cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dissimilation, consonant harmony, and surface correspondence
Creators: name: Bennett, William G.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: In this dissertation, I argue for a theory of long-distance consonant dissimilation based on Surface Correspondence, correspondence that holds over the different consonants contained in the same output form. Surface Correspondence is posited in previous work on Agreement By Correspondence, which explains long-distance consonant assimilation as agreement driven by similarity (Rose & Walker 2004, Hansson 2001/2010). I demonstrate that dissimilation is a natural outcome of this theory of correspondence, and develop a novel and more formally explicit characterization of the Surface Correspondence relation and the constraints sensitive to it. The consequences of this theory are explored in analyses of dissimilation and agreement patterns in Kinyarwanda, Sundanese, Cuzco Quechua, Obolo, Chol, Ponapean, Zulu, Yidiny, Latin, and Georgian.  The Surface Correspondence Theory of Dissimilation (SCTD) posits only constraints that demand surface correspondence, and constraints that limit it. Dissimilation falls out from the interaction of these constraints. Correspondence is only required between consonants that are similar in a specified respect; if they are not similar in the output, they need not correspond. Constraints that disfavor Surface Correspondence therefore favor dissimilation, because dissimilating is a way to avoid penalized surface correspondence structures. This interaction derives long-distance consonant dissimilation without any special mechanism like the OCP or anti-similarity constraints; it also explains certain dissimilation patterns that aren’t accounted for by previous OCP-based theories.  The SCTD unites long-distance consonant dissimilation and consonant harmony under the same theory, but does not predict that they are formally identical. Agreement is based on correspondence; dissimilation, on the other hand, is based on non-correspondence – consonants dissimilate instead of corresponding. Surface Correspondence constraints therefore affect dissimilation in different ways than harmony: limiting correspondence limits agreement, but favors dissimilation. The resulting prediction is that harmony and dissimilation are related in a consistently mismatched way, and not in the matching way predicted by previous theories that link them together (MacEachern 1999, Nevins 2004, Mackenzie 2009, Gallagher 2010, a.o.). This outcome of the SCTD is empirically supported: a survey of over 130 languages shows that the typology of long-distance consonant dissimilation indeed does not match the typology of consonant harmony.
Dependence of HIV Cure on Immune System Shaped by Microbiota
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Evidence is mounting that it is possible to control the virus that causes AIDS with early treatment so that further therapy is not immediately needed—a condition called “functional cure” of the infection. Recent studies have been reported that 15 patients with HIV, who received antiretroviral treatment within months of infection, had their viral loads durably decreased so much that we could consider that they are "functionally cured". It has previously been shown that provision of therapy even sooner after infection (Post Exposure Prophylaxis or PEP) can also prevent HIV infection. PEP has a small window of opportunity, being less effective beyond 24-36 hours after exposure and probably ineffective beyond 48-72 hours. Many host factors may determine the length of time available for cure. In a previous study, we found that infant rhesus macaque with different diets (breast- and bottle-fed) showed different microbial composition in their gut and had also developed very different immune systems, particularly in development of cell types that have been shown already to control HIV infection. We suggest that these differences in development of immune cells could also generate different probabilities to achieve cure. Therefore, we hypothesize that individuals with higher amount of Th17 cells will have a larger window to achieve functional cure. To test our hypothesis, we will perform two experiments. In the first, we aim to establish a model defining the time period during which functional cure might be achieved in individuals having favorable development of the immune system. When treatment is started within hours of infection we know already that individuals can be cured, but also that if treatment is started later (up to 48-72 hours) the probability of cure is less. We will initiate treatment at a variety of times after SIV infection. We expect that when therapy is initiated at 24 hours no individuals will be infected, while at 48 and 72 hours some will be durably infected and experience high viral load while others may be cured. In the second experiment we will test if having a higher amount of Th17 cells, or their functional opposite, T-reg cells, could favor the achievement of functional cure. We will screen blood samples to find individuals having a higher number of Th17 cells or of T-reg cells. These two groups will then be infected with SIV and treated at the time point that was shown in the first experiment to allow occasional but not uniform cure of the infection. We will determine the proportion of achieving cure in each group. The goal of this project is to determine if variable development of the immune system, which we have shown is fundamentally shaped by the gut microbes that are present in infancy, has an important influence on establishment of the virus in immune cells, and thereby on the likelihood of “functional cure”.
Phalera lydenburgi Distant 1899
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
name: Vetina, Alvaro A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Phalera
Phalera lydenburgi

description: Phalera lydenburgi Distant, 1899 (Fig. 88)
Phalera lydenburgi Distant, 1899, Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 3(18): 463–464. Type locality: [South Africa] Transvaal, Lydenburg District. Holotype, female (NHMUK).
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, pp. 201-243 in Zootaxa 4965 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4749851
Rigema ornata Walker 1865
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
name: Vetina, Alvaro A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Rigema
Rigema ornata

description: Rigema ornata Walker, 1865 (Figs. 89–90)
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum XXXII, Supplement 2 32(2): 437. Type locality: [South Africa] Natal. Syntypes, 2 males (NHMUK).
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, pp. 201-243 in Zootaxa 4965 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4749851
Antheua tricolor Walker 1855
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
name: Vetina, Alvaro A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Antheua
Antheua tricolor

description: Antheua tricolor Walker, 1855 (Figs. 91–92)
Antheua tricolor Walker, 1855, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum III, Lepidoptera Heterocera 3: 688. Type locality: [South Africa] Port Natal. Holotype, male (NHMUK).
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, pp. 201-243 in Zootaxa 4965 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4749851
Spirotropis guancha Ortega & Gofas 2019, n. sp.
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Drilliidae
Spirotropis
Spirotropis guancha

description: Spirotropis guancha n. sp.(Fig. 20 D-F)
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TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. spm., MNHN-IM-2000-34271 and 1 paratype (sh.) from SEAMOUNT 2 DW128.
Paratypes. 1 sh., MNHN-IM-2000-34272 from DW126. — 1 spm., MNHN-IM-2000-34273 from DW130.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Off NW Gran Canaria, 28°08.26’N, 15°51.99’W / 28°08.47’N, 15°51.66’W, 470- 485 m.
ETYMOLOGY. — An adjective derived from the name of the aboriginal people of Canary Islands, the Guanches.
DESCRIPTION
Shell medium-sized, biconical with a tall and turreted spire, and the last whorl a little more than half of the total height. Protoconch of 1.5 whorls, globose, with the last half-whorl ornamented by a few flexuous incremental lines, separated from the teleoconch by an indistinct line.Teleoconch of about 7 regularly increasing whorls; teleoconch whorls distinctly shouldered, with a distinct subsutural rim, then a concave subsutural ramp between this and the shoulder. Shoulder bearing a series of axially elongate knobs (about 15 on penultimate whorl, becoming attenuated on the last whorl where approaching the outer lip). Labial notch well developed and deep, situated at the termination of the subsutural ramp, as is usual in the genus. Siphonal canal short and wide. Colour opaque white, without gloss. Dimensions of holotype, 16.2 mm height × 6.4 mm diameter, of paratypes, 10.7 × 4.3 to 20.1 × 7.6 mm.
REMARKS
Spirotropis guancha n. sp. most resembles S. centimata (Dall, 1889), originally described from SE United States and subsequently reported from the Azores and from off western Morocco (Bouchet & Warén 1980). Spirotropis guancha n. sp. has a globose and smooth, whitish, paucispiral protoconch denoting non-planktotrophic development whereas S. centimata has a conical, yellowish protoconch of c. 2.5 whorls, with a suprasutural keel, denoting a planktotrophic development. The thick subsutural rim of S. guancha n. sp. is not seen in S. centimata, which also has much more prominent knobs along the shoulder. The aperture of S. guancha n. sp. is wider, the siphonal canal is shorter and broader than in S. centimata. We figure for comparison (Fig. 20 A-C) a specimen of the latter species collected off SW Morocco by R/V Talisman.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on pages 536-537, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Ankylocythere prolata Hobbs & Peters 1991, new species
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Ankylocythere
Ankylocythere prolata

description: Ankylocythere prolata Hobbs & Peters, 1991
1991 Ankylocythere prolata new species.—Hobbs & Peters: 64–66, Fig. 1a–c (T, D, H, R).
2014a Ankylocythere prolata Hobbs & Peters, 1991.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 947 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
MEDICAL ENGINEERING
Creators: name: Jafarova, F.T.
name: Aslanova, K.U.
name: Abduxakimova, Z.D.
name: Saidova, N.A.
name: Kubaev, A.E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article covers topics on bioengineering. This is an interdisciplinary field that combines the principles of engineering sciences with medical and biological knowledge to develop and implement technologies and devices aimed at improving the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases.
Gymnobela Verrill 1884
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Raphitomidae
Gymnobela

description: Genus Gymnobela Verrill, 1884
TYPE SPECIES. — Gymnobela engonia Verrill, 1884, subsequent designation by Cossmann, 1896: 63.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on page 537, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Whole Genome RNAseq Studies of Blood in Smokers vs Nonsmokers with Stroke
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Smoking can increase the risk of both ischemic stroke (IS) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). This is a paradox since ischemic stroke occurs because of embolized clots or clotting in situ, whereas intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) occurs because of rupture of a blood vessel and bleeding into the brain parenchyma. The factors from smoking that can cause clotting in some individuals with ischemic stroke and cause bleeding in some individuals with intracerebral hemorrhage are not known. This study will begin to unravel this mystery by taking blood samples from patients with IS and ICH and compare smokers to nonsmokers. The blood samples are processed for RNA sequencing, a procedure that makes it possible to measure the RNA levels of every known gene in the blood. We can then compare the regulated genes in smokers versus nonsmokers for both IS and ICH. We expect to find that in those patients who smoke and who have IS they will have upregulation of genes that predispose to clotting and inflammation. In contrast, we expect to find in those patients who smoke and who have ICH they will have upregulation of genes that predispose to disruption of their blood vessels and predispose to bleeding. The data to be obtained for IS and ICH should help in understanding the basic mechanisms of how smoking contributes to clotting in some patients and to bleeding in others. Of more practical benefit the data could also be used to guide preventive treatment in that patients predisposed to clotting and IS could be treated with anti-platelet agents or one of the new safe anticoagulants, whereas those patients predisposed to ICH should avoid these agents.
Polienus capillata
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
name: Vetina, Alvaro A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Polienus
Polienus capillata

description: Polienus capillata (Wallengren, 1875) (Fig. 93)
Simyra capillata Wallengren, 1875, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32(1):104. Type locality: [South Africa] Transvaal. Holotype, male (NHRM).
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, pp. 201-243 in Zootaxa 4965 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4749851
Ankylocythere spargosis in Andolshek & Hobbs 1986
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Ankylocythere
Ankylocythere spargosis

description: Ankylocythere spargosis Andolshek & Hobbs, 1986
1974 Ankylocythere hobbsi (Hoff, 1944).—Hart & Hart: 28, 221, Pl. XLV [in part: record for McIntosh County, G.A.] (D, T).
1986 Ankylocythere spargosis, new species.—Andolshek & Hobbs: iii, 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 18, 20, 21–24, 34, 35, Figs. 3d, 10a–j, 11 (A, D, H, K, R, T).
1991 A. spargosis Andolshek & Hobbs, 1986.—Hobbs & Peters: 66 (R).
2014a Ankylocythere spargosis Andolshek & Hobbs, 1986.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 931, 947 (C). Remarks: Ankylocythere hobbsi, reported in Hart & Hart (1974: 28) from McIntosh Co., Georgia, was
synonymized with A. spargosis in Andolshek & Hobbs (1986: 21).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Converting Trash (Biomass) to Energy in the Third World
Creators: name: Burdzy, Alex
name: Ogwang, Stephen
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Design of an easy to construct biodigester that converts food and agricultural waste and other biomass energy (methane) using readily available and inexpensive materials
description: Obtaining a reliable and sustainable source of energy is essential for an individual, family, and community for completing everyday tasks in the modern world. Due to a lack of proper infrastructure, modernization, and a plethora of other factors, this is not possible for over a billion members of the world’s population. One such region that is home to many of these individuals is East Africa. Many developing nations in continents such as Asia and South America have begun to use local resources to help rural individuals that generally live off of the power grid. An example of this is the use of biomass material through biodigesters to create methane gas for cooking and heating as well as electricity. Due to similarities in geography and economy, this mode of sustainable energy would be a good fit for the rural inhabitants of East Africa. It will be crucial to establish an informational campaign that disseminates information on how individuals and families in this region can easily and affordably build an apparatus for their own use.
"Little heaps of sand"
Creators: name: Thornley, Coleen Michelle
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The colonial war that occurred in German Southwest Africa between 1904 and  1908 against the indigenous Herero and Nama is widely acknowledged as the first  genocide of the twentieth century. Evidence based on statistics, eyewitness accounts, and  government documents confirm the genocidal nature of the war. Few historians have  examined German and British press reactions to the colonial war. Most scholarship about  the Herero and Nama genocide focuses on the history of the genocide on the ground. This  thesis focuses on German and British press reactions by studying three vital months in the  first year of the war. By looking at the months of January, August, and October 1904, in  conservative and liberal publications from both Germany and Great Britain, it is clear that  the press in both countries were unaware of the genocide in 1904.
Ankylocythere tallapoosa Hart, D. G. & Hart 1971, new species
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Ankylocythere
Ankylocythere tallapoosa

description: Ankylocythere tallapoosa Hart & Hart, 1971
1971 Ankylocythere tallapoosa, new species.—Hart, D.G & Hart: 107–108, 119, 125, Figs. 2a–e, 13 (A, D, H, R, T).
1974 Ankylocythere tallapoosa Hart and Hart, 1971.—Hart & Hart: 20, 31, 179, 221, Pl. III Figs. 14–18, Pl. XLV (C, D, H, K, R, T).
1975 Ankylocythere tallapoosa Hart & Hart, 1971.—Hart & Hart: 8 (C, D, H).
1981 Ankylocythere tallapoosa Hart and Hart (1971:107).—Hobbs: 96 [report of mistaken host identity in Hart, D.G. & Hart (1971)], 498, 500, 534, 548 (A, D, H).
2014a Ankylocythere tallapoos a Hart & Hart, 1971.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 947 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Unified Roster and Machine Allocation System
Creators: name: Ms. Namrata Brahma Prakash, Annapoorneshwari V, Chandan Raj N, Nisarga P, Ramya S
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This paper presents a Unified Roster Management and Machine Allocation System (URMMAS), a software-driven solution designed to optimize industrial operations by streamlining resource management and enhancing efficiency. Leveraging advanced computational techniques, real-time data handling, and intuitive interfaces, URMMAS dynamically allocates personnel and machines based on predefined parameters, utilizing automated scheduling algorithms to prevent shift overlaps, balance workloads, and adapt to changing demands. Manual override options provide managerial flexibility, while real-time notifications, alerts, and comprehensive data analysis tools enable informed decision-making by offering insights into machine usage, employee performance, and operational trends. Additional features, including leave management, role-specific dashboards, and cross-platform accessibility, ensure adaptability and user-friendliness. By integrating advanced algorithms and leveraging existing digital infrastructure, URMMAS delivers a scalable, efficient, and sustainable solution for industrial operations.
Effects on the fetal cholinergic basal forebrain followingmaternal immune activation
Creators: name: Pratt, Lorelei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia may result in part from maternal immune activation (MIA) during pregnancy. However, the mechanisms in the embryonic brain leading to these disorders in offspring remain unclear. Data suggest that interleukin-6 (IL-6) may be a key factor affecting fetal development following MIA.   Abnormalities in the cholinergic basal forebrain (BF) are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. Previous in vitro studies have shown that factors produced by activated microglia promote the cholinergic differentiation of precursors in the BF. It has not been demonstrated whether fetal microglia become activated in vivo following MIA or whether such activation results in increased numbers of BF cholinergic neurons.   To test this, pregnant wild-type and IL-6 knock-out mice were injected with a viral mimic. Fetal/perinatal BFs of offspring were assayed for choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity and compared to offspring of saline-injected mice. The number of cholinergic neurons in BFs was quantified using stereological techniques. To determine fetal microglial activation status, lysates from enriched populations of microglial cells were analyzed for cytokine/chemokine protein production using LUMINEX® assays. Studies were performed in culture to determine whether certain elevated chemokines affect BF cholinergic development.   Results show that following MIA, ChAT activity increases in the BF at embryonic days 16.5 (E16.5), E18.5 and postnatal day 1 (P1). Cholinergic cell number also increases. Fetal microglia produce higher levels of several cytokines and chemokines. Unexpectedly, ChAT activity is higher in control IL-6 KO BFs at E16.5 than in wild-types and MIA does not increase ChAT activity further. Non-microglial fetal brain cells also produce cytokines and chemokines. Non-microglial cells from control IL-6 KOs express increased levels of cytokines and chemokines compared to wild-types and MIA does not increase these levels. Culture studies suggest that a C-C chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) ligand may be a factor affecting BF cell survival.    These data reveal changes following MIA that could potentially affect neural development. The fetal microglial cytokine/chemokine profile is altered. Perinatal increases in ChAT activity may have long-lasting consequences. Results also suggest a role for IL-6 in regulating proper cytokine and chemokine balance during normal brain development.
Do  the experts lie?
Creators: name: McManus, Joseph
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: My dissertation examines organizational misconduct through a process framework.  I examine how individual and organizational decision processes interact to increase the potential for organizational misconduct.  Individuals apply a quasi-rational assessment and initiate misconduct where the benefits of this behavior sufficiently outweigh the costs.  They also utilize frames to structure their decision making.  At times an ethical frame is inactive which leads to an amoral decision process that increases the probability of misconduct.     Conflict management processes at the organizational level feedback on these individual decision processes to increase the probability of misconduct.  Within organizational decision making, conflict must be managed.  Organizations specifically limit affective conflict since it highlights value differences and personality conflicts.  Ethical confrontation is a form of conflict that leads to affective conflict.  As a result, ethical confrontation is disfavored and a norm of ethical conflict avoidance develops. This norm increases misconduct by lowering the subjective costs that quasi-rational decision makers perceive and through limiting ethical awareness.      Decision precedents represent an additional conflict management process.  Precedents permit organizations to avoid revisiting decisions and focus analysis on whether the precedent applies.  This further limits the availability of an ethical frame and grows increasingly problematic as precedents are extended to new contexts.  The amoral process that results increases the probability that organizational misconduct will occur.  In light of these individual and organizational processes, expertise and high status also increase the probability of organizational misconduct.  These attributes independently reduce the perceived costs of misconduct, enhance the power of the avoidance norm, and impact precedent use to increase the probability that misconduct will occur.  I test my theory through both a computer simulation and an econometric study. In the simulation I demonstrate significant differences in the levels of misconduct consistent with my predictions.  The econometric model also provides strong support for the hypothesis that status is associated with increased levels of misconduct.  Finally, I examine the possible impact of partial observability within my econometric data.  Using two alternate specifications (detection controlled estimation and triangulation), I demonstrate several consistent findings across these models.  This reduces concerns that observability creates bias within my base model.
Peratodonta heterogyna
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
name: Vetina, Alvaro A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Peratodonta
Peratodonta heterogyna

description: Peratodonta heterogyna (Hampson, 1910) (Figs. 97–98)
Scalmicauda heterogyna Hampson, 1910, Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 5(30): 490. Type locality: [Mozambique] Delagoa Bay. Holotype, male (NHMUK).
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, pp. 201-243 in Zootaxa 4965 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4749851
Ankylocythere talulus (Hoff, 1944) Hart 1962, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Ankylocythere
Ankylocythere talulus

description: Ankylocythere talulus (Hoff, 1944) Hart, 1962
1944a Entocythere talulus sp. nov. —Hoff: 330, 332, 342, 343, 349–352, 354, 356, Pl. 2 Fig. 22, Pl. 3 Figs. 23–25 (D, H, K, R, T).
1947 E. talulus Hoff. —Tressler: 705 (C).
1949 Entocythere talulus Hoff. —Rioja: 320 [as Entocythere talulus Clayton Hoff, erroneous authority], 328 (R).
1959 Entocythere talulus Hoff, 1944.—Hart: 194, 201, 202, 203, Fig. 13 (D, H, K).
1959 E. talulus Hoff (1944).—Walton & Hobbs: 115, 116, 117, Fig. 16 (K).
1959 E. talulus Hoff (1944).—Crawford: 173 (C).
1959 Entocythere talulus Hoff 1944.—Tressler: 730, 731, Fig. 28.189a, b (D, H, K, T).
1962 Ankylocythere talulus (Hoff) new combination.—Hart: 122 [as E. talulus], 128 (C, D, T).
1963b A. talulus (Hoff, 1944).—Hobbs & Walton: 459 (R).
1966 A. talulus (Hoff, 1944: 349).—Hobbs: 69, 73, Plate I Fig. 5 (D, H, K).
1971 A. talulus (Hoff).—Hart, D.G. & Hart: 106 (R).
1971 Ankylocythere talulus.—Hobbs Jr.: 28, 52, 55 (K).
1974 Ankylocythere talulus (Hoff, 1944).—Hart & Hart: 15 [and as E. talulus], 20, 25, 32, 179, 221, Pl. III Figs. 19–20, Pl. XLV (C, D, H, K, R, T).
1975 Ankylocythere talulus (Hoff, 1944).—Hart & Hart: 8–9 (C, D, H).
2014a Ankylocythere talulus (Hoff, 1944).—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 947 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Employee theft from passengers at U.S. airports
Creators: name: Marteache Solans, Nerea
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: After 9/11 a number of security measures were implemented at U.S. airports, which included the creation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the mandate to scan all air passengers and their luggage, and the prohibition for passengers to lock their suitcases with any system other than TSA approved locks. Some of those measures have opened up opportunities for employees to steal from passengers’ luggage.   This dissertation uses an environmental criminology perspective to examine why some U.S. airports experience more employee theft from passengers than others. Given the lack of previous research, it is necessary to analyze first the prevalence of this crime at U.S. airports, which airports experience more theft of this kind, and whether theft concentrates mostly in a few airports. Then, the features associated with an increased risk of employee theft at each airport are examined using bivariate and multivariate analyses. The unit of analysis is the airport. Theft rates calculated using data of claims from passengers against the TSA are used as dependent variables. Two subtypes of theft are studied: theft at the security checkpoint, and theft from checked-in luggage.  Findings show that theft rates are very low. No pattern of concentration is found when analyzing large and medium airports. While theft at checkpoint is very homogeneous across airports, variation in the opportunities provided by different checked baggage inspection systems allows for some concentration of theft in smaller airports. Results suggest that passengers’ packing practices and airlines’ baggage handling systems can also facilitate opportunities for theft from checked luggage. Further research is needed to unpack these findings.  This research proves that there are exceptions to “The Iron Law of Troublesome Places” (Wilcox and Eck, 2011): standardized strict antiterrorist measures have the beneficial side effect of reducing theft risk and ironing out large differences in theft risk among airports. From a practical perspective, this study shows that there are more opportunities for theft at smaller airports. Considering that individuals involved in employee theft are often involved in other crimes as well, smaller airports could constitute vulnerable points of entry into the aviation industry in this country.
Gymnobela abyssorum
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Raphitomidae
Gymnobela
Gymnobela abyssorum

description: Gymnobela abyssorum (Locard, 1897)(Fig. 22A, B)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 sh., DW120.
REMARK
A quite common species known so far from the northern part of the Bay of Biscay to the Ibero-Moroccan Gulf (Bouchet & Warén 1980) and in the Mediterranean Sea, but not the Azores. New record for the Canaries.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on page 538, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Pulmonary Innate Lymphoid Cells and airway inflammation in COPD
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Chronic cigarette smoking is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the third leading cause of death globally. There is no effective treatment for COPD. Acute flare ups of the disease, called exacerbations, may lead to worsening of symptoms and even hospitalization. These exacerbations reduce quality of life and are a huge economic burden for COPD patients. Exacerbations are characterized by the influx of inflammatory cells from the peripheral blood to the airways induced by exposure to infections or environmental factors such as the toxic air pollutant, ozone. Studies investigating the mechanisms of ozone-induced COPD exacerbations are few, and thus how ozone impacts COPD patients is largely unknown. In our project we will address why COPD patients are more susceptible to air pollutant-induced exacerbations. To understand this phenomenon, we will study (1) an immuno-protective protein called Surfactant Protein-D (SP-D) released into the airways in order to suppress inflammation caused by ozone inhalation, and (2) an immune cell type (ILC2) that causes inflammation in the lung after ozone exposure. We will answer the questions how SP-D interacts with and alters the function of ILC2 in healthy individuals and in those with COPD, and how ILC2 elicits airway inflammation after ozone inhalation. Upon successful completion, this work will increase our understanding of how air pollutants lead to COPD exacerbations with the identification of potentially novel therapeutic targets to treat this devastating disease.
Examining the impact of a detention risk screening tool on juvenile justice decision-making
Creators: name: Maloney, Carrie L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Today, the push for evidence-based practice has permeated arguably all human services agencies, government and the private sector alike.  One such method of applying evidence-based practice into the human service arena is that of structured decision-making (SDM) tools.  One form of SDM that has seen recent growth, and is the focus of the current study, is juvenile detention risk screening tools (RST’s).  These instruments are promoted as a means to standardize detention decision-making by providing more objective and concrete measures of both risk of flight, and public safety risk, thereby limiting or even eliminating the influence of extra-legal factors such as race/ethnicity, gender and age in the decision-making process.      While there is an abundance of research focused on determining the predictive validity of various juvenile risk assessment instruments, few studies have sought to consider and empirically examine how decision-making in the courtroom context is affected by the introduction of an RST. The current study sought help fill this existing gap in research by examining the actual effect of a juvenile detention screening instrument on court actor decision-making.  Utilizing a pretest-posttest design, the nature of detention decision-making in five New Jersey Counties was examined before and after the introduction of a consensus-based detention RST.  Using logistic regression techniques, data detailing detention decision before and after the introduction of the tool was analyzed to determine what factors influence the decision to detain for both time periods.  An additional dataset that includes qualitative data in the form intake worker responses to a structured questionnaire designed to assess the factors most affecting their detention decisions was also used to provide additional context for these decisions.    Results of the current study indicate that, for the current study sites, the ‘rational’ detention decision-making criteria prevailed both before and after the implementation of the instrument, with little evidence to support the influence of extra-legal factors even prior to the RST.  Where some evidence surfaced regarding the possible influence of some ‘non-rational’ criteria, specifically age and county of residence, the study did find some circumstantial evidence suggesting the RST may have had a moderating effect on these variables. Furthermore, the RST seems to have had the effect of formalizing decision-making, in that the association between the ‘rational’ criteria and detention either increased post-RST, or in some instances where perhaps there may have been an over-reliance pre-RST, was moderated.   Overall, the analyses presented here do point to the potential utility of this RST in achieving the desired outcomes of interest: increasing reliance on more ‘rational’ agreed-upon criteria, while reducing the use of extra-legal factors in detention decision-making.
Janthinisca joannoui Schintlmeister & Witt 2015
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
name: Vetina, Alvaro A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Janthinisca
Janthinisca joannoui

description: Janthinisca joannoui Schintlmeister & Witt, 2015 (Figs. 94–96)
Janthinisca joannoui Schintlmeister & Witt, 2015, Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich 2: 108. Type locality: South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit. Holotype, male (TMSA).
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, pp. 201-243 in Zootaxa 4965 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4749851
Development of the COPD Phenotype:Role of the IL-22/IL-22R1 Axis
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: In the United States, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of death in adults. Tobacco smoke and other environmental pollutants have been consistently linked to the development of COPD, but there is growing evidence from epidemiologic studies supporting an origin in early life. Specifically, abnormal pulmonary function and airways remodeling are observed at a young age in childhood asthma and longitudinal studies indicate that the normal spectrum of lung function is established in pediatric populations. A recent analysis from the Tucson Children’s Respiratory Study demonstrates that a distinct population of human subjects display a low lung function trajectory from early childhood to adulthood, identifying a cohort of individuals in addition to severe childhood asthmatics and adult tobacco smokers that are predisposed to chronic obstructive disease with increasing age. To date, little is known about antecedent events within the human infant lung that precede and influence development of chronic airways disease later in life. The overall objective of the research proposed in this application is to understand the molecular mechanisms by which environmental tobacco smoke exposure can program the pathogenesis of chronic airways disease in the infant lung. Our laboratory is focused on investigating the normal establishment of innate immune defense and impact of inflammatory injury on reparative processes in pediatric airway epithelium. Using the rhesus macaque monkey as an animal model of lung development, we have reported that the receptor for the cytokine interleukin 22 is significantly reduced in infant rhesus monkey airway epithelium relative to adult airway epithelium, and that suppression of interleukin 22 receptor is regulated by an epigenetic mechanism. This observation is of particular relevance toward understanding the link between mucosal immunity and remodeling of airways in disease, as studies in adult rodent models suggest that the interleukin 22 is important in epithelial repair following influenza infection. Based upon our data and evidence from rodent models, we now hypothesize that environmental tobacco smoke exposure during infancy can persistently dysregulate the reparative response to lung injury via epigenetic regulation of interleukin 22 receptor in airway epithelium. To address our hypothesis, we will use a rhesus monkey airway epithelial cell culture model and a mouse environmental tobacco smoke exposure model to complete our proposed studies.
Ankylocythere toltecae Hobbs 1971, new species
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Ankylocythere
Ankylocythere toltecae

description: Ankylocythere toltecae Hobbs, 1971
1971 Ankylocythere toltecae, new species.—Hobbs Jr.: 3, 7, 14, 15 [by implication], 16, 28, 30, 36–38, 41, 52, 55, Figs. 7 [by implication], 16, 23a–e (A, D, H, K, R, T).
1974 Ankylocythere toltecae Hobbs, 1971.—Hart & Hart: 20, 33–34, 180, 222, Pl. IV Figs. 9–12, Pl. XLVI (D, H, K, T).
1974 Ankylocythere toltecae Hobbs (1971:36).—Villalobos Figueroa & Hobbs: 8, 16, 17 (R).
1975 Ankylocythere toltecae Hobbs, 1971.—Hart & Hart: 9–10 (C, D, H).
1975 A. toltecae Hobbs, 1971.—Hobbs: 281 (C, D).
1981 A. toltecae Hobbs. —Reddell: 82 (D).
2014a Ankylocythere toltecae Hobbs, 1971.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 947 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Association of pluripotency gene promoter methylation with the chromosomal status of products of conception
Creators: name: Lonczak, Agnieszka
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Infertility affects one in six couples and often necessitates the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART). While ART is the most effective treatment, efficiency remains poor with less than 13% of transferred in vitro fertilization (IVF) derived embryos resulting in a live birth according to the Center for Disease Control. This has led to routine use of multiple embryo transfer to increase pregnancy rates.  However, as a result of multiple embryo transfer, a significant proportion of IVF pregnancies involve multiples.  Indeed, multiple gestation is the most common complication associated with ART and is now the primary focus of research and development in reproductive medicine.  The ability to identify the embryo with true reproductive potential could overcome the need for multiple embryo transfer in order to achieve reasonable pregnancy rates from IVF. Differentiation and establishment of the trophectoderm lineage during preimplantation embryo development represents a potential target to identify new biomarkers of reproductive potential. Several gene promoters have already been shown to be differentially methylated in pluripotent versus differentiated cells. These promoters include: NANOG, PTPN6, RAB25, LYST, GBP3, MGMT, Oct4 and Elf5. The extent of methylation of these promoters was characterized after the development of a methodology for methylation sensitive restriction enzyme digestion followed by quantitative real-time PCR. Chromosomal aneuploidy is a well characterized marker of reproductive potential. The level of differentiation inferred from methylation status of these promoters was used to evaluate whether aneuploid and euploid conceptions possess unique levels of differentiation. Results indicate that GBP3 promoter methylation is significantly different in aneuploid relative to euploid conceptions supporting the concept that chromosomally normal embryos may differentiate more successfully than chromosomally abnormal embryos.
Effects of soil saturation and pore fluid salinity on complex conductivity
Creators: name: Grunat, David A
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Recent studies have shown that induced polarization (IP) coupled with electrical resistivity surveys can be used for in-situ lithological and hydrologic discrimination of the subsurface; yet the driving factors behind the effects of water content dynamics on IP are relatively understudied. We sought to improve understanding of the relationship of IP on variations in saturation state for an undisturbed agricultural soil.  Our experiment consisted of collecting IP measurements concurrently with hydraulic data during multistep outflow experiments.  We determined the hydraulic properties of the undisturbed soil samples and correlated them with IP data, primarily changes in saturation. Due to an increase in salinity with decreasing saturation, we found that imaginary conductivity (σ”) may offer distinct advantages for determining moisture content over real conductivity (σ’) measurements. Although σ” exhibits a weaker dependence on saturation compared to σ’, the relative insensitivity of σ” to salinity creates a more robust measure of moisture content in the presence of changing salinities.  As changes in pore fluid conductivity are likely to occur in the field simultaneously with water content changes, we argue that, although IP has traditionally been used to discriminate lithology, temporal IP measurements may additionally provide a robust indicator of changes in saturation state.
Kurtziella Dall 1918
Creators: name: Ortega, José Rafael
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Mangeliidae
Kurtziella

description: Genus Kurtziella Dall, 1918
TYPE SPECIES. — Pleurotoma cerinum Kurtz & Simpson, 1851, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, pp. 513-551 in Zoosystema 41 (26) on page 538, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26, http://zenodo.org/record/3726028
Clostera lentisignata
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
name: Vetina, Alvaro A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Clostera
Clostera lentisignata

description: Clostera lentisignata (Hampson, 1910) (Figs. 99, 133)
Ichthyura lentisignata Hampson, 1910, Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 5(30): 495. Type locality: [South Africa] Natal, Durban. Holotype, male (NHMUK).
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, pp. 201-243 in Zootaxa 4965 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4749851