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Li, Yu-Bing, Xue-Zhong Zhou, Run-Shun Zhang, et al. "Detection of Herb-Symptom Associations from Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Data." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 (2015): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/270450.

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Background. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an individualized medicine by observing the symptoms and signs (symptoms in brief) of patients. We aim to extract the meaningful herb-symptom relationships from large scale TCM clinical data.Methods. To investigate the correlations between symptoms and herbs held for patients, we use four clinical data sets collected from TCM outpatient clinical settings and calculate the similarities between patient pairs in terms of the herb constituents of their prescriptions and their manifesting symptoms by cosine measure. To address the large-scale multiple testing problems for the detection of herb-symptom associations and the dependence between herbs involving similar efficacies, we propose a network-based correlation analysis (NetCorrA) method to detect the herb-symptom associations.Results. The results show that there are strong positive correlations between symptom similarity and herb similarity, which indicates that herb-symptom correspondence is a clinical principle adhered to by most TCM physicians. Furthermore, the NetCorrA method obtains meaningful herb-symptom associations and performs better than the chi-square correlation method by filtering the false positive associations.Conclusions. Symptoms play significant roles for the prescriptions of herb treatment. The herb-symptom correspondence principle indicates that clinical phenotypic targets (i.e., symptoms) of herbs exist and would be valuable for further investigations.

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Neeraja, P.V, and Margaret Elizabeth. "Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk: A Valuable Medicinal herb." International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Review and Research 2, no. 4 (2012): 188–97. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12698283.

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Herbs are staging a comeback and herbal ‘renaissance’ is happening all over the globe. Theherbal products today symbolise safety in contrast to the synthetics that are regarded asunsafe to human and environment. Although herbs had been priced for their medicinal,flavorings and aromatic qualities for centuries, the synthetic products of the modern agesurpassed their importance, for a while. The plant Eclipta alba Hassk (Asteraceae) known forits medicinal values in alternative systems of (Ayurvedic, Unani, Sidha, Homeopathy,Chines) holistic health and herbal medicine. Eclipta alba Hassk is reported to possessHepatoprotective, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, immuno-modulatory, antiviraland promoter for blackening and growth of hair. Important source of chemicals iswedelolactone, demethylwedelolactone exhibit antihepatotoxic activities. This review articleelucidates the evidence based information regarding the photochemistry and pharmacologicalactivity of this plant.

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Sarkar, Manjusha, and Satyesh Chandra Roy. "Rapid Scale Micropropagation of Glycyrrhiza Glabra L. ( Leguminoseae) A Valuable Medicinal Herb." International Journal of Scientific Research 3, no. 3 (2012): 20–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22778179/march2014/7.

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R., Mohanapriya, and Vanathi P. "Pharmacological Insights into Trichodesma indicum: A Medicinally Valuable Herb." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIO-MEDICAL SCIENCE 04, no. 10 (2024): 794–804. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13908174.

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Background: The present study was aimed to investigate the pharmacological properties of a medicinally significant herbal species, Trichodesma indicum. Phytochemical analysis of methanol, ethanol, acetone, petroleum ether and aqueous extracts of T.indicum was explored.   Methodology: Antibacterial activity of these solvent extracts of T.indicum was determined against the test organisms (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella sp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella sp. and Proteus sp.) using well diffusion method. Anti-oxidant activity for three different standard concentrations (100, 200 and 300μg/ml) of T.indicum methanol extract was determined using DPPH, superoxide scavenging activity and nitric oxide scavenging activity assays. Wound healing efficacy of T.indicum methanol extract was investigated using standard in vitro wound scratch assay.     Results: Phytochemical analysis explored the presence of alkaloids, phenols, flavonoids, tannins and terpenoids in higher level for methanol extracts of T.indicum. Antibacterial activity of the methanol extracts of T.indicum exhibited inhibitory zones ranging from 27 to 29mm against all the test bacteria; which was comparatively maximum than other solvent extracts. Hence methanol extract was used for anti-oxidant activity and wound healing studies. Anti-oxidant DPPH assays revealed IC50 value of 292.19µg/ml for T. indicum extract. Superoxide scavenging activity expressed IC50 value of 192.34µg/ml; and nitric oxide scavenging activity showed IC50 value of 224.64µg/ml respectively. The self-wound healing ability of T.indicum extracts showed positive cell migration and cell proliferation after 12 th and 24th hours indicating the wound closure under in vitro conditions.   Conclusion & recommendation: The research showed promising results and evidenced pharmacological properties of the selected medicinally significant T.indicum. Further studies like anti-diabetic, antifungal and antiviral properties shall be considered based on the above results.

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Yang, Ming, Jianghe Luo, Yan Li, and Limian Xu. "Systems Pharmacology-Based Research on the Mechanism of Tusizi-Sangjisheng Herb Pair in the Treatment of Threatened Abortion." BioMed Research International 2020 (July 21, 2020): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4748264.

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Threatened abortion (TA) is a common complication with high incidence in the first trimester of pregnancy, which will end in miscarriage if not treated properly. The Chinese herbs Cuscutae Semen (Tusizi in Chinese) and Herba Taxilli (Sangjisheng in Chinese) first recorded in the ancient classic medical book Shennong Bencao Jing are effective and widely used as an herb pair for the treatment of TA, while the active ingredients and the functional mechanism of Tusizi-Sangjisheng herb pair treating TA are still unknown. In order to exploit the relationship between those two herbs and TA, systems pharmacology analysis was carried out in this study. A total of 75 ingredients of Tusizi-Sangjisheng were collected from Traditional Chinese Medicine System Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform (TCMSP). 12 bioactive compounds were screened, and 153 directly related targets were predicted by systematic models. Besides, Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis were used to systematically explore the potential mechanisms of Tusizi-Sangjisheng treating TA. Meanwhile, Compound-Target (C-T), Target-Disease (T-D), and Target-Pathway (T-P) networks were constructed to further quest the underlying functional mechanisms of Tusizi-Sangjisheng. As a result, 31 targets and 3 key pathways were found to be directly related to TA that includes mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K-Akt), and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling pathways. The results in this study may provide some valuable clues about the molecular mechanisms of the efficient Chinese herb pair Tusizi-Sangjisheng in the treatment of TA.

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Ahmad, Asrar, Mohd Afsahul Kalam, and Zaffar Hussain. "SANKHAHOLI (EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES LINN): A VALUABLE HERB OF UNANI MEDICINE." Journal of Biological & Scientific Opinion 10, no. 4 (2022): 45–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.7897/2321-6328.104159.

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Sankhaholi (Evolvulus alsinoides) is a small perennial herb belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It is also known as Vishnukranti (Sanskrit), Sankhavalli (Marathi) and Vishnukraandi (Tamil). According to Unani Medicine the notable medicinal properties reported for the treatment of flatulence, haemorrhoids, diabetes, frequency of micturition, burning micturition, gonorrhea, syphilis, and other renal and bladder diseases. It contains pentatriacontane, triacontane and betasitosterol. Various pharmacological properties reported are Antihypertensive, Antioxidant, Anti Stress, Hypolipidaemic etc. This review presents a detailed survey of the literature on the identification of plant, phytochemistry and medicinal properties from the perspective of Unani Medicine and pharmacological studies.

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Rey Benayas, J. M., A. Fernández, and A. Aubenau. "Clipping herbaceous vegetation improves early performance of planted seedlings of the Mediterranean shrub Quercus coccifera." Web Ecology 7, no. 1 (2007): 120–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/we-7-120-2007.

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Abstract. We tested how the conditions resulting from alternative management strategies addressed to mitigate abiotic and biotic limitations to plant establishment affect the performance of planted Quercus coccifera seedlings. This species is a xerophytic and heliophillous Mediterranean shrub, of interest for the restoration of abandoned farmland. We hypothesised that release from herb competition by clipping would allow Q. coccifera seedlings to cope more efficiently with water shortage by adjusting their mass allocation pattern. We established three environments of herb competition: absence of competition (AC), reduced competition by clipping (RC), and total competition (TC); and applied two irrigation treatments: low and high irrigation. We measured soil moisture at different depths, above- and below-ground herb biomass, and evaluated seedling responses, such as mortality, growth, biomass allocation, and morphological and physiological features. The TC treatment reduced water availability more than the RC treatment, in agreement with the highest water stress of seedlings under TC conditions. Irrigation increased above- and below-ground herb biomass, whereas clipping reduced herb production. Release of herb competition by clipping increased seedling survivorship by one order of magnitude and resulted in a growth rate comparable to the absence of competition. This growth was mostly related to carbon gain allocated to roots. The competition intensity imposed by treatments was related to a parallel reduction in total plant leaf area, biomass allocated to leaves and shoot:root ratio, and an increase in biomass allocated to roots and leaf mass area. The negative effects of herbs on Q. coccifera seedlings seem the result of competition for both water and light, in contrast with previous research with more mesic Quercus species, for which competition is primarily for water. Clipping of herbs is a feasible technique that greatly improved seedling performance, and thus a valuable alternative to herbicide application, common in native plantations aimed at restoring Mediterranean farmland.

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Ekiert, Halina, Joanna Pajor, Paweł Klin, Agnieszka Rzepiela, Halina Ślesak, and Agnieszka Szopa. "Significance of Artemisia Vulgaris L. (Common Mugwort) in the History of Medicine and Its Possible Contemporary Applications Substantiated by Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies." Molecules 25, no. 19 (2020): 4415. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25194415.

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Artemisia vulgaris L. (common mugwort) is a species with great importance in the history of medicine and was called the “mother of herbs” in the Middle Ages. It is a common herbaceous plant that exhibits high morphological and phytochemical variability depending on the location where it occurs. This species is well known almost all over the world. Its herb—Artemisiae vulgaris herba—is used as a raw material due to the presence of essential oil, flavonoids, and sesquiterpenoids lactones and their associated biological activities. The European Pharmacopoeia has listed this species as a potential homeopathic raw material. Moreover, this species has been used in traditional Chinese, Hindu, and European medicine to regulate the functioning of the gastrointestinal system and treat various gynecological diseases. The general aim of this review was to analyze the progress of phytochemical and pharmacological as well as professional scientific studies focusing on A. vulgaris. Thus far, numerous authors have confirmed the beneficial properties of A. vulgaris herb extracts, including their antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antispasmolytic, antinociceptive, estrogenic, cytotoxic, antibacterial, and antifungal effects. In addition, several works have reviewed the use of this species in the production of cosmetics and its role as a valuable spice in the food industry. Furthermore, biotechnological micropropagation of A. vulgaris has been analyzed.

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NagaSree, Punem Vani* Shankar Priyanka Mishra Anu Ram Kailash Sagar Prashant. "Plumbago Zeylanica: A Valuable Resource for Natural Health Products." International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 3, no. 4 (2025): 1007–14. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15181835.

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Chitrak, Plumbago zeylanica Linn., is well known as a medicinal herb with substantial health benefits. This is a perennial herb, which is a member of the Plumbaginaceae family. The plant has a long-term  use in traditional Indian medicine as well as other regional medicine. Chitrak significance has increased because of its various pharmacological qualities. The plant can therapeutically act as an anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, analgesic effects, anti-cancer, anti-fertility effects, and anti-blood coagulate. The plant parts and roots have been used since centuries in ayurvedic medicine to cure conditions like arthritis, leprosy, skin conditions, and digestive problems. The promising effects of this plant are attributed to an important bio-active compound called Plumbagin and phytochemicals such as Flavonoids, Alkaloids, and some key elements that the leaf possess. Despite its extensive medicinal benefits, caution is advised as overuse can lead to adverse effects.  Even in today’s era of Modern Medicine, many individuals rely on consumption of herbal medicine. To meet the current demand and to support the health of individuals, the review aims to seek the attention of future researchers to fully utilize the naturally available resources into a natural remedy such as herbal formulations like decoction, tea, or nutraceuticals for treating the different health aliments around the world.

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Baskaran, P., and N. Jayabalan. "An efficient micropropagation system for Eclipta, alba—A valuable medicinal herb." In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant 41, no. 4 (2005): 532–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/ivp2005667.

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Kanasaka, Kiyonori. Isabella Bird and Japan. Translated by Nicholas Pertwee. Amsterdam University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9781898823513.

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This book places Bird's visit to Japan in the context of her worldwide life of travel and gives an introduction to the woman herself. Supported by detailed maps, it also offers a highly illuminating view of Japan and its people in the early years of the 'New Japan' following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, as well as providing a valuable new critique on what is often considered as Bird's most important work. The central focus of the book is a detailed exploration of Bird's journeys and the careful planning that went into them with the support of the British Minister, Sir Harry Parkes, seen as the prime mover, who facilitated her extensive travels through his negotiations with the Japanese authorities. Furthermore, the author dismisses the widely-held notion that Bird ventured into the field on her own, revealing instead the crucial part played by Ito, her young servant-interpreter, without whose constant presence she would have achieved nothing. Written by Japan's leading scholar on Isabella Bird, the book also addresses the vexed question of the hitherto universally-held view that her travels in Japan in 1878 only involved the northern part of Honshu and Hokkaido. This mistaken impression, the author argues, derives from the fact that the abridged editions of Unbeaten Tracks in Japan that appeared after the 1880 two-volume original work entirely omit her visit to the Kansai, which took in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and the Ise Shrines. Bird herself tells us that she wrote her book in the form of letters to her sister Henrietta but here the author proposes the intriguing theory that these letters were never actually sent. Many well-known figures, Japanese and foreign, are introduced as having influenced Bird's journey indirectly, and this forms a fascinating sub-text.

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Korolev, Anton, Nadezhda Baranova, Elena Koroleva, Raisa Tamarova, and Dmitriy Nekrasov. Improvement of Kostroma breed cattle with the use of domestic and imported breeding bulls. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1900632.

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The Kostroma breed of cattle of dairy and meat productivity is a valuable gene pool of domestic animal husbandry. Animals of this breed have high milk yields, good meat and reproductive qualities, easily adapt to intensive technologies and are characterized by resistance to tuberculosis, leukemia and brucellosis. The use of the gene pool of brown Swiss cattle of imported origin (USA, Canada, Austria) has a great influence on improving the competitiveness of the Kostroma breed. At the same time, when breeding Kostroma cattle, it is important not only to enrich heredity by using the gene pool of brown Swiss cattle of foreign breeding, but also to preserve its valuable qualities. The monograph presents the history of the creation, characteristics of the modern breeding base of Kostroma cattle in the Kostroma region, the influence of bulls of different breeding on the economically useful qualities of cattle is noted. The analysis of custom-made mating in obtaining successor bulls and optimization of the genealogical structure of the herd, the economic efficiency of using breeding bulls of various origins (Russia, USA, Canada, Austria) are given. It is intended for researchers, specialists of the breeding service, animal breeders of breeding farms, teachers and students of biological and agricultural areas of training and specialties of universities.

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Nobuaki, Teraki, and Kurokawa Midori. A History of Discriminated Buraku Communities in Japan. Translated by Ian Neary. Amsterdam University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9781898823964.

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At the heart of modern Japan there remains an intractable and divisive social problem with its roots in pre-history, namely the ongoing social discrimination against the D?wa communities, otherwise known as Buraku. Their marginalization and isolation within society as a whole remains a veiled yet contested issue. Buraku studies, once largely ignored within Japan’s academia and by scholarly publishers, have developed considerably in the first decades of the twenty-first century, as the extensive bibliographies of both Japanese and English sources provided here clearly demonstrates. The authors of the present study published in Japanese in 2016 and translated here by the Oxford scholar Ian Neary, have been able to incorporate this most recent data. Because of its importance as the first Buraku history based on this new research, a wider readership was always the authors’ principal focus. Yet, it also provides a valuable source book for further study by those wishing to develop their knowledge about the subject from an informed base. This history of the Buraku communities and their antecedents is the first such study to be published in English.

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The Herb Doctor and Medicine Man - A Collection of Valuable Medicinal Formulae and Guide to the Manufacture of Botanical Medicines - Illinois Herbs for Health. Lammers Press, 2012.

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Herb Doctor and Medicine Man: A Collection of Valuable Medicinal Formulae and Guide to the Manufacture of Botanical Medicines. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2021.

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Day, Christopher. Miscellany of Medicinal Herbs in Verse: Short Poems about Valuable Herbs. Lulu Press, Inc., 2015.

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Chambers, Roger, and A. R. Harding. Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants: Valuable Information for the Grower and Collector of Medicinal Herbs. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.

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Suzuki, Beatrice Lane. Buddhist Temples of Kyōto and Kamakura. Edited by Michael Pye. Equinox Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781845539207.

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Beatrice Lane Suzuki (1878-1939) was an extremely well informed and sensitive expositor of Mahāyāna Buddhism. As the American wife of the influential Zen Buddhist Suzuki Daisetsu, she lived in Japan for many years, becoming very familiar with the leading temples of various Buddhist schools—especially in Kyōto and Kamakura. Buddhist Temples of Kyōto and Kamakura brings together some of her writings from The Eastern Buddhist. The collection preserves valuable information from Suzuki’s own times and the charm of her personal discovery of the temples described here. Further information is also provided to place them in their current context. The volume will be of interest to scholars of Japanese Buddhism and to the many travelers to these sites today.

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Podsakoff, Philip M., Scott B. Mackenzie, and Nathan P. Podsakoff. Research on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Where Do We Go From Here? Edited by Philip M. Podsakoff, Scott B. Mackenzie, and Nathan P. Podsakoff. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190219000.013.41.

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The purpose of this chapter is to highlight some of the most valuable suggestions for future organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) research made by the authors of this handbook. It is organized by section, beginning with future research issues related to the conceptual nature of OCB. Following this, we examine new directions for research on the consequences and antecedents of OCB. Next, we highlight promising ideas related to the mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions of the antecedents and consequences of OCBs that could be investigated in future research. Finally, we call attention to several methodological issues and problems that have implications for future research.

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De Landtsheer, Jeanine. In Pursuit of the Muses. The Life and Work of Justus Lipsius. Edited by Marijke Crab and Ide François. LYSA, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.54179/21.01.

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Famed for his ground-breaking philological, philosophical, and antiquarian writings, the Brabant humanist Justus Lipsius (1547-1606) was one of the most renowned classical scholars of the sixteenth century. In this volume, Marijke Crab and Ide François bring together the seminal contributions to Lipsius’s life and scholarship by Jeanine De Landtsheer (1954-2021), who came to be known as one of the greatest Lipsius specialists of her generation. In Pursuit of the Muses considers Lipsius from two complementary angles. The first half presents De Landtsheer’s evocative life of the famous humanist, based on her unrivalled knowledge of his correspondence. Originally published in Dutch, it appears here in English translation for the first time. The second half presents a selection of eight articles by De Landtsheer that together chart a way through Lipsius’s scholarship. This twofold approach offers the reader a valuable insight into Lipsius’s life and work, creating an indispensable reference guide not only to Lipsius himself, but also to the wider humanist world of letters.

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Lundberg, Anna. "What Should We Do as Intellectual Activists? A Comment on the Ethico-political in Knowledge Production." In Research Methodologies and Ethical Challenges in Digital Migration Studies. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81226-3_11.

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AbstractThis research comment makes an argument on the need to develop epistemic communities of belonging. These are spaces facilitating conversations about and enabling transformative ethico-political research. A research practice that can invoke attentiveness, responsibility, curiosity, and awareness to the field we study. Rather than answering what we should do as intellectual activists to maintain ethically integrity, the author here investigates the spaces we may develop as intellectual activists. Based on her work in the transformative collective initiative, the Asylum Commission and the reading of the Caring for Big Data book, the author proposes two concepts that are valuable for the creation of such spaces: epistemic injustice and hope.

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Mendes, Felipe Cardeneti, Piotr Sarna, Pavel Emelyanov, and Cynthia Dunlop. "A Taste of What You’re Up Against: Two Tales." In Database Performance at Scale. Apress, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9711-7_1.

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AbstractWhat’s more fun than wrestling with database performance? Well, a lot. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun here. To give you an idea of the complexities you’ll likely face if you’re serious about optimizing database performance, this chapter presents two rather fanciful stories. The technical topics covered here are expanded on throughout the book. But this is the one and only time you’ll hear of poor Joan and Patrick. Let their struggles bring you some valuable lessons, solace in your own performance predicaments… and maybe a few chuckles as well.

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Winterhalter, Cecilia. "Metaverse and Its Communication. The Future is Here. True or False?" In Fashion Communication in the Digital Age. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38541-4_4.

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AbstractThis text analyses the metaverse: its definitions and concepts, its meaning and impact; digital art, fashion and their communication; its performance issues, its failures, and criticism. It compares existing metaverse definitions and concepts, evaluates of their advantages and disadvantages, their chance of coming true, their present degree of evolution. Closer looks are dedicated to the influence of a virtual space on art and fashion, their communication and dissemination and to the metaverse failures, problems, and criticism. Not only the metaverse technology, but also its intended innovation of communication, work, education, healthcare, business, products, and social interactions, suffer from performance, quality and security issues. Today, irreconcilable visions of the metaverse coexist: a valuable, socially useful metaverse and a consumer and entertainment metaverse. It is impossible to predict the future, but any virtual world concept will have to solve these critical issues. Not the metaverse, but the greatest crisis of our times (with climate change, pandemic, war, economic crisis) is altering the products and their communication, undermining the luxury, fashion and art sector. It is changing the value of identity and producing a paradigm shift. Something must end, to allow the growth of something new: because change is life.

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Ikeda, Sanford. "The Continuing Relevance of Jane Jacobs’s Economics and Social Theory." In A City Cannot Be a Work of Art. Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5362-2_2.

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AbstractThis chapter begins to argue the case that Jacobs made valuable and relevant contributions to economic theory. It describes the nature of her contributions and their relation in particular to market-process economics, and posits that the theory of society underlying market-process economics also underlies Jacobs’s economics and critique of planning. Subsequent chapters develop this argument in detail.

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Myers, Kathleen Ann. "4. Inheriting a Farm." In A Country of Shepherds. Open Book Publishers, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/obp.0387.04.

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This case study focuses on Marta Moya Espinosa, a landowner in Huelva, who provides a perspective on the key role of land use in sustainable pastoralism. The chapter discusses the many problems facing landowners, including increased government regulations, natural disasters, volatile markets, and absentee landownership. Her story reveals the complexity of changes and challenges that landowners face, as well as the arduous work required to revitalize not just a family business but an ecosystem itself. Marta helps us understand the difficulty of being an urban career woman with little practical experiences, faced with reviving her dehesa after years of neglect. Her case highlights how, even with a lot of capital, a valuable and working farm and flock, and some knowledge of how to oversee them, it is still an enormous challenge to make the farm profitable over the long term.

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Shabir Ahmad, Rabia, Ali Imran, Muhammad Sajid Arshad, et al. "Introductory Chapter: Mentha piperita (a Valuable Herb): Brief Overview." In Herbs and Spices. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93627.

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Khadtare, Srushti, Pooja Choudhary, Rajshri Singh, and Sagar H. Barage. "Traditional Herbs, Spices, and Plants as a Source of Novel Antibiofilm Compounds." In Frontiers in Combating Antibacterial Resistance. IGI Global, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-4139-1.ch003.

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Antimicrobial resistance to synthetic antimicrobial drugs has rekindled interest in natural antimicrobial compounds. Biofilms account for about 80% of total microbial infections in humans. This chapter explores the formation mechanism of biofilm which includes stages like: (i) adhesion, (ii) maturation, and (iii) differentiation, along with antimicrobial agent and antimicrobial activities of plant, spice, and herb derived components; their chemical potential and mode of action with examples of each. Biofilms use a quorum sensing communication system which varies according to types of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Plants produce a wide range of bioactive molecules which possess antimicrobial activity making them a valuable source of pharmaceutical raw material. Herbs have been used for the past thousands of years and have many medicinal and other properties. Spices and condiments are used around the globe as key flavor and fragrance enhancers in various types of cuisines. This chapter explores the antimicrobial potential of plants, herbs, and spices.

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Rajak, Naina, Kavita, Praveen Kumar, Shikha Singh, and Neha Garg. "Pharmacological, Therapeutic, and Immunomodulatory Role of Tinospora cordifolia." In Bioactive Phytochemicals from Himalayas: A Phytotherapeutic Approach. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/9789815123289123010010.

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Tinospora cordifolia (TC, Giloy, Guduchi, or Amrita) is a valuable medicinal herb in the Indian System of Medicine (ISM), Chinese, and other traditional systems of medicine. TC contains a broad array of therapeutic phytoconstituents like alkaloids, glycosides, steroids, terpenoids, aliphatic compounds, diterpene lactones, phenolics, and flavonoids. TC is hailed for its therapeutic use with anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, cardiac disease, anti-arthritis, and anti-microbial properties. TC induces immunomodulatory effects through the induction of macrophage activation, pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, lymphocyte proliferation, and also secretion of interleukins. The present chapter highlights the biological properties, therapeutic use, and immunomodulatory pathways of Tinospora cordifolia.

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"Conclusion: Participatory. And Valuable?" In Just Here for the Comments. Bristol University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.56687/9781529227307-011.

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Sipley, Gina. "Conclusion: Participatory. And Valuable?" In Just Here for the Comments. Bristol University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.51952/9781529227307.con001.

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Conference papers on the topic "Valuable herb"

Mori, Michiaki, Hideyuki Kotaki, Yukio Hayashi, et al. "Pointing stable low-divergence 100 keV-class electron beam generation from microcapillary target under sub-relativistic laser intensity." In Laser Applications Conference. Optica Publishing Group, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1364/lac.2024.lw5b.1.

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Pointing stable low-divergence 100 keV-class electron beam generation driven by near critical density laser wakefield acceleration was performed. A ~30 mrad low divergence electron beam from a microcapillary hole with energies up to 400 keV was achieved at a maximum laser intensity of 1018 W/cm2. Here, shot-to-shot pointing fluctuations of the electron beam were 1.8 mrad in root-mean-square (rms). The capillary microstructure provides a very stable and low divergence beam and will be a valuable tool for various applications such as radiotherapy.

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Roberts, Richard D. "Managing Creep Strain in Steam Reformer Tubes Using Laser Based NDT." In CORROSION 2005. NACE International, 2005. https://doi.org/10.5006/c2005-05404.

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Abstract One of the major concerns in the operation and maintenance of a primary reformer is being able to monitor and predict the behavior of the reformer tubes. Significant advances here can lead to improved reformer operation, reducing creep damage, a better balanced furnace and better planning of tube replacement, eliminating unnecessary / unplanned outages. Over the past five years, enhancements in existing laser profilometry technology have enabled the development of a laser-based inspection tool capable of detecting and precisely quantifying creep damage in reformer catalyst tubes from day one of operation through to failure. Laser profilometry is able to gather millions of internal radii data points in a single reformer tube and present this data in a variety of formats that provide a valuable insight into furnace operation and creates a powerful decision making tool for plant operators.

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Taumaturgo, Vincenzo, and Elena Abbagnato. "Malfunction Tests in a Laboratory Environment for Vehicle Systems Certification." In Vertical Flight Society 80th Annual Forum & Technology Display. The Vertical Flight Society, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4050/f-0080-2024-1296.

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This paper describes the methodology, involving testing and simulation activities, to assess malfunction conditions of complex systems installed on fly-by-wire vehicles, including the evaluation of their effects. This paper provides also a description about how the system malfunction tests are designed, driven by input requirements and systems capability and behavior. With respect to prior publications, this paper includes some practical test examples, based on systems monitoring, logics and alerting functions. The case study described here comes from a portion of multiple laboratory certification tests done for AW609 Tiltrotor, focused on Avionics System malfunctions. These tests and simulations are a valuable Means of Compliance with respect to applicable airworthiness rules, and a suitable means to verify the design safety requirements. Three relevant examples are presented, grouped by input requirement and safety conditions. The effect of such malfunctions is evaluated, with respect to the Avionics System output produced to keep adequate flightcrew awareness about the vehicle status.

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Jiang, Z., L. Li, Y. Liu, et al. "Abstract OT1-1-04: HER2 status of circulating tumor cells in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer patients: A valuable biomarker in anti-HER2 therapy." In Abstracts: Thirty-Sixth Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium - Dec 10-14, 2013; San Antonio, TX. American Association for Cancer Research, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs13-ot1-1-04.

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Vaiano, P., G. Quero, S. Spaziani, et al. "Optical fiber Meta-tips as valuable platforms for enhanced biological sensing." In Optical Fiber Sensors. Optica Publishing Group, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ofs.2022.tu2.2.

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Hayran, Zeki, and Francesco Monticone. "Dispersive Photonic Time Crystals: Causality-Induced Limitations and Opportunities." In CLEO: Fundamental Science. Optica Publishing Group, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/cleo_fs.2023.fth3d.5.

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The unique characteristics of the temporal dimension in photonic time crystals introduce both limitations and valuable opportunities. Here, we focus on several aspects, including limits on the modulation strength and opportunities related to light absorption.

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Kim, Soojung. "Vertical nanoantennas researched as an optical waveguide for exploring information of single molecule inside cells. Here, we designed hybrid nanoantennas for reducing light-scattering. Consequentially, our modeling implies detecting valuable information b." In European Microscopy Congress 2020. Royal Microscopical Society, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22443/rms.emc2020.89.

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Aapro, Matti, Juan Enrique Bargallo Rocha, Michele De Laurentiis, et al. "Abstract P6-08-06: The multidisciplinary application of genomics in clinical practice (MAGIC) survey: Identification of early stage hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2– breast cancer (BC) patients for whom multigene assays may be valuable." In Thirty-Seventh Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; December 9-13, 2014; San Antonio, TX. American Association for Cancer Research, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs14-p6-08-06.

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Minev, Milen. "TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE AND FIRST OBSERVATIONAL RESULTS OF AZ1500 AT NAO ROZHEN." In XIV Serbian-Bulgarian Astronomical Conference. Astronomical Observatory, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.69646/14sbac24a.

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The AZ1500 telescope is designed with modern optical and mechanical components and aims to enhance the observation capabilities of the Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory. Here we present the initial tests, setup procedures, and results from the conducted observations. The tests include checking the performance of the instrument itself and photometric observations of various types of objects. The results of these initial tests provide us with valuable insights into the capabilities of the telescope and help us build a fully robotic telescope for observations and research campaigns.

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Trajkovska, Biljana, Blagoja Risteski, Vesna Karapetkovska-Hristova, Kujtim Elmazi, Aleksandra Grozdanovska, and Borce Petkovski. "ALTERATIONS IN THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MILK ACROSS UDDER QUARTERS." In 2nd International Symposium on Biotechnology. Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak, University of Kragujevac, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/sbt29.25bt.

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Milk composition is fundamental in dairy production, afecting the health of cows and the quality of milk. This study explores alterations and mastitis effects on milk composition. Beyond somatic cell count, it analyzes fat, protein, lactose, and electrical conductivity across udder quarters. Comparisons among normal, subclinical, and clinical milk reveal significant differences in these parameters, emphasizing mastitis’ adverse impact on milk quality. Continuous monitoring and prompt intervention are stressed. This research contributes valuable insights to dairy science, emphasizing the need for proactive measures in maintaining optimal dairy herd health and high-quality milk production.

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Bernau, Jeremiah A., Charles G. Oviatt, Donald L. Clark, and Brenda B. Bowen. Sediment Logs Compiled From the Great Salt Lake Desert, Western Utah, With a Focus on the Bonneville Salt Flats Area. Utah Geological Survey, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.34191/ofr-754.

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Sediment logs from exposures, excavations, cores, and wells are valuable records that can be used to interpret depositional records, aquifer extents, and geologic structures. Here we present sediment logs compiled from the Great Salt Lake Desert (GSLD) in western Utah with a specific focus on the Bonneville Salt Flats area. The logs are grouped into three categories (shallow, alluvial fan, and deep) that may be used to explore different aspects of GSLD deposition.

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Weldon, James. Modelling the risks of Nymphoides peltata spread in Swedish lakes. Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54612/a.nmtj4tgmer.

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Species distribution modelling is a valuable tool for identifying areas most at risk of the spread of potentially harmful species. Here we model the environmental factors governing the distribution of a harmful species of concern that is currently found in Sweden at only a limited number of locations: the aquatic macrophyte N. peltata (sjögull). The most important factors determining risk of establishment are water chemistry (sufficient amounts of calcium is required), temperature (the species is partly limited by colder temperatures in Sweden) and connectivity to other water bodies. The results how that there are potentially a large number of lakes in mid to southern Sweden where N. peltata could establish populations, with undesirable consequences for biodiversity and recreation.

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Kenes, Bulent. Social Policies in Times of Austerity and Populism: Lessons from Brazil. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.55271/br0017.

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The book, edited by Professor Natália Sátyro, provides a comprehensive examination of how neoliberal and populist radical right ideologies and politicians have reshaped Brazil’s social policy landscape. Through a detailed analysis of various policy areas, the contributing authors reveal the destructive impact of these ideologies on social protections and democratic institutions. For scholars and policymakers, this book is an essential resource for understanding the interplay between austerity, populism, and social policy in Brazil, as well as its broader implications for the global rise of the populist radical right. While the book is dense with figures, statistics, and technical financial and economic data, it remains essential reading for anyone interested in these critical issues. Sátyro and her Brazilian colleagues offer valuable insights that are well worth attention.

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Weldon, James, and Carlotta Meriggi. Modelling the risks of invasive aquatic species spread in Swedish lakes. Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54612/a.r68r25qcb1.

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Species distribution modelling is a valuable tool for identifying areas most at risk of the spread of invasive species. Here we model the environmental factors governing the distributions of two invasive species of concern that are currently found in Sweden at only a limited number of locations: the aquatic macrophyte Elodea nuttallii (Nuttall’s waterweed / smal vattenpest) and the bivalve Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra mussel / vandrarmussla). For E.nuttallii, the greatest risk factors are connectivity with other water bodies (facilitating dispersion), human population density and length of growing season. This implies that it is principally well-connected lakes in populated areas of southern Sweden that are most at risk of further spread (although other areas of concern are identified). For D.polymorpha, water alkalinity and the proportion of agricultural land (a source of nutrient pollution) are the most important factors, and the models identify lakes Vänern and Vättern, waters in parts of Östergötland, Jämtland and Gotland as key areas of concern for further spread.

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Binz, Christian, David Sedlak, Paul O’Callaghan, et al. Mainstreaming Decentralized Urban Water Management Solutions for Sustainable Cities. Eawag, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.55408/eawag:33039.

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Climate change, rapid urbanization and other grand challenges increasingly force cities to rethink their urban (water) infrastructure. In particular, decentralized urban water management solutions, which can recover valuable resources close to the source are increasingly applied to remediate water scarcity, sanitation or environmental pollution challenges. Yet, although interesting demonstration projects with decentralized solutions (from here on labeled ‘decentralized UWM solutions’) are underway in several world regions, actors developing and implementing this transformative innovation are not effectively coordinating their efforts and sharing the latest knowledge. While effective technologies, business models, or regulative frameworks increasingly exist that could inform, inspire and improve similar activities elsewhere, details of local successes and failures are still (too) rarely shared or transferred across space. Drawing from experience on the mainstreaming of other transformative infrastructure solutions (like renewable energies, electric mobility or circular waste management), we posit that the global diffusion of decentralized UWM solutions has been significantly slowed down by this lack of interaction among key stakeholders, and the resulting lack of an effective innovation ecosystem.

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Franke, J., M. O. Liedke, P. Dahmen, et al. Influence of coating structure of an SiOx barrier coating on a PET substrate on water vapor permeation activation energy. Universidad de los Andes, 2024. https://doi.org/10.51573/andes.pps39.gs.nn.1.

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The application of plasma polymerized silicon-based coatings on plastic substrates is an effective way to adjust the permeability of the substrate. However, the permeation mechanisms are yet not fully understood. Here, the activation energy of permeation can offer valuable insights. In order to understand how the activation energy of permeation depends on the coating structure, five silicon-based coatings with varying oxygen content were analyzed, which led to property modifications ranging from silicon-oxidic to silicon-organic. Positron annihilation spectroscopy was employed to characterize the free volume and quartz crystal microbalance measurements were used to determine the density of the coating. These results were compared to water vapor permeation measurements with a temperature variation in the range of 15°C to 50°C. As expected, the silicon-organic coatings do not significantly impact the permeation rates, while the silicon-oxidic coatings do exhibit a barrier effect. The density of the coatings increases for the more silicon-oxidic coatings. A coating with an unusually high oxygen to precursor ratio forms the exception in both permeation and density. The free volume appears to increase for the more silicon-organic coatings. The pore wall chemistry is also affected, hinting at a structural transition from silicon-organic to silicon-oxidic. With this approach, we aim for an in-depth understanding of the chemical structure of silicon-based thin film coatings and its influence on gas permeation through those coatings.

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Cachalia, Firoz, and Jonathan Klaaren. Digitalisation, the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ and the Constitutional Law of Privacy in South Africa: Towards a public law perspective on constitutional privacy in the era of digitalisation. Digital Pathways at Oxford, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-dp-wp_2021/04.

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In this working paper, our focus is on the constitutional debates and case law regarding the right to privacy, adopting a method that is largely theoretical. In an accompanying separate working paper, A South African Public Law Perspective on Digitalisation in the Health Sector, we employ the analysis developed here and focus on the specific case of digital technologies in the health sector. The topic and task of these papers lie at the confluence of many areas of contemporary society. To demonstrate and apply the argument of this paper, it would be possible and valuable to extend its analysis into any of numerous spheres of social life, from energy to education to policing to child care. In our accompanying separate paper, we focus on only one policy domain – the health sector. Our aim is to demonstrate our argument about the significance of a public law perspective on the constitutional right to privacy in the age of digitalisation, and attend to several issues raised by digitalisation’s impact in the health sector. For the most part, we focus on technologies that have health benefits and privacy costs, but we also recognise that certain technologies have health costs and privacy benefits. We also briefly outline the recent establishment (and subsequent events) in South Africa of a contact tracing database responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – the COVID-19 Tracing Database – a development at the interface of the law enforcement and health sectors. Our main point in this accompanying paper is to demonstrate the value that a constitutional right to privacy can bring to the regulation of digital technologies in a variety of legal frameworks and technological settings – from public to private, and from the law of the constitution to the ‘law’ of computer coding.

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Abdul Hamid, Umar Zakir. Responder-to-Vehicle Technologies for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. SAE International, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/epr2023010.

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<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">Recently, there has been a slight increase in interest in the use of responder-to-vehicle (R2V) technology for emergency vehicles, such as ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars. R2V technology allows for the exchange of information between different types of responder vehicles, including connected and automated vehicles (CAVs). It can be used in collision avoidance or emergency situations involving CAV responder vehicles. The benefits of R2V are not limited to fully autonomous vehicles (e.g., SAE Level 4), but can also be used in Level 2 CAV scenarios. However, despite the potential benefits of R2V, discussions on this topic are still limited.</div><div class="htmlview paragraph">Responder-to-Vehicle Technologies for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles aims to provide an overview of R2V technology and its applications for CAV systems, particularly in the context of collision avoidance features. The responder vehicles in question can be autonomous or non-autonomous. It is hoped that it will provide valuable information and knowledge on vehicle connectivity and automation in the current automotive and mobility ecosystem, enabling the development of safer and more reliable autonomous driving technology. The report is intended for both industrial and academic experts and is expected to stimulate further discussions on the development and standardization of R2V technology.</div><div class="htmlview paragraph"><a href="https://www.sae.org/publications/edge-research-reports" target="_blank">Click here to access the full SAE EDGE</a>TM<a href="https://www.sae.org/publications/edge-research-reports" target="_blank"> Research Report portfolio.</a></div></div>

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Jones, Rachel K., and Lisa Remez. Research on the Early Impact of Dobbs on Abortion, Births and Contraception: What We Know So Far. Guttmacher Institute, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1363/2024.300556.

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The US Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion in the United States. This report provides a topline summary of the emerging body of research measuring the likely impact of the Dobbs decision on outcomes in four areas: abortion services and access, abortion incidence, incidence of births and contraceptive use. To locate peer-reviewed studies, we searched three academic databases (Google Scholar, PubMed and JSTOR) using the terms “abortion” AND (“Dobbs” OR “Roe”) and limited our summary to study findings published by April 30, 2024. Fewer than 10 peer-reviewed journal articles examining the impact of this legal decision had been published by that date (in part because the peer-review process can take months or years). Some studies were published in other formats, and we relied on internet searches, media coverage and institutional knowledge to locate the studies that had not been published in peer-reviewed journals. We also examined the references cited in research studies located by these searches. This report does not include every research publication we found (see Appendix below for a list of additional studies) and is limited to those most relevant to the four topic areas mentioned above. Our summary includes: 9 articles published in peer-reviewed journals 1 manuscript undergoing peer review and available via preprint 13 online reports, discussion papers and policy analyses Since April 30, 2024, additional studies have been published and many more are on the horizon. The studies summarized here reflect only the beginning of what will be a substantial body of research that provides valuable insights into how specific states’ policies affect their residents’ reproductive health and autonomy under changed conditions after the Dobbs decision.

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Phillips, Jake. Understanding the impact of inspection on probation. Sheffield Hallam University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.7190/shu.hkcij.05.2021.

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This research sought to understand the impact of probation inspection on probation policy, practice and practitioners. This important but neglected area of study has significant ramifications because the Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation has considerable power to influence policy through its inspection regime and research activities. The study utilised a mixed methodological approach comprising observations of inspections and interviews with people who work in probation, the Inspectorate and external stakeholders. In total, 77 people were interviewed or took part in focus groups. Probation practitioners, managers and leaders were interviewed in the weeks after an inspection to find out how they experienced the process of inspection. Staff at HMI Probation were interviewed to understand what inspection is for and how it works. External stakeholders representing people from the voluntary sector, politics and other non-departmental bodies were interviewed to find out how they used the work of inspection in their own roles. Finally, leaders within the National Probation Service and Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service were interviewed to see how inspection impacts on policy more broadly. The data were analysed thematically with five key themes being identified. Overall, participants were positive about the way inspection is carried out in the field of probation. The main findings are: 1. Inspection places a burden on practitioners and organisations. Practitioners talked about the anxiety that a looming inspection created and how management teams created additional pressures which were hard to cope with on top of already high workloads. Staff responsible for managing the inspection and with leadership positions talked about the amount of time the process of inspection took up. Importantly, inspection was seen to take people away from their day jobs and meant other priorities were side-lined, even if temporarily. However, the case interviews that practitioners take part in were seen as incredibly valuable exercises which gave staff the opportunity to reflect on their practice and receive positive feedback and validation for their work. 2. Providers said that the findings and conclusions from inspections were often accurate and, to some extent, unsurprising. However, they sometimes find it difficult to implement recommendations due to reports failing to take context into account. Negative reports have a serious impact on staff morale, especially for CRCs and there was concern about the impact of negative findings on a provider’s reputation. 3. External stakeholders value the work of the Inspectorate. The Inspectorate is seen to generate highly valid and meaningful data which stakeholders can use in their own roles. This can include pushing for policy reform or holding government to account from different perspectives. In particular, thematic inspections were seen to be useful here. 4. The regulatory landscape in probation is complex with an array of actors working to hold providers to account. When compared to other forms of regulation such as audit or contract management the Inspectorate was perceived positively due to its methodological approach as well as the way it reflects the values of probation itself. 5. Overall, the inspectorate appears to garner considerable legitimacy from those it inspects. This should, in theory, support the way it can impact on policy and practice. There are some areas for development here though such as more engagement with service users. While recognising that the Inspectorate has made a concerted effort to do this in the last two years participants all felt that more needs to be done to increase that trust between the inspectorate and service users. Overall, the Inspectorate was seen to be independent and 3 impartial although this belief was less prevalent amongst people in CRCs who argued that the Inspectorate has been biased towards supporting its own arguments around reversing the now failed policy of Transforming Rehabilitation. There was some debate amongst participants about how the Inspectorate could, or should, enforce compliance with its recommendations although most people were happy with the primarily relational way of encouraging compliance with sanctions for non-compliance being considered relatively unnecessary. To conclude, the work of the Inspectorate has a significant impact on probation policy, practice and practitioners. The majority of participants were positive about the process of inspection and the Inspectorate more broadly, notwithstanding some of the issues raised in the findings. There are some developments which the Inspectorate could consider to reduce the burden inspection places on providers and practitioners and enhance its impact such as amending the frequency of inspection, improving the feedback given to practitioners and providing more localised feedback, and working to reduce or limit perceptions of bias amongst people in CRCs. The Inspectorate could also do more to capture the impact it has on providers and practitioners – both positive and negative - through existing procedures that are in place such as post-case interview surveys and tracking the implementation of recommendations.

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