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Reversal learning reliability behavioural dataset
No full textThis repository contains re-test data for a reversal learning task completed by 150 participants, and associated scripts for the analysis of the reliability of behavioural and computational model parameters.
Participants completed 150 trials of the reversal learning task where they were presented with two visually distinguishable abstract stimuli and had to learn through experience which of these two choices were "better". Throughout the task the "better" choice would change, such that the "better" stimulus became the "worse" stimulus and vice versa.
This repository also includes the scripts needed to replicate our analysis presented in the associated publication, including the calculation of reliability metrics, our effects of sample size on variance component simulation, generating plots, and statistical analysis
Data supporting the PhD thesis 'Predicted consequences of population asynchrony arising from climate warming in aphid-parasitoid systems'
Get PDFThis dataset supports the PhD thesis 'Predicted consequences of population asynchrony arising from climate warming in aphid-parasitoid systems', where I parameterise the Rosenzweig-MacArthur model with temperature dependent variables using published data to investigate how differences in thermal adaptation affect interactions between crop pests and their parasitoids in a changing climate. I determine the relative importance of temperature-dependence in the model variables, and I introduce a new model parameter to explore the importance of asynchrony in development rate between species. I then explore temperature variability in these models to explore the impacts of diurnal and seasonal variation on pest-parastoid dynamics and predict outcomes under a full range of climate model projections for alternative climate change scenarios. Finally, I experimentally tested some of the model assumptions under laboratory conditions. This dataset contains data associated with all four data chapters of the above named thesis. The datasets contain calculated temperature dependent rates of all five variables of the Rosenzweig-MacArthur model, along with additional temperature dependent rates for the variables we added to the model
Dataset supporting paper 'Extracellular vesicles from patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) demonstrate enhanced pro-coagulatory activity'
Get PDFThis dataset includes all reports and summaries of raw data supporting the results presented in the paper 'Extracellular vesicles from patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) demonstrate enhanced pro-coagulatory activity'. The objective of this paper is to investigate the relationships between circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs), thrombin generation and protein cargo between patients with coronary artery disease and control patients. A total of 60 subjects (aged 18~100yrs) consisting of 40 patients with confirmed CAD and 20 matched controls were recruited for the study. Venous and arterial blood samples (30ml each) were collected from patients undergoing invasive coronary angiography.
Data about EVs parameters include: 1) the numbers and size of circulating total EVs measured by Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA); 2) the numbers of EV subpopulations (i.e. phosphatidylserine-positive EVs (PS+EVs), platelet-derived EVs (PDEVs) and endothelial-derived EVs (EDEVs)) measured by flow cytometry (FCM); 3) the pro-coagulatory activity of circulating EVs (in vitro thrombogenic potential in activating tissue factor-dependent thrombin generation) measured by thrombin generation assay; 4) biological protein cargo measured by proteomics. Baseline data including: plasma lipid profile (i.e. triacylglycerol (TAG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and BMI were provided by the hospital
MERRA2 derived time series of GB telecommunications infrastructure electricity load, using historical daily surface temperature
Get PDFMERRA2 re-analysis data (1981-2023, 2m temperature) is used to calculate the daily electricity load of telecommunications infrastructure in GB, London, and North Scotland. The model has been trained on BT group plc data, 2016-2020, to investigate the extent of weather-variability in causing extreme demand events in heating- and cooling- driven infrastructure
Data from flower margins support natural enemies adjacent to apple orchards but evidence of spill-over is mixed
No full textData were collected from ten conventional commercial apple orchards in Kent, UK. They include; 1) abundance and identification of arthropods collected via transect sweep sampling from four orchard habitats (flower margins and the tree alleyway 50 m from the orchard edge in flower margin orchards, and grass headland and tree alleyway 50 m from the orchard edge in control orchards) along with sward height which was recorded from the corner of each quadrat during vegetation assessments using a measuring tape, 2) abundance and identification of arthropods collected via transect tap/beat sampling from apple trees in flower margin orchards and control orchards up to 50 m from the orchard edge (separate documents were used to record 2021 and 2022 data), 3) percentage cover of plant species recorded from six orchard habitats (flower margins and both the tree alleyway and understory 50 m from the orchard edge in flower margin orchards, and grass headland and both the tree alleyway and understory 50 m from the orchard edge in control orchards)
The SPECIAL EPD Database: an expanded resource to document changes in vegetation and climate from pollen records from Europe, the Middle East and western Eurasia
Get PDFPast changes in vegetation can be reconstructed with pollen records from sedimentary archives to make quantitative reconstructions of climate variables. The SPECIAL-EPD is an expanded database of pollen records from Europe, the Middle East and western Eurasia. It is based on data from public data repositories, a pollen compilation spanning the Middle East, and data supplied by the original authors for the Iberian peninsula and other regions. There has been thorough quality control applied to the data, and errors have been fixed and recorded.
New BACON Bayesian age models, based on the recalibration of radiocarbon ages using INTCAL2020 are provided for all the records. The pollen records have been taxonomically harmonised and the counts at this level are provided in the "clean" table. They have then been standardised at two further levels: one provides taxonomically harmonised counts at species level for woody plants and genus level for other plants ("intermediate" table); the second provides a further amalgamation of rare taxa into higher taxonomic groups (genus, sub-family, family as appropriate), after ensuring that this was consistent with their distribution in climate space ("amalgamated" table).
The SPECIAL-EPD database now contains 1758 entities from 1576 sites. New age models have been run for 1598 for the entities in total
Audience questionnaires for ‘The Stage and Beyond: Scenography and Audience Experience in Post-Millennial Stagings of Samuel Beckett’s Works’
No full textThe data was collected as part of the doctoral research project titled: 'The Stage and Beyond: Scenography and Audience Experience in Post-Millennial Stagings of Samuel Beckett’s works'.
This data is a collection of audience questionnaires and audience responses (70 in total) to eight theatre productions of Samuel Beckett’s works that took place from 2008 onwards. The data was collected to supplement performance analysis, and to assess an audience member’s total experience of particular theatrical performances.
The questionnaires are anonymous and made up of six to eight short questions that provide space for long-answer text. The data was collected online, through Google Forms, during the years 2018 to 2024. The questionnaires were circulated on social media and through targeted emails
Dataset supporting the article 'Benchmark CCSD(T) and density functional theory calculations of biologically relevant catecholic systems'
No full textComplexation energies for complexes of four catechols (catechol, dinitrocatechol, dopamine and DOPAC) with eight counter-molecules: Mg(EDA)2(H2O)^2+,Zn(EDA)2(H2O)^2+, methyl amine, methanol, benzene, indole, isobutane and methane thiol. Each complex is optimized with the CCSD/cc-pVDZ method unless noted. The exceptions are optimized with MP2/cc-pVDZ. Approximate complete basis set (CBS) CCSD(T) complexation energies are calculated for each compound and serve as a reference. CBS MP2 and HF complexation energies are also calculated. These benchmark values are then compared against several series of DFT methods to evaluate the effects of exact exchange and empirical dispersion on the functional's ability to replicate the CCSD(T) energies. DFT methods evaluated include: SVWN, M06L, M06, M062X, M06-2X-D3, MN15, MN12SX, BLYP, B3LYP, CAM-B3LYP, CAM-B3LYP-D3, B97XD, wB97D, PBE, LC-wHPBE, HCTH, tHCTHhyb,and BMK. All calculations performed using Gaussian 16. Raw data for manuscript "Benchmark CCSD(T) and density functional theory calculations of biologically relevant catecholic systems.," by Harle and Cafiero
Dataset supporting paper 'Extracellular vesicles from patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) demonstrate enhanced pro-coagulatory activity'
Get PDFThis dataset includes all reports and summaries of raw data supporting the results presented in the paper “Extracellular vesicles from patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) demonstrate enhanced pro-coagulatory activity”. The objective of this study was to investigate the number, characteristics, function, and compositions of circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from arterial or venous blood in patients with CAD compared to symptomatic controls. In this study, Arterial and venous blood from CAD and control patients (n=40 & 20 respectively) were collected at the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) after obtaining informed consent for the project. Blood was centrifuged at 1500 x g for 15 min at RT to generate platelet-poor plasma (PPP) followed by 13,000 x g for 2 min at RT to isolate platelet-free plasma (PFP). EV fractions were obtained from 500µL of PFP via size exclusion chromatography using the IZON qEV original column.
Data on EVs parameters include: i. circulating EV numbers and size measured by Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA); ii. the numbers of EV subtypes such as phosphatidylserine-positive EVs (PS+EVs), platelet-derived EVs (PDEVs) and endothelial-derived EVs (EDEVs) measured by flow cytometry; iii. the thrombogenicity of circulating EVs measured by thrombin generation assay; iv. preliminary untargeted proteomic data on protein markers measured by mass spectrometry
Dataset supporting paper ‘Acute effects of an anthocyanin-rich blackcurrant beverage on markers of cardiovascular disease risk in healthy adults: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial’
Get PDFThis dataset includes all summaries of raw data supporting the results presented in the paper "Acute effects of an anthocyanin-rich blackcurrant beverage on markers of cardiovascular disease risk in healthy adults: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial". The objective of this paper is to investigate the postprandial effects of an anthocyanin-rich blackcurrant beverage (200 mL containing 711 mg anthocyanins) on a range of CVD risk markers in a healthy, middle-aged population. Data about CVD risk markers include: i. flow-mediated dilation (FMD) measured by Phillips CX50 integrated ultrasound system; ii. digital volume pulse (DVP) measured by PulseTrace PCA 2 device with finger photoplethysmography; iii. Blood pressure (BP) measured by by an automated sphygmomanometer; iv. platelet aggregation induced with two agonists: collagen (0.5 and 1 µg/mL final concentration) and ADP (10 and 100 µM final concentration) measured by chronolog optical platelet aggregometer; v. interleukin-8 (IL-8) concentrations measured by enhanced sensitivity cytometric bead array kit; vi. platelet-derived extracellular vesicles (PDEVs) and endothelium-derived extracellular vesicles (EDEVs) concentrations measured by flow cytometer. Data about plasma and urine anthocyanin and phenolic metabolites concentrations were measured by UPLC-MS/MS