These datasets were created as part of Rhonda Hinds’ 2024 HASS 218 project investigating the palimpsest as a framework for interrogating modern conflict landscapes. This was a desktop investigation, utilising text, photographic and cartographic material as information from which the datasets were created. The PDF document reflects the appearance of the data as Appendices D and E in Hinds’ 2024 dissertation.

Purpose : SERPINI1 is a member of serine protease inhibitor family and is expressed in neuronal tissues such as brain and retina. SERPINI1 upregulation in retina has been shown to be neuroprotective in acute ischemic injury. This study investigated the effects of SERPINI1 neutralisation on inner retinal function in healthy animal eyes. SERPINI1 is susceptible to oxidative stress, therefore we also investigated the effects of oxidative stress on SERPINI1 expression changes in 661W photoreceptor cells and change in autophagy markers.Methods : SERPINI1 or IgG antibody was administered intravitreally in healthy mice retina (weekly once for 8 weeks, 2µl, n=20). ERGs and positive scotopic threshold response (pSTR) was measured using Phoenix Ganzfield (-4.3log cd s/m2) after 8 weeks. The amplitude of each component was measured and analysed. 661W photoreceptor cells were cultured, incubated with hydrogen-peroxide (10µM) and harvested after 8 and 24 hours. Western blotting was evaluated SERPINI1 and expression of autophagy markers.Results : The SERPINI1 neutralisation by intravitreal injection of anti-SERPINI1 in C57BL/6 mice retinas showed no change in ERG but significant loss of pSTR amplitude as compared to IgG injected or no-injection control counterparts: mean±SEM; control vs IgG vs anti-SERPINI; 51.2±3.42 µV vs 47.02±6.03 µV vs 30.37±4.12 µV (p<0.007). Western blot showed that SERPINI1 was expressed in 661W cells and was significantly elevated after 8 hrs (81.81±9.43 vs 227.7±0.72; p<0.0001, n=3) but its expression reduced at 24 hrs following H2O2 treatment. H2O2 also significantly enhanced Beclin1 (p<0.0008), LC3II (p<0.04), Atg3 (p<0.05), Atg7 (p<0.02) and Atg16 L1 (p<0.03) after 8 hrs and expression of some of these markers was then reduced after 24 hrs. Therefore, there was an early increase in SERPINI1 in response to oxidative stress which paralleled the change in autophagy markers.Conclusions : Blocking SERPINI1 in healthy retinal neurons diminished inner retinal function as determined by pSTR amplitude reduction. The mechanism for this is unknown but may reflect increased excitotoxicity or synaptic dysfunction. Further studies are needed to clarify relationship between SERPINI1 and autophagy in photoreceptor cells. Long term oxidative stress may induce changes in SERPINI1 levels that could render neurons more susceptible to degenerative change.

There are three sexual fluids from women: lubrication (e.g. transudation of fluid across the mucosa of the vagina, and mucus from the greater vestibular glands); female ejaculation (from paraurethral glands); and gushing. Orthodox western medicine and physiology does not yet have a standardized description or explanation for the third, gushing. The present paper proposes that the gushing fluid is a filtrate of plasma, produced by the mechanism known as transudation. This is an additional application for the transudation mechanism, after the well accepted roles in lubrication of the vagina, and in generating serous fluids. The present model proposes that the fluid released in a gush arises from the ventral wall of the vagina due to the presence there of increased surface area of mucosa, dilated arterioles, pressurized venous and lymphatic plexuses, and compression provided by muscle contraction during orgasm.

Ground-based readings of temperature and rainfall, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, ground verification data and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) were used in this study. Ground-based meteorological information was obtained from Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) for the period 1977 to 2015 and was used to determine the trends of rainfall and temperature in this thesis. Satellite images obtained from the US Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) website (www.glovis.usgs.gov) in four time periods were analysed to assess the dynamics of mangrove population at species level. Remote sensing techniques, as a solution to lack of spatial data at a relevant scale and difficulty in accessing the mangroves for field survey and also as an alternative to the traditional methods were used in monitoring of the changes in mangrove species composition, . To identify mangrove forests, a number of satellite sensors have been used, including Landsat TM/ETM/OLI, SPOT, CBERS, SIR, ASTER, and IKONOS and Quick Bird. The use of conventional medium-resolution remote sensor data (e.g., Landsat TM, ASTER, SPOT) in the identification of different mangrove species remains a challenging task. In many developing countries, the high cost of acquiring high- resolution satellite imagery excludes its routine use. The free availability of archived images enables the development of useful techniques in its use and therefor Landsat imagery were used in this study for mangrove species classification. Satellite imagery used in this study includes: Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) of 57 m resolution acquired on 1st February 1977, Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) of 28.5 m resolution acquired on 5th February 1989, Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) of 28.5 m resolution acquired on 28th February 2000 and Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) of 30 m resolution acquired on 4th February 2015. To study tidal channel dynamics of the study area, aerial photographs from 1974 and 2011, and a satellite image from 2017 were used. Satellite images from 1974 with good spatial resolution of the area were not available, and therefore aerial photographs of comparatively high and fine resolution were considered adequate to obtain information on tidal channel dynamics. Although high-resolution satellite imagery was available for 2011, aerial photographs were used for this study due to their effectiveness in terms of cost and also ease of comparison with the 1974 photographs. The aerial photographs were sourced from the Survey of Bangladesh (SOB). The Sentinel-2 satellite image from 2017 was downloaded from the European Space Agency (ESA) website (https://scihub.copernicus.eu/). In this research, elevation data acts as the main parameter in the determination of the sea level rise (SLR) impacts on the spatial distribution of the future mangrove species of the Bangladesh Sundarbans. High resolution elevation data is essential for this kind of research where every centimeter counts due to the low-lying characteristics of the study area. The high resolution (less than 1m vertical error) DEM data used in this study was obtained from Water Resources Planning Organization (WRPO), Bangladesh. The elevation information used to construct the DEM was originally collected by a Finnish consulting firm known as FINNMAP in 1991 for the Bangladesh government.

Previous research shows that reinforcement of variable responding will facilitate sequence learning in rats (Neuringer, Deiss & Olson, 2000) but may interfere with sequence learning in humans (Maes & van der Goot, 2006). The present study aimed to replicate and extend previous research by assessing the role of behavioral variability in the learning of difficult target sequences across 3 species: humans (n = 60), hens (n = 18) and possums (n = 6). Participants were randomly allocated to one of three experimental conditions (Control, Variable, Any). In the Control conditions sequences were only reinforced if they were the target sequence, in the Variability conditions sequences were concurrently reinforced on a Variable Interval 60-s schedule if the just entered sequence met a variability criterion, and in the Any condition sequences were concurrently reinforced on a Variable Interval 60-s schedule for any sequence entered. The results support previous findings with animals and humans; hens and possums were more likely to learn the target sequence in the Variability condition, and human participants were more likely to learn the target sequence in the Control condition. Possible explanations for differences between the performance of humans and animals on this task will be discussed.

This dataset provides all the raw and analysed data for the thesis titled 'The drivers and consequences of change to the physical character of waterholes on an Australian dryland river'.
The data has been divided into four folders that are aligned with the data chapters for the thesis. These being: (Ch 2) waterhole mapping, (Ch 3) floodplain gullies, (Ch 4) sediment transport and (Ch 5) fish.
A README file is provided for each chapter which contains a description of the individual datasets and a list of files that make up each dataset.
The data in this archive is a combination of data obtained from desktop studies as well as field work on the Darling River (i.e., the fish data).
Further, fish data were collected on the Darling River between Bourke and Wilcannia. Waterhole mapping was undertaken on the Barwon-Darling between Walgett and Wilcannia. Gully mapping was undertaken on the Barwon-Darling River between Mungindi and Wilcannia. Sediment transport capacity was assessed at five sites between Collarenebri and Tilpa.