cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Rainfall, runoff and soil degradation in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - a case study in Hilkot watershed Pakistan
Creators: name: Zokaib, Suhail
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Surface runoff and sediment transport are often considered as the two most important hydrological parameters in water resources engineering. Surface soil erosion from most of the areas is a serious threat to sustainable agriculture and sediment accumulation in reservoirs. An extensive runoff and soil erosion study was conducted in Hilkot watershed, Pakistan. The watershed consists of four major land uses including degraded, forests, agricultural, and pasture lands. The main objective of this dissertation was to provide a better understanding of the hydrologic and land use behavior of the watershed. Moreover, the goals were: 1) to calculate and compare annual rainfall, runoff and soil losses with their seasonal distribution from different land uses; 2) to establish rainfall, runoff and soil loss relationships; and 3) to develop a calibrated mathematical model for runoff and soil loss estimation. Overall, the results obtained from this research demonstrated that the Hilkot watershed falls in the monsoon region with about 38% rainfall occurred in the monsoon period (July to September). The average annual rainfall found in the study area was 1160 mm. In all the erosion plots, almost 50% of the runoff and soil loss occurred during the monsoon period. The mean maximum runoff was from the degraded plot (674 m³/ha/y), while the minimum was observed at the pasture plot (310 m³/ha/y). The average runoffs on other land uses were 529 and 460 m³/ha/y from the forest and agriculture plots, respectively. The average maximum soil loss was recorded from the degraded plot (6.5 t/ha/y) and the average minimum (1.8 t/ha/y) was on the pasture plot. Similarly, the average soil losses were 3.3 and 3.4 t/ha/y measured from the forest and agricultural plots, respectively. Polynomial regression analyses were developed for predicting rainfall, runoff and soil loss relationships and showed a reasonable correlation among the parameters. A mathematical model was also developed and calibrated with field data (using a genetic algorithm approach) to estimate the total runoff and soil loss for various land uses. The model reproduced the measured field data reasonably well and it indicated the highest and lowest runoff and soil loss for degraded and pasture lands, respectively.
Maximus the Confessor and John of Damascus on Gnomic Will (γνώμη) in Christ: Clarity and Ambiguity
Creators: name: Blowers, Paul M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: For years I have been perplexed as to why Maximus the Confessor, in his articulate christological formulations in the seventh century, ultimately decided that Jesus Christ, as fully human, had only a natural human will (θέλημα φυσική), and so forcefully ruled against the possibility that he also had a "gnomic" (or "deliberative") will (γνώμη) in the manner of fallen human beings. In the words of Maximus' own beloved predecessor, Gregory Nazianzen, "what is not assumed is not healed." Though not alone in this concern, I’ve made a regular pest of myself broaching this issue in numerous patristics conferences (most recently the 2011 Oxford Patristics Conference) anytime an essay on Maximus would even remotely touch on the matter. The answer I get represents a fairly hardened scholarly consensus. Accordingly, Maximus, in working out his understanding of the Chalcedonian definition, still required a certain asymmetry in the composite hypostasis of Christ, since it is the divine hypostasis of the Son who united with and divinized the humanity of Jesus. In this case only a "natural" human will could be truly deified, not a gnomic will prone to vacillation. I agree with this consensus in general, and it has been strengthened all the more in an excellent recent study by Ian McFarland comparing Maximus’ doctrine of the will with that of Augustine. McFarland has cogently argued the plausibility of Maximus' denial of γνώμη in Christ as a function of his strong sense that "natural" human will, as modeled in Christ, is not antecedently "constrained" by the will of the divine Creator but a manifestation of the gracious stability of human will in concert with deifying divine grace. Indeed, Christ has effectively liberated human willing from the disastrous illusion of "autonomy" that characterizes human existence after the fall.
The High Transverse Momentum Non-Photonic Electron Measurements in $Au+Au$ collisions at $\sqrt {S_{NN}} = 200$ GeV at RHIC/STAR
Creators: name: Xu, Wenqin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present preliminary results of Non-Photonic Electron (NPE) production, NPE-hadron azimuthal correlation as well as NPE elliptic flow studies at midrapidity using a data set with high statistics and low photon conversion background from $Au+Au$ collisions at $\sqrt {S_{NN}} = 200$ GeV collected at RHIC in Run 2010.
description: Proceedings for the 19th Particles and Nuclei International Conference(PANIC 2011)
Trafficking and stability of voltage-gated calcium channels
Creators: name: Simms, Brent A.
name: Zamponi, Gerald W.
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2012

description: Voltage-gated calcium channels are important mediators of calcium influx into electrically excitable cells. The amount of calcium entering through this family of channel proteins is not only determined by the functional properties of channels embedded in the plasma membrane but also by the numbers of channels that are expressed at the cell surface. The trafficking of channels is controlled by numerous processes, including co-assembly with ancillary calcium channel subunits, ubiquitin ligases, and interactions with other membrane proteins such as G protein coupled receptors. Here we provide an overview about the current state of knowledge of calcium channel trafficking to the cell membrane, and of the mechanisms regulating the stability and internalization of this important ion channel family.
Liberation: Challenges to Modern Orthodox Theology from the Contextual Theologies
Creators: name: Bouteneff, Peter C.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: When it comes to the articulation of theology, context is at the same time an inevitability, a responsibility, and a liability. It is inevitable that every expression of theology is brought forth in a particular language, at a particular time and place. It is a responsibility in that the framing of theology must be responsive to evolving cultural, linguistic, and even socioeconomic realities: it must address its prophetic word to people where they are. But context can also be a liability when a theological expression remains bound to an ancient or otherwise distant formula without perceiving the need to “translate” it from its original setting. Context can also be a liability when it overtakes theology, where theology becomes so beholden to its linguistic, cultural, and sociological setting that it loses its prophetic character altogether. Such, then, is the challenge facing anyone who dares articulate theology: to express genuine, timeless, true theology in a way that is conditioned by context, receivable within context, but not diluted by context.
Additional file 5 of Characteristics and impact of interventions to support healthcare providers’ compliance with guideline recommendations for breast cancer: a systematic literature review
Creators: name: Ricci-Cabello, Ignacio
name: Carvallo-Castañeda, Darla
name: Vásquez-Mejía, Adrián
name: Alonso-Coello, Pablo
name: Saz-Parkinson, Zuleika
name: Parmelli, Elena
name: Morgano, Gian Paolo
name: Rigau, David
name: Solà, Ivan
name: Neamtiu, Luciana
name: Niño-de-Guzmán, Ena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Additional file 5.  Evidence Profiles.
Liberation and Postliberalism
Creators: name: Ashley, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: One hopeful future for liberation theology may be as a leaven, a spur to the conscience, in a predominantly non-liberation theological academy. Liberation theologies, and their near relatives in constructive theology, will never die; but neither is there any immediate prospect of their taking over the mainstream, in either teaching or publication. For as liberation theologies defined themselves, the postliberal reaction was already brewing. That reaction has become the regnant orthodoxy of the theological academy. In that context, some of the most exciting theology being done today is methodologically under the broad postliberal umbrella, but understands itself as responsible to the theo-ethical force of the liberation movement.
Study of late-Mesozoic magmatic rocks and their related copper-gold-polymetallic deposits in the Guichi ore-cluster district, Lower Yangtze River Metallogenic Belt, East China
Creators: name: Gu, Huangling
name: Yang, Xiaoyong
name: Nie, Zhangxing
name: Deng, Jianghong
name: Duan, Liuan
name: Hu, Qing
name: Shakoor, Mastoi Abdul
name: Gao, Ergen
name: Hafiz, Abdul Aziz Jasmi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: The Guichi ore-cluster district in the Lower Yangtze River Metallogenic Belt hosts extensive Cu–Au–Mo polymetallic deposits including the Tongshan Cu–Mo, Paodaoling Au, Matou Cu–Mo, Anzishan Cu–Mo, Guilinzheng Mo and Zhaceqiao Au deposits, mostly associated with the late Mesozoic magmatic rocks, which has been drawn to attention of study and exploration. However, the metallogenic relationship between magmatic rocks and the Cu–Au-polymetallic deposits is not well constrained. In this study, we report new zircon U–Pb ages, Hf isotopic, and geochemical data for the ore-bearing intrusions of Guichi region. LA-ICP-MS U–Pb ages for the Anzishan quartz diorite porphyrite is 143.9 ± 1.0 Ma. Integrated with previous geochronological data, these late Mesozoic magmatic rocks can be subdivided into two stages of magmatic activities. The first stage (150–132 Ma) is characterized by high-K calc-alkaline intrusions closely associated with Cu–Au polymetallic ore deposits. Whereas, the second stage (130–125 Ma) produced granites and syenites and is mainly characterized by shoshonite series that are related to Mo–Cu mineralization. The first stage of magmatic rocks is considered to be formed by partial melting of subducted Palaeo-Pacific Plate, assimilated with Yangtze lower crust and remelting Meso-Neoproterozoic crust/sediments. The second stage of magmatism is originated from partial melting of Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic crust, mixed with juvenile crustal materials. The depression cross to the uplift zone of the Jiangnan Ancient Continent forms a gradual transition relation, and the hydrothermal mineralization composite with two stages have certain characteristics along the regional fault (Gaotan Fault). Guichi region results from two episodes of magmatism probably related to tectonic transition from subduction of Palaeo-Pacific Plate to back-arc extensional setting between 150 and 125 Ma, which lead to the Mesozoic large-scale polymetallic mineralization events in southeast China.
The nature(s) of syntactic variation: Evidence from the Serbian/Croatian dialect continuum
Creators: name: Peđa Kovačević
name: Milićev, Tanja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: syntactic variation
Serbo-Croatian dialect continuum
clitic placement
non-finite complements

description: The paper reports on a study of the variation inside the Serbo-Croatian dialect

continuum with respect to clitic placement, complements of modal verbs (infini-

tive/da+present) and the use of trebati ‘need’ as either an experiencer verb or a

simple transitive. Region and ethnicity accounted for a large portion of variation

in the use of infinitives and da+present with many speakers using these structures

interchangeably. Next, we found that clitics are almost uniformly placed after the

first phrase. The variation in the use of lexical trebati was confined to the Croatian

portion of the sample. Our findings suggest that (i) infinitives and da+present after

modal verbs should be treated as roughly the same syntactic structure; (ii) varia-

tion in clitic placement should not be analyzed as an instance of sociolinguistic

variation and deeper (linguistic) causes of variation should be pursued; (iii) trebati

as a transitive verb appears in the Croatian variety only.
Liberating Deconstructions: The Messianic in James Cone and Jacques Derrida
Creators: name: Prewitt-Davis, Elijah
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: A messianic promise, even if it was not fulfilled, at least in the form in which it was uttered, even if it rushed headlong toward an ontological content, will have imprinted an inaugural and unique mark in history. —Jacques Derrida Liberation theology is its own messianic promise. It expresses a hope for the future rooted in the present oppression and suffering of fleshly creatures. The future, then, is not simply something one can speculate about in regards to liberation theology, abstracted from the future it has always already been speaking of, that is, the future it has always already been working toward: the future is immanent to liberation itself. Such messianic promises have for a while now been uttered through Christs of many forms, faces, skin colors, sexual orientations, and heritages. The proliferation of Christs has kept the future open to many oppressed people who have certainly imprinted their inaugural and unique marks on history. And yet, these Christs have never attained to total presence, and their promise of total liberation has remained deferred, thus giving credence to those who point to the failure of liberation theology because liberation has not yet happened.
Signaling complexes of voltage-gated calcium channels
Creators: name: Turner, Ray W.
name: Anderson, Dustin M.
name: Zamponi, Gerald W.
Publisher: name: Taylor and Francis
Year: 2011

description: Voltage gated calcium channels are key mediators of depolarization induced calcium entry into electrically excitable cells. There is increasing evidence that voltage gated calcium channels, like many other types of ionic channels, do not operate in isolation, but instead forms signaling complexes with signaling molecules, G protein coupled receptors, and other types of ion channels. Furthermore, there appears to be bidirectional signaling within these protein complexes, thus allowing not only for efficient translation of calcium signals into cellular responses, but also for tight control of calcium entry per se. In this review, we will focus predominantly on signaling complexes between G protein-coupled receptors and high voltage activated calcium channels, and on complexes of voltage-gated calcium channels and members of the potassium channel superfamily.
Jesus and the Divine Name
Creators: name: Soulen, R. Kendall
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: In his estimable work Not Every Spirit: A Dogmatics of Christian Disbelief, Christopher Morse wisely observes that in the biblical context God’s name is understood to be communicated by God. God’s name "is revealed as a proper and not a generic name or an appellation chosen by human preference." He goes on to elaborate: According to ancient tradition in Genesis the names of creatures are chosen by human selection: "whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name" (Gen. 2:19). Not so with the name of God. So sacred is this name in Hebraic tradition that it is not spoken. Another word, "LORD" (Adonai), is substituted in its place wherever the original appears." In this essay, I want to explore the scriptural dynamics of God’s self-communicated name with special attention to what is no doubt a simple but nevertheless important and often overlooked fact. The practice of honoring the divine name by avoiding its use is not only a Jewish tradition, as Morse rightly observes, but a Christian one as well. I offer these reflections in token of my great esteem for Christopher Morse as a theologian of the church and in gratitude for his unfailing friendship and generosity.
Solution of a q-difference Noether problem and the quantum Gelfand-Kirillov conjecture for gl_N
Creators: name: Futorny, Vyacheslav
name: Hartwig, Jonas T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 17B37, 16K40, 16S30, 16S35

description: It is shown that the q-difference Noether problem for all classical Weyl groups has a positive solution, simultaneously generalizing well known results on multisymmetric functions of Mattuck and Miyata in the case q=1, and q-deforming the noncommutative Noether problem for the symmetric group. It is also shown that the quantum Gelfand-Kirillov conjecture for gl_N (for a generic q) follows from the positive solution of the q-difference Noether problem for the Weyl group of type D_n. The proof is based on the theory of Galois rings developed by the first author and Ovsienko. From here we obtain a new proof of the quantum Gelfand-Kirillov conjecture for sl_N, thus recovering the result of Fauquant-Millet. Moreover, we provide an explicit description of skew fields of fractions for quantized gl_N and sl_N generalizing Alev and Dumas.
L-type calcium channel β subunit modulates angiotensin II responses in cardiomyocytes
Creators: name: Hermosilla, Tamara
name: Moreno, Cristian
name: Itfinca, Mircea
name: Altier, Christophe
name: Armisén, Ricardo
name: Stutzin, Andrés
name: Zamponi, Gerald W.
name: Varela, Diego L.
Publisher: name: Taylor and Francis
Year: 2011

description: Angiotensin II regulation of L-type calcium currents in cardiac muscle is controversial and the underlying signaling events are not completely understood. Moreover, the possible role of auxiliary subunit composition of the channels in Angiotensin II modulation of L-type calcium channels has not yet been explored. In this work we study the role of Ca(v)β subunits and the intracellular signaling responsible for L-type calcium current modulation by Angiotensin II. In cardiomyocytes, Angiotensin II exposure induces rapid inhibition of L-type current with a magnitude that is correlated with the rate of current inactivation. Semi-quantitative PCR of cardiomyocytes at different days of culture reveals changes in the Ca(v)β subunits expression pattern that are correlated with the rate of current inactivation and with Angiotensin II effect. Over-expression of individual b subunits in heterologous systems reveals that the magnitude of Angiotensin II inhibition is dependent on the Ca(v)β subunit isoform, with Ca(v)β(1b) containing channels being more strongly regulated. Ca(v)β(2a) containing channels were insensitive to modulation and this effect was partially due to the N-terminal palmitoylation sites of this subunit. Moreover, PLC or diacylglycerol lipase inhibition prevents the Angiotensin II effect on L-type calcium channels, while PKC inhibition with chelerythrine does not, suggesting a role of arachidonic acid in this process. Finally, we show that in intact cardiomyocytes the magnitude of calcium transients on spontaneous beating cells is modulated by Angiotensin II in a Ca(v)β subunit-dependent manner. These data demonstrate that Ca(v)β subunits alter the magnitude of inhibition of L-type current by Angiotensin II.
Finite-Size Scaling at the Jamming Transition
Creators: name: Goodrich, Carl P.
name: Liu, Andrea J.
name: Nagel, Sidney R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of finite-size effects in jammed packings of N soft, frictionless spheres at zero temperature. There is a 1/N correction to the discrete jump in the contact number at the transition so that jammed packings exist only above isostaticity. As a result, the canonical power-law scalings of the contact number and elastic moduli break down at low pressure. These quantities exhibit scaling collapse with a non-trivial scaling function, demonstrating that the jamming transition can be considered a phase transition. Scaling is achieved as a function of N in both 2 and 3 dimensions, indicating an upper critical dimension of 2.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics
Creators: name: Jain, Pankaj
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Environmentalism is comparable to a child that only recently learned to walk. Ecospiritualities of different kinds seem to be the invisible backbone of the growth of this child. – Sigurd Bergmann Scholars such as Sigurd Bergmann have noted that each tradition is uniquely linked to its environment and it is best to try to look into native tradition for the ways each tradition or lineage absorbs the environment around it. On the other hand, scholars such as John Cort have raised doubts about linking environmental- ism with religious traditions such as Jainism. Given the absence of a formal category of environmental ethics in Jainism, this paper will explore Jainism’s historical relationship to environmental ethics. I will also compare Jainist perspectives on the consumption of natural resources with other lifestyles.
title: The voice behind the curtain: Hollywood, the metamodern and the sense of loss & Dinosaurs: a novel
Creators: name: White, N
Publisher: name: Bath Spa University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis will reflect upon specific narrative structures, and the application of narrative devices, explored in the creation of my novel Dinosaurs. The object of this research is to examine the effects/affects of these creative choices within a critical framework using comparative texts and films that employ similar techniques or share, to my eye, similar aesthetic and thematic concerns that could be said to interrupt a habituative reading of the novel form. The central focus of this thesis will be to examine how effective I have been in creating empathy towards a misogynistic, solipsistic protagonist who has little regard for the people in his life, or society at large. As with Meursault, Walter exhibits signs of anomie that prevent him from engaging with the world in a meaningful way, and thus excuse his behaviour by a process of sophisticated self-rationalisation. As the novel progresses, there are questions surrounding Walter’s perception of reality: of who is narrating the novel and from what point of view are we experiencing the narrative. This raises questions of male identity and selfhood predominant in contextual works from the 80s and 90s within this thesis, while also examining the schizophrenic nature of certain texts. I intend to explore the effectiveness of distancing my subject as a means of creating empathy. This technique of a narrator perceived at a distance from subject to create a sense of danger can be seen in several of my comparative texts and bares exploration in terms of its application to a single individual. By examining contemporary novels and films that have experimented with various postmodern and metamodern techniques, I hope to understand how specific characteristics of such fiction negotiate the space between signifier and signified, and thus afford an opportunity for a discourse between reader and text that occupies a space outside of the narrative. I am also aware that much of my contextual fiction is based in the 90s and focuses, it seems, on the fragility of the male ego. I have therefore experimented with certain references and technologies within my novel that deliberately blur time in order to reflect similar themes that might serve to critique the male ego and highlight a lack of emotional progression within my own protagonist.
Antiproliferative effect of 2-Hydroxy-6-tridecylbenzoic acid from ginkgo biloba sarcotestas through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway in triple-negative breast cancer cells
Creators: name: Zhou, Dayu
name: Jiang, Chunying
name: Fu, Chenghao
name: Chang, Ping
name: Yang, Bin
name: Wu, Jiadi
name: Zhao, Xiaohui
name: Ma, Shiliang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: This study aims to isolate the potential antiproliferative and cytotoxic compounds from ginkgo biloba sarcotestas (GBS) and investigates the underlying mechanism in human MDA-MB-231 and mouse 4T-1 triple-negative breast cancer cells. Our results showed that 2-Hydroxy-6-tridecylbenzoic acid was isolated by cytotoxicity-guided fractionation where different fractions were assessed using MTT assay against MDA-MB-231 and 4T-1 cells. Colony formation assay showed that 2-Hydroxy-6-tridecylbenzoic acid significantly inhibited cell proliferation. The inhibition was associated with the enhancement of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1B1 expression in a dose- and time-dependent manner and no significant change of CYP1A1 expression by qPCR and Western blot assays in MDA-MB-231 and 4T-1 cells. The mechanism was further demonstrated by the activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) pathway with the upregulation of AhR, AhR nuclear translocator (ARNT) and AhR-dependent xenobiotic response elements (XRE) activity. These findings may have implications for development of anticancer agents containing 2-Hydroxy-6-tridecylbenzoic acid as functional additives.
Islamic Environmental Stewardship: Nature and Science in the Light of Islamic Philosophy
Creators: name: Murad, Munjed M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: This essay presents a short overview of the Islamic philosophical approach to nature, the Islamic perspective on modern science and the relations between sacred tradition, nature, and science in light of the ongoing environmental crisis. It also proposes a solution to the environmental crisis, based on an integrated understanding of these subject matters. This is conducted through a lens that is Islamic by method but universal in principle and conclusion. The prime source of all Islamic thought and practice, from theological doctrine to sacred law, is the Holy Qur'an. Similarly, in this essay, the influence of Qur'anic teachings is much greater than what may just appear in citations; their influence is central to this work. With that said, if there is anything presented in this essay that is disharmonious with the Qur'anic message, it is the fault of the essay’s author. Another prime source used for the purpose of this essay is the work and teaching of the Islamic philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr. An esteemed author of over 50 books and 500 articles, Nasr has written extensively on a wide array of subjects including Sufism, perennial philosophy, comparative religion, the sacred sciences and the natural environment. In fact, much of this essay can be regarded as a summary of his integrated writings on modern humanity’s approach to science, spirituality and nature.
title: Teacher perceptions of attachment aware approaches in schools - normative or transformative?
Creators: name: Parker, R.J
Publisher: name: Bath Spa University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis considers the ways in which school staff conceptualise the theoretical and practical aspects of Attachment Aware Schools (AAS), how understandings vary across different types of institution and across staff strata. Taking a critical theoretical perspective, it asks whether AAS represents a radical and transformative approach to education, or whether it is simply a ‘soft’ form of social control which ‘cools out’ potential challenges to the social order. The research was undertaken on three different sites – a suburban primary school, a PRU on an industrial estate and an inner-city girls’ secondary school – which were developing AAS approaches. Participants were invited to reflect on their understanding of AAS, the rationale for developing it in their particular context, and the power relationships involved. They discussed the extent to which the initiative was targeted at specific groups or individuals, or towards the whole school community, the benefits or disbenefits experienced by different groups, and the empowerment or otherwise of these groups in the process. These perceptions were considered in the light of evidence on AAS from the wider literature, and government policies with regard to attachment, behaviour and mental health in schools. The fieldwork period (February 2020 – July 2021) coincided with the Covid pandemic. This not only affected the research focus, methodology and practicalities such as access to sites and individuals, but also impacted on the understanding and perspectives of participants, highlighting the potential importance of AAS in the recovery process, but also the ambivalent nature of government policy in this regard. The thesis concludes that there is evidence that AAS can have a transformative impact on individuals and schools, where such approaches are internalised within the school culture and there is an explicit management perspective which promotes this. However, this can be limited, either by a school/MAT culture which continues to promote normative values, or by neoliberal performative frameworks.
Two new monoterpenoid indole alkaloids from Tabernaemontana divaricata
Creators: name: Yuwen, Huansha
name: Yuan, Yuxi
name: Hao, Xiaojiang
name: He, Hongping
name: Zhang, Yu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer

description: Two new monoterpenoid indole alkaloids, tabervarines A (1) and B (2), along with seven known monoterpenoid indole alkaloids, were isolated from the methanol extract of the twigs and leaves of Tabernaemontana divaricata. The structures including the absolute configurations of the new alkaloids were elucidated based on MS, NMR, and ECD calculation. The in vitro cytotoxic activities of the isolated alkaloids against several human cancer cell lines were also evaluated.
title: High Resolution Global Land Surface Datasets using Satellite Measurements for Application to Earth System Models
Creators: name: Hung, Wei-Ting
name: Campbell, Patrick
name: baker, barry
Publisher: name: NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/0061q5f61
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: NOAA technical memorandum OAR ARL ; 285
description: A global high resolution land surface dataset (GLSD) with universal latitude/longitude grid coordinate is developed at NOAA Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) for the applications to land, weather, and atmospheric composition models.
A type reduction theory for systems with replicated components
Creators: name: Mazur, Tomasz
name: Lowe, Gavin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: D.1.3, D.2.4, D.3.2

description: The Parameterised Model Checking Problem asks whether an implementation Impl(t) satisfies a specification Spec(t) for all instantiations of parameter t. In general, t can determine numerous entities: the number of processes used in a network, the type of data, the capacities of buffers, etc. The main theme of this paper is automation of uniform verification of a subclass of PMCP with the parameter of the first kind, i.e. the number of processes in the network. We use CSP as our formalism. We present a type reduction theory, which, for a given verification problem, establishes a function ϕthat maps all (sufficiently large) instantiations T of the parameter to some fixed type T^ and allows us to deduce that if Spec(T^) is refined by ϕ(Impl(T)), then (subject to certain assumptions) Spec(T) is refined by Impl(T). The theory can be used in practice by combining it with a suitable abstraction method that produces a t-independent process Abstr that is refined by ϕ(Impl(T)) for all sufficiently large T. Then, by testing (with a model checker) if the abstract model Abstr refines Spec(T^), we can deduce a positive answer to the original uniform verification problem. The type reduction theory relies on symbolic representation of process behaviour. We develop a symbolic operational semantics for CSP processes that satisfy certain normality requirements, and we provide a set of translation rules that allow us to concretise symbolic transition graphs. Based on this, we prove results that allow us to infer behaviours of a process instantiated with uncollapsed types from known behaviours of the same process instantiated with a reduced type. One of the main advantages of our symbolic operational semantics and the type reduction theory is their generality, which makes them applicable in a wide range of settings.
Regulation of calcium channels by RGK proteins
Creators: name: Flynn, Robyn E.
name: Zamponi, Gerald W.
Publisher: name: Taylor and Francis
Year: 2010

description: The RGK family of proteins, small GTPases of the Ras superfamily, are known to regulate calcium currents. It is commonly thought that this is due to an interaction with the Cavβ subunit, however, the mechanism of this inhibition is unclear. There have been conflicting reports of whether RGK proteins can affect channel trafficking or whether they reduce calcium currents by interacting with channels at the membrane. In the last year, several studies have emerged which explore the intricacies of RGK protein interaction with the channel itself and the importance of the Cavβ subunit for this interaction, in addition to providing some tantalizing suggestions for the mechanism by which RGK proteins reduce or eliminate calcium currents. In this review, we present an overview of these recent advances and suggest a model that may synthesize these latest works.
Excitatory glycine responses of CNS myelin mediated by NR1/NR3 "NMDA" receptor subunits
Creators: name: Piña-Crespo, Juan C.
name: Talantova, Maria V.
name: Micu, Ileana
name: States, Bradley A.
name: Chen, Huei Sheng Vincent
name: Tu, Shichun
name: Nakanishi, Nobuki
name: Tong, Gary G.
name: Zhang, Dongxian
name: Heinemann, Stephen F.
name: Zamponi, Gerald W.
name: Stys, Peter K.
name: Lipton, Stuart A.
Publisher: name: Society for Neuroscience
Year: 2010

description: NMDA receptors are typically excited by a combination of glutamate and glycine. Here we describe excitatory responses in CNS myelin that are gated by a glycine agonist alone and mediated by NR1/NR3 "NMDA" receptor subunits. Response properties include activation by d-serine, inhibition by the glycine-site antagonist CNQX, and insensitivity to the glutamate-site antagonist d-APV. d-Serine responses were abrogated in NR3A-deficient mice. Our results suggest the presence of functional NR1/NR3 receptors in CNS myelin.
title: Conceptual development and initial evaluation of the Care Home Measure of Quality of Life (CH-QoL): a scale to measure the quality of life and well-being of older adults without cognitive impairment living in care settings
Creators: name: Hughes, G.L
Publisher: name: Bath Spa University
Year: 2023

description: Background:- Better quality of life (QoL) and well-being are associated with better health and lower mortality in older adults. Promoting these concepts amongst care residents without dementia, therefore, is beneficial. Aim:- To further the understanding of QoL and well-being through the development and initial evaluation of the Care Home Measure of Quality of Life (CH-QoL); a new measure designed to evaluate the QoL and well-being of residents without dementia living in care settings. Method:- A preliminary working conceptual framework and item pool was developed through two systematic reviews. The item pool was examined for initial validity with care home residents and proxies using the Clinical Impact method. Item screening and further psychometric properties, including validity, reliability, and factor structure were evaluated with a larger sample of residents and proxies. Finally, a systematic review was conducted to understand the impact of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and past pandemics on QoL and well-being. Results:- An item pool was developed, consisting of seven themes, after no existing instruments were found to be theoretically or psychometrically adequate. Face and content validity were supported during the Clinical Impact study. Item screening demonstrated good initial reliability and item performance, and following exploratory factor analysis, a six-factor solution with 73 items was found. The CH-QoL's reliability was re-examined and found to be good overall. Further work to improve factor four was required, as was future research to further develop and evaluate the measure. The final review demonstrated the potential negative and long-lasting effects of the pandemic, the resilience of older adults, and the need for collecting of QoL and well-being data. Conclusion:- The CH-QoL demonstrated good psychometric properties and helped develop the theoretical understanding of QoL and well-being for residents without dementia. The knowledge can be used by researchers and care professionals to improve the lives of residents and inform future practice. Future work will allow for further refinement of the instrument.
Hearing the Music of the Festschrift: A “Listening Guide”
Creators: name: Wise, Heather
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: In music, a listening guide points the listener toward the sounds that may be heard in a composition. In this introduction to the festschrift honoring Christopher Morse, I offer a "listening guide" to hearing the music of his theology as it resonates in theme and variation throughout this volume. Well-known to Union as a theological virtuoso who plays a doctrinal Stradivarius, Morse invites all people to rehear the Gospel as news, and has, himself, served as a guide to listening to hear its resonances. His reimagining of dogmatics as a radically critical discipline worthy of academic study, the “antidote to dogmatism” for church and society, and his pastoral presence as a teacher and mentor who deeply respects the God-given integrity of each person, mark the central themes of the music in this written celebration of his towering contribution to theology.
Band mass anisotropy and the intrinsic metric of fractional quantum Hall systems
Creators: name: Yang, Bo
name: Papić, Z.
name: Rezayi, E. H.
name: Bhatt, R. N.
name: Haldane, F. D. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It was recently pointed out that topological liquid phases arising in the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) are not required to be rotationally invariant, as most variational wavefunctions proposed to date have been. Instead, they possess a geometric degree of freedom corresponding to a shear deformation that acts like an intrinsic metric. We apply this idea to a system with an anisotropic band mass, as is intrinsically the case in many-valley semiconductors such as AlAs and Si, or in isotropic systems like GaAs in the presence of a tilted magnetic field, which breaks the rotational invariance. We perform exact diagonalization calculations with periodic boundary conditions (torus geometry) for various filling fractions in the lowest, first and second Landau levels. In the lowest Landau level, we demonstrate that FQHE states generally survive the breakdown of rotational invariance by moderate values of the band mass anisotropy. At 1/3 filling, we generate a variational family of Laughlin wavefunctions parametrized by the metric degree of freedom. We show that the intrinsic metric of the Laughlin state adjusts as the band mass anisotropy or the dielectric tensor are varied, while the phase remains robust. In the n=1 Landau level, mass anisotropy drives transitions between incompressible liquids and compressible states with charge density wave ordering. In n>=2 Landau levels, mass anisotropy selects and enhances stripe ordering with compatible wave vectors at partial 1/3 and 1/2 fillings.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures
Multi-scale Numerical Studies on Characterization of Shale Gas Reservoir Development
Creators: name: Zhan, Jie
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Engineering
subject: Engineering--Petroleum

description: From three different perspectives, this thesis addresses one issue: how to reliably and objectively assess and forecast the shale reservoir performance with an advanced understanding of the shale reservoir specialty. With enhanced hydraulic characterization, Chapter 2 provides an advanced modelling scheme using the commercial platform to reduce history-match errors and forecast uncertainty. In Chapter 3, an integrated multi-scale numerical simulation platform is established. Based on the multi-scale characterization platform, the insights obtained at the micro-scale such as nanopore surface coverage evolution and induced heterogeneity can provide a better understanding of the macro reservoir performance, which leads to more reasonable and objective evaluation on the reservoir transient response. In Chapter 4, based on an integrated modelling workflow, the reservoir performance for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in both dry and liquid-rich shale reservoirs is assessed. A more accurate shale reservoir model representing the most important features of shale formations is proposed. The objective of the work is to determine the most critical factors dominating the success of the CO2 sequestration and enhanced oil and gas recovery (EOR/EGR), which gives valuable guidance in field applications.
Categories of modules for elementary abelian p-groups and generalized Beilinson algebras
Creators: name: Worch, Julia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we approach the study of modules of constant Jordan type and equal images modules over elementary abelian p-groups E_r of rank r \geq 2 by exploiting a functor from the module category of a generalized Beilinson algebra B(n,r), n \leq p, to mod E_r. We define analogs of the above mentioned properties in mod B(n,r) and give a homological characterization of the resulting subcategories via a P^{r-1}-family of B(n,r)-modules of projective dimension one. This enables us to apply homological methods from Auslander-Reiten theory and thereby arrive at results that, in particular, contrast the findings for equal images modules of Loewy length two over E_2 with the case r > 2. Moreover, we give a generalization of the W-modules defined by Carlson, Friedlander and Suslin.
description: 21 pages
An Integration Approach To Detect Outliers In A Distributed Environment Using A Novel Approach
Creators: name: Ajitha Padmanabhan
name: Dr. E. Chandra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Distributed Computing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 80109 Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

description: An Integration Approach To Detect Outliers In A Distributed Environment Using A Novel Approach
Horizontal Structures of Velocity and Temperature Boundary Layers in 2D Numerical Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection
Creators: name: Zhou, Quan
name: Sugiyama, Kazuyasu
name: Stevens, Richard J. A. M.
name: Grossmann, Siegfried
name: Lohse, Detlef
name: Xia, Ke-Qing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the structures of the near-plate velocity and temperature profiles at different horizontal positions along the conducting bottom (and top) plate of a Rayleigh-Bénard convection cell, using two-dimensional (2D) numerical data obtained at the Rayleigh number Ra=10^8 and the Prandtl number Pr=4.4 of an Oberbeck-Boussinesq flow with constant material parameters. The results show that most of the time, and for both velocity and temperature, the instantaneous profiles scaled by the dynamical frame method [Q. Zhou and K.-Q. Xia, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 104301 (2010) agree well with the classical Prandtl-Blasius laminar boundary layer (BL) profiles. Therefore, when averaging in the dynamical reference frames, which fluctuate with the respective instantaneous kinematic and thermal BL thicknesses, the obtained mean velocity and temperature profiles are also of Prandtl-Blasius type for nearly all horizontal positions. We further show that in certain situations the traditional definitions based on the time-averaged profiles can lead to unphysical BL thicknesses, while the dynamical method also in such cases can provide a well-defined BL thickness for both the kinematic and the thermal BLs.
description: 16 pages, 16 figures
Gregory Nazianzus’ Poemata Arcana: A Poetic, Musical Catechism?
Creators: name: Norris, Frederick W.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: One of the more unexpected titles and styles employed to state the Christian faith appears in Gregory Nazianzus' Poemata Arcana. The title coined by the editor Billius sets apart these eight poems as a unit within the Poemata Dogmatica. The Greek term 'aporreta' probably meant to designate the character of these eight poems; it may appear at first glance to be more ambiguous than we might prefer, but for Billius it signifies that the central truths of the Christian faith cannot be captured fully in speech, not even in poetry. In Gregory’s words the journey is on a "flimsy raft" or "frail wings." Whenever the truth is framed in human thoughts and words, it suffers constriction and incompleteness. Using the discipline of poetry for discovering words and phrases that might hint at shapes Christian faith can assume is surely a type of enlightenment. Yet even the best poets show that their fullest achievements do not explain the perfect nature of God. It cannot be known on earth at any particular time simply because of any specific persons’ lack of ability. The exact center is always "ineffable" to everyone.