Research ideas and outcomes最新文献

{"title":"Development of a field diagnostic tool for Schistosoma mansoni Praziquantel resistant markers in selected endemic communities","authors":"Maame Ekua Acquah, F. Aboagye, Yvonne Ashong, Lydia Mosi","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e120899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e120899","url":null,"abstract":"Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects more than 200 million people and 45% of infections have been shown to occur in school-aged children. A large percentage of the disease burden lies in Africa. In 2012, the WHO outlined a roadmap for the elimination of schistosomiasis by 2020; however, this was not achieved. Treatment for schistosomiasis is by the use of Praziquantel, a drug in use for over 30 years and there is a concern for emerging drug resistance. There are several species of the genus Schistosoma causing infection in humans. For this study, Schistosoma mansoni which causes intestinal schistosomiasis will be investigated. There are reports of lowering cure rates and suboptimal response to praziquantel following several cycles of mass drug administration (MDA). Praziquantel resistance has also been reported in some countries and laboratory-bred schistosome experiments. To address the concerns of resistance, this study aims to employ a two-part approach to assess the prevalence of S. mansoni. praziquantel resistance amongst school-aged children in schistosomiasis endemic communities in Ghana and develop a diagnostic tool to aid in field assessment of infections. To achieve this, the study will attempt to answer the following research questions: 1. Is there developing S. mansoni praziquantel resistance in communities that have undergone several mass drug administrations? 2. Is there an interplay between intermediate host exposure to praziquantel and the development of praziquantel drug resistance in the definitive host?","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":" 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140212104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Report on the Marine Imaging Workshop 2022","authors":"Catherine Borremans, Jennifer M. Durden, T. Schoening, Emma J. Curtis, Luther Adams, Alexandra Branzan Albu, A. Arnaubec, S. Ayata, Reshma Baburaj, Corinne Bassin, Miriam Beck, Katharine Bigham, Rachel Boschen-Rose, Chad Collett, Matteo Contini, Paulo Correa, C. Domínguez-Carrió, Gautier Dreyfus, Graeme Duncan, Maxime Ferrera, Valentin Foulon, A. Friedman, Santosh Gaikwad, Chloe Game, Adriana GAYTÁN-CABALLERO, Fanny Girard, Michela Giusti, Mélissa Hanafi-Portier, Kerry Howell, Iryna Hulevata, Kiamuke Itiowe, Chris Jackett, Jan Jansen, Clarissa Karthäuser, K. Katija, Maxime Kernec, Gabriel Kim, Marcelo Kitahara, Daniel Langenkämper, Tim Langlois, Nadine Lanteri, Claude Jianping Li, Qi-Ran Li, Pierre-Olivier Liabot, Dhugal Lindsay, Ali Loulidi, Y. Marcon, Simone Marini, Ashley Marranzino, M. Massot-Campos, M. Matabos, Lénaick Menot, B. Moreno, Marcus Morrissey, D. Nakath, T. Nattkemper, Monika Neufeld, M. Obst, Karine Olu, Alexa Parimbelli, F. Pasotti, Dominique Pelletier, Margaux Perhirin, Nils Piechaud, O","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e119782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e119782","url":null,"abstract":"Imaging is increasingly used to capture information on the marine environment thanks to the improvements in imaging equipment, devices for carrying cameras and data storage in recent years. In that context, biologists, geologists, computer specialists and end-users must gather to discuss the methods and procedures for optimising the quality and quantity of data collected from images. The 4th Marine Imaging Workshop was organised from 3-6 October 2022 in Brest (France) in a hybrid mode. More than a hundred participants were welcomed in person and about 80 people attended the online sessions. The workshop was organised in a single plenary session of presentations followed by discussion sessions. These were based on dynamic polls and open questions that allowed recording of the imaging community’s current and future ideas. In addition, a whole day was dedicated to practical sessions on image analysis, data standardisation and communication tools. The format of this edition allowed the participation of a wider community, including lower-income countries, early career scientists, all working on laboratory, benthic and pelagic imaging.\u0000 This article summarises the topics addressed during the workshop, particularly the outcomes of the discussion sessions for future reference and to make the workshop results available to the open public.","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":"34 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140234247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The lifeblood of LifeWatch ERIC: national in-kind contributions","authors":"W. Los, Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljančič, Tatyana Bileva, Eva Chatzinikolaou, Ohad Graber-Soudry, Lucas de Moncuit, Marta Neto, G. Pesole, Maria Vallejo Abascal, D. Grozdanova","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e121887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e121887","url":null,"abstract":"A distributed research infrastructure such as LifeWatch ERIC necessitates close cooperation among the various components that constitute the research infrastructure and contribute to the overall services, facilities and resources it offers to the user community. In-kind contributions are non-monetary contributions, consisting of labour, services, facilities and access to resources, typically provided by the distributed components of the research infrastructure. The financing for in-kind contributions is usually provided by the national funding agency on behalf of the LifeWatch member country or by the member directly, with a value being accredited towards the member's funding obligations to LifeWatch ERIC. The management and validation of in-kind contributions towards shared objectives are integral to the legal framework supporting LifeWatch ERIC. This involves a rigorous assessment process to verify each in-kind contribution. This short article outlines that process and explores the function of the In-Kind Contributions Committee (IKCC) at LifeWatch ERIC.","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":"70 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140242383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Systematic Design of a Natural Sciences Collections Digitisation Dashboard","authors":"Laura Tilley, Matt Woodburn, Sarah Vincent, Ana Casino, W. Addink, Frederik Berger, Ann Bogaerts, Sofie De Smedt, Lisa French, Sharif Islam, Patricia Mergen, Anne Nivart, Beata Papp, Mareike Petersen, Celia Santos, Edmund Schiller, Patrick Semal, Vincent Smith, Karin Wiltschke","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e118244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e118244","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the design and build of a pilot Natural Sciences Collections Digitisation Dashboard (CDD). The CDD will become a key service for the Distributed System of Scientific Collections Research Infrastructure (DiSSCo) and aims to improve the discoverability of natural science collections (NSCs) held in European institutions, both digitised and undigitised. Furthermore, it will serve as a dynamic visual assessment tool for strategic decision-making, including the prioritisation of digitisation. The CDD pilot includes high-level information from nine European NSCs, covering the number of objects, taxonomic scope, storage type, chronostratigraphy (Earth Science Collections), geographical region and level of detail in digitisation. This information is structured through a standardised Collection Classification Scheme, which uses high-level categorisation to describe physical natural science collections.","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":"69 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140411512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Open Information and Exceptions Policy of the Natural History Museum, London","authors":"Matt Woodburn, Laurence Livermore, Esme Chapman, Ruth Benny, Nancy Chillingworth, Polly Parry, Ben Scott, Vincent Smith, Helen Hardy","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e120629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e120629","url":null,"abstract":"There have been few, if any, open data and information management policies openly published from natural science collections. This paper contextualises the rationale for publishing the Open Information and Exceptions Policy of the Natural History Museum, London and provides the policy itself. The policy outlines how the Natural History Museum puts the principle of 'open by default' into practice; and includes sections on purpose and scope, relationship to relevant legislation (which always takes precedence over the policy), the categories of possible exceptions to open information release, what happens when exceptions are declared, relations to UK government information security classifications and definition of terms.","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":"53 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140430814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digitization Coordination Workshop Report","authors":"Laurence Livermore, H. Little, Jillian Goodwin, Sylvia Orli, Helen Hardy, Frederik Berger, Emily Braker, Jacqueline Chapman, Lauren Cohen, Sharon Grant, Jesse Grosso, David Jennings, Austin Mast, Gary Motz, Gil Nelson, Nelson Rios, Vincent Rossi, Franziska Schuster, Rebecca Snyder, Kira M. Sobers, Patrick Sweeney, Kimberly Watson, Alyson Wilkins, Jennifer Zaspel, Breda M Zimkus, Diane Zorich","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e120626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e120626","url":null,"abstract":"Many larger museums and archives have begun to implement a centralized approach to digitization of collections by creating Digitization Coordinator positions. This new effort has initiated a singular vision for digitization that incorporates priorities, workflows, and resources to greatly improve the efficiency and throughput of digitization in collections. Smaller institutions are now starting to see the benefit of creating a more structured cross-disciplinary approach to digitization, allowing for better awareness and resourcing of digitization needs.\u0000 The workshop brought together natural sciences digitization professionals from the USA and EU, highlighting lessons learned and best practices to realize the benefits of a coordinated approach including advocacy for digitization, accelerating digitization efficiency and, ultimately, increasing digital collections access and usability to address societal challenges, such as biodiversity decline. Insights, lessons learned and initial thoughts on best practices are described, and the supporting workshop resources are shared so that others can benefit.","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":"15 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140437075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biodiversity, mental health and well-being: psychological mechanisms and moderators of a complex relationship (BIOWELL)","authors":"Katja Liebal, Vera Denzer, Nico Eisenhauer, Immo Fritsche, Ute Kunzmann, Linda Oña, Martin F. Quaas, Ingmar R. Staude, Christian Wirth","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e116333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e116333","url":null,"abstract":"Human activities and their consequences, such as environmental pollution, the exploitation of resources or deforestation, are major causes of biodiversity loss. However, humans depend on a biologically diverse and healthy environment in many ways, as it provides access to clean water, air and food. The loss of biodiversity is an ecological crisis that threatens human health, and ultimately their very existence. At the same time, there is an unwavering interest in the positive effects of \"nature\" on mental health. Although these examples point to a connection between biodiversity and health, little is known about the causal effects of different facets of biodiversity on mental health. Exploring these relationships and the underlying psychological mechanisms is a major goal of this project. We will build on the expertise of an interdisciplinary team involving scholars from psychology, biodiversity research, human geography, and behavioural economics and combine this expertise with a variety of methods, with a focus on quantitative research, experimental and intervention designs, and investigate participants from different age groups to understand the causal effects of different environments with varying degrees of biological diversity on mental health, and to identify the physical, social, and psychological boundary conditions of these causal effects.","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":"107 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140447271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"LifeWatch ERIC Strategic Working Plan Outcomes","authors":"Christos Arvanitidis, Alberto Basset, Peter van Tienderen, Cristina Isabel Huertas Olivares, Cristina Di Muri, Lucas de Moncuit, W. Los","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e119943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e119943","url":null,"abstract":"LifeWatch ERIC has embarked on its new destination towards upgrading and (co-)constructing its Infrastructure as a response to the needs of its target communities and stakeholders. Through an industrialisation process, all independent data, software components, publications and other types of research products contributed by the Member Countries will be consolidated and integrated to enable collaborative development. The Technology Readiness Level of LifeWatch ERIC will be raised to level 9. This process is described in its new Strategic Working Plan on its second implementation period (2022-2026). Accordingly, this topical collection of papers includes articles which describe the main outcomes, that is the deliverables of this new Strategic Working Plan. The deliverables published in this topical collection are not of a confidential nature and are developed in the form of a standard, structured template.","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":"73 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139794500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"LifeWatch ERIC Strategic Working Plan Outcomes","authors":"Christos Arvanitidis, Alberto Basset, Peter van Tienderen, Cristina Isabel Huertas Olivares, Cristina Di Muri, Lucas de Moncuit, W. Los","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e119943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e119943","url":null,"abstract":"LifeWatch ERIC has embarked on its new destination towards upgrading and (co-)constructing its Infrastructure as a response to the needs of its target communities and stakeholders. Through an industrialisation process, all independent data, software components, publications and other types of research products contributed by the Member Countries will be consolidated and integrated to enable collaborative development. The Technology Readiness Level of LifeWatch ERIC will be raised to level 9. This process is described in its new Strategic Working Plan on its second implementation period (2022-2026). Accordingly, this topical collection of papers includes articles which describe the main outcomes, that is the deliverables of this new Strategic Working Plan. The deliverables published in this topical collection are not of a confidential nature and are developed in the form of a standard, structured template.","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139854353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"WarenstromInfo: a tool for the easy extraction and visualisation of trade flow data","authors":"Octavio Mesa-Varona, Carolina Plaza-Rodríguez, Lars Valentin, Matthias Filter","doi":"10.3897/rio.10.e112227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e112227","url":null,"abstract":"Epidemiological outbreak investigations often prove to be lengthy and inconclusive due to the time-consuming nature of the currently-used approaches. An alternative approach to address these challenges could involve the application of algorithms to support authorities and food business operators by providing timely, relevant and reliable information. Algorithms, such as gravity models, could be applied as commodity trade models, but they require a large amount of reliable and consistent data on trade for generating projections at international, national or even regional level. Several trade databases, such as UN COMTRADE, EUROSTAT, BACI, CHELEM and GTAP, provide information on trace, albeit with variations in the provided information and in the structure. However, it is worth noting that not all of these databases are freely accessible and data management can pose challenges, hampering the access to the trade data. WarenstromInfo (WI) was created as a software solution that allows easy trade data extraction and visualisation for application in different areas, such as outbreak investigations.\u0000 WarenstromInfo (WI) is an application tool that automatically extracts, decodes and visually displays trade flow data from EUROSTAT \"EU trade since 2002 by statistical procedure, by HS2-4-6 and CN8 (DS-059322)\" (hereinafter referred to EUROSTAT) and the BACI databases, based on user input.\u0000 WI was developed by using the open-source desktop software KNIME Analytics Platform. WI offers the flexibility to be executed either as a web service on a KNIME Web Server infrastructure or as a local resource.\u0000 To integrate the BACI database into WI, the database is annually downloaded as csv files, rebuilt as a SQLite database and hosted locally into the KNIME Web Server Infrastructure. In order to optimise storage space on the KNIME server, this SQLite database specifically includes only agrifood data, reflecting the tool´s focus. However, if new objectives are established, this database can be expanded. Further, data of the SQLite database can be customised by executing the WI workflow locally, enabling the user to expand the database at any time.\u0000 In contrast to BACI, trade data extraction from the EUROSTAT database is performed via the EUROSTAT’s API (Application Programming Interface) applying GET requests and XML data management.\u0000 WI displays four User-friendly Interfaces (UIs) designed with interactive KNIME nodes that facilitate the input of variables. The extracted trade flow data are shown through interactive tables directly within the UIs. This feature enables users to easily explore the data in a structured and user-friendly manner. Additionally, WI incorporates the extracted trade flow data into maps. These maps provide a visual representation of the data, allowing users to gain insights and identify patterns and trends geographically. Both, the data table and the maps, can be downloaded as a single Excel file (containing multiple preformatted tables) and ","PeriodicalId":92718,"journal":{"name":"Research ideas and outcomes","volume":"80 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139858213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}