cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: An exploration of applied psychologists’ experience of working with female refugees or asylum seekers that have experienced sexual violence
Creators: name: Jenner, Susannah A.
Publisher: name: The University of East London
Year: 2012

description: There appear to be specific issues that psychologists need to consider when working with female refugees and asylum seekers that have experienced sexual violence. These include ethical, theoretical and practical concerns regarding psychological models and approaches, dilemmas regarding professional, personal and political stances, as well as challenges encountered when working with refugees and/or survivors of sexual violence in general. Research regarding applied psychologists‟ experience of working with this client group is limited, but it is important in order for them, and the services they work in, to meet the needs of this vulnerable group. Hence, eight applied psychologists were interviewed and transcripts analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. The analysis resulted in the formation of four super-ordinate themes: 1) Impact of the work, 2) Personal and professional identity, 3) Struggles with the tools of the trade and 4) Holding on to a „both/and‟ view. Implications of the findings concerned four areas: 1). politics and ideology of the profession, 2). psychological models and approaches, 3). support and supervision for professionals, and 4). increasing service user involvement in clinical practice, service development and research.
Brasilucanus , Vulcano and Pereira 1961
Creators: name: Hielkema, Auke J.
name: Hielkema, Meindert A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lucanidae
Brasilucanus

description: BRASILUCANUS Vulcano and Pereira, 1961
Brasilucanus Vulcano and Pereira 1961: 473
description: Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492
Brief an Joh[ann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1589

description: von Constantin [Fabricius]
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire März 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
title: The construction of ‘ADHD’ in online information for parents and young people: a discourse analysis
Creators: name: Lillie, Sasha
Publisher: name: The University of East London
Year: 2012

description: This study used a discursive psychology approach to analyse the construction of ADHD in a small sample of online materials produced by official sources (the National Health Service, Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Young Minds) aimed at parents and young people. Of specific interest was the constructed and constructive nature of discourse at a ‘micro’ level, with a particular focus on the factual accounting of ADHD, and analysis of rhetorical devices used. ADHD was constructed as an uncontested, uncontroversial and complex biomedical disorder, with environmental factors minimised or absent. A distinction was made between pathological and normal childhood behaviour, and the diagnostic process of distinguishing between ‘normal’ children and ‘those with ADHD’ a complex one requiring specialist assessment. The assistance of multiple professionals and specialist services was constructed as an integral part of help for parents and young people. The use of medication was constructed as an uncontroversial and essential part of treatment; and was the only treatment mentioned in two ‘first-person accounts’ of ADHD. Changes made to the first person account in one of the website’s texts are discussed as an indication of the conscious and deliberate use of language in the official accounting of ADHD. Implications for clinical practice are discussed in light of the analysis.
Brief an Joh[ann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1589

description: von Constantin Fabricius
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Mothers' educational expectations prior to the births of their children
Creators: name: Eggett, Ryan Kay
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Aspirations
Education
Expectations
Involvement
Mothers
Parents

description: Parents' educational expectations for their children have been found to significantly correlate with academic achievement. The causes of these correlations, however, are somewhat unclear. Some research suggests that parents' expectations are the product of parents' personal background variables. Other research suggests that parents' expectations are formulated according to their children's previous academic performance. This study adds to the existing research by examining the educational expectations of 100 mothers prior to the births of their children; thus eliminating the potential confounder of students' previous academic performance.  Participants were surveyed regarding six background variables: ethnicity, age, income, personal educational attainment, marital status, and family size. Participants were also asked to report their educational expectations for their unborn children in terms of (a) the grades they expected of their children to receive in school, and (b) the highest level of education they expected their children to obtain.  Three major findings emerged. First, prior to their children's births, most mothers had similar educational expectations. Second, with prior student performance eliminated, only mother's educational attainment was significantly correlated with both types of educational expectations. And third, some combinations of variables significantly increased the ability to correctly predict expectations. These findings imply that parents' expectations can and do change and that they are influenced by multiple factors.
Brasilucanus acomus Ratcliffe 1984
Creators: name: Hielkema, Auke J.
name: Hielkema, Meindert A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lucanidae
Brasilucanus
Brasilucanus acomus

description: § Brasilucanus acomus Ratcliffe, 1984
Brasilucanus acomus Ratcliffe 1984: 63 (Brazil (NA))
Distribution. Brazil (NA): Ratcliffe 1984: 63 (NA).
description: Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492
The application of stable carbon isotopes as an enhanced method for statistical crossdating: a case study from Range Creek Canyon, Utah
Creators: name: Bares, Ryan
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2015
Subjects: 13C
Crossdating
Denderochronology
Isotope
Range creek
Tree rings

description: Dendroarcheological samples pose a particular challenge when attempting to crossdate them against a master chronology. Previous attempts to accurately crossdate dendroarcheological samples from Range Creek Canyon have had limited success (Towner et al. 2009), due in part to the nonsignificance of the master chronology compared to the relatively long period spanning prehistoric occupation, and the limited size of the building materials selected by the Fremont inhabitants. In an attempt to increase the statistical significance of a chronology, and thus increase the success of crossdating dendroarcheological materials, we built two chronologies from a more sensitive species, J. osteosperma (Utah juniper), using both ring width and stable carbon isotopes. The use of a more sensitive species than previous attempts yielded one additional marker year, resulting in a 3.125% increase. The isotope chronology identified an additional three marker years, yielding a 9.375% increase in marker years over ring width alone and a total 12.5% increase when combined into a multivariate chronology, suggesting that including other variables should be a priority for problematic dendroarcheological studies. Using multiple variables in a chronology allows the use of alternative signal matching techniques, e.g. Principal Component Analysis (PCA), to explore several underlying signals rather than just the extremes of one response function. We explored the underlying structure of the two variables using a PCA and report on its potential strength for more advanced crossdating than traditional visual methods. Finally, we provide recommendations for future dendroarchaeological research conducted in Range Creek Canyon.
Brief an Joh[ann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1588

description: von Constantin Fabricius
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Brief an Jo[hann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1578

description: von Jak[ob] Fabr[ici]us
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Brief an Joh[ann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1578

description: von Jak[ob] Fabr[ici]us
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Brief an Jo[hann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1578

description: von Ja[kob] Fabr[ici]us
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Brasilucanus alvarengai Vulcano and Pereira 1961
Creators: name: Hielkema, Auke J.
name: Hielkema, Meindert A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lucanidae
Brasilucanus
Brasilucanus alvarengai

description: Brasilucanus alvarengai Vulcano and Pereira, 1961
Brasilucanus alvarengai Vulcano and Pereira 1961: 475 (Brazil)
Distribution. Guyana: Ratcliffe 1984: 62; Dalens 2011: 62. French Guiana: Brûlé et al. 2011a: 186, 2014: 178; Dalens 2011: 62; Paulsen 2011: 1. Brazil: Vulcano and Pereira 1961: 475; Ratcliffe 1984: 62; Dalens 2011: 62.
description: Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492
Lymphopoiesis in the adult: identification of early progenitors in both B cell and thymocyte development
Creators: name: Perry, S. Scott
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Etiology
Myeloid
Lymphoid

description: The progression of commitment from hematopoietic stem cell to progenitors with specific lineage potentials remains largely undefined, in spite of decades of investigation. This dissertation reports the discovery of a novel hematopoietic progenitor population from adult mouse bone marrow defined as Lin\Neg Sca1\Pos Thy1.1\Neg] This population generates both lymphoid and myeloid cell types, but produces lymphoid forms more frequently in vitro and in transplant assays. It also lacks the ability to rescue lethally irradiated mice that is characteristic of stem cells, but as such, it represents a broad intermediary population in lineage commitment. Immunofluorescent staining and multiparameter flow cytometry supported by functional assays for lineage commitment were employed to separate and enrich the progenitors within this compartment responsible for the differing lineage potentials. cKit, the AA4.1 antigen, and L-selectin were found to distinguish functional subsets within this population, and several progenitors were successfully identified. These included a cKit[\Low AA4.1\ progenitor committed to the B cell lineage, but at a CD45RNeg
Brief an Joh[ann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1578

description: von J[akob] Fab[ricius]
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Charagmophorus Waterhouse 1895
Creators: name: Hielkema, Auke J.
name: Hielkema, Meindert A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lucanidae
Charagmophorus

description: CHARAGMOPHORUS Waterhouse, 1895
Charagmophorus Waterhouse 1895: 495
description: Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492
Autoregulation of phage P22 scaffolding protein synthesis
Creators: name: Wyckoff, Elizabeth Elinor
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Gene Expression
Purification

description: During the formation of each P22 head, about 250 molecules of the scaffolding protein coassaemble with and dictate correct assembly of the coat protein into proper shell structures.  Near the time the DNA is inserted inside the coat protein shell, all of the scaffolding protein molecules leave the structure intact, and participate in subsequent rounds of prohead assembly.  All genes involved in particle assembly, including the scaffolding protein gene, map within the late operon, and are exclusively transcribed from the expression of other late genes.  In vivo experiments have generated a model in which unassembled scaffolding protein negatively  regulates its own synthesis at a posttranscriptional level, but lacks this activity when assemble in proheads.  In order to test this model, the scaffolding protein coat protein gene were cloned under the control of the lac promoter, and expressed in a DNA-dependent translation reaction in vitro.  Addition of physiological levels of purified scaffolding protein to this reaction resulted in specific depression of scaffolding protein synthesis, relative to the synthesis of coat protein and also the tail protein which was encoded by a separate plasmid.  These results directly demonstrated scaffolding protein synthesis in autoregulated and that scaffolding protein is the only phage protein required for this autoregulation.  The cloned P22 restriction fragment used in this experiment must contain all the sequences require for regulation of scaffolding protein synthesis in vitro.  To define more precisely which sequences are required for regulation of scaffolding protein gene expression, plasmids encoding scaffolding protein ?-galactosidase hybrid proteins were constructed.  These plasmids were tested for regulation of hybrid protein synthesis by unassembled scaffolding protein vivo.  Scaffolding protein gene sequences upstreams of coden 63 were sufficient of regulation ofhybrid protein synthesis.  However, sequences upstream of the 5'-end of the cloned template in the in vitro experiments are also required for regulation in this assay.  Experiments to resole this apparent discrepancy should increase our understanding of autoregulation of scaffolding protein gene expression.
Charagmophorus lineatus Waterhouse 1895
Creators: name: Hielkema, Auke J.
name: Hielkema, Meindert A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lucanidae
Charagmophorus
Charagmophorus lineatus

description: Charagmophorus lineatus Waterhouse, 1895
Charagmophorus lineatus Waterhouse 1895: 495
Note. Two presently recognized subspecies of Charagmophorus lineatus have been described, both of which occur in the research area.
§ Subspecies Charagmophorus lineatus eikoae Nagai, 2000
Charagmophorus lineatus eikoae Nagai 2000: 27 (Venezuela (EO))
Distribution. Venezuela (EO): Nagai 2000: 27 (EO).
Subspecies Charagmophorus lineatus lineatus Waterhouse, 1895
Charagmophorus lineatus Waterhouse 1895: 495 (Venezuela (EO))
Distribution. Guyana: Blackwelder 1944: 197; Benesh 1960: 54. Brazil: Blackwelder 1944: 197. Venezuela (EO): Waterhouse 1895: 495 (EO); Van Roon 1910: 46 (EO); Joly 1981: 113 (EO).
description: Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492
The impact of caregiving burden on caregivers' anxiety about aging.
Creators: name: Wullschleger, Karla Scroggin
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Alzheimer's Disease
subject: Family Support
subject: Personal Relationships
subject: Social Work
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This study examined the relationship between caregiving burden and the caregivers anxiety about their own aging. Other related sociodemographic, social, and social support factors were also examined. The 894 respondents in this research were identified from the mailing lists of 50 support groups for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease from 16 states. The data were collected from mailed, self-report questionnaires.  Only caregiver burden, relationship to care receiver, and satisfaction with support were statistically significant in their association with anxiety about aging. When these variables were placed in a step-wise regression analysis, however, only caregiver burden had a significant influence on anxiety about aging (Beta =.32) explaining 11% of the variance. Caregivers who experienced high levels of burden were likely to have the most anxiety about their own aging. Also, caregiver burden was even more strongly associated with anxiety about aging after caregivers placed their loved ones in Nursing; facilities. Long-term implications of these findings are discussed.
Beliefs and perceptions about childbirth of Utah first-time expectant fathers
Creators: name: Colby, Tanya S.
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Midwife
Utah

description: This descriptive study addresses the beliefs and perceptions of first time mothers choosing home birth. The sample studied consisted of nulliparous Utah women currently receiving care from an unlicensed lay midwife and planning a home birth and primiparous women who planned a home birth after January 1, 1995, regardless of actual birth site. Scale scores from the Utah Test for the Childbearing Year of 30 subjects are reported. Qualitative data regarding their choice to birth at home are also presented. Results demonstrated that the home birth women had less fear of childbirth, less reliance upon powerful others, more active participation in childbirth care decisions, and comparable personal value about childbearing and childrearing when compared to previously studied populations. Qualitative data analysis revealed themes that were congruent with those previously cited in the literature.
Modulation of kinetic and equilibrium material properties of hyaluronan-based hydrogels for biomaterials
Creators: name: Vanderhooft, Janssen Lieuwe
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Colloids in medicine
Biomedical materials

description: Synthetic extracellular matrix (sECM) hydrogels can be used for three-dimensional (3-D) cell culture, wound repair, and tissue engineering. The mechanical properties of these hydrogels, both transiently during curing and at equilibrium,  greatly influence their usefulness in any of these applications. The kinetics of gelation are relevant to the practical usage of these products, particularly when they are cured in situ, while the steady state mechanical properties of these hydrogels have important effects on the behavior of the cells and tissues that come in contact with them. Both of these properties can be modified by changing simple variables in the composition of the hydrogel. To modify the gelation rate, five new  homobifunctional cross-linkers have been derived from poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG).  These cross-linkers react with free thiol groups covalently bound to hyaluronic acid  (HA) to create a hydrogel, each with different reaction kinetics. Thiol reaction rate  constants were measured over a pH range of 7.4 to 8.6 at room temperature. The  order of reactivity for the functional groups used was determined to be maleimide >  iodoacetate > bromoacetate > iodoacetamide > acrylate ^> bromoacetamide, with  rates increasing exponentially with increasing pH. The range of gelation times at  physiological pH varied from less than 1 min to over 2 h. Modulation of steady state  mechanical properties was also achieved by varying the concentrations of sECM  components and the concentration of cross-linker. The dynamic shear modulus of these hydrogels was then characterized using oscillatory shear rheology, with storage modulus, G', ranging between 10 Pa and 3.5 kPa.
Validity of a self-reported "vital sign" for physical activity in adults of primary healthcare
Creators: name: Ball, Trever Joseph
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2015
Subjects: Physical activity
Primary healthcare
Questionnaire
Self-Report

description: Few instruments have been developed to assess patient physical activity (PA) in primary healthcare, nor assessed for validity. The purpose of these studies was to provide evidence of validity for a PA "vital sign" (PAVS) self-reported by clinic staff and patients and for the PA portion of the Speedy Nutrition and PA assessment (SNAP). Criterion validity of the PAVS and SNAP was assessed in clinic staff by agreement with accelerometry (accel). Construct validity of the PAVS was assessed by using electronic health records (EHRs) to examine odds of BMI and Charlson Comorbidity Index categories for patients reporting to the PAVS as not meeting 2008 Aerobic PA Guidelines for Americans (PAG) compared to patients meeting PAG. Concurrent validity of the PAVS was assessed by associating patient responses to the PAVS with concurrent responses to a Modifiable Activity Questionnaire (MAQ). The PAVS and SNAP correlated moderately strongly with accel identifying days/week clinic staff (N = 45) achieved ≥30 minutes (min) of moderate-vigorous PA (MVPA) performed at least 10 min. at a time (PAVS, r 0.52, p < 0.001; SNAP, r 0.31, p < 0.05). Of 34,712 eligible outpatient visits, patients who did not meet PAG according to the PAVS were more likely than normal weight patients to have a higher BMI (BMI 25.0-29.9, OR = 1.19, p = 0.001; BMI 30-34.9, OR = 1.39, p < 0.0001; BMI 35.0-39.9, OR = 2.42, p < 0.0001; BMI ≥ 40, OR = 3.7, p < 0.0001). Likewise, patients who did not meet PAG were also significantly more likely to have a higher disease burden (above 50th Charlson percentile, OR = 1.8, p < 0.0001). Of 269 eligible patient-participants, the PAVS agreed with the MAQ 89.6% of the time identifying insufficiently active patients and demonstrated good agreement with the MAQ identifying patients meeting/not meeting PAG (k = .55, rho = 0.57; p < 0.0001). Usual min·wk-1 MVPA reported to the PAVS correlated strongly with the same construct reported to the MAQ (r = 0.71; p < 0.0001). The PAVS appears to be a useful and valid tool particularly for identifying patients who most need counseling for PA. The PAVS should be evaluated further for validity and repeatability with criterion measures of PA. The PAVS could be used within EHRs to improve estimates of PA-disease relationships and interventions aimed to improve patient PA.
Making research software reproducible and sustainable
Creators: name: Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Research Software
Reproducibility
Sustainability
Research Software Engineering

description: This talk was presented at the FAB23 Conference at the Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super FabLab, Thimphu, Bhutan (July 16-28, 2023).

Abstract: Ensuring the reproducibility of research software is crucial for the long-term sustainability of research outcomes. This presentation explores the concept of research software and emphasises the importance of making it reproducible. It delves into various approaches and strategies that can be employed to achieve reproducibility in research software, enabling the scientific community to validate and build upon previous work effectively
Brief an Joh[ann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1579

description: von Jak[ob] Fabr[ici]us
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Mechanistic aspects of chemical skin permeation enhancers.
Creators: name: Warner, Kevin S
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Drug Therapy
Hairless MIce

description: Incorporation of chemical permeation enhancers in transdermal formulations has led to the potential of dermal and transdermal delivery of drugs at therapeutic rates. A great deal of work has been directed toward the search for chemicals that can be used as chemical permeation enhancers; however, knowledge of the mechanism of action of chemical permeation enhancers is still in its infancy. A fundamental understanding of the mechanism of action of chemical permeation enhancers should lead to more rational approaches in formulating transdermal drug delivery systems.  The initial challenges and accomplishments of this dissertation were related to development of experimental methods that enabled quantitative permeability studies and data analysis to be performed. It was discovered that significant metabolism of the probe permeant, utilized in the permeability studies, occurred in the viable epidermis layer. Subsequent studies showed that the metabolite(s) does not alter the permeability coefficient determination of the parent compound. Computer simulations to determine the enhancer concentration as a function of distance in the stratum corneum and dermis showed that an equilibrium condition between the bulk solution and the hairless mouse skin stratum corneum was established prior to beginning a transport study.  With a sound experimental methodology in hand, a series of 11 chemical permeation enhancers were studied with the aim of probing the relationship between the alkyl group chain length and polar head group on chemical permeation enhancement and probing the chemical microenvironment of the site of enhancer action. These experimental studies were designed based upon determination of an isoenhancement concentration utilizing a steady state physical model, where the rate limiting domain is the lipoidal pathway across the stratum corneum. Partitioning tendencies of each enhancer into semipolar and hydrocarbon organic solvents were determined to probe the chemical microenvironment of the site of action. The enhancer quantitative structure-activity relationships, influence of n-alkyl chain length on enhancer potency, and prediction of enhancer potency were established.  Highly lipophilic chemical enhancers were studied employing the use of a micelle solubilizing agent. As described above, an isoenhancement concentration (which included solubilized enhancer and free aqueous enhancer) was determined for these enhancers. The free aqueous enhancer concentration in the micelle solution was determined using a silicone elastomer method. The enhancer quantitative structure-activity relationships and influence of n-alkyl chain length on enhancer potency were consistent with the less lipophilic enhancers previously mentioned.
Brief an Joh[ann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1579

description: von Jakob Fabr[ici]us
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Charagmophorus umedai Nagai 1996
Creators: name: Hielkema, Auke J.
name: Hielkema, Meindert A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lucanidae
Charagmophorus
Charagmophorus umedai

description: § Charagmophorus umedai Nagai, 1996
Charagmophorus umedai Nagai 1996: 6 (Venezuela (EO))
Distribution. Venezuela (EO): Nagai 1996: 6 (EO).
description: Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492
Brief an Johan[n] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1580

description: von Jak[ob] Fabr[ici]us
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Coastal Reservoirs as a Sustainable Water Management Technique for Sri Lanka
Creators: name: Jayasiri, Gimhan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 90599 Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: It is widely accepted that many countries are entering an era of severe water shortage. As such, different water supply options such as dams and reservoirs, rainwater harvesting, desalination, water reuse, wastewater recycling are in crucial significance as it reduces the pressure on available water sources. However, still a large amount of water flowing to the sea without any end-use. Consequently, coastal reservoirs have already been identified as a novel sustainable water management strategy in many countries. A coastal reservoir is a reservoir designed to store floodwaters in a seawater environment. Further, coastal reservoirs immensely support flood mitigation especially during flash floods which is common in Sri Lanka. Therefore, the present study is focused on investigating the potential suitability of coastal reservoirs in Sri Lanka pertinent to environmental, social and economic factors over the other available water supply options. Critical review pertinent to the topic is presented in this paper. Further, the conceptual study of coastal reservoirs for Sri Lanka’s capital city has been planned as a case study.
Evolution of soot size distribution during soot formation and soot oxidation-fragmentation in premixed flames: experimental and modeling study
Creators: name: Echavarria, Carlos Andres
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Experimental and modeling
Particle size distribution
Premixed flames
Soot formation
Soot fragmentation
Soot oxidation

description: The goal of this research was to provide better insights into the evolution of particle size distributions (PSDs) during soot formation, oxidation and fragmentation in premixed flames. Soot formation was studied in premixed ethylene/air, ethylene/benzene/air and benzene/air flat flames under different flame temperatures and C/O ratio conditions. The results demonstrated the major differences in the evolution of the PSDs, both measured and modeled, of soot derived from these flames. The model included reaction pathways leading to the formation of nano-sized particles and their coagulation to larger soot particles. The PSDs for these flames, both experimental and modeled, evolved from a  single particle mode to a bimodal PSD. An important distinction between these flames was the behavior of the nucleation mode which persisted at all heights above the burner (HAB) for ethylene/air whereas it decreased for ethylene/benzene/air and was greatly suppressed at greater HAB for the pure benzene/air flames. The explanation for the decreased nucleation mode at higher elevations in the benzene flames was mainly associated with the decrease of soot precursors after the main oxidation zone of the benzene flames.
Brief an Joh[ann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1580

description: von Jak[ob] Fabr[ici]us
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Comparison of selected direct reading instruments used for sampling fumigants in the grain handling industry.
Creators: name: Alexander, Gary James
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Public Health
Toxicity

description: The Miran 1A Portable Gas Analyzer, the H-Nu Photoinization Analyzer, Gastec No. 134 Detector Tubes, and Drager No.5/a Detector Tubes have been evaluated in the laboratory for use as sampling instruments to detect carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) and carbon disulfide (CS2) in the grain handling industry.  Because of the adverse health effects associated with excess exposure to CCl4 and CS2, and the potential for worker exposure to these contaminants in the grain industry, the evaluation of a simple, accurate, and rapid method to measure the concentrations of these compounds is needed.  The Gastec CCl4 detector tubes and Drager CS2 detector tubes were not accurate or precise when evaluated in this study, and any data obtained from their use in the grain handling industry where CCl4 and CS2 are present are subject to considerable error.   The H-Nu Photoinization Analyzer was calibrated for CS2, when it was used to measure the concentration of CS2. When it was used to measure the concentration of CS2 in air containing both CS2 and CCl4, the results were substantially higher than would be predicted from the calibration curve.  The Miran 1A was calibrated for both CCl4 and CS2.  The Mirian 1A was only direct reading instrument evaluated in this study that did not have potential CCl4 and CS2 interferences.
Anaidinae Nikolajev 1996
Creators: name: Hielkema, Auke J.
name: Hielkema, Meindert A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hybosoridae

description: ANAIDINAE Nikolajev, 1996
Synopsis. Ocampo 2006
description: Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492
Brief an Johann Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1580

description: von Jak[ob] Fabr[ici]us
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Studies on human epidermal membrane with alternating current.
Creators: name: Song, Yang
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Chemical Enhancer
Electrical

description: Alternating current (AC) electric field was found to be able to induce and keep human epidermal membrane (HEM) electrical conductance constant during iontophoresis.  The technique of maintaining a constant electroporation state by keeping HEM electrical resistance constant during AC iontophoresis was developed and, for the first time, lag time under this condition was investigated.  Because AC creates less damage of the skin, it could sustain a constant electrical resistance over a long time once constant HEM electrical resistance was attained.  AC was also used to investigate the relationship between applied voltage, frequency, and application time upon the alteration of electrical resistance and recovery behavior in HEM.  By keeping electrical resistance constant during AC iontophoresis, good repeatability of lag time data of consecutive runs in the same HEM was observed.  A tortuous pore pathway model was employed in data analysis.  Lag time (T) and permeability coefficient (P) were calculated from steady state flux with constant HEM electrical resistance.  Effective thickness (?h) was calculated from the tortuous pore pathway model equation.  HEM with higher electrical resistance under AC resulted in longer lag time and lower permeability.  Essentially constant lag time, permeability coefficient and effective thickness (?h) in consecutive runs of the same piece of HEM were observed when the constant electrical resistance was maintained during AC iontophoresis.  The results suggested the tortuosity (?) did not change assuming porosity (epsilon) and pore size (R[p]) did not change during AC iontophoresis with constant electrical resistance.  The model polar permeants followed the same pore pathway in HEM in the consecutive runs and constant flux was achieved by keeping HEM electrical conductance constant during AC iontophoresis.  It was found that higher applied voltage caused a larger extent of electroporation, which resulted in lower recovery rate and longer recovery time. AC frequency effect was not as obvious as voltage effect on the extent of electroporation in HEM.  However it was found that lower frequency could induce a large extent of electroporation, lower recovery rate and longer recovery time in HEM than higher frequency once the HEM electrical resistance reached and sustained a plateau value for AC with longer application time.  For AC with a short application time, frequency effect could be observed only with a large frequency difference.  Because AC could sustain a constant electrical resistance over a long time, there was no obvious application time effect on the extent of electroporation and change of HEM electrical resistance after constant HEM electrical resistance was attained.
Brief an Johan[n] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1582

description: von [Jakob Fabricius]
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Exploring the use of fine resolution nested ecological niche models to identify greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus) habitat and connectivity potential across a diverse landscape
Creators: name: Balzotti, Christopher Stephen
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2015
Subjects: Climate change
Habitat model
Landscape ecology
Niche model
Sagebrush
Sage-grouse

description: Suitable habitat for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) has been greatly reduced over a relatively short ecological scale (1800s - Present). This reduction of habitat has had a negative impact on the current distribution and connectivity of the species. There has been work to map sage-grouse distribution at small ecological extents with fine resolution, and at broad extents and coarse resolutions. There is a current need to identify sage-grouse habitat at a fine ecological scale across a broad extent. This information will help researchers and land managers to better understand spatial patterns and connectivity associated with sage-grouse habitat and the processes that drive them. I focused my dissertation on testing the feasibility of developing broad spatial extent and fine resolution predictive habitat models for sage-grouse nest and brooding habitats. By using fine resolution mapping, I was able to capture more subtle variation in potential habitat; by using a broad extent I was able to apply these findings at a landscape scale. I also proposed a method of using nested ecological models blended together to predict potential habitat. In order to best predict habitat potential, multiple modeling techniques were applied (nonparametric multiplicative regression, maximum entropy distribution, random forest and generalized additive model). These methods were used to create independent sagebrush presence and total vegetation cover models and these were combined to create sage-grouse habitat predictive models. The statistical strength of each model was tested (logP, R2 and AUC) as well as their predictive ability (overall accuracy and RMSE ). The results of this work produced fine resolution (30m) models, predicted across a broad extent (Utah, 21.9 million ha). The overall accuracy for the final sagebrush model was 72%. The RMSE for the vegetation cover MODEL was between 6.6 and 7.6% cover. In addition to model creation, potential research and management applications for these models are discussed. These models will provide baseline habitat estimations that could be used for better understanding past distributions of sage-grouse and improving current and future management planning. Furthermore, these same techniques could be applied to other species across multiple spatial and temporal scales I would like to dedicate this dissertation to my wife, Marie Barrett Balzotti, who has always supported me in my educational pursuits. She has made sacrifices in her own career goals and provided valuable feedback and direction to this and my previous work.
Anaides Westwood 1841
Creators: name: Hielkema, Auke J.
name: Hielkema, Meindert A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hybosoridae
Anaides

description: ANAIDES Westwood, 1841
Anaides Westwood 1841b: 41
Note. Recent authors (Ocampo 2006: 33, Ocampo and Ballerio 2006: 180) have ascribed the genus Anaides to Westwood (1845b: 157 (name), 1846: 167 (description)) and its type species A. fossulatus to Westwood (1846: 168). With this, they appear to have overlooked the short Latin descriptions of both genus and species in Westwood (1841b: 41).
description: Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Innovative Carriers for Delivery of MR Contrast Agents and Nucleic Acids
Creators: name: Xu, Rongzuo
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2012
Subjects: Drug Carriers (Pharmacy)
Contrast Media (Diagnostic Imaging)
Nucleic Acids

description: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assists clinical diagnostics by providing high  resolution images. Incorporation of contrast agents will enable MRI to detect diseases  on the molecular level. The first part of the thesis describes the development and  evaluation of two such contrast agents. A dendrimer-based biodegradable magnetic  resonance (MR) contrast agent, PAMAM-G6-cystamine-(Gd-D03A), was developed for  tumor imaging. This agent introduced higher contrast enhancement in the tumor area  than the non-degradable control. Moreover, it showed faster renal excretion and lower  uptake by liver tissue, suggesting favorable pharmacokinetics. The other degradable  contrast agent, Nanoglobule-G4-cystamine-(Gd-D03A), was developed for dynamic  contrast enhanced (DCE) MR urography. The carrier of this agent, generation 4  nanoglobule, provides a globular backbone whose size is large enough to prevent  leakage in normal vasculature and small enough to allow for rapid renal elimination.  The degradability, provided by disulfide bond, would further accelerate renal excretion  and create a high concentration of contrast agent in the urinary tract. Images acquired  by DCE-MR urography showed that this agent, although used at l/3rd the dose of  Gd(DTPA-BMA), exhibited faster renal elimination kinetics, and generated significantly  more contrast enhancement in the bladder than the low molecular weight Gd(DTPABMA).  Meanwhile, it was rapidly removed from circulation and only allowed low liver deposition. Advances in molecular biology have conjured nucleic acids, such as plasmid  DNA and siRNA, into powerful therapeutic agents. However, nucleic acid delivery exists  as a paramount barrier. As a second part of the thesis, a series of multifunctional  carriers (MFCs) were developed. The preliminary studies showed that one of the carriers,  SKACO, could conduct luciferase expression on U87 cells up to 425 times higher than  Lipofectamine-2000. This carrier also introduced green fluorescent protein expression  in 71.29% of U87 cells, much higher than 6.16% by Lipofectamine-2000. Another carrier,  SKAHCO, effectively delivered Luc siRNA to silence luciferase activity up to 84.6% in U87-  Luc cells. It also mediated green fluorescent protein expression-knocking out in  approximately 61.29% of CHO-EGFP cells, in contrast to 40.40% of Lipofectamine-2000.  In summary, these carriers provide a new type of system with high delivery efficiency  and are therefore worth further investigation.
Brief an Joh[ann] Jakob Grynaeus
Creators: name: Fabricius, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1582

description: von J[akob] Fabr[ici]us
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Lateinisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Februar 2021 Vollständige Rekatalogisierung nach Briefkatalog und Original nni
Race, place, and health: how does neighborhood racial/ethnic context affect health behavior and risk factors
Creators: name: Li, Kelin
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2015
Subjects: Health
Immigrant concentration
Multilevel modeling
Neighborhood
Race and ethnicity
Residential segregation

description: This dissertation builds upon current debates on the detrimental versus protective effects of racial/ethnic residential isolation and immigrant concentration on health in the United States (US), and empirically examines: (1) whether neighborhood-level ethnic density, racial diversity, and immigrant concentration are negatively or positively associated with health risks; (2) for whom and under what conditions are these residential patterns health-detrimental or health-protective; (3) what are the structural and psychosocial pathways underlying the detrimental or protective effects of these residential patterns; (4) whether neighborhood influences are susceptible to sample selection bias. Individual-level data from the 2003-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the 2006 and 2008 Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey were merged with census-tract profiles obtained from the 2005-2009 American Community Survey estimates, the 2000 Decennial Census and Geographic Information System-based built-environment data. Multilevel analysis, mediation analysis, and Propensity Score Matching method were performed to answer these research questions. Results largely confirmed the salient impact of neighborhood racial/ethnic context on individual health risks, while selection bias was also evident. Neighborhood racial isolation and ethnic concentration showed detrimental health effects, whereas racial diversity showed positive effects. The observed effect of immigrant concentration was likely due to neighborhood selection bias. Effect modification and underlying pathways were complex and were dependent on the specific neighborhood contextual predictors.
Sensitive Data Toolkit for Researchers Part 2: Human Participant Research Data Risk Matrix
Creators: name: Sensitive Data Expert Group
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: The Sensitive Data Expert Group of the Portage Network has create a suite of tools for Canadian researchers. These tools have been created to help researchers understand how research data is involved in the research ethics process, and to address the evolution of research data management (RDM) practices such as data sharing and deposit in the context of existing research ethics frameworks. This tool, the Human Participant Research Data Risk Matrix, is intended to help researchers determine risk level for human participant research data, and make decisions with respect to its management, deposit, and appropriate access/future use.