cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The potential of a probiotic-derived antimicrobial peptide for the control of vaginal pathogens
Creators: name: Turovskiy, Yevgeniy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is characterized by replacement of vaginal probiotics with several anaerobic pathogens. This condition can lead to numerous complications during pregnancy and labor. It is also a risk factor for HIV acquisition. Currently-available antibiotic treatments for BV are notorious for having a high (30-40%) rate of reoccurrence; therefore alternative treatments are critically desired. A multiple-hurdle approach involving bacteriocins may provide such an alternative. Previous studies indicate that lactocin 160, a bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus rhamnosus, a vaginal probiotic, is active against BV - associated Gardnerella vaginalis and Prevotella bivia. The objective of the current study is to understand the mode of action of lactocin 160 against G. vaginalis and to seek out other natural antimicrobials exhibitingsynergistic activity with this bacteriocin. Our results demonstrate that lactocin 160 targets the cytoplasmic membrane of G. vaginalis, causing the efflux of ATP molecules and dissipation of both, ΔΨ and ΔpH components of proton motive force. Based on theseresults, we presume that like many other known bacteriocin-like substances, lactocin 160 triggers formation of transient pores in the cytoplasmic membranes of its target cells. The interactions between lactocin 160 and four other natural antimicrobials in the ability to inhibit G. vaginalis were evaluated using the checkerboard assay. Our results indicate that zinc lactate and soapnut extract act synergistically with lactocin 160 against this pathogen and therefore have a potential to be successfully used as the components of the multiple-hurdle antimicrobial formulation for the treatment of BV.
Effect of Social-Cultural Values on the Growth of Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Creators: name: Emmanuel Maganie, Aku
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: AbstractThe aim of this paper is to explore the socio-cultural factors that influence the growth of Indigenous entrepreneurial activities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The research was conducted on a sample of 400 potential entrepreneurs, and data were collected using astructured questionnaire. Respondents were asked questions to assess their perception of the main factors influencing the growth of entrepreneurial activities. Using an analytical descriptive statistical methodology, the data were processed. Table, Percentages, frequencies and chi squares tests were used to analyze the data. The study revealed that many businesses that were operating in the state in the past have either collapsed or operating at meagre levels and many of those entrepreneurs with businesses of their own, are nonindigents. The result shows that the major factors that affect entrepreneurial growth in Nasarawa State are nepotism, profligacy and discouragement.Given the largest proportion of nonindigenous entrepreneurs operating in the state business sector, the paper made some recommendations that can improve indigenous entrepreneurship in the state.Keywords: Cultural, Entrepreneurship, Growth, Nasarawa, Nigeria, State, Values
Brachinus Weber 1801
Creators: name: Faisal, Mohammad
name: Singh, Sudhir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Brachinus

description: Genus Brachinus Weber, 1801
1. Brachinus eucosmus Andrewes, 1937b: 571 -572. Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), Dehradun, Dehra Dun ”. White label stating “ x. 1924; collected by G.D. Bhasin.”
Remarks. Left antenna and left hind leg are missing.
2. Brachinus stevensi Andrewes, 1924a: 107. (Fig. 1 a); Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), R.(river) Sarda Gorge Kumaon; White label stating “ xii. 1918; collected by HG Champion. ”
Remarks. Left antenna with scape and pedicle only; right middle and left hind legs are missing.
description: Published as part of Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2014, Carabid (Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 3786 (3) on page 332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249648
Synthesis and characterization of LiNiPO4 nanocrystals via a microemulsion method as a new class of electocatalyst for oxygen reduction
Creators: name: Tsai, Albert
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This thesis examines the electrocatalytic properties shown by lithium nickel phosphate nanoparticles for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), an important cathode reaction in fuel cells. The main drawback to the continued development of fuel cells is the relatively slow rate of the ORR compared with a reaction at the anode of a fuel cell. Electrocatalysts are necessary to increase the rate of oxygen reduction and allow more power to be generated at higher efficiencies. Inspired by ideas from chemical catalysis, lithium nickel phosphate nanoparticles were synthesized to determine the possibility of its use as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction. Lithium nickel phosphate nanomaterials were synthesized using a microemulsion approach, with a novel washing and drying technique. The resulting powders were characterized using XRD and FESEM to determine composition and particle size, along with particle uniformity throughout the sample. It was determined that the microemulsion method could be used to predictably tailor the size, shape, and crystalline nature of the product by changing various variables within the synthesis method. The resulting products were studied electrochemically using the rotating ring disk electrode (RRDE) to observe the mechanism of oxygen reduction on the LiNiPO4 surface, along with the effect that the particle size had on the electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction.     The mechanism of oxygen reduction on LiNiPO[subscript]4 is via the two electron peroxide pathway, followed by another two electron peroxide dissociation reaction to produce water. The electrocatalysis of oxygen using LiNiPO[subscript]4 catalyzes the two electron reaction of oxygen to form peroxide. RRDE results showed that larger particle sizes created larger amounts of electrocatalytic activity. At the largest particle sizes, it was found that peroxide would also be preferentially dissociated at the electrocatalyst surface, producing the full four-electron pathway and increasing the number of electrons transferred per oxygen molecule adsorbed.
Mastax Waldheim 1828
Creators: name: Faisal, Mohammad
name: Singh, Sudhir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Mastax

description: Genus Mastax Waldheim, 1828
3. Mastax annulatus Andrewes, 1924a: 111. (Fig. 1 b) Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), Khairna, Kumaon” White label stating “ 16. vi. 1912; Forest Zoology collection.” 2F; Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), Dehradun.” White label stating “ 31. xii. 1920; collected by Dr Cameron.” 1F; Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), Dehradun.” White label stating “ 25. iii. 1921; collected by CFC Beeson.”
4. Mastax vegetata Andrewes, 1924a: 110. Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), Dehra Dun.” White label stating “ 26. i. 1913; Forest Zoology collection.” Remarks. Antennae with only scape; left middle and right hind legs are missing; abdomen is damaged.
description: Published as part of Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2014, Carabid (Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 3786 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249648
Axonya Andrewes 1923
Creators: name: Faisal, Mohammad
name: Singh, Sudhir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Axonya

description: Genus Axonya Andrewes, 1923
5. Axonya championi Andrews, 1923c: 680. (Fig. 1 c) Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), West Almora Division, Kumaon; White label stating “ iii.1917; collected by HG Champion”.
description: Published as part of Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2014, Carabid (Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 3786 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249648
Hydrogen bonding catalysis and redox neutral cascade reactions
Creators: name: Vecchione, Matthew K. (Matthew Kyle)
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: My thesis is divided into two parts; hydrogen bonding catalysis and redox neutral cascade reactions.  Relating to hydrogen bonding catalysis, I was successful in performing an addition of isothiocyanato imides to α-ketoesters, with the ultimate goal of synthesizing beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino acids.  The necessity of more conventional means to develop catalytic, enantioselective, and diastereoselective routes to these moieties can be seen in their presence in many natural products, including vancomycin.  Redox neutral chemistry has gained strong popularity due to its advantageous qualities, including: its green, environmental-friendly characteristics, lack of using expensive or harmful oxidants and reductants, and ability to build up molecular complexity with limited number of steps.  Under this branch of chemistry, I was able to develop an acid-assisted indole addition to ortho-aminoaldehydes leading to the synthesis of quinoline derivatives.  These compounds, although not studied extensively, have been discovered to be potent sirtuin protein inhibitors and precursors to number of simple natural products, including cryptosanguinolentine.  A further study evaluating secondary aminobenzaldehydes and indole shows that the synthesis of the antimalarial agent neocryptolepine could be easily achieved.  This simple methodology also makes it possible to synthesize analogues of this important natural product.
Hexagonia Kirby 1825
Creators: name: Faisal, Mohammad
name: Singh, Sudhir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Hexagonia

description: Genus Hexagonia Kirby, 1825
7. Hexagonia uninotata Andrews, 1935a: 14 -15. (Fig. 1 d) Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), DehraDun; White label stating “ 30. xii. 1933; collected by AK Sharma.”
description: Published as part of Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2014, Carabid (Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 3786 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249648
A hierarchical task analysis software tool based on the model-view-controller architecture pattern
Creators: name: Vora, Ateet
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Hierarchical Task Analysis is a systematic method of describing how work is organized in order to meet the overall objective of the job. It involves identifying, in a top-down approach, the overall goal of the task, then the various sub-tasks and then the conditions under which they should be carried out to achieve the goal.   In this thesis, we set out to design and develop a simple, robust and flexible hierarchical task analysis software tool. We provide an intuitive user interface to create hierarchical tasks, additionally we provide features which are not available in existing tools like - the ability to reuse the task analysis data as templates, import or export Xml, store task and sub-tasks for reusability. These new features serve to improve time efficiency, compatibility with applications developed using other platforms and the ease with which the tool can be extended by adding new features.   We use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) software architecture pattern since it is suitable for applications with a user-interface and at the same time aids in developing highly scalable and extensible applications. We produce simulation results to project the functionalities of our tool and also discuss some non-functional requirements, such as usability, scalability and extensibility.
Crasodactylus Guerin-Meneville 1847
Creators: name: Faisal, Mohammad
name: Singh, Sudhir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Crasodactylus

description: Genus Crasodactylus Guerin-Meneville, 1847
8. Crasodactylus indicus Andrewes, 1933a: 103 -104. Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Bombay (Maharashtra), Tavargatti Belgaum Division, Bombay; White label stating “ 29. x. 1927; collected by BM Bhatia.
Remarks. Left middle leg is missing.
description: Published as part of Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2014, Carabid (Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 3786 (3) on pages 333-334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249648
Field monitoring of shrinkage cracking potential in a high-performance bridge deck
Creators: name: Walkowich, Timothy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Over the past decade many state engineers throughout New Jersey have reported cracking on High Performance Concrete (HPC) bridge decks at early ages.  The presence of cracking early in the life of a high performance deck offsets the benefits gained in using the material as the potential for corrosion begins at the onset of cracking.  While many factors apply to bridge deck cracking, the shrinkage of the concrete’s mass is a primary concern.  Because of shear studs and boundary conditions, among other causes that act in restraining the deck itself, it is important to understand the mechanics of concrete under restraint.   The AASHTO Passive Ring Test (PP 34-06) is seeing an increase in use in studies analyzing restrained shrinkage.  The test simulates a concrete member of infinite length and allows researchers to study the effects of various parameters on restrained shrinkage.  This thesis presents the results of a study that analyzed the ring test’s ability to simulate restrained shrinkage on HPC bridge decks.  The investigation incorporated an instrumented, simply supported composite bridge deck with laboratory samples taken on the day of the pour as well as a finite element analysis.  The results suggest the AASHTO Passive Ring Test simulates the restrained shrinkage of simply supported HPC decks reasonably well.  Fewer than 1% of all cracking present on the ring specimens saw complete penetration through the sample with 80-90% of all cracking considered to be micro cracking. While the presence of several cracks along the bridge deck itself showed no correlation with the shrinkage ring specimens, finite element analysis suggests these cracks are a result of adjacent live load.   Also, the findings of this study highlight the importance of following design in the field as well as the effect of live load on staged construction of HPC bridge decks.
A multidimensional ecological momentary assessment analysis of relations among negative affect, craving, and smoking cesation failure
Creators: name: Yeh, Vivian
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Cessation failure occurs when smokers lapse within 24 hours of initiating a quit attempt. Although avoiding cessation failure is the first milestone of successful smoking cessation, little is known about the risk factors that influence cessation failure. This study examined whether or not multiple dimensions of real-time ratings of pre-quit negative affect and craving differentiated cessation failures from quit day abstainers. We hypothesized that cessation failures would experience greater severity, accelerated growth, and higher volatility in negative affect and craving in the two weeks preceding the target quit day than would successful abstainers. Results indicated that cessation failures and quit day abstainers did not differ in pre-quit dimensions of negative affect and craving. Those who failed to quit, however, experienced a greater reduction in craving after smoking during the 24 hours and four days before the target quit day than did successful quitters. The contingency between smoking and craving relief may indicate cessation failure risk in a way that pre-quit negative affect and craving trajectories and volatility do not.
Object-oriented stream programming using Aspects
Creators: name: Wang, Mingliang
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The move to massively parallel hybrid platforms, such as multicore CPUs accelerated with heterogeneous GPU co-processing systems, is significantly impacting software programmers because existing programs have to be properly parallelized before they can take advantage of these advanced processing architectures. However, using current programming frameworks such as CUDA leads to tangled source code that combines code for the core computation with that for device and computational kernel management, data transfers between memory spaces, and various optimizations. In this research, we propose a programming system based on the principles of Aspect-Oriented Programming, to un-clutter the code and to improve programmability of these heterogeneous parallel systems. Specifically, we use a standard Object-Oriented language to describe the core computations and aspects to encapsulate all other support functions, such as parallelization granularity and memory access optimization. An aspect-weaving compiler is then used to combine the core OO program with these aspects to generate parallelized programs. This approach modularizes concerns that are hard to manage using conventional programming frameworks such as CUDA, has a small impact on existing program structure as well as performance, and as a result, simplifies the programming of accelerator-based heterogeneous parallel systems. Studies on example programs suggest that programs written using this system can be successfully translated to CUDA programs for execution on a CPU + GPU co-processing system with comparable performance. The performance of the translated code achieved ~80% of the hand-coded CUDA programs.  We also introduce a performance model based on Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) to help with quick identification of performance bottlenecks and tuning programs for better performance. This model defines a machine parameter (Machine Characteristic Ratio) and an application parameter (Application Characteristic Ratio) to identify the principle factors that can be used to bound application performance for the hierarchical parallel execution in the GPU co-processing device.
Chaetocnema (Udorpes) psylloides Pic, D. Ogloblin 1909
Creators: name: Ruan, Yongying
name: Yang, Xingke
name: Konstantinov, Alexander S.
name: Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D.
name: Zhang, Mengna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Chaetocnema
Chaetocnema psylloides

description: 76. Chaetocnema (Udorpes) psylloides Pic, 1909
(Fig. 106)
Chaetocnema psylloides Pic, 1909: 139. TL: Uzbekistan, “Buchara”. TD: MNHN. Lectotype designated by Konstantinov, 2011: 276
Chaetocnema altisocia Chen & Wang, 1981: 493. TL: China, Tibet. TD: IZCAS. Synonymized by Konstantinov, 2011: 276
Distribution: China (Tibet) (Chen & Wang 1981), India (Haryana, Hissar), Iran (Konstantinov et al., 2011), Iraq (Gruev, 1995), Afghanistan (Gruev, 1988; Konstantinov et al., 2011), Pakistan (Kimoto, 1972), Kazakhstan (Lopatin 1977), Kyrgyzstan (Lopatin 1977), Tajikistan (Lopatin, 1977; Konstantinov et al., 2011), Turkmenistan (Konstantinov et al., 2011), Uzbekistan (Lopatin, 1977; Konstantinov et al., 2011).
Host plants: Unknown.
Description: Description is not provided here, as this species has been revised by Konstantinov et al. (2011).
Types: Chaetocnema altisocia: Holotype female: 1) China, Tibet, Zhada, Jinge, alt. 4500m; 2) 21.VI.1976, leg. Fusheng Huang; 3) male, 4) Holotype; 5) Chaetocnema altisocia det. S. H. Chen (IZCAS). Allotype female: 1) China, Tibet, Zhada, Jinge, alt. 4500m; 2) 21.VI.1976, leg. Fusheng Huang; 3) male, 4) Allotype (IZCAS). Paratype male: 1) China: Tibet, Zhada, Jinge, Zrjian, 4500m; 2) 1976.VI.25, leg. Huang Fusheng; 3) paratype; 4) m; 5) Chaetocnema altisocia Chen et Wang, (IZCAS).
Chaetocnema psylloides: Lectotype (1 female, MNHN): 1) type; 2) Chaetocnema psylloides Weise, Buchara; 3) Museum Paris, Coll. M. Pic; 4) Lectotype Chaetocnema psylloides Pic, des. A. S. Konstantinov 2009.
Material: 2♀ (BMNH): 1) Buchara, Staudinger; 2) Brit. Mus., 1924–314; 3) ausd. Type Material; 4) Chaetocnema psylloides Pic, det. Heiktgr. 1923.
1♀ (BMNH), 1) jug. Hissar, North India; 2) Brit. Mus., 1930–500; 3) Chaetocnema psylloides Pic, D. Ogloblin det; 2♂ 2♀ (USNM), Afghan, J. Klapperich, Umg. Kabul, 1740m, 20.III.1953, Chaetocnema psylloides det. I. K. Lopatin. 1♀ (USNM), Pakistan, NWF Prov. Changla Gali, N. of Murree, 27 Sept 1976 G.F. Hevel & R. E. Dietz IV.
Remarks: Type specimens of Chaetocnema altisocia were collected from Tibet at an elevation of 4500 m; however, some other specimens are collected from Hissar (India) with an elevation of about 200 m. It indicates that this species can survive not only in freezing and arid environment with extreme high altitude, but also warm and lowland with humid subtropical climate.
description: Published as part of Ruan, Yongying, Yang, Xingke, Konstantinov, Alexander S., Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D. & Zhang, Mengna, 2019, Revision of the Oriental Chaetocnema species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini), pp. 1-206 in Zootaxa 4699 (1) on pages 182-183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4699.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3543038
Hypolithus Dejean 1829
Creators: name: Faisal, Mohammad
name: Singh, Sudhir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Hypolithus

description: Genus Hypolithus Dejean, 1829
9. Hypolithus lividus Andrewes, 1923a: 234 -235. (Fig. 1 e) Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), West Almora Division; Green label stating “ vi. 1918; collected by HG Champion.”
Comments. Hypolithus is a synonym of Hyparpalus Alluaud, 1930. The species is now named as Parophonus (Hyparpalus) lividus.
Remarks. Right hind leg is missing.
description: Published as part of Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2014, Carabid (Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 3786 (3) on page 334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249648
Mallomonas canina Kristiansen
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Mallomonadaceae
Mallomonas
Mallomonas canina

description: 83. Mallomonas canina Kristiansen
Vologda Region (Korneva 2006); Leningrad Region (Safronova & Voloshko 2013); Vladimir Region (Gusev 2013).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 175, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Experimental study and geometrical analysis of a linearprogramming support vector machine
Creators: name: Ye, Jiankuan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This dissertation describes a systematic study of a linear programming SVM proposed by Vapnik, which directly minimizes the ratio of support vectors to the number of training samples in order to achieve best generalization ability. It mainly focuses on the properties of support vectors in linear programming (LP) SVM, including their numbers, class distribution and spatial location, as compared to the quadratic programming (QP) SVM.   Our results show that the LP SVM achieves comparable performance to the QP SVM on all 50 synthetic data and 4 benchmark data. However, the LP SVM obtains the solution with many fewer support vectors. In all experiments with a linear kernel, the number of support vectors of the LP SVM never exceeds the number of dimensions. The locations of the support vectors of the LP SVM are more distant from the opposite class or the corresponding separating hyperplane than those for the QP SVM. In addition, the distribution of the support vectors between classes can be very biased in LP SVM. By relating the LP SVM to a heuristic two-stage optimization problem and a problem of representing the normal vector of the separating hyperplane by training samples, we carried out a geometrical analysis, and provide an explanation that supports the experi-mental results.
Time-based alignment of video recordings
Creators: name: Yu, Zihao
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Video content is uploaded and shared by users on video sharing websites in vast scale. It is estimated, for example, that every minute 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube. Many of the clips are captured at live events, for instance, a U2 concert in Giants Stadium. Increasingly, then, individuals attending the same events upload related content: there are over three hundred YouTube clips from the said concert. This overload makes relevant and interesting videos harder to find, and the event content harder to view and understand. An innovative approach to present the video content is thus necessary.  In this thesis, we propose a solution to tackle the problem above. We use the audio fingerprinting algorithm to find overlapping video clips within events, and time-align these overlapping videos based on their audio tracks. We developed a highly interactive video player that organizes and presents the time-aligned video content. The player integrates social data like view counts to help people create a better understanding of the event content, and improve the viewing experience and seeking of clips. We conducted user study sessions to understand user’s interaction and get user feedback for the video player. The web is adopting open standard these days. The work in this thesis follows this trend by providing API services. We designed and built a set of standard API services to expose the underlying audio fingerprinting. In this way other developers can utilize our system remotely and programmatically. They can also build applications using time-align data.
Source material task X - legal factors prepared by consultants for the New Jersey statewide water supply plan June 1980
Creators: name: Havens And Emerson
name: Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas
name: Westwater & Gaston
name: Water Resources Engineers
name: Geraghty & Miller
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1980

description: This document is one of twelve, which together with a "summary of findings" form the complete New jersey Statewide Water Supply Master Plan. The information in this document, Task 10, represents the consultants' discussion of the legal aspects of water supply in New Jersey.
Mallomonas caudata Krieger
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Mallomonadaceae
Mallomonas
Mallomonas caudata

description: 84. Mallomonas caudata Iwanoff emend. Krieger
Ivankovo, Uglich, Rybinsk, Sheksna, Gorky, Kuybyshev, Saratov and Volgograd Reservoirs, Tver Region, Perm Territory (Balonov & Kuzmin 1975b); Nizhniy Novgorod Region (Balonov & Kuzmin 1975b, Gusev et al. 2019, Kulizin et al. 2021); Republic of Karelia (Balonov 1979); Vologda Region (Balonov 1980b, Korneva 2006); Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Balonov 1982, Siver et al. 2005); Krasnoyarsk Territory (Balonov & Kuzmina 1986, Kristiansen et al. 1997, Bessudova et al. 2018b); Magadan Region (Kuzmin & Kuzmina 1986, Kuzmin et al. 1989); Lake Ladoga (Voloshko & Gavrilova 2001, Voloshko et al. 2002); Leningrad Region (Safronova 2011, Safronova & Voloshko 2013); Saint Petersburg (Safronova 2014); Vladimir Region (Gusev 2013); Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk Regions (Snitko et al. 2016, 2020); Republic of Buryatia (Gusev 2016, Bessudova et al. 2018a,c); Boguchany Reservoir (Bessudova & Likhoshway 2017); Republic of Yakutia (Gusev et al. 2018, Bessudova et al. 2021); Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area (Bessudova et al. 2023d); Murmansk Region (Kapustin 2024).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 175, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Implementation and performance analysis of amulti-meshed tree routing protocol for MANETs
Creators: name: Thareja, Rohit
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: As the importance of mobile data connectivity in our daily lives increases, there has been an accompanying increase in the demand for rapidly deployable, short-lived networks which operate without any base infrastructure. This is where Mobile-ad-hoc Networks step in to turn the dream of getting connected anywhere and at any time into a reality and are fast being adopted into civilian applications like vehicular networks and location-based advertising. They have several advantages over infrastructure based wireless networks (like cellular networks) in terms of cost of deployment, ability to use unlicensed bands, etc. However, they are still plagued with several constraints mainly brought about by their dynamic nature. The main concern here is the use of an efficient routing protocol which must be adaptive and able to maintain routes in spite of the changing network connectivity.  In this work we investigate a recently-proposed cluster-based routing protocol which utilizes both mesh and tree concepts and aims at minimizing the control overhead required in the setup and maintenance of the network while maintaining robust connectivity. This hybrid protocol, called Multi-Meshed Tree routing protocol, has a unique way of addressing the issues of dynamic adaptation and enhanced connectivity through a hierarchical cluster-based approach along with Virtual Identifiers. Its main advantage over the various other MANET protocols developed is its algorithm simplicity and low message complexity suited for these limited bandwidth, limited power, resource constrained networks.  The focus of this work is implementing this protocol (to work with the ns2 simulator), understanding its advantages and conducting some preliminary simulation based comparisons with prevalent Mobile ad-hoc network protocols. We looked at comparison with AODV, DSDV and DSR Protocols and observed MMT to exhibit more resilient connectivity due to redundant routes, particularly for larger sized networks. Further, there was roughly a 1/6th reduction in routing overhead when compared to proactive protocols. We also studied the effects of configurability of cluster size and inherent non-optimality of routes associated with MMT. We foresee the increased use of MANETS in our daily lives, and hope that the advantages of this routing protocol are utilized for future applications.
Desde la memoria a la nostalgia, ruina del barrio y la multicancha
Creators: name: Urzúa Opazo, Macarena Lucía
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The main subject of my dissertation focuses on the poetry and on cultural production of the nineties generation in Chile. Particularly in the poetry it can be seen how the longing for the “barrio” and the “multicancha” [multi-sport field] is, thus, nostalgia for the pre-dictatorial period. It can be interpreted, too, as a strategy of mnemonic resistance against the mandate of collective amnesia, and the process of whitening added to the narrative of economic prosperity that was imposed on the Chileans during the democratic transition. These poets denounce the loss of public spaces and the denial of memory, which have been disappearing and have been converted into a ruined landscape. The rapid modernization of the city of Santiago goes together with the lack of sites of memory.   In my dissertation, I demonstrate how poetry works through textuality and throughout its performative character to reconstruct the memory of the city and recent Chilean history. This study is framed in the tradition of critical works that analyze the relationship between aesthetics and politics. More specifically, drawing on the theoretical approaches of Andreas Huyssen, Nelly Richard and Svetlana Boym, my research memories and nostalgic references of urban public spaces in the poetry of this generation, to shows the impact of the changes overcame under the neoliberal economic policies imposed during the years of dictatorship. Through language, poetry fills in the gaps of memory and opposes the “blanqueamiento de la memoria” [whitening of memory] that official narratives and acts have attempted to impose. In my thesis I also include other recent artistic productions such as comic books, documentaries and music produced during the nineties and the transition era to further highlight the issues of memory and nostalgia.  I not only focus the study on the textual analysis of poetry but I also show that not only poetry, but also music such as punk and rock and documentaries address memory and nostalgia and it reflects the same concerns that theoretical approaches from sociology, history, and political sciences have expressed in relation to post-dictatorship and the process of democratic transition in Chile.
In silico targeting of AmpC beta-lactamases in Enterobacter cloacae: unveiling Piperenol B as a potent antimicrobial lead
Creators: name: Singh, Shubhi
name: Selvakumar, Sahithya
name: Swaminathan, Priya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Antimicrobial Resistance poses a major threat to human health worldwide. Microorganisms develop multi-drug resistance due to intrinsic factors, evolutionary chromosomal alterations, and horizontal gene transfer. Enterobacter cloacae, a common nosocomial bacterium, can cause various infections and is classified as multidrug-resistant. This species produces AmpC enzymes, serine beta-lactamases that hydrolyze beta-lactam antibiotics by cleaving their beta-lactam ring, contributing to its resistance. Traditionally, many phytoconstituents have been used for their antibacterial properties against microorganisms. This study explores phytocompounds to mitigate the effects of beta-lactamase enzymes. In this study, we selected 12592 phytoconstituents with antibacterial properties from Dr. Duke’s Ethnobotanical and Phytochemical Database for the virtual screening process. Initial hits were selected based on highest docking scores and then filtered using the ADMET property. Among these, a promising compound Piperenol B showed the highest docking score of −9.1 kcal/mol. A 240 ns molecular dynamics simulation showed that Piperenol B maintained stable conformation and showed consistent results in multiple runs with AmpC protein. Piperenol B complex had a binding free energy score of −61.75 ± 8.0 kJ/mol, whereas the known AmpC inhibitor Clavulanic acid showed −46.64 ± 3.2 kJ/mol. Non-covalent contacts in protein-ligand interactions and specific subunit interfaces were examined using the Protein Contacts Atlas. The STRING database was used to construct the Protein-Protein interaction for AmpC and its interacting proteins. The findings of this study suggested that Piperenol B could be an effective inhibitor of the targeted AmpC protein in Enterobacter cloacae which requires validation in in vitro studies.
Platymetopus Dejean 1829
Creators: name: Faisal, Mohammad
name: Singh, Sudhir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Platymetopus

description: Genus Platymetopus Dejean, 1829
10. Platymetopus pictus Andrewes, 1923a: 233 -234. (Fig. 1 f) Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh, Sitapur.” White label stating “ vii. 1917; collected by HG Champion.” Remarks. Antennae, left foreleg and hind legs are missing.
description: Published as part of Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2014, Carabid (Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 3786 (3) on page 334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249648
Essays on late bidding in internet auctions
Creators: name: Zhang, Ying
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Empirical studies have documented that buyers in internet auctions tend to bid immediately before the scheduled closing time. This practice of late bidding is often called sniping. My dissertation investigates this phenomenon from both theoretical and empirical aspects. The first chapter of my dissertation studies a second-price independent private value auction with two risk-neutral buyers who can submit a single bid either early or late. Early bids are received by the auctioneer with probability one, but late bids are received with a probability less than one. I prove that there can exist a symmetric cutoff equilibrium in which high-value buyers always bid early and low-value buyers bid late as long as their opponent has not bid early. A sufficient condition is then identified for the existence of the cutoff equilibrium with late bidding. Finally, I illustrate the equilibrium with examples from the beta distribution on values. The second chapter of my dissertation empirically investigates the impact of late bidding on the final price of internet auctions. Using a dataset collected from eBay, I estimate the time after which late bidding has a differential impact on the final price. The time is estimated as a structural break in the data using a method proposed by Bai (1997). The break point occurs approximately three minutes before the close of the auction. The empirical findings indicate that buyers who won auctions by bidding in the last three minutes were typically more experienced than other winners and that they won the auctions for used items at lower prices.    The third chapter of my dissertation extends the first chapter by introducing an uncertainty on the number of buyers through a Poisson arrival process. In addition, I investigate the impact of late bidding on the seller’s expected revenue and provide numerical comparative statics for the equilibrium.
An Interview with Dr. Bambi Schieffelin
Creators: Tadic, Nadja
Yu, Di
Frantz, Kelly Katherine
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Language and languages--Study and teaching--Social aspects
subject: Linguistics--Research
subject: Language acquisition
subject: Social sciences--Research

description: On June 12, 2018, Dr. Hansun Zhang Waring’s Language Socialization class at Teachers College, Columbia University had the great pleasure and honor of being joined by Dr. Bambi Schieffelin, Collegiate Professor at New York University. A co-founder (with Elinor Ochs) of the field of language socialization, Dr. Schieffelin has done extensive research on linguistic anthropology, language ideology, literacy, missionization, and much, much more. She is the author of the ethnography The Give and Take of Everyday Life: Language Socialization of Kaluli Children, co-author of the classic chapter “Language Acquisition and Socialization: Three Developmental Stories and Their Implications,” and co-author of the Handbook of Language Socialization—a foundational reference work for all language socialization scholars. In this interview, she shares her path to Language Socialization (LS), experiences from her groundbreaking LS work in Papua New Guinea, affordances, obstacles, and recent developments in LS research, and key takeaways for LS researchers.
Mallomonas corymbosa Asmund
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Mallomonadaceae
Mallomonas
Mallomonas corymbosa

description: 86. Mallomonas corymbosa Asmund
Republic of Buryatia (Bessudova et al. 2018a,c).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 176, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Heart rate variability and underlying cardiovascular performance during spontaneous and controlled breathing
Creators: name: Yung, Christopher
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The autonomic nervous system plays an important role in modulating cardiovascular function. Previous studies have shown that impairment of the autonomic regulation is a marker of cardiovascular diseases, but none has simultaneously quantified underlying cardiac and vascular changes.  We hypothesized that by tracking multiple variables underlying autonomic control, performance of the heart and the vascular system, a more comprehensive view of cardiovascular regulation can be obtained.  The protocol involved five minutes of spontaneous breathing, followed by five minutes of intermittent breathing on experimental subjects free from existing cardiac and respiratory ailments (n=7, males 25-38 years-old).  Time and frequency domain heart rate variability (HRV) analyses were performed to probe overall cardiovascular regulation during the two breathing patterns.  Rate pressure product (RPP) to assess cardiac performance and estimates of arterial compliance (C) to assess vascular function were also obtained.   Time domain results showed dissimilar variations in heart rate between the two breathing patterns (p < 0.01). A shift in power from high frequency components to low frequency components was observed in the power spectrum which indicates a shift from parasympathetic to sympathetic activity. Differences in RPP for the two breathing patterns were not significantly significant, indicating overall myocardial oxygen consumption was unaffected by the controlled breathing protocol.  However, components contributing to RPP, i.e. mean HR and systolic blood pressure, both slightly increased during intermittent breathing.  Variations in beat to beat arterial compliance showed that compliance increased during breath holding and decreased during release, but mean beat to beat arterial compliance values of the two breathing patterns was not statistically different.     Thus, we were able to track multiple variables underlying autonomic control, cardiac performance and vascular function.  We conclude that that short-term perturbation in controlled breathing can provide an effective means to probe overall cardiovascular regulation.  In normal subjects, such perturbations affect primarily autonomic control and less so in affecting energy consumption of the heart or vascular function.
Acupalpus Latreille 1829
Creators: name: Faisal, Mohammad
name: Singh, Sudhir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Acupalpus

description: Genus Acupalpus Latreille, 1829
11. Acupalpus horni Andrewes, 1923a: 237 -238. (Fig. 2 a) Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh, Sitapur.” White label stating “ vii. 1917; collected by HG Champion.” Comments. This species is now thought to be included within the genus Anthracus Motschulsky, 1850. Remarks. Left antenna only with scape. Left middle and both hind legs are missing.
description: Published as part of Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2014, Carabid (Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 3786 (3) on page 334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249648
The role of nursing on maternal programming of the neonatal porcine cervix
Creators: name: Frankshun, Amy-Lynn
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Nutritional and immunological benefits of colostrum for neonatal growth and survival are well known. However, colostrum’s role as a conduit for bioactive factors that can affect neonatal development is not well understood. The lactocrine hypothesis for maternal programming of neonatal development was proposed as a mechanism whereby milk-borne agents, including the prototypical hormone relaxin (RLX), are delivered to nursing offspring to affect target tissues. Research goals were to understand how milk-borne agents, like RLX, affect neonatal porcine cervical development, by altering mediators of growth (estrogen receptor-alpha [ESR1], vascular endothelial growth factor [VEGFA] and the RLX receptor [RXFP1]), connective tissue remodeling (matrix metalloproteinase 2 [MMP2]) and apoptosis (anti-apoptotic BCL2 and pro-apoptotic cleaved caspase 3). Results showed biologically active proRLX in porcine milk during the first two weeks of lactation. Nursing for two days from birth was important for cervical ESR1, VEGFA and BCL2 protein expression, undetectable at postnatal day (PND) 0 and in replacer-fed gilts over the same period. Exogenous RLX failed to restore the cervical phenotype of replacer-fed animals to that of nursing gilts at PND 2.  The extent to which this two day window of sensitivity influences subsequent cervical development at PND 14 was investigated. Cervical ESR1 and BCL2 proteins were detected in nursed gilts, but not in gilts fed replacer from birth through PND 14. VEGFA protein was detectable on PND 14 in both nursed and replacer-fed gilts, but was markedly reduced in PND 14 gilts fed replacer from birth. Active MMP2 was detected in both nursed and replacer-fed gilts by PND 14. Data support the lactocrine hypothesis, indicating that milk-borne factors are required to support protein expression patterns important for cervical development in the neonatal gilt. Results indicate that the first two days of life constitute a critical period for lactocrine signaling in porcine cervical tissues. Effects of disruption of lactocrine signaling on cervical development between birth and PND 2 persisted to PND 14 even when replacer-fed gilts returned to nursing after PND 2. If animals are colostrum-deprived, altered expression of morphoregulatory proteins could affect neonatal cervical development with long-term consequences for reproductive performance and health.