cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Design and performance of a bovine 200 k SNP chip developed for endangered German Black Pied cattle (DSN)
Creators: name: Borba Neumann, Guilherme
name: Korkuć, Paula
name: Arends, Danny
name: Wolf, Manuel J.
name: May, Katharina
name: Reißmann, Monika
name: Elzaki, Salma
name: König, Sven
name: Brockmann, Gudrun A
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 570 Biologie

description: Background: German Black Pied cattle (DSN) are an endangered dual-purpose breed which was largely replaced by Holstein cattle due to their lower milk yield. DSN cattle are kept as a genetic reserve with a current herd size of around 2500 animals. The ability to track sequence variants specific to DSN could help to support the conservation of DSN’s genetic diversity and to provide avenues for genetic improvement. Results: Whole-genome sequencing data of 304 DSN cattle were used to design a customized DSN200k SNP chip harboring 182,154 variants (173,569 SNPs and 8585 indels) based on ten selection categories. We included variants of interest to DSN such as DSN unique variants and variants from previous association studies in DSN, but also variants of general interest such as variants with predicted consequences of high, moderate, or low impact on the transcripts and SNPs from the Illumina BovineSNP50 BeadChip. Further, the selection of variants based on haplotype blocks ensured that the whole-genome was uniformly covered with an average variant distance of 14.4 kb on autosomes. Using 300 DSN and 162 animals from other cattle breeds including Holstein, endangered local cattle populations, and also a Bos indicus breed, performance of the SNP chip was evaluated. Altogether, 171,978 (94.31%) of the variants were successfully called in at least one of the analyzed breeds. In DSN, the number of successfully called variants was 166,563 (91.44%) while 156,684 (86.02%) were segregating at a minor allele frequency > 1%. The concordance rate between technical replicates was 99.83 ± 0.19%. Conclusion: The DSN200k SNP chip was proved useful for DSN and other Bos taurus as well as one Bos indicus breed. It is suitable for genetic diversity management and marker-assisted selection of DSN animals. Moreover, variants that were segregating in other breeds can be used for the design of breed-specific customized SNP chips. This will be of great value in the application of conservation programs for endangered local populations in the future.
A new steroidal glycoside from Corypha taliera Roxb., a globally endangered species
Creators: name: Shoeb, Mohammad
name: Moniruzzaman Khondker
name: Nahar, Nilufar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: The reversed-phased HPLC analysis of the methanol extract of the pericarp of C. taliera Roxb. (Talipalm), a rare species of Arecaceae family, afforded a new steroidal glycoside, β-sitosterol-3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-d-glucopyranoside (1). The structure of the compound was elucidated unequivocally by UV, IR, HR-ESI-MS, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic studies.
Distribution, morphology and ecological niche of Batrachospermum and Sheathia species (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) in the fontanili of the Po plain (northern Italy)
Creators: name: Abdelahad, Nadia
name: Bolpagni, Rossano
name: Lasinio, Giovanna Jona
name: Vis, Morgan L.
name: Amadio, Carolina
name: Laini, Alex
name: Keil, Emily J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology

description: Twenty-three freshwater springs of the Po plain (northern Italy) were surveyed and visited multiple times during 2011–2013 to assess water quality and algal taxa present. Despite poor water conditions of this human-altered floodplain, a relatively high number of taxa referable to the freshwater red algae, Batrachospermum and Sheathia, were observed. The identity of specimens collected was based on morphology and confirmed with sequence data. The specimens belonged to Sheathia arcuata, S. boryana, Batrachospermum atrum, B. gelatinosum and B. gelatinosum f. spermatoinvolucrum. This is the first report of B. gelatinosum f. spermatoinvolucrum outside North America. Niche analysis revealed a marked difference in the physical and chemical preferences of the freshwater red algae recorded. The occurrence of S. boryana was limited to relatively low nitrate and higher oxygen concentrations. Conversely, the spatial distribution of the other four taxa indicated that they were able to tolerate high concentrations of nitrate (up to 53.6 mg l–1) and low rates of dissolved oxygen saturation (as low as 3%). All the specimens of B. gelatinosum collected had few to many trichogynes deformed by a basal protuberance or knob, a structure previously unobserved in this species. No other taxa showed any deformities. The ecological analyses confirmed the existence of a relationship between the environmental conditions of the springs and the occurrence of knobs.
Baltic cyanobacteria – a source of biologically active compounds
Creators: name: Felczykowska, Agnieszka
name: Devi, Prabha
name: Tammela, Päivi
name: Mikosik, Anna
name: Bloch, Sylwia
name: Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk
name: Mazur-Marzec, Hanna
name: Błaszczyk, Agata
name: Hohlfeld, Natalia
name: Kobos, Justyna
name: Toruńska-Sitarz, Anna
name: Montalvão, Sofia
name: D’souza, Lisette
name: Węgrzyn, Grzegorz
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Cyanobacteria are effective producers of bioactive metabolites, including both acute toxins and potential pharmaceuticals. In the current work, the biological activity of 27 strains of Baltic cyanobacteria representing different taxonomic groups and chemotypes were tested in a wide variety of assays. The cyanobacteria showed strain-specific differences in the induced effects. The extracts from Nodularia spumigena CCNP1401 were active in the highest number of tests, including protease and phosphatase inhibition assays. Four strains from Nostocales and four from Oscillatoriales increased proliferation of mitogen-stimulated human T cells. In antimicrobial assays, Phormidium sp. CCNP1317 (Oscillatoriales) strongly inhibited the growth of six fouling Gammaproteobacteria. The growth of monocotyl Sorghum saccharatum was inhibited by both toxin-producing and ‘non-toxic’ strains. The Baltic cyanobacteria were also found to be a rich source of commercially important enzymes. Among the 19 enzymatic activities tested, alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, esterase (C4 and C8), and naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase were particularly common. In the cyanobacterial extracts, different peptides which may have been responsible for the observed effects were identified using LC-MS/MS. Their structures were classified to microcystins, nodularins, anabaenopeptins, cyanopeptolins, aeruginosins, spumigins and nostocyclopeptides.
Megastylus orbitator SCHIODTE 1838
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Megastylus
Megastylus orbitator

description: Megastylus orbitator SCHIØDTE, 1838
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v., 3♀♀ 1♁ 1-15.vi.; trap 4: 1♀ 1-15.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Orthocentrus asper GRAVENHORST 1829
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Orthocentrus
Orthocentrus asper

description: Orthocentrus asper GRAVENHORST, 1829
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap4: 1♀ 13-27.vii.; trap 7: 1♀ 19.x.-3.xi.; trap 15: 1♀ 16-30.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Composition and in vitro cytotoxic activities of essential oil of Hedychium spicatum from different geographical regions of western Himalaya by principal components analysis
Creators: name: Mishra, Tripti
name: Pal, Mahesh
name: Meena, Sanjeev
name: Datta, Dipak
name: Prateek Dixit
name: Kumar, Anil
name: Baleshwar Meena
name: T.S. Rana
name: D.K. Upreti
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer

description: The rhizome of Hedychium spicatum has been widely used in traditional medicines. The present study deals with the evaluation of the cytotoxic potential of rhizome essential oils from four different regions of the Western Himalaya (India) along with comparative correlation analysis to characterise the bioactive cytotoxic component. The essential oils were coded as MHS-1, MHS-2, MHS-3 and MHS-4, and characterised using GC-FID and GC–MS. The main volatile compounds identified were 1,8-cineol, eudesmol, cubenol, spathulenol and α-cadinol. In vitro cytotoxic activities were assessed against human cancer cell lines such as, the lung (A549), colon (DLD-1, SW 620), breast (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231), head and neck (FaDu), and cervix (HeLa). MHS-4 is significantly active in comparison to other samples against all cancer cell lines. Sample MHS-4 has major proportion of monoterpene alcohol mainly 1,8-cineol. Principal components analysis was performed for the experimental results and all four samples were clustered according to their percentage inhibition at different doses.
MPEC 2024-F92 : 2024 FT2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 FT2

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
'This big hi-tech thing' Gender and the internet at home in the 1990s
Creators: name: Waller, Vivienne
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article provides a snapshot of the relationship between the internet and gender in the early days of home internet connections in Australia. Based as it is on one of the first qualitative studies of home use of the internet and what appears to be the earliest Australian study of home use of the internet, it helps to fill a gap in the history of the internet in Australia. It draws from 76 in-depth interviews conducted in 1998 with members of nineteen household families who had a home internet connection. At the time of the research, there were a variety of stories in circulation regarding the relationship between the internet and gender The analysis presented in this article presents a more nuanced picture of this relationship in the early days of domestic internet connections. Rather than just comparing the different experiences of males and females, it looks at how gender was constituted in the meanings users invested in particular uses or non-uses of the internet at home, and in particular in the idea of technical mastery.
Handling instance correspondence in inter-organisational workflows
Creators: name: Zhao, Xiaohui
name: Liu, Chengfei
name: Yang, Yun
name: Sadiq, Wasim
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: As business collaboration involves multiple business processes from different participating organisations, it becomes a challenging issue to manage the complex correspondence between instances of these business processes. Yet very limited support has been provided by inter-organisational workflow research. In this paper, we develop a formal method to specify instance correspondence based on a novel correspondence Petri net model. In this method, cardinality parameters are defined to represent cardinality relationships between collaborating business processes at build time, while correlation structures are designed to characterise correspondence between collaborating business process instances at run time. Corresponding algorithms are also developed to generate the correspondence Petri nets for collaborative business processes, and to trace instance correlation on the fly using the generated Petri nets.
A review of taxonomic research on Chinese wild grapes
Creators: name: Wan, Yizhen
name: Schwaninger, H.
name: Li, Dan
name: Simon, C. J.
name: Wang, Yuejin
name: Zhang, Chaohong
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: The taxonomy of Chinese wild grapes can be traced back to the end of the 18th century. However, most research in this field was performed in the last three decades. On the basis of the data from the Chinese wild grape germplasm collected in the last 25 years at the College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, and publications by other scientists in China, we concluded there were 40 species, 1 subspecies, and 13 varieties of Chinese wild grapes. These were classified into 1 subgenus, 5 sections and 4 series according to FASONG WANG et al.’s systematics. The systematics on Chinese wild grapes is discussed in this paper.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 47 No. 2 (2008): Vitis
Orthocentrus attenuatus HOLMGREN 1858
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Orthocentrus
Orthocentrus attenuatus

description: Orthocentrus attenuatus HOLMGREN, 1858
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 12: 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii., 2♀♀ 21.ix.-5.x.; trap 15: 1♀ 2-16.vi., 1♁ 14-28.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Analysis and agrometeorological modelling of grapevine responses to different trellising systems
Creators: name: Orlandini, S.
name: Dalla Marta, A.
name: Mattii, G. B.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: As the greater part of current viticulture is based on traditional trellising systems, usually in single hedgewall training, the aim of this research is to evaluate the possibility of introducing alternative trellising systems in order to improve canopy architecture and leaf distribution, and optimize light interception. In 2001 and 2002 field measurements (agrometeorological variables, vegetative growth, productivity and physiological behaviour) and modeling were performed on Sangiovese grapevines in a Tuscan vineyard with two trellis systems: a single hedgewall and a low double hedgewall (lyre trellis). The vines were spur pruned and cordon trained and the planting density was 6,667 vines/hectare. The two trellising systems were distributed in a randomized block design with 4 replications of 3 rows each. Data were collected from the central row. The simulation was obtained using a model, implemented with the Stella language, consisting of three sub-modules concerning photosynthesis, respiration and biomass accumulation. Light interception was greater for the lyre system than for the single cordon, while no differences were obtained in single leaf photosynthesis measurements between the trellis systems. Vegetative growth was higher for the lyre, indicating that lyre had a higher whole plant photosynthesis. The lyre system had greater yield due to a higher cluster number and a higher cluster weight compared to the single cordon training. No differences in must sugar content, titratable acidity or anthocyanins were observed. Models satisfactorily simulate the growth of grapevine under the single cordon system, while the growth of the lyre vine was extremely underestimated.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 47 No. 2 (2008): Vitis
Context-dependent representation of within- and between-model uncertainty: Aggregating probabilistic predictions in infectious disease epidemiology
Creators: name: Howerton, E
name: Borchering, R.K
name: Lessler, J
name: Truelove, S
name: Smith, C.P
name: Inamine, H
name: Probert, W.J.M
name: Mullany, L.C
name: Shea, K
name: Runge, M.C
name: Bogich, T.L
name: Viboud, C
Publisher: name: Royal Society Publishing
Year: 2023

description: Probabilistic predictions support public health planning and decision making, especially in infectious disease emergencies. Aggregating outputs from multiple models yields more robust predictions of outcomes and associated uncertainty. While the selection of an aggregation method can be guided by retrospective performance evaluations, this is not always possible. For example, if predictions are conditional on assumptions about how the future will unfold (e.g. possible interventions), these assumptions may never materialize, precluding any direct comparison between predictions and observations. Here, we summarize literature on aggregating probabilistic predictions, illustrate various methods for infectious disease predictions via simulation, and present a strategy for choosing an aggregation method when empirical validation cannot be used. We focus on the linear opinion pool (LOP) and Vincent average, common methods that make different assumptions about between-prediction uncertainty. We contend that assumptions of the aggregation method should align with a hypothesis about how uncertainty is expressed within and between predictions from different sources. The LOP assumes that between-prediction uncertainty is meaningful and should be retained, while the Vincent average assumes that between-prediction uncertainty is akin to sampling error and should not be preserved. We provide an R package for implementation. Given the rising importance of multi-model infectious disease hubs, our work provides useful guidance on aggregation and a deeper understanding of the benefits and risks of different approaches.
Orthocentrus frontator
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Orthocentrus
Orthocentrus frontator

description: Orthocentrus frontator (ZETTERSTEDT, 1838)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v., 3♀♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 20.v.-1.vi., 1♀ 29.vi.- 13.vii., 2♀♀ 1♁ 7-21.ix.; trap 4: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v., 1♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 10-24.viii., 1♀ 24.viii.-7.ix., 1♀ 21.ix.-5.x.; trap 7: 1♀ 23.iv.-5.v., 1♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 10-24.viii., 1♁ 24.viii.-7.ix., 1♀ 21.ix.-5.x.; trap 12: 1♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 15-29.vi.; trap 15: 1♀ 2-16.vi., 1♀ 30.vi.-14.vii., 1♀ 14-28.vii., 2♀♀ 28.vii.- 11.viii., 2♀♀ 20.viii.-22.ix.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Orthocentrus fulvipes GRAVENHORST 1829
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Orthocentrus
Orthocentrus fulvipes

description: Orthocentrus fulvipes GRAVENHORST, 1829
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 29.vi.-13.vii.; trap 4: 1♀ 1-15.vi.; trap 7: 1♀ 20.v.- 1.vi., 1♀ 15-29.vi., 1♀ 27.vii.-20.viii., 1♀ 24.viii.-7.ix., 1♀ 21.ix.-5.x.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic and Oriental, known from Georgia (RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
In-person schooling and associated COVID-19 risk in the United States over spring semester 2021
Creators: name: Stuart, E.A
name: Grabowski, M.K
name: Grantz, K.H
name: Azman, A.S
name: Smith, C.P
name: Lessler, J
name: Wiens, K.E
name: Badillo-Goicoechea, E
Publisher: name: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Year: 2022

description: Because of the importance of schools to childhood development, the relationship between in-person schooling and COVID-19 risk has been one of the most important questions of this pandemic. Previous work in the United States during winter 2020–2021 showed that in-person schooling carried some risk for household members and that mitigation measures reduced this risk. Schooling and the COVID-19 landscape changed radically over spring semester 2021. Here, we use data from a massive online survey to characterize changes in in-person schooling behavior and associated risks over that period. We find increases in in-person schooling and reductions in mitigations over time. In-person schooling is associated with increased reporting of COVID-19 outcomes even among vaccinated individuals (although the absolute risk among the vaccinated is greatly reduced). Vaccinated teachers working outside the home were less likely to report COVID-19–related outcomes than unvaccinated teachers working exclusively from home. Adequate mitigation measures appear to eliminate the excess risk associated with in-person schooling.
The seasonality of cholera in sub-Saharan Africa: a statistical modelling study
Creators: name: Azman, A.S
name: Yennan, S
name: Zaitchik, B
name: Perez-Saez, J
name: Langa, J.P
name: Luquero, F.J
name: Malembaka, E.B
name: Lessler, J
name: Lee, E.C
name: Finger, F
Publisher: name: Elsevier Ltd
Year: 2022

description: Background: Cholera remains a major threat in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where some of the highest case-fatality rates are reported. Knowing in what months and where cholera tends to occur across the continent could aid in improving efforts to eliminate cholera as a public health concern. However, largely due to the absence of unified large-scale datasets, no continent-wide estimates exist. In this study, we aimed to estimate cholera seasonality across SSA and explore the correlation between hydroclimatic variables and cholera seasonality. Methods: Using the global cholera database of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control, we developed statistical models to synthesise data across spatial and temporal scales to infer the seasonality of excess (defined as incidence higher than the 2010–16 mean incidence rate) suspected cholera occurrence in SSA. We developed a Bayesian statistical model to infer the monthly risk of excess cholera at the first and second administrative levels. Seasonality patterns were then grouped into spatial clusters. Finally, we studied the association between seasonality estimates and hydroclimatic variables (mean monthly fraction of area flooded, mean monthly air temperature, and cumulative monthly precipitation). Findings: 24 (71%) of the 34 countries studied had seasonal patterns of excess cholera risk, corresponding to approximately 86% of the SSA population. 12 (50%) of these 24 countries also had subnational differences in seasonality patterns, with strong differences in seasonality strength between regions. Seasonality patterns clustered into two macroregions (west Africa and the Sahel vs eastern and southern Africa), which were composed of subregional clusters with varying degrees of seasonality. Exploratory association analysis found most consistent and positive correlations between cholera seasonality and precipitation and, to a lesser extent, between cholera seasonality and temperature and flooding. Interpretation: Widespread cholera seasonality in SSA offers opportunities for intervention planning. Further studies are needed to study the association between cholera and climate. Funding: US National Aeronautics and Space Administration Applied Sciences Program and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Orthocentrus marginatus HOLMGREN 1858
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Orthocentrus
Orthocentrus marginatus

description: Orthocentrus marginatus HOLMGREN, 1858
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 4: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Periodic synchronisation of dengue epidemics in Thailand over the last 5 decades driven by temperature and immunity
Creators: name: Grabowski, M.K
name: Sheppard, L.W
name: Salje, H
name: Doung-Ngern, P
name: García-Carreras, B
name: Yang, B
name: Cummings, D.A.T
name: Huang, A.T
name: Iamsirithaworn, S
name: Clapham, H.E
name: Lessler, J
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2022

description: distribution of dengue and its vectors (spp. Aedes : ) may be the widest it has ever been, and projections suggest that climate change may allow the expansion to continue. However, less work has been done to understand how climate variability and change affects dengue in regions where the pathogen is already endemic. In these areas, the waxing and waning of immunity has a large impact on temporal dynamics of cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever. Here, we use 51 years of data across 72 provinces and characterise spatiotemporal patterns of dengue in Thailand, where dengue has caused almost 1.5 million cases over the last 30 years, and examine the roles played by temperature and dynamics of immunity in giving rise to those patterns. We find that timescales of multiannual oscillations in dengue vary in space and time and uncover an interesting spatial phenomenon: Thailand has experienced multiple, periodic synchronisation events. We show that although patterns in synchrony of dengue are similar to those observed in temperature, the relationship between the two is most consistent during synchronous periods, while during asynchronous periods, temperature plays a less prominent role. With simulations from temperature-driven models, we explore how dynamics of immunity interact with temperature to produce the observed patterns in synchrony. The simulations produced patterns in synchrony that were similar to observations, supporting an important role of immunity. We demonstrate that multiannual oscillations produced by immunity can lead to asynchronous dynamics and that synchrony in temperature can then synchronise these dengue dynamics. At higher mean temperatures, immune dynamics can be more predominant, and dengue dynamics more insensitive to multiannual fluctuations in temperature, suggesting that with rising mean temperatures, dengue dynamics may become increasingly asynchronous. These findings can help underpin predictions of disease patterns as global temperatures rise.
Orthocentrus monilicornis HOLMGREN 1858
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Orthocentrus
Orthocentrus monilicornis

description: Orthocentrus monilicornis HOLMGREN, 1858
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap15: 1♀ 16-30.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
BANKLARINING INTERFAOL BANK XIZMATLARINI KO'RSATUVCHI TIZIMINING BANK DAROMADIGA TA'SIRI TAHLILI (XAB TRASTBANK MISOLIDA)
Creators: name: Maxmudova, M.Q.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada hozirgi kunda iqtisodiy tizimga jadal sur’atlar bilan ta’sir etib kelayotgan innovatsiya tushunchasi va bunga yondosh tarzda moliaviy innovatsiyaning kelib chiqishi va ularning banklarning transformatsiyalshuvi jarayonidagi me’yoriy–huquqiy hujjatlarning zarurligi, mavjudlarini takomillashtirish borasida ma’lumotlar o’rganilgan. Xorijiy olimlar fikri alohida keltirilgan va bunga qo‘shimcha tarzda innovatsiya, moliyaviy innovatsiyalarga oid qo‘shimcha takliflar berilgan.
‘I’m Both a Worker and a Shareholder.’ Workers’ Narratives and Property Transformations in Postsocialist Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia
Creators: name: Calori, Anna
name: Jurkat, Kathrin
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 910 Geografie, Reisen
subject: 940 Geschichte Europas
subject: 320 Politikwissenschaft

description: The authors offer an analysis of the property reforms that accompanied economic transformation in late socialist and postsocialist Yugoslavia, as experienced and narrated by industrial workers in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia today. The property reforms carried out in these two countries between 1990 and the 2000s have profoundly influenced the narratives that workers form around their experience of economic transformation in the workplace. By analysing how industrial workers have developed a feeling of ownership towards their particular workplace, and how they now talk about that experience, the authors provide an explanation for workers’ disillusionment and dissatisfaction towards privatisation reforms in recent years, and show how they have made sense of the seismic shifts in property relations that have accompanied economic reforms since 1989.
Identifying Recent Cholera Infections Using a Multiplex Bead Serological Assay
Creators: name: Kelly, M
name: Hutt Vater, K.R
name: Calderwood, S.B
name: Bhuiyan, T.R
name: Kováč, P
name: Leung, D.T
name: Lessler, J
name: Khan, A.I
name: Azman, A.S
name: Biswas, R
name: Kamruzzaman, M
name: Chowdhury, F
name: Charles, R.C
name: Slater, D.M
name: Muise, R.E
name: Ryan, E.T
name: Jones, F.K
name: Qadri, F
name: Harris, J.B
name: Xu, P
name: LaRocque, R.C
Publisher: name: American Society for Microbiology
Year: 2022

description: Estimates of incidence based on medically attended cholera can be severely biased. Vibrio cholerae O1 leaves a lasting antibody signal and recent advances showed that these can be used to estimate infection incidence rates from cross-sectional serologic data. Current laboratory methods are resource intensive and challenging to standardize across laboratories. A multiplex bead assay (MBA) could efficiently expand the breadth of measured antibody responses and improve seroincidence accuracy. We tested 305 serum samples from confirmed cholera cases (4 to 1083 d postinfection) and uninfected contacts in Bangladesh using an MBA (IgG/IgA/IgM for 7 Vibrio cholerae O1-specific antigens) as well as traditional vibriocidal and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (2 antigens, IgG, and IgA). While postinfection vibriocidal responses were larger than other markers, several MBA-measured antibodies demonstrated robust responses with similar half-lives. Random forest models combining all MBA antibody measures allowed for accurate identification of recent cholera infections (e.g., past 200 days) including a cross-validated area under the curve (cvAUC200) of 92%, with simpler 3 IgG antibody models having similar accuracy. Across infection windows between 45 and 300 days, the accuracy of models trained on MBA measurements was non-inferior to models based on traditional assays. Our results illustrated a scalable cholera serosurveillance tool that can be incorporated into multipathogen serosurveillance platforms. IMPORTANCE Reliable estimates of cholera incidence are challenged by poor clinical surveillance and health-seeking behavior biases. We showed that cross-sectional serologic profiles measured with a high-throughput multiplex bead assay can lead to accurate identification of those infected with pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1, thus allowing for estimates of seroincidence. This provides a new avenue for understanding the epidemiology of cholera, identifying priority areas for cholera prevention/control investments, and tracking progress in the global fight against this ancient disease.
Cholera outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa during 2010-2019: a descriptive analysis
Creators: name: Zheng, Q
name: Luquero, F.J
name: Lessler, J
name: Ciglenecki, I
name: Wamala, J.F
name: Hussen, M
name: Wossen, M
name: Yennan, S
name: Welo, P
name: Azman, A.S
name: Abubakar, A
name: Lee, E.C
name: Keita, A
Publisher: name: Elsevier B.V.
Year: 2022

description: Background: Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit our understanding of cholera outbreak epidemiology. Methods: From a database of cholera incidence and mortality, we extracted data from sub-Saharan Africa and reconstructed outbreaks of suspected cholera starting in January 2010 to December 2019 based on location-specific average weekly incidence rate thresholds. We then described the distribution of key outbreak metrics. Results: We identified 999 suspected cholera outbreaks in 744 regions across 25 sub-Saharan African countries. The outbreak periods accounted for 1.8 billion person-months (2% of the total during this period) from January 2010 to January 2020. Among 692 outbreaks reported from second-level administrative units (e.g., districts), the median attack rate was 0.8 per 1000 people (interquartile range (IQR), 0.3-2.4 per 1000), the median epidemic duration was 13 weeks (IQR, 8-19), and the median early outbreak reproductive number was 1.8 (range, 1.1-3.5). Larger attack rates were associated with longer times to outbreak peak, longer epidemic durations, and lower case fatality risks. Conclusions: This study provides a baseline from which the progress toward cholera control and essential statistics to inform outbreak management in sub-Saharan Africa can be monitored.
Collaborative Hubs: Making the Most of Predictive Epidemic Modeling
Creators: name: Schienle, M
name: Rosenfeld, R
name: Johansson, M.A
name: Viboud, C
name: Shea, K
name: Runge, M.C
name: Lessler, J
name: Funk, S
name: Reich, N.G
name: Vespignani, A
name: Bracher, J
name: Ray, E.L
name: Biggerstaff, M
name: Tibshirani, R.J
name: Gardner, L
name: Niehus, R
name: Borchering, R.K
name: Johnson, H.C
name: Hochheiser, H
Publisher: name: American Public Health Association Inc.
Year: 2022

description: The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that epidemic models play an important role in how governments and the public respond to infectious disease crises. Early in the pandemic, models were used to estimate the true number of infections. Later, they estimated key parameters, generated short-term forecasts of outbreak trends, and quantified possible effects of interventions on the unfolding epidemic. In contrast to the coordinating role played by major national or international agencies in weather-related emergencies, pandemic modeling efforts were initially scattered across many research institutions. Differences in modeling approaches led to contrasting results, contributing to confusion in public perception of the pandemic. Efforts to coordinate modeling efforts in so-called “hubs” have provided governments, healthcare agencies, and the public with assessments and forecasts that reflect the consensus in the modeling community. This has been achieved by openly synthesizing uncertainties across different modeling approaches and facilitating comparisons between them.
Orthocentrus orbitator AUBERT 1963
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Orthocentrus
Orthocentrus orbitator

description: Orthocentrus orbitator AUBERT, 1963
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 15: 1♀ 14-28.vii., 1♀ 20.viii.-22.ix.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
A scenario modeling pipeline for COVID-19 emergency planning
Creators: name: Lauer, S.A
name: Lee, E.C
name: Grantz, K.H
name: Truelove, S.A
name: Lemaitre, J.C
name: Shah, S
name: Meredith, H.R
name: Kaminsky, K
name: Keegan, L.T
name: Kaminsky, J
name: Lessler, J
name: Wills, J
name: Perez-Saez, J
Publisher: name: Nature Research
Year: 2021

description: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused strain on health systems worldwide due to its high mortality rate and the large portion of cases requiring critical care and mechanical ventilation. During these uncertain times, public health decision makers, from city health departments to federal agencies, sought the use of epidemiological models for decision support in allocating resources, developing non-pharmaceutical interventions, and characterizing the dynamics of COVID-19 in their jurisdictions. In response, we developed a flexible scenario modeling pipeline that could quickly tailor models for decision makers seeking to compare projections of epidemic trajectories and healthcare impacts from multiple intervention scenarios in different locations. Here, we present the components and configurable features of the COVID Scenario Pipeline, with a vignette detailing its current use. We also present model limitations and active areas of development to meet ever-changing decision maker needs.
Supplemental.pdf
Creators: name: Gløersen, Øyvind
name: Colosio, Alessandro L
name: Boone, Jan
name: Dysthe, Dag Kristian
name: Malthe-Sørenssen, Anders
name: Capelli, Carlo
name: Pogliaghi, Silvia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplemental material for the manuscript titled "Modeling VO2 on-kinetics based on intensity-dependent Delayed Adjustment and Loss of Efficiency (DALE)", submitted to review at the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Students' perceptions of an active learning approach to capstone projects
Creators: name: Blicblau, Aaron
name: Dini, Kourosh
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 401799
subject: Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Engineering graduates, local and international, need to communicate effectively. The requirement of better communication skills is recognised as important generic skills applicable to all graduate engineers. Evidence shows that communication skills of engineering students, particularly, in producing reports, poster, and giving oral presentations are often below their expected level in an industrial environment. The final year capstone project in the engineering curriculum addresses the need for communicating effectively. These skills have been incorporated into the early stages of the final year capstone project, as an active learning process, in a series of seminars and practical applications to provide the students with these capabilities. These are very important for international students, whose first language is not English and who may not have had the appropriate training or experience. This article provides the results of a survey conducted among final year engineering students, who enrolled in the final year capstone project. It examines the effect of an active learning process to boost their communication skills. The outcomes show that the majority of students, both international and local, found intensive tutorial activities to be most useful as an adjunct to their learning.
Maximizing and evaluating the impact of test-trace-isolate programs: A modeling study
Creators: name: Lee, E.C
name: Lessler, J
name: Grantz, K.H
name: Gurley, E.S
name: Metcalf, J.C.E
name: Lee, K.H
name: D’Agostino McGowan, L
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2021

description: Background Test-trace-isolate programs are an essential part of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVIDAU -19): control that offer a more targeted approach than many other nonpharmaceutical interventions. Effective use of such programs requires methods to estimate their current and anticipated impact. Methods and findings We present a mathematical modeling framework to evaluate the expected reductions in the reproductive number, R, from test-trace-isolate programs. This framework is implemented in a publicly available R package and an online application. We evaluated the effects of completeness in case detection and contact tracing and speed of isolation and quarantine using parameters consistent with COVID-19 transmission (R0: 2.5, generation time: 6.5 days). We show that R is most sensitive to changes in the proportion of cases detected in almost all scenarios, and other metrics have a reduced impact when case detection levels are low (<30%). Although test-trace-isolate programs can contribute substantially to reducing R, exceptional performance across all metrics is needed to bring R below one through test-trace-isolate alone, highlighting the need for comprehensive control strategies. Results from this model also indicate that metrics used to evaluate performance of test-trace-isolate, such as the proportion of identified infections among traced contacts, may be misleading. While estimates of the impact of test-trace-isolate are sensitive to assumptions about COVID-19 natural history and adherence to isolation and quarantine, our qualitative findings are robust across numerous sensitivity analyses. Conclusions Effective test-trace-isolate programs first need to be strong in the “test” component, as case detection underlies all other program activities. Even moderately effective test-trace-isolate programs are an important tool for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and can alleviate the need for more restrictive social distancing measures.
Sample size calculation for phylogenetic case Linkage
Creators: name: Giles, J.R
name: Wohl, S
name: Lessler, J
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2021

description: Sample size calculations are an essential component of the design and evaluation of scientific studies. However, there is a lack of clear guidance for determining the sample size needed for phylogenetic studies, which are becoming an essential part of studying pathogen transmission. We introduce a statistical framework for determining the number of true infector- infectee transmission pairs identified by a phylogenetic study, given the size and population coverage of that study. We then show how characteristics of the criteria used to determine linkage and aspects of the study design can influence our ability to correctly identify transmission links, in sometimes counterintuitive ways. We test the overall approach using outbreak simulations and provide guidance for calculating the sensitivity and specificity of the linkage criteria, the key inputs to our approach. The framework is freely available as the R package phylosamp, and is broadly applicable to designing and evaluating a wide array of pathogen phylogenetic studies.