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Novel multi-omics deconfounding variational autoencoders can obtain meaningful disease subtyping

<h3>TCGA pan-cancer mRNA and DNA data augmented with artificial confounders utilised in "Novel multi-omics deconfounding variational autoencoders can obtain meaningful disease subtyping" by Zuqi Li and Sonja Katz (manuscript in preparation).</h3> The following data curation steps were carried out:  <ul> <li>Step 1. Download data from TCGA <ul> <li>R package `TCGAbiolinks`</li> <li>2547 patients (after step 2) with 6 cancer types: <ul> <li>BRCA (731)</li> <li>THCA (408)</li> <li>BLCA (387)</li> <li>LUSC (297)</li> <li>HNSC (412)</li> <li>KIRC (312)</li> </ul> </li> <li>mRNA expression profiles</li> <li>DNAm expression profiles</li> <li>Clinical data: <ul> <li>tumor stage: i, ia, ib, ii, iia, iib, iii, iiia, iiib, iiic, iv, iva, ivb, ivc, x</li> <li>age at diagnosis</li> <li>race: 'white', 'black or african amarican', 'asian', 'american indian or alaska native'</li> <li>gender </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Step 2. Removal criteria <ul> <li>Patients with <ul> <li>NA or 'not reported' clinical data</li> <li>race 'american indian or alaska native'</li> <li>tumor stage x</li> </ul> </li> <li>mRNA and DNAm probes with <ul> <li>0 variance across all included patients</li> <li>not shared across all cancer types</li> <li>with missing values </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li> Step 3. Encode clinical vairables and save datasets <ul> <li>mRNA dataset: 2547 patients x 58,456 mRNAs</li> <li>DNAm dataset: 2547 patients x 232,088 DNAm</li> <li>clinic dataset: 2547 patients x 6 variables     1. patient ID     2. tumor stage: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4     3. age at diagnosis     4. race: asian(1), black or african amarican(2), white(3)     5. gender: female(0), male(1)     6. cancer type: BRCA(1), THCA(2), BLCA(3), LUSC(4), HNSC(5), KIRC(6)     </li> </ul> </li> <li> Step 4. Pre-process the datasets <ul> <li>mRNA dataset: 'TCGA_mRNAs_processed.csv' <ul> <li>Take the 2000 mRNAs with highest variance</li> <li>Rescale every feature to [0,1]</li> <li>--> 2547 patients x 2000 mRNAs</li> </ul> </li> <li>DNAm dataset: 'TCGA_DNAm_processed.csv' <ul> <li>Take the 2000 DNAm with highest variance</li> <li>Rescale every feature to [0,1]</li> <li>--> 2547 patients x 2000 DNAm</li> </ul> </li> <li>clinic dataset: 'TCGA_clinic.csv' </li> </ul> </li> <li>Step 5. Simulate confounders (instructions can be found in Methods section of manuscript) <ul> <li>Linear confounder: <ul> <li>'TCGA_confounder_linear.csv' - linear confounding classes </li> <li>'TCGA_DNAm_confounded_linear.csv' - linearly confounded DNAm data </li> <li>'TCGA_mRNA2_confounded_linear.csv'  - linearly confounded mRNA data </li> </ul> </li> <li>Squared confounder <ul> <li>'TCGA_confounder.csv' - squared confounding classes </li> <li>'TCGA_DNAm_confounded.csv' - squared confounded DNAm data </li> <li>'TCGA_mRNA2_confounded.csv'  - squared confounded mRNA data</li> </ul> </li> <li>Categorical confounder  <ul> <li>'TCGA_confounder_categ2.csv' - categorical confounding classes </li> <li>'TCGA_DNAm_confounded_categ2.csv' - categorically confounded DNAm data </li> <li>'TCGA_mRNA2_confounded_categ2.csv'  - categorically  confounded mRNA data</li> </ul> </li> <li>Multiple confounders - combined effect (linear + squared + categorical) <ul> <li>'TCGA_confounder_multi.csv' - confounding classes for combined effect </li> <li>'TCGA_DNAm_confounded_multi.csv' - DNAm data with combined effect </li> <li>'TCGA_mRNA2_confounded_multi.csv'  - mRNA data with combined effect</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

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Dataset for Accuracy of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Power Plant: A Novel Approach Using Hybrid Variational Mode Decomposition and CNN-LSTM Model

This research paper introduces a deep learning hybrid model employing Convolutional Neural Network Long Short-Term Memory (CNN-LSTM) for short-term photovoltaic (PV) solar energy forecasting.The proposed method integrates the Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) algo-rithm with the CNN-LSTM model to predict PV power generation from a solar farm in Boussada, Algeria, from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020. The performance of the developed model is benchmarked against other deep learning models (VMD-CNN, VMD-LSTM, CNN-LSTM) across various time horizons (15, 30, and 60 minutes) to provide a comprehensive evaluation. Our findings exhibit greater performance of the developed model compared to other architectures, showcasing promising results in solar power forecasting. This research contributes to the main goal of enhancing EMS by providing accurate solar energy forecasts.

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Dataset of "Preparation of novel lithiated high-entropy spinel type oxyhalides and their electrochemical performance in Li-ion batteries "

Electrochemical measurements carried out using the 2032-coin cells with the Li-metal anode have shown voltammetric charge capacities of 450, 694, and 593 mAh g-1 for HEOFe, LiHEOFeCl, and LiHEOFeF, respectively. Galvanostatic chronopotentiometry at 1 C rate confirmed high initial charge capacities for all the samples but galvanostatic curves exhibited a capacity decay over 100 charging/discharging cycles. Raman spectroelectrochemistry measured on the LiHEOFeF sample proved the reversibility of the electrochemical process for initial charging/discharging cycles. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy revealed the lowest initial charge transfer resistance for LiHEOFeCl and its gradual decrease both for LiHEOFeCl and LiHEOFeF during galvanostatic cycling, whereas the charge transfer resistance of HEOFe slightly increases over 100 galvanostatic cycles due to different mechanism of the electrochemical reduction.

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Extended data for the paper: "SentemQC - A novel and cost-efficient method for quality assurance and quality control of high-resolution frequency sensor data in fresh waters"

Extended data 1 to 4 for the software article: SentemQC - A novel and cost-efficient method for quality assurance and quality control of high-resolution frequency sensor data in fresh waters.  The extended data is tables and a Figure output and input from/to SentemQC runs relevant for the SentemQC paper.

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A novel approach to the detection of unusual mitochondrial protein change suggests hypometabolism of ancestral simians: Supplemental Files

Supplementary Fig. S1: θevo calculated for each analyzed edge for specific OXPHOS complexes. Analyses were performed as in fig. 1F, except that SPCSs calculated from mtDNA-encoded protein positions in Complex I, Complex III, Complex IV, or Complex V were used to generate θevo values. Supplementary Fig. S2: Mammalian orders differ in their propensity for potentially efficacious mitochondrial protein substitutions within specific OXPHOS complexes (median calculations). Analysis was performed as in fig. 2A, except that θevo values were obtained by analysis of mtDNA-encoded Complex I, Complex III, Complex IV, or Complex V polypeptides. Supplementary Fig. S3: Mammalian orders differ in their propensity for potentially efficacious mitochondrial protein substitutions within specific OXPHOS complexes (median confidence intervals). Analysis was performed as in (A) fig. 2B or (B) fig. 2C, except that θevo values were obtained by analysis of mtDNA-encoded Complex I, Complex III, Complex IV, or Complex V proteins. Supplementary Fig. S4: Mammalian families differ in their propensity for potentially efficacious mitochondrial protein substitutions at specific OXPHOS complexes (median calculations). Analysis was performed as in fig. 3A, except that θevo values were obtained by analysis of mtDNA-encoded Complex I, Complex III, Complex IV, or Complex V subunits. Supplementary Fig. S5: Mammalian families differ in their propensity for potentially efficacious mitochondrial protein substitutions at specific OXPHOS complexes (median confidence intervals ordered by lower 90% median confidence limit). Analysis was performed as in fig. 3B, except that θevo values were obtained by analysis of mtDNA-encoded Complex I, Complex III, Complex IV, or Complex V proteins. Supplementary Fig. S6: Mammalian families differ in their propensity for potentially efficacious mitochondrial protein substitutions at specific OXPHOS complexes (median confidence intervals ordered by upper 90% median confidence limit). Analysis was performed as in fig. 3C, except that θevo values were obtained by analysis of mtDNA-encoded Complex I, Complex III, Complex IV, or Complex V polypeptides. --- Supplementary File 1: All predicted protein substitutions along all edges at positions containing less than 2% gaps across input and ancestral sequences are listed, along with associated taxonomy information, TSS, and branch length. All alignment positions refer to Bos taurus reference sequences. Supplementary File 2: The TSS calculated for each mitochondrial protein alignment position. All alignment positions refer to Bos taurus reference sequences. Supplementary File 3: SPCS and θevo outputs are provided for analyses across all mitochondria-encoded positions, as well as for focused analyses of specific OXPHOS complexes and individual proteins. Supplementary File 4: A GenBank flat file containing RefSeq entries for mammalian mtDNAs, as well as the entry for the reptile Anolis punctatus. Supplementary File 5: A maximum likelihood inferred tree generated by a RAxML-NG analysis of concatenated and aligned protein coding sequences from mammalian and Anolis punctatusmtDNAs. Supplementary File 6: Bootstrap replicates were generated from the alignment of concatenated protein coding sequences. Felsenstein’s Bootstrap Proportions (Felsenstein 1985) were calculated and used to label the maximum likelihood inferred tree of mammalian mtDNAs. Supplementary File 7: Bootstrap replicates were generated using concatenated mammalian mtDNA coding sequences. Transfer Bootstrap Expectations (Lemoine 2018) were calculated and used to label the maximum likelihood inferred tree of mammalian mtDNAs. Supplementary File 8: PAGAN tree output produced using aligned amino acid sequences and the rooted maximum likelihood inferred tree as input.

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Data for: Techno-economic analysis of a novel laccase production process utilizing perennial biomass and the aqueous phase of bio-oil, Iowa, USA 2023-2025

This dataset contains the experimental design, measurements, and derived variables used to parameterize a techno‑economic model of laccase production via two‑stage solid‑state fermentation of prairie biomass with bio‑oil aqueous phase induction. It includes nutrient screening data for Pleurotus ostreatus growth on prairie biomass with alternative nitrogen sources and a corn‑steep solids dose series; factorial/response‑surface experiments varying substrate bed depth, substrate‑to‑inoculum (S:I) ratio, and pre‑induction growth time; and time‑resolved induction measurements. For each run and replicate, the data record the full set of spectrophotometric absorbances at 0–210 s, fitted slopes and r-square values, dilution and volume factors, and laccase activities normalized per mL and per gram of biomass, alongside the exact culture timings and environmental conditions used in the ABTS assay at 420 nm. Results tables provide the fitted central‑composite design model terms (coefficients, F‑statistics, and p‑values) used directly as inputs to the minimum laccase selling price (MLSP) calculations, together with the underlying per‑condition raw results.

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Indirect impacts of a novel wildfire on a well-studied desert stream: connectivity, carbon, and communities

In 2020 the Bush Fire burned approximately half of the Sycamore Creek watershed in central Arizona. Sycamore Creek has been subject to >40 years of research and the stream has been monitored by NEON since 2017. We studied the effects of fire on biogeochemistry of the stream and its watershed. We deployed autosamplers to monitor stream chemistry during storms on the mainstem and in ephemeral tributaries draining burned and unburned watersheds. The storm sampling program commenced nearly a year following the fire because absence of summer monsoon or winter storms in 2020-21 resulted in no flow in tributaries and intermittent flow in the mainstem. Water chemistry was measured during 14 monsoon storms of 2021 and winter frontal storms of 2021-22 with samples of baseflow collected in the mainstem during intervening periods. Water samples were analyzed for dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and major anions and cations. We also measured nutrient content of ash and chemistry of ash leachate as a potential source of solutes to stream biota.

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Dataset for paper entitled "Developing Reliable Foam Sensors with Novel Electrodes"

This dataset includes all the experimental results presented in the IEEE Sensors 2019 paper "Developing Reliable Foam Sensors with Novel Electrodes" (DOI: 10.1109/SENSORS43011.2019.8956750). URL of IEEE Xplore: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8956750 List of data in this dataset: Fig-1-Stress-Strain curves of PU foam and Coated foam.xlsx Fig-3-Conductive foam without electrodes.xlsx Fig-4-Foam sensor with Ag electrodes.xlsx Fig-5-Foam sensor-stability-100cycles.xlsx All the data included in this dataset were collected by Dr. Hongbo Wang. Contact person: Dr. Hongbo Wang, ustcwhb@gmail.com

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Collection de romans français du dix-huitième siècle (1750-1800) / Collection of Eighteenth-Century French Novels (1750-1800)

Key information: This collection of Eighteenth-Century French Novels contains digital texts of novels created or first published between 1751 and 1800. The collection is created in the context of Mining and Modeling Text, a project at the Trier Center for Digital Humanities (TCDH) at Trier University, Germany (2019-2023). The current release contains 200 novels.Further information: <a href="https://github.com/MiMoText/roman18">https://github.com/MiMoText/roman18</a>Citation suggestion: Collection de romans français du dix-huitième siècle (1751-1800) / Eighteenth-Century French Novels (1751-1800), edited by Julia Röttgermann, with contributions from Julia Dudar, Henning Gebhard, Anne Klee, Johanna Konstanciak, Damir Padieu, Amelie Probst, Sarah Rebecca Ondraszek and Christof Schöch. Release v.1.2.0. Trier: TCDH, 2023. URL: <a href="https://github.com/mimotext/roman18">https://github.com/mimotext/roman18</a>; DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10349902">10.5281/zenodo.10349902</a>.

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Collection de romans français du dix-huitième siècle (1751-1800) / Collection of Eighteenth Century French Novels 1751-1800

This collection of Eighteenth-Century French Novels contains 200 digital texts of novels created or first published between 1751 and 1800. The collection is created in the context of <a href="https://www.mimotext.uni-trier.de/en">Mining and Modeling Text</a> (2019-2023), a project which is located at the Trier Center for Digital Humanities (<a href="https://tcdh.uni-trier.de/en">TCDH</a>) at Trier University. <h2>Metadata</h2> There is a short and an extensive metadata description in TSV for all TEI/XML files: <ul> <li>Metadata, short version: <a href="https://github.com/MiMoText/roman18/blob/master/XML-TEI/xml-tei_metadata.tsv">https://github.com/MiMoText/roman18/blob/master/XML-TEI/xml-tei_metadata.tsv</a></li> <li>Metadata, long version: <a href="https://github.com/MiMoText/roman18/blob/master/XML-TEI/xml-tei_full_metadata.tsv">https://github.com/MiMoText/roman18/blob/master/XML-TEI/xml-tei_full_metadata.tsv</a></li> </ul> Please find further information on our <a href="https://github.com/MiMoText/roman18/tree/v1.2.0">corpus balancing</a> . <h2>Licence</h2> All texts and scripts are in the public domain and can be reused without restrictions. We don't claim any copyright or other rights on the transcription, markup or metadata. If you use our texts, for example in research or teaching, please reference this collection using the citation suggestion below. <h2>Citation suggestion</h2> Collection de romans français du dix-huitième siècle (1751-1800) / Eighteenth-Century French Novels (1751-1800), edited by Julia Röttgermann, with contributions from Julia Dudar, Henning Gebhard, Anne Klee, Johanna Konstanciak, Damir Padieu, Amelie Probst, Sarah Rebecca Ondraszek and Christof Schöch. Release v 1.2.1. Trier: TCDH, 2023. URL: https://github.com/mimotext/roman18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4061903. <h2>Funding</h2> Forschungsinitiative des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz 2019-2023

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Dataset of "Capabilities of a novel electrochemical cell for operando XAS and SAXS investigations for PEM fuel cells and water electrolysers"

With this work we present a reversible electrochemical cell and introduce a valuable approach, suitable for being used either for in operando X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS). The reversible electrochemical cell was used to depict the time-resolved degradation of a Pt/C catalyst material for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC). The evolution of the specific electrochemical active surface area (ECSA) was coupled to the evolution of morphological parameters, supported by the analysis of Pt oxidation state. As a result, we obtain a coherent picture in which: the increase of particle (and particle cluster) size is connected to the diminishing of ECSA and to the changes in the fraction of metallic Pt, detailing as the evolution develops in the first 2000 cycles, as previously observed on catalyst model systems. Finally, we introduce some preliminary results underlying the change in Ir oxidation state for a commercial Ir/IrO X catalyst material for PEM water electrolysers and showing as this change is not sufficient to induce any remarkable morphological variations within 500 cycles of accelerated stress tests.

Analysis of two Methods for Aircraft Fuel Requirement Calculations in the Context of a novel Methodological Framework for LCA of Sustainable Aviation

This Microsoft Excel file contains equations to compare different approaches to calculate fuel efficiency ("energy use" in [MJ/t*km]) of aircraft over a specific distance at a specific payload.  Two approaches are compared: A novel approach by <a href="10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163881" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Su-ungkavatin et al.</a> and the more established approach well documented by eg. <a href="https://www.fzt.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Scholz/arbeiten/TextBurzlaff.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Burzlaff</a> or <a href="http://www.aircraftmonitor.com/uploads/1/5/9/9/15993320/aircraft_payload_range_analysis_for_financiers___v2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ackert</a>. This work augments a Letter to the Editor we submitted to the journal <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/science-of-the-total-environment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Science of the Total Environment</a>.

Improving anxiety research novel approach to reveal trait anxiety through summary measures of multiple states - raw count data set - RNAseq

Raw count data of the RNAseq analysis of a project and manuscript under the title "Improving anxiety research novel approach to reveal trait anxiety through summary measures of multiple states". The header of the table includes the subject identifiers except the first column "genes". The latter column includes all assessed gene identifiers.

Data to "Human shape perception spontaneously discovers the biological origin of novel, but natural, stimuli"

This record contains analysis scripts (written in Matlab) as well as raw and processed data to reproduce the results shown in: Dehn, K.&dagger;, Maiello, G.&dagger;, Hartmann, F., Morgenstern, Y., Hawkins, S.J., Offner, T., Walter, J., Hassenklöver, T., Manzini, I., Fleming, R.W. (2024) Human shape perception spontaneously discovers the biological origin of novel, but natural, stimuli. bioRxiv, 2024-12. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.21.629735   &dagger;Co-first author

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A Novel Crop Shortlisting Method for Sustainable Agricultural Diversification Across EU (Italy)

In order to shortlist possible options from a pool of 2700 crops, a crop-climate-soil matching ex-ercise was performed across Italian territory and crops with more than 70% suitability where chosen for further analysis. In the second phase, a multicriteria ranking index was employed to assign ranks to chosen crops of 4 main types; (i) cereals and pseudocereals, (ii) legumes, (iii) starchy roots/ tubers and (iv) vegetables. In order to provide a comprehensive analysis, major crops that are grown in the region where also included in the analysis. The results of evaluation of 4 major criteria (a) calorie and nutrition demand b) functions and uses c) availability and acces-sibility to their genomic material d) possession of adaptive traits, and e) physiological traits) re-vealed the potential for teff, faba bean, cowpea, green arrow arum, Jerusalem artichoke, Fig-leaved Gourd and Watercress.

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VIOLENDINGS Violent actions contained in pastoral novels written in Spanish (1559-1633)

This dataset contains a categorization of the violent actions contained in pastoral novels (and in the courtly novels narrated by their characters) written in Spanish between 1559 and 1633 for a diachronic study of the representation of violence in this literary genre and its intersection with other literary traditions. It classifies violent actions by gender and social position of victims and aggressors, relationship between them, motive of aggression, weapon and correspondence with the motives of the Sith Thompson index. In addition, it proposes a categorization for the types of solutions to violent scenes in this literary tradition and the 'distancing devices' used in their representation. The concepts proposed for this categorization are explained in the document INTRO[VIOLENDINGS]20240613_v1. This is the dataset of the research project identified by the acronym VIOLENDINGS —Violence and Happy Endings in the Spanish Golden Age Narrative— (Grant Agreement ID: 101062513),funded by the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions under Horizon Europe (2021). The project was developed at the Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature, Culture e Mediazioni of the Università degli Studi di Milano between 2022 and 2024. (2024-06-13)

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Dataset of the paper entitled methods for high-throughput screening of novel agents against the maize pest, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Title: Methods for high-throughput screening of novel agents against the maize pest, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)  Authors: Sri Ita Tarigan, Gyorgy Turoczi, Jozsef Kiss, Stefan Toepfer Abstract:  The western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), poses a significant threat to maize crops in North America and Europe, necessitating development of novel, effective, and less disruptive crop protection agents. With recent bans on key insecticides and concerns about overuse of remaining options, there is an urgent need for accessible and comparable screening methods. We propose comparative high-throughput screening methods against the eggs, larvae and adults of this pest, emphasizing the importance of suitable positive controls tailored to the specific bioassay types. We evaluated seven common insecticides (imidacloprid, clothianidin, acetamiprid, novaluron, cypermethrin, chlorpyrifos-methyl, spinosad) against eggs, larvae, and adults as potential positive controls for each of the proposed assay methods. Dipping assays with ready-to-hatch eggs revealed several ingredients to cause mortality; but imidacloprid might be most suitable as a positive control due to its robust dose-response in reducing egg hatching and causing mortality of hatching neonates. Larval bioassays using artificial diet overlay assays revealed mortality caused by all insecticides, with imidacloprid and acetamiprid exhibiting best dose-mortality response curves as well as sublethal effects. Adult bioassays using artificial diet-core overlay assays revealed mortality caused by all insecticides, with cypermethrin or acetamiprid exhibiting best dose-mortality response curves. The provided ED 50, ED 80 values, and dose-response equations offer valuable insight for researchers in selecting appropriate positive controls for screening new crop protection agents or assessing resistance levels against different life stages of this pest. Data: The data file is related to the screening of commercial insecticides against eggs, first instar larvae (L1) and adults of the maize pest, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera using standard bioassays. We are proposing comparative high-throughput screening methods against the eggs, larvae and adults of this maize pest. This includes the crucial aspect of suitable positive controls tailored to the specific bioassay type. We evaluated seven common insecticides (imidacloprid, clothianidin, acetamiprid, novaluron, cypermethrin, chlorpyrifos-methyl, spinosad) against eggs, larvae, and adults as potential positive controls for each of the proposed assay method. To access effects and dose-responses of commonly used insecticides on eggs, we applied standard screening methods under controlled semi-sterile conditions. For egg bioassays, eggs were transferred to the 200 ml of treatments in the eppendorf tubes and then soaked for 1 hour. Then 20µl with 10 to 20 eggs were pipetted onto a filter paper in a petri dish (150 mm×25 mm). Then 100 µl of sterilized tap water was added for moisture. The pipette tip was replaced between treatments. The eggs been transferred were counted per filter paper and dish (15± 8). The eggs were then incubated in the dishes at 23-250C for 7 days, when the experiment was terminated. Egg hatching, mortality of newly hatching larvae, and days until start of egg hatching were observed under stereo microscope and recorded.  Data were collected at 1,3, 5 and 7 days after treatments. To assess the effect and dose-responses of commonly used insecticides on neonates of D. v. virgifera, we applied artificial diet-overlay bioassays under controlled semi-sterile conditions. Each insecticide was prepared in at least six concentrations. Each bioassay consisted of 3 to 6 polystyrene plates of 96 wells each (07-6096 of Biologix Ltd., USA, or Costar 3917 of Corning Inc., USA). Each well had a volume of 330 µl, with a diameter of 5 mm, a height of 10 mm, and a surface area of 0.34 cm². 190 µl of the diet were pipetted into each 330 µl well, filling each to approximately 2/3rd of its capacity. Plates containing the diet were left to dry in a laminar flow cabinet for 45 minutes and then stored overnight at temperatures ranging from 3 to 5°C. The following day, treatments were applied. This is, 17 µl of a treatment was applied to the 0.34 cm2 diet surface reaching good coverage and therefore forcing the after-placed larvae to feed through (10 to 100 µl pipette Biohit TM Proline). Each treatment was applied to 8 wells per plate. Following application, the plates were allowed to dry for a duration of 1 to 1.5 hours and were subsequently cooled for 1 hour in a refrigerator set at temperatures between 23 to 25°C. Each well received one neonate larva, carefully placed on the diet surface using a fine artist brush. A vigorous and visibly healthy larva was selected, lifted from the end of the abdomen with the brush, maneuvered towards a well surface, and allowed to crawl off the brush onto the diet. To avoid systematic errors, larvae were not arranged in treatment column order but rather in a rectangular pattern. After every 12 individual larvae, the brush was cleaned using 70% ethanol followed by sterile tap water. The filled plate was sealed with an optically clear adhesive qPCR seal sheet (#AB-1170, Termo Scientific, USA, or #BS3017000, Bioleader, USA), enabling data assessments without the need to open the plate. Four to five holes were carefully made with fine 00-insect pins into the seal per well to facilitate aeration. The plates, housing the larvae, were then incubated in a dark, ventilated incubator at a temperature of 23-25 °C and a relative humidity of 50 to 90% for a period of 5 days. We assessed mortality and stunting larvae within 3 and 5 days.  To access the effect and dose-responses of common insecticides on D.v.virgifera adults, artificial diet-overlay bioassays with different doses were performed under controlled, semi-sterile conditions. Each insecticide was prepared in at least six concentrations. Active ingredients as specified on the product labels underwent serial dilutions using sterile tap water. Sterilized tap water was used as untreated control. In detail, each bioassay consisted of 6 polystyrene plates of 6 wells each (Eppendorf® 0030720016). Each treatment was applied to 3 wells of each plate per bioassay. The adult diet for a bioassay had been prepared 1-7days before treatment and adult infestation. The diet was prepared under semi-sterile conditions. The diet was poured out to 5-6 sterile 11 mm Petri dishes. The plates with diet were allowed to dry for up to 15 minutes under laminar flow cabinet then stored at 3 to 5°C overnight.The following day, a core of the diet was initially transferred to each well using flamed iron core-cutter (1 cm diameter) under a laminar flow. A core diet was placed each of the 6 wells of the plates. Approximately 40 µl of the treatments were then applied across the surface of diet core (0.34 cm3). The following day, a core of the diet was initially transferred to each well using flamed iron core-cutter (1 cm diameter) under a laminar flow. A core diet was placed each of the 6 wells of the plates. Approximately 40 µl of the treatments were then applied across the surface of diet core (0.34 cm3). Adult were subsequently transferred from the rearing cage into the wells of the 6-well plates containing the diet and treatments using a tube aspirator. For ease of transfer, the adults were cooled in a fridge for 4 to 7 minutes. Each well plate received 3 to 4 adults. Plates were sealed and incubated at 23-250C, 50–90% r.h, L: D 12:12. Adult mortality were recorded on days 1,3, 5, 7 of experiment.  To allow comparisons between experiments, data were standardized to the data of the corresponding negative control, usually sterilized tap water, as follows: standardized data = 100 × (data in negative control - data in treatment)/maximum (data in control or in treatment). The distributions of the data were investigated using histograms and QQ normal and detrended normal probability. Skewness and kurtosis of residuals was also observed for normality of influences of treatments on eggs, neonates, or adults. Equality of variances was assessed using Levene’s test. Multiple comparisons were performed using the Tukey HSD post hoc test for data with equal variances and the Games-Howell post hoc test for data with unequal variances. For each tested insecticide, linear and logarithmic regression models were fit to the dose-response data. In case of significant linear or logartimic relathionships, doses leading to 50% or 80% of relative effects (ED 50,80) were calculated.   The raw data as well as the standardised data are available as a csv file on zenodo.

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A Novel Framework to Harmonise Satellite Data Series for Climate Applications: Matchups, Calibration Parameters and Residuals

The datasets included with this archive supplement the journal article: Giering, R.; Quast, R.; Mittaz, J.P.D.; Hunt, S.E.; Harris, P.M.; Woolliams, E.R.; Merchant, C.J. A Novel Framework to Harmonise Satellite Data Series for Climate Applications. Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 1002. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11091002">10.3390/rs11091002</a>. The archive includes a README file with further explanations.

Ionic conductivity, viscosity, and self-diffusion coefficients of novel imidazole salts for lithium-ion battery electrolytes

This entry contains the data related to the publication A. Szczęsna-Chrzan et al., “Ionic conductivity, viscosity, and self-diffusion coefficients of novel imidazole salts for lithium-ion battery electrolytes,” J. Mater. Chem. A, vol. 11, no. 25, pp. 13483–13492, 2023, doi: 10.1039/D3TA01217D. It contains experimentally determined conductivity, viscosity and self-diffusion coefficients of anions of the Hückel-type salts lithium 4,5-dicyano-2-(trifluoromethyl)imidazolide (LiTDI), lithium 4,5-dicyano-2-(pentafluoroethyl)imidazolide (LiPDI) and lithium 4,5-dicyano-2-(n‑heptafluoropropyl)imidazolide (LiHDI) for various concentrations of the conducting salts (0 M - 1.5 M) in a solvent mixture containing ethylene carbonate (EC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) in a ratio of 3:7 by weight. The Python scripts used for the analysis of the NMR data are also included in the dataset.