cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: What Remains?
title: Decolonization and Erasure of Memory in the History of the AfricaMuseum, 1897-2020
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Canion Brewer, Kyley Elise
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: AfricaMuseum
Colonialism
Leopold II
Royal Museum of Central Africa
Tervuren
Belgium
European History

description: The Museé Royale de l’Afrique Centrale in Tervuren, Belgium purports to have the richest collection of African cultural artifacts in the world. Constructed at the height of the Belgian King Leopold II’s reign of terror in Congo, the museum stands as both a testament to and memorial of Belgian state and monarchical colonial legacies. The museum, relatively unchanged since its reimaging at the turn of the 20th century, closed its doors in 2013 to undergo a five-year decolonizing renovation designed to repair the museum’s relationship with Belgian memory and international morality. The deconstruction of colonial ideologies across European institutions is an increasingly important movement across multiple fields of study. Incorporating elements of Museum Studies, Indigenous Studies and Methodologies, Memory Studies and History, this project engages and critiques the troubling myth of decolonizing a fundamentally colonial space by placing in context the newly renamed AfricaMuseum’s renovation policies, strategies, and consequences. By engaging multiple disciplines, I believe my work can provide an important contribution to the emerging conversation about representation in memory spaces, and by comparing the museum’s contemporary remodel to its predecessor I have found the AfricaMuseum still to be lacking in contextual awareness. Ultimately, my findings suggest that the immensely colonized spaces represented by institutions such as this continue to dominate the commemorative recognition of colonial atrocity and undermine national efforts to effectively diversify understandings of colonial history.
Mixing of hot shocked plasma with cold gas in Nova YZ Ret 2020
Creators: name: Mitrani, Sharon
name: Behar, Ehud
name: Drake, Jeremy J.
name: Orio, Marina
name: Page, Kim
name: Canton, Valentina
name: Ness, Jan-Uwe
name: Sokolovsky, Kirill
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The origin of bright X-ray emission lines that appear late in a nova eruption remains largely a puzzle. We present two high-resolution X-ray grating spectra of the classical nova YZ Ret, observed 77 and 115 days post-eruption, using XMM-Newton and Chandra , respectively. Both spectra feature resolved emission lines blueshifted by $v = -1500$ km s$^{-1}$ and broadened by $σ_v=500$ km s$^{-1}$. The two spectra are well described by a collisionally ionized plasma of $kT\sim 70$ eV that dimmed by a factor of $\sim40$ between the two exposures. The spectra also show narrow radiative recombination continua (RRCs) of C$^{+4}$, C$^{+5}$, and N$^{+5}$, indicating the interaction of the hot ionized plasma with cold electrons of $kT\sim 2$ eV. The high-$n$ Rydberg series of C$^{+4}$ is anomalously bright, allowing us to measure the electron density through continuum lowering, which is in agreement with the He-like N$^{+5}$ density diagnostic of $n_e=(1.7\pm0.4)\times10^{11}$ cm$^{-3}$. The high population of these high-$n$ levels constitutes the best evidence to date of charge exchange (CX) with neutral H in an astrophysical ionized plasma. The remarkable fact that the velocity and plasma temperature are the same after 38 days, despite the high density and decreasing flux is evidence for ongoing heating. We suggest the heating is due to a reverse shock in the nova ejecta, which forms a thin X-ray shell. The narrow RRCs and CX are attributed to direct mixing with cold gas, which overtakes the hot plasma either from the shock front, or through the contact discontinuity.
description: 19 pages, 13 figures
Improvement in health-related quality of life questionnaires with biologic treatment in severe asthma and comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis with or without nasal polyposis: a real-life experience
Creators: name: Santus, Pierachille
name: Saad, Marina
name: Casartelli, Anna
name: Lorusso, Rosaria
name: Milani, Lisa
name: Danzo, Fiammetta
name: Busatto, Paolo
name: Radovanovic, Dejan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Patients with severe asthma frequently have comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with or without nasal polyps, that can increase the symptom burden and complicate treatment. Real-life clinical data on the impact of biologic treatments on CRS-specific quality-of-life questionnaires are still lacking. In this retrospective real-life study, we collected data from patients with severe asthma with comorbid CRS with/without nasal polyposis at baseline, and after 3, 6 and 12 months of treatment with omalizumab, mepolizumab, benralizumab or dupilumab. In particular, we evaluated improvements in HRQoL as measured by SinoNasal Outcome Test‐22 (SNOT‐22, 0 – 110), Visual Analog Scale symptom scores (VAS, 0–10), and Asthma Control Test (ACT, 5–25) and the proportion of patients meeting the minimal clinically important difference (MCID). Disease-specific HRQoL, as measured by SNOT 22 and VAS score improved in all patients at 3, 6, and 12 months of treatment compared with baseline (SNOT-22: 14, IQR: 0–52 vs 10, IQR:0–30 vs 0, IQR:0–15 vs 0, IQR:0–12, p < 0.001, VAS score: 1, IQR: 0–5 vs 0, IQR:0–3 vs 0, IQR:0-2 vs 0, IQR 0–1, p < 0.001). After 3 months of treatment >80% of patients reached the MCID for ACT, while only patients on dupilumab showed to reach a MCID in 100% of cases. The effect size depended upon the symptom burden at baseline. The study confirms the efficacy of omalizumab, mepolizumab, benralizumab, and dupilumab in a real-life setting, with a rapid improvement in CRS-specific HRQoL and general health status. These data highlight the importance of targeting type 2 inflammation in asthmatic patients with co-existing upper and lower airways disease. The Authors disclose that preliminary data and analysis of the present study have been presented in abstract form during the “X International Workshop on Lung Health – Respiratory Disease and Immune Response”, held in Nice on 19–21 January 2023.
TOWARDS INTELLIGENT MONITORING OF DRILLED FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER PANELS
Creators: name: Wang, Tianyi
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: Because of its great toughness and light weight, carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is widely utilized in the aircraft sector. The anisotropic nature of CFRP contributes to its longevity, but it also has significant drawbacks, such as the generation of hole delamination from the drilling process. Hole delamination will not only cause the hole wall to become rougher, but it will also diminish the hole's quality, making it less resistant to harm. As a result, hole quality monitoring is quite crucial.
description: In this paper, we measure hole quality using the average surface roughness, $R_a$. Roughness (and other quality indicators) are heavily influenced by the condition of the cutting tool, which is commonly measured by Mechanical Engineers using total wear area (TWL), and flank wear land (FWL). In our data set, the drilling process is performed using one drill bit which becomes progressively more worn over time. Thus TWA and FWL can be estimated knowing the number of holes that have been previously drilled (i.e., the hole number).
description: We develop a machine learning pipeline to predict how many holes have been previously drilled using a given tool (i.e., the hole number), as well as a pipeline to predict surface roughness, $R_a$. The pipeline uses force and torque measurements captured directly during active drilling.
description: The contributions of this paper are twofold. First, we provide efficient methods for segmenting the force and torque signals to find the regions of active drilling. Naive Windowing performs well when compared to manual segmentation and is $16$ times faster than the Gaussian Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm. Second, we provide performance results for a wide array of machine learning classifiers on the hole number and $R_a$ classification tasks. We find a feed-forward neural network with SeLU activation performs very well to predict hole number, and that modest performance can be obtained predicting $R_a$ with a support vector machine. These contributions may help the workers monitor the tool wear state in the real-time production process, reducing the risk of CFRP drilling failures.
title: “A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD”
title: FIRST-YEAR BILINGUAL, BICULTURAL TEACHERS FROM AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO TEACHING PROGRAM
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Morrison, Steven
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Alternative Route to Teaching program
Bilingual Education
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
First Year Teachers
Funds of Knowledge
Elementary Education
Middle School Education

description: The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of first-year teachers, recently graduated from an Alternative Route to Teaching (ART) program and hired to teach within Spanish-English Dual-language Immersion strands at local schools. To do so, recordings and observations of classroom practice, teacher interviews, and supplementary data from previous coursework were analyzed to address three questions which arose from literature gaps and during fieldwork, namely, 1) How do graduates from an ART program engage and support their emerging bilingual/multilingual learners during the first year of instruction and across a variety of class modalities? 2) In what ways do graduates from an ART program utilize knowledge of (a) their students, parents, and communities, as well as of (b) their own experiences and trajectories as former paraeducators, school insiders, and across culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds? and 3) What are the ways in which graduates from an ART program experience and negotiate their first year as teachers in terms of support and identity? Three conclusions were generated as a result. First, the first-year teacher participants engaged their students through a variety of activities and relations which were marked in contrast to typical depictions of first-year practice, notably in how activities were grounded and authentic, and in how teacher-student interactions were adaptive and relational to student needs. Second, participants leveraged a substantial understanding of student and parent backgrounds to build curriculum and in-class supports which were relevant to students’ learning needs. Finally, participants were not immune to many of the difficulties seen in the first year of teachers, despite extensive experience with schools as paraeducators, yet showed a practice quite flexible to student and instructional needs during the onset of COVID-19. In sum, participants engaged their first year of practice in ways which outpace much of the narrative literature surrounding first-year teachers, and did so in ways which were grounded in self-knowledge, as well as knowledge of students, school system, and community.
title: WOMEN OF COLOR WRITING AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF THE MEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES
title: TOWARDS A SOCIALLY JUST EDUCATION
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ramos, Heather
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Gender Studies
Health Disparities
Medical Humanities
Resistance
Environmental Justice
Social Justice
Women's Studies

description: My dissertation urges for a social justice curriculum in medical education that intersects medical and environmental humanities. I examine interdisciplinary texts that include U.S.-centered literature, documentaries, activist discourses, medical journal articles, and environmental discourses. Through these texts, I demand greater attention to environmental factors as social determinants of health and how communities deemed disposable are disproportionately affected by health inequities. My dissertation utilizes frameworks borrowed from medical humanities, environmental humanities, critical race theory, gender theory, and disability politics, particularly slow violence, debility, and reproductive justice, to address the failures of a conservative medical humanities culture that ignores social injustices. Drawing upon women of color writing, including Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals, Cherríe Moraga’s Heroes and Saints, and Toni Morrison’s Home, I theorize how their literary texts function as aesthetic blueprints of lived realities that are ignored in medical training. These aesthetic blueprints act as counter-narratives that re-present communities otherwise rendered disposable as active in coalitions, advocacy, and resistance. By examining these contemporary U.S.-centered texts alongside social movements, I elicit the participation of women of color writers and social movements in diagnosing social determinants of health. I also explore the role of these social movements in transforming medical treatment and the capitalist U.S. healthcare system.The chapters delve into specific case studies of health equity issues in conjunction with health and environmental justice activism. Analyzing the disparities and organizing surrounding breast cancer, pesticide-related illnesses, and forced sterilization, I emphasize the existence of and continued need for collective approaches to health injustices. The liberatory efforts of Black Lives Matter, White Coats for Black Lives, the Black Panther Party, the United Farm Workers, and SisterSong: Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective are centered in my dissertation. Collectively, these case studies support my argument that social liberation movements, and their connections to health and environmental activism, are also social determinants of health. This research joins the published critiques raised against medical education for ignoring oppressive systems and social justice by arguing that medical education should include attention to the historical roles of social movements in shaping medical discourse and practices in the United States.
M2 macrophages promote subconjunctival fibrosis through YAP/TAZ signalling
Creators: name: Wang, Yiwei
name: Geng, Xingchen
name: Guo, Zhihua
name: Chu, Dandan
name: Liu, Ruixing
name: Cheng, Boyuan
name: Cui, Haohao
name: Li, Chengcheng
name: Li, Jingguo
name: Li, Zhanrong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: To evaluate the role of M2 macrophages in subconjunctival fibrosis after silicone implantation (SI) and investigate the underlying mechanisms. A model of subconjunctival fibrosis was established by SI surgery in rabbit eyes. M2 distribution and collagen deposition were evaluated by histopathology. The effects of M2 cells on the migration (using wound-scratch assay) and activation (by immunofluorescence and western blotting) of human Tenon’s fibroblasts (HTFs) were investigated. There were more M2 macrophages (CD68+/CD206+ cells) occurring in tissue samples around silicone implant at 2 weeks postoperatively. Dense collagen deposition was observed at 8 weeks after SI. In vitro experiment showed M2 expressed high level of CD206 and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). The M2-conditioned medium promoted HTFs migration and the synthesis of collagen I and fibronectin. Meanwhile, M2-conditioned medium increased the protein levels of TGF-β1, TGF-βR II, p-Smad2/3, yes-associated protein (YAP), and transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ). Verteporfin, a YAP inhibitor, suppressedTGF-β1/Smad2/3-YAP/TAZ pathway and attenuated M2-induced extracellular matrix deposition by HTFs. TGF-β1/Smad2/3-YAP/TAZ signalling may be involved in M2-induced fibrotic activities in HTFs. M2 plays a key role in promoting subconjunctival fibrosis and can serve as an attractive target for anti-fibrotic therapeutics.
THE EFFECT OF A 12-WEEK HIGH-INTENSITY FUNCTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON BODY COMPOSITION, PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE, AND BODY IMAGE VARIABLES IN COLLEGE AGE ADULTS
Creators: name: Mercer, Steven Cole
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Body Image
Body Image Variables
CrossFit
High Intensity Functional Training
Performance
Body Composition

description: High-intensity functional training (HIFT) is a relatively new training modality with promising effects for body composition and physical performance such as strength and muscular endurance. However, very little research has investigated the effects of HIFT on body image. Purpose: To determine the effect(s) of 12-weeks of HIFT on body image perceptions, body composition, and performance.
description: Methods: A sample of 28 members of a University HIFT program (n = 15 female, Mage = 22.3 ± 3.7 years) were recruited to participate in a 12-week observational study. Body image variables were assessed through quantitative questionnaires. Body composition was assessed via air plethysmography (Bod PodTM). Performance was assessed via 3-repetition-maximum (3RM) deadlift and push-press (strength), 2-minute push-up test (muscular endurance), a 60-second wind-resistance bike effort (anaerobic capacity), and a Balance Error Scoring System Test (balance assessment). Testing occurred at 0-, 6-, and 12-weeks. 1RM-ANOVA used for analysis of main effects.
description: Results: N = 17 Participants completed the study and attended 3.0 ± .92 classes per week. Strength performance significantly increased for the deadlift (p = .001) and push-press (p < .001). Muscular endurance performance test significantly increased (p = .03). A significant main effect of time was observed on balance performance (p = .04). Body composition measures showed significant increases in fat-free mass (p < .001) and percentage (p = .03), but no significant effects on fat mass or percentage. Regarding body image variables, a significant main effect of time was observed for increases in appearance evaluation (p = .006) and body areas satisfaction (p = .008) and decreases in overweight preoccupation (p <.001). Significant increases in body appreciation were also observed (p = .01). Post-hoc exploratory analyses showed no effect of gender or experience on body composition, performance, or body image perceptions, likely due to sample size.
description: Conclusion: Participation in 12 weeks of HIFT can improve measures of strength, muscular endurance, and alter body composition through increases in lean-mass. These findings support the current literature on HIFT effects. Critically, HIFT shows preliminary evidence for improving feelings of body attractiveness and decreasing overweight preoccupation among participants.
Brachychochthonius spec.
Creators: name: Beck, L.
name: Woas, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1991
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Brachychthoniidae
Brachychochthonius

description: [Brachychochthonius spec.
Stadtwald Ettlingen, Moderbuchenwald, Bodenstreu]
description: Published as part of Beck, L. & Woas, S., 1991, Die Oribatiden-Arten (Acari) eines suedwestdeutschen Buchenwaldes I., pp. 37-82 in carolinea 49 on page 42
Oligoptilomera luberonensis Nel & Mennecart & Spasojevic & Viertler & Maridet & Costeur & Garrouste & Coster 2023, gen. et sp. nov.
Creators: name: Nel, André
name: Mennecart, Bastien
name: Spasojevic, Tamara
name: Viertler, Alexandra
name: Maridet, Olivier
name: Costeur, Loïc
name: Garrouste, Romain
name: Coster, Pauline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Gerridae
Oligoptilomera
Oligoptilomera luberonensis

description: Oligoptilomera luberonensis gen. et sp. nov.
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Figs 1–4
Diagnosis
As for the genus, by monotypy.
Etymology
Named after the lacustrine Luberon basin.
Holotype FRANCE • part and counterpart of a complete body with antennae and legs partly preserved; stored in the collection of the Geology Museum, Parc naturel régional du Luberon, Apt, France; PNRL 2715.
Age and outcrop
‘Laminites à Poissons de Murs’, Rupelian, Oligocene (Cautru & Gigot, 1982; Apostolescu & Dellenbach 1999), MP23 (or slightly younger), ca 31 Ma; Les Vergiers, Murs, Monts du Vaucluse, Vaucluse, France.
Description
Apterous, body dark to pale brown, with longitudinal white bands along lateral margins of mesothorax and three white spots on head, body 9.3 mm long, 3.7 mm wide; head 1.3 mm long, 1.3 mm wide; antenna 9.3 mm long; antenna as long as body; first antennomere 3.8 mm long, shorter than three following antennomeres together; fourth antennomere dorsoventrally flattened; thorax 4.2 mm long, 3.7 mm wide; pronotum short, not developed into pronotal lobe; mesothorax distinctly prolonged; mesopostnotal margin straight; primary intersegmental suture between meso- and metathorax making two lateral curved lines; primary intersegmental suture between meso- and metathorax not obliterated laterally; coxal axes rotated to almost horizontal inclination; fore tarsus very long, 3.4 mm long, as long as fore tibia; mid coxa in posterior position; middle femur slender, 8.0 mm long; hind femur with distal part widened, at least 6.3 mm long, as long as mid one as it is preserved; abdomen slightly shorter than thorax, 3.8 mm long, 2.4 mm wide; no lateral wing of suranal plate; proctiger not exposed; large first genital segment but not covering second genital segment.
description: Published as part of Nel, André, Mennecart, Bastien, Spasojevic, Tamara, Viertler, Alexandra, Maridet, Olivier, Costeur, Loïc, Garrouste, Romain & Coster, Pauline, 2023, The first fossil representative of the water strider subfamily Ptilomerinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Gerridae) in the Oligocene paleolake of Murs (southern France) with some palaeoecological considerations, pp. 124-136 in European Journal of Taxonomy 888 on page 128, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.888.2235, http://zenodo.org/record/8269420
Anchor Layout Optimization for Ultrasonic Indoor Positioning Using Swarm Intelligence
Creators: name: Delabie, Daan
name: Wilding, Thomas
name: Van der Perre, Liesbet
name: De Strycker, Lieven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Indoor positioning applications are craving for ever higher precision and accuracy across the entire coverage zone. Optimal anchor placement and the deployment of multiple distributed anchor nodes could have a major impact in this regard. This paper examines the influences of these two difficult to approach hypotheses by means of a straightforward ultrasonic 3D indoor positioning system deployed in a real-life scenario via a geometric based simulation framework. To obtain an optimal anchor placement, a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is introduced and consequently performed for setups ranging from 4 to 10 anchors. In this way, besides the optimal anchor placement layout, the influence of deploying several distributed anchor nodes is investigated. In order to theoretically compare the optimization progress, a system model and Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB) are established and the results are quantified based on the simulation data. With limited anchors, the placement is crucial to obtain a high precision high reliability (HPHR) indoor positioning system (IPS), while the addition of anchors, to a lesser extent, gives a supplementary improvement.
Liochthonius spec.
Creators: name: Beck, L.
name: Woas, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1991
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Brachychthoniidae
Liochthonius

description: [Liochthonius spec.
Stadtwald Ettlingen, Moderbuchenwald, Bodenstreu]
description: Published as part of Beck, L. & Woas, S., 1991, Die Oribatiden-Arten (Acari) eines suedwestdeutschen Buchenwaldes I., pp. 37-82 in carolinea 49 on page 42
Brachychthonius spec.
Creators: name: Beck, L.
name: Woas, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1991
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Brachychthoniidae
Brachychthonius

description: [Brachychthonius spec.
Stadtwald Ettlingen, Moderbuchenwald, Bodenstreu]
description: Published as part of Beck, L. & Woas, S., 1991, Die Oribatiden-Arten (Acari) eines suedwestdeutschen Buchenwaldes I., pp. 37-82 in carolinea 49 on page 42
title: DIPPED, PRESSED, AND WOVEN
title: EXPERIMENTS IN DYE, PAPER, AND THREAD
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Durham, Jaime
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: art
craft
dyeing
process art
weaving
Printmaking

description: Finding connections between the slow, repetitive, and rhythmic processes of printmaking,natural dyeing, and weaving, Dipped, Pressed, and Woven explores how the working methods and formal characteristics of each medium can inform and translate to the others. With the intention to soften the boundaries and foster conversations between these mediums, this body of work offers a collection of printed works on paper, woven textiles, and works that lie somewhere in-between. Viewers are invited to look slowly, with care and curiosity, to visually dissect layered patterns of color and texture, and to witness the dialogue that unfolds among the works.
Tenrecidae Gray 1821
Creators: name: Bronner, Gary N.
name: Mynhardt, Samantha
name: Bennett, Nigel C.
name: Cohen, Lientjie
name: Crumpton, Nick
name: Hofreiter, Michael
name: Arnold, Patrick
name: Asher, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Afrosoricida
Tenrecidae

description: Tenrecidae
Our results for tenrecids at the Linnean rank of family and below are generally consistent with the taxonomy used by Bronner and Jenkins (2005) and Asher and Helgen (2010). This supports division of tenrecids into monophyletic potamogalines and tenrecines, the web-footed tenrec (Microgale mergulus Major, 1896) as part of the genus Microgale (as first proposed by Olson and Goodman 2003), a Microgale dobsoni Thomas, 1884 – Microgale talazaci Major, 1896 clade as sister taxon to all other species of Microgale, and an Oryzorictes Grandidier, 1870 – Microgale clade, which we call Oryzorictini. This clade comprises the sister taxon of Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1871 and collectively forms the Oryzorictinae (Figs 10, 11). The taxon Geogalini is available to encompass fossil species more closely related to G. aurita than to other tenrecids, such as the fossil taxa Parageogale and Erythrozootes (Fig. 12). Tenrecini consists of Setifer Froriep, 1806 – Echinops Martin, 1838 (Setiferina) and Tenrec Lacépède, 1799 – Hemicentetes Mivart, 1871 (Tenrecina) and is collectively the sister taxon to all other extant Malagasy tenrecs in the Oryzorictinae (i.e., geogalins plus oryzorictins).
Our equally weighted parsimony analysis diverged from Everson et al. (2016: fig. 3) in reconstructing Mi. mergulus as sister to a Mi. dobsoni – Mi. talazaci clade and in placing G. aurita as sister to Tenrecini rather than Oryzorictinae. We regard these signals as artefacts and instead draw our conclusions based on the Bayesian (Figs 10A, 11A, 12A; Supporting Information, Fig. S1) and implied-weighting (Figs 10B, 11B, 12B) topologies.
description: Published as part of Bronner, Gary N., Mynhardt, Samantha, Bennett, Nigel C., Cohen, Lientjie, Crumpton, Nick, Hofreiter, Michael, Arnold, Patrick & Asher, Robert J., 2024, Phylogenetic history of golden moles and tenrecs (Mammalia: Afrotheria), pp. 184-213 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201 (201) on page 203, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad121, http://zenodo.org/record/11241136
Frutillaria Kits & Marshall, 2011, n. sp.
Creators: name: Kits, Joel H.
name: Marshall, Stephen A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Frutillaria

description: Frutillaria n. sp. B
Description. Length: 1.9 mm (head + thorax 1.0 mm)
Head dark brown. Frons with shiny spots lateral to ocellar triangle. Scape and pedicel brown, first flagellomere orange. Clypeus and prementum brown.
Thorax black, postalar callus and scutellum reddish. Wing rudiment brown. Mesoscutum and scutellum entirely covered with microtomentum. Anepisternum mostly covered in microtomentum, with a shiny bare patch medially on ventral 1/3. Katepisternum with shiny patch behind coxa extending slightly toward bristle. Meron with a narrow shiny band immediately behind katepisternum, metapleuron entirely covered with microtomentum, laterotergite mostly microtomentose with a small shiny spot ventrally.
Legs black, joints, trochanters, and tarsi orange, fore coxa reddish brown. Mid femur with 3–4 anterior bristles.
Male unknown.
Female abdomen (Figs. 99, 100, 103): Tergites 1–6 and sternites 2–6 covered in microtomentum, hind margins narrowly shiny. Tergites 7–8 and sternite 7 mostly shiny, with microtomentum along posterior margins. Tergite 8 divided medially; epiproct U-shaped with long anterior arms. Cerci covered with microtrichia dorsally. Sternite 8 with large subrectangular sclerites, hypoproct with a medial sclerotized patch. Spermathecae with short basal and apical mushroom-shaped invaginations, basal annulated, apical smooth.
Material examined. CHILE: Araucanía: Contulmo Natur. Mon., Sendero Lemu Mau, 38°00'44"S 073°11'08"W, 410 m, Nothofagus obliqua -Eucryphia cordifolia ++ w/ fern & bamboo understory, FMHD #2002- 0 63, berlese, leaf & log litter, 8 Dec 2002, A.F. Newton & M.K. Thayer (2 Ƥ, FMNH).
Comments. This species is similar to F. triangularis both in the extent of microtomentum on the thorax and abdomen and in the shape of the spermathecae.
description: Published as part of Kits, Joel H. & Marshall, Stephen A., 2011, A revision of Frutillaria Richards and Penola Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Archiborborinae), pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2863 on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203208
Development and initial testing of mindful journey: a digital mindfulness-based intervention for promoting recovery from Substance use disorder
Creators: name: Roos, Corey R.
name: Kiluk, Brian
name: Carroll, Kathleen M.
name: Bricker, Jonathan B.
name: Mun, Chung Jung
name: Sala, Margarita
name: Kirouac, Megan
name: Stein, Elena
name: John, Maya
name: Palmer, Robert
name: DeBenedictis, Andrew
name: Frisbie, Jena
name: Haeny, Angela M.
name: Barry, Declan
name: Fucito, Lisa M.
name: Bowen, Sarah
name: Witkiewitz, Katie
name: Kober, Hedy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: There is a great unmet need for accessible adjunctive interventions to promote long-term recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). This study aimed to iteratively develop and test the initial feasibility and acceptability of Mindful Journey, a novel digital mindfulness-based intervention for promoting recovery among individuals with SUD. Ten adults receiving outpatient treatment for SUD. Phase 1 (n = 5) involved developing and testing a single introductory digital lesson. Phase 2 included a separate sample (n = 5) and involved testing all 15 digital lessons (each 30- to 45-minutes) over a 6-week period, while also receiving weekly brief phone coaching for motivational/technical support. Across both phases, quantitative ratings (rated on a 5-point scale) were all at or above a 4 (corresponding with ‘agree’) for key acceptability dimensions, such as usability, understandability, appeal of visual content, how engaging the content was, and helpfulness for recovery. Additionally, in both phases, qualitative feedback indicated that participants particularly appreciated the BOAT (Breath, Observe, Accept, Take a Moment) tool for breaking down mindfulness into steps. Qualitative feedback was used to iteratively refine the intervention. For example, based on feedback, we added a second core mindfulness tool, the SOAK (Stop, Observe, Appreciate, Keep Curious), and we added more example clients and group therapy videos. In Phase 2, 4 out of 5 participants completed all 15 lessons, providing initial evidence of feasibility. Participants reported that the phone coaching motivated them to use the app. The final version of Mindful Journey was a smartphone app with additional features, including brief on-the-go audio exercises and a library of mindfulness practices. Although, participants used these additional features infrequently. Based on promising initial findings, future acceptability and feasibility testing in a larger sample is warranted. Future versions might include push notifications to facilitate engagement in the additional app features.
INVESTIGATING THE ACTIVIN RECEPTOR PATHWAY AS A KEY REGULATOR OF MUSCLE GROWTH IN RAINBOW TROUT FOLLOWING WHOLE GENOME DUPLICATION EVENTS.
Creators: name: Richman, Jasmine
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) superfamily and within it, the activin receptor signaling pathway, is a key regulator of many biological processes in vertebrates. Its role in skeletal muscle growth is profound and yet it is not yet fully understood. Some members of this pathway, such as myostatin, have been well characterized as individual units. However, the interactions between activin receptor signaling pathway members, such as Activin A, remain uncharacterized in both mammals and fish. Additionally, the activin receptor signaling pathway in salmonids has been made more complex by two whole genome duplication (WDG) events (Ts3R and Ss4R) resulting in two to four ohnologues of most the genes in this pathway. To study the interactions in the activin receptor signaling pathway in the presence of these ohnologues, we utilized NanoString technology to quantify the expression of fifty-one genes across twenty-three adult tissues in rainbow trout (RBT). From this data, we were able to characterize potential signaling relationships for each tissue as well as to identify the ligands that are produced within skeletal muscle. We were also able to identify divergence of gene function and silencing among some ohnologues. To determine the functional role of activin A in vivo, we utilized NanoString technology to quantify the expression of activin A and related genes across eight developmental timepoints. From this, we identified differential gene expression pre-hatch and post-hatch that allude to similar functions in RBT as seen in mammals. Additionally, we generated gene-edited lines of RBT null for ohnologs of activin A, activin C, and bambi to complete full functional physiology studies. While this research is ongoing, prelimanry expression data from knockout reveals significant changes in related gene expression. This study provides the first complete picture of the expression dynamics of the Activin receptor signaling pathway and thus is a significant initial step toward both understanding WDG duplication event’s important role in evolution and understanding the role functional of activin A function in vivo allowing us to use the pathway for biomedical and agricultural applications.
Poecilochthonius spec.
Creators: name: Beck, L.
name: Woas, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1991
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Brachychthoniidae
Poecilochthonius

description: [Poecilochthonius spec.
Stadtwald Ettlingen, Moderbuchenwald, Bodenstreu].
description: Published as part of Beck, L. & Woas, S., 1991, Die Oribatiden-Arten (Acari) eines suedwestdeutschen Buchenwaldes I., pp. 37-82 in carolinea 49 on page 42
EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERISATION AND MODELING OF A WEARABLE, SOFT SENSOR FOR QUANTIFICATION OF BREAST VOLUME
Creators: name: Muralidharan, Mamatha
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Breast volume quantification
Strain sensor

description: Women stop breastfeeding their infants earlier than desired due to perceived milk insufficiency. They have a strong desire to understand how much milk is being produced and consumed by the baby. A simple, non-invasive device for this purpose is studied in this thesis. The proposed sensor, which was developed by Gozen et al prior to the start of this thesis study, contains an elastomeric body with a non-volatile ionically conductive liquid embedded in a microchannel. This thesis focuses on modelling and experimental characterization a soft sensor that correlates changes in breast volume, to milk production and output while simultaneously documenting breast temperature in real time. The strain and temperature sensitivities of the ionic liquid is studied to gain a better fundamental understanding and to make it more applicable. The temperature dependency is found to be a material property of the sensor that doesn’t pertain to change w.r.t sensor shape, or size or other factors like humidity. Volume dependency of the sensor is studied to understand variation in sensitivity related to sensor dimensions, and various shapes, sizes of human breasts. Characterization of the sensor using geometric model is proposed to understand the no-slip condition hypothesis of the sensor posed in the study. Finally, obtain independent temperature measurements from volume-temperature dependent signals of the sensor by incorporating modification to the existing sensor design.
Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology
Creators: name: Adak, Pratap Chandra
name: Sinha, Subhajit
name: Agarwal, Amit
name: Deshmukh, Mandar M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Berry curvature physics and quantum geometric effects have been instrumental in advancing topological condensed matter physics in recent decades. Although Landau level-based flat bands and conventional 3D solids have been pivotal in exploring rich topological phenomena, they are constrained by their limited ability to undergo dynamic tuning. In stark contrast, moiré systems have risen as a versatile platform for engineering bands and manipulating the distribution of Berry curvature in momentum space. These moiré systems not only harbor tunable topological bands, modifiable through a plethora of parameters, but also provide unprecedented access to large length scales and low energy scales. Furthermore, they offer unique opportunities stemming from the symmetry-breaking mechanisms and electron correlations associated with the underlying flat bands that are beyond the reach of conventional crystalline solids. A diverse array of tools, encompassing quantum electron transport in both linear and non-linear response regimes and optical excitation techniques, provide direct avenues for investigating Berry physics. This review navigates the evolving landscape of tunable moiré materials, highlighting recent experimental breakthroughs in the field of topological physics. Additionally, we delineate several challenges and offer insights into promising avenues for future research.
description: This is a version submitted to Nature Reviews Materials. The document contains 8 figures and 32 pages
Paraliochthonius spec.
Creators: name: Beck, L.
name: Woas, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1991
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Pseudoscorpiones
Chthoniidae
Paraliochthonius

description: [Paraliochthonius spec.
Stadtwald Ettlingen, Moderbuchenwald, Bodenstreu]
description: Published as part of Beck, L. & Woas, S., 1991, Die Oribatiden-Arten (Acari) eines suedwestdeutschen Buchenwaldes I., pp. 37-82 in carolinea 49 on page 42
Brachydeuterus speronatus
Creators: name: Schwarzhans, Werner
name: Klots, Oleksandr
name: Ryabokon, Tamara
name: Kovalchuk, Oleksandr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Haemulidae
Brachydeuterus
Brachydeuterus speronatus

description: Brachydeuterus speronatus (Bassoli, 1906)
Figure 9a 1906 Otolithus (Dentex) speronatus —Bassoli: pl. 2, figs. 37, 38.
1983 Brachydeuterus speronatus (Bassoli, 1906) —Nolf & Steurbaut: pl. 7, figs. 10–12.
2022 Brachydeuterus speronatus (Bassoli, 1906) — Schwarzhans & Kovalchuk: fig. 2.1–2.3.
Material 6 specimens, Kozatskyi Yar, NMNHU-P PI 2549.
Discussion Otolith specimens of B. speronatus have already been described from Horodok (Schwarzhans & Kovalchuk, 2022). It is interesting to note that the species has thus far only been found in two of the four Medobory back-reef locations, where they are also fairly common. Te reason for this irregular distribution pattern is not yet known.
description: Published as part of Schwarzhans, Werner, Klots, Oleksandr, Ryabokon, Tamara & Kovalchuk, Oleksandr, 2022, A rare window into a back-reef fish community from the middle Miocene (late Badenian) Medobory Hills barrier reef in western Ukraine, reconstructed mostly by means of otoliths, pp. 1-35 in Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (18) (18) 141 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-022-00261-3, http://zenodo.org/record/11999827
Frutillaria Kits & Marshall, 2011, n. sp.
Creators: name: Kits, Joel H.
name: Marshall, Stephen A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Frutillaria

description: Frutillaria n. sp. A
Description. Length: 1.8 mm (head + thorax 0.9 mm)
Head entirely reddish brown, slightly darker on occiput. Frons with shiny spots lateral to ocellar triangle. Thorax black, postalar callus and apex of scutellum reddish, wing rudiment dark brown. Mesoscutum with some microtomentum anteriorly, bare posteriorly, disc of scutellum bare laterally with a medial band of microtomentum. Anepisternum mostly shiny, posterior and dorsal margin with microtomentum. Katepisternum with a shiny spot behind coxa, not extending toward bristle; posterior part below bristle, meron and metapleuron shiny with exception of a stripe of microtomentum between posterior thoracic spiracle and base of hind coxa. Laterotergite mostly shiny.
Legs black, fore coxa dark reddish brown, trochanters, joints, and tarsi orange. Fore femur mostly shiny posteriorly. Mid femur with 2 anterior bristles.
Male unknown.
Female abdomen (Figs. 97, 98, 102): Tergites 1–5 with some microtomentum basally, mostly shiny apically, tergites 6–7 covered with microtomentum on apical half, tergite 8 shiny with some microtomentum along apical margin. Sternites 2–4 shiny, sternite 5 with some scattered microtomentum, sternite 6 covered with microtomentum on apical half, sternite 7 mostly shiny with microtomentum on apical 1/3. Tergite 8 complete, epiproct long with short anterior arms, parallel-sided between arms and base of cerci. Sclerites of sternite 8 sub-rectangular, hypoproct with a U-shaped sclerite. Spermathecae with basal invagination long, mushroom-shaped, annulated; no apical invagination, but variably pointed apically.
Material examined. CHILE: Araucanía: Conguillo Natl. Pk., nr. Vista Hermosa, 38°45’8”S 71°37’24”W, 816 m, forest edge, yellow pans, 22–24 Feb 2005, [L. Masner] (2 Ƥ, DEBU).
Comments. This species shares the extensively shiny mesoscutum with F. glabra, but is clearly distinct from that species based on external and internal characters.
description: Published as part of Kits, Joel H. & Marshall, Stephen A., 2011, A revision of Frutillaria Richards and Penola Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Archiborborinae), pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2863 on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203208
Effects of intravenous rtPA in patients with minor stroke
Creators: name: Lei, Zhihao
name: Li, Shuanglin
name: Feng, Hongye
name: Wu, Xiaohong
name: Hu, Shiyu
name: Li, Jun
name: Xu, Gelin
name: Ren, Lijie
name: Pan, Suyue
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Mental Health
Computational Biology

description: Whether minor ischemic stroke (MIS) patients can benefit from intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) remains controversial. The association between the efficacy of IVT and baseline National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score is unclear in MIS, while the association in moderate and severe stroke is known. This study aimed to explore the effect of IVT in patients with MIS and analyze its efficacy in patients with different baseline NIHSS scores. Patients with a NIHSS score ≤5 within 4.5 h of stroke onset were screened in 32 centers. Patients with and without IVT were matched to a ratio of 1:1 with propensity scores. An excellent outcome was defined as a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score ≤1 at three months after stroke onset. Safety outcomes included mortality and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH). Multivariate analysis was used to compute the adjusted odds ratio (OR) for excellent outcomes. The effect of IVT was further analyzed in subgroups according to the baseline NIHSS score. Of the 23,853 screened, 3336 patients with MIS who arrived at the hospital within 4.5 h of onset were included. The 1163 patients treated with IVT were matched with 1163 patients without IVT. IVT in minor strokes generated an adjusted OR of 1.38 (95% CI: 1.09–1.75, p = 0.009) for excellent outcomes. There were no significant differences in mortality (0.17% vs. 0.09%, p = 1.000) and sICH (0.69% vs. 0.86%, p = 0.813) between patients with and without IVT. Subgroup analysis showed that there was no significant effect of IVT in the baseline NIHSS 0-1 or 2-3 subgroups, with adjusted OR of 0.816 (95% CI 0.437–1.53, p = 0.525) and1.22 (95% CI 0.845–1.77, p = 0.287), respectively. In patients with NIHSS score of 4–5, IVT was significantly effective, with an adjusted OR of 1.53 (95% CI 1.02–2.30, p = 0.038). IVT can improve MIS outcomes. The risks of sICH and mortality did not increase, especially in patients with NIHSS scores 4 to 5, who could benefit from IVT significantly. Overall, intravenous thrombolysis can improve the outcomes of patients with minor stroke.Minor stroke patients with a baseline NIHSS score of 4-5 can benefit the most from intravenous thrombolysis. Overall, intravenous thrombolysis can improve the outcomes of patients with minor stroke. Minor stroke patients with a baseline NIHSS score of 4-5 can benefit the most from intravenous thrombolysis.
Eulohmanniidae
Creators: name: Beck, L.
name: Woas, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1991
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Eulohmanniidae

description: Eulohmanniidae
Vorkommen: Einzige aus Mitteleuropa bekannte Art,
Eulohmannia ribagai Berlese, 1910, selten im Boden, zahlreiche Individuen sämtlicher Stadien in einer Probe aus einem Moospolster.
description: Published as part of Beck, L. & Woas, S., 1991, Die Oribatiden-Arten (Acari) eines suedwestdeutschen Buchenwaldes I., pp. 37-82 in carolinea 49 on page 42
Green Space
Creators: name: Marsh Pine, Meagan
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Glitch
Landscape
Outdoors
Pixel
Sublime
Technology

description: Green Space uses traditional and digital media to create an ecosystem that is tentatively familiar, but unstable; glitching the lines between the real and the facade and navigating the space in-between. I look to surveillance imagery, photographic and video conventions, and contemporary mapping technologies to question the effects these visuals have on our relationship with the environment. I deconstruct the landscape to its fundamental elements, calling attention to the artificiality of the space and the visual histories it references. By doing so, I challenge their power, inviting the viewer to reconsider how their own relationships and viewpoints have been shaped.