cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Municipal stormwater regulation program 2010 Barnegat Bay watershed summary program
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Year: 2010

description: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) Municipal Stormwater Regulation Program was developed in response to USEPA’s Phase II stormwater regulations and is part of a national program mandated by the US Clean Water Act.The Department issued four New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) general stormwater permits to implement the federal program. The Barnegat Bay Watershed consists of 37 municipalities in Ocean and Monmouth County. 36 of these municipalities have the Tier A Stormwater General Permit which regulates urban, suburban, and coastal municipalities; 1 municipality has the Tier B Stormwater General Permit which regulates mostly rural municipalities. Additionally, the Barnegat Bay Watershed contains 3 Public Complexes that have the Public Complex Stormwater General Permit which regulates county, State, interstate and federal facilities; and 1 County Highway Agency that has the Highway Agency Stormwater General Permit which regulates county, and State highway facilities.These general permits address stormwater quality and quantity issues related to new development, redevelopment and existing development by requiring regulated entities to develop a stormwater program and implement specific permit requirements.In addition, the Department permits around 200 industrial facilities within the Barnegat Bay Watershed, including 100 marinas. The industrial stormwater permit issued to marinas ensures that water from boat washing and other contaminants are properly managed and not discharged to the bay.The Department has summarized the data received from 2004 through December 31, 2009 for the above permittees in the Barnegat Bay Watershed in this Summary Report which shows an exceptional level of compliance. This level of compliance demonstrates the dedication and commitment by the local municipal engineers, public works, and maintenance staff.
Taumacera antennata Bezděk 2019, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Bezděk, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Taumacera
Taumacera antennata

description: Taumacera antennata (Mohamedsaid, 1997), comb. nov.
Kinabalua antennata Mohamedsaid, 1997b: 132 (original description)
Material examined. MALAYSIA: SABAH: Bundu-Tiehan, 14.iv.2006, 1 ♂, A. Abe leg. (HMHJ); Poring Park, Ranau, 2.–3.viii.2010, 1 ♂, H. Takizawa leg. (HMHJ).
Comments. The dorsal coloration is variable. The species was described from specimens with black elytra. The two males examined here have pale brown or brownish red elytra, respectively. However, the structure of the antennal spine is exactly the same as shown in MOHAMEDSAID (1997b, 2010a).
description: Published as part of Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), pp. 23-52 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0003, http://zenodo.org/record/4505520
Oedemera (Oncomera) farsica subsp. demissa Svihla 1999
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Vázquez, Xavier A.
name: Kubisz, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Oedemeridae
Oedemera
Oedemera farsica
Oedemera (oncomera) farsica demissa švihla, 1999

description: Oedemera (Oncomera) farsica demissa Švihla, 1999
Distribution in Iran. Known only by the holotype, labeled “Chaldée Persanne, Aiemabad” (Švihla 1999a). General distribution. Endemic to Iran (Švihla 1999a, 2008a). Chorotype. Turanian.
description: Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Vázquez, Xavier A. & Kubisz, Daniel, 2017, Annotated checklist of the false blister beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Oedemeridae) from Iran, pp. 321-334 in Zootaxa 4237 (2) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/343834
Comprehensive action plan to address the ecological decline of Barnegat Bay
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Year: 2011

description: On December 9, 2010, Governor Chris Christie unveiled a comprehensive 10-point plan of action to address the short- and long-term ecological health of Barnegat Bay. The 660-square-mile Barnegat Bay watershed encompasses most of the 33 municipalities in Ocean County and four towns in Monmouth County. Its 75-square-mile, environmentally sensitive estuarine system consists of aquatic vegetation, shellfish beds, finfish habitats, waterfowl nesting grounds and spectacular vistas, as well as a population of more than 550,000 people, which more than doubles during the summer season. In 1995, Barnegat Bay was designated an “estuary of national significance” by the National Estuary Program.
Project SR12-002: benthic invertebrate community monitoring and indicator development for Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor estuary
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Year: 2013

description: The Barnegat Bay ecosystem is potentially under stress from human impacts, which have increased over the past several decades. Benthic macroinvertebrates are commonly included in studies to monitor the effects of human and natural stresses on marine and estuarine ecosystems. There are several reasons for this. Macroinvertebrates (here defined as animals retained on a 0.5-mm mesh sieve) are abundant in most coastal and estuarine sediments, typically on the order of 103 to 104 per meter squared. Benthic communities are typically composed of many taxa from different phyla, and quantitative measures of community diversity (e.g., Rosenberg et al. 2004) and the relative abundance of animals with different feeding behaviors (e.g., Weisberg et al. 1997, Pelletier et al. 2010), can be used to evaluate ecosystem health. Because most benthic invertebrates are sedentary as adults, they function as integrators, over periods of months to years, of the properties of their environment.The Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor (BB-LEH) Estuary is heterogeneous with respect to environmental variables that are well known to affect benthic community composition. Salinity and sediment particle size vary throughout the system. Salinity varies locally along the main axis of the estuary in response to ocean water sources (notably at Barnegat Inlet, Beach Haven Inlet, and the Point Pleasant canal) and fresh-water sources (notably Toms River, Metedeconck River, and Cedar Creek). Long-term data collected by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring show that salinity tends to be lower in northern Barnegat Bay (range 0-20) than in central and southern Barnegat Bay and in Little Egg Harbor (range 20 to >28). Sediment particle size, and the inversely correlated sediment organic content, varies from east to west, with fine-grained sediments predominantly present in the western half and coarser sediments in the east. Sediment organic matter content is likely to also vary in response to variations in nutrient loadings throughout the system. Our objective is to develop quantitative measures to relate benthic community structure to variation in these and other environmental properties in BB-LEH Estuary.Benthic invertebrates in the BB-LEH Estuary were last sampled comprehensively in 2001 as part of the EPA REMAP and NCA efforts, when 96 stations were sampled. The most recent quantitative data available come from NCA sampling in 2006 (data for samples collected in 2010 are not yet available). Only 13 stations were sampled in 2006, with none in northern Barnegat Bay and only one in the Barnegat Inlet section. We sampled 100 stations throughout the bay in order to obtain a data set comparable to the sampling density in 2001.
Diretrizes para a busca ativa escolar
Creators: name: Martins, Marcelo Lema Del Rio
name: Martins, Marcelo Lema Del Rio
name: Pinto, Rosângela Vargas Davel
Publisher: name: Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Espírito Santo
Year: 2025
Subjects: evasão escolar
busca ativa escolar

description: A Secretaria de Estado da Educação do Espírito Santo apresenta em seu mapa estratégico a seguinte missão: “Assegurar o direito à educação integral, por meio do acesso, da permanência e da aprendizagem com sucesso escolar e inclusão”. Dessa forma, entendendo a necessidade de promover e desenvolver estratégias de acesso, de permanência e, consequentemente de combate à evasão, ao abandono e à infrequência escolar, o Governo do Estado do Espírito Santo criou, por meio do Decreto nº 5971-R, de 18 de abril de 2023, a Gerência de Políticas de Apoio à Permanência e Busca Ativa Escolar – G-ABAE.
Oedemera (Oncomera) farsica subsp. farsica Svihla 1983
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Vázquez, Xavier A.
name: Kubisz, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Oedemeridae
Oedemera
Oedemera farsica
Oedemera (oncomera) farsica farsica (švihla, 1983)

description: Oedemera (Oncomera) farsica farsica (Švihla, 1983)
Oncomera farsica Švihla, 1983.
Distribution in Iran. Fars (Švihla 1983, 1993 as O. farsica). General distribution. Endemic to Iran (Švihla 1993, 2008a). Chorotype. Turanian.
description: Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Vázquez, Xavier A. & Kubisz, Daniel, 2017, Annotated checklist of the false blister beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Oedemeridae) from Iran, pp. 321-334 in Zootaxa 4237 (2) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/343834
Project SR12-006: benthic invertebrate community monitoring and indicator development for Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor estuary: year 2
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: The Barnegat Bay ecosystem is potentially under stress from human impacts, which have increased over the past several decades. Benthic macroinvertebrates are commonly included in studies to monitor the effects of human and natural stresses on marine and estuarine ecosystems. There are several reasons for this. Macroinvertebrates (here defined as animals retained on a 0.5-mm mesh sieve) are abundant in most coastal and estuarine sediments, typically on the order of 103 to 104 per meter squared. Benthic communities are typically composed of many taxa from different phyla, and quantitative measures of community diversity (e.g., Rosenberg et al. 2004) and the relative abundance of animals with different feeding behaviors (e.g., Weisberg et al. 1997, Pelletier et al. 2010), can be used to evaluate ecosystem health. Because most benthic invertebrates are sedentary as adults, they function as integrators, over periods of months to years, of the properties of their environment.The Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor (BB-LEH) Estuary is heterogeneous with respect to environmental variables that are well known to affect benthic community composition. Salinity and sediment particle size vary throughout the system. Salinity varies locally along the main axis of the estuary in response to ocean water sources (notably at Barnegat Inlet, Beach Haven Inlet, and the Point Pleasant canal) and fresh-water sources (notably Toms River, Metedeconck River, and Cedar Creek). Long-term data collected by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring show that salinity tends to be lower in northern Barnegat Bay (range 0-20) than in central and southern Barnegat Bay and in Little Egg Harbor (range 20 to >28). Sediment particle size, and the inversely correlated sediment organic content, varies from east to west, with fine-grained sediments predominantly present in the western half and coarser sediments in the east. Sediment organic matter content is likely to also vary in response to variations in nutrient loadings throughout the system. Our objective is to develop quantitative measures to relate benthic community structure to variation in these and other environmental properties in BB-LEH Estuary.Benthic invertebrates in the BB-LEH Estuary were sampled comprehensively in 2001 as part of the EPA REMAP and NCA efforts, when 96 stations were sampled. In July 2012 we sampled 100 stations throughout the bay in order to obtain a data set comparable to the sampling density in 2001. In July 2013 we re-sampled these stations, using the same methods, in order to evaluate any short-term temporal change, including potential effects from Hurricane Sandy which struck the New Jersey coast between these two sampling periods.
Additional file 9: Table S2. of Clock-dated phylogeny for 48% of the 700 species of Crotalaria (Fabaceae–Papilionoideae) resolves sections worldwide and implies conserved flower and leaf traits throughout its pantropical range
Creators: name: Rockinger, Alexander
name: Andréia Flores
name: Renner, Susanne
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Primer sequences used in this study (listed 5’- to 3’-end) and applied protocols. (DOCX 23 kb)
Taumacera apicalis
Creators: name: Bezděk, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Taumacera
Taumacera apicalis

description: Taumacera apicalis (Baly, 1864)
Platyxantha apicalis Baly 1864: 234 (original description)
Type material examined. SYNTYPE: 1 ♂, ‘Type [white round label with red collar, p] // Platyxantha / apicalis / Baly / Sumatra [grey, h] // [blank white label]’ (BMNH).
Additional material examined. SINGAPORE: ‘Singap’, 1♂ (BMNH). INDONESIA: SUMATRA: ‘Sum’, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ (BMNH). CENTRAL KALIMANTAN: Sungei Mohot, Marung Raya, 200 m, i.2011, 1 ♀, M. Geiser leg. (BMNH). MALAYSIA: PAHANG: Taman Negara N. P., Kuala Tahan, 14.iii.2007, 1 ♀, J. Foit leg. (JBCB). PERAK: Temengor, 29.–30.i.1994, 1 ♀, Salleh & Ismail leg. (JBCB). SARAWAK: foot of Mt. Dulit, junction of Tinjar and Lejok Rivers, 4.viii.1932, 1 ♀, B. M. Hobby & A. W. Moore leg. (BMNH); same data, 14.viii.1932, 1 ♀ (BMNH); same data, 26.viii.1932, 1 ♀ (BMNH); same data, 16.ix.1932, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ (BMNH); same data, 12.xi.1932, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Kapah River tributary of Tinjar River, 2.x.1932, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, B. M. Hobby & A. W. Moore leg. (BMNH); same data, 3.x.1932, 2♀♀ (BMNH); same data, 4.x.1932, 1♀ (BMNH); same data, 24.ix.1932, 1 ♀ (BMNH); ‘SAR’, 1 ♂ (BMNH). SABAH: Bettotan near Sandakan, 19.viii.1927, 2 ♂♂ (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), pp. 23-52 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0003, http://zenodo.org/record/4505520
Assessment of the distribution and abundance of stinging sea nettles (jellyfish) in Barnegat Bay; Final project report: 2013
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Year: 2013

description: During the 2012 field season, we collected samples from 16 sites in Barnegat Bay to assess the distribution of gelatinous zooplankton, with emphasis on all life history stages of sea nettles (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) and potential impacts on the pelagic zooplankton communities. During the research, 384 plankton tow samples were collected, 1152 filtered water samples were collected, and approximately 1394 lift net samples were collected during eight sampling events commencing in May and concluding in September.The northern portion of Barnegat Bay had lower salinity compared to middle and southern regions of the bay, but no trends in oxygen or temperature were observed. Lift net samples indicted substantially higher densities of sea nettles in northern regions of the bay, while the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi was dominant in the middle and southern regions of the bay. Seasonally, the peak in sea nettle abundance occurred in early July. Juvenile sea nettles were collected throughout the bay, but their densities were much higher in northern regions of the bay and were highly correlated with adult distributions. Water samples assessing C. quinquecirrha DNA indicate the presence of small individuals (i.e., early stage ephyra) throughout the bay, despite the limited number of juveniles and lack of adults from southern regions of Barnegat Bay. It is possible that the ebbing tide sufficiently flushes these individuals out of the bay, but their presence indicates proximal sources suggesting that populations of polyps exist within Little Egg Harbor. Consequently, it may just be a matter of time while polyp populations become better established that we will begin to see adult sea nettles in southern Barnegat Bay. Collection of significant quantities of C. quinquecirrha DNA from the 100 μm filters in all regions of Barnegat Bay indicate that the reproductive potential of the adults is wide spread in the bay and polyp colonization of new habitats in Barnegat Bay and beyond is high.
Baseline survey of zooplankton of Barnegat Bay
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Year: 2013

description: The goal of this project was to gather information on the status of zooplankton populations in Barnegat Bay and to determine the distribution, abundance, and species composition of important plankters. This project was a cooperative venture between Monmouth University and the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Lab at Sandy Hook, NJ (SHL) which is part of the NOAA/NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center.Zooplankton populations are subject to change due to natural and anthropogenic variations in environmental conditions. Biological conditions, physical conditions and environmental degradation in estuaries exert control over the composition, abundance, and distribution of zooplankton in estuaries and zooplankters must adapt to varying stresses associated with changing conditions. The environment of Barnegat Bay has changed considerably over the three decades since previous studies were conducted. According to the Barnegat Bay Estuary Program’s Characterization Report, this back-bay ecosystem has been affected by an array of human impacts that potentially threaten its ecological integrity.Assessing zooplankton populations in Barnegat Bay will provide updated information on the status of this important component of the bay’s living resources that can be added to the bay’s natural resource inventory and provide scientific information which could serve as an indicator of trends that may have taken place within the living resources of the bay. As such, this project is consistent with the overall goals and objectives of the monitoring program plans established for the BBNEP and will address a data gap identified in the Characterization Report prepared for the Bay.Zooplankton samples were collected from the upper meter of the water column with horizontal surface net tows using bongo plankton nets. Samples were conducted monthly during the winter, and twice a month during spring, summer, and fall. Sites were located along a longitudinal transect in the bay, and corresponded with NJDEP water quality testing sites. Data were collected on the zooplankton community in the bay, including ichthyoplankton, gelatinous macrozooplankton, and important groups such as copepods, decapods, and bivalves. Results and recommendations for future work are presented in this report.
Baseline characterization of phytoplankton and harmful algal blooms in Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey (year one)
Creators: name: Ren, Ling
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The study aims to characterize species composition and spatial and temporal trends in the Barnegat Bay--Little Egg Harbor phytoplankton community, and to document bloom patterns and dominant species succession as well as Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) species over time. This report presents the major results from year one of the study, including species composition, seasonal changes of dominant/abundant species, and species succession at the study sites, as well as biovolume calculation and carbon biomass estimation based on cell density. Several major HAB species and their occurrences and abundance are documented. We compare present results with those from previous surveys.
Benthic-pelagic coupling: hard clams as indicators of suspended particulates in the Barnegat Bay – Little Egg Harbor estuary
Creators: name: Bricelj, V. Monica
name: Kraeuter, John
name: Flimlin, Gef
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The goal of this study was to characterize the seasonal quality and quantity of suspended particulate matter (seston) for bivalve suspension-feeders in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor (BB-LEH)  estuary using the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, a shellfish species that once supported major commercial and recreational fisheries in this ecosystem, as a biosensor. Specific objectives of the present study were a) to the assess temporal (weekly) and spatial variability in growth of juvenile hard clams over a range of environmental conditions at 4 contrasting field sites in LEH-BB, and b) to attempt to relate the clams’ in situ growth rates to key environmental conditions, temperature, salinity and key characteristics of the seston/food supply. The latter included Chlorophyll a, a measure of phytoplankton biomass, particulate organic carbon and nitrogen (POC, PON), total suspended solids, particulate organic matter (POM) and inorganic matter (PIM), and particulate organic and inorganic matter (POM, PIM).
Year 1 project report for “multi-trophic level modeling of Barnegat Bay”
Creators: name: Jensen, Olaf
name: Fuchs, Heidi
name: Vasslides, Jim
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Historically, natural resource management within Barnegat Bay has occurred on a species (e.g., hard clam) or sector level (e.g., approved shellfish beds). Recently the principles of ecosystem-based management have given rise to more holistic management tools. The goal of this project is to develop dynamic models to help us understand how natural and human changes to Barnegat Bay have affected the structure and function of the bay’s biota and to determine how those components are linked and to predict how components will respond to management actions(e.g., reduced nutrients, clam/fish population recovery).
Ecological evaluation of Sedge Island marine conservation area in Barnegat Bay, 2013
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Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Conservation zones are important for maintaining the sustainability of ecosystems and populations of economically important species. The relative ecological value, especially for economically important species, of the Sedge Island Marine Conservation Zone (SIMCZ) in Barnegat Bay, NJ was assessed by comparing the following inside the SIMCZ with areas outside the conservation zone: (1) abundance and species diversity of fish and select decapod crustaceans in three habitats (seagrass, macroalgae, and unvegetated) using throw traps, (2) population structure of adult blue crabs using commercial-style traps, and (3) brood production of adult female blue crabs. Throw trap sampling indicates that blue crabs are most abundant in seagrass as compared to unvegetated habitats. Overall, blue crabs are more abundant outside the SIMCZ than inside but the difference does not apply to each habitat, suggesting the habitats inside and outside the SIMCZ are at least equivalent. Inside and outside the conservation area, species diversity is enhanced in both structured habitats as compared to unvegetated areas and is similar inside the SIMCZ as compared to outside. Again, this suggests the SIMCZ is at least equivalent to a comparative area outside the conservation zone. The SIMCZ has greater abundance of adult blue crabs, a sex ratio that is more skewed towards males, and a greater proportion of ovigerous females that are about to spawn and show signs of recent spawning. This suggests that the SIMCZ may provide refuge from fishing, particularly for male blue crabs, and may be an important area for spawning females.The overall goal of the project is to assess the value of the SIMCZ to sustain a key recreational and commercially important species by comparing the following inside the SIMCZ with areas outside the conservation zone: (1) population structure (abundance, size, sex ratio) of adult crabs, (2) adult female reproductive success (size, number and viability of broods produced) and (3) species diversity, abundance and size characteristics of fish and selected decapods (e.g., crabs and shrimp) in three shallow-water habitats (seagrass, macroalgae, and unvegetated).
Assessment of biomass energy potential in New Jersey
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Year: 2007

description: This presentation provides an overview of the NJ Agricultural Experiment Station's  (NJAES) evaluation of the state’s bioenergy potential under a project contract with the NJ Board of Public Utilities. The objectives for this project included:  assess the characteristics and quantity of New Jersey’s biomass resources; assess technologies (commercially or near commercially available) that are capable of producing bioenergy, in the form of electric power and transportation fuels from New Jersey’s biomass resources; develop the first statewide mapping of waste/biomass resources and bioenergy potential; and develop policy recommendations for moving New Jersey into the forefront of bioenergy innovation. There were six major findings:  a current estimate of dry tons of biomass per year; a method to estimate practically recoverable biomass and what percent could be available to produce bioenergy; a description of the sources of biomass in New Jersey; recommendations to develop an energy-from-waste industry in light of the large proportion of waste-based biomass; the potential of agriculture and forestry sectors as possible biomass sources.
Creating a master plan for greenhouse operations
Creators: name: Both, A.J.
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Year: 2005

description: There are many items to consider when formulating a greenhouse facility’s master plan. Because changes in the greenhouse industry have increased greenhouse construction and operation costs significantly, it is important to carefully plan the overall design of the facilities in order to avoid costly retrofits at a later stage. A key component of the plan is the careful integration of all the systems and buildings comprising the entire greenhouse operation. Important issues include a business plan, a site evaluation, an evaluation of the desired type of growing structures, necessary and desired equipment, and the impact the expansion might have on neighbors. This bulletin includes a design and construction checklist and references.
An analysis of NJ climate adaptation alliance coastal recommendations relative to recent programs and legislation for climate adaptation in Delaware, Maryland, and New York
Creators: name: Campo, Matt
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Year: 2014

description: Several of New Jersey’s neighboring Mid-Atlantic States have recently proposed legislative and administrative changes to agency programs in order to account for risks posed to state resources and residents by a changing climate. Coastal managers in Maryland, Delaware, and New York identified recent legislation, executive actions and proposals as the latest efforts to incorporate climate change into law in their respective states to address coastal resources and risks. The following is an analysis with an emphasis on coastal resources and risks, and identifies adaptation programs and policies of states in the region (as of 31 July 2014) that are consistent with one or more of the individual recommendations pertinent to coastal resources and risks proposed by the NJCAA in Preparing New Jersey for Climate Change: Policy Considerations.
The new generation of Cajun musicians
Creators: name: Herrick, Kova M.
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Year: 2015

description: Cajun music is a staple in southern Louisiana.  It is not the blues and jazz of New Orleans or the Zydeco washboards and accordions of Opelousas.  It is music that was brought to the swamps and bayous of Louisiana by the Acadians, the white descendants that were forced from Nova Scotia in the Great Expulsion in the 1700s.   When they moved to Louisiana they expanded on this music that has become a part of life in what is called Cajun Country – the 22 parishes that are identified as the Heart of Acadiana.  Among other factors, educational and cultural efforts such as the formation of CODOFIL in 1968 by the Louisiana legislature have seen the last three decades as a new generation for the Cajun heritage.  It is thanks to these efforts that there is a new generation of Cajun musicians that are now coming of age.  What this means for the area, that is fiercely traditional, is Cajun music is now being revered.  Music that has been handed down from generation to generation is being recognized as the unique genre it is without compromising the original integrity of the music – the efforts of CODOFIL seen in this new generation of musicians that were some of the first participants of the French Immersion Program put in place in the public school system in south Louisiana.  Lafayette, Louisiana is called the “Heart of Acadiana,” and this, as well as surrounding parishes, is where Cajun music is played live – in local clubs, restaurants, and festivals.  Travel a short distance from Lafayette to Opelousas, Mamou, New Iberia, Breaux Bridge, Abbeville, or Grand Coteau to find live Cajun music playing virtually every weekend.  It is here we can see the efforts that were – and still are put into preserving the Acadian and French heritage.  Educators, government workers, and members of the Cajun community have shared the responsibility of preserving the Cajun heritage.
The traditional arts and crafts of turnery or mashrabiya
Creators: name: Mohamed, Jehan
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Year: 2015

description: For centuries, the mashrabiya as a traditional architectural element has been recognized and used by a broad spectrum of Muslim and non-Muslim nations. In addition to its aesthetic appeal and social component, the element was used to control natural ventilation and light. This paper will analyze the phenomenon of its use socially, historically, artistically and environmentally. The paper will investigate in depth the typology of the screen; how the different techniques, forms and designs affect the function of channeling direct sunlight, generating air flow, increasing humidity, and therefore, regulating or conditioning the internal climate of a space. Also, in relation to cultural values and social norms, one can ask how the craft functioned, and how certain characteristics of the mashrabiya were developed to meet various needs. Finally, the study of its construction will be considered in relation to artistic representation, abstract geometry, as well as other elements of its production.
The portrayal of African Americans in situation comedies
Creators: name: Watts, Caroline
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Year: 2015

description: While one might ordinarily hypothesize that the portrayal of African Americans on television has positively progressed over the years, this study sets out to determine the extent to which the depiction of African Americans has changed. Stereotypical key terms are evaluated and calculated throughout several African-American television programs that were aired before and after The Cosby Show run from 1984 to 1992. This study attempts to examine this phenomenon by determining which attributes were, and are currently, portrayed, along with the frequency of those portrayals. Results of this study showed a slight increase in negative portrayals since the airing of The Cosby Show, and therefore, lead to speculation as to whether there may be a more accurate way to determine additional and more precise findings.
Revising black female slave identity, post-coloniality, and ethno-maternalism in Octavia Butler's "Kindred" and "Lilith's Brood"
Creators: name: Awanjo, Amanda
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Year: 2015

description: Within her novels," Kindred" and "Lilith’s Brood", Octavia Butler uses the idea of ethno-maternity to explore the ways in which matrilineal relationships between black women can act as way to break free from white supremacist heteropatriarchal structures and allow black women full subjectivity. Between these two texts, Butler explores the ways in which ethno-maternity and a reliance on maternal memory both helps the black female body work through the trauma of remembering slavery, but also helps black women deconstruct the institutionalized gendered hierarchies of colonialism.
Looking for Jean Paul
Creators: name: Breitenbeck, Gerard
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Meet Melanie Reid, the twelve year-old who has it all: a famous boyfriend, a future-minded cadre of dedicated followers, not to mention a scholarship to the most exclusive all-girls summer camp in New England, tucked away inside a breathtaking valley, complete with haunted caves behind a magnificent waterfall.      Too bad for her, the boyfriend has been dead for 200 years; her dedicated followers are figments of her imagination; and the summer camp has apparently been custom-built for the rich and psychotically privileged.     Just as things can't get any worse, Melanie is befriended by Alex Kochs, the only child of the richest man in the world. But in addition to forging a secret alliance with eight-year old camp legacy, Kell Nunen, who's twin sisters were long the terror of Tuppa Lake; Alex has diabolical plans of her own, hinging on the camp's advanced computer system, SAM, and the valley's cruelest of unofficial traditions: the Chef Hunt. And so, despite joining the summer play, and even being appointed General in the Color War, the more time Melanie spends with  Alex, the less about her she knows for certain. When Alex goes too far, even for the Camp's exceedingly permissive Headmistress, Melanie must decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice, in order to rescue a stranger.
Also, kind of about breasts
Creators: name: Buck, Amanda
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Also, Kind of About Breasts is a hybrid collection of poetry and lyric essays that explores one girl’s coming of age and journey through suicide, sex, and the suburbs. It is a celebration of powerful females that swears to break social silences about violence, mental illness, gender roles, and of course, breasts.
Poems for boys
Creators: name: Burns, Steven
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Poems For Boys examines how the proliferation, absence, or destruction of male influences — fathers, grandfathers, sons, friends, and coworkers — work to establish or disfigure masculine identity, a composition welded together with feigned strength, emotional silence, and an often quiet love. These poems travel along copper creeks, hover over miniature trains, stomp in football fields, hold chainsaws, and churn in the cannons of sunken battleships. With sincerity, patience, cadence, both lyrical and narrative, these poems hope to edge the reader closer to Burns’ depiction of masculinity.
Talkboy
Creators: name: Camacho, Jacob L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Set mostly in Guam, Isla Marianas, Talkboy is a collection of short stories depicting Jose’s growth from adolescence into adulthood.  Oral traditions weave with a post-colonial narrative demonstrating resistance, rage, and understanding.  A grandmother describes her experiences during World War II.  Detention is painting bus-stops under the sun with fist fights.  A spirit visits for only a brief moment.  Talkboy ultimately shares a deep love and appreciation for home.
Second chances
Creators: name: Cervelloni, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Jennifer's rejected to the college of her dreams. Brandy starts an affair with a married man. Drake still can't get a job. Jerry unethically changes a student’s grade. These four lives collide as they all look to fix their screw-ups as they search for ways to fix or avoid their mistakes. Second Chances examines the positive side to life’s failures and the tragedy of life’s successes.
Dramatizations of authority in Chaucer and Maidstone
Creators: name: Chillem, Cristina L.
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Year: 2015

description: This thesis examines the connections between sovereignty, spectacle, and public ceremony in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale and Richard Maidstone’s Concordia facta inter regem et cives Londonie [The Reconciliation of the King and Citzens of London]. I begin by looking at The Knight’s Tale and Concordia to unveil the intricacies of public ceremony and spectacle as political tools for medieval rule. As spectacle of sovereign expenditure serves as a signifier of sovereignty, public ceremony serves as an occasion for displaying such politically motivated spectacle. However, within ceremony, such spectacle is not simply displayed, but becomes scripted into a collaborative performance and social drama. The signification of sovereign authority, then, is developed and complicated by the ceremonial social drama that aids the display. Therefore, the title of this thesis, dramatizations of authority, sets ahead two distinct though conjoined matters: (1) the aesthetic design in which authority is dramatized and  (2) the authoritative power of the dramatizations themselves to determine political relations and the overall social reality. The more contemporary Georges Bataille, in his The Accursed Share, provides theoretical support to this examination while later historical facts encourage a reading of The Knight’s Tale for its depiction and critique of dramatizations of authority, specifically those during the reign of Richard II. Thus, after using The Knight’s Tale and Concordia to understand the design of the royal entry ceremony in particular, I focus on the critical perspectives each text posits on the medieval custom. Ultimately, in The Knight’s Tale, Chaucer mocks Richard II’s dependence on public ceremony and spectacle as a tool for wielding power as well as the reverence and faith with which masses of citizens, like Maidstone, esteemed the royal entry ceremony. The Knight’s Tale may be read as a warning to medieval (and contemporary) readers to be conscious and skeptical of the social influence that dramatizations of authority impact.
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                     IL-6 rs1800795 polymorphism is associated with septic shock-related death in patients who underwent major surgery: a preliminary retrospective study
Creators: name: Jiménez-Sousa, Maria
name: Medrano, Luz
name: Liu, Pilar
name: Fernández-Rodríguez, Amanda
name: Almansa, Raquel
name: Gomez-Sanchez, Esther
name: Ortega, Alicia
name: Heredia-Rodríguez, María
name: Estefanía Gómez-Pesquera
name: Tamayo, Eduardo
name: Resino, Salvador
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Table S2.  Frequencies of alleles and genotypes for IL-6 rs1800795 polymorphism in septic shock patients compared to Iberian populations in Spain from 1000 Genomes Project data ( http://www.1000genomes.org/1000-genomes-browsers ) and SIRS patients, according to type of surgery.
Taumacera aureipennis
Creators: name: Bezděk, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Taumacera
Taumacera aureipennis

description: Taumacera aureipennis (Laboissière, 1933)
Paraenidea aureipennis Laboissière, 1933: 69 (original description)
Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 ♀, ‘Pe Yen Tsing / Yunnan [w, p] // 33 [w, h] // COTYPE [red letters, w, p] // Paraenidea / aureipennis / m. [h] / V. Laboissière – Dét. [w, p]’ (MNHN); 1 unsexed spec., ‘Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Chine [y, p] // PE YEN TSIN / YUNNAN / Coll. de Touzalin [w, p, sticked on previous label] // Paraenidea / aureipennis / 1933 m [h] / V. Laboissière – Dét. [w, p] // Para- / type [orange, p]’ (ISNB); 1 ♂, ‘Pe Yen Tsing / Yunnan [w, p] // TYPE [red letters, p] / ♂ [w, h] // Paraenidea / aureipennis / m [h] / V. Laboissière – Dét. [w, p] // Le Moult Vend. / via Reinbek / Eing Nr. 1, 1957 [w, p]’ (ZMUH).
description: Published as part of Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), pp. 23-52 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0003, http://zenodo.org/record/4505520
Oedemera (Oedemera) femorata Scopoli 1763
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Vázquez, Xavier A.
name: Kubisz, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Oedemeridae
Oedemera
Oedemera femorata

description: Oedemera (Oedemera) femorata (Scopoli, 1763)
Distribution in Iran. Golestan, Northern Khorasan (Švihla 1983), Guilan (Samin et al. 2015), Mazandaran (Švihla 1983; Modarres Awal 1997).
General distribution. Central Asia, Europe, Russia, South Caucasus, Turkey (Švihla 1999b, 2008a; Vázquez 2002; Kerimova & Huseynova 2014).
Chorotype. Turano-European.
Comments. Larvae unknown. Adult beetles are found in open habitats: grasslands, forest sites on various flowering plants, particularly Apiacaeae and Rubus, Achillea, Galium and Ranunculus (Kubisz 2006; Ferenca et al. 2013).
description: Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Vázquez, Xavier A. & Kubisz, Daniel, 2017, Annotated checklist of the false blister beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Oedemeridae) from Iran, pp. 321-334 in Zootaxa 4237 (2) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/343834
Insights into glacial metagenome and sequence biases in comparative metagenomics
Creators: name: Choudhari, Sulbha
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Year: 2015

description: Of the land surface in the world, 25% is classified as a cold environment that is a large reservoir of microbial activity, such as glaciers and ice lakes. However, most of the resident organisms on glaciers are single celled and unculturable; therefore, the best way to gain insight into their community structure is by a metagenomics approach. Metagenomics by next generation sequencing has become an important tool for interrogating complex microbial communities, and has made it possible to study uncultured microbes. We analyzed the microbial diversity of an Alaskan glacier using 16S rRNA sequencing, and determined the functional potential of these communities by whole metagenomic sequencing. A rich and diverse microbial population of more than 2,500 species was revealed, including several species of Archaea that have been identified for the first time in the glaciers of the Northern hemisphere. A comparative analysis of the community composition and bacterial diversity present in Alaskan glacier with other environments showed a large overlap with an Arctic soil than with a high Arctic lake, indicating patterns of community exchange, and suggesting that these bacteria may play an important role in soil development. The metabolic potential of glacial ice metagenome showed a high versatility for different substrate at a low-nutrient environment. Numerous genes encoding for synthesis of unsaturated fatty acids and cryoprotectants were detected, which are the characteristics for metabolic adaptations at sub zero temperatures. Also, many sequences showed similarities to genes for methane, nitrogen, and sulfur metabolism.   Though advancements in sequencing technology have made it possible to study metagenomes, they introduce different biases, which significantly affect the nucleotide distribution in a sequence. We formulated a method to detect sequence composition biases in the data generated by two different platforms, which efficiently detected sequencing based similarities and differences in the data. PCA analysis and phylogenetic heatmaps provided a compact visual image of the biases. It was found that the bias in the sequence is not only platform-specific, but other processes, like DNA-extraction protocols and experimental framework, also contribute to the differences. Therefore, caution should be exercised when interpreting the results of comparative metagenomics studies.
Additional file 9: Table S2. of Clock-dated phylogeny for 48% of the 700 species of Crotalaria (Fabaceae–Papilionoideae) resolves sections worldwide and implies conserved flower and leaf traits throughout its pantropical range
Creators: name: Rockinger, Alexander
name: Andréia Flores
name: Renner, Susanne
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: Primer sequences used in this study (listed 5’- to 3’-end) and applied protocols. (DOCX 23 kb)
Finding balance
Creators: name: Clifford, Heather Lee
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Year: 2015

description: In an age of assessment and standardized testing, assessing student writing in a way that meets state expectations while also eliciting student growth is a daily challenge for English teachers.  Because of the need for equity and accountability in education amongst high schools, the State of New Jersey adapted standardized testing and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to ensure our students are meeting certain goals. Finding a balance between reaching the standards, while also evaluating student growth and development in writing is a major frustration for teachers.  To understand ways to manage this alignment, I completed an ethnographic study at Highland Regional High School, in Blackwood, NJ.   I conducted my research in a public high school where I interviewed teachers and administrators, and analyzed lesson plans, grading rubrics, and district writing assessments.  Using this information in conjunction with the CCSS and the PARCC examination, I studied how teachers are addressing the state standards for writing while also trying to measure and evaluate student growth in a less objective way.  Finding an appropriate balance for this is the ultimate problem.