cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745655
title: Interactions between habitat disturbances and complexity: the effect on ant communities

description: Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park is home to a number of indigenous and endemic species. As its mandate is to protect and preserve biodiversity, any factors that may result in the loss of species should be monitored carefully. This study aims to look at two such factors; the alien invasive plant Chromolaena odorata and intensive grazing by large mammalian ungulates (resulting in grazing lawns). Disturbances such as these typically result in the modification in the structural complexity of the habitat which in turn affects its associated fauna. This study compared the structural change of these two disturbances and their adjacent uninvaded habitats and bunch grass habitats respectively. By using a set of manipulated and mensurative (natural) treatments the change in habitat structural complexity was then related to ant diversity, assemblage formation, competitive interactions, resource acquisition, resource monopolisation and ant body size. Both disturbances revealed that structural complexity within the natural experiments did not significantly alter ant assemblage composition, diversity or competitive interactions. However, at microhabitat scale, as was exhibited by manipulated treatments, structural complexity did appear to play a role in the organisation of ant communities, their competitive interactions and body size. The baited traps which were less complex in structure tended to support the larger species of ants which acquired resources at a faster rate and in higher numbers. Assemblage composition of ants and the diversity of ants were not significantly altered by C. odorata. This could suggest that ants respond to structural complexity rather than plant species richness. Therefore it would be wise to employ the use of other biological indicators such as spiders to test the effect of alien invasive plants on ecosystems. On the other hand, as a result of heavy grazing, a unique assemblage composition of ants was found on grazing lawns when compared with their adjacent bunch grass sites. This would suggest that grazing is a vital component of the savanna system as it adds heterogeneity to the system, resulting in a biodiversity increase.
description: To look at how C. odorata effects ant comminties by changing local biocomplexity.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745654
title: Interactions between habitat disturbances and complexity: the effect on ant communities

description: Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park is home to a number of indigenous and endemic species. As its mandate is to protect and preserve biodiversity, any factors that may result in the loss of species should be monitored carefully. This study aims to look at two such factors; the alien invasive plant Chromolaena odorata and intensive grazing by large mammalian ungulates (resulting in grazing lawns). Disturbances such as these typically result in the modification in the structural complexity of the habitat which in turn affects its associated fauna. This study compared the structural change of these two disturbances and their adjacent uninvaded habitats and bunch grass habitats respectively. By using a set of manipulated and mensurative (natural) treatments the change in habitat structural complexity was then related to ant diversity, assemblage formation, competitive interactions, resource acquisition, resource monopolisation and ant body size. Both disturbances revealed that structural complexity within the natural experiments did not significantly alter ant assemblage composition, diversity or competitive interactions. However, at microhabitat scale, as was exhibited by manipulated treatments, structural complexity did appear to play a role in the organisation of ant communities, their competitive interactions and body size. The baited traps which were less complex in structure tended to support the larger species of ants which acquired resources at a faster rate and in higher numbers. Assemblage composition of ants and the diversity of ants were not significantly altered by C. odorata. This could suggest that ants respond to structural complexity rather than plant species richness. Therefore it would be wise to employ the use of other biological indicators such as spiders to test the effect of alien invasive plants on ecosystems. On the other hand, as a result of heavy grazing, a unique assemblage composition of ants was found on grazing lawns when compared with their adjacent bunch grass sites. This would suggest that grazing is a vital component of the savanna system as it adds heterogeneity to the system, resulting in a biodiversity increase.
description: To look at how C. odorata effects ant comminties by changing local biocomplexity.
DOI: 10.21227/ytmw-te24
title: Overvoltage reduction in the TN system of a building

description: To protect the equipment in a building struck directly by lightning, surge protective devices (SPDs) are installed between the N-phase and ground lines at the power utility substation of a TT system. In this case, when operating the SPD, the wiring system of the low-voltage distribution line will be a TN system. Although the overvoltage between these lines at the power utility substation can be limited during SPD operation, an overvoltage between these lines is induced at each floor distribution board connected thereafter. Here, we analyzed this overvoltage in the VSTL electromagnetic analysis software. The overvoltage was found to largely depend on the loop impedance of the wirings as the lightning current flowed from the structure to the protective ground line. The most effective solution was separating the ground lines from the power supply lines connected to the distribution boards of each floor with another electric pipe shaft.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745800
title: Tamoya ohboya SPAdes preassembly

description: .
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745799
title: Tamoya ohboya SPAdes preassembly

description: .
DOI: 10.48510/fk2/pzl9dw/jbkoud
title: codebook_df.pdf

description: :unav
DOI: 10.48510/fk2/pzl9dw/uilui4
title: COVID_dentists_2020.Rmd

description: :unav
DOI: 10.48510/fk2/pzl9dw/z5g5ch
title: Anketa_zobarstiem_covid.tab

description: :unav
DOI: 10.48510/fk2/pzl9dw
title: Latvian Dentist Treatment Decisions During COVID19 Pandemic

description: Tabulated surveys in csv format conducted with dentists during 2020 about how COVID restrictions affect their treatment decisions. Rmd file with statistical analysis script for R software. Codebook in PDF format
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745612
title: Beneficiary dependence on the South African Working for Water Programme: A multi-site case study of four projects in the Western Cape

description: South Africa's natural environment is internationally recognised for its biodiversity, and therefore deep concern exists regarding the significant impact of invasive alien species (IAS) on that biodiversity. To combat the spread of IAS in South Africa, the national Working for Water (WfW) Programme was established in 1995. In addition to the clearing of IAS, the programme has also been designed to provide employment and empowerment to the marginalised sectors of South African society. With regard to the latter, WfW forms part of South Africa's Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), and can be defined as a workfare programme, since it provides paid employment, rather than welfare payment. Following a contractor development approach, it also intends to create independent entrepreneurial contractors who, ideally, should 'exit' WfW, by being absorbed in the broader labour market. However, anecdotal evidence indicates that, since the establishment of WfW, many of its intended beneficiaries have become highly dependent on such employment, and therefore do not wish to "exit" the programme. Also, mounting concern regarding beneficiary dependence on Public Works Programmes in general, has spurred numerous academic debates on welfare dependence, as well as attempts to explain variability in dependence on government support. This thesis reports on a multi-site case study of beneficiary dependence on four WfW projects, which was undertaken in four CapeNature reserves in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Five broad research questions were formulated, which relate to the extent of beneficiaries' dependence on the projects concerned, as well the sociological factors that may contribute to such a phenomenon. The data collected for this study were analysed with reference to various theories of state dependence. The beneficiaries were found to have become highly dependent, mostly in a financial sense, on the WfW projects studied, but also in regard to expectations of remaining in the WfW Programme in future. Such dependence is largely due to WfW having become engrained in beneficiaries' social structure to such an extent, that it affects both their choices and their actions. Fearing a return to the conditions of farm labour, or the inability to escape the culture of poverty and/or marginalisation they experienced before joining WfW, seems to have resulted in the "unanticipated consequence" of workers being reluctant to exit from the programme, on which they have become dependent for their income and social standing. In the light of these findings, the thesis also briefly reflects upon South Africa's EPWPs, with the conclusion of the case study offering at least a partial solution to improving the WfW Programme as an EPWP
description: Thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Sociology at Stellenbosch University
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745611
title: Beneficiary dependence on the South African Working for Water Programme: A multi-site case study of four projects in the Western Cape

description: South Africa's natural environment is internationally recognised for its biodiversity, and therefore deep concern exists regarding the significant impact of invasive alien species (IAS) on that biodiversity. To combat the spread of IAS in South Africa, the national Working for Water (WfW) Programme was established in 1995. In addition to the clearing of IAS, the programme has also been designed to provide employment and empowerment to the marginalised sectors of South African society. With regard to the latter, WfW forms part of South Africa's Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), and can be defined as a workfare programme, since it provides paid employment, rather than welfare payment. Following a contractor development approach, it also intends to create independent entrepreneurial contractors who, ideally, should 'exit' WfW, by being absorbed in the broader labour market. However, anecdotal evidence indicates that, since the establishment of WfW, many of its intended beneficiaries have become highly dependent on such employment, and therefore do not wish to "exit" the programme. Also, mounting concern regarding beneficiary dependence on Public Works Programmes in general, has spurred numerous academic debates on welfare dependence, as well as attempts to explain variability in dependence on government support. This thesis reports on a multi-site case study of beneficiary dependence on four WfW projects, which was undertaken in four CapeNature reserves in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Five broad research questions were formulated, which relate to the extent of beneficiaries' dependence on the projects concerned, as well the sociological factors that may contribute to such a phenomenon. The data collected for this study were analysed with reference to various theories of state dependence. The beneficiaries were found to have become highly dependent, mostly in a financial sense, on the WfW projects studied, but also in regard to expectations of remaining in the WfW Programme in future. Such dependence is largely due to WfW having become engrained in beneficiaries' social structure to such an extent, that it affects both their choices and their actions. Fearing a return to the conditions of farm labour, or the inability to escape the culture of poverty and/or marginalisation they experienced before joining WfW, seems to have resulted in the "unanticipated consequence" of workers being reluctant to exit from the programme, on which they have become dependent for their income and social standing. In the light of these findings, the thesis also briefly reflects upon South Africa's EPWPs, with the conclusion of the case study offering at least a partial solution to improving the WfW Programme as an EPWP
description: Thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Sociology at Stellenbosch University
DOI: 10.7479/dtjm-ww03
title: Life-history and ecological traits of tropical forest frogs

description: Life-history and ecological traits of tropical forest frogs. Given are the species, the trait, its definition, the scale of measurement, and the unit (ratio) or levels (nominal, ordinal) of the respective trait. Data used in the paper published as: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-017-0135-y
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745606
title: Thermal adaptation in the lizard Cordylus oelofseni

description: The content of these datasets were used to produce my MSc thesis, regarding the thermal adaptation and responses of physiological and behavioural traits in the lizard Cordylus oelofseni (an endemic lizard with a highly restricted distribution range). The datasets comprise of: resting metabolic and water loss rates of the lizards following exposure to ecologically relevant acclimation treatments and tested at 3 test temperatures, the preferred body temperature of these lizard, microsite operative temperature for 3 months of summer and winter as well as a summary of insects collected at the study site. The second chapter of my thesis looked at the energetic cost of thermoregulation. There are datasets that include distance and time travelled in 4 different "habitat types", time spent basking and energetic data for 7 lizards in each enclosure type. There is also a collection of operative temperatures for each enclosure type used to map the thermal environment in each enclosure type.
description: To produce a thesis in fulfilment of the degree of Masters of Science, Zoology, at Stellenbosch University
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745605
title: Thermal adaptation in the lizard Cordylus oelofseni

description: The content of these datasets were used to produce my MSc thesis, regarding the thermal adaptation and responses of physiological and behavioural traits in the lizard Cordylus oelofseni (an endemic lizard with a highly restricted distribution range). The datasets comprise of: resting metabolic and water loss rates of the lizards following exposure to ecologically relevant acclimation treatments and tested at 3 test temperatures, the preferred body temperature of these lizard, microsite operative temperature for 3 months of summer and winter as well as a summary of insects collected at the study site. The second chapter of my thesis looked at the energetic cost of thermoregulation. There are datasets that include distance and time travelled in 4 different "habitat types", time spent basking and energetic data for 7 lizards in each enclosure type. There is also a collection of operative temperatures for each enclosure type used to map the thermal environment in each enclosure type.
description: To produce a thesis in fulfilment of the degree of Masters of Science, Zoology, at Stellenbosch University
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745836
title: Eos histrio SPAdes preassembly

description: .
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745835
title: Eos histrio SPAdes preassembly

description: .
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745864
title: Open data for "Laser soliton microcombs heterogeneously integrated on silicon"

description: Available data for "Laser soliton microcombs heterogeneously integrated on silicon"
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745863
title: Open data for "Laser soliton microcombs heterogeneously integrated on silicon"

description: Available data for "Laser soliton microcombs heterogeneously integrated on silicon"
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745886
title: Entacmaea quadricolor SPAdes preassembly

description: .
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745885
title: Entacmaea quadricolor SPAdes preassembly

description: .
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13537176
title: Genistein for glycolipid metabolism in postmenopausal women: a meta-analysis

description: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of genistein on glycolipid metabolism in postmenopausal women. Electronic databases were searched and relevant reports were hand-screened. We included only randomized controlled trials of isolated genistein for glycolipid metabolism. The primary outcome for lipid metabolism included a changed value of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and for glucose metabolism was a changed value of homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Secondary outcomes included a changed value of total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting blood insulin (INS), and body mass index (BMI). Ten trials with 11 articles were included. The level of LDL-C was not decreased in the genistein group compared with the placebo group (standardized mean difference [SMD] = −0.58; 95% confidence interval [CI] − 1.19, 0.02; <i>p</i> = 0.06). No statistical significance was found in subgroup analyses. HOMA-IR was obviously improved in the genistein group with SMD of −0.51 (95% CI −0.88, −0.14; <i>p</i> = 0.006). In subgroup analyses, HOMA-IR was improved more in women with BMI &lt;30 kg/m<sup>2</sup> and without metabolic disorders (<i>p</i> Genistein was effective in ameliorating glycolipid metabolism by increasing HDL-C levels and decreasing total cholesterol levels and improving insulin sensitivity.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13537176.v1
title: Genistein for glycolipid metabolism in postmenopausal women: a meta-analysis

description: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of genistein on glycolipid metabolism in postmenopausal women. Electronic databases were searched and relevant reports were hand-screened. We included only randomized controlled trials of isolated genistein for glycolipid metabolism. The primary outcome for lipid metabolism included a changed value of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and for glucose metabolism was a changed value of homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Secondary outcomes included a changed value of total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting blood insulin (INS), and body mass index (BMI). Ten trials with 11 articles were included. The level of LDL-C was not decreased in the genistein group compared with the placebo group (standardized mean difference [SMD] = −0.58; 95% confidence interval [CI] − 1.19, 0.02; <i>p</i> = 0.06). No statistical significance was found in subgroup analyses. HOMA-IR was obviously improved in the genistein group with SMD of −0.51 (95% CI −0.88, −0.14; <i>p</i> = 0.006). In subgroup analyses, HOMA-IR was improved more in women with BMI &lt;30 kg/m<sup>2</sup> and without metabolic disorders (<i>p</i> Genistein was effective in ameliorating glycolipid metabolism by increasing HDL-C levels and decreasing total cholesterol levels and improving insulin sensitivity.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14046115
title: Generalized headache among Chinese climacteric women: findings from a prospective cohort

description: This study aimed to prospectively identify the prevalence of generalized headache and associated risk factors in Chinese midlife women. We identified 411 qualified women from a Chinese urban community, contributing a total of 2544 surveys. The presence of generalized headache was measured. Climacteric symptoms and other risk factors were evaluated by generalized estimating equations. The prevalence of headache complaints is associated with menopausal stages. Perimenopausal women have relatively high prevalence of headache symptoms, especially stage +1a women (59.0%) compared to late postmenopausal women (37.8%), although menopause stages were not statistically significant in the multivariate analysis. Women who had headache at baseline and depression were much more likely to have headache during menopause. According to the univariate and multivariate analyses in women without headache at baseline, starting menopausal status, insomnia, sweats, and depression were independently associated with newly developed headache. Symptoms of generalized headache were less prevalent in late postmenopausal women. Our findings highlight the association between headache and climacteric changes.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14046115.v1
title: Generalized headache among Chinese climacteric women: findings from a prospective cohort

description: This study aimed to prospectively identify the prevalence of generalized headache and associated risk factors in Chinese midlife women. We identified 411 qualified women from a Chinese urban community, contributing a total of 2544 surveys. The presence of generalized headache was measured. Climacteric symptoms and other risk factors were evaluated by generalized estimating equations. The prevalence of headache complaints is associated with menopausal stages. Perimenopausal women have relatively high prevalence of headache symptoms, especially stage +1a women (59.0%) compared to late postmenopausal women (37.8%), although menopause stages were not statistically significant in the multivariate analysis. Women who had headache at baseline and depression were much more likely to have headache during menopause. According to the univariate and multivariate analyses in women without headache at baseline, starting menopausal status, insomnia, sweats, and depression were independently associated with newly developed headache. Symptoms of generalized headache were less prevalent in late postmenopausal women. Our findings highlight the association between headache and climacteric changes.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14384832.v3
title: axivity-ax6-left-forearm-nondominant

description: 6-axis actigraphy (translation and rotation) using Axivity AX6 (similar to AX3 used in UK BioBank), configured with 100Hz sampling frequency, 16bit resolution and 2000dps gyro/rotation.<br>Attached with a velcro to the exterior of a cotton wrist band with arrow facing down/back, on the left forearm (non-dominant arm).<br>Started acquisition in March 2021.<br>Each file represents one acquisition session of about 1 week. Multiple files can be concatenated to study a longer time period.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745931
title: Graphium doson SPAdes preassembly

description: .
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4745930
title: Graphium doson SPAdes preassembly

description: .
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4742931
title: Oxygenated Cyclohexene Derivatives from the Roots of Monanthotaxis trichocarpa

description: Original NMR data and NMReDATA files of the 3 new compounds published in the article entitled Oxygenated Cyclohexene Derivatives from the Roots of <em>Monanthotaxis trichocarpa in J. Nat Prod. </em><strong>2020, </strong><em>83</em>, 210-215. This updated version has corrected NMReDATA files.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2641290
title: Oxygenated Cyclohexene Derivatives from the Roots of Monanthotaxis trichocarpa

description: Original NMR data and NMReDATA files of the 3 new compounds published in the article entitled Oxygenated Cyclohexene Derivatives from the Roots of <em>Monanthotaxis trichocarpa in J. Nat Prod. </em><strong>2020, </strong><em>83</em>, 210-215. This updated version has corrected NMReDATA files.
DOI: 10.5523/bris.150s0lqyd3eh61zsiaj8cj5vqd
title: Quadrature magnetoresistance in overdoped cuprates
title: Quadrature MR in OD cuprates

description: Measurements of the normal (i.e. non-superconducting) state magnetoresistance (change in resistance with magnetic field) in several single crystalline samples of copper-oxide high-temperature superconductors. The measurements were performed predominantly at the High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML) in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and the Pulsed Magnetic Field Facility (LNCMI-T) in Toulouse, France. The first set of data have just been accepted for publication in 'Nature' and the published manuscript will ultimately require a link to the repository.