cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591184
title: Species Richness and Abundance at York University Grass and Wood Lots Based on Canopy Coverage and Human Activity

description: This experiment had Trials 1 and 2 (for both lots) take place on Monday October 19, 2015 between 2:30 and 5:00pm. The weather consisted a cloudy, grey sky and the temperature was 14 degrees Celsius. Trials 3 (for the two lots) took place on Monday October 26, 2015 between 2:30 and 4:30 pm. The weather was sunny and clear while the temperatures was about 10 degrees Celsius. All Grasslot experiments were done on the York University Stong Pond grasslot and all Woodlot experiments on Saywell Woodlot. The purpose of this study was to discover the effects canopy coverage and human activity might have on the species richness and plant abundance of different organisms. The experiment was conducted (for each replicate) by placing a transect 10m across in a straight line and counting/identifying all the plants in a 1m reach of the transect. Human Activity was measured on an ordinal scale where traffic and obstructions were taken into consideration. Canopy Coverage was determined on the transect by looking into the sky and determining how much was visible.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591183.v1
title: Supplemental Data for "Elucidating the Role of Injury-Induced Electric Fields (EFs) in Regulating the Astrocytic Response to Injury in the Mammalian Central Nervous System."

description: Supplemental data for manuscript entitled "Elucidating the Role of Injury-Induced Electric Fields (EFs) in Regulating the Astrocytic Response to Injury in the Mammalian Central Nervous System." Published in PLoS One. Baer, M.L.; Henderson, S.C.; & Colello, R.J. 2015.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591166
title: CERAMICS TECHNOLOGY

description: By: Vaibhav A. Chilate Ceramics are a group of materials which are produced by compacting the powders into a green body followed by heating to a certain temperature so that the particles get bonded together called as sintering.<br>Ceramics possess good refractory strength, chemical resistivity and physical strength. Electrical industry uses ceramics for their good insulating properties. Many of them are used as dielectric materials in capacitors, etc.<br>Ceramics are manufactured from their powders. First and foremost step is to obtain the powders. There are several methods by which the powders are obtained such as spraying, ball milling, grinding, etc. which obtain different sizes and shapes of powder particles. Secondly, these powders are blended according to the requirements of the application and desired properties of the product. The process of blending of powders is carried out to obtain uniformity, since the powders made by various processes may have different shape and sizes and to impart special physical and mechanical properties. In order to avoid contamination and deterioration, powder mixing must be carried out under controlled conditions.<br>Third step is shaping the powders into the product shape by adding suitable binder to them. And fourth step is to sinter these powders up to certain temperature to bring about particle atomic diffusion and hence the bonding between particles.<br>Compared to other materials they are economical for their strength and hardness. Compressive strength is good. Some ceramics are bio – ceramics. They are used to produce dental implants, synthetic bones and prostheses. Automobile industry uses them for their use as insulator in spark plug and discs for the disc brakes. Due to their hardness, they are also used in manufacturing metal cutting tools. Chemical resistivity is another good property exhibited by the ceramics, thus they are used as lining for the pipes and containers which carry chemical liquids and slurries.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591182
title: Density of Vegetation According to Light Abundance in Habitats

description: On October 19th and 26th from 3:30-5:30pm, a field experiment was conducted in the Danby Woods of York Uiversity. Weather conditions were sunny, few clouds, and slightly windy around 14-16 degrees Celsius. The grassland was a field with overgrown grass and plantlife and few tress. The woodland was densely populated with trees and mosty covered by leaves in the air space.<br>The purpose of this experiment was to find any correlation between light coverage or habitat and density of vegetation through the quadrat sampling technique.<br>An hypothesis set for this experiment is that the amount of sunlight able to reach a particular area would be due to lack of obstruction of the light coming in. With sunlight, the prediction is that the grasslands will have a larger density of vegetation due to minimum obstruction by trees as opposed to the woodlot.<br>The environment plays a factor in the density of vegetation due to an obstruction of large trees and thereby sunlight and nutrients for the smaller plant life to grow. The prediction here is that the woodlot will have a lower density of vegetation due to the amount of tall trees and canopy coverage. Otherwise, a null hypothesis would state that there is no difference between the abundance of vegetation in both habitats. This dataset shows the abundance of vegetation in each habitat within 100 quadrat trials.<br>The sampling process was done using the quadrat sampling technique and random number generating. A random number between 1-20 was chosen in order to count the number of steps to take and another generator between 1-4 used to determine the direction (1 = North, 2 = East, 3 = South, 4 = West) then a quadrat was placed at the distace chosen by the generator. Once the quadrat is placed, first the vegetation abundance was estimated as a percentage based on the vegetation within the quadrat and determining which was dead (bronlimp) or alive (green and upright). Those that are viable were counted as a percentage of abundance. Light abundance was calculated using a 1x1m blank piece of cardboard. The cardboard was placed inside the quadrat facing the sky with sunlight shown onto it. Where there was sunlight with no shadow, sunlight coverage was estimated into a percentage. This process was repeated 50 times for the grassland habitat and 50 times for the woodlot habitat on October 19, 2015 and repeated an additional 50 times for each habitat on October 26, 2015.<br>Lab performed with group members Felicia O., Richer L., Dylan C.,Brandon B., and Alex D. split into teams.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591184.v1
title: Species Richness and Abundance at York University Grass and Wood Lots Based on Canopy Coverage and Human Activity

description: This experiment had Trials 1 and 2 (for both lots) take place on Monday October 19, 2015 between 2:30 and 5:00pm. The weather consisted a cloudy, grey sky and the temperature was 14 degrees Celsius. Trials 3 (for the two lots) took place on Monday October 26, 2015 between 2:30 and 4:30 pm. The weather was sunny and clear while the temperatures was about 10 degrees Celsius. All Grasslot experiments were done on the York University Stong Pond grasslot and all Woodlot experiments on Saywell Woodlot. The purpose of this study was to discover the effects canopy coverage and human activity might have on the species richness and plant abundance of different organisms. The experiment was conducted (for each replicate) by placing a transect 10m across in a straight line and counting/identifying all the plants in a 1m reach of the transect. Human Activity was measured on an ordinal scale where traffic and obstructions were taken into consideration. Canopy Coverage was determined on the transect by looking into the sky and determining how much was visible.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591165
title: THERMO MECHANICAL PROCESSING

description: By: Vaibhav A. Chilate This study consist of various mechanical operation such as cold rolling, hot rolling, wire drawing on extruded CRZ material in well equipped thermo mechanical lab. The effect of different mechanical properties for instance, tensile test, vicker hardness test, optical microscopic observation was also scrutinized before and after such mechanical operation. And, then compared all the results among each other. The mircostructural evolution and crystalline morphologies of CRZ material were also investigated and related to the mechanical properties.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591166.v1
title: CERAMICS TECHNOLOGY

description: By: Vaibhav A. Chilate Ceramics are a group of materials which are produced by compacting the powders into a green body followed by heating to a certain temperature so that the particles get bonded together called as sintering.<br>Ceramics possess good refractory strength, chemical resistivity and physical strength. Electrical industry uses ceramics for their good insulating properties. Many of them are used as dielectric materials in capacitors, etc.<br>Ceramics are manufactured from their powders. First and foremost step is to obtain the powders. There are several methods by which the powders are obtained such as spraying, ball milling, grinding, etc. which obtain different sizes and shapes of powder particles. Secondly, these powders are blended according to the requirements of the application and desired properties of the product. The process of blending of powders is carried out to obtain uniformity, since the powders made by various processes may have different shape and sizes and to impart special physical and mechanical properties. In order to avoid contamination and deterioration, powder mixing must be carried out under controlled conditions.<br>Third step is shaping the powders into the product shape by adding suitable binder to them. And fourth step is to sinter these powders up to certain temperature to bring about particle atomic diffusion and hence the bonding between particles.<br>Compared to other materials they are economical for their strength and hardness. Compressive strength is good. Some ceramics are bio – ceramics. They are used to produce dental implants, synthetic bones and prostheses. Automobile industry uses them for their use as insulator in spark plug and discs for the disc brakes. Due to their hardness, they are also used in manufacturing metal cutting tools. Chemical resistivity is another good property exhibited by the ceramics, thus they are used as lining for the pipes and containers which carry chemical liquids and slurries.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591182.v1
title: Density of Vegetation According to Light Abundance in Habitats

description: On October 19th and 26th from 3:30-5:30pm, a field experiment was conducted in the Danby Woods of York Uiversity. Weather conditions were sunny, few clouds, and slightly windy around 14-16 degrees Celsius. The grassland was a field with overgrown grass and plantlife and few tress. The woodland was densely populated with trees and mosty covered by leaves in the air space.<br>The purpose of this experiment was to find any correlation between light coverage or habitat and density of vegetation through the quadrat sampling technique.<br>An hypothesis set for this experiment is that the amount of sunlight able to reach a particular area would be due to lack of obstruction of the light coming in. With sunlight, the prediction is that the grasslands will have a larger density of vegetation due to minimum obstruction by trees as opposed to the woodlot.<br>The environment plays a factor in the density of vegetation due to an obstruction of large trees and thereby sunlight and nutrients for the smaller plant life to grow. The prediction here is that the woodlot will have a lower density of vegetation due to the amount of tall trees and canopy coverage. Otherwise, a null hypothesis would state that there is no difference between the abundance of vegetation in both habitats. This dataset shows the abundance of vegetation in each habitat within 100 quadrat trials.<br>The sampling process was done using the quadrat sampling technique and random number generating. A random number between 1-20 was chosen in order to count the number of steps to take and another generator between 1-4 used to determine the direction (1 = North, 2 = East, 3 = South, 4 = West) then a quadrat was placed at the distace chosen by the generator. Once the quadrat is placed, first the vegetation abundance was estimated as a percentage based on the vegetation within the quadrat and determining which was dead (bronlimp) or alive (green and upright). Those that are viable were counted as a percentage of abundance. Light abundance was calculated using a 1x1m blank piece of cardboard. The cardboard was placed inside the quadrat facing the sky with sunlight shown onto it. Where there was sunlight with no shadow, sunlight coverage was estimated into a percentage. This process was repeated 50 times for the grassland habitat and 50 times for the woodlot habitat on October 19, 2015 and repeated an additional 50 times for each habitat on October 26, 2015.<br>Lab performed with group members Felicia O., Richer L., Dylan C.,Brandon B., and Alex D. split into teams.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591159
title: Open Data as Open Educational Resources: Case studies of emerging practice

description: Atenas, Javiera and Havemann, Leo, eds (2015). <em>Open Data as Open Educational Resources: Case studies of emerging practice.</em> London: Open Knowledge, Open Education Working Group.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591163
title: A Study of the Effect of Distance to Urbanization and Tree Age on Canopy Size of Tree

description: The data presented displays the correlation and effect that age and distance from urbanization (explanatory variables) has on the canopy size of Julgans nigra, more commonly known as eastern black walnut, in a forest habitat (response variable). The data was collected over two days, the first being October 19th 2015. The study was performed in the Saywell Woodlot on the York University Campus between 2:30 and 4:30; the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius with strong winds up to 29km/h and primarily sunny conditions. The second day of data collection was October 26th 2015. This also occurred in the Saywell Woodlot on the York University Campus between 2:30 and 4:00; the temperature was 10 degrees Celsius with weak winds up to 8km/h and sunny conditions. Upon initial inspection of the woodlot, the lab group decided to change the target spices, which was originally maple trees, simply due to their low abundance. Eastern black walnut was chosen as a replacement for its high abundance in woodlot as well as being a species of tree which was very easy to distinguish. Although the 55 sampled trees within the woodlot were randomly selected, the lab group split up into pairs of two, which not only increased the speed of sampling, but ensured that over the two lab days, trees from the varying conditions of the woodlot would be sampled. Using a 30 metre transect the distance, in metres, of a selected tree from the edge of the woodlot was measured. If the distance was longer than 30 metres, multiple measurements were taken, with the sum of the measurements representing the distance for that given tree. This measurement was used to represent the distance of an individual to urbanization when related to the experimental design. Using the 30 metre transect, the diameter at breast height (DBH) of each of the tree’s trunks was measured; breast height was defined as 1.50 metres above the ground. This measurement was used to represent age of an individual when related to the experimental design. The measurement of canopy coverage did not use a tool, and was simply a qualitative, observation. It was measured by standing directly beside the trunk of the tree, looking upwards, and observing how much sky was visible between the trees leaves and branches. If the tree had already lost the majority of its leaves, canopy size was estimated by the number of branches on the tree and leaves surrounding the base of the tree. Michael Chu, Diana Pik, and Aisha Choudhry helped with obtaining the field data.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591165.v1
title: THERMO MECHANICAL PROCESSING

description: By: Vaibhav A. Chilate This study consist of various mechanical operation such as cold rolling, hot rolling, wire drawing on extruded CRZ material in well equipped thermo mechanical lab. The effect of different mechanical properties for instance, tensile test, vicker hardness test, optical microscopic observation was also scrutinized before and after such mechanical operation. And, then compared all the results among each other. The mircostructural evolution and crystalline morphologies of CRZ material were also investigated and related to the mechanical properties.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591163.v1
title: A Study of the Effect of Distance to Urbanization and Tree Age on Canopy Size of Tree

description: The data presented displays the correlation and effect that age and distance from urbanization (explanatory variables) has on the canopy size of Julgans nigra, more commonly known as eastern black walnut, in a forest habitat (response variable). The data was collected over two days, the first being October 19th 2015. The study was performed in the Saywell Woodlot on the York University Campus between 2:30 and 4:30; the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius with strong winds up to 29km/h and primarily sunny conditions. The second day of data collection was October 26th 2015. This also occurred in the Saywell Woodlot on the York University Campus between 2:30 and 4:00; the temperature was 10 degrees Celsius with weak winds up to 8km/h and sunny conditions. Upon initial inspection of the woodlot, the lab group decided to change the target spices, which was originally maple trees, simply due to their low abundance. Eastern black walnut was chosen as a replacement for its high abundance in woodlot as well as being a species of tree which was very easy to distinguish. Although the 55 sampled trees within the woodlot were randomly selected, the lab group split up into pairs of two, which not only increased the speed of sampling, but ensured that over the two lab days, trees from the varying conditions of the woodlot would be sampled. Using a 30 metre transect the distance, in metres, of a selected tree from the edge of the woodlot was measured. If the distance was longer than 30 metres, multiple measurements were taken, with the sum of the measurements representing the distance for that given tree. This measurement was used to represent the distance of an individual to urbanization when related to the experimental design. Using the 30 metre transect, the diameter at breast height (DBH) of each of the tree’s trunks was measured; breast height was defined as 1.50 metres above the ground. This measurement was used to represent age of an individual when related to the experimental design. The measurement of canopy coverage did not use a tool, and was simply a qualitative, observation. It was measured by standing directly beside the trunk of the tree, looking upwards, and observing how much sky was visible between the trees leaves and branches. If the tree had already lost the majority of its leaves, canopy size was estimated by the number of branches on the tree and leaves surrounding the base of the tree. Michael Chu, Diana Pik, and Aisha Choudhry helped with obtaining the field data.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591149
title: Three indel variants in chicken <i>Lpin1</i> exon 6/flanking region and the association with performance traits

description: 1. LPIN1 is a Mg<sup>2+</sup>-dependent phosphatidic acid phosphatase. Variation in chicken <i>Lpin1</i> exon 6 and its flanking regions were identified and three indel variants in 6 breeds and their associations with performance traits were studied.2. Seven variants were detected from 6 breeds, which contained a synonymous tri-allelic variant (c.924A/T/C) and three indels. The exon 6 variants detected from chicken breeds were conservative among bird species. The indel variation frequency presented clear differences among breeds.3. Two coding indels (c.1014-1018del3 and c.1125-1138del12) were multiples of 3 nucleotides and maintained the open reading frames of LPIN1 proteins. However, they were predicted to result in the clear change of the RNA secondary structure of chicken <i>Lpin1</i> exon 6 and LPIN1 protein conformation.4. The association analysis showed that c.871-15-22del6 variation had a significant effect on body weight at hatch (BW0) and 2 weeks (BW2); c. 1014-1018del3 variation had a significant effect on BW4, BW6, caecum length and gizzard weight (GW) traits; c.1125-1138del12 variation had a significant effect on BW12, shank length at 4 weeks (SL4), carcass weight, lactate dehydrogenase traits (LDH), glucose (GLU) and albumin (ALB) traits. The genotype combination for c.1014-1018del3 and c.1125-1138del12 also presented significant effects on SL4, SL8, GW, leg muscle weight, ALB, GLU and LDH.5. The study demonstrated that chicken <i>Lpin1</i> has an important effect on chicken hatch weight, serum GLU and ALB level.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1591149.v1
title: Three indel variants in chicken <i>Lpin1</i> exon 6/flanking region and the association with performance traits

description: 1. LPIN1 is a Mg<sup>2+</sup>-dependent phosphatidic acid phosphatase. Variation in chicken <i>Lpin1</i> exon 6 and its flanking regions were identified and three indel variants in 6 breeds and their associations with performance traits were studied.2. Seven variants were detected from 6 breeds, which contained a synonymous tri-allelic variant (c.924A/T/C) and three indels. The exon 6 variants detected from chicken breeds were conservative among bird species. The indel variation frequency presented clear differences among breeds.3. Two coding indels (c.1014-1018del3 and c.1125-1138del12) were multiples of 3 nucleotides and maintained the open reading frames of LPIN1 proteins. However, they were predicted to result in the clear change of the RNA secondary structure of chicken <i>Lpin1</i> exon 6 and LPIN1 protein conformation.4. The association analysis showed that c.871-15-22del6 variation had a significant effect on body weight at hatch (BW0) and 2 weeks (BW2); c. 1014-1018del3 variation had a significant effect on BW4, BW6, caecum length and gizzard weight (GW) traits; c.1125-1138del12 variation had a significant effect on BW12, shank length at 4 weeks (SL4), carcass weight, lactate dehydrogenase traits (LDH), glucose (GLU) and albumin (ALB) traits. The genotype combination for c.1014-1018del3 and c.1125-1138del12 also presented significant effects on SL4, SL8, GW, leg muscle weight, ALB, GLU and LDH.5. The study demonstrated that chicken <i>Lpin1</i> has an important effect on chicken hatch weight, serum GLU and ALB level.