cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Limiting oxidation in potassium channel kv2.1 using cysteine-alanine mutation
Creators: name: Royal, Remi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The Kv2.1 (KCNB1) channel is expressed in the cortex and hippocampus. Interaction between cysteine residues of the kv2.1 channel plays a role in the formation of disulfide bonds. Disulfide bond formation following oxidative stress suggests that cysteine interaction in voltage-gated K+ channel kv2.1 plays a key role in the oxidation of kv2.1. Previous research has shown that oxidation of potassium (K+) channels by reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a major factor in the loss of neuronal function [6]. The purpose of this study was to use cysteine-alanine mutations to prevent oxidation of K+ channel kv2.1. In this thesis, the anti-oxidant properties of the double mutant C73AC29A were investigated. The affects were observed using site-directed mutagenesis and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR was utilized to form a double mutant between C73A and C29A. SDS-Page and Western Blot analysis were used to analyze whether there was more or less oxidation in the double mutant C73AC29A compared to that of the kv2.1 control. The double mutant C73AC29A showed protective properties, showing less oxidation than the kv2.1 control when placed under oxidative stress. Findings suggest that C73AC29A could provide protection from oxidation-induced loss of function in the kv2.1 channel.
The politics of selective preservation
Creators: name: Rossi, Laura
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Year: 2013

description: This study seeks to analyze the causes and consequences of cultural heritage destruction during times of peace. Its purpose is to bring attention to causes of cultural heritage destruction that might be less evident but are nonetheless as destructive as violent conflicts.   I will attempt to illustrate the relevance of this research by considering the cases of three countries affected by cultural heritage destruction during peace: Afghanistan, Libya, and Egypt. These countries have been selected because of their similar socio-political history and their recent involvement in conflicts that led to the destruction of a portion of their heritage. These common characteristics facilitate the analysis by eliminating variables that might be created by cultural discrepancies, historic differences and the war/peace context. The presence of both destruction during war and destruction during peace illustrates the similarities and differences of the two phenomena.  In order to investigate the causes leading to destruction of heritage during peaceful times, I will consider the role played by governments in setting patterns of selective preservation and the way in which this process has come to affect the local’s perception of cultural identity. Furthermore, I will look at the role of local populations, governments and international organization in guaranteeing the preservation of cultural heritage. Finally, I will recommend the implementation of programs fostering the preservation of a comprehensive cultural patrimony that is truly representative of each nation’s cultural identity.
Isolation and characterization of lipid rafts in Emiliania huxley
Creators: name: Rose, Suzanne L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Coccolithoviruses (EhVs) employ a suite of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) to successfully infect the globally important coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi.  Given their enrichment in glycosphingolipids and their involvement in sensing extracellular stimuli and activating signaling cascades through protein-protein interactions, lipid rafts and associated microdomains likely play a heretofore unappreciated role in viral infectivity and resistance mechanisms.  Indeed, the lipid raft protein flotillin carries an evolutionary conserved prohibitin homology (PHB) domain, which has been shown to influence pathogen resistance by inducing hypersensitive response and cell death.  Little to nothing is known about lipid rafts in unicellular photoautotrophic organisms, especially those from the marine environment.  We combined bioinformatics, detergent treatment, density gradient purification, western blotting, lipidomics and genome-enabled proteomics to isolate and characterize the lipid and protein content of lipid rafts from control and EhV86-infected E. huxleyi strain CCMP1516.     Using bioinformatic analysis, we identified a flotillin-like protein (Protein ID 363433) in the E. huxleyi CCMP1516 genome, which contained several evolutionary-conserved features of known flotillin proteins.  Western blot analysis further revealed immunoreactivity of a 67 kDa protein in E. huxleyi cell extracts to a human anti-flotillin antibody, consistent with the dimerized form of this protein and thereby providing a biochemical marker for lipid raft isolation.  Lipid raft-enriched fractions were isolated and purified as detergent (Brij96) resistant membranes (DRMs) in Optiprep density gradients and their lipid and protein composition were subsequently characterized.  TSQ mass spectrometry of the lipids in DRM fractions showed novel host-derived GSLs which co-purified with flotillin immunoreactive fractions.  These fractions also contained notable vesicle morphology as confirmed by TEM.     Subsequent analysis of lipid raft proteome in both uninfected and EhV86-infected E. huxleyi cells collected at 2 h confirmed flotillin as one of the major proteins and more broadly provided key insight into host defense and virus infection strategies at the interface of lipid rafts and stress, programmed cell death, and innate immunity pathways.  In particular, the detection of an EhV86-encoded C-type lectin (CTL)-containing protein (ehv149), with putative roles in cell adhesion and pathogen recognition receptors, suggests that EhV86 infection of E. huxleyi occurs by way of the recognition of specific glycosphingolipids and raft-associated proteins.
Characterization of two Physcomitrella patens Caffeoyl coenzyme A O-methyltransferase-like proteins
Creators: name: Pilipetskii, Sergei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Lignin is one of the most abundant biopolymers. It accounts for up to 25% of plant biomass in the biosphere. Lignified cell walls represent an important evolutionary step in plant adaptation to land life. This adaptation provided structural support, nutrient transport, protection from UV radiation, desiccation stress and protection from herbivores and pathogens. Due to lignin’s long half-life, it has become a major carbon sink, causing depletion of the CO2 levels and an increase in O2 levels. Currently lignin research is important for the forage and biofuel industries. It has been seen that a reduction in lignin content leads to higher digestibility and higher release of cellulose from plants.   Caffeoyl coenzyme A O-methyltransferases (CCoAOMTS) are a class of enzymes that transfer a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine to an alcohol group. These enzymes are necessary for lignin production in plants. Previous work has shown that knocking down the function of this enzyme in higher plants caused a decrease in lignin content.   Physcomitrella patens is a moss, which is considered not to synthesize lignin but it contains genes for the full lignin biosynthesis pathway. Currently there is some evidence of lignin-like compounds occurring in moss, but evidence of a truly lignified cell wall does not exist. This study looks at two specific enzymes from Physcomitrella patens, Pp-OMT1 and Pp-OMT2.  These enzymes resemble CCoAOMTs. Both enzymes were tested for substrate specificity and compared to a true caffeoyl coenzyme A O-methyltransferase from Arabidopsis thalina, AtCCoAOMT1. Furthermore kinetics of Pp-OMT2 and AtCCoAOMT1 were compared. Our results showed that Pp-OMT2 is likely to be a true CCoAOMT while Pp-OMT1 is not.
Rugulina fragilis
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Seguenziida
Pendromidae
Rugulina
Rugulina fragilis

description: Rugulina fragilis (G. O. Sars, 1878)(Fig. 7B)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 2 sh., DW130.
REMARK Originally described from Norway, new record for the Canaries.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on page 523, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Passive revolution in contemporary Slovenia: From the 2012 protests to the migrant crisis
Creators: name: González Vill-, Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Two episodes have impacted on the formation of the Slovenian ruling class over the last five years: the protests of 2012-2013 and the refugee crisis of 2015-2016. In both cases, the responses taken by the elites involved changes to their own composition and nuances in their ideological formulation. Central to this dynamic were the role of right-wing actors in the system, the partial integration of new actors, the assimilation of some of their claims, and the introduction of new questions into projected friend-enemy relations that frame the political life of the country. In no case did these variations lead to substantial changes in the formulation of the basic ideas of the post-socialist regime, including Slovenia's role in the process of European integration, its hierarchical position in relation to its southern neighbours, the deregulation of the economy, and the introduction of increasing restrictions within democratic procedures. These continuities went through several electoral processes and the birth and weakening of major political parties. The Gramscian notion of passive revolution offers a framework that explains the reproduction mechanisms of the Slovenian ruling class during that period.
Troglopedetes microps Deharveng & Gers 1993
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Paronellidae
Troglopedetes
Troglopedetes microps

description: 183. Troglopedetes microps Deharveng & Gers, 1993
Source: Deharveng & Gers (1993), Bedos (1994), Deharveng & Bedos (2001), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Type deposition: LEITT.
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N). Habitat: cave.
Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 345, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Self-complexity and depresion [sic] outcomes in adolescent siblings of individuals with ASD
Creators: name: Pepa, Lauren A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Self-concept can be defined as a collection of ideas about the self. The structure of self-concept, as measured by self-complexity, can be broken into two factors: the number of roles one identifies as being important to the self, and the distinctness of these roles. Research has suggested that high total self-complexity, and high positive complexity, is seen as a protective factor. Conversely, high negative complexity is considered a risk factor. These self-attributions originate at a young age, and are formed through social mechanisms, such as social feedback and social comparison. In this way, significant relationships, including family, have an important role in shaping an individual’s self-concept. While much of the literature has focused on the influence of parents, research also suggests that siblings are significant figures. However, when an individual with autism is introduced into the family unit, the sibling relationship is significantly changed. This results from decreased social feedback and increased family stress, which may influence the formation of self-concept. The present study looked at the self-concept of 15 adolescent siblings of individuals with autism (ASD group) and compared this to the self-concept of 18 adolescents with a neurotypical sibling (Control group). Study participants were also asked to fill out questionnaires related to their overall well-being, including measures of depression symptoms, social support, negative life events, and the sibling relationship. Overall, results suggested that siblings in the ASD group fared as well as siblings in the Control group. They did not significantly differ on depression scores, social support, negative life events, or general self-complexity. There was some differentiation in sibling self-concept, with the ASD group showing more distinct sibling roles. Further, the findings of the present study supported the hypothesis that high negative self-complexity is positively related to depression scores. Lastly, it was found that distinctness  among roles had a positive relationship with depression in the clinical group. This study yielded important information about siblings of individuals with autism, and adolescent self-concept more generally. The implications of the present findings, limitations, and future directions are also discussed.
Polymeric drugs for controlled release of analgesics
Creators: name: Rosario-Melendez, Roselin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Pain is a physiological protective system that helps prevent damage from a harmful stimulus or detect the presence of a disease or injury. When a patient cannot tolerate the pain experienced, analgesic drugs are used to achieve pain relief. These drugs are needed for long-term, however, their analgesic effects typically have short duration and serious side effects. To address these issues, polymers that contain analgesic drugs chemically incorporated within the polymer backbone or as pendant groups were designed, synthesized, characterized, and formulated. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) [i.e., salicylic acid (SA), ibuprofen, and naproxen] and opioids (i.e., morphine and nalbuphine) were polymerized to develop drug delivery systems with potential to extend analgesic effect, reduce side effects, and prevent accidental drug withdrawal or overdose. Extended (i.e., weeks and months) NSAID release could be beneficial for treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases that cause pain and controlled release of opioids could improve chronic pain treatment.  Salicylate-based poly(anhydride-ester) (PAE) microspheres were designed as injectable delivery systems for long-term SA release. Three polymers with chemical compositions comprised of either linear or branched aliphatic linkers were used. In addition, the formulation was optimized to improve the overall microsphere morphology. The presence of a lag time characterizes the slow-degrading salicylate-based PAEs and is unfavorable for constant long-term drug release applications. The use of copolymers and polymer blends was explored to modify the physicochemical properties and drug release profiles and thus achieve long-term SA release. The salicylate-based PAEs have great potential in various biomedical applications. However, the polymer should meet the pharmacopeial and commercial requirement of sterility. Therefore, the effect of electron beam and gamma radiation on the physicochemical properties of the salicylate-based PAEs was studied.  Morphine was chemically incorporated into a PAE backbone. The polymer termed “PolyMorphine” was designed, synthesized, and fully characterized. The hydrolytic degradation pathway of the polymer was determined by in vitro studies. In vitro studies demonstrated that PolyMorphine is non-cytotoxic towards fibroblasts. In vivo studies using mice showed that PolyMorphine provides analgesia for 3 days, 20 times the analgesic window of free morphine.   Novel biodegradable polyester comprised of all biocompatible elements: tartaric acid, 1,8-octanediol, and ibuprofen or naproxen as pendant groups, were synthesized and characterized. The polymers release the free drug (ibuprofen or naproxen) in vitro in a controlled manner without burst release. These new biomaterials are not cytotoxic towards mouse fibroblasts and human blood-derived macrophages, and the drugs retain their bioactivity after being released from the polymer.
Particle image velocimetry study of the Xenomystus Nigri
Creators: name: Reesbeck, Thomas T.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The Xenomystus Nigri, commonly known as the brown African knife-fish, has a  unique undulating fin stretching from its gills to its tail, which propels it through  the water. Gymnotiformes, or knife fish, are a unique group of fish with undulating  fins that allows for rapid acceleration and deceleration both forward and backward,  which also posses control over the yaw and pitch. This unique motion of the fish  was captured using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to calculate instantaneous  velocity and vorticity. These images were analyzed to illistrate velocity and vorticity  throughout the motion of the fin and relate it to the vortex shedding structure of  the fin. After obtaining the results of the knife fish’s vorticity pattern, it was seen  that vorticities are sent away from the fin in alternating pairs on either side of the  fish. The vorticitial motion differed when swimming forward or backwards, but the  alternating sign pattern was maintained. These results were for comparing stagnant  and induced flow propulsion. The results show how the fin of the knife-fish propels  the fish through the sinusoidal wave motion. The wave properties show that the fish  has control over its fin and can quickly adapt to the surrounding fluid flow. The fish  uses different combination of the undulating fin, pectoral fins, body bending, and  tail flicking to achieve various propulsive modes.
Troglopedetes multispinosus Deharveng & Gers 1993
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Paronellidae
Troglopedetes
Troglopedetes multispinosus

description: 184. Troglopedetes multispinosus Deharveng & Gers, 1993
Name in source. Troglopedetes sp. in Rigal & Maffre (1988). Source: Rigal & Maffre (1988); Deharveng & Gers (1993), Bedos (1994), Deharveng & Bedos (2001), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Type deposition: LEITT.
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Rai (N). Habitat: cave.
Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 345, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Technical feasibility study for development of chlorine dioxide releasing packaging system and its application in decontaminating fresh produce
Creators: name: Ray, Soumi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: A feasibility study was conducted to develop chlorine dioxide (ClO2) releasing packaging films for decontaminating fresh produce. Sodium chlorite and citric acid powder were incorporated into polylactic acid (PLA) polymer. Films made with different amount of PLA (100 and 300 mg), percentage of reactant (5-60%), and ratios of sodium chlorite to citric acid (1:2 or 2:1) were prepared using a solvent casting method. The release of ClO2 from the resultant films was activated by moisture. Increase of reactants in the films produced more ClO2 while higher PLA content in the films resulted in less release of ClO2. The ratio of sodium chlorite to citric acid and activation temperature (22°C vs. 10°C) didn’t affect the ClO2 release from the films.  Antimicrobial efficacy of ClO2 released from the films was evaluated using grape tomato as a model food. The results indicate that the films were activated by moisture from tomatoes in the package and the released ClO2 reduced Salmonella spp. and E. coli O157:H7 inoculated on the tomatoes to undetectable levels (< 5 CFU/tomato), achieving more than 3 log reduction. The film-treated tomatoes did not show significant changes in color and texture as compared to controls during storage at 10°C for 21 days.  This study demonstrated the technical feasibility for development of gaseous chlorine dioxide releasing packaging system to enhance microbial safety and extend shelf life of fresh produce.
Lissotesta Iredale 1915
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Trochida
Skeneidae
Lissotesta

description: Genus Lissotesta Iredale, 1915
TYPE SPECIES. — Cyclostrema micra Tenison-Woods, 1877, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on page 523, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Troglopedetes paucisetosus Deharveng & Gers 1993
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Paronellidae
Troglopedetes
Troglopedetes paucisetosus

description: 185. Troglopedetes paucisetosus Deharveng & Gers, 1993
Name in source. Troglopedetes sp. in Leclerc et al. (1988). Source: Deharveng & Gers (1993), Bedos (1994), Deharveng & Bedos (2001), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Type deposition: LEITT. Distribution in Thailand. Prachuap Khiri Khan (W). Habitat: cave.
Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 346, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Object detection and activity recognition in dynamic medical settings using RFID
Creators: name: Parlak Polatkan, Siddika
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Establishing context-awareness is key to develop automated decision support systems for dynamic and high-risk scenarios, where a critical component of context is the current activity. This thesis addresses the RFID-based detection of used medical objects with the ultimate goal of recognizing medical  activities. We set trauma resuscitation, the initial treatment of a severely injured patient in the emergency department, as our target domain.     We first describe the process of introducing RFID technology in the trauma bay. We analyzed trauma resuscitation tasks, photographs of medical tools, and videos of simulated resuscitations to gain insight into resuscitation tasks, work practices and procedures, as well as the characteristics of medical tools. Next, we propose and evaluate strategies for placing RFID tags on medical objects and for placing antennas in the environment for optimal tracking and object detection. We also discuss implications for and challenges to introducing RFID technology in other similar settings characterized by dynamic and collocated collaboration.    Next we evaluate the use of RFID technology for object detection and activity recognition in a realistic setting. We tagged 81 medical objects and eight providers in a real trauma bay and recorded RFID signal strength during 32 simulated resuscitations. We extracted descriptive features and applied machine-learning techniques to monitor object use. We achieved accuracy rates  of >90% when identifying the instance of a particular object type that was used during a resuscitation. Performance for detecting the usage interval of an object depended on various factors specific to the object. Our results also provide insights into the limitations of passive RFID and areas in which RFID needs to be complemented with other sensing technologies.     We also investigated the usability of object motion and location cues for activity recognition by conducting motion detection and localization experiments under challenging scenarios. Using statistical methods, we were able to detect object motion with an accuracy of 80%, and predict the zone where the object is located with an accuracy of 86%.
title: Harnessing nuclear-organellar genome interactions for seed size heterosis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Lai, Linyi
Publisher: name: University of Galway
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: seed size heterosis
subject: Arabidopsis thaliana
subject: nuclear-organellar genome interactions
subject: Plant and Agri Biosciences
subject: Biological and Chemical Sciences

description: The nucleus contains most of the genome, which often leads to the contribution of the cytoplasm to phenotypes being overlooked. However, there was evidence that cybrids (nucleus/cytoplasm-swapped lines), generated through backcrossing or haploid induction, can produce a heterosis-like effect that influences agronomic traits, such as seed size. Heterosis refers to the phenomenon where offspring exhibit superior phenotypes compared to their parents. Despite several hypotheses, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Seed size, a critical agronomic trait, is determined by multiple mechanisms. During double fertilization, the embryo and endosperm inherit the nuclear genome from both parents, while all seed structures contain cytoplasm inherited exclusively from the mother. Thus, cytonuclear disequilibrium arises and acts as a regulator for seed development. In this thesis, we generated a series of cybrid lines using the natural variations (accessions) found in Arabidopsis thaliana. By comparing different cybrid line combinations, we provide evidence that cytonuclear interactions significantly influence seed size and that these effects can be transmitted to the F1 generation. Additionally, a GWAS identified a nuclear-encoded gene, RLP15 that may specifically respond to the Col-0 cytoplasm in seed size determining. Our findings also highlight the importance of cytoplasmic inheritance in parental effects. This study underscores that harnessing natural variation in the cytoplasm between accessions can produce a heterosis-like effect that, in certain genetic backgrounds, may be equivalent to or even greater than heterosis out from hybridization. Moreover, the impact of cytoplasm swapping to F1 seed size can be cumulative and interactive with heterosis, suggesting that cytoheterosis is partially independent of traditional heterosis mechanisms. In conclusion, our results indicate a new avenue for improving traits in plant breeding programs by leveraging naturally occurring genome variations.
Learning API mappings for programming platforms
Creators: name: Padmanaban, Yogesh
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Software developers often need to port applications written for a source platform to a target platform.  One of the key tasks here is to find matching API calls in the target platform for the given API calls in the source platform. This task involves exhaustive reading in target platform API (Application Programming Interface) documentation to identify API methods corresponding to the given API methods of the source platform. We introduce an approach to the problem of inferring mapping between the APIs of a source and target platforms. It is constructed based on independently developed applications on source and target platforms performing similar functionality. We observe that in building these applications, developers exercised knowledge of the corresponding APIs. We develop two dynamic analysis techniques to systematically harvest this knowledge and infer likely mappings between the Graphical APIs of JavaME and Android Graphical platform.   Rosetta Mapper: A tool which provides a ranked list of target API methods or method sequences that likely map to each source API method or method sequences.   Rosetta Classifier: A supervised learning tool which classifies whether the given mapping between source API and target API is true or false using support vector machines.
Anekes Bouchet & Waren 1979
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Trochida
Skeneidae
Anekes

description: Genus Anekes Bouchet & Warén, 1979
TYPE SPECIES. — Anekes undulisculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1979, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on page 523, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Troglopedetes
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Paronellidae
Troglopedetes

description: Troglopedetes spp.*
Source: Leclerc et al. (1988), Deharveng et al. (1989), Deharveng & Bedos (1993b), Bedos (1994). Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai, Lampang, Mae Hong Son (N), Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi (W). Habitat: three morphospecies in litter and soil respectively above 2400 m., above 1700 m. and at 700–1300 m. in Doi Inthanon forest; soil s.l. (species from other locations of northern Thailand); cave in Phetchaburi and Ratchaburi provinces. Remark. ten morphospecies from soil in northern Thailand (of which 3 from Doi Inthanon), one or two from caves in western Thailand. The morphospecies given from 700 m. to 2550 m. in Doi Inthanon by Deharveng & Bedos (1993b) has been split in three morphospecies by Bedos (1994).
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 346, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Accelerating Population Balance Model - based particulate process simulations via parallel computing
Creators: name: Prakash, Anuj Varghese
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The use of Population Balance Models (PBM) for simulating dynamics of particulate systems are inevitably limited at some point by the demands they place on computational resources. PBMs are widely used to describe the time evolutions and distributions of many industrial particulate processes, and its efficient and quick simulation would certainly be beneficial for process design, control and optimization. This thesis is an elucidation of how MATLAB's Parallel Computing Toolbox (PCT), a third-party toolbox called JACKET, and the MATLAB Distributed Computing Server (MDCS) may be combined with algorithmic modification of the PBM to speed up these computations on a CPU (Central Processing Unit), GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) and a computer cluster respectively. Parallel algorithms were developed for three dimensional and four dimensional population balance models incorporating hardware class-specific parallel constructs such as  SPMD and gfor. Results indicate significant reduction in computational time without compromising numerical accuracy for all cases except for the GPU. The GPU seemed promising for larger problems despite its limitations of lower clock speeds and on-board  memory compared to the CPU. Evaluations of the speedup and scalability further affirm the algorithms' performance.
Effect of multiple 1-MCP treatments to extend shelf life of tomato
Creators: name: Patel, Tulsi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Ethylene is a plant growth hormone responsible for ripening and senescence of fresh produce. But production of excess ethylene leads to over ripening and facilitates microbial growth thereby reducing the shelf life. Therefore control over ethylene action is required. To increase shelf life of fresh produce 1-Methylenecyclopropene (1-MCP) ethylene antagonist shown promising result by inhibiting ethylene response at receptor level. The current 1-MCP treatment requires a storage room with controlled atmosphere overnight. However this treatment is effective only for the initial period of time as continuous formation of ethylene receptors triggers ripening. Controlled Release Packaging (CRP) technology can be used as an alternative to existing 1-MCP treatment by providing the ability to replenish 1-MCP and prolong is exposure to fresh fruits. The first objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of multiple 1-MCP treatments on quality attributes of fresh tomatoes. This study was conducted at turning stage of tomatoes using three treatments:  1) control (no 1-MCP), 2) single 1-MCP treatment (1200nl) and 3) multiple 1-MCP treatments (100nl/day for 12 days). The multiple 1-MCP treatments prolonged the shelf life of tomatoes by maintaining quality attributes including weight, color, firmness, pH and total soluble solids (TSS) at room temperature compared to the single 1-MCP treatment. Not all quality attributes were affected to the same extent, the strongest effect of multiple 1-MCP treatments was on firmness of the tomatoes and not much difference was noted on TSS and pH of tomato juice. The second objective was to quantify the release of 1-MCP through Tyvek, LDPE and PLA polymer sachets at room temperature under 90% RH to test their potential usage as CRP film material. The release of 1-MCP through Tyvek sachet is almost 90% in 10-12 hours whereas LDPE sachet has a slower a release around 10% in 10-12 hours. Both polymers have potential use as an active layer in CRP system. PLA sachet does not release 1-MCP, but it may be used as a barrier layer of the package of CRP system.
Lissotesta gittenbergeri
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Trochida
Skeneidae
Lissotesta
Lissotesta gittenbergeri

description: Lissotesta gittenbergeri (van Aartsen & Bogi, 1988)
(Fig. 7 E-G)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 5 sh., DW133; 14 sh., DW126; 44 sh., DW130.
REMARK
Originally described from a depth of 200 m in the Tyrrhenian Sea; new record for the Canaries.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on page 523, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Anekes paucistriata Waren 1992
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Trochida
Skeneidae
Anekes
Anekes paucistriata

description: Anekes paucistriata Warén, 1992(Fig. 7C, D)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 sh., DW133; 22 sh., DW126; 40 sh., DW130.
REMARK
Originally described from off SW Portugal, new to Spanish waters.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on page 523, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Random covering in high dimension by a union of scaled convex sets
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tuan H.
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Year: 2013

description: This PhD thesis is devoted to random covering theory; we study the covering property of a set by a union of randomly placed sets, and focus mainly on the condition for almost sure coverage of every point of the set. A. Dvoretzky initiated this direction of research by proving that covering every fixed point with probability 1 does not necessarily imply that every point is covered with probability 1 when the set to be covered is uncountable, by giving an example where covering every point in a unit circumference circle almost surely does not imply covering the whole circle [6]. Since then, to study this phenomenon, several settings have been proposed; we concentrate on two of these, the Dvoretzky problem and the Mandelbrot problem.    For the Dvoretzky problem, let $calC$ be a convex set and let ${ v_n }$ be a sequence of volumes of scaled copies of $calC$ that are placed uniformly on the d-dimensional torus. We find a necessary condition and also a sufficient condition for the union of the sets to cover a fixed k-dimensional hyperplane, $k > 0$. Furthermore, a necessary and sufficient condition is also obtained for the special case when $k=1$.    For the Mandelbrot problem, let C be a convex set with volume 1 in $R^d$, and let each point $(x, z)$, where $x in R^d$ and $z in R^+$ be associated with a convex set $x + z C$. Let $Phi$ be a Poisson point process in $R^dimes R^+$ with intensity $lambdaotimesmu$, where $lambda$ is a Lebesgue measure and $mu$ is a $sigma$-finite measure. We give a necessary condition and also a sufficient condition on $mu$ for the union of all convex sets associated with points in $Phi$ to cover any k-dimensional hyperplane in $R^d$. Furthermore, a necessary and sufficient condition is also obtained for the special case when $k=1$.    We also consider covering a more general set. In particular, we derive a necessary condition and also a sufficient condition for covering a Cantor set and its generalized version in the one-dimensional Mandelbrot problem setting.
Glycomimetic functionalized collagen hydrogels for peripheral nerve repair
Creators: name: Masand, Shirley Narain
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Year: 2013

description: Despite the innate regenerative potential of the peripheral nervous system, functional recovery is often limited. The goal of this dissertation was to develop a clinically relevant biomaterial strategy to (1) encourage the regrowth of axons and (2) direct them down their appropriate motor tracts.  To this end, we use peptide mimics of two glycans, polysialic acid (PSA) and an epitope first discovered on human natural killer cells (HNK-1), to functionalize type I collagen hydrogels. Previous studies have shown that these molecules, in their glycan and glycomimetic form, are associated with acceleration of neurite outgrowth, glial cell proliferation, and motoneuron targeting.      In vitro, we demonstrated the retained functionality of the peptide glycomimetics after conjugation to a type I collagen backbone.  While HNK-functionalized collagen increased motor neurite outgrowth, PSA-functionalized collagen encouraged motor and sensory neurite outgrowth and Schwann cell extension and proliferation. When we introduce these glycomimetic-functionalized collagen hydrogels into a critical gap femoral nerve model, we show that both PSA and HNK-functionalized hydrogels yielded a significant increase in functional recovery when compared to saline, native and scramble-coupled hydrogels. However, there was an interesting divergence in the morphological results: PSA-functionalized hydrogels increased axon count and HNK-functionalized hydrogels increased motoneuron targeting and myelination. We believed that these differences may be attributed to distinct mechanisms by which the glycomimetics impart their benefit.  Interestingly, however, we found no synergistic gain in recovery with the use of our composite hydrogels which we speculated may be due to an inadequate dose of the individual glycomimetic. To address this possibility, we show that increasing the amount of functionalized peptide functionalized in our composite hydrogels led to increases in axon count and area of regeneration, but does not affect the degree of functional recovery. Finally, in order to assess potential mechanisms by which our glycomimetics impart benefit, we describe a novel platform for studying neural cell/biomaterial interaction through the use of two types of motoneuron cultures, dissociated spinal cord neurons and organotypic spinal cord slices. We show promising evidence that this strategy can be used to probe signaling pathways potentially involved in the action of these bioactives.
Our rights are not for sale
Creators: name: Mingers, Laura
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Year: 2013

description: This dissertation will explore the intersections between race and gender in the US welfare system. Focusing on the ways in which ideas about motherhood and citizenship are contested in discourses around welfare, it will show how competing groups mobilized these ideas in very different ways. It will analyze the use of motherhood and citizenship in the activism of welfare rights recipients in the late 1960s and 1970s at a national and local level and read this in conversation with the state’s discourse around welfare and its use of images of motherhood and citizenship. In particular, it will look at welfare reform attempts in the 91st and 92nd Congress, as well as the National Welfare Rights Organization’s campaign against President Nixon’s Family Assistance Plan (FAP), and local grassroots campaigns across the USA. It will argue that in the prevailing political culture of the 1970s, by claiming their right to speak as mothers and as citizens welfare recipients articulated a radical position that fundamentally challenged prevailing historic and social assumptions about who counted as a mother and as a citizen and thus started an important debate about what motherhood and citizenship meant in the United States.
Harlomillsia oculata Mills 1937
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Oncopoduridae
Harlomillsia
Harlomillsia oculata

description: 186. Harlomillsia oculata (Mills, 1937) *
Name in source. Harlomillsia sp. in Deharveng et al. (1989). Source: Deharveng et al. (1989), Deharveng & Bedos (1993b), Bedos (1994).
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N), Kanchanaburi (W). no detail (P). Habitat: at all altitudes in Doi Inthanon forest.
Distribution outside Thailand. East Asia, Sumatra, Sulawesi, North America, Pacific.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 346, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Palazzia Waren 1991
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Trochida
Skeneidae
Palazzia

description: Genus Palazzia Warén, 1991
TYPE SPECIES. — Omalogyra ausonia Palazzi, 1988, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on page 523, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Between capture and the camp
Creators: name: Nisa, Richard Thomas
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Year: 2013

description: This dissertation is a genealogy of the geographical and technological practices that shaped the space between battlefield capture and the prisoner of war camp in America’s wars between 1949 and 2011. I piece together a historical depiction of a space that has confounded US military planners, frightened and endangered captives, and remained largely invisible in the military historical record. It is my argument that consideration of these spaces can reveal important but overlooked elements of the geography of warfare and violence, the nature and governance of bodily power, and the dynamic role of enclosure in security performances. I build my argument using a qualitative research approach that includes critical textual and visual discourse analyses of archival materials drawn from a range of sources, from formerly classified administrative logs to recently leaked security files.   Over the course of the past sixty years, these liminal spaces, balanced precariously between the lethality of war and the humanitarian objectives of care and custody, have transformed from largely unregulated sites of encounter to technologically mediated, highly choreographed, and geographically distributed interfaces. I begin by considering the spatiality of the point of capture and subsequently trace an unfolding and expanding set of technologies and bodily practices that have reconfigured the limits of American wartime detention. This interface between inside and outside is no longer necessarily a violent encounter between war fighters, but is increasingly mediated by expansive digital technologies that aim to control a global population of potential threats. I highlight the historical development of the shifting terrain on which these thresholds came to be known, knowable, and governed.   This project represents the first sustained engagement with the history of American military detention practices in the field of geography and the first academic study of the precarious space between capture and the camp.
Forces and interactions between nanoparticles for controlled structures
Creators: name: Mark, Paul R.
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Year: 2013

description: In recent years, structured nanomaterials have started to demonstrate their full potential in breakthrough technologies. However, in order to fulfill the expectations held for the field, it is necessary to carefully design these structures depending upon the targeted application. This tailoring process suggests that a feedback between theory and experiment could potentially allow us to obtain a structure as near optimum as possible. This thesis seeks to describe the theory and experiment needed to understand and control the interactions among nanoparticles to build a functional device for the efficient conversion of sunlight into energy. This thesis will discuss a simulation built from the existing theories explaining nanoparticle interactions and will present how its outcomes can be employed to describe real systems. The forces and dynamics of the nanoparticle system control the way their structure is formed. Thus, in order to understand and predict the formation of organized nanostructures, simulation of forces and dynamics and their corroboration with experimental results are necessary. These simulations will be extended to more complex systems, and the results will be used to provide a basis for the design of a specific nanoparticle structure, namely a linked linear chain.   The envisioned application of the results achieved with the approach described is the design of a nanoparticle-based organic photovoltaic cell where linear chains of nanoparticles are tethered to the back of the device and then surrounded by a conducting polymer matrix to generate percolation pathways and improve light collection and scattering, and thus efficiency, of the device. To tether the chains in the cell, a foundation is needed to provide structure and control spacing. This foundation is designed and constructed by depositing gold nanoparticles on a substrate patterned using block-copolymer lithography to form a hexagonal array upon which the linear chains will be grown.