cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Clibanarius longitarsus
Creators: name: Ririhena, Dharma Arif Nugroho Dwi Listyo Rahayu Rianta Pratiwi Rena Tri Hernawati Ujang Nurhaman John Etry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Diogenidae
Clibanarius
Clibanarius longitarsus

description: Clibanarius longitarsus (De Haan, 1849)
(Fig. 7B)
description: Published as part of Ririhena, Dharma Arif Nugroho Dwi Listyo Rahayu Rianta Pratiwi Rena Tri Hernawati Ujang Nurhaman John Etry, 2024, Hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae, Calcinidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae) from Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, pp. 1-24 in Nauplius (e 20240507) (e 20240507) 32 on page 13, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e20240507, http://zenodo.org/record/14668576
Towards a theory of quantum integrability in finite size systems
Creators: name: Owusu, Haile
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: We study general quantum integrable Hamiltonians linear in a coupling constant and represented by finite NxN real symmetric matrices. The restriction on the coupling dependence leads to a natural notion of nontrivial integrals of motion and classification of integrable families into Types according to the number of such integrals. A Type M family in our definition is formed by N-M nontrivial mutually commuting operators linear in the coupling. Working from this definition alone, we parameterize Type M operators, i.e. resolve the commutation relations, and obtain an exact solution for their eigenvalues and eigenvectors. We show that our parameterization covers all Type 1, 2, and 3 integrable models and discuss the extent to which it is complete for other types. We also present robust numerical observation on the number of energy level crossings in Type M integrable systems and analyze the taxonomy of types in the 1d Hubbard model.
Algorithmic applications to social networks, secretary problems and differential privacy
Creators: name: Gupte, Mangesh
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This dissertation is a study in the applications of algorithmic techniques to four speciﬁc problems in the domains of social networks, online algorithms and diﬀerential privacy.     We start by looking at the structure of directed networks. In [Gupte, Shankar, Li, Muthukrishnan, and Iftode, 2011] we deﬁne a measure of hierarchy in directed online social networks, and using primal-dual techniques, present an eﬃcient algorithm to compute this measure. Our experiments on diﬀerent online social networks show how hierarchy emerges as we increase the size of the network.    We study the dynamics of information propagation in online social networks in [Gupte, Hajiaghayi, Han, Iftode, Shankar, and Ursu, 2009]. For a suitable random graph model of a social network, we prove that news propagation follows a threshold phenomenon, hence, high-quality information provably spreads throughout the network assuming users are greedy. Starting from a sample of the Twitter graph, we show through simulations that the threshold phenomenon is exhibited by both the greedy and courteous user models.    In chapter 4, we turn our attention from social networks to online algorithms. The speciﬁc problem we tackle is to select a large independent set from a general independence set systems when elements arrive online and we are in the random permutation model. Using a random sampling oracle, we give an algorithm which outputs a set of size Ω(s/ log n log log n) , where s is size of the largest set. This gives a O (log n log log n) approximation algorithm, which matches the lower bound within log log n factors.    The last problem we discuss is a scheme for the private release of aggregate information [Gupte and Sundararajan, 2010]. Such a scheme must resolve the trade-oﬀ between utility to information consumers and privacy of the database participants. Diﬀerential privacy [Dwork, McSherry, Nissim, and Smith, 2006] is a well-established deﬁnition of privacy. In this work, we present a universal treatment of utility based on the standard minimax rule from decision theory. Under the assumption of rational behavior, we show that for every ﬁxed count query, a certain geometric mechanism is universally optimal for all minimax information consumers. Additionally, our solution makes it possible to release query results at multiple levels of privacy in a collusion-resistant manner.
Final departure?
Creators: name: Boland, Catherine Clare
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the railway system was at the center  of transportation and urbanization in the United States, serving as one of the primary  factors in the economic growth and geographical expansion of the nation. However, by  the mid-twentieth century the railroads had begun to see a decline in use and the once  prosperous railroad companies succumbed to major budget deficits and loss in profits.  Railway stations, as the architectural manifestation of this railroad age, fell into disrepair  and neglect. The demolition of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station, while the most  infamous case, was but one of the many urban stations demolished. The fervent  preservation efforts initiated in the 1960s and 1970s have since subsided. However,  railroad stations remain significant to the architectural and cultural history of the United  States. Through adaptive use these structures can be functional in contemporary society  and preserved for future generations. To determine the feasibility of adaptive use, I  examine the economic, political, and social changes that have occurred since the 1970s  that affect adaptive use of railroad stations in the United States. The fundamental issue  addressed is how to incorporate our nation’s cultural heritage into an ever-changing urban  society. In considering the successes and failures of past adaptive use projects across the  nation, this paper proposes suggestions for current and future action that will integrate  these buildings into the contemporary urban fabric. While this project focuses on railroad  stations, it is applicable to the ways in which architecture functions as a product of  cultural heritage.
Ctenagenia ozbeki Wahis 2002
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Ctenagenia
Ctenagenia ozbeki

description: Ctenagenia ozbeki Wahis, 2002
Ctenagenia ozbeki Wahis, 2002:116, ♀ ♂: Holotype ♀.— Turkey, Adana, Karakuz (Gembloux).
Distribution in Iran: FARS (EBRAHIMI et al. 2008).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Why are older cars stolen?
Creators: name: Fujita, Shuryo
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Older cars account for a majority of all stolen cars in the United States.  This phenomenon has also been reported in other Western countries.  Indices from Australia and the U.K. further reveal that the risk of theft increases as cars become older.  This study examines mechanisms of theft of older cars through answering its main research question: “Why are older cars more stolen than their newer counterparts?”  The question is addressed from the perspective of availability, security, location, and offender motive.    This project utilizes Google Street View for two purposes: (1) to estimate the number of vehicles parked on the sampled streets in Newark; and (2) to measure land use and physical disorder at the street level.  Vehicle security is measured by the presence of factory-installed electronic immobilizers.  This study draws on the principle of triangulation, gathering an array of evidence from different analyses using data from different sources to investigate mechanisms of theft of older cars.    Multilevel negative binominal regression is conducted for the street-level location analyses to examine the impact of physical disorder and land use on the counts of older cars parked and those stolen on the streets.   Multilevel logistic regression analyses are performed to determine the effects of predictor variables on the likelihood of cars being stolen, recovered, and stripped of their parts.  Results show that older cars are more stolen because there are more older cars available to steal.  However, this pattern varies considerably across vehicles makes.  Interaction terms indicate that Honda and Toyota become more likely to be stolen as they get older, while the opposite is true for Dodge and Ford.  The vast majority of older cars lack electronic immobilizers which are found to reduce the likelihood of cars being stolen.  Considering the magnitude of temporary thefts that are committed by opportunistic thieves, vehicle security is the most powerful determinant of theft of older cars.  Physical disorder and certain types of land use have some impact on the likelihood of older cars being stolen, but their strength of predicting such an outcome is not close to that of security, vehicle age, and makes.
Spongelia spinosa var. codmani Hyatt 1877
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Callyspongiidae
Spongelia
Spongelia spinosa
Spongelia spinosa var. codmani hyatt, 1877

description: Spongelia spinosa var. codmani Hyatt, 1877
Spongelia spinosa var. codmani Hyatt, 1877: 536 (no illustration).
The variety was described by Hyatt from from Tenerife, collected by Mr Codman, approximate coordinates 28.46636°N 16.24821°W (holotype MCZ PORa-7050). There are currently three Dysidea species reported from Tenerife, cf. Cruz (2002: 210-213), and of these, D. avara (Schmidt, 1862), appears to answer most closely to Hyatt’s remarks. I tentatively propose the var. codmani as a likely junior synonym of that species.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Spongelia spinosa var. rigida Hyatt 1877
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Callyspongiidae
Spongelia
Spongelia spinosa
Spongelia spinosa var. rigida hyatt, 1877

description: Spongelia spinosa var. rigida Hyatt, 1877
Spongelia spinosa var. rigida Hyatt, 1877: 536 (no illustration).
The variety was described by Hyatt from the beach at Fort Pierce near the mouth of the Indian River, Florida, USA, approximate coordinates 27.1661°N 80.1567°W (holotype, MCZ PORa-7133). Hyatt characterized it as similar to the typical variety and thus it likely belongs to Dysidea, but the distinguishing features are unrecognizable and are lacking any illustration. Since the variety is almost certainly distinct from the typical variety in view of the geographic separation, the variety must be elevated to the status of species, as Dysidea rigida (Hyatt, 1877). There is not sufficient descriptive data to distinguish this species from the half a dozen well-established Dysidea species of the Central Western Atlantic, so the species remains taxon inquirendum.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Is microfinance the answer?
Creators: name: Ceesay, Atta A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The primary goal of this exploratory study was to investigate how microfinance affects the lives of the rural men and women in The Gambia. Additionally, the study also investigated whether the institutional capacity of the Village Savings and Credit Associations (VISACAs) played any role in enhancing or inhibiting the microfinance intervention scheme. Using a mixed- methods approach, the study was conducted using several data collection tools. Questionnaires were completed by five national experts, and eight microfinance Technical Service Providers (TSPs) in the area of microfinance to gain a broad understanding of microfinance in the Gambia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a random sample of 120 microloan recipients and 50 VISACA employees. The questionnaires and interviews were augmented with existing secondary data, participant observations, and field notes. A combination of descriptive statistics, regression, and chi-square analysis was used to examine the quantitative data. Qualitative data was analyzed by pulling themes and making sense of the themes.        The study found that participation in microfinance leads to an increase in individual and household income and savings.  The ability to better provide for one’s family also increased. While a number of the recipients accumulated some assets, a considerable number reported that acquiring those assets resulted from their participation in the microfinance program. The results of the regression analysis suggest that there was no significant relationship between changes in income and savings (dependent variables) and the strength of the VISACA. Furthermore, chi-square results indicated no significant relations between women’s empowerment and the strength of the VISACA. The themes that emerged from the qualitative analysis, for the most part complement the statistical findings. The need to strengthen the  VISACAs through capacity building emerged as a central issue that needs to be addressed to ensure long-term sustainability.
Why is world private agribusiness R&D declining despite increased demand for food and biofuels?
Creators: name: Zhang, Beinan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This paper examines the reason why the R&D expenditure of private agribusiness companies remains unchanged in the last decade despite of the growth in demand for food and biofuels. I review the background of worldwide food demand and agribusiness R&D undertaken by the private sector, as well as a literature on the private agricultural R&D, including induced innovation theory, important determinants of R&D and the relationship between public and private R&D. We undertake an empirical investigation of the roles played by a series of determinants of innovation system and R&D activities in private companies. We apply the concept of induced innovation in response to factors changes. We identify a total of 47 agribusiness companies which have R&D data from 1994 to 2007, including 36 US- based companies and other 11 international corporations. The result shows that decreasing government R&D input and companies size in agribusiness marketing and increasing four-firm concentration ratio might be the main reasons to lead to decreased private sector R&D activities; biotechnology patents, food price index and index of worldwide intellectual property protection are not significant in determining the R&D and its intensity.
Amara proxima Putzeys 1866
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Amara
Amara proxima

description: Amara proxima Putzeys, 1866
Martigny-Combe(VS),Les Châtelis bas, 660 m, 570.8/105.5, 11.7.2014:1 Ind.
Amara proxima wurde zuletzt 1987 für die Schweiz bei Stalden im Wallis nachgewiesen (Marggi 1992). Das vorliegende Tier hielt sich in einem Rebberg zwischen Vegetation am Fuss einer Mauer auf (Abb. 3). Die Art wurde auch früher am häufigsten in der Region Martigny gefunden, wo sie offensichtlich auch heute noch vorkommt.Sie gleicht stark der häufigen A. aenea (De Geer, 1774) und wird vorzugsweise über das männliche Genital bestimmt.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2016, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz, pp. 53-67 in Entomo Helvetica 9 on page 57, DOI: 10.5169/seals-986145, http://zenodo.org/record/7901176
Dynamics of microcapsules and red blood cellsin time-dependent shear flow
Creators: name: Zhao, Mengye
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This thesis presents a three-dimensional numerical study on the dynamics of deformable capsules in sinusoidally oscillating shear flow. For this study, we consider capsules of spherical and oblate spheroid resting shapes. For spherical resting shapes, we find identical deformation response during positive and negative vorticity. However, the deformation response becomes unequal and shows complex behavior for nonspherical resting shapes. The average elongation is higher in the retarding phase of the shear flow than in the accelerating phase. Primarily two types of dynamics are observed for nonspherical shapes: a clockwise/counter-clockwise swinging motion in response to the altering flow direction that occurs at both high and low values of shear rate amplitudes, and a continuous/unidirectional tumbling motion that occurs at intermediate values. The unidirectional tumbling motion occurs despite the fact that the time-average vorticity is zero. Such a tumbling motion is accompanied by a continuous tank-treading motion of the membrane in the opposite direction. We obtain phase diagram that shows existence of two critical shear rates and two oscillation frequencies. The unidirectional tumbling motion occurs in the intermediate range, and the clockwise/counter-clockwise swinging motion occurs otherwise. We also find that the dynamics is highly sensitive to the initial condition. A swinging is generally observed when the capsule is released aligned with the extensional or compressional axis of the shear flow, and a tumbling is observed otherwise. These results suggest the possibility of chaotic behavior of cells in time-dependent flows. We provide explanations of such complex dynamics by analyzing the coupling between the shape and angular oscillation and the imposed flow oscillation.
Effect of package dimensions and food product properties on non-uniformity of microbial  inactivation during high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) process
Creators: name: Zhang, Li
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Inactivation of micro-organisms during High-Pressure High-Temperature (HPHT) process has become a widely researched topic, especially since Pressure Assisted Thermal Sterilization (PATS) was accepted by the US FDA for commercial production of shelf-stable low-acid foods. Non-uniformity of microbial inactivation may arise due to the non-uniformity of temperature developing within foods during HPHT process. Therefore, from the commercial point of view, the temperature distribution during the process should be kept as uniform as possible.  The objective of this study was to numerically investigate the effect of thermal and physical properties of food products, package dimensions, and adiabatic compression heating values of both food and packaging material, on the temperature distribution within foods subjected to HPHT process, and their impacts on the non-uniformity of microbial inactivation. The commercial software COMSOL® Multiphysics was used to numerically predict the distribution of temperature and the inactivation of Clostridium botulinum, an indicator for microbial safety. Coefficient of variation (COV) in microbial inactivation was used to quantify the non-uniformity of the process.  Our results showed that increasing the radius of package for a solid food resulted in significantly higher process non-uniformity, in terms of COV in final microbial count. In a liquid food, the mixing effect inside the package due to natural convection could change the non-uniformity of microbial inactivation, which strongly depended on the viscosity of the food product. In addition, increasing the adiabatic compression heating value would aggravate the process non-uniformity for both solid and liquid foods. Dividing a large package into multiple small ones could facilitate the mixing effect of natural convection; therefore further reducing the process non-uniformity. Packaging materials with selected properties could enhance the process uniformity due to their role as an insulation layer for food products. The results of this research are expected to aid food processors in developing their HPHT processed foods, so the safety of these products can be assured.
Ctenagenia vespiformis
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Ctenagenia
Ctenagenia vespiformis

description: Ctenagenia vespiformis (Klug, 1834)
Pompilus vespiformis Klug, 1834:38, ♀.
Distribution in Iran: GOLESTAN (GHAHARI et al. 2014).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Towards an Inclusive Evaluation of Research - Data, Action and Communication and Interaction Plans
Creators: name: Penati, Silvia
name: Penati, Silvia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: research assessment
equality and diversity
COARA

description: Towards an Inclusive Evaluation of Research - Detailed plans for the working Group Data Management PlanAction PlanCommunication and Interaction Plan
Apristus europaeus Mateu 1980
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Apristus
Apristus europaeus

description: Apristus europaeus Mateu, 1980
Baltschieder (VS), Grosseia Nord, 642 m, 631.4/128.2, 15.5.2014: 2 Ind.; 31.7.2014: 7 Ind.
Seit der Meldung in Hoess (2009) wurde nur ein weiterer Fund dieser Art dem CSCF gemeldet. Die oben genannten Tiere – Erstfund für das Wallis – wurden am Rande der Baustelle für die Autobahn A9 unter Schottersteinen in fast kahler Umgebung gefunden (Abb. 4). Mit Amara bischoffi Jedlička, 1946, Harpalus froelichii Sturm, 1818 und H. fuscicornis Ménétriés, 1832 waren einige weitere seltene Arten zugegen. Nach Abschluss der Bauarbeiten wird dieses Vorkommen wohl so schnell verschwinden, wie es entstanden ist. Breitet sich Apristus europaeus eventuell entlang von Verkehrswegen aus, oder lebt er im Schotter von Eisenbahntrassees? Die Lötschberg-Basislinie führt ebenfalls dort vorbei. Feuchtgebiete als Lebensraum von A. europaeus, wie dies in der Literatur (Marggi 1992, Müller-Motzfeld 2006, Luka et al. 2009) angegeben wird, trifft zumindest auf meine Funde nicht zu.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2016, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz, pp. 53-67 in Entomo Helvetica 9 on page 57, DOI: 10.5169/seals-986145, http://zenodo.org/record/7901176
Spongia agaricina subsp. corlosia var. elongata Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Dictyoceratida
Spongiidae
Spongia
Spongia agaricina
Spongia agaricina subsp. corlosia (sic) var. elongata hyatt, 1877

description: Spongia agaricina subsp. corlosia (sic) var. elongata Hyatt, 1877
Spongia agaricina subsp. corlosia var. elongata Hyatt, 1877: 524, pl. 15 fig. 10.
Euspongia officinalis var. rotunda; Von Lendenfeld 1889: 269.
Hyatt’s name is not an available name (as it has a fourth name, ICZN art. 45.5). Apart from Von Lendenfeld’s assignment of this to Euspongia officinalis var. rotunda (Hyatt, 1877 as Spongia officinalis subsp. tubulifera var. rotunda, cf. below), there are no other suggestions in the literature. Hyatt was apparently unaware that Duchassaing & Michelotti corrected the name corlosia to coelosia in the Errata at the end of their book (p. 122). Thus, in accordance with ICZN art. 32.5.1.1 the name must be spelled coelosia. The WPD lists Spongia (Spongia) coelosia as ‘accepted’ but it is incertae sedis (see below). I propose to assign Hyatt’s material from Florida provisionally, but in accordance with Von Lendenfeld’s suggestion, to Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 until it has been re-examined.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Cyphononyx Dahlbom 1845
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Cyphononyx

description: Genus Cyphononyx Dahlbom, 1845
Cyphononyx Dahlbom, 1845:462. Type species: Sphex flavicornis Fahricius, 1781.
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Two-in-one
Creators: name: Zhang, Min
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The efficiency of siRNA is limited by its low resistance against enzymatic degradation, limited permeability across cell membrane, and substantial liver and renal clearance. Therefore, in order to exploit potential therapeutic applications of siRNA, the effective delivery of siRNA to the site of action and into targeted cells is required. We are proposing to design, characterize and taste in vitro the efficient siRNA delivery systems in order to treat human ovarian carcinoma. Internally quaternized poly(amidoamine) dendrimer (PAMAM) with different surface modifications and poly(amidoamine)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly-L-lysine conjugates were prepared and successfully delivered siRNA into A2780 ovarian cancer cells. To effectively treat primary ovarian tumor, prevent the development of intraperitoneal metastases and limit side effects of therapy, we proposed a combination of receptor-mediated targeted chemotherapy with genotherapy. To this end, we used tumor-targeted complex liposomal delivery systems containing: (1) two anticancer drugs with different mechanisms of action (doxorubicin and cisplatin); (2) suppressors of two different mechanisms of cellular resistance - two antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) targeted to MDR1 and BCL2 mRNA; and (3) a targeting moiety specific to cancer cells – LHRH peptide (ligand specific to LHRH receptors that are overexpressed in plasma midbrain of ovarian cancer cells). The targeted combinatorial treatment of primary aggressive ovarian tumor led to the substantial regression of the growth of primary tumor, prevention of the development of intraperitoneal metastases and limitation of the adverse side effects of chemotherapy on healthy organs.
Asaphidion pallipes
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Asaphidion
Asaphidion pallipes

description: Asaphidion pallipes (Duftschmid, 1812)
Maienfeld (GR), Neugüeter, kleines Baggerloch, 510 m, 759.7/ 206.0, 15.5.2013: 1 Ind.
Diese verbreitete Art scheint landesweit seltener zu werden. In der Westschweiz, der Nordostschweiz und im Bündnerland sind kaum neue Funde bekannt. Der letzte Fund aus dem Kanton Graubünden datiert von 1991.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2016, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz, pp. 53-67 in Entomo Helvetica 9 on page 58, DOI: 10.5169/seals-986145, http://zenodo.org/record/7901176
Governance-based management of open distributedsystems
Creators: name: Zhang, Wenxuan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Software technology is undergoing transition from monolithic systems constructed according to a single overall design, into open systems, i.e., loosely coupled distributed and heterogeneous systems, whose component parts may be written in different languages, run on different platforms, and be designed, constructed, or even maintained under different administrative domains. For an open system to be dependable it must be managed dynamically. The common approaches of managing open systems are based on industrial standards like WSDM (Web Services DistributedManagement), and they rely on the components of the managed system to cooperate in the management process, by providing the managers with the means to monitor their state and activities, and to control their behavior.  We argue these standard-based approaches have some serious deficiencies, when applied to open systems, and it largely fails to meet some critical needs of good management. In particular, we believe (1) it is unreliable and inflexible; and (2) it does not have enough ability to handle what we call reflexive management, i.e., the ability to control and coordination of the managers, and prescriptive management, i.e., the ability  to let managers structure the managed system by making rules on their behaviours.  Based on observation that much of the information that dynamic system management relies on involves the exchange of messages between the distributed components of the system, we propose to implement management capabilities via an appropriate regulation on the flow of messages in the system, where the regulation is conducted by governing the system components with an appropriate governance mechanism. We call this management approach as governance-basedmanagement (GBM), and we show the limitations of current management approaches can be avoided, to a large extent, by the GBM approach.    The implementation of GBM employs a governance mechanism called Law-Governed Interaction (LGI). This mechanism features some of the characteristics required as the basis of GBM, among which are its high expressive power, reliable instrumentation, decentralized enforcement of policies, and the ability of organizing policies into policy hierarchies. We conducted a case study, in the context of enterprise systems, to illustrate the GBM mechanism as well as its implementation by LGI. Based on the case study, we did a series of experiments, to evaluate the performance of GBM. We show the overhead introduced by the mechanism is relatively small, especially in the context of geographically distributed systems based on Wide Area Network (WAN), and the mechanism scales well when the size of the managed system increases. Finally, we present some of our recent advances on LGI, the basis of GBM.
Cyphononyx bretonii
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Cyphononyx
Cyphononyx bretonii

description: Cyphononyx bretonii (Guérin, 1843) #
Cryptochilus bretoni Guérin, 1843:pl 115. fig. 2.
Distribution in Iran: HORMOZgAN (WOLF et al. 2009— AS Cyphononyx croceicornis (KLUg, in DUFOUR, 1861)).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Inversion-based iterative feedforward-feedback control
Creators: name: Zhang, Yan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This thesis presents the development of inversion-based iterative feedforward-feedback (II-FF/FB) approach and its application to achieve high-speed force load in nanomechanical property measurement of soft materials in liquid, and high-speed nanopositioning control using piezoelectric actuators. High-speed nanopositioning is needed in various applications. For example, high-speed precision tracking of the force load is needed to measure the rate-dependent viscoelasticity of a wide range of soft materials in liquid, including live cells. In these applications, however, various adverse effects exist that challenge the precision tracking of the desired trajectory. For instance, during the nanomechanical measurement in liquid, the tracking precision is limited by the thermal drift effect, the reduction of the signal to noise ratio, and the hysteresis and the vibrational dynamics effects of the piezoelectric actuators (used to position the probe relative to the sample), particularly during high-speed measurements. These adverse effects limit the positioning precision not only during quasi-static operation (i.e., low-speed), but also in high-speed tracking. This research is focused on the development the II-FF/FB technique to tackle these critical issues in practical applications. Motivated by the challenges in high-speed nanomechanical measurement of soft materials in liquid, the II-FF/FB is developed by inverting the closed-loop system dynamics, and then updating and correcting the inversion-based input through iterations (called the closed-loop injection II-FF/FB, CIII-FF/FB technique). A proportional-integral (PI) feedback controller along with a notch-filter is utilized to improve the robustness of the entire system against dynamics uncertainties and the gain margin of the closed-loop system. The proposed CIII-FF/FB technique is implemented in experiments to the nanomechanical property measurement of a poly (dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) sample in liquid. The experimental results show that by using the CIII-FF/FB technique, precision tracking of the desired force load profile can be achieved in high speed nanomechanical measurement of soft materials in liquid. We also study an alternative approach to the II-FF/FB approach by inverting the plant dynamics to generate the feedforward input, and injecting the feedforward input into the feedback loop by augmenting it to the feedback one (called the plant-injection II-FF/FB, PIII-FF/FB technique). These two II-FF/FB techniques, the CIII-FF/FB and PIII-FF/FB techniques, are compared through two experimental implementations: (1) the nanopositioning tracking of a piezo-bimorph actuator, and (2) the force-load profile tracking in nanomechanical measurements in liquid. The experimental results are analyzed and discussed to compare the performance of these two approaches under various conditions.
Coverage of smokeless tobacco in US newspapers and news wires
Creators: name: Wackowski, Olivia
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Background. Tobacco use remains a significant public health issue in the United States. Although smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is less prevalent than smoking, SLT sales are on the rise and include new products featuring cigarette brand names aimed at smokers. While some tobacco control professionals have argued that SLT may provide a less harmful alternative for smokers unable or unwilling to quit, others argue that SLT promotion could result in harmful consequences, e.g., uptake among new users. Despite a lack of consensus on the appropriateness of SLT for harm reduction or related messaging, such information is being communicated to the public through news stories. Coverage of SLT is significant given the news media’s role in shaping readers’ knowledge and attitudes. This study provides the first description of SLT in the news, exploring the types of topics covered, health and risk information presented, and slant of opinion articles.     Methods. A content analysis was conducted on SLT-related news and opinion articles from top circulating national and state newspapers and select wire services. Articles between 2006 and 2010 were obtained from electronic news databases and coded for various SLT-relevant variables including: product attributes, SLT associations, prevalence and sales trends, health references and overall main SLT article topic.     Results. Among news/feature articles (n=677), these main SLT topics included business news (28%), new products, product regulation and harm reduction (19%), prevention/cessation (11.4%), taxes (10.2%), profiles/trends in use (9%), bans (8.1%), and tobacco industry promotional activities (4.9%).  While references to health risks (i.e., addictiveness, carcinogenicity and specific health effects) were found in 40% of news articles, various “pro” SLT messages were also found, including references to SLT as less harmful than smoking (16.5%). Articles, particularly those about new products, also referred to other SLT attributes potentially perceived as beneficial over smoking (e.g., ability to use indoors). Although the majority of opinion articles (n=176) conveyed an anti-SLT slant (64%), 25.6% were pro-SLT.     Conclusions. Future research should explore the extent with which the public has been exposed to SLT news stories and ways in which they interpret and are impacted by included information, particularly that related to SLT risks and potential benefits.
Spongia agaricina subsp. dura var. typica Hyatt 1877
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Dictyoceratida
Spongiidae
Spongia
Spongia agaricina
Spongia agaricina subsp. dura var. typica hyatt, 1877

description: Spongia agaricina subsp. dura var. typica Hyatt, 1877
Spongia agaricina subsp. dura var. typica Hyatt, 1877: 522, pl. 15 fig. 6.
Euspongia officinalis var. rotunda; Von Lendenfeld 1889: 269.
Hyatt’s name is not an available name (as it has a fourth name, ICZN art. 45.5). Apart from Von Lendenfeld’s assignment of this to Euspongia oficinalis var. rotunda, there are no other suggestions in the literature. I propose to assign this material from the Caribbean region provisionally to Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 because of its hard consistency (‘ dura ’), a typical property of that species.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Travel time estimation and prediction in closed toll highways
Creators: name: Yildirimoglu, Mehmet
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Real-time estimates of traffic conditions are valuable information needed by operators of transportation facilities as well as travelers. This study aims to provide accurate travel time estimates using data collected by the electronic toll collection system instead of sensors and AVI readers specifically deployed for traffic monitoring. This dual use of toll readers for travel time estimation can be an attractive approach since it eliminates additional costs of deploying and maintaining sensors. However, this approach can present an important challenge in terms of accuracy of the estimates because readers are not located on the main roadway, but instead on the ramps, and the demand level associated with particular OD pairs is not always enough to obtain accurate average travel times. Therefore, two estimation methods based on universal kriging and mathematical programming are proposed to estimate single section travel times using vast amount of available data from the electronic toll collection system of NJ Turnpike. To be valuable, travel time information must be updated continuously in real-time to provide not only estimates of current traffic conditions but also future projections. Time series models are commonly used in transportation area to obtain future traffic states. This thesis compares the prediction performance of a parametric model, ARIMA, a recently developed non-parametric model, SVR, a commonly used non-parametric model, ANN, and tests their performances under both typical and atypical traffic conditions.
Badister collaris Motschulsky 1844
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Badister
Badister collaris

description: Badister collaris Motschulsky, 1844
Brugg (AG), Auschachen Ost, 330 m, 659.7 / 260.1, 17.8.2009: 1 Ind.
Bas-Vully (neu: Mont-Vully) (FR), Pré au Boeuf, 430 m, 577.8/203.2, 22.6.2010: 1 Ind.
Montagny (FR), Vers les Gours, 605 m, 565.8/ 182.6, 21.7.2010: 1 Ind.
Chavornay (VD), Creux de Terre Ouest, 435 m, 533.0 /175.0, 3.9.2010: 1 Ind.
Kaltbrunn (SG), Kaltbrunner Riet, 407 m, 717.1 / 230.3, 4.10.2010: 1 Ind.
Rietheim (AG), Alt Ri/Grien, 317 m, 662.6–663.1/273.2–273.5, 5.5.2011 – 29.8.2012: 19 Ind.
Kriechenwil (BE), Röseliseeli, 538 m, 582.2 /194.8, 2.7.2013: 1 Ind.
Dem CSCF liegen nur wenige neuere Funde von Badister collaris vor. Die Art ist stark an Flachmoore gebunden, dürfte nach meiner Erfahrung aber bei uns die häufigste Art der Untergattung Baudia Ragusa, 1884 sein. Alle Arten dieser Untergattung sind am sichersten am männlichen Genital zu unterscheiden. Bei Rietheim fanden sich neben B. collaris noch vier weitere Badister -Arten, nämlich: B. dilatatus Chaudoir, 1837, B. lacertosus Sturm, 1815, B. peltatus (Panzer, 1797) und B. sodalis (Duftschmid, 1812).
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2016, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz, pp. 53-67 in Entomo Helvetica 9 on page 58, DOI: 10.5169/seals-986145, http://zenodo.org/record/7901176
Spongia agaricina subsp. corlosia var. fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Dictyoceratida
Spongiidae
Spongia
Spongia agaricina
Spongia agaricina subsp. corlosia (sic) var. fusca hyatt, 1877

description: Spongia agaricina subsp. corlosia (sic) var. fusca Hyatt, 1877
Spongia agaricina subsp. corlosia var. fusca Hyatt, 1877: 524, pl. 15 fig. 11, pl. 16 fig. 31.
Euspongia officinalis var. rotunda; Von Lendenfeld 1889: 269.
Spongia (Spongia) fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (in Van Soest et al. 2020: 31, case 46)
Hyatt’s name is not an available name (as it has a fourth name, ICZN art. 45.5). Apart from Von Lendenfeld’s assignment of this to Euspongia officinalis var. rotunda (Hyatt, 1877 as Spongia officinalis subsp. tubulifera var. rotunda, cf. below), Van Soest et al. 2020 erroneously erected a new name (Spongia fuscoides, cf.below)for this taxon as a junior homonym of Spongia communis fusca Lamarck, 1814. Because Hyatt’s name is not available it cannot come into homonymy with an available name (ICZN art. 54.1). Hyatt was apparently unaware that Duchassaing & Michelotti corrected the name corlosia to coelosia in the Errata at the end of their book (p. 122). Thus, in accordance with ICZN art. 32.5.1.1 the name must be spelled coelosia. The WPD lists Spongia (Spongia) coelosia as ‘accepted’ but it is incertae sedis (see below). I propose to assign Hyatt’s material from Florida provisionally, but in accordance with Von Lendenfeld’s suggestion, to Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 until it has been re-examined (see also below Spongia (Spongia) fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020).
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij 1935
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Dicyrtomellus

description: Genus Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 1935
Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 1935:135. Type species: Dicyrtomellus luctuosus (Mocsáry, 1879).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
An in-situ electrolytically formed lithium iodine battery
Creators: name: Yourey, William M
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Today the lithium and lithium-ion batteries represent the premiere high energy density battery. Beyond improving performance, there is a desire to reduce cost of manufacture and enable battery technology to adapt conformally to a variety of operating environments.  Recently Rutgers introduced a concept of electrolytically formed batteries (EFBs) as a type of self-assembled approach where the entire anode and cathode is formed in-situ on the atomic level.  EFBs have the potential to offer a unique pathway to much lower cost cell manufacture (no electrodes, no lithium metal to handle), a non lithium metal containing reserve cell,  and to form batteries in very demanding architectures such as those dictated by advanced 3-D battery designs.  This thesis represents the first comprehensive research related to lithium EFBs, specifically one based on LiI. Specific focus on the structure and ionic and electronic transport of in-situ formed polyiodide networks will be discussed along with the key role of stabilizing interphases.
The effects of psychoeducation at a religious institution on mental health help seeking attitudes among Chinese Americans
Creators: name: Yan, Wei Yin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This study looked at the effects of a 12-week psychoeducation ‘Sunday School’ course on general mental health issues on help seeking attitudes among Chinese American members of a large, dominantly Chinese American church.  When compared to other Sunday School classes, and controlling for pre-course attitudes, the psychoeducation course was associated with more favorable attitudes toward mental health help seeking at the completion of the course.  No difference was found between Sunday School courses in their impact on reported likelihood to seek pastoral or professional mental health help for oneself or to recommend it to others.  At baseline, this study found that age, spirituality, and Asian values related to recommending that others seek help.  Older participants were more likely to recommend that others seek pastoral and professional help.  Spirituality was positively correlated with pastoral help seeking for self and others, and higher adherence to Asian values was positively correlated with recommendation for others to seek pastoral help.  There were, however, limitations to the measures and design that reduced the chances of obtaining further findings.  Future directions for Asian American help seeking research are discussed.
Dicyrtomellus dubitabilis
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Dicyrtomellus
Dicyrtomellus dubitabilis

description: Dicyrtomellus dubitabilis (Saunders, 1901)
Pompilus dubitabilis Saunders, 1901:551, ♀.— Biskra [Algeria].
Distribution in Iran: NORTH KHORASAN (WOLF 2003; WOLF et al. 2009).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890