cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Application of Machine Learning Algorithms to Predicting Insect Assemblages in Grass Communities
Creators: name: Blance, Megan
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: Machine learning algorithms are increasingly used in ecological application to identify species images, categorize habitats and predict populations. These modeling techniques are relatively new to the field of entomology and have rarely been applied outside of image classification. In cereal crop systems, insects primarily use grasses as their alternative hosts. In this thesis, I demonstrate the application of machine learning models to predicting insect communities within grass ecosystems of the Palouse region of northern Idaho and eastern Washington.
description: First, I apply machine learning models to three common pest insect families (Cicadellidae, Miridae, Aphididae). Applying both classification and regression techniques, I determined the feasibility of making insect predictions using alternative host plants as predictor variables. In classification models, data balanced between presences and absences contributed greatly to model performance while regression models with greater variability in abundances performed better. In all models, abiotic factors were ranked highest in contribution to model predictions.
description: Next, I applied the same model techniques to predicting five insect community metrics (species richness, species evenness, Shannon diversity, Hill number 1 and Hill number 2) with the addition of landscape metrics as predictors. Abiotic and landscape metrics were most important to all community metrics with vegetation metrics providing rare contribution to model variability reduction. Overall, these results indicate that abiotic factors are the strongest drivers of insect populations and diversity with landscape composition additionally contributing to insect community diversity.
Goniocotes mayuri Lakshminarayana & Emerson 1971
Creators: name: Nasser, Mohamed
name: Al-Ahmed, Azzam
name: Shobrak, Mohammed
name: Aldryhim, Yousif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Philopteridae
Goniocotes
Goniocotes mayuri

description: 3.7. Goniocotes mayuri Lakshminarayana & Emerson, 1971
 Type host: Pavo cristatus L.
 This species is closely related to G. parviceps; it was collected from Indian Peafowl occurring in India, Nepal, and the United Kingdom (Lakshminarayana and Emerson, 1971).
description: Published as part of Nasser, Mohamed, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Aldryhim, Yousif, 2015, Identification key for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) infesting the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) with one new country record and new host record for Saudi Arabia, pp. 88-94 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1312-44, http://zenodo.org/record/10973734
title: Complex Interactions of the Intestinal Microbiome, Prevention, and Chronic Disease
title: Exploratory Study of Potential Associations
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Lewis, Cheryl A
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Chronic Disease
subject: Health Behaviors
subject: Health Belief
subject: Intestinal Microbiom
subject: Prevention
subject: Systemic Inflammation
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Introduction: Reducing long-term systemic inflammation can slow or prevent chronic disease development and complications. Aims: This study explored associations between cytokines Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Interleukin-17 (IL-17), and C-reactive protein (CRP) to risk variables, Self-Rated Health (SRH), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), exercise frequency, intake of vegetables/fruit, basic metabolic index (BMI), smoking (vape or chew), high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein (HDL/LDL) ratio, insulin resistance, glycated hemoglobin (HgA1c) and current daily chronic physical pain, and disease variables hypertension (HTN), diabetes, myocardial infarct (MI or heart attack), and COVID.
description: The aims were: 1) to examine the demographics and background characteristics of the participants, 2) to investigate potential associations between the inflammatory biomarkers and the risk, demographics, and disease variables, and 3) to investigate the internal reliability of the English version of the Health Belief Model (HBM) questionnaire developed by Wang et al. (2021).
description: Methods: Embraced within this exploratory study was the complex interactive human physical condition, biopsychosocial, biophysical, and health adaptation involved in chronic disease. Eleven insured adults, ages 18 to 69 years, four males and seven females, were recruited from a primary care clinic and completed an online survey and laboratory tests.
description: Results: There was a large positive association between exercise and SRH, rs = .73, n=10, (p< 0.05, [95% CI: 0.15 - 0.93]), and a large negative association between insulin resistance and age, rs = -0.64, n = 10, (p < 0.05, [95% CI: -0.91 – 0.01]). The Cronbach’s alpha of the subscales from the English version of Wang et al. (2021) HBM ranged from -1.266 to 0.875, indicating some unreliability.
description: Conclusions: Study findings support insulin resistance measurements in older adults and in the preventative health assessments of young adults to estimate the potential individual health risks in the primary care setting despite reports of habitual exercise behaviors. In addition, Cronbach’s alpha results identified a need to evaluate the English language constructs, the intent of the perceived benefits and cues to action subscales and retesting the English version of the HBM questionnaire. The subscales Seriousness, Barriers, Cue to Action, and Self-Efficacy would benefit from reassessment and evaluation of item homogeneity prior to retesting.
Assessing Efficacy of Random Encounter Models for Low Density Populations Using Unmarked Mule Deer and Coyotes
Creators: name: Anderson, Cullen
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Camera Trap
Coyote
Mule Deer
Population Density
Random Encounter Model
Wildlife Management

description: Estimating population parameters is an essential yet challenging process for wildlife conservation and management globally. Local, national, and international policies often depend on population trend data derived from density estimates. However, logistical and financial limitations may constrain regular assessment of wildlife densities using traditional mark-recapture based techniques. Random Encounter Models (REM) represent a simple, cost-effective method for estimating unmarked species densities using camera traps, and numerous studies have demonstrated REMs are robust compared to traditional methodologies. However, REM performance seems to be weakest for low density populations, and literature sources disagree about its use in these situations. Uncertainty in REM input variables (e.g., species movement rates, camera trap detectable area) may further decrease the utility of applying REM estimation methods for low density populations. Here, we examined the efficacy of REM for low density populations of two species with contrasting movement rates: a less mobile, large herbivore, mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and more mobile mesocarnivore, coyotes (Canis latrans). We deployed an array of camera traps across a ~101-km2, low permeability study area in northeastern Oregon and estimated mule deer and coyote densities using REMs from image detections. We then compared REM estimates between species and to existing density estimates for those species in the same study area derived from modern modifications of traditional mark-recapture models (e.g., Sight Mark Resight, Spatially Explicit Capture Recapture). To assess effects of variation in movement rate and camera trap detectable area on REM estimates, we simulated and visualized plausible mule deer, coyote, and camera trap characteristics. Comparisons of REM estimates to previous density estimates suggested REMs underestimated mule deer densities but adequately estimated coyote densities relative to mark-recapture methods. Our simulations and visualizations revealed variation in movement rates created the greatest degree of uncertainty in REM estimates for both species, whereas variation in camera trap detectable area had relatively little influence. However, environmental conditions may have decreased mule deer population densities between original and REM estimates, and our REM coyote estimates were likely biased high by underestimated movement rates. Our study demonstrated potential applicability of REM models to low density wildlife populations while illustrating the need for critical evaluation of parameter uncertainty before interpreting results.
Amyrsidea phaeostoma
Creators: name: Nasser, Mohamed
name: Al-Ahmed, Azzam
name: Shobrak, Mohammed
name: Aldryhim, Yousif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Somaphantidae
Amyrsidea
Amyrsidea phaeostoma

description: 3.2. Amyrsidea phaeostoma (Nitzsch, 1866)    Menopon phaeostoma Nitzsch, 1866
 Type host: Pavo cristatus L.
This species is one of the largest species of the genus. It is characterized by 5 medioanterior metanotal and abdominal tergal setae in both sexes.
description: Published as part of Nasser, Mohamed, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Aldryhim, Yousif, 2015, Identification key for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) infesting the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) with one new country record and new host record for Saudi Arabia, pp. 88-94 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1312-44, http://zenodo.org/record/10973734
title: Power Structures in an Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Program for Students With I/DD
title: a Critical Case Study of Stakeholders’ Perspectives
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: MacDonald, Kelsey
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Inclusive Postsecondary Education
Pacific Northwest
Developmental Disabilities
Intellectual Disabilities

description: A qualitative case study approach was employed to explore the perspectives of stakeholders affiliated with an inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) program for students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) in the pacific northwestern United States. Utilizing Artiles’ (2009) cultural-historical paradigm, three research questions were developed to gain insight about the covert power structures that impact stakeholders, in addition to benefits and obstacles. Nine total participants were interviewed, and four participants were IPSE program students with I/DD. One participant was an IPSE program student graduate who had become a staff member of the IPSE program. The other four participants were graduate staff, full-time staff, and leadership. Interview data was transcribed, coded, and then categorized into three themes. The three themes that emerged from the data included a) impacting system structures, b) cultivating growth in IPSE, and c) interfering structures to IPSE. Findings from this study indicate that stakeholders believe inconsistencies in educational policies along with the pressure to grow the program quickly and successfully, are impacting system structures. As for cultivating growth in IPSE, there are different reported benefits for IPSE students versus IPSE staff and leadership. For IPSE program students, benefits primarily aligned with the independent living outcome goals of the TPSID grant. For IPSE program staff and leadership, benefits are a sense of community, a network of relationships, support, along with professional growth. Main obstacles that all stakeholders faced as part of the interfering structures to IPSE theme included institutional barriers, financial barriers, and professors as barriers. This case study provides educators and researchers with the opportunity to learn directly from the students with I/DD and key stakeholders about their perceptions and the ways that the IPSE program has impacted them. From these findings, future research directions are discussed.
Goniocotes rectangulatus Nitzsch 1866
Creators: name: Nasser, Mohamed
name: Al-Ahmed, Azzam
name: Shobrak, Mohammed
name: Aldryhim, Yousif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Philopteridae
Goniocotes
Goniocotes rectangulatus

description: 3.9. Goniocotes rectangulatus Nitzsch, 1866
 Type host: Pavo cristatus L.
 The type specimen of this species is apparently lost. Kéler (1939) redescribed this species from 2 specimens in the Halle Museum, Germany. Goniocotes rectangulatus has been recorded from P. cristatus and P. muticus from various areas of the world (Lakshminarayana and Emerson, 1971).
description: Published as part of Nasser, Mohamed, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Aldryhim, Yousif, 2015, Identification key for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) infesting the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) with one new country record and new host record for Saudi Arabia, pp. 88-94 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1312-44, http://zenodo.org/record/10973734
Understanding the Molecular Structure of Lignin Macromolecule Using Data Analytics and Computational Simulation
Creators: name: Eswaran, Sudha Cheranma Devi
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: Lignin macromolecule is a complex polymer made by cross-linking phenolic precursors with a variety of chemical bonds. The precise molecular structure, physical dimension and chemical functionality/reactivity of lignin remain elusive despite multiple studies on lignin structural characterization. As the properties of any biological component depend critically on its molecular geometry, it will be vital to understand the structure of lignin macromolecules to utilize its vast potential. As part of this research, we have attempted to delineate the structural patterns of lignin using data analytics by utilizing experimental data from literature. Data analytic techniques facilitate the implementation of data-driven discovery pipelines (e.g., knowledge extraction and data mining) and the development of computational models capable of linking molecular structure with its physicochemical properties. The research focus on developing a data-driven approach to better understand lignin macromolecular assembly and structural variations from different sources and processes. The thesis presents a new methodology for computational simulation of lignin structure, generated novel lignin polymer dataset and demonstrated a lignin depolymerization workflow to provide insight on the structural transformation of lignin when using deep eutectic solvent pretreatment. The software developed provides a hands-on tool to create and visualize lignin structures based on experimental analysis which is not available currently. The explanations obtained in these simulation approaches helped in identifying the structural variations of desired wood type and separation method. Also, demonstrated a machine learning model in utilizing data driven strategies to predict the reaction chemistry of hydrotreating bioprocess for lignocellulosic biomass. The model interpretation techniques implemented in this study can also be used as a guide for future experiments to gain novel insights from computational approaches.
Making LibGuides Work: Student Interviews and Usability Tests
Creators: name: Conerton, Kate
name: Goldenstein, Cheryl
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2017
Subjects: research guides
usability
academic libraries
Library and Information Science

description: This article discusses student use of and feedback on LibGuides in an academic library. The authors conducted interviews and usability tests with on-campus and distance students to determine their preferences and expectations, as well as to identify specific pain points. Based on the findings, the authors changed LibGuides best practices at their institution and overhauled the LibGuides index page.
Machine Learning Applications for Agricultural Economics
Creators: name: Odongo, Kennedy Rodgers
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation utilizes machine learning to answer questions in agricultural economics in three related but independent essays. Machine learning and data science are increasingly being adopted in interdisciplinary work providing complimentary analytical methods and data tools for economics research. I use machine learning to investigate how COVID-19 and the resulting media coverage affected specialty crop markets dynamics and to develop insights how attributes of a new apple variety can be utilized in an advertising campaign to derive demand. The first paper of my dissertation investigates how COVID-19 and related social and traditional media coverage affected shipping point prices of specialty crops. I use Twitter data to estimate how the prevalence COVID-19 topics affect crop demand. The results show that crops that are usually consumed as food away from home (FAFH) were the most affected by COVID-19 relative to crops usually consumed as food at home (FAH). The impact of the pandemic was heterogenous across specialty crops with crops whose usage is concentrated in FAFH settings experiencing a decrease in demand compared to crops used mostly in FAH settings.
description: The second compares the performance of two time series forecasting techniques in the context of event studies. The event in this paper is the economy-wide COVID-19 shutdown. The results show that the prices in strawberry and apples markets were higher during the pandemic than they should have been. In comparing the two forecasting methods, the neural network outperforms the ARIMA on error metrics such as the Mean Absolute Error.
description: The third paper evaluates how attributes for newly developed WA 38 apple sold under the Cosmic Crisp brand can be used for to accelerate demand. I identify the market segments where marketing is effective and identify the attributes of the brand that most appeal to consumers. The results show that sentiment on Cosmic Crisp brand is positive with an overall compound score of 0.2263. The online conversation on the brand revolves around the history and novelty of the variety, farm tours to drive demand, the taste and appearance of the apple and, its affiliation to the university where it was developed.
Mechanisms of pro-fibrotic gene expression of endocervical epithelial cells during infection by Chlamydia trachomatis
Creators: name: Caven, Liam Thomas
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Chlamydia trachomatis
fibrosis
YAP

description: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common source of bacterial sexually transmitted disease worldwide. An obligate intracellular pathogen, C. trachomatis invades epithelial cells of the upper female genital tract. Repeated acute or chronic C. trachomatis infections can lead to fibrotic sequelae, such as tubal factor infertility and ectopic pregnancy. Fibrosis is understood as an outcome of dysregulated wound healing. Aberrant activation of myofibroblasts promotes deposition of fibrillar collagens in the extracellular matrix, producing a stiffened basement membrane that further drives myofibroblast differentiation. C. trachomatis infection is shown to stimulate host cell production of pro-fibrotic signal factors and induce myofibroblast differentiation via an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). However, it remains unclear how C. trachomatis drives the host pro-fibrotic gene expression associated with these phenotypes.C. trachomatis productively infects transitional and undifferentiated epithelial cells of the ectocervix, yet scarring of the lower female genital tract has not been reported. In contrast, infection of the simple columnar epithelium of the upper genital tract can promote fibrosis, with a local pro-inflammatory response acting as a predisposing cofactor. One plausible explanation for this discrepancy is that endocervical epithelial cells are intrinsically predisposed towards pro-fibrotic gene expression. To investigate this possibility, I compared transcriptomes of primary human endocervical and vaginal epithelial cells. The former exhibited induction of pro-EMT transcription factors and repression of cytokeratins regardless of infection state, suggesting predisposition towards chlamydial induction of EMT. Further study of the host transcriptome determined that C. trachomatis activates the transcriptional cofactor YAP, inducing expression of pro-fibrotic signal factors. Chlamydial YAP induction seemingly bypasses YAP inhibition by the Hippo kinase cascade, acting instead via enhancement of YAP phosphoactivation dependent upon host Src-family kinases and the chlamydial effector CTL0480. To determine if infection-associated signaling promotes myofibroblast activation, I developed an in vitro model for study of communication between C. trachomatis-infected endocervical epithelial cells and neighboring fibroblasts. Cocultured fibroblasts exhibited induction of fibrillar type I collagen – a phenotype attenuated by YAP knockdown in epithelial cells. Collectively, these results introduce a means by which C. trachomatis induces pro-fibrotic gene expression and identify YAP as a potential therapeutic target for infection-associated fibrosis.
Impacts of Prenatal Cannabis Exposure on the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Adulthood
Creators: name: Ginder, Darren Earl
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023

description: Due to widespread legalization, cannabis has become the most commonly used drug during pregnancy. Despite this, the research surrounding the long-term impacts of prenatal cannabis exposure remain elusive, with much of the current literature reporting conflicting results. This dissertation unravels how prenatal cannabis exposure (PCE) impacts the offspring in adulthood, revealing long-term effects that alter function in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). By using a novel model of cannabis vapor exposure, female rats were trained to self-administer cannabis vapor prior to, and throughout, their pregnancy. Offspring were then taken and maintained until adulthood ( > P60) and were then used to assess the impacts of PCE on the protein expression in the mPFC, projection neurons between the mPFC and nucleus accumbens (NAc), and cognitive ability. Additionally, a smaller group received the neurohormone pregnenolone during late childhood, in order to assess the effectiveness of pregnenolone as a means to restore cognitive function following PCE. Analyses of excitatory (mGLU5) and inhibitory (CB1R and PV) markers in the mPFC revealed no changes between PCE and controls, further adding to the mixed results in the literature. When examining projections from the mPFC to NAc, results revealed a sex specific impact of PCE: female PCE rats showed a higher frequency of excitatory post-synaptic currents (EPSC) compared to controls. This difference was not present in males. Additionally, a non-sex specific reduction on EPSC amplitude was seen in PCE offspring, indicating reductions in ability to generate action potentials. Finally, female offspring that experienced PCE showed higher holding current when injected with a voltage of -60mV, indicating a hyperexcitable membrane. Together, this reveals reduced communication between the mPFC and NAc and that female projection neurons were more easily excited. The last part of this dissertation aimed to restore function, as our laboratory previously showed PCE resulted in deficits in cognitive flexibility. Conducting the same cognitive assessment, this dissertation revealed that maternal self-administration of cannabis vapor resulted in offspring that could not perform an extradimensional shift when attempting to obtain a sucrose reinforcer. Furthermore, it was shown that pregnenolone is effective at restoring this ability to learn a new rule set to obtain a sucrose reinforcer. This reveals that pregnenolone protects against the cognitive impacts of PCE, at least in terms of cognitive flexibility.
Social Cognitive Dysfunction in Clinical Conditions: A Protocol for a Systematic and Scoping Review of Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Creators: name: Eicher, Marcel
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Social cognition is a fundamental neurocognitive function with significant clinical implications. Impairments in social cognition, particularly theory of mind and emotion recognition, are prevalent across various clinical conditions but often overlooked in clinical practice. Although previous research has explored social cognitive dysfunction in clinical conditions, no study has provided a detailed analysis of impairment within and across conditions. This study aims to fill this gap by conducting a systematic and scoping review of reviews and meta-analyses to comprehensively examine social cognitive impairment in clinical conditions. The study follows a mixed-method approach, combining (a) a systematic approach for the review of meta-analyses comparing clinical populations to healthy subjects, and (b) a data-driven exploratory method for a scoping review of reviews on the topic of impaired social cognition across and within clinical conditions. A comprehensive search strategy is employed to identify relevant reviews and meta-analyses from multiple scientific databases. This study closely follows established guidelines for systematic and non-systematic reviews. This study will provide a descriptive analysis and discussion of the retrieved data, including effect sizes, study characteristics, and secondary analyses reported in the meta-analyses. The scoping review of reviews will contribute to a broader overview of social cognition impairments in clinical conditions. This combined, systematic and scoping review will be, to our knowledge, the first of its nature in this field of study. By synthesizing findings from meta-analyses and non-meta-analytic reviews, this study aims to provide valuable insights by providing a concise overview. While the review is comprehensive, it is not exhaustive. Nevertheless, by addressing gaps in the literature and providing input for clinical professionals, this study will significantly contribute to the field of social cognition in clinical conditions in research and practice. (For further information and a detailed protocol, see the file "Preregistration Protocol2.pdf").
Menacanthus kaddoui
Creators: name: Nasser, Mohamed
name: Al-Ahmed, Azzam
name: Shobrak, Mohammed
name: Aldryhim, Yousif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Menoponidae
Menacanthus
Menacanthus kaddoui

description: 3.5. Menacanthus kaddoui (Eichler and Mey, 1978)    Gallacanthus kaddoui Eichler and Mey, 1978
 Type host: Pavo cristatus L.
 This species was first described in the genus Gallacanthus from specimens collected from Indian Peafowl from Baghdad, Iraq (Eichler and Mey, 1978).
description: Published as part of Nasser, Mohamed, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Aldryhim, Yousif, 2015, Identification key for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) infesting the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) with one new country record and new host record for Saudi Arabia, pp. 88-94 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1312-44, http://zenodo.org/record/10973734
While You Sleep
Creators: name: NEAL, KATE
name: Cooper, Sal
name: Quartet, String
Publisher: name: The University of Melbourne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360499
subject: Performing arts not elsewhere classified

description: While You Sleep is a 60min performance work uniting string quartet, piano, electronics, video and animation in a surreal counterpoint of music, movement and image - where nothing is quite as it seems.
Feasibility, acceptability, and depression outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens (MSC-T) for adolescents with subsyndromal depression
Creators: name: Park, Jinyoung
name: Lathren, Christine
name: Gaylord, Susan
name: Lynch, Chanee
name: Harris-Britt, April
name: Bluth, Karen
name: Curry, John
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023

description: INTRODUCTION: Adolescents are experiencing high rates of depressive symptoms, with negative consequences to their long-term health. Group-based, mindful self-compassion programs show promise in mitigating the development of more significant depression in at-risk adolescents. However, the lack of well-designed, active control conditions has limited the ability to examine the efficacy of such interventions. METHODS: Fifty-nine adolescents (Mage =15.81, 70% female) with subsyndromal depressive symptoms from the Southeastern US were randomized to group-based Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens (N=30) or a newly developed active control Healthy Lifestyles group (N=29) during 2018 and 2019. Participants attended 8 weekly "main" sessions followed by 6 monthly continuation sessions. The feasibility and acceptability of participation in both groups were measured using attrition, attendance, credibility, and satisfaction data. Depression scores were collected weekly, and self-compassion scores were collected five times across 36 weeks. RESULTS: Both groups were equally feasible and acceptable during the 8-week program period; however, monthly continuation sessions were poorly attended in both groups. The risk of developing clinically significant depression was 2.6 times higher in the control group compared with the self-compassion group (p=.037) across 36 weeks. Depression significantly decreased in the self-compassion group, while it significantly increased in the control group. Both groups increased significantly in reports of self-compassion. These findings are on par with results noting the efficacy of cognitive-based interventions for high-risk adolescents; follow-up studies with larger sample sizes should be conducted to confirm these findings. CONCLUSIONS: Initial examination suggests Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens programming is feasible, acceptable, and efficacious in preventing the development of clinically significant depression in adolescents with subsyndromal depression. Future studies may benefit from refinements to the self-compassion measurement and/or the attention control condition; moreover, larger sample sizes are needed to confirm results.
Flexible Modeling of Time to Failure in Risky Careers
Creators: name: Atkinson, S. E.
name: Tschirhart, John T.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1986
Subjects: Economics

description: Failure time models correcting for heterogeneity are used to explain the length of participation in a risky career. Using data from the National Football League, first we employ a class of techniques which ignore unobserved heterogeneity; hence these methods impose severe restrictions on the estimate hazard. We then examine a second class of techniques which correct for unobservables and thereby allow greater flexibility in the estimated hazard. Within this second class, we find that the estimated hazard using the Burr-12 density is much more accurate than densities in the first class, which include the exponential and Weibull. We expect that this density could be employed to successfully explain career duration in other high-risk, high-stress careers as well.
Publisher Correction: METLIN-CCS Lipid Database: An authentic standards resource for lipid classification and identification
Creators: name: Connell, Lisa
name: Aisporna, Aries
name: Hoang, Corey
name: Uritboonthai, Winnie
name: Baker, Erin S.
name: Giera, Martin
name: Siuzdak, Gary
name: Olivier-Jimenez, Damien
name: Heyman, Heino M.
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2024

description: Correction to "METLIN-CCS Lipid Database: An authentic standards resource for lipid classification and identification"
Impact of climate change on coastal geomorphology and sea coast  erosion -A case study of Swargadwar beach of Odisha.
Creators: name: Sahoo, Niranjan
Publisher: name: Eastern Geographer
Year: 2018

description: Due to rapid erosion near the inhabited areas of Bay of Bengal coast, human population  residing there miserly suffer from urban flood and soil erosion other problems such as  frequent intrusion salty water towards the residential area, landward extension of sea,  extension of river mouth over large area, deposition of eroded materials in the sea under the impact of backwash and resultant landform from change of river course, rapid sea coast erosion and deposition has become a matter of grave concern for Geomorphologists. Under the influence of climate change, sea level is rising and hence Mangala river of Odisha is facing difficulties, causes river course changes in the taking place and modification of sea current across the coast is responsible for rapid erosion near Swargadwar beach of Odisha. This scientific paper is a study of coastal erosion near Swargadwar beach of Odisha and it dealt with the relation of course change of Mangala River under the impact of climate change.
Goniodes pavonis
Creators: name: Nasser, Mohamed
name: Al-Ahmed, Azzam
name: Shobrak, Mohammed
name: Aldryhim, Yousif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Philopteridae
Goniodes
Goniodes pavonis

description: 3.12. Goniodes pavonis (L., 1758)
 Pediculus pavonis L. 1758
 Nirmus tetragonocephalus Olfers 1816
 Goniodes falcicornis Nitzsch 1818
 Type Host: Pavo cristatus L.
This species was the first chewing louse described from the Indian Peafowl by Linnaeus (1758).
description: Published as part of Nasser, Mohamed, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Aldryhim, Yousif, 2015, Identification key for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) infesting the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) with one new country record and new host record for Saudi Arabia, pp. 88-94 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1312-44, http://zenodo.org/record/10973734
Molecular mimicry of SARS-COV-2 antigens as a possible natural anti-cancer preventive immunization.
Creators: name: Buonaguro, Luigi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In the present study we investigated whether peptides derived from the entire SARS-CoV-2 proteome share homology to TAAs (tumor-associated antigens) and cross-reactive CD8+ T cell can be elicited by the BNT162b2 preventive vaccine or the SARS-CoV-2 natural infection.

Viral epitopes with high affinity (<100nM) to the HLA-A*02:01 allele were predicted. Shared and variant-specific epitopes were identified. Significant homologies in amino acidic sequence have been found between SARS-CoV-2 peptides and multiple TAAs, mainly associated with breast, liver, melanoma and colon cancers. The molecular mimicry of the viral epitopes and the TAAs was found in all viral proteins, mostly the Orf 1ab and the Spike, which is included in the BNT162b2 vaccine. Predicted structural similarities confirmed the sequence homology and comparable patterns of contact with both HLA and TCR α and β chains were observed. CD8+ T cell clones cross-reactive with the paired peptides have been found by MHC class l-dextramer staining.

Our results show for the first time that several SARS-COV-2 antigens are highly homologous to TAAs and cross-reactive T cells are identified in infected and BNT162b2 preventive vaccinated individuals. The implication would be that the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic could represent a natural preventive immunization for breast, liver, melanoma and colon cancers. In the coming years, real-world evidences will provide the final proof for such immunological experimental evidence. Moreover, such SARS-CoV-2 epitopes can be used to develop “multi-cancer” off-the-shelf preventive/therapeutic vaccine formulations, with higher antigenicity and immunogenicity than over-expressed tumor self-antigens, for the potential valuable benefit of thousands of cancer patients around the World.
Metabolic Adaptations to Prolonged Food-Deprivation by the American Badger Taxidea-Taxus
Creators: name: Harlow, Henry
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Energy expenditures for food processing, maintenance, and activity requirements were determined in the laboratory on the American badger, Taxidea taxus, both with ad lib. food and starved for 7, 20, and 30 days. Body weight decreased at about 76 g per day, resulting in a respiratory quotient (RQ) of 0.83 after 30 days of starvation. Energy requirements were calculated from Vo2 values. A 24.2%, 19.7%, and 26.3% reduction in total metabolism was observed at 7, 20, and 30 days, respectively, without food because of reduced maintenance and activity requirements. As a result, badgers were able to conserve approximately 17 g of tissue per day after 30 days without food. Part of the lower maintenance metabolism was accounted for by a 1.7 C reduction in body temperature. Activity was most depressed the first week of starvation but progressively increased after 20 and 30 days without food.
METLIN-CCS Lipid Database: An authentic standards resource for lipid classification and identification
Creators: name: Siuzdak, Gary
name: Giera, Martin
name: Hoang, Corey
name: Connell, Lisa
name: Heyman, Heino M.
name: Baker, Erin S.
name: Uritboonthai, Winnie
name: Olivier-Jimenez, Damien
name: Aisporna, Aries
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2024

description: Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) has emerged as an important technology for the characterization of small molecules in biochemical and biological research. Here we present the METLIN-CCS Lipid Database, which includes collision cross section (CCS) values and IMS data for 750 unique lipid standards, many of which are not publicly available at present. Our database provides CCS values obtained by measuring each standard (in triplicate) in both positive and negative ionization modes, yielding seven different ion-types (for example, [M+H]+, [M+Na]+, [M−H]−, [M+NH4]+, [M+H−H2O]+, [M+Cl]− and [M+HCOO]−).
Illusions of online readiness: the counter-intuitive impact of rapid immersion in digital learning due to COVID-19
Creators: name: Power, Jason
name: Conway, Paul
name: Ó Gallchóir, Ciarán
name: Young, Ann-Marie
name: Hayes, Michaela
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education

description: Framed from a socio-cognitive perspective, and the contemporary increased salience of digital learning readiness and competence, the purpose of this study was two-fold: to validate Online Learner Readiness Scale in a new context and to explore potential variances in online readiness within a student-teacher population between less (pre-COVID) and more experienced (during COVID) groups. A CFA was used to examine the suitability of the OLRS in an Irish context, and variances between groups based on gender and professional experience were explored. Two cross-sectional datasets were gathered from student teachers from a university teacher education programme in the Republic of Ireland (n1 = 281, n2 = 154). The analysis demonstrated significantly lower perceived online readiness in the more experienced ‘during COVID’ cohort compared to ‘pre-COVID’ cohort. This counter-intuitive finding is in direct contrast to prior research, and potential influencing factors include the sudden immersion in an entirely digital learning environment. The more experienced cohort reported significantly lower online readiness across all five components of the OLRS. The findings are discussed in the context of a major shift in the student-teacher learning experience due to COVID-19. Implications for future research are explored in the context of increasingly digitised teaching and learning environments during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rural Wyoming and Diabetes Prevention; What Can We Do to Be In The Fight?
Creators: name: King, Alexis
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: Type 2 Diabetes
rural health
rural
Rocky Mountain Region
diabetes prevention
Type 2 Diabetes prevention

description: This report reviewed states in the Rock Mountain Region's Type 2 Diabetes prevention resources and programs offered to their rural and frontier areas. The T2DM resources were further assessed to discover which could be implemented in other rural areas in Wyoming. This review found that each state in the Rocky Mountain Region offered unique ideas that could improve T2DM prevention in Wyoming's rural and frontier populations.
Colpocephalum thoracicum Kellogg & Paine 1914
Creators: name: Nasser, Mohamed
name: Al-Ahmed, Azzam
name: Shobrak, Mohammed
name: Aldryhim, Yousif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Colpocephalidae
Colpocephalum
Colpocephalum thoracicum

description: 3.4. Colpocephalum thoracicum Kellogg & Paine, 1914
 Colpocephalum echinatus Ewing, 1930
 Type host: Green Peafowl Pavo muticus L.
 This species was described originally from nymphs collected from the Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus L., by Kellogg and Paine (1914). Ewing (1930) proposed C. echinatus as a new species from the same bird species, but from adult males and females. Price and Beer (1963) revised the species of Colpocephalum that are associated with Galliformes and considered C. thoracicum as the valid name, with C. echinatus as a synonym.
description: Published as part of Nasser, Mohamed, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Aldryhim, Yousif, 2015, Identification key for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) infesting the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) with one new country record and new host record for Saudi Arabia, pp. 88-94 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1312-44, http://zenodo.org/record/10973734
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY: REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME AMONG YOUTH IN GRANVILLE AND VANCE COUNTIES
Creators: name: Rachel Siebert
name: Gabriela Barajas
name: Brianna Sirkis
name: Carrie Poole
name: Tyzie Morning
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description:
Violent crime is a crucial element within the neighborhood and built environment, impacting a community’s overall progress towards improving social determinants of health. The Granville and Vance community health assessment (CHA) highlights violent crime in these counties as an impeding factor to community safety, especially among the youth population (ages 10-24). Quantitative and qualitative data from the 2018 and 2021 CHA conducted by the Granville Vance public health department provided sufficient context for identifying violent crime as a serious problem for these counties. Further research into county level and state level crime rates yielded results that indicate violent crime in Vance County is a greater problem than in Granville and the state overall. Violent crime disrupts community cohesion and has a multitude of short term and longterm impacts for individuals and the community. Several concepts such as systems thinking, community engagement, leadership, policy review and quality improvement were utilized to identify leverage points aimed at reducing violent crimes. This proposal recommends the implementation of youth intervention programs, such as structured mentorships, after-school activities, safe riding programs, and job training, as primary interventions for reducing youth violent crime. Interventions should be supported through policy and community engagement.
title: Scientific knowledge of physical causes and ecological consequences of hypoxia in an enclosed bay as a basis fo rregional management planning
Creators: name: Nakata, Hideaki
name: Suzaki, Hirokazu
name: Chung, Sangdeok
name: Yamaguchi, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: ASC 2015 - Theme session R
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Physical mechanisms of bottom hypoxia formation and movementin Omura Bay, an enclosedbay in the western Japan, were investigated using existing field data and a numerical simulation.It was revealed that de nsity driven water inflo w from outer to inner bay could play a crucialrole in the hypoxia formation in the bay, and also in the inshore movement of hypoxia during the transitional period from summer to autumn, occasionally causing serious damage tofisheries resources in the shallow water . Long term increase in the volume of hypoxi c waterand subsequent contraction of potential habitat volume could be responsible for simplified fishcommunity structure as se en in the fisheries landings . Practical field experiments aiming atrestoring hypoxic environment by aeration from the sea bottom in combination withbio remediation in the shallow water has been star ted in cooperation with local governm ent ofNagasaki Prefecture as a part of the 5 year Action Plan for Environmental Cons er vation andRegional Promotion of Omura Bay.
1 NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY: REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME AMONG YOUTH IN GRANVILLE AND VANCE COUNTIES
Creators: name: Siebert, Rachel
name: Barajas, Gabriela
name: Sirkis, Brianna
name: Morning, Tyzie
name: Poole, Carrie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description:
Violent crime is a crucial element within the neighborhood and built environment, impacting a community’s overall progress towards improving social determinants of health. The Granville and Vance community health assessment (CHA) highlights violent crime in these counties as an impeding factor to community safety, especially among the youth population (ages 10-24). Quantitative and qualitative data from the 2018 and 2021 CHA conducted by the
Granville Vance public health department provided sufficient context for identifying violent crime as a serious problem for these counties. Further research into county level and state level crime rates yielded results that indicate violent crime in Vance County is a greater problem than in Granville and the state overall. Violent crime disrupts community cohesion and has a multitude of short term and long-term impacts for individuals and the community. Several concepts such as systems thinking, community engagement, leadership, policy review and quality improvement were utilized to
identify leverage points aimed at reducing violent crimes. This proposal recommends the implementation of youth intervention programs, such as structured mentorships, after-school activities, safe riding programs, and job training, as primary interventions for reducing youth violent crime. Interventions should be supported through policy and community engagement.
Colpocephalum tausi
Creators: name: Nasser, Mohamed
name: Al-Ahmed, Azzam
name: Shobrak, Mohammed
name: Aldryhim, Yousif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Colpocephalidae
Colpocephalum
Colpocephalum tausi

description: 3.3. Colpocephalum tausi (Ansari, 1951)    Galliferrisia tausi Ansari, 1951
 Type host: Pavo cristatus L.
description: Published as part of Nasser, Mohamed, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Aldryhim, Yousif, 2015, Identification key for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) infesting the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) with one new country record and new host record for Saudi Arabia, pp. 88-94 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1312-44, http://zenodo.org/record/10973734