cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Xystosomus laevis Erwin 1973, new species
Creators: name: Erwin, Terry L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1973
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Xystosomus
Xystosomus laevis

description: TYPE-LOCALITY.— Nova Teutonia, Santa Catarina, Brazil. TYPE-SPECIMENS.—The holotype male and allotype are in MCZ. Six paratypes: MCZ, 3; USNM, 3. All of the above specimens were collected by F. Plaumann in 1969. DESCRIPTION.— Form: As in figure 56. Short and broad; highly convex; with short, broad pronotum and small head. Easily distinguished from all other species in the group by the small, acute, denticulate hind angles of the pronotum. Color: Head and body rufous, very shiny; appendages testaceous; antennal articles infuscated apically. Head: Broad between eyes; frontal furrows moderately impressed, posteriorly divergent; eyes medium-sized and flat. Pronotum (Figure 57): Broadly transverse (W/ L, x 1.73; range, 1.64-1.85; 8 specimens); only anterior pair of lateral setigerous pores present, at anterior third; hind angles small, acute, denticu- late, sides anterior to angles evenly arcuate; side margins beaded, not reflexed. Elytra: Smooth; side margins narrowly explanate; humeri evenly rounded; chaetotaxy formula Eo-la, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5c, 6b, 7, 8a and Ed-1, 7b, 8; plica not evident externally. Microsculpture: Frons with large, transversely stretched meshes (as in Figure 22 d); pronotum and elytra without microsculpture. Secondary sexual characters: Male genitalia (Figure 63) and female genitalia (Figure 68) characteristic of the species group. Size: Eight specimens: length, 2.0-2.5 mm; width, 1.0-1.3 mm. NATURAL HISTORY.— Unknown, except adults collected in December. Some of the specimens are teneral, indicating, at least, that the pupal stage occurs in December. LOCALITY RECORDS (Figure 72).—I have seen eight specimens from the following locality: SOUTH AMERICA: BRAZIL: Santa Catarina State: Nova Teutonia (MCZ, USNM).
description: Published as part of Erwin, Terry L., 1973, Studies of the subtribe Tachyina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), Part I: A revision of the Neotropical genus Xystosomus Schaum, pp. 1-39 in Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 140 on page 30, DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.140, http://zenodo.org/record/3828531
Extended Quantum Color Coding
Creators: name: Hayashi, A.
name: Hashimoto, T.
name: Horibe, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum color coding scheme proposed by Korff and Kempe (quant-ph/0405086) is easily extended so that the color coding quantum system is allowed to be entangled with an extra auxiliary quantum system. It is shown that in the extended scheme we need only $\sim 2\sqrt{N}$ quantum colors to order $N$ objects in large $N$ limit, whereas $\sim N/e$ quantum colors are required in the original non-extended version. The maximum success probability has asymptotics expressed by the Tracy-Widom distribution of the largest eigenvalue of a random GUE matrix.
description: 10 pages
title: "A Certain Portion of the Whole." Inspectors, Guardians and Anatomists in East Anglia : 1832-1908
Creators: name: Knowles, Susan Anne
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2010

description: This thesis reassesses the workings of the Anatomy Act (1832) in East Anglia throughout the nineteenth century. Underpinning the practice of medical education was the need to acquire human corpses to permit the essential study of anatomy. Over the course of the century the source of anatomical material moved from bodies taken from their graves by bodysnatchers to unclaimed pauper corpses from workhouses and hospitals to the increasing use of the cadavers of lunatics from the vast Victorian asylums. The accepted view of the Anatomy Act is that it stopped bodysnatching but failed to ensure a plentiful supply of cadavers. Whilst recent research has largely focused on specific changes in Poor Law legislation or the impact of the reorganisation of medical curricula on the supply of corpses, this study widens the debate by identifying seven groups; bodysnatchers, teachers of anatomy, medical students, inspectors of anatomy, paupers, guardians and those who elected them to office and examines their respective parts in attempting to solve the perennial problem of the shortage of corpses for dissection. The shifting locus of power between the groups is examined with reference to external changes which were brought to bear on their relationships. Cambridge Medical School is used as a case study to highlight the difficulties provincial schools experienced in obtaining dissection material and to indicate how, in this particular case, they were solved by the actions of determined individuals resulting in Cambridge becoming one of the most successful medical schools in the country by the end of the nineteenth century. This research contributes to the small, but growing, number of regional studies which are necessary to enable us to gain an overview of the effect of the Anatomy Act on the study of medicine across Britain in the nineteenth century.
THE ROLE OF LIFELONG LEARNING IN NURSING LEADERSHIP: CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR FUTURE NURSE LEADERS
Creators: name: Areola, Jr., Benito
name: Gonzales, Analita
name: Prepose, Jr., Norberto
name: Guira, Glenn
name: Abriam, Jerry
name: Pulido, Melchie
name: Mina, Ann Cristel Jean
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Lifelong learning is a cornerstone of nursing leadership, serving as a lighthouse guiding the continuous growth and evolution of future nurse leaders. In this article, we embark on a journey to delve into the pivotal role of lifelong learning within nursing leadership, emphasizing its profound significance in nurturing the perpetual professional development of aspiring nurse leaders. To explore this subject, we adopted a qualitative-descriptive approach, where we meticulously analyzed the rich narratives provided by our participants. Continual professional development, achieved through the vehicle of lifelong learning, acts as a catalyst for the acquisition of fresh knowledge, the honing of skills, and the mastery of competencies. It is the crucible where critical thinking abilities are forged, effective decision-making skills are honed, and leadership qualities are fortified. Lifelong learning doesn't merely serve as a passive passenger in the journey of nursing leadership; it is the driving force behind the wheel. It kindles the flames of innovation, underpins the edifice of evidence-based practice, and stands guard as the sentinel of high-quality patient care. Embracing lifelong learning is the rite of passage for nurses harboring aspirations of leadership. It beckons a proactive commitment to ongoing professional development, self-reflection, and the cultivation of a growth mindset. Nurse leaders, both current and aspiring, have a treasure trove of avenues to traverse in the realm of lifelong learning. These include the pursuit of advanced education, active participation in professional development activities, engagement in mentorship programs, and the unwavering commitment to staying abreast of the latest evidence-based practices.
Innovazioni nella politica dei tassi d'interesse.
Creators: name: MODIGLIANI, F.
name: SUTCH, R.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2014

description: Questo articolo si propone di esaminare i risultati della politica inaugurata negli Stati Uniti al principio del 1961, all’avvento dell’amministrazione Kennedy, e nota come “ Operazione Twist”: ossia del tentativo di “forzare” la struttura dei saggi d’interesse rialzando i rendimenti dei titoli a breve termine e abbassando contemporaneamente o almeno mantenendo invariati quelli dei titoli a lungo termine.
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 19, N. 73 (1966)
title: Combinatorial designs and their automorphism groups
Creators: name: Lovegrove, Graham John
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2009

description: This thesis concerns the automorphism groups of Steiner triple systems and of cycle systems. Although most Steiner triple systems have trivial automorphism groups [2], it is widely known that for every abstract group, there exists a Steiner triple system whose automorphism is isomorphic to that group [16].

 The well-known Bose construction [4] for Steiner triple systems, which has a number of variants, has a particularly nice structure, which makes it possible to say much about the automorphism group, and in the case of the construction based on an Abelian group, to derive the full automorphism group. The thesis contains a full analysis of these matters. Some of these results have been published by the author in [14]. The thesis also proves new results concerning the automorphism group for Steiner triple systems constructed using the tripling construction.

 An m-cycle system is a decomposition of a complete graph into cycles of length m. A Steiner triple system is thus a 3-cycle system. The thesis proves the result that for all m > 3, and for each abstract finite group, there exists an m-cycle system whose automorphism group is isomorphic to that group.

 In addition, the thesis contains a collection of new results concerning the conjecture by Furedi that every Steiner triple system is decomposable into triangles. Although this conjecture is expected to remain open for some time, it is possible to prove it for a number of standard constructions. It is further shown that for sufficiently large v, the number of Steiner triple systems of order v that are decomposable into triangles is at least vv2(1/54-0(1)) .
Contemporary art/contemporary pedagogy : interrupting mastery as paradigm for art school education
Creators: name: Fouquet, Monique
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Contemporary art/contemporary pedagogy: interrupting mastery as paradigm for art school education is a narrative exploration of artistic and pedagogical practices within the specific context of post-secondary art school education in stand alone art schools as opposed to a university art department. This study considers the following three primary questions: How can art school education better reflect postmodern cultural production? What are some of the ways in which pedagogical practice disrupts the monolithic model of mastery? How can art school pedagogy be re-oriented away from an overly deterministic notion of education? Through reflexive inquiry, I offer a personal perspective on art school education, weaving together my own experiences as student, artist, teacher and administrator, and juxtaposing 'my' text against the text of three artist pedagogues, representing specific aspects of field experience. Throughout the dissertation I seek to unearth the hidden assumptions that are embedded in historically inherited ways of being and doing in relation to contemporary art. I suggest that the partitioning of the institutional space into studio disciplines also segregates knowledge, and as such, largely determines the pedagogical framework of art schools. In the face of the interdisciplinary character of contemporary practice, I question the usefulness and relevance of disciplinary pedagogues modeled around the notion of achieving mastery as a paradigm that has shaped curricular practices in art schools in the past, and largely continues to define art school education today. I propose that the three artist pedagogues in this dissertation are each contributing to creating new inquiry structures that challenge boundaries between studio disciplines, between school and not-school, and between and among places of learning. I end by suggesting, as a topic for further research, complexity science as it may offer a productive framework to re-consider art school education.
Emigrazione e sviluppo economico. (Emigration and economic growth)
Creators: name: KINDLEBERGER, C.P.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Emigration, growth, Europe, labour supply, resource allocation
subject: O15

description: The paper considers the economic debate of whether emigration helps or hurts a country. This is a vital issue along the whole Mediterranean littoral from Portugal to Turkey. On one side of the debate emigration is regarded as the export of capital, inappropriate for poor countries. On the other side, it is considered to provide the benefits of getting unemployed or disguised unemployed to work. Here the arguments for and against emigration from developing countries is presented separately in static and dynamic terms. The focus is no intra-European South-North migration. It is shown that when conditions are right, large-scale migration can contribute to rapid growth in the country of immigration, based on greater supplies of labour, and in the country of origin, based on more effective resource allocation. It is argued that within certain limits emigration can be, and has been a positive force for growth in the South. JEL: O15
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 19, N. 73 (1966)
Explicit solution of the generalised Langevin equation
Creators: name: Di Terlizzi, Ivan
name: Ritort, Felix
name: Baiesi, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Generating an initial condition for a Langevin equation with memory is a non trivial issue. We introduce a generalisation of the Laplace transform as a useful tool for solving this problem, in which a limit procedure may send the extension of memory effects to arbitrary times in the past. This method allows us to compute average position, work, their variances and the entropy production rate of a particle dragged in a complex fluid by an harmonic potential, which could represent the effect of moving optical tweezers. For initial conditions in equilibrium we generalise the results by van Zon and Cohen, finding the variance of the work for generic protocols of the trap. In addition, we study a particle dragged for a long time captured in an optical trap with constant velocity in a steady state. Our formulas open the door to thermodynamic uncertainty relations in systems with memory.
Deterministic Local Conversion of Incomparable States by Collective LOCC
Creators: name: Chattopadhyay, Indrani
name: Sarkar, Debasis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Incomparability of pure bipartite entangled states under deterministic LOCC is a very strange phenomena. We find two possible ways of getting our desired pure entangled state which is incomparable with the given input state, by collective LOCC with certainty. The first one is by providing some pure entanglement through the lower dimensional maximally-entangled states or using further less amount of entanglement and the next one is by collective operation on two pairs which are individually incomparable. It is quite surprising that we are able to achieve maximally entangled states of any Schmidt rank from a finite number of $2\times 2$ pure entangled states only by deterministic LOCC. We provide general theory for the case of $3\times3$ system of incomparable states by the above processes where incomparability seems to be the most hardest one.
description: 15 pages, title changed, published version, some minor changes
Globular Clusters with Dark Matter Halos. I. Initial Relaxation
Creators: name: Mashchenko, Sergey
name: Sills, Alison
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a series of two papers, we test the primordial scenario of globular cluster formation using results of high-resolutions N-body simulations. In this first paper we study the initial relaxation of a stellar core inside a live dark matter minihalo in the early universe. Our dark-matter dominated globular clusters show features which are usually attributed to the action of the tidal field of the host galaxy. Among them are the presence of an apparent cutoff ("tidal radius") or of a "break" in the outer parts of the radial surface brightness profile, and a flat line-of-sight velocity dispersion profile in the outskirts of the cluster. The apparent mass-to-light ratios of our hybrid (stars + dark matter) globular clusters are very close to those of purely stellar clusters. We suggest that additional observational evidence such as the presence of obvious tidal tails is required to rule out the presence of significant amounts of dark matter in present day globular clusters.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures. Astrophysical Journal, in press
In vitro strain specific reducing of aflatoxin B1 by probiotic bacteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Emadi, Alireza
name: Eslami, Majid
name: Yousefi, Bahman
name: Abdolshahi, Anna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the capacity of probiotic bacteria for reducing of aflatoxin B1 as a food hazard. The results indicated that probiotic bacteria significantly decreased aflatoxin B1 by 45.99% (CI: 42.08%, 49.91%) also The rank order of binding subgroups were Lactobacillus 47.96% (CI: 43.51%, 52.40%), Bifidobacterium 43.95% (CI: 34.96%, 53.65%; I2 = 99.8%), Pediococcus 41.61% (CI: 31.49%, 51.74%; I2 = 99.3%), Lactococcus 33.56% (CI: 19.19%, 47.94%; I2 = 99.5%) and Enterococcus 27.14% (CI: 20.70%, 33.58%, I2 = 96.9%,). Probiotic bacteria could be recommended as a biological tool for decreasing aflatoxin B1 in different safety approaches.
Las transferencias agrarias en México y su efecto en el sector agropecuario
Creators: name: Zavala-Pineda, María Jesica
name: Leos-Rodríguez, Juan Antonio
name: Salas-González, José María
name: Valdez-Cepeda, Ricardo David
name: Gómez-Oliver, Luis
name: Zavala-Pineda, María Jesica
name: Leos-Rodríguez, Juan Antonio
name: Salas-González, José María
name: Valdez-Cepeda, Ricardo David
name: Gómez-Oliver, Luis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Bienes privados agrarios
subject: bienes públicos agrarios
subject: semi-elasticidad
subject: transferencias al consumo
subject: valor agregado agrario

description: Este trabajo examina el impacto de las transferencias agrarias (TA) sobre el desempeño del sector agropecuario medido a través del valor agregado agrario por trabajador (VA). Las TA se diferenciaron por tipo de bienes y de acuerdo a su finalidad. Se utilizaron series de datos del periodo de 1986 a 2010 en dos modelos semi-logarítmicos. Los resultados indican que las TA en Bienes Públicos son las más eficaces, por cada peso invertido en este rubro, el VA creció 1.6 %; por su finalidad, la inversión en bienes de Fomento Productivo Indirecto registró el mayor impacto, por cada peso gastado el VA crece 7.6 %.
Benzo-a-pyrene-induced reproductive toxicity was abated in rats co-treated with taurine
Creators: name: Owumi, Solomon E.
name: Popoola, Opeoluwa
name: Otunla, Moses T.
name: Okuu, Uche A.
name: Najophe, Eseroghene S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Mental Health

description: Benzo-a-pyrene (BaP) exposure is toxic to the reproductive systems. The beneficial effects of taurine (TAU) against BaP-induced toxicity in the epididymis and testes of rats co-treated with BaP (10 mg/kg) and TAU at doses of 100 and 200 mg/kg for 28 successive days are reported in this study. Co-treatment with TAU significantly alleviated BaP-induced decreases in sperm quality, reproductive hormones, oxidative stress and inflammatory biomarkers. TAU also lessened epididymal and testicular injuries in rats. TAU ameliorated toxic responses in the epididymis and testes of rats exposed to BaP by abating oxidative and inflammatory responses, improved sperm quality and enhanced reproductive hormone levels.
Exekutive Funktionen Bedeutsamkeit und Handlungsmöglichkeiten beim Kooperativen Lernen
Creators: name: Brunner, Michelle
name: Dürig, Corine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Schulische Heilpädagogik
Kooperatives Lernen
Masterarbeit

description: Exekutive Funktionen bezeichnen eine Vielzahl von geistigen Fähigkeiten, welche das Denken und Handeln steuern. Diese werden meist in drei Teilbereiche – das Arbeitsgedächtnis, die Inhibition und die kognitive Flexibilität – gegliedert, welche miteinander korrelieren. Kinder und Jugendliche verfügen noch nicht über voll einsatzfähige exekutive Funktionen, was unter anderem mit der langjährigen Ent-wicklungsphase des Frontalhirns zusammenhängt. Während des Entwicklungsprozesses können und sollen die exekutiven Funktionen jedoch trainiert werden.
 In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Zusammenhang zwischen den exekutiven Funktionen und dem Kooperativen Lernen erforscht und aufgezeigt. Es wird ein Unterrichtskonzept zur Förderung der exekutiven Funktionen beim Kooperativen Lernen entwickelt. Dieses beinhaltet einen Unterrichtsordner mit 13 Unterrichtsplanungen sowie Kopiervorlagen, eine Box mit 120 Ideenkarten und zusätzliche Unter-richtsmaterialien. Das erarbeitete Unterrichtskonzept wird während drei Monaten in vier Klassen im Kanton Thurgau erprobt und evaluiert.
 Die qualitativ und quantitativ erhobenen Daten zeigen bei Projektende deutliche Fortschritte in den exekutiven Funktionen der Schülerinnen und Schüler. Es wird ersichtlich, dass sich das erstellte Unter-richtskonzept im Schulalltag bewährt und die Lehrpersonen darin unterstützt, die exekutiven Funktionen ihrer Schülerinnen und Schüler beim Kooperativen Lernen zu fördern.
Toxicity of Caulerpa scalpelliformis selected fractions with fatty acids on Porthesia scintillans
Creators: name: Sahayaraj, Kitherian
name: Ravindran, Chinnarajan
name: Jancy, Selvaraj
name: Pechidurai, Ganesan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Porthesia scintillans, a serious pest threat to major crops. Here, we evaluated the toxicity of Caulerpa scalpelliformis fractions (CSF1, CSF2, and CSF3) against P. scintillans. Fraction CSF1 attracted P. scintillans larvae whereas CSF2 and CSF3 showed repellency. P. scintillans showed significant higher insecticidal activity when fed with CSF2 fraction sprayed castor leaves. Similar observation was recorded in standards, vijayneem and monocrotophos. The GC–MS analysis of CSF2 and CSF3 described hexadecanoic acid, octadecenoic acid, and octadecatrienoic acid which might promote insecticidal activity. Hence, fatty acid based C. scalpelliformis extract preparations may be used for safe and eco-friendly agricultural pest.
Estrategias de expansión de las cadenas de distribución agroalimentaria española
Creators: name: Roig-Tierno, Norat
name: Baviera-Puig, Amparo
name: Buitrago-Vera, Juan
name: Roig-Tierno, Norat
name: Baviera-Puig, Amparo
name: Buitrago-Vera, Juan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Análisis espacial
subject: clúster
subject: distribución agroalimentaria
subject: localización
subject: Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG)

description: El estudio de la economía geográfica evolutiva recibe cada vez un mayor interés. El objetivo de este artículo consiste en analizar las diferentes estrategias de expansión o crecimiento geográfico seguidas por las principales cadenas de distribución agroalimentaria españolas. Para ello, se pretende aportar las herramientas del análisis espacial ya que la difusión de las cadenas de distribución a través del espacio es un proceso dinámico. A partir de estos análisis, podemos comparar las diferentes estrategias de expansión o crecimiento geográfico de cada una de las cadenas de distribución agroalimentaria españolas, así como facilitar el proceso empresarial de toma de decisiones.
Evaluation of anti-scorpion (Hottentota tamulus) venom potential of native plants extracts using mice model
Creators: name: Butt, Samima Asad
name: Tahir, Hafiz Muhammad
name: Ali, Shaukat
name: Tariq, Muniba
name: Hassan, Ali
name: Summer, Muhammad
name: Raza, Chand
name: Khan, Shafaat Yar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Hottentota tamulus (Fabricius, 1798) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) is among the most common venomous species of scorpions in Punjab, Pakistan. The venom of this species has high risk of morbidity and mortality. Several medicinal plants have been reported to have anti-scorpion venom potential. However, there is scarcity of scientific evidences that could prove the anti-scorpion venom potential of plant extracts. The aim of present study was to evaluate the anti-venom activity of four native plants extracts, i.e. Mangifera indica L., Achyranthes aspera L., Allium cepa L. and Ginkgo biloba L. using Swiss albino mice as model. The Methanolic/aqueous extracts of plants were mixed with LD99 of Hottenota tamulus and injected intraperitoneally. The response was recorded till 7th day of treatment. Moreover, hematological and serological analyses were performed after administration of LD50 and LD99 doses of venom. The extracts of A. aspera and A. cepa completely neutralized (100%) the effect of scorpion venom, but neutralization effect of G. biloba was comparatively less (83.3%). However, M. indica (leaves and flowers) did not neutralize the effect scorpion venom. The extracts of plants were analyzed by GC-MS for the compositional analysis. The major compounds found in A. aspera, A. cepa and G. biloba were Oleanolic acid, cyclopropane, Lupeol acetate, a cholesterol, palmitic acid and Stearic acid respectively. It is concluded that A. aspera and A. cepa completely neutralize the effect of venom and could be used in future to design anti-scorpion venom agent.
First report on the presence of aflatoxins in fig seed oil and the efficacy of adsorbents in reducing aflatoxin levels in aqueous and oily media
Creators: name: Senturk, Seyda
name: Karaca, Hakan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Aflatoxin contamination of dried figs has been a chronic problem for decades but aflatoxin distribution within the fruit has not yet been revealed. In this study, we conducted aflatoxin analyses separately in the seedless part of dried figs and in fig seed oil. The results showed that both seedless part and seed oil were contaminated with aflatoxins at levels close to the regulatory limits set for products for direct consumption. Effectiveness of various adsorbents in removing aflatoxins from aqueous and oily compartments of the fruit and the effects of these treatments on bioactive compounds and physicochemical characteristics were also investigated.
CC2Vec: Distributed Representations of Code Changes
Creators: name: Hoang, Thong
name: Kang, Hong Jin
name: Lawall, Julia
name: Lo, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Existing work on software patches often use features specific to a single task. These works often rely on manually identified features, and human effort is required to identify these features for each task. In this work, we propose CC2Vec, a neural network model that learns a representation of code changes guided by their accompanying log messages, which represent the semantic intent of the code changes. CC2Vec models the hierarchical structure of a code change with the help of the attention mechanism and uses multiple comparison functions to identify the differences between the removed and added code. To evaluate if CC2Vec can produce a distributed representation of code changes that is general and useful for multiple tasks on software patches, we use the vectors produced by CC2Vec for three tasks: log message generation, bug fixing patch identification, and just-in-time defect prediction. In all tasks, the models using CC2Vec outperform the state-of-the-art techniques.
title: Voices of selves : the lives of six older lesbians and gay men and their negotiated making of the self
Creators: name: Pugh, Stephen Edward
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2010

description: This thesis aims to achieve an understanding of the development of sexual selves and the impact that growing older has had on the sense of self of three older lesbians and three older gay men. The research project upon which it is based involved multiple in-depth interviews that were undertaken in a two year period from 2005.

 The stories that were told to me indicate that the older lesbians and gay men have been very clear about their sense of their sexual selves - they are lesbian and gay. Living their lives alongside the structures that are privileged by heteronormativity, they also constructed a clear sense of separation - they were not the same as heterosexuals and as such their very `being' became a site of resistance. As older people, their sense of self is much more complex as they articulate their understanding of what it means to be both old and lesbian or gay. Their narratives clearly indicate that as they engaged in a process of self-making and negotiated the tensions involved in constructing the self as `other' when they were younger so they are continuing these processes in later life.

 In seeking to understand the stories about constructing the self that is an older lesbian or gay man, this thesis rejects the dominant discourses in social gerontology and post-Enlightenment constructs of the self in favour of dialogism which is based upon very different assumptions. This approach facilitates an understanding of the self which is negotiated in dialogue that in turn has specific contexts such as time and relationships. As a consequence the focus rests with how the individual negotiates the contradictions that arise from their own understanding of what it means to be an older lesbian or gay man and in doing so construct new meanings of self.
Ionic gelation synthesis, characterization and adsorption studies of cross-linked chitosan-tripolyphosphate (CS-TPP) nanoparticles for removal of As (V) ions from aqueous solution: kinetic and isotherm studies
Creators: name: Hamidi, Farshad
name: Aghdam, Mojtaba Azadi
name: Johar, Fatemeh
name: Mehdinejad, Mohammad Hadi
name: Baghani, Abbas Norouzian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Space Science
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Medicine
Pharmacology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The CS-TPP nanoparticles were synthesized and their efficiency for removal of arsenic (V) ions at the optimum conditions was investigated. The optimum conditions for CS-TPP nanoparticles were obtained with the mass ratio of tripolyphosphate to chitosan of 1: 2 and pH = 5.0. The experimental data for the adsorption of As (V) ions followed the Freundlich adsorption isotherm and the maximum adsorption capacity was 77 mg/g at pH = 6.0. All isotherm experiments were performed at room temperature (25 °C). The crosslinking of sodium tripolyphosphate with the chitosan led to a decrease in crystallinity of the formed particles which then resulted in an improvement in metal ion sorption properties.
Characterizing the loss landscape of variational quantum circuits
Creators: name: Huembeli, Patrick
name: Dauphin, Alexandre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Machine learning techniques enhanced by noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices and especially variational quantum circuits (VQC) have recently attracted much interest and have already been benchmarked for certain problems. Inspired by classical deep learning, VQCs are trained by gradient descent methods which allow for efficient training over big parameter spaces. For NISQ sized circuits, such methods show good convergence. There are however still many open questions related to the convergence of the loss function and to the trainability of these circuits in situations of vanishing gradients. Furthermore, it is not clear how "good" the minima are in terms of generalization and stability against perturbations of the data and there is, therefore, a need for tools to quantitatively study the convergence of the VQCs. In this work, we introduce a way to compute the Hessian of the loss function of VQCs and show how to characterize the loss landscape with it. The eigenvalues of the Hessian give information on the local curvature and we discuss how this information can be interpreted and compared to classical neural networks. We benchmark our results on several examples, starting with a simple analytic toy model to provide some intuition about the behavior of the Hessian, then going to bigger circuits, and also train VQCs on data. Finally, we show how the Hessian can be used to adjust the learning rate for faster convergence during the training of variational circuits.
Investimenti americani nel Mercato Comune Europeo. (American direct investments in the Common Market)
Creators: name: BALASSA, B.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Manufacturing, investments, US, Europe, policy
subject: F21, L60

description: The author considers the US share of manufacturing investments in Western Europe. He concludes that despite widely voiced concerns, their are no risks for national sovereignty. The author recognises that US companies derive technological and productivity advantages from government financed research and sales to federal agencies. He thus calls for a coordinated policy of research and public policy of research and public procurement in Europe as well. JEL: F21, L60
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 19, N. 74 (1966)
Globular Clusters with Dark Matter Halos. II. Evolution in Tidal Field
Creators: name: Mashchenko, Sergey
name: Sills, Alison
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this second paper in our series, we continue to test primordial scenarios of globular cluster formation which predict that globular clusters formed in the early universe in the potential of dark matter minihalos. In this paper we use high-resolution N-body simulations to model tidal stripping experienced by primordial dark-matter dominated globular clusters in the static gravitational potential of the host dwarf galaxy. We test both cuspy Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW) and flat-core Burkert models of dark matter halos. Our primordial globular cluster with an NFW dark matter halo survives severe tidal stripping, and after 10 orbits is still dominated by dark matter in its outskirts. Our cluster with Burkert dark matter halo loses almost all its dark matter to tidal stripping, and starts losing stars at the end of our simulations. The results of this paper reinforce our conclusion in Paper I that current observations of globular clusters are consistent with the primordial picture of globular cluster formation.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures. Astrophysical Journal, in press
Monitoring of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid concentration in Karun River and effluents of water treatment plants
Creators: name: Orooji, Naghmeh
name: Takdastan, Afshin
name: Yengejeh, Reza Jalilzadeh
name: Jorfi, Sahand
name: Davami, Amir Hossein
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: This study aimed to determine the concentrations of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) using salting-out assisted liquid–liquid extraction (SALLE) in influent and effluent of Ahvaz water treatment plants during 2018–2019. All measured concentrations were less than the maximum allowable concentrations recommended by the National Standards Organization of Iran (1053) and WHO guidelines. The results showed that the Ahvaz treatment plant decreased the concentration of 2,4-D by 69.2%. Therefore, it is necessary to measure the persistent organic pollutants such as pesticides in different seasons, especially in autumn, winter, and spring that the chemical fertilizers and pesticides are commonly used.
Charte pour une démarche qualité : réalisation de bases de données issues d'enquêtes de terrain
Creators: name: Aubert, Magali
name: Morin, Pascale
name: Aubert, Magali
name: Morin, Pascale
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Quality approach
subject: Database
subject: Field surveys
subject: Methodology
subject: Reliability
subject: Transferability
subject: Repeatability
subject: Sustainability
subject: Traceability
subject: Démarche qualité
subject: Base de données
subject: Enquêtes de terrain
subject: Méthodologie
subject: Fiabilité
subject: Traçabilité
subject: Reproductibilité
subject: Pérennité
subject: Transférabilité

description: Implement a quality approach for databases based on field surveys is a major issue for scientific community. Data is the support of studies. Hence, implement a quality approach translates into considering both quality issues and data life-cycle. Reliability, transferability, repeatability, sustainability, traceability have to be considered from questionnaire to the database availability. The aim of this charter is to propose a methodology for the scientific community, whatever the discipline. This methodology is based on Human and Social Science. It is there for transferable to any other using databases from field surveys. The originality of the approach is the interaction between quality issues and data-life steps of data collected through field surveys. French abstract: La mise en œuvre d’une démarche qualité pour les bases de données issues d’enquêtes de terrain constitue un enjeu majeur pour la communauté scientifique, les jeux de données étant la base des études réalisées. Dans ce contexte, mettre en œuvre une démarche qualité aux différentes étapes du cycle de vie des données représente des enjeux essentiels. Ces enjeux de fiabilité, traçabilité, reproductibilité, pérennité et transférabilité doivent être pris en compte depuis l’élaboration du questionnaire jusqu’à la mise à disposition des données. L’objectif de cette charte qualité est de proposer une méthodologie à destination de la communauté scientifique toutes disciplines confondues. Cette méthodologie repose sur des travaux menés en Sciences Humaines et Sociales. Elle est cependant transposable à toute autre discipline mobilisant des bases de données issues d’enquêtes de terrain. L’originalité de la démarche réside dans l’articulation entre les enjeux de la démarche qualité et étapes du processus du cycle de vie des données issues d’enquêtes de terrain.
Conversations on teaching and learning drawing : drawn toward transformation
Creators: name: Kalin, Nadine
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This dissertation delves into the shifting perceptions, practices, and contradictions inherent in teaching and learning related to drawing within elementary schooling. In particular, it shares how a group of non-art specialist teachers who teach their own art and the author come to know drawing within the context of an action research group. Non-art specialist elementary teachers are increasingly responsible for teaching art to their students, a task for which few feel adequately prepared. Moreover, this group of teachers often identifies the inability to draw as a decisive factor in their lack of confidence in teaching art. The teacher-researchers reported on in this study recognized the need to return to where they had left off in their own learning of drawing as a basis for their artistic and classroom-based inquiries. Through a re-framing and demystification of our inter-relationships with pictorial realism in drawing and teaching we were able to renegotiate previous encounters that had caused stagnation and become opened up to alternative ways of understanding drawing. This dissertation articulates our research processes as an unfolding, complex, and ongoing conversation. Placing teachers at the centre of their own learning in a critically reflective and social context contributed to the transformation of perception, practice, and curricular possibility related to drawing. In this research I have not only guided, but also been guided through the contours of the roots and routes of possible change for these teachers and myself. The research experiences of the teacher-participants have resulted in a newfound and ongoing commitment to teaching art and drawing that is reasonable and risky, as well as practical and responsive to the evolving circumstances of their teaching. This seems a worthwhile (re)starting point for non-specialist teachers of art at the beginning of their careers and for those in the midst of their profession. Consequently, the dissertation is of relevance to tertiary educators and researchers seeking insights related to non-specialist teachers of art, their preparation as teachers, professional development in art, and post-modern, visual cultural approaches to art education. Furthermore, this study generates understandings that contribute to existing articulations of action research and a/r/tography.
Consumers’ and producers’ perceptions of markets: service levels of the most important short food supply chains in Hungary
Creators: name: Szabó, Dorottya
name: Juhász, Anikó
name: Szabó, Dorottya
name: Juhász, Anikó
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: short supply chain
subject: farmers’ markets
subject: service quality

description: In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in new type, direct and short supply chains (SSC) Hungary, and the markets have proved to be globalisation-resilient, keeping their market share from sales of fast-moving consumer goods. We conducted a consumer and producer survey to identify the most important expectations and experiences about markets in Hungary. We applied a service quality model (SERVQUAL) to measure the consumers’ and producers’ opinions and satisfaction of Hungarian markets. A warning result of our study is that vendors estimate their level of service above that of the consumers’ experiences which means that, in spite of the direct communication, they do not have an accurate understanding of their customers’ requirements. Our surveys also showed that there is a substantial deficiency between the services expected and experienced at markets in all dimensions (environment, service, convenience and produce) that infl uence the choice of retail channel. The most important dimension proved to be produce quality which should thus remain in the focus of market developments. In recent years, new trends in urban local food movements have started to emerge in Hungary which could not be detected at the time of our survey (2012). Thus we intend to extend our survey in the future to see whether these new local-alternative food movements have formed a new consumer segment for farmers’ markets in Hungary, and in what way should the market vendors modify their services to be able to ride this new trend.
description: http://dx.doi.org/10.7896/j.1519
Investimenti diretti inglesi nell'Europa Occidentale. (British direct investment in Western Europe)
Creators: name: DUNNING, J.H.
name: ROWAN, D.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: UK, investment, Western Europe
subject: F21

description: The paper has two main objects. The first, which is essentially descriptive, is to provide an account of British direct investment in Western Europe in relation to British direct investment as a whole. In attempting this the authors make uses not only of official data but also of some of the preliminary results of a private enquiry undertaken by the authors themselves. The second objective is to consider, so far as the data and economic theory permit, the costs and benefits accruing to the United Kingdom from direct investment in Western Europe. This has both long and short run aspects. The principal conclusion of the paper is that while the official and other data available make it possible to give a fairly comprehensive statistical description of British direct investment in Europe, it is not yet possible to make any confident judgement on the real costs and benefits of such investment. JEL: F21
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 19, N. 74 (1966)
Xystosomus paralaevis Erwin 1973, new species
Creators: name: Erwin, Terry L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1973
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Xystosomus
Xystosomus paralaevis

description: 27. Xystosomus paralaevis, new species  FIGURES 58, 72 TYPE-LOCALITY.— Sao Paulo, Brazil. TYPE-SPECIMENS.—The holotype female is in MHNP. Nine female paratypes, all from the typelocality: BMNH, 1; MHNP, 5; USNM, 3. DESCRIPTION.— Form: As in X. laevis , except pronotum broader (see below). Easily distinguished from all species of the group having no pronotal setae by the sharp hind angles of the pronotum along with evenly arcuate side margins of the pronotum and bright rufous integument. Color: Head and body bright rufous; elytra slightly iridescent; appendages testaceous or slightly infuscated dorsally, antennae apically. Head: Broad between eyes; frontal furrows shallowly impressed, divergent posteriorly; eyes medium-sized and flat. Pronotum (Figure 58): Broadly transverse (W/L, x 1.83; range, 1.76-1.91; 10 specimens); lateral setigerous pores absent; hind angles sharp, about 90°, sides anterior to angles evenly arcuate; side margins beaded, not reflexed. Elytra: Smooth, but some specimens with faint traces of striae on disc; otherwise as in X. laevis. Secondary sexual characters: Male unknown. Female genitalia characteristic of the species group. Size: Ten specimens: length, 1.9-2.2 mm; width, 1.0-1.2 mm. NATURAL HISTORY.— Unknown, except one adult collected in July. No teneral specimens seen. LOCALITY RECORDS (Figure 72).—I have seen ten specimens, all from the following locality: SOUTH AMERICA: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo ( BMNH, MHNP, USNM ).
description: Published as part of Erwin, Terry L., 1973, Studies of the subtribe Tachyina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), Part I: A revision of the Neotropical genus Xystosomus Schaum, pp. 1-39 in Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 140 on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.140, http://zenodo.org/record/3828531