cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The “Jezebel” to Prison Pipeline: A Historical Analysis of the Impact of Adultification Bias on Black Girlhood
Creators: name: Deb, Sarina
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: Racial Identity
African American Women
Criminal Justice

description: Sarina Deb's capstone project served as a culmination of her work in the class History 255D: Racial Identity in the American Imagination, a course which focused on exploring racial identity through a variety of contemporary and historic lenses. Her final paper centered the history and implications of adultification bias on Black girlhood, tracing this phenomenon back to the "Jezebel" stereotype of Black girls and women during the enslavement period, the Jim Crow era, and the post-civil rights movement. Motivated by her interest in criminal justice reform, Sarina's paper evaluates how these longstanding stereotypes and biases have culminated in high rates of sexual violence and sex trafficking for Black girls, school pushout, and the subsequent funneling of these girls into prisons and jails, which she argues exacerbates a human rights crisis for a historically marginalized population.
Calomicrolaimus Lorenzen 1976
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Desmodorida
Microlaimidae
Calomicrolaimus

description: Calomicrolaimus Lorenzen, 1976
C. arenarius Blome, 1982
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 228, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Efficiency of Virucidal Disinfectants on Wood Surfaces in Animal Husbandry
Creators: name: Oettler, Martin J.
name: Conraths, Franz J.
name: Roesler, Uwe
name: Reiche, Sven
name: Homeier-Bachmann, Timo
name: Denzin, Nicolai
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: disinfection
subject: inactivation
subject: wood
subject: peracetic acid
subject: formic acid
subject: glutaraldehyde
subject: Enterovirus E
subject: Newcastle disease virus
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::616 Krankheiten

description: The aim of this study was to test the inactivation of viruses on germ carriers of different types of wood using a disinfectant in order to assess the biosafety of wood as a building material in animal husbandry. The laboratory disinfectant efficacy tests were based on German testing guidelines and current European standards. Five different types of wood germ carriers, i.e., spruce (Picea abies), pine (Pinus sylvestris), poplar (Populus sp.), beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), were inoculated with enveloped or non-enveloped viruses and then treated with one of three different disinfectants. The results revealed that intact, fine-sawn timber with a low roughness depth can be effectively inactivated. Peracetic acid proved to be the most effective disinfectant across all tests. Regardless of the pathogen and the type of wood, a concentration of 0.1% of the pure substance at a temperature of 10 °C and an exposure time of one hour can be recommended. At a temperature of −10 °C, a concentration of 0.75% is recommended. The basic chemicals formic acid and glutaraldehyde demonstrated only limited effectiveness overall. The synergistic effects of various wood components on the inactivation of viruses offer potential for further investigation. Disinfectant tests should also be conclusively verified in field trials to ensure that the results from standardised laboratory tests can be transferred to real stable conditions.
Maechidius maleo Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius maleo

description: Maechidius maleo sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
IRSN (♂ holotype).
Distribution
North Sulawesi.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 193, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Cinctonema Cobb 1920
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Desmodorida
Microlaimidae
Cinctonema

description: Cinctonema Cobb, 1920
C. papillata Timm, 1962
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 228, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Perception of typical migraine images on the internet: Comparison between a metropolis and a smaller rural city in Germany
Creators: name: Hamann, Till
name: Hong, Ja Bin
name: Lange, Kristin Sophie
name: Overeem, Lucas Hendrik
name: Triller, Paul
name: Rimmele, Florian
name: Jürgens, Tim Patrick
name: Kropp, Peter
name: Reuter, Uwe
name: Raffaelli, Bianca
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Disease Progression
subject: Migraine Disorders
subject: Germany
subject: Perception
subject: Internet
subject: Humans
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The medial portrayal of migraine is often stereotypical and inaccurate but reflects how society perceives migraine. The discrepancy between others' views and the reality of affected individuals may negatively affect access to treatment and the disease course of patients with migraine. This study aimed to investigate whether images presented in the media as typical migraine attacks are perceived as realistic and representative by migraine patients in Rostock, a smaller town in rural Germany, and compare the results to those from Berlin, a large metropolis. We performed an online survey in Rostock. Migraine patients were shown ten images of migraine attacks, which were among the most downloaded stock pictures on the internet under the search term "migraine". They rated on a scale of 0-100 to what extent the pictures were realistic for migraine attacks (realism score), representative of their own migraine (representation score), or the society's view of migraine (society score). In addition, we compared our results with a recently published study from the metropolitan region of Berlin. A total of 174 migraine patients completed our survey. Mean (SD) realism, representation, and society scores were 59.9 (17.5), 56.7 (18.3), and 58.4 (17.1) respectively. Images of older patients were perceived as significantly more realistic and representative than those of younger patients (P < .001). Patients in Rostock (rural region) rated the images as significantly more realistic and representative than survey participants in Berlin (metropolis). Migraine patients in a rural region found typical migraine images only moderately realistic and representative but to a higher degree than their counterparts from a metropolis.
Paracomesoma Hope & Murphy 1972
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Araeolaimida
Comesomatidae
Paracomesoma

description: Paracomesoma Hope & Murphy, 1972
P. longispiculum Timm, 1961
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 228, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Endo Belly: What Is It and Why Does It Happen?—A Narrative Review
Creators: name: Velho, Renata Voltolini
name: Werner, Franziska
name: Mechsner, Sylvia
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: endometriosis
subject: enteric nervous system
subject: intestinal disorder
subject: irritable bowel syndrome
subject: microbiome
subject: diet
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease where endometrial-like lesions settle outside the uterus, resulting in extensive inflammatory reactions. It is a complex disease that presents with a range of symptoms, with pain and infertility being the most common. Along with severe dysmenorrhea, cyclic and acyclic lower abdominal pain, cyclic dysuria and dyschezia, dyspareunia, and infertility, there are also nonspecific complaints that can cause confusion and make endometriosis the chameleon among gynecological diseases. These symptoms include unspecific intestinal complaints, cyclic diarrhea, but also constipation, nausea, vomiting, and stomach complaints. It appears that in addition to general bowel symptoms, there are also specific symptoms related to endometriosis such as cyclic bloating of the abdomen, known as endo belly. During the second half of the menstrual cycle leading up to menstruation, the abdomen becomes increasingly bloated causing discomfort and pain due to elevated sensitivity of the intestinal wall. Patients with endometriosis exhibit a reduced stretch pain threshold of the intestinal wall. Here, we review the endo belly, for the first time, pathophysiology and the influence of other diseases (such as irritable bowel syndrome-IBS), microbiome, hormonal levels, inflammation, and diet on the presentation of this condition.
Sabatieria Rouville 1903
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Araeolaimida
Comesomatidae
Sabatieria

description: Sabatieria Rouville, 1903
S. microsetosa Timm, 1967
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 228, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Between Commitment and Caution: American Public Opinion vs. Political Elite Opinion on the American Defense of Taiwan
Creators: name: Jiang, Evian
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: public opinion
elite opinion
Taiwan
US-China

description: Amid intensifying tensions between the United States and China, President Biden has reaffirmed the U.S.’s commitment to defending Taiwan against a Chinese invasion. However, it remains uncertain whether widespread American public support exists for such military intervention, or if public opinion aligns with those of political elites. This thesis examines American public and political elite opinions regarding potential American intervention in Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.  

To gauge public sentiment, I conducted a unique survey experiment presenting a representative sample of the American public with one of four hypothetical scenarios depicting a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. I varied the baseline scenario to assess the impact of three key factors: elite consensus favoring intervention, a Taiwanese declaration of independence, and allied support for defending Taiwan. To capture elite opinion, I interviewed current and former senior policymakers at the forefront of American national security decision-making.

The findings reveal that a majority of both the public and political elites support intervention if China invades Taiwan without provocation, with a shared preference for non-kinetic approaches. However, if Taiwan declares independence, approximately half of the elite respondents who initially favored intervention shift to opposition, whereas public opinion remains largely unchanged. Additionally, while political elites unanimously view the threat of using nuclear weapons as a red line, a non-insignificant portion of the public supports nuclear threats to defend Taiwan. These findings suggest that political elites may place a higher value on adherence to international norms than the general public does, highlighting a potential disconnect that warrants further exploration, especially as American policymakers balance security commitments with cautious foreign policy.
Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D) via Downregulation of Claudin-1
Creators: name: Awad, Karem
name: Barmeyer, Christian
name: Bojarski, Christian
name: Nagel, Oliver
name: Lee, In-Fah M.
name: Schweiger, Michal R.
name: Schulzke, Jörg-Dieter
name: Bücker, Roland
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: irritable bowel syndrome
subject: intestinal barrier function
subject: tight junctions
subject: claudin-1
subject: tricellulin
subject: leaky gut
subject: RNA-seq
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: In patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D), the diarrheal mechanisms are largely unknown, and they were examined in this study on colon biopsies. Methods: Electrophysiological measurements were used for monitoring functional changes in the diarrheic colon specimens. In parallel, tight junction protein expression was analyzed by Western blot and confocal laser-scanning microscopy, and signaling pathway analysis was performed using RNA sequencing and bioinformatics. Results: Epithelial resistance was decreased, indicating an epithelial leak flux diarrheal mechanism with a molecular correlate of decreased claudin-1 expression, while induction of active anion secretion and impairment of active sodium absorption via the epithelial sodium channel, ENaC, were not detected. The pathway analysis revealed activation of barrier-affecting cytokines TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-1 beta and IL-4. Conclusions: Barrier dysfunction as a result of epithelial tight junction changes plays a role in IBS-D as a pathomechanism inducing a leak flux type of diarrhea.
The Jaded Garden:a cross-cultural comparison of nostalgic female characters by Pai Hsien-yung and Tennessee Williams
Creators: name: Cheung, Wai Lam
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: This study consist of a comparative analysis of the nostalgic female characters in Pai Hsien-yung's two short stories: "Wandering in a Garden, Waking from a Dream," and "A Celestial in Mundane Exile," and Tennessee Williams's two plays: The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire. Beginning with a brief discussion of the socio-historical background of Pai's Republican China and Williams's American South, a general analysis of previous scholarship on Pai and Williams's works follows. The analysis of the selected works focuses on the stylistic and symbolic features in Pai and Williams's characterizations, such as Pai's use of stream-of-consciousness, reference to the k'un opera Peony Pavilion, elaboration over descriptive details of the setting, symbolic use of clothing and accessories, and Williams's symbolic use of music genres: "Blues Piano" and the "Varsouviana Polka," and his use of rhythm and other poetic elements in his characters' speech, in the style of "personal lyricism." My study is based on a close-reading analysis of the selected works by Pai and Williams. Their humanistic approach to their respective declining aristocratic cultures and their sympathy for the nostalgic female characters' tragedies will be more apparent when the study focuses mostly on the texts themselves. Their similar belief in the universal values, such as compassion, sacrifice, and courage, has made their works comparable. In the discussion of themes, the idea of the humanistic role of literature articulated by William Faulkner in his Nobel Prize Speech is also used to connect Pai and Williams's sympathetic approach to their characters.
Hypodontolaimus de Man 1886
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Chromadorida
Chromadoridae
Hypodontolaimus

description: Hypodontolaimus de Man, 1886
Hypodontolaimus spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 228, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
title: Digitale Rekonstruktionen historischer Sammlungsräume – Formen und Anwendungen
Creators: name: Wagner, Sarah
Publisher: name: Wallstein Verlag
Year: 2024

description: Kulturen des Sammelns. Akteure, Objekte, Bd. 7
description: Kulturen des Sammelns. Akteure, Objekte, Medien, Bd. 7
Maechidius merdeka Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius merdeka

description: Maechidius merdeka sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
BMNH (♂ holotype, 1 paratype).
Distribution
New Guinea, “Doron” (this locality cannot be traced).
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 193, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Engineering and characterizing porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus with separated and tagged genes encoding the minor glycoproteins
Creators: name: Zhang, Minze
name: Qian, Bang
name: Veit, Michael
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: PRRSV
subject: Gp2
subject: Gp3
subject: Gp4
subject: Overlapping genes
subject: Separation of genes
subject: Tagged gene
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a major pathogen affecting pigs and belongs to the enveloped plus-stranded RNA virus family Arteriviridae. A unique feature of Arteriviruses is that the genes encoding the structural proteins overlap at their 3` and 5` ends. This impedes mutagenesis opportunities and precludes the binding of short peptides for antibody detection, as this would alter the amino acids encoded by the overlapping gene. In this study, we aimed to generate infectious PRRSV variants with separated genes encoding the minor glycoproteins Gp2, Gp3, and Gp4, accompanied by appended tags for detection. All recombinant genomes facilitate the release of infectious virus particles into the supernatant of transfected 293 T cells, as evidenced by immunofluorescence of infected MARC-145 cells using anti-nucleocapsid antibodies. Furthermore, expression of Gp2-Myc and Gp3-HA was confirmed through immunofluorescence and western blot analysis with tag-specific antibodies. However, after two passages of Gp2-Myc and Gp3-HA viruses, the appended tags were completely removed as indicated by sequencing the viral genome. Recombinant viruses with separated Gp2 and Gp3 genes remained stable for at least nine passages, while those with Gp3 and Gp4 genes separated reverted to wild type after only four passages. Notably, this virus exhibited significantly reduced titers in growth assays. Furthermore, we introduced a tag to the C-terminus of Gp4. The Gp4-HA virus was consistently stable for at least 10 passages, and the HA-tag was detectable by western blotting and immunofluorescence.
title: Culture, 'Relationality‘, and Global Cooperation
title: Culture, 'Relationality', and Global Cooperation
Creators: name: Brigg, Morgan
Publisher: name: GCR21- Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Center for Global Cooperation Research
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 10216 Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
subject: 10803 Interpersonal Communication
subject: 10505 International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
subject: KAT32 Social Policy
subject: KAT50 Society, Culture
subject: KAT12 International Institutions, Relations, Conditions

description: What is the relationship between cultural difference and global cooperation, and what challenges and opportunities does this relationship pose for cooperation research? This paper examines how culture is a potential resource for global cooperation while grappling with its enigmas and ambiguities. It explores the paradoxes of culture to argue that the partly unknowable character of the concept ‘culture’ may be an advantage for cooperation research rather than a problem to be solved. The paper casts culture and cultures as examples of a wider class of ‘relational’ phenomena that arise through interaction and that rely upon this interaction for their standing. This proposition foregrounds relations over entities, becoming over being, and dynamism over fixity in line with a range of contemporary philosophical developments and the burgeoning of interest in relationality. Thinking of culture in relational terms offers a way of modulating culture; of simultaneously respecting cultural difference and allowing that difference is a shared human resource. Relationality can be deployed to help facilitate cooperation by re-opening interaction within political, social, economic, and institutional arrangements, including through processes for generating relational and cooperative effects have been developed in the field of conflict resolution. However, doing so requires that the fields most obviously related to global cooperation (political science, international relations, and global governance) engage relational approaches at the limits of the precise sciences and through philosophy, religion, and non-western cultural traditions.
How schools affect equity in education: Teaching factors and extended day programs associated with average achievement and socioeconomic achievement gaps
Creators: name: Nachbauer, Max
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Teaching quality
subject: All-day school
subject: After-school program
subject: Homework supervision
subject: Tutoring
subject: Educational inequality
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::370 Bildung und Erziehung::370 Bildung und Erziehung

description: The current study evaluates effects of teaching factors and extended day programs regarding both average achievement and socioeconomic achievement gaps. Analyses are based on data from the National Educational Panel Study in Germany. The sample comprises 1523 students in 120 classes in 71 secondary schools. The investigation period covers fifth grade to seventh grade. The dependent variable is mathematics achievement. Data are analyzed using intercept-and-slope-as-outcome models. Analyzes on teaching factors reveal that classroom management and cognitive activation increase average achievement. Forming heterogenous groups within the classroom reduces socioeconomic achievement gaps. Analyzes on extended day programs reveal that tutoring reduces socioeconomic achievement gaps. Homework supervision reduces average achievement and increases socioeconomic achievement gaps. Enrichment programs increase socioeconomic achievement gaps. Implications for research, policy and practice are drawn.
Maechidius miklouhomaclayi Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius miklouhomaclayi

description: Maechidius miklouhomaclayi sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
NHMB (♂ holotype).
Distribution
Madang Province, East New Guinea.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 193, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Interpretable molecular encodings and representations for machine learning tasks
Creators: name: Weckbecker, Moritz
name: Anžel, Aleksandar
name: Yang, Zewen
name: Hattab, Georgesm
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Explainable
subject: Interpretable
subject: Molecular encoding
subject: Representation
subject: Machine learning
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Molecular encodings and their usage in machine learning models have demonstrated significant breakthroughs in biomedical applications, particularly in the classification of peptides and proteins. To this end, we propose a new encoding method: Interpretable Carbon-based Array of Neighborhoods (iCAN). Designed to address machine learning models' need for more structured and less flexible input, it captures the neighborhoods of carbon atoms in a counting array and improves the utility of the resulting encodings for machine learning models. The iCAN method provides interpretable molecular encodings and representations, enabling the comparison of molecular neighborhoods, identification of repeating patterns, and visualization of relevance heat maps for a given data set. When reproducing a large biomedical peptide classification study, it outperforms its predecessor encoding. When extended to proteins, it outperforms a lead structure-based encoding on 71% of the data sets. Our method offers interpretable encodings that can be applied to all organic molecules, including exotic amino acids, cyclic peptides, and larger proteins, making it highly versatile across various domains and data sets. This work establishes a promising new direction for machine learning in peptide and protein classification in biomedicine and healthcare, potentially accelerating advances in drug discovery and disease diagnosis.
Maechidius milneanus Heller 1914
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius milneanus

description: Maechidius milneanus Heller, 1914
Maechidius milneanus Heller, 1914: 626 (key), 628 (original description).
Maechidius milneanus – Frey 1969: 495 (key).
Type material
SNSD (♀ lectotype, 1 ♀ paralectotype).
Distribution
Milne Bay, SE tip of Papuan Peninsula, New Guinea.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 193, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Combined application of bacteriophages with a competitive exclusion culture and carvacrol with organic acids can reduce Campylobacter in primary broiler production
Creators: name: Peh, E.
name: Szott, Vanessa
name: Reichelt, Benjamin
name: Friese, Anika
name: Ploetz, M.
name: Rösler, Uwe
name: Kittler, S.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medical research
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: bacteriophages
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: For reducing Campylobacter (C.) in the food production chain and thus the risk to the consumer, the combined application of different measures as a multiple-hurdle approach is currently under discussion. This is the first study to investigate possible synergistic activities in vivo, aiming at reducing intestinal C. jejuni counts by administering (i) bacteriophages (phages) in combination with a competitive exclusion (CE) product and (ii) carvacrol combined with organic acids. The combined application of the two selected phages (Fletchervirus phage NCTC 12673 and Firehammervirus phage vB_CcM-LmqsCPL1/1) and the CE product significantly reduced C. jejuni loads by 1.0 log10 in cecal and colonic contents as well as in cloacal swabs at the end of the trial (33 and 34 days post hatch). The proportion of bacterial isolates showing reduced phage susceptibility ranged from 10.9% (isolates from cecal content) to 47.8% (isolates from cloacal swabs 32 days post hatch) for the Fletchervirus phage, while all tested isolates remained susceptible to the Firehammervirus phage. The use of carvacrol combined with an organic acid blend (sorbic acid, benzoic acid, propionic acid, and acetic acid) significantly reduced Campylobacter counts by 1.0 log10 in cloacal swabs on day 30 only.
Graphonema Cobb 1898
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Chromadorida
Chromadoridae
Graphonema

description: Graphonema Cobb, 1898
Graphonema spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 229, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
The First Computer Program
Creators: name: Rojas, Raúl
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Charles Babbage
subject: first computer program
subject: Analytical Engine
subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme::004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik

description: Mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage's code sketches are the first attempt to specify how to mechanize complex algorithms with a computer.
Limonium artelariae (Plumbaginaceae), a new endemic species and further taxonomic and floristic notes on the genus in the island of Crete
Creators: name: Koutroumpa, Konstantina
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Aegean
subject: Crete
subject: Greece
subject: Limonium
subject: Limonium artelariae
subject: Limonium cornarianum
subject: Limonium cythereum
subject: Limonium hierapetrae
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::580 Pflanzen (Botanik)::580 Pflanzen (Botanik)

description: Some amendments of our knowledge of the taxonomically complex genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) in Crete, Greece are presented, based on field work and morphological study of herbarium specimens, including types. The circumscriptions of the closely related Cretan endemics L. cornarianum and L. hierapetrae are clarified. The former species is actually restricted to the type population in Moni Kapsa (SE Crete) and a newly found population in Pacheia Ammos (NE Crete). The latter species comprises populations in SE Crete that extend from Moni Kapsa to Dermatos, and also includes the populations previously assigned to L. chrisianum and L. minoicum that are found to be conspecific. Limonium artelariae from SE Crete, similar and related to L. cornarianum and L. hierapetrae, is described as a new species. It is rather unique among Greek Limonium species for its height (up to 110 cm tall) and its large, broadly spathulate leaves. Limonium cythereum previously known from the islands of Kythira and Antikythira is newly recorded for Crete, represented by two populations in NW Crete. The report of L. fragile from Crete is found to be erroneous, based on misidentified material of L. virgatum. All accepted taxa are described, and their types, chromosome number or ploidy level, distribution and ecology are also indicated. Photographs, distribution maps and an identification key are added to facilitate further identification.
Tenacity of Animal Disease Viruses on Wood Surfaces Relevant to Animal Husbandry
Creators: name: Oettler, Martin J.
name: Conraths, Franz J.
name: Roesler, Uwe
name: Reiche, Sven
name: Homeier-Bachmann, Timo
name: Denzin, Nicolai
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: hygiene
subject: farm building
subject: wood
subject: Enterovirus E
subject: Newcastle disease virus
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::616 Krankheiten

description: The aim of this study was to analyse the hygienic suitability of wood often used in animal husbandry. To this end, the inactivation of viruses (Enterovirus E as a surrogate for non-enveloped viruses and Newcastle disease virus as a surrogate for enveloped viruses) on germ carriers consisting of various types of wood was studied over an extended period to assess the biosafety of wood as an agricultural building material. The study was designed to assess the intrinsic biocidal activity of the wood itself, without the use of a disinfectant. The laboratory tests were based on German test guidelines and current European standards. Five different types of wood germ carriers, i.e., spruce (Picea abies), pine (Pinus sylvestris), poplar (Populus sp.), beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), as well as stainless-steel carriers, were inoculated with enveloped and non-enveloped viruses and stored for up to four months, and the remaining infectivity of the viruses was continuously assessed. The results showed that intact, finely sawn timber with a low depth of roughness had an inactivating effect on the viruses up to 7.5 decadal logarithmic levels. For the non-enveloped virus, inactivation was fastest on Douglas fir wood, with the target reduction for effective inactivation (reduction by factor 4.0 log10) being achieved after two weeks, and for the enveloped virus on pine wood, it was already achieved from the day of drying. The hygienic effects of the wood carriers may be due to their hygroscopic properties and wood constituents. These effects offer potential for further investigation, including tests with other wood species rich in extractives.
Maechidius moluccanus Moser 1920
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius moluccanus

description: Maechidius moluccanus Moser, 1920 comb. rest.
Maechidius moluccanus Moser, 1920: 16 (original description).
Maechidius moluccanus – Prokofiev 2018: 162 (key).
Epholcis moluccanus – Narakusumo & Balke 2019: 43 new combination, lectotype designation and redescription, 46 (key).
Type material
ZMHB (lectotype).
Distribution
Central Moluccas (Seram, Gorom?).
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 194, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
title: ›Was aber bleibt, stiften die Dichter‹. Erinnern als expositorische Praxis am Beispiel von Goethes Wohnhaus
Creators: name: Gibhardt, Boris Roman
Publisher: name: Wallstein Verlag
Year: 2024

description: Kulturen des Sammelns. Akteure, Objekte, Bd. 7
description: Kulturen des Sammelns. Akteure, Objekte, Medien, Bd. 7
Synthesis and biological evaluation of cleistocaltone A, an inhibitor of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Creators: name: Wiese, Lorenz
name: Kolbe, Sophie M.
name: Weber, Manuela
name: Ludlow, Martin
name: Christmann, Mathias
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: cleistocaltone A
subject: synthesis
subject: biological evaluation
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: The first chemical synthesis of the phloroglucinol meroterpenoid cleistocaltone A (1) is presented. This compound, previously isolated from Cleistocalyx operculatus was reported to show promising antiviral properties. Based on a modified biosynthesis proposal, a synthetic strategy was devised featuring an intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction and an epoxidation/elimination sequence to generate the allyl alcohol handle in the side chain. The strategy was successfully executed and synthetic cleistcaltone A was evaluated against a contemporary RSV-A strain.
Maechidius muticus Arrow 1941
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius muticus

description: Maechidius muticus Arrow, 1941
Maechidius muticus Arrow, 1941: 451 (original description), 455 (key).
Maechidius muticus – Frey 1969: 497 (key).
Type material
BMNH (4 syntypes).
Distribution
North New Guinea (Bewani Mts).
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 194, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Endeolophos Boucher 1976
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Chromadorida
Chromadoridae
Endeolophos

description: Endeolophos Boucher, 1976
E. minutus Gerlach, 1967
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 229, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Strangers inside our gates: public opinion towards immigration in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom
Creators: name: Farris, Lily
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: Using 2005 data from Gallup public opinion surveys on attitudes toward immigration policy in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom this study explores the factors that impact attitudes. Additional analysis is conducted on the United States exploring how economic, political and associative measures impact attitudes.
Shear Wave Elastography for Assessing Liver Stiffness in HCV-Infected Kidney Transplant Recipients after Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment: A Comparative Study with Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Creators: name: Almutawakel, Salma
name: Halleck, Fabian
name: Dürr, Michael
name: Grittner, Ulrike
name: Schrezenmeier, Eva
name: Budde, Klemens
name: Althoff, Christian E.
name: Hamm, Bernd
name: Sack, Ingolf
name: Fischer, Thomas
name: Marticorena Garcia, Stephan R.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: hepatitis C
subject: direct-acting antivirals
subject: kidney transplant recipients
subject: liver stiffness
subject: elastography
subject: shear wave elastography
subject: ultrasound elastography
subject: magnetic resonance elastography
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can lead to hepatic fibrosis. The advent of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has substantially improved sustained virological response (SVR) rates. In this context, kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are of particular interest due to their higher HCV infection rates and uncertain renal excretion and bioavailability of DAAs. We investigated liver stiffness after DAA treatment in 15 HCV-infected KTRs using ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) in comparison with magnetic resonance elastography (MRE). KTRs were treated with DAAs (daclatasvir and sofosbuvir) for three months and underwent SWE at baseline, end of therapy (EOT), and 3 (EOT+3) and 12 months (EOT+12) after EOT. Fourteen patients achieved SVR12. Shear wave speed (SWS)-as a surrogate parameter for tissue stiffness-was substantially lower at all three post-therapeutic timepoints compared with baseline (EOT: -0.42 m/s, p < 0.01; CI = -0.75--0.09, EOT+3: -0.43 m/s, p < 0.01; CI = -0.75--0.11, and EOT+12: -0.52 m/s, p < 0.001; CI = -0.84--0.19), suggesting liver regeneration after viral eradication and end of inflammation. Baseline SWS correlated positively with histopathological fibrosis scores (r = 0.48; CI = -0.11-0.85). Longitudinal results correlated moderately with APRI (r = 0.41; CI = 0.12-0.64) but not with FIB-4 scores (r = 0.12; CI = -0.19-0.41). Although higher on average, SWE-derived measurements correlated strongly with MRE (r = 0.64). In conclusion, SWE is suitable for non-invasive therapy monitoring in KTRs with HCV infection.
Maechidius nanus Arrow 1941
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius nanus

description: Maechidius nanus Arrow, 1941
Maechidius nanus Arrow, 1941: 449 (original description), 455 (key).
Maechidius nanus – Frey 1969: 496 (key).
Type material
BMNH (21 syntypes).
Distribution
Waigeo of Raja Ampat Islands.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 194, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
No changes in triple network engagement following (combined) noradrenergic and glucocorticoid stimulation in healthy men
Creators: name: Lipka, Renée
name: Rosada, Catarina
name: Metz, Sophie
name: Hellmann-Regen, Julian
name: Heekeren, Hauke
name: Wingenfeld, Katja
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: triple network
subject: salience network
subject: default mode network
subject: executive control network
subject: stress neuromodulators
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Successful recovery from stress is integral for adaptive responding to the environment. At a cellular level, this involves (slow genomic) actions of cortisol, which alter or reverse rapid effects of noradrenaline and cortisol associated with acute stress. At the network scale, stress recovery is less well understood but assumed to involve changes within salience-, executive control-, and default mode networks. To date, few studies have investigated this phase and directly tested these assumptions. Here, we present results from a double-blind, placebo-controlled, between-group paradigm (N = 165 healthy males) administering 10 mg oral yohimbine and/or 10 mg oral hydrocortisone two hours prior to resting state scanning. We found no changes in within-network connectivity of the three networks, both after single and combined drug administration. We further report the results of Bayesian parameter inference to provide evidence for the null hypothesis. Our results contrast with previous findings, which may be attributable to systematic differences between paradigms, highlighting the need to isolate paradigm-specific effects from those related to stress.
Chromadora Bastian 1865
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Chromadorida
Chromadoridae
Chromadora

description: Chromadora Bastian, 1865
C. nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 229, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
title: Erinnerungsräume als Handlungsräume. Transhistorische Interventionen in Weimar
Creators: name: Werner, Elke Anna
Publisher: name: Wallstein Verlag
Year: 2024

description: Kulturen des Sammelns. Akteure, Objekte, Bd. 7
description: Kulturen des Sammelns. Akteure, Objekte, Medien, Bd. 7
title: Data Report: Comprehensive Inventory of Seafloor Mapping, Ground-truthing, and Predictive Habitat Modeling Datasets to Support Deepwater Horizon Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities
titleType: Other
Creators: name: Paxton, Avery B.
name: Herting, Jennifer
name: Winship, Arliss J.
name: Ebert, Erik
name: Sautter, Will
name: Kraus, Jennifer
name: Hile, Sarah D.
name: Howell, Jacob
name: Dorfman, Daniel
name: Flounders, Samantha
name: Poti, Matthew
name: Coyne, Michael
name: Formel, Stephen
name: Shukla, Asmita
name: Taylor, J. Christopher
name: Benson, Kristopher G.
name: Harter, Stacey L.
name: Battista, Tim
name: Menza, Charles
Publisher: name: United States. National Ocean Service. Office of Response and Restoration
Year: 2023

description: DWH MDBC Data Report 2023-02
description: A comprehensive inventory of seafloor mapping, ground-truthing, and predictive habitat modeling data was compiled for a large part of the northern GOM for years 1980-2021 to meet the DWH restoration goals and support restoration activities. Thorough and reproducible data discovery protocols were applied to search a range of data sources including project partners, external contacts, scientific literature, and online data portals. Reproducible protocols were also applied to screen, acquire, standardize, store, and document inventoried datasets. Summary products, such as spatial footprints, were derived from the original datasets to provide simplified, standardized views of the inventoried data across datasets and data types.
title: Global Cooperation and Economies of Recognition: The Case of NGOs
title: Global Cooperation and Economies of Recognition: The Case of NGOs
Creators: name: Heins, Volker M.
Publisher: name: GCR21- Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Center for Global Cooperation Research
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 10803 Interpersonal Communication
subject: 10505 International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
subject: KAT12 International Institutions, Relations, Conditions

description: Transnational non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are commonly regarded either as agents of empire or as manifestations of the progressive enlightenment of humankind. This paper takes a different view, arguing that they are best characterized as versatile factors of global cooperation across regional, ideological, and sectoral boundaries. Whilst recognizing that multilateral cooperation is sought not as an end in itself but as a means of intervening on behalf of oppressed groups who are engaged in struggles for recognition, I argue that the physical and psychological distance of many NGO activists from these struggles can distort patterns of cooperation and practices of recognition. I conclude that, far from simply being lauded as harbingers of a transnational, post-Westphalian democratic order, NGOs should be seen as the human face of the ‘global rise of the unelected’, with deeply paradoxical implications for the future of transnational governance.
Saturating the Maximum Success Probability Bound for Noiseless Linear Amplification Using Linear Optics
Creators: name: Guanzon, Joshua J.
name: Winnel, Matthew S.
name: Singh, Deepesh
name: Lund, Austin P.
name: Ralph, Timothy C.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum optics
subject: Quantum protocols
subject: Quantum state engineering
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik::530 Physik

description: A noiseless linear amplifier (NLA) performs the highest-quality amplification allowable under the rules of quantum physics. Unfortunately, these same rules conspire against us via the no-cloning theorem, which constrains NLA operations to the domain of probabilistic processes. Nevertheless, they are useful for a wide variety of quantum protocols, with numerous proposals assuming access to an optimal NLA device that performs with the maximum possible success probability. Here we propose the first linear-optics NLA protocol that asymptotically achieves this success probability bound by modifying the Knill-Laflamme-Milburn near-deterministic teleporter into an amplifier.