cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Tetramorium caespitum
Creators: name: Bolton, B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1979
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Tetramorium
Tetramorium caespitum

description: Tetramorium caespitum (L.)
(Figs 37, 49)
Formica caespitum L., 1758: 581. Holotype female, Europe (' in Europae tuberibus') (holotype not in Linnean Society collection, London). Tetramorium caespitum (L.); Mayr, 1855: 426. Tetramorium caespitum var. immigrans Santschi, 1927: 54. Syntype workers, Chile: Valparaiso (Miss Edwards) (probably in NM, Basle; not seen). Syn. n. Myrmica (Myrmica) brevinodis var. transversinodis Enzmann, 1946: 47, figs 1, 2. Holotype worker, _ U. S. A.: Massachusetts, Dedham (in private coll. J. Enzmann; not seen). [Synonymy by Brown, 1949: 47; also Creighton, 1950: 291.]
Worker. With the group characters given above; the head densely and finely longitudinally rugulose everywhere. Spaces between rugulae with feeble ground sculpture, mostly shining. Head without unsculptured patches, without reticular or rugoreticular sculpture. Dorsal alitrunk longitudinally rugulose but on the posterior portion of the propodeal dorsum the rugulae being replaced by fine reticulatepunctate sculpture. Dorsal surfaces of petiole and postpetiole finely sculptured but each with a smooth median area or smooth median longitudinal strip. First gastral tergite unsculptured. Metanotal groove impressed in profile, the propodeal spines usually slightly longer than their basal width, but sometimes represented only by a pair of broadly triangular teeth. Pubescence of hind tibiae short and fine, decumbent to appressed.
During this study I have examined specimens from Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania, all falling within the range given by Creighton (1950). The var. transversinodis of Enzmann, noted above, is accepted as an absolute synonym of caespitum without question for, although I have not seen the holotype, the figures and description fit the species very well.
The status of var. immigrans is a little more dubious. It was first recorded from Chile by Santschi (1922) as T. caespitum but later he described it as caespitum var. immigrans (1927), both records being based on the same specimens from Valparaiso. Snelling & Hunt (1975) in their review of the Chilean ant fauna note the 1922 record but state that they had seen no material in their survey. Under these circumstances I think it best to assume that the Chilean record represents a casual introduction and to refer immigrans to the synonymy of caespitum. Sporadic introductions of caespitum in the neotropics are probably uncommon but I have seen material originating in Belize and Mexico during the course of this investigation.
description: Published as part of Bolton, B., 1979, The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World., pp. 129-181 in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 38 on page 171
Vandenboschia gigantea (Bory ex Willd.) Pic.Serm.
Creators: name: Ahamada H. Saïd
name: Sabine Hennequin
name: Germinal Rouhan
name: Jean-Yves Dubuisson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Hymenophyllales
Hymenophyllaceae
Vandenboschia
Vandenboschia gigantea

description: Vandenboschia gigantea (Bory ex Willd.) Pic.Serm.
Vandenboschia gigantea (Bory ex Willd.) Pic.Serm., Webbia 23: 197 (1968). – Trichomanes giganteum Bory ex Willd., Species plantarum: 514 (1810). – Type: ‘Habitat in insula Borboniae’, J.B.G.M. Bory de St.­Vincent s.n. envoyé à Willdenow sous le numéro 122 (holo-: BW20216!; iso-: P00477826!).
Trichomanes radicans Sw. var. gigantea (Bory ex Willd.) Mett. ex Kuhn, Filices Africanae: 36 (1868).
Short description
Terrestrial and climbing; long-creeping thick rhizomes with robust roots (especially on terrestrial parts), bearing widely separated erect to pending fronds; fronds stipitate, up to 60 cm long, lanceolate to ovate, bipinnate-pinnatifid to tripinnate-pinnatifid or more divided; numerous sori, paratactic, cylindrical to obconic with truncated mouth.
Global distribution
Comoros, Madagascar, La Réunion.
Distribution in Comoros
Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mohéli.
Additional specimens examined
COMOROS: s. loc., s.d., L.Humblot 1576 (P01472915, P01472917); s. loc., s.d., L.H.Boivin s.n. (P01472922). ANJOUAN, s. loc., s.d., LH.Boivin s.n. (P01472925); s. loc., 1886, L.Humblot 1576 (P01472918); s. loc., 1905?, M.Lavanchie s.n. (P01604661). GRANDE COMORE, s. loc., Nov. 1911, L.Humblot s.n. (P01472916, P01472919, P01472920, P01472921, P01472923); Versant ouest du volcan Karthala, bois proche de Convalescence, 24 Oct. 2008, M.Pignal et al. 3395 (P02439790); Versant ouest du volcan Karthala, bois proche de Convalescence, 24 Oct. 2008, M.Pignal et al. 3397 (P02439791); Versant ouest du volcan Karthala, bois proche de Convalescence, 24 Oct. 2008, M.Pignal et al. 3404 (P02433496); Kourani, 25 Nov. 2009, C.Loup et al. 529 (P02439775); Nfudo ya Mdrunda, au-dessus du village de Tsinimwapanga, en chemin vers le second point de récolte, 29 Nov. 2009, C.Loup et al. 546 (P02439778). MOHÉLI, Au-dessus de Drondroni, 26 Mar. 2011, C.Loup et al. 581 (P02439782).
description: Published as part of Ahamada H. Saïd, Sabine Hennequin, Germinal Rouhan & Jean-Yves Dubuisson, 2017, Disentangling the diversity and taxonomy of Hymenophyllaceae (Hymenophyllales, Polypodiidae) in the Comoros, pp. 1-53 in European Journal of Taxonomy 313 on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.313, http://zenodo.org/record/896401
Convex modeling based topology optimization with load uncertainty
Creators: name: Zhao, Xike
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: In traditional topology optimization formulation the external load are deterministic and the uncertainties are not considered. The convex modeling based topology optimization method for solving topology optimization problems under external load uncertainties is presented in this dissertation. The load uncertainties are formulated using the non-probabilistic based unknown-but-bounded convex model. The sensitivities are derived and the problem is solved using gradient based algorithm. The proposed convex modeling based method yields the material distribution which would optimize the worst structure response under the uncertain loads. Comparing to the deterministic based topology optimization formulation, the proposed method provided more reliable solutions when load uncertainties were involved. The proposed method can work with other method to solved complicated design problems. A protective structure design problem involving load uncertainties, multiple design objectives and unconstrained structure is solved by integrating the convex modeling based topology optimization method with regional strain energy formulation and inertial relief method. The simplicity, efficiency and versatility of the proposed convex modeling based method can be considered as a supplement to the sophisticated probabilistic based topology optimization methods.
Targeting pericentriolar matrix cohesion in cancer treatment
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Mitotic spindle assembly is an essential step in cellular proliferation and is a viable target for cancer therapeutics. A strategy has been to inhibit cell division with antimitotics, small molecules like Paclitaxel, and Plk1 and Eg5 inhibitors that arrest cells in mitosis and induce apoptosis. The centrosomes are the primary site of microtubule nucleation during mitotic spindle formation. Centrosomes are composed of a pair of centrioles surrounded by a protein rich meshwork called the pericentriolar matrix (PCM). Recently, we determined that inhibition of STARD9, a novel protein required for PCM cohesion, led to PCM fragmentation, multipolar spindles, failure to congress chromosomes, mitotic arrest, spindle checkpoint activation, and apoptosis with faster kinetics than inhibition of Plk1/Eg5. This led us to consider that the type of mitotic arrest was critical to how fast cells apoptose. We hypothesize that Plk1/Eg5 inhibition leads to a stable arrest that is reversible and that, in contrast, PCM fragmentation leads to a dynamic arrest that creates irreparable and irreversible centrosome, chromosome, and spindle damage that triggers a fast apoptotic response. To test this hypothesis we propose to analyze the consequences of depleting proteins critical for PCM cohesion and to compare them to the depletion of current antimitotic drug targets like Plk1 and Eg5. To do this we will employ fixed cell confocal microscopy and live cell time-lapse microcopy coupled with fluorescently labeled stable cells lines to perform a multiparametric analysis of important mitotic features. We will quantify the extent of PCM fragmentation, the dynamic movements of microtubules and chromosomes, and the timing to apoptosis from mitotic entry. We will further substantiate our results by analyzing these cells for the biochemical hallmarks of apoptosis, including caspase 9, 3, and 7 activation, DNA fragmentation, and overall cell viability. Additionally, we will define the types of cancers that are responsive to inhibition of PCM cohesion. Our analysis will determine if inhibition of PCM cohesion is a viable approach to treating cancer. In addition it may change the way we select antimitotic drug targets.
Scorpiops reini Tang 2024
Creators: name: Tang, Victoria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Scorpiopidae
Scorpiops
Scorpiops reini

description: (22) Scorpiops reini Tang, 2024
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY. China, Yunnan Province, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yingjiang County; VT.
CHINESE EQUIVALENT. AE氏ẍx.
DISTRIBUTION (●). Yunnan: Dehong Prefecture (Yingjiang County).
description: Published as part of Tang, Victoria, 2025, A review of scorpiofauna of China: nomenclatural notes and updated faunistic catalogue (Arachnida: Scorpiones), pp. 1-24 in Euscorpius 404 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14660932
Dormitator latifrons
Creators: name: Angulo, Arturo
name: Betts, Joel T.
name: González-Alemán, Néstor J.
name: Castañeda, Edgar
name: Berghe, Eric Van Den
name: Elías, Diego J.
name: Mcmahan, Caleb D.
name: Matamoros, Wilfredo A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Eleotridae
Dormitator
Dormitator latifrons

description: Dormitator latifrons (Richardson 1844). Pacific Fat Sleeper; Pocoyo, Guavina, Pez Perro, Guarasapa, Dormilón, Pocoyo del Pacífico, Dormilón Chame, Dormilón Porroco, Puyeki
Vouchers: UCR 0270-001 (29) and 0272-002 (1); other collections: TCWC 249103 (1), TCWC 249104 (2), UF 142317 (1) and 142466 (1). Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from southern California, USA, to northern Peru; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) ER, PN and Ni (Pacific); 0–19 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend stable. Literature: Villa (1982: 221; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 410; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 1971; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 33; listed, including information on distribution).
description: Published as part of Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5376 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788
Antimicrobial effects of vapor phase thymol, modified atmosphere and their combinations against Salmonella spp. on raw shrimp
Creators: name: Zhou, Siyuan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Salmonella contamination on raw shrimp is a big food safety concern in the U.S.. This research evaluated the inhibition effects of vapor phase thymol, modified atmosphere (MA) and their combination against Salmonella spp. on raw shrimp. Growth profiles of a Salmonella spp. cocktail (6 strains), inoculated onto the surface of raw shrimp, treated with vapor phase thymol at three levels (0, 0.8 and 1.6 mg l-1), or MA (59.5% CO2 + 39.5% N2 + 1% O2), both alone and in combination, at three temperatures (8, 12 and 16ºC), were determined. Lag time and maximum growth rate of Salmonella spp. under each treatment were estimated using Baranyi & Roberts models. Results indicated that both vapor phase thymol and MA treatments alone inhibited the growth potential of Salmonella spp. effectively, extending the lag time by 10 - 100% and reducing the maximum growth rate by 14 - &1% compared with controlled samples at experimental temperatures (8, 12 and 16ºC). Combination treatments of vapor phase thymol and MA exhibited greater inhibition effectiveness than each individual treatment and a synergistic antimicrobial effectiveness could be observed on the lag time extension. To the maximum, at 12ºC, lag time of Salmonella spp. was extended 59.6% more by the combination treatment of 0.8 mg l-1 thymol + MA (36.9& hrs) than those effects combined from 0.8 mg l-1 thymol treatment and MA treatment alone (23.16 hrs in total). Linear regression models of lag time and maximum growth rate for Salmonella spp. on raw shrimp under multiple stresses were also developed and validated. The vapor phase thymol + MA combination strategy could be potentially utilized for Salmonella inhibition during the long distance and temperature abused raw shrimp import process.
Scorpiops tibetanus Hirst 1911
Creators: name: Tang, Victoria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Scorpiopidae
Scorpiops
Scorpiops tibetanus

description: (27) Scorpiops tibetanus Hirst, 1911
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY. China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa City, Qüxü County, Qushui Bridge (“ Tsangpo Valley, Chaksam Ferry ”); NHMUK.
SYNONYM. Scorpiops pococki Zhu, Qi & Lourenço, 2005 (●).
CHINESE EQUIVALENT. ƱAEẍx.
DISTRIBUTION (●). Xizang: Lhasa (Maizhokunggar and Qüxü counties; Chingoinqü District), Nyingchi (Mainling City; Zayü County (Xiazayü Town); Bayi District), Shannan (Gyaca County; Nêdong District), and Xigazê (Samzhubzê District) cities.
REMARKS. Localities include those originally reported for S. pococki, require further confirmation. New localities with precise coordinates (from Chingoinqü; also reported in the original description of S. pococki) were referenced from iNaturalist observations identified by the current author: 170567377 and 226468225.
description: Published as part of Tang, Victoria, 2025, A review of scorpiofauna of China: nomenclatural notes and updated faunistic catalogue (Arachnida: Scorpiones), pp. 1-24 in Euscorpius 404 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14660932
Systemic modulation of stem cell behavior by the TOR signaling pathway
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The Target of Rapamycin (TOR) is a protein kinase essential for signaling pathways commonly deregulated in human cancers. Clinical trials with TOR inhibitors have yielded inconsistent and incomplete inhibition of tumor proliferation and metastases. Furthermore, the existence of cancer stem cells is increasingly recognized, but the effect of TOR inhibitors on tumor stem cell (SC) biology is incompletely defined. Understanding how TOR signaling regulates SC behavior in vivo will lend insight into how manipulation of TOR signaling can modulate SC populations in cancer. Although it is known that TOR balances cellular and systemic homeostasis, the mechanisms for systemic regulation by this pathway remain to be elucidated. I propose a novel approach and model system to investigate the complexity of TOR regulation in stem populations and tissues in their natural environment. The planarian flatworm is a model system, with accessible SCs, high regenerative capacity, molecular conservation of the TOR signaling pathway, and genetic mutants (i.e., PTEN) predisposed to cancer development. The underlying hypothesis is that inhibition of TOR signaling will prevent abnormal proliferation and metastasis in PTEN deficient animals through regulating SCs during physiological cell turnover and regeneration. The goals of this project are to 1. Identify molecules within the TOR signaling pathway that modulate proliferation of SCs in order to expose mechanisms regulating their behavior during regeneration and homeostasis. TOR signaling members will be downregulated by RNA-interference (RNAi). Gene expression analysis, BrdU and flow cytometry will be used to determine the effects of RNAi. 2. Selectively inhibit TOR signaling to prevent aberrant proliferative and migratory cell behavior. RNAi and TOR-inhibitor treatment will selectively target the TOR pathway in PTEN-deficient animals. Cell proliferation and abnormal migration will be assayed by histology and BrdU pulses. Our results will reveal aspects of TOR signaling that cannot be analyzed in other organisms, enhancing our capability to better understand how TOR inhibitors can be used to target tumorigenic cell behavior while maintaining body homeostasis.
EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROCUREMENT AUDITS IN RWANDAN HOSPITAL LOGISTICS
Creators: name: 1Kwame Mensah, 2Mbonigaba Celestin &3Youssef El Mansouri, 4Liam Anderson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013

description: This research evaluates the implementation of procurement audits in Rwandan hospital logistics, focusing on their role in enhancing operational efficiency and transparency. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the study integrates quantitative analysis of archival data and qualitative insights from interviews with key stakeholders across public and private hospitals. Major findings reveal a statistically significant improvement in procurement efficiency metrics, including a 25% reduction in procurement cycle time (from 60 to 45 days, p < 0.01), a 50% decrease in stock-out rates, and a 20% reduction in procurement costs. Additionally, the study identifies critical barriers, such as limited financial resources (reported by 35% of hospitals) and inadequate staff training (30%), impacting audit efficacy. The findings underscore the transformative impact of audits on supply chain efficiency, reducing expired stock by 25% and improving supplier performance by 20%. Recommendations include increased funding, enhanced staff training, standardized audit protocols, and integration of advanced technologies. These measures aim to strengthen procurement practices and ensure sustainable improvements in Rwanda’s healthcare sector.
Characterization of shelterin protein TIN2 in telomerase regulation
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes are capped by specialized nucleoprotein structures termed telomeres, whose maintenance is essential for genomic stability and sustained cellproliferation. Mammalian telomeres consist of hundreds to thousands of TTAGGG tandem repeats that are replenished by telomerase, a reverse transcriptase that uses a short segment of its RNA subunit as template to direct the synthesis of telomeric repeats. In addition, telomeric DNAs are bound by the “shelterin” complexes, which are composed of at least six different shelterin proteins. The long-term goal of my research is to understand the regulation of human telomeres by shelterin proteins and to characterize signaling pathways involved in human telomere length control and chromosome end protection. We have recently obtained preliminary data suggesting that a specific region of a shelterin protein, TIN2, might be involved in regulating telomerase activity at telomeres. In this proposed study, we will focus on (1) Using custom-designed Zinc-finger nuclease to introduce mutations on the telomerase regulatory region of TIN2 in human cells to investigate the impact on telomere maintenance and replicative lifespan. (2) Using a combination of molecular and biochemical approaches to determine the molecular mechanisms of TIN2 in regulating telomerase recruitment and/or activation at telomeres.
Tetramorium camerunense
Creators: name: Bolton, B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1979
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Tetramorium
Tetramorium camerunense

description: The camerunense -group
Antennae with 12 segments. Sting appendage dentiform to pennant-shaped. Mandibles usually smooth but delicately striate in some species. Anterior clypeal margin with a small median notch or impression. Frontal carinae reaching back almost to occiput but not strongly developed. Antennal scrobes feebly developed. Head in full-face view not rectangular, usually with sides slightly but evenly convex and narrowing in front of the eyes. Propodeum strongly bispinose. All dorsal surfaces with numerous long, standing hairs, but scapes and hind tibiae only with short decumbent or appressed pubescence. Petiole nodiform in profile. Sculpture of dorsum of head of fine, longitudinal, roughly parallel rugulae, without a coarse rugoreticulum.
The camerunense-group is based upon West and Central Africa, where about 13 species are known. One species of the group, lucayanum, was described from the Bahamas and Brown (1957) voiced the opinion that the species was probably of African origin. Later Brown (1964 a) proved this to be the case when he found specimens from the Ivory Coast, Liberia and Zaire (type of waelbroeki) which matched up with material of lucayanum from Jamaica.
At present the known New World distribution includes Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Virgin Islands and Bahamas (type-locality) as recorded by Brown (1964 a); and in Africa it occurs in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Fernando Po I. and Zaire.
description: Published as part of Bolton, B., 1979, The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World., pp. 129-181 in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 38 on page 172
Investigating the characteristics of collagen in protein-protein interactions through NMR relaxation experiments and indirect ELISA binding assays
Creators: name: Young, Robert T.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Triple helical collagen in the most abundant protein found in the human body. It is made of three right-handed polyproline chains that supercoil together with an n-1 stagger to produce a rigid left-handed helix. Collagen has various types based on the combination of chains used to assemble the helix and each type can generate various higher order structures, such as a thick collagen fibril. Collagen’s unique G-X-Y repeated sequence and interstrand bonding network contributes to the protein’s high overall structural integrity, with the GPO triplet (GPO) being the most rigid structure and, therefore, the most often repeated sequence. A subdomain in the collagen sequence with greater internal motion and flexibility is known to be areas of molecular recognition for proteins such as the transmembrane protein integrin or the MHC-I protein subunit β2-microglobulin (B2m). As full length collagen proteins are approximately 1000 residues in length, collagen model peptides of thirty residues are often used for characterization experiments in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) but are not necessary in indirect ELISA binding assays.   NMR relaxation experiments were conducted on a homotrimeric collagen model peptide GFOGER, designed from the high affinity integrin binding sequence in heterotrimeric type I collagen. Previous research indicated key areas of binding between the two proteins, but flexibility information about the six-residue sequence is essential for future binding studies with heterotrimer models. Experiments with longitudinal relaxation and multiple transverse relaxation experiments have indicated the flexible nature of the insert, and further work will be conducted to identify individual trimer residues and their roles in integrin binding.   Indirect ELISA binding assays were conducted between full length type I collagen and B2m to first confirm reports from previous studies, and to work toward potentially identifying the binding domains on collagen that result in the initial binding and subsequent aggregation of B2m. Work in replicating the binding assays did confirm a strong binding interaction between collagen and B2m  by experimenting with constant collagen concentrations and various B2m concentrations, ranging from the normal serum level to levels that are what is found in patients undergoing hemodialysis attributed to renal failure.
Willingness-to-pay for ethnic greens and herbs
Creators: name: Yu, Xinling
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The objective of this thesis is twofold. First, I investigate the perception of and willingness to pay (WTP) for fresh ethnic leafy greens and herbs among ethnic consumers in the United States. Second, I examine how socio-demographic factors affect such perception and WTP. More specifically, this thesis presents WTPs for a wide spectrum of ethnic greens and herbs, including those organically produced or locally grown, those labeled with country of origin, or novel ethnic fresh greens and herbs. Econometric models are estimated to investigate how product attributes, consumer -demographic characteristics and purchase behaviors influence their WTP. The data used for this thesis is collected from a telephone survey of ethnic consumers residing in 16 states and the District of Columbia in the east coast region of the United States. The phone survey was conducted in 2010 aiming to gauge the potential market for ethnic greens and herbs in the east coast region of the United State to help small and medium sized farmers to better understand the potential demand.
Regulation of p53 in aging and cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Cancer is one of the most prevalent age-associated diseases in elderly populations. Although p53 plays an important role in genomic instability and cancer development, the normal functions and regulations of p53 during organismal aging are not clearly defined. Recent studies suggested that the transactivational activity of p53 decreases during organismal aging. Similarly, our pilot study showed an age-dependent decrease in protein and mRNA levels of p53 in normal human oral epithelia. Normal primary cells in vitro undergo a similar aging process called “replicative senescence,” and we found that primary normal human oral keratinocytes (NHOK) exhibited diminished mRNA, protein, and transactivational activity of p53 during replicative senescence. Because recent studies suggest that aging and cancer are strongly associated with epigenetic alterations and that p53 transcription is tightly regulated at the epigenetic level, we hypothesize that p53 transcription is epigenetically regulated during replicative senescence in NHOK. In this one-year proposal, we will examine the role of DNA methylation and histone methylation/acetylation on p53 transcription in NHOK during replicative senescence. We will also identify proteins those are differentially bound to p53 promoter during replicative senescence. Elucidating the in-depth molecular biology of p53 transcriptional machinery may help developing p53-mediated cancer prevention modalities by maintaining the normal "guardian of genome" functions of p53 that plays important roles in genomic instability and cancer development during organismal aging.
Scorpiops tongtongi Tang 2022
Creators: name: Tang, Victoria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Scorpiopidae
Scorpiops
Scorpiops tongtongi

description: (28) Scorpiops tongtongi Tang, 2022
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY. China, Yunnan Province, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yingjiang County, near Tongbiguan Township; VT.
CHINESE EQUIVALENT. Ǿ氏ẍx.
DISTRIBUTION (●). Yunnan: Dehong Prefecture (Yingjiang County: near Tongbiguan Township, Chashanzhai and Rongshuwang).
description: Published as part of Tang, Victoria, 2025, A review of scorpiofauna of China: nomenclatural notes and updated faunistic catalogue (Arachnida: Scorpiones), pp. 1-24 in Euscorpius 404 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14660932
Vehicular sensing networks
Creators: name: Zan, Bin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The increasing integration of sensors and wireless communication devices into highly mobile platforms such as automobiles makes vehicular sensing networks one of the most promising platforms for many applications. The performance of applications such as traffic reporting, environmental monitoring and distributed surveillance can be improved by using the new techniques developed in vehicular sensing networks. Several distinct features such as highly mobile and predictable movement patterns make vehicular sensing networks different from general computer networks. Therefore, unique solutions for vehicular sensing networks are necessary. In this thesis, we show our efforts on three aspects of vehicular sensing networks: efficiency, security and privacy.    The efficiency issue is most critical when there is no central infrastructure or when vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication bandwidth is a precious resource. Keep uploading every piece of sensor data to a remote server is obviously inefficient. Local data aggregation is required to reduce the communication cost and improve the efficiency. However, how and when to perform the aggregation is not trivial. In this work, a GeoCache concept and Boomerang anchoring protocol are proposed to address this issue.    Our work in security is focused on building secret keys for both vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and the V2I communication modes. Many applications require secure V2V and V2I communications and two sets of secret keys need to be created independently. Based on the special characteristics existing in vehicular sensing networks, we develop two key agreement algorithms to achieve the target.    In many of the applications developed within vehicular sensing networks, GPS data has to be submitted to the central server continuously, which results in serious privacy violation. We have three contributions under the privacy domain. First, we develop a privacy preserving algorithm which protects user privacy without filtering too many location traces. Second, we study the possible privacy leakage due to the detailed location information available. At last, we extend the privacy system design under the assumption that there is no location proxy server and the information available is limited.
Roles of Rab21 in membrane regulation of autophagy and cellular homeostasis
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The membrane-mediated process of autophagy, or “self-eating” through cytoplasmic turnover in the lysosome, is a mechanism for cellular recycling and remodeling. Given its clear roles in cellular homeostasis, the disruption of autophagy is involved in a growing list of human disease, including cancer. Autophagy is best understood as a response to starvation that can serve as a pro-survival or pro-death mechanism. Given this dual role, autophagy is viewed as both causative but also as a target for treatment of cancer tumors. Since multiple key steps in autophagy are membrane regulated, understanding the identity and mechanisms of membrane regulators in autophagy is critical. Endosomal membrane traffic under control of distinct Rab GTPases also plays a central role in cellular regulation that, when disrupted, is a common hallmark in cancer. We discovered that Rab21, previously implicated in endocytic functions and cancers, is both required and sufficient for induction of autophagy, and is required to restrict blood cell tumor formation in Drosophila. We hypothesize that Rab21 regulates endocytic membrane trafficking that promotes autophagy. Here, we propose to use established autophagy assays in Drosophila fat body to determine mechanisms of Rab21-induced autophagy. In order to elucidate where Rab21 acts in insulin-regulated autophagy pathway, we will monitor autophagosome formation upon Rab21 expression or knockdown in mutant and transgenic combinations. This epistasis will distinguish Rab21 as a negative regulator of insulin inhibitory signaling, or as a positive inducer of autophagosome assembly. Specifically, we will determine the mechanisms through which Rab21 functions in endocytosis to control autophagy. Finally, we will test how Rab21 membrane functions in autophagy impacts signaling associated with fly leukemias. The identification of Rab21 as a highly conserved regulator of autophagy will have broad significance in dissecting mechanisms and generating therapies of cancer.
Vandenboschia Copel. (Copeland 1938
Creators: name: Ahamada H. Saïd
name: Sabine Hennequin
name: Germinal Rouhan
name: Jean-Yves Dubuisson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Hymenophyllales
Hymenophyllaceae
Vandenboschia

description: Genus Vandenboschia Copel. (Copeland 1938)
In tropical Africa and the western Indian Ocean, three potential morphologically close Vandenboschia species (the genus is pantropical with more than 15 species) are reported in literature and often confused especially in collection: V. speciosa (Willd.) G.Kunkel, V. radicans (Sw.) Copel. and V. gigantea (Bory ex Willd.) Pic.Serm. Vandenboschia speciosa is distributed in the wettest places in Europe and in Macaronesia. Molecular data clearly distinguished Neotropical V. radicans from European V. speciosa (Ebihara et al. 2007).According to Kornaś (1994), continental African populations belong to V. radicans, but have been often misidentified as V. speciosa in collections. Because of the lack of molecular data for continental African specimens and in absence of clear morphological diagnostic characters for discriminating those species, the specific status of continental African Vandenboschia populations remains nevertheless unknown and questionable. Vandenboschia gigantea is also molecularly a clearly distinct species (Dubuisson et al. 2013a, 2013b) a priori restricted to the western Indian Ocean. In absence of rhizomes, the highly-divided fronds with linear tapered ultimate segments of V. gigantea could be confused with those of many Abrodictyum spp., especially Abrodictyum pseudorigidum. But V. gigantea (as V. radicans and V. speciosa) is a climbing species with a quite long-creeping branched rhizome, while Abrodictyum pseudorigidum is terrestrial with a short monocaulous erect rhizome. As detailed by Dubuisson et al. (2003), V. gigantea grows on the ground forming large populations in the understory, with individuals able to secondary climb on tree-trunks. Many herbarium specimens are reported as epiphytes because they correspond to the climbing parts only. In such cases, rhizomes can appear rootless because the developed root system is mostly present on the terrestrial parts and on the rhizomes that begin to climb at the base of trunks, but this species in fact always bears roots. Roux (2009) also reports V. radicans for the archipelago but our investigations indicate that only V. gigantea is present in the region. Thus, all specimens from the area that have been identified as V. radicans (or Trichomanes radicans) refer actually to V. gigantea.
description: Published as part of Ahamada H. Saïd, Sabine Hennequin, Germinal Rouhan & Jean-Yves Dubuisson, 2017, Disentangling the diversity and taxonomy of Hymenophyllaceae (Hymenophyllales, Polypodiidae) in the Comoros, pp. 1-53 in European Journal of Taxonomy 313 on page 31, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.313, http://zenodo.org/record/896401
Role of beta-endorphin in control of stress and cancer progression in fetal alcohol exposed rats
Creators: name: Zhang, Changqing
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Fetal alcohol exposure causes a series of defects in the animals, including hyper-reactivity to stress, impaired immune function, and increased susceptibility to mammary cancer. Production of β-endorphin (β-EP), the neuronal peptide that is known to inhibit the stress axis, is also reduced in the hypothalamus of fetal alcohol exposed animals. Therefore, we hypothesized that the loss of β-EP neurons in the hypothalamus may be the leading cause of the hyper-reactivity to stress, which then compromises the immune system and leads to increased incidence and progression of mammary cancer. Furthermore, we proposed that enhancement of β-EP neuronal function will have therapeutic effects on treating neoplastic diseases.  To test this possibility, we developed two methods that can be used to increase the β-EP neuronal numbers in the hypothalamus: 1) transplantation of in vitro differentiated β-EP neurons into the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; 2) injection of nanosphere-carried cAMP activating reagents into the third ventricle. Both of these methods were shown to significantly increase the β-EP peptide level in the hypothalamus and significantly decrease the activity of stress axis. By using these methods, we could increase the activities of innate immune cells such as NK cells and macrophages, increase the levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines, and inhibit the growth of carcinogen-induced mammary cancer as well as the metastasis of a mammary carcinoma cell line.  These beneficial effects on the control of stress activity, immune function and cancer development caused by increased β-EP production in the hypothalamus could be reversed by treating the animals with naloxone (opioid receptor antagonist), metaproterenol (β-adrenergic receptor agonist), and methyllycaconitine (α& nicotine acetylcholine receptor antagonist). After β-EP neuronal transplantation, nude rats that lack T-cell-mediated adaptive immune reactivity also showed a significant increase in the ability to resist mammary cancer cell metastasis. These data indicate that the effect of increased hypothalamic β-EP production on mammary cancer growth works through activation of the opioid receptor, inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system, activation of the parasympathetic nervous system, and activation of the innate immune function.  In conclusion, measures that activate β-EP neurons in the hypothalamus could inhibit activity of the stress axis, increase innate immune function and inhibit mammary cancer growth and metastasis in both normal and fetal alcohol exposed animals. β-EP neuronal loss caused by fetal alcohol exposure may be an important cause of the hyper-reactive stress axis, decreased immune activity and susceptibility to cancer in the fetal alcohol exposed animals.
Abrodictyum pseudorigidum Bauret & Dubuisson
Creators: name: Ahamada H. Saïd
name: Sabine Hennequin
name: Germinal Rouhan
name: Jean-Yves Dubuisson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Hymenophyllales
Hymenophyllaceae
Abrodictyum
Abrodictyum pseudorigidum

description: Abrodictyum pseudorigidum Bauret & Dubuisson
Malagasy specimens listed in Bauret et al. (2015) and Dubuisson et al. (2016).
description: Published as part of Ahamada H. Saïd, Sabine Hennequin, Germinal Rouhan & Jean-Yves Dubuisson, 2017, Disentangling the diversity and taxonomy of Hymenophyllaceae (Hymenophyllales, Polypodiidae) in the Comoros, pp. 1-53 in European Journal of Taxonomy 313 on page 51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.313, http://zenodo.org/record/896401
Dormitator maculatus
Creators: name: Angulo, Arturo
name: Betts, Joel T.
name: González-Alemán, Néstor J.
name: Castañeda, Edgar
name: Berghe, Eric Van Den
name: Elías, Diego J.
name: Mcmahan, Caleb D.
name: Matamoros, Wilfredo A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Eleotridae
Dormitator
Dormitator maculatus

description: Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Caribbean Fat Sleeper; Pocoyo, Guavina, Pez Perro, Guarasapa, Dormilón, Pocoyo del Atlántico, Dormilón Manchado, Guavina Mapo, La Naca
Vouchers: (other collections) IBUNAM 13772 (1) and UF 106645 (1). Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from North Carolina, USA, to southeastern Brazil; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM and To (Atlantic); 0–18 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend stable. Literature: Villa (1982: 221; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 411; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 39; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 4094; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 34; listed, including information on distribution).
description: Published as part of Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5376 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788
Household energy consumption in China: 198&-200&
Creators: name: Zhang, Haiyan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This dissertation examines the trends of household energy consumption in China during two recent decades and explores socio-economic factors, such as household wealth, urbanization, and lifestyle changes, that influenced the changes. At the national and multi-regional level, structural decomposition analysis of input-output tables is used to calculate and analyze indirect energy use for urban and rural households. This approach enables examination of the influence of key macroeconomic factors of the changes in household indirect energy consumption in a shift share fashion. At the household level, this dissertation contrasts the lifestyles of urban households, rural households, and rural-to-urban migrants based on survey data from the Chinese Household Income Projects. The consumer lifestyle approach is used to link household indirect energy use to household expenditures and multivariate analysis is used to explore key factors affecting indirect energy use at the household level.    Structural decomposition analysis indicates that household consumption mainly drove the rise of indirect energy use while energy efficiency improvements in production technology offset most of the increment. Population growth and urbanization played an important role in driving up indirect energy use between 198& and 200&. Rapid urbanization and population migration from hinterland to coastal regions contributed heavily to regional differences in the rise of household indirect energy use across China. At the household level, household indirect energy use is affected in a statistically significant manner by climate, income, household size, and housing floor area.    Several policy recommendations follow from this. First, China should further encourage renewable energy and promote clean-coal technologies in electric power generation. This is particularly important as household move from coal and other fuels toward electricity usage. For space heating, China should gradually switch from coal to natural gas and liberalize its central heating market. Second, China should adopt stringent energy efficiency standards for home appliances and promote highly efficient products by labeling, offering subsidies, tax credits, or low interest loans to households to encourage their use. Last, China seriously needs to consider securing a supply of energy that is sufficient to meet it rapidly rising household demand for energy.
Additional file 3: Figure S1. of XTHs from Fragaria vesca: genomic structure and transcriptomic analysis in ripening fruit and other tissues
Creators: name: Opazo, María
name: Lizana, Rodrigo
name: Yazmina Stappung
name: Davis, Thomas
name: Herrera, Raúl
name: Moya-León, María
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: The multiple alignment of deduced amino acid sequences of FvXTHs belonging to group I/II and ancient group. The catalytic conserved domain (DEIDFEFLG), the secondary structures of β sheets (arrows) and α-helices (spiral), and loops 1, 2 and 3 (lines) are indicated (PDF 1069 kb)