cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
LC–MS Lipidomics: Exploiting a Simple High-Throughput Method for the Comprehensive Extraction of Lipids in a Ruminant Fat Dose-Response Study
Creators: name: Jenkins, Benjamin
name: Ronis, Martin
name: Koulman, Albert
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: odd chain lipids
lipid profiling
Folch
protein precipitation
sample preparation
relative lipid composition (Mol%)

description: Typical lipidomics methods incorporate a liquid−liquid extraction with LC−MS quantitation; however, the classic sample extraction methods are not high-throughput and do not perform well at extracting the full range of lipids especially, the relatively polar species (e.g., acyl-carnitines and glycosphingolipids). In this manuscript, we present a novel sample extraction protocol, which produces a single phase supernatant suitable for high-throughput applications that offers greater performance in extracting lipids across the full spectrum of species. We applied this lipidomics pipeline to a ruminant fat dose−response study to initially compare and validate the different extraction protocols but also to investigate complex lipid biomarkers of ruminant fat intake (adjoining onto simple odd chain fatty acid correlations). We have found 100 lipids species with a strong correlation with ruminant fat intake. This novel sample extraction along with the LC−MS pipeline have shown to be sensitive, robust and hugely informative (>450 lipids species semi-quantified): with a sample preparation throughput of over 100 tissue samples per day and an estimated ~1000 biological fluid samples per day. Thus, this work facilitating both the epidemiological involvement of ruminant fat, research into odd chain lipids and also streamlining the field of lipidomics (both by sample preparation methods and data presentation).
Cost of Coexisting with a Relict Large Carnivore Population: Impact of Apennine Brown Bears, 2005–2015
Creators: name: Galluzzi, Andrea
name: Donfrancesco, Valerio
name: Mastrantonio, Gianluca
name: Sulli, Cinzia
name: Ciucci, Paolo
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: human-carnivore coexistence
compensation costs
Human-bear conflict
human-dominated landscape
Italy
large carnivores
Ursus arctos

description: Human-carnivore conflicts are a major conservation issue. As bears are expanding their range in Europe’s human-modified landscapes, it is increasingly important to understand, prevent, and address human-bear conflicts and evaluate mitigation strategies in areas of historical coexistence. Based on verified claims, we assessed costs, patterns, and drivers of bear damages in the relict Apennine brown bear population in the Abruzzo Lazio and Molise National Park (PNALM), central Italy. During 2005–2015, 203 ± 71 (SD) damage events were verified annually, equivalent to 75,987 ± 30,038 €/year paid for compensation. Most damages occurred in summer and fall, with livestock depredation, especially sheep and cattle calves, prevailing over other types of damages, with apiaries ranking second in costs of compensation. Transhumant livestock owners were less impacted than residential ones, and farms that adopted prevention measures loaned from the PNALM were less susceptible to bear damages. Livestock farms chronically damaged by bears represented 8 ± 3% of those annually impacted, corresponding to 24 ± 6% of compensation costs. Further improvements in the conflict mitigation policy adopted by the PNALM include integrated prevention, conditional compensation, and participatory processes. We discuss the implications of our study for Human-bear coexistence in broader contexts.
Leucothoe grandimana
Creators: name: White, Kristine N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Leucothoe
Leucothoe grandimana

description: Leucothoe grandimana (Stimpson, 1853)
 Leucothoe grandimanus Stimpson, 1853: 51, 52, fig. 37. — Bate, 1862: 157, 158, pl. 29, fig. 4. — Della Valle, 1893: 856. Leucothoe grandimana Stebbing, 1906: 168.
 Type locality and specimens. Low Duck Island, Grand Manan. Holotype, sex unknown, 11.2 mm (reported as 0.44 inch).
 Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Stimpson (1853).
 Diagnosis (sex unknown): Gnathopod 2 carpus with small subdistal tooth.
 Note. Della Vale (1893) listed L. grandimanus as “specie incerte.” Stimpson’s original description of Leucothoe grandimana (as Leucothoe grandimanus) is vague and at best places the species in the Leucothoidae. He illustrates only gnathopods 1 and 2 with little detail. Subsequent reports provide little detail. Pending examination of type material and topotypic material this should not be considered a valid species.
 Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.
 Habitat. Habitat and depth not reported.
 Host. Unknown.
 Distribution. Atlantic Ocean: Grand Manan, mouth of Bay of Fundy (Stimpson 1853; Bate 1862; Della Vale 1893; Stebbing 1906).
description: Published as part of White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, pp. 1-113 in Zootaxa 3078 (1) on pages 54-55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243821
The Effects of Crop Insurance Subsidies and Sodsaver on Land-Use Change
Creators: name: Miao, Ruiqing
name: Hennessy, David A.
name: Feng, Hongli
name: Miao, Ruiqing
name: Hennessy, David A.
name: Feng, Hongli
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Production Economics
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: copula
subject: crop insurance
subject: grassland
subject: land use
subject: Sodsaver
subject: subsidy chasing

description: It is well known that insurance market information asymmetry can cause socially excessive cropping of yield-risky land. We show that crop insurance subsidies can cause the same problem absent information failures. Using field-level yield data, we find an inversed U-shaped relationship between crop prices and crop insurance subsidies’ land-use impacts. For seventeen counties in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region, simulations show that 0.05% to 3.3% (about 2,600 to 157,900 acres) of land under crop insurance would not have been converted from grassland had premium subsidies not existed. Land-use impacts of Sodsaver in the 2014 Farm Act are also quantified.
Computational modelling reveals contrasting effects on reinforcement learning and cognitive flexibility in stimulant use disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder: remediating effects of dopaminergic D2/3 receptor agents
Creators: name: Kanen, Jonathan W.
name: Ersche, Karen D.
name: Fineberg, Naomi A.
name: Robbins, Trevor W.
name: Cardinal, Rudolf N.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Original Investigation
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Stimulant use disorder
Addiction
Compulsivity
Reversal learning
Reinforcement learning
Computational modelling
Dopamine
Amisulpride
Pramipexole

description: Abstract: Rationale: Disorders of compulsivity such as stimulant use disorder (SUD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are characterised by deficits in behavioural flexibility, some of which have been captured using probabilistic reversal learning (PRL) paradigms. Objectives: This study used computational modelling to characterise the reinforcement learning processes underlying patterns of PRL behaviour observed in SUD and OCD and to show how the dopamine D2/3 receptor agonist pramipexole and the D2/3 antagonist amisulpride affected these responses. Methods: We applied a hierarchical Bayesian method to PRL data across three groups: individuals with SUD, OCD, and healthy controls. Participants completed three sessions where they received placebo, pramipexole, and amisulpride, in a double-blind placebo-controlled, randomised design. We compared seven models using a bridge sampling estimate of the marginal likelihood. Results: Stimulus-bound perseveration, a measure of the degree to which participants responded to the same stimulus as before irrespective of outcome, was significantly increased in SUD, but decreased in OCD, compared to controls (on placebo). Individuals with SUD also exhibited reduced reward-driven learning, whilst both the SUD and OCD groups showed increased learning from punishment (nonreward). Pramipexole and amisulpride had similar effects on the control and OCD groups; both increased punishment-driven learning. These D2/3-modulating drugs affected the SUD group differently, remediating reward-driven learning and reducing aspects of perseverative behaviour, amongst other effects. Conclusions: We provide a parsimonious computational account of how perseverative tendencies and reward- and punishment-driven learning differentially contribute to PRL in SUD and OCD. D2/3 agents modulated these processes and remediated deficits in SUD in particular, which may inform therapeutic effects.
Finite-range separable pairing interaction in Cartesian coordinates
Creators: name: Romero, A. M.
name: Dobaczewski, J.
name: Pastore, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within a simple SO(8) algebraic model, the coexistence between isoscalar and isovector pairing modes can be successfully described using a mean-field method plus restoration of broken symmetries. In order to port this methodology to real nuclei, we need to employ realistic density functionals in the pairing channel. In this article, we present an analytical derivation of matrix elements of a separable pairing interaction in Cartesian coordinates and we correct errors of derivations available in the literature. After implementing this interaction in the code hfodd, we study evolution of pairing gaps in the chain of deformed Erbium isotopes, and we compare the results with a standard density-dependent contact pairing interaction.
description: Contribution to the proceedings of the 27th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC), 29th July - 2nd August (2019), Glasgow, United Kingdom
Use of Online Food Delivery Services to Order Food Prepared Away-From-Home and Associated Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional, Multi-Country Analysis
Creators: name: Keeble, Matthew
name: Adams, Jean
name: Sacks, Gary
name: Vanderlee, Lana
name: White, Christine M.
name: Hammond, David
name: Burgoine, Thomas
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: fast food
food accessibility
food delivery
food environment
online food delivery services
out-of-home food
public health
takeaway food

description: Online food delivery services like Just Eat and Grubhub facilitate online ordering and home delivery of food prepared away-from-home. It is poorly understood how these services are used and by whom. This study investigated the prevalence of online food delivery service use and sociodemographic characteristics of customers, in and across Australia, Canada, Mexico, the UK, and the USA. We analyzed online survey data (n = 19,378) from the International Food Policy Study, conducted in 2018. We identified respondents who reported any online food delivery service use in the past 7 days and calculated the frequency of use and number of meals ordered. We investigated whether odds of any online food delivery service use in the past 7 days differed by sociodemographic characteristics using adjusted logistic regression. Overall, 15% of respondents (n = 2929) reported online food delivery service use, with the greatest prevalence amongst respondents in Mexico (n = 839 (26%)). Online food delivery services had most frequently been used once and the median number of meals purchased through this mode of order was two. Odds of any online food delivery service use were lower per additional year of age (OR: 0.95; 95% CI: 0.94, 0.95) and greater for respondents who were male (OR: 1.50; 95% CI: 1.35, 1.66), that identified with an ethnic minority (OR: 1.57; 95% CI: 1.38, 1.78), were highly educated (OR: 1.66; 95% CI: 1.46, 1.90), or living with children (OR: 2.71; 95% CI: 2.44, 3.01). Further research is required to explore how online food delivery services may influence diet and health.
Structure-Guided Computational Approaches to Unravel Druggable Proteomic Landscape of Mycobacterium leprae
Creators: name: Vedithi, Sundeep Chaitanya
name: Malhotra, Sony
name: Acebrón-García-De-Eulate, Marta
name: Matusevicius, Modestas
name: Torres, Pedro Henrique Monteiro
name: Blundell, Tom L.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Molecular Biosciences
Mycobacterium leprae
amino acid substitution
chokepoint reactions
drug binging sites
homology (comparative) modeling
protein interface

description: Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), is treated with a multidrug regimen comprising Dapsone, Rifampicin, and Clofazimine. These drugs exhibit bacteriostatic, bactericidal and anti-inflammatory properties, respectively, and control the dissemination of infection in the host. However, the current treatment is not cost-effective, does not favor patient compliance due to its long duration (12 months) and does not protect against the incumbent nerve damage, which is a severe leprosy complication. The chronic infectious peripheral neuropathy associated with the disease is primarily due to the bacterial components infiltrating the Schwann cells that protect neuronal axons, thereby inducing a demyelinating phenotype. There is a need to discover novel/repurposed drugs that can act as short duration and effective alternatives to the existing treatment regimens, preventing nerve damage and consequent disability associated with the disease. Mycobacterium leprae is an obligate pathogen resulting in experimental intractability to cultivate the bacillus in vitro and limiting drug discovery efforts to repositioning screens in mouse footpad models. The dearth of knowledge related to structural proteomics of M. leprae, coupled with emerging antimicrobial resistance to all the three drugs in the multidrug therapy, poses a need for concerted novel drug discovery efforts. A comprehensive understanding of the proteomic landscape of M. leprae is indispensable to unravel druggable targets that are essential for bacterial survival and predilection of human neuronal Schwann cells. Of the 1,614 protein-coding genes in the genome of M. leprae, only 17 protein structures are available in the Protein Data Bank. In this review, we discussed efforts made to model the proteome of M. leprae using a suite of software for protein modeling that has been developed in the Blundell laboratory. Precise template selection by employing sequence-structure homology recognition software, multi-template modeling of the monomeric models and accurate quality assessment are the hallmarks of the modeling process. Tools that map interfaces and enable building of homo-oligomers are discussed in the context of interface stability. Other software is described to determine the druggable proteome by using information related to the chokepoint analysis of the metabolic pathways, gene essentiality, homology to human proteins, functional sites, druggable pockets and fragment hotspot maps.
Explicit moduli spaces for congruences of elliptic curves
Creators: name: Fisher, Tom
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Article
Elliptic curves
Galois representations
Elliptic surfaces
11G05
11F80
14J27

description: Funder: University of Cambridge
description: Abstract: We determine explicit birational models over Q for the modular surfaces parametrising pairs of N-congruent elliptic curves in all cases where this surface is an elliptic surface. In each case we also determine the rank of the Mordell–Weil lattice and the geometric Picard number.
Marco Polo ‘24: un periplo celebrativo. Rassegna degli eventi in onore dei 700 anni dalla morte di Marco Polo (1324-2024)
Creators: name: Tomasi, Laura
Publisher: name: La Rivista di Engramma
Year: 2024
Subjects: Marco Polo
Milione
Devisement dou monde
MarcoPolo700
Travel literature
Travel exhibition

description: Throughout 2024, several public initiatives were dedicated to the figure of Marco Polo, his journey, and his book, with the aim of commemorating the Venetian traveler seven hundred years after he died in 1324. The rich program of scientific, literary, cultural events and exhibitions offered many opportunities to commemorate the Venetian traveler who was the first to provide a complete and reliable account of Asian realities, contributing to the development of relations between Europe and Asia. The paper aims to offer an overview of the events dedicated to the celebrations of the seventh centenary of Marco Polo’s death (1324 - 2024), most of which were realized with the support of the National Committee. The overview includes initiatives of different nature and addressed to different audiences; for this reason, they have been grouped into the following sections: a) exhibitions; b) conventions and conferences; c) publications and new bibliographical contributions; d) knowledge enhancement activities; e) other events.
Important of Immunization in Children Less Than Five Years in MOGADISHIO, SOMALIA
Creators: name: Hamdi, Abdullahi Abdi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Important
Immunization
MOGADISHIO, SOMALIA

description: Abstract

Immunization is a crucial public health intervention that significantly reduces childhood morbidity and mortality. This study examines the importance of immunization for children under five years in Mogadishu, Somalia, focusing on awareness, accessibility, and challenges in vaccine uptake.

Using a cross-sectional study design, both qualitative and quantitative data were collected through surveys and interviews with healthcare professionals, parents, and community members. The findings reveal that while a majority of respondents acknowledge the benefits of immunization, barriers such as vaccine hesitancy, limited healthcare infrastructure, and misinformation persist. Additionally, the study highlights a gap in knowledge about vaccine-preventable diseases, particularly among non-educated caregivers.

The study emphasizes the need for targeted health education campaigns, improved healthcare accessibility, and enhanced immunization policies to ensure comprehensive vaccine coverage. Recommendations include increasing community engagement, strengthening health systems, and addressing misinformation to improve vaccine uptake and child health outcomes. This research provides valuable insights for policymakers, healthcare providers, and organizations working to enhance immunization programs in Somalia.
Supplementary Figures and Tables from Sensory gaze stabilization in echolocating bats
Creators: name: O. Eitan
name: G. Kosa
name: Y. Yovel
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: 110601 Biomechanics
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Sensing from a moving platform is challenging for both man-made machines and animals. Animals' heads jitter during movement, so if the sensors they carry are not stabilized, any spatial estimation might be biased. Flying animals, like bats, seriously suffer from this problem because flapping flight induces rapid changes in acceleration which moves the body up and down. For echolocating bats, the problem is crucial. Because they emit a sound to sense the world, an unstable head means sound energy pointed in the wrong direction. It is unknown how bats mitigate this problem. By tracking the head and body of flying fruit bats, we show that they stabilize their heads, accurately maintaining a fixed acoustic-gaze relative to a target. Bats can solve the stabilization task even in complete darkness using only echo-based information. Moreover, the bats point their echolocation beam below the target and not towards it, a strategy that should result in better estimations of target elevation.
title: Subdural empyema in acute sinusitis: The central role of imaging in the diagnostic management
Creators: name: Said, Hadil
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Head & neck imaging
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 10-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department following 3 days of high-grade fever, fronto-temporal headaches and vomiting. Neurological examination demonstrated right lower limb reduced power, postnasal drip, and pain on palpation over the frontal sinuses. The CRP was 255 and the WCC was 17.2. 

description: 10 years, female
Threading the spindle: a geometric study of chiral liquid crystal polymer microparticles
Creators: name: Ansell, H. S.
name: Kim, D. S.
name: Kamien, R. D.
name: Katifori, E.
name: Lopez-Leon, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Polymeric particles are strong candidates for designing artificial materials capable of emulating the complex twisting-based functionality observed in biological systems. In this letter, we provide the first detailed investigation of the swelling behavior of bipolar polymer liquid crystalline microparticles. Deswelling from the spherical bipolar configuration causes the microparticle to contract anisotropically and twist in the process, resulting in a twisted spindle shaped structure. We propose a model to describe the observed spiral patterns and twisting behavior.
Leucothoe hyhelia J. L. Barnard 1965
Creators: name: White, Kristine N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Leucothoe
Leucothoe hyhelia

description: Leucothoe hyhelia J.L. Barnard, 1965
 Leucothoe hyhelia J.L. Barnard, 1965: 489, 490, fig. 5. —J.L. Barnard, 1970: 205–209, fig. 135. —J.L. Barnard, 1971a: 103. — Ledoyer, 1978a: 298. — Ledoyer, 1979a: 102, fig. 63. — Ledoyer, 1986: 661, fig. 252. —Myers, 1986: 271, 272, fig. 1. — Ortiz & Lalana, 1997: 108.
 Type locality and specimens. Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Micronesia. Holotype, male, 3.4 mm, USNM 107574.
 Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by J. L. Barnard (1965, 1970).
 Diagnosis. Gnathopod 2 propodus with mediofacial setal row displaced to midline. Telson apex pointed.
 Note. Leucothoe hyhelia of Ledoyer, 1978, 1979, 1986 and Myers, 1985 show some variation in structures from Barnard’s original description. Examination of the materials used in these descriptions is necessary to determine if they are in fact L. hyhelia.
 Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.
 Habitat. Among lagoon sand, coral heads with algae, and other encrusting organisms; 1–30 m.
 Host. Unknown.
 Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Eniwetok Atoll, Micronesia (J.L. Barnard 1965), Hawaiian Islands (J.L. Barnard 1970; J.L. Barnard 1971a), Tonga (Myers 1986). Indian Ocean: Mauritius, Madagascar (Ledoyer 1978a; Ledoyer 1979a; Ledoyer 1986). Indo–Pacific Ocean: Indonesia: Bunaken (Ortiz & Lalana 1997).
description: Published as part of White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, pp. 1-113 in Zootaxa 3078 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243821
COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGES
Creators: name: Ibragimova Maftuna,  Master's Student at AIU
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article explores the cognitive aspects of phraseological units in English and Uzbek languages. The study focuses on how these units reflect cultural and conceptual worldviews, analyzing their similarities and differences from a cognitive linguistics perspective. The research highlights metaphorical and metonymic processes underlying phraseological units and their role in shaping linguistic and cultural identity.
On the Lie symmetries of a class of generalized Ermakov systems
Creators: name: Goedert, J.
name: Haas, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 34C14; 70H06

description: The symmetry analysis of Ermakov systems is extended to the generalized case where the frequency depends on the dynamical variables besides time. In this extended framework, a whole class of nonlinearly coupled oscillators are viewed as Hamiltonian Ermakov system and exactly solved in closed form.
Modeling Field-Level Conservation Tillage Adoption with Aggregate Choice Data
Creators: name: Wade, Tara
name: Kurkalova, Lyubov
name: Secchi, Silvia
name: Wade, Tara
name: Kurkalova, Lyubov
name: Secchi, Silvia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: aggregated data
subject: conservation tillage
subject: estimated subsidies
subject: logit model

description: This empirical study of conservation tillage adoption relies on the logit model applied to fieldlevel information on agents’ attributes and county-aggregated measures of agents’ choices. The methodology treats the aggregated data as an expected value—the area-weighted group average of individual probabilities of choosing conservation tillage—subject to a measurement error. Using 2002 and 2004 data for Iowa, we estimate field-level costs of the adoption of conservation tillage. The results indicate that adoption is significantly affected by soil characteristics and crop rotation and highlight the heterogeneity in adoption costs when controlling for these characteristics.
An Eulerian model for sea spray transport and evaporation
Creators: name: Veron, Fabrice
name: Mieussens, Luc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Reliable estimates of the fluxes of momentum, heat, and moisture at the air-sea interface are essential for accurate long term climate projections, as well as the prediction of short term weather events such as tropical cyclones. In recent years, it has been suggested that these estimates need to incorporate an accurate description of the transport of sea spray within the atmospheric boundary layer and the drop-induced fluxes of moisture, momentum, and heat, so that the resulting effects on the atmospheric flow can be evaluated. In this paper we propose a model based on a theoretical and mathematical framework inspired from kinetic gas theory. This approach reconciles the Lagrangian nature of the spray transport with the Eulerian description of the atmosphere. In turn, this enables a relatively straightforward inclusion of the spray fluxes and the resulting spray effects on the atmospheric flow. A comprehensive dimensional analysis has led us to identify the spray effects that are most likely to influence the temperature, moisture, and speed of the airflow. We also provide an example application to illustrate the capabilities of the model in specific environmental conditions. Finally, suggestions for future work are offered.
Phase boundary engineering of metal-organic-framework-derived carbonaceous nickel selenides for sodium-ion batteries
Creators: name: Lu, Shiyao
name: Wu, Hu
name: Hou, Jingwei
name: Liu, Limin
name: Li, Jiao
name: Harris, Chris J.
name: Lao, Cheng-Yen
name: Guo, Yuzheng
name: Xi, Kai
name: Ding, Shujiang
name: Gao, Guoxin
name: Cheetham, Anthony K.
name: Kumar, R. Vasant
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Research Article
metal organic frameworks
phase boundary
carbon nanotube
metal selenides
sodium ion batteries

description: Abstract: Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are promising power sources due to the low cost and abundance of battery-grade sodium resources, while practical SIBs suffer from intrinsically sluggish diffusion kinetics and severe volume changes of electrode materials. Metal-organic framework (MOFs) derived carbonaceous metal compound offer promising applications in electrode materials due to their tailorable composition, nanostructure, chemical and physical properties. Here, we fabricated hierarchical MOF-derived carbonaceous nickel selenides with bi-phase composition for enhanced sodium storage capability. As MOF formation time increases, the pyrolyzed and selenized products gradually transform from a single-phase Ni3Se4 into bi-phase NiSex then single-phase NiSe2, with concomitant morphological evolution from solid spheres into hierarchical urchin-like yolk-shell structures. As SIBs anodes, bi-phase NiSex@C/CNT-10h (10 h of hydrothermal synthesis time) exhibits a high specific capacity of 387.1 mAh/g at 0.1 A/g, long cycling stability of 306.3 mAh/g at a moderately high current density of 1 A/g after 2,000 cycles. Computational simulation further proves the lattice mismatch at the phase boundary facilitates more interstitial space for sodium storage. Our understanding of the phase boundary engineering of transformed MOFs and their morphological evolution is conducive to fabricate novel composites/hybrids for applications in batteries, catalysis, sensors, and environmental remediation.
String Propagation in the Presence of Cosmological Singularities
Creators: name: Craps, Ben
name: Kutasov, David
name: Rajesh, Govindan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study string propagation in a spacetime with positive cosmological constant, which includes a circle whose radius approaches a finite value as |t|\to\infty, and goes to zero at t=0. Near this cosmological singularity, the spacetime looks like R^{1,1}/Z. In string theory, this spacetime must be extended by including four additional regions, two of which are compact. The other two introduce new asymptotic regions, corresponding to early and late times, respectively. States of quantum fields in this spacetime are defined in the tensor product of the two Hilbert spaces corresponding to the early time asymptotic regions, and the S-matrix describes the evolution of such states to states in the tensor product of the two late time asymptotic regions. We show that string theory provides a unique continuation of wavefunctions past the cosmological singularities, and allows one to compute the S-matrix. The incoming vacuum evolves into an outgoing state with particles. We also discuss instabilities of asymptotically timelike linear dilaton spacetimes, and the question of holography in such spaces. Finally, we briefly comment on the relation of our results to recent discussions of de Sitter space.
description: harvmac, 43 pages, 2 figures; v2: some clarifications and references added
Using Genetic Testing to Improve Fed Cattle Marketing Decisions
Creators: name: Thompson, Nathanael M.
name: DeVuyst, Eric A.
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Lusk, Jayson L.
name: Thompson, Nathanael M.
name: DeVuyst, Eric A.
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Lusk, Jayson L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: fed cattle marketing
subject: genetics
subject: molecular breeding value
subject: risk aversion
subject: value of information

description: We estimate the value of using genetic information to make fed cattle marketing decisions. Efficiency gains result from sorting cattle into marketing groups, including more accurate optimal days-on-feed and reduced variability of returns to cattle feeding. The value of using genetic information to selectively market cattle ranged from $1–$13/head depending on how a producer currently markets cattle and the grid structure. Although these values of genetic information were generally higher than those reported in previous research, they were still not enough to offset the current cost of genetic testing (about $40/head).
Leucothoe kensleyi
Creators: name: White, Kristine N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Leucothoe
Leucothoe kensleyi

description: Leucothoe kensleyi (Thomas & Klebba, 2006)
 Leucothoe tridens J.L. Barnard, 1965: 492. —J.L. Barnard, 1970: 211, fig. 137. —J.L. Barnard, 1971b: 103. — Serejo, 1998: 109–112, figs 3, 4.
 Leucothoe tridens recifensis Schellenberg, 1938e: 205, 206
 Leucothoe kensleyi Thomas & Klebba, 2006: 17–22, figs 4–6. — White, 2011: 29, 30, fig. 6.
 Type locality and specimens. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, 26°09.762'N 80°05.412'W. Holotype, male, 3.1 mm, USNM 1081601; paratypes, male, 2.6 mm, female, 2.9 mm, USNM 1081602.
 Material examined. Unmeasured males and females, USNM 1081601, USNM 1081602, JLB Haw 6, JLB Haw 10, MNRJ –8566. Diagnosis based on description by Thomas & Klebba (2006).
 Diagnosis. Quadrate anterodistal head margin with cusp. Coxae 1–4 with cuspate anterior and distal margins. Gnathopod 1 carpus narrow, attenuate. Coxa 4 anterodistal margin sharp. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimera 2, 3 ventral margins serrate.
 Note. Barnard’s descriptions of Leucothoe tridens (1965, 1970, 1971) agree closely with L. kensleyi. Material borrowed from C. Serejo collected in Brazil also closely agrees with L. kensleyi.
 Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 propodus with single mediofacial setal row.
 Habitat. Coral reefs; 1–20 m.
 Host. Sponges: Callyspongia vaginalis, Iotrochota birotulata, and Pseudoceratina crassa.
 Distribution. Western Atlantic Ocean: South Florida and the Florida Keys (Thomas & Klebba 2007), Brazil (Schellenberg 1938e; Serejo 1998). Caribbean Sea: Belize (Thomas & Klebba 2007), Panama (White 2011). Pacific Ocean: Hawaii, Oahu (J.L. Barnard 1965; J.L. Barnard 1970; J.L. Barnard 1971b).
description: Published as part of White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, pp. 1-113 in Zootaxa 3078 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243821
Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 deletion screen defines mitochondrial gene essentiality and identifies routes for tumour cell viability in hypoxia
Creators: name: Thomas, Luke W.
name: Esposito, Cinzia
name: Morgan, Rachel E.
name: Price, Stacey
name: Young, Jamie
name: Williams, Steven P.
name: Maddalena, Lucas A.
name: McDermott, Ultan
name: Ashcroft, Margaret
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Article
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article

description: Funder: EC | EC Seventh Framework Programm | FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013)); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/100011199; Grant(s): FP7/2007-2013
description: Abstract: Mitochondria are typically essential for the viability of eukaryotic cells, and utilize oxygen and nutrients (e.g. glucose) to perform key metabolic functions that maintain energetic homeostasis and support proliferation. Here we provide a comprehensive functional annotation of mitochondrial genes that are essential for the viability of a large panel (625) of tumour cell lines. We perform genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 deletion screening in normoxia-glucose, hypoxia-glucose and normoxia-galactose conditions, and identify both unique and overlapping genes whose loss influences tumour cell viability under these different metabolic conditions. We discover that loss of certain oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) genes (e.g. SDHC) improves tumour cell growth in hypoxia-glucose, but reduces growth in normoxia, indicating a metabolic switch in OXPHOS gene function. Moreover, compared to normoxia-glucose, loss of genes involved in energy-consuming processes that are energetically demanding, such as translation and actin polymerization, improve cell viability under both hypoxia-glucose and normoxia-galactose. Collectively, our study defines mitochondrial gene essentiality in tumour cells, highlighting that essentiality is dependent on the metabolic environment, and identifies routes for regulating tumour cell viability in hypoxia.
The governance of climate change adaptation: are networks to blame for the implementation deficit?
Creators: name: Bednar, Danny
name: Henstra, Daniel
name: McBean, Gordon
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Although governance is often cited as a challenge for implementing climate change adaptation policies, existing scholarship has not adequately explored the relationship between modes of adaptation governance and the implementation of adaptation objectives. This paper analyzes adaptation governance in two Canadian provinces, with a focus on three key elements: actor roles, actor relations, and policy instruments. Drawing on a comprehensive document analysis and 81 interviews, we argue that network governance has been fruitful in coordinating policy ideas and motivating actors across sectors and scales, but has also served as a barrier to effective implementation of adaptation policies. We conclude that incorporating features of other governance modes, including more direct steering from the state, is required to resolve this implementation deficit.
Permo–Triassic granitoids of the Xing’an–Mongolia segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Northeast China: age, composition, and tectonic implications
Creators: name: Pei, Qiu-Ming
name: Zhang, Shou-Ting
name: Hayashi, Ken-ichiro
name: Cao, Hua-Wen
name: Li, Dong
name: Tang, Li
name: Hu, Xin-Kai
name: Li, Hao-Xing
name: Fang, Da-Ren
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: The Xing’an–Mongolia orogenic belt is located in the southeastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Its tectonic evolution, especially during the Late Palaeozoic to Early Mesozoic, remains controversial. Here, we report new zircon U–Pb dates, whole-rock geochemistry, and Hf isotopes of representative samples from four plutons in the Linxi area of Northeast China to provide new constraints on this issue. Zircon U–Pb dating indicates that the intrusions were emplaced in two stages: (1) Late Permian to Early Triassic (the Banshifangzi and Xinangou plutons (252 ± 3)–(246.3 ± 3.3) Ma); and (2) Late Triassic (the Baoshan and Hada plutons (220.8 ± 2.7)–(211.4 ± 2.6) Ma). Their positive εHf(t) values (6.6–14.1), coupled with their geochemical characteristics, suggest that the provenance of investigated granitoids were most likely to be dominated by juvenile crustal materials. Based on these new data and previous studies, we propose three stages of tectonic evolution during the Late Palaeozoic–Early Mesozoic in the XMOB: (1) Late Carboniferous–Early Permian (330–270 Ma): double-sided subduction of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean; (2) Middle Permian–Middle Triassic (270–237 Ma): the closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean and subsequent continent–continent collision between the North China Craton and the South Mongolia Terrane; and (3) Late Triassic (237–211 Ma): post-collisional extension.
Comparing the Value of Soil Test Information Using Deterministic and Stochastic Yield Response Plateau Functions
Creators: name: Harmon, Xavier
name: Boyer, Christopher N.
name: Lambert, Dayton M.
name: Larson, James A.
name: Gwathmey, C. Owen
name: Harmon, Xavier
name: Boyer, Christopher N.
name: Lambert, Dayton M.
name: Larson, James A.
name: Gwathmey, C. Owen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: cotton
subject: dynamic programming
subject: linear response stochastic plateau
subject: potassium
subject: soil test information

description: We determined the value of soil test information for potassium (K) in upland cotton production using the linear response plateau (LRP) and linear response stochastic plateau (LRSP) functions. A stochastic dynamic programming model was used to determine the net present value to K fertilizer when optimal K was applied with knowledge about K carryover. Using K carryover information for K application decisions increased net present value and helped maintain steady levels of soil K. The LRSP function fit the data better than the LRP, and the value of soil testing was $27 ha-1 lower over ten years using the LRSP.
Effects of breeding history and crop management on the root architecture of wheat
Creators: name: Fradgley, N.
name: Evans, G.
name: Biernaskie, J.M.
name: Cockram, J.
name: Marr, E.C.
name: Oliver, A. G.
name: Ober, E.
name: Jones, H.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Regular Article
Conservation agriculture
Crop breeding
Genetic diversity
Root phenotyping
Seeding rate
Shovelomics
Tillage
Wheat

description: Funder: FP7 Ideas: European Research Council; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011199; Grant(s): FP7- 613556
description: Abstract: Aims: Selection for optimal root system architecture (RSA) is important to ensure genetic gains in the sustainable production of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Here we examine the hypothesis that past wheat breeding has led to changes in RSA and that future breeding efforts can focus directly on RSA to improve adaptation to target environments. Methods: We conducted field trials using diverse wheat varieties, including modern and historic UK varieties and non-UK landraces, tested under contrasting tillage regimes (non-inversion tillage versus conventional ploughing) for two trial years or different seeding rates (standard versus high rate) for one trial year. We used field excavation, washing and measurement of root crowns (‘shovelomics’) to characterise RSA traits, including: numbers of seminal, crown and nodal roots per plant, and crown root growth angle. Results: We found differences among genotypes for all root traits. Modern varieties generally had fewer roots per plant than historic varieties. On average, there were fewer crown roots and root angles were wider under shallow non-inversion tillage compared with conventional ploughing. Crown root numbers per plant also tended to be smaller at a high seeding rate compared with the standard. There were significant genotype-by-year, genotype-by-tillage and genotype-by-seeding-rate interactions for many root traits. Conclusions: Smaller root systems are likely to be a result of past selection that facilitated historical yield increases by reducing below-ground competition within the crop. The effects of crop management practices on RSA depend on genotype, suggesting that future breeding could select for improved RSA traits in resource-efficient farming systems.
Hormonal therapy in menopausal transition: implications for improvement of health-related quality of life
Creators: name: Dotlic, Jelena
name: Selmina Nicevic
name: Kurtagic, Ilma
name: Radovanovic, Sanja
name: Rancic, Biljana
name: Markovic, Nikolina
name: Milosevic, Branislav
name: Gazibara, Tatjana
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: The study aim was to assess scores of the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) among women who use and desire to use hormonal therapy (HT), as well as to evaluate factors contributing to HT use and desire to use HT among women in menopausal transition. A total of 513 mid-aged women participated in the study. Data were collected using socio-demographic questionnaire, MRS and Beck Depression Inventory. The prevalence of current HT use was 9.7%, while 4.5% of women who did not use HT expressed a desire to start using HT. The MRS cutoff score for HT use was 10.5 and 11.5 among those who desire to use HT. Living in the central city districts, having lower body mass index, younger age at menopause, more gynecological illnesses, and worse MRS were associated with HT use. Living in the central city districts, having fewer births, more gynecological and chronic illnesses and having more depressive symptoms were associated with the desire to use HT. Mid-aged women who perceive their quality of life as poor due to climacteric symptoms should be advised to consider HT to improve their health status and everyday functioning.
O'ZBEKISTON RESPUBLIKASINING HUQUQNI MUHOFAZA QILUVCHI ORGANLARI
Creators: name: Jo'rayev, Umidjon
name: Tursunov, Behruz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Mazkur maqolada O’zbekiston Respublikasining huquqni muhofaza qiluvchi organlari tizimi, ularning vazifalari va faoliyat yo’nalishlari tahlil qilinadi. Huquqni muhofaza qiluvchi organlar jamiyatda qonun ustuvorligini ta’minlash, fuqarolarning huquq va erkinliklarini himoya qilish hamda davlat xavfsizligini saqlash kabi muhim vazifalarni bajaradi. Maqolada huquqni muhofaza qiluvchi asosiy organlar, jumladan, Ichki ishlar vazirligi, Prokuratura, Davlat xavfsizlik xizmati, Sud hokimiyati hamda boshqa muassasalar faoliyatining huquqiy asoslari ko’rib chiqiladi. Shuningdek, maqolada ularning o’zaro hamkorligi va islohotlar jarayoni ham yoritiladi. Ushbu tadqiqot natijalari O‘zbekistonda qonunchilik va huquqiy tizimni yanada takomillashtirish yo’lida taklif va tavsiyalarni ishlab chiqishga qaratilgan. Maqola huquqshunoslar, tadqiqotchilar va sohaga qiziquvchilar uchun foydali manba bo’lib xizmat qiladi deb o’ylayman.
Hadronic physics in peripheral heavy ion collisions
Creators: name: Natale, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the production of hadronic resonances in very peripheral heavy ion collisions, where the ions collide with impact parameter larger than twice the nuclear radius and remain intact after the collision. We compare the resonance production through two-photon and double Pomeron exchange, showing that when we impose the condition for a peripheral interaction the $γγ$ process dominates over the Pomeron interaction, due to the short range propagation of this last one. We also discuss the observation of light resonances through the subprocess $γγ\to R \to γγ$, which is a clean signal for glueball candidates as well as one way to check the existence of a possible scalar $σ$ meson.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, revtex, contribution to the proceedings of the XXII Brazilian National Meeting on Particles and Fields, Sao Lourenco, 2001