cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Essays on financial econometrics
Creators: name: Cai, Lili
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This dissertation comprises of three essays in financial econometrics. The first essay discusses the efficacy of alternative simulation models of the short term interest rate. This is done by constructing consistent specification tests that allow us to carry out a "horse-race" comparing various one, two, and three factor models (possiblely with jumps), across multiple historical sample periods. We find that the choice of model for simulating the future distribution of short rates is highly sample dependent, and structural breaks appear to be an important component to be considered.The second essay presents a model that focuses on exploring the profitability of portfolio-based trading strategies that variously combine downside risk, momentum, and mean reversion by carrying out a series of pseudo real-time trading experiments using different combination trading strategies. We find, contrary to the existing literature, that momentum effects are sensitive to value and size factors. In particular, downside risk plays an important role when portfolios are sorted based on size and value.The third essay re-examines the empirical linkage between macroeconomic variables and financial markets. Our evaluation focuses on the use of a large variety of state-of-the-art ex-ante predictive accuracy tests as well as more standard in-sample regression diagnostics. We observe substantive shifts in the dynamics of macroeconomic factor models, which have noteworthy effects on the predictive content of the factors when used to predict returns.
Philonthus (Rabigus) purkynei Smetana 1963
Creators: name: Mikátová, Šárka
name: Macháčková, Lenka
name: Hájek, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Philonthus
Philonthus purkynei

description: Philonthus (Rabigus) purkynei Smetana, 1963
Philonthus (Rabigus) purkyněi Smetana, 1963: 297, Fig. 1.
The holotype is deposited in NMPC (general collection):
HƟĿƟ*´YPൾ (): ‘KaraKorum [hw] / Mongolia, V-VI 59 / C.Purkyně lgt.[p] // HOLOTYPUS [p] / Philonthus / purkyněi m./ Smetana det. [hw, red label] // Philonthus / purkyněi m. [hw] / Smetana det. 19 [p] 60 [hw]’.
Current status. Rabigus purkynei (Smetana, 1963), see S*ö*üŪĿĸൾ & SMൾ*´ANA (2015).
description: Published as part of Mikátová, Šárka, Macháčková, Lenka & Hájek, Jiří, 2020, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 353-389 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1) on page 380, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.021, http://zenodo.org/record/3880030
Depressive symptomatology, hippocampal volume, and contextual memory in late life generalized anxiety disorder
Creators: name: Chazin, Daniel
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Research has shown that reductions in hippocampal volume can result from various forms of stress and are a feature of Major depressive disorder (MDD), with some studies suggesting similar impairments in PTSD. However, there has been little research on the connection between stress and the hippocampus as it relates to other affective and anxiety disorders. The current study examined hippocampal morphology and functioning and their relationship to depressive symptomatology in older adults with Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). We hypothesized that GAD patients may show lower hippocampal volume and functioning; and having GAD might add to or magnify the impact of depression on the hippocampus. Participants were 15 older adults diagnosed with GAD without co-occurring MDD, and 15 age- and sex-matched non-anxious controls. Participants completed a diagnostic interview; measures of anxiety and depression; neuropsychological tests; and a structural MRI scan. The Verbal Paired Associates (VPA) test (Wechsler, 1997) was used to assess verbal contextual memory, a common index of hippocampal functioning. Higher levels of depressive symptomatology, as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck & Steer, 1987), were associated with smaller hippocampal volumes, which were in turn associated with lower scores on VPA recall and on the Stroop color test (StroopC; Trenerry, Crosson, DeBoe, & Leber, 1989). The association between depression and the hippocampus was significantly stronger in the GAD sample. In addition, reductions in hippocampal volume and VPA delayed recall and StroopC scores were found in those GAD patients with the highest levels of depression (n = 5), after controlling for several covariates. Findings suggest that alterations in hippocampal morphology and functioning may be evident in a subset of GAD patients, specifically those with higher levels of depression. They also support the idea that, in the context of GAD, even moderate levels of depression that fail to meet diagnostic criteria for MDD may have deleterious effects on the brain and mind. Implications for the conceptualization and treatment of GAD are discussed.
title: Method and apparatus for electromagnetic powder deposition
Creators: name: Weldon, William F.
name: Zowarka, Raymond C.
name: Sledge, Robert L.
name: Bacon, James L.
name: Davis, Darwin G.
name: Polizzi, Robert J.
name: Uglum, John R.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: C23C4/134
subject: 427/598
subject: 427/180
subject: 427/190
subject: 427/191
subject: 427/205

description: The present invention provides a method for depositing powder particles on a substrate. The method comprises forming a planar plasma armature, accelerating the plasma armature, accelerating a column of gas with the plasma armature; and accelerating the powder particles with the column of gas. The present invention provides for a railgun, comprising first and second conducting rails, and first and second insulating rails. The insulating and conducting rails form a bore of the railgun. The first and second conducting rails are separated by the insulating rails. At least one of the rails has a port in the wall thereof, the port is adapted to introducing powder particles into the bore.
The effect of whole grain rye flour arabinoxylans on the physical and chemical characteristics of a low moisture baked good.
Creators: name: Beaver, Michelle Denine
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: In recent years, greater emphasis has been placed on the health benefits of whole grains.  Studies have shown that whole grains are a source of fiber, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke and may help achieve weight loss. Rye, a cereal typically consumed as a whole grain, possesses such benefits.  Arabinoxylans are non-starch polysaccharides comprised of a β-(1,4) linked D-xylopyranosyl backbone with α-L-arabinofuranose units attached as side residues via the α-(1,3) and/or α-(1,2) linkages.  These compounds are found in whole grain and are particularly high in whole grain rye flour.  These compounds are purported to contributor to the many health benefits associated with whole grain rye.  While there are many health benefits attributed to arabinoxylans, they greatly impact dough rheology and baking by binding water, softening the dough and altering gluten functionality.The removal or alteration of a portion of the arabinoxylans via water extraction or enzymatic degradation will change their functionality significantly.  This has been demonstrated in wheat systems including wheat doughs and wheat breads but fewer studies have been conducted utilizing whole grain rye flour in whole grain rye doughs and low moisture baked goods such as cookies.  Therefore, it is hypothesized that the chemical structure of arabinoxylans in whole grain rye flour will affect the product attributes of low moisture baked goods such as cookies.   The hypothesis can be tested by characterizing whole grain rye flour arabinoxylans which have been water extracted or enzymatically degraded with a variety of enzymes including Bacillus subtilis, Aspergillus niger and arabinofuranosidase.  In model dough systems, it is evident that the use of the enzyme Bacillus subtilis produces a dough which requires less water and is less viscous vs. a control.  In a model cookie system, the addition of Bacillus subtilis produces a cookie with a larger geometry.  The Aspergillus niger and arabinofuranosidase show some differences vs. the control sample using these test methods as well.
Synthesis of new phosphorus ligands for regioselective hydroformylation
Creators: name: Chie, Yu-Ming
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Tetraphosphorous ligands with enhanced chelating ability through multiple chelating modes and increased local phosphorus concentration can provide great regioselectivity in Rh/Ligand hydroformylation system. Here we report the synthesis of a  series of pyrrole-based tetraphosphorus ligands were synthesized with introducing different functional groups into 3, 3', 5, 5'-positions of the biphenyl, and their applications to the hydroformylation of internal olefins, 1, 5-hexadiene, styrene and its derivatives, and alkyl acrylates.Internal olefins are cheaper and more readily available feedstock than terminal olefins, the development of highly selective and active isomerization-hydroformylation catalysts for internal olefins is of great importance from economic and energy points of view. In particular, the alkyl-substituted tetraphosphorous ligands gave the best results (for 2-octene, n: i up to 207, for 2-hexene, n: i up to 362). Double hydroformylation of 1, n-diolefins is a convenient method to produce dialdehydes. The hydroformylation of 1, 5- hexadiene can be achieved with essentially high regioselectivity (linear selectivity is up to 98%). Styrene and its derivatives prefer the branched aldehydes under the hydro-formylation conditions. However, the linear aldehydes can also be widely used for the production of detergents and plasticizers and important intermediates.   Our studies on the hydroformylation of styrene and its derivatives achieved unprecedented high linear selectivity (l/b up to 22 for styrene). Hydroformylation of alkyl acrylate produces 1, 3- and1, 4-bifunctional compounds, which can be further converted into synthetically useful intermediates.  Alkyl acrylates have been hydroformylated to the linear aldehydes with high regioselectivity (linear/branch > 99/1) and extraordinarily high average turnover frequencies (up to 5400 h 1) by using a rhodium complex with a tetraphosphorus ligand. The result is in sharp contrast to the most of other processes that favor production of the branched aldehyde (typically > 95% branched for most Rh-catalyzed reaction systems).
Non-intrusive characterization of properties of hydrogels
Creators: name: Chippada, Uday
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Besides biological and chemical cues, cellular behavior has been found to be affected by mechanical cues such as traction forces, surface topology and in particular mechanical properties of the substrate. In previous studies involving hydrogel substrates, mechanical characterization was performed assuming Poisson’s ratio to be equal to one-half. However, this might not be true in all cases and might alter the calculation of stiffness of hydrogels.The present study mainly focuses on characterizing the Young's modulus (E), shear modulus (G) and Poisson's ratio (v) of soft hydrogels using a non-intrusive technique. For this purpose, an apparatus referred to as the "four magnet setup", which allows the determination of local gel elastic properties, was developed. Closed form equations involving E, G and v of the hydrogel were derived and finite element analysis was employed to validate the equations. Linear elastic properties of bis-gels and DNA gels were obtained using the apparatus and verified using rheometry and bead experiments. This is the first report in literature in which the mechanical properties consisting of E, G and v were simultaneously obtained for soft hydrogels.A DNA gel design space involving parameters such as crosslinker concentration, side-chain concentration and lengths of DNA strands was systematically developed and the mechanical properties were evaluated using bead experiments. It was found that stiffness of DNA gels can be modulated over a wide range by modifying the various design parameters.Addition of DNA crosslinks generates force and alters the mechanical properties, which has implications for cell and tissue culture substrate design. Two techniques have been developed to characterize the force actuating potential of DNA gels. It was found that the force generated was proportional to the elastic modulus of the gel. Also, at higher temperatures the stiffness of the gels decreased and the amount of force generated also decreased. A comparison of the force generated in both methods showed that either method can be successfully employed. The force was found to be in the range of values reported in the literature for axonal growth in spinal cord neurons.
Development of a structural approach to the study of computer-mediated communication via online discussion boards
Creators: name: Dalelio, Corinne
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: To address the research question, "How can the processes of computer-mediated communication be analyzed, described and understood through a natural history, microanalytic, structural approach?" a new analytical instrument that systematically examines the structural properties of CMC via asynchronous online discussion boards is presented. In this approach, the sequence of participant activity within discussion board threads, and the references that allow inferences about who or what a specific message points back to, are mapped in varying ways. In this method, posts, or messages submitted at one time, are understood as meaningful acts that serve as building blocks of the communicative structure within a discussion board thread, or post set. Posts are mapped according to their order of occurrence in order to learn more about how posting activity occurs within a post set. Posts are also linked to one another by reference cues, or highly reliable indicators of whom or what they are addressing.  Two posts linked by a reference cue are referred to as a post pair, and post pairs are grouped into chains based on posts they share in common.  This allows for the creation of new maps that represent a more meaningful account of participation, highlighting features of referencing activity in a post set. Several types of visualizations are presented, allowing for the observation and comparison of non-obvious features of communication in post sets. The developed method is demonstrated and tested through the analysis of data from discussion boards in two distinct research settings: a college course website, and a fan site for the television series Lost. Features of posting activity and referencing activity are compared between and within these two data sets. Posting approaches are identified by observing individual differences in participation within and across post sets. The method was found to successfully capture participation in the observed post sets. A majority of posts were involved in referencing activity, which was found to be indicative of interaction. The features of, and constitutive possibilities for, communication in the observed research settings are described and outlined.  Suggestions for future research are made based on the discoveries of the present analysis.
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Physiciansâ   attitude towards selection of second line therapy with nilotinib and dasatinib in chronic myeloid leukemia patients
Creators: name: Breccia, Massimo
name: Baccarani, Michele
name: Rosti, Gianantonio
name: Cottone, Francesco
name: Cannella, Laura
name: FranĂ§Ois Guilhot
name: Vignetti, Marco
name: Efficace, Fabio
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Physician characteristics. (DOCX 15Â kb)
Eucereon sericeum Zerny 1931
Creators: name: Pinheiro, L. R.
name: Gaal-Haszler, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Arctiidae
Eucereon
Eucereon sericeum

description: sericeum Zerny, 1931
(Figs. 22 and 62)
Eucereon sericeum Zerny, 1931b: 25 (Taf. 1, fig. 5). Lectotype hereby designated, male [BRAZIL], Rio Grande do Sul, with three labels: two printed labels “Stieglmayr, Rio Gr. Do Sul” and “ Ende August”, and one handwritten label in red ink “ Eucereon sericeum Zerny ♂ type ”. Five paralectotypes, three males and two females, with the following labels: first male with exactly the same labels as the lectotype; second male with identical labels, except for the second, which is “Anf.
Jänner”; third male with two handwritten labels, “Semper Nea Friburg [Nova Friburgo] 1873” and the type label; first female with three labels: two printed labels “Stieglmayr, Rio Gr. do Sul” and “Mitte Septb.”, plus the type label; second female also bearing three labels, “Stieglmayr, Rio Gr. do Sul”, “Jänner”, and the type label.
Current combination. Eucereon sericeum Zerny, 1931.
Condition of the types. Lectotype. Left forewing slightly torn, both forewings somewhat worn. Paralectotypes. Male from the end of August with dirt on the wings and antennae. Male from Nova Friburgo with dirt on the wings and antennae and missing the abdomen. Male from January missing the head and most legs. Females in very good condition.
Remarks. This species was described from six specimens, four males and two females, all deposited at the NHMW.
Eucereon sericeum is certainly not part of a monophyletic concept of Eucereon, and it is likely that it does not even belong in Ctenuchina. It seems to be closely related to three other species, E. album (Druce, 1894), E. vestalis (Schaus, 1892), and Hyaleucerea mundula (Berg, 1882).
description: Published as part of Pinheiro, L. R. & Gaal-Haszler, S., 2015, Illustrated catalogue of Neotropical Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Pericopina types (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) described by Hans Zerny, with discussion on their taxonomic status, pp. 505-535 in Zootaxa 3925 (4) on pages 516-517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/240540
Philonthus python Hromadka 2010
Creators: name: Mikátová, Šárka
name: Macháčková, Lenka
name: Hájek, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Philonthus
Philonthus python

description: Philonthus python Hromádka, 2010
Philonthus python Hromádka, 2010e: 47, Figs 127–128.
The holotype is deposited in NMPC (general collection):
HƟĿƟ*´YPൾ (♀): ‘Tafa / 21.IV. 1959 / V.F.E [hw] // ex coll. L. Hromádka / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // HOLOTYPUS / PHILONTHUS / sg. Pseudophilonthus / python sp. nov. / Hromádka,det.2006. [p, orange label]’.
Current status. Valid species.
description: Published as part of Mikátová, Šárka, Macháčková, Lenka & Hájek, Jiří, 2020, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 353-389 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1) on page 380, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.021, http://zenodo.org/record/3880030
title: Cathode materials for secondary (rechargeable) lithium batteries
Creators: name: Goodenough, John B.
name: Nanjundaswamy, K.S.
name: Masquelier, Christian
name: Pahdi, Akshaya K.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: C01B25/45
subject: H01M4/5825
subject: H01M10/052
subject: H01M10/0525
subject: H01M2004/028
subject: 429/218.1
subject: 429/231.1

description: The invention relates to materials for use as electrodes in an alkali-ion secondary (rechargeable) battery, particularly a lithium-ion battery. The invention provides transition-metal compounds having the ordered-olivine or the rhombohedral NASICON structure and the polyanion (PO4)3− as at least one constituent for use as electrode material for alkali-ion rechargeable batteries.
Cross-cultural comparison of Korean and American social network sites
Creators: name: Cho, Seong Eun
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: National culture is being challenged as societies evolve from their homogeneous origins. The theoretical base of this study uses two cultural dimensions, individualism-collectivism (Hofstede, 2001) and high-and low-context cultures (Hall, 1976), to unpack the effects of national culture on social network sites (SNSs). This study explores cultural differences in SNS usage patterns employing multiple methods, a paper-and-pencil survey and a content analysis of SNS profiles of survey respondents. The final analyses include a survey with 602 SNS users (361 college students in the United States and 241 college students in Korea) and a content analysis of 151 online profiles (58 Facebook and 93 Cyworld profiles). The survey findings revealed that SNS relationship patterns replicated those of face-to-face, while reflecting users' cultural orientations. In the survey findings, members of collectivistic cultures maintained SNS relationships more tightly and narrowly. While indicating such closed SNS relationships, they also exhibited lower levels of amount of self-disclosure, higher levels of intimate and vulnerable self-disclosure, and a greater willingness of privacy sharing than members of individualistic cultures. More visually anonymous online profiles also led to their closed SNS relationships by requiring random visitors, including old friends, to attain supplementary information to identify the user. As interdependent entities, members of collectivistic cultures paid more attention to self-presentation behaviors than members of individualistic cultures. The effect of individuals' cultural attitudes on SNS usage was mostly reconfirmed in the comparison by nationality while providing evidence of the effect of national culture. In the findings of the content analysis, Cyworld users from high-context cultures adopted more indirect communication styles that represent high-context cultures than Facebook users who adopted more direct communication styles that represent low-context cultures. The evident influence of national cultures on SNSs suggests revisiting the cultural dimensions, individualism-collectivism and high-and low-context cultures, to explore how they may explain patterns specific to particular cultures. The findings also suggest that international versions of SNS services that may be developed with the assumption of homogenous global populations of users need to be designed with the consideration of how culture influences use and shapes SNS behaviors.
Additional file 1: of Wetland characteristics linked to broad-scale patterns in Culiseta melanura abundance and eastern equine encephalitis virus infection
Creators: name: Skaff, Nicholas
name: Armstrong, Philip
name: Andreadis, Theodore
name: Cheruvelil, Kendra
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Method of spatial scale and temporal lag selection. (DOCX 123 kb)
Practical analysis of framework-intensive applications
Creators: name: Dufour, Bruno
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Many modern applications (e.g. web applications) are composed of a relatively small amount of application code that calls a large number of third-party libraries and frameworks. Such framework-intensive systems typically exhibit differentcharacteristics from traditional applications. Current tools and techniquesare often inadequate in analyzing applications of such scale and complexity. Approaches based on static analysis suffer problems of insufficient scalability and/or insufficient precision. Purely dynamic analyses,introduce too much execution overhead, especially for production systems, or are too limited in the information gathered.The main contribution of this thesis is a new analysis paradigm, blended analysis, combines elements of static and dynamic analyses in order to enable analyses of framework-intensive applications that achieve good precision at a practical cost. This is accomplished by narrowing the focus of a static analysis to a set of executions of interest identified using a lightweight dynamic analysis. We also present an optimization technique that further reduces the amount of code to be analyzed by removing infeasible basic blocks, and leads to significant increases in scalability and precision of the analysis. We contribute Elude, a publicly available framework for blended analysis of Java programs.We demonstrate the usefuless of blended analysis in practice by applying it to object churn, a common problem in framework-intensive applications caused by the excessive usage of temporary objects. We present a set of new metrics to characterize the usage and complexity of temporaries. We use an instantiation of the blended analysis paradigm, blended escape analysis, to compute these metrics for a set of real framework-intensive applications. Using these results we perform a detailed analysis of temporaries in theseapplications. We also use our technique to identify a set of problematic scenarios in a commercial application.
title: Gas separations using mixed matrix membranes
Creators: name: Miller, Stephen J.
name: Koros, William
name: Vu, De Q.
name: Mahajan, Rajiv
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: B01D69/08
subject: B01D53/228
subject: B01D67/0067
subject: B01D67/0083
subject: B01D69/141
subject: B01D71/021
subject: B01J20/20
subject: B01J20/28026
subject: B01J20/28033
subject: B01J20/2808
subject: B01D2323/08
subject: Y10S977/778
subject: Y10S977/783
subject: Y10S977/786
subject: Y10S977/788
subject: Y10S977/882
subject: 95/51
subject: 95/45
subject: 95/54
subject: 96/4
subject: 96/10
subject: 96/11

description: Mixed matrix membranes capable of separating carbon dioxide from mixtures including carbon dioxide and methane, and processes for purifying methane using the membranes, are disclosed. The membranes are polymer membranes with a selective layer thickness of between about 1000 Angstroms to about 0.005 inch, that include discrete carbon-based molecular sieve particles with sizes of between about 0.5 microns to about 5.0 microns. The preferred ratio of particles to polymer is about 20% to about 50% by volume. A preferred method for preparing the mixed matrix membrane is by dispersing the particles in a solvent, adding a small quantity of the desired polymer or “sizing agent” to “size” or “prime” the particles, adding a polymer, casting a film of the polymer solution, and evaporating the solvent to form a mixed matrix membrane film. The mixed matrix membrane film permits passage of carbon dioxide and methane, but at different permeation rates, such that the ratio of the relative permeation rates of carbon dioxide to methane is larger through the mixed matrix membrane film than through the original polymer. The polymer is preferably a rigid, glassy polymer, more preferably, with a glass transition temperature above about 150° C. The mixed matrix membrane is preferably in the form of a dense film or a hollow fiber. A mixture containing carbon dioxide and methane can be enriched in methane by selective passage of carbon dioxide over methane in a gas-phase process through the membrane.
An assessment of the correlation between amphibian populations, chytridiomycete communities, and the ecological integrity of the habitat
Creators: name: DiLeo, Karena V.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: The pathogenic chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been implicated in amphibian declines worldwide.  Thus far, little is known about the chytridiomycete (zoosporic fungi) communities and the prevalence of B. dendrobatidis in New Jersey.  The New Jersey Pinelands are an ideal location to look for Bd as they are a unique ecosystem, representing an important overlap in the geographic range of many southern and northern species and are experiencing habitat degradation caused by continued development.  In this study 6 sites have been identified using the Pinelands Commission's Comprehensive Management Plan, 3 sites of high ecological integrity (pristine) and 3 sites of low integrity (impacted).  Using current accepted methods, anurans at these sites were collected, swabbed, and processed using PCR to identify the presence of Bd on their epidermis.  Despite expectations, Bd was not found at any site on either anurans or free living in the water, debris, or mud.  If Bd had been identified relative abundance of infection as well as species and life-stage of amphibian would have been compared within and between sites. After the presence of Bd was refuted, our work changed to look at general zoosporic fungi (chytrid) communities within the Pinelands and how ecological degradation was altering abundance.  Since pollution and nutrient enrichment can alter ecosystems and diversity, we wanted to investigate how fungal abundance changes between pristine and degraded water bodies.  Through abundance surveys and molecular analyses, PCR, DGGE, and molecular sequencing, we found that not only was abundance significantly different between sites, zoosporic fungi species were different and sites of differing ecological integrity were dominated by different fungi.   Zoosporic fungi from pristine and degraded sites were then subjected to lab manipulations to observe how changing environmental parameters increased or decreased abundance.  pH appeared to be the driving factor in fungi abundance;  increasing pH in pristine sites showed a significant decrease in population and decreasing pH found a significant increase in zoosporic fungi in impacted sites. These studies show the potential importance of zoosporic fungi as bioindicators of pollution and the drastic effect pollution has on ecosystems and biodiversity.
Philonthus pytilia Hromadka 2013
Creators: name: Mikátová, Šárka
name: Macháčková, Lenka
name: Hájek, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Philonthus
Philonthus pytilia

description: Philonthus pytilia Hromádka, 2013
Philonthus pytilia Hromádka, 2013b: 10, Figs 21–22.
The holotype and one paratype are deposited in NMPC
(general collection and ex coll. L. Hromádka):
HƟĿƟ*´YPൾ (): ‘TANGANYIKA: Mt.Meru / E slope, 5700 feet / Coll. Dr.J.SZUNYOGHY [p] // extracted from dung / of buffalo, / 26.I.1966 [sic!]. [p] // ex coll.L. Hromádka / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // HOLOTYPUS / PHILONTHUS (s. str.) / pytilia sp. nov. / Hromádka, det. 2012. [p, red label]’.
PA*©A*´YPൾ ♀) (: ‘TANGANYIKA: Mt.Meru / E slope, 5700 feet / Coll. Dr.J.SZUNYOGHY [p] // extracted from dung / of buffalo, / 26.I.1966 [sic!]. [p] // ex coll.L. Hromádka / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // PARATYPUS / PHILONTHUS (s. str.) / pytilia sp. nov. / Hromádka, det., 2012. [p, red label]’.
Current status. Valid species.
description: Published as part of Mikátová, Šárka, Macháčková, Lenka & Hájek, Jiří, 2020, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 353-389 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1) on page 380, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.021, http://zenodo.org/record/3880030
Reconstructed drought variability across Mongolia based on tree-ring records
Creators: name: Davi, Nicole K.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Our understanding of climate in Mongolia is hindered by the extremely limited meteorological data in the region. Longer records, and insight into temporal drought patterns could aid greatly in anticipating extreme events and agrarian planning. Tree-ring reconstructions can provide longer, high-resolution records of climate variability in regions where recorded data are limited. In central Mongolia, streamflow for the Selenge River (1637-1997), the largest river in Mongolia, was reconstructed. Regression models resulted in a reconstruction of streamflow that explains 49 percent of the flow variation. The wettest 5-year period was 1764-1768 and the driest period was 1854-1858. The most extended wet period is 1794-1802 and an extended dry period is 1778-1783. Spectral analysis, a method for identifying periodicities within a time series, indicated significant variation in the frequencies common to Pacific Ocean variations (PDO and ENSO) and also some quasi-solar and lunar-nodal periodicities.In the far west, a grid cell of the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) was reconstructed (1565-2003) and explains 41 percent of the total variance in the instrumental PDSI. The reconstruction shows that starting in the 20th Century and continuing into the 21st Century there was a large-scale regional increase in growing-season moisture conditions compared to the prior centuries, a trend not seen in central or eastern Mongolian tree-ring reconstructions. Spectral analysis shows significant periodicities at approximately 22 (99% significance level), 11 (90%), 7 (99%), and 5 (99%) years. Also presented is a summer drought reconstruction for all of Mongolia, based on a network of 34 tree-ring chronologies that span the country. The PDSI model explains 61% of the variance over the most replicated period (1703-1993) and nested model methods were used to create the longest reconstruction possible (1520-1993). The reconstruction shows that droughts from 1999-2002, felt across central and eastern Mongolia, were extreme compared to the past 500 years. Significant periodicities are found at 40 (90%), 19.3 -25 (99%), 11.6 (95%), 6.4-7.2 (95%), and 2.8 years (99%).These high-resolution drought reconstructions supplement and extend the sparse meteorological data in Mongolia and allow for a long-term perspective of drought across Mongolia. As temperatures continue to rise in Mongolia, and much of the Northern hemisphere, drought may be an increasingly dire issue for human and environmental well being. Future predictions of drought and forecast capabilities are summarized, as are current climate risk management program.
MOESM1 of Correction to: Potent and reversible lentiviral vector restriction in murine induced pluripotent stem cells
Creators: name: Geis, Franziska
name: Galla, Melanie
name: Hoffmann, Dirk
name: Kuehle, Johannes
name: Zychlinski, Daniela
name: Maetzig, Tobias
name: Schott, Juliane
name: Schwarzer, Adrian
name: Goffinet, Christine
name: Goff, Stephen
name: Schambach, Axel
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 5. Microarray analysis comparison of iPSC and fibroblasts reveals similar or even higher expression of a set of HIV-1 host co-factors and nucleoporins. Heat map is shown for 2 independent preparations of primary adult fibroblasts (Ad fib I + II), which served as parental fibroblasts for reprogramming, and different murine iPSC clones (#3, #2, #2EX). (A) Log2-intensity values for important HIV-1 host co-factors for nuclear entry and integration. (B) Log2-intensity values for a set of murine nucleoporins.
Pompiliodes acroleuca Zerny 1931
Creators: name: Pinheiro, L. R.
name: Gaal-Haszler, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Arctiidae
Pompiliodes
Pompiliodes acroleuca

description: acroleuca Zerny, 1931
(Fig. 23)
Pompiliodes acroleuca Zerny, 1931b: 6 (Taf. 1, fig. 4). Lectotype hereby designated, female, BOLIVIA, Rio Songo, with two labels: “ Bolivia, Rio Songo, 800m, Fassl” and handwritten label “ Pompiliodes acroleuca Zerny ♀ type ”. Three paralectotypes, two males and one female, with the following labels: first male with two labels, one printed “ Bolivia Coroico (1400m) (Fassl)” and a handwritten type label; second male with three labels: two identical to the other male and one handwritten label in blue ink “ acroleuca ”; female with labels as for the first male paralectotype.
Current combination. Sphecosoma acroleuca (Zerny, 1931).
Condition of the types. Lectotype. Left antenna missing. Paralectotypes. First male with forewings slightly damaged. Second male with worn wings and left antenna broken. Female with apex of left forewing missing and slight damage to the right forewing and left hindwing.
Remarks. This species was described from the four specimens found at the NHMW. It was transferred to Sphecosoma Butler, 1876 by Simmons and Weller (2006), who assigned it to the Sphecosoma aliena species group.
description: Published as part of Pinheiro, L. R. & Gaal-Haszler, S., 2015, Illustrated catalogue of Neotropical Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Pericopina types (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) described by Hans Zerny, with discussion on their taxonomic status, pp. 505-535 in Zootaxa 3925 (4) on page 517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/240540
The classification problem for finite rank dimension groups
Creators: name: Ellis, Paul
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: There has been much work done in the study of the Borel complexity of various naturally occurring classification problems.  In particular, Hjorth and Thomas have shown that the Borel complexity of theclassification problem for torsion-free abelian groups of finite rank increases strictly with rank.In this thesis, we extend this result to dimension groups of finite rank.  As these groups are naturally characterized by Bratteli diagrams, we obtain a similar theorem for Bratteli diagrams. We also obtain a similar result for a class of countable simple locally finite groups which are also characterized by Bratteli diagrams.
title: Periodic wireless broadcast
Creators: name: Jain, Ravi Kumar
name: Werth, John Clair
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: H04W72/0446
subject: H04L1/004
subject: H04W4/06
subject: H04W28/06
subject: 370/347
subject: 370/480

description: A periodic wireless data transmission has improved access latency obtaining information regarding users' interest in the information and by arranging the information on an transmission in order of descending popularity. In one embodiment, each adjacent pair of topics on the transmission. The topics' positions on the transmission are exchanged if the exchange decreases the average latency for all users. This may be repeated for all of the topics on the transmission. The transmission structure may also be arranged so that the transmission combines a number of transmission channels to obtain greater aggregate capacity. This may be done using, for example, an FDMA transmission structured to be theoretically comparable to a plurality of “striped” disks known as a RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks).
Calonotos acutipennis Zerny 1931
Creators: name: Pinheiro, L. R.
name: Gaal-Haszler, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Arctiidae
Calonotos
Calonotos acutipennis

description: acutipennis Zerny, 1931
(Figs. 24, 25, and 63)
Calonotos acutipennis Zerny, 1931a: 242. Lectotype hereby designated, male: [BRAZIL, Pará, Santarém], Taperinha. With two labels: printed label “Unt. Amaz. Taperinha b. Santarem 21–30.vi. ’27 Zerny” and handwritten label “ Calonotos acutipennis Zerny type ♂”. Three paralectotypes, one male and two females. Male paralectotype with exactly the same label as the lectotype. Females with two labels each, first female with labels like those of the males and second female with a similar locality label, but from 11–20.vi. ’27.
Current combination. Calonotos acutipennis Zerny, 1931.
Condition of the types. Lectotype. Perfect condition. Paralectotypes. Male and female from 21–3.vi.1927 also in perfect condition. Female from 11–20.vi.1927 with wings slightly worn.
Remarks. This species was described from the above-mentioned specimens.
Calonotos Hübner, [1819] is a sexually dimorphic, moderately large genus, with around 20 species, approximately half of which are part of a group of species with hyaline areas on the fore and hindwings. The limits of the species have never been examined, nor have the male-female associations, which are usually made only tentatively.
Cerda (2008) provided an illustration of the male genitalia of this species, of which he claimed to have seen the holotype (error). However, it does match the genitalia of the lectotype (Fig. 56). Additionally, Cerda mentioned that he could not pair any female with the male. The female paralectotypes of C. acutipennis designated by Zerny were probably matched to the males by association with similar patterns of the hyaline areas of the hindwings, in pairs of other species of Calonotos.
Both the male and female of this species closely resemble the established concept of C. tiburtus (Cramer, 1779), illustrated in the original description and also by Hampson (1898, pp. 334, fig. 154) and Draudt (1915, plate 17, row i), which has Surinam as its type locality. The possibility that they are synonyms should be investigated, as it is unknown whether any types of C. tiburtus still exist.
description: Published as part of Pinheiro, L. R. & Gaal-Haszler, S., 2015, Illustrated catalogue of Neotropical Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Pericopina types (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) described by Hans Zerny, with discussion on their taxonomic status, pp. 505-535 in Zootaxa 3925 (4) on pages 517-518, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/240540
Comparability of examinee proficiency scores on computer adaptive tests using real and simulated data
Creators: name: Evans, Josiah Jeremiah
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: In measurement research, data simulations are a commonly used analytical technique. While simulation designs have many benefits, it is unclear if these artificially generated datasets are able to accurately capture real examinee item response behaviors. This potential lack of comparability may have important implications for administration of computer adaptive tests (CAT) which display proficiency-targeted items to examinees. In addressing this problem, this study sought to compare results from real testing data to that of simulated data to determine the extent to which simulated data are an accurate representation of real-world testing data. Specifically, this study matched real examination data from multiple administrations of the Law School Admission Test to create a single large dataset with 534 items and 5,000 synthetic examinees. From this dataset examinee proficiency estimates and item parameters were obtained, which were used to create 100 simulated item response datasets.  Both real and simulated data were utilized in two post-hoc testing formats: CAT and linear format examinations. The CAT administrations used the item-level adaptive method; the linear tests were constructed by selecting items using stratified random sampling.  In addition to the two data types and two test administration formats, the impact of three varying test lengths (25, 35, and 50 items) on proficiency estimation was examined. For linear tests, results demonstrated that replication of original proficiency estimates from simulated data was variable, depending on test length, items selected, and examinee proficiency levels. Randomly constructed linear tests with extreme item parameter values resulted in test instability which yielded less accurate proficiency recovery. For most datasets, CAT format tests yielded improved true proficiency recovery as compared to their linear test counterparts. Generally, the longest length 50-item CAT simulated data tests yielded the best replication of original real data proficiency estimates. CAT format tests performed well given real or simulated data, whereas linear tests displayed more performance variation compared to their CAT counterparts. The tails of the distributions showed the greatest variation between data types and conditions.  The results of this dissertation support the use of simulated data when the items used to construct the tests reflect non-extreme item parameter values.
MOESM1 of Differences in the genetic control of early egg development and reproduction between C. elegans and its parthenogenetic relative D. coronatus
Creators: name: Kraus, Christopher
name: Schiffer, Philipp
name: Kagoshima, Hiroshi
name: Hiraki, Hideaki
name: Vogt, Theresa
name: Kroiher, Michael
name: Kohara, Yuji
name: Schierenberg, Einhard
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. RNA-Seq statistics. Table S2: dN/dS values.
Specialized relationships between active bacteria and their environment
Creators: name: Ferraro, Carrie Allyson
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: The question as to which environmental factors select for or influence the resident and active community within the global ocean is still unclear.  While general trends have been established in overall community response to natural forces and the impact of particular environmental parameters on biodiversity, little has been done to examine how certain species react to environmental stimuli and how the percentage of metabolically active species correlates to the ambient conditions.  This research aimed to address these understudied areas and provide insight into how particular alterations in the physical, chemical, and biological environment relate to species composition and activity. More specifically, this work utilized molecular techniques, such as 16S and 18S ribosomal RNA analysis, to track how changes within the active and resident bacterial populations correlate to changes in environmental drivers.  By narrowing the focus to two widely spaced locations, a New Zealand Fjord and a Caribbean river plume, and then evaluating these relationships in the laboratory, it was our hope to find patterns in species-specific bacterial activity associated with salinity, DOM, and phytoplankton dynamics in model systems. Results of this work indicate that no single environmental parameter drives the diversity of a system and that only a small percentage (< 30%) of the active bacterial population were correlated with the physical/chemical/biological parameters measured in our field studies.  Furthermore, this data indicates that the appropriate parameters are not currently being measured to determine the regulatory force on the abundance and activity of the microbial population.