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
Non-resonant wave front reversal of spin waves used for microwave signal processing
Creators: name: Vasyuchka, V. I.
name: Melkov, G. A.
name: Slavin, A. N.
name: Chumak, A. V.
name: Moiseienko, V. A.
name: Hillebrands, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is demonstrated that non-resonant wave front reversal (WFR) of spin-wave pulses caused by pulsed parametric pumping can be effectively used for microwave signal processing. When the frequency band of signal amplification by pumping is narrower than the spectral width of the signal, the non-resonant WFR can be used for the analysis of the signal spectrum. In the opposite case the non-resonant WFR can be used for active (with amplification) filtering of the input signal.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
PR - Understanding Innovation In A Dynamic Agricultural Business Environment: A Multivariate Approach (p513-522)
Creators: name: May, Daniel E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Networks
subject: Innovation
subject: Dynamic Business Environments

description: Some researchers have found that farmersâ€™ participation in social and commercial networks is an important driver of innovation in rural areas. The present article extends this traditional research with the objective of determining whether this result also holds in turbulent market conditions (i.e. dynamic business environments) caused by policy reforms. A probit analysis based on a proposed model of innovation revealed that in these environments, variables other than network participation (e.g. psychological variables) are involved in farmersâ€™ capacity to innovate.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Amagermanden mellem selvrepræsentation og fremmedrepræsentation
Creators: name: Riise, Rasmus Rindom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: amagermanden
subject: amager attacker
subject: visual culture
subject: https://artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/visualculture/

description: In this master's thesis the visual images by the public media of the so-called

serial criminal »the Amager Attacker« will be studied. The purpose of the

study is to illustrate the power, which the media possesses when representing

people in public, but also to illustrate the power resistance, which appears at

the same time in these representations.

The two representation concepts, self-representation and alienated representation,

by the Danish media- and visual culture researcher, Mette Mortensen, will be

used to examine the power of the media as well as the power resistance of the

Amager Attacker in the visual images.

The self-representation confirms the Amager Attack as an individual, the

alienated representation shows the Amager Attack as »the other«. The focus in

these two concepts will reveal a tension field, a metaphorical tug-of-war,

between the Amager Attacker and the public media to control these

representations.

The empirical data in the thesis consist of photographs as well as courtroom

sketches, so the process of production will affect the authenticity of the two

types of visual images. That is why, the theories of the two semiotic

researchers Charles Sanders Peirce and Roland Barthes has become relevant.

Their theories are used to describe the different processes of meaning of

photographs and drawings.

The empirical data is classified into three different groups based on the

contexts where the visual images appeared. These groups are called: Group 1:

Photographs from outside the Department of Forensic Medicine, Group 2: Private

photographs and Group 3: Courtroom sketches.

The analysis takes two photographs from Group 1 and 2, respectively, and

two courtroom sketches from Group 3 as its starting point.
Andreas Pečar, Marianne Taatz-Jacobi, Die Universität Halle und der Berliner Hof (1691–1740). Eine höfisch-akademische Beziehungsgeschichte, Stuttgart (Franz Steiner Verlag) 2021
Creators: name: Saada, Anne
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Andreas Pečar, Marianne Taatz-Jacobi, Die Universität Halle und der Berliner Hof (1691–1740). Eine höfisch-akademische Beziehungsgeschichte, Stuttgart (Franz Steiner Verlag) 2021, 351 S. (Wissenschaftskulturen. Reihe III: Pallas Athene, 55), ISBN 978-3-515-12910-7, EUR 68,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
On the non-Archimedean metric Mahler measure
Creators: name: Fili, Paul
name: Samuels, Charles L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11R04, 11R09 (Primary)

description: Recently, Dubickas and Smyth constructed and examined the metric Mahler measure and the metric naïve height on the multiplicative group of algebraic numbers. We give a non-Archimedean version of the metric Mahler measure, denoted $M_\infty$, and prove that $M_\infty(α) = 1$ if and only if $α$ is a root of unity. We further show that $M_\infty$ defines a projective height on $\bar{\mathbb Q}^\times/ \bar{\mathbb Q}^\times_\mathrm{tors}$ as a vector space over $\mathbb Q$. Finally, we demonstrate how to compute $M_\infty(α)$ when $α$ is a surd.
Musée d’Histoire de Marseille (dir.), Marseille en temps de peste 1720–1722. Exposition du 8 octobre 2021 au 30 janvier 2022, Gand (Snoeck) 2022
Creators: name: Busch, Thorsten
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Musée d’Histoire de Marseille, Marseille en temps de peste 1720–1722, Exposition du 8 octobre 2021 au 30 janvier 2022, Gand (Snoeck) 2022, 272 p., ISBN 978-94-6161-709-5, EUR 30,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
Schreier graphs: transitivity and coverings
Creators: name: Leemann, Paul-Henry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We give a characterization of isomorphisms between Schreier graphs in terms of the groups, subgroups and generating systems. This characterization may be thought as a graph analog of Mostow's rigidity theorem for hyperbolic manifolds. This allows us to give a transitivity criterion for Schreier graphs. Finally, we show that Tarski monsters satisfy a strong simplicity criterion.
description: 24 pages, 6 figures
Harmonic polynomials and tangent measures of harmonic measure
Creators: name: Badger, Matthew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 28A33, 31A15, 33C55

description: We show that on an NTA domain if each tangent measure to harmonic measure at a point is a polynomial harmonic measure then the associated polynomials are homogeneous. Geometric information for solutions of a two-phase free boundary problem studied by Kenig and Toro is derived.
description: 23 pages, 1 figure
PR - Exploring And Improving Farmer Health Across Victoria - A Response To Drought (p224-234)
Creators: name: Mercer-Grant, C.
name: Brumby, S.
name: Hatherell, T.
name: Harper, T.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: health
subject: well-being
subject: safety

description: Sustainable Farm Familiesâ„¢ is an initiative of Western District Health Service, Hamilton. Commencing in 2003 the program has been delivered to over 2,300 farming men and women across Australia. The program has proven to be life changing and in some instances life saving for the participants. In July 2007 the program was funded by the Department of Primary of Industries (DPI) to deliver the program to 1,000 farmer participants across Victoria as part of DPIâ€™s drought recovery response. The intended outcomes of this project for DPI were fourfold: - Increase the resilience of farming families to cope and recover through drought from improved physical and mental health and reduced risk of farm accidents, - Increase the capacity of the workforce, - Increase the knowledge of the state of farming health; and - Institutionalise the funding of the program. The Sustainable Farm Familiesâ„¢ (SFF) is a program that seeks to improve the health, well-being and safety of farming families through health assessments and the provision of education to farmers within their own local communities. SFF represents an effective and valuable tool in the assessment, education and empowerment of farm families across various agricultural industries. It also demonstrates that when farmers are provided with information relevant to their health, well-being and safety they consider these factors in both day-to-day and strategic decision making about their farming business. In this paper we will outline in detail the implementation of the Victorian SFFâ„¢ program and show how it has been applied across Victorian rural health services and the way in which it engages across different agricultural sectors.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Barbara Mittler, Thomas Maissen, Pierre Monnet, Chronologics. Periodisation in a Global Context, Heidelberg (Heidelberg University Publishing) 2022
Creators: name: Steiner, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Barbara Mittler, Thomas Maissen, Pierre Monnet, Chronologics. Periodisation in a Global Context, Heidelberg (Heidelberg University Publishing) 2022, 286 p., ISBN 978-3-96822-137-3, EUR 52,90.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
Two proton transfers in the transition state for nucleotidyl transfer catalyzed by RNA- and DNA-dependent RNA and DNA polymerases
Creators: name: Konigsberg, W.
name: Götte, M.
name: Maksimchuk, K.R.
name: Korneeva, V.S.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Smidansky, E.
name: Castro, C.
name: Konigsberg, W.
name: Maksimchuk, K.R.
name: Arnold, J.J.
name: Arnold, J.J.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Smidansky, E.
name: Korneeva, V.S.
name: Götte, M.
name: Castro, C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: The rate-limiting step for nucleotide incorporation in the pre-steady state for most nucleic acid polymerases is thought to be a conformational change. As a result, very little information is available on the role of active-site residues in the chemistry of nucleotidyl transfer. For the poliovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (3Dpol), chemistry is partially (Mg 2+) or completely (Mn2+) rate limiting. Here we show that nucleotidyl transfer depends on two ionizable groups with pKa values of 7.0 or 8.2 and 10.5, depending upon the divalent cation used in the reaction. A solvent deuterium isotope effect of three to seven was observed on the rate constant for nucleotide incorporation in the pre-steady state; none was observed in the steady state. Proton-inventory experiments were consistent with two protons being transferred during the rate-limiting transition state of the reaction, suggesting that both deprotonation of the 3′-hydroxyl nucleophile and protonation of the pyrophosphate leaving group occur in the transition state for phosphodiester bond formation. Importantly, two proton transfers occur in the transition state for nucleotidyl-transfer reactions catalyzed by RB69 DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, T7 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase and HIV reverse transcriptase. Interpretation of these data in the context of known polymerase structures suggests the existence of a general base for deprotonation of the 3′-OH nucleophile, although use of a water molecule cannot be ruled out conclusively, and a general acid for protonation of the pyrophosphate leaving group in all nucleic acid polymerases. These data imply an associative-like transition-state structure. © 2007 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
A Type Theory for Probabilistic and Bayesian Reasoning
Creators: name: Adams, Robin
name: Jacobs, Bart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: F.4.1; G.3; F.3.1

description: This paper introduces a novel type theory and logic for probabilistic reasoning. Its logic is quantitative, with fuzzy predicates. It includes normalisation and conditioning of states. This conditioning uses a key aspect that distinguishes our probabilistic type theory from quantum type theory, namely the bijective correspondence between predicates and side-effect free actions (called instrument, or assert, maps). The paper shows how suitable computation rules can be derived from this predicate-action correspondence, and uses these rules for calculating conditional probabilities in two well-known examples of Bayesian reasoning in (graphical) models. Our type theory may thus form the basis for a mechanisation of Bayesian inference.
description: 38 pages
PR - Assessing Market Orientation And Firm Performance Across Value Disciplines In The Illinois Beef Sector (p453-466)
Creators: name: Micheels, Eric T.
name: Gow, Hamish R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Firm performance
subject: market orientation
subject: value chain

description: Previous research studies have suggested market oriented firms achieve superior performance relative to their peers (Narver and Slater, 1990). Observed performance differences may be attributable to the firmâ€™s ability to clearly define how they provide value to the market (Narver, Slater and Tietje, 1998). Recently, Micheels and Gow (2009) found that highly market oriented and innovative firms are able to more clearly define their value discipline. However, the impact of value discipline clarity on firm performance has not yet been examined. Using a sample of 343 Illinois beef producers, we find that market orientation levels are lowest for operationally excellent producers and highest for customer intimacy producers. Further, we find firm performance to be lowest for firms with an operational excellence value discipline.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Structural and biological identification of residues on the surface of NS3 helicase required for optimal replication of the hepatitis C virus
Creators: name: Sharma, S.D.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Sikora, B.
name: Sikora, B.
name: Lu, J.Z.
name: Sakon, J.
name: Sharma, S.D.
name: Lu, J.Z.
name: Raney, K.D.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Jordan, J.B.
name: Harrison, M.K.
name: Mackintosh, S.G.
name: Raney, K.D.
name: Mackintosh, S.G.
name: Harrison, M.K.
name: Jordan, J.B.
name: Sakon, J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: The hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) is a multifunctional enzyme with serine protease and DEXH/D-box helicase domains. A crystal structure of the NS3 helicase domain (NS3h) was generated in the presence of a single-stranded oligonucleotide long enough to accommodate binding of two molecules of enzyme. Several amino acid residues at the interface of the two NS3h molecules were identified that appear to mediate a proteinprotein interaction between domains 2 and 3 of adjacent molecules. Mutations were introduced into domain 3 to disrupt the putative interface and subsequently examined using an HCV subgenomic replicon, resulting in significant reduction in replication capacity. The mutations in domain 3 were then examined using recombinant NS3h in biochemical assays. The mutant enzyme showed RNA binding and RNA-stimulated ATPase activity that mirrored wild type NS3h. In DNA unwinding assays under single turnover conditions, the mutant NS3h exhibited a similar unwinding rate and only ∼2-fold lower processivity than wild type NS3h. Overall biochemical activities of the mutant NS3h were similar to the wild type enzyme, which was not reflective of the large reduction in HCV replicative capacity observed in the biological experiment. Hence, the biological results suggest that the known biochemical properties associated with the helicase activity of NS3h do not reveal all of the likely biological roles of NS3 during HCV replication. Domain 3 of NS3 is implicated in protein-protein interactions that are necessary for HCV replication. © 2006 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
PR - Understanding Managerial Ability - Critical Factors And Their Improvement (p324-334)
Creators: name: Nuthall, Peter L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Managerial ability
subject: explaining ability
subject: factors in ability

description: Most farm managers primarily use intuition when making decisions with only a few managers formally analysing choices with extensive calculations. Furthermore, an assessment of national survey data shows there is a wide range of profit success and consequently managerial ability providing a rich source of information to assess the reasons for the differences in intuition. The real question is of course determining the conditions and factors which give rise to the development of successful managers with their valuable intuition. It then becomes possible to consider ways of improving ability. Any improvement is beneficial to both the nation and the individuals leading to increased efficiency with much the same resource input. Farmer training programmes are the most likely outcome, but the question is over the form they should take. The research reported in this paper determines these skill factors for a large sample of NZ farmers. The survey sought information on the farmersâ€™ early life right through to their experiences as managers. It also gathered data on their personality, objectives, education and training, experiences as well as other demographic information and both financial and physical output. The information collected was used to develop a structural equation model of managerial ability providing information on the factors creating ability, and their degree of importance. Surprisingly farmers who had a strong desire to â€˜enjoy farming as a way of lifeâ€™ tended to have high ability. The results also showed inherent intelligence was not as important as might be expected contributing some 8% of ability, whereas, in stark contrast, â€˜experienceâ€™ contributed some 67%. Other important factors included â€˜management styleâ€™, an expression of a farmerâ€™s personality in his approach to management, which explained 16% of ability, and interestingly enough, 9% of ability was apportioned to early parental influences. The survey also estimated farmerâ€™s â€˜locus of controlâ€™ being a measure of how much influence a farmer believed he had over outcomes relative to chance factors. This factor was correlated with some of the management style factors and also bore some relation to managerial skill. All these conclusions lead to the methods of improving a farmerâ€™s ability. Clearly enhancing the lessons from experience will be important as they lead to a farmer creating successful intuition. The discussion in the paper explores how both intuition and the influence of the other factors can be improved. As part of this process the attributes of the most successful 30% of the 700 farmer sample were isolated and comparisons made. This data will also be presented.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) is an RNA-binding protein
Creators: name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Sharma, S.D.
name: Hargittai, M.R.S.
name: Raney, K.D.
name: Sharma, S.D.
name: Hargittai, M.R.S.
name: Raney, K.D.
name: Hwang, J.
name: Cameron, C.E.
name: Arnold, J.J.
name: Hwang, J.
name: Huang, L.
name: Arnold, J.J.
name: Chen, Y.
name: Huang, L.
name: Chen, Y.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2005

description: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) has been shown to antagonize numerous cellular pathways, including the antiviral interferon-α response. However, the capacity of this protein to interact with the viral polymerase suggests a more direct role for NS5A in genome replication. In this study, we employed two bacterially expressed, soluble derivatives of NS5A to probe for novel functions of this protein. We find that NS5A has the capacity to bind ! to the 3′-ends of HCV plus and minus strand RNAs. The high affinity binding site for NS5A in the 3′-end of plus strand RNA maps to the polypyrimidine tract, an element known to be essential for genome replication and infectivity. NS5A has a preference for single-stranded RNA containing stretches of uridine or guanosine. Values for the equilibrium dissociation constants for high affinity binding sites were in the 10 nM range. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by Western blotting revealed the presence of unphosphorylated NS5A in Huh-7 cells stably expressing the subgenomic replicon. Moreover, RNA immunoprecipitation and NS5A pull-down experiments showed the capacity of replicon-derived NS5A to bind to synthetic RNA and the HCV genome, respectively. Deletion of all of the casein kinase II phosphorylation sites in NS5A supported stable replication of a subgenomic replicon in Huh-7. However, this derivative could not be labeled with inorganic phosphate, suggesting that extensive phosphorylation of NS5A is not required for the replication functions of NS5A. The discovery that NS5A is an RNA-binding protein defines a new functional target for development of agents to treat HCV infection and a new structural class of RNA-binding proteins. © 2005 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.