cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: A home away from home for adolescents : narratives on residential care life in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Creators: name: Shabangu, Xolani
name: Bhagwan, Raisuyah
name: Dewan, Fathima
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2024

description: Residential care facilities play a significant role in accommodating orphaned and vulnerable children both in South Africa and internationally. However, there is scant information about the experiences adolescents have of residential care life in South Africa. This study explores the experiences of adolescents at a residential care setting, in the eThekwini region of KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa. The study was conducted using a qualitative research methodology. Twenty-six participants were recruited using non-probability purposive sampling methods. Findings indicate that children in residential care have both positive and negative experiences of residential care. The findings that were significant highlighted adolescents’ emotions related to growing up in a residential care setting and key issues around the experiences of support and care within these settings. Two core themes were identified using thematic analysis. Firstly, the daily life experiences of growing up in the residential care facility, and secondly, their experiences of support and care therein. These findings are relevant to improving child care services at residential care facilities in South Africa and enabling the wellbeing of adolescents.
Sexarbeit In Luzern: Eine Analyse Der Voraussetzungen Zur Politischen Partizipation Von Sexarbeiterinnen In Luzern
Creators: name: Mavrici, Giuseppe
name: Staffelbach, Cilia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: gnd:4047516-5
subject: gnd:4055676-1
subject: gnd:4036733-2

description: Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es, zu untersuchen, ob die Voraussetzungen zur politischen Partizipation bei Sexarbeiterinnen in Luzern vorhanden sind. Es wurde anhand des Modells von Maria Lüthringhaus „Determinanten politischer Partizipation“ aufgezeigt, welche Voraussetzungen zur politischen Partizipation gegeben sein müssen, und durch die Forschungsarbeit mit der Situation der Sexarbeiterinnen in Luzern verglichen. Der genannte Forschungsgegenstand wird begleitet durch vier leitende Annahmen, welche durch das gewonnene Wissen aus den literarischen Recherchen entstanden sind. Die Grundlage der Forschungsarbeit bilden Leitfadeninterviews, die mit sieben Experten und Expertinnen aus Politik, Sozialer Arbeit und dem Sexgewerbe durchgeführt wurden. Die Datenauswertung fand durch das sechsstufige Auswertungsverfahren der strukturierenden Inhaltsanalyse von Claus Mühlefeld, Paul Windolf, Norbert Lampert und Heidi Krüger statt. Anhand dieser Auswertung musste festgestellt werden, dass viele andere Probleme der Sexarbeiterinnen die Voraussetzungen zur politischen Partizipation negativ beeinflussen respektive verhindern. Daher braucht es einen Ausbau der Hilfsangebote für Sexarbeiterinnen, und es müssen gesellschaftliche und politische Stigmatisierungen aufgehoben werden. Die Soziokulturelle Animation kann dabei vor allem einen Beitrag leisten, indem sie Unterstützung bietet bei der Vernetzung wichtiger Akteure und der Sexarbeiterinnen sowie durch die Anregung eines gesellschaftlichen Diskurses über die Sexarbeit, um das negative Bild der Sexarbeiterinnen zu verbessern.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa bask 2014 be + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern - Soziale Arbeit, Ausbildungsgang Soziokultur, 2014
Online_Appendix – Supplemental material for A Two-Level Alternating Direction Model for Polytomous Items With Local Dependence
Creators: name: Himelfarb, Igor
name: Marcoulides, Katerina M.
name: Guoliang Fang
name: Shotts, Bruce L.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, Online_Appendix for A Two-Level Alternating Direction Model for Polytomous Items With Local Dependence by Igor Himelfarb, Katerina M. Marcoulides, Guoliang Fang and Bruce L. Shotts in Educational and Psychological Measurement
Additional file 2 of Proteomic characterization of persisters in Enterococcus faecium
Creators: name: Pont, Charlotte Le
name: Bernay, Benoît
name: Gérard, Mattéo
name: Dhalluin, Anne
name: Gravey, François
name: Giard, Jean-Christophe
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics

description: Supplementary Material 2
CUMINUM CYMINUM L.O'SIMLIGINING MORFOBIOLOGIK VA DORIVORLIK XUSUSIYATLARI
Creators: name: Tursunova, Saida
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Cuminum cyminum L. (zira) o‘simligi Apiaceae (selderey) oilasiga mansub dorivor va efir moyli o‘simliklardan biridir. Ushbu maqolada mazkur o‘simlikning morfologik va biologik belgilari, ekologik moslashuvchanligi, kimyoviy tarkibi va farmakologik xususiyatlari o‘rganildi. Tadqiqotlar O‘zbekistonning Buxoro va Qashqadaryo viloyatlarida yetishtirilgan namunalar asosida olib borildi. Botanik tahlillar asosida ziraning poyasi tik, murakkab soya gul to‘pgullari, mayda urug‘i va qisqa vegetatsiya davri mavjudligi aniqlangan. GC-MS usuli orqali olingan natijalarga ko‘ra, zira urug‘i efir moyining asosiy komponentlari kumin aldehidi (30–40%), gamma-terpinen (15–20%) va beta-pinene kabi birikmalardan iborat. Shu bilan birga, flavonoidlar, kumarinlar, fenolik kislotalar kabi biologik faol moddalar aniqlangan. Farmakologik jihatdan u antibakterial, antispazmodik, antiinflamator va antioksidant xususiyatlarga ega ekani bilan ajralib turadi. Mazkur xususiyatlar zirani nafaqat xalq tabobatida, balki zamonaviy farmatsevtika, oziq-ovqat sanoati va fitoterapiyada keng qo‘llash imkonini beradi. Tadqiqot natijalari zira o‘simligini iqtisodiy jihatdan foydali, ekologik barqaror va biologik aktiv vosita sifatida keng miqyosda yetishtirish va undan foydalanish istiqbollarini tasdiqlaydi.
Supplemental material for Doubly robust weighted log-rank tests and Renyi-type tests under non-random treatment assignment and dependent censoring
Creators: name: Li, Chenxi
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Nursing not elsewhere classified
Sociological Methodology and Research Methods

description: Supplemental Material for Doubly robust weighted log-rank tests and Renyi-type tests under non-random treatment assignment and dependent censoring by Chenxi Li in Statistical Methods in Medical Research
Additional file 3 of Proteomic characterization of persisters in Enterococcus faecium
Creators: name: Pont, Charlotte Le
name: Bernay, Benoît
name: Gérard, Mattéo
name: Dhalluin, Anne
name: Gravey, François
name: Giard, Jean-Christophe
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics

description: Supplementary Material 3
Exploring bioorthogonal approaches to activate PROTACs
Creators: name: Croke, Stephen
Publisher: name: The University of Edinburgh
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cancer
Bioorthogonal Chemistry

description: Selective degradation of proteins by proteolysis targeting chimaeras (PROTACs) offers a promising potential alternative to protein inhibition for therapeutic intervention. However, poor pharmacokinetic properties and toxicity concerns exist over this new therapeutic approach. Current PROTAC molecules incorporate a ligand for the target protein, a linker, and an E3 ubiquitin ligase recruiting group, which bring together the target protein and ubiquitinating machinery. Such hetero-bifunctional molecules possess high molecular weight, which can limit cellular permeation, solubility, and other drug-like properties. In addition, the systemic degradation of proteins and hijacking of the cellular protein degradation pathway could lead to the dysregulation of proteostasis. This thesis investigates if bioorthogonal chemistry can be incorporated into the PROTAC design to circumvent these issues. This approach is intended to generate a more targeted therapeutic treatment regime while minimising harm to normal healthy tissues through the local generation of PROTACs which are not dependent on intrinsic biological activators but by an external activating device, thus reducing the systemic presence of the PROTAC. The investigation of this bioorthogonal activation strategy begins with the synthesis of a PROTAC library that is screened in a protein degradation assay. Two bioorthogonal strategies to control the activity of PROTACs are then explored on the lead candidate; in situ synthesis and prodrug uncaging. The in situ synthesis design involves splitting the traditional PROTAC structure in half into two drug-like precursors, a CRBN ligand that contains a terminal alkyne and a dasatinib warhead that has a terminal azide. A biocompatible device containing Cu(I) is used to catalyse an azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction. When this catalytic device is combined with the precursors, this should result in the PROTAC being generated in situ at the tumour site, limiting targeted protein degradation to the tumour site. The prodrug uncaging approach relies on inactivating the PROTAC through the incorporation of a metal labile promoeity blocking a key drug-protein interaction. The activity of the PROTAC is then restored locally within the tumour by an intratumoural transition metal catalyst (TMC) microimplant that can trigger the uncaging of the prodrug.
Enhancing thermal efficiency of parabolic trough collectors using SiO2 nanofluids: a comparative study of particle size impact on solar energy harvesting
Creators: name: Sivaraman, Prabhakaran
name: Kolandaivel, Visagavel
name: Rajendran, Silambarasan
name: Dhairiyasamy, Ratchagaraja
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Solar energy technologies, particularly Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors (PTSCs), are crucial for efficient and scalable thermal applications in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants. This study investigates the thermal efficiency of PTSCs utilizing silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanofluids with varying particle sizes (20 nm, 50 nm, and 100 nm) compared to deionized (DI) water as the heat transfer fluid (HTF). The objective is to enhance PTSC performance by improving the HTF’s thermal properties by adding SiO2 nanoparticles. SiO2 nanofluids were synthesized using the sol-gel method and characterized for thermal conductivity, viscosity, and specific heat capacity. _The novelty of this study lies in the comprehensive analysis of the effects of nanoparticle size on PTSC efficiency, which offers practical insights for optimizing solar thermal systems. Experimental setups measured PTSC thermal efficiency under varying solar irradiation and ambient temperature conditions. The results showed a significant improvement in thermal efficiency when using SiO2 nanofluids, with the 20 nm nanoparticles exhibiting the highest enhancement of approximately 26% over DI water. The 50 nm and 100 nm nanoparticles showed 21% and 17% improvements, respectively. The increased efficiency is attributed to smaller nanoparticles’ higher surface area-to-volume ratio, which enhances thermal conductivity and reduces boundary layer thickness. Additionally, thermal conductivity increases with temperature and decreases with nanoparticle size, while specific heat capacity decreases with temperature and nanoparticle size. SiO2 nanofluids, particularly those with smaller nanoparticles, significantly enhance the thermal performance of PTSCs. This study highlights the potential of nanofluids in solar thermal applications and provides a basis for further research on the long-term stability and economic viability of nanofluid-based HTFs.
Gekommen - Geblieben: Sozialberatung Mit Älteren Arbeitsmigrantinnen Und Arbeitsmigranten
Creators: name: Vogel, Christian
name: Vogel, Iris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014

description: Die zugewanderte Bevölkerung altert, und daraus ergeben sich neue Herausforderungen für die Versorgungssysteme. Altern in der Arbeitsmigration wird lediglich als Randthema behandelt. Dennoch kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass Aspekte des Alterns in der Migration und der damit verbundenen Lebenslage erheblich an Bedeutung gewinnen werden. Diese Herausforderung stellt sich auch der Sozialen Arbeit. Die Autorenschaft zeigt in der vorliegenden Literaturarbeit auf, wie eine gelingende Sozialberatung von älteren Arbeitsmigrantinnen und Arbeitsmigranten mittels ressourcen- und lösungsorientierter Methoden gewährleistet wird, dies unter Einbezug relevanter empirischer Erkenntnisse der sozialen Gerontologie und Sozialwissenschaft. Die Autorenschaft erläutert verschiedene Faktoren auf individueller und sozialer Ebene, welche sich auf den Alternsprozess der Arbeitsmigrationsbevölkerung auswirken. Das Zusammenspiel dieser Faktoren charakterisiert dessen Komplexität. Aus Sicht der Sozialen Arbeit wird deutlich, dass Migration in diesem Sinne als biographische Ressource für die Lebensgestaltung im Alter dienen kann. Die vorliegende Literaturarbeit hat zum Ziel, handlungsleitende Erkenntnisse für die Sozialberatung von älteren Arbeitsmigrantinnen und Arbeitsmigranten zu erörtern. Die Autorenschaft erläutert Handlungsgrundsätze für die Sozialberatung von älteren Arbeitsmigrantinnen und Arbeitsmigranten und erarbeitet ein entsprechendes Kompetenzprofil für Professionelle der Sozialen Arbeit.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa basa 2014 be + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern - Soziale Arbeit, Ausbildungsgang Sozialarbeit, 2014
IMPACT OF ORGAN MINERAL AND MINERAL FERTILIZATION ON SOYBEAN CROP PRODUCTION COMPONENTS
Creators: name: Filipe Henrique, Ribeiro da Mata
name: Cristiane, Fernanda Ribeiro da Mata
Publisher: name: American serial
Year: 2024
Subjects: Soybean (Glycine max L.), Organomineral fertilizers, Mineral fertilization, Sustainable agriculture, Nutrient management

description: Soybean (Glycine max L.) farming is of significant global importance, particularly within Brazil, where it is a crucial agricultural commodity cultivated nationwide. The 5th monitoring report of the Brazilian grain harvest for 2022/2023 by CONAB highlights that Goiás ranked third in national production during the 2021/2022 season, producing 28,834.4 thousand tons. Achieving high productivity in soybean farming is largely dependent on effective management practices, especially plant nutrition through soil fertilization. While mineral fertilizers are commonly used for plant nutrition, their extensive use, coupled with the scarcity of non-renewable resources, has escalated costs and prices. This necessitates the exploration of alternative fertilizer sources to ensure more efficient and sustainable agricultural production management.

In response to this need, various agribusiness sectors generate substantial waste that can be repurposed for nutrient reuse. This waste, combined with concentrated mineral fertilizers, forms organomineral fertilizers (FOM), which blend minerals and organic residues. Utilizing organomineral fertilizers offers a promising alternative for grain production by optimizing natural resources and reducing costs. This study examines the effects of organomineral and mineral fertilization on the production components of soybean crops, aiming to promote sustainability and enhance productivity. The findings could provide valuable insights into more sustainable fertilization practices in soybean farming
Appendix_3-_Topic_guide_for_Focus_Group_Discussions_Community_participants – Supplemental material for A Formative Qualitative Study on the Acceptability of Deferred Consent in Adult Emergency Care Research in Malawi
Creators: name: Manda-Taylor, Lucinda
name: Fanuel Meckson Bickton
name: Gooding, Kate
name: Rylance, Jamie
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, Appendix_3-_Topic_guide_for_Focus_Group_Discussions_Community_participants for A Formative Qualitative Study on the Acceptability of Deferred Consent in Adult Emergency Care Research in Malawi by Lucinda Manda-Taylor, Fanuel Meckson Bickton, Kate Gooding and Jamie Rylance in Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
How do we get there (to know what's in publications)?  A 7* Scheme for "Open FAIR Publications"
Creators: name: Agosti, Donat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Research results are published as scientific articles. They represent an intricate network of citations and facts, representing the existing knowledge, as billions of statements. In biodiversity, this includes a corpus of an estimated 500 million pages. A small but growing part is published in a semantically enhanced open access format, but the overwhelming part is behind multiple barriers, from being print only to closed access portable document formats (PDFs). To make use of the emerging AI tools, this corpus needs to be made available in a machine actionable way. At least part of it has to be curated to serve as training material for AI and machine learning. The steps towards fully machine actionable data will be described in this presentation. Starting with print (*), print with metadata (**), to scan-based PDF with metadata (***), text-based PDF with metadata (****), ASCI – standard structured XML with metadata (*****), ASCI – XML with semantic enhancements and metadata (******) and ending with ASCI – XML with semantic enhancements, attributes and metadata (*******). To serve the wider community, the publications have to be open access, infrastructures need to be expanded such as the Biodiversity Literature Repository to allow FAIRizing of data, including specific blocks of text such as taxonomic treatments, recommendations or illustrations, and vocabularies have to be developed and maintained to enable semantic enhancement in cases where they do not exist.
TRANSFORMING MINING WASTE INTO FERTILIZERS: SUBSTITUTION OF PHOSPHORIC ACID WITH SLIMES
Creators: name: Madou, Karim Ndiaye
name: Fatoumata, Aissatou Diop
Publisher: name: American serial
Year: 2024
Subjects: Phosphate rock processing, Mining waste characterization, Environmental impact, Resource utilization, Sustainable mining

description: Phosphate rocks exhibit diverse characteristics that influence their processing technologies and the nature of the resulting waste. Each phosphate rock type, as highlighted by Pierre Becker, undergoes unique behaviors during grinding, necessitating tailored processing approaches depending on its origin (Pereira, 2013). The variability in waste composition further reflects these differences, influenced by both the rock's origin and the processing methods employed.

The Taïba mine exemplifies this diversity, generating vast quantities of varied mining waste. This waste not only signifies a substantial loss of potential value, primarily phosphorus, but also occupies significant agricultural, pastoral, and forestry lands in the Mboro-Darou region. This has resulted in widespread land degradation, environmental degradation, and associated health concerns (Calba et al., 2008).

Meanwhile, at the ICS mine, slimes from phosphate rock processing present specific challenges and opportunities in waste management and resource utilization. These slimes
Pentosane aus Bioethanolschlempe – Untersuchung von Prozessoptionen für Dünnschlempe
Creators: name: Zimmermann, Andreas
Publisher: name: TUHH Universitätsbibliothek
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biorefinery, bioethanol stillage, pentosan recovery, pentosan analytics, pentosan production, arabinoxylan
classificationCode: 6
subject: Technology::660: Chemistry; Chemical Engineering
classificationCode: 6
subject: Technology::630: Agriculture and Related Technologies
classificationCode: 5
subject: Natural Sciences and Mathematics::540: Chemistry

description: Die steigende Nachfrage nach Ballaststoffen in der Ernährung und Tierfutterproduktion erfordert die Nutzung bislang ungenutzter Ressourcen. Pentosane, eine relevante Ballaststoffquelle in Getreide, kommen auch in Bioethanolschlempe vor, einem Nebenprodukt der Bioethanolproduktion. Diese Arbeit untersucht die Möglichkeiten zur Abtrennung und Anreicherung von Pentosanen aus Bioethanolschlempe. Dafür werden analytische Methoden für die Pentosane entwickelt und die Schlempe umfassend charakterisiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Pentosane besonders in der flüssigen Phase der Dünnschlempe angereichert werden. Der auf dieser Grundlage entwickelte Prozess umfasst eine Fest-Flüssig-Trennung, einen Solubilisierungsschritt und die weitere Aufreinigung mittels Filtration. Auf diese Weise kann ein Produkt mit über 50 %TS Pentosangehalt gewonnen werden.
description: The increasing demand for dietary fibre in human and animal nutrition requires the use of previously unused resources. Pentosans, a major source of dietary fiber in cereals, are also found in bioethanol stillage, a by-product of bioethanol production. This work investigates options of producing and enriching pentosans from bioethanol stillage. For this purpose, analytical methods for the pentosans are developed and the stillage is comprehensively characterised. The results show that pentosans are particularly enriched in the liquid phase of the thin stillage. The process developed on this basis comprises a solid-liquid separation, a solubilization step and further purification by means of filtration. In this way, a product with a pentosan content of more than 50 %DM can be obtained.
Supplemental material for Unfenced Borders Cause Differences in Vegetation and Fauna Between Protected and Unprotected Areas in a Tropical Savanna
Creators: name: Nyamukuru, Antonia
name: John-Arvid Grytnes
name: Tabuti, John R. S.
name: Totland, Ørjan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Geography
subject: 120505 Regional Analysis and Development
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography

description: Supplemental Material for Unfenced Borders Cause Differences in Vegetation and Fauna Between Protected and Unprotected Areas in a Tropical Savanna by Antonia Nyamukuru, John-Arvid Grytnes, John R. S. Tabuti and Ørjan Totland in Tropical Conservation Science
Über Ermächtigung Zur Animation. Das Verständnis Von Soziokultureller Animation Im Spanischsprachigen Diskurs Am Beispiel Von Ezequiel Ander-Egg
Creators: name: Meyenhofer, Marie-Line
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: gnd:4721392-9

description: Lateinamerika wird oft als „Wiege der Soziokulturellen Animation“ bezeichnet. Wie kommt es dazu? Was beschreibt „animación sociocultural“ im spanischen Sprachraum, und wie unterscheidet sie sich von der deutschschweizerischen Soziokulturellen Animation? Die vorliegende Literaturarbeit gibt einen kurzen Überblick zur aktuellen Lage der Soziokulturellen Animation im iberoamerikanischen Sprachraum und zeichnet danach die historischen Zusammenhänge zu den Entwicklungen der Sozialen Arbeit Lateinamerikas, der éducacion popular und der weltpolitischen Lage zur Zeit des Kalten Krieges mit Hilfe lateinamerikanischer und spanischer Autoren wie Ezequiel Ander-Egg, María Christina Melano, Mónica Sepulveda Lopez, Xavier Úcar Martínez, Victor Juan Ventosa Perez, Gloria Pérez Serrano und Victoria Perez de Guzman Puya nach. Sie bezeichnet Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen Lateinamerika und Europa und stellt sie in Bezug zu den Entwicklungen der Soziokulturellen Animation in der Schweiz. In einem vertiefenden Teil wird eine wichtige Schlüsselperson bezüglich Vermittlung von Wissen zwischen Lateinamerika und Europa und zwischen educación popular und Soziokultureller Animation vorgestellt: Anhand von Verständnis und Schriften Ezequiel Ander-Eggs wird am Beispiel des Arbeitsprinzips Partizipation aufgezeigt, wie sich das lateinamerikanische Verständnis von Soziokultureller Animation und partizipativer Pädagogik in Theorie und Praxis auswirkt und wie die Ermächtigung zur Animation auch für die Soziokulturelle Animation in der Schweiz von Bedeutung ist.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa bask 2014 be + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern - Soziale Arbeit, Ausbildungsgang Soziokultur, 2014
REVIEWING RESILIENCE STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY: GUINEA'S PERSPECTIVE
Creators: name: Emily, Anne Johnson
Publisher: name: American serial
Year: 2024
Subjects: Climate change, Global warming, Health impacts, Vulnerability, Guinea

description: Climate change, predominantly driven by human activities like fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, intensifies greenhouse gas concentrations, thereby accelerating global warming (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2022). This phenomenon manifests in rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and heightened frequency and severity of extreme weather events, all of which significantly impact human health worldwide. Tropical developing nations, including Guinea, face heightened risks from these climatic shifts (WHO, 2022).

Guinea, in West Africa, exhibits pronounced vulnerability to climate change due to multiple factors: dependence on climate-sensitive sectors, dense urban populations, inadequate infrastructure, and constrained healthcare systems (African Development Bank Group, 2018). These vulnerabilities exacerbate the challenges posed by climate-related health impacts, compromising the country’s overall health resilience and well-being.

Geographically, Guinea features diverse topographical and climatic zones that further amplify its susceptibility to climate-related health issues. Figure 1 illustrates this diversity, showcasing elevated terrains predominant in the Fouta Djallon region contrasted with lower elevations along the coastline, notably in Conakry (World Bank, 2017; Climate Risk Profile: Guinea 2018).
title: The Influence of Different Sera on the Anti-Infective Properties of Silver Nitrate in Biopolymer Coatings
Creators: name: Nonhoff, Melanie
name: Pützler, Jan Frederik
name: Hasselmann, Julian
name: Fobker, Manfred
name: Niemann, Silke
name: Gosheger, Georg
name: Schulze, Martin
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 610 Medicine and health

description: The widespread prevalence of periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) poses significant challenges in orthopedic surgeries, with pathogens such as Staphylococcus epidermidis being particularly problematic due to their capability to form biofilms on implants. This study investigates the efficacy of an innovative silver nitrate-embedded poly-L-lactide biopolymer coating designed to prevent such infections. The methods involved applying varying concentrations of silver nitrate to in vitro setups and recording the resultant bacterial growth inhibition across different serum environments, including human serum and various animal sera. Results highlighted a consistent and significant inhibition of S. epidermidis growth at all tested concentrations in each type of serum without adverse interactions with serum proteins, which commonly compromise antimicrobial efficacy. This study concludes that the silver nitrate-embedded biopolymer coating exhibits potent antibacterial properties and has potential for use in clinical settings to reduce the incidence of PJIs. Furthermore, the findings underscore the importance of considering serum interactions in the design and testing of antimicrobial implants to ensure their effectiveness in actual use scenarios. These promising results pave the way for further research to validate and refine this technology for clinical application, focusing on optimizing silver ion release and assessing biocompatibility in vivo.
description: Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Universität Münster.
title: Drill music : the experience and beliefs of carers supporting looked after children in residential child care
Creators: name: Elgie, Sarah
name: Cometson, Alexandra
name: Sales, Frances
name: Proudman, Katherine
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2024

description: The research sought to understand carers in residential children’s homes experiences of drill music; a genre of music that has attracted controversy and been linked by professionals and agencies to both youth violence and criminal exploitation. Twenty-one carers from 11 different residential homes took part in focus groups, and thematic analysis identified seven core themes. Carers expressed concerns that drill music promotes gang culture and identities, and children need scaffolding around their relationship with the music, but nevertheless stated that drill music provides opportunities to build connections with young people in care, and can help them process and understand their early adverse childhood experiences. The authors make recommendations around safer use guidance so carers have the confidence and knowledge to support children engaged with drill music, in addition to providers offering mandatory training and developing youth culture champions to promote BAME diversity, and ensure carers keep abreast of ever-evolving youth culture.
Dr 4.2: Multimodal Interaction With Basic Adaptivity And Personalization
Creators: name: Kiefer, Bernd
name: Krieger, Hans-Ulrich
name: Kruijff-Korbayova, Ivana
name: Racioppa, Stefania
name: Burger, Franziska
name: Kaiser, Magdalena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017

description: The present report describes the work carried out in the second project year

regarding Natural Multimodal Interaction. It summarises the Deliverable

D4.2: \Natural Multimodal Interaction Basic Adaptivity and Personalisa-

tion".

The formalism to implement dialogue strategies that was dened in the rst

year has been implemented to a great extend, and the functionality contained

in the year 1 prototype has been implemented in the new formalism to prove

the feasibility of the approach. On the natural language generation side, we

implemented basic adaptivity and personalisation, using the data contained

in the underlying knowledge source to adapt the conversational style, as well

as the content, to the current user.

Two studies concerning personalised interaction were conducted. The

rst concerns the relation of the child's disclosure depending on self-disclosure

of the robotic agent, while the seconds develops strategies how to react to

the child's behaviour patterns in using the timeline.
French_OpenPracticesDisclosure_new – Supplemental material for The Implications of Sociosexuality for Marital Satisfaction and Dissolution
Creators: name: French, Juliana E.
name: Altgelt, Emma E.
name: Meltzer, Andrea L.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, French_OpenPracticesDisclosure_new for The Implications of Sociosexuality for Marital Satisfaction and Dissolution by Juliana E. French, Emma E. Altgelt and Andrea L. Meltzer in Psychological Science
title: Experience of parents in 'The Village' an online support network for care-experienced parents : a thematic analysis
Creators: name: Guinchard, Sydney
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2024

description: Becoming a parent is a time of major shifts in identity and social relationships. A strong social network is crucial for positive parent and child outcomes, but for care-experienced parents, this network is likely to be reduced due to the care system itself putting them at a disadvantage when transitioning to parenthood. Research typically focuses on the negative outcomes for care-experienced parents, but little attention is given to those for whom parenting is a positive and transformational experience if provided with proper support. This article discusses barriers to care experienced parents accessing support and the rationale behind 'The Village,' an online community for care experienced parents in Scotland that offers emotional, parenting, practical, and social support. Twenty-two care experienced parents supported by The Village shared their experiences of being part of The Village and the impact this has had on their wellbeing and parenting. A thematic analysis identified benefits across the following key themes: relationships, parenting, and entitlements. Suggestions for improvement and future directions are also discussed.
Perceptions_of_Speciesists_Supplementary_Methods_(1) – Supplemental material for Speciesism, generalized prejudice, and perceptions of prejudiced others
Creators: name: Dhont, Kristof
name: Hodson, Gordon
name: Loughnan, Steve
name: Amiot, Catherine E.
name: Everett, Jim A. C.
name: Caviola, Lucius
name: Savulescu, Julian
name: Faber, Nadira S.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, Perceptions_of_Speciesists_Supplementary_Methods_(1) for Speciesism, generalized prejudice, and perceptions of prejudiced others by Kristof Dhont, Gordon Hodson, Steve Loughnan, Catherine E. Amiot, Jim A. C. Everett, Lucius Caviola, Julian Savulescu and Nadira S. Faber in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Investigation of the Impact of Energy Consumption and Economic Growth on Iran's Ecological Footprint
Creators: name: Hataminia, Soheil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 389902
subject: Ecological economics

description: AbstractIn this study, the impact of energy consumption and economic growth on Iran's ecological footprint has been investigated. The research period spans from 1971 to 2019. Using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method, the study evaluates the relationship between the variables in both the short and long term. The results indicate that energy consumption has a positive and significant effect on the ecological footprint in both short and long terms. This suggests that increasing energy consumption increases the ecological footprint.Economic growth also exhibits a positive and significant impact on the ecological footprint. This finding is in line with theoretical expectations, indicating that increased economic activity and production lead to environmental degradation. The elasticity of the ecological footprint with respect to energy consumption is estimated to be approximately 0.8, meaning that a 1% increase in energy consumption leads to a 0.8% increase in the ecological footprint. Additionally, the elasticity of the ecological footprint with respect to economic growth is estimated to be around 0.9, implying that a 1% increase in economic growth results in a 0.9% rise in the ecological footprint.Given these results, it is recommended that policymakers focus on implementing policies aimed at reducing environmental pollution through improved energy efficiency. Additionally, employing cleaner energy sources and adopting sustainable development practices should be prioritized to mitigate environmental impacts.
Additional file 1 of Experiences of parents of children with rare neurogenetic conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Creators: name: Martin, Jessica A.
name: Robertson, Kathryn
name: Richards, Caroline
name: Scerif, Gaia
name: Baker, Kate
name: Tye, Charlotte
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Material: Reflexivity Statement, IPA Analysis Steps, and CoIN Study group.
சங்ககால சைவ வழிபாடு
Creators: name: Tamil, Kalanjiyam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 470510
subject: Indian literature

description: People live in different places in the world with their own language, customs and religious beliefs. Tamils ​​are the oldest people in the world. Sangha literature helps a lot to know the history of Tamils. Saivism and Vaishnavism became the religion of Tamils. This review is intended to find and explain the influence of Saivism in the life of ancient Tamils ​​through Sangha literature. Saivism is one of the oldest religions in the world. There are references to Saivism in the Vedas. Saivism was the dominant religion in the Indus Valley Civilization and most of India. Finding elements of Saivism in Sangam literature, which is the source of the life of Palantamizhar, this research paper explains that Saivism is the religion of Tamils ​​and how it was formed.
EL PRINCIPIO DE LEGITIMIDAD DE LA PRUEBA   Y EL REQUERIMIENTO DE CONFIRMACIÓN  JUDICIAL DEL ALLANAMIENTO EN LOS CASOS  DE FLAGRANTE DELITO Y GRAVE PELIGRO DE  SU PERPETRACIÓN
Creators: name: Liz Hayde Vicuña Miñano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012

description: Sumario I.- Introducción; II.- El Principio de Legitimidad de la Prueba; III.- Derecho fundamental a la Inviolabilidad de domicilio. I.V.- La búsqueda de pruebas y restricción de derechos. V.- La confirmación judicial. VI.- ¿Procederá confirmatoria judicial en los allanamientos realizados en los casos constitucionalmente de Conclusiones. VIII. excepción? Recomendaciones. Bibliografía.
Supplemental Material, Table_1_Supplement - What Drives Municipal Capital Investment? A Long-panel Data Analysis of U.S. Central Cities
Creators: name: Chen, Can
name: Han, Yanbing
name: Frank, Howard A.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: International Relations
Public Administration

description: Supplemental Material, Table_1_Supplement for What Drives Municipal Capital Investment? A Long-panel Data Analysis of U.S. Central Cities by Can Chen, Yanbing Han and Howard A. Frank in State and Local Government Review
WES902984_appendix – Supplemental material for Occupations and the Non-Standard Employment Career: How the Occupational Skill Level and Task Types Influence the Career Outcomes of Non-Standard Employment
Creators: name: Mattijssen, Lucille
name: Pavlopoulos, Dimitris
name: Smits, Wendy
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, WES902984_appendix for Occupations and the Non-Standard Employment Career: How the Occupational Skill Level and Task Types Influence the Career Outcomes of Non-Standard Employment by Lucille Mattijssen, Dimitris Pavlopoulos and Wendy Smits in Work, Employment and Society
title: Advocacy for adult survivors of childhood abuse : towards an evidence-based service
Creators: name: Stewart, Rachel
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2024

description: Despite increased calls for advocacy services for adult survivors of childhood abuse, there is a dearth of information as to what these services should look like in practice. To begin to form an evidence base within this emerging practice area, this paper explores existing research on advocacy alongside research on other effective service responses for this population. It highlights the importance of reflexive, needs-based, and empowering services working within a holistic framework of support. Towards this goal, a number of key implications for practice are suggested for advocacy practitioners.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ppq-10.1177_1354068820920853 - Right populist parties and support for strong leaders
Creators: name: Donovan, Todd
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ppq-10.1177_1354068820920853 for Right populist parties and support for strong leaders by Todd Donovan in Party Politics
HIGH-SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS A PREDICTOR OF INSULIN RESISTANCE AND METABOLIC SYNDROME: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN
Creators: name: Dr. HINA MOAZZAM
name: Dr. SADIA REHMAN
name: Dr. SASSI KANWAL
name: Dr. SHAZIA SHAKOOR
name: Dr. ANILA BIBI
name: Dr. ZARA SAMI
name: SYED M TAHIR SAJJAD NAQVI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Abstract

Objective: To investigate the association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome among obese patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2025 at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi. Seventy-five obese individuals (BMI ≥30 kg/m²) aged 20–60 years were enrolled. Fasting blood samples were analyzed for hs-CRP, fasting plasma glucose, insulin, lipid profile, and other metabolic parameters. HOMA-IR was calculated. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed based on IDF criteria. Results: The mean age of participants was 43.2 ± 9.8 years. Elevated hs-CRP (>3 mg/L) was found in 61.3% of participants. Patients with high hs-CRP had significantly higher HOMA-IR scores (p<0.001). Metabolic syndrome was present in 68% of subjects, and mean hs-CRP levels were significantly higher in individuals with metabolic syndrome (p<0.001). Positive correlations were found between hs-CRP and fasting glucose, triglycerides, waist circumference, and HOMA-IR. Conclusion: High-sensitivity CRP levels were strongly associated with insulin resistance and the presence of metabolic syndrome. hs-CRP may serve as an early, accessible biomarker for identifying patients at risk of metabolic complications.
Additional file 1 of Community engagement group model in basic and biomedical research: lessons learned from the BEAT-HIV Delaney Collaboratory towards an HIV-1 cure
Creators: name: Dubé, Karine
name: Peterson, Beth
name: Jones, Nora L.
name: Onorato, Amy
name: Carter, William B.
name: Dannaway, Christine
name: Johnson, Steven
name: Hayes, Roy
name: Hill, Marcus
name: Maddox, Rease
name: Riley, James L.
name: Shull, Jane
name: Metzger, David
name: Montaner, Luis J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Appendix I: Generalized CAB/CEG Agenda Example.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-2-ppq-10.1177_1354068820920853 - Right populist parties and support for strong leaders
Creators: name: Donovan, Todd
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-2-ppq-10.1177_1354068820920853 for Right populist parties and support for strong leaders by Todd Donovan in Party Politics
Additional file 1 of Tumor microenvironment deconvolution identifies cell-type-independent aberrant DNA methylation and gene expression in prostate cancer
Creators: name: Reynolds, Samuel R.
name: Zhang, Ze
name: Salas, Lucas A.
name: Christensen, Brock C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Fig. S1 TME correction in EWAS identifies more tumor-specific CpGs when comparing tumor versus non-tumor groups. Epigenome-wide association study of prostate cancer and matched non-tumor normal prostate tissue adjusted for (A) patient age and race, and blocked on patient ID, (B) patient age, race, Gleason score, pathological stage, preoperative PSA levels, and blocked on patient ID, (C) patient age, race, Gleason score, pathological stage, and preoperative PSA levels, immune and angiogenic cell-type proportions from HiTIMED hierarchical level two, and blocked on patient ID. Each point represents a CpG site; in total, 746,980 CpG sites are shown, and those with an FDR Q-value < 0.05 are shown in red (2093 CpGs). FDR Q-value < 0.05 is shown above the blue line, and FDR Q-value < 0.01 is shown above the red line; Fig. S2 TME correction in DEAs identifies more tumor-specific CpGs when comparing tumor versus non-tumor groups. Associated genes of prostate cancer were reduced from 3,367 in panel A to 51 in panel B. The differential expression analysis in panel A was corrected for age, sex, Gleason score, preoperative PSA levels, and pathological stage and for age, sex, Gleason score, preoperative PSA levels, pathological stage, and immune and angiogenic cell-type proportions from the second HiTIMED hierarchical level in panel B. Genes with significant adjusted p-values (FDR Q-value<0.05) are shown in blue, those with log2 fold change (log2(tumor expression/control expression)) whose absolute value is greater than one in green, and genes that are both are shown in red; Fig. S3 Transcription factors associated with prostate cancer. TFs associated with the top three TF motifs for hypomethylated and in promoter regions (A), hypermethylated and in promoter regions (B), hypomethylated and in enhancer regions (C) and hypermethylated and in enhancer regions (D). In panels A–D, red denotes the top three most significant TFs, yellow denotes same family, and blue denotes same subfamily. P-values were corrected for using a false discovery rate of 0.05.
A history of Collin County, Texas
Creators: name: Beam, Harold
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 1951
Subjects: subject: Texas
subject: Collin County
subject: History
subject: Collin County (Tex.)--History

description: It is the purpose of this thesis to make a political, economic, and social study of Collin County, Texas, from 1841 to approximately 1948
871471_Supplemental_Materials – Supplemental material for Bayesian clinical trials at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: An update
Creators: name: Tidwell, Rebecca S Slack
name: Peng, S Andrew
name: Chen, Minxing
name: Liu, Diane D
name: Yuan, Ying
name: Lee, J Jack
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Sociological Methodology and Research Methods

description: Supplemental material, 871471_Supplemental_Materials for Bayesian clinical trials at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: An update by Rebecca S Slack Tidwell, S Andrew Peng, Minxing Chen, Diane D Liu, Ying Yuan and J Jack Lee in Clinical Trials