cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Command of active matter by topological defects and patterns
Creators: name: Peng, Chenhui
name: Turiv, Taras
name: Guo, Yubing
name: Wei, Qi-Huo
name: Lavrentovich, Oleg D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Self-propelled bacteria are marvels of nature with a potential to power dynamic materials and microsystems of the future. The challenge is in commanding their chaotic behavior. By dispersing swimming Bacillus subtilis in a liquid-crystalline environment with spatially-varying orientation of the anisotropy axis, we demonstrate control over the distribution of bacteria, geometry and polarity of their trajectories. Bacteria recognize subtle differences in liquid crystal deformations, engaging in bipolar swimming in regions of pure splay and bend but switching to unipolar swimming in mixed splay-bend regions. They differentiate topological defects, heading towards defects of positive topological charge and avoiding negative charges. Sensitivity of bacteria to pre-imposed orientational patterns represents a new facet of the interplay between hydrodynamics and topology of active matter.
Internet of things horizontal platform development for expanded application scenarios and use cases
Creators: name: GANCHEV, IVAN
name: Ji, Zhanlin
name: O'Droma, Máirtín
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: This paper presents the horizontal approach for the development of Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, based on a generic, multi-service, cloud-based IoT operational platform, called EMULSION, elaborated for the rapid development of mobile IoT systems and quick roll-out of corresponding IoT services. The platform is successfully used as a basis for the development of various IoT prototype systems for different IoT domains, such as smart environment control, smart health, smart electric appliances, smart water supply, etc. As an example of these, a ground surface displacement monitoring IoT system, operating in the area of smart environment control, is presented, along with aspects of the hardware design of the produced low-cost, small-size, global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based sensor unit, utilized by it. The system architecture design is set out, supplemented by the presentation of initial test results.
Robust and gain scheduled flight control systems
Creators: name: Al-Shamary, Naeem.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Diverging fluctuations of the Lyapunov exponents
Creators: name: Pazo, Diego
name: Lopez, Juan M.
name: Politi, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that in generic one-dimensional Hamiltonian lattices the diffusion coefficient of the maximum Lyapunov exponent diverges in the thermodynamic limit. We trace this back to the long-range correlations associated with the evolution of the hydrodynamic modes. In the case of normal heat transport, the divergence is even stronger, leading to the breakdown of the usual single-function Family-Vicsek scaling ansatz. A similar scenario is expected to arise in the evolution of rough interfaces in the presence of a suitably correlated background noise.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures; submitted to PRL
USIA World Survey 3
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: Most important problems facing the country; attitudes toward US, USSR, Communist China, India, and Japan; Korea's best friend and greatest enemy; interests of Korea as compared with those of US, USSR, and Communist China; Russia's foreign policy; taking sides with Communist or anti-Communist powers; US foreign policy; most admired world leaders; dispute between Malaysia and Indonesia; present and future strongest world power; strongest military power; space race between US and Russia; moon landing; individual opportunity in US and Russia; Communist improvement in China; Korea's population; birth control; strength of the UN; voting in the UN; admission of Communist China to the UN; nuclear tests in China; threats of Communist take-over or economic domination by the West; the Vietnam War; US, Russian, and Chinese policies regarding Vietnam; Black people in US; satisfaction with life in Korea; need for social and economic reforms; poverty; happiness; US business in Korea; evaluation of media for news of world affairs; respondent's experience with media, especially foreign radio; Voice of America; Radio Peking.
Elastohydrodynamic wake and wave resistance
Creators: name: Arutkin, Maxence
name: Ledesma-Alonso, René
name: Salez, Thomas
name: Raphaël, Elie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamics of a thin elastic sheet lubricated by a narrow layer of liquid is relevant to various situations and length scales. In the continuity of our previous work on viscous wakes, we study theoretically the effects of an external pressure disturbance moving at constant speed along the surface of a thin lubricated elastic sheet. In the comoving frame, the imposed pressure field creates a stationary deformation of the free interface that spatially vanishes in the far-field region. The shape of the wake and the way it decays depend on the speed and size of the external disturbance, as well as the rheological properties of both the elastic and liquid layers. The wave resistance, namely the force that has to be externally furnished in order to maintain the wake, is analyzed in detail.
Ion interactions in ionic liquids
Creators: name: Koutsoukos, Spyridon
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2022

description: Ionic liquids are being intensively investigated as more sustainable chemicals for many applications due to their advantageous physicochemical properties. The main reason for this interest is the synthetic flexibility associated with them, as there is a never-ending number of different possible combinations of anions and cations, which can lead to compounds with very distinct properties. However, the research interest has progressed fast into developing ionic liquids for specific applications, while we are still lacking fundamental knowledge on the interactions taking place inside of them. As a result of this, many models fail to provide accurate predictions about the properties or reactivity of ionic liquids. This thesis presents fundamental research on the structure-property relationships of ionic liquids, emphasising on aspects like the effects of specific functional groups or symmetry on their physical properties. Furthermore, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy is introduced as a versatile tool for characterising the chemical environment inside of an ionic liquid. Using nitroxide spin probes as ‘spies’, we are trying to identify the relationship between the bulk properties (e.g. viscosity) and the interactions the radicals feel in their immediate environment. The results indicate that depending on the examined ionic liquid and the used spin probe there is a plethora of microscale interactions which are in no way deduced from the physicochemical studies of bulk properties.
High speed sonar with interference rejection and classification
Creators: name: Heale, Andrew.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Culturology
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2023

description: The educational manual for SVE considers cultural studies as a science, a phenomenon, a phenomenon of human spiritual life and its material manifestations. The book shows the features of ethnic and national cultures, ethnic groups. Theoretical issues of culture and historical aspects of the cultural heritage of Russia are considered. The educational manual for SVE was created for students of vocational schools studying the discipline «Cultural Studies».
Active and passive stabilization of a high-power UV frequency-doubled diode laser
Creators: name: Eismann, Ulrich
name: Enderlein, Martin
name: Simeonidis, Konstantinos
name: Keller, Felix
name: Rohde, Felix
name: Opalevs, Dmitrijs
name: Scholz, Matthias
name: Kaenders, Wilhelm
name: Stuhler, Jürgen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a resonantly frequency-doubled tapered amplified semiconductor laser system emitting up to 2.6 W blue light at 400 nm. The output power is stable on both short and long timescales with 0.12% RMS relative intensity noise, and less than 0.15%/h relative power loss over 16 hours of free running continuous operation. Furthermore, the output power can be actively stabilized, and the alignment of the input beams of the tapered amplifier chip, the frequency doubling cavity and-in case of fiber output-the fiber can be optimized automatically using computer-controlled mirrors.
Robust and gain-scheduled control using linear matrix inequalities
Creators: name: Sayed Hassen, S. Z.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Philosophy
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2023

description: The educational manual for SVE considers from the standpoint of a centuries-old tradition of the possibilities and limits of human analysis of the world in the context of various options for constructing socio-cultural systems. The manual contains main lines, questions and tasks, references for each section. The educational manual is created for students of SVE for course working program of the discipline “Philosophy”.
USIA World Survey 3
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: Most important problem facing Chile; evaluation of recent development in Chile; assessment of quality of life; necessity for reforms; need for force to accomplish change; assessment of various listed groups' attitude toward change; preference for government or private ownership of industries; attitude toward expropriation of foreign-owned industries; estimated changes in population size; attitude toward increases in Chilean and world population, birth control programs; knowledge of projected future strength of the United Nations; criteria for number of votes of UN members; necessity of UN members bearing costs of programs of which they disapprove; admission of China to the UN; advisability of communist accession to power in Chile and means to accomplish same; communism as a threat; knowledge of source or knowledge about, attitude toward, achievements of, benefits of "Alliance for Progress" (AFP); emphasis in AFP on self-help or US aid; fair distribution of AFP aid among member countries; motives of US AFP aid, attitude toward US, USSR, China; concurrence of US, USSR, Chinese aid and Chilean interests; effort of US to prevent world war; recent US, USSR role in international affairs; strongest world power now and in the future; preeminence of the US and USSR in military and scientific technology, space achievements; country which will first accomplish moon landing and importance of doing so; knowledge of, effect on Chinese strength of a Chinese nuclear test explosion; sympathies in Vietnam war; advisability of Chilean aid to South Vietnam; approval of Soviet, Chinese, US policies in Vietnam; justification for US involvement in Santo Domingo; communism as a threat in Santo Domingo; effectiveness of the "Organization of American States" (OAS) in dealing with crises; advisability of contribution of Chilean troops to an inter-American peace force; assessment of treatment of Black people, government equal rights measures, white people's attitude toward equal rights in the US; most reliable news source; frequency of TV watching and radio listening; most trustworthy foreign broadcast; interest in international affairs; party preference.
Bursts of activity in collective cell migration
Creators: name: Chepizhko, Oleksandr
name: Giampietro, Costanza
name: Mastrapasqua, Eleonora
name: Nourazar, Mehdi
name: Ascagni, Miriam
name: Sugni, Michela
name: Fascio, Umberto
name: Leggio, Livio
name: Malinverno, Chiara
name: Scita, Giorgio
name: Santucci, Stephane
name: Alava, Mikko J.
name: Zapperi, Stefano
name: La Porta, Caterina A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Dense monolayers of living cells display intriguing relaxation dynamics, reminiscent of soft and glassy materials close to the jamming transition, and migrate collectively when space is available, as in wound healing or in cancer invasion. Here we show that collective cell migration occurs in bursts that are similar to those recorded in the propagation of cracks, fluid fronts in porous media and ferromagnetic domain walls. In analogy with these systems, the distribution of activity bursts displays scaling laws that are universal in different cell types and for cells moving on different substrates. The main features of the invasion dynamics are quantitatively captured by a model of interacting active particles moving in a disordered landscape. Our results illustrate that collective motion of living cells is analogous to the corresponding dynamics in driven, but inanimate, systems.
Towards automatic, accurate motion estimation in video sequences
Creators: name: Wiles, James.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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High order volume-preserving algorithms for relativistic charged particles in general electromagnetic fields
Creators: name: He, Yang
name: Sun, Yajuan
name: Zhang, Ruili
name: Wang, Yulei
name: Liu, Jian
name: Qin, Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct high order symmetric volume-preserving methods for the relativistic dynamics of a charged particle by the splitting technique with processing. Via expanding the phase space to include time $t$, we give a more general construction of volume-preserving methods that can be applied to systems with time-dependent electromagnetic fields. The newly derived methods provide numerical solutions with good accuracy and conservative properties over long time of simulation. Furthermore, because of the use of processing technique the high order methods are explicit, and cost less than the methods derived from standard compositions, thus are more efficient. The results are verified by the numerical experiments. Linear stability analysis of the methods show that the high order processed method allows larger time step size during integration.
Linear stability of the Linet - Tian solution with negative cosmological constant
Creators: name: Gleiser, Reinaldo J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we analyze the linear stability of the Linet - Tian solution with negative cosmological constant. In the limit of vanishing cosmological constant the Linet - Tian metric reduces to a form of the Levi - Civita metric, and, therefore, it can be considered as a generalization of the former to include a cosmological constant. The gravitational instability of the Levi - Civita metric was recently established, and the purpose of this paper is to investigate what changes result from the introduction of a cosmological constant. A fundamental difference brought about by a (negative) cosmological constant is in the structure at infinity. This introduces an added problem in attempting to define an evolution for the perturbations because the constant time hypersurfaces are not Cauchy surfaces. In this paper we show that under a large set of boundary conditions that lead to a unique evolution of the perturbations, we always find unstable modes, that would generically be present in the evolution of arbitrary initial data, leading to the conclusion that the Linet - Tian space times with negative cosmological constant are linearly unstable under gravitational perturbations.
description: 29 pages. 9 figures
Blazar Flaring Patterns (B-FlaP): Classifying Blazar Candidates of Uncertain type in the third Fermi-LAT catalog by Artificial Neural Networks
Creators: name: Chiaro, G.
name: Salvetti, D.
name: La Mura, G.
name: Giroletti, M.
name: Thompson, D. J.
name: Bastieri, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) is currently the most important facility for investigating the GeV $γ$-ray sky. With Fermi LAT more than three thousand $γ$-ray sources have been discovered so far. 1144 ($\sim40\%$) of the sources are active galaxies of the blazar class, and 573 ($\sim20\%$) are listed as Blazar Candidate of Uncertain type (BCU), or sources without a conclusive classification. We use the Empirical Cumulative Distribution Functions (ECDF) and the Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) for a fast method of screening and classification for BCUs based on data collected at $γ$-ray energies only, when rigorous multiwavelength analysis is not available. Based on our method, we classify 342 BCUs as BL Lacs and 154 as FSRQs, while 77 objects remain uncertain. Moreover, radio analysis and direct observations in ground-based optical observatories are used as counterparts to the statistical classifications to validate the method. This approach is of interest because of the increasing number of unclassified sources in Fermi catalogs and because blazars and in particular their subclass High Synchrotron Peak (HSP) objects are the main targets of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes.
description: 18 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication on MNRAS
Integrated information theory in complex neural systems
Creators: name: Martinez Mediano, Pedro Antonio
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2019

description: This thesis concerns Integrated Information Theory (IIT), a branch of information theory aimed at providing a fundamental theory of consciousness. At its core, lie two powerful intuitions: • That a system that is somehow more than the sum of its parts has non-zero integrated information, Φ; and • That a system with non-zero integrated information is conscious. The audacity of IIT’s claims about consciousness has (understandably) sparked vigorous criticism, and experimental evidence for IIT as a theory of consciousness remains scarce and indirect. Nevertheless, I argue that IIT still has merits as a theory of informational complexity within complexity science, leaving aside all claims about consciousness. In my work I follow this broad line of reasoning: showcasing applications where IIT yields rich analyses of complex systems, while critically examining its merits and limitations as a theory of consciousness. This thesis is divided in three parts. First, I describe three example applications of IIT to complex systems from the computational neuroscience literature (coupled oscillators, spiking neurons, and cellular automata), and develop novel Φ estimators to extend IIT’s range of applicability. Second, I show two important limitations of current IIT: that its axiomatic foundation is not specific enough to determine a unique measure of integrated information; and that available measures do not behave as predicted by the theory when applied to neurophysiological data. Finally, I present new theoretical developments aimed at alleviating some of IIT’s flaws. These are based on the concepts of partial information decomposition and lead to a unification of both theories, Integrated Information Decomposition, or ΦID. The thesis concludes with two experimental studies on M/EEG data, showing that a much simpler informational theory of consciousness – the entropic brain hypothesis – can yield valuable insight without the mathematical challenges brought by IIT.
Faster power control algorithms for mobile cellular communications
Creators: name: Kulshreshtha, Anshula.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Актуальные вопросы артериальной гипертензии у детей
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2023

description: Артериальная гипертензия остается на настоящий момент одним из самых распространенных заболеваний и является несомненным фактором риска сердечно-сосудистой смертности. В учебном пособии представлены данные отечественной и зарубежной литературы об особенностях течения артериальной гипертензии в детском возрасте. Подробно изложены представления о механизмах развития артериальной гипертензии. Приведен диагностический алгоритм выявления артериальной гипертензии у детей и подростков, основой которого является анализ современных сведений об этом заболевании и собственный клинический опыт. Представлены подходы к диагностике, тактика терапевтической коррекции. Учебное пособие подготовлено в соответствии с требованиями действующего Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта высшего образования специалитета по специальности «Педиатрия» и рабочей программы дисциплины «Факультетская педиатрия, эндокринология», утвержденной ЦКМС ФГБОУ ВО СамГМУ Минздрава России, и предназначено для студентов медицинских вузов.
Forward physics at the LHC: from the structure of the Pomeron to the search for $γ$-induced resonances
Creators: name: Royon, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe some of the future measurements to be performed by the CMS, TOTEM and ATLAS collaborations on hard diffraction in order to understand better the structure of the Pomeron. We also describe the prospects concerning the search for quartic $γγγγ$ anomalous couplings and discuss a possible interpretation for the existence of a new particle decaying into two photons at a mass of about 750 GeV.
description: Special edition of Acta Physica Polonica in honor of Andrzej Bialas for his 80th birthday
title: Self-Esteem and Perceived Barriers to and Benefits of Exercise Among Physically Active and Non-Physically Active College Students
Creators: name: Bonheur, Barbara Brown
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1989

description: The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine differences in self-esteem, perceived benefits of and perceived barriers to exercise between exercisers and non-exercisers and to determine if relationships existed between self-esteem, perceived benefits of exercise and perceived barriers to exercise, that could explain participation in regular aerobic exercise. A sample of 105 university students completed four questionnaires. The level of social desirability present in participant responses was also measured. Five hypotheses were tested. Utilizing t-tests, a significant difference was found between exercisers and non-exercisers on self-esteem, perceived benefits of exercise, and perceived barriers to exercise. The three variables (self-esteem, perceived benefits of and perceived barriers to exercise) successfully accounted for 30% of the variation in group membership as an exerciser or non-exerciser utilizing multiple regression. Social desirability was found to be different between exercisers and non-exercisers and a relationship between social desirability and self-esteem scores was present. The findings relating social desirability and self-esteem are concurrent with the literature.
BOOK REVIEW: “INHERITED SILENCE: LISTENING TO THE LAND, HEALING THE COLONIZER MIND”
Creators: name: Dunlap, Louise
Publisher: name: Ecopoiesis: eco-human theory and practice
Year: 2023
Subjects: сolonization
Native peoples
genocide
California
Napa Valley

description: This review outlines a book centered on the historic damages caused by the early colonizers of America and how their descendants may recognize and heal the harm done to the earth and Native peoples. Louise Dunlap tells the story of the beloved land in California’s Napa Valley: how the land fared during the onslaught of colonization and its consequences of drought and wildfires that are present today. She looks to awaken others to consider their ancestors’ role in colonization and encourage them to begin reparations for the harmful actions of those who came before. More broadly, the book offers a way for readers to evaluate their current life actions and the lasting impact they can have on society and the planet.
On a restricted linear congruence
Creators: name: Bibak, Khodakhast
name: Kapron, Bruce M.
name: Srinivasan, Venkatesh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $b,n\in \mathbb{Z}$, $n\geq 1$, and ${\cal D}_1, \ldots, {\cal D}_{τ(n)}$ be all positive divisors of $n$. For $1\leq l \leq τ(n)$, define ${\cal C}_l:=\lbrace 1 \leqslant x\leqslant n \; : \; (x,n)={\cal D}_l\rbrace$. In this paper, by combining ideas from the finite Fourier transform of arithmetic functions and Ramanujan sums, we give a short proof for the following result: the number of solutions of the linear congruence $x_1+\cdots +x_k\equiv b \pmod{n}$, with $κ_{l}=|\lbrace x_1, \ldots, x_k \rbrace \cap {\cal C}_l|$, $1\leq l \leq τ(n)$, is \begin{align*} \frac{1}{n}\mathlarger{\sum}_{d\, \mid \, n}c_{d}(b)\mathlarger{\prod}_{l=1}^{τ(n)}\left(c_{\frac{n}{{\cal D}_l}}(d)\right)^{κ_{l}}, \end{align*} where $c_{d}(b)$ is a Ramanujan sum. Some special cases and other forms of this problem have been already studied by several authors. The problem has recently found very interesting applications in number theory, combinatorics, computer science, and cryptography. The above explicit formula generalizes the main results of several papers, for example, the main result of the paper by Sander and Sander [J. Number Theory {\bf 133} (2013), 705--718], one of the main results of the paper by Sander [J. Number Theory {\bf 129} (2009), 2260--2266], and also gives an equivalent formula for the main result of the paper by Sun and Yang [Int. J. Number Theory {\bf 10} (2014), 1355--1363].
COLONIZATION — DECOLONIZATION: ENVIRONMENTAL, CIVILIZATIONAL, GEOPOLITICAL ASPECTS
Creators: name: A’Court, Beverley
name: Kopytin, Alexander
name: Levine, Stephen K.
Publisher: name: Ecopoiesis: eco-human theory and practice
Year: 2023

description: Several experts in expressive arts, therapy and ecopsychology share their views on various aspects of colonization and decolonization. These concepts are considered by them not only as characterizing the mass settlement by immigrants from countries that are more developed economically and militarily into the territories of states with a lower level of such development with the appropriation of their land and resources, but also as denoting an invasion of land with inevitable changes in ecosystems and approaches to economic activity, the destruction of the established forms of relations between the indigenous population and nature. The participants in the discussion refer to the current situation in the world, characterized by the transition from a globalized monopolar world order to a multipolar/multilateral one. The issues of colonization and decolonization are considered in this discussion from an ecopoetic point of view, taking into account the ecological and cultural-historical perspective. The discussion is built in the form of a polylogue, where different authors use different scientific and biographical discourse, academic and poetic language in order to convey the drama of the current situation and their response to the existential challenge associated with the decisive historical moment of ecological, cultural and geopolitical decolonization. We invite contributions on the theme.
Identifying therapeutic targets in glioma using integrated network analysis
Creators: name: Laaniste, Liisi
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2019

description: Gliomas are the most common brain tumours in adult population with rapid progression and poor prognosis. Survival among the patients diagnosed with the most aggressive histopathological subtype of gliomas, the glioblastoma, is a mere 12.6 months given the current standard of care. While glioblastomas mostly occur in people over 60, the lower-grade gliomas afflict themselves upon individuals in their third and fourth decades of life. Collectively, the gliomas are one of the major causes of cancer-related death in individuals under fortyin the UK. Over the past twenty years, little has changed in the standard of glioma treatment and the disease has remained incurable. This study focuses on identifying potential therapeutic targets in gliomasusing systems-level approaches and large-scale data integration.I used publicly available transcriptomic data to identify gene co-expression networks associated with the progression of IDH1-mutant 1p/19q euploid astrocytomas from grade II to grade III and high-lighted hub-genes of these networks, which could be targeted to modulate their biological function. I also studied the changes in co-expression patterns between grade II and grade III gliomas and identified a cluster of genes with differential co-expression in different disease states (module M2). By data integration and adaptation of reverse-engineering methods, I elucidated master regulators of the module M2. I then sought to counteract the regulatory activity by using drug-induced gene expression dataset to find compounds inducing gene expression in the opposite direction of the disease signature. I proposed resveratrol as a potentially disease modifying compound, which when administered to patients with a low-grade disease could potentially delay glioma progression.Finally, I appliedanensemble-learning algorithm on a large-scale loss-of-function viability screen in cancer cell-lines with different genetic backgrounds to identify gene dependencies associated with chromosomal copy-number losses common intheglioblastomas. I propose five novel target predictions to be validated in future experiments.
MDM-Pred: a freely available web application for predicting the metabolism of drug-like compounds by the gut microbiota
Creators: name: Kolodnitsky, A.S.
name: Ionov, N.S.
name: Rudik, A.V.
name: Lagunin, A.A.
name: Filimonov, D.A.
name: Poroikov, V.V.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: The human gut microbiota (HGM) comprises a complex population of microorganisms that significantly affect human health, including their influence on xenobiotics metabolism. Many pharmaceuticals are taken orally and thus come into contact with HGM, which can metabolize them. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the effect of HGM on the fate of pharmaceuticals in the organism. We have collected information about over 600 compounds from more than eighty publications. At least half of them (329 compounds) are known to be metabolized by HGM. We have used PASS (Prediction of Activity Spectra for Substances) software to build three classification SAR models for HGM-mediated drug metabolism prediction. The first model with an accuracy of prediction 0.85 estimates whether compounds will be metabolized by HGM. The second model with an average accuracy of prediction 0.92 estimates which bacterial genera are responsible for the drug metabolism. The third model with an average accuracy of prediction 0.92 estimates the biotransformation reactions during HGM-mediated drug metabolism. The created models were used to develop the freely available web application MDM-Pred (http://www.way2drug.com/mdm-pred/).
ECOLOGICAL/NATURE-ASSISTED ART THERAPY WITH WAR VETERANS AND THE ISSUE OF ECOLOGICAL IDENTITY
Creators: name: Lebedev, Alexey
name: Kopytin, Alexander
Publisher: name: Ecopoiesis: eco-human theory and practice
Year: 2023
Subjects: nature-based art therapy
ecological/(eco) identity
environment
stress-related disorders
ecotherapy
war veterans

description: This paper presents the application of the nature-assisted approach in the context of clinical art therapy with war veterans. The work was carried out in the psychotherapy department of the hospital for war veterans. Some natureassisted art therapy techniques using natural objects and taking photographs were applied during a short-term art therapy program in order to reveal and support clients’ ecological identity as a healthy and resilient aspect of their Self. Examples of nature-assisted creative activities used in group art-therapy sessions are given.
An Empirical Biomarker-based Calculator for Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease - The Nieto-Narayan Formula
Creators: name: Nieto, Jake A.
name: Yamin, Michael A.
name: Goldberg, Itzhak D.
name: Narayan, Prakash
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Tissues and Organs (q-bio.TO)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Autosomal polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is associated with progressive enlargement of the kidneys fuelled by the formation and expansion of fluid-filled cysts. The disease is congenital and children that do not succumb to it during the neonatal period will, by age 10 years, more often than not, require nephrectomy+renal replacement therapy for management of both pain and renal insufficiency. Since increasing cystic index (CI; percent of kidney occupied by cysts) drives both renal expansion and organ dysfunction, management of these patients, including decisions such as elective nephrectomy and prioritization on the transplant waitlist, could clearly benefit from serial determination of CI. So also, clinical trials in ARPKD evaluating the efficacy of novel drug candidates could benefit from serial determination of CI. Although ultrasound is currently the imaging modality of choice for diagnosis of ARPKD, its utilization for assessing disease progression is highly limited. Magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography, although more reliable for determination of CI, are expensive, time-consuming and somewhat impractical in the pediatric population. Using a well-established mammalian model of ARPKD, we undertook a big data-like analysis of minimally- or non-invasive serum and urine biomarkers of renal injury/dysfunction to derive a family of equations for estimating CI. We then applied a signal averaging protocol to distill these equations to a single empirical formula for calculation of CI. Such a formula will eventually find use in identifying and monitoring patients at high risk for progressing to end-stage renal disease and aid in the conduct of clinical trials.
description: 3 tables and 8 figures
ECOPOIESIS: A MANIFESTO FOR ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION
Creators: name: Kopytin, Alexander
name: Gare, Arran
Publisher: name: Ecopoiesis: eco-human theory and practice
Year: 2023
Subjects: ecological civilization
ecopoiesis
globalization
eco-humanism
humanities
aesthetic responsibility

description: ‘Ecopoiesis: A Manifesto for Ecological Civilization’ contains the main provisions related to a new type of civilization, which should replace the industrial civilization, which has actually exhausted the potential of its development and has become the leading force for the destruction of humans and the living environment. A Manifesto for Ecological Civilization is the basis of the scenario for the development of culture and various public institutions, recognizing the potential of people to control their own destiny, to take effective steps to preserve life on earth.
An MSA-based independent flow line cell configuration algorithm for cellular manufacturing
Creators: name: Saroyo, Pujo.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Hybrid descriptors–conjoint indices: a case study on imidazole-thiourea containing glutaminyl cyclase inhibitors for design of novel anti-Alzheimer’s candidates
Creators: name: Bagri, K.
name: Kapoor, A.
name: Kumar, P.
name: Kumar, A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Clinical studies show that the pyroglutamate alteration of amyloid-β (Aβ) catalysed by metalloenzyme glutaminyl cyclase results in the formation of the more neurotoxic pGlu-Aβ, and inhibition of glutaminyl cyclase can bring down the load of pGlu-Aβ in the brain and reduces Alzheimer’s disease pathology with improvement in cognition. The present study involves the identification of activity-modulating structural features of 188 inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase under the influence of index of ideality of correlation (IIC) and correlation intensity index (CII) as prediction parameters. The QSAR models developed employing IIC and CII were found to be statistically better and had better predictability than the models developed without them. The best model (split 4) showed r2 values of 0.8155 and 0.8218 for calibration and validation sets, respectively. The structural features classified from QSAR models were used to design some new glutaminyl cyclase inhibitors. Among the designed ligands, ligand 5 possesses the highest pIC50 value (6.30) as well as binding affinity (−6.2 kcal/mol) and creates hydrogen bonds with TRP 329, π-alkyl interactions with ILE 303 and TYR 299, π-π stacking interaction with PHE 325 and interactions with ZN 391. All novel designed ligands have better pIC50 values and binding affinities.
Möbius strips before Möbius: Topological hints in ancient representations
Creators: name: Cartwright, Julyan H. E.
name: González, Diego L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: History and Overview (math.HO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: August Möbius discovered his eponymous strip --- also found almost contemporaneously by Johann Listing --- in 1858, so a pre-1858 Möbius band would be an interesting object. It turns out there were lots of them.
INTERVIEW WITH VIKTOR PANOV
Creators: name: Panov, Viktor
name: Kopytin, Alexander
Publisher: name: Ecopoiesis: eco-human theory and practice
Year: 2023
Subjects: ecological psychology (ecopsychology)
psychology of ecological consciousness
nature-centric type of ecological consciousness
eco-centric type of ecological consciousness
subject-generating interaction

description: The broad range of ecopsychology topics is discussed in this interview with one of the Russian ecopsychological founders and leaders, Viktor Panov. As he reviews the specifics and different directions of this scientific and practical discipline, Panov pays special attention to ecopsychological research associated with the psychology of environmental consciousness. During the discussion, different types of human interactions with natural objects are described, including those corresponding to the nature-centric type of ecological consciousness.
MOURNING FOR THE UN-SEA-N: TO OUR BELOVED MARMARA SEA. WHEN DID THE MOTHER BECOME THE OTHER?
Creators: name: Vartanyan, Aylin
name: Musnitsky, Fulya Kurter
name: Beliz Demircioğlu
Publisher: name: Ecopoiesis: eco-human theory and practice
Year: 2023
Subjects: Marmara sea
eco-grief
mourning
mucilage
nature-based expressive arts
expressive arts experience

description: This reflective essay explores the possibility of an ecological grief work as experienced by a group of women, the attendees of the Istanbul Expressive Arts Institute, on the island of Burgaz, near Istanbul. In 2021 the Marmara Sea experienced a condition called the mucilage, also called sea snot, a serious threat to the ecosystem of the sea creatures, as well as the dwellers of the city. By honoring the significance of the Marmara Sea for the city, the authors share how in the community of 13 women, the un-sea-n stories of the suffering sea, as well as of an Armenian woman who was excluded by some inhabitants of the island because of her eccentric love for the sea, could be contained through the rituals that emerged from nature-based expressive arts practice.
Sound reduction for reverberant, direct and diffracted sound through single isotropic glass panels of finite size
Creators: name: Stead, Matthew.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Parabolic bundles in positive characteristic
Creators: name: Kumar, Manish
name: Majumder, Souradeep
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14H60

description: Algebraic parabolic bundles on smooth projective curves over algebraically closed field of positive characteristic is defined. It is shown that the category of algebraic parabolic bundles is equivalent to the category of orbifold bundles defined in \cite{KP}. Tensor, dual, pullback and pushforward operations are also defined for parabolic bundles.
description: 26 pages
Behaviour of slender high strength concrete wall panels with opening
Creators: name: Wong, Foo-Hin.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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On solutions of a Boussinesq-type equation with amplitude-dependent nonlinearities: the case of biomembranes
Creators: name: Engelbrecht, Jüri
name: Tamm, Kert
name: Peets, Tanel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Boussinesq-type wave equations involve nonlinearities and dispersion. In this paper a Boussinesq-type equation with amplitude-dependent nonlinearities is presented. Such a model was proposed by Heimburg and Jackson (2005) for describing longitudinal waves in biomembranes and later improved by Engelbrecht et al. (2015) taking into account the microinertia of a biomembrane. The steady solution in the form of a solitary wave is derived and the influence of nonlinear and dispersive terms over a large range of possible sets of coefficients demonstrated. The solutions emerging from arbitrary initial inputs are found using the numerical simulation. The properties of emerging trains of solitary waves waves are analysed. Finally, the interaction of solitary waves which satisfy the governing equation is studied. The interaction process is not fully elastic and after several interactions radiation effects may be significant. This means that for the present case the solitary waves are not solitons in the strict mathematical sense. However, like in other cases known in solid mechanics, such solutions may be conditionally called solitons.
Perfil De Sensibilización Ige al alergeno Recombinante Lit v1 en Pacientes alérgicos al camarón (Litopenaeus Vannamei) en Cartagena, Colombia
Creators: name: Zabaleta Correa, Tibisay Del Carmen
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2019
Subjects: Camarones - Análisis
Camarón cultivo - Análisis microbiológico
Alergia - Diagnóstico
Alergia a los Alimentos

description: Tesis (Químico Farmacéutico) -- Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias Farmacéutica, 2019
description: El presente estudio consistió en expresar, purificar y determinar la frecuencia de reactividad IgE hacia Lit v 1 en pacientes alérgicos al camarón (L. vannamei) en Cartagena, Colombia.