cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cymatodera cicatricula Rifkind 2015
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera cicatricula

description: Cymatodera cicatricula Rifkind, 2015
Distribution: MEX: CHIS, OAX. References: Rifkind 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Tetraserica champassakana Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica champassakana

description: Tetraserica champassakana Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 1 ♂ “[Vietnam] Dong Nai Pro., Vinh Cuu NR and culture, Hieu Liem, Chien Khu D; 08.iv.2009; light trap; 85 m ” (IEBR), 1 ♂ “[Vietnam] Gia Lai Pro., Chu Se Dis., Ipal; 30.iv.2011; light trap ” (IEBR), 1 ♂ “[Vietnam] Kon Tum Pro., Sa Thay Dis., Ro Koi commue, Chu Mom Ray NP.; 19.v.2009; light trap; 699 m. ” (IEBR).
Remarks. This species was so far known only from its type locality, Champassak, in Laos. This is the first record for Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
Using children's literature to examine the disability discourses of early childhood pre-service teachers
Creators: name: Mankiw, Sue Ann E.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the disability discourses of ten pre-service teachers enrolled in a one-semester undergraduate social studies and language arts methods course. This undergraduate course drew on a disability studies approach that advocated a social model rather than a medical approach to disability. During this course, rather than posit disability as a deficit, disability was re-conceptualized within social and cultural frameworks, stressing the examination of policies and practices that hinder the lives of individuals with disabilities. Using a Foucauldian lens, this study analyzed the discourses and actions of the early childhood pre-service teachers as they examined, reflected upon and taught lessons using children’s literature with a disability theme. Attention was paid to how the pre-service teachers framed disability, the language they used, and the challenges of planning and teaching lessons that centered on a disability theme.  Data collection included a survey, observations, field notes, transcripts of audio-taped class sessions and documents. Documents included critical literacy worksheets, online reading responses, a lesson plan assignment and student artifacts. Two major findings result from this study. First, the same powerful discourses that influenced how pre-service teachers perceive and position disabled people are well-established in the schools where they do their practice teaching. These same discourses lead to school actions and non-actions which in turn, present challenges to pre-service teachers who wish to “do disability studies” in schools. Second, using a critical pedagogical approach with children’s literature within an inquiry based course has potential for helping pre-service teachers to problematize the issues of disability and in turn, to promote a critical examination of disability with disabled and able-bodied early childhood students.
Changes in preservice science teachers’ knowledge of inquiryand practice of lesson design
Creators: name: Macalalag, Augusto
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Recent reforms in science education require teachers to improve their notions of scientific inquiry and design effective inquiry-based lessons. This is a challenging task particularly for preservice teachers (PTs) who may not have experienced inquiry learning themselves, and who do not possess a large repertoire of teaching strategies or knowledge of student thinking in the domain. PTs’ ability to apply knowledge in the planning and designing of inquiry-based lessons requires careful scaffolding in a science teacher preservice program. My study addressed some of these challenges. Specifically, I examined the ways that PTs’ knowledge of model-based science inquiry and their ability to use this knowledge in designing lessons developed over time. My study involved the 2006 cohort of 15 PTs enrolled in four subject-specific methods courses in consecutive semesters as part of a two-year biological science certification program. I employed qualitative procedures (coding, constant comparative method to identify themes, and quantifying qualitative analyses of these themes) to analyze teaching philosophy papers, clinical interviews, lesson plans, and final reflection papers collected from the methods courses.    My research findings provided evidence to support positive changes in PTs’ knowledge of Model-Based Inquiry (MBI) and its implementation in lesson designs.  PTs were able to design lessons with (a) objectives that incorporated “big ideas” in science, (b) performance-oriented goals, (c) driving questions to elicit students’ pre-conceptions, and (d) multiple forms of assessment to monitor student progress. Moreover, I found several shifts in PTs’ knowledge of MBI and its enactment in lessons: (a) from teacher-centered and activity-oriented to more student-centered lessons with modeling, and (b) from “scripted” to more sophisticated modeling practice.  These findings pointed to growth in the PTs’ use of models and practice of modeling, and consideration of students’ prior knowledge and skills. On the other hand, PTs struggled to provide suitable evidence for their students to use as part of investigations and failed to incorporate argumentation as part of the science practices in their lessons. My dissertation study has the potential to contribute to teacher education research by uncovering the effects of subject-specific methods courses and fieldwork on the growth of teacher knowledge of model-based science inquiry and inquiry-based instruction, lesson-planning practices, and knowledge of students’ conceptions and skills.
Exploring the new state of matter of the early universe
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: This project explores the very first moments of our universe’s history. A few microseconds after the Big Bang, the entire universe was permeated with an astonishingly hot (at a temperature of a trillion degrees), dense soup of fundamental particles called quarks and gluons, which interact through the strong force that binds together nucleons and nuclei. This new state of matter, dubbed the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), can be recreated in powerful accelerators by clashing two opposing beams of massive ions traveling at nearly the speed of light. Measurements at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN have verified the existence of the QGP. However, none of the current experiments have revealed its microscopic structure, thus motivating a new experiment named sPHENIX. The fact that QGP is transient and lasts for just a few yoctoseconds (10^-24 s) makes the determination of the QGP properties extremely challenging. To overcome this difficulty, one uses probes with large momentum (called “jets”) or with large mass (called “bottom quarks”) that are produced simultaneously with the QGP in heavy ion collisions. The heavy ion experimental group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is currently leading the effort to build a Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor tracking detector for the first bottom quark measurements at sPHENIX. To interpret the eagerly-anticipated results, the vast international scientific community calls for state-of-the-art first-principles theory that describes the interactions between the QGP and jets or bottom quarks – a theory that is now being developed for the first time. The LANL nuclear theory group is a recognized world leader in this endeavor. From the start of my graduate career, I have been working on the development of this new theoretical formalism with Dr. Ivan Vitev and my advisor, Prof. Zhongbo Kang of UCLA. The UC Laboratory Fees Research Program will give me the unique opportunity to work closely with the experts at LANL, developing such a theory and leveraging the laboratory’s superior computing resources. It will allow me to make a lasting contribution to science and to the sPHENIX program, which is of the highest priority in the Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan of the US Department of Energy.
Muricella
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Muricella

description: Genus: Muricella
Preliminary remarks: Species of Muricella do not have a calyx nor retractile polyps, but due to earlier confusion most species recorded in the older literature do have a calyx and retractile polyps and are generally assignable to Astrogorgia in the Plexauridae. Species of Muricella are very difficult to identify because they virtually only contain spindles, and they can only be separated if descriptions contain fine detail. Notwithstanding that, we fully agree with Samimi-Namin & van Ofwegen (2009), “Without thorough revision of the genus Muricella we consider it impossible to identify species of this genus.”
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Transition to kindergarten activity the lived experiences of teachers, parents and children
Creators: name: Latte, Ave M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: PROBLEM: Transitioning into kindergarten marks an important time in the lives of young children and their families. While many families and teachers participate in transition events little is known about the ways that transition activities actually inform and support key stakeholders. The purpose of this study was to describe district transition policy and practices that are experienced and evaluated by key stakeholders to inform effective transition practices.    METHODOLOGY: This case study explores the nature of transition activity within the constructs of what it means to be ready for school. Two school districts are investigated for policies and transition experiences that describe participation in and evaluations of these events by focal parents(6), children(7) teachers(4) and administrators(2). Continuities such as shared curriculums and cross grade professional development activities are addressed as means to smooth the move to kindergarten. Results indicate that transition activities are important experiences in the ways that each district designs specific experiences within local contexts. Cross case comparisons indicate that transition activities need to occur more often and with more attention to the goals for these activities. Teachers need to be better trained to understand the value for these experiences. Parent absence from planning processes indicate that the partnership model suggested in research (Pianta, Cox & Snow, 2007) has not been achieved. Children’s responses add value to the transition experiences in the ways that they participate in and respond to planned transition events (Dockett & Perry, 2007). Persistent tensions linger related to organizational issues that address teacher understanding and value for these experiences, parent and children interconnectedness with teachers, parents need to feel more deeply connected to the schools, and children being included in the conversations about the purpose for transition activity. Implications suggest closer examinations of the ways policies inform these processes, and the need for more flexibility when executing transition activities. Limitations of the study and future research suggestions are discussed.     SIGNIFICANCE: This case study adds to the limited body of research that describes transition experiences from the perspectives of those who plan and enact these events, and for whom which these transition activities are developed.
Muricella gracilis Wright & Studer 1889
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Muricella
Muricella gracilis

description: Muricella gracilis Wright & Studer, 1889
Muricella gracilis Wright & Studer, 1889: 129–131, pl. 25, fig. 7 (Admiralty Islands).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region and its true identity is unknown.
Justification:
Literature analysis: This species was erected by Wright & Studer (1889) for material collected off the Admiralty Islands near Papua New Guinea. The polyps were described as being retractile into very short calyces, so the colony they had before them was not a Muricella. The coenenchymal sclerites are described as, “… thickly covered with large, rough surfaced, and sometimes branched warts. The warts on the outer side are always larger and generally provided with spine-like or branching outgrowths” and the calicular sclerites as, “… more club-shaped, curved or straight structures which are provided only with a few sharp spines; or they are structures provided with sharp, sometimes branching spines, and usually somewhat flattened. Their apices project frequently above the margin of the calyx, so that the latter appears to be surrounded by a crown of spines”. This places the species in the Plexauridae, but the description is not adequate to determine what genus it should be assigned to.
Kumar et al. (2017: 52, PY-B) report the species from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands citing Menacella gracilis Thomson & Simpson, 1909 listed by Rao & Devi (2003). The latter authors did not list Muricella gracilis. Thomson & Simpson (1909) described Menacella gracilis as a new species from the Andamans, which was probably an Astrogorgia, and also Muricella gracilis where they just paraphrase the description given by Wright & Studer (1889) and do not appear to have had any specimens. Menacella gracilis appears in the index to Thomson & Simpson’s publication but Muricella gracilis does not.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Metacanthus maghrebinus Pericart 1997
Creators: name: Gil, Francisco
name: Valkenburg, Thijs
name: Grosso-Silva, José Manuel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Berytidae
Metacanthus
Metacanthus maghrebinus

description: Metacanthus maghrebinus Péricart, 1997 (Hemiptera: Berytidae)
is a stilt-bug described from Algeria and Morocco (holotype and paratype, respectively) by PÉRICART (1977). The known distribution range of the species in Africa remains limited to those two countries, while in Europe the species was recorded from Spain and France, in the latter case with doubts (PÉRICART, 1984, 2001).
In the Iberian Peninsula, M. maghrebinus has only been recorded from the Spanish provinces of Barcelona and Madrid (PÉRICART, 1984) and, more recently, Ávila (COSTAS et al., 2005).
In this note, we present the first records of M. maghrebinus from Portugal, from two districts located in the northern part of the country.
Material examined
Porto district:
— Lousada municipality: x Bosque do Parque de Casais (41.273332, -8.306666; MGRS 29TNF5869; 182 m a.s.l.): 29/07/2022 (1 ♀, F. Gil leg., MHNCUP /ART/41066).
Guarda district:
— Manteigas municipality: x Carvalheira (40.408015, 7.550144; MGRS 29TPE2374; 1098 m a.s.l.) (Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela), 17/08/2000 [1 specimen with undetermined sex (abdominal tip damaged), Grosso-Silva leg. & col.].
— Seia municipality:
x Cagoiças, on the left bank of ribeira da Nave (40.327937, -7.676974; MGRS 29TPE1264; 894 m a.s.l.) (Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela), 12/10/2022 (1 ♀ photographed by T. Valkenburg, https://www.biodiversity4all.org/observations/138777418).
x Cagoiças, on the left bank of ribeira da Nave (40.327766, -7.677237; MGRS 29TPE1264; 893 m a.s.l.) (Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela), 16/10/2022 (1 ♂, T. Valkenburg leg., MHNCUP/ART/41067; https://www.biodiversity4all.org/observations/139310179).
Discussion
The records presented in this study greatly expand the known distribution range of M. maghrebinus in the Iberian Peninsula, as shown in Map 1. The presence of the species in Portugal was already hypothesized by PÉRICART (1984), who considered thAt SEABRA’s (1930) inclusion of Metacanthus meridionalis (A. Costa, 1843) in the synopsis of Portuguese berytids could actually refer to M. maghrebinus. It is worth mentioning that M. meridionalis remains unconfirmed for the country, its only record being that by SEABRA (1926, from São Martinho de Anta, northeastern Portugal).
The ecology of M. maghrebinus is completely unknown, the only available information being the fact that in Ávila it was collected on moss over rocky substrate (COSTAS et al., 2005, 2009), which was also the case in Seia, where both specimens were collected using a beating tray on a rock wall densely covered with moss and ferns.
description: Published as part of Gil, Francisco, Valkenburg, Thijs & Grosso-Silva, José Manuel, 2022, Metacanthus maghrebinus Péricart, 1977 (Hemiptera: Berytidae), new species for Portugal, pp. 327-329 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 25 on pages 327-328, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12812159
Lasioglossum villosulum subsp. trichopse Strand 1914
Creators: name: Pauly, Alain
name: Noël, Grégoire
name: Sonet, Gontran
name: Notton, David G.
name: Boevé, Jean-Luc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum villosulum
Trichopse (strand, 1914

description: Subspecies trichopse (Strand, 1914)
Synonymy (following Ebmer 1988: 649)
Halictus trichopsis Strand 1914: 156. Holotype: ♂, Taiwan, Taihorin, Jan. 1910 (SDEI). Not examined.
Halictus melanomitratus Strand 1914: 156. Holotype: ♀, Taiwan, Taihorin, 7 Nov. 1910 (SDEI). Syn. by Blüthgen 1923: 241. Not examined.
Halictus melanomitratus var. mitratolus Strand 1914: 158. Holotype: ♀, Taiwan, Taihorin, Par. 1910 (SDEI). Syn. by Blüthgen 1923: 241. Not examined.
Halictus villosulopsis Blüthgen 1926: 540. Syntypes: 3 ♀♀, Assam, Shillong, May 1903, leg. Turner (NHMUK013380276). Syn. by Ebmer 1978a: 207. Examined by DGN.
Halictus pahanganus Blüthgen 1928: 374. Holotype: ♂, Malaysia, Lubok Tamang, cleared Hill, 4000 ft, Pahang, Federated Malay States, 10 Jun. 1923 (NHMUK013380277). Syn. by Ebmer 1978a: 207. Examined by DGN.
Distribution
This subspecies is distributed from East Himalaya, China (Ebmer 1978a: 207; 2006: 569), Mongolia (Ebmer 1982: 219; 2005: 378), Japan (Hokkaido: Usui et al. 1976: 228; Izu: Takahashi & Sakagami 1993: 271, 275; Honshu: Haneda 1990: 8; Okinawa: Azuma & Kinjo 1987: 314), North Korea (Ebmer 1978b: 315), South Korea (Murao 2017), south of Russian Far East (Primorsk Terr.: Ebmer 1996: 285, 2006: 569; Amur Prov.: Pesenko 2007b: 113), Taiwan and south to Malaysia (Fig. 11). It is not the purpose of this paper to discuss the status and diagnosis of this subspecies, as little material is available for examination and no fresh material was available for DNA study. The subspecies is distinguished from the subspecies villosulum mainly by shorter and more rounded head and broader eyes. We have examined and photographed the heads of old specimens from the typical locality in Taiwan and preserved in the MNHUB and compared them with the heads of L. villosulum villosulum and L. medinai (Fig. 12). The punctation and genitalia of males are similar to those of L. villosulum.
description: Published as part of Pauly, Alain, Noël, Grégoire, Sonet, Gontran, Notton, David G. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2019, Integrative taxonomy resuscitates two species in the Lasioglossum villosulum complex (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), pp. 1-43 in European Journal of Taxonomy 541 on page 20, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.541, http://zenodo.org/record/3377625
Tetraserica chiangdaoensis Kobayashi 2017
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica chiangdaoensis

description: Tetraserica chiangdaoensis Kobayashi, 2017
Material examined. 1 ♂ “X-DA5705/ X-DA5705 Thailand Chiang Dao Hill Resort (100 km N of Chiang Mai) 600m leg. S. Murzin 28.v.–31.v.2009 Tetraserica sp. TigerThai73” (ZFMK).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
A case study of contextual factors which influence the implementation of a model bilingual program
Creators: name: Franks, Elizabeth Jane
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The political landscape of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) created a sense of urgency about the performance of the growing population of English learners. As a result, emerging studies examined the characteristics of principals’ and teachers’ practices in exemplary schools and model programs for English learners. However, no studies have examined the larger contextual framework which impacts these model programs for English learners.   This dissertation study identified contextual factors that influenced the implementation of a model transitional bilingual program through the lenses of various stakeholders at all levels of one educational community. From the national perspective to the socio-cultural features and responses at the district level, to the background experiences and practices of the school leaders, this case study, completed over a twelve month period, triangulated data through interviews, observations and documents. A conceptual framework guided the initial data analysis followed with the identification of emerging patterns.   The data indicated three major factors which shaped the implementation of a model bilingual program: political landscape, the district instructional leadership which shaped the principals’ interactions.  First, the standards movement and accountability measures of the NCLB Act (2002) surfaced as a major catalyst at all levels. This legislation motivated this district to align standards, instruction and assessment to improve outcomes while pressuring principals to focus on test results (Honig, Copland, Rainey, Lorton & Newton, 2010; Johnson & Chrispeels, 2010). Accordingly, relational and structural organizations emerged as key factors in supporting the teaching and learning process (Johnson & Chrispeels, 2010). As district supervisors aligned the curriculum for all learners and provided consistent professional development, a knowledgeable bilingual director designed and supervised the district-wide bilingual program. Expert bilingual staff integrated initiatives throughout the system while maintaining the philosophical integrity of the bilingual program (Darling-Hammond et al., 2005; Griego-Jones, 1995). Finally, the principals’ cultural responsiveness and collaborative leadership styles influenced their interactions with school and community members (Carranza, 2010; Murphy, Elliott, Goldring & Porter, 2006). In summary, all district and school level administrators assumed responsibility for specific features of the bilingual program while all bilingual personnel expanded their responsibilities to implement district-wide initiatives.
Muricella nitida
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Muricella
Muricella nitida

description: Muricella nitida (Verrill, 1868)
Muricea nitida Verrill, 1868: 412 (Ebon Island).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomas & George 1990: 419, pl. 1A, fig. 1b: 1–3 (off Bombay); Fernando 2011: 36, pl. 14, fig. 1–1c (SW coast); Fernando et al. 2017: 70, pl. 28, fig. 1–1c (SW coast).
Literature analysis: This species was collected in the Marshall Islands, in the North Pacific and originally placed by Verrill (1868) in the genus Muricea, but then Verrill (1869) transferred it to Muricella. However, the species is unidentifiable as Verrill’s description was very brief and gave no illustrations and there have been no redescriptions of the holotype. Germanos (1896) did present a description with an illustration of a branch fragment with polyps, but in his text he said that despite Verrill’s inadequate description, he believed he could identify the Muricella species that Muricea nitida represented. Thomson & Henderson (1905: 302–303) identified a colony with this species from Sri Lanka, but the description is so poor it is impossible to determine what they had.
The material described by Thomas & George (1990) had calyces and was possibly an Astrogorgia. The accounts given by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and describe specimens with” highly retractile” polyps and sclerome of spindles, which indicates they probably also had an Astrogorgia.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 41-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Cymatodera conflagrata Klug 1842
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera conflagrata

description: Cymatodera conflagrata (Klug, 1842)
Original combination: Tillus conflagratus Klug, 1842.
Synonyms: Cymatodera geniculata Chevrolat, 1874.
Distribution: MEX: CHIS, GUE, JAL, MOR, NAY, OAX, VER; CAM: CR, GUA, HON *, NIC *, PAN *; SA: COL *, VEN *.
References: Klug 1842; Chevrolat 1874; Lohde 1900; Schenkling 1910; Corporaal 1950; Burke and Zolnerowich 2014c; Toledo-Hernández et al. 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Muricella paraplectana Grasshoff 1999
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Muricella
Muricella paraplectana

description: Muricella paraplectana Grasshoff, 1999
Muricella paraplectana Grasshoff, 1999: 34, figs. 47, 49, 51 (New Caledonia).
Opinion: There is no evidence this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Kumar et al. 2014a: 46, pl. 20, fig.A–D (Twin Is., South Andaman); Fernando et al. 2017: 66, pl. 26, fig. A–D (South Andaman).
Literature analysis: This species was erected for material collected in New Caledonian waters. Part of the holotype was figured by Grasshoff (1999: fig. 49) and showed the colony to be a richly branched fan that appears to have many anastomoses. The descriptions given by Kumar et al. (2014a) and Fernando et al. (2017), which are identical, figure a colony with a completely different growth form, being very sparsely branched. Kumar et al. (2015) just listed the species and presented an illustration of the colony from the 2014 and 2017 papers cited above.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Multimarker miR Blood Assay for Breast Cancer Detection
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Current approaches of breast cancer screening by mammograms, ultrasound, and tissue core biopsy are costly and inefficient. Breast cancer detection with a blood assay would be less costly, more efficient, and more logistically practical to routinely screen women in the community. MicroRNAs (miRs) represent a class of naturally occurring small non-coding RNA molecules (18~22 nucleotides). Some miRs are expressed in a tissue-specific manner and are considered to play pivotal functional roles. Studies have demonstrated expression of various miRs in various human cancers, including breast cancer indicating that they may be potential biomarkers. Although circulating nucleic acids (DNA and mRNA) have clinical utility in cancer patients, their assessment of in serum/plasma specimens has been problematic because of nucleic acid instability and degradation which compromise overall assay sensitivity. By contrast, miRs are highly stable in serum and therefore suitable for investigation as ideal serum biomarkers.

 Traditional blood protein biomarkers have not been sensitive enough to detect early stage breast cancer. However, isolation of sufficient amounts of small nucleic acids, such as miR, for biomarker evaluation is extremely difficult. We recently developed a direct qRT-PCR (quantitative real-time PCR) assay for investigating circulating miR in order to bypass miR loss during extraction. One specific miR, called miR-21 is up-regulated in human breast cancer tissue. This project will determine if circulating miR-21 and other miRs in serum could be used to detect early-stage breast cancer with greater sensitivity and accuracy than standard screening/detection. Our overall objective is to develop a multi-marker miR biomarker panel.

 Our specific aims are:

 1. Develop a robust direct serum assay to detect miR breast biomarkers in early-stage breast cancer patients.

 2. Assess the utility of multi-marker miR breast biomarkers and compare their efficiency and accuracy in breast cancer detection to that of mammography, ultrasound, and tissue core biopsy.

 3. Determine the clinical utility of the multi-marker serum miR breast biomarker assay for detection of disease recurrence in node-negative early-stage breast cancer patients.

 The miR assay will require

 The success of multi-marker serum miR biomarker could potentially reduce health care costs, improve screening for breast cancer detection, follow-up for recurrence, reduce exposure from radiation of repetitive imaging approaches, and allow for greater screening compliance.
Cymatodera copei Rifkind 2015
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera copei

description: Cymatodera copei Rifkind, 2015
Distribution: MEX: QR.
References: Rifkind 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Let the world slip
Creators: name: Walsh, Bruce J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: For the past twenty years, Paul and Barbara had devoted much of their energy to their roles as parents. However, when their son moves out to live with his new fiancée the two of them start to recognize that their marriage is ending. Paul and Barbara must each come to terms with the idea that they have become different people. Paul’s struggle becomes central as he dwells on his shortcomings as a husband. Meanwhile, Barbara desperately wants to keep the truth of the pending divorce from their son Dan; however, this is complicated by Paul’s erratic behavior and admission that he has slept with a coworker. While Paul and Barbara attempt to divide their lives from one another they are also left considering their roles as caregivers. They cannot agree how to handle the truth about the divorce because they have different ideas of their son’s independence and reliance on them. Likewise, their struggle with honesty and guilt also leaves them to reconsider their responsibility as the children of elderly parents. Toward the novel’s end Dan is shown addressing a similar struggle. He is forced to come to terms with a rewritten history of his parents and his childhood while trying to balance his commitment to his family and his faithfulness to his wife. Let the World Slip is the story of one family’s unraveling. It incorporates the struggles inherent in establishing relationships between spouses, family members, and acquaintances. The characters come to better understand themselves in the face of adversity and truth.
Handsome revenge
Creators: name: Steckel, Dean Patrick
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Handsome Revenge is a Graphic Novel staring a vigilante Pulp-Hero in the tradition of The Shadow; The Spider; Diabolik; The Bat-Man, and The Spirit. Following the clues of the dead and dying members of a former crime organization named the “Golden Age,” The Gray Gambler finds himself hunted and taunted by the eponymous “Handsome Man.” However, The House of Justice always deals a winning hand against the forces of crime; crookdom; shysters; and those evanescent creatures that exist to wreak havoc upon the dreadful waste of a city named Hunger—but for The Gray Gambler, it is City, and he must risk life, limb, and all his agents to stop this ‘Man’ from causing more death and destruction!
JOURNEYS OF SURVIVAL: KIDNEY TRANSPLANT STORIES FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Creators: name: Ramon Gabriel, Fernandez
Publisher: name: ZAP Journal
Year: 2025
Subjects: Kidney transplant, organ donation, transplant.

description: Organ donation and transplantation remain the best and most cost-effective clinical approach for people in the terminal stage of organ failure. Given the growing numbers of incidences of patients treated for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and the plummeting rate of kidney transplantation in the US and Southeast Asia, little is known about the understanding of the life stories of kidney organ transplant recipients, specifically in the Philippines. The present study aimed to provide a narrative study of the life stories of individuals who received kidney transplantation through either a live or deceased organ donor. By employing Dewey’s theory of experience, the shared stories of the transplant recipients yielded the following themes: carefree life, struggles before transplant, and psychological effects of the past; support system, journey to liminality, and positive outlook in life for the present stories; giving back, fatalistic view of life and sense of normalcy for the future aspirations or stories of the respondents. Kidney transplantation goes beyond the surgical process; it encompasses lifelong social and psychological transition and transformation for kidney transplant recipients.
Cymatodera corporaali Barr 1948
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera corporaali

description: Cymatodera corporaali Barr, 1948
Distribution: USA: AZ; MEX: CHIH.
References: Barr 1948, 1975; Corporaal 1950; Papp 1960.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Tetraserica curviforceps Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica curviforceps

description: Tetraserica curviforceps Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 3 ♂♂ “NE-Laos: Hua Phan prov., Ban Saleui, Phou Pan (Mt.) — 20°12’N, 104°01’E; 11.iv.– 15.v.2012; 1300–1900m; leg. C. Holzschuh Ankauf ZFMK Bonn 2012” (ZFMK).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
title: An Analysis of the Major Dynamic Properties of RDX2
Creators: name: de Bever, L.
name: Kohli, U.
name: Maxwell, T.
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05cc98565
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1978

description: In this report the authors study the dynamic response of the latest version of the RDX2 econometric model. The response of the model to a fiscal shock - a permanent increase in the level of federal government nonwage expenditure - is analyzed in detail under different monetary and exchange-rate conditions. The primary aim is to isolate those features of RDX2 that contribute most to the magnitude and timing of the model's response. This is accomplished by starting with a highly simplified version of the model and then successively reintroducing sectors to obtain a measure of the marginal impact of the last component added. An extended IS-LM model is used as a theoretical framework for the exposition of the results.
description: Dans ce rapport, les auteurs étudient la dynamique de la plus récente version du modèle économétrique RDX2. Ils analysent en détail la réaction du modèle à un choc budgétaire une augmentation permanente des dépenses du gouvernement fédéral autres que celles imputables aux traitements et salaires - selon diverses hypothèses relatives à la politique monétaire et au régime des changes. Le principal objectif consistait à isoler les éléments de RDX2 qui contribuent le plus à déterminer l'ampleur et le profil temporel de la réaction du modèle. Les auteurs sont parvenus a déterminer l'impact marginal des principaux éléments du modèle en les ajoutant successivement à une version extrêmement simplifiée du RDX2. Aux fins de présentation des résultats, les auteurs utilisent comme cadre théorique une version élargie du modèle IS-LM.
Inventaire du fonds Bastaire de littérature populaire et infantine [version 1]. Collection Printemps (Pierrot) 1924-1944
Creators: name: :Unkn
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Numérisation ICB CollEx-Persée AAP20212022
description: Les titres sont ceux donnés par Jean Bastaire. Les dates indiquées ont été établies depuis un courrier de Jean à Michel Bastaire qui lui demandait de dresser l'inventaire. Et la date de fin correspond à la donation et à la publication de Lectures englouties. Listes manuscrites de la collection établie par Jean Bastaire et Michel Bastaire ; Jean sous forme de livrets thématiques et feuilles volantes au format A5. Michel a consigné les titres dans un carnet bloc type Rhodia format A6.
description: Source: Fonds Bastaire Université Clermont Auvergne (Bas-G08_D031)
description: Relation: http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/_631139801_Bas-G08_D031
description: created: 1993/2008
Cymatodera cylindricollis Chevrolat 1833
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera cylindricollis

description: Cymatodera cylindricollis Chevrolat, 1833
Synonyms: Cymatodera brunnea Spinola, 1844.
Homonym: Cymatodera cylindricollis Spinola 1844 nee Chevrolat, 1833. Distribution: MEX: DF, HID, JAL, MICH, PUE, TLAX; CAM: GUA. References: Chevrolat 1833; Spinola 1844; Gorham 1882; Lohde 1900; Schenkling 1910; Wolcott 1910a, 1947; Corporaal 1950; Papp 1960; Barr 1975.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
King Horn and the pedagogical value of translation
Creators: name: Spera, Russell
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: King Horn is the earliest English romance, not only the first instance of an important and popular genre of medieval literature but also a unique hybrid between two poetic traditions: Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse and French syllabic poetry.  In recent centuries this archetypal poem has been unjustly neglected and misunderstood.  With additional scholarly study and a teachable translation Horn could attain inclusion into our current educational literary canon.  The purpose of this thesis is threefold.  First, it proposes that an understanding of Horn’s importance within our literary history would elevate it into the rank of such foundational icons as Gilgamesh, the Iliad, Beowulf, and the Canterbury Tales.  Second, it argues that a teachable translation of Horn is necessary to reveal its pedagogical value.  Therefore, this paper delves into the field of translation studies and relates it to the pedagogy of secondary education.  Third, it provides a teachable verse translation of King Horn in iambic tetrameter couplets, a work that has evolved out of my discussion of the translation process.
"This is why I am different from the others"
Creators: name: Saraco, Maureen Elizabeth
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This thesis examines Tom Riddle of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling(1997-2007), Joe Christmas of Light in August by William Faulkner (1932), and CharlieGordon of Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (1966) in the context of JuliaKristeva’s theory of the abject. The abject is that which challenges the border betweenthe self, or the state, and that which is outside of it. As such, encounters with the abjecttrigger reactions of fear, horror, anxiety, or disgust. I argue that these characters—whoseidentities defy categorization because they are between wizard and Muggle, black andwhite, and genius and moron—are abject, and thus elicit terror in those who encounterthem. Their abjection precludes them from belonging to any sort of community. Moreover, each text highlights its character’s ambiguous, abject identity by associating him with the filth that threatens the body, i.e. blood, vomit, feces, etc. This juxtaposition shows how the characters, as the filth of their societies, are cast out in the name of protecting the clean and proper state. In an increasingly global society, in which borders are porous and rights are expanding, I argue that this refusal to challenge or minimize the border between the self/state and that which is outside of it increases both the self and thestate’s vulnerability. By perpetuating ideals of acceptable identities, we create the abjectand subject ourselves to feelings terror and anxiety when the clean and proper body, orthe clean and proper state, is undoubtedly threatened. I suggest that the abject—and theresulting terror—cannot be overcome unless we challenge the binary system thatcurrently creates communities. We must not try to use discipline or exclusion to regulateor protect from difference. Instead, we must confront our fear and expand the definition of “normal” to include multiple kinds of identities, and diminish anxiety and vulnerability by embracing the reality of the porous border.