cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Prioritization of responsive maintenance tasks via machine learning-based inference
Creators: name: Konstantinou, E
name: Parlikad, AK
name: Wong, A
name: Broom, C
Publisher: name: ICE Publishing
Year: 2019

description: Maintenance task prioritization is essential for allocating resources. It is estimated that almost 1/3 of the maintenance cost is wasted to unnecessary activities. Task prioritization is based on risk assessment that takes into account the probability of failure and the criticality of an asset. The criticality analysis is defined by the asset owner based on several parameters, among them safety, downtime cost, productivity, whilst the probability of failure is determined based on deterioration models, regular manual inspections, or installed sensors. Currently, the latter is an extremely complicated and labour intensive procedure, when multiple and different types of assets need to be managed. This paper proposes an innovative method that exploits the advances in mobile communications, social networking, Internet of Things and machine learning to address this shortcoming. This approach brings building elements and assets online using asset tags with an online ‘asset profile’ linked to it. Users of assets are able to scan these tags using a mobile phone app to not only see the information about those assets, but also enter ‘comments’ describing issues and problems on the profiles. These comments are processed through machine learning-based inference methods to estimate the probability that a failure has occurred. This paper validates the proposed method using historical data collected from the Estate Management, of the University of Cambridge
The effect of family poverty on children's academic achievement
Creators: name: Ford, Ferin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The current study examined whether or not parent-adolescent discussions and neighborhood poverty mediated the relationship between family poverty and academic achievement in reading and math. The study used data for eighth grade participants in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to test these relationships. Parents of participants reported on the extent of parent-student discussion in the home. Direct cognitive assessments were given to the eighth graders during their spring of the 2006-07 school years to assess their academic achievement in reading and math. Finally, zipcodes for the participants’ homes were matched with data from the 2000 census to determine the percentage of households in each zipcode below the poverty line. Multiple regressions were used to test for possible mediation effects. The results indicated neighborhood poverty partially mediated the relationship between family poverty and academic achievement in both reading and math. There was no significant correlation between parental discussion and family poverty, and consequently parental discussion could not be a mediator of the association of family poverty with academic achievement. However, there was a significant interaction between family poverty status and parental discussion in the prediction of academic achievement indicating that parental discussion is more valuable in affluent families than in poverty stricken families. Further research is needed to examine why parental discussion is not as valuable in low income families. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding the relation of academic achievement to family poverty.
Prasoxylon rigidum Mabb. 2021, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Holzmeyer, Laura
name: Hauenschild, Frank
name: Mabberley, David J.
name: Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Meliaceae
Prasoxylon
Prasoxylon rigidum

description: 7. Prasoxylon rigidum (Ridl.) Mabb., comb. nov.
≡ Chisocheton rigidus Ridl. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 122. 1929 ≡ Dysoxylum rigidum (Ridl.) Mabb. in Malaysian Forester 45: 450. 1982 – Lectotype (designated by Mabberley in Malaysian Forester 45: 450. 1982): Malaysia, Pahang, Temerloh, Kemasul FR, Hamid KEP 10880 (K barcode K001368877!).
Distribution. – Sumatra to Borneo.
Note. – See also Mabberley (2013a: 201).
description: Published as part of Holzmeyer, Laura, Hauenschild, Frank, Mabberley, David J. & Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N., 2021, Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species, pp. 1248-1272 in TAXON 70 (6) on page 1266, DOI: 10.1002/tax.12591, http://zenodo.org/record/14047415
A model system for smoking-related damage to proteins
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Cigarette smoke contains numerous chemicals that can damage proteins, both in the blood and in cells. Proteins consist of many small building blocks called amino acids. Cigarette smoke has been shown to damage many different types of amino acids, including tyrosine, methionine, histidine, lysine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, and aspartic acid. Damage to these amino acids undoubtedly affects the shape and the function of proteins and may contribute to the development of a number of different smoking-related diseases, including chronic lung diseases, heart disease, and cancer.

 Smoking related damage to proteins is extremely complex because it involves damage to numerous amino acid residues by many different small molecules, and involves many different types of chemical reactions. As a result of this complexity, smoking related damage to proteins has been difficult to study. In particular, it has been difficult to sort out the relationship between smoking-related damage to proteins and the development of specific smoking-related diseases. In this project, we have taken a step back from studying cigarette smoke-related damage to proteins and instead have tried to identify a much simpler system for analyzing how such damaged proteins might affect the overall health and vitality of an organism. We have decided to investigate a well-defined form of protein damage: spontaneous damage to aspartyl residues within intracellular proteins. Two of the major sites of spontaneous damage in proteins are aspartic acid and asparagine residues. Normal cells can limit this damage by utilizing a repair pathway driven by the intracellular enzyme, protein carboxyl methyltransferase, or pcmt. Pcmt recognizes and initiates the repair of damaged amino acid residues. We are using an animal model in which the pcmt repair pathway is lacking and therefore the organism cannot repair the damage to their proteins. We now propose to use cells lacking pcmt to test the hypothesis that damage to proteins leads to cellular dysfunction and diminished cell survival. I plan to use several experimental strategies to generate viable pcmt-deficient models, so that I will be able to study the consequences of the build-up of damaged proteins in many different tissues.
Developing a city-level digital twin - Propositions and a case study
Creators: name: Wan, L
name: Nochta, T
name: Schooling, JM
Publisher: name: ICE Publishing
Year: 2019

description: Inspired by the UK National Infrastructure Commission’s ambition of building a “digital twin” for the national infrastructure, this paper reviews some of the latest progress on digital twin development in the UK, particularly the recently published report “The Gemini Principles” by the Centre for Digital Built Britain. The paper further puts forwards six propositions on the city-level digital twin agenda, which stem from an ongoing research project on smart cities at the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction. It is argued that the development of a digital twin is progressive, where the digital twin as a technical apparatus and the social system that develops, operates and uses the digital twin must co-evolve together. On the one hand, our existing knowledge about cities and infrastructure would define how well we could build and evaluate the digital twin; on the other hand, thanks to artificial intelligence, the digital twin could potentially produce new knowledge that complements ours. In the context of developing smart cities, the paper points out that the digital twin is not a context-free technology that can be simply purchased and installed onto existing governance systems. To develop a purposeful digital twin application, the insights and changes from the governance perspective are essential. The paper also introduces the research plan for developing a digital twin pilot for the Cambridge sub-region, which serves as a case study to test the proposed propositions.
Systematic Literature Reviews: An Introduction
Creators: name: Lame, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Year: 2019
Subjects: 40 Engineering
33 Built Environment and Design
4010 Engineering Practice and Education
3303 Design
Generic health relevance

description: AbstractSystematic literature reviews (SRs) are a way of synthesising scientific evidence to answer a particular research question in a way that is transparent and reproducible, while seeking to include all published evidence on the topic and appraising the quality of this evidence. SRs have become a major methodology in disciplines such as public policy research and health sciences. Some have advocated that design research should adopt the method. However, little guidance is available. This paper provides an overview of the SR method, based on the literature in health sciences. Then, the rationale for SRs in design research is explored, and four recent examples of SRs in design research are analysed to illustrate current practice. Foreseen challenges in taking forward the SR method in design research are highlighted, and directions for developing a SR method for design research are proposed. It is concluded that SRs hold potential for design research and could help us in addressing some important issues, but work is needed to define what review methods are appropriate for each type of research question in design research, and to adapt guidance to our own needs and specificities.
Media and smoking among adolescent girls across ethnicity
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Smoking prevalence among adolescents has been increasing since the early 1990s in the United States and California. In California, more teenage girls reported smoking cigarettes in the past 30 days in 1996 than in 1990. More African-American, Hispanic and Asian female teenagers reported interest in trying a cigarette than their White counterparts. Tobacco advertising and promotion items appear to attract adolescents, especially girls who smoke to look "cool", to be mature, or to keep their weight down. Most current tobacco prevention programs are universal and do not consider the diverse cultural backgrounds of the targeted population. However, tobacco industry has employed ethnically specific marketing campaigns to attract young and/or female customers. More efforts are needed to improve the effectiveness of the current tobacco prevention programs by adding gender specific and culturally appropriate curricula.

 This project intends to study cigarette smoking behavior and media exposure among African-American, Asian, Hispanic, and White female teenagers. The proposed study also plans to investigate which ethnic groups are more vulnerable to tobacco advertising and promotion influences, and to determine whether the impact of tobacco marketing on female adolescent smoking differs across ethnicity among female teenagers. This study could provide better understanding of the relationship between media exposure and cigarette smoking among teenage girls.

 This study will use data already collected by the University of California, San Diego, and the California Department of Health Service. The two data sources were the California Tobacco Surveys (CTS): 1990-1991, 1992, 1993, and 1996, and the California Youth Tobacco Survey (CYTS): 1994-1997. The sample will be comprised of female adolescents with the following selfidentified ethnicities: African-American, Asian, Hispanic, and White (total N = 13,250). Both conventional and advanced statistical approaches will be employed to study ethnic differences in media exposure and cigarette smoking.

 The findings in this study will enable the health professionals to design more successful tobacco use prevention programs to reduce media influences on female adolescents.
Lactarius Valenciennes 1833
Creators: name: Ebersole, Jun A.
name: Cicimurri, David J.
name: Stringer, Gary L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Lactariidae
Lactarius

description: Lactarius sp.
? Lactarius sp. – Stringer & Breard 1997: 565.
Material examined
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Alabama • 2 otoliths; MSC 35076.3, WSU CC 470.3.
Description
These two specimens have numerous salient characteristics of Lactarius. These include the shape of the otolith, the type and orientation of the ostium and cauda, the depressed, almost linear area above the crista superior, and a ventral furrow. The specimens may represent Lactarius amplus, but their preservation prohibits this determination.
Remarks
These specimens may represent a different species. However, better-preserved, additional adult specimens would be required to make this determination.
Stratigraphic and geographic range in Alabama
The specimens in our sample were found in the “upper” Lisbon Formation at site ACh-8. Bartonian, zones NP16 and NP17.
description: Published as part of Ebersole, Jun A., Cicimurri, David J. & Stringer, Gary L., 2019, Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, pp. 1-274 in European Journal of Taxonomy 585 on page 208, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.585, http://zenodo.org/record/3660259
Pseudocarapa championii Hemsl.
Creators: name: Holzmeyer, Laura
name: Hauenschild, Frank
name: Mabberley, David J.
name: Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Meliaceae
Pseudocarapa
Pseudocarapa championii

description: 1. Pseudocarapa championii (Thwaites) Hemsl. in Hooker’ s Icon. Pl. 15: 46. 1884
≡ Dysoxylum championii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 61. 1858 – Lectotype (designated by Mabberley in Dassanayake & al., Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 9: 242. 1995): Sri Lanka, Kandy Dist., Hantane, Thwaites CP1193 (PDA barcode PDA00006831!).
Distribution. – Sri Lanka.
Note. – See also Mabberley (1995a: 242).
description: Published as part of Holzmeyer, Laura, Hauenschild, Frank, Mabberley, David J. & Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N., 2021, Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species, pp. 1248-1272 in TAXON 70 (6) on page 1266, DOI: 10.1002/tax.12591, http://zenodo.org/record/14047415
Pseudocarapa crassa Mabb. 2021, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Holzmeyer, Laura
name: Hauenschild, Frank
name: Mabberley, David J.
name: Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Meliaceae
Pseudocarapa
Pseudocarapa crassa

description: 2. Pseudocarapa crassa (Mabb.) Mabb., comb. nov. ≡
Dysoxylum crassum Mabb. in Blumea 38: 305. 1994 – Holotype: Malaysia, Sarawak, Third Divn, Dapoi, Long Nyalau, Murthy & Ashton S22671 (FHO barcode 00125436L!).
Distribution. – Sarawak and Brunei, Borneo.
Note. – See also Mabberley (2007: 158).
description: Published as part of Holzmeyer, Laura, Hauenschild, Frank, Mabberley, David J. & Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N., 2021, Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species, pp. 1248-1272 in TAXON 70 (6) on page 1266, DOI: 10.1002/tax.12591, http://zenodo.org/record/14047415
An RNA biomarker for tobacco smoke toxicity
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Health risks associated with exposure to tobacco smoke, such as heart disease and emphysema, ultimately result from the cellular damage caused by the toxic compounds present in large quantities in the smoke. Tobacco smoke is known to contain over 5000 chemicals (10), most of which are listed as poisons and are known to promote diseases. Situations that are damaging to the cell induce the activation of a defense system called the "cell stress response" which prevents or repairs cellular damage (1,8,9,17). Previous investigations have shown that tobacco smoke rapidly induces this defense (8,9,17). Activation of the cell stress response would be one of the first signs of cellular pathology that precedes any irreversible cellular damage or clinical symptoms attributed to the use of tobacco products.

 In recent years, we have reported that cell stress dramatically increases the cellular production of a specialized class of biologically active molecules, called SINE RNA (5,6,7), which are involved in the regulation of protein synthesis (4). In stressed cells, the level of SINE RNA can increase in excess of 300 times its normal level (5,7). This rapid and vigorous response is an extremely sensitive indicator of cell stress and may potentially be used as a biomarker (diagnostic tool) to determine the threshold at which exposure to tobacco smoke causes harm to tissues. We propose to test this hypothesis by determining the sensitivity of the SINE RNA cellular defense response to tobacco smoke. This research focuses on the development of a highly sensitive and powerful biomarker (diagnostic tool) to assess the health risks of using tobacco products.
Scholarships: Appeals for Maintenance Funds, 1957-1958
Creators: name: Voorhees, Tracy S.
name: Raymond, Richard C.
name: Krout, John A.
name: Douglas, Lewis W.
name: Rusk, Dean
name: Thye, Edward
name: Holland, Kenneth
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1957

description: Letters to and from Tracy Voorhees looking for scholarships and funding for Hungarian Refugees.
Pseudocarapa dumosa Holzmeyer & Mabb. 2021, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Holzmeyer, Laura
name: Hauenschild, Frank
name: Mabberley, David J.
name: Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Meliaceae
Pseudocarapa
Pseudocarapa dumosa

description: 3. Pseudocarapa dumosa (King) Holzmeyer & Mabb., comb. nov.
≡ Dysoxylum dumosum King in J. Asiat. Soc.
Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64: 39. 1895 – Lectotype (designated by Mabberley in Kiew & al., Fl. Penins. Malaysia II, 4: 209. 2013): Peninsular Malaysia, Johor, G. Panti, Ridley 4194 (K barcode K001368876!).
Distribution. – Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia.
Note. – See also Mabberley (2013a: 209).
description: Published as part of Holzmeyer, Laura, Hauenschild, Frank, Mabberley, David J. & Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N., 2021, Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species, pp. 1248-1272 in TAXON 70 (6) on pages 1266-1267, DOI: 10.1002/tax.12591, http://zenodo.org/record/14047415
Effects of Nicotine on Brain Development
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Maternal cigarette smoking produces profound health effects including premature labor, low birth weight, stillbirth, and neonatal death. Postnatal growth and behavior also are affected. For example, several researchers have reported a possible association between hyperactivity in children and exposure to nicotine, due to maternal cigarette smoking. Despite all the public health warnings, some 25% of pregnant women still smoke. Many who agree to quit smoking are placed on nicotine replacement therapies such as the patch. Nicotine is well known as an important component of cigarette smoke and has been implicated in many of the adverse effects of smoking, on fetal development. A few animal studies support the notion that many effects of cigarette smoking on the brain are due to nicotine and/or its metabolite(s). Thus, chronic exposure to nicotine via the patch might be even more detrimental than smoking to some aspects of brain development. We use a relatively new imaging procedure called proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ('H-MRS), which can be performed safely on humans. With this technology, we have shown that chronic exposure to nicotine in rats (using a procedure similar to that of the patch) produces long-term effects on the brain. We propose to study this issue further.

 Although data clearly show that prenatal exposure to nicotine can be harmful, considerably less is known about the effects of nicotine on the brain during other developmental periods, particularly during puberty. The brain is still maturing rapidly during puberty and, most likely, remains vulnerable to the detrimental effects of nicotine during this period as well. We propose to extend our studies to determine if the "window" of vulnerability that exists during very early development extends into adolescence.
Methyl-DNA Binding Protein Regulation and Function
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Abnormal DNA methylation (that is an enzymatic modification of the building blocks of DNA) is found in many human cancers including lung and kidney cancers, both of which are much more frequently found in smokers than non-smokers. DNA methylation attracts specific methyl-DNA binding proteins which seem to act as a " molecular switch" to turn off the expression of genes. DNA methylation is one mechanism by which cancer cells switch off the expression of different tumor suppressor genes (genes that regulate growth and maturation in normal cells) thus allowing the cancer cells to escape normal growth control mechanisms. We have found that one of the main methyl-DNA binding proteins responsible for shutting off promoters of tumor suppressor genes, called PCM-1, interacts closely with an important signaling protein (G-kinase) which serves to carry signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus. It appears that G-kinase can inhibit the function of the methyl-DNA binding protein PCM-1. This is the first time that a methyl-DNA binding protein has been found to respond to signals other than those encoded in the methylated DNA. We hypothesize that the functions of PCM-1 which include binding to methylated DNA and preventing gene expression are inhibited by G-kinase and that this inhibition may allow us to reverse the effect of PCM-1 on certain tumor suppressor genes. We plan to study in detail the effect of G-kinase on PCM-1, both in the test tube and in intact cells. We will use kidney cancer cells in which a specific tumor suppressor gene is switched off by DNA methylation to examine the effect of G-kinase and PCM-1 on the expression of this gene. To test our hypothesis, we will lower the cellular content of PCM-1 and/or activate Gkinase to inhibit PCM-1 function in the cells and study the effect on expression of the tumor suppressor gene. Our work should lead to a better understanding of how methyl-DNA binding proteins lead to the silencing of tumor suppressor genes and how this effect may be reversible. Ultimately, this could lead to novel strategies for cancer therapy based on the re-activation of tumor suppressor genes.
Pseudocarapa inopinata Harms
Creators: name: Holzmeyer, Laura
name: Hauenschild, Frank
name: Mabberley, David J.
name: Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Meliaceae
Pseudocarapa
Pseudocarapa inopinata

description: 4. Pseudocarapa inopinata Harms in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 72: 160. 1942
≡ Dysoxylum inopinatum (Harms) Mabb. in Blumea 31: 131. 1985 – Lectotype (designated by Mabberley in Blumea 31: 131. 1985): Papua New Guinea, Ledermann 7792 (B barcode B 10 0272224!).
Distribution. – New Guinea.
Note. – See also Mabberley (1995b: 97).
description: Published as part of Holzmeyer, Laura, Hauenschild, Frank, Mabberley, David J. & Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N., 2021, Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species, pp. 1248-1272 in TAXON 70 (6) on page 1267, DOI: 10.1002/tax.12591, http://zenodo.org/record/14047415
Nicotinic modulation of dopamine release during development
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: More and more teenagers are using and becoming addicted to cigarettes everyday. Of the adult smokers today, 4 out of 5 claim to have started the habit before age 18. Among the teenage cigarette users, a larger number of females smoke than males. With the growing rate of pregnancies among teenage girls, the issue of the consequences of smoking on the developing child is becoming a topic of concern. Smoking during pregnancy is already known to cause adverse effects in the child later in life, such as hyperactivity and learning disorders. Nicotine is the compound in tobacco that is responsible for the addictive properties of cigarettes and is also believed to be responsible for some of the adverse effects of smoking on the child. Within the brain, nicotine acts on proteins known as nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These receptors are widely distributed within the brain, are there even before birth, and are located on numerous neurotransmitter systems. Nicotine, acting on its receptors, causes release of these neurotransmitters, one of which is dopamine. Nicotine induced dopamine release is what causes people to become addicted to cigarettes. Changes in the development of the dopamine system of the child as a result of exposure to nicotine prematurely (e.g. in the womb) is thought to be the cause of some of the negative outcomes of cigarette use during pregnancy. The purpose of the proposed study is to use a rat model to first determine if any differences exist in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors located on the dopamine brain cells of the pre-adolescent (before puberty) vs. the adult rat. Second, the ability of nicotine to regulate the release of dopamine will be evaluated in the preadolescent and adult brains to determine if the regulation of dopamine release by nicotine is similar in the younger vs. the older animals. The ability of nicotine to regulate the release of dopamine will be studied separately in male and female rats to determine if sex differences exist in the actions of nicotine. Finally, pregnant rats will be treated with nicotine throughout pregnancy and the changes in the nicotine's ability to regulate the release of dopamine will be examined in the pups. The results should provide information about whether there are age and/or sex differences in the nicotine's regulation of dopamine release in the younger brain, which may underlie the early start of cigarette use by teenagers and the higher prevalence of smoking among females. Answers may also be revealed about some of the underlying causes of the negative effects of nicotine exposure during pregnancy.
Orthopristis Girard 1858
Creators: name: Ebersole, Jun A.
name: Cicimurri, David J.
name: Stringer, Gary L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Haemulidae
Orthopristis

description: Genus Orthopristis Girard, 1858
Type species
Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858, Recent.
description: Published as part of Ebersole, Jun A., Cicimurri, David J. & Stringer, Gary L., 2019, Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, pp. 1-274 in European Journal of Taxonomy 585 on page 209, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.585, http://zenodo.org/record/3660259
Parental and Movie Influences on Adolescent Smoking Behavior
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Background: There is evidence that suggests movies, as well as tobacco advertising and promotion, influence adolescents to smoke. The question yet to be answered is how parents might be able to counteract these influences. These influences may on adolescent smoking may vary by race/ethnicity, education and adolescent age.

 Objectives: This project will identify parental influences that may counteract tobacco advertising and promotion and the effects of smoking in the movies on adolescent smoking over time.

 Methods: The proposed research project will analyze data from a large longitudinal prospective populationbased telephone survey. The study will measure these influences over a three-year period in youth age 12-15 years at baseline to age 15-18 years at follow-up, by which time many will have started smoking. The sample will be representative of the California population. More than 2,000 records of adolescent and parent responses will be analyzed to lead to the development of future tobacco control interventions.

 Research Experience and Environment: As a doctoral student of public health, the applicant has researched parental influences and effects of the portrayal of smoking in movies on adolescent smoking for the previous three years, and had direct input into questionnaires and data collection. The applicant will perform this dissertation research with mentoring from a leader in tobacco control research and a productive team of experts in tobacco research surveys, analysis of population survey data, statistics, epidemiology, psychology and psychometrics, health economics, and health policy, at a university known for research excellence.

 Summary: This project addresses two areas that tobacco control programs can use to counteract tobacco industry influences on adolescents to smoke: parental influences and movie influences. Findings will support new strategies to reduce adolescent smoking that involve parents and smoking in movies.
State spaces of multifactor approximations of nonnegative Volterra processes
Creators: name: Abi Jaber, Eduardo
name: Bayer, Christian
name: Breneis, Simon
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Stochastic Volterra equations
subject: Markovian approcimations
subject: rough Heston model
subject: viability and invariance
subject: simulation
subject: PDEs
subject: 60H20
subject: 91-10
subject: 91-08

description: We show that the state spaces of multifactor Markovian processes, coming from approximations of nonnegative Volterra processes, are given by explicit linear transformation of the nonnegative orthant. We demonstrate the usefulness of this result for applications, including simulation schemes and PDE methods for nonnegative Volterra processes.
Tobacco, Bacteria-Binding and Ca Signaling in Lung Epithelia
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The lung airways use various defense mechanisms to prevent bacterial infections, including the beating of cilia to move mucus upwards toward the mouth (mucociliary escalator), maintenance of intact cell membranes and intercellular junctions to prevent bacterial entry, and secretion of antibacterial factors. Alteration of any of these critical factors allows binding of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) and other airway bacteria to airway cells. The bacterial binding causes the airway cells to release factors (interleukins, particularly interleukin-8, IL-8) into the blood stream to signal immune cells to leave the blood stream and invade the airways to fight the bacteria. The bacteria in turn can kill the epithelial cells and the PMN's, which kill bacteria by releasing a variety of antibacterial agents and, in the process, also kill some epithelial cells. This inflammatory response damages the airways, and if left unchecked can lead to destruction of lung tissue, emphysema and cancer. In addition to generating lung damage on its own, smoking also alters the lung's defense mechanisms, which then leads to the bacterial binding-epithelial cell signaling-PMN invasion sequence described above. The first goal of this project is to determine the effects of tobacco extracts on the location and function of Pa-binding proteins in airway epithelia. A biochemical approach will be used to identify the Pa-binding protein(s), and antibodies will then be generated and used to determine the position of these critical Pa-binding proteins in the airways. This set of experiments will allow us to determine where the critical Pa-binding proteins are located in the airway cells, and to determine whether smoking increases availability of these sites for Pa-binding. A second set of experiments will determine the effects of tobacco extracts on Pa-induced epithelial calcium signaling and IL-8 secretion. Imaging methods involving the use of a microscope, camera and computer allow us to measure the concentrations of calcium, a critical signaling ion in airway cells. We will determine the effects of Pa and smoking on cell calcium concentration, which is likely a key early event involved in the release of the PMN-attracting molecule IL-8, which will also be measured using a biochemical method. Increases in cell calcium are likely also involved in the events preceding killing of the epithelial cells. These experiments will determine the role of smoking in the initial stages of bacterial infection, epithelial cell killing and PMN-induced inflammation. These experiments will yield information relevant to the earliest stages of emphysema and cancer.
Pseudocarapa yunzaingensis Mabb. 2021, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Holzmeyer, Laura
name: Hauenschild, Frank
name: Mabberley, David J.
name: Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Meliaceae
Pseudocarapa
Pseudocarapa yunzaingensis

description: 5. Pseudocarapa yunzaingensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Mabb., comb. nov.
≡ Dysoxylum yunzaingense Merr. & L.M.Perry in J. Arnold Arbor. 21: 303. 1940 – Holotype: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Dist., Yunzain, Clemens 3966 (A barcode 00044803!).
Distribution. – Papua New Guinea.
Note. – See also Mabberley (1995b: 96).
description: Published as part of Holzmeyer, Laura, Hauenschild, Frank, Mabberley, David J. & Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N., 2021, Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species, pp. 1248-1272 in TAXON 70 (6) on page 1267, DOI: 10.1002/tax.12591, http://zenodo.org/record/14047415
Orthopristis burlesonis Frizzell & Dante 1965
Creators: name: Ebersole, Jun A.
name: Cicimurri, David J.
name: Stringer, Gary L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Haemulidae
Orthopristis
Orthopristis burlesonis

description: Orthopristis burlesonis Frizzell & Dante, 1965
Fig. 71 G–H
Allomorone burlesonis sp. nov. Dante & Frizzell in Frizzell & Dante, 1965: 703, pl. 87, figs 5, 10, 15.
Orthopristis burlesonensis – Nolf 2013: 102, pl. 252.
Material examined
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Alabama • 54 otoliths; GLS otolith comparative collection (44 specimens), GSA 157.1, GSA 157.2, GSA 157.3, GSA 157.4, GSA 157.5, GSA 157.6, GSA 157.7, GSA 157.8, MSC 39060, WSU CC 471.1.
Description
Sagittae small to medium-sized (up to 4 mm), elliptical in shape. Dorsal margin very broadly and unevenly arched, small posterodorsal dome. Posterior margin slightly obliquely truncated or slightly incurved. Ventral margin smooth, very broadly and unevenly curved.Anterior margin has fairly prominent rostrum with excisura. Inner face strongly convex, with well-defined heterosulcoid-type sulcus covering at least 75% of length of otolith. Ostium moderately narrow, subquadrate shape, shorter than cauda. Cauda very narrow (about one-half or less than width of ostium). Cauda longer than ostium, has parallel sides, posterior portion bent sharply downward. Crista superior raised along horizontal portion of the sulcus; crista inferior is weakly developed. Shallow area extends along crista superior and upward flexure of ostium. Outer face somewhat concave, generally with irregular surface.
Remarks
This species is known to occur within the middle Eocene Weches and Cook Mountain formations at several localities in Texas, and it has also been reported from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi (Frizzell & Dante 1965; Nolf 2013). The type material of this species was collected from the Lisbon Formation at site AMo- 4 in Monroe County, Alabama, where it was reported as common by Frizzell & Dante (1965).
Stratigraphic and geographic range in Alabama
Orthopristis burlesonis specimens were recovered from the “upper” Lisbon Formation at site ACh-8 and the Gosport Sand at site ACl-4. Bartonian, zones NP16 and NP17.
description: Published as part of Ebersole, Jun A., Cicimurri, David J. & Stringer, Gary L., 2019, Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, pp. 1-274 in European Journal of Taxonomy 585 on pages 209-210, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.585, http://zenodo.org/record/3660259
California pharm-assists for smoking cessation
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: If California’s 21,079 licensed pharmacists are willing and able to take an active role in helping their patients quit smoking, it can have a tremendous public health impact. Research studies consistently show that pharmacists are effective in helping patients to quit smoking. However, pharmacists can provide counseling more often than they do. In this project, we seek to determine whether equipping California pharmacists with specialized skills for smoking cessation counseling will lead to higher counseling rates and improved quality and effectiveness of the counseling sessions.

 In this pilot project, we will lay the groundwork necessary to launch a pharmacy-based tobacco control campaign: “California Pharm-Assists for Smoking Cessation.” The main goal of the project is to recruit, train, and motivate California pharmacists to help their patients quit smoking. These goals will be achieved through a collaborative effort of SRI International, representatives from state and local pharmacy associations and health organizations, the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy, and California pharmacists.

 The aims of the pilot project are:

 Aim 1. To develop a partnership between tobacco researchers and the pharmacy community.

 Aim 2. To develop a Project Advisory Board, composed of representatives from pharmacy associations and health organizations, to lend support, direction, and strength to the proposed effort.

 Aim 3. To develop a detailed, feasible plan for evaluating the effects of a smoking cessation counseling education effort for pharmacists.

 Aim 4. To refine our study questions, test our recruitment strategies and training methods among 30-40 pharmacists in the South San Francisco Bay Area, and develop ways to evaluate the effects of the pharmacist smoking cessation training programs.

 During this pilot study, we will develop and strengthen partnerships between the pharmacy community and tobacco researchers and test our research plan, in anticipation of submitting a proposal for a larger study in January 2000. In the larger study, we propose to implement and evaluate the effects of pharmacists’ training in one rural and one urban California community. If the training program is effective (i.e., if the programs are well accepted by pharmacists and if we see increases in the frequency and quality of smoking cessation counseling by pharmacists), we will propose to implement the program in other counties across the State. We believe that by combining the efforts of tobacco researchers and pharmacy representatives, we will increase the rate at which both the public and pharmacists come to envision members of the pharmacy profession as active tobacco control advocates.
Haemulon Cuvier 1829
Creators: name: Ebersole, Jun A.
name: Cicimurri, David J.
name: Stringer, Gary L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Haemulidae
Haemulon

description: Genus Haemulon Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Haemulon elegans Cuvier, 1829, Recent.
description: Published as part of Ebersole, Jun A., Cicimurri, David J. & Stringer, Gary L., 2019, Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, pp. 1-274 in European Journal of Taxonomy 585 on page 210, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.585, http://zenodo.org/record/3660259
Haemulon? obliquus Cuvier 1829
Creators: name: Ebersole, Jun A.
name: Cicimurri, David J.
name: Stringer, Gary L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Haemulidae

description: Haemulon? obliquus (Müller, 1999)
Fig. 71 I–J
“genus aff. Xenistius ” obliquus Müller, 1999: 145, pl. 30, figs 24–25.
“genus Haemulidarum ” obliquus – Nolf & Stringer 2003: 6, pl. 6, figs 1a–2.
Material examined
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Alabama • 9 otoliths; GLS otolith comparative collection (5 specimens), MSC 39062, WSU CC 470.1, WSU CC 470.2, WSU CC 472.1.
Description
Sagitta generally oval in outline. Margins of smaller specimens sinuate and lobed, slightly lobed on larger specimens. Dorsal margin mainly evenly rounded, no domes, generally more sculptured. Anterior margin usually somewhat tapered, rounded.Posterior margin straighter, not as rounded as anterior margin. Ventral margin more deeply rounded than dorsal margin. Inner face only slightly convex, characterized by distinct sulcus (heterosulcoid-type). Length of ostium less than half the length of cauda; ostium twice the width of cauda. Ventral margin of ostium makes distinct nearly 90-degree upturn at junction with cauda. Dorsal margin makes similar downturn at caudal junction, but angle is less. Dorsal and ventral margins of cauda essentially parallel except for small downturned portion. Downturned portion distinct, short. End of cauda rounded, almost reaches posterior margin. Depressed area somewhat oval, elongated above cauda. Outer face slightly concave.
Remarks
Both Nolf (1985) and Müller (1999) referred this species to the genus Xenistius. However, as noted by Nolf & Stringer (2003), the sagittae of H.? obliquus do not compare well to the elongated sagittae of extant Xenistius. As the generic placement is not certain, the morphology is referred to Haemulon, the type genus of the Haemulidae, followed by a question mark as recommended by Janssen (2012).
Stratigraphic and geographic range in Alabama
This species is found in the “upper” Lisbon Formation at site ACh-8. Bartonian, zones NP16 and NP17.
description: Published as part of Ebersole, Jun A., Cicimurri, David J. & Stringer, Gary L., 2019, Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, pp. 1-274 in European Journal of Taxonomy 585 on pages 210-211, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.585, http://zenodo.org/record/3660259
Lepidostoma pennicularium Mey & Malicky 2021, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Mey, Wolfram
name: Malicky, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Lepidostomatidae
Lepidostoma
Lepidostoma pennicularium

description: Lepidostoma pennicularium spec. nov.
(Figs 5A–5E)
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 771E48AA-B0E8-4F17-900C-8885AF40696B
Holotype ♂ and paratype ♀ (pinned), Myanmar, Kachin, Kanphant, Mount Inwa Bum, 2361 m, 26°23’12.7”N 98°39’36.6”E, 5.x.2010, leg. S. Naumann, ♂ genitalia in glycerine vial (MfN).
Etymology. The specific name is an adjective derived from the Latin feminine noun penna, “broom” or “feather,” referring to the broom-like arrangement of bristles on the inferior appendages of the male genitalia.
Diagnosis. The species is similar to L. horridum Schmid 1959 described from northern Yunnan, China, but differs by having male segment X without a dorsal process and with two ventral processes, without prongs, curved dorsad. The parameres are asymmetrical and criss-crossed apically. The scapes and maxillary palpi are of slightly different form. In the forewings, the central part is covered by a fold, being an expansion from the anal groove that extends above the media and reaches the discoidal cell.
Description. Length of each forewing 10 mm (♂) or 11 mm (♀). Head with vertex concave, grey-brown; setal warts with long bristles and short androconial hairs; frons depressed, yellow-brown. Scapes long (Fig. 5D), each having two long, basodorsal processes, separated by round notch, apex claviform, bearing two lateral brushes of long, brown hairs; flagellomeres yellow, with darker articulations. Maxillary palpi closely appressed to broad cavity of frons; labial palpi long, slender, yellow-brown. Thorax dark brown dorsally, legs yellow-brown. Male forewings brown, each with short costal fold at base and large overlapping fold originating from anal groove, covering media, and reaching discoidal cell anteriorly (Fig. 5E); female forewings brown, each with bundle of erect hairs on middle of Cu 2 and at arculus.
6A–6E, Lepidostoma indivisum spec. nov., scale = 0.5 mm: 6A, male genitalia, left lateral; 6B, male genitalia, ventral; 6C, male genitalia, dorsal; 6D, head, left lateral; 6E, right forewing venation, dorsal.
Male genitalia (Figs 5A–5C). Dorsomesal process of segment IX absent, lateral processes long, apically rounded, sinuous in dorsal view, diverging apically; ventral processes acute. Inferior appendages each with first article long, slender, bearing elongate, subapical brush of hairs on ventral side, basodorsal process slender; second article slightly split at apex. Phallic apparatus with aedeagus strongly recurved near base, parameres asymmetrical, apical portions criss-crossed and curved in different directions.
description: Published as part of Mey, Wolfram & Malicky, Hans, 2021, Caddisflies from Myanmar: New records and descriptions of new species (Insecta, Trichoptera), pp. 533-565 in Zootaxa 5060 (4) on pages 539-541, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5637984