cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Time Evolution Study of the Superhumps of the Dwarf Nova 1RXS J232953.9+062814 by Wavelet Transform
Creators: name: Zhou, A. -Y.
name: Qiu, Y. -L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The time evolution behaviour of the superhumps of the dwarf nova 1RXS J232953.9+062814 is investigated with the wavelet analysis method. On the basis of two nights CCD photometry performed during its first superoutburst as well as other published brightness data, we reveal the superhump's time-dependence as a function of periods and time. Our light curves, which phased in the rapid decay ending portion of the superoutburst and in the dawn of a following normal outburst, are important to help trace the superhump evolution for the star. Evident amplitude variations of the superhumps, reflecting the fading of outbursts, are detected. The general profile of brightness fading over the outbursts roughly followed an exponential decay law or a form of a five-order polynomial. Both the superhump period and the orbital period of the binary system are detected in the present data. We obtain P_sh=0.04575(5) d and P_orb=0.04496(5) d. They agree with the existing values based on additional data. The two periods exchanged their roles during the superhump evolution.
description: 7 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysics
Determination of Lead in Urine by Slotted Quartz Tube (SQT) – Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FAAS) Following Preconcentration by Dispersive Liquid Phase Microextraction (DLLME)
Creators: name: Polat, Naci
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: This study was aimed to develop a sensitive and accurate method for the determination of lead in urine. Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) was applied prior to slotted quartz tube – flame atomic absorption spectrometry (SQT-FAAS). Dithizone was employed in generating water-insoluble forms of lead to isolate the analyte in the microextraction. All variables having a direct effect on extraction and instrumental outputs were systematically optimized. The detection limit was 0.5 µg L−1 which indicates a 305-fold enhancement compared to conventional FAAS. The wide linear range is between 2.0 and 250 µg L−1 with a high regression coefficient (0.9998). Urine samples were used in order to examine the practical application of the developed method. The recovery values were between 98.2 and 107.0%.
Violating the Weak Cosmic Censorship Conjecture in Asymptotically Anti-de Sitter Space-Times
Creators: name: Crisford, Toby
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: General Relativity
Cosmic Censorship
Weak Gravity Conjecture
Anti-de Sitter Space
Numerical Relativity

description: We numerically construct solutions to four dimensional General Relativity with negative cosmological constant, both with and without an electromagnetic field. Our results suggest that in both cases the space-time curvature can be made to grow without bound in a region visible to distant observers by imposing sufficiently violent boundary conditions on the metric or gauge field. In the electromagnetic case, this only happens at zero temperature, and we present a new numerical scheme capable of performing time evolution in this context. We argue that our results, at least in the electromagnetic case, violate the spirit of the Weak Cosmic Censorship Conjecture, so that this conjecture fails in 3+ 1 dimensional asymptotically Anti de-Sitter spaces. We then argue that if charged fields are included with a sufficiently large charge relative to their mass, cosmic censorship appears to be restored. The minimal charge agrees precisely with the bound given by the Weak Gravity Conjecture, suggesting an intriguing connection between this conjecture and cosmic censorship. More generally, we propose that “large” naked singularities, where the curvature becomes large over a large region of space, will be forbidden in any theory which can be completed into quantum gravity in the UV.
description: I was funded by an STFC studentship.
Talthybia Thorell 1898
Creators: name: Han, Guang-Xin
name: Zhu, Ming-Sheng
name: Levi, Herbert W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Araneidae
Talthybia

description: Talthybia Thorell, 1898
 Talthybia Thorell, 1898: 376; Roewer, 1942: 890; Bonnet, 1959: 4235; Murphy & Murphy, 2000: 87, Fam. 15: fig. 8.
 Type species. Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898, by monotypy.
 Diagnosis. Carapace low, length and width subequal. Cephalic region wide, truncate on anterior margin, with a pointed tubercle at lateral angle. Lateral eyes located under the pointed tubercles laterally (Fig 21), median eyes widely separated; posterior median eyes largest. A small tuber situated medially under clypeus. Abdomen soft, nearly truncate on anterior edge; dorsum with cone-shaped and triangular tubercles, scattered with many round and sclerotized brown spots; back with pleats. Epigynal scape developed, wide and flat, the distal part spoon-shaped.
 Distribution. China, Myanmar.
description: Published as part of Han, Guang-Xin, Zhu, Ming-Sheng & Levi, Herbert W., 2009, alpha-amylase inhibitor Parvulustat (Z- 2685) from Streptomyces parvulus, pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 2297 on page 59, DOI: 10.13018/bmr16157, http://zenodo.org/record/5308828
Impact of chitosan-based coatings on myofibrillar protein denaturation, muscle microstructure and lipid oxidation of oyster (Crassostrea hongkongensis) during 0 °C storage
Creators: name: Xiuli Chen
name: Lv, Min
name: Gan, Hui
name: Digang Zeng
name: Chunling Yang
name: Huawei Ma
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: The changes in myofibrillar protein, muscle microstructure, and lipid oxidation of oysters (Crassostrea hongkongensis) treated with chitosan-based coatings (CP-0°C) or aseptic water (CG-0°C) for 20 days storage at 0°C were investigated. Compared to the CG-0°C at day 20, the higher total sulfhydryl group content (83.24%), unfrozen water content (39.24%), and Ca2+-ATPase activity (96.79%) along with the lower myofibrillar protein solubility (80.15%) indicated that CP-0°C protected oysters from protein denaturation. Similarly, the CP-0°C better maintained muscle microstructure shown by the relatively higher quality of muscle and less ice crystals. Meanwhile, CP-0°C prevented lipid hydrolysis and oxidation, as evidenced by the lower contents of fatty acid (FA) content (total content of 12.16 ± 1.02 mg/g wet weight at day 20), peroxide value (POV) (15.13 meq oxygen/Kg lipid at day 20), and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) (1.79 mg MDA eq/Kg sample at day 20) in CP-0°C. These results imply that CP-0°C could protect the quality of chilled oysters stored at 0°C.
Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Immunoassay for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Based Upon Silver-Functionalized Polyethyleneimine (PEI)–Silica Nanoparticles (NPs)
Creators: name: Chang, Zheng
name: Xu, Yimeng
name: Shen, Yuting
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer

description: A novel sandwich-type electrochemical immunosensor was fabricated for the ultrasensitive electrochemical determination of prostate specific antigen (PSA) using silver-functionalized polyethyleneimine (PEI)-silica nanoparticles (NPs) (Ag+/PEI/SiO2 NPs) as electrochemical labels. First, the immunosensor platform was prepared by covalently immobilizing capture antibodies on a poly diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride/carboxylated-gold nanoparticles (PDDA/AuNPs) modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE). After sandwich-type immunoreactions, the detection antibody was labeled by the amino-containing Ag+/PEI/SiO2 NPs by strongly binding to carboxyl groups of protein. Next, many Ag+ with good complexing performance from each PEI/SiO2 nanoparticles released after hydrofluoric acid (HF) in situ etching. Here, the AuNPs acted as a catalyst to reduce Ag+ into metallic Ag using PEI as the reducing agent. Accordingly, an extremely sharp voltammetric peak of electro-oxidized metallic Ag can be determined directly through differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) without metal pre-concentration, and had a close relationship with the concentrations of PSA antigen. Under the optimized conditions, the immunoassay exhibited good sensitivity and selectivity for the determination of PSA with a linear range from 0.01 to 10 pg·mL−1 and a detection limit of 3.5 fg·mL−1. The new strategy provides a reliable, highly sensitive determination of the prostate cancer biomarker in biological samples with great potential for the fabrication of devices for clinical diagnostics.
Neglected Virtues: Love, Hope and Humility
Creators: name: Mason, Cathy
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Love
Hope
Humility
Virtue
Murdoch
pride
attention

description: Love, hope and humility are neglected elements of our moral lives in comparison to widely recognized traits like justice and courage. In my dissertation I explore these phenomena in order to have a better conception of them and vindicate their place in our moral lives. In the first section I examine the connection between love and knowledge in Murdoch’s The Sovereignty of Good. Murdoch makes the strange suggestion that love is a form of knowledge. How do we reconcile this claim with love’s heterogeneous and messy everyday manifestations? I develop an interpretation of Murdochian love, arguing that Murdoch conceives of love as a virtue, and as belonging at the pinnacle of the hierarchy of the virtues. This vindicates the epistemic role Murdochian love fulfils, since she conceives of the virtues as involving knowledge. I then apply this conception of love to debates about epistemic partiality, and suggest that it gives reason to think that such discussions have gone awry in taking for granted a questionable conception of friendship. Next, I turn to hope. Hope can powerfully influence our lives, deeply shaping our actions and character, as well as being essential for social and political movements. I propose a new account of hope in which hopes characteristically shape and figure in intentions. This account does justice to hope’s distinctive manifestations in action, explains the rational constraints on hoping, and sheds light on the distinctions between hoping and related states such as wishing. Is hope a virtue? On the one hand, hope can be a powerful force for good. But on the other this thought is in tension with the observation that we can hope for evil things. I argue that hope is necessary for engaging in a broad kind of project which is essential in order to live a meaningful human life, and that this gives reason to think it is a virtue. In the final section I explore an additional trait which can at first appear to be a strange addition to the canon of virtues: humility. Humility has sometimes been understood as a kind of servility or self-ignorance, but such traits do not obviously seem virtuous, and do not involve knowledge. In this chapter, I correct these misconceptions of humility and offer an account of it as a disposition not to valorise relative superiority. This account does justice to the moral value of humility while avoiding the concerning implication that ignorance can constitute a kind of virtue. I argue that humility thus understood plays an important role in our ethical development. Finally, I argue that some recent arguments offered by Morgan-Knapp suggesting that pride in relative superiority is theoretically mistaken are unsuccessful.
description: Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) AHRC-Trinity Studentship
Probing the theory of gravity with gravitational lensing of gravitational waves and galaxy surveys
Creators: name: Mukherjee, Suvodip
name: Wandelt, Benjamin D.
name: Silk, Joseph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cross-correlation of gravitational wave strain with upcoming galaxy surveys probe theories of gravity in a new way. This method enables testing the theory of gravity by combining the effects from both gravitational lensing of gravitational waves and the propagation of gravitational waves in spacetime. We find that within 10 years, the combination of the Advanced-LIGO and VIRGO detector networks with planned galaxy surveys should detect weak gravitational lensing of gravitational waves in the low redshift Universe ($z<0.5$). With the next generation gravitational wave experiments such as Voyager, LISA, Cosmic-Explorer and Einstein Telescope, we can extend this test of the theory of gravity to larger redshifts by exploiting the synergies between electromagnetic wave and gravitational wave probes.
description: 16 pages, 7 figures. Minor changes in the text and added new references. Matches the version accepted for publication in MNRAS
Neurochemical and Neuroanatomical Basis Of Reversal Learning In The Rat
Creators: name: Young, Leanne
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Reversal learning
Neuroanatomy
Neurochemistry

description: The aim of this thesis was to investigate the neural and neurochemical substrates of cognitive flexibility using a novel touchscreen task involving serial reversal of visual discrimination in rats. Much evidence has implicated frontostriatal circuitry in the mediation of reversal learning and this thesis sought to further delineate the role of these structures. Although dopamine has been implicated in cognitive flexibility in psychopharmacological studies in primates, there are relatively few studies in the rat. Consequently, the behavioural effects of a dopamine D2/D3 receptor antagonist (raclopride) were assessed, both systemically and via intracerebral infusions into different regions of the striatum. Systemic raclopride had no specific effects initially on serial reversal learning, but continued treatment with a low dose did impair retention of a novel visual discrimination, and its subsequent reversal. Intracerebral infusions of raclopride into the dorsomedial and dorsolateral striatum produced a dissociation during separate phases of reversal learning, dorsomedial infusions affecting new learning, and dorsolateral infusions producing perseveration in the early phase. By contrast, raclopride infusions into the anterior dorsomedial striatum produced a general slowing of responding, whereas infusions into the nucleus accumbens core region had no significant effects. The second part of the thesis investigated the role of prefrontal cortical projections to the striatum in serial reversal learning, focusing on the lateral and medial orbitofrontal cortex, as well as regions of the medial prefrontal cortex. Local temporary inactivation of these structures via infusion of a muscimol/baclofen mixture produced dissociable effects. Inactivation of the infralimbic cortex led to a significant general improvement in reversal learning regardless of phase, while inactivation of the medial orbitofrontal cortex led specifically to a significant reduction in the number of errors during perseveration. By contrast, inactivation of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex caused a significant increase in the number of errors and omissions during perseveration, whereas prelimbic cortex inactivation had no major effects. The findings of the thesis are discussed in terms of the separate roles for the different phases of reversal learning of different sectors of the frontal lobe and striatum in the rat, and the modulatory role of the striatal D2/D3 receptors. Possible clinical, as well as functional, implications of the results are also considered.
description: BBSRC
Protective Effect of Nanochitosan Incorporated with Free/nanoliposome Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) Aqueous Extract on Sardine Fish
Creators: name: Homayounpour, Parisa
name: Jalali, Hossein
name: Nabi Shariatifar
name: Amanlou, Massoud
name: Khanjari, Ali
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Currently, the demand for biodegradable packaging as one of the preferable preservation technologies to prevent food spoilage is increasing. The aim of this study was to evaluate a new eco-friendly coating with free and nano-encapsulated Cuminum Cyminum L. aqueous extract (CCE) on quality attributes of sardine fish. The microstructural changes were evaluated after the addition of extract (E), nanoextract (NE), and nanoliposome by measuring the mean size of nonoliposomes, zeta potential, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), as well as Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The use of cumin remarkably (p
Influence of higher-order deformations in the ^{34}S + ^{168}Er fusion reaction
Creators: name: Morton, C. R.
name: Berriman, A. C.
name: Butt, R. D.
name: Dasgupta, M.
name: Hinde, D. J.
name: Godley, A.
name: Newton, J. O.
name: Hagino, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The shape of the measured barrier distribution for the ^{34}S + ^{168}Er reaction is analysed using the coupled-channels description. The ^{168}Er nucleus is a good candidate to test current fusion models description of deformation since it has a large quadrupole deformation with an insignificant hexadecapole deformation. Coupling to weaker channels, the 2^+_1 state in ^{34}S, the 3^-_1 state in ^{168}Er, and the pair neutron transfer channel, all were found to have little influence on the barrier distribution. A successful description of the barrier distribution was only obtained after the hexacontatetrapole deformation term in ^{168}Er (beta_6) was included in the coupling scheme. However, a positive value for beta_6 was needed where the macroscopic-microscopic model predicts a negative one.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, Latex, to be published in Phys. Rev. C
MOESM3 of Genome-wide analysis, transcription factor network approach and gene expression profile of GH3 genes over early somatic embryogenesis in Coffea spp
Creators: name: Pinto, Renan
name: Freitas, Natália
name: Máximo, Wesley
name: Thiago Cardoso
name: Prudente, Débora
name: Paiva, Luciano
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 3: Figure S1. Gene distribution of CcGH3 members on C. canephora chromosomes using the option “locus search” in the Coffe Genome Hub website. The colors within each chromosome indicate ancestral blocks corresponding to the 7 core eudicot chromosomes (DENOUED et al., 2014). Red lines stand for the position of each CcGH3 over chromosomes. The most CcGH3 members are not presented in any chromosome, so they were allocated in chromosome 0 (not available). The genes are distributed as follow into each chromosome (chr): chr1: CcGH3.9; chr2: CcGH3.10, CcGH3.11 and CcGH3.12; chr5: CcGH3.13, CcGH3.14 and CcGH3.15; chr7: CcGH3.16; chr10: CcGH3.17.
Simulation of the AGILE gamma-ray imaging detector performance: part I
Creators: name: Longo, Francesco
name: Cocco, Veronica
name: Tavani, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present in this paper the results of a comprehensive GEANT simulation of the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) being developed for the AGILE space astrophysics mission. The GRID is designed to be sensitive in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV energy range, with excellent imaging and timing capabilities, and with a very large field-of-view (~3 sr). In this paper (Paper I) we present the GRID baseline geometry, a model for the charged particle and albedo-photon backgrounds for an equatorial orbit of 550-600 km altitude, and the main results of the first level (Level-1 Trigger) on-board data processing. Our simulations show that the GRID Level-1 data processing is expected to be capable of decreasing by a factor of ~ 20 the charged particle background (from \~2 kHz to below 100 Hz), and by a factor of ~ 30 the albedo-photon background. The gamma-ray photon detection efficiency by the imaging GRID is simulated to be particularly efficient, varying between 39% and 17% depending on photon energies and incident directions.
description: 21 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A
Optimizing care for women experiencing pregnancy loss: Insights from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Choudhary, Dr Arbind Kumar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: pregnancy loss
recurrent pregnancy loss
pharmacological interventions;
psychological interventions
assisted reproductive technologies
frozen embryo transfer

description: This PRISMA-P checklist outlines the protocol for the systematic review and meta-analysis titled "Optimizing Care for Women Experiencing Pregnancy Loss: Insights from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." The study evaluates the effectiveness of pharmacological, psychological, and assisted reproductive technology (ART) interventions in improving clinical and psychological outcomes for women experiencing pregnancy loss, including miscarriage and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL).

The checklist adheres to PRISMA-P guidelines, ensuring transparency and methodological rigor in the review process. It includes detailed information on the study objectives, eligibility criteria, data sources, search strategy, data extraction methods, and planned analyses. The completed checklist provides a robust foundation for conducting the systematic review while maintaining compliance with established reporting standards.

This protocol has been registered in PROSPERO with the registration ID CRD42025635112. The PROSPERO record can be accessed at https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42025635112.

Authors:

Dr. Prieyadharshini Jayaprakasam, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, Wakefield, United Kingdom.

Dr. Jeyaram Nadarajan Saraswathy, Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore, India.

Dr. Arbind Kumar Choudhary, Government Erode Medical College and Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India.

This checklist serves as extended data to support the manuscript and is made publicly available to promote reproducibility and enhance the credibility of the research.

Citation:Prieyadharshini Jayaprakasam, Jeyaram Nadarajan Saraswathy. Psychological Impact of Pregnancy Loss and the Effectiveness of Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PROSPERO 2025 CRD42025635112. Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42025635112.
The P-Rex1 Regulator Norbin Suppressess Neutrophil-Dependent Antibacterial Immunity
Creators: name: Pantarelli, Chiara
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: PREX1 Phosphatidylinositol-345-trisphosphate-Dependent Rac Exchange Factor 1
PREX2 Phosphatidylinositol-345-trisphosphate-Dependent Rac Exchange Factor 2
Rac Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate
ROS reactive oxygen species
C5a Complement component 5a
fMLP N-Formyl Methionyl-Leucyl-Phenylalanine

description: P-Rex1 is a guanine-nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that activates the small G protein Rac, thus regulating a wide range of physiological and pathophysiological responses. Neutrophils are leukocytes of the innate immune system in which P-Rex1 regulates several Rac-dependent responses, especially those elicited by GPCR signalling. The aim of my project was to assess the functional importance of a new interactor of P-Rex1, the GPCR adaptor protein Norbin, in neutrophils. Norbin is an essential neuronal protein that binds directly to GPCRs, regulating GPCR signalling and trafficking, through unknown mechanisms. Our laboratory recently identified that Norbin stimulates P-Rex1 Rac-GEF activity and promotes P-Rex1 membrane localisation. Furthermore, we showed that Norbin is expressed in myeloid cells. To investigate, we generated mouse strains with conditional deletion of Norbin in myeloid cells and with combined Norbin/Prex1 deficiency. Unexpectedly, I found increased adhesion, spreading, ROS production and degranulation responses in isolated Norbin-deficient neutrophils. Moreover, Norbin-deficient neutrophils had an increased ROS-dependent capacity to kill Staphylococcus aureus. In vivo, Norbin deficiency provided increased immunity against pulmonary infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae, even in immune-deficient Prex‒/‒ mice. Neutrophil depletion showed that Norbin deficiency renders neutrophils important for combatting this infection. Mostly, Norbin deficiency overrode the functional impairments caused by Prex1 deficiency, although some neutrophil responses remained P-Rex1-dependent. Mechanistically, the Norbin deficiency caused constitutive upregulation of some GPCRs onto the neutrophil surface and promoted the GPCR-dependent activities of Rac and Erk, whereas several other signalling pathways and the surface levels of adhesion molecules were not obviously affected. Together, my data indicate that the GPCR adaptor and P-Rex1 regulator Norbin plays an important role in suppressing the host defence functions of neutrophils. A subset of Norbin functions are P-Rex1 dependent, whereas others are likely mediated through other regulators of Rac and of Erk, as well as through the control of GPCR trafficking.
description: BBRSC DTP
MOESM2 of Genome-wide analysis, transcription factor network approach and gene expression profile of GH3 genes over early somatic embryogenesis in Coffea spp
Creators: name: Pinto, Renan
name: NatĂĄlia Freitas
name: MĂĄximo, Wesley
name: Thiago Cardoso
name: DĂŠbora Prudente
name: Paiva, Luciano
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 2: Data S2. Complete set of amino acid sequences used into the network analysis.
Determination of Three Endocrine Disruptors in Water Samples by Ultrasound-Assisted Salt-Induced Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (UA-SI-LLME) and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography – Diode Array Detection (HPLC-DAD)
Creators: name: Rozaini, Muhammad Nur’ Hafiz
name: Saad, Bahruddin
name: Yahaya, Noorfatimah
name: Lim, Jun Wei
name: Aris, Muhammad Naeim Mohd
name: Ramachandran, Muggundha Raoov
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Endocrine-disrupting compounds are routinely detected in environmental water. In this study, a simple and rapid sample preparation method based on ultrasound-assisted salt-induced liquid-liquid microextraction (UA-SI-LLME) followed by high performance liquid chromatography – diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) was developed for the determination of triclosan, triclocarban and methyl-triclosan in water. Parameters that affect the extraction efficiency – such as type and mass of salt, type and volume of extraction solvent, extraction time, sample pH and sample volume – were studied. Under the optimized conditions, the method demonstrated linearity from 0.18 to 1000 µg L−1 with coefficients of determination R2 ≥ 0.9899, limits of detection from 0.05 to 0.2 µg L−1, and good recoveries (> 70%) with relative standard deviations < 10%. The method was applied for the determination of triclosan, triclocarban, and methyl-triclosan in swimming pool, lake, and wastewater. The greenness of the method was quantified using the Analytical Eco-Scale Index.
Tuning between photon-number and quadrature measurements with weak-field homodyne detection
Creators: name: Thekkadath, G. S.
name: Phillips, D. S.
name: Bulmer, J. F. F.
name: Clements, W. R.
name: Eckstein, A.
name: Bell, B. A.
name: Lugani, J.
name: Wolterink, T. A. W.
name: Lita, A.
name: Nam, S. W.
name: Gerrits, T.
name: Wade, C. G.
name: Walmsley, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Variable measurement operators enable the optimization of strategies for testing quantum properties and the preparation of a range of quantum states. Here, we experimentally implement a weak-field homodyne detector that can continuously tune between measuring photon numbers and field quadratures. We combine a quantum signal with a coherent state on a balanced beam splitter and detect light at both output ports using photon-number-resolving transition edge sensors. We observe that the discrete difference statistics converge to the quadrature distribution of the signal as we increase the coherent state amplitude. Moreover, in a proof-of-principle demonstration of state engineering, we show the ability to control the photon-number distribution of a state that is heralded using our weak-field homodyne detector.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures; includes Supplemental Material
Adaptation of Biophysical Platforms to the study of Blast Injury
Creators: name: Butler, Benjamin John
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Blast Injury
Biomechanics
Experimental Platforms

description: The recent years of sustained global conflict have resulted in an increased prevalence of complex blast injuries. Due to improvements in acute clinical treatment, particularly in the context of the theatre of war, injuries that would have proved fatal in past wars are now eminently survivable. However, blast survivors can have short- and long-term post-traumatic conditions that are direct consequences of tissue damage. An improved understanding of the the mechanical properties and pathophysiological consequences of tissues subjected to blast and high-strain rate injury, would be of great value to translational research in the areas of blast and trauma. To do this effectively requires the development of model systems that can be used to study blast and impact-related trauma in physiologically relevant conditions. In this context, a key aim of this thesis has been the development of experimental protocols and experimental platforms aimed at understanding how fresh tissues respond to compression and blast-type pressures. First, both dynamic and quasi-static testing apparatus were used to study the mechanical properties of biological samples. The knowledge gleaned from this testing is used to infer the biomechanical basis of susceptibility to blast for a given sample. Secondly, this thesis describes the modification of a shock tube to the testing of respiratory tissue in a controlled and reproducible environment together with the use of sensors to elucidate the waveforms to which the samples are subjected. This knowledge can again be coupled with the mechanical and biological data to provide a more complete picture of the underlying biophysical interactions. Thirdly, an ex vivo organ culture (EVOC) model system has been adapted to create a preclinical model of the combined effects of mechanical trauma and infection in respiratory tissues. This system, in tandem with histological analyses and a modified fluorescent bead assay provided the opportunity to study structural and functional changes in tissues over time. The project, in its entirety, therefore, offers the opportunity to combine these multiple data streams into a coherent whole, which will hopefully serve to inform both future basic science and clinical practice. Lastly, looking forward, the relevance of the EVOC system to the study of more complex biophysical interactions, other conflict-relevant phenomena (chemical and biological warfare) and biological tissue function is discussed.
description: The work documented in the thesis was sponsored by the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies.
Evolution of Post-war Agricultural Support Policies in China’s Taiwan
Creators: name: GU, Zheng
name: GU, Zheng
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Policy
subject: Agricultural support
subject: China’s Taiwan
subject: Mainland

description: This paper revised the key agricultural support polices in China’s Taiwan after World War II, and examined the effects of policies on agricultural production and the farmers’ income. The research results showed that the support policies had a positive effect on agriculture development and contributed to the accomplishment of industrialization. China's Mainland and Taiwan have similar agricultural production environment and share the same culture. Recommendations on agricultural support policy making in China's Mainland were proposed.
Evolutionary Minority Games: the benefits of imitation
Creators: name: Metzler, Richard
name: Horn, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Quantitative Biology (q-bio)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In the original Evolutionary Minority Game, a segregation into two populations with opposing preferences is observed under many circumstances. We show that this segregation becomes more pronounced and more robust if the dynamics are changed slightly, such that strategies with above-average fitness become more frequent. Similar effects occur also for a generalization of the EMG to more than two choices, and for evolutionary dynamics of a different stochastic strategy for the Minority Game.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
The absence of the 10 um silicate feature in the isolated Herbig Ae star HD 100453
Creators: name: Meeus, G.
name: Bouwman, J.
name: Dominik, C.
name: Waters, L. B. F. M.
name: de Koter, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse the optical and IR spectra, as well as the spectral energy distribution (UV to mm) of the candidate Herbig Ae star HD100453. This star is particular, as it shows an energy distribution similar to that of other isolated Herbig Ae/Be stars (HAEBEs), but unlike most of them, it does not have a silicate emission feature at 10 um, as is shown in Meeus (2001). We confirm the HAEBE nature of HD100453 through an analysis of its optical spectrum and derived location in the H-R diagram. The IR spectrum of HD100453 is modelled by an optically thin radiative transfer code, from which we derive constraints on the composition, grain-size and temperature distribution of the circumstellar dust. We show that it is both possible to explain the lack of the silicate feature as (1) a grain-size effect - lack of small silicate grains, and (2) a temperature effect - lack of small, hot silicates, as proposed by Dullemond (2001), and discuss both possibilities.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures; accepted by A&A
Detection and Analysis of Lead, Cadmium and Arsenic Content in Common Vegetables
Creators: name: HE, Yining
name: CHENG, Peixia
name: WANG, Ming
name: HU, Minyu
name: HE, Yining
name: CHENG, Peixia
name: WANG, Ming
name: HU, Minyu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Heavy metals
subject: Vegetable
subject: Lead (Pb)
subject: Cadmium (Cd)
subject: Arsenic (As)

description: This study was carried out to detect content of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, and As) in vegetables, understand the current situation of heavy metal contamination in vegetables, and to provide scientific reference for further researches. It randomly selected 6 large vegetable markets and 6 supermarkets in Changsha City, selected 8 types of typical vegetables, and detected 96 samples. In accordance with maximum level of contaminants in foods in existing GB2762-2012 standard, Nemerow composite pollution index (Pt) and grading standards, it made evaluation: uncontaminated (Pt ≤ 1), mildly contaminated (1 ＜ Pt ≤2), moderately contaminated (2 ＜ Pt ≤3), and highly contaminated (Pt ＞ 3). Among 96 samples, range of content of Pb, Cd and As is (0.06-1.41), (0.06-1.26) and (0.00-0.91) mg /kg respectively; the over-limit rate of these metals exceeding the safety level is 78.13%, 45.83%, and 34.38% separately; the composite pollution index is in (0.90-6.05), the eggplant is 6.05 and hot pepper is 3.24; the content of Pb (F = 23.908, P = 0.001) and Cd ( F =64.908, P =0.000) are significantly different between 8 types of vegetables and there is no significant difference between the content of As ( F = 4. 634, P = 0.705 ＞ 0. 05) in 8 types of vegetables. Study shows that common vegetables in Changsha City has problem of excess Pb, Cd and As, and the Pb over-limit rate is the highest. The composite pollution index indicates that most heavy metal contamination of vegetables is mild and moderate contamination, melon, fruit and vegetable contamination is high contamination, and Cd is the major factor leading to contamination of melons, fruits and vegetables.
'Not just a housewife': Gender, Class, and Labour in the New Economy of Urban India
Creators: name: Islam, Asiya
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: gender
class
labour
south asia
india
employment
new economy

description: This thesis presents an ethnographic study of young lower middle class women’s engagement in the new service economy in Delhi, India. Following the economic restructuring of the 1990s, the emergence of a ‘New Middle Class’ in urban India has been widely and popularly noted. The newness of this middle class, scholars have argued, is based on the emergence of ‘modern’ lifestyles, characterised by new multinational jobs, new consumption of global goods, and indeed new behaviours and attitudes. The salience of gender in the formation of this New Middle Class has been highlighted through studies of middle class women’s entry into higher education and skilled service work. In this thesis, I explore the emergence of women’s employment as a practice of class ‘distinction’. I focus specifically on the lower middle classes, where gender and class relations are particularly subject to change, conflict, and contestations. In a ‘liminal’ position as neither working class nor securely middle class, young women gain entry into low-level service work in cafés, call centres, malls, and offices, rejecting the alternative trajectory of getting married and being ‘just a housewife’. Conscious of their lack of capital, they undertake skills training and mould their ‘habitus’ to mediate belonging in the new economy. However, these negotiations accrue costs over time, resulting in their movement in and out of precarious employment. These ethnographic findings fracture the singularity of the narrative of women’s ‘aspirations’ in the new economy, instead highlighting that young lower middle class women are ambivalent about their employment. Through narrative analysis that emphasises the inseparability of relations of class and gender, the thesis contributes towards nuancing the theory of ‘distinction’, suggesting that the process of seeking distinction for those in liminal positions is characterised by both pleasures and injuries in the context of socio-economic change.
description: Gates Cambridge scholarship
Problems and Suggestions on the Blacklist Policy of Food Safety
Creators: name: ZHANG, Man
name: WANG, Xu
name: QIAO, Hui
name: ZHENG, Fengtian
name: ZHANG, Man
name: WANG, Xu
name: QIAO, Hui
name: ZHENG, Fengtian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Food safety
subject: Blacklist
subject: Credit system
subject: Social observation

description: In order to increase the illegal credit cost and social cost of companies, blacklist policies for food factories came into being. According to international experiences, blacklist policy, as a systematic project, is compatible with law and regulations, social credit system, and social observation movement. This paper reviewed the international experiences in blacklist policies and analyzed the existing problems in blacklist policies. In addition, three constructive suggestions were proposed in this paper.
A novel current mode operating beam counter based on not preamplified HPDs
Creators: name: Fujiwara, M. C.
name: Marchesotti, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A novel system to monitor the intensity and the stability of a bunched beam of $\simeq 1.2\times 10^{7}$ antiprotons ($\bar{p}$s) with a length of $\simeq$ 250 ns (FWHM) and to measure its trapping efficiency in a Penning trap is described. This system operates parasitically detecting the pions from the annihilation of part of the beam in a degrader. Six plastic scintillators have been coupled from one side to six proximity focused HPDs without preamplifiers and operating in current mode. This device works in the stray field of the ATHENA magnet with no loss of efficiency; the gain can be varied from zero to a few thousands with a precision better than 0.1% and the dynamic range is larger than 8 orders of magnitude. Linearity and stability have been measured up to charge responses of 100 nC, corresponding to the beam completely dumped. The beam counter has been calibrated in two different and independent ways giving consistent results.
description: 17 pages, 13 figures
Comparison of Canonical and Grand Canonical Models for selected multifragmentation data
Creators: name: Das, C. B.
name: Gupta, S. Das
name: Liu, X. D.
name: Tsang, M. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Calculations for a set of nuclear multifragmentation data are made using a Canonical and a Grand Canonical Model. The physics assumptions are identical but the Canonical Model has an exact number of particles, whereas, the Grand Canonical Model has a varying number of particles, hence, is less exact. Interesting differences are found.
description: 12 pages, Revtex, and 3 postscript figures
Rural Areas Gained Doctors During the 1980's
Creators: name: Frenzen, Paul D.
name: Frenzen, Paul D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1992
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Health Economics and Policy

description: The nonmetro physician supply grew by 18 percent during the 1980's, increasing from 83 to 97 physicians per 100,000 persons. Despite the rapid increase, nonmetro areas continued to have less than half as many physicians as metro areas have. Nonmetro physicians were also unevenly distributed, preferring to locate in counties with larger urban populations that were not adjacent to metro areas. By 1988, these urbanized remote counties had become major centers of primary and specialized medical care.
Talthybia depressa Thorell 1898
Creators: name: Han, Guang-Xin
name: Zhu, Ming-Sheng
name: Levi, Herbert W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Araneidae
Talthybia
Talthybia depressa

description: Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898
(Figs 17; 19; 21–28)
 Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898: 377, Murphy & Murphy, 2000: 87, Fam.15: fig. 8.
Types. Holotype immature male from Myanmar, in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genoa, Italy (examined by HWL).
 Additional material examined. China, Yunnan, one female, 8 July, 1984, Ming –sheng Zhu leg.
 Description. Female total length 17.43. Cephalothorax 6.88 long, 6.77 wide; abdomen 11.77 long, 13.32 wide. Carapace red orange with white thin setae and black short setae (Figs 17; 23); outsides of cervical groove covered with small granules with setae, cervical groove deep, radial furrows obvious, fovea transversal. Carapace with a pointed tubercle at lateral angle on anterior margin. Both eye rows recurved, anterior eye row slightly longer than posterior eye row; lateral eyes situated at lateral sides of the pointed tubercles. Eyes measurements: AME 0.31, ALE 0.17, PME 0.34, PLE 0.14; AME–AME 0.37, AME–ALE 1.43, PME–PME 0.51, PME–PLE 1.39; ocular area narrower in front than in back (0.88: 1.02), wider than long (1.02: 0.88). A small protuberance situated medially under clypeus. Chelicerae light brown. Sternum yellowish, with yellow-brown margins. Endites redish brown, 1.87 long, 1.33 wide, Labium red brown with yellow tip. Clypeal height 0.14, longer than AME size. Legs yellow, femora light brown, lateral margins with process pointed to spaces between coxa I and II, coxa III and IV. Legs with few short macrosetae. Leg formula: 1243. Leg measurements: I 25.09 (7.66+8.99.6.55+1.89); II 24.88 (7.22+9.44+.6.33+1.89); III 17.76 (6.44+5.99+3.55+1.78); IV 24.42 (7.10+8.99+6.55+1.78).
Abdomen wider than long, dorsum yellowish with light brown pigment on posterior part, with three anterior, two middle and four posterior tubercles (Figs 17; 24), and with many rounded and sclerotized brown spots; posteriorly pleated. Venter yellowish.
Epigynal scape developed, wide and flat, without traversal pleats, spoon-shaped distally. Spermathecae with papillate ends, close to each other (Figs 19; 26–28).
 Male. Originally described from a juvenile, adult unknown.
 Remarks. The female is similar and matches the juvenile male type from Myanmar in the eye arrangement, the abdomen with tubercles on dorsum and posteriorly pleated and the shape of the body, all almost the same as the male type species from Myanmar.
 Distribution. China (Yunan), Myanmar.
description: Published as part of Han, Guang-Xin, Zhu, Ming-Sheng & Levi, Herbert W., 2009, alpha-amylase inhibitor Parvulustat (Z- 2685) from Streptomyces parvulus, pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 2297 on page 59, DOI: 10.13018/bmr16157, http://zenodo.org/record/5308828