cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.22002/dnc3j-ahw79
title: MP HMW3 27.5KX

description: Mycoplasma pneumonia HMW3 mutant
description: <strong>Tilt Series Date:</strong> 2009-12-31</p>
<strong>Data Taken By:</strong> Jian Shi</p>
<strong>Species / Specimen:</strong> Mycoplasma pneumoniae</p>
<strong>Strain:</strong> None</p>
<strong>Tilt Series Settings:</strong>  Single Axis, tilt range: (-60.0°, 60.0°), step: 1°, constant angular increment, dosage: 150.0 eV/Å²,  defocus: -12.0 μm,  magnification: 0x. </p>
<strong>Acquisition Software:</strong> Leginon</p>
<strong>Upload Method:</strong> rundir</p>
<strong>Processing Software Used:</strong> raptor</p>
<strong>Collaborators and Roles:</strong> data collected by Jian; processed by Jian</p>
<strong>Sample Preparation:</strong> QF grid, 10nm gold, 100% humidity...</p>
description: Files available via S3 at https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/ini210004tommorrell/tomography_archive/jsa2009-12-31-12/rawdata/</p>09dec31a_B864b_012.mrc,  Tilt Series (Pixel Size 0.774 nm), 1.0 GB  
        
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        09dec31a_B864b_012_full.rec,  Reconstruction (Pixel Size 1.548 nm), 419.4 MB  
        
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DOI: 10.22002/0z1b5-xhx02
title: L256T chemotaxis mutant

description: L256T HAMP mutant locked in an 'CheA activating state'
description: <strong>Tilt Series Date:</strong> 2010-03-18</p>
<strong>Data Taken By:</strong> Ariane Briegel</p>
<strong>Species / Specimen:</strong> Escherichia coli</p>
<strong>Strain:</strong> </p>
<strong>Tilt Series Settings:</strong>  Single Axis, tilt range: (-60.0°, 60.0°), step: 1°, constant angular increment, dosage: 200.0 eV/Å²,  defocus: -10.0 μm,  magnification: 34000x. </p>
<strong>Acquisition Software:</strong> UCSF Tomo</p>
<strong>Upload Method:</strong> webload</p>
<strong>Processing Software Used:</strong> IMOD</p>
<strong>Collaborators and Roles:</strong> John Parkinson</p>
<strong>Purification / Growth Conditions / Treatment:</strong> grown in TB media with Chloramphenicol, induced with 0.6µM salicylate for 3 hours, penicillin treated for 1 hour</p>
description: Files available via S3 at https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/ini210004tommorrell/tomography_archive/aba2010-03-18-7/rawdata/</p>10mar18a_EcoliL256T_003.st,  Tilt Series (Pixel Size 0.632 nm), 1.0 GB  
        
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        10mar18a_EcoliL256T_003.rec,  Reconstruction (Pixel Size 0.632 nm), 445.9 MB  
        
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DOI: 10.22002/e1bz3-cv542
title: M259Q

description: E. coli mutant locked in the CheA activating state. Penicillin treated
description: <strong>Tilt Series Date:</strong> 2010-11-23</p>
<strong>Data Taken By:</strong> Ariane Briegel</p>
<strong>Species / Specimen:</strong> Escherichia coli</p>
<strong>Strain:</strong> RP 437</p>
<strong>Tilt Series Settings:</strong>  Single Axis, tilt range: (-61.0°, 61.0°), step: °, constant angular increment, dosage: 180.0 eV/Å²,  defocus: -25.0 μm,  magnification: 34000x. </p>
<strong>Acquisition Software:</strong> Leginon</p>
<strong>Upload Method:</strong> webload</p>
<strong>Processing Software Used:</strong> IMOD, CTF corrected</p>
<strong>Collaborators and Roles:</strong> John Parkinson</p>
<strong>Purification / Growth Conditions / Treatment:</strong> grown in TB medium (30 degrees), lysed with penicillin 1 hour</p>
description: Files available via S3 at https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/ini210004tommorrell/tomography_archive/aba2010-11-23-10/rawdata/</p>10nov23c_M259Q_001.st,  Tilt Series (Pixel Size 0.0 nm), 1.0 GB  
        
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        10nov23c_M259Q_001.rec,  Reconstruction (Pixel Size 0.0 nm), 1.7 GB  
        
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16945978
title: Supplementary materials for: Funerary vs. domestic vessels from the Hallstatt period. A study on ceramic vases from the Milejowice settlement and the Domasław cemetery
title: Supplementary dataset: Hallstatt vases from Milejowice (settlement) and Domasław (cemetery)
title: Materiały uzupełniające do: Naczynia grobowe a domowe z okresu halsztackiego. Studium waz ceramicznych z osady w Milejowicach i nekropolii w Domasławiu

description: This record contains the supplementary materials (figures, photos and additional data) for the article: Rosiak A., Józefowska A., Sekulska-Nalewajko J., Gocławski J., Kałużna-Czaplińska J. (2024). Funerary vs. domestic vessels from the Hallstatt period. A study on ceramic vases from the Milejowice settlement and the Domasław cemetery, Scientific Reports 14, 19942. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70219-7

Prepared within the research project: Feeding and Ritual Practices of the Early Iron Age based on the Settlement in Milejowice and the Necropolis in Domasław: Between the Function and Meaning of Ceramic ‘Collections’, financed by the National Science Centre, Poland (NCN).Grant no.: 2021/41/B/HS3/02531 Principal Investigator: Anna Józefowska-Domańska

About the articleThe study compares 31 vase-shaped vessels (16 funerary, 15 settlement) from the Domasław cemetery and the Milejowice settlement (Lower Silesia, Poland). Organic-residue analyses by GC–MS targeted fatty acids and biomarkers; multivariate statistics (PLS-DA, PCA) and clustering (fuzzy C-means, hierarchical clustering) were used to distinguish functional groups. Results show systematic differences between funerary and domestic contexts and indicate mixtures consistent with seeds/nuts/berries, plant oils, animal fats (meat/milk), honey/resins, and fermented beverages. 

Methods Sherd powders were Soxhlet-extracted (CH₂Cl₂:MeOH 2:1, 200 mL, 4 h) with tetracosane internal standard, silylated (BSTFA+1% TMCS, 30 min, 75 °C) and run on Agilent 6890N / 5973 MSD, HP-5MS column, He 0.9 mL/min, 1 µL splitless; oven 60 °C → +12 °C/min → 300 °C; EI 70 eV, m/z 50–550. Identification via Wiley/NIST; quantification by internal normalisation; statistics in R and MetaboAnalyst. 

Data notesKey outcomes include discriminatory roles of C13:0, C15:0, C22:0 and C22:0/(C16:0+C20:0); funerary vases show higher incidence of benzoic acid and plant-oil signals; clustering accuracy ~0.84 for acid-feature subsets.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16945979
title: Supplementary materials for: Funerary vs. domestic vessels from the Hallstatt period. A study on ceramic vases from the Milejowice settlement and the Domasław cemetery
title: Supplementary dataset: Hallstatt vases from Milejowice (settlement) and Domasław (cemetery)
title: Materiały uzupełniające do: Naczynia grobowe a domowe z okresu halsztackiego. Studium waz ceramicznych z osady w Milejowicach i nekropolii w Domasławiu

description: This record contains the supplementary materials (figures, photos and additional data) for the article: Rosiak A., Józefowska A., Sekulska-Nalewajko J., Gocławski J., Kałużna-Czaplińska J. (2024). Funerary vs. domestic vessels from the Hallstatt period. A study on ceramic vases from the Milejowice settlement and the Domasław cemetery, Scientific Reports 14, 19942. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70219-7

Prepared within the research project: Feeding and Ritual Practices of the Early Iron Age based on the Settlement in Milejowice and the Necropolis in Domasław: Between the Function and Meaning of Ceramic ‘Collections’, financed by the National Science Centre, Poland (NCN).Grant no.: 2021/41/B/HS3/02531 Principal Investigator: Anna Józefowska-Domańska

About the articleThe study compares 31 vase-shaped vessels (16 funerary, 15 settlement) from the Domasław cemetery and the Milejowice settlement (Lower Silesia, Poland). Organic-residue analyses by GC–MS targeted fatty acids and biomarkers; multivariate statistics (PLS-DA, PCA) and clustering (fuzzy C-means, hierarchical clustering) were used to distinguish functional groups. Results show systematic differences between funerary and domestic contexts and indicate mixtures consistent with seeds/nuts/berries, plant oils, animal fats (meat/milk), honey/resins, and fermented beverages. 

Methods Sherd powders were Soxhlet-extracted (CH₂Cl₂:MeOH 2:1, 200 mL, 4 h) with tetracosane internal standard, silylated (BSTFA+1% TMCS, 30 min, 75 °C) and run on Agilent 6890N / 5973 MSD, HP-5MS column, He 0.9 mL/min, 1 µL splitless; oven 60 °C → +12 °C/min → 300 °C; EI 70 eV, m/z 50–550. Identification via Wiley/NIST; quantification by internal normalisation; statistics in R and MetaboAnalyst. 

Data notesKey outcomes include discriminatory roles of C13:0, C15:0, C22:0 and C22:0/(C16:0+C20:0); funerary vases show higher incidence of benzoic acid and plant-oil signals; clustering accuracy ~0.84 for acid-feature subsets.
DOI: 10.22002/hhzhb-e9n38
title: Caulobacter Pvan-FtsZ-PAGFP over

description: FtsZ, PAGFP, overexpression
description: <strong>Tilt Series Date:</strong> 2010-02-11</p>
<strong>Data Taken By:</strong> Elitza Tocheva</p>
<strong>Species / Specimen:</strong> Caulobacter crescentus</p>
<strong>Strain:</strong> NA1000</p>
<strong>Tilt Series Settings:</strong>  Single Axis, tilt range: (60.0°, -60.0°), step: 1°, constant angular increment, dosage: 200.0 eV/Å²,  defocus: 10.0 μm,  magnification: 22x. </p>
<strong>Acquisition Software:</strong> Leginon</p>
<strong>Upload Method:</strong> webload</p>
<strong>Processing Software Used:</strong> RAPTOR</p>
<strong>Sample Preparation:</strong> quantifoil grid R2/2, 20nm gold, 100% humidity</p>
description: Files available via S3 at https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/ini210004tommorrell/tomography_archive/etl2010-02-11-22/rawdata/</p>10feb11c_ftszPAa_026.mrc,  Tilt Series (Pixel Size 0.0 nm), 1.0 GB  
        
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        10feb11c_ftszPAa_026_part.rec,  Reconstruction (Pixel Size 0.0 nm), 524.3 MB  
        
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DOI: 10.22002/zpbej-yk611
title: C65_HuvecspNL24h_11122012

description: Whole cells were grown on Au finder grids and infected with pNLGFP. Sample frozen 24h post infection
description: <strong>Tilt Series Date:</strong> 2011-11-12</p>
<strong>Data Taken By:</strong> Cora Woodward</p>
<strong>Species / Specimen:</strong> HUVECs</p>
<strong>Strain:</strong> </p>
<strong>Tilt Series Settings:</strong>  Single Axis, tilt range: (-60.0°, 60.0°), step: 1.0°, constant angular increment, dosage: 150.0 eV/Å²,  defocus: None μm,  magnification: 22500x. </p>
<strong>Acquisition Software:</strong> UCSFTomo</p>
<strong>Upload Method:</strong> pipeline</p>
<strong>Processing Software Used:</strong> UCSFTomo</p>
<strong>Collaborators and Roles:</strong> pNLGFP proviral construct provided by Irvin Chen UCLA</p>
<strong>Sample Preparation:</strong> manual blotting</p>
description: Files available via S3 at ttps://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/ini210004tommorrell/tomography_archive/cwl2011-11-12-56/rawdata/</p>12nov10_C65_HuvecspNL24h_AT2aBT10022.mrc,  Tilt Series (Pixel Size 0.45 nm), 3.4 GB  
        
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        12nov10_C65_HuvecspNL24h_AT2aBT10022_full.rec,  Reconstruction (Pixel Size 1.8 nm), 530.0 MB  
        
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DOI: 10.22002/vzx0k-ve580
title: CB15N, 0.1mM Galactose,high salt

description: Raw data files of CB15N, 0.1mM Galactose,high salt
description: <strong>Tilt Series Date:</strong> 2009-10-22</p>
<strong>Data Taken By:</strong> Ariane Briegel</p>
<strong>Species / Specimen:</strong> Caulobacter crescentus</p>
<strong>Strain:</strong> NA1000</p>
<strong>Tilt Series Settings:</strong>  Single Axis, tilt range: (-60.0°, 60.0°), step: °, constant angular increment, dosage: 200.0 eV/Å²,  defocus: -12.0 μm,  magnification: 27500x. </p>
<strong>Acquisition Software:</strong> Leginon</p>
<strong>Upload Method:</strong> webload</p>
<strong>Processing Software Used:</strong> IMOD</p>
<strong>Purification / Growth Conditions / Treatment:</strong> synchronized in 20x M2 salts, 0.1mM Galactose</p>
description: Files available via S3 at https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/ini210004tommorrell/tomography_archive/aba2009-10-22-6/rawdata/</p>Swarmer0_1mM_6.st,  Tilt Series (Pixel Size 0.774 nm), 1.0 GB  
        
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        Swarmer0_1mM_6.rec,  Reconstruction (Pixel Size 1.548 nm), 194.2 MB  
        
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DOI: 10.22002/89q25-0dy57
title: VSVGpNL4GFP entry HUVECs

description: HUVECs 30 min post spinoculation with VSVGpNL4GFP
description: <strong>Tilt Series Date:</strong> 2011-08-12</p>
<strong>Data Taken By:</strong> Cora Woodward</p>
<strong>Species / Specimen:</strong> HUVECs</p>
<strong>Strain:</strong> </p>
<strong>Tilt Series Settings:</strong>  Single Axis, tilt range: (-60.0°, 60.0°), step: 1°, constant angular increment, dosage: 150.0 eV/Å²,  defocus: -6.0 μm,  magnification: 22500x. </p>
<strong>Acquisition Software:</strong> UCSF tomo</p>
<strong>Upload Method:</strong> rundir</p>
<strong>Processing Software Used:</strong> imod</p>
<strong>Collaborators and Roles:</strong> Proviral construct from Irvin Chen UCLA</p>
<strong>Purification / Growth Conditions / Treatment:</strong> infected VSVG pNL4GFP by spinoculation</p>
<strong>Sample Preparation:</strong> manual blot</p>
description: Files available via S3 at ps://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/ini210004tommorrell/tomography_archive/cwl2011-08-12-16/rawdata/</p>11aug12_batch_0011_ns.st,  Tilt Series (Pixel Size 0.5 nm), 916.7 MB  
        
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        11aug12_batch_0011_ns_full.rec,  Reconstruction (Pixel Size 2.0 nm), 613.2 MB  
        
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DOI: 10.22002/dwz7h-5j269
title: M222R CheA inactive

description: Chemoreceptor mutant, receptors locked in an CheA inactive state
description: <strong>Tilt Series Date:</strong> 2011-11-28</p>
<strong>Data Taken By:</strong> Ariane Briegel</p>
<strong>Species / Specimen:</strong> Escherichia coli</p>
<strong>Strain:</strong> </p>
<strong>Tilt Series Settings:</strong>  Single Axis, tilt range: (-63.0°, 63.0°), step: 1°, constant angular increment, dosage: 160.0 eV/Å²,  defocus: -10.0 μm,  magnification: 34000x. </p>
<strong>Acquisition Software:</strong> UCSFTomo</p>
<strong>Upload Method:</strong> pipeline</p>
<strong>Processing Software Used:</strong> Raptor</p>
<strong>Collaborators and Roles:</strong> strain and plasmid from Sandy Parkinson</p>
<strong>Purification / Growth Conditions / Treatment:</strong> grown in TB medium with Chloramphenicol overnight at 30 degrees, then lysed with Penicillin for an hour</p>
description: Files available via S3 at https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/ini210004tommorrell/tomography_archive/aba2011-11-28-55/rawdata/</p>strainM222Rday1_0002.mrc,  Tilt Series (Pixel Size 0.644 nm), 1.1 GB  
        
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        strainM222Rday1_0002_part.rec,  Reconstruction (Pixel Size 1.288 nm), 516.1 MB  
        
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DOI: 10.15468/dl.qpu26n
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 33690 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Echinocystis lobata"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 33690 records from 379 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0044736-250811113504898/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.57761/xty4-k019
title: levante-metadata-scoring
DOI: 10.57761/p5dk-hf64
title: partner-mpib-de-processed
DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26052318
title: Gough Island Relief / Tristan da Cunha on SA Agulhas II Voyage 009, September 2013

description: The Gough Island Relief / Tristan da Cunha cruise was conducted on the SA Agulhas II, Voyage 009 from 5 September to 10 October, 2013.
DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26052203
title: Marion Island Relief Voyage on the MV SA Agulhas II Voyage 019, April 2016

description: The Marion Island Relief Voyage was conducted on the MV S. A. Agulhas II Voyage 019, 7 April to 16 May 2016. The 2016 Marion Relief Voyage 019 offered the 4th opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, ship-based marine research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology, including microbial, planktic and benthic communities on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II en route to, and around, the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward archipelago. The overall aim was to continue contributing to an oceanographic observation and monitoring system directed by South African research institutions in support of South Africa’s needs – and where possible, in support of global requirements of inter alia the Global Oceans Observing System (GOOS), the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), and the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP).With the declaration on 9 April 2013 of the Prince Edward Islands (PEIs) as South Africa’s first offshore Marine Protected Area (MPA), the outcomes of this cruise will further contribute toward an integrated view and a better understanding of the functioning of the combined island/marine PEI ecosystem.
DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26052194
title: Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 007, April 2013

description: The Marion Island Relief Voyage was conducted on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 007, 10 April to 16 May 2013. The 2013 Marion Relief Voyage 007 on board South Africa’s new polar research and supply vessel, the SA Agulhas II, afforded yet another opportunity to conduct multi-institutional (DEA, DAFF, UCT, SAEON, Rhodes University) and multi-disciplinary ship-based oceanographic research that focused on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, biogeochemistry, plankton and benthic communities and island-based top predators. The overall aim is to establish an oceanographic observation and monitoring system directed by South African research institutions in support of South Africa’s needs – and where possible, the global requirements of the Southern Ocean Observation System (SOOS), CCAMLR, ACAP, etc., by documenting ship-board observations in the oceanic environment around the Prince Edward Islands in a holistic manner, from the sea floor, through water column and food-web dynamics, to air-sea interactions and their respective role in the general global thermohaline circulation realm. With the recent declaration – on 5 April 2013 – of the Prince Edward Islands (PEIs) as South Africa’s first offshore Marine Protected Area (MPA), the outcomes of this cruise will contribute toward an integrated view and a better understanding of the functioning of the combined island/marine PEI ecosystem.
DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26052207
title: Marion Island Annual Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 024, April 2017

description: The Marion Island Annual Relief Voyage was conducted on the MV SA Agulhas II Voyage 024, 06 April to 12 May 2017. The 2017 Marion Relief Voyage offered the fifth opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, shipbased marine research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology, including microbial, planktic and benthic communities on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II en route to, and around, the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward archipelago. The overall aim was to continue contributing to an oceanographic observation and monitoring system directed by South African research institutions in support of South Africa’s needs – and where possible, in support of global requirements of inter alia the Global Oceans Observing System (GOOS), the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), and the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP). With the declaration on 9 April 2013 of the Prince Edward Islands (PEIs) as South Africa’s first offshore Marine Protected Area (MPA), the outcomes of this cruise will further contribute toward an integrated view and a better understanding of the functioning of the combined island/marine PEI ecosystem.