As documented in the resources cited below, any qualifying OASIS Technical Committee (a TC using the Non-Assertion [1], RF on Limited Terms [2], or RF on RAND [3] IPR Mode) may request the creation of one or more Open Repositories to enable development of additional material — to supplement or support its standards work. Open Repositories are set up as GitHub projects under the GitHub organizat...

We report on MAX-DOAS observations of NO2 over an oasis–ecotone–desert ecosystem in NW China. There, local ambient NO2 concentrations originate from enhanced biogenic NO emission of intensively managed soils. Our target oasis “Milan” is located at the southern edge of the Taklimakan desert, very remote and well isolated from other potential anthropogenic and biogenic NOx sources. Four observati...

OBJECTIVES To establish the true prevalence of clinically recognisable and occult obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS). DESIGN Prospective interventional study. SETTING Busy district general hospital. SAMPLE Two hundred and fifty-four women having their first vaginal delivery over a 12-month period were invited. Two hundred and forty-one (95%) participated and 208 (86%) attended foll...

BACKGROUND To identify the emotional, social and psychological consequences and recovery process of anal incontinence (AI) following obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) and explore if this can be identified as a recognisable syndrome with visual representation. METHODS A qualitative approach was adopted for this study. Data derived from case studies (n = 81) and interviews (n = 14) with...

Cele Oasis on the southern edge of Tarim Basin was used to investigate the impact of human activity on the soil environment of the oasis–desert ecotone during the oasis expansion process. Since farmland is extending into the oasis–desert ecotone during oasis expansion, reclaimed farmland and control plots within the ecotone were investigated. The variations in soil moisture, soil nutrients and ...

Oasis 2 is a new main release of the Oasis web application for the detection, differential expression, and classification of small RNAs in deep sequencing data. Compared to its predecessor Oasis, Oasis 2 features a novel and speed-optimized sRNA detection module that supports the identification of small RNAs in any organism with higher accuracy. Next to the improved detection of small RNAs in a...

This paper studies optimal divestment policy of an investor in a …rm that may partially and gradually divest its capital or sell the whole …rm at once. Partial divestment o¤ers greater ‡exibility while a whole-…rm transaction provides a price premium. We show that, if the price premium includes both a …xed and a proportional component, a large …rm optimally starts to divest partial capital befo...