cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cistudinella inanis
Creators: name: Sekerka, Lukáš
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Cistudinella
Cistudinella inanis

description: Cistudinella inanis (Boheman, 1854)
Ischyrosonyx inanis Boheman, 1854: 324 (original description).
Cistudinella biguttata Hincks, 1956: 557 (original description), syn. nov.
Type localities. Ischyrosonyx inanis: ‘Brasilia’; Cistudinella biguttata: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia.
Type material examined. Ischyrosonyx inanis: LECTOTYPE (designated by BOROWIEC 1999a): ♂, pinned, ‘ Brasil [w, p, s] || Bhn. [w, p, s] || LECTOTYPE | des. L. Borowiec [r, p, cb] || NHRS-JLKB | 000021011 [w, p, cb]’ (NHRS).
Cistudinella biguttata: HOLOTYPE: ♀, pinned (right antennomere missing), ‘ Brasilien | Nova Teutonia | 27° 11’ B. 52° 23’ L | Fritz Plaumann | 7.II.[hw] 193[p]9[hw] [w, p, cb, bf; last row written vertically on left side] || TYPE [p] | Cistudinella | biguttata | Hincks [pi, hw by Hincks, cb] || Cistudinella | biguttata | Hincks TYPE. | Det.W.D.Hincks [w, hw by Hincks, cb]’ (NHMB).
Remarks. HINCKS (1956) stated following: ‘This species [Cistudinella biguttata] is perhaps most closely allied to C. inanis with which it agrees in coloration and in having the caudal angles of the pronotum produced. The pronotum however is not so broad as in that species, the sinuation of the sides of the elytra is distinctly less marked, and the elytral puncturation is stronger. The surface is generally duller due to the presence of micro-sculpture.’
I had an opportunity to study types of both taxa as well as additional specimens in the Spaethʼs collection, which Hincks had at disposal and in my opinion all belong to a single species. The characters Hincks used to separate both taxa result from sexual dimorphism (width of the pronotum and lateral sinuation of the elytra) as males of Cistudinella generally have a much broader pronotum than females. The difference in punctation of elytra is matter of specimen preservation. The holotype of C. biguttata is perfectly preserved, with a fully hardened body, elytra not contaminated by fat and perfect colouration, resulting in the punctation being more obvious, including areolae and particularly micropunctation on intervals. In contrast, specimens of C. inanis from Spaeth collection are darkened due to fat accumulation or partial sclerotisation.As a result, the micropunctation on intervals is indistinct and punctures in striae look much finer. I therefore synonymize C. biguttata with C. inanis.
Distribution. Brazil: Santa Catarina (HINCKS 1956).
description: Published as part of Sekerka, Lukáš, 2016, Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 275-344 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1) on pages 310-311, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5305725
Theater on the small screen
Creators: name: Mastrolia, Mary Ann
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation examines the structural transformation of theater through its adaptation for television in the works of Eduardo De Filippo and Dario Fo. By focusing on two political playwrights who write, direct, and star in their plays, I am able to explore how the social role of the comedian evolves through the adaptations necessitated by the medium.  Both Eduardo and Fo worked closely with RAI, Italy's state-run television broadcaster since its inception in 1954 through the 1970s, the period covered in my study.  The unique circumstances surrounding these professional relationships that I investigate include the political ramifications of government control over the creative process.  Since its inception, television has transformed the cultural landscape and the way that people consume culture.  Theater has consistently held a prominent position on the airwaves but while the medium multiplies the potential audience that a performance will reach, it also inherently transforms the nature of that performance.  Finally, I analyze how alterations of the language are in themselves a political statement.
Astatumen trinacriae Arcidiacono 1962
Creators: name: Guil, Noemí
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Hypsibiidae
Astatumen
Astatumen trinacriae

description: Astatumen trinacriae (Arcidiacono 1962)
A total of 46 specimens were collected from MR and LF samples. Specimens with buccal-pharyngeal apparatus divided in a rigid buccal tube and a flexible pharyngeal tube, with no stylet supports. Strips present within the pharyngeal bulb. Leaf litter populations (14 specimens) showed cuticle bars on the inner claws of the second and third pairs of legs, mentioned in some but not in all specimens (Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983). Body size ranged from 407 to 1155 μm, mean 621 μm (SD 145). This species has been cited for Europe, Asia, America and Africa. In the Iberian Peninsula, it has been recorded for Portugal (Maucci & Durante Pasa 1985). This is the first record for Spain and Madrid (Table 2). Astatumen trinacriae appeared in 13 of the sites sampled (Table 3).
description: Published as part of Guil, Noemí, 2008, New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1757 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181845
MOESM1 of Targeted metatranscriptomics of compost-derived consortia reveals a GH11 exerting an unusual exo-1,4-β-xylanase activity
Creators: name: Mello, Bruno
name: Alessi, Anna
name: Riaño-Pachón, Diego
name: DeAzevedo, Eduardo
name: Guimarães, Francisco
name: Santo, Melissa Espirito
name: McQueen-Mason, Simon
name: Bruce, Neil
name: Polikarpov, Igor
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Additional figures and tables.
Itaquascon placophorum Maucci 1972
Creators: name: Guil, Noemí
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Hypsibiidae
Itaquascon
Itaquascon placophorum

description: Itaquascon placophorum Maucci 1972
Specimens with buccal-pharyngeal apparatus divided into a rigid buccal tube and a flexible tube, with stylet supports. Strips present within the pharyngeal bulb. Double-claws showed spines in their basal expansions. I have observed cuticular bars at the inner double-claws of the second and third pair of legs, only in the specimens from two out of the five samples where this species have been collected. Absence of these cuticular bars cannot be considered, since not seeing them could be caused by the position of the specimens. One out of the eight specimens collected showed ocular spots. Mean body size was 648 μm (SD 147), range 418 to 891 μm. The species has been cited for Europe. This is the first time it is recorded for the Iberian Peninsula (Table 2). Itaquascon placophorum was recovered in five sampling points (Table 3) from LF and MR samples.
description: Published as part of Guil, Noemí, 2008, New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1757 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181845
Effect of insecticide diethyltoluamide (DEET) and co-applied sunscreens on percutaneous absorption
Creators: name: Martos Gibaile, Nathaly Cristina
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The combination of sunscreens and insect repellents is widely used by the population, in all regions of the globe. Several published papers reported that the concomitant use of oxybenzone and N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET), common actives present in such products, can enhance the percutaneous permeation of each of the actives which is an undesirable outcome. In this study, we evaluated the effects of the insecticide DEET on the permeation of sunscreens octyl methoxycinnamate and octyl salicylate. Several combinations of the UV absorbers and the insect repellent were tested and percutaneous permeation of all actives was compared when they were co-applied on human skin, in vitro. The outcomes of these studies suggest that DEET did not enhance the skin permeability of octyl salicylate and octyl methoxycinnamate. However, the UV absorbers can be potential enhancers when mixed with DEET, because when the sunscreen actives were used in combination with DEET, the resulting skin permeation of the insect repellent was higher than the control.
Reduced order modeling, time scale analysis, and simulation of power electronic systems
Creators: name: McGarvey, John Joseph
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Switch mode operation has long been employed in power electronic systems  due to the need for high efficiency. In recent years, this mode of operation has  also been exploited in signal processing applications such as switched capacitor  filters and switched capacitor radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers. While these  systems have advantages in terms of weight, efficiency, and heat dissapation  they are inherently highly nonlinear. This makes accurate analysis both  challenging and computationally intensive.    State-space based analysis is a powerful mathematical technique often  employed for control system design, analysis, and implementation. These  modeling tools are now gaining attention for the analysis of switch mode  systems. This dissertation investigates the feasibility of applying a number of  these techniques, including system balancing, time scale analysis, model order  reduction, and working with the general solution to the state-space form to these  nonlinear systems, for the purposes of design analysis, system minimization, and  simulation.    Two basic but dissimilar switched mode power converters are analyzed by  employing a number techniques. The first of these systems is a common boost  converter and the second is a Class E power converter that employs the  technique of zero voltage switching in order to improve both efficiency and  radiated RF emissions. In addition to the state-space based modeling  techniques each power converter is also simulated using commercially available  SPICE simulation tools. Finally, a rudimentary Class E power converter is  constructed and tested in order to check the validity of these mathematical  models.
Additional file 6: Figure S4. of Genomic preselection with genotyping-by-sequencing increases performance of commercial oil palm hybrid crosses
Creators: name: Cros, David
name: Bocs, Stéphanie
name: Riou, Virginie
name: Ortega-Abboud, Enrique
name: Tisné, Sébastien
name: Argout, Xavier
name: Pomiès, Virginie
name: Leifi Nodichao
name: Zulkifli Lubis
name: Benoit Cochard
name: Durand-Gasselin, Tristan
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Physical map of the 8311 SNPs available for Group B. The figures below the chromosomes indicate their number of SNPs. The colors indicate the number of SNPs per segments of chromosomes of 1,000,000 bp. (DOCX 156 kb)
The Rutgers hybrid dogwood
Creators: name: Mattera, Robert
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Big-bracted dogwoods (Cornus spp.) are popular landscape trees in the United States, accounting for $30 million in sales annually. This group of dogwoods is comprised of the Florida dogwood (C. florida), the Asian dogwood (C. kousa) and the Pacific dogwood (C. nuttallii). They are beloved for their four season appeal: floral bract display in the spring, attractive green foliage in the summer, striking autumun colors in the fall and exfoliating bark in the winter. These trees are the focus of a big-bracted dogwood breeding program at Rutgers University, which started in the 1960s under the helm of Dr. Elwin Orton. His focus was to develop new pink or red-bracted varieties of C. kousa and red-bracted dwarf varieties of C. florida. In order to accomplish these breeding goals, Dr. Orton created the first inter-specific hybrids between C. florida × C. kousa and C. kousa × C. nuttallii. These hybrids have since become an important staple in the horticultural trade known for their vigor, enhanced disease tolerance and improved ornamental qualities. Part of this study was to formally name and describe these hybrids in order to facilitate scientific and horticultural communication. The C. florida × C. kousa hybrids were formally named Cornus × rutgersensis in honor of Rutgers University and the C. kousa × C. nuttallii were named Cornus × elwinortonii in honor of Dr. Elwin Orton. Only a handful of these hybrids were fertile potentially creating a genetic bottleneck in the Rutgers germplasm collection when they were used in breeding. Big-bracted dogwoods are highly heterozygous and sensitive to inbreeding depression requiring the breeding program to maintain high levels of genetic diversity within its breeding lines. Genetic diversity levels in the Rutgers breeding program are uknown. This study sought to elucidate the level of genetic diversity in 276 Rutgers University dogwood accessions and 59 from the University of Tennessee by using eleven simple sequence repeat molecular markers. Results showed that five consensus groups were found: C. florida group, Cornus × rutgersensis group, Cornus × elwinortonii group, C. kousa inter-specfic hybrid group and Pink-bracted C. kousa group. It was found that genetic diversity is high across the entire germplasm collection tested; however, limited genetic diversity exists within the Cornus × rutgers and Cornus × elwinortonii groups. This information will be important in the future of the Rutgers and other breeding programs allowing breeders to make more genetically distant crosses to help maintain high levels of genetic diversity.
Contact time and its effect on cross-contamination of enterobacter aerogenes from surfaces to foods
Creators: name: Miranda, Robyn C.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Bacterial cross-contamination from surfaces to food can be a common factor contributing to foodborne disease outbreaks, while the popular culture notion of the "five second rule" states food dropped on the floor for less than five seconds is “safe”, because bacteria need time to transfer. The rule has been explored only to a limited degree in the published literature and popular culture. The cross-contamination rate of Enterobacter aerogenes was evaluated on common surfaces using scenarios that differ by surface type, food type, contact time (0, 5, 30 and 300 s), and inoculum matrix (TSB or peptone buffer). The surfaces used were stainless steel, ceramic tile, wood and carpet. The food types were watermelon, bread, bread with butter and gummy candy.  Surfaces were spot inoculated with 1 ml of inoculum and allowed to dry for 5 h, yielding an approximate concentration of 107 CFU/surface. Foods were dropped on the respective surfaces from a height of 12.5 cm and left to rest for the appropriate time. Post transfer surfaces and food were placed in sterile filter bags and homogenized or massaged, diluted and plated on tryptic soy agar.  The transfer rate was quantified by determining the log % transfer from the surface to the food. Contact time, food and surface type all had a highly significant effect (P < 0.000001) on log % transfer of Enterobacter aerogenes from surface to food. The inoculum matrix (TSB or peptone buffer) also had a significant effect on transfer (P = 0.012944), and most of the interaction terms had a significant effect on transfer.  More bacteria transferred to watermelon (~ 0.2-97%) relative to other food types studied, while fewer bacteria transferred to gummy candy (~0.1-62%). Transfer of bacteria to bread (~0.02-94%) and bread with butter (~0.02-82%) were similar, and transfer rates under a given set of condition were more variable compared to watermelon and gummy candy.
Examining relationships among student empowerment, sense of community, and the implicit curriculum
Creators: name: McMahon, Sheila M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This secondary data analysis considers the mediating role of sense of community in the context of social work education among a diverse group of social work students. Specifically, this study focuses on aspects of the implicit curriculum in social work education, as social work educators are now mandated to assess and address the implicit curriculum’s impact on students (CSWE, 2015). Yet, no standard set of measurements or assessment tools have been provided for this purpose. Therefore, researchers within schools of social work have begun adopting their own theoretical frameworks and measures to test the implicit curriculum in social work education. One strand of research has employed an empowerment framework to the process of evaluating the impact of aspects of the implicit curriculum on students’ professional empowerment. This study seeks to understand the mediating influence of sense of community (measured by the Brief Sense of Community Scale [BSCS], Peterson, Speer, & McMillan, 2008) on the relationship between factors of the implicit curriculum (i.e. supportive faculty, administrative functioning, and opportunity role structure) and students’ professional empowerment as assessed through leadership competence and policy control. In addition, through a multigroup path analysis, this study explores whether these mediating subscales have a different impact for White, non-Hispanic students versus non-White students. Findings from this study include significant differences between White, non-Hispanic students and non-White students on measures of the BSCS subscales Influence and Emotional Connection; these subscales mediate the relationships between Supportive Faculty and Leadership Competence for non-White students only. In contrast, Influence mediates the relationship between Administrative Functioning and Policy Control, as well as the relationship between Opportunity Role Structure and Policy Control for both groups of students. Only White, non-Hispanic students have significant direct pathways from Supportive Faculty to Leadership Competence and from Administrative Functioning to Policy Control, suggesting the need for further investigation of the factors that could mediate these students’ experiences of the implicit curriculum in social work education.
Platicrista angustata Murray 1905
Creators: name: Guil, Noemí
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Hypsibiidae
Platicrista
Platicrista angustata

description: Platicrista angustata (Murray 1905)
No special morphological variation was noted. Eight out of the ten specimens collected showed ocular spots. Mean body size was 938 μm (SD 127), range 594 to 1628 μm. The species has been cited for Europe, Asia, America, Africa and the Arctic. This is the first record for the Iberian Peninsula (Table 2). Platicrista angustata appeared at six sampling points (Table 3) from LF and MR samples.
description: Published as part of Guil, Noemí, 2008, New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1757 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181845
MOESM1 of Benzoylphenyl thiocyanates are new, effective inhibitors of the mycobacterial resuscitation promoting factor B protein
Creators: name: Demina, Galina
name: Nikitushkin, Vadim
name: Shleeva, Margarita
name: Riabova, Olga
name: Lepioshkin, Alexander
name: Makarov, Vadim
name: Kaprelyants, Arseny
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1. Results of fluorescence quenching of RpfB by bis(4-thiocyano-3-nitrophenyl)metanone (IV). Results are shown in the Stern-Volmer plot and in the modified Stern-Volmer plot (inset). The steady-state fluorescence excitation and emission spectra of RpfB protein were recorded at room temperature on the RF-5301PC fluorimeter (“SHIMADZU”, Japan) in 3×3 mm path length quartz cuvette; slit widths 1.5 mm (excitation) and 3 mm (emission). RpfB protein (25.6 μg/ml) was dissolved in 50 mM phosphate buffer, pH 6.0. The fluorescence emission spectra were recorded under excitation 280 nm [10]. The calculated accessibility of tryptophan residues for bis(4-thiocyano-3-nitrophenyl)metanone (IV) was close to 71 %, corresponding to interaction with three tryptophan residues out of five.
Additional file 7: Figure S5. of Genomic preselection with genotyping-by-sequencing increases performance of commercial oil palm hybrid crosses
Creators: name: Cros, David
name: Bocs, Stéphanie
name: Riou, Virginie
name: Ortega-Abboud, Enrique
name: Tisné, Sébastien
name: Argout, Xavier
name: Pomiès, Virginie
name: Leifi Nodichao
name: Zulkifli Lubis
name: Benoit Cochard
name: Durand-Gasselin, Tristan
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Method overview for estimation of prediction accuracies. (DOCX 26 kb)
Polyelectrolyte complex barrier meshes for the prevention of abdominal adhesions
Creators: name: Mistry, Shiv A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Adhesions are a painful and expensive result of abdominal surgeries, specifically in the peritoneal cavity. This complication is surprisingly common and requires a second surgery, adhesiolysis, to remove it. Current solutions to adhesions either lack efficacy or produce an inflammatory response in the peritoneum. This project focuses on developing a post-surgical adhesion prevention polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) to both combat the problem of adhesions and promote an anti-inflammatory response. Initially, material properties of the PEC were investigated. Fibroblasts and macrophage cell viabilities were also studied on the PEC since both cell types play a central role in adhesion formation and inflammation. Finally, preliminary in-vivo studies were conducted to determine the true capability of the material as a post-surgical adhesion prevention method.
The effects of exercise and estrogen on gut microbiota in female mice
Creators: name: Melvin, Rebecca
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The gut microbiota has recently been acknowledged as having an impact on overall systemic health and obesity. To date, research has primarily focused on male mice due to the unknown effects of the menstrual cycle in females. Exercise is a known mediator of obesity related diseases, and the literature demonstrates an effect on the microbiome in males thus far. As post-menopausal obesity continues to rise, there is a need to explore the relationship between estrogen and the microbiome, with exercise as a possible moderator. In this study, female mice either had an ovariectomy, to simulate estrogen deficiency, or a sham procedure. Mice were placed into either a continuous exercise group, high intensity, or sedentary control group for six weeks. Microbial analysis was completed to view differences between groups. The estrogen deficient group had higher body weight and body fat percentages, regardless of exercise. Microbial analysis indicated a decrease in diversity in the estrogen deficient group, as well as a higher Firmicutes/Bacteriodetes ratio.  These results are similar to obesity studies, suggesting that changes in the microbiome may be one mechanism that promotes obesity in the estrogen deficient state. Exercise interventions increased microbial diversity, with a higher percent of Bacteroidetes compared to Firmicutes.
Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters 1904
Creators: name: Guil, Noemí
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Macrobiotidae
Macrobiotus
Macrobiotus echinogenitus

description: Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters 1904
Specimens found showed two types of cuticle: smooth (in MR samples, 1 specimen) or with small pores (in LT samples, 6 specimens), as Ramazzotti and Maucci (1983) described. The specimen from the MR sample was identified without eggs, although adult morphology corresponded with the other 6 specimens (identified with eggs). Buccal armature showed several rows of teeth in the anterior and posterior bands, and a transversal crest system (three ventral and three dorsal). One out of the seven specimens had ocular spots, while five did not have this character, and in one specimen it was not possible to determine absence or presence of ocular spots. Body size ranged from 473 to 770 μm, mean 662 μm (SD 95). Five eggs with common morphology (spherical, with conic or onion bulb-shaped ornamentations and smooth surface) were also examined. This species is considered cosmopolitan (McInnes 1994). In the Iberian Peninsula, it has been recorded for Spain (Heinis 1908; Rodríguez Roda 1946) and Portugal (Da Cunha 1941, 1943, 1944a, 1947b). This is the first time to be recorded for Madrid. Macrobiotus echinogenitus was collected in two sampling points (Table 3).
description: Published as part of Guil, Noemí, 2008, New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1757 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181845
Mesabolivar huberi Machado et al. 2007
Creators: name: Huber, Bernhard A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Pholcidae
Mesabolivar
Mesabolivar huberi

description: Mesabolivar huberi Machado et al., 2007
Figs 460–462
Mesabolivar huberi Machado et al., 2007a: 56, figs 1–11 (♂♀, Brazil: Santa Catarina).
Type material. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: ♂ holotype, 1♂ 2♀ paratypes, IBSP (62438–62441), Blumenau, Parque Natural Municipal Nascentes do Ribeirão Garcia (27°01’– 27°06’S, 49°04’– 49°10’W, 290–910 m a.s.l.), 23.i.2005 (holotype) and 18.iv.2004 (paratypes) (R.C. Francisco), not examined (according to Machado 2011, the types have been lost in the Butantan fire of May 2010).
New records. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: 3♂ 1♀, ZFMK (Ar 19206), Serra do Itajaí National Park (27.065°S, 49.098°W), 3a Vargem Trail, ~ 450 m a.s.l., 16.x.2014 (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho); 2♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Br 14-156), same data but 15.x.2014. 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Br 14-149), Serra do Itajaí National Park (27.058°S, 49.084°W), Chuva Trail, 300 m a.s.l., 15.x.2014 (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho).
Description (amendments; see Machado et al. 2007a). Tibia 1 in three newly examined males: 4.4, 4.8, 4.9; in three females: 3.3, 3.4, 3.5. Male leg femora 3 slightly wider than others (diameters femora 1–4 in one male: 0.15, 0.15, 0.17, 0.14). Male eye measures: distance PME-PME 80 µm, diameter PME 100 µm, distance PME-ALE 80 µm, distance AME-AME 30 µm, diameter AME 25 µm. Epigynal processes in newly examined females variable but slightly shorter than shown in Machado et al. (2007a: fig. 10).
Natural history. The spiders were found in the same microhabitat as M. itajai, but apparently only within the ground, not in the leaf litter. When disturbed, they did not vibrate nor run away but just remained still.
Distribution. Known from type locality in Santa Catarina (Brazil) only (Fig. 738) (the new records above are within the range of coordinates given for the type specimens).
description: Published as part of Huber, Bernhard A., 2018, The South American spider genera Mesabolivar and Carapoia (Araneae, Pholcidae): new species and a framework for redrawing generic limits, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 4395 (1) on page 112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4395.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1202519
GREAT D6.3 Business Models V2
Creators: name: Ower, Jude
name: Hollins, Paul
name: Kieslinger, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Sustainability strategy
subject: Corporate social responsibility
subject: Value exchange
subject: Lifetime value
subject: Customer acquisition cost
subject: Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
subject: Business-2-Business (B2B)
subject: Continuous improvement
subject: Ethics
subject: Ecosystem
subject: Public open data
subject: Policy-makers
subject: Surveys
subject: In-game advertising
subject: Sustainability
subject: Customer segmentation
subject: Data curation
subject: Revenue models
subject: Stakeholders
subject: PlanetPlay
subject: Serious games interactive
subject: Value proposition canvas
subject: Lean canvas
subject: Business model canvas
subject: Policy dilemmas
subject: Games technology
subject: Climate change
subject: GREAT project
subject: Digital games
subject: Business and management
subject: Business models
subject: Video games

description: This deliverable provides a summary of the research undertaken by the GREAT project in examining the business models applied in the domain of the use of games to link citizens in dialogue with policy makers examining policy dilemmas related to the climate change crisis. The existing and current business models applied by the industrial partners SGI and PlanetPlay are examined, using the combined lenses of three variants of the Business Model Canvas, The Business Model Canvas, The Value Proposition Canvas and the Lean Canvas. This approach exposes the attributes of the partners business models and provides formal conceptualisations of how these organisations function in what is an emerging domain of activity. The assumptions underlying the models, specifically the value propositions, are tested and evaluated in the GREAT case studies currently being undertaken in the accompanying work package 4 of the project. A number of alternative revenue models are considered, and informed by this analysis, and by contemporary business literature, we conducted in-depth interviews with the industrial partners SGI and PlanetPlay, GREAT stakeholder groups and sponsors to further develop refined business models informed by our research. This public report highlights the GREAT partners’ research into the business aspects of the project. It is anticipated that the content will be of interest to a wider audience including the EU, games development studios, policy-makers and potential sponsors of activities.
Quantitative microbial risk assessment for fresh oranges sprayed with low microbial quality water in Central Florida
Creators: name: Mootian, Gabriel
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Surface waters are an important source of agricultural water. About 58% of total surface water withdrawals are used for agricultural purposes in the US, thus the microbial quality of surface water is important for the safe production of fresh fruits and vegetables. Studies have demonstrated that surface waters are prone to contamination and may contain viral, bacterial and protozoal water and food borne pathogens. The efficacy of biological and physicochemical indicators for Salmonella in surface waters in central Florida was evaluated in chapter 2 of this dissertation. E. coli and solar radiation (SR) levels were found to significantly correlate well with Salmonella levels but the R2 were low (< 0.1). The influence of key weather variables on the survival of E. coli (surrogate for Salmonella) on the surface of oranges in grove following application of contaminated spray water was evaluated in the 3rd chapter. Weather variables relative humidity (RH), solar radiation (SR) and temperature and time were found to be significantly correlated to the log change in E. coli levels/h on the surface on an orange; in addition time was also found to correlate well with log change in E. coli levels/h. However the R2 values were found to be low (< 0.4). Logistic regression analysis showed that there was a high probability of a decline in E. coli levels at high SR and low RH levels, and a low probability of an increase in E. coli levels even at the lowest SR and the highest RH levels. Chapter 4 studies the predicted levels of E. coli on the surface of an orange under the influence of the four significant variables RH, SR, temperature and time. An empirical model based on upper and lower boundary limits for RH, SR, temperature and time variable was developed. IF logic statements, probability distributions and Monte Carlo simulations were used to describe the variability and uncertainty in log E. coli change rate for the most constricting variable. The mean predicted E. coli concentrations at day 1 after spraying were very close to the actual field trial data but the model under predicted the risk for 3, 7 and 14 days post spraying. The FDA produce rule on microbial die off rate (0.5 log/day of generic E. coli for a maximum of 4 days) was also evaluated. The rule was found to over predict actual data at day 1 and 3, but under predicted at day 7 and 14. The FDA rule for a pre harvest interval of less than 4 days is fail safe and has the potential to reduce the risk of exposure to pathogens on surfaces of pre harvest crops by restricting the use of contaminated sources of agricultural water.
Orexita Spaeth 1911
Creators: name: Sekerka, Lukáš
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Orexita

description: Orexita Spaeth, 1911
Orexita Spaeth, 1911: 254 (original description).
Type species. Coptocycla complanata Boheman, 1855, designated by HINCKS (1952).
Remarks. SPAETH (1911) established the genus Orexita for conspicuous group of species described in the genus Coptocycla Chevrolat, 1836, and characterized by large and flattened body. Spaeth pointed that this group of species is however more related to Physonota than to other species classified as Coptocycla as they differ in flat prosternum, elongate tarsomere IV and short antennae in proportion to body length. However, he kept Orexita in the tribe Cassidini (SPAETH 1914, 1942) and subsequent authors accepted this position (HINCKS 1952, BOROWIEC 1999a). I concur with SPAETHʼs (1911) findings and hereby transfer Orexita from Cassidini to Ischyrosonychini. Ischyrosonychini differ in having a transverse head with small eyes, while Cassidini have circular head, mostly with large eyes.
description: Published as part of Sekerka, Lukáš, 2016, Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 275-344 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1) on page 312, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5305725
Macrobiotus areolatus Murray 1907
Creators: name: Guil, Noemí
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Macrobiotidae
Macrobiotus
Macrobiotus areolatus

description: Macrobiotus areolatus Murray 1907
The 29 specimens examined had visible buccal armature (several rows of small teeth at the anterior band, one row of triangular-shaped teeth at the posterior band, and a transversal crest system composed of three ventral and three dorsal), more or less visible depending on the position of the specimen. Three rod-shaped macroplacoids were present, third macroplacoid longest, and second macroplacoid shortest. Microplacoid, when present, was very small. Besides, we detected lunules with smooth and irregular margins (maybe very small teeth); one of the samples contained specimens with the two types of lunules. I have observed ocular spots in 20 specimens. I counted between 12 and 21 processes per hemisphere from the 23 eggs examined and 9 or 10 polygonal areas around each process. Body size range was 440 to 1188 μm, mean 745 μm (SD 141). The species is considered cosmopolitan (McInnes 1994). In the Iberian Peninsula, it has been recorded for Spain (Rodríguez Roda 1952; Maucci & Durante Pasa 1984) and Portugal (Da Cunha 1941; Fontoura 1982; Maucci & Durante Pasa 1984, 1985). This is the first time it is found for Madrid (Table 2). Macrobiotus areolatus appeared at four sampling points (Table 3) in LF and MR samples.
description: Published as part of Guil, Noemí, 2008, New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1757 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181845
Macrobiotus ciprinoi Guil, Guidetti & Machordom 2007
Creators: name: Guil, Noemí
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Macrobiotidae
Macrobiotus
Macrobiotus ciprinoi

description: Macrobiotus ciprinoi Guil, Guidetti & Machordóm 2007
I have found 20 specimens and four eggs from MR and LF samples. Animal’s and egg’s descriptions corresponded to the original one (Guil, Guidetti and Machordóm 2007). Eight specimens showed ocular spots, while in 12 specimens it was not possible to determine their presence or absence. Mean body size was 426 μm (SD 129), range 208 to 554 μm. This species was collected at one sampling site (Table 3), the type locality, but in both season’s expeditions.
description: Published as part of Guil, Noemí, 2008, New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1757 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181845
Comparing Two Optimality-Theoretic Learning Algorithms for Latin Stress
Creators: name: Apoussidou, Diana
name: Boersma, Paul
Publisher: name: Cascadilla Press
Year: 2004

description: This paper compares the performance of two formal Optimality-Theoretic learning algorithms in modelling the acquisition of Latin stress from overt language data: Error-Driven Constraint Demotion (EDCD; Tesar 1995) and the Gradual Learning Algorithm (GLA; Boersma 1997). We present computer simulations of learners who are trained on several kinds of overt Latin stress patterns: a case with main stress only, three cases with overtly available secondary stress, and a case in which the learners are free to invent their own secondary stress patterns. Several of these cases turn out to be learnable with the GLA, none with EDCD.
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Identification of a novel HERV-K(HML10): comprehensive characterization and comparative analysis in non-human primates provide insights about HML10 proviruses structure and diffusion
Creators: name: Grandi, Nicole
name: Cadeddu, Marta
name: Pisano, Maria
name: Esposito, Francesca
name: Blomberg, Jonas
name: Tramontano, Enzo
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Phylogenetic analysis of the HML10 sequences 5'- and 3'LTRs with other endogenous and exogenous Betaretroviruses. The main HML10 phylogenetic group is indicated. In the absence of clear cluster division, the belonging of each element to the two subgroups is indicated based on the full-length proviruses phylogenetic analysis (Fig. 2). Evolutionary relationships were inferred by using the Neighbor Joining method and the Kimura-2-parameter model. The resulting phylogeny was tested by using the Bootstrap method with 1000 replicates. Length of branches indicates the number of substitutions per site. (PDF 12Â kb)
Macrobiotus hufelandi C.A.S. Schultze 1984
Creators: name: Guil, Noemí
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Macrobiotidae
Macrobiotus
Macrobiotus hufelandi

description: Macrobiotus hufelandi C.A.S. Schultze 1984
Five individuals and one egg from the same MR sample (Table 3) were analyzed. Animal and egg morphologies corresponded with the original description for the species (Bertolani & Rebecchi 1993). Three specimens showed ocular spots while two did not have these structures. Mean body size was 752 μm (SD 199), range 594 to 1078 μm. This species is considered cosmopolitan (McInnes 1994). In the Iberian Peninsula, it has been recorded for Spain (Heinis 1908; Rodríguez Roda 1946, 1949; Mihečič 1954, 1955; Lewin Osorio 1984; McInnes 1991), Andorra (Lewin Osorio 1984) and Portugal (Da Cunha 1941, 1943, 1944a, 1944b; Fontoura 1981, 1982; Maucci & Durante Pasa 1985).
description: Published as part of Guil, Noemí, 2008, New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1757 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181845
Additional file 1: of VASO (Vitamin D and Arthroplasty Surgery Outcomes) study - supplementation of vitamin D deficiency to improve outcomes after total hip or knee replacement: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial
Creators: name: Morrison, Rory
name: Bunn, Deborah
name: Gray, William
name: Baker, Paul
name: White, Craig
name: Rangan, Amar
name: Rankin, Kenneth
name: Reed, Mike
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: SPIRIT 2013 checklist: recommended items to address in a clinical trial protocol and related documents. (DOC 122Â kb)
Orexita bahiana Sekerka 2016, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Sekerka, Lukáš
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Orexita
Orexita bahiana

description: Orexita bahiana (Spaeth, 1931) comb. nov.
Cistudinella bahiana Spaeth, 1931b: 184 (original description).
Type locality. ‘Bahia-Iguassu’ [= Brazil, Bahia, Iguaçu, approx. 12°56′S, 41°04′E].
Type material examined. LECTOTYPE (designated by BOROWIEC 1999a): ♂, pinned, ‘ Bahia: | Iguassú [w, p, cb] || Sv. Amazon | Exp. | Roman [w, p, cb] || 4 [hw] juli [w, p, s] || TYPUS [pi, p, cb] || bahiana [hw] | m. ♂ Typus [hw] | Spaeth det. [w, p, cb] || LECTOTYPE | des. L. Borowiec [r, p, cb] || NHRS-JLKB | 000021010 [w, p, cb]’ (NHRS). PARALECTOTYPE: ♀, pinned: ‘ Bahia: | Iguassú [w, p, cb] || Sv. Amaz.- | Exp. Roman [w, p, cb] || 22 [hw] aug. [w, p, s] || TYPUS [pi, p, cb] || bahiana [hw] | m. ♀ Typus [hw] | Spaeth det. [w, p, cb] || PARALECTOTYPE | des. L. Borowiec [r, p, cb] || NHRS-JLKB | 000021982 [w, p, cb]’ (NHRS).
Remarks. SPAETH (1931b) compared this species to Cistudinella lateripunctata Spaeth, 1905 and C. apiata (Boheman, 1854) because of the yellowish-brown body with coarse punctures on the explanate margin of elytra, but stated that C. bahiana differs from both in the shape of pronotum and punctation of elytra. HINCKS (1956) followed Spaeth and placed C. bahiana in couplet with C. lateripunctata in his key to species of Cistudinella.
All species of Cistudinella are characterized by the posterior angles of pronotum forming an acute angle, which is more or less projecting backwards, particularly in males while C. bahiana has the basal corners of pronotum broadly rounded therefore C. bahiana does not belong to Cistudinella. In my opinion C. bahiana belongs to Orexita as it exhibits the typical diagnostic traits of this genus: long antennae with four basal shiny and sparsely pubescent antennomeres, flat body, bare apex of elytra and simple tarsal claws.
Orexita bahiana belongs to the group of species with regularly convex elytra and explanate margin of elytra with sparsely arranged coarse punctures, see thesis 5a in SPAETH (1911) but differs from all in small size of body and so far it is the smallest species of the genus.
Distribution. Brazil: Bahia (SPAETH 1931b).
description: Published as part of Sekerka, Lukáš, 2016, Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 275-344 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1) on pages 312-313, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5305725
Macrobiotus hyperboreus Biserov 1990
Creators: name: Guil, Noemí
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Macrobiotidae
Macrobiotus
Macrobiotus hyperboreus

description: Macrobiotus hyperboreus Biserov 1990
The cuticle had pores. Buccal armature was observed in most of the 125 specimens examined, showing four rows of small teeth in posterior and anterior bands, and transverse crest system (three ventral and three dorsal crests). In two samples, the anterior band of teeth was lacking or not visible. I observed two macroplacoids and a microplacoid within the pharyngeal bulb. In some specimens, small teeth were observed on the lunules of the double-claws on the fourth pair of legs. A total of 29 eggs from eight out of thirteen samples were examined with no remarkable differences with respect to the original description (Biserov 1990), namely, free eggs with inverted chalice-shaped processes, distal dish with dentated margins, distal dish diameter smaller than the base process diameter, and egg surface between processes with uniformly distributed pits also present at the base of each process. A total of 67% of the specimens did not show ocular spots, while 3% had these structures. Mean body size was 727 μm (SD 234), range 363 to 1507 μm. The species has been cited for Eurasia. This is the first time for this species to be found in the Iberian Peninsula (Table 2). Macrobiotus hyperboreus was identified at thirteen sampling points (Table 3) from LF, LR, and MT samples.
description: Published as part of Guil, Noemí, 2008, New records and within-species variability of Iberian tardigrades (Tardigrada), with comments on the species from the Echiniscus blumi-canadensis series, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1757 on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181845
Orexita justini
Creators: name: Sekerka, Lukáš
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Orexita
Orexita justini

description: Orexita justini (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla Justini Boheman, 1855: 93 (original description).
Physonota breviuscula Boheman, 1857: 99 (original description), syn. nov.
Type localities. Coptocycla justini: ‘Bogota’; Physonota breviuscula: not given.
Type material examined. Physonota breviuscula: HOLOTYPE: ♂, pinned (teneral specimen), ‘Type [w, p, s, c, rf] || ____? [hw] | ex Deyrolle [hw] | Baly Coll. | 1905—54. [w, p, cb] || Physonota | breviuscula | Boh | ____? [w, hw by Baly, cb] || Type | Boh | Col: Deyrolle [hw by Baly on underside of preceding label]’ (BMNH).
Remarks. BOHEMAN (1857) described Physonota breviuscula presumably from a single specimen because he described its artificial colouration and other characters resulting from the unusual condition of the specimen. The taxon remained unknown to subsequent authors. The type was purchased by J. S. Baly and is nowadays deposited in the BMNH. It is a teneral specimen with discoloured and fully sclerotized elytra but perfectly matching specimens of O. justini. I have not studied type material of the latter species but additional specimens from Colombia compared to its type (deposited at MMUE) and therefore I synonymize P. breviuscula with the O. justini.
Distribution. Colombia (BOHEMAN 1855) and Bolivia (BOROWIEC 2009c).
description: Published as part of Sekerka, Lukáš, 2016, Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 275-344 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1) on page 313, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5305725