cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE AGAINST THEILERIA HANEYI AND SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENT OF VIRULENCE IN SPLENECTOMIZED HORSES
Creators: name: Sears, Kelly
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: imidocarb dipropionate
splenectomy
Theileria equi
Theileria haneyi
virulence

description: Identification of effective control strategies capable of successfully eliminating vector-borne pathogens are growing in demand as vector species previously constrained to certain regions of the world continue to slip into previously uninhabitable territories. With the development of a vaccine being an elusive reality for many veterinary pathogens, chemotherapeutics become the most viable control strategy for eradicating disease. Theileria haneyi is a recently identified causative agent of equine theileriosis that has been found in multiple Theileria equi-infected horses that failed to clear with multiple courses the gold standard for treatment, imidocarb diproprionate. With no known assessment of chemotherapeutic efficacy of any drug against T. haneyi, a primary objective was to then evaluate the effectiveness of imidocarb dipropionate.Additionally, with the global importance of recently discovered Theileria haneyi in equine health was recently shown by its resistance to elimination by imidocarb dipropionate (ID) and its interference in co-infected horses with ID clearance of Theileria equi infection. Genetic characterization of T. haneyi revealed marked genomic reduced compared to T. equi, and initial evaluation of infection dynamics have suggested reduced clinically severity in spleen-intact horses. Furthermore, splenectomized horses survive acute T. haneyi infection and progress to asymptomatic, persistent infection, which is in stark contrast to the fatal consequences of T. equi infection in splenectomized horses. This survival led to the hypothesis that T. haneyi is less virulent than T. equi. While progressive, invariably fatal disease was confirmed for T. equi infection of splenectomized horses in our previous dataset, seven of eight splenectomized, T. haneyi-infected horses survived. Further, in six horses co-infected with T. equi and T. haneyi, only horses cleared of T. equi infection by ID survived splenectomy and developed asymptomatic, persistent infections. The reduced virulence of T. haneyi compared to T. equi in splenectomized horses helps explain why T. haneyi was, until recently, undetected. This naturally occurring comparative reduction of virulence in a natural host provides a foundation for defining virulence mechanisms of theileriosis in the horse and apicomplexan in general.
Center-Outward R-Estimation for Semiparametric VARMA Models
Creators: name: Hallin, M.
name: La Vecchia, D.
name: Liu, H.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: We propose a new class of R-estimators for semiparametric VARMA models in which the innovation density plays the role of the nuisance parameter. Our estimators are based on the novel concepts of multivariate center-outward ranks and signs. We show that these concepts, combined with Le Cam’s asymptotic theory of statistical experiments, yield a class of semiparametric estimation procedures, which are efficient (at a given reference density), root-n consistent, and asymptotically normal under a broad class of (possibly non elliptical) actual innovation densities. No kernel density estimation is required to implement our procedures. A Monte Carlo comparative study of our R-estimators and other routinely-applied competitors demonstrates the benefits of the novel methodology, in large and small sample. Proofs, computational aspects, and further numerical results are available in the supplementary material.
Sisymbrium schimperi Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Sisymbrium
Sisymbrium schimperi

description: Sisymbrium schimperi Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 76. 1842.
 Robeschia schimperi (Boiss.) O.E. Schulz in Engl., Pflanzenr. 86: 360. 1924.
Type: “[Schimper] N. 170”.
Holotypus: EGYPT: “Ad templum Eliae in monte Sinai inter glareas graniticas”, 9.IV.1835, Schimper 170 (G-BOIS [G00332173]; iso-: B [B100000710, B100000806], BM [BM000614092, BM000614093], E [E00126646, E00126648, E00438543], G [G00446072, G00446073, G00446074], HAL [HAL0120833], HBG [HBG506120, HBG506121], HOH [HOH009371], JE [JE00004168], K [K000618538, K000725117, K000725118, K000725119, K000725120], KW [KW000127971], M [M0108041, M0108042], P [P00747197, P00747198, P00747200, P00747201, P02272622, P02272623, P05383239], S [S14-30997], W [W0015898, W0015899, W0316261, W18890020449, W18890167963]).
Note. – Although described in Plantae Aucherianae orientales (BOISSIER, 1842a), the collection did not belong in that series, as confirmed by BOISSIER (1888: 462).
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
Monte Carlo Approximation of Bayes Factors via Mixing with Surrogate Distributions
Creators: name: Dai, Chenguang
name: Liu, Jun S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Computational Biology

description: By mixing the target posterior distribution with a surrogate distribution, of which the normalizing constant is tractable, we propose a method for estimating the marginal likelihood using the Wang-Landau algorithm. We show that a faster convergence of the proposed method can be achieved via the momentum acceleration. Two implementation strategies are detailed: (i) facilitating global jumps between the posterior and surrogate distributions via the Multiple-try Metropolis; (ii) constructing the surrogate via the variational approximation. When a surrogate is difficult to come by, we describe a new jumping mechanism for general reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms, which combines the Multiple-try Metropolis and a directional sampling algorithm. We illustrate the proposed methods on several statistical models, including the Log-Gaussian Cox process, the Bayesian Lasso, the logistic regression, and the g-prior Bayesian variable selection.
Heteroskedasticity-Robust Inference in Linear Regression Models with many Covariates
Creators: name: Jochmans, Koen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: We consider inference in linear regression models that is robust to heteroskedasticity and the presence of many control variables. When the number of control variables increases at the same rate as the sample size the usual heteroskedasticity-robust estimators of the covariance matrix are inconsistent. Hence, tests based on these estimators are size distorted even in large samples. An alternative covariance-matrix estimator for such a setting is presented that complements recent work by Cattaneo, Jansson and Newey (2018). We provide high-level conditions for our approach to deliver (asymptotically) size-correct inference as well as more primitive conditions for three special cases. Simulation results and an empirical illustration to inference on the union premium are also provided.
Highly Scalable Bayesian Geostatistical Modeling via Meshed Gaussian Processes on Partitioned Domains
Creators: name: Peruzzi, Michele
name: Banerjee, Sudipto
name: Finley, Andrew O.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We introduce a class of scalable Bayesian hierarchical models for the analysis of massive geostatistical datasets. The underlying idea combines ideas on high-dimensional geostatistics by partitioning the spatial domain and modeling the regions in the partition using a sparsity-inducing directed acyclic graph (DAG). We extend the model over the DAG to a well-defined spatial process, which we call the meshed Gaussian process (MGP). A major contribution is the development of an MGPs on tessellated domains, accompanied by a Gibbs sampler for the efficient recovery of spatial random effects. In particular, the cubic MGP (Q-MGP) can harness high-performance computing resources by executing all large-scale operations in parallel within the Gibbs sampler, improving mixing and computing time compared to sequential updating schemes. Unlike some existing models for large spatial data, a Q-MGP facilitates massive caching of expensive matrix operations, making it particularly apt in dealing with spatiotemporal remote-sensing data. We compare Q-MGPs with large synthetic and real world data against state-of-the-art methods. We also illustrate using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index data from the Serengeti park region to recover latent multivariate spatiotemporal random effects at millions of locations. The source code is available at github.com/mkln/meshgp. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
Sisymbrium sophia var. brachycarpum Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Sisymbrium
Sisymbrium sophia
Sisymbrium sophia var. brachycarpum boiss.

description: Sisymbrium sophia var. brachycarpum Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 216. 1867.
Type: “Hab. in Armeniâ circa Erzerum (Huet!)”.
Holotypus: TURKEY: “ Erzeroum ”, VI.1853, Huet du Pavillon s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332174]; iso-: BM [BM001254061], K [K000725097], P [P04686475]).
= Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2): 192. 1891.
Note. – Boissier based the description of the variety solely on the unicate in his herbarium.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
Sisymbrium irioides Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Sisymbrium
Sisymbrium irioides

description: Sisymbrium irioides Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 76. 1842.
Type: “[Aucher-Eloy] N. 140, Mesopotamia ”.
Holotypus: IRAQ: “ Mesopotamia ”, s.d., Aucher-Eloy 140 (P [P02272615]; iso-: G-BOIS [G00332175]).
= Sisymbrium irio L., Sp. Pl.: 659. 1753.
Note. – The above specimen in G-BOIS is a fragmentary material consisting of a leaf and part of inflorescence taken from the unicate P 02272615 that Boissier annotated and which should be considered as the holotype (see BOISSIER, 1841a).
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
Sisymbrium damascenum Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Sisymbrium
Sisymbrium damascenum

description: Sisymbrium damascenum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 6: 11. 1859.
Type: “Hab. in hortis circà Damascum cl. Dr Gaillardot. Fl. Aprili”.
Lectotypus (designated here): SYRIA: “ Boustan el Nahâs. N. O. de Damas ”, 20.IV.1856, Gaillardot 1580 (G-BOIS [G00332176]; isolecto-: JE [JE00001272]). Syntypus: SYRIA: “ Boustan Seidoune ouest de Damas ”, 8.IV.1856, Gaillardot 1579ter (G-BOIS [G00332177], JE [JE00001273, JE00001274]).
Notes. – Most authors (e.g., HEDGE, 1968: 314) and indices (e.g., IPNI, 2019) erroneously followed Boissier in Flora Orientalis, rather than the original description (BOISSIER,1859), in attributing the authorship of the species to Boissier and Gaillardot rather than to Boissier alone.
There are two Gaillardot’s specimens in G-BOIS and none in the general herbarium at G. Both specimens were collected on April 1856, but the plant collected on April 8 [G00332177] is in flowers and with small immature fruits, whereas the one collected on April 20 [G00332176] has fully mature fruit and few flowers. BOISSIER (1859) indicated that “Fl. Aprili”, but the original account of the species gives full description of the mature fruit.
Because S. damascenum is closely related to and distinguished primarily from S. irio by having densely scabrid (vs glabrous) fruit, the designation of the fruiting, rather than flowering, material as the lectotype would be the only way to preserve the correct concept of the species limits.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
Post-Common Envelope Binary Stars: Radiative Levitation And Blue Large- Amplitude Pulsators
Creators: name: Byrne, Conor
name: Jeffery, Simon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Following the recent discovery of a new class of pulsating star, the blue large-amplitude pulsators (BLAPs), pulsation stability analysis was carried out on evolutionary models of post-common envelope (CE) ejection stars of 0.3 and 0.46 solar masses. These models subsequently evolve to become a low-mass helium white dwarf and a core helium-burning extreme horizontal-branch star respectively. We investigate the effects of atomic diffusion, particularly radiative levitation, on the pulsation behaviour of the models. We find that when the models have effective temperatures comparable to those of BLAPs, the inclusion of radiative levitation allows sufficient enhancement of heavy metals to produce opacity-driven fundamental mode pulsations with periods similar to those observed in BLAPs.
Nonlinear Spectral Analysis: A Local Gaussian Approach
Creators: name: Jordanger, Lars Arne
name: Tjøstheim, Dag
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: The spectral distribution f(ω) of a stationary time series {Yt}t∈Z can be used to investigate whether or not periodic structures are present in {Yt}t∈Z, but f(ω) has some limitations due to its dependence on the autocovariances γ(h). For example, f(ω) can not distinguish white iid noise from GARCH-type models (whose terms are dependent, but uncorrelated), which implies that f(ω) can be an inadequate tool when {Yt}t∈Z contains asymmetries and nonlinear dependencies. Asymmetries between the upper and lower tails of a time series can be investigated by means of the local Gaussian autocorrelations, and these local measures of dependence can be used to construct the local Gaussian spectral density presented in this paper. A key feature of the new local spectral density is that it coincides with f(ω) for Gaussian time series, which implies that it can be used to detect non-Gaussian traits in the time series under investigation. In particular, if f(ω) is flat, then peaks and troughs of the new local spectral density can indicate nonlinear traits, which potentially might discover local periodic phenomena that remain undetected in an ordinary spectral analysis.
Sisymbrium tetracmoides Boiss. & Hausskn.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Sisymbrium
Sisymbrium tetracmoides

description: Sisymbrium tetracmoides Boiss. & Hausskn. in Boiss.,
Fl. Orient. Suppl.: 43. 1888.
 Neotorularia tetracmoides (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Hedge & J. Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belgique 56: 394. 1986.
Type: “Hab. in deserto Mesopotamiae ad fluvium Chabur (Haussk.!)”.
Holotypus: SYRIA: “In deserto fl. Chabur”, V.1867, Haussknecht 131 (G-BOIS [G00330350]; iso-: B [B100272095], BM [BM001254052], JE [JE00002855], K [K000725004], W [W0050786]).
Note. – The holotype is a collection folder of two sheets.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
THE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENTIATION IN THE TRAINING OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SPECIALISTS
Creators: name: Mirjanova, Nargiza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Differentiation of training and education in professional institutions is based on the differences in the characteristics of the student’s personality, his abilities, interests, inclinations, and readiness for education. A differentiated approach to teaching is the widespread use of various forms, methods of teaching and organization of educational activities based on the results of psychological and pedagogical diagnostics of students' educational capabilities, inclinations, and abilities.
AGEL: Is the Conflict Real? Investigating Galaxy Evolution Models using Strong Lensing at 0.3 < z < 0.9
Creators: name: Sahu, Nandini
name: Tran, Kim-Vy
name: Suyu, Sherry H.
name: Shajib, Anowar J.
name: Ertl, Sebastian
name: Kacprzak, Glenn G.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Jones, Tucker
name: C., Keerthi Vasan G.
name: Barone, Tania M.
name: Baker, A. Makai
name: Skobe, Hannah
name: Derkenne, Caro
name: Lewis, Geraint F.
name: Sweet, Sarah M.
name: Lopez, Sebastian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observed evolution of the total mass distribution with redshift is crucial to testing galaxy evolution theories. To measure the total mass distribution, strong gravitational lenses complement the resolved dynamical observations currently limited to $z \lesssim 0.5$. Here we present the lens models for a pilot sample of seven galaxy-scale lenses from the ASTRO3D Galaxy Evolution with Lenses (AGEL) survey. The AGEL lenses, modeled using HST/WFC3-F140W images with Gravitational Lens Efficient Explorer (GLEE) software, have deflector redshifts between $0.3 < z_{\rm defl} < 0.9$. Assuming a power-law density profile with slope $γ$, we measure the total density profile for the deflector galaxies via lens modeling. We also measure the stellar velocity dispersions ($σ_{\rm obs}$) for four lenses and obtain $σ_{\rm obs}$ from SDSS-BOSS for the remaining lenses to test our lens models by comparing observed and model-predicted velocity dispersions. For the seven AGEL lenses, we measure an average density profile slope of $-1.95 \pm 0.09$ and a $γ$--$z$ relation that does not evolve with redshift at $z<1$. Although our result is consistent with some observations and simulations, it differs from other studies at $z<1$ that suggest the $γ$--$z$ relation evolves with redshift. The apparent conflicts among observations and simulations may be due to a combination of 1) systematics in the lensing and dynamical modeling; 2) challenges in comparing observations with simulations; and 3) assuming a simple power-law for the total mass distribution. By providing more lenses at $z_{\rm defl} > 0.5$, the AGEL survey will provide stronger constraints on whether the mass profiles evolve with redshift as predicted by current theoretical models.
description: Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal (ApJ) 24 Pages, 8 Figures, 3 Tables
The Hellinger correlation
Creators: name: Geenens, Gery
name: de Micheaux, Pierre Lafaye
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In this paper, the defining properties of any valid measure of the dependence between two continuous random variables are revisited and complemented with two original ones, shown to imply other usual postulates. While other popular choices are proved to violate some of these requirements, a class of dependence measures satisfying all of them is identified. One particular measure, that we call the Hellinger correlation, appears as a natural choice within that class due to both its theoretical and intuitive appeal. A simple and efficient nonparametric estimator for that quantity is proposed, with its implementation publicly available in the R package HellCor. Synthetic and real-data examples illustrate the descriptive ability of the measure, which can also be used as test statistic for exact independence testing.
Malcolmia W. T. Aiton
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Malcolmia

description: Malcolmia W.T. Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 4: 121. 1812
[nom. cons.].
Tribe: Malcolmieae Al-Shehbaz & Warwick.
Notes. – Although BOISSIER (1854) described Strigosella as a distinct, monospecific genus, he reduced it to synonymy of Malcolmia in Flora Orientalis, though both genera are currently maintained.
All floras that covered the areas of Flora Orientalis, Flora Europaea, and floras of North Africa broadly delimited Malcolmia to include five genera currently assigned to the tribes Anastaticeae (Maresia Pomel and Marcus-Kochia Al-Shehbaz), Conringieae (Zuvanda Askerova), Euclidieae (Strigosella Boiss.), and monogeneric Malcolmieae. However, starting with BOTSCHANTZEV (1972), who transferred most species of Malcolmia to Strigosella, and ending with Al-SHEHBAZ et al. (2014), Malcolmia presently includes only six species distributed primarily in the eastern Mediterranean region, especially the Balkan Peninsula.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
Analyse de l'activité réelle des chefs d'établissement au Maroc:Éléments théoriques d'une problématique centrale de la qualité du système éducatif
Creators: name: Insaf, Al-Chikh
name: , AlladatinJudicaël
name: Roche Lionel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Chef d'établissement, administration, analyse de l'activité, formation, Maroc.

description: Aujourd’hui, les professionnels du monde entier sont confrontés à des changements techniques, sociaux, économiques et organisationnels rapides et massifs. Les chefs d’établissement sont également concernés, ils doivent faire face à de nouveaux défis (Alvoid & Black, 2014), notamment dans les pays en voie de développement comme le Maroc. Dotés de tâches importantes, les chefs d’établissement sont responsables du fonctionnement global de l’école en tant que leaders pédagogiques et organisationnels, de la formation intégrale des élèves, ainsi que du bien-être spirituel du corps enseignant et du personnel, des parents et des parties prenantes. De ce fait, il apparaît nécessaire de repenser la formation initiale afin d’augmenter leur niveau de préparation au métier. Cependant, il n’est pas possible de parler de la formation sans un minimum d’analyse des tâches qu’elle implique et des activités concrètes qui la caractérisent (Perrenoud, 1993 ; Béguin & Cerf, 2004 ; Leblanc et al., 2008). Notre travail vise à contribuer à la littérature limitée sur l’analyse de l’activité des directeurs d’école au Maroc. Pour cela, l’étude sera divisée en deux parties : dans la première partie, nous définirons d’abord ce qu’est l’analyse de l’activité dans le cadre de la formation professionnelle. Nous expliquerons ensuite son utilité dans ce contexte. Finalement, nous discuterons des différentes méthodes pour la mettre en œuvre. La deuxième partie se concentrera sur la compréhension et la caractérisation du travail du chef d’établissement au Maroc, ainsi que sur l’identification des différentes tâches et responsabilités qui déterminent et sur lesquelles il est possible d’intervenir pour les analyser.
Malcolmia confusa Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Malcolmia
Malcolmia confusa

description: Malcolmia confusa Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 221. 1867.
Type: “Hab. in arenosis maritimis Aetoliae ad Missolonghi (Nieder!), Aeginae (Sprun!), Anatoliae ad Samsun (Tchih! Wiedem!)”.
Lectotypus (designated here): TURKEY: “Samsoun”, 1858, Tchihatchef s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332178]). Syntypi: GREECE: “Aeginae”, s.d., Spruner s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332181]). TURKEY: “pr. Mesolongi Aetoliae”, V.1860, Nieder s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332180]); “Samsoun”, s.d., Wiedemann s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332179], K [K000693873]).
= Maresia nana (DC.) Batt. in Batt. & Trab., Fl. Algérie: 68. 1888.
Notes. – The lectotype specimen is the most complete of the four syntypes cited in the original publication.
Maresia nana is a tiny polymorphic annual widely distributed in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
MOLECULAR STUDIES ON VIRUSES ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASES OF TWO SMALL FRUIT CROPS IN WASHINGTON STATE
Creators: name: Mitra, Arunabha
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: This research was focused on economically important viruses infecting wine grapes (Vitis vinifera) and highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.). In the first objective, genetic diversity of Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3, genus Ampelovirus, family Closteroviridae) in Washington vineyards was examined. Total RNA preparations from GLRaV-3-positive samples, collected between 2015 and 2019 from red- and white-fruited wine grape cultivars from commercial vineyards in four American Viticultural Areas, were subjected to Illumina© sequencing to generate near-complete viral genome sequences. A global phylogenetic analysis of these sequences revealed the presence of diverse genetic variants of GLRaV-3 as single and mixed infections than previously reported from other grapevine-growing regions. In the second objective, minireplicon cDNA clones were built for WA-CH variant of GLRaV-1 as a simplified reverse genetics system. The functionality of minireplicon cDNA clones, containing the 5ʹ-non-translated region (NTR)-replication gene block-3ʹ-NTR cassette with a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter gene, was confirmed by the expression of GFP in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves agro-coinfiltrated with heterologous silencing suppressors. Mutational analysis showed that the first 32 nucleotides at the 5ʹ-terminus of the 5ʹ-NTR, highly conserved among GLRaV-1 genetic variants, are sufficient for RNA replication. Further studies showed that 5ʹ-NTR sequences from distinct variants of GLRaV-1 are compatible with the replicase gene function of the WA-CH variant. In contrast, the GLRaV-1 minireplicon was non-functional when its 5ʹ-NTR was replaced with corresponding sequences from other GLRaV genotypes. In the third objective, RNA1 and RNA2 genome segments of a Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV, genus Nepovirus, family Secoviridae) isolate were molecularly characterized from highbush blueberry plants showing severe defoliation, stunting, and decline symptoms. Symptomatic plants produced small, uneven-sized berries with delayed ripening and poor quality compared to berries produced by healthy plants. In bait plant assays, nematode transmission of TRSV was demonstrated from virus-infected blueberry plants to healthy cucumber plants. Using morphological characteristics and sequences corresponding to the D2-D3 expansion segment and ITS rRNA-coding regions, Xiphinema rivesi was identified as the dagger nematode in soil samples collected near symptomatic blueberry plants. Detection of TRSV in nematodes implicated X. rivesi as a putative vector of the virus.
Workshop Summary: Friendship and Politics: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Creators: name: Smith, Graham M
name: Huang, Chiung-chiu
name: Nordin, Astrid HM
Publisher: name: University of Leeds
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: L300 - Sociology
subject: Friendship; Chinese traditions; Western traditions; politics; cross-cultural

description: This workshop brought into conversation some of the interlocutors from the Chinese and Western traditions who have argued for the study of politics to turn its focus from the prevalence of enmity to the possibility of friendship. There is a wealth of thinking about friendship in both the Chinese and Western traditions and even significant overlap between the two perspectives. Yet, to date, there has been little direct dialogue between these interlocutors, and little development of cross-cultural understandings of friendship and its importance for politics. The workshop contributed to the construction of a cross-cultural exploration of friendship and politics, moving ‘beyond the West’ through engagement with Chinese thought on the mainland and on Taiwan. Looking at models and practices of friendship in politics in both the Chinese and Western traditions, the workshop explored friendship in both its normative and analytical dimensions, and understood it have both theoretical and empirical manifestations. In so doing, the workshop formulated and discussed a number of questions about friendship and politics, including to raise questions about the possibilities and limitations of its own ‘cross-cultural’ approach. The workshop was also an important step in building global relations between scholars with a view to establishing a wider network in the longer term. Although considered an important first step, the workshop also pointed to the need to move the study of friendship and politics beyond the Chinese and Western traditions to consider the much wider cultural and global perspectives on this topic.
description: 本工作坊成功地建立起一個對話平台，提供來自中華與西方傳統文化背景的研究者，就如何將政治學研究的焦點從著重分析敵對狀態轉移至探討友誼存在與發展的可能性，進行極具深度的觀點交流與辯論。事實上，在東西方政治思想傳統裡，皆對人類各個生活面向中的友誼多有關注，甚至兩種思想傳統在友誼的思辨方面有著極相近之處。但是直至今日，兩種思想背景的學界之間卻甚少有就友誼與政治生活的關聯性進行跨文化與跨學科對話者。本工作坊之設計即在此基礎之上，建立起跨越不同文化與思想背景的平台，並超越西方政治理論與學科分際的框架，連結中國大陸與台灣的思想學界，為探討友誼在人類政治生活之中扮演的角色與影響作出貢獻。本工作坊的討論焦點不僅著重友誼作為一個概念在理論與規範層次的意義，也著重分析其在實務層面的作用與影響。而透過跨文化與學科的交流，在討論進行時，與會學者分別援引來自中國與西方傳統政治思想的內容，進行辯論與意見交換。而在此過程中，友誼與政治作為本工作坊的主題，來自不同文化背景的與會者就此主題，共同歸納並集中討論幾項議題（詳見報告內文），其中包含了
Nonlinear spectral analysis: A local Gaussian approach
Creators: name: Jordanger, Lars Arne
name: Tjøstheim, Dag
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: The spectral distribution f(ω) of a stationary time series {Yt}t∈Z can be used to investigate whether or not periodic structures are present in {Yt}t∈Z, but f(ω) has some limitations due to its dependence on the autocovariances γ(h). For example, f(ω) can not distinguish white i.i.d. noise from GARCH-type models (whose terms are dependent, but uncorrelated), which implies that f(ω) can be an inadequate tool when {Yt}t∈Z contains asymmetries and nonlinear dependencies. Asymmetries between the upper and lower tails of a time series can be investigated by means of the local Gaussian autocorrelations introduced in Tjøstheim and Hufthammer [2013], and these local measures of dependence can be used to construct the local Gaussian spectral density presented in this paper. A key feature of the new local spectral density is that it coincides with f(ω) for Gaussian time series, which implies that it can be used to detect non-Gaussian traits in the time series under investigation. In particular, if f(ω) is flat, then peaks and troughs of the new local spectral density can indicate nonlinear traits, which potentially might discover local periodic phenomena that remain undetected in an ordinary spectral analysis.
Additional file 1 of Elevated nuclear TDP-43 induces constitutive exon skipping
Creators: name: Carmen-Orozco, Rogger P.
name: Tsao, William
name: Ye, Yingzhi
name: Sinha, Irika R.
name: Chang, Koping
name: Trinh, Vickie T.
name: Chung, William
name: Bowden, Kyra
name: Troncoso, Juan C.
name: Blackshaw, Seth
name: Hayes, Lindsey R.
name: Sun, Shuying
name: Wong, Philip C.
name: Ling, Jonathan P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Inferring Phenotypic Trait Evolution on Large Trees With Many Incomplete Measurements
Creators: name: Hassler, Gabriel
name: Tolkoff, Max R.
name: Allen, William L.
name: Ho, Lam Si Tung
name: Lemey, Philippe
name: Suchard, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Comparative biologists are often interested in inferring covariation between multiple biological traits sampled across numerous related taxa. To properly study these relationships, we must control for the shared evolutionary history of the taxa to avoid spurious inference. An additional challenge arises as obtaining a full suite of measurements becomes increasingly difficult with increasing taxa. This generally necessitates data imputation or integration, and existing control techniques typically scale poorly as the number of taxa increases. We propose an inference technique that integrates out missing measurements analytically and scales linearly with the number of taxa by using a post-order traversal algorithm under a multivariate Brownian diffusion (MBD) model to characterize trait evolution. We further exploit this technique to extend the MBD model to account for sampling error or nonheritable residual variance. We test these methods to examine mammalian life history traits, prokaryotic genomic and phenotypic traits, and HIV infection traits. We find computational efficiency increases that top two orders-of-magnitude over current best practices. While we focus on the utility of this algorithm in phylogenetic comparative methods, our approach generalizes to solve long-standing challenges in computing the likelihood for matrix-normal and multivariate normal distributions with missing data at scale. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
Malcolmia africana var. trichocarpa Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Malcolmia
Malcolmia africana
Malcolmia africana var. trichocarpa (boiss. & buhse) boiss., fl.

description: Malcolmia africana var. trichocarpa (Boiss. & Buhse) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 223. 1867.
 Malcolmia trichocarpa Boiss. & Buhse in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 21. 1860.
 Strigosella trichocarpa (Boiss. & Buhse) Botsch. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 1038. 1972.
Type: “Wüstenebene bei Dschendak, 5 und 6 April 1849 (fructifera et florens). [Buhse] No 1265”.
Holotypus: IRAN: “In desserto prope Djendak”, 1847, Buhse 1265 (G-BOIS [G00790354]; iso-: LE [LE01037309]).
[Aucher-Eloy s.n.] [© Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris]
[Pictures: A: O. Karabacak; B – C: B. Özüdoǧru]
Notes. – The unicate in G-BOIS does not have collection number nor the day or the month, the year is 1847 and printed, the locality in Boissier’s handwriting was later crossed out.
As in some other cases involving taxa (e.g., Alyssum muelleri, Lepidium intricatum) that were collected by Buhse in 1849 and described jointly with Boissier (BOISSIER & BUHSE, 1860), pre-printed 1847 labels were used by Boissier and to which he added some or all collection data. Therefore, the specimens of such collections in G-BOIS are considered duplicates of the same collections at LE that have the full and correct collection information in the protologues of those taxa.
In some of such cases the discrepancy in the labels in G-BOIS and LE is minimal, or in the case of M. trichocarpa they are substantial. Despite that, such labeling errors are not given any importance, just as in the numerous other cases that involved collections of other collectors throughout this work.
BOTSCHANTSEV (1972: 1039) listed the type at LE and gave the full locality data as in the protologue. Image of the LE01037309 duplicate and several of its close-ups were kindly sent by Dr. D. A. German, and it consists of two plants (upper half) mounted on the same sheet with Bunge’s collection of the same species from Shahrud, Persia. None of the collection or annotation labels of that duplicate has Boissier’s annotation, indicating that he did not examine it. Therefore, the duplicate in G-BOIS, on which alone Boissier drafted the species description, has to be recognized as the holotype.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on pages 48-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
Effects of Geometric, Damping, and Boundary Parameters on the Dynamic Response of Cross-Laminated Timber Rocking Wall Systems
Creators: name: Acuña Alegría, Gustavo Alejandro
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Additional Rocking Joints
Aspect Ratio
Cross-Laminated Timber
Damping
Higher-Mode Effects
Rocking Walls

description: The continuous search for new construction techniques and materials has led to an increased interest in Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) in the United States. Particularly, Post Tensioned (PT) CLT rocking wall structures paired with yielding dissipator devices have been trending in recent years; they represent a potential alternative as primarily lateral resistance system in high seismic regions because of both structural and environmental benefits.Past investigations have shown that PT CLT rocking walls can withstand major earthquake events, presenting a satisfactory displacement response and concentrating the damage only in the energy dissipator devices and at the base of the walls, maintaining most of the CLT panel in its elastic range. However, research has indicated that the dynamic response of mid-rise rocking systems and CLT wall structures is influenced by higher modes, which amplifies the acceleration response and increases the seismic forces into de structure, risking the integrity of the lateral system.
description: This investigation focused on studying the influence of geometric, damping, and boundary parameters on the dynamic response of low- and mid-rise PT CLT rocking wall systems. It was analyzed the influence of additional rocking joints, position of the PT rods, wall aspect ratio, and type and location of the dissipator devices. In total, 36 structures were subjected to nonlinear time-history analyses, using 44 far-field acceleration traces. There were assessed acceleration, displacement, inter-story drift ratio, shear, and moment profiles; average volume of damaged CLT; and the Fourier amplitude spectrum of the roof acceleration response.
description: The analysis results showed that the presence of multiple rocking joints, lower wall aspect ratios, and inclusion of viscous dampers improved the seismic performance and decreased the influence of higher modes in CLT wall structures: additional rocking interfaces had more impact in taller structures and with reduced initial PT force, the aspect ratio had more effect in shorter structures, and viscous dampers were more effective when uniformly distributed. In contrast, the repositioning of the PT rods only reduced the expected damage in the CLT walls, maintaining the global responses essentially unchanged, regardless of the wall height.
Malcolmia runcinata var. glabra Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Malcolmia
Malcolmia runcinata
Malcolmia runcinata var. glabra boiss., fl.

description: Malcolmia runcinata var. glabra Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 223. 1867.
Type: “Hab. ad Mohammera Mesopotamiae (Noë!)”.
Lectotypus (designated here): IRAN: “Mohammera in pascuis”, III.1851, Noë 85 (G-BOIS [G00332182]). Syntypus: IRAN: “ Mohammera in fossoso”, IV.1851, Noë 1049 (G-BOIS [G00332183]).
= Strigosella intermedia (C.A. Mey.) Botsch. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 1040. 1972.
Note. – BOISSIER (1867a) only gave the general area and collector but did not give the collection number, and therefore lectotypification of the name is needed because both collections in G-BOIS equally qualify.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
A Semiparametric Approach to Model Effect Modification
Creators: name: Liang, Muxuan
name: Yu, Menggang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: One fundamental statistical question for research areas such as precision medicine and health disparity is about discovering effect modification of treatment or exposure by observed covariates. We propose a semiparametric framework for identifying such effect modification. Instead of using the traditional outcome models, we directly posit semiparametric models on contrasts, or expected differences of the outcome under different treatment choices or exposures. Through semiparametric estimation theory, all valid estimating equations, including the efficient scores, are derived. Besides doubly robust loss functions, our approach also enables dimension reduction in presence of many covariates. The asymptotic and non-asymptotic properties of the proposed methods are explored via a unified statistical and algorithmic analysis. Comparison with existing methods in both simulation and real data analysis demonstrates the superiority of our estimators especially for an efficiency improved version. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
Malcolmia strigosa Boiss.
Creators: name: AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.
name: Barriera, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Malcolmia
Malcolmia strigosa

description: Malcolmia strigosa Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 70. 1842.
 Strigosella strigosa (Boiss.) Botsch. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 1039. 1972.
Type: “[Aucher-Eloy] N. 4068, Ispahan ”.
Holotypus: IRAN: “ Ispahan ”, s.d., Aucher-Eloy 4068 (G-BOIS [G00332184]; iso-: BM [BM000522155, BM000522156], G [G00446075, G00446076], K [K000693586], KW [KW000128011], LE, P [P02272553]).
Note. – Boissier based his description solely on the unicate in his herbarium. No duplicate was found in the Candolle’s herbarium to justify the typification of the name, and the duplicate at P was not annotated by Boissier.
description: Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7630433
A Semiparametric Approach to Model Effect Modification
Creators: name: Liang, Muxuan
name: Yu, Menggang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: One fundamental statistical question for research areas such as precision medicine and health disparity is about discovering effect modification of treatment or exposure by observed covariates. We propose a semiparametric framework for identifying such effect modification. Instead of using the traditional outcome models, we directly posit semiparametric models on contrasts, or expected differences of the outcome under different treatment choices or exposures. Through semiparametric estimation theory, all valid estimating equations, including the efficient scores, are derived. Besides doubly robust loss functions, our approach also enables dimension reduction in presence of many covariates. The asymptotic and non-asymptotic properties of the proposed methods are explored via a unified statistical and algorithmic analysis. Comparison with existing methods in both simulation and real data analysis demonstrates the superiority of our estimators especially for an efficiency improved version.
Mass-Loss Predictions For H Deficient Stars
Creators: name: Jorick S Vink
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: mass loss, winds, hydrogen deficient stars, stripped stars

description: I present mass-loss predictions computed with an established Monte Carlo radiative transfer method for H deficient stars over a range of stellar masses. The predictions are analysed in the context of varying stellar parameters, including the Eddington Gamma parameter, and with particular emphasis on the surface Hydrogen fraction.