cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.14288/1.0446862
title: Smart Discharges Uganda Under 5: Phase II clinical data of children 6-60 months

description: This data is a subset of the Smart Discharges Uganda Under 5 years parent study and is specific to the Phase II interventional cohort of children aged 6-60m. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Objective(s):&lt;/strong&gt; Used as part of the Smart Discharge prediction modelling for adverse outcomes such as post-discharge death and readmission. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Data Description:&lt;/strong&gt; All data were collected at the point of care using encrypted study tablets and these data were then uploaded to a Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) database hosted at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (Vancouver, Canada). At admission, trained study nurses systematically collected data on clinical, social and demographic variables. Following discharge, field officers contacted caregivers at 2 and 4 months by phone, and in-person at 6 months, to determine vital status, post-discharge health-seeking, and readmission details. Verbal autopsies were conducted for children who had died following discharge. . &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Data Processing:&lt;/strong&gt; Created z-scores for anthropometry variables using height and weight according to WHO cutoff. Distance to hospital was calculated using latitude and longitude. Extra symptom and diagnosis categories were created based on text field in these two variables. BCS score was created by summing all individual components.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Limitations:&lt;/strong&gt; There are missing dates and the admission, discharge, and readmission dates are not in order. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ethics Declaration:&lt;/strong&gt; This study was approved by the Mbarara University of Science and Technology Research Ethics Committee (No. 15/10-16), the Uganda National Institute of Science and Technology (HS 2207), and the University of British Columbia / Children & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia Research Ethics Board (H16-02679). This manuscript adheres to the guidelines for STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE).
DOI: 10.14288/1.0446865
title: Smart Discharges Uganda Under 5: Phase I clinical data of children 0-6 months - Covid-19 cohort

description: This data is a subset of the Smart Discharges Uganda Under 5 years parent study and is specific to the Phase I observation cohort of children aged 0-6 months collected during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Objective(s):&lt;/strong&gt; Used as part of the Smart Discharge prediction modelling for adverse outcomes such as post-discharge death and readmission. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Data Description:&lt;/strong&gt; All data were collected at the point of care using encrypted study tablets and these data were then uploaded to a Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) database hosted at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (Vancouver, Canada). At admission, trained study nurses systematically collected data on clinical, social and demographic variables. Following discharge, field officers contacted caregivers at 2 and 4 months by phone, and in-person at 6 months, to determine vital status, post-discharge health-seeking, and readmission details. Verbal autopsies were conducted for children who had died following discharge. . &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Data Processing:&lt;/strong&gt; Created z-scores for anthropometry variables using height and weight according to WHO cutoff. Distance to hospital was calculated using latitude and longitude. Extra symptom and diagnosis categories were created based on text field in these two variables. BCS score was created by summing all individual components.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Limitations:&lt;/strong&gt; There are missing dates and the admission, discharge, and readmission dates are not in order. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ethics Declaration:&lt;/strong&gt; This study was approved by the Mbarara University of Science and Technology Research Ethics Committee (No. 15/10-16), the Uganda National Institute of Science and Technology (HS 2207), and the University of British Columbia / Children & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia Research Ethics Board (H16-02679). This manuscript adheres to the guidelines for STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE).
DOI: 10.14288/1.0444812
title: Tree cavity density is a limiting factor for a secondary cavity nester in second-growth Andean temperate rainforests

description: &lt;b&gt;Abstract&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cavity-nesting bird populations are most frequently limited by the number of tree cavities available in second-growth forests. However, this possible limitation of a key resource is less clear in old-growth forests. We compared forest attributes (i.e., basal area, density of larger trees, density of dead trees, and tree cavity density) in second-growth and old-growth stands in Andean temperate rainforests in southern Chile. To examine the role of nest-site availability in limiting the populations of Thorn-Tailed Rayaditos (Aphrastura spinicauda), a secondary cavity-nesting bird species, we conducted an experiment in which nest-boxes were added and removed in old-growth and second-growth forests during a five-year period (2008-2013). In old-growth forests, as compared to second-growth forests, we found a more than double basal area (99.6 vs. 43.7 m2/ha), a three times higher density of larger trees (88.2 vs. 36.4 trees/ha), and a 1.5 times higher number of small cavities (25.9 vs. 10.3 cavities/ha). The density of cavities also strongly increased with tree diameter and basal area. In second-growth forests, Thorn-Tailed Rayaditos showed a strong response to the addition and removal of nest-boxes, with population abundance increasing by 13% and then decreasing by 50%, respectively. In contrast, we found no impact in old-growth stands. Our experiment emphasizes the importance of maintaining large and dead trees in second-growth, disturbed, and managed forests. These trees provide suitable cavities for Thorn-Tailed Rayaditos, and likely many other secondary cavity nesters, increasing their abundances in a Globally significant Biodiversity Hotspot in southern South America.&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.14288/1.0445251
title: Tree cavity density is a limiting factor for a secondary cavity nester in second-growth Andean temperate rainforests

description: &lt;b&gt;Abstract&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cavity-nesting bird populations are most frequently limited by the number of tree cavities available in second-growth forests. However, this possible limitation of a key resource is less clear in old-growth forests. We compared forest attributes (i.e., basal area, density of larger trees, density of dead trees, and tree cavity density) in second-growth and old-growth stands in Andean temperate rainforests in southern Chile. To examine the role of nest-site availability in limiting the populations of Thorn-Tailed Rayaditos (Aphrastura spinicauda), a secondary cavity-nesting bird species, we conducted an experiment in which nest-boxes were added and removed in old-growth and second-growth forests during a five-year period (2008-2013). In old-growth forests, as compared to second-growth forests, we found a more than double basal area (99.6 vs. 43.7 m2/ha), a three times higher density of larger trees (88.2 vs. 36.4 trees/ha), and a 1.5 times higher number of small cavities (25.9 vs. 10.3 cavities/ha). The density of cavities also strongly increased with tree diameter and basal area. In second-growth forests, Thorn-Tailed Rayaditos showed a strong response to the addition and removal of nest-boxes, with population abundance increasing by 13% and then decreasing by 50%, respectively. In contrast, we found no impact in old-growth stands. Our experiment emphasizes the importance of maintaining large and dead trees in second-growth, disturbed, and managed forests. These trees provide suitable cavities for Thorn-Tailed Rayaditos, and likely many other secondary cavity nesters, increasing their abundances in a Globally significant Biodiversity Hotspot in southern South America.&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.14288/1.0445432
title: Population Survey Data for Coastal Giant Salamanders in the Chilliwack River Valley

description: The Coastal Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus, formerly known as Pacific giant salamander) is considered a species at risk (Assessed as Threatened by COSEWIC and red-listed by BC-CDC), and the primary putative threat in BC is forestry. Forestry operations impact both the aquatic and terrestrial habitats of the salamanders. Lack of forest cover exposes the adults to wider temperature extremes and the possibility of desiccation. Development of land for farming and settlement along Vedder Mountain and the Cultus Lake area has encroached on the B.C. distribution range of Dicamptodon tenebrosus. Adults depend on riparian forests, which are often removed by logging. In the streams, larvae (and neotenic adults) must cope with more variable stream flows, erosion and sedimentation of stream habitats, and increased water temperatures. This long-term (1994-2001) mark-recapture study of Coastal Giant Salamanders led by Dr. John Richardson (UBC) and Dr. William Neill (UBC) took place in 12 small streams in the Chilliwack River Valley, BC. This study includes survey data to assess whether forest harvest history near the streams or other geomorphic characteristics impacted density, survival, and growth rates. These data, the only long-term data using mark-recapture designs (CJS, using Lebreton design) for this species anywhere, will play a crucial role in future recovery efforts for this threatened species in Canada. The scientific value is high in understanding population dynamics and in the face of continued land use impacts and climate change, offering hope for the future of these salamanders.
DOI: 10.14288/1.0440954
title: Data from: Phylogenomic position of eupelagonemids, abundant and diverse deep-ocean heterotrophs

description: &lt;b&gt;Abstract&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eupelagonemids, formerly known as Deep Sea Pelagic Diplonemids I (DSPD I), are among the most abundant and diverse heterotrophic protists in the deep ocean, but little else is known about their ecology, evolution, or biology in general. Originally recognized solely as a large clade of environmental ribosomal subunit RNA gene sequences (SSU rRNA), branching with a smaller sister group DSPD II, they were postulated to be diplonemids, a poorly-studied branch of Euglenozoa. Although new diplonemids have been cultivated and studied in depth in recent years, the lack of cultured eupelagonemids has limited data to a handful of light micrographs, partial SSU rRNA gene sequences, a small number of genes from single amplified genomes (SAGs), and only a single formal described species, &lt;em&gt;Eupelagonema oceanica&lt;/em&gt;. To determine exactly where this clade goes in the tree of eukaryotes and begin to address the overall absence of biological information about this apparently ecologically important group, we conducted single-cell transcriptomics from two eupelagonemid cells. A SSU rRNA gene phylogeny shows these two cells represent distinct subclades within eupelagonemids, each different from &lt;em&gt;E. oceanica&lt;/em&gt;. Phylogenomic analysis based on a 125-gene matrix contrasts with the findings based on ecological survey data, and shows eupelagonemids branch sister to the diplonemid subgroup Hemistasiidae.&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.14288/1.0445381
title: Short-term grasslands in agriculture support both natural enemy and phytophagous arthropod populations

description: This is the raw data associated with the manuscript "Short-term grasslands in agriculture support both natural enemy and phytophagous arthropod populations", submitted for publication in the Journal of Applied Entomology. These data was also used as part of the MSc project titled "Impacts of semi-natural habitat restoration in agro-ecosystems on the diversity and abundance of pest and beneficial insects".
DOI: 10.14288/1.0397534
title: Extinction dynamics under extreme conservation threat: The flora of St. Helena

description: &lt;b&gt;Abstract&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:normal;"&gt;The flora of the island of St Helena provides an amplified system for the study of extinction by reason of the island’s high endemism, small size, vulnerable biota, length of time of severe disturbance (since 1502), and severity of threats. Endemic plants have been eliminated from 96.5% of St Helena by habitat loss. There have been eight recorded extinctions in the vascular flora since 1771 giving an extinction rate of 581 extinctions per million species per year (E/MSY). This is considerably higher than background extinction rates, variously estimated at 1 or 0.1 E/MSY. We have no information for plant extinctions prior to 1771 but applying the same extinction rate to the period 1502 to 1771 suggests that there may be around ten unrecorded historical extinctions. We use census data and population decline estimates to project likely extinction forward in time. The projected overall extinction rate for the next 200 years is somewhat higher at 625 E/MSY. However, our data predict an extinction crunch in the next 50 years with 4 species out of the remaining 48 likely to become extinct during this period. It is interesting that during a period when the native plant areas dropped to 3.5% of the original, the extinction rate appears to have remained shallowly linear with under 30% of the endemic flora becoming extinct.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.14288/1.0426597
title: Supporting information for: The correct name for an Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae) hybrid of the parentage Aquilegia flavescens × A. formosa

description: &lt;b&gt;Abstract&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Aquilegia&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; &lt;em&gt;miniana&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; (J.F.Macbr. &amp; Payson) Cronk, hybr. &amp; stat. nov. is the correct name for the hybrid &lt;em&gt;Aquilegia&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;flavescens&lt;/em&gt; S.Watson x &lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;formosa&lt;/em&gt; Fisch. ex DC. var. &lt;em&gt;formosa&lt;/em&gt;. In 1916, Payson and Macbride, while exploring the mountains of Idaho, found populations of &lt;em&gt;Aquilegia&lt;/em&gt; that were pink in flower colour and appeared intermediate between the yellow-flowered &lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;flavescens&lt;/em&gt; and red-flowered &lt;em&gt;A. formosa&lt;/em&gt;. They named these plants &lt;em&gt;A. flavescens&lt;/em&gt; var. &lt;em&gt;miniana&lt;/em&gt; J.F.Macbr. &amp; Payson. There has been uncertainty over whether their type collections (in GH, RM, MO, US, E, CM, CAS, NY) do indeed represent hybrids or pink-flowered morphs of &lt;em&gt;A. flavescens&lt;/em&gt;. Using a Wells diagram, the holotype (in the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University) is shown to be intermediate, allowing its identification as a clear hybrid. However, some of the isotype material is indistinguishable from &lt;em&gt;A. flavescens&lt;/em&gt;. The holotype matches material from British Columbia that has been determined as being of hybrid origin using molecular and morphological data. &lt;em&gt;A. flavescens&lt;/em&gt; var. &lt;em&gt;miniana&lt;/em&gt; J.F.Macbr. &amp; Payson is, therefore, an available name for the hybrid, which is here raised to the status of hybrid binomial.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.14288/1.0444967
title: Replication Data for: “Validity of Heart Rate Measurements in Wrist-Based Monitors Across Skin Tones During Exercise”.

description: This dataset is for the article entitled: “Validity of Heart Rate Measurements in Wrist-Based Monitors Across Skin Tones During Exercise”.
DOI: 10.14288/1.0397779
title: Dark extinction: The problem of unknown historical extinctions

description: &lt;b&gt;Abstract&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The extinction of species before they are discovered and named (dark extinction, DE) is widely inferred as a significant part of species loss in the ‘pre-taxonomic’ period (approx. 1500–1800 CE) and, to some extent, in the ‘taxonomic period’ (approx. 1800–present) as well. The discovery of oceanic islands and other pristine habitats by European navigators and the consequent introduction of destructive mammals, such as rats and goats, started a process of anthropogenic extinction. Much ecosystem change happened before systematic scientific recording, so has led to DE. Statistical methods are available to robustly estimate DE in the ‘taxonomic period’. For the ‘pre-taxonomic period’, simple extrapolation can be used. The application of these techniques to world birds, for example, suggests that approximately 56 DEs occurred in the ‘taxonomic period’ (1800–present) and approximately 180 in the ‘pre-taxonomic period’ (1500–1800). Targeting collection activities in extinction hotspots, to make sure organisms are represented in collections before their extinction, is one way of reducing the number of extinct species without a physical record (providing that collection efforts do not themselves contribute to species extinction).&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15076032
title: Interviews with SHARED GREEN DEAL Experiment Participants - Efficient Renovations

description: The SHARED GREEN DEAL (Social sciences & Humanities for Achieving a Reponsible, Equitable and Desirable GREEN DEAL) project aims to drive progress towards EU Green Deal targets. At the heart of this EU Horizon 2020 project are six streams of innovative, participatory social experiments focused on six Green Deal priority areas: Clean Energy, Circular Economy, Efficient Renovations, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Food, and Preserving Biodiversity. Experiments for each of the six streams were implemented in four locations across Europe between April 2023 and June 2024. The experiments were lead by local partners (NGOs and local, regional, or national governments). Whilst the activities undertaken by each of the local partners differed across expriment stream, a core component of each experiment was that different stakeholders were involved.

Upon the completion of the SHARED GREEN DEAL experiments, each local partner conducted around 10 interviews with participants involved in their experiment (totalling around 40 interviews in each stream). The purpose of these interviews was to learn more about individuals' experiences of participating in the local experiment. The interviews were carried out in spring 2024.

Within the Efficient Renovations stream questions covered a range of topics including their general experience of the experiment, the impact of Knowledge Networks on understanding/supporting the undertaking of energy efficient renovations, the social dynamics and impacts of the experiment, and recommendations for policymakers/those interested in undertaking activities similar to those undertaken in the experiment. 

This Zenodo upload includes 1) the consent form and interview protocol used during the interviews and 2) the anonymised interview transcripts for the Efficiant Renovations experiment stream. These interviews were conducte by the experiment stream's local partners: Habitat for Humanity (Hungary), Let's Renovate The City (Lithuania), ECODES (Spain), and Climate Action Louisburgh Locality (Ireland). There are 40 transcripts in total.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15076033
title: Interviews with SHARED GREEN DEAL Experiment Participants - Efficient Renovations

description: The SHARED GREEN DEAL (Social sciences & Humanities for Achieving a Reponsible, Equitable and Desirable GREEN DEAL) project aims to drive progress towards EU Green Deal targets. At the heart of this EU Horizon 2020 project are six streams of innovative, participatory social experiments focused on six Green Deal priority areas: Clean Energy, Circular Economy, Efficient Renovations, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Food, and Preserving Biodiversity. Experiments for each of the six streams were implemented in four locations across Europe between April 2023 and June 2024. The experiments were lead by local partners (NGOs and local, regional, or national governments). Whilst the activities undertaken by each of the local partners differed across expriment stream, a core component of each experiment was that different stakeholders were involved.

Upon the completion of the SHARED GREEN DEAL experiments, each local partner conducted around 10 interviews with participants involved in their experiment (totalling around 40 interviews in each stream). The purpose of these interviews was to learn more about individuals' experiences of participating in the local experiment. The interviews were carried out in spring 2024.

Within the Efficient Renovations stream questions covered a range of topics including their general experience of the experiment, the impact of Knowledge Networks on understanding/supporting the undertaking of energy efficient renovations, the social dynamics and impacts of the experiment, and recommendations for policymakers/those interested in undertaking activities similar to those undertaken in the experiment. 

This Zenodo upload includes 1) the consent form and interview protocol used during the interviews and 2) the anonymised interview transcripts for the Efficiant Renovations experiment stream. These interviews were conducte by the experiment stream's local partners: Habitat for Humanity (Hungary), Let's Renovate The City (Lithuania), ECODES (Spain), and Climate Action Louisburgh Locality (Ireland). There are 40 transcripts in total.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/qdypjq
title: Replication Data for: Projected Air Temperature Dynamics in a Tropical Dry Forest Under NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 Scenarios

description: Tropical dry forests (TDFs) are sensitive ecosystems projected to experience significant warming due to global climate change, potentially disrupting their ecological functions. Accurate and low-uncertainty climate projections are critical for understanding monthly temperature trends in these regions. This study employs NASA’s Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections (NEX-GDDP) based on the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) to analyze monthly mean air temperature changes in a TDF across historical (1960–2014), near-term (2015–2040), mid-term (2040–2060), and far-term (2080–2100) periods. We conduct this analysis under three shared socio-economic pathways (SSP1-2.6, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5). We identified statistically significant positive temperature trends for historical and projected periods (α = 0.05, p &lt; 0.001). SSP5-8.5 exhibited the steepest increase, with a slope of 85.8 × 10⁻⁶ °C/month across all terms (2015-2100). Monthly results show projected air temperature increases of 1.5 ̊ ± 0.9°C (5.1%), 2.7 ̊± 0.7°C (9.0%), and 3.2 ̊ ± 0.7°C (10.6%) under SSP1-2.6, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5, respectively, remaining below the global warming rates reported in the IPCC AR6 by end of 21st century. Seasonally, warming is projected to be more pronounced during the wet season than the dry season, with differences of 9.09%, 8.67%, and 12.22% for SSP1-2.6, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5, respectively. Under the SSP5-8.5 “worst-case” scenario, warming rates are projected to reach critical thresholds for TDF productivity, posing risks to ecosystem stability; therefore, climate adaptation strategies are required to protect TDFs from escalating warming trends.