cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
DataSpace - querying and monitoring deeply networked collections in physical space: Part II - Protocol Details
Creators: name: Goel, Samir
name: Imieliński, Tomasz
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1999

description: The DataSpace is a three dimensional physical space 100 kilometers above and 10 kilometers below the surface of earth that is accessible to the network. It is addressed geographically as opposed to the current logical" addressing scheme of the Internet. In [3℄, we have described the concept of DataSpace and proposed an architecture for it. In this report, we delve into the details of the DataSpace protocols.
ON DEMAND: Managing Online Weekly Assessment & Saving You Time (15 mins)
Creators: name: Grimsby, Gregory
name: Kuo, Ying-Ying
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: Studies indicate that online teaching takes more instructional time than traditional classes. Online instructors often spend a greater amount of time grading students’ weekly work and giving timely feedback. How can we reduce this time so more may be spent on communication and feedback? Instructors should facilitate meaningful practice before high-stakes assessments. In an online course, content is typically chunked into units that can be assessed. The challenge is balancing the frequency of that assessment. This session focuses on the time sinks of accessing and viewing student work and grading that work. My courses have a series of weekly exercises posted within Blackboard. Students watch videos and take notes or follow along with video tutorials. These exercises replace in-class activities and are worth points. These exercises always produce some artifact that can be assessed, a 3d model or drawing in my case, but other topics could easily produce written responses. The weekly exercises provide multiple benefits. They 1) incentivize students to stay on schedule and to do the required materials. 2) Provide an early warning system. Students who haven’t done the exercises will get a querying email. 3) Provide practice before high-stakes assessment. 4) Offer frequent assessment of student work. Wrangling weekly submissions in Grade Center is slow and tedious. It also can clutter grade center with dozens of grade columns. Solve these issues by having students submit their work to aggregation points outside of grade center. Use Bb discussion forums or OneDrive shares to access student work with each student getting their own named folder or thread. Pros and cons for different shares will be discussed. Each of these provides a sequential artifact of a student’s work over the semester that can easily be browsed and commented on. Instructors can reply to these threads if feedback is needed.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol. 12 (2020): Teaching Towards the Future
Cybister rugosus
Creators: name: Hendrich, Lars
name: Balke, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Cybister
Cybister rugosus

description: Cybister rugosus (MacLeay, 1825)
 Trochalus rugosus MacLeay, 1825: 136.
 Cybister indicus Aubé, 1838: 62.
 Cybister rugosus Sharp, 1882: 745; Régimbart, 1899: 347; Zimmermann, 1920: 264.
 Cybister rugosus (MacLeay) - Vazirani, 1977: 92; Yano at al., 1983a: 17; Chen et al., 1998: 27; Nilsson, 2001: 89.
 Material examined. – 1 specimen – Other areas - 1 ex., from fish food, 10 Jul.1990, coll. C.H. Teo ZRC). No further data available.
 Distribution. – Southern Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia: Batam, Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan (MacLeay, 1825; Régimbart, 1899; Zimmermann, 1927). Singapore!
 Ecology. – In other parts of Southeast Asia Cybister rugosus has been collected in various types of mostly perennial standing waters such as ponds, paddy fields (Yano et al., 1983a), fish ponds, shallow lakes and ditches. Cybister rugosus is frequently attracted to light but much rarer than C. tripunctatus lateralis. The species is sold as food in Thailand (Chen et al., 1998).
description: Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, pp. 97-145 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
title: Crystal structure of di[potassium(18-crown-6)]dipotassium nonastannide(4–)—diethylenediamine solvate (1:1.5), [K(C₁₂H₂₄O₆)]₂K₂[Sn₉] · 1.5C₂N₂H₈
Creators: name: Hauptmann, R.
name: Fässler, T. F.
Publisher: name: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag
Year: 2025

description: C₂₇H₆₀K₄N₃O₁₂Sn₉, monoclinic, P12₁/n1(No. 14), a = 10.410(2) Å, b = 25.659(5) Å, c = 20.636(4) Å, β = 102.56(3)°, V = 5380.2 Å³, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.030, wRref(F²) = 0.072, T = 150 K.
Effective capillary pressure and permeability of a granular material during imbibition in a closed column
Creators: name: Li, Minglu
name: Callegari, Gerardo
name: Drazer, German
Publisher: name: Elsevier B.V
Year: 2024
Subjects: Capillary rise
Effective capillary pressure
Finely divided solids wettability
Granular material
Powder wettability
Washburn
Wettability

description: We present a method to determine the effective capillary pressure and permeability of a column packed with a granular material by means of imbibition experiments using a closed column and measuring both the liquid uptake and pressure differential that develops ahead of the liquid front. The method is based on finding an intermediate range of pressure differential values, where a Washburn approximation is no longer valid but a recently obtained effective description accurately reproduces the experimental results. To determine this intermediate range of pressures we calculate the goodness of fit corresponding to both the Washburn pressure-solution, valid at short times, and the implicit pressure-solution, which includes the non-linear dependence of the pressure on the liquid uptake and is compatible with finely divided solids. Using a closed column also allow us to compare the effective capillary pressure with the maximum advancing pressure measured using Bartell’s static method. We perform experiments using liquid polydimethylsiloxane, and glass beads or lactose powder. We show that an effective description of the liquid imbibition is possible and determine the corresponding capillary pressure and permeability that characterize the granular system. We observe that the heterogeneity of the system reduces the characterization range. However, it was possible to characterize lactose powder columns, where the heterogeneity leads to spontaneous bubbling and static measurements are not possible.
ON DEMAND: Interactive Exam Preparation for Students: A Jigsaw Technique (5 mins)
Creators: name: Robison, Charles
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: Providing students with effective opportunities to deeply understand concepts can be difficult. Especially in preparation for exams, students could benefit from an activity session that challenges them to actively engage in theoretical classroom content. A modified jigsaw technique is utilized. In a class of 20-25 students, 5 groups are formed with 4 or 5 students in each group. Each group is assigned a distinct topic and tasked with becoming the ‘resident experts’ on their topic. After 30 minutes of compiling all information on the given topic, new groups are formed. The new groups consist of one representative from each of the original groups. Students are then tasked with leading the discussion/teaching the material on their given topic within their new group. Each student in the new group discusses/teaches their content until all students in the new group have delivered their respective material. This session has been delivered to undergraduate Kinesiology majors in KINE 410 Exercise Physiology II. Providing students with an opportunity to articulate concepts to others helps them to synthesize the material. Moreover, students seem to enjoy the interaction and helping peers prepare for exams. Participants from a variety of disciplines will be able to devise a modified jigsaw study session. This interactive, peer teaching and learning technique has worked well in a science-based course but could be implemented in a multitude of subjects.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol. 12 (2020): Teaching Towards the Future
ON DEMAND: Interteaching: An evidence-based strategy to increasing engagement through peer-based instruction (15 mins)
Creators: name: Park, Kristy
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: During the current evolving nature of instruction, we are called to be innovative in higher education. Technological advancements have created a paradigm shift in the design, delivery, and assessment of instruction with more distance learning opportunities. Students taking asynchronous classes benefit from self-paced instruction but often lose the connection and community of learning in a typical virtual format. One strategy to incorporate peer-based learning is an instructional strategy called interteaching (Brown, Killingsworth, & Alavosius, 2014). Research has shown that this strategy incorporates guided instruction, study guides, peer-to-peer instruction, and instructor feedback in an active learning approach (Sturmey, Dalfen, & Fienup, 2015). First, students independently complete “pre-work” which is a prep guide with study questions. Next, students work in small groups to review the questions and concepts to answer the study questions through a peer-to-peer learning approach. After small group discussion, students complete a survey to follow up with any questions about the prep guides. To help with preparedness, students complete a peer rating form to assess levels of peer productivity and engagement. Lastly, the instructor presents a clarifying lecture based on student questions and comments. Prior to the use of interteaching, I did not have a consistent way to answer student questions or provide extended discussions related to research-to-practice gaps. I will share instructor experiences of this instructional approach used in an asynchronous course, EDSE 624: Seminar in ABA. Because the interteaching assignment covers topics that show discrepancies between evidence-based practice and actual implementation in the field, it has been an insightful learning opportunity for students to connect with others who have similar and/or different experiences in the workplace.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol. 12 (2020): Teaching Towards the Future
Orectochilus (Patrus) andamanicus Regimbart 1884
Creators: name: Hendrich, Lars
name: Balke, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Orectochilus
Orectochilus andamanicus

description: Orectochilus (Patrus) andamanicus Régimbart, 1884
 Orectochilus andamanicus Régimbart, 1884: 435; Ochs, 1929: 403; Balke et al., 1999: 326.
 Material examined. – 8 specimens - Central catchment area - 2 ex., Seletar Reservoir, 16 May.1994, NS 134c, coll. H. K. Lua (ZRC); 3 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest, 14 Jun.1994 (ZRC); 2 ex, Chestnut Drive, 9 Jun.1994 (ZRC); 1 ex., Seletar Stream, May.1991 (ZRC).
 Distribution. – India, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, West Malaysia (Ochs, 1929 and Mazzoldi, in litt.), Singapore (Balke et al., 1999).
 Ecology. – In Singapore specimens were collected in clear and well shaded streams. Orectochilus andamanicus is a rare whirligig and belongs to a group of species (O. spiniger - group) which occur in shaded clearwater streams, mainly in forested areas of the lowlands. The beetles usually circle under fallen logs and in undercut riverbanks (Mazzoldi, in litt.).
description: Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, pp. 97-145 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on page 121, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
Social media and food crisis communication
Creators: name: Cuite, Cara L.
name: Hallman, William K.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Crisis communication
Social media
Food recalls
Foodborne illness

description: This study explores how to use social media to effectively communicate with the public about food risks. Using an Internet-based survey with a national sample of 1904 adults, we tested how the format of a URL affects how people respond to a message and the effectiveness of different sources of a social media message. We randomly assigned participants to see one of four “tiny” URLs at the end of a social-media style message (in which no source was identified) concerning a food contamination event. The URLs are from actual government tweets, two with usa.gov (go.usa.gov/YXNC and 1.usa.gov/RvvLKI) and two with random text (is.gd/FfQIDl and ow.ly/emXG7). The two URLS with “usa.gov” were significantly more likely to be perceived as being from the government (F (3, 1167) 20.78, p <.000) and less likely to be seen as a hoax (F (3, 1175) 11.32, p <.000), and respondents were more likely to say that they would click on the link to seek more information (F (3, 1182) 13.65, p <.000). To test source effects, we randomly assigned participants to see a second social media message that was identified as coming from either the company involved in a foodborne illness outbreak, MSNBC, Fox News, the state police, US DHS, or US FDA. There was a significant effect of source on all related dependent variables (understanding: F (6, 1125) =3.94, p<.001; perceived accuracy: F (6, 1125) =6.17, p<.000; likely to avoid: F (6, 1125) =3.42, p<.002; authenticity: F (6, 1125) =6.75, p<.000). Identifying the company involved in the outbreak and not identifying the source of the message was least effective in terms of perceived accuracy, understanding, and plans to avoid the contaminated food. These increased with attribution to media sources, and increased even more for government sources. These findings are important and actionable because they clearly suggest that social media messages are most likely to be useful when clearly identified as coming from the government.
Smartphone GPS Locations of Students’ Movements to and from Campus
Creators: name: Doyle-Baker, Patricia K.
name: Ladle, Andrew
name: Rout, Angela
name: Galpern, Paul
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: For many university students, commuting to and from campus constitutes a large proportion of their daily movement, and therefore it may influence their ability and willingness to spend time on campus or to participate in campus activities. To assess student engagement on campus, we collected smartphone GPS location histories from volunteers (n = 280) attending university in a major Canadian city. We investigated how campus visit length and frequency were related to characteristics of the commute using Bayesian regression models. Slower commutes and commutes over longer distances were associated with more time spent but less frequent visits to campus. Our results demonstrate that exposure to campus life, and therefore the potential for student engagement, may relate not just to whether a student lives on or near campus, but also to urban environmental factors that interact to influence the commuting experience.
Orectochilus (Patrus) corporaali Peschet 1923
Creators: name: Hendrich, Lars
name: Balke, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Orectochilus
Orectochilus corporaali

description: Orectochilus (Patrus) corporaali Peschet, 1923
 Orectochilus corporaali Peschet, 1923b: 293; Ochs, 1927a: 244; 1927b: 116, 122; 1929: 401; 1931: 473.
  Material known. –  Number? – Other areas - St. George Road, 10 Apr.1927, coll. N. Smedley (NMKL), (Ochs, 1929). Not seen.
 Distribution. – West Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia: Sumatra, Java (Ochs, 1927a, 1929 & 1931).
 Ecology. – In West Malaysia (Sungai Ampang, Selangor) O. corporaali was collected in shady forest streams, where the water was very still (Dover, in litt, ref. Ochs, 1927a). Mazzoldi (in litt.) has collected the species from fast flowing, shaded streams in Johore, West Malaysia.
description: Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, pp. 97-145 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
Linear Recurrent Subsequences of Generalized Meta-Fibonacci Sequences
Creators: name: Fox, Nathan
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Fibonacci numbers
Integer sequence
Recurrent sequences (Mathematics)
Hofstadter, Douglas R., 1945-

description: In a recent paper, Frank Ruskey asked whether every linear recurrent sequence can occur in some solution of a meta-Fibonacci sequence. In this paper, we consider the natural generalization of meta-Fibonacci recurrences to more than two terms. In this context, we show, using an explicit construction, that any sequence satisfying a linear recurrence with positive coefficients occurs as an evenly-spaced subsequence in some generalized meta-Fibonacci sequence.
Report on economic and social impact assessment of Energy Efficiency measures in the building sector
Creators: name: Reiter, Ulrich
name: Palacios, Andrea
name: Lienhard, Larissa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Analyses of energy efficiency measures usually focus on direct savings of useful or final energy in different economic sectors or energy-related appliances. In this report, we focus on energy savings and other related benefits of efficiency improvements in the built environment.
ON DEMAND: Teaching Large Synchronous Online Classes with Blackboard Collaborate (15 mins)
Creators: name: Novak, Andrew
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: This proposal is for a teaching demonstration of Blackboard Collaborate features for a large (45+) partially or fully synchronous online class. The focus here will be on large undergraduate classes. For a large class (45+ students), Blackboard Collaborate provides a different experience than for a small class. For instance, it is not necessary for students to use their webcams and microphones to participate in discussion since this becomes unmanageable; similarly, the “raise hand” feature is less useful in large classes. Rather, the group chat feature allows real-time interaction to questions from the instructor. The demonstration will include how to set up recurring web conferences, record the sessions, take attendance, use the group chat feature for class discussion, share screen, and use the whiteboard for an almost seamless transition from a classroom to synchronous online environment. My classes are asynchronous/synchronous hybrids, so they also include prerecorded lectures with rolling interactive transcripts and weekly quizzes that students complete before the synchronous session begins. In addition, Blackboard Collaborate contains features that are absent in a traditional classroom session, such as instant polling, breakout rooms, and moderated chats between students, which can actually increase engagement over a classroom setting. The demonstration will include samples of online "workshops" that I have created to generate group discussion in the online classes. I will also show clips from the recordings of my previous online classes to show the level of student interaction in the discussions on the group chat.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol. 12 (2020): Teaching Towards the Future
Orectochilus (Patrus) klynstrai Ochs 1927
Creators: name: Hendrich, Lars
name: Balke, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Orectochilus
Orectochilus klynstrai

description: Orectochilus (Patrus) klynstrai Ochs, 1927
 Orectochilus klynstrai Ochs, 1927b: 117, 122; 1929: 402; 1953: 220.
  Material known. –  Number? – Other areas - St. George Road, 10 Apr.1922, coll. N. Smedley (NMKL); Katong, July1922, coll. F.N. Chasen (NMKL) (Ochs, 1929). Not seen.
  Distribution. –  Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia: Sumatra (Ochs, 1929 and Mazzoldi, in litt.).
 Ecology. – See Orectochilus andamanicus and O. corporaali.
description: Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, pp. 97-145 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
Orectochilus (Patrus) productus Regimbart 1884
Creators: name: Hendrich, Lars
name: Balke, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Orectochilus
Orectochilus productus

description: Orectochilus (Patrus) productus Régimbart, 1884
 Orectochilus productus Régimbart, 1884: 422; Ochs, 1927a: 2; 1929: 402; Fernando, 1964: 82, 86; Balke et al., 1999: 326.
  Material examined. –  81 specimens – Central catchment area - 18 ex., MacRitchie Reservoir, Apr.1994 [NS 36, 123B, 124A, 125, 161D] (ZRC); 49 ex., Seletar Reservoir, 12-23 May 1994 (NS 132, 134a, 136A, 140B) (CPM, ZRC); 9 ex, Chestnut Drive, NS 142E, 26 May.1994 (ZRC) Other areas - 2 ex., Bukit Batok Nature Park, 9 Jul.1995, LHK 282, coll. H. K. Lua (ZRC); 3 ex, Lorong Banir, NS 141C, 24 May.1994 (ZRC).
 Distribution. – India, Sri Lanka, Southern China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia [Sarawak], Indonesia [Kalimantan and Java] (Ochs, 1927a & 1929; Mazzoldi, in litt.), Singapore (Balke et al., 1999).
  Ecology. –  This is the common Orectochilus found in both forest and open habitats, especially in ponds and edges of reservoirs.
description: Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, pp. 97-145 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
ON DEMAND: Fostering Student Engagement with Reading Materials: Using a Social Annotation Platform (15 mins)
Creators: name: Melley, Alison
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: Students who engage with course materials frequently have increased long-term learning compared to those that cram for a test. In many classes, this means reading and understanding written materials – but too often students do minimal reading. Perusall is a “social annotation” tool that creates an engaging reading experience for students who then come to lecture more prepared. Any PDF document can be uploaded, and students annotate as they read. They earn points for quality, asking and answering questions, and interacting with their classmates. Set up is straightforward and Perusall manages the grading automatically - freeing up time for high-quality interactions with students. This can be used in any discipline, in large or small sections, and in both online and face to face courses. Students interact in a familiar way (like social media), which has been especially helpful in building community in online and in large sections. It draws out students who typically stay quiet in class and faculty can interact with students in a way not possible on discussion boards. This technology is especially beneficial for ESL learners and others who struggle with reading, and it identifies trends of curiosity and confusion – providing data for faculty to tailor lecture or learning activities. Participants in this recorded session will witness a demonstration of the tool and will be provided with a course code to try out the tool firsthand where they can interact with other participants and with the presenter.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol. 12 (2020): Teaching Towards the Future
title: Impact of Violated High-Dose Refuge Assumptions on Evolution of Bt-Resistance
title: Evolution of Bt Resistance
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Campagne, Pascal
name: Smouse, Peter E.
name: Pasquet, Rémy
name: Silvain, Jean-François
name: Le Ru, Bruno
name: Van den Berg, Johnnie
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2016
Subjects: Insecticide resistance
Refuge strategy
High-dose
Partial dominance
Non-random mating
Fitness cost
Incomplete resistance

description: Transgenic crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins have been widely and successfully deployed for the control of target pests, while allowing a substantial reduction of insecticide use. The evolution of resistance (a heritable decrease in susceptibility to Bt toxins) can pose a threat to sustained control of target pests, but a high-dose refuge (HDR) management strategy has been key to delaying countervailing evolution of Bt resistance. The HDR strategy relies on the mating frequency between susceptible and resistant individuals, so either partial dominance of resistant alleles or non-random mating in the pest population itself could elevate the pace of resistance evolution. Using classic Wright-Fisher genetic models, we investigated the impact of deviations from standard refuge model assumptions on resistance evolution in the pest populations. We show that when Bt selection is strong, even deviations from random mating and/or strictly recessive resistance that are below the threshold of detection can yield dramatic increases in the pace of resistance evolution. Resistance evolution is hastened whenever the order of magnitude of model violations exceeds the initial frequency of resistant alleles. We also show that existence of a fitness cost for resistant individuals on the refuge crop cannot easily overcome the effect of violated HDR assumptions. We propose a parametrically explicit framework that enables both comparison of various field situations and model inference. Using this model, we propose novel empiric estimators of the pace of resistance evolution (and time to loss of control), whose simple calculation relies on the observed change in resistance allele frequency.
Non-fillability of overtwisted contact manifolds via polyfolds
Creators: name: Schmaltz, Wolfgang
name: Suhr, Stefan
name: Zehmisch, Kai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D42, 53D40, 57R17, 53D45, 37J55, 34C25, 37C27

description: We prove that any weakly symplectically fillable contact manifold is tight. Furthermore we verify the strong Weinstein conjecture for contact manifolds that appear as the concave boundary of a directed symplectic cobordism whose positive boundary satisfies the weak-filling condition and is overtwisted. Similar results are obtained in the presence of bordered Legendrian open books whose binding-complement has vanishing second Stiefel-Whitney class. The results are obtained via polyfolds.
description: Accepted for publication in Arnold Math. J
ON DEMAND: Student Profiles as Process and Content (15 mins)
Creators: name: Howell, Billy
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: Online classes make evident the amount of effort that instructors must devote to establishing instructor-student and student-student rapport. Building a sense of community that allows students to embrace their own agency and participate fully depends on activities that ask students to acknowledge the digital identities they construct in the online space. Online environments are not inherently social, and at worst, the online classroom can seem like little more than a digital correspondence course. To bring awareness to the presence of community, I ask students to construct a personal profile on our WordPress blog. The initial profile is extremely simplistic and based upon the first iteration of the Facebook profile. Although conditions in the face-to-face classroom make social contact and a sense of community easier to accomplish, I also use this activity in my face-to-face classes by having students construct and discuss profiles displaying their self-understanding as learners, professionals, and researchers. I have used this activity for undergraduate students from all disciplines in writing-intensive, Mason Core courses, where we can discuss the rhetoric of public constructs like profiles. In other disciplines, the profiles could serve as texts for activities focused on professional development, self-concept, critical reflection, or group collaboration. For instance, a profile might be used in an introductory sociology course as an example of the relationship between and individual and broader demography, whereas an advanced course in organic chemistry might have students adapt such profiles to discuss their goal, to explore their relationship as individuals to the broader scientific community, or to connect with other students and share resources as their interests evolve.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol. 12 (2020): Teaching Towards the Future
ON DEMAND: Inclusive Learning with Low-Tech Games (15 mins)
Creators: name: Grieco, Christina
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: In the last several years, colleges have seen a rise in education gamification through digital platforms such as Kahoot! and Quizlet. Although many own smartphones, not all students have the financial resources to purchase devices that would allow them to play online review games. Additionally, the increasing population of nontraditional students means that many students are not part of the “digital native” generation and may not be as comfortable using devices in the classroom. By incorporating interactive, low-tech games into the classroom, instructors can gamify learning while creating an inclusive environment. Board and card games can be used to engage and build community among multigenerational students, since they are collaborative activities that encourage participation. Additionally, students can generate questions for use in gameplay, which empowers learners to feel invested in their educations. The response to low-tech games has been positive in my first-year composition, advanced composition, and introductory literature courses; however, these activities can be used across disciplines to build positive classroom experiences and facilitate learning through play. In this activity showcase, I will provide an overview of how to create board game templates, adapt instructions to fit different pedagogical needs, and accommodate for a socially-distanced classroom. I will also show instructors how to use games as an assessment tool by creating defined rules with specific learning outcomes.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol. 12 (2020): Teaching Towards the Future
Orectochilus (Patrus) vitalisi subsp. smedleyi Ochs 1929
Creators: name: Hendrich, Lars
name: Balke, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Orectochilus
Orectochilus vitalisi
Orectochilus (patrus) vitalisi smedleyi ochs, 1929

description: Orectochilus (Patrus) vitalisi smedleyi Ochs, 1929
 Orectochilus vitalisi smedleyi Ochs, 1929: 403.
  Material known. –  Number? – Other areas - St. George Road, 10 Apr.1922, coll. N. Smedley (Ochs, 1929). Not seen.
 Distribution. – Singapore (Ochs, 1929); Trengganu (West Malaysia) (Mazzoldi in prep.).
 Ecology. – The habitat in Singapore is unknown. In West Malaysia the species was collected in clear and oxygen rich water of a fast flowing stream (Mazzoldi, in litt.).
description: Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, pp. 97-145 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
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qPCR_data_örn_et_al.xlsx
Creators: name: Englund Örn, Oliver
name: Hatti-Kaul, Rajni
name: Leiva Eriksson, Nélida
name: Hagman, Arne
name: Ismail, Mohamed
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 60113 Synthetic Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: qPCR data from "Enhancing the Metabolic Efficiency via Novel Constitutive Promoters Towards Protocatechuic Acid Production". Protocatechuic acid (PCA) is an antioxidant molecule that can also serve as a precursor for several polymer building blocks. PCA production using a recombinant Escherichia coli overexpressing the enzyme 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase (DSD), which catalyses the transformation of 3-dehydroshikimate to PCA, has been reported earlier. Nevertheless, optimizing the expression rate of recombinant enzymes is an important factor to consider in metabolic engineering for the biobased production of high value chemicals. In the present study, a degenerate promoter approach was investigated for the production of PCA. Three novel synthetic consecutive promoters were selected from a randomized promoter library by screening PCA levels. The synthetic promoters increased the yield of PCA from glucose by 20% compared to the inducible T7-promoter. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis of the expression of the gene DSD Escherichia coli Atcc 31882 cells. The study examined the difference in expression of DSD by three novel synthetic consecutive promoters (named 2.7, 1.26 and 2.47) and compared it to the expression by the T7-promoter. The expression was studied at three timepoints 18h (mid exponential phase), 24h (late exponential phase) and 48h late stationary phase. The housekeeping genes cysG, hcaT and idnT were used as reference. The RT-qPCR results showed that the DSD gene that were regulated by the synthetic promoter had high expression during the exponential phase of the cell growth, albeit the gene expression level dropped 250-fold during the stationary phase. The developed promoters increased the product yield while also avoiding the need of a costly inducer. Screening of the entire promoter library is likely to provide more positive hits. While synthetic promoters are promising alternatives to the inducible promoter systems, selection of the correct promoter is important and requires thorough evaluation.
ON DEMAND: Using Career Case Studies in Your Curriculum (15 mins)
Creators: name: Craig, Lydia
name: Kuykendall, Lauren
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: The Career Case Study project is a semester-long series of assignments in which students are asked to identify someone to interview about his or her career. Drawing on course concepts (e.g., the impact of family/social background on career, job fit, setbacks/challenges), students interview their case person five times throughout the semester and write short reports (500-750 words) summarizing their findings in the context of course readings and classroom discussions. Students are given questions to ask at each interview but are encouraged to adapt the questions and ask follow-ups as appropriate. This assignment can be easily tailored to address different course content and student populations; I am currently using it in a mixed-majors course in the Honors College, but it was adapted from a graduate-level assignment. The assignment has multiple strengths. It helps make course concepts real to students, as they hear how the concepts play out outside of academic readings. It also facilitates in-class discussion of concepts, as students can make connections to things that came up in interviews. Students tend to have very positive reactions to the assignment and often find it very meaningful. Many students interview someone they already know well (e.g., a parent), and the formal structure encourages them to ask questions they have never asked before and listen actively. This often leads students to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for the interviewee. Many students have also reported that the interviews are very meaningful to the person that they interview.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol. 12 (2020): Teaching Towards the Future
Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Theobald 1901, sensu lato
Creators: name: Harbach, Ralph E.
name: Wilkerson, Richard C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae
Anopheles
Anopheles pseudopunctipennis

description: Anopheles pseudopunctipennis sensu lato in western Chile
Mann (1950) described two subspecies from the Tarapacá Region of Chile, An. pseudopunctipennis neghmei and An. pseudopunctipennis noei from La Quebrada de Miñimiñe and Oasis de Suca, respectively.The two sites are only about 2.5 km apart but they are “perfectamente aislados por fajas de desierto absoluto”, absolutely and completely isolated by desert. The projections of the median plate of the spiracular apparatus are much shorter in the two subspecies than in the nominotypical subspecies. They have very different eggs from each other and An. pseudopunctipennis sensu lato (a key is given to eggs of related species), and neghmei is described as distinctly more melanistic than noei. Ecological studies were carried out by Mann with the intention of future publication, of which we can find no record. However, there is reference (Anonymous 1950) to a fire that destroyed the School of Medicine and the Department of Parasitology of the University of Chile in 1949, which might explain why the information was not published. However, a brief result of that unpublished study is given in his description. Mann (1950) described rearing many individuals of the two subspecies in each other’s habitats to see if environment affected their morphological characters, which to him was an alternative explanation for their differences [phenotype affected by environment]. He reported that characters for each remained true no matter where they were raised. It is an intriguing question if hybrids or introgression occurred because of this manipulation. Because of distance and morphological differences from the nominotypical subspecies, and striking egg and color differences between these two subspecies, we elevate both to species status: Anopheles (Anopheles) neghmei Mann, 1950 and Anopheles (Anopheles) noei Mann, 1950. Anopheles neghmei and An. noei are both currently listed as species in the Encyclopedia of Life.
description: Published as part of Harbach, Ralph E. & Wilkerson, Richard C., 2023, The insupportable validity of mosquito subspecies (Diptera: Culicidae) and their exclusion from culicid classification, pp. 1-184 in Zootaxa 5303 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5303.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8043342
Orectochilus (Patrus) spinosus Zimmermann 1917
Creators: name: Hendrich, Lars
name: Balke, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Orectochilus
Orectochilus spinosus

description: Orectochilus (Patrus) spinosus Zimmermann, 1917
 Orectochilus spinosus Zimmermann, 1917: 156.
  Material examined. –  25 specimens – Central catchment area - 14 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest, NS 159B, 14 Jun.1994 (ZRC); 11 ex, Chestnut Drive, NS 165, 23 Jun.1994 (ZRC).
  Distribution. –  The species was originally described from Borneo (Zimmermann, 1917). New records are from the Riau Islands and Kalimantan (Mazzoldi, in litt.).
 Ecology. – The specimens were collected from a relatively clear, slow-flowing and oxygen-rich, well-shaded stream in the Central catchment area.
description: Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, pp. 97-145 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on pages 122-123, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
Linear-C: a data-parallel extension to C
Creators: name: Smith, Don
name: Levy, Saul
name: Hsu, Chung-Hsing
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1996

description: Linear-C is a data-parallel extension to C. It extends C by treating arrays (or more precisely, aggregate value) as first-class citizens. It provides activity association and segment association to control aggregate values in a computation. It also supplies new operators for aggregate values. Linear-C is designed to be intuitively simple to learn, to use, yet powerful enough to express many kinds of data parallelism. In this report we show that (1) the rationale behind our decision to choose a particular manipulation rule, and (2) the whole picture of the language in a systematic way. In the first part, we identify the trade-offs between the simplicity, the expressiveness, and the implementability of Linear-C. After that, the entire language is introduced systematically, to show the simplicity of the language model and the consistency of the manipulation rules. Finally, we conclude the report in terms of possible future research directions.
title: Transitioning to Diversity – a Qualitative Evaluation of the Process and Outcome of a Program Aimed at Increasing the Ethnic and Cultural Diversity of Nurses in Western Massachusetts
Creators: name: Fleming, Noor Farida
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Western Massachusetts
subject: Ethnic
subject: Cultural
subject: Diversity
subject: Workforce
subject: Shortage
subject: Equality
subject: Nursing Students
subject: Latina
subject: African American
subject: Healthcare
subject: Support
subject: Certified Nursing Aides
subject: Work-Based Program
subject: Patient Health

description: Nursing in Western Massachusetts faces a two-fold problem: there are less and less nurses and the ethnic and cultural diversity within the nursing workforce is low. This situation contrasts to the increasing patient population and the increasing ethnic and cultural diversity within the region. Increasing the ethnic and cultural diversity of the nursing workforce is seen as one part of the solution to the nursing shortage problem and is a documented regional, and national, priority. Increasing the diversity of the nursing workforce is important for equity and has been shown to increase the cultural appropriateness of care and overall patient health outcomes. Responses to increasing the diversity of the nursing workforce to date have focused on supporting minority students enter and persist in nursing programs. This qualitative evaluation describes the process and outcomes of a pilot transition work-based program that supports ten Latina and African-American who are already working in the health sector. As Certified Nursing Aides, these women work in a position with the greatest ethnic and cultural diversity within the healthcare sector. This pilot aims to develop a model for the work-based support to minority CNAs transition to nursing studies in Western Massachusetts. This research evaluates the process and outcomes of the pilot program.
STEM 2021 Proceedings : 6th International STEM in Education Conference
Creators: name: Anderson, David, 1966-
name: Milner-Bolotin, Marina
name: Santos, Rodrigo
name: Petrina, Stephen
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2021

description: STEM 2021, July 5-9, Virtual Conference hosted by UBC, Vancouver Canada
Thermomagnetic convection in an inclined layer of ferromagnetic fluid
Creators: name: Pham, Khanh Gia
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The thesis contains a theoretical justification of a method for evaluating Landau constants appearing in low-dimensional models of various fluid flows. Subsequently, this method is applied to study mixed thermomagnetic and thermogravitational convection in an inclined layer of a non-isothermal ferrofluid placed in an external magnetic field. The results of this study shed light on the intricate interaction between thermogravitational and thermomagnetic mechanisms of convection. This knowledge is of importance for designing perspective heat management systems using ferrofluid as a heat carrier medium and operating in environments where natural convection is either absent or too weak to ensure an efficient heat removal because of the lack of the gravity (space stations) or extreme confinement (microelectronics).
Innovation and International Business
Creators: name: Cantwell, John
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Technological accumulation
Innovation networks
International knowledge flows
Competence-creating subsidiaries
Geography of innovation
Information age

description: While classical economic theories of growth emphasised international capital accumulation, and finance-based theories of foreign investment stressed international interest rate differentials and risk reduction, the technological accumulation approach examines international knowledge building by multinational enterprises and their international business (IB) networks. The two processes of innovation and internationalisation have become ever more interconnected as central drivers of development since the first industrial revolution, through to today’s information age. The increasing significance of the knowledge-seeking motive for IB networks and of competence-creating subsidiary activities at a local level have linked localised innovation systems to IB and to international knowledge exchange. From a locational perspective, international knowledge connectivity has become critical for sustained innovation and growth. The shift of techno-socio-economic paradigm in the information age is associated with a shift in the character of IB and innovation, with critical implications for IB theory and concepts.
Berosus fairmairei Zaitzev 1908
Creators: name: Hendrich, Lars
name: Balke, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrophilidae
Berosus
Berosus fairmairei

description: Berosus fairmairei Zaitzev, 1908
(Fig. 27)
 Berosus acutispina Fairmaire, 1889: 336.
 Berosus fairmairei Zaitzev, 1908: 355; Schödl, 1992: 146; Hansen, 1999: 76, and references therein.
  Material examined. –  10 specimens - Sungai Buloh – 7 ex., muddy pool 2, 4 Dec.1990, coll. C. M. Yang & K. L. Yeo (ZRC); 3 ex., 18 Nov.1990, coll. H. K. Lua (ZRC).
 Distribution. – Widespread and common species. East Palearctic and Oriental realms (Schödl, 1992; Hansen, 1999). Singapore!
 Ecology. – A lentic species which occurs in shallow and exposed ponds, puddles and ditches rich in aquatic vegetation and plant debris.
description: Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, pp. 97-145 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on page 123, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
ХОМ ИПАКНИ ТЎҚУВГА ТАЙЁРЛАШ ТЕХНОЛОГИЯСИНИ ТАДҚИҚ ҚИЛИШ ВА ТАКОМИЛЛАШТИРИШ
Creators: name: Мухаммадрасулов, Шамсиддин
name: Юлдашева, Дилдора
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Республикамиз пиллакашлик корхоналарида асосан табиий ипакнинг ассортиментлари ишлаб чиқаришни ривожлантириш. Ипларга бурам бериш усулларини ўрганиш. Бир қаватли хом ипакка бурам беришнинг асосий мақсади хом ипакнинг сифат кўрсаткичларини яхшилашдан иборат бўлиб, бурам бериш натижасида хом ипакнинг узувчи куч ва узилишдаги чўзилиш кўрсаткичларини аниқлаш.