cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
MEDICC2: whole-genome doubling aware copy-number phylogenies for cancer evolution
Creators: name: Kaufmann, Tom L.
name: Petkovic, Marina
name: Watkins, Thomas B. K.
name: Colliver, Emma C.
name: Laskina, Sofya
name: Thapa, Nisha
name: Minussi, Darlan C.
name: Navin, Nicholas
name: Swanton, Charles
name: Loo, Peter Van
name: Haase, Kerstin
name: Tarabichi, Maxime
name: Schwarz, Roland F.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Somatic copy-number alterations
subject: Chromosomal instability
subject: Aneuploidy
subject: Whole-genome doubling
subject: Intratumor heterogeneity
subject: Cancer evolution
subject: Phylogenetic reconstruction
subject: Single-cell sequencing
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Aneuploidy, chromosomal instability, somatic copy-number alterations, and whole-genome doubling (WGD) play key roles in cancer evolution and provide information for the complex task of phylogenetic inference. We present MEDICC2, a method for inferring evolutionary trees and WGD using haplotype-specific somatic copy-number alterations from single-cell or bulk data. MEDICC2 eschews simplifications such as the infinite sites assumption, allowing multiple mutations and parallel evolution, and does not treat adjacent loci as independent, allowing overlapping copy-number events. Using simulations and multiple data types from 2780 tumors, we use MEDICC2 to demonstrate accurate inference of phylogenies, clonal and subclonal WGD, and ancestral copy-number states.
Making Grey Literature FAIR: OSTrails and the Power of Scientific Knowledge Graphs
Creators: name: Atzori, Claudio
name: Manghi, Paolo
name: Baglioni, Miriam
name: Bardi, Alessia
name: Kontino, Thalassia
name: Stavropoulos, Tassos
name: Papadopoulou, Elli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: SKGs

description: This poster illustrates how OSTrails makes grey literature, such as Data Management Plans (DMPs), FAIR and visible. Specifically, it highlights how DMPs evolve into connected, living research artifacts within the OSTrails Plan–Track–Assess framework. By linking DMPs to other outputs in Scientific Knowledge Graphs (SKGs), the project turns them into first-class research objects that support reproducibility and strategic evaluation.
Polysaccharide coated upconversion nanoparticles for cell targeted imaging
Creators: name: Cao, Yueying
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The development of nanotechnology for biosensing and imaging has been accelerating in the past decade. Among various types of nanoprobes, lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have unique optical properties unattainable by conventional fluorophores, including large anti-Stokes shifts, long luminescence lifetime, and excellent photostability. These make UCNPs a promising choice for emerging biological and biomedical applications. However, several key challenges exist and must be addressed to ensure successful implementation of UCNPs as next-generation bioprobes. In particular, excitation of UCNPs at present relies exclusively on lasers (such as 980 nm diode laser), which poses a safety concern for ordinary biomedical laboratories. The laser beam is also known to induce heating effect and phototoxicity that potentially affect cell viability and biological/physiological processes. Equally important is that despite various functionalisation methods demonstrated in literature, to date no standard protocol has been established to allow quantitative and comparative assessment of the functionalized UCNPs. Thus, my PhD thesis is centred at improving the suitability of UCNPs for biosensing and imaging applications by exploring strategies to overcome the above mentioned obstacles.
In my thesis, I first investigate the robustness and reproducibility of existing protocols on the synthesis and functionalization of UCNPs. Next, I design UCNPs that are able to be excited by light-emitting diode (LED) and compare their brightness with laser excitation. This lead to LED-excited upconversion microscopy, achieving sensitivity down to single UCNPs. I then optimised a facile ligand exchange protocol to coat UCNP with biocompatible polysaccharide, i.e. colominic acid. The followed conjugating UCNPs with antibodies allows them to be applied to the detection and imaging of specific biomolecules. An entire workflow has been set up to assess the number of antibody molecules attached to an individual nanoparticle, alongside the binding activity of the conjugated nanoparticles as compared to free antibody molecules. I have applied antibody-conjugated UCNPs to various sample types, including fixed cell lines, live cells, and tissue sections, in order to characterise the targeting ability in different biological settings. These new UCNPs is also explored in optical super-resolution microscopy and singleparticle tracking through collaborative projects. By filling the critical gaps specifically required for bioapplications, my thesis has demonstrated reliable and consistent UCNP bioprobes, which will play an important role in practical translation to advanced biosensing and imaging.
DS_10.1177_0022034520932834 – Supplemental material for LepR-Expressing Stem Cells Are Essential for Alveolar Bone Regeneration
Creators: name: D. Zhang
name: S. Zhang
name: J. Wang
name: Q. Li
name: H. Xue
name: R. Sheng
name: Q. Xiong
name: X. Qi
name: J. Wen
name: Y. Fan
name: B.O. Zhou
name: Q. Yuan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, DS_10.1177_0022034520932834 for LepR-Expressing Stem Cells Are Essential for Alveolar Bone Regeneration by D. Zhang, S. Zhang, J. Wang, Q. Li, H. Xue, R. Sheng, Q. Xiong, X. Qi, J. Wen, Y. Fan, B.O. Zhou and Q. Yuan in Journal of Dental Research
Heterogeneous integration of single InAs/InP quantum dots with the SOI chip using direct bonding
Creators: name: Burakowski, Marek
name: Holewa, Paweł
name: Sakanas, Aurimas
name: Musiał, Anna
name: Sęk, Grzegorz
name: Mrowiński, Paweł
name: Yvind, Kresten
name: Semenova, Elizaveta
name: Syperek, Marcin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum information processing with photons in small-footprint and highly integrated silicon-based photonic chips requires incorporating non-classical light sources. In this respect, self-assembled III-V semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are an attractive solution, however, they must be combined with the silicon platform. Here, by utilizing the large-area direct bonding technique, we demonstrate the hybridization of InP and SOI chips, which allows for coupling single photons to the SOI chip interior, offering cost-effective scalability in setting up a multi-source environment for quantum photonic chips. We fabricate devices consisting of self-assembled InAs QDs embedded in the tapered InP waveguide (WG) positioned over the SOI-defined Si WG. Focusing on devices generating light in the telecom C-band compatible with the low-loss optical fiber networks, we demonstrate the light coupling between InP and SOI platforms by observing photons outcoupled at the InP-made circular Bragg grating outcoupler fabricated at the end of an 80 $μ$m-long Si WG, and at the cleaved edge of the Si WG. Finally, for a device with suppressed multi-photon generation events exhibiting 80% single photon generation purity, we measure the photon number outcoupled at the cleaved facet of the Si WG. We estimate the directional on-chip photon coupling between the source and the Si WG to 5.1%.
The Hydronaphthalide Monoanion: Isolation of the “red transient” Birch Intermediate from liquid Ammonia
Creators: name: Randow, Clara A. Von
name: Thiele, Günther
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Birch reaction
subject: Intermediate
subject: Crystal structure
subject: Liquid Ammonia
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: Birch reactions employing alkali metals in ammonia have been a well-established method for the reduction and functionalisation of aromatic compounds for nearly 100 years. Speculations regarding intermediates in the reaction pathway have been discussed since the beginning. We hereby report the isolation of NMe4(HNaph) (1), a kinetically trapped intermediate of the Birch reaction of naphthalene and sodium in liquid ammonia. 1 has been fully characterised and has been shown to continue to react to 1,2/1,4-dihydronaphthalene – the Birch product of the reduction of naphthalene. The reactivity of 1 was investigated towards activity as an electron and hydride transfer agent with both, elements and small organic molecules. 1 demonstrates a tamed reduction potential which allows for controlled reactions such as the selective formation of hexasulphide and hexaselenide anions.
Secreted PD-L1 alleviates inflammatory arthritis in mice through local and systemic AAV gene therapy
Creators: name: Li, Wenjun
name: La Rosa, Ariana
name: Loeser, Richard
name: Sun, Junjiang
name: Wu, Eveline Y.
name: Zhang, Panli
name: Feng, Susi
name: Li, Chengwen
Publisher: name: Frontiers
Year: 2025

description:
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) primarily affects the joints but can also affect multiple organs and profoundly impacts patients’ ability to carry out daily activities, mental health, and life expectancy. Current treatments for RA are limited in terms of duration, efficacy, and adverse effects. PD-L1 is a checkpoint protein that plays important roles in immune regulation and has been implicated in the initiation and progression of multiple autoimmune diseases. In a previous study, we demonstrated that intra-articular injection with adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors encoding wild type PD-L1 improved local inflammation in the joint in the collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mouse model of RA. To further improve efficacy, we explored AAV-mediated delivery of the soluble PD-L1 (sPD-L1) to CIA mice. After intra-articular injection of AAV6 vectors expressing the optimal isoform of sPD-L1 (shPD-L1), more potency was observed when compared to wild type PD-L1, with a lower dose of AAV6/shPD-L1 needed for arthritis improvement. To study the therapeutic effect of systemic expression of sPD-L1, we administered AAV8/shPD-L1 gene therapy in CIA mice via retro-orbital injection and found significant improvements in joint inflammation and paw swelling, exhibiting similar phenotypes to that in naïve mice. The levels of total immunoglobulin and anti-collagen specific antibodies were lower in AAV8/shPD-L1 treated CIA mice than those in controls. The levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in blood were also significantly decreased in shPD-L1 treated mice. Additionally, T cell apoptosis rates in the spleen showed a 2-fold increase in treated mice. Finally, we investigated the therapeutic effect of AAV/shPD-L1 via intramuscular injection. After injection of AAV6/shPD-L1, decreased paw swelling, reduced joint inflammation, and lower levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in blood were achieved. The therapeutic effect of shPD-L1 was dose dependent via intramuscular treatment with AAV vectors. In conclusion, the findings in this study suggest that intra-articular injection of AAV vectors encoding sPD-L1 results in greater therapeutic benefit on arthritis, and systemic AAV/sPD-L1 is able to block the development of inflammatory arthritis with inhibition of the systemic immune response, underlining the potential of gene therapy with systemic delivery of shPD-L1 via AAV vectors in RA.
Supplementary_material – Supplemental material for The Relationship Between Neuropsychological Deficits and Emotional Lability in Adults With ADHD
Creators: name: Gisbert, Laura
name: Richarte, Vanesa
name: Corrales, Montserrat
name: Ibáñez, Pol
name: Bosch, Rosa
name: Bellina, Mariano
name: Fadeuilhe, Christian
name: Casas, Miquel
name: Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_material for The Relationship Between Neuropsychological Deficits and Emotional Lability in Adults With ADHD by Laura Gisbert, Vanesa Richarte, Montserrat Corrales, Pol Ibáñez, Rosa Bosch, Mariano Bellina, Christian Fadeuilhe, Miquel Casas and Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga in Journal of Attention Disorders
Research Into Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions Needs a Stronger Focus on Replicability
Creators: name: Niemeyer, Helen
name: Knaevelsrud, Christine
name: Aert, Robbie C. M. Van
name: Ehring, Thomas
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: replicability
subject: evidence-based interventions
subject: criteria development
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: Background: It is a precondition for evidence-based practice that research is replicable in a wide variety of clinical settings. Current standards for identifying evidence-based psychological interventions and making recommendations for clinical practice in clinical guidelines include criteria that are relevant for replicability, but a better understanding as well refined definitions of replicability are needed enabling empirical research on this topic. Recent advances on this issue were made in the wider field of psychology and in other disciplines, which offers the opportunity to define and potentially increase replicability also in research on psychological interventions. Method: This article proposes a research strategy for assessing, understanding, and improving replicability in research on psychological interventions. Results/Conclusion: First, we establish a replication taxonomy ranging from direct to conceptual replication adapted to the field of research on clinical interventions, propose study characteristics that increase the trustworthiness of results, and define statistical criteria for successful replication with respect to the quantitative outcomes of the original and replication studies. Second, we propose how to establish such standards for future research, i.e., in order to design future replication studies for psychological interventions as well as to apply them when investigating which factors are causing the (non-)replicability of findings in the current literature.
Inovação na Blockchain: Inserindo Imagens e Certificados com Garantia de Propriedade e Anti-Censura
Creators: name: Pacheco HArley
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This work explores an innovation in utilizing blockchain for storing images and visual data,highlighting the technique of embedding images directly into the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchainthrough Base64 conversion. The study details the process of converting and reconverting imagesusing an HTML and JavaScript-based web tool. This innovative approach allows for the storage ofsmall images directly on the blockchain, overcoming space limitations while maintaining dataintegrity. The provided code, along with usage examples, demonstrates how to convert an image toBase64 and reconvert it for visualization. The choice of BCH is discussed in terms of cost andefficiency, highlighting its economic viability compared to Bitcoin (BTC). The work also considersfuture applications, such as the inclusion of digital certificates and diplomas on the blockchain, andexplores potential improvements through advanced techniques like subpixel. The presentedinnovation is the first of its kind and establishes a new paradigm for the use of visual data inblockchains, offering guarantees of ownership and anti-censorship
title: Contesting the resource: The politics of forest management in colonial Burma.
Creators: name: Bryant, Raymond L.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1993

description: This thesis examines the politics of forest management in colonial Burma. Chapter 1 establishes the theoretical and analytical concerns of the study. Chapter 2 describes the laissez-faire practices in early colonial Tenasserim which resulted in the depletion of that territory's teak forests. Chapter 3 examines how the Forest Department sought to regulate shifting cultivators, timber traders and peasants between 1856 and 1881. Chapter 4 points out that the growth of a professional forest service meant not only that the relationship between forest and civil officials had to be clarified, but also that state and societal forest rights needed differentiation. Chapters 5 and 6 trace the efforts of the Forest Department to rationalize forest use in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During the era of expansion (1881-1902), which is the subject of Chapter 5, forest management was extended to new territories and activities, but was above all reflected in the growth of reserved forests. Chapter 6 relates that during the era of consolidation (1902-23) these reserves were the focus of departmental activity. But, if the concentration of teak extraction in the hands of the European firms eased forest management in one respect, broad societal and ecological changes intensified the conflict between the Forest Department and the peasantry. After the introduction of partial self-rule in 1923, that conflict became more pronounced as forest management was politicized. Chapter 7 assesses the implications of this change for forest politics up to the Japanese invasion (1942). Chapter 8 situates the politics of forest management in colonial Burma in a wider context. The Burmese experience is summarized and then compared with that of Dutch-ruled Java, British India and autonomous Siam in order to clarify the nature of Asian forest politics in colonial times.
Unveiling The Factors of Aesthetic Preferences with Explainable AI
Creators: name: Soydaner, Derya
name: Wagemans, Johan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The allure of aesthetic appeal in images captivates our senses, yet the underlying intricacies of aesthetic preferences remain elusive. In this study, we pioneer a novel perspective by utilizing several different machine learning (ML) models that focus on aesthetic attributes known to influence preferences. Our models process these attributes as inputs to predict the aesthetic scores of images. Moreover, to delve deeper and obtain interpretable explanations regarding the factors driving aesthetic preferences, we utilize the popular Explainable AI (XAI) technique known as SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP). Our methodology compares the performance of various ML models, including Random Forest, XGBoost, Support Vector Regression, and Multilayer Perceptron, in accurately predicting aesthetic scores, and consistently observing results in conjunction with SHAP. We conduct experiments on three image aesthetic benchmarks, namely Aesthetics with Attributes Database (AADB), Explainable Visual Aesthetics (EVA), and Personalized image Aesthetics database with Rich Attributes (PARA), providing insights into the roles of attributes and their interactions. Finally, our study presents ML models for aesthetics research, alongside the introduction of XAI. Our aim is to shed light on the complex nature of aesthetic preferences in images through ML and to provide a deeper understanding of the attributes that influence aesthetic judgements.
Enzyme‐Triggered Assembly of Glycan Nanomaterials
Creators: name: Trijp, Jacobus P. Van
name: Hribernik, Nives
name: Lim, Jia Hui
name: Dal Colle, Marlene C. S.
name: Mena, Yadiel Vázquez
name: Ogawa, Yu
name: Delbianco, Martina
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Glycans
subject: Nanomaterials
subject: Cryo-TEM
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: A comprehensive molecular understanding of carbohydrate aggregation is key to optimize carbohydrate utilization and to engineer bioinspired analogues with tailored shapes and properties. However, the lack of well‐defined synthetic standards has substantially hampered advances in this field. Herein, we employ a phosphorylation‐assisted strategy to synthesize previously inaccessible long oligomers of cellulose, chitin, and xylan. These oligomers were subjected to enzyme‐triggered assembly (ETA) for the on‐demand formation of well‐defined carbohydrate nanomaterials, including elongated platelets, helical bundles, and hexagonal particles. Cryo‐electron microscopy and electron diffraction analysis provided molecular insights into the aggregation behavior of these oligosaccharides, establishing a direct connection between the resulting morphologies and the oligosaccharide primary sequence. Our findings demonstrate that ETA is a powerful approach to elucidate the intrinsic aggregation behavior of carbohydrates in nature. Moreover, the ability to access a diverse array of morphologies, expanded with a non‐natural sequence, underscores the potential of ETA, coupled with sequence design, as a robust tool for accessing programmable glycan architectures.
title: Rock art in Zimbabwe.
Creators: name: Garlake, Peter S.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1992

description: This work is based on the comparative iconographic analysis of a distinct corpus of paintings within the Later Stone Age, Bushman or San art of southern Africa. They are distinct from the rest of the paintings of the region in age, numbers, variety, complexity and density. It defines in detail the principles that determined the form of the paintings - where the primary concern was to depict objects through outline alone - and the canon - the very restricted range of subjects that were depicted. It demonstrates that the human imagery established a set of archetypes, expressing concepts of the roles of men and women in the community through a set of readily legible attributes. The art was thus in essence conceptual and, of its nature, not concerned with the individual, illustration, narrative, documentation or anecdote. Within this framework, the paintings focused on concepts of the various forms and degrees of supernatural energy or potency that all San have believed to be inherent in every person. Further studies demonstrate how large and dangerous animals, particularly the elephant, were conceived as symbols of potency and their hunting as a metaphor for trance. Compositions based on oval shapes and the dots within and emanating from them are shown to be further symbols of aspects of potency. Many recurrent and hitherto ignored motifs attached to human figures are shown to be a graphic commentary on the metaphysics of the archetypes. The study is set in the context of the archaeology of the sub-region, recent studies of San concepts, perceptions and beliefs, a review of previous research, and a critique of influential recent South African work which first integrated paintings with San beliefs.
soulspace: Integrated youth mental health care in Berlin, Germany—An introduction to the program and a description of its users
Creators: name: Bechdolf, Andreas
name: Hanser, Sinah
name: Baumgardt, Johanna
name: Brose, Annette
name: Jäckel, Dorothea
name: Döring, Sophia
name: Holzner, Laura
name: Aliakbari, Navid
name: Hardenberg, Laura Von
name: Shmuilovich, Olga
name: Gencaggi, Dilek
name: Schellong, Mario
name: Izat, Yonca
name: Leopold, Stephanie
name: Ituarte, Begoña Petuya
name: Leopold, Karolina
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: counselling
subject: adolescents
subject: psychiatric
subject: young adults
subject: youth mental health care
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: Aim A substantial gap between young people's need for mental health care services and their actual access to such services led worldwide organizations (e.g., the WHO) to recommend the implementation of early intervention programs and youth mental health services. Some countries around the world have established structures to meet this recommendation. In this paper, we describe soulspace as the first integrated youth mental health service for young people aged between 15 and 35 years in Berlin, Germany. Methods We introduce soulspace as easily accessible mental health care for young people, and we characterize soulspace along the lines of the internationally established eight key principles of integrated youth mental health services (Killackey, et al., 2020, World Economic Forum). Soulspace is a cooperation between clinical outpatient units of psychiatric clinics for adolescents and young adults as well as a community-based counselling service. It provides initial contact, counselling, diagnostics, and treatment. Results Our analyses of the pathways to soulspace and the characteristics of the soulspace users suggest that the low threshold is a facilitator to help finding for young people in comparison to more conventional early intervention models. That is, having transferred the early intervention center in a youth-facing counselling service as was done in soulspace seems to have reduced the threshold to seek help for families and for young people in need for support. Conclusions In summary, with soulspace, an easily accessible mental health care service was established that integrates counselling and specialized psychiatric treatment if needed.
Effectiveness of benzimidazole treatments against Haemonchus contortus in sheep and goats – Do they produce similar responses?
Creators: name: Babják, M.
name: Königová, A.
name: Urda Dolinská, M.
name: Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg Von
name: Syrota, Y.
name: Komáromyová, M.
name: Varady, M.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sheep
subject: Goats
subject: Anthelmintic resistance
subject: in vivo tests
subject: Pyrosequencing
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: The primary aim of this study was to compare the in vivo responses to orally administered doses of albendazole (5 mg/kg body weight) between experimentally infected sheep and goats. Fifty-four Improved Valachian lambs and 54 Saanen goat kids were split into six groups of nine animals. The sheep and goats were infected with larvae of the gastrointestinal nematode parasite Haemonchus contortus containing 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, and 80 % of the isotype-1 β-tubulin gene codon 200 alleles previously shown to be associated with benzimidazole (BZ)-resistance. All groups of goats generally had higher mean eggs per gram (EPG) before treatment, which was significant (p<0.05) only for the group with 80 % resistance alleles. An in vivo faecal egg reduction test (FECRT) was used to determine the efficacy of albendazole (ABZ) eight days after treatment. Anthelmintic treatment significantly reduced the EPGs in the groups with 10, 20, and 80 % resistance alleles in sheep and with 10, 20, 30, and 40 % resistance alleles in goats. Differences in efficacy between the sheep and goats after the application of doses of ABZ recommended for sheep mostly ranged from 2 % to 10 %. The largest variation was in the group infected with worms containing 60 % resistance alleles, where the efficacy was 13 % higher in goats. Our secondary aims were to evaluate the data obtained from an in vitro egg hatch test (EHT) in sheep and goats and to compare these data with the results from the isotype-1 β-tubulin gene codon 200 pyrosequencing and the FECRT. The percentages of the BZ-resistance alleles were comparable with the mean hatching obtained in the EHT and were also supported by the FECRT data for all groups. The results of the in vivo tests should be verified in the future using in vivo surveys conducted in mixed breeds and infections in multiple species.
title: The financial system of Egypt, 564-741 A.H./1169-1341 A.D.
Creators: name: Rabie, Hassanein M.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1968

description: The present thesis is a study of the financial system of Egypt from the appointment of Saladin to the vizierate by the last Fatimid Caliph al-'Adid in 564/1169 to the end of the reign of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun in 741/1341. It consists of five chapters, the first being a critical survey of the sources, prominent among which are the Geniza documents, the Vienna papers and the Mahkama collection. The second chapter is an account of the iqta' system, which was a way of paying soldiers and collecting taxes. It defines the nature of the iqta' as an assignment to the muqta' of the right to collect the whole or part of the agricultural or non-agricultural revenue of a given locality, in return for the performance of military and non-military duties. It discusses the other rights of the muqta'. and the range of size and value of iqt?'s. Chapter III discusses the numerous Egyptian taxes of the period, their assessment and yields, and the periods in which they were current. It deals with cases where particular taxes were abolished and sometimes re-introduced, and covers two further sources of revenue, confiscation and the mawarith hashriyya. Chapter IV is devoted to financial administration, with special consideration of methods of tax-collection and the fiscal roles of the sultan, the vizier and the nazir al-khass. It defines the functions of the financial diwans. the nazir al-dawawin. the shadd al-dawawin and their subordinates. Chapter V investigates the monetary system of Egypt in the period under review, tracing it back to pre-Ayyubid times. It studies the effects of changes in the supply of gold and silver on the standard of weight and fineness of the dinars and dirhams issued by particular sultans, the frequent monetary crises, their origins and the various attempts to solve them.
Web of venom: exploration of big data resources in animal toxin research
Creators: name: Zancolli, Giulia
name: Reumont, Björn Marcus Von
name: Anderluh, Gregor
name: Caliskan, Figen
name: Chiusano, Maria Luisa
name: Fröhlich, Jacob
name: Hapeshi, Evroula
name: Hempel, Benjamin-Florian
name: Ikonomopoulou, Maria P.
name: Jungo, Florence
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: venom resources
subject: toxin data bases
subject: machine learning
subject: drug discovery
subject: antivenom
subject: proteomics
subject: peptidomics
subject: transcriptomics
subject: genomics
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: Research on animal venoms and their components spans multiple disciplines, including biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, pharmacology, medicine, and more. Manipulating and analyzing the diverse array of data required for venom research can be challenging, and relevant tools and resources are often dispersed across different online platforms, making them less accessible to nonexperts. In this article, we address the multifaceted needs of the scientific community involved in venom and toxin-related research by identifying and discussing web resources, databases, and tools commonly used in this field. We have compiled these resources into a comprehensive table available on the VenomZone website (https://venomzone.expasy.org/10897). Furthermore, we highlight the challenges currently faced by researchers in accessing and using these resources and emphasize the importance of community-driven interdisciplinary approaches. We conclude by underscoring the significance of enhancing standards, promoting interoperability, and encouraging data and method sharing within the venom research community.
Supplementary_Material – Supplemental material for The Ottawa Panel guidelines on programmes involving therapeutic exercise for the management of hand osteoarthritis
Creators: name: Brosseau, Lucie
name: Thevenot, Odette
name: MacKiddie, Olivia
name: Taki, Jade
name: Wells, George A
name: Guitard, Paulette
name: Léonard, Guillaume
name: Paquet, Nicole
name: Aydin, Sibel Z
name: Toupin-April, Karine
name: Cavallo, Sabrina
name: Moe, Rikke Helene
name: Shaikh, Kamran
name: Gifford, Wendy
name: Loew, Laurianne
name: Angelis, Gino De
name: Shallwani, Shirin Mehdi
name: Ala’ S Aburub
name: Imoto, Aline Mizusaki
name: Prinon Rahman
name: Gallardo, Inmaculada C Álvarez
name: Cosic, Milkana Borges
name: Østerås, Nina
name: Lue, Sabrina
name: Hamasaki, Tokiko
name: Gaudreault, Nathaly
name: Towheed, Tanveer E
name: Sahil Koppikar
name: Kjeken, Ingvild
name: Dharini Mahendira
name: Kenny, Glen P
name: Paterson, Gail
name: Westby, Marie
name: Laferrière, Lucie
name: Longchamp, Guy
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_Material for The Ottawa Panel guidelines on programmes involving therapeutic exercise for the management of hand osteoarthritis by Lucie Brosseau, Odette Thevenot, Olivia MacKiddie, Jade Taki, George A Wells, Paulette Guitard, Guillaume Léonard, Nicole Paquet, Sibel Z Aydin, Karine Toupin-April, Sabrina Cavallo, Rikke Helene Moe, Kamran Shaikh, Wendy Gifford, Laurianne Loew, Gino De Angelis, Shirin Mehdi Shallwani, Ala’ S Aburub, Aline Mizusaki Imoto, Prinon Rahman, Inmaculada C Álvarez Gallardo, Milkana Borges Cosic, Nina Østerås, Sabrina Lue, Tokiko Hamasaki, Nathaly Gaudreault, Tanveer E Towheed, Sahil Koppikar, Ingvild Kjeken, Dharini Mahendira, Glen P Kenny, Gail Paterson, Marie Westby, Lucie Laferrière and Guy Longchamp in Clinical Rehabilitation
Asymptotic-preserving hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method for the Westervelt quasilinear wave equation
Creators: name: Gómez, Sergio
name: Meliani, Mostafa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65M60, 65M15, 35L70

description: We discuss the asymptotic-preserving properties of a hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method for the Westervelt model of ultrasound waves. More precisely, we show that the proposed method is robust with respect to small values of the sound diffusivity damping parameter $δ$ by deriving low- and high-order energy stability estimates, and \emph{a priori} error bounds that are independent of $δ$. Such bounds are then used to show that, when $δ\rightarrow 0^+$, the method remains stable and the discrete acoustic velocity potential $ψ_h^{(δ)}$ converges to $ψ_h^{(0)}$, where the latter is the singular vanishing dissipation limit. Moreover, we prove optimal convergence rates for the approximation of the acoustic particle velocity variable $\boldsymbol{v} = \nabla ψ$. The established theoretical results are illustrated with some numerical experiments.
title: The Han-Lin Academy: A biographical approach to career patterns in the early Ch'ing (1644-1795).
Creators: name: Yuen-chung, Adam Lui
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1968

description: The thesis which I am going to present consists of three Sections. Section A serves as an introduction to the other two Sections by providing an institutional account of the Han-lin Academy. Section B goes into detailed description of the career patterns of the Han-lin members, the main source of materials for this Section mainly derived from biographies. Section C is a statistical analysis on some of the extra-bureaucratic and bureaucratic factors on advancement. More detailed information on the thesis as a whole is given in the Preface below.
title: The first and second National Congresses of the Chinese Soviet Republic, 1931 and 1934.
Creators: name: Waller, Derek J.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1968

description: The early 1930's, or "Kiangsi soviet" period in the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is one of the most obscure in the entire development of the communist movement. The major significance of the two National Congresses of 1931 and 1934 is that using them as a focal-point for analysis provides new information on the inter-related themes of political processes and power-relations during this period. In 1930, the CCP leader Li Li-san attempted to convene the First Congress. The attempt proved abortive when Li fell from power in November 1930. The "Returned Student group", as the new Party leadership, continued to press for a Congress in order to assert their authority over that of Mao Tse-tung in the soviet areas. Many of the new leaders moved to the soviet areas from Shanghai prior to the First Congress of November 1931, but although they were successful in gaining control of the CCP organisation in the soviet areas, the Congress, and the governmental apparatus produced by it, remained under the control of the Maoists. Mao did little during 1931 to provide an efficient governmental administrative apparatus for the soviet areas, preferring to use military organisations, a situation which was rectified by the "Returned Students" after the First Congress. By 1933, they had asserted their dominance over Mao in the military sphere, and by the summer of that year, they had sufficiently eroded his influence in the governmental sphere to permit them to convene the Second Congress of January 1934, which formalised their authority in the government. The "Returned Student group" then controlled all three power structures in the soviet areas - Party, army and government. Mao and his followers, in order to retain some influence, publicly agreed with what they considered to be the incorrect policies of the "Returned Student" leaders. In spite of a lack of success in mobilising the support of the local population, the establishment of a formal government of the Chinese Soviet Republic institutionalised the shift of CCP operations from the cities to the countryside, and in addition, created a potential national government, which was a victory for the communists in their drive to represent an "alternative way" to that of the Kuomintang.
title: West Africa and the Muslim pilgrimage: An historical study with special reference to the nineteenth century.
Creators: name: El-Nagar, Omer
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1969

description: Pilgrimage is one of five duties in Islam; it is obligatory once in a life-time under certain conditions. This study deals with the development of the pilgrimage movement from West Africa. The introduction outlines the pilgrimage ceremonies, the interpretations of the four main Schools of figh, the duty of pilgrimage, of major pilgrimage organisations outside West Africa and discusses the scope and sources of the study. The history of the pilgrimage can be traced back to the early periods of Islamisation (c. 1100), Part 1 covers the pre-nineteenth century period. Characterised by royal interest in pilgrimage, the regional survey given in this part provides an historical background to the nineteenth century which is the special concern of the study. Part 2 discusses the attitudes, both theoretical and practical, of the main Jihad states. It attempts to assess the influence of major doctrines and events in numerically reinforcing the pilgrimage movement. An outline of the pilgrimage routes during the nineteenth century is also provided. Part 3 discusses two themes in the pilgrimage factor, reform and education and makes general observations on local attitudes to the pilgrimage. Six appendices illustrate types of literature related to the pilgrimage in West Africa.
obrien_onlineappendix – Supplemental material for Unconventional Consumption Methods and Enjoying Things Consumed: Recapturing the “First-Time” Experience
Creators: name: O’Brien, Ed
name: Smith, Robert W.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, obrien_onlineappendix for Unconventional Consumption Methods and Enjoying Things Consumed: Recapturing the “First-Time” Experience by Ed O’Brien and Robert W. Smith in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
title: Industrial relations in Sierra Leone with special reference to the development and functioning of bargaining machinery since 1945.
Creators: name: Conway, Hugh E.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1968

description: After the Second World War there was established in Sierra Leone, West Africa, a pattern of industrial wage bargaining involving Joint Industrial Councils and Wages Boards. The early introduction of such machinery was unique in Africa at the time. In studying these institutions primary concern was to uncover the reasons behind their introduction and to analyze their subsequent effect on industrial relations practices in the country. The relevance of the bargaining bodies to the occurrence and pattern of industrial conflict was of special interest. Since no previous research had been undertaken into the country's industrial relations system, or its system of wage determination, the study seemed particularly worthwhile. Before the central themes are approached the history of labour administration and labour activity in Sierra Leone from the late 19th century is summarized in Part I. Railway strikes after the First World War were important in the formulation of early Government labour policy. In Part II the process of transferring bargaining machinery from Britain and the reasons for the move are reviewed. The various effects of the bargaining arrangements, especially on labour strike activity are summarized in Part IV. From the Administration's point of view industrial bargaining worked well to 1955. The General Strike in 1955, however, brought considerable changes in the functioning and design of the JICs and Wages Boards. Some conclusions reached in this study are firstly, that the provision of union organizational stability and leadership security will serve to limit industrial conflict during the early stages of labour-management relations; and secondly, the initial acceptance or rejection by former British West African administrators, of the British philosophy of 'voluntarism' in labour-management affairs, largely explains certain observed differences in trade union structure and bargaining arrangements among English speaking West African states.
QJE-STD-18-007.R1-Supplementary_Material – Supplemental material for Does task-irrelevant colour information create extraneous cognitive load? Evidence from a learning task
Creators: name: Miller, Paul
name: Batel Hazan-Liran
name: Cohen, Danielle
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, QJE-STD-18-007.R1-Supplementary_Material for Does task-irrelevant colour information create extraneous cognitive load? Evidence from a learning task by Paul Miller, Batel Hazan-Liran and Danielle Cohen in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Wave Function Engineering on Superconducting Substrates: Chiral Yu-Shiba-Rusinov Molecules
Creators: name: Rütten, Lisa M.
name: Schmid, Harald
name: Liebhaber, Eva
name: Franceschi, Giada
name: Yazdani, Ali
name: Reecht, Gaël
name: Rossnagel, Kai
name: Oppen, Felix Von
name: Franke, Katharina J.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states
subject: chirality
subject: superconductivity
subject: niobium diselenide
subject: scanning tunneling microscopy
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik::530 Physik

description: Magnetic adatoms on superconductors give rise to Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states that hold considerable interest for the design of topological superconductivity. Here, we show that YSR states are also an ideal platform to engineer structures with intricate wave function symmetries. We assemble structures of iron atoms on the quasi-two-dimensional superconductor 2H-NbSe2. The Yu-Shiba-Rusinov wave functions of individual atoms extend over several nanometers enabling hybridization even at large adatom spacing. We show that the substrate can be exploited to deliberately break symmetries of the adatom structure leading to hybridized YSR states exhibiting symmetries that cannot be found in orbitals of iso-structural planar molecules in the gas phase. We exploit this potential by designing chiral YSR wave functions of triangular adatom structures. Our results significantly expand the range of interesting quantum states that can be engineered using arrays of magnetic adatoms on superconductors.
DS_10.1177_0022034518782461 – Supplemental material for Defective NaCl Reabsorption in Salivary Glands of Eda-Null X-LHED Mice
Creators: name: T. Mukaibo
name: T. Munemasa
name: C. Masaki
name: C.Y. Cui
name: J.E. Melvin
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, DS_10.1177_0022034518782461 for Defective NaCl Reabsorption in Salivary Glands of Eda-Null X-LHED Mice by T. Mukaibo, T. Munemasa, C. Masaki, C.Y. Cui and J.E. Melvin in Journal of Dental Research
FloraVeg.EU — An online database of European vegetation, habitats and flora
Creators: name: Chytrý, Milan
name: Řezníčková, Marcela
name: Novotný, Petr
name: Holubová, Dana
name: Preislerová, Zdenka
name: Attorre, Fabio
name: Biurrun, Idoia
name: Blazek, Petr
name: Bonari, Gianmaria
name: Raab-Straube, Eckhard Von
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: database
subject: EUNIS
subject: Europe
subject: habitat type
subject: indicator values
subject: phytosociology
subject: plant traits
subject: syntaxon
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::580 Pflanzen (Botanik)::580 Pflanzen (Botanik)

description: This article describes FloraVeg.EU, a new online database with open-access information on European vegetation units (phytosociological syntaxa), vegetated habitats, and plant taxa. It consists of three modules. (1) The Vegetation module includes 149 phytosociological classes, 378 orders and 1305 alliances of an updated version of the EuroVegChecklist modified based on the decisions of the European Vegetation Classification Committee. Vegetation units dominated by vascular plants are characterized by country-based distribution maps and data on the dominant life forms, phenology, soil properties, relationships to vegetation regions, elevational vegetation belts and azonal habitats, successional status, and degree of naturalness. A list of diagnostic taxa is also provided for each class. (2) The Habitats module includes vascular-plant-dominated terrestrial, freshwater, and marine habitat types from the first to the third or fourth highest hierarchical levels of the EUNIS classification. Of these, 249 vegetated habitats are characterized by a brief description, a point-based distribution map, diagnostic, constant, and dominant taxa, and a list of the corresponding alliances. (3) The Species module provides information on 37 characteristics of European vascular plant species and some infrageneric or infraspecific taxa, including functional traits (habitus and growth type, leaf, flower, fruit and seed traits, and trophic mode), taxon origin (native vs alien), and ecological information (environmental relationships, Ellenberg-type indicator values, disturbance indicator values, and relationships to vegetation units and habitat types). Values for at least three variables are available for 36,404 species. Individual taxa, vegetation units, and habitats in these three modules are illustrated by more than 34,000 photographs. The Download section of FloraVeg.EU provides open-access data sets in a spreadsheet format that can be used for analyses. FloraVeg.EU is a new resource with easily accessible data that can be used for research in vegetation science, ecology, and biogeography, as well as for education and conservation applications.