cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Oxidative stress and skeletal muscle dysfunction in COPD
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: It is now well established that smoking results can cause a disease known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This disease causes many problems throughout the body, including the lungs, skeletal muscle, the heart, and the blood vessels. Problems in the skeletal muscle (called “muscle dysfunction”) of patients with COPD are so severe that they are often unable to perform any physical activity, so that the activities of daily life become very difficult, and the quality of life declines. One possible cause of this muscle dysfunction in COPD patients may be an increase in “free radicals” in the body, highly reactive molecules which are known to cause damage to many parts of the body when present in large amounts. The body naturally produces antioxidants, which naturally defend against free radicals and therefore control the amount of “oxidative stress” in the body. However, in diseases such as COPD, oxidative stress may rise to the point that the muscle and blood vessels no longer function normally. As far as we know, no experiments have been performed to directly measure free radicals or to determine the level of oxidative stress in COPD patients. Thus, we have proposed a set of experiments in COPD patients which will ask three questions: Where is oxidative stress most prevalent, why does oxidative stress occur, and what are the consequences of oxidative stress? Experiments will be performed at rest and during exercise using novel techniques which can directly measure free radicals in the blood and muscle. Patients will also take antioxidant pills to determine if this simple treatment can lower the amount of free radicals in the muscle and blood, and thus reduce oxidative stress. These proposed studies may help to identify oxidative stress as an important contributor to the progression of COPD, as well as provide a possible way to treat the skeletal muscle dysfunction seen with this disease. If skeletal muscle function can be improved in these patients, the capacity for physical activity may also increase, and therefore findings from these studies could ultimately lead to an improved quality of life for COPD patients.
Sociocultural Determinants of Menthol Smoking Among Blacks
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: In 2002, African Americans died more often from heart disease, cancer and stroke when compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. We think that this is due to their unique smoking pattern that includes a preference for menthol cigarettes and other cigarettes that are high in tar and nicotine. Some studies report that African Americans smoke fewer cigarettes a day; they absorb more nicotine per cigarette smoked; that menthol in tobacco smoke slows the breaking down of nicotine; and that African American menthol smokers are less successful in quitting smoking. However, few studies have investigated differences within a race between menthol and non-menthol smokers and fewer still have investigated the psychosocial and cultural factors that are associated with smokers’ preference for menthol cigarettes.

 We conducted a TRDRP-funded pilot study on a convenient sample of 432 adult African American smokers and found several psychosocial and cultural factors that appear to be associated with the preference for menthol cigarettes. That study was exploratory and had several limitations. Consequently, we design a scientifically rigorous study to recruit a large representative sample (N=720) of adult African American smokers in Los Angeles County. Previously validated questions and questions that we will develop will be used in our survey. We also will utilize a theory that views menthol smoking in six different areas including physiological, psychological, social, environmental, cultural, and demographic. An expert panel of tobacco control practitioners will be recruited to advise our study and to receive regular updates on the study progress. In the final year of this study, a daylong meeting of this 10-member panel will be held with the research team to help translate study findings into recommendations for improving tobacco use prevention and cessation strategies.

 Two focus groups will be conducted with African American smokers to help develop and pilot test the telephone survey. Those who participate in the focus groups and pilot test will be given a $30.00 gift certificate but will not be included in the final sample. Nearly one million African Americans live in Los Angeles County and an estimated 131,000 are smokers. A random sampling strategy will be used to recruit 3,600 adult African American smokers from various locations throughout the County. A final study sample of 720 will be randomly selected from among the 3,600 pre-qualified smokers. This sample of 720 smokers will consist of an equal number of males and females to be surveyed by telephone to get detailed information about psychosocial and cultural factors that is thought to be connected with smoking menthol cigarettes.
title: Malyn Newitt, Navigations – The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance. London: Reaktion Books, 2023, 352 pp. ISBN 9781789147025
Creators: name: Pinto, Paulo Jorge de Sousa
Publisher: name: CETAPS, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Year: 2024

description: Recensão crítica
description: Pinto, Paulo Jorge de Sousa. Malyn Newitt, Navigations – The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance. London: Reaktion Books, 2023, 352 pp. ISBN 9781789147025. Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses, 33 (2024), pp 257-260. ISSN: 0871-6820
Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Creators: name: Lehnert, Helmut
name: Stone, Robert P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Callyspongiidae
Callyspongia

description: Subgenus Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
description: Published as part of Lehnert, Helmut & Stone, Robert P., 2013, Four new species of Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, pp. 573-582 in Zootaxa 3700 (4) on page 574, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/223279
Neophilia, aggressiveness and insecticide-treated dispenser material use in Darwin's finches
Creators: name: Common, Lauren
Year: 2024
Subjects: Verhaltensbiologie
Behavioural biology
ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN (1) -- Biologie (106) -- Biologie (1060) -- Verhaltensbiologie (106051)
ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURAL SCIENCES (1) -- Biology (106) -- Biology (1060) -- Behavioural biology (106051)
Avian vampire fly
Philornis downsi
self-fumigation
conservation
ectoparasite
invasive species

description: On the Galápagos Islands, Darwin’s finches are threatened by an invasive parasite, the avian vampire fly, Philornis downsi. Avian vampire fly larvae develop in the base of the nest where they feed on the blood and tissue of developing nestlings, causing high mortality. We deployed dispensers filled with insecticide-treated nesting material, a conservation method that has been found to decrease parasite load and increase fledging success, and investigated if differences in neophilia and aggressiveness affected treated material use. We tested the response of nesting Darwin’s finches to a novel object (neophilia, N = 102 individuals) and simulated territory intrusion (aggressiveness, N = 58 individuals), and dismantled their nests once inactive to measure the amount of treated material used.
Paraleptomenes communis Giordani Soika 1994
Creators: name: Pannure, Arati
name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Paraleptomenes
Paraleptomenes communis

description: Paraleptomenes communis Giordani Soika, 1994
Material examined. No specimens examined.
Distribution. India: Kerala [Walayar forest].— Indonesia [Java, Bali], Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand (Giordani Soika 1994; Girish Kumar et al. 2014b)
description: Published as part of Pannure, Arati & Carpenter, James M., 2016, Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 4171 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258090
title: Editorial: Warum Exploring Eco-Discourses? Zur Konzeption der Research School und des Tagungsbands
Creators: name: Simon, Niklas
name: Freudenberg, Johanna
name: Rhein, Lisa
name: Freudenberg, Johanna
name: Rhein, Lisa
name: Simon, Niklas
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2024

description: Der Bezug zur Umwelt/Mitwelt (zum Begriff vgl. Penz/Fill 2022) ist heute in zahlreichen Diskursfeldern omnipräsent: Ob in Fragen zu Innen-, Außen- oder Wirtschaftspolitik, in der Werbung für Produkte und Dienstleistungen, in Debatten zur Bildung – immer wieder wird dabei auch diskutiert, inwieweit menschliches Handeln Auswirkungen auf Aspekte der nicht-menschlichen Umwelt haben kann (Klimaerwärmung, Artenschutz, Umweltverschmutzung). Man kann davon sprechen, dass der menschliche Umgang mit seiner Mitwelt unter den Perspektiven ‚Schaden & Schutz’ heute in weiten Teilen als ein gesamtgesellschaftliches Problem gilt. Als ein wichtiger Aspekt dieser gesamtgesellschaftlichen Auseinandersetzungen kann gesehen werden, dass sich die Mitglieder der Diskursgemeinschaft die ‚besprochene‘ Mitwelt durch die kommunikativ-diskursive Verwendung von Sprache gesellschaftlich zugänglich und verfügbar machen. Entsprechend dieser Relevanz sprachlich-kommunikativer Praktiken für die gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit ökologischen Themen und Problemen steigt auch das sozial- und geisteswissenschaftliche Interesse an der Erforschung derselben. In unserem Sammelband möchten wir einen Einstieg in dieses disziplinär und forschungsgegenständlich sehr heterogene Forschungsfeld bieten. Im Folgenden erläutern wir zunächst, was wir unter dem Motto „Exploring Eco- Discourses“ verstehen und warum wir diesen Titel für die Research School und den daraus entstandenen Tagungsband gewählt haben (Abschnitt 1). Vor diesem Hintergrund erfolgt ein kurzer Tagungsbericht (Abschnitt 2), bevor die Beiträge des Bandes vorgestellt werden (Abschnitt 3).
Designing for the Living Building Challenge: An Integrated Material Environment Visibility Framework for New Zealand Designers
Creators: name: Muthuveerappan, Chitrakala
name: Schnabel, Marc Aurel
name: Simpson, Ryan
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3301
subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
classificationCode: 33
subject: Built environment and design

description: No description supplied
Paraleptomenes humbertianus
Creators: name: Pannure, Arati
name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Paraleptomenes
Paraleptomenes humbertianus

description: Paraleptomenes humbertianus (de Saussure, 1867)
Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, 916 m, 2.iii.1980, 1♀, coll. A.R.V. Kumar; 1.iv.1983, 2♀, coll. V.V. Belavadi; 930 m, 24.ix.2011, 1♀, coll. T. V. Aswathy.
Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, * Karnataka, Kerala [Walayar forest], Puducherry [Auroville], Tamil Nadu [Coimbatore]; Odisha.— Sri Lanka (Giordani Soika 1994; Gusenleitner 2006; Girish Kumar et al. 2014b)
description: Published as part of Pannure, Arati & Carpenter, James M., 2016, Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 4171 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258090
Smoking Policies and Secondhand Smoke in Hotel Rooms
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: California law allows hotels and motels to designate up to 65% of guestrooms as smoker rooms. Very little is currently known about how hotels use this exemption from the smoke-free workplace law. There is also no research on whether designated smoker guestroom policies protect nonsmoking guests and housekeeping workers from secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. Based on existing studies of apartment buildings, restaurants, and bars, we know that tobacco smoke can drift to nearby rooms through hallways, windows, and leaks between rooms. Since smoker rooms are meant for smokers, the repeated and frequent smoking in these rooms allows toxic SHS components to build up on surfaces and in dust. This lingering SHS can often be noticed as an unpleasant odor of stale tobacco smoke upon entering a smoker room or floor in a hotel.

 The proposed study will be the first to examine smoking policies in hotels. Several upscale hotel chains recently opted to become 100% smoke-free (e.g., Westin, Marriot, Disney). However, few budget and economy hotels have done so. This study will conduct telephone interviews with 375 general managers of hotel properties in California to determine how many are smoke-free, how smoking policies are communicated to guests and employees, and how policies are monitored and enforced. This will also be the first study to examine whether tobacco used in designated smoker rooms leads to SHS pollution in nonsmoker rooms and SHS exposure of nonsmoking hotel guests and employees. To examine these questions, we will study 70 guestrooms in 40 hotels in San Diego to determine levels of SHS pollution in smoker and nonsmoker rooms and SHS exposure of nonsmoking guests and housekeeping workers.

 This study has important public health and policy implications. Findings will help to explain how California hotels are dealing with tobacco use on their properties and if existing practices are effective in protecting nonsmokers. Findings can inform future policies to achieve smoke-free indoor spaces. This study will also contribute to the scientific understanding of lingering SHS, the transfer of SHS within a building, and the exposure of nonsmokers to lingering SHS.
Chalinidae Gray 1867
Creators: name: Lehnert, Helmut
name: Stone, Robert P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Chalinidae

description: Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867
description: Published as part of Lehnert, Helmut & Stone, Robert P., 2013, Four new species of Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, pp. 573-582 in Zootaxa 3700 (4) on page 577, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/223279
Measuring prenatal tobacco exposure in newborn blood spots
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Research on the health effects of prenatal exposure to active and secondhand smoking during pregnancy is hampered by the inability to precisely measure active and secondhand smoking in pregnancy. This is one reason why the findings from retrospective studies of rare health problems, like birth defects, childhood cancer, and asthma have not agreed with one another. Generally these studies have asked mothers to recall their exposure to smoking or secondhand smoking during a pregnancy that occurred years earlier. Authors of the 2006 Surgeon General’s Report called for future research to stop using such methods and instead to begin using objective methods, such as biochemical measures, to precisely assess active and secondhand smoking in pregnancy.

 We are proposing a study to evaluate the usefulness of measuring two groups of compounds, cotinine and tobacco-derived hemoglobin adducts in newborn dried blood spots, to precisely measure active and secondhand smoking in pregnancy. Cotinine is a metabolite of tobacco in humans that comes from nicotine found in cigarettes and has been used widely in research to measure levels of active and passive smoking in pregnancy. Tobacco derived hemoglobin adducts are red blood cells modified by different cancer causing chemicals in tobacco smoke. To date there have been a few small, yet promising, studies that have examined these compounds in dried newborn blood spots, specimens that are available for research purposes for nearly all babies born in California since 1982.

 The proposed study will expand on these previous studies and make use of an existing sample of 433 newborns in San Diego County, among whom cotinine in umbilical cord blood and mid-pregnancy maternal blood has already been measured previously. We propose to measure cotinine and hemoglobin adducts in their stored newborn blood spots using the most sensitive laboratory methods currently available. We would like to know if the concentrations of cotinine and hemoglobin adducts in blood spots match up with what we found previously in cord and maternal blood.

 This information will help us find out how cotinine and hemoglobin adducts in newborn blood spots can be used as biomarkers of prenatal tobacco exposure for future studies. These methods and specimens show promise to improve the quality of studies on the health effects of active and passive prenatal exposure to tobacco, on the historical trends in prenatal tobacco exposure since 1982, on prenatal tobacco exposure in California’s heterogeneous population, and on the success of tobacco control efforts in California.
Cladocroce Topsent 1892
Creators: name: Lehnert, Helmut
name: Stone, Robert P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Chalinidae
Cladocroce

description: Genus Cladocroce Topsent, 1892
description: Published as part of Lehnert, Helmut & Stone, Robert P., 2013, Four new species of Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, pp. 573-582 in Zootaxa 3700 (4) on page 577, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/223279
Nicotinic receptors in nicotine addiction
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: In the first step in the biology of nicotine addiction, molecules of nicotine touch “receptor molecules” on nerve cells in the brain. There are several types of nicotine receptors. We understand that the nicotine receptors electrically excite their nerve cells. However, chronic exposure to nicotine (for instance during tobacco smoking) starts a poorly understood chain of chemical events that apparently comprise the cellular and circuit basis of addiction. If we understood these events, perhaps we could avoid or cure nicotine addiction. We wish to use genetic engineering to address this problem.

 We will construct and study mice with fluorescent nicotine receptors, and then we will determine the location and numbers of these receptors. These strains will become a valuable tool to test the hypothesis that chronic exposure to nicotine increases the levels and function of some receptors. We think that these measurements will provide new insights into the events that lead to nicotine addiction.
Paraleptomenes miniatus subsp. mephitis
Creators: name: Pannure, Arati
name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Paraleptomenes
Paraleptomenes miniatus
Paraleptomenes miniatus mephitis (cameron, 1901)

description: Paraleptomenes miniatus mephitis (Cameron, 1901)
Material examined. No specimens examined.
Distribution. India: Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu [Coimbatore]; Maharashtra [Pune], Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal [Kolkata, Barrackpore].— Sri Lanka (Giordani Soika 1994; Girish Kumar et al. 2014b)
description: Published as part of Pannure, Arati & Carpenter, James M., 2016, Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 4171 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258090
Pharmacogenomics of New Generation Platinums in Lung Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Currently, platinum based therapies are among the most effective in the treatment of non-small cells lung cancer (NSCLC). In fact, the use of a platinum-containing regimen is the standard treatment for advanced NSCLC. Although cisplatin and carboplatin are active; both are associated with profound dose-limiting toxicities including kidney toxicity and neutropenia. Choice of a cisplatin or carboplatin based therapy is often empirical, with no rationale. Clearly, the development and optimization of therapy with newer platinum analogs with distinct anti-tumor and toxicity profiles could greatly improve the treatment outcome of NSCLC.

 In recent preliminary studies, we observed that the cytotoxicity of third and fourth generation platinum drugs, oxaliplatin and picoplatin, respectively, is enhanced approximately 10-fold in cells over-expressing the human organic cation transporter, OCT1, in comparison to those not expressing the transporter or expressing it at low levels. Our data also indicated that OCT1 enhanced the influx of the drugs into the cells and was associated with greater amounts of platinum-DNA adducts in the cells. The OCT1-mediated enhanced potency was specific for oxaliplatin and picoplatin and was not observed with cisplatin or carboplatin. Collectively these preliminary data suggest that oxaliplatin and picoplatin may be exceptionally potent in tumors that express OCT1. Preliminary data in our laboratory demonstrate that OCT1 is highly expressed in lung cancer tumor samples and provide strong support for the proposed research focused on NSCLC.

 In the proposed studies, we will test the hypothesis that OCT1 is a major determinant of response to oxaliplatin and picoplatin in OCT1-transfected cells and in lung cancer cell lines and importantly, in mouse models of lung cancer. Further, we will test the hypothesis that genetic variants of OCT1 modulate response to these agents.
СУҒУРТA ТИЗИМИНИ ЖAХОН СТAНДAРТЛAРИ AСОСИДA РИВОЖЛAНТИРИШ
Creators: name: Бaхриев, Дилшод
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Иқтисодиётни модернизaциялaш шaроитидa республикa корхонaлaридa хaлқaро стaндaртлaргa мувофиқ бўлгaн сифaтни бошқaриш тизимлaрини жорий этиш долзaрб мaсaлa бўлиб келмоқдa. Чунки ҳозирги глобaллaшув шaроитидa истеъмолчи нaфaқaт ишлaб чиқaрилaётгaн мaҳсулот вa кўрсaтилaётгaн хизмaтлaрни сифaт сертификaтгa эгa бўлишини, бaлки мaҳсулотнинг сифaти вa ишончлилигигa ҳaм кaфолaт тaлaб қилмоқдa.
Venturing outside: Journeying, belonging and parental wellbeing
Creators: name: Schindler, Mirjam
name: Neely, Eva
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: No description supplied
Paraleptomenes miniatus subsp. miniatus miniatus (de Saussure 1855
Creators: name: Pannure, Arati
name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Paraleptomenes
Paraleptomenes miniatus
Paraleptomenes miniatus miniatus (de saussure, 1855)

description: Paraleptomenes miniatus miniatus (de Saussure, 1855)
Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, 916 m, 2.iii.1980, 1♀, coll. A.R.V. Kumar; 20.i.1985, 1♀, coll. V.V. Belavadi; 930 m, 21.viii.2014, 1♀, coll. A. Pannure. Chikkaballapur, Nandi hills, 1271 m, 13° 22' N 77° 41'E, 3.iii.2013, 1♀, coll. V.V. Belavadi. Chitradurga, 733 m, 14°12' N 76° 58' E, 12.viii.2010, 1♀, coll. S. Murthy.
Distribution. India: * Karnataka; Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra [Pune, Yenna Valley, Lonavla], Odisha [Bhubanesawar, Barabil], Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh [Mainpuri, Allahabad], West Bengal.— Iran, Mauritius, Pakistan [Multan], Taiwan (Giordani Soika 1994; Girish Kumar et al. 2014b).
description: Published as part of Pannure, Arati & Carpenter, James M., 2016, Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 4171 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258090
Paraleptomenes nurseanus subsp. montanus Giordani Soika 1994
Creators: name: Pannure, Arati
name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Paraleptomenes
Paraleptomenes nurseanus
Paraleptomenes nurseanus montanus giordani soika, 1994

description: Paraleptomenes nurseanus montanus Giordani Soika, 1994
Material examined. No specimens examined.
Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu [Nilgiri Hills] (Giordani Soika 1994; Girish Kumar et al. 2014b).
description: Published as part of Pannure, Arati & Carpenter, James M., 2016, Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 4171 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258090
Baculonistria Hennemann & Conle 2008
Creators: name: Bresseel, Joachim
name: Constant, Jérôme
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Baculonistria

description: Baculonistria Hennemann & Conle, 2008
Baculonistria Hennemann & Conle, 2008: 85.
Type species
Baculum album Chen & He, 1990: 54, figs 1a–c, by original designation.
Distribution
Central & eastern China (Hennemann & Conle 2008).
Species included
1. Baculonistria alba (Chen & He, 1990): 54, figs. 1a–c. [China (Sichuan & Chongqing)] syn. Phobaeticus sichuanensis Cai & Liu, 1993: 469.
2. Baculonistria chinensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907): 202 comb. nov. [China (Sichuan)]
3. Baculonistria magna (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907): 236 comb. nov. [China (Shanghai, Henan Prov. Anhui Prov.)]
syn. Phobaeticus longicornis Bi & Wang, 1998: 10, figs. 5–6 syn. nov.
syn. Phobaeticus yuexiensis Chen & He, 1993: 54, figs. 1–2 syn. nov.
Keys to the species of Baculonistria
Females
1. Subgenital plate short, not reaching apex of anal segment; East China ………………………2
– Subgenital plate long and lanceolate, prominently projecting over apex of anal segment; central China ………………………………………………………………… B. alba (Chen & He, 1990)
2. Cerci lanceolate and flattened, distinctly projecting over apex of abdomen…………………………… …………………………………………………………… B. magna (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
– Cerci not lanceolate, not projecting over apex of abdomen………………………………………… ………………………………………………………… B. chinensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
Males
1. Genae white, legs brown; mesofemora serrated ventrally …………………………………………2
– Head and legs green and glabrous; meso- and metafemora unarmed ……………………………… ………………………………………………………… B. chinensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
2. Antennae with 15 segments; femora with a longitudinal row of pale elliptical spots laterally; meso- and metafemora without a distinct sub-apical spine ventrally; East China ………………… …………………………………………………………… B. magna (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
– Antennae with 25 segments; femora without lateral spots; meso- and metafemora with a distinct, sub-apical spine on medioventral carina; central China ………………… B. alba (Chen & He, 1990)
description: Published as part of Bresseel, Joachim & Constant, Jérôme, 2014, Giant Sticks from Vietnam and China, with three new taxa including the second longest insect known to date (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae, Pharnaciini), pp. 1-38 in European Journal of Taxonomy 104 (104) on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.104, http://zenodo.org/record/3849379
Paraleptomenes nurseanus subsp. nurseanus nurseanus Giordani Soika 1970
Creators: name: Pannure, Arati
name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Paraleptomenes
Paraleptomenes nurseanus
Paraleptomenes nurseanus nurseanus giordani soika, 1970

description: Paraleptomenes nurseanus nurseanus Giordani Soika, 1970
Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 916 m, 1.iv.1983, 1♀, coll. V.V. Belavadi. Bangalore, Judicial layout, 8.iii.2013, 1♀, coll. R. Girish.
Distribution. India: * Karnataka; Gujarat (Giordani Soika 1994; Girish Kumar et al. 2014b)
description: Published as part of Pannure, Arati & Carpenter, James M., 2016, Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 4171 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258090
Pangoniinae Rondani 1856
Creators: name: González, Christian R.
name: Elgueta, Mario
name: Krolow, Tiago K.
name: Henriques, Augusto L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tabanidae

description: 1. Subfamily Pangoniinae Rondani, 1856
Pangonina Rondani, 1856: 35, 71. Type-genus: Pangonia Latreille, 1804.
Pangoninae Schiner, 1862: xlviii.
Pangoniina Lynch Arribálzaga, 1882: 130.
Pangonii Acloque, 1897: 435.
Pangoniinae Grünberg, 1906: 349.
Pangoninae Wahlgren, 1907: 158.
description: Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Krolow, Tiago K. & Henriques, Augusto L., 2022, Catalog of the horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Chile, pp. 201-257 in Zootaxa 5091 (2) on page 206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5843635
Eremias bedriagai Nikolsky 1911
Creators: name: Ananjeva, Natalia B.
name: Milto, Konstantin D.
name: Barabanov, Andrei V.
name: Golynsky, Evgeny A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Lacertidae
Eremias
Eremias bedriagai

description: Eremias bedriagai NIKOLSKY (1911: 278)
Holotype:
ZISP 10743, “Kelif in Bucharia orient.” [Kelif, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan, 37.36 N 66.31 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, 2-4.V.1910.
Present name: Eremias regeli Bedriaga In Nikolsky 1905 fide Szczerbak (1974).
description: Published as part of Ananjeva, Natalia B., Milto, Konstantin D., Barabanov, Andrei V. & Golynsky, Evgeny A., 2020, An annotated type catalogue of amphibians and reptiles collected by Nikolay A Zarudny in Iran and Middle Asia, pp. 101-128 in Zootaxa 4722 (2) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3605815
Nicotine and congenital heart disease
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Smoking during pregnancy is associated with congenital heart defects. In the US, about 1 in 8 women smokes during pregnancy. The situation is even more serious in California, where about 1 in 4 women smokes during pregnancy. Although smoking harms both pregnant women and the fetus, only about 20 percent of women who smoke quit during pregnancy. This is a major health problem for both women and children. It is therefore important to understand how smoking during pregnancy causes congenital heart disease.

 Heart malformations associated with maternal smoking most commonly involves particular regions of the heart - the outflow tract of the heart and heart valves. Abnormal outflow tract formation may result in mixing of blood and poor oxygenation. Or, it may cause significant shunting of the blood and overloading of the heart. Similarly, heart valve malformations may cause blockage or leakage of the blood flow. Children with these congenital heart diseases often have poor circulation, congestion in the lungs and heart failure. Some infants are more susceptible to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Infants with Down syndrome (due to an extra copy of chromosome 21) have 5 times higher risk of having defects in the outflow region of the heart if their mother smoked during pregnancy. This suggests that underlying genetic factors can predispose the fetus to smoking-related heart defects.

 Despite the medical importance of fetal congenital heart defects related to maternal smoking, there are surprisingly few studies of how nicotine may affect fetal heart development. We have generated several mouse models that have heart defects, very similar to those associated with maternal smoking. We plan to use these animal models to study how nicotine causes abnormal heart formation, and how nicotine interacts with genetic factors in congenital heart disease. Detailed understanding of the underlying mechanisms will enhance our awareness of this smoking-related disease and pave the way for better prevention and treatment.
The impact of secondhand smoke exposure on COPD outcomes
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major chronic health condition, affecting 10% of the U.S. population. Personal direct cigarette smoking is the most important single causal factor for developing COPD. Presuming that direct cigarette smoking is the sole meaningful factor in COPD, however, is a critically important misconception. Up to 2 in 10 cases of COPD cannot be attributable solely to the risk factor of direct voluntary smoking. Other exposures, particularly secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and occupational exposure, are increasingly being recognized as potential risk factors for COPD. In terms of disease progression, other factors besides direct smoking, especially SHS, may also negatively influence the course of the disease. Despite the importance of these questions, the effects of SHS have not been systematically examined in relation to COPD.

 Our project utilizes the FLOW study, an ongoing NIH-funded study of 1,202 adults with COPD that aims to elucidate risk factors for disability. Specifically, we will build on this study to directly measure personal SHS exposure using urine cotinine and hair measurements of nicotine and cotinine. Using these SHS exposure data, we will examine the effect of directly measured SHS exposure on the risk of adverse health outcomes in COPD.

 In particular, we will estimate how commonly adults with COPD are exposed to SHS. We will then study how SHS exposure affects their disease, including severity of COPD, medication use, and quality of life. The study will also elucidate the longer-term effect of SHS exposure on the risk of severe attacks of COPD that require emergency department visits or hospitalizations.

 Findings from the proposed study would address important gaps in our current understanding of SHS exposure in this susceptible population. Results from our proposed study could provide substantive additional impetus to create smoke-free workplaces and other public places in order to protect those who are especially vulnerable to SHS exposure.
Nicotine Self-Administration in an Animal Model
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Tobacco addiction is a serious health problem in the United States, accounting for over 400,000 premature deaths per year. Work in our laboratory during the previous funding period has established an animal model of nicotine addiction that has strong resemblance to the human condition. Animals increase their nicotine intake via intravenous self-administration with intermittent availability of access, which produces nicotine dependence and increased sensitivity to nicotine deprivation and nicotinic agents. Preliminary results have provided evidence that part of the dependence on nicotine involves a hyperactivity of the brain stress system involving the neurotransmitter corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). CRF in the brain controls various aspects of the stress response of the body depending on its distribution, with CRF in the hypothalamus controlling the pituitary hormonal response to stressors, CRF in the brainstem controlling sympathetic responses to stressors, and CRF in the amygdala controlling emotional responses to stressors.

 The present proposal is designed to test the hypothesis that the brain CRF systems contribute to the increased nicotine intake associated with dependence and that antagonists of CRF receptors may have efficacy in decreasing the stress component of nicotine-seeking in dependent animals. In a unique collaboration between our neuropharmacology and chemistry laboratories at The Scripps Research Institute, novel compounds will be developed with potential efficacy in the treatment of nicotine addiction that ultimately may provide a novel, previously unexplored, treatment for tobacco addiction.
EO4UA - Earth Observation for Ukraine
Creators: name: Musial, Jan
name: Bojanowski, Jędrzej
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Earth Observation
subject: Ukraine
subject: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Big data
subject: Data processing

description: The Earth Observation for Ukraine (EO4UA) has been initiated by CloudFerro to support Ukrainian and international authorities in assessing war-related environmental losses by provisioning processing capabilities combined with a large repository of satellite data and higher-level products generated by the EO4UA partners. The initiative has also fostered a synergy between numerous projects focused on Ukraine running on the CREODIAS platform. Within the EO4UA repository there are “core” data sets (e.g. Sentinel products, crop classifications, boundaries of agricultural fields, etc.) which are indispensable for versatile environmental analyses. Results of analyses conducted by end-users, together with generated products are also stored within the repository to facilitate consecutive research studies. The members of the EO4UA initiative are EO professionals from private, public and academic sectors willing to support Ukraine by providing state-of-the-art expertise in EO analytics and by cooperating with the Ukrainian scientists. The EO4UA initiative is open for new members who wish to make a significant contribution to help Ukraine.

This talk presents the current status of the EO4UA initiative, the unique products generated by the members/end-users and what we have learnt so far about the environmental damages in Ukraine caused by the Russian invasion. For more information about the EO4UA please visit https://eo4ua.org.
Eremias nigrocellata NIKOLSKY 1896
Creators: name: Ananjeva, Natalia B.
name: Milto, Konstantin D.
name: Barabanov, Andrei V.
name: Golynsky, Evgeny A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Lacertidae
Eremias
Eremias nigrocellata

description: Eremias nigrocellata NIKOLSKY (1896: 371)
Lectotype:
ZISP 8800, adult male, “ Seistan in Persia orientali” [Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, no exact locality]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, V-VI.1896 [no exact date of collecting].
Paralectotypes:
ZISP 8798.1 - 3, 3 specimens, “Feizabad-Mondechi in Persia orientali” [Feyz Abad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, 35.02 N 58.78 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, V.1896.
ZISP 8799.1 - 2, 2 specimens, “Feizabad-Mondechi in Persia orientali” [Feyz Abad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, 35.02 N 58.78 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, IV-V.1896.
Present name: Eremias nigrocellata Nikolsky, 1896 fide Szczerbak (1974).
description: Published as part of Ananjeva, Natalia B., Milto, Konstantin D., Barabanov, Andrei V. & Golynsky, Evgeny A., 2020, An annotated type catalogue of amphibians and reptiles collected by Nikolay A Zarudny in Iran and Middle Asia, pp. 101-128 in Zootaxa 4722 (2) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3605815
Parancistrocerus Bequaert 1925
Creators: name: Pannure, Arati
name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Parancistrocerus

description: Genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925
Parancistrocerus Bequaert 1925b: 64, subgenus of Ancistrocerus Wesmael. Type species: Odynerus fulvipes de Saussure, 1855 [= O “ flavipes Fabricius " sensu de Saussure, 1852, nec Vespa flavipes Fabricius, 1775], by original designation. Parancistrocerus: Bohart 1965: 107 (as genus); Giordani Soika 1994: 152 –202.
Diagnosis. Mandibles little longer than length of clypeus, distinctly cross each other. Clypeus as long as wide, weakly emarginate/truncate apically. Females with cephalic foveae present. Vertex sloping behind ocelli. Anterior face of pronotum with two median foveae (Fig. 20). Pronotal carina incomplete. Pretegular carina present. Mesepisternum with epicnemial carina present. Tegula as long as wide or little wider, emarginate adjoining parategula, not reaching posterior end of parategula. Axillary fossa wide. Propodeal dorsum below plane of metanotum. Propodeal orifice wide dorsally. Submarginal carina produced as pointed process above valvula. Propodeal valvula free from submarginal carina posteriorly. Metasoma sessile, T1 with a transverse carina (Fig. 52). T2 smooth basally, forming acarinarium beneath apex of T1 that often full of mites (Fig. 80). Mid tibia with one apical spur. SMC2 basally acute. Prestigma shorter than pterostigma. ♂: antennae hooked. Body length usually less than 10mm.
Distribution. Neotropical, Nearctic, Oriental and Palearctic Regions.
description: Published as part of Pannure, Arati & Carpenter, James M., 2016, Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 4171 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258090
Caenopangonia Krober 1930
Creators: name: González, Christian R.
name: Elgueta, Mario
name: Krolow, Tiago K.
name: Henriques, Augusto L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tabanidae
Caenopangonia

description: Genus Caenopangonia Kröber, 1930d: 211 (in key), 221.
Type-species: Diatomineura hirtipalpis Bigot, 1892 (mon.).
References. Kröber, 1930d: 211 (in key); Kröber, 1930e: 134 (diag.); Borgmeier, 1933: 288 (tax.); Kröber, 1934: 245 (cat.); Fraga, 1938c: 150 (in key); Stuardo, 1946: 72 (cat.); Mackerras, 1955a: 483 (cit.); Fairchild, 1956: 18 (com., under Mycteromyia); Barretto, 1960: 58 (list), 63 (in key); Fairchild, 1967a: 331 (cit.); Fairchild, 1971: 12 (cat., Mycteromyia); Moucha, 1976: 25 (cat., Mycteromyia); Coscarón & Philip, 1979: 446 (redes.); Coscarón & González, 1991: 129 (list), 133 (in key); Coscarón & Papavero, 1993: 17 (in key); Fairchild & Burger, 1994: 34 (cat.); Coscarón, 1998: 349 (list, dist.); Coscarón & Papavero, 2009a: 9 (in key); Coscarón & Papavero, 2009b: 34 (cat.); Lessard et al., 2013: 539 (phy.); Lessard, 2014: 233–234 (rev., Scionini); Krolow et al., 2016: 542–543 (rev.); Morita et al., 2016: 2 (cit.).
description: Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Krolow, Tiago K. & Henriques, Augusto L., 2022, Catalog of the horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Chile, pp. 201-257 in Zootaxa 5091 (2) on page 206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5843635
Negative effects of smoke on novel HDL mimetic therapies
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Exposure to cigarette smoke increases the risk for developing atherosclerosis, which is a common form of cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis is associated with a build-up of cholesterol in arteries, producing fatty plaques that restrict blood flow to the heart. The underlying mechanisms by which smoke promotes aortic cholesterol deposition and plaque formation are incompletely understood. However, clinical evidence suggests that oxidants in smoke alter lipoprotein metabolism and reduce the level of plasma HDL-cholesterol.

 HDL is considered the “good” cholesterol, because it protects against atherosclerosis by mediating a process termed reverse cholesterol transport. In mediating reverse cholesterol transport, HDL removes excess cholesterol from the artery wall and then transports cholesterol to the liver for excretion in feces. This process is considered a major pathway for reducing fatty plaque build-up in coronary arteries. Consequently, cigarette smoke may impair an important protective mechanism that fights against the development of atherosclerosis.

 Current clinical methods do not adequately assess the function of HDL in mediating reverse cholesterol transport. As a result, the impact of cigarette smoke on HDL activity has yet to be fully realized. Major unresolved issues relate to whether smoke exposure impairs responsiveness of the HDL system, which has relevance to disease development and the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. Our research seeks to create new biological tools to evaluate RCT responsiveness in vivo, i.e. in small laboratory animals and eventually humans. Specifically, we will develop and test a new class of synthetic bio-mimetic compounds based on HDL proteins that accelerate the RCT process. These bio-mimetics will be applied to studies of cigarette smoke to elucidate mechanisms of atherosclerosis development. Overall the studies are relevant to understanding the etiology of tobacco-related disease, creating novel compounds and approaches for the study, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.