cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ternatus siculus Sun, Li & Tu, 2012, new species
Creators: name: Sun, Ning
name: Li, Bin
name: Tu, Lihong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Ternatus
Ternatus siculus

description: Ternatus siculus new species
Figs. 2, 4, 5 D–F, 8E–H, 9, 10
Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin word sicilis (“sickle”), in reference to the “falciform” prolateral tibial apophysis characteristic of this species.
Types. Male holotype: Zhangjiajie natural Reserve, Hunan Province, China, N29.34719° E110.43433°, Alt. 938m, Coll. Yurong Qu, 22 Oct. 2007. Paratypes: 2 males, 4 females, same data as holotype.
Diagnosis. See diagnosis for T. malleatus.
Description.
Male (holotype): Total length 2.51. Carapace 1.25 long, 0.79 wide. Abdomen 1.46 long, 0.83 wide. Chelicera with five promarginal and five retromarginal teeth (Fig. 4 H). Length of legs: I 4.57 (1.30 + 1.50 + 1.18 + 0.59); II 4.28 (1.30 + 1.28 + 1.01 + 0.69); III 3.51 (1.09 +1.02 + 0.82 + 0.58); IV 4.16 (1.39 + 1.36 + 0.97 + 0.44).
Female (paratype): Total length 2.16. Carapace 0.95 long, 0.85 wide. Abdomen 1.52 long, 1.28 wide. Length of legs: I 4.62 (1.34 + 1.45 + 1.04 + 0.79); II 4.51 (1.37 + 1.32 + 1.06 + 0.76); III 3.61 (1.15 +1.10 + 0.77 + 0.59); IV 4.80 (1.53 + 1.55 + 1.05 + 0.67). Tm I: 0.27. Tm IV absent.
For other somatic and genital characters see description for the genus.
Variation.
Males (n = 3). Total length 2.39–2.63. Carapace 1.02–1.29 long, 0.69–0.88 wide. Abdomen 1.21–1.62 long, 0.79–0.93 wide.
Females (n = 4). Total length 2.12–2.32. Carapace 0.93–0.99 long, 0.83–0.91 wide. Abdomen 1.49–1.58 long, 1.26–1.33 wide.
Distribution. China (Hunan) (see map in Fig. 16).
description: Published as part of Sun, Ning, Li, Bin & Tu, Lihong, 2012, Te rn atu s, a new spider genus from China with a cladistic analysis and comments on its phylogenetic placement (Araneae: Linyphiidae), pp. 28-54 in Zootaxa 3358 on pages 47-48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212330
Hydrologic sensitivity of a critical Turkish watershed to inform water resource management in an altered climate
Creators: name: Cevahir, Furkan Yunus Emre
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Watershed management--Climatic factors
Hydrology--Turkey--Kizil River
Turkey--Kizil River
Hydrology

description: Anatolian lands, which form most of Turkey, with their fertile topsoil and abundant water resources, are critical for sustaining the food, energy, and water needs of about 80 million. The Kızılırmak River basin is a critical watershed in Anatolia that is particularly vulnerable to global warming, given that its headwaters are dominated by snowmelt. Quantifying the climate sensitivity of the streamflow of the upper watershed is important for understanding the annual and seasonal availability of water to the basin. As an alternative to Global Climate Model (GCM)-driven projections, we used a sensitivity-based approach to focus on the quantification of the vulnerability of the water supply to the potential range of future climatic changes that are possible in this region. Sensitivity analysis can provide water managers insight into the potential risks of climate change, allowing them to choose the most appropriate adaptive actions. In this study, the sensitivity of the Upper Kızılırmak basin to climate change was investigated by using the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) macroscale hydrologic model. Because GCMs for the region consistently project increasing temperature and decreases in precipitation, precipitation was perturbed by multiplying the precipitation by 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, and 110%; the temperature was perturbed by increasing the temperature by 0.5, 1, and 1.5°C. The sensitivity of the basin to streamflow under each of these perturbed or "reference" climates was quantified. We show that streamflow sensitivity to temperature is negative for all warming scenarios (although this sensitivity reveals a non-monotonic response to the reference climates, with sensitivity becoming more strongly negative after 0.5°C of warming). Precipitation sensitivity increases nonlinearly as precipitation is decreased in the reference climates. These results suggest that there will be heightened difficulty in managing water resources in the region due to the following setbacks: 1) water availability will shift away from the summer season of peak water demand due to the warming effects on the snowpack, 2) annual water availability will likely decrease due to a combination of warming and lower precipitation, and 3) streamflow sensitivity to hydroclimatic variability will increase, meaning that water managers will likely need to plan for a system that is more sensitive to weather variations. Additional research is needed to develop climate change adaptation strategies that consider all of these changes.
Atkinsoniella Distant
Creators: name: Meng, Ze-Hong
name: Yang, Mao-Fa
name: Ni, Jun-Qiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Atkinsoniella

description: Atkinsoniella Distant
Atkinsoniella Distant, 1908: 235
Soibanga Distant, 1908: 236
Type species: Atkinsoniella decisa Distant, 1908 (by original designation).
Diagnosis. Head with anterior margin varying from rounded to broadly rounded; without carina at transition from crown to face; ocelli located on or behind imaginary line between anterior eye angles; frontogenal suture extending onto crown or not; frons convex or flattened medially, epistomal suture distinct or obscure medially. Pronotal width varying interspecifically compared to head width, lateral margin convergent anteriorly and posterior margin shallowly concave medially, disk with or without sculpturing; mesonotum with scutellum usually convex, scutellum with or without sculpture. Forewing usually with four apical cells, base of second cell more proximal than base of third, or aligned transversely. Hindleg with femoral setal formula 2:1:1 or 2:1:1:1. Male pygofer produced posteriorly, posterior margin broadly convex, or narrowed, or truncate, with long or short macrosetae on median or posterior portion; pygofer process extending posterodorsally as far as or farther than pygofer apex. Subgenital plate broad, usually dorsally curved along apical half, with uniseriate or multiseriate macrosetae and microsetae on ventral surface. Aedeagus usually with broad base articulating with paraphyses, extending posterodorsad. Paraphyses articulating basally with connective, curved abruptly dorsad apically and usually with second articulation for aedeagus. Connective broad, extending posteriorly at least as far as midlength of style but not extending to style apex. Style without preapical lobe. Female abdominal sternite VII usually slightly produced, usually with posterior margin slightly concave and forming lobes; lateral margins parallel or convergent posteriorly. Pygofer with posterior rounded or subacute apically; surface with macrosetae on posterior portion and ventral margin. Second valvulae usually variable interspecifically, apex varying from acute to rounded, with few teeth on dorsal margin, each with numerous denticles.
description: Published as part of Meng, Ze-Hong, Yang, Mao-Fa & Ni, Jun-Qiang, 2010, Three new species of Atkinsoniella from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini), pp. 41-51 in Zootaxa 2654 on pages 41-42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198903
NetNet, a tool for simplifying the workflow of analyzing social networks with textual content
Creators: name: Hao, Jun
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Online social networks
Text data mining

description: Today's online social networks produce a significant amount of data that contain rich information. A key challenge is to analyze and make sense of the data. In many application scenarios, this requires analyzing both network topology information and textual content contained in the network. However, existing network analysis tools usually focus on one of these aspects, instead of providing end-to-end solutions for this particular research scenario. Therefore, users often need to utilize several different frameworks/tools with a complex workflow. In this thesis, we present NetNet, a social network analysis tool that is specifically designed to simplify the workflow of analyzing social networks containing both complicated network structure and massive textual information. In NetNet, we model social networks as interconnected user nodes with text nodes associated with them and leverage network analysis and text mining algorithms to seamlessly perform both tasks. In addition, our design utilizes web technologies to bundle the complicated workflow of data importing, network analysis, text analysis, and result delivery with a simple and efficient user interface. We evaluate the performance of our design with multiple sets of experiments on five datasets. The result shows that our design is practically efficient and scalable. We also perform a case study with NetNet to demonstrate how the workflow of analyzing social networks with textual contents is simplified.
Schoengastiella (Schoengastiella) combesi
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Walchiidae
Schoengastiella
Schoengastiella combesi

description: Schoengastiella (Schoengastiella) combesi (Taufflieb, 1964):
AFR
Gahrliepia (Schoengastiella) combesi Taufflieb, 1964; Taufflieb et al. 1967
Schoengastiella combesi, Stekolnikov 2018b
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Bellardithala Harzhauser & Landau 2021
Creators: name: Sacchetti, Claudia
name: Landau, Bernard
name: Ávila, Sérgio P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Costellariidae
Bellardithala

description: Genus Bellardithala Harzhauser & Landau, 2021
Type species. Voluta obsoleta Brocchi, 1814 (Harzhauser & Landau 2021: 14), by original designation. Pliocene, Italy.
description: Published as part of Sacchetti, Claudia, Landau, Bernard & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2023, The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications, pp. 1-150 in Zootaxa 5295 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7965273
title: Epizootiology of coccidia in organic poultry
title: Management, risks, and future research
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Cornell, Kevin A.
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Poultry--Parasites
Coccidia

description: Coccidia (Eimeria spp.) is a protozoan intestinal parasite that causes coccidiosis in chickens and is an enormous burden to the poultry industry. However, it is unknown if Eimeria has a large impact on organic free range poultry. Traditionally, conventional growers are required to have strict biosecurity standards, such as physical barriers from the outside environment, standardized vaccinations, and have access to antibiotics and chemical treatments. In recent years, growers have increasingly been switching over to organic, free range, and pastured practices to match a growing demand for more ethical and higher quality products. USDA organic standards require that poultry have access to the outdoors and restrict the use of antibiotics and anticoccidials. Small organic growers may not have financial access to costly vaccinations. Additionally, many smaller organic growers raise flocks completely outdoors. Flocks reared in free range and pastured conditions can be thought of as integrated into the greater agroecology, creating unique and unknown risks to coccidia transmission, host susceptibility, morbidity and production loss. To address this, we surveyed 30 free range, pastured, and organic farms to understand how management practices, ecological factors, and parasite abundance may contribute to disease risk. Farms that were either certified organic or used organic methods (i.e. no chemicals and antibiotics) and provided complete outdoor access were chosen: commercial organic, free range, pasture raised, and backyard flocks. Gastrointestinal parasite oocysts/eggs and pathogens were quantified in 1040 individual fecal samples across 77 flocks. Eimeria spp. was detected in 97.4% of flocks sampled, with a prevalence of 62.8% of all individuals, and a mean intensity of 210.04 ± 37.05 (SE) oocysts per gram. We used negative binomial generalized linear mixed models and univariate AICc comparison to determine parameters that affected Eimeria abundance within a flock. Layers contained an average of 1.3 more oocysts per gram than broilers. Age was negatively associated with average Eimeria oocysts per gram. Capillaria spp. and tapeworms were positively and negatively associated with Eimeria spp., respectively. We found no evidence that spatial management, flock demographics, soil organic matter and water retention, and other coinfectious parasites affected the abundance of Eimeria within flocks.
Immediate feedback in a morphology software application for English vocabulary learning
Creators: name: Mohamed, Adnan F. Saad
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2017
Subjects: English language--Computer-assisted instruction for foreign speakers
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Vocabulary--Study and teaching

description: Vocabulary learning is a major challenge facing English language learners. This study investigated whether there is a relationship between Arabic students’ perceptions of the immediate feedback and the application, their use of a morphology online application, and their vocabulary learning. A convenience sample of 6 Arabic students learning English as a second language in a language center in the U.S. participated in this small-scale exploratory study by using an online morphology app and completing three vocabulary tests (i.e., pretest, posttest, one-week delayed posttest). To explore the topic in depth, the participants’ use of the app was recorded by screencast and they were interviewed afterward about their use and perceptions. Results of the repeated measures ANOVA showed that there was a statistically significant improvement in students’ vocabulary learning across the vocabulary tests. The posttest scores and one-week delayed posttest scores were significantly greater than the vocabulary pretest scores. The screencasts showed that the students who spent more time reading the immediate feedback had the highest scores. The interview results indicated that Arabic students perceived the use of immediate feedback in a morphology software application as useful for their English vocabulary learning.
Brongniartia
Creators: name: Dorado, Óscar
name: Cruz-Durán, Ramiro
name: García, Rubí Bustamante
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Fabaceae
Brongniartia

description: Key for identification of this group of species of the Podalydioides group of Brongniartia.
1. Branches and foliage glabrous or hirtelous with whitish hairs; southeastern Estado de Mexico .................................... B. funiculata
- Branches and foliage hirtelous with whitish or brownish hairs or rarely glabrous; northern and central Guerrero. .........................2
2. Multi-stemmed shrub, several branched from the base; stipules (1.5–) 3–5 mm wide; leaflets 6–12(–16) × (3–) 4–8 mm; southern face of the Neovolcanic Transversal Belt in the vicinity of Taxco, Guerrero .................................................................. B. abbottiae
- Single-stemmed shrub, normally with only a single main branch; stipules (3–)4–10(–18) mm wide; leaflet 11–30(–43) × 4–13(–15) mm; Sierra Madre del Sur in the vicinity of Chilpancingo and Eastern ward ...................................................................................3
3. Petals yellowish white; standard 9.9–11.6 × 11.7–14.4 mm; wing petals 8.4–11 × 4.2–4.9 mm; keel petals 1.02–1.6 cm ................ ........................................................................................................................................................................................... B. alvarezii
- Petals pink or pale pink, to salmon (in older herbarium flowers); standard 6.3–6.9 × 8.5–11.1 mm; wing petals 7.1–7.6 × 3.4–3.9 mm; keel petals 0.73–0.77 cm .......................................................................................................................................... B. variabilis
description: Published as part of Dorado, Óscar, Cruz-Durán, Ramiro & García, Rubí Bustamante, 2022, Two new closely related species of Brongniartia (Fabaceae, Faboideae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero, México, pp. 1-10 in Phytotaxa 544 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.544.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6501327
TOKDOSHLAR OILASINING TURKUM VA TURLARI. TARQALISHI VA AHAMIYATI
Creators: name: Soyibjonova, Dilorom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Mazkur maqola Tokdoshlar oilasining turkum va turlari, ularning tarqalishi va ekologik hamda iqtisodiy ahamiyatini o'rganadi. Tokdoshlar (Vitaceae) oila a'zolari asosan tropik va subtropik mintaqalarda keng tarqalgan bo'lib, ularning eng mashhur vakili — uzum (Vitis vinifera) bo'lib, oziq-ovqat, sharob ishlab chiqarish, farmatsevtika va kosmetika sanoatida keng qo'llaniladi. Ushbu oilaning turkumlariga Vitis vinifera, Vitis labrusca, Vitis rotundifolia va Vitis amurensis kabi turlar kiradi.
Schoengastiella (Schoengastiella) confuciana
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Walchiidae
Schoengastiella
Schoengastiella confuciana

description: Schoengastiella (Schoengastiella) confuciana (Wang, 1964):
PAL
Gahrliepia (Schoengastiella) confuciana Wang, 1964
Schoengastiella (Schoengastiella) confuciana, Vercammen-Grandjean 1968c [bengalensis group]
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
ANʼANAVIY IJROCHILIK USLUBLARINI ZAMONAVIY TALQIN QILISH MASALALARI
Creators: name: Esanova Xurshida O'ralbek qizi
Publisher: name: Academic Scientific Research Group
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada o‘tmish bastakorlari o‘zbek mumtoz musiqasining maqom va maqom yo‘llariga xos musiqiy namunalarni yaratib, doimo musiqa merosini, yangi-yangi kuy va ashulalar bilan to‘ldirib, boyitib kelganliklari, har bir davrda, o‘z zamonasini kuylagan, jozibali go‘zal kuy- ashulalar dunyoga kelgani, ularni ijro etgan xonanda-yu sozandalar ham mashxur bo‘lganlari, hamda an’anaviy ijrochilik uslublarini zamonaviy talqin qilish masalari haqida fikr yuritiladi.
Imbricariinae Troschel 1867
Creators: name: Sacchetti, Claudia
name: Landau, Bernard
name: Ávila, Sérgio P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Mitridae

description: Subfamily Imbricariinae Troschel, 1867
Discussion. The presence of mitrid gastropods in the assemblages of Santa Maria was already recognised by Bronn in Reiss (1862) who erected the species Mitra volvaria for a specimen from Pinheiros and also recorded M. aperta Bellardi, 1850 from the same locality. Mayer (1864), refigured the specimen of M. volvaria, considered M. aperta from Santa Maria a new species erecting the name M. hoernesi Mayer, 1864, and described a third species, endemic to Santa Maria, M. peregrinula Mayer, 1864. The mitrid material collected since then is extremely poor, and all determinations below are speculative.
As discussed by Landau et al. (2019:193), placing European Neogene mitrid species into genera is almost impossible after the molecular phylogenetic work of Fedosov et al. (2018). Those authors showed that the three extant Mediterranean species fell into two separate clades that were indistinguishable based on shell characters. Mitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758) and M. zonata Marryat, 1818 they placed in Episcomitra, and M. cornea Lamarck, 1811 in Isara H. Adams & A. Adams (1853) (Fuscomitra Pallary, 1900 is a synonym).
Genus Cancilla Swainson, 1840
Type species. Mitra isabella Swainson, 1831 (Swainson 1840: 320), by subsequent designation (Herrmannsen, 1846). Present-day, Indo-Pacific.
description: Published as part of Sacchetti, Claudia, Landau, Bernard & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2023, The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications, pp. 1-150 in Zootaxa 5295 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7965273
Investigating the role of retinoic acid (RA) in the non-human primate testis
Creators: name: Thalhofer, Angel Brooke
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Spermatogenesis in animals--Regulation
Tretinoin

description: Retinoic Acid (RA) is essential for germ cell development in the rodent testis. In the absence of RA, germ cell development is halted. RA triggers undifferentiated A spermatogonia to transition into differentiating A1 spermatogonia, which is commonly referred to as the A to A1 transition. This transition is marked by the co-expression of STRA8 and KIT (both RA responsive markers) and by the expression of retinoic acid receptor gamma (RARG) directly prior to this transition, but loss of expression of this receptor shortly after the transition occurs. Whether or not an equivalent of this transition exists in the primate testis and/or whether RA is involved is unknown. We attempted to stain non-human primate testis with the mouse STRA8 antibody, but no staining occurred. Next, we produced a rabbit polyclonal antibody against the full-length recombinant primate STRA8 (pSTRA8) protein. Using immunohistochemistry, we stained non-human primate testis with pSTRA8. Our preliminary data suggests that a subpopulation of primate spermatogonia and primary spermatocytes may be RA responsive as they express pSTRA8 in specific stages along the length of the seminiferous tubules. Specifically, Stage VII-IX contains a ring of pSTRA8 immuno-positive primary spermatocytes along the outside of the tubule, which are the stages where entry into meiosis occurs. Additionally, we performed an organotypic culture of fresh non-human primate explant tissue and treated with DMSO (vehicle control), BDAD (inhibitor of RA synthesis) only, and either BDAD + all-trans RA or BDAD + 13cis RA. The inhibition of RA synthesis or the addition of RA in culture with non-human primate testis tissue altered the RA degrading enzyme, Cyp26a1, expression suggesting the cells in the non-human primate testis are responding appropriately to the treatment. However, more work needs to be done to measure Stra8 expression. The expression of pSTRA8 in a subpopulation of primate spermatogonia and in primary spermatocytes implies that RA may play a role in primate spermatogonial differentiation, as in the rodent testis involving a similar A to A1 transition, as well as entry into meiosis. This data aids in our investigation of the role of RA in spermatogonial differentiation in the non-human primate testis.
Isara H. Adams
Creators: name: Sacchetti, Claudia
name: Landau, Bernard
name: Ávila, Sérgio P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Mitridae
Isara

description: Genus Isara H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species. Mitra bulimoides Reeve, 1845 [= M. glabra Swainson, 1821] (H. Adams & A. Adams 1853: 171), by subsequent designation (Cossmann, 1899). Present-day, Indo-West Pacific.
description: Published as part of Sacchetti, Claudia, Landau, Bernard & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2023, The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications, pp. 1-150 in Zootaxa 5295 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7965273
title: The year of the rat
title: Improving the utility of the rat as a biomedical model organism through genome and phenome analyses
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Zinski, Amy Lynn
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Rats--Genome mapping
Rats--Genetics

description: Interest in genome sequencing exploded after the first DNA sequencings and the launch of the Human Genome Project (HGP) in 1990. It was realized that specific genes and mutations have potential causal relationships with phenotypes and diseases. Thus one year after the HGP was completed (2004), the first rat genome was sequenced, as knowing the genome of a thoroughly researched model organism would hasten new discoveries in genomics such as linkage disequilibriums, population structures, gene discovery, and genome to phenome studies. Sequencing technology and platforms, have produced increasingly greater sequencing depth and accurate reads, leading to significant advancement in the rat genome assembly over the last 20 years. This has led to the discovery of genome variants in rats, which have been widely used to detect quantitative trait loci underlying complex phenotypes based on gene, haplotype, and sweep association analyses. Studies using DNA variants can also yield important information about strain, chromosome and gene functional evolutions. Phenome programs have advanced in parallel resulting in over 10 databases containing genome and/or phenome information. To discover bridges between genomes and phenomes, new approaches in systems genetics and integrative genomics have been developed. Our genome sequencing study along with a behavioral study, literature review, and computational approach to relate the developmental stages of the rat to humans contribute novel genomic and phenotypic data that enhance the utility of the rat as a model organism for human health and diseases. Here, we present new WGS and phenotypic data comparing inbred and outbred rat strains that will serve as foundational knowledge in determining genotype-to-phenotype relations. Our WGS completed on NIH-HS and Wistar rats revealed over 3.6 million genetic variants, including 117,060 that reside within 7,788 genes in pathways related to drug metabolism; muscle development; protein, amino acid, and lipid metabolism; DNA and RNA processing; cell division; and regulation of epigenetic processes. Our phenotypic data highlights behavioral differences between inbred and outbred Wistar rats - such as risk-taking behaviors. With this data, we plan to continue detailing the differences between inbred and outbred rat strains and eventually elucidate cellular mechanisms that describe genotypic differences resulting phenotypic variations.
Identifying flood causing mechanisms in major cities in the United States using information theory and artificial neural network
Creators: name: Siddique, Rakib Ahmed
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Flood forecasting--Computer simulation

description: Floods have significant impacts on societies than any other natural calamities. Urbanization, in addition to introducing significant impervious areas, concentrates people within small areas, increasing flood vulnerability and flood losses. Thus, a better understanding of the causes of these floods is crucial to mitigate and manage future impacts. In this study, different potential flood mechanisms were analyzed for some of the major cities in the United States using Information Theory (IT) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The flood mechanisms considered include rainfall, snowmelt, soil moisture, and temperature. The non-linear causal relationships between the flood mechanism and flood events of different magnitudes were assessed using partial mutual information (PMI) and ANN methodologies. The procedure can be considered as a two-stage process, where first the potential flood mechanisms are filtered using their information content to predict floods and then filtered based on how well the different combinations of mechanisms predict the observed floods. The time lagged data of the different mechanisms were filtered through the PMI, which identifies the relevant mechanisms that are used as input variables for the ANN simulation of floods. Then the combination of the relevant mechanisms was selected based on the minimum AIC value from ANN prediction of flood, which represents the best model. The methodologies were tested for Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, and Houston, which represent the different climatologic regions and flood causes in the US.
Investigating mechanical property dependence on thickness and manufacturing lay-up process for glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) laminates and GFRP sandwich structures with foam core
Creators: name: Stephenson, Daniel Baird
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Glass-reinforced plastics--Mechanical properties

description: GFRP (Glass fiber reinforced polymers) manufacturing has many processes two of which are hand lay-up and vacuum infusion. Hand lay-up GFRP's construction consists of stacking ply layers of glass fibers where the fibers orientation is specified. A polymer is added to bind the fibers. Pressure is applied to remove air bubbles and excess polymer. Vacuum infusion beginning with the stack of fibers a bag is placed over the stack. A vacuum is then used to draw the polymer through to saturate the fibers. This study will investigate the how material properties change due to vacuum infusion thickness, addition of hand lay-up mats to vacuum infusion laminates, and vacuum infusion thickness in hybrid vacuum infusion hand lay-up GFRP laminates. Further this study will also investigate the behavior GFRP sandwich cores. A direct correlation between fiber weight percentage and mechanical properties was observed. As fiber percentage increased the tensile modulus and compressive strength increase as well. Addition of hand lay-up mat layers has little effect on tensile, compressive, and in-plane shear tests. Examination of hybrid, vacuum infusion and hand lay-up, GFRP structures with varying vacuum infusion layer thicknesses. Increasing vacuum infusion thickness significantly increases the tensile strength, tensile modulus, and compressive modulus. GFRP sandwiches with core comprised of foam tested by flatwise tensile and 3-point bending. Flatwise test revealed that given sufficient manufacturing methods vacuum infusion and hand lay-up methods can be bonded such that failure will occur in the foam core. Thus, selection of foam core will determine the flatwise tensile strength of the sandwich. Further research can be done investigating sandwich structures. Facing structures can be altered, making single facing larger than another to investigate changes in the mechanical properties of a sandwich as a whole.
title: Making Markets Through Coalitions: The European Union and the Debate Over Ukraine's National Resources
Creators: name: Buzogány, Aron
name: Varga, Mihai
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: constructivism
subject: discursive institutionalism
subject: external economic relations
subject: international political economy
subject: single market and monetary union
subject: trade and investment policy
classificationCode: 320
subject: Politikwissenschaft

description: This article studies how the European Union (EU) influences the dynamics between supporters and opponents of market liberalization in partner countries. We focus on Ukraine's attempts to safeguard timber trade and agricultural land sales from international markets through moratoria before 2022. We find that the EU intervenes in domestic debates both directly and through domestic pro-market coalitions to frame these moratoria as expressions of ‘vested interests’ and instances of state weakness. The EU effectively linked the free trade argument with protecting the environment (as the moratorium tolerated illegal logging) and human rights (as the land moratorium denied landowners their property rights). The EU thus fostered discourses and coalitions prioritizing liberalization over protectionist interests and environmental concerns. This article implies that the EU should encourage debates around market liberalization rather than de-legitimize opponents, as reconstruction in Ukraine following Russian aggression will require both EU assistance and broader internal coalitions.
Environmental monitoring programs to assess food safety risks from food contact surfaces in Washington state apple packinghouses
Creators: name: Ruiz Llacsahuanga, Bianca Elia
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Apples--Processing--Safety measures.--Washington (State)
Food poisoning--Prevention
Washington (State)

description: Washington State is the leading producer of apples in the United States. The increasing association of foodborne outbreaks and recalls of fresh apples caused by cross-contamination with the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes within packing facilities, coupled with new regulations from the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), have emphasized the focus on food safety interventions within the apple packing industry. As a result, implementing a robust environmental monitoring program (EMP) is warranted to mitigate the risk of potential contamination with foodborne pathogens. Five apple packinghouses located in Washington State were sampled for the quantification of populations of indicator organisms such as aerobic plate count, Enterobacteriaceae, coliforms and Escherichia Coli, the detection of Listeria species (spp.), and rapid tests such as ATP swabs and glucose and lactose residue swabs on food contact surfaces (FCS). Given that apples are stored up to 12 months in cold storage rooms, packinghouses were visited quarterly to obtain data representing different storage time points. Rapid tests were assessed to evaluate their accuracy in predicting microbial loads on packing surfaces after sanitation procedures over the 2018 packing season. Rapid tests were neither suitable to assess microbial populations nor to detect Listeria spp. Moreover, populations of indicator organisms were not related to the detection of Listeria spp. To assess the prevalence of Listeria spp., 2,988 sample sites were tested after sanitation and after three hours of packinghouse operations over the 2018 and 2019 packing seasons. Among all tested samples, 4.6% were positive for Listeria spp. The wax coating unit operation was associated with the highest frequency of detection of Listeria spp. Several niche points for Listeria spp. were identified, including polishing brushes, brushes and dividers under fan/air blowers, and dryer rollers. An increase in the prevalence of Listeria spp. was observed throughout crop storage time. The results of this research provide a better understanding of the use of rapid tests and indicator organisms testing for the implementation of effective EMP's. Correspondingly, based on the most Listeria-prevalent FCS, strategies to mitigate the risk of contamination with L. monocytogenes can be designed to prevent future outbreaks and recalls.
Conidae Fleming 1822
Creators: name: Sacchetti, Claudia
name: Landau, Bernard
name: Ávila, Sérgio P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae

description: Family Conidae Fleming, 1822
Note. The presence of conoidean gastropods in the Santa Maria assemblages was already noted by Bronn in Hartung (1861: 117), who recorded Conus? pyrula Brocchi, without stating the exact locality. Bronn in Reiss (1862: 23-24) listed three species: C. canditatus Bronn in Mayer, C. trochulus Reeve, and C.? pyrula, the first two from Pinheiros. Mayer (1864: 76-80) re-listed C. candidatus, erected a new species C. trochilus Mayer, 1864, for Bronn’s record C. trochulus in Bronn in Reiss (1862), and referred to the C.? pyrula reference of early authors as Conus species indeterminata.
In the material at hand, we recognized five species. The species herein determined as Lautoconus cf. anomalomamillus (Sacco, 1893) might be the same as the C.? pyrula recorded by previous authors, the other (Conus sl. sp. A) has not been recorded before. Although the following determinations are rather speculative and based on poor and incomplete material, conid diversity is important in the Pliocene of Europe as high diversity is characteristic of tropical MPPMU1.
The relative merits of using one genus or many for cones was discussed at length by Harzauser & Landau (2016: 35). In this paper, we follow those authors and Tucker & Tenorio (2009) in using the subgenera at full genus rank.
description: Published as part of Sacchetti, Claudia, Landau, Bernard & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2023, The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications, pp. 1-150 in Zootaxa 5295 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7965273
title: Coming to America
title: Exploring how family-based immigration utilizes social capital & social networks for economic stability through interaction with non-profit organizations in Seattle, Washington
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Njuguna, Heizal Wanjiku
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Immigrant families--Social aspects--United States

description: This research explored family-based immigration and the impact of social capital and social networks among the immigrants, after relocation and settlement into the U.S, as they worked towards becoming economically stable. Family-based immigration refers to the fundamental principle of family reunification emphasized in the U.S. immigration policy. The research is important as immigration has continued to be a social concern leading to discussions about having a comprehensive immigration policy reform in the U.S., that would include reduction of family-based immigrants who have no job-skill requirements to be admitted into the U.S. The research utilized intensive interviewing and gathered information from non-profit organizations based in the Seattle, WA area that serve different categories of immigrants including the family-based immigrants. Data collected from the organization's websites, transcripts of recorded interviews and written notes indicated utilization of social capital and social networks as immigrants used resources provided by the non-profit organizations to become economically stable and self-sufficient after relocation into the United States.
Africonus Petuch 1975
Creators: name: Sacchetti, Claudia
name: Landau, Bernard
name: Ávila, Sérgio P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Africonus

description: Genus Africonus Petuch, 1975
Type species. Conus cuneolus Reeve, 1843 (Petuch 1975: 262), by original designation. Present-day, Mauritanian.
description: Published as part of Sacchetti, Claudia, Landau, Bernard & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2023, The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications, pp. 1-150 in Zootaxa 5295 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7965273
Extrusion characteristics of pea starch and pea protein
Creators: name: Rangira, Irene
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Peas--Extrusion
Starch--Extrusion
Plant proteins--Extrusion

description: Pea is one of the major pulse crops that is produced and consumed in significant quantities. However, it is mostly used in its whole seed form, until recently. Pea components such as protein, starch and fiber are not significantly utilized. Thus, there is little information regarding the performance of the components of pea (such as starch and protein) in the extrusion processing. Pea starch was extruded at low moisture extrusion conditions to assess its expansion characteristics. For extrusion system used in our study, the highest expansion ratio was observed at the lowest moisture content level, lowest barrel temperature, and lowest screw speed. The cross-sectional microstructure of extrudates showed that the samples with the high expansion ratio had thick and elongated pores. From our data analysis, we found that pea starch can be a viable candidate for the development of expanded products. Three commercial pea protein isolates were extruded at high moisture content conditions to explore the correlation between the physicochemical characteristics and functionality of pea protein isolates and its texturizing ability. Based on the results, there was no statistical correlation between the physicochemical characteristics and functionality of pea protein and its texturizing ability. Although, some differences in the functional properties between the pea protein isolates were observed. Our results reveal that barrel temperature had significant effect on system parameters and texturizing ability of pea protein isolates relative to screw speed. Along with this, the water absorption capacity and the pasting properties showed correlations with the texturizing ability, although further research is needed to prove this.
Developing molecular markers for a Hessian fly resistance gene in wheat & studying the effects of the wheat bread making gene (WBM) on soft white wheat quality
Creators: name: Schneider, Tavin Marie
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Hessian fly--Genetic aspects
Wheat--Disease and pest resistance--Genetic aspects
Wheat--Genetics

description: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important agricultural commodity crops in Washington. Each year, farmers face various production challenges, including Hessian fly [Mayetiola destructor (Say)], which can lead to devastating crop losses. Resistance genes are the most successful methods to manage and control this insect. Although there are at least 37 known Hessian fly resistance genes (HFR genes), few are deployed in the region, mostly due to a lack of molecular tools to support breeding efforts. Seahawk, a popular soft white spring wheat, contains resistance, but the gene identity is unknown. Using two recombinant inbred populations made from crossing soft white spring wheat cultivar Seahawk to spring club wheat cultivars JD and Melba, we set out to identify the source of resistance in Seahawk and to develop molecular markers that can be used to select for the gene in breeding populations. After acquiring the genetic marker information using Illumina's 90K SNP technology, we were able to map the resistance gene to the distal end of the short arm of chromosome 6B and created three kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASP) markers that are effective in selecting for this gene in diverse backgrounds. Utilizing the Seahawk/JD population, we also studied how the wheat bread-making locus (wbm) affects the quality of soft white and club wheat. Soft white wheat and club wheat are produced and milled for their weak gluten properties and high starch contents that result in delicate crumb structures when baked. The wbm gene, however, is known to be associated with increased gluten strength properties and was identified in elite bread-making cultivars. At Washington State, the wbm gene is found at higher than expected frequencies among elite club and soft white wheat varieties. After testing the quality parameters of wbm isolines, we found that the locus does not negatively impact soft white wheat flour or dough properties.
LISHAYNIKLAR BOʻLIMI TAVSIFI, TALLOMINING TUZILISHI, TABIATDA VA XALQ XOʻJALIGIDA AHAMIYATI
Creators: name: Mamadiminova, Muslimabonu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В данной статье освещены биологические характеристики, строение таллома и экологическое значение лишайников. Рассмотрено их распространение, различные формы в природе и роль в поддержании экологического баланса.  Также представлена информация об их практическом значении в медицине, промышленности и сельском хозяйстве.
Rhagovelia brunae Magalhaes & Moreira 2016
Creators: name: Magalhães, Oséias Martins
name: Reduciendo-Klementová, Barbora
name: Svitok, Marek
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia brunae

description: Rhagovelia brunae Magalhães & Moreira, 2016
(Fig. 9)
This species was recently described based on material collected in the state of Pará, northern Brazil and later reported from nearby localities (Magalh„es et al. 2016, Cunha & Juen 2017). Two apterous males of R. brunae were found among the material from eastern Venezuela, which expands the known distribution of the species more than 1500 km westward.
Material examined. VENEZUELA, Bolívar, Gran Sabana, Canaima National Park, BIOCOR 11 KVALITA, 5.03656/ -61.07594, 02.XII.2012, M. Svitok Leg (2³, apterous, CEIOC-21245).
description: Published as part of Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Reduciendo-Klementová, Barbora, Svitok, Marek & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2019, New species, new record, and key to the species of Rhagovelia in the robusta group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Venezuela, pp. 389-396 in Zootaxa 4603 (2) on page 395, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/2682341
Schoengastiella (Schoengastiella) dalhousiensis Fernandes and Kulkarni 2003
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Walchiidae
Schoengastiella
Schoengastiella dalhousiensis

description: Schoengastiella (Schoengastiella) dalhousiensis Fernandes and Kulkarni, 2003:
ORI
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510