cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: FlexHyBat: Leichtbau-Fahrzeugbodengruppe für leichte Nutzfahrzeuge auf Basis 3D-rollgeformter Profile
Creators: name: Hillebrecht, M.
name: Lorey, F.
name: Groß, M.
Publisher: name: TU Clausthal
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 620

description: Das Verbundvorhaben “FlexHyBat" wurde vom BMWK zwischen 2020-2023 gefördert und war eine Kooperation der folgenden Partner: EDAG Engineering GmbH, BILSTEIN GmbH & Co. KG, Cloos Schweißtechnik GmbH, data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH, Fraunhofer Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik (IWU) und Protomaster GmbH. Es wurde eine Bodengruppe für leichte Nutzfahrzeuge konzeptioniert, die aus einem konventionellen Leiterrahmen aus Profilen und Stanzteilen in gewichtsoptimierte Leichtbauvarianten überführt wurde. Mit Hilfe von lastgerecht gestalteten 3D-Walzprofilen und höherfesten Stählen konnte trotz eines deutlich erhöhten zulässigen Gesamtgewichts auf 4,25 t sowie einer vergrößerten Nutzlast von ca. 30% das Chassis-Gewicht von 203 kg (Referenz) auf 159 kg (BEV-Kasten) bzw. auf 166 kg (FCEV Kasten) sowie von 244 kg (Referenz) auf 207 kg (FCEV-Kabine) reduziert werden. Die variantenintensive Leichtbau-Fahrzeugbodengruppe bildet unterschiedliche Fahrzeugderivate und Radstände ab. Das Konzept ist auf Nutzfahrzeuge bis 7,5 t übertragbar.
description: Tagungsband 6. Symposium Materialtechnik: 20. bis 21. Februar 2025
Human DNA replication initiation sites are specified epigenetically by oxidation of 5-methyl-deoxycytidine.
Creators: name: Krude, Torsten
name: Bi, Jiaming
name: Doran, Rachel
name: Jones, Rebecca A
name: Smith, James C
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: Stem Cells
subject: Stem Cells
classificationCode: Signalling & Oncogenes
subject: Signalling & Oncogenes
classificationCode: Gene Expression
subject: Gene Expression
classificationCode: Developmental Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
classificationCode: Computational & Systems Biology
subject: Computational & Systems Biology
classificationCode: Model organisms
subject: Model organisms

description: DNA replication initiates at tens of thousands of sites on the human genome during each S phase. However, no consensus DNA sequence has been found that specifies the locations of these replication origins. Here, we investigate modifications of human genomic DNA by density equilibrium centrifugation and DNA sequencing. We identified short discrete sites with increased density during quiescence and G1 phase that overlap with DNA replication origins before their activation in S phase. The increased density is due to the oxidation of 5-methyl-deoxycytidines by ten-eleven-translocation DNA dioxygenase (TET) enzymes at GC-rich domains. Reversible inhibition of de novo methylation and of subsequent oxidation of deoxycytidines results in a reversible inhibition of DNA replication and of cell proliferation. Our findings suggest a mechanism for the epigenetic specification and semiconservative inheritance of DNA replication origin sites in human cells that also provides a stable integral DNA replication licence to support once-per-cell cycle control of origin activation.
On the Power of Algebraic Branching Programs of Width Two
Creators: name: Allender, Eric
name: Wang, Fengming
Publisher: name: Birkhaeuser Basel
Year: 2015
Subjects: Iterated Matrix Multiplication
Arithmetic circuits
Algebraic branching programs
Matrices
Computational complexity

description: We show that there are families of polynomials having small depth two arithmetic circuits that cannot be expressed by algebraic branching programs of width two. This clarifies the complexity of the problem of computing the product of a sequence of two-by-two matrices, which arises in several settings.
The Rutgers Open Access Policy goes into effect: Faculty reaction and implementation lessons learned
Creators: name: Otto, Jane
name: Mullen, Laura Bowering
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Open Access policies
Library liaisons
University faculty
Scholarly communication
Policy implementation
Rutgers University
Open Access

description: From laying the groundwork for the successful passage of a university-wide Open Access policy, through the development and planning that goes into a successful implementation, to “Day One” when the official university policy goes into effect, there is a long list of factors that affect faculty interest, participation and compliance. The authors, Mullen and Otto, having detailed earlier aspects of the Rutgers University Open Access Policy passage and implementation planning, analyze and share the specifics that followed the rollout of the Policy and that continue to affect participation. This case study presents some strategies and systems used to enhance author self-archiving in the newly minted SOAR (Scholarly Open Access at Rutgers) portal of the Rutgers institutional repository, including involvement of departmental liaison librarians, effective presentation of metrics, and a focus on targeted communication with faculty. Roadblocks encountered as faculty began to deposit their scholarship and lessons learned are a focus. Early reaction from faculty and graduate students (doctoral students and postdocs) to various aspects of the Policy as well as the use of SOAR for depositing their work are included.
[Review of] Presumed criminal: Black youth and the justice system in postwar New York, by Carl Suddler
Creators: name: León, Kenneth Sebastian
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Harlem
New York City
Juvenile justice
Race
Anti-Blackness

description: The common law tradition and prescriptive philosophy of parens patriae is an underlying justification for juvenile justice systems in the United States. Under this framework, the sovereign is the “father figure” charged with caring for its subjects, which include accounting for poor, destitute, and otherwise guardian-less children. These paternalistic values are found both within and beyond juvenile justice contexts. Consistent with the early origins of institutional corrections in the United States, these rehabilitative and redemptionist frameworks were created by white people to account for the wayward or deviant souls of other white subjects. In Presumed Criminal – Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York, Carl Suddler (2019) empirically documents how black youth in New York City were never subject to an ethos of care or rehabilitation that ostensibly dominated the foundational purpose of juvenile justice institutions. Instead, “black youths faced a more punitive justice system by the post-war era that restricted their social mobility and categorically branded them as criminal – a stigma they continue to endure” (p. 5). The text contributes to carceral studies by showing how black youth were historically criminalized in Harlem, and how the events in New York City can help us understand unresolved conflicts and contradictions in race, criminalization, and justice policy.
Development and assessment of a telesonography system for musculoskeletal imaging
Creators: name: Obaid, Mohammed
name: Zhang, Qianwei
name: Adams, Scott J.
name: Fotouhi, Reza
name: Obaid, Haron
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2021

description: Background Telesonography systems have been developed to overcome barriers to accessing diagnostic ultrasound for patients in rural and remote communities. However, most previous telesonography systems have been designed for performing only abdominal and obstetrical exams. In this paper, we describe the development and assessment of a musculoskeletal (MSK) telesonography system. Methods We developed a 4-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) robot to manipulate an ultrasound probe. The robot was remotely controlled by a radiologist operating a joystick at the master site. The telesonography system was used to scan participants’ forearms, and all participants were conventionally scanned for comparison. Participants and radiologists were surveyed regarding their experience. Images from both scanning methods were independently assessed by an MSK radiologist. Results All ten ultrasound exams were successfully performed using our developed MSK telesonography system, with no significant delay in movement. The duration (mean ± standard deviation) of telerobotic and conventional exams was 4.6 ± 0.9 and 1.4 ± 0.5 min, respectively (p = 0.039). An MSK radiologist rated quality of real-time ultrasound images transmitted over an internet connection as “very good” for all telesonography exams, and participants rated communication with the radiologist as “very good” or “good” for all exams. Visualisation of anatomic structures was similar between telerobotic and conventional methods, with no statistically significant differences. Conclusions The MSK telesonography system developed in this study is feasible for performing soft tissue ultrasound exams. The advancement of this system may allow MSK ultrasound exams to be performed over long distances, increasing access to ultrasound for patients in rural and remote communities.
Functional Reduction in Cannabinoid-Sensitive Heterotypic Inhibition of Dentate Basket Cells in Epilepsy: Impact on Network Rhythms
Creators: name: Swietek, Bogumila
name: Elgammal, Fatima S.
name: Santhakumar, Viji
name: Yu, Jiandong
name: Proddutur, Archana
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Cannabinoid
Dentate gyrus
Epilepsy
Interneuron
Oscillations

description: Strong perisomatic inhibition by fast-spiking basket cells (FS-BCs) regulates dentate throughput. Homotypic FS-BC interconnections that support gamma oscillations, and heterotypic inputs from diverse groups of interneurons that receive extensive neurochemical regulation, together, shape FS-BC activity patterns. However, whether seizures precipitate functional changes in inhibitory networks and contribute to abnormal network activity in epilepsy is not known. In the first recordings from dentate interneuronal pairs in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy, we demonstrate that status epilepticus (SE) selectively compromises GABA release at synapses from dentate accommodating interneurons (AC-INs) to FS-BCs, while efficacy of homotypic FS-BC synapses is unaltered. The functional decrease in heterotypic cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1R)-sensitive inhibition of FS-BCs resulted from enhanced baseline GABAB-mediated suppression of synaptic release after SE. The frequency of CB1R-sensitive inhibitory synaptic events in FS-BCs was depressed early after SE induction and remained reduced in epileptic rats. In biologically based simulations of heterogeneous inhibitory networks and excitatory-inhibitory cell networks, experimentally identified decrease in reliability of AC-IN to FS-BCs synaptic release reduced theta power and theta-gamma coupling and enhanced gamma coherence. Thus, the experimentally identified functional reduction in heterotypic inhibition of FS-BCs can contribute to compromised network oscillations in epilepsy and could precipitate memory and cognitive co-morbidities.
Introducing quinoa in Turkey – farmers perception in the region of Adana
Creators: name: Pedersen, Søren Marcus
name: Lind, Kim Martin
name: Xhoxhi, Orjon
name: Yazar, Attila
name: Jacobsen, Sven-Erik
name: Ørum, Jens Erik
name: Pedersen, Søren Marcus
name: Lind, Kim Martin
name: Xhoxhi, Orjon
name: Yazar, Attila
name: Jacobsen, Sven-Erik
name: Ørum, Jens Erik
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Quinoa
subject: Drought tolerance
subject: Farmer’s perception
subject: Cluster analysis
subject: Market segments

description: In order to look for a more diverse and sustainable cropping system with high value crops in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, the drought and salt tolerant crop quinoa was analysed as an alternative to the current major crops, for instance wheat. This study investigates the conditions for growing quinoa in Adana, and how they are perceived among farmers in the region. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research was employed to group farmers into segments according to their willingness to adopt quinoa. Findings from this study indicate that farmers in Adana perceive quinoa as a crop likely to be adopted in their cropping system if they can gain market access with the new crop. Farmers’ previous knowledge regarding the crop, concerns about drought and salt risk and farm characteristics also appear to be determining the farmers’ attitude towards new crops.
DragTapVib: An On-Skin Electromagnetic Drag, Tap, and Vibration Actuator for Wearable Computing
Creators: name: Fang, Likun
name: Zhu, Ting
name: Pescara, Erik
name: Huang, Yiran
name: Zhou, Yexu
name: Beigl, Michael
Publisher: name: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Year: 2022

description: The skin, as the largest organ distributed all over the human body, offers excellent opportunities for different kinds of input stimuli. However, most of the haptic devices can only render single sensations or they need to combine multiple complex components for generating multiple sensations. We present “DragTapVib” in this paper, a novel, ultra-low-cost, wearable actuator that can reliably provide dragging, tapping, and vibrating sensations to the user. Our actuator is fully electromagnetically-actuated with a moving tactor that can render three haptic feedbacks through systematically controlling the current inside the flexible PCBs. The actuator can be arranged with varying parts of the body which enriches the potentials to implement promising application scenarios including delivering the notification and providing immersive haptic feedback either in virtual reality or in gameplay. A prototypical technical evaluation demonstrated the mechanical properties of our actuator. We quantitatively conducted a series of psychophysical user studies (N= 12) to reveal the feasibility of our prototype. The overall absolute identification study for distinguishing three sensations accuracy at two body locations reached up to 97.2%.
Glycosidically-Bound Volatile Phenols Linked to Smoke Taint: Stability during Fermentation with Different Yeasts and in Finished Wine
Creators: name: Whitmore, Brandon A.
name: McCann, Stephanie
name: Noestheden, Matthew
name: Dennis, Eric
name: Lyons, Sarah M.
name: Durall, Daniel
name: Zandberg, Wesley F.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: When wine grapes are exposed to smoke, there is a risk that the resulting wines may possess smoky, ashy, or burnt aromas, a wine flaw known as smoke taint. Smoke taint occurs when the volatile phenols (VPs) largely responsible for the aroma of smoke are transformed in grape into a range of glycosides that are imperceptible by smell. The majority of VP-glycosides described to date are disaccharides possessing a reducing β-d-glucopyranosyl moiety. Here, a two-part experiment was performed to (1) assess the stability of 11 synthesized VP-glycosides towards general acid-catalyzed hydrolysis during aging, and (2) to examine whether yeast strains differed in their capacity to produce free VPs both from these model glycosides as well as from grapes that had been deliberately exposed to smoke. When fortified into both model and real wine matrices at 200 ng/g, all VP-disaccharides were stable over 12 weeks, while (42–50 ng/g) increases in free 4-ethylphenol and p-cresol were detected when these were added to wine as their monoglucosides. Guaiacol and phenol were the most abundantly produced VPs during fermentation, whether originating from natural VP-precursors in smoked-exposed Pinot Noir must, or due to fortification with synthetic VP-glycosides. Significant yeast strain-specific differences in glycolytic activities were observed for phenyl-β-d-glycopyranoside, with two strains (RC212 and BM45) being unable to hydrolyze this model VP, albeit both were active on the guaiacyl analogue. Thus, differences in Saccharomyces cerevisiae β-glucosidase activity appear to be influenced by the VP moiety.
SUBNATIONAL PUBLIC FINANCE AND FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN STATES
Creators: name: WAYAS, JIM PAM
name: ONMONYA, LUCKY
name: EBIRE, KOLAWOLE
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Public Internally Generated Revenue, Subnational Public Finance, Statutory Allocation, Nigeria.

description: Abstract

The fiscal policy of the Nigerian government has proven unsustainable due to income deficiencies and heightened government expenditure, leading to substantial budget deficits. This study analyzed the effect of subnational public finance components on the fiscal sustainability of states in Nigeria from 2016 to 2022. Panel data were sourced from state audited financial statements, the Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the Ministry of Finance. Panel regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. The study found that statutory allocation significantly affected the fiscal sustainability of states in Nigeria. The study also found that capital expenditure significantly affects fiscal sustainability in Nigeria. The study witnessed that recurrent expenditure has a negative significant effect on states’ fiscal sustainability in Nigeria. Finally, the study concluded that public debt has an insignificant effect on states’ fiscal sustainability in Nigeria. This reveals that public debt will not increase the fiscal sustainability of states in Nigeria. The study, therefore, recommends that state governments implement uniform fiscal policy measures to establish budget discipline, transparency, and accountability, with the objectives of improving living standards, increasing incomes, creating more jobs, enhancing education, and prioritizing the financing of local industries. Additionally, these measures should promote foreign investment by ensuring stable internally generated revenue, thereby aiding in the maintenance of fiscal sustainability.
Templated Titania Films with Meso- and Macroporosities
Creators: name: Qi, Lai
name: Birnie, Dunbar
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2007
Subjects: Templated coatings
Titania
Titanium dioxide
Nanoporosity
Mesoporosity
Mesoporous materials

description: Porous TiO2 films with both mesoporosity and macroporosity were fabricated by a templated sol-gel method. With incorporation of differently sized pores, the resulted structure is featured of high surface area and an aligned pore network, which are believed to be beneficial for fast charge transportation in electrolytes. The measured specific surface area and porosity of synthesized films were in range of 33-137m2/g and 61-80 percent, respectively, depending on the size of selected template. Compared to the nanocrystalline films widely applied in current dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), the reported structure has additional feature facilitating electrolyte diffusion and provides possible approaches towards efficient all-solid-state or quasi-solid-state junctions.
Does Italian origin really determine a price premium for fluid milk? Evidences from a hedonic price analysis
Creators: name: Trestini, Samuele
name: Stiletto, Alice
name: Trestini, Samuele
name: Stiletto, Alice
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Hedonic price analysis
subject: uht milk
subject: Italian origin

description: The regulation 1169/2011, which aims to protect the consumers in relation to food information, stresses the fact that the country of origin is become a key attribute for consumers in their purchasing decision. In 2014, the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, with the Decree of 9 December 2016 − based on art. 26 of Reg. 1169/2011 – introduced the obligation of labelling the country origin of milk used in all dairy products and therefore for the first time for uht milk. In this context, the aim of the study is to evaluate the price premium of different quality attributes on uht milk sold in Italy, with particular regard to the country of origin of milk. From the analysis, it emerges that Italian origin of milk has a significant and positive effect on price, together with the type of retailer (i.e. hypermarket), notorious brands, plastic packaging, high and middle placement on the shelves, organic attribute and the enrichment with omega 3, phosphorus or fibre.
Modeling and Managing Program References in a Memory Hierarchy
Creators: name: Phalke, Vidyadhar
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1995

description: Using data compression, we derive predictable properties of program reference behavior. The motivation behind this approach is that if a data source is highly predictable, then its output has very low entropy, thus leading to high compressibility. This approach has an important property that prediction can be carried out without assuming any rigid model of the data source. We find the sequence of time instances when a given memory location is accessed (called Inter-Reference Gap or IRG) to be a highly compressible, and hence a highly predictable stream. We validate this predictability in two ways: o First, we present memory replacement algorithms, both under a fixed memory scenario, and a dynamic allocation setting, which exploit the predictable nature of the IRGs to improve upon known techniques for this task. For fixed buffer, we obtain miss ratio improvements up to 37.5% over the LRU replacement. For dynamic memory management we obtain up to 20% improvement in the space-time product over the Denning's Working Set algorithm. The improvements are obtained at the cache (both L1 and L2), virtual memory, disk buffer and at the database buffer levels. o Second, we present trace compaction techniques, both lossless and lossy, using IRGs and show significant improvements over other known techniques for trace compaction. Second, we use spatial locality, both at the memory reference, and at the page level, to propose a new technique for lossless trace compaction which improves upon the best known method of Samples [Samples SIGMETRICS89] up to 60%. We discover the predictable nature of missed cache lines under a variety of workloads, and propose a hardware scheme for prefetching based on the history of misses. This technique is shown to have a significant improvement in miss ratio (up to 32%) over the non prefetching schemes. Finally, we propose a new measure for space-time product for dynamic memory management, since the known measures are inadequate for new multithreaded and shared memory architectures. Under this measure we show that the optimal online algorithm is a policy which alternates between two windows, unlike the fixed window scheme of the Denning's Working Set algorithm. Additionally, we show empirical evidence supporting the need for these newer measures and algorithms.
Relational turbulence in the post-deployment transition: Self, partner, and relationship focused turbulence
Creators: name: Theiss, Jennifer A.
name: Knobloch, Leanne K.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Military deployment
Partner interference
Relational turbulence
Relational uncertainty
Relationship satisfaction
Turmoil

description: This study applied the relational turbulence model to the communication of U.S. service members and at-home partners following the return from a tour of duty by evaluating three turbulence markers: (a) relational maintenance, (b) partner responsiveness, and (c) turmoil appraisals. Participants were 235 individuals (128 service members, 107 at-home partners) who completed an online questionnaire within six months following reunion. Relational uncertainty and interference from partners predicted turbulence markers, and they partially mediated the association between relationship satisfaction and turbulence markers. Results suggest that the relational turbulence model is useful for illuminating the experiences of military couples during the post-deployment transition. Findings also point to turbulence markers that may be salient during a variety of relationship transitions.
ABCDP: Approximate Bayesian Computation with Differential Privacy
Creators: name: Park, Mijung
name: Vinaroz, Margarita
name: Jitkrittum, Wittawat
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: We developed a novel approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) framework, ABCDP, which produces differentially private (DP) and approximate posterior samples. Our framework takes advantage of the sparse vector technique (SVT), widely studied in the differential privacy literature. SVT incurs the privacy cost only when a condition (whether a quantity of interest is above/below a threshold) is met. If the condition is sparsely met during the repeated queries, SVT can drastically reduce the cumulative privacy loss, unlike the usual case where every query incurs the privacy loss. In ABC, the quantity of interest is the distance between observed and simulated data, and only when the distance is below a threshold can we take the corresponding prior sample as a posterior sample. Hence, applying SVT to ABC is an organic way to transform an ABC algorithm to a privacy-preserving variant with minimal modification, but yields the posterior samples with a high privacy level. We theoretically analyzed the interplay between the noise added for privacy and the accuracy of the posterior samples. We apply ABCDP to several data simulators and show the efficacy of the proposed framework.
Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling for Scientific Applications
Creators: name: Hsu, Chung-Hsing
name: Kremer, Ulrich
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2001

description: This paper discusses the benefit of dynamic voltage and frequency scaling for scientific applications under different optimization levels. The reported experiments show the tradeoffs between optimizations for performance in terms of execution time, power dissipation, and overall energy consumption.
Economic inequality, distributive unfairness, and regime support in East Asia
Creators: name: Huang, Xian
name: Zuo, Cai
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2023
Subjects: economic inequality
regime support
authoritarian values
distributive fairness
Asian Barometer Survey

description: The relationship between economic inequality and political support is not well established in previous empirical studies in part because people commonly misperceive the level of economic inequality. Moreover, people perceiving high economic inequality may not oppose the incumbent government or political regime because they consider the inequality fair. To better capture the political outcomes of economic inequality, we investigate the effects of perceived distributive unfairness on regime support. Using data collected from the fourth wave of Asian Barometer Survey (2014-2016), we find that perceived unfairness decreases support for the current political regime. We further examine three mechanisms through which distributive unfairness dampens regime support: changes of political value orientation, redistribution demand, and social trust. We find that political value orientation plays a greater mediating role than redistribution demand and social trust, meaning that distributive unfairness depresses regime support largely through its erosive impact on citizens' affective identification with authoritarian values that underpin regime support in East Asian societies. Moreover, we find that distributive unfairness is more detrimental to regime support in autocracies and lower-income groups. Our study corroborates the importance of distributive fairness for regime legitimacy and highlights the vulnerability of autocracies to distributive unfairness.
"Sustainify" Worksheet: Course redesign within existing program
Creators: name: Penzenstadler, Birgit
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: sustainability education
sustainability
course design

description: This template serves to help redesign or modify a course (e.g. 6-12 weeks of teaching) following the Sustainify guideline (10.5281/zenodo.15349807).It is designed to be supportive, so please adapt it to your needs such that it is most useful to your intentions and goals.

It could be used on program level with adaptation.
The Manufacture and Characterization of Silver Diammine Fluoride and Silver Salt Crosslinked Nanocrystalline Cellulose Films as Novel Antibacterial Materials
Creators: name: Jackson, John
name: Dietrich, Claudia
name: Shademani, Ali
name: Manso, Adriana
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: There is an unmet need for biocompatible, anti-infective, and mechanically strong hydrogels. This study investigated the use of poly vinyl alcohol (PVA), polysaccharides, and nanocrystalline cellulose (CNC) to deliver silver in a controlled manner for possible use against oral or wound bacteria. Silver was included in solvent cast films as silver diammine fluoride (SDF) or as nitrate, sulphate, or acetate salts. Hydrogel formation was assessed by swelling determinations and silver release was measured using inductively coupled plasma methods. Antibacterial studies were performed using Gram-positive and negative bacteria turbidity assays. PVA formed homogenous, strong films with SDF and swelled gently (99% hydrolyzed) or vigorously with dissolution (88% hydrolyzed) and released silver slowly or quickly, respectively. CNC-SDF films swelled over a week and formed robust hydrogels whereas CNC alone (no silver) disintegrated after two days. SDF loaded CNC films released silver slowly over 9 days whereas films crosslinked with silver salts were less robust and swelled and released silver more quickly. All silver loaded films showed good antibacterial activity. CNC may be crosslinked with silver in the form of SDF (or any soluble silver salt) to form a robust hydrogel suitable for dental use such as for exposed periodontal debridement areas.
Broad thinking: An interview with Harold Kalant
Creators: name: Kalant, Harold
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Marijuana legalization
Addiction studies history
Kalant, Harold
Jellinek, E. M. (Elvin Morton), 1890-1963

description: In this interview, Dr. Harald Kalant, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, talks about his career in addiction science, his professional associations with E.M. Jellinek, Griffith Edwards and other luminaries, the growth of the addiction field, and the issue of cannabis legalization in Canada, among other things. The interview was made by Judit H. Ward and William Bejarano on May 16, 2016 in Toronto.
Mothers’ quality of life delivering kangaroo mother care at Malawian hospitals: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Nyondo-Mipando, Alinane L.
name: Kinshella, Mai-Lei Woo
name: Hiwa, Tamanda
name: Salimu, Sangwani
name: Banda, Mwai
name: Vidler, Marianne
name: Molyneux, Elizabeth
name: Dube, Queen
name: Goldfarb, David M.
name: Kawaza, Kondwani
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Introduction Kangaroo mother care is known to help save the lives of preterm and low birthweight infants, particularly in resource-limited health settings, yet barriers to implementation have been documented. Mothers and their families are very involved in the process of providing kangaroo mother care and the impact on their well-being has not been well explored. The objective of this research was to investigate the perspectives and experiences of a mother’s quality of life while delivering facility-based kangaroo mother care. Methods This study is a secondary analysis of the qualitative data collected within the “Integrating a neonatal healthcare package for Malawi” project. Twenty-seven health workers and 24 caregivers engaged with kangaroo mother care at four hospitals in southern Malawi were interviewed between May–August 2019. All interviews were face-to-face and followed a topic guide. Content analysis was conducted on NVivo 12 (QSR International, Melbourne, Australia) based on the six World Health Organization Quality of Life domains (physical, psychological, level of independence, social relationships, environment, spirituality). Results Fifty-one interviews were conducted with 24 caregivers and 14 health workers. Mothers experienced multidimensional challenges to their quality of life while delivering facility-based KMC. Though kangaroo mother care was considered a simple intervention, participants highlighted that continuous kangaroo mother care was difficult to practice. Kangaroo mother care was an exhausting experience for mothers due to being in one position for prolonged periods, compromised sleep, restricted movement, boredom, and isolation during their stay at the hospital as well as poor support for daily living needs such as food. Discussion A heavy burden is placed on mothers who become the key person responsible for care during kangaroo mother care, especially in resource-limited health settings. More focus is needed on supporting caregivers during the delivery of kangaroo mother care through staff support, family inclusion, and conducive infrastructure.
Federated file systems for clusters with remote memory communication
Creators: name: Gopalakrishnan, Suresh
name: Arumugam, Ashok
name: Iftode, Liviu
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2001

description: We present the design, prototype implementation and initial evaluation of FedFS - a novel cluster file system architecture that provides a global file space by aggregating the local file systems of the cluster nodes into a loose federation. The federated file system (FedFS) is created ad-hoc for a distributed application that runs on the cluster, and its lifetime is limited by the lifetime of the distributed application. FedFS provides location-independent global file naming, load balancing, and file migration and replication. It relies on the local file systems to perform the file I/O operations. The local file systems retain their autonomy, in the sense that their structure and content do not change to support the federated file system. Other applications may run on the local file systems without realizing that the same file system is part of one or multiple FedFS. If the distributed application permits, nodes can dynamically join or leave the federation anytime, with no modifications required to the local file system organization. FedFS is implemented as an I/O library over VIA, which supports remote memory operations. The applicability and performance of the federated file system architecture is evaluated by building a distributed NFS file server.
Narratives of 'Kanak identity' in New Caledonia - its concepts and history of Kanak identity struggle
Creators: name: Edo, Junko
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University
Year: 2013

description: The thesis aims to explore and represent 'Kanak identity' multi-dimensionally through the discourses of local people, composed of three kinds of narrative, narrative of community, culture and nation. Narrative of community reveals that identity concepts at the level of traditional community are relationally and collectively oriented with the clan as its base and that its boundary is porous. Secondly, narrative of culture discloses that their identity concepts at the ethnic level are synonymous with culture based on custom and that its boundary is strategically demarcated. In these narratives of community and culture, the concepts of Kanak identity prove to be constructed dually in community and culture: while the former is the base of their identity, the latter unites fragmented Kanak society. Thirdly, narrative of nation proves that the Kanak identity claim is the key concept of their struggle for decolonization of New Caledonia to recover their rights. French colonization dehumanized the Kanak and deprived them of their rights and dignity so that they had to politically and culturally assert Kanak identity vis-a-vis France and others. While struggling for the recovery of their rights, which are conceived within the modern norm of the nation-state, they tried to restore their identity as a symbol representing the autochthonous people as a whole or as a symbol of a nation. The history of Kanak struggle for identity demonstrates how Kanak identity has been shaped and is being reshaped through the discourses of the people, which prove to be the narrative of 'emergence' and not of 'entropy', if I borrow Clifford's terminology (1988: 14, 16).
Differences in profiles of emotional behavioral problems across instruments in verbally fluent versus language impaired children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Creators: name: Fok, Megan
name: Bal, Vanessa
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Language
Affect/emotion
Children

description: There has been increasing attention to the assessment of minimally verbal (MV) children with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous research has begun to examine the relationship between verbal abilities and emotional and behavioral problems (EBP). The current study compared parent-reported EBP in children of differing language levels on two instruments commonly used in ASD research and clinical practice, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC). The study consisted of 1,937 6-18 years old children with ASD from the Simons Simplex Collection. Children were divided into three language groups, by ADOS module (Module 1 = MV, 2 = phrase speech (PS), 3 and 4 = verbally fluent (VF)) and then compared on CBCL and ABC subscales. The ABC and CBCL showed different patterns of elevations across the language groups. MV children were reported to have more impairment than VF children on the ABC Irritability, Lethargy and Hyperactivity scales. Children with less language (MV and PS) exhibited less impairment on the CBCL Internalizing domain than VF children, but did not differ on the Externalizing domain. Post hoc comparisons showed that Internalizing differences were driven by fewer children with less language exhibiting clinically elevated Anxious/Depressed scores compared to VF children. The present study underscores the significance of considering language when assessing EBP. Results have implications for the psychiatric screening of children with ASD, particularly those with language impairments. Researchers should exercise caution when applying EBP instruments designed for use with different populations and purposes to broad samples of children.
title: Data and code for exploring vegetation heterogeneity change across spatial scales
title: vegetation structure heterogeneity
titleType: Subtitle
title: vegetation richness
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hu, Jie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Environmental heterogeneity
heterogeneity measurement
vegetation structure
vegetation height
vegetation richness
scale-dependent

description: This dataset and accompanying code support the study of Non-linear shapes dominate vegetation heterogeneity change across spatial scales. It includes data supporting analyses for the relationship between vegetation heterogeneity and spatial scale, using seven vegetation measures, three calculation methods, and three landscape types. The code provides scripts for data preprocessing, statistical analysis, and visualization of results, enabling reproducibility and further exploration of scale-dependent environmental heterogeneity.

A detailed description of all the data and code can be found in the README file (README.docx).
The targum (1922:Nov. 7 - 1922:Nov. 28)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Targum Association
Year: 1922

description: Some University historians indicate that the Targum was first published as an annual in 1867, but of this we have no extant evidence. In January 1869, the Targum as we now know it, made its appearance as a monthly paper that concerned itself with student “literary contributions” and college news as well as serving as a vehicle for bringing news to alumni and the general public. The newspaper, which originally was for sale, varied in frequency over the years as did its title (The Targum, Rutgers Targum, Rutgers Daily Targum, and Daily Targum). The newspaper has continuously been published since 1869 with the exception of 19 months during the second world war, between February 1944 and October 1945. The Targum was published by the students of Rutgers College, and later Rutgers University—New Brunswick represented through the years as the Targum Association, Rutgers Targum Association, and Rutgers College Targum. As a student organization, the Targum operated under the oversight of the dean of students and student government but in October 1980, the Targum became an independent college paper.
Developing predictive models for Ross River virus disease in New South Wales, Australia
Creators: name: Ng, Victoria
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Arbovirus infections
Environmental aspect
Australia|
New South Wales
Epidemiology

description: Introduction: This thesis presents research undertaken to assess the possibility of using data on climate, environment and the Ross River virus (RRV) vector and host species to develop early warning predictive models for RRV disease in New South Wales, Australia. Such models may then contribute to the anticipation, prevention and control of RRV disease. Background: Mosquito-borne diseases at the national and global levels are a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality. There are currently few vaccines available for mosquito-borne diseases (yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis); hence mosquito control, public health warnings and outbreak preparedness are the primary measures for preventing mosquito-borne diseases at the population level. On a longer time frame, the abatement of human-induce climate change and of aspects of land use and water management will also be important contributions to reducing the range and risks from these infectious diseases. For the more immediate measures to be successful, knowledge of when the next outbreak will occur within an appropriate response time is essential. As climate and environment have direct influences on components of the disease transmission cycle, they are suitable for inclusion in short-term and long-term predictive modelling of mosquito-borne diseases. RRV disease is the most widespread and most common mosquito-borne disease in Australia and causes considerable morbidity in the population. Over 86,500 notifications of RRV disease have been reported in Australia since 1991, an average of 4,300 notifications per year. RRV is maintained within a wide range of mosquitoes and vertebrate reservoir hosts. Climate and environment are known to influence the distribution and abundance of these RRV vectors and reservoir hosts, and thereby influence the probability of transmission to humans and the risk of clinical disease.
Effect of Food Subsidies on Micronutrient Consumption
Creators: name: Muchomba, Felix M.
name: Kaushal, Neeraj
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Food subsidies
Micronutrients
Consumption
Poverty

description: In this article, we study the effect of an exogenous increase in wheat and rice price subsidy to poor families resulting from a targeted food price subsidy program in India called the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) on micronutrient intake in low-income families. Descriptive results show that wheat and rice have one of the lowest micronutrient density scores, suggesting that these are poor suppliers of micronutrients. Empirical analysis suggests that the increase in subsidy amount of Rs. 15-18 resulting from the TPDS expansion lowered calcium intake by 12-14 percent and had negligible to small (often negative) effects on the consumption of most micronutrients.
A methodological proposal for the estimation of the Standard Output of dog breeding. A study case from Italy
Creators: name: Mari, Franco
name: Mari, Franco
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Standard output
subject: Standard gross margin
subject: Dog breeding

description: In countries with a post-industrial economy, where agriculture evolves towards rural development, canine breeding can be a good opportunity to integrate agricultural income. Despite this and despite being an agricultural activity in all respects, cynophilia is not contemplated among the productive activities for which the calculation of Standard Output is envisaged, an economic variable set by the EU to measure the economic size of farms aimed at the granting of aid. Considering the inconvenience that this causes to canine breeders, the present contribution proposes a methodology for estimating the variable under examination consistent with the community legislation and based on a method of breeding that meets the principles of animal welfare. As dog breeding is not intended for production of food or other material goods other than puppies, its production cycle is not suitable for a subdivision based on homogeneous categories of age or weight, as occurs in traditional farms. The consistency with the community legislation, which is realized in the quantification of the annual production of the breeding, has therefore been obtained by means of the financial discounting of the costs and revenues obtainable throughout the entire production cycle and in calculation of their annual share. The compliance of the breeding technique with the principles of animal well-being, on the other hand, stems from compliance with the rules laid down in the Ethical code of the breeder of dogs prepared by Enci – Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana (Italian National Body for Cynophilia). The data needed to estimate the costs and revenues associated with dog breeding are almost completely available online and the results obtained are congruous and very interesting.
title: Finding clarity in ecological outcomes using empirical integrated social–ecological systems
title: a case study of agriculture-dependent grassland birds
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Allen, Michael C.
name: Lockwood, Julie L.
name: Burger, Joanna
Publisher: name: British Ecological Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
coupled natural-human systems
Grasshopper Sparrow
grassland birds
socio-ecological
structural equation modelling
Agriculture
Time Series Analysis

description: 1. Efforts to monitor and conserve populations and ecosystems in human-dominated landscapes can benefit from an empirical social–ecological systems approach.
description: 2. Here we illustrate how latent variable structural equation modelling of regional time series data can effectively describe interconnected drivers of population fluctuations in dynamic landscapes and can help to reveal previously unknown system drivers.
description: 3. Using a declining farmland-dependent bird species (Ammodramus savannarum) in the eastern United States (1994–2015) as a case study, our analysis reveals how farm management decisions drive population fluctuations (R2 = 20%), while management is in turn highly influenced by climate (R2 = 23%–51%), but not by regional conservation spending.
description: 4. Synthesis and applications. Structural equation modelling revealed potential social–ecological pathways for halting regional population declines in a grassland bird, the Grasshopper Sparrow. Lower population growth rates followed years of higher hay yields (~4 percentage points per metric ton increase in hay yield) and later harvests (~2 percentage points per 10-day delay in harvest). Thus, one pathway for stabilising regional populations could involve compensating farmers for reducing hay harvests, potentially requiring a six-fold increase in current annual agri-environmental conservation spending.