cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Vascular Restriction of Mammary Tumor Progression
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: The goals of this project are to characterize the influence of pregnancy, lactation and involution on the normal vascular organization of the mammary gland and to determine whether altered levels of the blood vessel growth factors can influence mammary gland susceptibility to tumor growth. It has been known for over twenty years that many cancer cell lines secrete substances that attract blood vessels. Recent progress in our understanding of breast tumor growth and the vascular system suggests that cells surrounding a tumor or even invading blood cells may trigger the signals for new connections to blood vessels. It has been shown in at least two different tumor model systems that when tumor growths reach a certain size they must start attracting new blood vessels or they will fail to continue to grow. We believe this change also must occur in breast cancer and speculate that many of the secondary genetic changes that occur in pre-malignant tumor cells may act to ensure this step. We will test this idea by attempting to make two new transgenic mouse lines that constantly produce blood vessel growth factors (either VEGF or angiopoietin-1). If we can show that the presence of these blood vessel attracting substances speeds up breast tumor progression, we can then dissect the critical steps in the process of blood vessel recruitment. In addition, we speculate that blood vessel remodeling must occur after lactation. It remains to be determined if the vascularity of the resting mammary gland is different after lactation. Such a difference may contribute to the decrease in cancer risk associated with having children.
Phase I Shade Tree Inventory: Highland Park, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Tree Tech, Inc.
Year: 1995

description: Approximately 25% of the Borough of Highland Park has been inventoried including streets and boulevard trees within the lawn extension only.  Wooded areas and park lands were not included.  The inventory includes the following information: address of the tree, species, diameter class, deadwood, curb or sidewalk damage, overhead wires, and strip width.
Pseudopterogorgia mangalorensis Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia mangalorensis

description: Pseudopterogorgia mangalorensis Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia mangalorensis Fernando, 2011: 94–95, pl. 60, fig. 1–1d (Surathkal coast, Mangalore); Fernando et al. 2017: 195–196, pl. 89, fig. 1a–1d (Surathkal coast, Mangalore).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Open Space Inventory: Township of Old Bridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Maser Sosinski & Associates
Year: 1995

description: This inventory builds upon the Environmental Resources Inventory previously prepared by the Environmental Commission.  The information collected will be used in the review of new development proposals to identify potential open space linkages and also as background data for future updates to the conservation and Open Space Plan Element of the Township Master Plan.  The inventory breaks open space into three categories: land owned by the Township of Old bridge, land owned by the State of New Jersey or other governmental agencies, and land owned by private entities.
Wetlands Assessments and Natural Heritage Inventory: The Borough of Demarest, Bergen County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Coastal Environment Services, Inc.
Year: 1995

description: This document is the Demarest Borough natural resource inventory. The results of a search done by the NJDEP indicate that there are no records for rare plants, animals, or natural communities present within the Borough.  Vegetation common to the Borough's wetlands are listed in the inventory.  The bodies of water associated with the forested wetlands are Tenakill Brook, Demarest Brook, and Cresskill Brook, and their unnamed tributaries.
Pseudopterogorgia philipi Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia philipi

description: Pseudopterogorgia philipi Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia philipi Fernando, 2011: 99–101, pl. 62, fig. 1–1c (Kodiakkarai); Fernando et al. 2017: 203–204, pl. 93, fig. 1–1c (Kodiakkarai).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Environmental Resources Inventory: Terrill Road Nature Center and Midway Circle, Fanwood, Union County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Najarian Associates, Inc.
Year: 1994

description: This inventory is meant to update and expand a general ecological inventory for the Terrill Road Nature Center and the Midway Circle Property (known as the Midway Detention Basin site).  The report documents the results of the survey and includes recommendations for the management of the two properties.  The following topics are covered in the report: geology, soils, hydrology, vegetation, wildlife, and land use.
Pseudopterogorgia oliviae Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia oliviae

description: Pseudopterogorgia oliviae Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia oliviae Fernando, 2011: 95–97, pl. 60, fig. 2–2c (Vedalai); Fernando et al. 2017: 197–198, pl. 90, fig. 1–1c (Vedalai).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Class IV Composite Restoration, Clinical case
Creators: name: ABU-HUSSEIN M.
Publisher: name: gjrpublication
Year: 2025

description: Direct composite resins have the potential to offer a reasonably predictable alternative to amalgam and other metal-based restoratives. This assumes they are utilized in the appropriate clinical situation and are properly placed. In fact, the increasing demand for tooth-colored restorations, conservation of tooth structure, and cosmetic dental procedures has encouraged the widespread placement of direct composite restorations. Composite resin has become an integral part of contemporary restorative dentistry and the material of choice for Class IV restorations due to improvements in materials, conservative concepts in restorative dentistry and clinical successes. The purpose of this article is to describe in detail how one patient’s maxillary central incisors were restored using a direct composite resin technique. The previously placed layered class IV resin composite restorations on both central incisors were removed, and the patient’s smile was enhanced using a two-shade simplified buildup technique.
Agnesiella (Draberiella) glabra Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella glabra

description: 27. A. (D.) glabra Huang & Zhang sp. nov. (Figs 33, 37, 41, 45, 130–136)
Distribution. China (Sichuan).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 205, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Pseudopterogorgia rubrotincta
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia rubrotincta

description: Pseudopterogorgia rubrotincta (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
Lophogorgia rubrotincta Thomson & Henderson, 1905: 307, pl. 4, fig. 12 (Sri Lanka).
Pseudopterogorgia rubrotincta (new comb.) Williams & Vennam 2001: 88, fig. 12b.
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records could be valid: Fernando 2011: 102–103, pl. 63, fig. 1–1c (SE coast); Fernando et al. 2017: 207–208, pl. 95, fig. 1–1c (SE coast).
Literature analysis: This species was originally described from Sri Lanka as Lophogorgia rubrotincta by Thomson & Henderson (1905) who only provided a very brief and poor description with a figure of a small portion of the colony but no illustrations of sclerites. Other than some data on the colony form, these authors only remarked that the sclerites were rough spindles commonly 0.1 mm x 0.04 mm, but many much shorter, and that there was a median line of red sclerites along the flattened faces of the yellow stem and branches. Fortunately, the holotype was re-examined by Williams & Vennam (2001), who transferred the species to the genus Pseudopterogorgia, figured some sclerites, and remarked that “The specimen is orange red with a thin red medial line. The sclerites do not exceed 15 mm in length. Most scaphoids are indistinct but a few are more distinctly developed with smooth tubercles on the convex side.”
The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but the sclerite images are too small to see the required detail, so it is impossible to tell which sclerites are scaphoids and if they have smooth tubercles on the convex side. The colony is described as having “pink” sclerites around each polyp aperture making it a “conspicuous red spot”, with a “red band on either side of the light yellow broad median longitudinal planar surfaces of the sides of the branches.” It therefore seems likely that their material is correctly identified.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Agnesiella (Draberiella) exigua Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella exigua

description: 28. A. (D.) exigua Huang & Zhang sp. nov. (Figs 34, 38, 42, 46, 137–142)
Distribution. China (Sichuan).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstruction of a Pleistocene catena using paleopedology and geochemistry of lake margin paleo-Vertisols, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Creators: name: Beverly, Emily Jane
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania (3°S) contains a rich record of Pleistocene paleoclimates and paleoenvironments, as well as an abundance of paleontological and archaeological data. The 2.2 Ma of volcaniclastic infill can be divided into time-slices using dated tuffs. Until ~1.75 Ma the sediments were deposited in a semi-arid, closed rift basin that contained a shallow saline-alkaline lake that fluctuated periodically with climate, depositing sediment on the lake margin. Four trenches that range in thickness from 2 to 2.5 m in a ~1 km transect of the lake margin flat were described and sampled. This ~20 ka time-slice between Ng’eju Tuff and Tuff IF (~1.785 Ma) contains both stacked and cumulative paleosols that are interpreted as a heterogeneous paleocatena. Closer to the lake, these paleosols are thinner, vertically stacked, and separated by thin tuffs or tufa. Further from the lake margin, there is additional volcaniclastic input, and the paleosols are thicker and cumulative. Macroscale and micromorphological features identify these clay-rich paleosols as paleo-Vertisols. Abundant pedogenic slickensides and a variety of ped shapes were observed in the field as well as micro-ped structures and stress cutans in thin section. Although weakly developed, these paleo-Vertisols also have distinct horizons defined by soil color changes, differing ped shapes, and bulk geochemistry.    Eighty samples from the paleosols and parent materials were analyzed for bulk geochemistry of major, rare, and trace elements. Geochemical proxies reveal a climosequence not definitively identifiable in the field or in the micromorphology. Molecular weathering ratios show increased weathering, and mass-balance calculations indicate greater translocations (positive and negative) through time. It is likely that lower soil moisture due to a drier climate created better-drained conditions allowing for increased pedogenesis. Mg oxides and zeolites precipitating in rhizoliths are further evidence for changing redox conditions and water chemistry, likely due to increased aridity. The drying trend in this climosequence is consistent with faunal, stable isotope, and lithostratigraphic records within Olduvai Gorge and with marine dust records from northern Africa. The paleocatena identified within this time-slice also provides additional paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic data, coinciding with the first hominin migrations out of Africa at ~1.8 Ma.
'To one subject only'
Creators: name: Rozsa, Matthew
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Grover Cleveland‘s third State of the Union took the unique step of only discussing one subject, tariff reform. This was in marked contrast to its predecessors, which had always covered a multitude of issues. This study analyzes the impact of the third State of the Union on the political and policymaking power of the presidency during the Gilded Age and on the ideological character of the Democratic Party following its post-Civil War doldrums.
Agnesiella (Draberiella) mitrata Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella mitrata

description: 29. A. (D.) mitrata Huang & Zhang sp. nov. (Figs 35, 39, 43, 47, 143–149)
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Towards robust and effective shape prior modeling
Creators: name: Zhang, Shaoting
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Organ shape plays an important role in many clinical practices, including diagnosis, surgical planning and treatment evaluation. It is usually derived from medical images using low level appearance cues. However, due to diseases and imaging artifacts, low level appearance cues are often weak or misleading. In this situation, shape priors become critical to infer and refine the shape derived from image appearances. Effective modeling of shape priors is challenging because: 1) shape variations are complex and cannot always be modeled by parametric probability distributions; 2) a shape instance derived from image appearance cues (called an input shape) may have significant errors; and 3) local details of an input shape may be important for clinical purposes but difficult to preserve if they are not statistically significant in the training data.     In this paper we propose a novel Sparse Shape Composition model (SSC) to address these three challenges in a unified framework. With our method, a sparse set of shapes is selected from the shape repository and composed together to infer and refine an input shape. This way, the prior information is implicitly incorporated on-the-fly. Our model leverages two sparsity observations of the input shape instance: 1) the input shape can be approximately represented by a sparse linear combination of shapes in the shape repository; 2) parts of the input shape may contain large errors but such errors are sparse. Our model is formulated as a sparse learning problem. Using $L1$ norm relaxation, it can be solved by an efficient expectation-maximization (EM) framework. Furthermore, this model is extended to effectively handle multi-resolution, local shape priors and hierarchical priors. We also propose a framework to generate high quality training data in 3D. Our framework includes geometry processing methods and shape registration algorithms.  The proposed shape prior model is extensively validated on five different medical applications: 2D lung localization in chest X-ray images, 3D liver segmentation in low-dose Computed Tomography (CT) scans, 3D segmentation of multiple rodent brain structures in Magnetic Resonance (MR) microscope,  real time tracking of left ventricles in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and high resolution CT  reconstruction. Compared to state-of-the-art methods, our model exhibits better performance in all these studies.
Cooling of electronic system
Creators: name: Zhang, Jingru
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: In this work, the physical problems associated with heat removal of electronic systems at different scales were studied. Various electronic cooling system designs and specific cooling techniques to improve performance were discussed. Optimization procedures and suggestion for better design was proposed.  This study consisted of two main parts. The first part was from the microscale aspect, where single phase liquid cooling in different multi-microchannel heat sink configurations was studied experimentally and numerically. The effects of flow separation and flow redirection on the microchannel heat sink cooling performance were investigated. A multi-objective optimization problem was formulated based on both experimental and numerical results and was solved numerically with and without physical constraint. The Pareto frontiers were presented to provide quantitative guidance for the process of design and optimization.  The second part of the study involved cooling of larger dimension electronic systems, which focused on the cooling of data centers. The temperature and flow distribution in a data center for both steady state and transient state were studied. The energy consumption of the cooling system with different running conditions was analyzed. Based on the investigation of the thermal response of the data center cooling system to sudden power increase caused by dynamic load migration, pre-cooling concept with dynamic load migration was investigated to generate a robust, reliable, more efficient and energy-conservative design.
Agnesiella (Draberiella) apiculata Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella apiculata

description: 30. A. (D.) apiculata Huang & Zhang sp. nov. (Figs 36, 40, 44, 48, 150–156)
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Pseudopterogorgia vedalaiensis Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia vedalaiensis

description: Pseudopterogorgia vedalaiensis Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia vedalaiensis Fernando, 2011: 106–107, pl. 64, fig. 2–2c (Vedalai); Fernando et al. 2017: 213, pl. 98, fig. 1–1c (Vedalai).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as their specimen described as Pseudopterogorgia thomassini.
Justification:
These Indian records could represent an identical species: Fernando 2011: 104–105, pl. 63, fig. 2–2c (Uvari); Fernando et al. 2017: 209, pl. 96, fig. 1–1c (Uvari).
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is quite possibly new, but it is difficult to see why it differs from Pseudopterogorgia thomassini described in the same two papers.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Pseudopterogorgia pandianii Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia pandianii

description: Pseudopterogorgia pandianii Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia pandianii Fernando, 2011: 98–99, pl. 61, fig. 2–2c (Cuddalore); Fernando et al. 2017: 201–202, pl. 92, fig. 1–1c (Cuddalore).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
title: Sanddorn :
title: Richtlinien für die Durchführung der Prüfung auf Unterscheidbarkeit, Homogenität und Beständigkeit.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants,
Year: 0
Subjects: Plants
Common Sea Buckthorn
New Varieties of Plants

description: Zweck dieser Richtlinien („Prüfungsrichtlinien“) ist es, die in der Allgemeinen Einführung (Dokument TG/1/3) und deren verbundenen TGP-Dokumenten enthaltenen Grundsätze in detaillierte praktische Anleitung für die harmonisierte Prüfung der Unterscheidbarkeit, der Homogenität und der Beständigkeit (DUS) umzusetzen und insbesondere geeignete Merkmale für die DUS-Prüfung und die Erstellung harmonisierter Sortenbeschreibungen auszuweisen.
Movement of summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)
Creators: name: Yergey, Matthew E.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, is a commercially and recreationally importantflatfish species along the east coast of the United States. There are some clear andimportant data gaps in our understanding of summer flounder and their ecology. In thisstudy we address two of those data gaps using acoustic telemetry; discard mortality in thecommercial trawl fishery and the potential for pelagic behavior. Discard mortalitystudies to date rely on potentially biased on-deck evaluation of immediate mortality, andevaluation of delayed mortality through holding captured fish to determine survival.Telemetry of ultrasonically tagged fish provides a technique for evaluating fish bycatchdiscard mortality, and especially latent mortality, under natural conditions in the sea. Forsummer flounder along the eastern United States, an 80% discard mortality is assumedbut not verified. There is also a growing body of literature on flatfish species exhibitingpelagic behaviors for various essential functions. In captivity, summer flounder use“stroke and glide” behavior in the water column and they can feed actively there. Todetermine the discard mortality, and explore their potential vertical movement, adult summer flounder were collected from a commercial trawl vessel and tagged and releasedin a fixed hydrophone array on 15 September 2009 off Brigantine, New Jersey. In 2010,an additional set of summer flounder were collected in the Great Bay – Mullica Riverestuary, tagged, and released into an array nearby the 2009 site for further examination ofpelagic behaviors. Fish were re-detected both alive and dead within the array and duringmobile tracking. Pressure sensing tags recorded depth at a resolution of 0.68 meters.Signal values indicating depths two meters or greater above an individual’s greatest depthwere considered to be pelagic in nature. Fish of poor initial health and dead individualswere redetected after the storm in a concentrated area inshore of the release site and werepresumed dead. The final discard mortality estimate from the commercial trawl,combining on-deck mortality (32.7%) and latent mortality (49.0%), was 81.7%; similar toprior estimates. Latent mortality contributed at least as much to total discard mortality ason-deck mortality. The individual depth profiles show clear patterns of active pelagicbehavior in 6 out of 14 live fish in 2009 and 6 out of 11 live fish in 2010. The mean percent of time above a 2-meter floor was 16.8% with a standard deviation of 24.4% in 2009, and 1.2%, with a standard deviation of 3.0% in 2010. This pelagic behavior occurred more frequently (86.0%) during nighttime, but there were no other obvious environmental correlates.
Analysis of EGF signaling in healthy aging promotion in caenorhabditis elegans
Creators: name: Yu, Shih-Hung
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The increase in longevity expectancy has been a focused issue goal of much current aging research. Many genes have been noted to modulate longevity of simple model systems, acting through distinct mechanisms. However, in principle, promotion of healthy aging of individual tissues can be accomplished without a major impact on the longevity endpoint. As such, healthspan-only genes may have been missed by genetic screens for longevity. New screens for tissue–specific betterment of aging phenotypes were anticipated to reveal a class of genes that might be manipulated for tissue-specific anti-aging outcomes. We identified two novel healthspan regulators, called HPA-1 and HPA-2 (for the high performance in old age locomotory phenotypes that their disruption confers) that delay age-associated locomotory decline when they are knocked down by RNAi or by genetic deletion. Surprisingly, hpa-1 and hpa-2 do not regulate healthspan through canonical recognized longevity pathways. Instead, the structure of HPA proteins implicated a novel function of EGF signaling in anti–aging protection, and my genetic studies supported this mechanism. Activated EGF signaling confers a positive effect on multiple aging phenotypes, acting through the downstream branch of the EGF pathway involving PLCanalysis defined the temporal and spatial benefits from EGF signaling. EGF/lin-3 ligand is expressed into late life and acts throughout life to influence healthy aging. lin-3 alternative slice variants, lin-3S and lin-3XL show healthspan promotion. Muscle and neuron are the most potent tissue for EGFR signaling on healthspan enhancement. I also identified global and tissue-specific modulators of healthy aging in the EGF pathway and identified candidate calcium-sensitive transducers of the anti-aging function of EGF signaling. Recent data in vertebrates suggest that EGF signaling might contribute to long-term maintenance. Thus, EGF signaling may exert a conserved impact on healthy aging and might be a plausible reagent for anti-aging therapies.
Sentry-based scheme
Creators: name: Yu, Shengchao
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Year: 2012

description: Wireless sensor network has been gaining ground in applications involving remote surveillance and  date collection. However, there are still barriers to overcome to deploy these applications in large  scale, one of which is the limited network lifetime. Extending network lifetime is challenging in  that wireless sensor networks are built out of error-prone and short-lived wireless sensor nodes. In  order to extend the network lifetime beyond an individual node’s lifetime, a common practice is to  deploy a large array of sensor nodes, and have only a minimal set of nodes active performing duties  while others stay in sleep mode to conserve energy. With this rationale, random node failures, either  in active nodes or in redundant nodes, can seriously disrupt system operations. To address this  issue, we proposed two node scheduling schemes to meet requirements from different applications:  R-Sentry, a gang-based scheduling algorithm that attempts to bound the service loss time stemming  from random node failures by coordinating the schedules among redundant nodes; and P-Sentry,  a light-weight algorithm that keeps a certain number of redundant nodes always active while the  others in deep sleep in an attempt to reduce the overhead caused by frequent wake-ups.    Like any other network, wireless sensor network is also subject to attacks from adversaries. The  fact that, in the course of the network lifetime, only a minimum number of sensor nodes are active in  R-Sentry leaves the system more vulnerable to attacks from malicious nodes. In the second part of  the dissertation, we present two variants of R-Sentry: Pre-emptive R-Sentry and Random Scheduling  R-Sentry, to address scheduling-related attacks on R-Sentry.
Simulation-based evaluation of traffic safety performance using surrogate safety measures
Creators: name: Yang, Hong
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Year: 2012

description: Traffic safety evaluation is one of the most important processes in the analysis of transportation systems performance. The use of traditional crash-data-oriented methodologies to analyze traffic safety problems has been frequently questioned due to shortcomings such as unavailability and low quality of historical crash data. The advancement of traffic conflict techniques and micro-simulation tools motivated this dissertation to develop a simulation-based approach of combining micro-simulation models and traffic conflict technique to investigate the safety issues in traffic systems. The proposed simulation-based approach consists of two major components: the development of surrogate safety measures; and the integration of the developed surrogate safety measures with micro-simulation models. In this dissertation, a new surrogate safety measure is derived and applied in micro-simulation models to capture the conflict risk of the interactions among vehicles. The conceptual and computational logics of the proposed surrogate safety indicator are described in detail. A calibration procedure that focuses on safety evaluation using the simulation model with the new surrogate measure has been proposed. The proposed calibration approach has been developed based on the stochastic gradient approximation algorithms to find optimal parameters of the stochastic traffic simulation models. The calibration methodology has been implemented on a selected traffic simulation platform to test its performance. Simulated operational measurements and traffic conflict risk in terms of the surrogate safety measure are quantified and compared with observations derived from high resolution vehicle trajectory data. The calibrated traffic model has also been validated by using independent vehicle trajectory data saved as a hold-out sample. The results show that the fine-tuning of parameters using the proposed calibration approach can significantly improve the performance of the simulation model to describe actual traffic conflict risk as well as operational performance. The applicability of the proposed new surrogate measure and the simulation-based safety evaluation approach using this surrogate measure has been successfully demonstrated through several cases studies. The overall findings can inform road safety investigators as to how operations-oriented simulation models in conjunction with the surrogate safety measure can complement traffic safety evaluation in cases to which traditional approaches are not applicable.
Characterization of renal transporter expression in miceduring pregnancy, lactation, and type I diabetes
Creators: name: Yacovino, Lindsay Lee
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Year: 2012

description: Renal transporters regulate the reabsorption and secretion of nutrients, drugs, and toxicants. Modification of their expression and/or activity can alter renal clearance, affecting drug efficacy and toxicity. Prior work has suggested that sex hormones and metabolic changes, like diabetes and obesity, alter renal transporter expression in rodents. The purpose of this thesis was to characterize the mRNA and protein expression of renal uptake and efflux transporters and potential regulatory transcription factors in response to gestation, lactation, and type I diabetes in female C57BL/6 mice. In a time-course study, kidney transporter mRNA and protein expression were evaluated using qPCR, western blot, and immunofluorescence staining on gestation days (GD) 7, 11, 14, and 17 and postnatal days (PD) 1, 15, and 30. Pregnancy caused marked down-regulation of apical efflux transporters Mdr1b, Mrp2, Mrp4, and Mate1 and up-regulation of basolateral efflux transporter Mrp3. Mdr1b and Mrp4 mRNA decreased early in pregnancy and remained low throughout lactation whereas Mrp1, Mrp2, and Mate1 mRNA expression did not begin to decline until mid-gestation. A marked increase in Mrp3 mRNA and protein was observed at mid-gestation. Western blot and immunofluorescence staining confirmed reduced protein expression of Mrp2 and Mrp4 and elevated Mrp3 levels in pregnant mice. For the diabetic pregnancy study, female C57BL/6 mice were treated repeatedly with intraperitoneal doses of vehicle or streptozotocin (STZ) to induce type I diabetes. After two weeks of hyperglycemia, STZ-and vehicle-treated control mice were mated overnight and tissues collected 14 days later. Both efflux and uptake renal transporters were differentially regulated in response to STZ treatment. STZ decreased mRNA expression of Oat2, Oat5, and Mrp3 and elevated levels of Oatp2b1, Oatp4c1, Pept1, Mrp2, Mrp4, and Mrp5. Pregnancy had little effect on STZ-mediated down-regulation of Oat2 and Oat5 mRNA, but did prevent up-regulation of Oatp4c1 and Mrp4 mRNA. In both the time-course and diabetic pregnancy studies, mRNA profiling revealed transcription factors (AhR, PXR, HNF1α, PPARα and Nrf2) that might participate in regulating renal transporter expression. Taken together, these results suggest that renal drug transport and regulatory signaling pathways are altered by endocrine and metabolic changes that occur during pregnancy and diabetes.
Corporate social performance attracts top talent
Creators: name: Winkler, Anne-Laure P.
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Year: 2012

description: This study introduces and tests the role of work values in moderating the effects of corporate social performance (CSP) on prospective applicants’ job pursuit intentions. I integrate the literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and CSP with the advances in organizational behavior in understanding values and work values in particular. Building on the role of values in CSP (Swanson, 1995), theories of person-organization fit (Chatman, 1989), work values (Judge & Bretz, 1992), and competing values that link to behaviors (Schwartz, 1996), I hypothesize that an overall value for CSR and specific values linked to CSR moderate the effects of CSP on job pursuit intentions. More specifically job applicants with a value for CSR, a career goal to do good, low dominance and women who are socialized to be more other-regarding will be more likely to pursue a job with firms that are high in CSP.   This study addresses common method basis by relying on two distinct data sources and uses real firm data for CSP measures. A sample of 2,000 US undergraduates, MBAs, and master’s non-MBA students captures individuals’ values. The second source provides CSP ratings for 144 public corporations that match with students’ employer job pursuit intentions. Companies are nested within individuals, as each respondent provides their ideal and company-related job preferences.  Hypotheses were expected to hold generally for all student groups, but results differed by group. The findings provide support for an overall value for CSR only in the masters’ non-MBA students. Stronger support is found for the moderating role of specific values of a career goal to do good and low dominance in all groups.  The strongest and most consistent finding is for women.  Such results add to the growing literature on CSP by specifying for whom CSP is more relevant when pursuing a job based on identifying their work values.  While CSP firms may at first attract top talent based on similar values, a person-organization fit is expected to continue playing a role in employees’ retention and their actual contribution to the execution of CSP.
A comparison of brief mirror exposure techniques for extreme shape and weight concerns
Creators: name: West, Julia A. (Julia Anne)
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Year: 2012

description: This study pilots the feasibility and effectiveness of two theoretically distinct, brief approaches to mirror exposure (ME)—a treatment for body dissatisfaction—against an ecologically-valid control condition with respect to improving body and appearance satisfaction and mood. Female undergraduates (N = 32) exhibiting clinical-level shape and weight concerns were randomized to complete a scripted, 5 minute ME exercise in either a mindfulness-based (MB; n = 11), cognitive-dissonance-based (CD; n = 10), or mirror-as-usual control (MAU; n = 11) condition. The MB condition focused on the nonjudgmental aspect of the Delinsky and Wilson (2006) mindfulness-based ME protocol, while the CD condition was adapted from an evidence-based eating disorders prevention program (Stice and Presnell, 2007). Participants completed the Satisfaction with Body Parts Scale (SBPS) and Visual Analog (VAS) measures of weight and appearance satisfaction, and mood and anxiety at baseline and post-intervention. ME exercises were recorded and coded for adherence to the scripted instructions. The present study is one of the first to pilot such a brief format of these ME approaches, as well as to directly compare two distinct ME approaches to an ecologically-valid control condition in women with clinical-level shape and weight concerns. Mixed model ANCOVAs indicated no change in VAS mood, anxiety, body anxiety, body feelings, and appearance satisfaction from baseline to posttest for any of the three conditions. A main effect of time was observed for VAS weight satisfaction, with all 3 conditions exhibiting an improvement in weight satisfaction from baseline to post-test, F (1, 28) = 9.701, p = 0.004, partial eta-squared = 0.26. A significant time by condition interaction was observed for the Satisfaction with Body Parts scale, F (2, 28) = 3.778, p = 0.035, partial eta-squared = 0.02. Post-hoc analyses revealed the CD condition resulted in significantly greater decreases in body dissatisfaction from baseline to posttest, than both the MB condition, and the MAU control condition, while the MB and MAU conditions did not differ from one another. Results are discussed within the context of the feasibility of using one session ME, as well as using an active mirror control as a comparison group.
Studies on Nrf2-targeted phytochemicals
Creators: name: Wang, Hu
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Year: 2012

description: Prevention has been regarded as a superior approach in dealing with diseases. Huang-Di Ne-Jing, a manuscript believed being written by the ancient Chinese emperor, indicated: "… the Saint treats those ill-to-be rather than those being ill" (Chapter 1, Introduction)   Cancer, as it takes as long as 20 to 30 years to develop from initiated cells to malignant tumor, allows precious opportunities to prevent its occurrence and delay its progression. In the past centuries, fruitful searching for natural and synthetic cures of cancer enriched our understanding and empowered our treatment options for this disease. Phytochemicals have been sought after as handy and effective reagents for such task, along with the proposed and accepted mechanisms and pathways (Chapter 2, Plants vs. Cancer). To understand the nature of Nrf2, we studied the role of Nrf2 in suppressing LPS-induced inflammation in mouse peritoneal macrophages via ex vivo approach (Chapter 3, Role of Nrf2 in inflammation suppression by DHA/EPA in mouse peritoneal macrophages). To enable further preclinical in vivo research of sulforaphane, an Nrf2 initiator and an anti-carcinogenesis agent enlisted by National Cancer Institute, a highly sensitive and robust bioanalytical method was developed, validated, and applied to the pharmacokinetic studies in rats (Chapter 4, Bioanalytical Method for Sulforaphane). A follow-up study, linking the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, enlightened how sulforaphane drives Nrf2-related gene expression of phase II drug metabolism enzymes in rat lymphocytes (Chapter 5, PK/PD studies of sulforaphane in rat following intravenous administration). From the review of the current research frontier on natural phytochemicals for cancer chemoprevention and treatment, to the Nrf2 role elucidation at the molecular level; from the bioanalytical method characterization and its application to in vivo studies, to modeling the pharmacokinetics in blood plasma and the pharmcodynamics of mRNA effects in lymphocytes, our studies contributed to the better understanding of Nrf2 and to the application potentials of the phytochemicals for their druggability. We wish to further the discovery and development research: to prevent the patients from being patients, the ultimate goal of a pharmaceutical research scientist.
Agnesiella (Draberiella) tridigitata Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella tridigitata

description: 31. A. (D.) tridigitata Huang & Zhang sp. nov. (Figs 49, 52, 55, 58, 157–165)
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091