cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Influence and Dynamic Behavior in Random Boolean Networks
Creators: name: Seshadhri, C.
name: Vorobeychik, Yevgeniy
name: Mayo, Jackson R.
name: Armstrong, Robert C.
name: Ruthruff, Joseph R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present a rigorous mathematical framework for analyzing dynamics of a broad class of Boolean network models. We use this framework to provide the first formal proof of many of the standard critical transition results in Boolean network analysis, and offer analogous characterizations for novel classes of random Boolean networks. We precisely connect the short-run dynamic behavior of a Boolean network to the average influence of the transfer functions. We show that some of the assumptions traditionally made in the more common mean-field analysis of Boolean networks do not hold in general. For example, we offer some evidence that imbalance, or expected internal inhomogeneity, of transfer functions is a crucial feature that tends to drive quiescent behavior far more strongly than previously observed.
description: To appear as a Letter in Physical Review Letters 8 pages, 4 figures
Discovery of VHE gamma-ray emission from the SNR G15.4+0.1 with H.E.S.S
Creators: name: Hofverberg, P.
name: Chaves, R. C. G.
name: Méhault, J.
name: de Naurois, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Supernova remnants (SNRs) have emerged as one of the largest source classes in very-high-energy (VHE; E>0.1,TeV) astronomy. Many of the now known VHE gamma-ray emitting SNRs have been discovered by the H.E.S.S. imaging Cherenkov telescope array, thanks to its unique access to the inner galaxy. Statistically-significant emission of VHE gamma rays has now been detected from the direction of the supernova remnant G15.4+0.1. While the centroids of the H.E.S.S. source and the shell-type SNR are compatible, the VHE morphology suggests a center-dominated source at TeV energies, something which is at odds with the shell-like morphology observed at radio frequencies. This suggests that H.E.S.S. may be observing TeV emission from a previously unknown pulsar wind nebula (PWN) located within the boundaries of the radio shell. If this interpretation is correct, G15.4+0.1 would in fact be a composite SNR, the first case in which an SNR is identified as a composite on the basis of VHE gamma-ray observations. Archival data from MAGPIS gives exciting hints that there is radio emission from the central parts of the remnant, giving support to this hypothesis. Unfortunately, image artefacts from a nearby strong radio source produce considerable uncertainties in the radio analysis. Additional observations in both the radio and X-ray are needed to confirm the composite nature of G15.4+0.1 suggested by H.E.S.S.
Expressing stemflow commensurate with its ecohydrological importance
Creators: name: Carlyle-Moses, Darryl E.
name: Iida, Shin'ichi
name: Germer, Sonja
name: Llorens, Pilar
name: Michalzik, Beate
name: Nanko, Kazuki
name: Tischer, Alexander
name: Levia, Delphis F.
Publisher: name: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Dipterocarp forest
subject: Forest hydrology
subject: Funneling ratio
subject: Hot spot
subject: Lodgepole pine
subject: Stemflow
subject: 550

description: Despite some progress, the importance of stemflow remains obscured partly due to computations emphasizing canopy interception loss. We advocate for two metrics—the stand-scale funneling ratio and the stand-scale infiltration funneling ratio—to more accurately portray stemflow inputs and increase comparability across ecosystems. These metrics yield per unit area stemflow inputs orders of magnitude greater than what would have been delivered by throughfall or precipitation alone. We recommend that future studies employ these stand-scale funnelling metrics to express stemflow commensurate with its ecohydrological importance and better conceptualize the role of stemflow in plant-soil interactions, permitting advances in critical zone science. © 2018 The Authors
Nitrous oxide emissions from winter oilseed rape cultivation
Creators: name: Ruser, Reiner
name: Fuß, Roland
name: Andres, Monique
name: Hegewald, Hannes
name: Kesenheimer, Katharina
name: Köbke, Sarah
name: Räbiger, Thomas
name: Quinones, Teresa Suarez
name: Augustin, Jürgen
name: Christen, Olaf
name: Dittert, Klaus
name: Kage, Henning
name: Lewandowski, Iris
name: Prochnow, Annette
name: Stichnothe, Heinz
name: Flessa, Heinz
Publisher: name: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Brassica napus
subject: 330
subject: 630
subject: 690
subject: 640

description: Winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L., WOSR) is the major oil crop cultivated in Europe. Rapeseed oil is predominantly used for production of biodiesel. The framework of the European Renewable Energy Directive requires that use of biofuels achieves GHG savings of at least 50% compared to use of fossil fuel starting in 2018. However, N2O field emissions are estimated using emission factors that are not specific for the crop and associated with strong uncertainty. N2O field emissions are controlled by N fertilization and dominate the GHG balance of WOSR cropping due to the high global warming potential of N2O. Thus, field experiments were conducted to increase the data basis and subsequently derive a new WOSR-specific emission factor. N2O emissions and crop yields were monitored for three years over a range of N fertilization intensities at five study sites representative of German WOSR production. N2O fluxes exhibited the typical high spatial and temporal variability in dependence on soil texture, weather and nitrogen availability. The annual N2O emissions ranged between 0.24 kg and 5.48 kg N2O-N ha−1 a−1. N fertilization increased N2O emissions, particularly with the highest N treatment (240 kg N ha−1). Oil yield increased up to a fertilizer amount of 120 kg N ha−1, higher N-doses increased grain yield but decreased oil concentrations in the seeds. Consequently oil yield remained constant at higher N fertilization. Since, yield-related emission also increased exponentially with N surpluses, there is potential for reduction of the N fertilizer rate, which offers perspectives for the mitigation of GHG emissions. Our measurements double the published data basis of annual N2O flux measurements in WOSR. Based on this extended dataset we modeled the relationship between N2O emissions and fertilizer N input using an exponential model. The corresponding new N2O emission factor was 0.6% of applied fertilizer N for a common N fertilizer amount under best management practice in WOSR production (200 kg N ha−1 a−1). This factor is substantially lower than the linear IPCC Tier 1 factor (EF1) of 1.0% and other models that have been proposed. © 2017
ETIOPATHOGENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRONIC CATARRHAL GINGIVITIS
Creators: name: Kamilov Xaydar Pozilovich
name: Kadirbayeva Aliya Arstanovna
name: Ibodullayeva Shaxnoza Alisherovna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Oral mucous diseases are one of dentistry's most complex, urgent problems. To date, they have been least studied in terms of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and especially treatment, among other dental diseases. Currently, there are relatively accurate clinical criteria for diagnosing inflammatory periodontal diseases. There are many different methods of treating gingivitis, which reflect the attempts of researchers and clinicians to have a therapeutic effect on various links in the pathogenesis of the pathological process. However, despite the significant achievements of modern dentistry, the frequency of relapses of transition to the developed forms of inflammatory diseases remains high. Progressive lesions of the periapical tissues often lead to the loss of teeth and can be a source of many diseases. Therefore, the urgency of the problem of detection, diagnosis, and treatment of gingivitis comes to the fore and requires careful study and search for ways and effective methods of providing dental care.
Lower cretaceous terrestrial palynomorph biostratigraphy of the McMurray Formation, northeastern Alberta
Creators: name: Burden, Elliott T.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1982
Subjects: subject: QE 993 B849 1984
subject: Palynology - Alberta - Fort McMurray area
subject: Paleontology - Cretaceous
subject: Micropaleontology - Alberta - Fort McMurray area

description: Bibliography: p. 118-149.
description: Abundant and diverse palynomorphs from the McMurray Formation of northeastern Alberta are examined and correlated with palynomorphs of the Ellerslie Member in central Alberta and Sunburst and Calcareous members of the lower part of the Kootenai Formation, near Great Falls, Montana. Three terrestrial palynomorph assemblage-zones and one Oppel-zone are recognized. In ascending order, the is overlain by the Impardecispora trioreticulosus-Fora~inisporis asymmetricus Oppel-zone , the Retimonocolpites crassatus-Kuylisporites lunaris Assemblage-zone and the Retimonocolp~tes peroreticulatus-Liliacidites inaegualis Assemblage-zone. Lower McNurray strata correlate biostratigraphically with Ellerslie and Sunburst strata of Alberta and Montana; Valanginian to early Barremian ages are inferred from palynology. Middle McMurray strata correlate with uppermost Ellerslie and Sunburst members, Calcareous member and an unnamed lignitic unit; Barremian through early Aptian ages are indicated. Upper McMurray strata of probable late Aptian to early Albian age are inferred to correlate with the Glauconite member of central Alberta and upper Kootenai Formation of Montana. Stratigraphy, sedimentology and biostratigraphy of the McMurray Formation and other Mannville Group strata from Alberta and Montana indicate two marine transgressions. The first culminated with deposition of the middle McMurray in northeastern Alberta and the Calcareous member in central Alberta and Montana. The second, resulting in deposition of the Clearwater Formation, is, in this study, only identified in northeastern Alberta. Common, statistically significant, palynomorphs are used to define 5 environmentally significant Acme-zones. The Cyathidites Acme-zone is inferred to be an upland flora. Cyathidites-Alisporites, Alisporites and Inaperturopollenites Acme-zones are inferred to come from lowland and coastal environments, whereas the Palaeoperidinium Acme-zone is an offshore marine assemblage. Palynomorph Acme-zones correspond closely with sedimentology. Hydraulic movement and sorting are believed to be the main environmental controls for Acme-zones in delta complexes. An illustrated systematic key, consisting of 118 genera and 233 species is developed for identification of Lower Cretaceous terrestrial palynomorphs from the Western Canada Basin.
Novel SGCE mutation in a patient with myoclonus-dystonia syndrome - Diagnostic delay of more than 40 years
Creators: name: Kübler, Dorothee
name: Borngräber, Friederike
name: Lohmann, Katja
name: Kühn, Andrea A.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: DYT11
subject: Myoclonus dystonia
subject: Novel mutation
subject: Psychiatric symptoms
subject: SGCE gene
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: We present a case of myoclonus-dystonia syndrome illustrated by three videos in which we found a novel SGCE mutation. As the patient described here was suffering from predominant psychiatric comorbidities it took more than 40 years from the first manifestation of the disease until the diagnosis. Having detected the genetically proven cause for his motor and non-motor symptoms was an enormous relief to our patient. We want to share this instructive case in order to prompt neurologists and psychiatrists to look closely at both movement disorders and neuropsychiatric signs in order to diagnose and treat patients to the latest standard.
Biochar research activities and their relation to development and environmental quality. A meta-analysis
Creators: name: Mehmood, Khalid
name: Chávez Garcia, Elizabeth
name: Schirrmann, Michael
name: Ladd, Brenton
name: Kammann, Claudia
name: Wrage-Mönnig, Nicole
name: Siebe, Christina
name: Estavillo, Jose M.
name: Fuertes-Mendizabal, Teresa
name: Cayuela, Mariluz
name: Sigua, Gilbert
name: Spokas, Kurt
name: Cowie, Annette L.
name: Novak, Jeff
name: Ippolito, James A.
name: Borchard, Nils
Publisher: name: Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agriculture
subject: Carbon sequestration
subject: Food security
subject: Plant productivity
subject: Soil fertility
subject: Sustainable development goals
subject: 580
subject: 630
subject: 640

description: Biochar is the solid product that results from pyrolysis of organic materials. Its addition to highly weathered soils changes physico-chemical soil properties, improves soil functions and enhances crop yields. Highly weathered soils are typical of humid tropics where agricultural productivity is low and needs to be raised to reduce human hunger and poverty. However, impact of biochar research on scientists, politicians and end-users in poor tropical countries remains unknown; assessing needs and interests on biochar is essential to develop reliable knowledge transfer/translation mechanisms. The aim of this publication is to present results of a meta-analysis conducted to (1) survey global biochar research published between 2010 and 2014 to assess its relation to human development and environmental quality, and (2) deduce, based on the results of this analysis, priorities required to assess and promote the role of biochar in the development of adapted and sustainable agronomic methods. Our main findings reveal for the very first time that: (1) biochar research associated with less developed countries focused on biochar production technologies (26.5 ± 0.7%), then on biochars’ impact on chemical soil properties (18.7 ± 1.2%), and on plant productivity (17.1 ± 2.6%); (2) China dominated biochar research activities among the medium developed countries focusing on biochar production technologies (26.8 ± 0.5%) and on use of biochar as sorbent for organic and inorganic compounds (29.1 ± 0.4%); and (3) the majority of biochar research (69.0±2.9%) was associated with highly developed countries that are able to address a higher diversity of questions. Evidently, less developed countries are eager to improve soil fertility and agricultural productivity, which requires transfer and/or translation of biochar knowledge acquired in highly developed countries. Yet, improving local research capacities and encouraging synergies across scientific disciplines and countries are crucial to foster development of sustainable agronomy in less developed countries. © 2017, The Author(s).
Mitigating Environmental Pollution Using Eukaryotic Algae
Creators: name: Hammody, Dina
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022

description: Aquatic systems are the main carrier of domestic and industrial wastes, including heavy metals (HM). HM are undegradable wastes that accumulate in the environment with time. The accumulation of HM has adverse human and environment health concerns. Applying chemical and physical treatment to immobilize or reduce the impact of HM is inefficient and costly. Biological treatment using eukaryotic algae has become an important subtract option for the treatment of polluted aquatic systems due to their low cost, efficiency, eco-friendly, sustainability and feasibility. Therefore, this thesis aimed to improve the resistance of eukaryotic algae to heavy metals through adaptation techniques to elevated concentrations of HM. The study shows the ability of algae to adapt to higher levels of heavy metals after a series of increases in metals concentration in the growth media. Also, the cell structure studies using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy shows that algae have used the mechanism of cell structure alteration to cope with higher levels of metals. It is also found that the use of adapted microalgal phenotype significantly reduced the level of heavy metals used in the study from the solution. Therefore, the possibility of reusing the contaminated solution after treatment, has been studied through testing the ability of Daphnia magna to thrive in the algae-treated media solution. Results showed that daphnia was successfully able to live normally in the treated solution, suggesting that the treatment with adapted microalgal phenotype removed the metals and their toxic impact from the solution.
Milk fatty acids estimated by mid-infrared spectroscopy and milk yield can predict methane emissions in dairy cows
Creators: name: Engelke, Stefanie W.
name: Daş, Gürbüz
name: Derno, Michael
name: Tuchscherer, Armin
name: Berg, Werner
name: Kuhla, Björn
name: Metges, Cornelia C.
Publisher: name: Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Dairy cows
subject: Enteric methane emission
subject: Linseed supplementation
subject: Methane prediction equation
subject: Methane proxy
subject: Mid-infrared spectroscopy
subject: Milk fatty acids
subject: 580
subject: 630
subject: 640

description: Ruminant enteric methane emission contributes to global warming. Although breeding low methane-emitting cows appears to be possible through genetic selection, doing so requires methane emission quantification by using elaborate instrumentation (respiration chambers, SF6 technique, GreenFeed) not feasible on a large scale. It has been suggested that milk fatty acids are promising markers of methane production. We hypothesized that methane emission can be predicted from the milk fatty acid concentrations determined by mid-infrared spectroscopy, and the integration of energy-corrected milk yield would improve the prediction. Therefore, we examined relationships between methane emission of cows measured in respiration chambers and milk fatty acids, predicted by mid-infrared spectroscopy, to derive diet-specific and general prediction equations based on milk fatty acid concentrations alone and with the additional consideration of energy-corrected milk yield. Cows were fed diets differing in forage type and linseed supplementation to generate a large variation in both CH4 emission and milk fatty acids. Depending on the diet, equations derived from regression analysis explained 61 to 96% of variation of methane emission, implying the potential of milk fatty acid data predicted by mid-infrared spectroscopy as novel proxy for direct methane emission measurements. When data from all diets were analyzed collectively, the equation with energy-corrected milk yield (CH4 (L/day) = − 1364 + 9.58 × energy-corrected milk yield + 18.5 × saturated fatty acids + 32.4 × C18:0) showed an improved coefficient of determination of cross-validation R2 CV = 0.72 compared to an equation without energy-corrected milk yield (R2 CV = 0.61). Equations developed for diets supplemented by linseed showed a lower R2 CV as compared to diets without linseed (0.39 to 0.58 vs. 0.50 to 0.91). We demonstrate for the first time that milk fatty acid concentrations predicted by mid-infrared spectroscopy together with energy-corrected milk yield can be used to estimate enteric methane emission in dairy cows. © 2018, The Author(s).
Pyrgomatidae Gray 1825
Creators: name: Achituv, Yair
name: Hosie, Andrew M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Sessilia
Pyrgomatidae

description: Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825
description: Published as part of Achituv, Yair & Hosie, Andrew M., 2013, Trevathana noae, a new species of coral inhabiting barnacle (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Pyrgomatidae), pp. 106-112 in Zootaxa 3731 (1) on page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/217750
Comparative study of behavioural and milking traits in cows milked with a conventional or individual quarter milking system (Multilactor®) and with different milking persons
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Gundula
name: Liermann, Wendy
name: Ammon, Christian
name: Rose-Meierhöfer, Sandra
Publisher: name: Warsaw : De Gruyter Open
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Behaviour
subject: Dairy cow
subject: Individual quarter milking
subject: Udder preparation
subject: 630
subject: 640

description: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of a new type of milking system on the behaviour of cows during milking by comparing a conventional milking system (CON) with an individual quarter milking system (MUL), MultiLactor®. Sixty-eight dairy cows were observed during their milking times (32 cows in CON, 36 cows in MUL) using video recordings to analyse their behavioural traits. The udder preparation duration, milking duration and milk yield were also evaluated. No significant differences were found between the CON and the MUL regarding cows' head posture (P=0.38), body posture (P=0.85), number of steps (P=0.08) and number of kicks (P=0.56). However, the milk yield was lower (P=0.02), just as the udder preparation duration (P<0.01) and milking duration (P=0.01) were shorter in the CON compared to the MUL. In addition, in regard to the milking person, differences were displayed in the head posture of the milked cows, kick-off or loss of teat cup or milking cluster, and frequency of udder preparation. In conclusion, the investigated milking systems did not markedly influence the behaviour of dairy cows; however, udder preparation duration, milking duration and milk yield were significantly greater for the MUL than for the CON. However, the milking person appears to have a greater impact on the behaviour of the cows than the milking system. © 2017 Sciendo. All Rights Reserved.
Cognitive performance correlates with the degree of dopaminergic degeneration in the associative part of the striatum in non-demented Parkinson's patients
Creators: name: Kübler, Dorothee
name: Schroll, Henning
name: Buchert, Ralph
name: Kühn, Andrea A.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cognition
subject: Montréal cognitive assessment (MoCA)
subject: Parkinson’s disease
subject: Striatum
subject: Stroop test
subject: [123I]FP-CIT SPECT
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Parkinson's disease (PD) patients show cognitive deficits that are relevant in terms of prognosis and quality of life. Degeneration of striatal dopaminergic afferents proceeds from dorsal/caudal to anterior/ventral and is discussed to account for some of these symptoms. Treatment with dopamine (DA) has differential effects on cognitive dysfunctions, improving some and worsening others. We hypothesized that cognitive performance during the dopaminergic OFF state correlates with DAT availability in the associative striatum. 16 PD patients underwent motor and cognitive examination ON and OFF DA. Global cognition was measured using the Montréal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test and executive functioning using a Stroop test. Nigrostriatal dopaminergic innervation was characterized with [123I]FP-CIT SPECT. A connectivity atlas of the striatum was used to assess DAT availability in functionally defined striatal subregions. Correlations between imaging data and behavioral data OFF medication were calculated. Correlations between DAT availability and MoCA performance in the dopaminergic OFF state was strongest in the associative part of the striatum (r = 0.674, p = 0.004). MoCA test performance did not differ between the ON and the OFF state. There was no correlation of DAT availability with Stroop performance in the OFF state but performance was significantly better during the ON state. Not only motor but also cognitive dysfunctions in PD are associated with striatal dopaminergic depletion. Cognitive decline in non-demented PD patients goes along with nigrostriatal degeneration, most pronounced in the associative subdivision of the striatum. In addition, the present findings suggest that executive dysfunctions are ameliorated by DA whereas global cognition is not improved by dopaminergic medication.
Evaluation of a Smart System for the Optimization of Logistics Performance of a Pruning Biomass Value Chain
Creators: name: Bosona, Techane
name: Gebresenbet, Girma
name: Olsson, Sven-Olof
name: Garcia, Daniel
name: Germer, Sonja
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Information platform
subject: Performance evaluation
subject: Product quality model
subject: Product usability testing
subject: Pruning biomass
subject: Smart logistics system
subject: 600

description: The paper presents a report on the performance evaluation of a newly developed smart logistics system (SLS). Field tests were conducted in Spain, Germany, and Sweden. The evaluation focused on the performance of a smart box tool (used to capture information during biomass transport) and a web-based information platform (used to monitor the flow of agricultural pruning from farms to end users and associated information flow). The tests were performed following a product usability testing approach, considering both qualitative and quantitative parameters. The detailed performance evaluation included the following: systematic analysis of 41 recordable parameters (stored in a spreadsheet database), analysis of feedback and problems encountered during the tests, and overall quality analysis applying the product quality model adapted from ISO/IEC FDIS 9126-1 standard. The data recording and storage and the capability to support product traceability and supply chain management were found to be very satisfactory, while assembly of smart box components (mainly the associated cables), data transferring intervals, and manageability could be improved. From the data retrieved during test activities, in more than 95% of the parameters within 41 columns, the expected values were displayed correctly. Some errors were observed, which might have been caused mainly by barriers that could hinder proper data recording and transfer from the smart box to the central database. These problems can be counteracted and the performance of the SLS can be improved so that it can be upgraded to be a marketable tool that can promote sustainable biomass-to-energy value chains. © 2018 by the authors.
Recyclable, Bifunctional Metallaphotocatalysts for C−S Cross-Coupling Reactions
Creators: name: Reischauer, Susanne
name: Pieber, Bartholomäus
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: cross-coupling
subject: heterogeneous catalysis
subject: metallaphotocatalysis
subject: photocatalysis
subject: semiconductors
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: Metallaphotocatalytic cross-coupling reactions are typically carried out by combining homogeneous or heterogeneous photocatalysts with a soluble nickel complex. Previous attempts to realize recyclable catalytic systems use immobilized iridium complexes to harvest light. We present bifunctional materials based on semiconductors for metallaphotocatalytic C−S cross-coupling reactions that can be reused without losing their catalytic activity. Key to the success is the permanent immobilization of a nickel complex on the surface of a heterogeneous semiconductor through phosphonic acid anchors. The optimized catalyst harvests a broad range of the visible light spectrum and requires a nickel loading of only ∼0.1 mol %.
IRRIGATED ZEA MAYS RESPONSE TO NITROGEN AND HIGH PLANT POPULATION DENSITY IN NARROW ROWS
Creators: name: Baniszewski, Julie
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Science
subject: Agriculture
subject: Agronomy and Crop Sciences

description: Modern genetics have improved maize hybrids to better tolerate stress, use nutrients more efficiently and potentially yield higher. Management practices, such as narrow row technology and high plant population density (PPD) may further improve yields in modern maize under irrigated, non-limiting conditions. High PPD (74, 99, 124, 148 K seeds ha-1) were tested in narrow rows with up to four nitrogen (N) rates in three locations over two years in Kentucky with a modern maize hybrid in irrigated, non-limiting conditions. Results indicate that optimal seeding rates were 99,000 to 124,000 seeds ha-1, providing maximum yield and highest partial return, likely due to increasing seed number ha-1 and greater canopy closure, although seed size declined and pollination was more asynchronous as PPD increased. Excess N did not overcome silking delay or the decline in kernel mass associated with higher PPD, indicating 252 kg N ha-1 was adequate for high yields at any population, although data indicates better utilization of supplied N at higher populations. Implications can be used to implement better management techniques in high-yielding maize to supplement use of improved genetics.
Environmental Effects over the First 2½ Rotation Periods of a Fertilised Poplar Short Rotation Coppice
Creators: name: Kern, Jürgen
name: Germer, Sonja
name: Ammon, Christian
name: Balasus, Antje
name: Bischoff, Wolf-Anno
name: Schwarz, Andreas
name: Forstreuter, Manfred
name: Kaupenjohann, Martin
Publisher: name: New York, NY : Springer
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Fertilisation
subject: Greenhouse gas emission
subject: Leaching
subject: Nitrogen
subject: Populus spp
subject: 620

description: A short rotation coppice (SRC) with poplar was established in a randomised fertilisation experiment on sandy loam soil in Potsdam (Northeast Germany). The main objective of this study was to assess if negative environmental effects as nitrogen leaching and greenhouse gas emissions are enhanced by mineral nitrogen (N) fertiliser applied to poplar at rates of 0, 50 and 75 kg N ha−1 year−1 and how these effects are influenced by tree age with increasing number of rotation periods and cycles of organic matter decomposition and tree growth after each harvesting event. Between 2008 and 2012, the leaching of nitrate (NO3 −) was monitored with self-integrating accumulators over 6-month periods and the emissions of the greenhouse gases (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) were determined in closed gas chambers. During the first 4 years of the poplar SRC, most nitrogen was lost through NO3 − leaching from the main root zone; however, there was no significant relationship to the rate of N fertilisation. On average, 5.8 kg N ha−1 year−1 (13.0 kg CO2equ) was leached from the root zone. Nitrogen leaching rates decreased in the course of the 4-year study parallel to an increase of the fine root biomass and the degree of mycorrhization. In contrast to N leaching, the loss of nitrogen by N2O emissions from the soil was very low with an average of 0.61 kg N ha−1 year−1 (182 kg CO2equ) and were also not affected by N fertilisation over the whole study period. Real CO2 emissions from the poplar soil were two orders of magnitude higher ranging between 15,122 and 19,091 kg CO2 ha−1 year−1 and followed the rotation period with enhanced emission rates in the years of harvest. As key-factors for NO3 − leaching and N2O emissions, the time after planting and after harvest and the rotation period have been identified by a mixed effects model. © 2017, The Author(s).
Investigation of spiral-wound membrane modules for the cross-flow nanofiltration of fermentation broth obtained from a pilot plant fermentation reactor for the continuous production of lactic acid
Creators: name: Laube, Hendrik
name: Schneider, Roland
name: Venus, Joachim
Publisher: name: Berlin ; Heidelberg [u.a.] : SpringerOpen
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cross-flow
subject: Nanofiltration
subject: Pilot plant
subject: Sodium lactate
subject: Spiral-wound modules
subject: 570

description: Background: The separation performance of seven polymer membranes for the nanofiltration of sodium lactate in fermentation broth was investigated. Each module was introduced into the test stand, and the system curve was obtained by recording the permeate flow velocity at different pump head levels. Performance benchmarks were good permeate quality, as determined by high permeate flow velocity, high sodium lactic concentration, low ion impurity concentration, and low organic impurity concentration. Market research has shown that three companies, DOW (TW30, SW30, NF45), General Electric (DK73, DL73), and Microdyn-Nadir (NP30), distributed spiral-wound membrane modules for cross-flow filtration in a 2.5 by 40-in. module size, suitable for operation in the filtration test stand. Results: The measured permeate flow velocity was found to vary widely between the membranes. At a pump head of 250 m, DK73, NP30, and DL73 generated more than 200, 300, and 400% higher permeate flow velocities, respectively, than TW30 and NF45. A key benchmark, lactate rejection, was also highly dependent upon membrane type. The NP30, NF45, and TW30 membranes showed a decrease in lactate permeate flow velocity of 117, 83, and 348% starting at 205, 250, and 300 m, respectively. Conclusions: The DL73 had the overall best performance according to the measured fermentation broth and lactic acid permeability. The presented method for the graphical analysis of the membrane performance proofed to be a useful tool for the filtration engineer. © 2017, The Author(s).
Outstanding Works of the Soviet Architectural Avant-garde as Joint Heritage: Past, Present, Future
Creators: name: Kudryavtsev, Alexander
Publisher: name: ICOMOS – Hefte des Deutschen Nationalkomitees
Year: 2020

description: ICOMOS – Hefte des Deutschen Nationalkomitees, Bd. 73 (2020): ICOMOS – Hefte des Deutschen Nationalkomitees
Element-Specific Magnetization Damping in Ferrimagnetic DyCo5 Alloys Revealed by Ultrafast X-ray Measurements
Creators: name: Abrudan, Radu
name: Hennecke, Martin
name: Radu, Florin
name: Kachel, Torsten
name: Holldack, Karsten
name: Mitzner, Rolf
name: Donges, Andreas
name: Khmelevskyi, Sergii
name: Deak, Andras
name: Radu, Ilie
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: atomistic spin dynamics simulations
subject: femtosecond X-ray spectroscopy
subject: ferrimagnets
subject: magnetization damping
subject: ultrafast magnetism
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik::530 Physik

description: The dynamic response of magnetically ordered materials to an ultrashort external stimulus depends on microscopic parameters, such as magnetic moment, exchange, and spin–orbit interactions. Whereas it is well established that, in multicomponent magnetic alloys and compounds, the speed of demagnetization and spin switching processes has an element-specific character, the magnetization damping was assumed to be a universal parameter for all constituent magnetic elements irrespective of their different spin–orbit couplings and electronic structure. Herein, experimental and theoretical evidence for an element-specific magnetic damping parameter is provided by investigating the ultrafast magnetization response of a high-anisotropy ferrimagnetic DyCo5 alloy to femtosecond laser excitation. Strikingly different demagnetization and remagnetization dynamics of Dy and Co magnetic moments is revealed by employing femtosecond laser pump–X-ray magnetic circular dichroism probe measurements combined with atomistic spin dynamics (ASD) simulations using ab initio calculated parameters. These observations, fully corroborated by the ASD simulations, are linked to the element-specific spin–orbit coupling strengths of Dy and Co, which are incorporated in the phenomenological magnetization damping parameters. These findings can be used as a recipe for tuning the speed and magnitude of laser-driven magnetic processes and consequently allow control over various dynamic functionalities in multicomponent magnetic materials.
0226 An Icon of Ugliness – Eutropius the Eunuch
Creators: name: Elm, Susanna
Publisher: name: RIHA Journal
Year: 2019

description: Theoretically, ugliness as aesthetic concept—more than the absence of beauty—first came to the fore in the 19th century. This contribution uses the late Latin poet Claudian (370–404 CE) to show that his invective epic against the consul and eunuch Eutropius (d. 399 CE) already created a notion of ugliness through the juxtaposition of the splendid consular robes and the "ugliness" of Eutropius's body.
description: RIHA Journal, 2019: Special Issue "From Living to Visual Images. Paradigms of Corporeal Iconicity in Late Antiquity"
ROLE OF SODIUM URETIC PEPTIDES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE IN POST-INFRACT CARDIOSCLEROSIS
Creators: name: Alyavi A.L., A.L.
name: Latipov, A.Ya.
name: Pulatova, Sh.H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP, atrial natriuretic factor, atrial natriuretic hormone, atriopeptin, atriopeptide) is a peptide hormone secreted by cardiomyocytes and is a potent vasodilator. Atrial natriuretic peptides play a part in regulating water-electrolyte metabolism and adipose tissue metabolism. They are synthesized in the muscle cells of the atria in response to increased blood pressure. Atrial natriuretic peptide reduces water volume and sodium concentration in the vascular bed.
title: Synthesis of perovskite-type high-entropy oxides as potential candidates for oxygen evolution
Creators: name: Schweidler, Simon
name: Tang, Yushu
name: Lin, Ling
name: Karkera, Guruprakash
name: Alsawaf, Alaa
name: Bernadet, Lucile
name: Breitung, Ben
name: Hahn, Horst
name: Fichtner, Maximilian
name: Tarancón, Albert
name: Botros, Miriam
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media S.A.
Year: 2022

description: High-entropy materials offer a wide range of possibilities for synthesizing new functional ceramics for different applications. Many synthesis methods have been explored to achieve a single-phase structure incorporating several different elements, yet a comparison between the synthesis methods is crucial to identify the new dimension such complex ceramics bring to material properties. As known for ceramic materials, the synthesis procedure usually has a significant influence on powder morphology, elemental distribution, particle size and powder processability. Properties that need to be tailored according to specific applications. Therefore, in this study perovskite-type high-entropy materials (Gd₀.₂La₀.₂₋ₓ SrₓNd₀.₂Sm₀.₂Y₀.₂) (Co₀.₂Cr₀.₂Fe₀.₂Mn₀.₂Ni₀.₂)O₃ (x = 0 and x = 0.2) are synthesized for the first time using mechanochemical synthesis and a modified Pechini method. The comparison of different syntheses allows, not only tailoring of the constituent elements of high-entropy materials, but also to optimize the synthesis method as needed to overcome limitations of conventional ceramics. To exploit the novel materials for a variety of energy applications, their catalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction was characterized. This paves the way for their integration into, e.g., regenerative fuel cells and metal air batteries.
Infants’ stress responses and protest behaviors at childcare entry and the role of care providers
Creators: name: Ahnert, Lieselotte
name: Eckstein-Madry, Tina
name: Piskernik, Bernhard
name: Porges, Stephen W.
name: Lamb, Michael E.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: care provider−child attachment
subject: center-based care
subject: child temperament
subject: stress regulation
subject: vagal tone
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: During the transition from home to childcare, 70 15-month-old infants were videotaped, and their negative emotions were rated. Infants’ attachments to mothers were assessed prior to child care entry and to care providers five months later using the Strange Situation Procedure (SSP). Infant heart rate was monitored at home, during adaptation to childcare (mothers present), and during subsequent separations. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) was computed from the beat-to-beat measures of heart rate to reflect vagal tone, which is reduced during chronic states of stress, and was collected upon Arrival, during in-group Play, and when in the Group more generally. All infants responded to childcare entry with low RSA levels indicating stress. However, during adaptation with the mother present, RSA was higher for securely attached infants. On the first separation day, 35.3% of the infants fussed and cried extensively. These intense protests predicted later secure attachments to care providers, which adaptively helped to reduce stress, especially in infants who protested extensively, as if summoning their mothers back. Because extensive protest suggests limited regulatory capacities, infants risk overburdening the stress system when left unsupported.
O. D. Skelton and the formulation of Canadian foreign and imperial policies, 1922-1930
Creators: name: Rogers, Kenneth J. T.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: FC 542 R63 1983
subject: Canada - Foreign policy - 1918-1930
subject: Skelton, Oscar Douglas, 1878-1941

description: Bibliography: p. 168-178.
THE ROLE OF THE HEMOSTATIC SYSTEM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACUTE OBSTRUCTIVE BRONCHITIS IN CHILDREN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF MYOCARDITIS
Creators: name: Mamarizaev, Ibrokhim
name: Abdukadirova, Shakhnoza
name: Djuraev, Djafar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: bronchitis, myocarditis, children, obstruction, hemostasis, anticoagulation system, pathogenesis, APTT, TV, PTT, D-dimer.

description: The development of the inflammatory process in obstructive bronchitis and myocarditis cannot be imagined without changes in the hemostatic system since the coagulation and anticoagulation system of the blood is of particular importance in the pathogenesis of this disease. Determination of blood coagulation parameters (APTT, TV, PTT, D-dimer) in patients with obstructive bronchitis with myocarditis will prevent the risk of developing a complicated course of the disease.
Sammlungsdatenbank und Sammlungsportal der Universität Göttingen
Creators: name: Dührkohp, Frank
name: Heck, Karsten
name: Mangei, Johannes
Publisher: name: AKMB-news: Informationen zu Kunst, Museum und Bibliothek
Year: 2020

description: AKMB-news: Informationen zu Kunst, Museum und Bibliothek, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2018): AKMB-news
Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches
Creators: name: Song, Yulin
name: Hervé, Vincent
name: Radek, Renate
name: Pfeiffer, Fabienne
name: Zheng, Hao
name: Brune, Andreas
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Spirochetes
subject: termite guts
subject: treponemes
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Spirochetes of the genus Treponema are surprisingly abundant in termite guts, where they play an important role in reductive acetogenesis. Although they occur in all termites investigated, their evolutionary origin is obscure. Here, we isolated the first representative of ‘termite gut treponemes’ from cockroaches, the closest relatives of termites. Phylogenomic analysis revealed that Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. represents the most basal lineage of the highly diverse ‘termite cluster I', a deep-branching sister group of Treponemataceae (fam. ‘Termitinemataceae’) that was present already in the cockroach ancestor of termites and subsequently coevolved with its host. Breznakiella homolactica is obligately anaerobic and catalyses the homolactic fermentation of both hexoses and pentoses. Resting cells produced acetate in the presence of oxygen. Genome analysis revealed the presence of pyruvate oxidase and catalase, and a cryptic potential for the formation of acetate, ethanol, formate, CO2 and H2 - the fermentation products of termite gut isolates. Genes encoding key enzymes of reductive acetogenesis, however, are absent, confirming the hypothesis that the ancestral metabolism of the cluster was fermentative, and that the capacity for acetogenesis from H2 plus CO2 - the most intriguing property among termite gut treponemes - was acquired by lateral gene transfer.
Dopamine mimicry of aroused gill reflex behaviors in Aplysia californica
Creators: name: Ruben, Peter, 1952-
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: QL 431 R82 1983
subject: Mollusks - Physiology
subject: Reflexes
subject: Dopamine
subject: Neurophysiology

description: Bibliography: p. 137-152.
EXPRESSION OF MICRORNA LEVELS IN INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION IN CHILDREN
Creators: name: Ulugmuratov, A.A.
name: Khidirov, L.A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: MicroRNAs, a class of small non-coding RNA molecules with regulatory functions of genes, play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of various diseases. Current technological advances make it possible to determine the abundance of microRNAs in various tissues accurately and with high throughput [1, 2]. More recently, extracellular circulating microRNAs have begun to be demonstrated as highly stable biomarkers of diseases based on blood and feces [3, 5]. Understanding the interactions between circulating microRNAs and clinical phenotypes can expand our knowledge of complex diseases and traits. On the other hand, considering the advantages of using biomarkers based on blood and other biomaterials (for example, in feces), circulating microRNAs as biomarkers can improve both the diagnosis of diseases and their treatment. In particular, we reviewed the progress in identifying circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of intestinal obstruction in children. These studies have shown a promising future for the use of circulating microRNAs for the treatment of intestinal obstruction. MicroRNAs (microRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally [6]. Changes in microRNA expression have been reported in a number of intestinal diseases both in tissue samples and in readily available samples, such as stool. It is believed that pathogenic infections, diet, toxins and other environmental factors affect microRNA expression [5, 7]. However, changes in human microRNAs have yet to be thoroughly studied.
Dynamical Coulomb blockade under a temperature bias
Creators: name: Duprez, H.
name: Pierre, F.
name: Sivre, E.
name: Aassime, A.
name: Parmentier, F. D.
name: Cavanna, A.
name: Ouerghi, A.
name: Gennser, U.
name: Safi, I.
name: Mora, Christophe
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Coulomb blockade
subject: Electrical conductivity
subject: Mesoscopics
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik::530 Physik

description: We observe and comprehend the dynamical Coulomb blockade suppression of the electrical conductance across an electronic quantum channel subjected to a temperature difference. A broadly tunable, spin-polarized Ga(Al)As quantum channel is connected on-chip, through a micron-scale metallic node, to a linear RC circuit. The latter is made up of the node's geometrical capacitance C in parallel with an adjustable resistance R∈{1/2,1/3,1/4}×h/e2 formed by 2–4 quantum Hall channels. The system is characterized by three temperatures: Temperatures of the electrons in the large electrodes (T) and in the node (Tnode), and a temperature of the electromagnetic modes of the RC circuit (Tenv). The temperature in the node is selectively increased by local Joule dissipation, and characterized from current fluctuations. For a quantum channel in the tunnel regime, a close match is found between conductance measurements and tunnel dynamical Coulomb blockade theory. In the opposite near ballistic regime, we develop a theory that accounts for different electronic and electromagnetic bath temperatures, again in very good agreement with experimental data. Beyond these regimes, for an arbitrary quantum channel set in the far out-of-equilibrium situation where the temperature in the node significantly exceeds the one in the large electrodes, the equilibrium (uniform temperature) prediction for the conductance is recovered, albeit at a rescaled temperature αTnode.