cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Understanding the Genetic Diversity of Bael for Physicochemical and Nutritional Traits of Fruit in West Bengal
Creators: name: Nayak, Dipak
name: Barman, Prananath
name: Raman, Rohan Kumar
name: Sheel, Sandip
name: Roy, Arindam
name: Debnath, Prasenjit
name: Mandal, Arup
name: Das, Rituparna
name: Hassan, Kamarul
name: Das, Nabin Kumar
name: Damodaran, Thukkaram
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: An investigation was carried out to understand the genotypic diversity of 13 bael (Aegle marmelos L. Correa) genotypes and cultivar based on morphological, phytochemical, and nutritional traits of fruit. Higher level of diversity was recorded for morphological traits of fruit namely fruit weight (364.67–2844.3 g), pulp weight (201.00–2414.00 g), and number of seeds per fruit (85–204.67). Rich diversity was also noticed for phytochemical traits. The highest total soluble solid content was registered in Bael-13 (44.79 ºbrix), whereas ascorbic acid and total carotenoids were maximum in Bael-5 (8.21 and 1362.60 mg/100 g, respectively). Bael-6 was significantly superior for total phenols and total flavonoid content as well as the antidiabetic properties (8.34 mg GAE/100 g, 3.57 mg RE/100 g, and 257.71%, respectively). The maximum level of various plant nutrients was recorded in different genotypes namely iron in Bael-2 (1.2 mg/100 g), zinc in Bael-13 (0.35 mg/100 g), and potassium in Bael-9 (22.24 mg/100 g). Further, principal component analysis revealed that the first two components contributed 86.00% to total variation. This information may be useful for future breeding programs to develop nutraceutical-rich varieties of bael and bioprospecting of nutraceuticals from bael on commercial scale.
REMOVAL OF TOXIC CHROMIUM (VI) AND LEAD (II) FROM SYNTHETIC WASTEWATER USING PRICKLY PEAR PEEL ACTIVATED CARBON
Creators: name: ZEWDU TESFAYE
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: REMOVAL OF TOXIC CHROMIUM (VI) AND LEAD (II) FROM 

SYNTHETIC WASTEWATER USING PRICKLY PEAR PEEL 

ACTIVATED CARBON
On the Potential of Biochar Soil Amendments as a Sustainable Water Management Strategy
Creators: name: Lyon, Steve W.
name: Fischer, Benjamin M. C.
name: Morillas, Laura
name: Rojas Conejo, Johanna
name: Sánchez-Murillo, Ricardo
name: Suárez Serrano, Andrea
name: Frentress, Jay
name: Cheng, Chih-Hsin
name: Garcia, Monica
name: Johnson, Mark S.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: Biochar has been put forward as a potential technology that could help achieve sustainable water management in agriculture through its ability to increase water holding capacity in soils. Despite this opportunity, there are still a limited number of studies, especially in vulnerable regions like the tropics, quantifying the impacts of biochar on soil water storage and characterizing the impacts of biochar additions on plant water composition. To address this critical gap, we present a case study using stable water isotopes and hydrometric data from melon production in tropical agriculture to explore the hydrological impacts of biochar as a soil amendment. Results from our 10-week growing season experiment in Costa Rica under drip irrigation demonstrated an average increase in volumetric soil moisture content of about 10% with an average moisture content of 25.4 cm3 cm−3 versus 23.1 cm3 cm−3, respectively, for biochar amended plots compared with control plots. Further, there was a reduction in the variability of soil matric potential for biochar amended plots compared with control plots. Our isotopic investigation demonstrated that for both biochar and control plots, there was a consistent increase (or enrichment) in isotopic composition for plant materials moving from the roots, where the average δ18O was −8.1‰ and the average δ2H was −58.5‰ across all plots and samples, up through the leaves, where the average δ18O was 4.3‰ and the average δ2H was 0.1‰ across all plots and samples. However, as there was no discernible difference in isotopic composition for plant water samples when comparing across biochar and control plots, we find that biochar did not alter the composition of water found in the melon plant material, indicating that biochar and plants are not competing for the same water sources. In addition, and through the holistic lens of sustainability, biochar additions allowed locally sourced feedstock carbon to be directly sequestered into the soil while improving soil water availability without jeopardizing production for the melon crop. Given that most of the expansion and intensification of global agricultural production over the next several decades will take place in the tropics and that the variability of tropical water cycling is expected to increase due to climate change, biochar amendments could offer a pathway forward towards sustainable tropical agricultural water management.
Discrete Grönwall inequalities for demimartingales
Creators: name: Hadjikyriakou, Milto
name: Rao, B.L.S. Prakasa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The aim of this work is to obtain discrete versions of stochastic Grönwall inequalities involving demimartingale sequences. The results generalize the respective theorems for martingales provided by Kruse and Scheutzow (2018) and Hendy et al. (2022).
D3.6 - Selection of the best chemical treatment for the degradation of halogenated pollutants and PFAS from groundwater and performance at field-scale
Creators: name: Jou Claus, Sònia
name: Bosch, Carme
name: Llorca, Marta
name: Farre, Marinella
name: Cano López, Alicia
name: MATAMOROS, VICTOR
name: López de Alda, Miren
name: Baeta, Joana
name: Mora, Ricard
name: Behnisch, Peter Alexander
name: Panda, Debabrata
name: Laulier, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Deliverable
Groundwater
Remediation

description: The present study conducted as part of the H2020 PROMISCES project evaluates the effectiveness of advanced oxidation and reduction processes for degrading organic pollutants, specifically PFAS and chlorinated solvents, in groundwater. The research focused on two sites in northern Spain: one contaminated by chlorinated solvents and another by PFAS.
Supplementary document for A scan-free end-to-end new approach for snapshot camera spectral sensitivity estimation - 5501419.pdf
Creators: name: Zhou, MingWei
name: Chen, Wenjing
name: He, Tianyue
name: Zhang, Qican
name: Shen, Junfei
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1 with more information and details provided
Optimized and validated settling velocity measurement for small microplastic particles (10-400 My m)
Creators: name: Dittmar, Stefan
name: Ruhl, Aki Sebastian
name: Jekel, Martin
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Verkehr

description: The settling velocity of nonbuoyant microplastics is one of the key parameters to describe their vertical transport in water, yet it has rarely been studied for small microplastics (<500 My m) thus far. Respective measurements are challenging as they are prone to disruptive factors such as thermal convection. With decreasing size, it also becomes more difficult to handle target particles separately. Instead, it is favorable to work with suspensions-especially when characterizing particle populations based on sufficient individual measurements. This study establishes and validates a suitable measuring setup, which mainly consists of a precisely tempered settling column that is monitored via optical imaging with subsequent particle tracking. Comprehensive validation experiments with different spherical particles covering the desired size (10-388 My m) and density range (1.05-2.46 g/cm3) verify exceptionally high measurement accuracy and precision. Different investigation schemes were proposed and successfully tested for polydisperse and monodisperse particle samples, respectively. At elevated particle doses, measured settling velocities increased due to swarm effects and interactions between particles. A novel empirical model was fitted to represent those effects. The model can aid in limiting the particle dosage and thus prevent overestimations of single particle velocities. © 2023 The Authors
Reply to: “Hyperoxemia in postsurgical sepsis/septic shock patients is associated with reduced mortality”
Creators: name: Franciosi, Alessandro N.
name: McCarthy, Cormac
name: MacRedmond, Ruth E.
name: Martín-Fernández, Marta
name: Tamayo, Eduardo
name: Villar, Jesús
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2022

Abstract
Hedge Fund Exposure Analytics
Creators: name: Yang, Alex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: hedge fund exposure, net asset value

description: This article presents analytics for modeling daily returns and corresponding net asset value (NAV) changes of individual hedge funds. NAV values of hedge funds are typically available on monthly basis. We estimate the daily NAV for a hedge fund is based on modeling daily returns of the hedge fund as a weighted sum of returns of a combination of several market indices and factors.
description: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/gxwaj/download
title: SAFETY MONITORING & INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FOR COMPACT AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT
Creators: name: Bradley, Mason
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 4
subject: FOS: Agricultural sciences

description: The agricultural industry continues to be one of the most dangerous career fields in the United States of America with compact agricultural equipment being a common source for casualties in the industry. The primary focus of this work is to develop new technology that improves operational safety of compact agricultural equipment through the use of low-cost embedded electronics. This work presents the design of three systems in alignment with this goal.

The first system aims to integrate electrical intelligence and passive safety monitoring into the power distribution system of a small piece of agricultural equipment. The system known as the intelligent power distribution module introduces a microcontroller, an inertial measurement unit, electronic circuit control, supervised safety interlocks, current sensing, CAN communication, and data logging capabilities into the fuse block of the vehicle. A printed circuit board prototype of the system was designed and manufactured. In-lab performance and validation testing was conducted to prove the system concept as an effective safety-focused solution and identify areas of improvement.

The second system introduces a concept of scaling the accomplishments of the first system into a decentralized, modular package. A design for a distributed intelligent power distribution module which maintained power distribution, current monitoring, and data logging capabilities of original system while requiring a substantially smaller physical footprint was presented. A prototype of the system was produced and validation testing in a lab setting was conducted. Testing results validated the concept as a feasible method implementing the successes of the original intelligent power distribution module in distributed manner while also revealing areas for improvement in future iterations.

Finally, the third system provides the foundation for orientation monitoring of compact agricultural equipment through the use of low-cost inertial measurement units. Two variations of the system were developed, and multiple rounds of testing were conducted to validate the feasibility of the system as well as continually refine the orientation estimation algorithm of the system. Statistical analysis of the final testing results provided validation of the concept while also highlighting necessary improvements to calibration methodology and system architecture to improve system reliability and performance.
description: © 2025 Mason O. Bradley
SPECIFICITY OF THE ARTISTIC AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE OF WORKS OF BOGORODSKAYA TOYS AND SCULPTURE OF THE 21ST CENTURY: TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS IN THE WORKS OF THE ARTIST OF BOGORODSKAYA WOOD CARVING VAISERO V.F.
Creators: name: A.A. Boytsov
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The article reveals the content of the concept of "tradition" and its significance in folk art in different periods of studying traditional arts and crafts. The role of tradition in the development of modern art of Bogorodsk wood carving is analyzed using the example of understanding the artistic features of the works of the artist of Bogorodsk carving, teacher of the Bogorodsk branch of the Higher School of Folk Arts Vaisero V.F. and her students from the point of view of preserving traditions and innovations in the creation of modern sculptures of Bogorodsk plastic art.
Brachylagus coloradoensis Ramos 1999
Creators: name: Christopher
name: Jass, N.
name: Usa
name: J. J.
name: Usa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Lagomorpha
Leporidae
Brachylagus
Brachylagus coloradoensis

description: Brachylagus coloradoensis Ramos 1999
Referred Specimens —See Appendix 1.
Description —The two specimens identified as Brachylagus coloradoensis are similar to B. idahoensis, but both have a weakly developed posterointernal reentrant and a posteroexternal reentrant that extends only between one-third and two-thirds across the tooth (Fig. 4d). As such, these specimens are consistent with those identified as B. coloradoensis from Porcupine Cave (Ramos, 1999b).
Discussion —Prior to this report, B. coloradoensis was known only from several localities of Irvingtonian or unknown age within Porcupine Cave (Ramos 1999b, Barnosky 2004, Barnosky and Hopkins 2004, Baxter, 2004; age assignments from Barnosky et al. 2004). Its occurrence in Cathedral Cave extends both its geographic and chronologic ranges.
description: Published as part of Christopher, Jass, N., Usa, J. J. & Usa, 2009, Pleistocene lagomorphs from Cathedral Cave, Nevada, pp. 1-12 in PaleoBios 29 (1) on page 4
A study on the Area Based Management with a focus on application of Public Place
Creators: name: IZUMIYAMA, Rui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 330411
subject: Urban design
classificationCode: 330413
subject: Urban planning and health
classificationCode: 330410
subject: Urban analysis and development
classificationCode: 440408
subject: Urban community development
classificationCode: 440714
subject: Urban policy

description: This study focuses on area-based management (ABM) with a particular emphasis on the utilization of public spaces in Japan. As Japanese society transitions from high economic growth to a mature, aging population with shrinking demographics, conventional public service models and urban policy frameworks face significant challenges. In this context, ABM has emerged as a key strategy to enhance local value and manage urban areas collectively. However, despite its growing application in both redevelopment areas and existing urban neighborhoods, ABM in Japan suffers from limitations in financial resources, human capital, and business expertise.The study examines the historical evolution of ABM systems in Japan alongside international models such as BIDs and TCMs. It analyzes organizational structures, funding models, and the management of public and semi-public spaces such as plazas, roads, and privately owned public spaces (POPS). Using visualization techniques, the research categorizes business models of ABM organizations and evaluates the challenges they face, including limited revenue-generating opportunities in public space projects and the complexities of consensus-building.Two key case types are explored in depth: (1) ABM utilizing POPS, with a focus on the Tokyo "Share-machi" Ordinance and its designated community organizations; and (2) ABM using road spaces enabled by the 2011 revision of the Road Law, particularly regarding special occupancy permissions. Furthermore, the process of developing ABM through public space initiatives is illustrated via the case of Himeji Station Plaza, revealing key phases and stakeholder transitions throughout the project timeline.This study concludes that while institutional support for public space activation has improved, persistent legal and procedural barriers hinder widespread implementation. It advocates for the development of ABM-specific professional expertise, enhanced knowledge-sharing systems, and a national framework to support ABM as a sustainable model for future urban and regional regeneration in Japan.
Cancer Patients’ Experiences with Telehealth before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in British Columbia
Creators: name: Izadi-Najafabadi, Sara
name: McQuarrie, Lisa
name: Peacock, Stuart
name: Halperin, Ross
name: Lambert, Leah Kimberley
name: Mitton, Craig, 1972-
name: McTaggart-Cowan, Helen
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: Background: Patients have had their cancer care either postponed or changed to telehealth visits to reduce exposure to COVID-19. However, it is unclear how these changes may have affected their experiences. We aim to identify patient characteristics that affect telehealth experiences and evaluate their preferences for using telehealth in the future. Methods: Patients who completed the Outpatient Cancer Care (OCC) Patient Experience Survey were invited to participate. They comepleted the modified OCC Survey, which focused on telehealth during the pandemic. Linear and logistic regression analyses were used to identify patient characteristics that influenced telehealth experiences and preferences for future telehealth use. Results: Perceived ease of participation in telehealth is a significant predictor of the change in patients’ ratings of their telehealth experience. We found that cancer patients had lower preferences for using telehealth in the future if they were older, female, or non-white; resided in an urban area; had no previous telehealth experience; had lower education; and had poorer mental health. Conclusions: To optimize cancer care and improve equitable access to high-quality telehealth care during the pandemic and beyond, clinicians and policymakers will need to consider patients’ self-reported experiences and their personal characteristics.
Supplementary document for Silicon photonic MEMS phase shifters for scalable programmable photonic circuits - 5501460.pdf
Creators: name: Edinger, Pierre
name: Takabayashi, Alain
name: Errando-Herranz, Carlos
name: Khan, Umar
name: Sattari, Hamed
name: Verheyen, Peter
name: Bogaerts, Wim
name: Quack, Niels
name: Gylfason, Kristinn
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Photonics and Electro-Optical Engineering (excl. Communications)
Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

description: Supplement 1
title: Deposition of Subglacial Lake Sediments underneath the Laurentide Ice Sheet? – Sediment Cores from Lake Melville, Canada, provide first Evidence
Creators: name:  Kowalski,  Sophie
name:  Ohlendorf,  Christian
name:  Matthiessen,  Jens
name:  Gebhardt,  Andrea Catalina
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Lake Melville is a fjord-type lake located in Labrador, Eastern Canada, as part of the Hamilton Inlet System. It is significantly characterised by its eastern connection to the Labrador Sea through a shallow sill at the entrance to the Rigolet Narrows. In contrast, the western part of the lake receives freshwater input from several major rivers. Previous studies assumed that Lake Melville was fully excavated by the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) during the last glacial. Thus, the retreat of the ice mass within the area from ~10,000 to 8,000 years ago caused the deposition of a typical glacial sediment sequence in the lake (King, 1985; Syvitski and Lee, 1997). However, up to 400 m of sediment have been accumulated in the deepest basins of Lake Melville. Since this shows a resemblance to other Canadian sites (e.g. Great Slave Lake; Christoffersen et al., 2008), we assume that Lake Melville potentially persisted as a subglacial lake underneath the LIS and that its sediments might preserved pre-deglacial paleoclimate history. During expedition MSM84 in 2019, we were able to collect new hydroacoustic data and several sediment cores. Initial sediment-physical measurements and lithological investigations were conducted on three selected sediment cores until now. Two of them (~14 m and 16 m in length) indicate a significant change within the lowermost two metres. Additionally, a preliminary age model of core MSM84_18-1 based on first 14C-dates (bivalve and gastropod remains) provided an extrapolated basal age of ~11.6 ka cal BP, pre-dating the local deglaciation. Furthermore, XRF data was used to make a first correlation attempt between the three cores resulting in extrapolated basal ages of ~9,200 yrs BP (MSM84_9-2) and 12,000 yrs BP (MSM84_26-1) for the two remaining cores. Therefore, we assume that these initial findings, in accordance with sediment echosounder data and microscopic analysis, indicate sediment accumulation in a subglacial lake environment. However, recently conducted pore water analyses of the lowermost section of MSM84_26-1 suggest that the hypothesized subglacial Lake Melville might have been already connected to the Labrador Sea. This new result so far only relies on a few measurements and thus has to be verified by further analyses. However, it already indicates that the original hypothesis of an isolated subglacial lake has to be modified. Therefore, we aim at conducting further multi-proxy analyses as well as significantly improving the age model by considering other dating techniques.
Invasive Species as Rivals: Invasive Potential and Distribution Pattern of Xanthium strumarium L.
Creators: name: Ullah, Rafi
name: Khan, Nasrullah
name: Hewitt, Nina
name: Ali, Kishwar
name: Jones, David Aaron
name: Khan, Muhammad Ezaz Hasan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: Xanthium strumarium L. is a globally successful invasive herb that has had significant negative ecological, economic and social impacts in many world regions. The present study was therefore conducted to evaluate the invasive potential and spatial distribution patterns of X. strumarium in heavily invaded plant communities of the semiarid regions of northern Pakistan. Investigations were based on data from 20 plants grown in the Herbarium at the University of Malakand, and from observations in 450 plots distributed across 45 stands representing habitats across Northern Province including open fields, hillocks and abandoned areas in both urban and rural areas. Multivariate analysis identified elevation, organic matter and organic carbon as the environmental variables most associated with communities invaded by X. strumarium. Increased soil silt was positively associated and available water was negatively associated with X. strumarium–invaded communities. These key environmental characteristics allowed us to identify four main associations: Group I: X. strumarium-C. sativa, Group II: X. strumarium-P. hysterophorus, Group III: X. strumarium-A. aspera and Group IV: X. strumarium-C. sativa. Other invasive species were observed, either exotic, such as P. hysterophorus, or indigenous, such as C. sativa and D. inoxia, often co-occurring and responding similarly to these factors. The results suggest that high temperature with drought stress could be a determinant of increasing population at lower elevations, whereas colder climates with adequate moisture are related to reduced populations at higher elevations, near the species’ upper range limits. It is recommend that the inclusion of appropriate, additional soil and climatic variables in species distribution models be implemented in order to better explain species’ ecological niches and help guide conservation and protection plans for native plant communities.
D4.3 – Recommendations on EAOP-CW based treatment system for  water reuse applications
Creators: name: Meijide Fernández, Jessica
name: Herrero Ferran, Jofre
name: Perez Estrada, Leonidas
name: Bosch, Carme
name: Orlando-Véliz, Dana
name: Bonansea, Rocío Inés
name: López de Alda, Miren
name: Llorca, Marta
name: Farre, Marinella
name: Cano López, Alicia
name: Matamoros, Victor
name: Mas, Toni
name: Martínez, Begoña
name: Pascual, Josep
name: Valero, Sandra
name: Behnisch, Peter Alexander
name: Besselink, Harrie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The increasing presence of industrial persistent, mobile and toxic compounds (iPM(T)s) and per- and  polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), presents a critical barrier to advancing sustainable water management and the circular economy. To address these challenges, the PROMISCES project, part of the Horizon 2020 Green Deal initiative, aims to develop and demonstrate advanced water treatment technologies integrating electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOP) with constructed wetlands (CW) focuses on reducing the concentration of potentially harmful substances in reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation.This study contributes to the European Union's goals outlined in the Green Deal, the Zero Pollution Action Plan, and the Circular Economy Action Plan by addressing the removal of persistent contaminants from wastewater to enable safe agricultural irrigation. This initiative is particularly significant for water scarce regions such as Catalonia, Spain. The Besòs case study focused on the Montornès del Vallès Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), where approximately 60% of the incoming wastewater flow comes from industrial sources. The PROMISCES project complies with stringent European and Spanish regulations for wastewater treatment and reuse, addressing the demand for advanced systems to adhere to evolving directives, such as the new Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive 2024/3019 and Spanish Royal Decree 1085/2024, approving the EU Water Reuse Regulation (2020/741) in Spain.This hybrid system combines electrochemical oxidation and ozonation (e-Peroxone or EAOP), generating hydroxyl radicals for the efficient degradation of iPM(T)s and PFAS, while minimizing the energy consumption and reducing the toxic by-product formation. The system also includes a constructed wetland (CW) system, which mimic natural wetlands for pollutant filtration and nutrient absorption. Using plant species such as Phragmites australis and Iris pseudacorus, CWs serve as a post-treatment stage, enhancing effluent quality and providing additional environmental benefits, including promoting biodiversity.Based on the results, this technological integration tackles the water scarcity challenges commonly faced by Mediterranean regions, positioning reclaimed water as a sustainable and viable solution for agricultural irrigation. Ongoing research and investment in such innovations are essential for driving the advancement of circular water economies.
Dividends for the Value Investor: Nice to Have or a Necessity? An Analysis of Dividend Versus Non-dividend Paying Stocks
Creators: name: Schober, Marius
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: value investing
dividend investing
dividends
value stocks

description: During the previous decades, research has proven that value stocks outperform growth stocks as well as the overall market. While contradictory research showed that dividends can have an impact on the overall return of the investor, no study looked specifically at the effect of dividends within the field of value investing. This study closes the scientific gap and examines how important dividends are for the value investor by analyzing the performance of value stocks which pay a significant dividend or no dividend at all while providing the necessary theoretical background. The findings provide evidence, for the S&P 500 and Stoxx Europe 600, that non-dividend paying low P/B stock portfolios outperform on average significantly dividend paying low P/B stock portfolios as well as the overall value portfolio they are part of. Significantly dividend-paying value stocks offer the best risk-adjusted return for the U.S. investor while non-dividend paying value stocks are the best option for the European investor. All in all, holding or including non-dividend paying stocks into the value portfolio can significantly optimize the investment returns of value investors in Europe and the United States.
Supplementary document for Silicon photonic MEMS phase shifters for scalable programmable photonic circuits - 5501460.pdf
Creators: name: Edinger, Pierre
name: Takabayashi, Alain
name: Errando-Herranz, Carlos
name: Khan, Umar
name: Sattari, Hamed
name: Verheyen, Peter
name: Bogaerts, Wim
name: Quack, Niels
name: Gylfason, Kristinn
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Photonics and Electro-Optical Engineering (excl. Communications)
Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

description: Supplement 1
Go for the Gusto
Creators: name: Gomez, Emiliano
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 360201
subject: Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)

description: Poems — some visual and standing at 2 feet, markered, painted; some flirty, playful, friendly; all maximal hyperdiction, multilingual; a blur of traditions; accumulations, word hoards, conversations, quips — this collection stretches the 8.5x11 canvas. It's poems from texts, speech of friends, overheard on streets, invented in the process of the poem, simply 80 pages of new, a taste of enthusiasm.
The Relationship between Mindfulness and Job Burnout of Chinese Preschool Teachers: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Style
Creators: name: Wang, Yingjie
name: Xiao, Bowen
name: Tao, Ying
name: Li, Yan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: Preschool teachers’ job burnout has many adverse effects on their career development; although some studies have examined the influencing factors of teachers’ burnout, less were explored from the perspective of individual factors. This study aimed to examine the relationship between mindfulness and job burnout of preschool teachers, and the mediating effects of emotional intelligence and coping style. A total of 394 preschool teachers in China filled in questionnaires measuring mindfulness, emotional intelligence, coping style, and job burnout. The findings suggested that: (1) mindfulness was negatively related to job burnout; (2) emotional intelligence and negative coping style played independent mediating effects between mindfulness and job burnout; and (3) emotional intelligence and positive coping style played a chain mediating effect between mindfulness and job burnout. The results revealed the mechanism of mindfulness on preschool teachers’ job burnout, which is of great significance for the psychological intervention of preschool teachers in the future.
CADASTRAL INFORMATION ON PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED LAND PLOTS AND THEIR TAXATION
Creators: name: A.M. Martynova
name: S.A. Mamontova
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article discusses the concept of previously registered land plots. The process of registration on the state cadastral register and registration of the right as previously registered land plots is described. The essence and importance of registering previously registered objects is determined. The purpose of the article is to characterize the consequences caused by the presence of previously registered land plots in the tax system. In the course of the work done, statistical information was collected on the number of requests from individuals to the tax authority. Previously registered land plots are shown using the example of the Yemelyanovsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This article describes the interaction between Rosreestr and the tax inspectorate.
The CONNECT study: implementation of a pragmatic trial for tobacco cessation
Creators: name: Erroba, Jeremy
name: Holderness, Heather
name: Hauschildt, Jenny
name: Scott, Kristin
name: Volk, Molly
name: Alvarez, Miguel
name: Overholser, AnnMarie
name: Bailey, Steffani R.
Publisher: name: Oregon Health and Science University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Tobacco Use Cessation
subject: Primary Health Care
subject: Adult
subject: Implementation Science
subject: Tobacco Use
subject: pragmatic trial

description: Adult tobacco use in the US has been declining; however, rates remain elevated among socioeconomically disadvantaged persons. Community-based primary care clinics are crucial for reducing tobacco-related disparities. Electronic referrals (eReferrals) to state tobacco Quitlines are effective for cessation, but eReferrals remain low. A critical knowledge gap exists for the implementation of Quitline referral systems to maximize reach for patients using tobacco. The objective of this project is to implement a Quitline eReferral system using two strategies and compare rates of eReferral offers/acceptances, Quitline enrollment and orders for tobacco cessation medications.
STUDY ON THE APPLICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF “PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC SPACES” IN THE URBAN CENTRAL AREA- Through research and analysis to community management organization registration system the "Tokyo Municipal Ordinance on promoting the creation SYARETA-MACHINAMI of Tokyo -
Creators: name: IZUMIYAMA, Rui
name: AKIYAMA, Hiroki
name: Kobayashi, Masami
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 330411
subject: Urban design
classificationCode: 440714
subject: Urban policy
classificationCode: 440408
subject: Urban community development
classificationCode: 330413
subject: Urban planning and health

description: The study aims to look at utilization and management of " privately owned public spaces " and figure out the reality of application system that we focus on the "bustle-generating activities that utilize the public space" and the "the SYAREMACHI ordinance of tokyo, community management organization registration system, Bustle generating activities that utilize the public space" of Tokyo ordinance, introduced advanced in 2003, and a storage of about 10 years. Results of the study, First it is to clarify the reality of application and an overview of the "the SYAREMACHI ordinance of Tokyo. Second, I showed the open space properties that By visualizing and aggregate the organizational operating structure and by number of days, by type of space and by application of the utilization of the open space. Third, it will help utilization and of the management of public space in the future.
Production and Functionalities of Specialized Metabolites from Different Organic Sources
Creators: name: Oladipo, Abiodun
name: Enwemiwe, Victor
name: Ejeromedoghene, Onome
name: Adebayo, Ademola
name: Ogunyemi, Olakunle
name: Fu, Fangfang
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: Medicinal plants are rich sources of specialized metabolites that are of great importance to plants, animals, and humans. The usefulness of active biological compounds cuts across different fields, such as agriculture, forestry, food processing and packaging, biofuels, biocatalysts, and environmental remediation. In recent years, research has shifted toward the use of microbes, especially endophytes (bacteria, fungi, and viruses), and the combination of these organisms with other alternatives to optimize the production and regulation of these compounds. This review reinforces the production of specialized metabolites, especially by plants and microorganisms, and the effectiveness of microorganisms in increasing the production/concentration of these compounds in plants. The study also highlights the functions of these compounds in plants and their applications in various fields. New research areas that should be explored to produce and regulate these compounds, especially in plants and microbes, have been identified. Methods involving molecular studies are yet to be fully explored, and next-generation sequencing possesses an interesting and reliable approach.
D8.1.1 - Whitepaper on Algorithms and Corpus Preparation (CORPREP)
Creators: name: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
name: University of Palermo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This whitepaper describes the functions of the algorithms producing concordances list, indicating possible allusions, and carrying out citation network analysis on the corpora under scrutiny. The whitepaper also details how to prepare a corpus for processing, even in different languages and alphabets, drawing from experience obtained by working with the Bible and Qur’anic texts and commentaries.
The Multidimensional Lexicon of Emojis : A New Tool to Assess the Emotional Content of Emojis
Creators: name: Godard, Rebecca
name: Holtzman, Susan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Emerging studies suggest that emojis can make important contributions to the emotional content and meaning of digital messages. Yet researchers currently lack adequate tools to incorporate emojis into their analyses. To address this gap, we used over 3 million Twitter posts from a period of 17 months and emotion ratings provided by 2,230 human raters to develop and validate the Multidimensional Lexicon of Emojis (MLE). This new lexicon consists of 359 common emojis rated on ten emotion and sentiment dimensions. The MLE is an open-access tool that holds promise for those interested in conducting a comprehensive analysis of the emotional content of digital communication that incorporates emojis and goes beyond the dimensions of negativity and positivity.
The porcine animal model goes through the 3Rs: development of in vitro and ex vivo system to study vascular biology
Creators: name: Zaniboni, Andrea <1986>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2015
Subjects: VET/02 Fisiologia veterinaria

description: Since the publication of the book of Russell and Burch in 1959, scientific research has never stopped improving itself with regard to the important issue of animal experimentation.
The European Directive 2010/63/EU “On the protection of animals used for scientific purposes” focuses mainly on the animal welfare, fixing the Russell and Burch’s 3Rs principles as the foundations of the document. In particular, the legislator clearly states the responsibility of the scientific community to improve the number of alternative methods to animal experimentation.
The swine is considered a species of relevant interest for translational research and medicine due to its biological similarities with humans. The surgical community has, in fact, recognized the swine as an excellent model replicating the human cardiovascular system.
There have been several wild-type and transgenic porcine models which were produced for biomedicine and translational research. Among these, the cardiovascular ones are the most represented.
The continuous involvement of the porcine animal model in the biomedical research, as the continuous advances achieved using swine in translational medicine, support the need for alternative methods to animal experimentation involving pigs.
The main purpose of the present work was to develop and characterize novel porcine alternative methods for cardiovascular translational biology/medicine.
The work was mainly based on two different models: the first consisted in an ex vivo culture of porcine aortic cylinders and the second consisted in an in vitro culture of porcine aortic derived progenitor cells. Both the models were properly characterized and results indicated that they could be useful to the study of vascular biology. Nevertheless, both the models aim to reduce the use of experimental animals and to refine animal based-trials.
In conclusion, the present research aims to be a small, but significant, contribution to the important and necessary field of study of alternative methods to animal experimentation.
Factors influencing severity of recurrent malaria in a conflict-affected state of South Sudan: an unmatched case-control study
Creators: name: Idris, Israel O.
name: Ayeni, Gabriel O.
name: Iyamu, Ihoghosa
name: Sina-Odunsi, Ayomide B.
name: Adebisi, Yusuff A.
name: Obwoya, Justin G.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2022

description: Background The burden of malaria remains the highest in sub-Saharan Africa and South Sudan is not an exception. The country has borne the brunt of years of chronic warfare and remains endemic of malaria, with increasing mortality and morbidity. Limited data still exists on factors influencing the recurrence of severe malaria, especially in emergency contexts such as South Sudan, affected by various conflicts and humanitarian situations. This study therefore aimed to investigate factors influencing severity of occurrence malaria in selected primary healthcare centres in South Sudan. This would assist and guide in malaria prevention, treatment, and eradication efforts. Methods We conducted an unmatched case-control study using routinely collected clinic data for individuals aged 1 year and above who received a diagnosis of severe malaria at 3 primary healthcare centres (PHCC); Malual Bab PHCC, Matangai PHCC and Malek PHCC between September 15, 2019 to December 15, 2019 in South Sudan. Patient characteristics were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics. Inferential statistics were also conducted to identify the associated factors influencing recurrence of severe malaria. All analyses were conducted using R Version 3.6.2. Results A total of 289 recurrent malaria cases were included in this study. More than half of the participants were female. Overall, the prevalence of severe recurrent malaria was 66.1% (191) while 74.4% (215) did not complete malaria treatment. Among those who did not complete malaria treatment, 76.7% (165) had severe recurrent malaria, while among those who completed malaria treatment 35.1% (26) had severe recurrent malaria (p < 0.001). There is a significant association between marital status (OR 0.33, 95% CI 0.19–0.56, p < 0.001), employment status (OR 0.35, 95% CI 0.14–0.87, p = 0.024), the use of preventive measures (OR 3.82, 95% CI 1.81–8.43, p < 0.001) and nutrition status (OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.13–0.37, p < 0.001). When adjusted for employment, marital status, nutritional and prevention measures in turns using Mantel–Haenszel test of association, this effect remained statistically significant. Conclusions Our study showed that there is a high prevalence of severe recurrent malaria in South Sudan and that a significant relationship exists between severe recurrent malaria and antimalarial treatment dosage completion influenced by certain personal and social factors such as marital status, employment status, the use of preventive measures and nutrition status. Findings from our study would be useful for effective response to control and prevent malaria in endemic areas of South Sudan.
title: Sediment production under semi-arid climatic conditions using heavy mineral and petrographical data – a case study from the recent Kunene river system, northern Namibia
Creators: name:  Kraus,  Jonas
name:  Wajid,  Ali Abbas
name:  Stutenbecker,  Laura
name:  Hinderer,  Matthias
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Provenance techniques are widely applied in resolving the origin of ancient sediment successions. Petrographic signatures, however, are controlled by a complex interplay of rock type, weathering mode as well as sediment transport, thus making the interpretation of data often ambiguous. One way to improve our understanding on these mechanisms is to study modern drainage systems. We selected the Kunene River in northern Namibia as a case study. This river system is well suited for such an approach because of contrasting lithologies in the drainage basin and the semiarid climatic conditions, from which a combination of physical and chemical weathering can be expected. We focus specifically on the interpretation of heavy mineral spectra. The Kunene is one of the few perennial rivers in the Angolan-Namibian border area. The modern production of sediments is controlled by the interaction of varying climates along the river course, a variable topography and diverse rock units in the catchment area. We sampled four tributaries draining distinct rock suites as well as two sites at the main river trunk and analysed their petrography and heavy mineralogy. The working area is mainly characterised by Mesoproterozoic gneisses and amphibolites of the Epupa Metamorphic Complex (EMC), and mafic and felsic plutonites of the Kunene Anorthosite Complex (KAC) as well as clastic dominated sedimentary rocks of the Neoproterozoic Damara Supergroup. High amounts of epidote group minerals and amphiboles point to a distinctive contribution of EMC-rocks, while the presence of clinopyroxene, hypersthene and olivine can be interpreted as KAC-sourced. High amounts of zircon, tourmaline, and rutile as well as low heavy mineral concentrations can be interpreted as indicators for the influence of recycling of the Damara-rocks. Petrographically, the EMC-gneisses shed higher ratios of metamorphic quartz. A GIS analysis showed that for all sampled sites the heavy mineral spectra are primarily controlled by the rock type, in particular when transport length is short and relief is high. Chemical weathering does not significantly affect both petrography and heavy mineral spectra of the sand fraction. In conclusion, our results show that primary heavy mineral signatures are well conserved in semi-arid climates even in a relatively low-relief landscape
Evaluation of rotavirus vaccine administration among a 22q11.2DS patient population
Creators: name: McGregor, Sophie
name: Boroditsky, Matthew
name: Blanchard-Rohner, Geraldine
name: Loock, Christine A.
name: Hildebrand, Kyla J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2022

description: Background 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11.2DS) can result in array of congenital abnormalities including immune dysfunction. International guidelines recommend immune evaluation of 22q11.2DS patients prior to live vaccine administration. A rotavirus vaccination program for infants aged 2 and 4 months was implemented in British Columbia (BC) in 2012. Adherence to immune workup recommendations prior to 2 months of age in patients with 22q11.2DS and adverse events following immunization is not known. Methods A retrospective chart review of children diagnosed with 22q11.2DS in BC from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2019 was conducted. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, immunization data and adverse reactions to vaccines were obtained. International guidelines were used as a reference for adherence to immunologic workup recommendations. Results Forty-two children with 22q11.2DS were included. Immunization records were available for 39 children, and 22 (52.3%) received at least one dose of a live rotavirus vaccine. No adverse events following immunization were noted in clinical records. While 25 out of 27 (92.6%) of patients who received an immunological workup had a CD4 + lymphocyte count to qualify for safe administration of a live vaccination, only 12 (44%) received the Rotavirus vaccine. Of 22 infants diagnosed with 22q11.DS prior to 8 weeks of age, only ten (45.5%) received an immune workup before the rotavirus vaccine. Conclusions The majority of our infant cohort did not receive medical care consistent with international 22q11.2DS vaccination and immunological surveillance recommendations. More effective dissemination of 22q11.2DS guidelines and improved immunological assessment for infants with 22q11.2DS in BC is necessary.