cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Naviauxella snowiana : Cassola 2002
Creators: name: Wiesner, Jürgen
name: Bandinelli, Aligi
name: Matalin, Andrey
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Naviauxella
Naviauxella snowiana

description: 150. Naviauxella snowiana Cassola, 2002 (Fig. 150, 180, 341) Naviauxella snowiana: Cassola 2002a: 342-344; Fedorenko and Matalin 2011: 126-28. Published data. SOUTHEAST: Dong Nai (Cat Tien National Park) (Cassola 2002: 342; Fedorenko and Matalin 2011: 126-28). New records. NORTH CENTRAL COAST: Thua Thien-Hue, A Luoi distr., Sao La Nature Reserve, 650m, N16 o 04’ 37” E107 o 29’ 16”, E. Orbach, 20-22.v.2017, 1 male (EOIC); CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: Gia Lai, Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, surround. of rangers HQ, N14 o 28’ 26.4” E108 o 32’ 24”, 900m, leg. A. Bandinelli, L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, 8-12.v.2016, 3 males, 1 female (ABIC), 1 male (JWGC), Gia Lai, Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, surroundings HQ, N14 o 28’ 26.4” E108 o 32’ 24”, 900m, leg. L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, A. Bandinelli, V. Sbordoni, 9-12.v.2016, 1 male, 3 females (MZUF), 1 female (JWGC); SOUTHEAST: Binh Phuoc, Bu Gia Map National Park, N12 o 11’ 37” E108 o 12’ 21”, 350-540m, leg. D. Fedorenko, 13-24.iv.2009, 31 males, 12 females (MPU, SIEE). Distribution. Vietnam (Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai, Gia Lai, Thua Thien-Hue). Remarks. New provincial records for Binh Phuoc, Gia Lai and Thua Thien-Hue.
description: Published as part of Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, pp. 1-131 in Insecta Mundi 2017 (589) on page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169363
description: {"references": ["Cassola, F. 2002 a. New data on the genus Naviauxella Cassola, 1988, with description of a new species from southern Vietnam (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Lambillionea 102 (3): 341 - 344.", "Fedorenko, D. N., and A. V. Matalin. 2011. 7. On two seasonal aspects of a tiger beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae). P. 125 - 130. In (Tiunov, A. V. Ed.): Structure and functions of soil communities of a monsoon tropical forest (Cat Tien National Park, South Vietnam). M.: KMK Scientific Press. 2011. 277 p. (in Russian, with English summary)."]}
Presynaptic Precursor Vesicles - Cargo, Biogenesis, and Kinesin-Based Transport across Species
Creators: name: Petzoldt, Astrid
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: presynaptic precursor vesicles
subject: kinesins
subject: Arl8/BORC complex
subject: Rab2
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::576 Genetik und Evolution

description: The faithful formation and, consequently, function of a synapse requires continuous and tightly controlled delivery of synaptic material. At the presynapse, a variety of proteins with unequal molecular properties are indispensable to compose and control the molecular machinery concerting neurotransmitter release through synaptic vesicle fusion with the presynaptic membrane. As presynaptic proteins are produced mainly in the neuronal soma, they are obliged to traffic along microtubules through the axon to reach the consuming presynapse. This anterograde transport is performed by highly specialised and diverse presynaptic precursor vesicles, membranous organelles able to transport as different proteins such as synaptic vesicle membrane and membrane-associated proteins, cytosolic active zone proteins, ion-channels, and presynaptic membrane proteins, coordinating synaptic vesicle exo- and endocytosis. This review aims to summarise and categorise the diverse and numerous findings describing presynaptic precursor cargo, mode of trafficking, kinesin-based axonal transport and the molecular mechanisms of presynaptic precursor vesicles biogenesis in both vertebrate and invertebrate model systems.
Uncovering the unique characteristics of the mandible to improve clinical approaches to mandibular regeneration
Creators: name: Soares, Ana Prates
name: Fischer, Heilwig
name: Aydin, Sabrin
name: Steffen, Claudius
name: Schmidt-Bleek, Katharina
name: Rendenbach, Carsten
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: mandible
subject: morphophysiology
subject: free tissue flap
subject: mandibular reconstruction
subject: morphogenesis
subject: bone regeneration
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The mandible (lower jaw) bone is aesthetically responsible for shaping the lower face, physiologically in charge of the masticatory movements, and phonetically accountable for the articulation of different phonemes. Thus, pathologies that result in great damage to the mandible severely impact the lives of patients. Mandibular reconstruction techniques are mainly based on the use of flaps, most notably free vascularized fibula flaps. However, the mandible is a craniofacial bone with unique characteristics. Its morphogenesis, morphology, physiology, biomechanics, genetic profile, and osteoimmune environment are different from any other non-craniofacial bone. This fact is especially important to consider during mandibular reconstruction, as all these differences result in unique clinical traits of the mandible that can impact the results of jaw reconstructions. Furthermore, overall changes in the mandible and the flap post-reconstruction may be dissimilar, and the replacement process of the bone graft tissue during healing can take years, which in some cases can result in postsurgical complications. Therefore, the present review highlights the uniqueness of the jaw and how this factor can influence the outcome of its reconstruction while using an exemplary clinical case of pseudoarthrosis in a free vascularized fibula flap.
Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and access among people experiencing homelessness in Germany: A qualitative interview study
Creators: name: Grune, Julianna
name: Savelsberg, Darius
name: Kobus, Marta
name: Lindner, Andreas K.
name: Herrmann, Wolfram J.
name: Schuster, Angela
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: homelessness
subject: prevention
subject: vaccine acceptance
subject: vaccine hesitancy
subject: vaccine access
subject: COVID-19
subject: primary care
subject: access to health care
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: People experiencing homelessness face lower life expectancy, higher prevalence of somatic and mental diseases and a more difficult access to healthcare compared to people in secure living. During the COVID-19 pandemic transmission rates were higher among people experiencing homelessness and preventive public health measures were not properly adapted to the specific needs of people experiencing homelessness. Thus, goal of our study was understanding the determinants of acceptability and access of the COVID-19 vaccine. Materials and methods: We conducted a qualitative interview study with twenty guideline interviews with adult people currently experiencing homelessness in Berlin, Germany (August 2021 - April 2022). Participants were approached in a purposive sampling strategy. The interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis according to Mayring. Results: Acceptance and attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccine is influenced by confidence in the vaccine as well as in the political and healthcare system, the individual COVID-19 risk perception and sense of collective responsibility. Overall, the acceptance of the vaccine was high among our participants. Facilities offering low threshold COVID-19 vaccines for people experiencing homelessness were perceived as helpful. Language barriers and the need for identity documents were major barriers to access the COVID 19 vaccine. Discussion: People experiencing homelessness are a marginalized and vulnerable group often underrepresented in the public and scientific discourse. During the COVID-19 pandemic, preventive public health measures, including the COVID-19 vaccine, failed to consider specific needs of people experiencing homelessness. Multidimensional strategy to enhance inclusive healthcare are needed to improve access and to reduce discrimination and stigmatization.
Prediction of Relevant Training Control Parameters at Individual Anaerobic Threshold without Blood Lactate Measurement
Creators: name: Römer, Claudia
name: Wolfarth, Bernd
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: blood lactate
subject: individual anaerobic threshold
subject: performance diagnostics
subject: training recommendation
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Active exercise therapy plays an essential role in tackling the global burden of obesity. Optimizing recommendations in individual training therapy requires that the essential parameters heart rate HR(IAT) and work load (W/kg(IAT) at individual anaerobic threshold (IAT) are known. Performance diagnostics with blood lactate is one of the most established methods for these kinds of diagnostics, yet it is also time consuming and expensive. Methods: To establish a regression model which allows HR(IAT) and (W/kg(IAT) to be predicted without measuring blood lactate, a total of 1234 performance protocols with blood lactate in cycle ergometry were analyzed. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to predict the essential parameters (HR(IAT)) (W/kg(IAT)) by using routine parameters for ergometry without blood lactate. Results: HR(IAT) can be predicted with an RMSE of 8.77 bpm (p < 0.001), R2 = 0.799 (|R| = 0.798) without performing blood lactate diagnostics during cycle ergometry. In addition, it is possible to predict W/kg(IAT) with an RMSE (root mean square error) of 0.241 W/kg (p < 0.001), R2 = 0.897 (|R| = 0.897). Conclusions: It is possible to predict essential parameters for training management without measuring blood lactate. This model can easily be used in preventive medicine and results in an inexpensive yet better training management of the general population, which is essential for public health.
Mitochondrial transfer as a cell-cell communication mechanism between airway smooth muscle cells in COPD
Creators: name: Frankenberg Garcia, Julia
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2022

description: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory lung disease characterised by a progressive airflow limitation. Airway smooth muscle (ASM) dysfunction, such as cell hyperproliferation and increased extracellular matrix deposition, contributes to airway remodelling, an important pathological feature of COPD. There is also evidence of defective mitochondria in the lungs and in cultured ASM cells (ASMCs) from patients with COPD. Cigarette smoke (CS), the main cause of COPD, induces cellular and mitochondrial dysfunction, but only a proportion of smokers develop COPD. Homeostatic mechanisms that prevent sustained damage in response to CS may be impaired in COPD. Transfer of mitochondria from stem cells to structural cells in the lung protects the latter from stress-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. In this study, I hypothesised that mitochondrial transfer between ASMCs is a homeostatic mechanism that preserves mitochondrial function, and that it is impaired in COPD leading to sustained mitochondrial dysfunction in response to stress. I show that CS leads to persistent mitochondrial damage in ASMCs, an effect that is more pronounced in cells from COPD patients. However, it remains unclear whether this drives pathogenic ASM phenotypes. I demonstrate that ASMCs, from both healthy and COPD patients, are capable of exchanging mitochondria, a process that occurs, at least partly, via extracellular vesicles. Mitochondrial transfer is induced by exposure to CS, suggesting it is a stress response mechanism. Contrary to my hypothesis, the results of this study indicate that mitochondrial transfer may not be impaired in COPD. However, irrespective of disease status, this process is associated with an up-regulation of mitochondrial respiration and a reduction in cell proliferation. Therefore, mitochondrial transfer between ASMCs may be exploited as an endogenous protective mechanism to reverse mitochondrial and cellular dysfunction in the lungs.
The a-function in three dimensions: beyond leading order
Creators: name: Jack, I.
name: Poole, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, evidence was provided for the existence of an $a$-function for renormalisable quantum field theories in three dimensions. An explicit expression was given at lowest order for general theories involving scalars and fermions, and shown to be related to the beta-functions by a gradient flow equation with positive-definite metric as in four dimensions. Here, we extend this lowest-order calculation to a general abelian Chern-Simons gauge theory coupled to fermions and scalars, and derive a prediction for part of the four-loop Yukawa beta-function. We also compute the complete four-loop Yukawa beta-function for the scalar-fermion theory and show that it is entirely consistent with the gradient flow equations at next-to-leading order.
description: 24 pages; uses Axodraw. Revised version with typos corrected
Additional file 7 of Enrichment of Prevotella intermedia in human colorectal cancer and its additive effects with Fusobacterium nucleatum on the malignant transformation of colorectal adenomas
Creators: name: Lo, Chia-Hui
name: Wu, Deng-Chyang
name: Jao, Shu-Wen
name: Wu, Chang-Chieh
name: Lin, Chung-Yen
name: Chuang, Chia-Hsien
name: Lin, Ya-Bo
name: Chen, Chien-Hsiun
name: Chen, Ying-Ting
name: Chen, Jiann-Hwa
name: Hsiao, Koung-Hung
name: Chen, Ying-Ju
name: Chen, Yuan-Tsong
name: Wang, Jaw-Yuan
name: Li, Ling-Hui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 7: Figure S2. Silver staining of conditioned medium collected from Prevotella intermedia.
High-precision spectroscopy of the HD+ molecule at the 1-p.p.b. level
Creators: name: Biesheuvel, J.
name: Karr, J. -Ph.
name: Hilico, L.
name: Eikema, K. S. E.
name: Ubachs, W.
name: Koelemeij, J. C. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently we reported a high precision optical frequency measurement of the (v,L):(0,2)->(8,3) vibrational overtone transition in trapped deuterated molecular hydrogen (HD+) ions at 10 mK temperature. Achieving a resolution of 0.85 parts-per-billion (p.p.b.) we found the experimental value ($ν_0= 383,407,177.38(41)$ MHz) to be in agreement with the value from molecular theory ($ν_\text{th}=383,407,177.150(15)$ MHz) within 0.6(1.1) p.p.b. [Biesheuvel et al., Nat. Commun. 7, 10385 (2016)]. This enabled an improved test of molecular theory (including QED), new constraints on the size of possible effects due to 'new physics', and the first determination of the proton-electron mass ratio from a molecule. Here, we provide the details of the experimental procedure, spectral analysis, and the assessment of systematic frequency shifts. Our analysis focuses in particular on deviations of the HD+ velocity distribution from thermal (Gaussian) distributions under the influence of collisions with fast ions produced during (laser-induced) chemical reactions, as such deviations turn out to significantly shift the hyperfine-less vibrational frequency as inferred from the saturated and Doppler-broadened spectrum, which contains partly unresolved hyperfine structure.
description: 22 pages, 20 figures
Mutual Modulation of the Activities of Human CYP2D6 and Four UGTs during the Metabolism of Propranolol
Creators: name: Yang, Fan
name: Sharma, Sangeeta Shrestha
name: Bureik, Matthias
name: Parr, Maria Kristina
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: cytochrome P450s
subject: UDP-glucuronosyltransferases
subject: protein–protein interaction
subject: drug metabolism
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::615 Pharmakologie, Therapeutik

description: Cytochromes P450 (CYP) and UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT) are two enzyme families that play an important role in drug metabolism, catalyzing either the functionalization or glucuronidation of xenobiotics. However, their mutual interactions are poorly understood. In this study, the functional interactions of human CYP2D6 with four human UGTs (UGT1A7, UGT1A8, UGT1A9, and UGT2A1) were investigated using our previously established co-expression model system in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The substrate employed was propranolol because it is well metabolized by CYP2D6. Moreover, the CYP2D6 metabolite 4-hydroxypropranolol is a known substrate for the four UGTs included in this study. Co-expression of either UGT1A7, UGT1A8, or UGT1A9 was found to increase the activity of CYP2D6 by a factor of 3.3, 2.1 or 2.8, respectively, for the conversion of propranolol to 4-hydroxypropranolol. In contrast, UGT2A1 co-expression did not change CYP2D6 activity. On the other hand, the activities of all four UGTs were completely suppressed by co-expression of CYP2D6. This data corroborates our previous report that CYP2D6 is involved in functional CYP-UGT interactions and suggest that such interactions can contribute to both adverse drug reactions and changes in drug efficacy.
Modelling a realistic in vitro chronic wound biofilm model to test the efficacy of anti-biofilm treatments
Creators: name: Khalid, Ammara
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 429999
subject: Other health sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Polymicrobial Biofilms are communities of bacteria that grow everywhere around us. When these biofilms grow on chronic wounds they impair the healing of tissues thus increasing patient pain and compromising life style. The Duckworth device is an in vitro device that produces lab based conditions for growing these biofilms, thus helping researchers identify different mechanisms of how these biofilms grow and interact. 
My work is about optimizing the Duckworth device further to better mimic chronic wound conditions and thus growing biofilms similar to how they grow on chronic wounds.
Stress and mortality in a small marsupial : antechinus stuartii (macleay)
Creators: name: Bradley., A.J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Prevalence of Diabetes mellitus among active pulmonary tuberculosis patients at St. Peter specialized hospital, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Creators: name: Damtew, Emeshaw
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: Background: The merging epidemics of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) have been raised concerns by many experts but no large scale screening and intervention have been launched yet, especially in low-income countries like Ethiopia. The thought that tuberculosis could cause diabetes seems farfetched, but is not. The peculiar relationship and frequent association of diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis has been observed for more than 2000 years, yet the reason for this correlation is, to this day, not known. Objective: the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among active PTB patients at St.Peter hospital. Methods/design: A cross-sectional Hospital based study was carried out and the study included all active pulmonary tuberculosis patients visiting St. Peter specialized hospital until the required sample size was obtained. We included 120 active PTB patients: 67 of these were male and 84 of them were urban dwellers. Analysis of fasting blod glucose was carried out using venous blood samples by enzymatic colorimetric test for glucose (GOD-PAP Method). For testing significance, the categorical data were compared using a chi-square test and expressed as proportion with a 95% confidence interval. Result: The prevalence of DM was found to be 15.8% (95% CI:9.20-22.45), which was higher (25.4%) among male than female TB patients(3.8%).Likewise 70% of the patients were from urban and 30% of them were from rural areas. The prevalence of newly diagnosed diabetic cases was 84.2% of all patients tested positive for DM. And all of the patients diagnosed as diabetic were in the age group greater than 25 years of age. The prevalence of IFG was (26.7%) and that of HIV co-infection in the study population was (52.5%). The occurrence of DM in HIV co-infection was a little bit higher (15.9%) than HIV negative TB patients (15.8%). Of all patients with active tuberculosis, 60 (50%) were sputum smear negative. The proportion of DM was (25%) among smear positive and (6.7%) among smear negative patients. Conclusion: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes (IFG) among active pulmonary tuberculosis cases was higher compared to the published prevalence of DM in Ethiopia. Therefore, it is important to implement a screening program of each TB patient for diabetes and Vis versa. Key words: TB/DM, IFG, HIV co-infection
12 July 2023 (Day 3) Open-Source from policy to practice - Content
Creators: name: Lumnitz, Stefanie
name: Crawford, Steve
name: Ilie, Codrina
name: Ram, Karthik
name: Naim, Kamran
name: Gentemann, Chelle
name: Paseka, Rachel
name: Kohls, Alex
name: Seibold, Heidi
name: Dallmeier-Tiessen, Sunje
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: CERN/NASA “Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science”, from July 10th-14th at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland https://indico.cern.ch/event/1254282/ 12 July 2023 (Day 3) Open-Source from policy to practice slides
12 July 2023 (Day 3) Open-Source from policy to practice
Creators: name: Lumnitz, Stefanie
name: Crawford, Steve
name: Ilie, Codrina
name: Ram, Karthik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: CERN/NASA “Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science”, from July 10th-14th at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland https://indico.cern.ch/event/1254282/ 12 July 2023 (Day 3) Open-Source from policy to practice slides
13C NMR Chemical Shift of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Creators: name: Bac, Christophe Goze
name: Bernier, Patrick
name: Henrard, Luc
name: Latil, Sylvain
name: Rubio, Angel
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Physical Review Letters
Variants of the Erdos-Szekeres and Erdos-Hajnal Ramsey problems
Creators: name: Mubayi, Dhruv
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C15, 05C55, 05D10, 06A05

description: Given integers $\ell,n$, the $\ell$th power of the path $P_n$ is the ordered graph $P_n^{\ell}$ with vertex set $v_11$, Balko-Cibulka-Král-Kynčl proved that $r(P_n^{\ell}, P_n^{\ell})< c_{\ell}n^{128 \ell}$ and asked for the growth rate for fixed $\ell$. When $\ell=2$, we improve this upper bound by proving $r(P_n^{2}, P_n^{2})< cn^{19.5}$. Using this result, we determine the correct tower growth rate of the $k$-uniform hypergraph ramsey number of a $(k+1)$-clique versus an ordered tight path. Finally, we consider an ordered version of the classical Erd Hos-Hajnal hypergraph ramsey problem, improve the tower height given by the trivial upper bound, and conjecture that this tower height is optimal.
description: 10 pages, accepted European Journal of Combinatorics
Numerical simulation of contact problems - traditional timber joints under monotonous loading
Creators: name: Schober, Kay-Uwe
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: ANSYS
subject: contact problems
subject: Finite-Element modelling
subject: Holzverbindungen
subject: Kontaktanalyse
subject: numerical simulation
subject: Timber engineering
subject: Timber joints
subject: 620

description: A numerical simulation on rafter-tie beam-connections in traditional roofs under monotonous loading is presented. A comparison was made to tests performed at Dresden University of Technology (DE). A step-by-step procedure was adopted to simulate the semi-rigid behaviour of the connection with point-to-surface contact elements. The results show good correspondence with typical material characteristics. To increase the load carrying capacity further studies with fibreglass fabrics reinforced joints were considered.
A nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of heteroaromatic systems
Creators: name: Black., Peter John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Characterization and control of ZnGeN2 cation lattice ordering
Creators: name: Blanton, Eric W.
name: He, Keliang
name: Shan, Jie
name: Kash, Kathleen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: ZnGeN2 and other heterovalent ternary semiconductors have important potential applications in optoelectronics, but ordering of the cation sublattice, which can affect the band gap, lattice parameters, and phonons, is not yet well understood. Here the effects of growth and processing conditions on the ordering of the ZnGeN2 cation sublattice were investigated using x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Polycrystalline ZnGeN2 was grown by exposing solid Ge to Zn and NH3 vapors at temperatures between 758 degree C and 914 degree C. Crystallites tended to be rod-shaped, with growth rates higher along the c-axis. The degree of ordering, from disordered, wurtzite-like x-ray diffraction spectra to orthorhombic, with space group Pna21, increased with increasing growth temperature, as evidenced by the appearance of superstructure peaks and peak splittings in the diffraction patterns. Annealing disordered, low-temperature-grown ZnGeN2 at 850 degree C resulted in increased cation ordering. Growth of ZnGeN2 on a liquid Sn-Ge-Zn alloy at 758 degree C showed an increase in the tendency for cation ordering at a lower growth temperature, and resulted in hexagonal platelet-shaped crystals. The trends shown here may help to guide understanding of the synthesis and characterization of other heterovalent ternary nitride semiconductors as well as ZnGeN2.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures
Amtliche Mitteilungen der Technischen Universität Dortmund Nr. 15/2014
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 080

description: Ordnung zur Änderung der Prüfungsordnung für den Lehramtsbachelorstudiengang an der Technischen Universität Dortmund vom 20. August 2014
description: Ordnung zur Änderung der Prüfungsordnung für den Lehramtsmasterstudiengang an der Technischen Universität Dortmund vom 20. August 2014
description: Amtliche Mitteilungen der Technischen Universität Dortmund ; 15, 2014
Inhibition and Enhancement of the Spontaneous Emission of Quantum Dots in Structured Microresonators
Creators: name: Bayer, M.
name: Larionov, A.
name: McDonald, A.
name: Reinecke, T. L.
name: Weidner, F.
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Physical Review Letters
Additional file 8 of Enrichment of Prevotella intermedia in human colorectal cancer and its additive effects with Fusobacterium nucleatum on the malignant transformation of colorectal adenomas
Creators: name: Lo, Chia-Hui
name: Wu, Deng-Chyang
name: Jao, Shu-Wen
name: Wu, Chang-Chieh
name: Lin, Chung-Yen
name: Chuang, Chia-Hsien
name: Lin, Ya-Bo
name: Chen, Chien-Hsiun
name: Chen, Ying-Ting
name: Chen, Jiann-Hwa
name: Hsiao, Koung-Hung
name: Chen, Ying-Ju
name: Chen, Yuan-Tsong
name: Wang, Jaw-Yuan
name: Li, Ling-Hui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 8: Figure S3. Growth of CRC cells incubated with Prevotella intermedia at various MOIs.
Olfactory communication in the brush-tailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula, Kerr 1792 (Marsupialia : phalangeridae)
Creators: name: Biggins., John G.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Search for electron antineutrinos associated with gravitational wave events GW150914 and GW151226 using KamLAND
Creators: name: KamLAND Collaboration
name: Gando, A.
name: Gando, Y.
name: Hachiya, T.
name: Hayashi, A.
name: Hayashida, S.
name: Ikeda, H.
name: Inoue, K.
name: Ishidoshiro, K.
name: Karino, Y.
name: Koga, M.
name: Matsuda, S.
name: Mitsui, T.
name: Nakamura, K.
name: Obara, S.
name: Oura, T.
name: Ozaki, H.
name: Shimizu, I.
name: Shirahata, Y.
name: Shirai, J.
name: Suzuki, A.
name: Takai, T.
name: Tamae, K.
name: Teraoka, Y.
name: Ueshima, K.
name: Watanabe, H.
name: Kozolov, A.
name: Takemoto, Y.
name: Yoshida, S.
name: Fushimi, K.
name: Piepke, A.
name: Banks, T. I.
name: Berger, B. E.
name: Fujikawa, B. K.
name: O'Donnell, T.
name: Learned, J. G.
name: Maricic, J.
name: Sakai, M.
name: Winslow, L. A.
name: Krupczak, E.
name: Ouellet, J.
name: Efremenko, Y.
name: Karwowski, H. J.
name: Markoff, D. M.
name: Tornow, W.
name: Detwiler, J. A.
name: Enomoto, S.
name: Decowski, M. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a search for low energy antineutrino events coincident with the gravitational wave events GW150914 and GW151226, and the candidate event LVT151012 using KamLAND, a kiloton-scale antineutrino detector. We find no inverse beta-decay neutrino events within $\pm 500$ seconds of either gravitational wave signal. This non-detection is used to constrain the electron antineutrino fluence and the luminosity of the astrophysical sources.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures, as published in ApJL. Updated to replace power law spectrum with Fermi Dirac spectrum
Non-leptonic kaon decays at large $N_c$
Creators: name: Donini, A.
name: Hernández, P.
name: Pena, C.
name: Romero-López, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the scaling with the number of colours, $N_c$, of the weak amplitudes mediating kaon mixing and decay. We evaluate the amplitudes of the two relevant current-current operators on the lattice for $N_c=3-7$. We conclude that the subleading $1/N_c$ corrections in $\hat{B}_K$ are small, but those in the $K \rightarrow ππ$ amplitudes are large and fully anti-correlated in the $I=0, 2$ isospin channels. We briefly comment on the implications for the $ΔI=1/2$ rule.
description: Expanded discussion. Conclusions unchanged. Published version
The NuSTAR X-ray Spectrum of Hercules X-1: A Radiation-Dominated Radiative Shock
Creators: name: Wolff, Michael T.
name: Becker, Peter A.
name: Gottlieb, Amy M.
name: Fürst, Felix
name: Hemphill, Paul B.
name: Marcu-Cheatham, Diana M.
name: Pottschmidt, Katja
name: Schwarm, Fritz-Walter
name: Wilms, Jörn
name: Wood, Kent S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report new spectral modeling of the accreting X-ray pulsar Hercules X- 1. Our radiation-dominated radiative shock model is an implementation of the analytic work of Becker & Wolff on Comptonized accretion flows onto magnetic neutron stars. We obtain a good fit to the spin-phase averaged 4 to 78 keV X-ray spectrum observed by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array during a main- on phase of the Her X-1 35-day accretion disk precession period. This model allows us to estimate the accretion rate, the Comptonizing temperature of the radiating plasma, the radius of the magnetic polar cap, and the average scattering opacity parameters in the accretion column. This is in contrast to previous phenomenological models that characterized the shape of the X-ray spectrum but could not determine the physical parameters of the accretion flow. We describe the spectral fitting details and discuss the interpretation of the accretion flow physical parameters.
description: Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Computational mechanisms of belief updating in relation to psychotic-like experiences
Creators: name: Fromm, Sophie Pauline
name: Wieland, Lara
name: Klettke, Arne
name: Nassar, Matthew R.
name: Katthagen, Teresa
name: Markett, Sebastian
name: Heinz, Andreas
name: Schlagenhauf, Florian
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: reward learning
subject: belief updating
subject: uncertainty
subject: psychotic-like experience (PLE)
subject: online study
subject: precision
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) may occur due to changes in weighting prior beliefs and new evidence in the belief updating process. It is still unclear whether the acquisition or integration of stable beliefs is altered, and whether such alteration depends on the level of environmental and belief precision, which reflects the associated uncertainty. This motivated us to investigate uncertainty-related dynamics of belief updating in relation to PLEs using an online study design. Methods: We selected a sample (n = 300) of participants who performed a belief updating task with sudden change points and provided self-report questionnaires for PLEs. The task required participants to observe bags dropping from a hidden helicopter, infer its position, and dynamically update their belief about the helicopter's position. Participants could optimize performance by adjusting learning rates according to inferred belief uncertainty (inverse prior precision) and the probability of environmental change points. We used a normative learning model to examine the relationship between adherence to specific model parameters and PLEs. Results: PLEs were linked to lower accuracy in tracking the outcome (helicopter location) (beta = 0.26 +/- 0.11, p = 0.018) and to a smaller increase of belief precision across observations after a change point (beta = -0.003 +/- 0.0007, p < 0.001). PLEs were related to slower belief updating when participants encountered large prediction errors (beta = -0.03 +/- 0.009, p = 0.001). Computational modeling suggested that PLEs were associated with reduced overall belief updating in response to prediction errors (beta(PE) = -1.00 +/- 0.45, p = 0.028) and reduced modulation of updating at inferred environmental change points (beta(CPP) = -0.84 +/- 0.38, p = 0.023). Discussion: We conclude that PLEs are associated with altered dynamics of belief updating. These findings support the idea that the process of balancing prior belief and new evidence, as a function of environmental uncertainty, is altered in PLEs, which may contribute to the development of delusions. Specifically, slower learning after large prediction errors in people with high PLEs may result in rigid beliefs. Disregarding environmental change points may limit the flexibility to establish new beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence. The present study fosters a deeper understanding of inferential belief updating mechanisms underlying PLEs.
title: Power and patronage in Pakistan.
Creators: name: Lyon, Stephen M.
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2023

description: Asymmetrical power relationships are found throughout Pakistan’s Punjabi and Pukhtun communities. This thesis argues that these relationships must be examined as manifestations of cultural continuity rather than as separate structures. The various cultures of Pakistan display certain common cultural features which suggest a re-examination of past analytical divisions of tribe and peasant societies. This thesis looks at the ways power is expressed, accumulated and maintained in three social contexts: kinship, caste and political relationships. These three social contexts are embedded within a collection of ‘hybridising’ cultures (i.e. cultures which exhibit strong mechanisms for cultural accommodation without loss of ‘identity’). Socialisation within kin groups provides the building blocks for Pakistani asymmetrical relationships, which may usefully be understood as a form of patronage. As these social building blocks are transferred to non-kin contexts the patron/client aspects are more easily identified and studied; however, this thesis argues that the core relationship roles exist even in close kinship contexts. The emphasis on asymmetry in personal relationships leads to rivalries between individuals who do not agree with each other’s claims to equality or superiority. There are mechanisms for defusing the tension and conflict when such disagreements arise. State politics and religion are examined for the ways in which these patron/client roles are enacted on much larger scales but remain embedded within, and must respect, the cultural values underpinning those roles.
Counterspace Game Elements for This Pansexual Pilipina American Player’s Joy, Rest, and Healing: An Autoethnographic Case Study of Playing Stardew Valley
Creators: name: Principe Cruz, Erica
Publisher: name: gamevironments
Year: 2022

description: Single player digital games can be safe environments for players; e.g., Lost in a Good Game discusses Blake Stone (1993) as a safe place that satisfied intrinsic needs and offered respite from external troubles (Etchells 2019, 67). However, research on games like Grand Theft Auto III (2001) discusses them as environments that perpetuate stereotypes and justify white supremacy (Leonard 2003, 6). As a pansexual Pilipina American player, I turned to single player digital games as safe environments for my personal joy, rest, and healing. Too many times, they became unsafe places where I felt sad, angry, tired, and hurt. Counterplay, or player tactics for subverting game developers’ original intentions, like resisting capitalism and colonialism in Minecraft (2011) (Huuhka 2019, 220), is one admirable form of recourse. Complementary to counterplay, I propose digital games can be counterspaces, or safe spaces (often at the periphery though they can be at the center of a dominant culture) for supporting marginalized individuals (Ong, Smith and Ko 2018, 206). I offer a preliminary set of counterspace game design principles by analyzing elements of Stardew Valley (2016) through an autoethnographic play lens. I synthesize key aspects that support this pansexual Pilipina American player’s joy, rest, and healing. Specifically, I focus on single player game elements that enable joyful belonging of my intersectional identities, offer restful alternatives to othering realities, and provide healing narratives of hope and strength in the face of entrenched systems of oppression. While this work is centered on my own play of a single player game in relation to my lived experiences, it aims to spur more work around games that uplift marginalized individuals by centering their joy, rest, and healing.
description: gamevironments, No. 17 (2022): Special Issue "Social Justice"
Adolescents' perceptions and user experiences with a virtual reality-based alcohol prevention tool in Germany: A focus group study
Creators: name: Hrynyschyn, Robert
name: Prediger, Christina
name: Lyk, Patricia
name: Majgaard, Gunver
name: Helmer, Stefanie Maria
name: Stock, Christiane
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: virtual reality
subject: user experience
subject: alcohol prevention
subject: adolescents
subject: focus group
subject: qualitative research
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Excessive alcohol consumption is a major public health problem, with substance use early in life contributing to higher levels of use later in life. Virtual reality (VR) is an innovative technology for alcohol prevention among adolescents that could solve the problem of insufficient outreach to the target group of young people. The co-created German Virtual LimitLab simulation is one of the few examples of VR-based alcohol prevention tools and consists of a virtual house party simulation. The aims of Virtual LimitLab are to increase the users' awareness of how social pressure can influence their own decision-making as well as to enable various actions and communication strategies in order to train competencies when dealing with alcohol. The present study thus aims to explore adolescents' content- and technique-specific perceptions of Virtual LimitLab in order to gain insights into user experiences and to test the prototype with the German target group. Methods: Four semi-structured focus groups with adolescents aged 15-18 years (n = 13) were conducted and analyzed using thematic analyses. A user experience questionnaire (UEQ-S) was applied in order to quantitatively assess adolescents' satisfaction with Virtual LimitLab. Results: Three main themes were identified (VR experience, content, and technical aspects). Participants positively assessed both the content and the technical aspects of Virtual LimitLab. This trend was also seen by the UEQ-S data, which yielded positive ratings for both pragmatic and hedonic quality. The broad variety of options in the simulation that allow the user to try new behaviors was perceived particularly positively. In general, Virtual LimitLab was regarded as an innovative tool that encourages adolescents to think critically about their personal alcohol consumption. Technical errors in the simulation and users' difficulties in identifying with the simulation were the main points of criticism. Conclusions: Feedback from adolescent users revealed positive and therefore promising results when using Virtual LimitLab as a gaming alcohol-prevention tool. Some technical aspects still need to be improved in order to further refine the prototype, and suggestions for expanding the content of the application have already been made.
Network clustering and community detection using modulus of families of loops
Creators: name: Shakeri, Heman
name: Poggi-Corradini, Pietro
name: Albin, Nathan
name: Scoglio, Caterina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the structure of loops in networks using the notion of modulus of loop families. We introduce a new measure of network clustering by quantifying the richness of families of (simple) loops. Modulus tries to minimize the expected overlap among loops by spreading the expected link-usage optimally. We propose weighting networks using these expected link-usages to improve classical community detection algorithms. We show that the proposed method enhances the performance of certain algorithms, such as spectral partitioning and modularity maximization heuristics, on standard benchmarks.
description: 8 pages, 20 figures
Cylindera (Ifasina) fallaciosa
Creators: name: Wiesner, Jürgen
name: Bandinelli, Aligi
name: Matalin, Andrey
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Cylindera
Cylindera fallaciosa

description: 157. Cylindera (Ifasina) fallaciosa (Horn, 1897) (Fig. 157, 348) Cylindera (Ifasina) fallaciosa: Wiesner 1992: 189. Published data. Vietnam (Wiesner 1992: 189). New records. NORTHEAST: Bac Giang, Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, 6 km SW Thanh So’ n, N21 o 10’ 49.8” E106 o 43’ 25.62”, 200m, leg. R. Gerstmeier, 18.v.2015, 1 female (JWGC), l. c., leg. A. Skale, 18- 21.v.2015, 1 female (ASGC); CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: Lam Dong, Nam Cat Tien. leg. Dembicky and Pacholatko, v./ vi.1994, 1 female (JWGC). Distribution. Vietnam (Bac Giang, Lam Dong), China (Guangdong, Yunnan), Laos (Bokeo, Borikhamxay, Champasack, Houaphanh, Khammuane, Luangnamtha, Luangprabang, Vientiane, Xiengkhuang), Thailand (Mae Hong Son, Phitsanulok, Tak), Myanmar (Kachin), Bangladesh, India (Meghalaya, West Bengal). Remarks. New provincial records for Bac Giang and Lam Dong.
description: Published as part of Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, pp. 1-131 in Insecta Mundi 2017 (589) on pages 62-63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169363
description: {"references": ["Wiesner, J. 1992. Verzeichnis der Sandlaufkafer der Welt, Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World, 27. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cicindelidae. Verlag Erna Bauer, Keltern, 1 - 364."]}
Stages in the production of thin semiconductor films by MOCVD
Creators: name: Berrigan., Rebecca Ann
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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