cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Recognition of sign language using neural networks
Creators: name: Vamplew, P
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis details the development of a computer system (labelled the SLARTI system) capable of recognising a subset of signs from Auslan (the sign language of the Australian Deaf community), based on the pattern classification paradigm of artificial neural networks. The research discussed in this work has two main streams. The first is the creation of a practical sign classification system, suitable for use within a sign language training system or other applications based on hand gestures. The second is an exploration of the suitability of neural networks for the creation of a real-time classification system with the ability to process temporal patterns. Sign languages such as Auslan are the primary form of communication between members of the Deaf community. However these languages are not widely known outside of these communities, and hence a communications barrier can exist between Deaf and hearing people. The techniques for recognising signs developed in this research allow the creation of systems which can help to eliminate this barrier, either by providing computer tools to assist in the learning of sign language, or potentially the creation of portable sign-language-to-speech translation systems. Artificial neural networks have proved to be an extremely useful approach to pattern classification tasks, but much of the research in this field has concentrated on relatively simple problems. Attempting to apply these networks to a complex real-world problem such as sign language recognition exposed a range of issues affecting this classification technique. The development of the SLARTI system inspired the creation of several new techniques related to neural networks, which have general applicability beyond this particular application. This thesis includes discussion of techniques related to issues such as input encoding, improving network generalisation, training recurrent networks and developing modular, extensible neural systems.
Direct photon pair production at the LHC to order alpha_s in TeV scale gravity models
Creators: name: Kumar, M. C.
name: Mathews, Prakash
name: Ravindran, V.
name: Tripathi, Anurag
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The first results on next-to-leading order QCD corrections to production of direct photon pairs in hadronic collisions in the large extra dimension models- ADD and RS are presented. Various kinematical distributions are obtained to order alpha_s in QCD by taking into account all the parton level subprocesses. Our Monte Carlo based code incorporates all the experimental cuts suitable for physics studies at the LHC. We estimate the impact of the QCD corrections on various observables and find that they are significant. We also show the reduction in factorisation scale uncertainity when order alpha_s effects are included.
description: 36 pages, 22 figures; replaced with version accepted for publication in Nucl. Phys. B
Additional file 6 of Comprehensive analysis of metabolome and transcriptome reveals the mechanism of color formation in different leave of Loropetalum Chinense var. Rubrum
Creators: name: Zhang, Xia
name: Zhang, Li
name: Zhang, Damao
name: Su, Dingding
name: Li, Weidong
name: Wang, Xiangfei
name: Chen, Qianru
name: Cai, Wenqi
name: Xu, Lu
name: Cao, Fuxiang
name: Zhang, Dongling
name: Yu, Xiaoying
name: Li, Yanlin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 6: Table S5. The length distribution of assembled unigenes
title: Distribution of Heavy Metals from Flue Gas in Algal Bioreactor
Creators: name: Napan, Katerine
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Algae are microscopic organisms with a great potential to produce biomass and lipids at productivities several times higher than terrestrial crops. To grow, these organisms consume carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas. This gas, emitted primarily by power plants after coal burning, can be effectively used for algae production, thus resulting in CO2 remediation and biomass beneficial utilization as feedstuff, industrial filler and biodiesel feedstock. However, since coal is a fuel mined from the earth’s crust, it contains heavy metals that are released during coal burning and inevitably enter the algal cultivation system, contaminating the water were algae is grown, the algal biomass and the products derived from such biomass. The distribution of heavy metals from flue gas in algal cultivation systems is unknown, yet necessary to advance this industry. This study focused on quantifying the distribution and effects that ten coal-derived heavy metals (Cu, Co, Zn, Pb, As, Se, Cr, Hg, Ni and Cd) will have on algae strain Scenedesmus obliquus and on the potential products derived from this algae.
title: An Investigation of the Interaction of Beliefs and Behaviors in the Classroom
Creators: name: Talbot, JenneLyn
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: This project emerged from previous research on beliefs, influences on behaviors, and beliefs interaction with reform. Previous research stated connections existed between teacher beliefs and teacher behaviors but criticized the use of broad, general constructs and traditional methodologies. This study challenged the portrayal of beliefs as isolated and static and attempted to understand connections between beliefs and behaviors. Utilizing qualitative methodologies, this study investigated the following research questions.
1. What insight can be gained on the nature of beliefs through analysis of consistent and inconsistent behaviors?
2. How do teacher’s beliefs interact with behaviors?
This research adopted a methodology that connected interviews and instructional episodes as the informative data. The power of the examination of beliefs focused on (a) the teacher’s beliefs, (b) actual practices, and (c) the connections between beliefs and observed behaviors. A more accurate collection of beliefs provided an understanding on how these beliefs actualized in practice. This allowed for an in-depth analysis of the interaction of beliefs and behaviors that provided more explanatory power of the relationship, often lacking in other studies. Specifically, findings demonstrated that the beliefs emerge from previous experience, interact with each other, and influence the behaviors of the teacher
A Dynamic Networked Browser Environment for Distributed Computing
Creators: name: Fletcher, Luke
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Many organisations have a large number of computers with varying usage patterns. Some of these machines at different locations are often free from time to time leaving them to do very little useful computation or none at all. It is at these times that this dynamically changing environment of machines can be used for a more useful task. This project reports the development and feasibility testing of a dynamic distributed computing environment. This is achieved by making use of ubiquitous web browsers to harness these underutilised computers. Therefore taking the idea of distributed computing away from the traditional paradigm of fixed hosts to which it is often associated.
The geodiversity of the Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise National Park (Central Italy)
Creators: name: Esposito, Gianluca
name: Mancinelli, Vania
name: Paglia, Giorgio
name: Ciavattella, Francesco
name: D’Amico, Daniela
name: Sulli, Cinzia
name: Sammarone, Luciano
name: Miccadei, Enrico
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mental Health
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: This paper presents a novel geodiversity map of the Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise National Park (Central Italy). The Park exhibits a wide range of geological-geomorphological environments of great scientiﬁc and touristic interest, offering unique landscapes and wild nature frequented by visitors year-around. All these features reflect a marked geodiversity and a valuable geoheritage, requiring protection and valorization activities. The geodiversity map that we present was realized following an integrated methodological approach, which includes and combines geological-geomorphological features, geoheritage elements, data from Park archives, and new field-based observations. In this framework, the map serves as a key outreach tool for the dissemination of the geological information of the area and for the promotion of its geodiversity through a modern, sustainable, and environmentally aware tourism in an highly frequented protected area.
Additional file 9 of Comprehensive analysis of metabolome and transcriptome reveals the mechanism of color formation in different leave of Loropetalum Chinense var. Rubrum
Creators: name: Zhang, Xia
name: Zhang, Li
name: Zhang, Damao
name: Su, Dingding
name: Li, Weidong
name: Wang, Xiangfei
name: Chen, Qianru
name: Cai, Wenqi
name: Xu, Lu
name: Cao, Fuxiang
name: Zhang, Dongling
name: Yu, Xiaoying
name: Li, Yanlin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 9: Fig. S2. GO classification of DEGs. A GO functional classification of DEGs between GL vs. ML. B GO functional classification of DEGs between GL vs. PL. C GO functional classification of DEGs between ML vs. PL
Validation and Verification of Software Design using Finite State Process
Creators: name: Stanton, SC
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a formal language (Finite State Process) automated verification tool (Labelled Transition System Analyser) at finding and resolving errors in design models of software. FSP is used to model the Lift Problem from a specification refined by validation. The specification is mapped to a finite state domain and tested for errors - in the mapping, in the understanding of the initial requirements, in the accuracy of the initial requirements, and in the concurrency properties of the identified co-operating entities. Exposition of errors refines (validates) the initial description, and drives their resolution giving rise to an evolutionary corrected model; upon exit of iterative analysis this is mapped to UML behavioural diagrams forming Implementation Specifications.
Synchrotron radiation from ultra-high energy protons and the Fermi observations of GRB 080916C
Creators: name: Razzaque, Soebur
name: Dermer, Charles D.
name: Finke, Justin D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fermi gamma-ray telescope data of GRB 080916C with ~1e55 erg in apparent isotropic gamma-ray energy, show a several second delay between the rise of 100 MeV - GeV radiation compared with keV - MeV radiation. Here we show that synchrotron radiation from cosmic ray protons accelerated in GRBs, delayed by the proton synchrotron cooling timescale in a jet of magnetically-dominated shocked plasma moving at highly relativistic speeds with bulk Lorentz factor Gamma ~ 500, could explain this result. A second generation electron synchrotron component from attenuated proton synchrotron radiation makes enhanced soft X-ray to MeV gamma-ray emission. Long GRBs with narrow, energetic jets accelerating particles to ultra-high energies could explain the Auger observations of UHE cosmic rays from sources within 100 Mpc for nano-Gauss intergalactic magnetic fields. The total energy requirements in a proton synchrotron model are proportional to Gamma^(16/3). This model for GRB 080916C is only plausible if Gamma ~< 500 and the jet opening angle is ~ 1 degree.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure, typos corrected, matches with published version
Glacial geomorphology in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland
Creators: name: Knight, Lauren
name: Boston, Clare M.
name: Lovell, Harold
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: We present a detailed 1:50,000-scale glacial geomorphological map covering ∼450 km2 of the Wicklow Mountains, eastern Ireland. The region was glaciated at the Last Glacial Maximum, but little is known about the timing and pattern of deglaciation during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition or the extent of glacier regrowth during the Younger Dryas. The absence of detailed glacial geomorphological mapping has been a barrier to understanding these outstanding questions before now. Mapping of the area was compiled during field campaigns supported by the assessment of remotely-sensed imagery. Ice-marginal moraines are the most prevalent landform mapped and these have been classified into three groups based on differences in morphology. Other evidence for glaciation includes glacially-transported boulders, ice-moulded bedrock, meltwater channels, terraces, talus and summit blockfields. The map forms an essential basis for future work that will investigate glacial landsystems, deglaciation patterns and timing, and the style and extent of Younger Dryas glaciation.
Additional file 1 of A scoping review of methods for assessment of sex differentials in early childhood mortality
Creators: name: Costa, Janaína Calu
name: Victora, Cesar G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. PRISMA checklist. Table S2. Summary of characteristics of all 154 studies included in the review. Figure S1. Frequency of words used in the titles of the selected studies.
Symmetry and Z_2-Orbifolding Approach in Five-dimensional Lattice Gauge Theory
Creators: name: Ishiyama, K.
name: Murata, M.
name: So, H.
name: Takenaga, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a lattice gauge-Higgs unification scenario using a Z_2-orbifolded extra-dimension, we find a new global symmetry in a case of SU(2) bulk gauge symmetry. It is a global symmetry on sites in a fixed point with respect to Z_2-orbifolding, independent of the bulk gauge symmetry. It is shown that the vacuum expectation value of a Z_2-projected Polyakov loop is a good order parameter of the new symmetry. The effective theory on lattice is also discussed.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures; refined the explanations
A Comparison of Neural Network Architectures in Reinforcement Learning in the Game of Othello
Creators: name: Kamenetsky, D
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Over the past two decades, Reinforcement Learning has emerged as a promising Machine Learning technique that is capable of solving complex dynamic problems. The benefit of this technique lies in the fact that the agent learns from its experience rather than being told directly. For problems with large state-spaces, Reinforcement Learning algorithms are combined with function approximation techniques, such as neural networks. The architecture of the neural networks plays a significant role in the agent's learning. Past research has demonstrated that networks with a constructive architecture outperform those with a fixed architecture on some benchmark problems. This study compares the performance of these two architectures in Othello - a complex deterministic board game. Three networks are used in the comparison: two with constructive architecture - Cascade and Resource Allocating Network, and one with fixed architecture - Multilayer Perceptron. Investigation is also made with respect to input representation, number of hidden nodes and other parameters used by the networks. Training is performed with both on-policy (Sarsa) and off-policy (Q-Learning) algorithms. Results show that agents were able to learn the positional strategy (novice strategy in Othello) and could beat each of the three built-in opponents. Agents trained with Multilayer Perceptron perform better, but converge slower than those trained with Cascade.
title: Elementary Music Supervision in the Logan City Schools: Its Relationship to the General Music Program in its Historical Setting
Creators: name: Beecher, Amelia M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1966

description: This study has been made in response to some of the problems observed in the general music program of the Logan City School District during the five-year period 1960-1965. As the number of classroom units increased during these years, the function of the elementary music supervisor was modified. Supervision as a "visiting music teacher" on a bi-monthly schedule gradually changed to supervision as a "teacher consultant" whose scheduled classroom visits were once a month or less.
During these scheduled visits, the classroom teacher planned and presented two or more music lessons for observation. Other scheduled contacts were either teacher-supervisor consultations, or were supervisor demonstrations int he classrooms, prepared in response to the teacher's requests and needs. More and more supervision time was spent in an effort to help the teacher to teach music, rather than in helping the pupils to sing.
This shift of responsibility for teaching the general music program, from the supervisor to the classroom teacher, fostered many problems. Most of these problems were consequence are commented upon in this study.
The problem of the "low-singer" crossed classroom and school boundaries and seemed to reflect the values of the whole social climate rather than poor teaching in any one area. Pressures which placed value on little boys as prospective athletes also seemed to push them into shamed avoidance of their soprano child's voice. Boys reached for deep, adult bass tones with avid dedication and ignored the demands of the melody and whatever harm they were doing to their ability to hear and to sing accurately.
Some school-room factors seemed to aggravate this problem; teachers and administrators observed accurate singers become progressively more offended by the quality of music made by groups which included out-of-tune singers. When musically oriented pupils began to take private piano lessons, they seemed to realize that they would learn all about music through regular practice on their instrument, and soon abandoned all but token participation in the classroom music period. They pretended to be bass singers, joined the out-of-tuners, and encouraged other boys to do the same. This process accelerated under an idealized man teacher, who was able to sing in a comfortable low voice, or under musically permissive teachers who did not know what musical standards to expect or how to achieve them.
title: Effects of Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Colorectal Cancer and the Development of the Total Western Diet-2
Creators: name: Kellen, Sara
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The Western diet is commonly consumed by industrialized societies and characterized by an increased consumption of vegetable oils rich in omega-6 (n-6) fatty acids. This results in a higher ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids in the diet. Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are believed to induce a pro-inflammatory response in the body. Therefore, this change in PUFA concentration and/or ratio of n-6:n-3 in the Western diet may contribute to colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. Five identical diets, varying only in PUFA concentration and n-6:n-3 ratio, were fed to mice dosed with a carcinogen and an inflammatory accent (AOM+DSS). The diets included: 1.) AIN-93G, control diet, containing 7% (kcal) dietary PUFA, 7:1 n-6:n-3 ratio, 2.) 2.5% dietary PUFA 1:1 n-6:n-3 ratio, 3.) 2.5% PUFA 20:1 n-6:n-3, 4.) 10% PUFA 1:1 n-6:n-3, and 5.) 10% PUFA 20:1 n-6:n-3. PUFA ratio had a significant effect on tumor size. Diets having an n-6:n-3 ratio of 1:1 resulted in significantly larger tumors than diets with an n-6:n-3ratio of 20:1. Mice fed either the AIN-93G or 2.5% 1:1 diet had the highest number of tumors compared to the other experimental diets. From these results, it appears that the dietary PUFA profile influences the etiology of CRC.
Studies investigating CRC commonly use rodent models to investigate human diseases. Typically rodents are fed diets formulated to promote growth and heath, however these diets are considerably different than the Western diet in terms of macro- and micronutrients. Diet is known to influence CRC incidence, which led to the development of the Total Western Diet (TWD) by Hinze and colleagues. The TWD is a rodent diet that uses purified ingredients to match the macro- and micronutrient composition of the average American diet. However, the complex nature of whole-foods is also known to impact colon health, so the TWD was redesigned. The TWD-2 is the only whole-foods-based rodent diet that emulates the macro- and micronutrient consumption of the average American. Initiating studies using the TWD-2, in place of the AIN diets, will hopefully make the rodent a better model for human disease research.
Spectroscopic Confirmation of Two Massive Red-Sequence-Selected Galaxy Clusters at z ~ 1.2 in the SpARCS-North Cluster Survey
Creators: name: Muzzin, Adam
name: Wilson, Gillian
name: Yee, H. K. C.
name: Hoekstra, Henk
name: Gilbank, David
name: Surace, Jason
name: Lacy, Mark
name: Blindert, Kris
name: Majumdar, Subhabrata
name: Demarco, Ricardo
name: Gardner, Jonathan P.
name: Gladders, Mike
name: Lonsdale, Carol
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey (SpARCS) is a deep z'-band imaging survey covering the Spitzer SWIRE Legacy fields designed to create the first large homogeneously-selected sample of massive clusters at z > 1 using an infrared adaptation of the cluster red-sequence method. We present an overview of the northern component of the survey which has been observed with CFHT/MegaCam and covers 28.3 deg^2. The southern component of the survey was observed with CTIO/MOSAICII, covers 13.6 deg^2, and is summarized in a companion paper by Wilson et al. (2008). We also present spectroscopic confirmation of two rich cluster candidates at z ~ 1.2. Based on Nod-and-Shuffle spectroscopy from GMOS-N on Gemini there are 17 and 28 confirmed cluster members in SpARCS J163435+402151 and SpARCS J163852+403843 which have spectroscopic redshifts of 1.1798 and 1.1963, respectively. The clusters have velocity dispersions of 490 +/- 140 km/s and 650 +/- 160 km/s, respectively which imply masses (M200) of (1.0 +/- 0.9) x 10^{14} M_{solar} and (2.4 +/- 1.8) x 10^{14} M_{solar}. Confirmation of these candidates as bona fide massive clusters demonstrates that two-filter imaging is an effective, yet observationally efficient, method for selecting clusters at z > 1.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, submitted to the ApJ
Proof of Factorization of Fragmentation Function in Non-Equilibrium QCD
Creators: name: Nayak, Gouranga C
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we prove factorization of fragmentation function in non-equilibrium QCD by using Schwinger-Keldysh closed-time path integral formalism. We use the background field method of QCD in a pure gauge in path integral approach to prove factorization of fragmentation function in non-equilibrium QCD. Our proof is valid in any arbitrary gauge fixing parameter $α$. This may be relevant to study hadron production from quark-gluon plasma at high energy heavy-ion colliders at RHIC and LHC.
description: 13 pages latex, (Final Published Version, Annals of Physics)
Additional file 10 of Comprehensive analysis of metabolome and transcriptome reveals the mechanism of color formation in different leave of Loropetalum Chinense var. Rubrum
Creators: name: Zhang, Xia
name: Zhang, Li
name: Zhang, Damao
name: Su, Dingding
name: Li, Weidong
name: Wang, Xiangfei
name: Chen, Qianru
name: Cai, Wenqi
name: Xu, Lu
name: Cao, Fuxiang
name: Zhang, Dongling
name: Yu, Xiaoying
name: Li, Yanlin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 10: Table S8. KEGG annotation of different metabolic pathways
Chaos in cylindrical stadium billiards via a generic nonlinear mechanism
Creators: name: Gilbert, Thomas
name: Sanders, David P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We describe conditions under which higher-dimensional billiard models in bounded, convex regions are fully chaotic, generalizing the Bunimovich stadium to dimensions above two. An example is a three-dimensional stadium bounded by a cylinder and several planes; the combination of these elements may give rise to defocusing, allowing large chaotic regions in phase space. By studying families of marginally-stable periodic orbits that populate the residual part of phase space, we identify conditions under which a nonlinear instability mechanism arises in their vicinity. For particular geometries, this mechanism rather induces stable nonlinear oscillations, including in the form of whispering-gallery modes.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Increasing geohydrological instability in a valley of the Italian Central Alps: a study in the Anthropocene
Creators: name: Turconi, Laura
name: Casazza, Marco
name: Bono, Barbara
name: Luino, Fabio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health

description: Riverbed deepening, waterway shortening, and forced narrowing are among the most relevant consequences of the anthropic disturbance of alpine rivers over the last few centuries. A map was generated through a detailed study of the Adda Valley, a famous valley in the Central Alps, northern Italy. This study was conducted to evaluate the anthropization status, geomorphological patterns (in terms of altimetric and planimetric riverbed variation), evolutionary trends, and flood hazards of the river over the last 150 years. The map presents the expansion of urban and industrial areas that occurred before and after one of the most devastating floods in Adda Valley. Supporting both the identification of potentially vulnerable areas and the possible effects of damaging floods, the map provides information for improved evaluation of the vulnerability of bottom valley areas after anthropogenic modification and for identifying the damaging effects of past flood events, which could recur.
Digital Enhancement Techniques for Underwater Video Image Sequences
Creators: name: Lambert, T
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Due to concern about the current state of the world's oceans, several large scale scientific projects have begun to investigate the condition of our oceans. These projects are making use of underwater video sequences to monitor marine species. The move to using underwater video monitoring introduces labour intensive manual processing techniques. This leads to the need for an automated system capable of processing the data at a much greater speed. This project investigated whether the development of suitable image processing techniques could be used for pre-processing underwater images from a fish farm and locating fish within these images using computer vision techniques. Using underwater images leads to some serious problems when compared to images from a clearer environment. Visibility in an underwater environment is poor, even when using state of the art equipment. After reviewing the broad field of computer vision and current underwater projects, an image pre-processing system was developed in MATLAB using suitable image processing and analysis techniques. The application developed was able to successfully locate an acceptable number of fish within the underwater images. The project demonstrated that automated analysis of underwater video images is needed and is possible. Automatic processing of large quantities of video image sequences will be of great benefit in the future. It will allow scientific researchers to study the ocean environment and its species more effectively. Pre-processing is an essential component of the overall process that will lead to automation of underwater video data analysis for marine science applications.
O papel dos zoos na Cidadania e na Educação Ambiental
Creators: name: Santos, Maria João Salgado Da Silva
name: Pereira, Mário J.
name: Azeiteiro, Ulisses M.
Publisher: name: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos
Year: 2021

description: A Educação Ambiental permite a formação de cidadãos conscientes e preparados para os desafios ambientais atuais, nomeadamente a perda de biodiversidade. Os Zoos são equipamentos de educação ambiental que utilizam atividades educativas, com o objetivo de informar a população sobre a biodiversidade e os desafios para sua conservação. Estas atividades poderão reforçar o impacto educacional desses equipamentos de educação ambiental. O presente trabalho de investigação tem como objetivo verificar a dimensão das atividades educativas disponibilizadas pelos zoos em Portugal e na Europa. O estudo foi realizado por meio de questionário enviado aos zoos, o qual continha questões relacionadas à caracterização do zoo e das próprias atividades educativas. Os resultados indicaram (N = 38 de 16 países) que todos os zoos participantes do estudo realizam atividades educativas, destacando painéis informativos, apresentações educacionais, visitas livres e/ou guiadas, contato direto e uso das redes sociais. Em suma, os resultados deste estudo realçam o papel dos zoos como elo entre humanos e animais e, consequentemente, como educadores para ambiente e da conservação.
description: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos, Vol 10 (2021)
Additional file 1 of Comprehensive analysis of metabolome and transcriptome reveals the mechanism of color formation in different leave of Loropetalum Chinense var. Rubrum
Creators: name: Zhang, Xia
name: Zhang, Li
name: Zhang, Damao
name: Su, Dingding
name: Li, Weidong
name: Wang, Xiangfei
name: Chen, Qianru
name: Cai, Wenqi
name: Xu, Lu
name: Cao, Fuxiang
name: Zhang, Dongling
name: Yu, Xiaoying
name: Li, Yanlin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Detection Data of Various Physiological Characteristics of ML, PL, and GL Tricolor Leaves
A longitudinal examination of attention, working memory and executive function deficits in subtypes of mild cognitive impairment
Creators: name: Saunders, NLJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has emerged as a classification for a prodromal phase of cognitive decline that may precede the emergence of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Studies of MCI show elevated rates of conversion to dementia at the group level. In contrast, longitudinal examination of individual outcomes in MCI samples reveal great heterogeneity, with up to 44% of persons remaining stable or improving in cognitive functioning. Recent research suggests that attention, executive and working memory deficits may appear at the earliest stages of AD and these deficits may be more predictive of the emergence of AD than memory processing deficits. In the present longitudinal study, 48 multiple-domain amnestic-MCI (a-MCI+), 12 single-domain amnestic-MCI (aMCI), 29 non-amnestic MCI (na-MCI), and 26 age- and education-matched controls undertook neuropsychological assessment of visual and verbal memory, attentional processing, executive functions, working memory capacity, and semantic language at 10 month intervals. The results indicate that both a-MCI+ and na-MCI display a decline in simple sustained attention with the a-MCI+ group also displaying a significant decline on a task of divided attention. However, both a-MCI+ and na-MCI were found to display stable deficits to all other measures of attention, working memory and executive functioning, with a-MCI+ also being associated with stable impairments to visual and verbal memory. Subsequent analyses indicated that outcome classification at 20 months varied considerably between MCI subgroups. Of the a-MCI+ group 25% progressed to AD, with none of the a-MCI or na-MCI groups progressing to AD. Among the different MCI subclassifications 12-42% improved to normal levels of function, 17-55% remained stable; and 10-24% transitioned to the a-MCI+ subtype. Discriminant function analysis identified that a combination of measures of attention, working memory, and visual, verbal and semantic memory at baseline correctly identified the outcome of 84% of participants at 20 months. The results of the present study raise questions regarding the specificity of existing criteria for the subtypes of MCI, with the results of this study indicating a high degree of instability in MCI classification over time.
On Singularity Formation of a Nonlinear Nonlocal System
Creators: name: Hou, Thomas Y.
name: Li, Congming
name: Shi, Zuoqiang
name: Wang, Shu
name: Yu, Xinwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We investigate the singularity formation of a nonlinear nonlocal system. This nonlocal system is a simplified one-dimensional system of the 3D model that was recently proposed by Hou and Lei in [13] for axisymmetric 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with swirl. The main difference between the 3D model of Hou and Lei and the reformulated 3D Navier-Stokes equations is that the convection term is neglected in the 3D model. In the nonlocal system we consider in this paper, we replace the Riesz operator in the 3D model by the Hilbert transform. One of the main results of this paper is that we prove rigorously the finite time singularity formation of the nonlocal system for a large class of smooth initial data with finite energy. We also prove the global regularity for a class of smooth initial data. Numerical results will be presented to demonstrate the asymptotically self-similar blow-up of the solution. The blowup rate of the self-similar singularity of the nonlocal system is similar to that of the 3D model.
description: 28 pages, 9 figures
title: Carmina Gratulatoria In Honorem Clarissimi ... Dn. Christophori Deichmanni ...
Creators: name: Anonym
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: Generalities, Science
Allgemeines, Wissenschaft
Festschrift

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: Carmina Gratulatoria In Honorem Clarissimi ... Dn. Christophori Deichmanni Doctoratus insignia in utroque Jure Marpurgi adipiscentis Et Nuptias ibidem celebrantis Cum ... Christina D. Hermanni Vulteji ... Filiâ primogenitâ ... Die XV. Aprilis Anno M. DC. V. Scripta Ab amicis. - Steinfurti : excudebat Theoph. Cæsar, [1605]. - 19 ungezählte Seiten. - 
Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - 
Signatur: VIII B 331 db, 4. - 
Bemerkungen: Text teilweise auch griech. in griechischer Schrift. - 
Titeleinrahmung (Holzschnitt) . - 
(Hassiaca)

Digitalisiert 2024
John Stuart Mill and The subjection of women
Creators: name: Lazenby, Arthur Laurence
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The Subjection of Women was the last book by John Stuart Hill published during his lifetime. It presented a philosophical analysis of the position of women in society, as unrecognised individuals both in public and domestic roles. Mill exposed the moral and ethical shortcomings' of a system which denied women legal status or moral equality, and he made a number of specific suggestions for reform, particularly respecting legal and educational rights for women. During the following sixty years in Britain, almost all of his suggested reforms were achieved. Because Mill' s specific pleas were answered, the Subjection of Women has come to be regarded as an out-of-date argument for conditions which have been corrected. The moral philosophy contained in the book received little or no attention. The knowledge of a present-day reader about John Stuart Mill is based chiefly upon his Autobiography and the essay On Liberty. The works which made Mill famous, his textbooks upon logic and political economy, are now read only by students of those fields. Readers of the Autobiography are not generally aware how skillfully Mill and his wife edited that book to remove most of the domestic circumstances of Mill's family, and to construct a textbook account of his education. Since the tone of the Autobiography is austere and rational, there has been a tendency to transfer these qualities to Mill himself. In fact, Mill has misled his readers. In The Subjection of Women, Mill reveals opinions about the social world and makes comments about family life which are the natural complement to his Autobiography. Like most major figures of the Victorian period, John Stuart Mill was a man of many abilities and interests—a 'generalist’, rather than a specialist—and any specialist view of his work is apt to be only a partial view of the man and his work. Often these partial views become the whole view. Even Mill's biographers have been unable to avoid this difficulty. Students of Mill's essays sometimes detect inconsistencies in thought, others assert that Harriet Taylor, later Mrs. Mill, dominated his later work. However, beyond the assumption that she suggested the topic to Mill, there is very little examination of the Subjection of Women and its ideas by modern critics or biographers. This study of the Subjection of Women argues for a line of consistent and continuous development in John Stuart Mill, and suggests that the book is pertinent to his biography. Various evidence in the thesis explains why it is not possible to accept the currently published views of the man. Accordingly Mill's family background and early training have been rehearsed from the unfamiliar domestic viewpoint, and the development of his ideas traced from his earliest writings the production of The Subjection of Women.
title: Beef Average Daily Gain and Enteric Methane Emissions on Birdsfoot Trefoil, Cicer Milkvetch and Meadow Brome Pastures
Creators: name: Pitcher, Lance R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: Conventional production of meat products from ruminant animals in the United States requires inputs including the cultivation and nitrogen fertilization of annual grains such as corn and barley, and transportation of cattle and grain to feedlots. Consumers have concerns about the impact of feedlot conditions on animal health, and about the implications of pharmaceutical inputs such as growth hormones and antibiotics on the environment and human health. These concerns have led to a growing interest in pasturefinished meat production by consumers. Such smaller-scale livestock production systems can be healthier and lower-stress for animals, are integrated into local food systems and are more transparent to consumers, and have higher potential profitability for producers than traditional ruminant production methods.
There is a strong market for pasture-finished beef products, and prices for naturally or organically raised beef have remained well above feedlot-produced product prices. There is also concern about the impact of ruminant production on the environment, including air and water pollution from feedlot production and greenhouse gasses that are emitted from ruminant animals during feed digestion. This thesis project explored the potential of a beef production system based on perennial legumes, including the non-bloating legume birdsfoot trefoil (BFT; Lotus corniculatus L.) for producing meat products from cattle while reducing concentrate feeding and methane production. The condensed tannins that are produced by BFT bind proteins in the rumen but allow them to be digested in the abomasum and intestines, which in turn leads to better utilization of forage nutrients during the finishing period and higher gains or milk production. The higher digestibility of legumes compared with grasses reduces methane emissions in cattle both through higher digestibility of the forage and through direct impacts on methanogens operating in the rumen.
As reported in this thesis, steers finished on BFT gained significantly more weight per day than steers fed another perennial forage legume, cicer milkvetch, but did not gain as rapidly as feedlot-fed steers. At the end of summer grazing, the blood plasma of pasture-fed steers was lower in saturated and omega-6 fatty acids and higher in transvaccenic and omega-3 fatty acids than the blood plasma of feedlot-fed steers. When beef cows grazed grass and legume pastures, enteric methane emissions were lower on the legume pastures than the grass pasture. These results demonstrate that, compared with other feed sources, perennial legume pastures used for cattle production can improve cattle gains and reduce environmental impacts.
Additional file 1 of Are meat options preferred to comparable vegetarian options? An experimental study
Creators: name: Pechey, Rachel
name: Hollands, Gareth J.
name: Marteau, Theresa M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1 Tobit regression model predicting the mean ranking score for target options. Table S2 Tobit regression model predicting the mean ranking score for target options, with interactions by usual meat consumption
An implementation model for digitisation of visual management to develop a smart manufacturing process
Creators: name: Trubetskaya, Anna
name: Ryan, Alan
name: Murphy, Frank
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: Engineering

description: Purpose – This paper aims to introduce a model using a digital twin concept in a cold heading manufacturing and develop a digital visual management (VM) system using Lean overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) tool to enhance the process performance and establish Fourth Industrial Revolution (I4.0) platform in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – This work utilised plan, do, check, act Lean methodology to create a digital twin of each machine in a smart manufacturing facility by taking the Lean tool OEE and digitally transforming it in the context of I4.0. To demonstrate the effectiveness of process digitisation, a case study was carried out at a manufacturing department to provide the data to the model and later validate synergy between Lean and I4.0 platform. Findings – The OEE parameter can be increased by 10% using a proposed digital twin model with the introduction of a Level 0 into VM platform to clearly define the purpose of each data point gathered further replicate in projects across the value stream. Research limitations/implications – The findings suggest that researchers should look beyond conversion of stored data into visualisations and predictive analytics to improve the model connectivity. The development of strong big data analytics capabilities in SMEs can be achieved by shortening the time between data gathering and impact on the model performance. Originality/value – The novelty of this study is the application of OEE Lean tool in the smart manufacturing sector to allow SME organisations to introduce digitalisation on the back of structured and streamlined principles with well-defined end goals to reach the optimal OEE
Additional file 1 of DNMT3A low-expression is correlated to poor prognosis in childhood B-ALL and confers resistance to daunorubicin on leukemic cells
Creators: name: Li, Weijing
name: Liu, Shuguang
name: Wang, Chanjuan
name: Cui, Lei
name: Zhao, Xiaoxi
name: Liu, Wei
name: Zhang, Ruidong
name: Li, Zhigang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Comparison of clinical characteristics in children with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia include or excluded in this study.
Geomorphology of the Courel Mountains Unesco Global Geopark (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula)
Creators: name: Pérez-Alberti, Augusto
name: Gómez-Pazo, Alejandro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The Courel Mountains Geopark is in Galicia, Northwest Spain. Its total area is 578.29 km2. Parallel valleys and ridges characterize its relief from North to South. Their maximum altitude reaches 1,641 m. Their lithology is dominated by slates, quartzites, and limestones, together with small diabase outcrops. Materials are intensely fractured due to the tectonic dynamics that started during the Cenozoic, and sedimentary formations accumulated in response to environmental changes during the Pleistocene are abundant. As a result, a wide variety of structural landforms are present, along with a wide range of landforms and deposits of alluvial, fluvial, glacial, and periglacial origin. All of them have been mapped to enable sustainable use and management aimed at improving the livelihood of the inhabitants of the geopark area, which has suffered depopulation in recent decades. Courel Mountains Unesco Global Geopark stands out for its geological and geomorphological diversity.This sector shows evidence of different structural geoforms (alluvial, fluvial, glacier, and periglacial origin).Geomorphological cartography graphically draws the most outstanding deposits and geoforms. Courel Mountains Unesco Global Geopark stands out for its geological and geomorphological diversity. This sector shows evidence of different structural geoforms (alluvial, fluvial, glacier, and periglacial origin). Geomorphological cartography graphically draws the most outstanding deposits and geoforms.