cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effects of structural properties (number of turns, path distance and angle) in environments on navigational behavior in labeled graph knowledge
Creators: name: Chrastil, Liz
name: , Luke
name: Ambrose, Michael James Starrett
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Cognition and Perception
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Cognitive maps - metrically accurate Euclidean mental representations of space played a crucial role in navigational research for over 70 years. However, recent studies demonstrated that human memory often violates the predictions derived from cognitive maps. These findings suggest that labeled graphs - nodes (landmarks) with connections (paths) characterized by relative distances or angles and containing only some local metric information - may provide a more accurate concept of a mental representation of space. Unlike a cognitive map, a labeled graph emphasizes qualitative structural properties over quantitative metrics. There is little research on navigational behavior and boundary condition testing of labeled graph knowledge through structural manipulation of the environment (number of turns, initial path distance, and angle of turn). By using immersive virtual reality (VR) we can better test the influence of labeled graph properties in navigation through strict control over the structure of the learned environments. Participants first explored the environment for 50 seconds and were directed to explore the entirety of the environment. Each experimental environment consisted of a middle, right, and left pathway. Critically, the left and right pathways were always metrically identical in terms of total length but differed in either the total number of turns (n = 15), the length of the first corridor (n = 6), or some combination of these two properties: numbers of turns and length of the first corridor (n = 4) and length of the first corridor and angle of turn. Each environment constituted one trial (14 unique environments and a mirrored version of each, resulting in 28 total trials) of two phases (explore and test). For this preregistration, a follow-up study will be done using a similar methodological procedure (removal of the exploration phase), and participants will use a desktop display to observe the environments in a top-down view. There will be objects denoting the start and target position. Participants will be instructed to decide which route to take to reach the target destination. Therefore, we are testing whether this top-down version is consistent with the first-person version.
In the Heat of the Moment: Mobile Experience Sampling of Determinants of Situational Appraisals and Behavior Towards Heat Risk
Creators: name: Gerhold, Lars
name: Legat, Greta
name: Glunz, Elisabeth
name: Sterl, Sebastian
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Health Psychology
subject: Place and Environment
subject: Environmental Studies
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Adaptation to heat risks is more relevant than ever due to climate change. According to appraisal theories, the central behavioural determinants of adaptation to such risks are identified as the appraisals of threat and coping potential. However, to understand and address the varying influence of heat risk on appraisals or behaviour across contexts, evidence about situational fluctuations is lacking.
To address this research gap, this study investigates how summer temperatures are appraised depending on situational context characteristics and how these appraisals influence behaviour towards heat. Applying the Mobile Experience Sampling Method (MESM), we developed a mobile app with which these situational variables are collected at semi-randomized points in time in combination with pre- and post-questionnaires. Over two weeks in June and July 2024, short in-situ surveys are sent out three times per day to a German sample of approximately 100 participants . The temperature perception is then compared with secondary objective temperature data of the nearest weather station. Multilevel analyses are used to determine the situational influences of the environment (e.g., greening), information situation (e.g., warning message), and person characteristics (e.g., affective heat responsivity) on the effect of heat risks on both threat and coping appraisals as well as adaptive behaviours (e.g., low arousal activity).
Rhectocraspeda periusalis Walker 1859
Creators: name: Bernard Landry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Rhectocraspeda
Rhectocraspeda periusalis

description: Rhectocraspeda periusalis (Walker, 1859)
Figs 49, 50, 123, 169
Botys periusalis Walker, 1859: 564.
Caprinia periusalis (Walker, 1859): Peck et al., 1998: 227.
Rhectocraspeda periusalis (Walker): Causton et al., 2006: 141. ‒ Roque-Albelo & Landry, 2015.
Material examined:
Holotype: ♂ from the USA (BMNH).
Other specimens: 15 ♂, 13 ♀ from the Galápagos Islands: – Isabela: Tagus Cove; V[olcan]. Darwin, 300 m elev[ation].; V. Darwin, 1000 m elev.; 1 km W P[uer]to Villamil; 11 km N Pto Villamil; ± 15 km N Pto Villamil; 3 km N S[an]to Tómas, Agr[iculture]. Zone; Sierra Negra, pampa zone, 1000 m alt[itude].; pampa zone. – Pinta: 400 m elev. – San Cristóbal: 4 km SE Pto Baquarizo [sic]; 1 km S El Progreso. – Santa Cruz: 4 km N Puerto Ayora; agriculture zone, near (NNW) Bella Vista, GPS: 223 m elev., S 00° 41.297’, W 90° 19.670’; 2 km W Bella Vista; Media Luna, pampa zone. – Santiago: Central [camp], 700 m elev. Deposited in CDRS, CNC, MHNG.
Diagnosis: Although the males of this dark brown species with darker brown markings (Fig. 49) are easily separated from other species by virtue of their thickened antennae at base and enlarged anal sector of the hindwing, females (Fig. 50) will be best separated with the key presented above under Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée). The wingspan of the available males is 20-22 mm, that of the females 18-19 mm.
Biology: Known as the Eggplant webworm (Heppner, 2003) the larva has been reared on several species of Solanaceae, including many tomato species (Solanum spp.), potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), but also on other plants in the Acanthaceae, Amaranthaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Myrtaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Piperaceae, and Rosaceae (Robinson et al., 2014). In the Galápagos moths were collected between sea level and 1000 m in elevation, mostly in uninhabited areas or islands, in January until May.
Distribution: Based on BMNH specimens this widespread Western Hemisphere native described from the USA is also found in Jamaica, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Argentina. Ferguson et al. (1991) also mention it from Bermuda and as a migrant in the eastern USA as far north as Massachusetts (see also Patterson et al., 2015). In the Galápagos it has been found so far only on the four islands listed above.
Remarks: External characters of the male holotype in the BMNH were found to match Galápagos specimens. The holotype has no abdomen, but the wing pattern and the enlarged anal angle of the hindwing are deemed sufficient to insure proper identification.
description: Published as part of Bernard Landry, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, pp. 315-399 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (2) on pages 369-371, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155309
The impact of pretesting on topic importance
Creators: name: Dalege, Jonas
name: Vassiliou, Xanthippi Alexi
name: Van Der Maas, Han
name: Smal, Iris
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences: Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences: Psychology: Other Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences: Psychology: Quantitative Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences: Psychology: Theory and Philosophy
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences: Sociology: Social Psychology and Interaction

description: To test the efficacy of attitude intervention designs, researchers often employ a pretest – post-test approach, where attitudes on a specific topic prior an intervention are compared to attitudes on the same topic after the intervention (Campbell & Stanley, 1963). However, pretesting has mixed effects on intervention efficacy (Lana, 1959, 1966; Willson & Putnam, 1982). A recent model of attitudes as Ising networks can explain such effects as a consequence of variable levels of pretest-induced attention (Dalege et al., 2016; van der Maas et al., 2020). Specifically, low attention levels allow attitudes to vary with intervention-derived information, i.e., become more negative with counter attitudinal information and more positive with pro-attitudinal information. In contrast, high attention ‘freezes’ attitudes, so that they can no longer vary with new information. Thus, if pretesting results in high levels of attention it will negatively impact the efficacy of an intervention. The above explanation relies on the yet unverified assumption that pretesting can modify attention. This experiment aims to test this assumption by testing topic attention prior to, or following, pretesting. However, measuring attention is both difficult and laborious. In contrast, topic importance is easy to measure and was previously shown to correlate with the time taken to think and talk about an attitude object, and is thus related to attention (Krosnick et al., 1993). Thus, in this experiment, we will measure topic (GM food) importance prior to, or following, pretesting, as a proxy for attention. We will also include multiple pretest measures (indirect, direct and elaboration), which were proposed to increase attention to different extents (Dalege & van der Maas, 2020). We expect that topic importance will be lower prior to pretesting, and will gradually increase after an indirect, a direct and an elaboration pretest measure.
Salbia Guenee 1854
Creators: name: Bernard Landry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Salbia

description: Salbia Guenée, 1854
Munroe (1995) records 33 species described from the Western Hemisphere while Nuss et al. (2016) record 35 species from the whole world, including two described from Borneo and the rest from the Western Hemisphere.
description: Published as part of Bernard Landry, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, pp. 315-399 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (2) on page 371, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155309
The Role of Emotional Reactivity in Predicting Emotion Identification
Creators: name: Sihotang, Priscila Rosalind
name: Andangsari, Esther Widhi
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: emotion
subject: emotion identification
subject: emotional reactivity
subject: expression

description: Expressions are used as a form of communication of what we feel. Not only communicating, but also recognizing other people's emotions is an important part of this. We often feel sad when we see someone crying or angry when we see someone being treated unfairly. When dealing with the emotions expressed by others, we tend to perceive these emotions in such a way that they produce a certain emotional response. Emotional reactivity, which is a response or emotional reaction to the presence of a stimulus, is one of the emotional responses that can occur. High emotional reactivity is often associated with sensitivity and intensity of feeling of strong emotions (Nock et al., 2008). Therefore, this research will try to see the role of emotional reactivity in predicting emotion identification ability. This research is a non-experimental quantitative research with a predictive correlational design. This study aims to better understand the construct of one's emotional reactivity in predicting emotion identification.
The impact of eco-labelling on product or service selection, purchase, and consumption: A systematic review
Creators: name: Weick, Mario
name: Vasiljevic, Milica
name: Hughes, Jack Paul
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Experimental Analysis of Behavior
subject: Quantitative Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Other Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Climate Change
subject: Consumption
subject: Eco-Labelling
subject: Pro-Environmental Behaviour
subject: Systematic Review

description: This pre-registered protocol is for a systematic review examining the impact of eco labelling on product or service selection, purchase, and consumption. The review aims to investigate the effect that any type of eco-label can have on decisions made by consumers in real or virtual/online environments and when making a decision to either select, purchase, or consume the product or service under consideration.
Acute clinical features in a male addiction treatment population
Creators: name: Genack, Talia Y.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: There is a well-established body of literature that supports that individuals with substance use   disorders are at-risk of being diagnosed with a comorbid mental health disorders (Lai et al,   2015). These disorders complicate treatment and impact treatment outcomes. The purpose of this   study was to explore clinical features and disorders in an adult male inpatient population. Data   were collected from 45 patients in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility. Research utilized   measures of anxiety, depression, trauma, impulsivity and coping responses in addition to a   demographic questionnaire, in order to assess descriptive features and pathology in the   population. Bivariate correlations were computed to assess the relationship between the clinical   disorders and diagnostic features. Results indicated high associations (p
Examining the effects of process feedback on high school students’ shifts in self-regulated learning and mathematics performance
Creators: name: Gonzales, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The current dissertation experimentally examined the differential effects of two types of process  feedback (i.e., externally provided process feedback [EXPF] and self-recorded process feedback  [SRPF] relative to an outcome feedback only condition across measures of mathematics  achievement and self-regulated learning (SRL). Using a sample of 60 suburban high school  students (i.e., 9th through 11th grade), the author also investigated shifts in students’ SRL  processes throughout the mathematical problem-solving (MPS) practice activity. All participants  received identical MPS strategy instruction before the practice session and were provided with  outcome feedback about their performance on practice mathematics problems; the two  experimental groups received the additional manipulation of process feedback (i.e., either EXPF  or SRPF). SRL was measured through microanalytic questions that examined students’  forethought and performance control phase processes (i.e., self-efficacy, goal setting, strategic  planning and strategy use) during an MPS practice session. Math achievement was measured  using three MPS problems during a practice session, as well as via the MPS posttest. MPS  problems were created in collaboration with an Algebra II teacher at the target high school to  ensure appropriate difficulty level and to identify the specific strategies needed to complete these  problems. Procedures for providing SRPF and EXPF were established by prior research (Cleary,  Zimmerman, & Keating, 2006; Schunk & Swartz, 1993). Analysis of variance was utilized to  assess group differences in SRL and mathematics measures among SRPF, EXPF, and control  conditions. In contrast to hypotheses, the feedback manipulation did not result in significant  group differences in SRL or MPS performance, nor in shifts in students’ SRL processes within a  given group. The author provided several possible reasons for lack of significant findings,  including the strength of the feedback manipulation, the difficulty level of the mathematics problems, and duration of the practice session. Despite the null findings, this study has important  implications regarding the key parameters needed for process feedback to exert positive effects  during a complex academic task. Recommendations for future research and implications for  school psychologists are emphasized.
Chaetoblaste Aldrete & Román-P, 2015, n. gen.
Creators: name: García Aldrete, Alfonso N.
name: Román-P, Cristian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocoptera
Psocidae
Chaetoblaste

description: Chaetoblaste n. gen.
Diagnosis. Medium-sized psocid. Assigned to Blastini by the continuous sclerotization of VIII and IX sternites. Characterized within the tribe by presence of setae on the forewing veins and by having a field of short spines on each postero-lateral area of the hypandrium. Differing from Chaetopsocidus Badonnel, also a genus of Blastini, by (A), the position of the forewing setae: over the membrane in Chaetopsocidus and on veins in Chaetoblaste (B), first section of Cu1a shorter than the second (Chaetopsocidus), (C), pterostigma in Chaetoblaste angled posteriorly, and smoothly rounded in Chaetopsocidus, and (D), anterior margin of paraprocts rounded in Chaetopsocidus and with a well developed handle in Chaetoblaste.
Etymology. The generic name means “ Blaste with setae”, in reference to the setae on the forewing veins of the only known species in the genus.
Type species. Chaetoblaste gonzalezi n. sp.
description: Published as part of García Aldrete, Alfonso N. & Román-P, Cristian, 2015, A new Neotropical genus of Blastini (Psocodea: ' Psocoptera': Psocidae: Amphigerontiinae), pp. 392-396 in Zootaxa 4000 (3) on page 393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/244215
Samea Guenee 1854
Creators: name: Bernard Landry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Samea

description: Samea Guenée, 1854
Sixteen species were recorded from the Western Hemisphere by Munroe (1995) while Nuss et al. (2016) record an additional nine described from various other parts of the world. With the separation of two previously synonymized taxa below and the descriptions of two new species here, the World fauna now stands at 28 species.
description: Published as part of Bernard Landry, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, pp. 315-399 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (2) on page 372, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155309
OʻУІN TЕХNOLOGІУALARІNІ QOʻLLASH ORQALІ GЕNDЕR TOLЕRANTLІKKA ХOS ХUSUSІУATLARNІ SHAKLLANTІRІSH
Creators: name: Qurbonova, Go'zal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada o‘yin texnologiyalarini qo‘llash orqali gender tolerantlikka xos xususiyatlarni shakllantirishda gender tolerantligini aniqlovchi me’yorlar, o‘yin turlari haqida fikr yuritilgan.
Use of the behavior rating inventory of executive function parent form for children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Creators: name: Zilberstein, Liat
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: This study assessed the validity of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions Parent Form (BRIEF; Gioia, Isquith, Guy, & Kenworthy, 2000) for children with ADHD and a matched control sample. A sample of 114 children with ADHD (69% with co-morbidity) and 114 matched controls were found to exhibit statistically (p < .001) and clinically significant group differences on the BRIEF scales. Discriminant function analyses revealed that the Global Executive Composite accurately identified 78% of the sample (79% of controls and 77% of children with ADHD correctly identified). Results also revealed that the Behavior Regulation and Metacognitive Indexes accurately classified 78% of the sample (77% of controls and 79% of children with ADHD correctly identified), with the Behavior Regulation Index contributing most to the discriminant function. Diagnostic efficiency was examined with a range of cutoff scores. Using the test authors’ recommended cut-score of 65, diagnostic efficiency statistics yielded large Overall Correct Classification (OCC) values for the Global Executive Composite, and to a lesser extent the Behavioral Regulation and Metacognitive Indexes. At the recommended cut-score of 65, indexes yielded strong specificity and moderate to weak sensitivity. Indexes yielded strong positive predictive power and moderate negative predictive power. The Global Executive Composite yielded the strongest positive and negative predictive power. Implications of results for practice and research are discussed.
Chaetoblaste gonzalezi Aldrete & Román-P, 2015, n. sp.
Creators: name: García Aldrete, Alfonso N.
name: Román-P, Cristian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocoptera
Psocidae
Chaetoblaste
Chaetoblaste gonzalezi

description: Chaetoblaste gonzalezi n. sp.
Diagnosis. As in generic diagnosis plus the following: hypandrium symmetrical; ninth sternite broadly trapeziform, limited on each side by a sclerotized band that extend towards the posterior border of the sternite. Parameres joined by a basal membrane, each arm dilated distally. Epiproct triangular, slightly covered by the clunium. Paraprocts elongate, bearing a distal bilobed projection.
Male. Color (in 70% ethanol). Body reddish brown. Compound eyes black, ocelli hyaline, with thick ochre centripetal crescents. Antennae brown, Mx1–4 pale brown. Legs reddish brown, with apices of femora and t1–t2 more pigmented. Fore- and hind- wings opaque, with a reddish brown hue; pterostigma reddish brown.
Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: compound eyes slightly exceeding the level of the vertex; lateral arms of epicranial suture absent (Fig. 1); antennae slightly thickened. Forewing bearing setae on veins, longer and thicker proximally (Fig. 3). Hindwing glabrous (Fig. 4). Clunial shelf slightly overlapping the epiproct (Fig. 2). Paraprocts elongate; sensory fields with 29–31 trichobothria (Fig. 2). Hypandrium with a sclerotized bulb mesally on each side of the eighth sternum (Fig. 6). Parameres bearing a short distal spine on outer border (Fig. 5).
Measurements (in mm). FW: 3.35, HW: 2.7, F: 1.52, T: 3.37, t1: 0.85, t2: 0.2, ctt1: 16, Mx4: 0.14, f1: 0.71, f2: 0.65, f3: 0.56, IO: 0.46, D: 0.24, d: 0.22, IO/d: 1.97, PO: 0.916.
Specimen studied. Holotype male. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca, Santiago de Cali, Km 18, road to the sea, beating dead fern fronds on roadside. 25.VI.2010. MUSENUV, slide code 26677. A. N. García Aldrete.
Etymology. The specific name honors the Colombian entomologist Ranulfo González Obando, of the Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia, for his enthusiasm and energetic efforts to collect Colombian psocids, and for his significant contributions to the knowledge of Colombian psocids.
Remarks. Right forewing anomalous in having a crossvein between R2+3-R4+5, and in having M3 distally branched; left forewing venation normal.
description: Published as part of García Aldrete, Alfonso N. & Román-P, Cristian, 2015, A new Neotropical genus of Blastini (Psocodea: ' Psocoptera': Psocidae: Amphigerontiinae), pp. 392-396 in Zootaxa 4000 (3) on page 393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/244215
Lessons learned from the implementation of a formative teacher evaluation system
Creators: name: Abdo, Heba A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Scholarship in the field of teacher evaluation has increased recently following seminal studies on its importance (Kane & Staiger, 2011; Weisberg et al., 2009) that led to federal policy changes that incentivize its use (U.S. Department of Education, 2009).  Scholarship began with agreement across the field about the importance of valid tools and reliable methods, but gave way to widespread disagreement about the best uses of teacher evaluation.  Many vocal researchers support summative uses (for example: Gordon, Kane, & Staiger, 2006; Hanushek & Rivkin, 2006), while others call for formative approaches, linked to professional learning opportunities (for example: Papay, 2012; Sinnema & Robinson, 2007).  Engaging in formative evaluation may lead to teacher efficacy (Danielson, 2012), teacher self-reports of professional learning (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2013), positive teaching practices (Reinhorn, 2013; Sartain et al., 2011), and student achievement (Dee & Wyckoff, 2015; Taylor & Tyler, 2012).   Yet, studying formative evaluation systems is an emergent field, with many gaps. The literature has not adequately made recommendations about school-level programs that support formative evaluation or provided descriptive examples of systems that perform well. In addition, while many have proposed the importance of understanding how teachers actually use feedback, few detail this process.  This instrumental case study provides a description of the teacher evaluation system at one charter school in Washington D.C.  It explores how the formative evaluation system was constructed and what the outcomes are for teacher learning and the school’s climate.  Findings reveal that the purposeful inclusion of formative processes has led to deep and sustained teacher learning in some cases, but has been less impactful in others.  Further, formative evaluation practices support positive school climate, such that when the evaluation system was implemented well, teachers reported feeling supported by school climate, and when practices faltered, teachers described negative outcomes regarding the school’s climate.  Thus, sustaining formative teacher evaluation processes is an important task for school leadership.  Yet, data indicate that sustaining these systems is a difficult process that requires multi-year training and follow-up.  Findings also reveal that teachers are in need of evaluation that is not just formative, but is also linked to collaborative structures.
Moment Methods on compact groups: Weingarten calculus and its applications
Creators: name: Collins, Benoit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 28C10, 15B52, 60B20

description: A fundamental property of compact groups and compact quantum groups is the existence and uniqueness of a left and right invariant probability -- the Haar measure. This is a natural playground for classical and quantum probability, provided it is possible to compute its moments. Weingarten calculus addresses this question in a systematic way. The purpose of this manuscript is to survey recent developments, describe some salient theoretical properties of Weingarten functions, as well as applications of this calculus to random matrix theory, quantum probability, and algebra, mathematical physics and operator algebras.
description: 20 pages, contribution to the ICM 2022, sections Analysis and Probability
Oligota pseudoparva W ILLIAMS 1972
Creators: name: Kapp, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oligota
Oligota pseudoparva

description: Oligota pseudoparva WILLIAMS 1972
(Abb. 223 232, Verbreitung Karte 6)
Oligota pseudoparva WILLIAMS, 1972: 38-39.
Untersuchtes Material: Polen: Krakau (1♂), 10.XII.1906 (2♂♂, 3♀♀), 29.VIII.1907 (1♂), leg. Natterer (NHMBA, SMNS); Schweden: Lund, X.1959, inford m. nötter, leg. Sandström, 1♂, 3♀♀ (MZLU); Schweiz: Bern: Biel, 20.VIII.1921, leg. Mathey, 2♂♂, 1♀♀, 5 Ex. (NHMBE).
Bemerkungen: Oligota pseudoparva WILLIAMS wurde mit Nüssen aus Brasilien nach Liverpool importiert und von WILLIAMS (1972) als neu erkannt. In Sammlungsmaterial aus Polen, Schweden und der Schweiz fanden sich weitere Exemplare der Art, die alle als O. parva determiniert waren.
Beschreibung: Hellbraune, 1,10mm (0,98-1,33; n=11), 0,37mm (0,33-0,38) breite Art (Habitus Abb. 223) mit dunklem Hinterleib; Fühler und Beine hellbraun, Fühler (Abb. 224) mit deutlich abgesetzter dreigliedriger Keule, Halsschild etwas weniger stark gewölbt und breiter als bei O. parva; Flügeldecken ziemlich rau gekörnt punktiert; Halsschild und Kopf leicht glänzend, glatt.
♂: Aedeagus (Abb. 226, 227); rechte Paramere (Abb. 228); Tergit VIII (Abb. 229); Sternit VIII (Abb. 230).
♀: Spermathek (Abb 225); Tergit VIII (Abb. 231); Sternit VIII (Abb. 232).
Variabilität: Oligota pseudoparva WILLIAMS ist eine in den Proportionen von Halsschild und Flügeldecken und in der Grösse ziemlich variable Art.
Ökologie: Aus Europa sind bisher nur synanthrope Nachweise bekannt, die meisten Funde stehen in Zusammenhang mit importieren Nüssen.
Verbreitung: Die ursprüngliche Herkunft von Oligota pseudoparva ist mit grosser Wahrscheinlichkeit Brasilien. Im Freiland wurde sie bisher nicht nachgewiesen, eine Einbürgerung ist ziemlich unwahrscheinlich.
description: Published as part of Kapp, Andreas, 2019, Revision der westpaläarktischen Arten der Gattungen Oligota MANNERHEƗM, 1830 und Holobus SOLƗER, 1849 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Hypocyphtini), pp. 587-698 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1) on pages 630-631, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3754300
Screaming from the sideline?
Creators: name: Amutah, Chimaobi Obilo
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Lack of parental involvement in schools is often correlated with the persistent academic underperformance of K-12 students (Jeynes, 2012; Topor, Keane, Shelton, & Calkins, 2010). This line of reasoning is pushed by a various groups of professional educators who decry limited parental involvement as a factor inhibiting their ability to effectively reach students (Reiter, 2009). The conventional thinking in education is that partnering with parents is beneficial to the education of students—academic and behavioral benefits alike are to be gained from such involvement. Parental involvement as demonstrated through attendance at school events and setting high expectations at home are two manifestations of this concept. However, moving beyond these more cursory means of engagement is necessary in order to forge authentic school-community power-sharing partnerships.     With roots in Bloom’s (1992) empowerment model for parental involvement, this study explored the methods employed by parents and parent groups to influence school and district-level decisions. Drawing on research literature on parental involvement, parental involvement in school reform, and models of parent organizations, a multiple case-study inquiry was conducted in two New Jersey communities of disparate wealth. Through semi-structured interviews with parents and educators, observations of parent groups and school board meetings, and document reviews from parent groups and school board meetings, an understanding of individual and group perceptions and practices around advocacy were discerned .     Results indicate that parental advocacy efforts vary in communities of disparate income. While the low-income community tended to advocate almost exclusively through direct contact with educators, higher income communities advocated for shared decision-making in more varied ways including through strategic use of social media and periodicals. Inhibitors to greater parental involvement in both communities tended to center around work and work-related issues such as commute time in addition to the extant cultures in each community. Additionally, standard pathways for parental involvement such as parent teacher groups and public comment periods at school board meetings were not found to be consistent sites of parental advocacy.
Amendment to "Direct Replication of a Research Claim from Triana & García (2009), from Journal of Organizational Behavior"
Creators: name: Adoril Oshana
name: Banks, George Christopher
name: Tyner, Andrew
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Business
subject: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
subject: Human Resources Management
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This is an amendment to the previously registered replication of a research claim from Triana & García (2009) (original preregistration here: https://osf.io/k3puw; currently under embargo set to end on June 13, 2024).
title: Synthesis of CDEF ring systems of hexacyclinic acid
Creators: name: Sadiq, Bilal
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2024

description: Hexacyclinic acid is a polyketide isolated from Streptomyces cellulosae in 2000. It comprises a 5/6/5 fused ring system (A, B and C) connected to a bridged tricycle (D, E and F). Hexacyclinic has demonstrated some notable cytotoxic activities against cancer cells. CDEF ring system plays a crucial role in completing the synthesis of cytotoxic hexacyclinic acid. This strategy was proved to be more efficient than the previous one developed by our group. 4-Benzyl-3-propionylthiazolidine-2-thione 160 was prepared from (R)-phenylalanine through reduction, cyclisation, and nucleophilic substitution reaction. Additionally, 4-methylpenten-al 115 was also synthesised from ethyl 4- methylpent-4-enoate to yield an aldol 161, which was converted to aldehyde 162 over two steps and subsequently used to generate the DEF fragment in the next step.
Oligota barbarica ASSING 2003
Creators: name: Kapp, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oligota
Oligota barbarica

description: Oligota barbarica ASSING, 2003
(Abb. 22 31, Verbreitung Karte 7)
Oligota barbarica ASSING, 2003: 535-536; SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015: 658.
Holotypus - 1♂, Marocco, Haut Atlas, SE Asni, Oukaimedon, meadow, 2500m, 28.XII.2002, leg. V. Assing / Holotypus ♂ Oligota barbarica nov. sp. det. V. Assing 2003 (cAss).
Untersuchtes Material: Rumänien: Zmeinyi Ostrov [Fidonisi-Schlangeninsel], VII.1931, leg. Knechtel, 4♂♂ (NHMW); Georgien: St. Elisabethpol, leg. Hummler, 1♂ (FMNH).
Beschreibung: Dunkelbraune, 1,18mm (0,95-1,25;n=5)lange, 0,38 mm (0,38- 0,40) breite Art (Abb. 22); Halsschild, Flügeldecken, Fühler, Beine, Hinterrand von Tergit VII und Tergit VIII heller braun; Fühler (Abb. 23) mit deutlich abgesetzter dreigliedriger Keule; Flügeldecken raspelig gekörnt punktiert.
♂: Aedeagus (Abb. 24, 25), Ventralfortsatz schwach S-förmig, mit abgebogener Spitze: Sklerite im Internalsack kurz, von charakteristischer Gestalt; rechte Paramere (Abb. 26); Hinterrand von Tergit VIII (Abb. 27) gerade, Randborsten dünn; Sternit VIII (Abb. 28) am Hinterrand schwach konvex vorgezogen, Randborsten dünn.
♀: Genitalsegment mit zwei dünnen, übereinander liegenden Platten an der Vaginalöffnung (Abb. 31); Spermathek nicht chitinisiert; Tergit VIII (Abb. 29) und Sternit VIII (Abb. 30) am Hinterrand mit dünnen Randborsten.
Variabilität: Ungenügend bekannt.
Ökologie: Oligota barbarica wurde von Assing im Hohen Atlas unter Steinen und in Graswurzeln auf einer intensiv beweideten Wiese in 2500m Seehöhe gesammelt. In Rumänien kommt sie auf Meeresküstenniveau vor.
Verbreitung: Rumänien, Marokko, Georgien; aus dem dazwischen liegenden Gebiet sind bisher noch keine Nachweise bekannt.
description: Published as part of Kapp, Andreas, 2019, Revision der westpaläarktischen Arten der Gattungen Oligota MANNERHEƗM, 1830 und Holobus SOLƗER, 1849 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Hypocyphtini), pp. 587-698 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1) on page 631, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3754300
Collaboration leads to change
Creators: name: Barriga, Antoinette E. DeNise
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The dilemma of adolescent boys’ literacy underachievement has been widely discussed and researched over the past several decades. Numerous studies have indicated that boys universally earn inferior grades, score lower on standardized tests, and develop less literacy skills as compared to their female counterparts, both in the U.S. and abroad (Berg & Klinger, 2009; Hartley & Sutton, 2013; Knell & Winer, 1979; NAEP, 2013; OECD, 2014; Skeleton & Francis, 2011; Watson, 2011).  In a previous study I conducted on this topic, male students pointed to their teacher relationships as a key factor of their literacy performance. This study analyzed both this relationship and the gender gap through the formation of a student-teacher (ST) partnership, called the UBC.  The purpose of this instrumental case study was twofold. First, it was to create and examine a ST partnership so participants, which included a diverse group of male students and secondary English teachers, could share their experiences, better understand each other and possibly build a stronger relationship. The second purpose was for participants to work together to examine the cause of this gender phenomenon in our middle-class, suburban high school.  The UBC met several times over the course of a school year, during which time participants shared their thoughts and perspectives on numerous topics related to the gap. They analyzed classroom artifacts together and observed each other for an entire school day. Transcriptions of these meetings, as well as focus groups interviews and written observational field notes, were the main data sources.  The findings are organized into three sections which identify possible causes of boys’ underachievement and illustrate what happens when students and teachers collaborate as equals. The main contributors of the gap include boys’ disruptive behaviors, constrictive gender norms, poor classroom instruction, and a strained student-teacher relationship. Several vital elements of a ST partnership were discovered, with the most important being mutual respect, honesty and meaningful work. Lastly, UBC members were significantly impacted by the partnership, as they gained a deeper understanding of each other, developed camaraderie and empathy, and changed their actions in the classroom.
Why and how do parents decide to send their children to the interdistrict school choice program at the magnet program for math and science
Creators: name: Doyle, Kevin S.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The New Jersey Interdistrict School Choice Program allows parents to send their students to schools outside of their local school district.  Determining why parents send their students to choice schools is important to school leaders who are trying to attract new students, as well as those who are trying to retain their current students. This study examined the reasons why parents decided to send their students to the Magnet Program for Math and Science (MP4M&S), a school choice program in a suburban school district in northwest New Jersey, during the 2015-2016 school year. A large volume of research has focused on school choice programs in urban and poor communities. This study addressed the gap in the research by focusing on an affluent suburban school district.           This mixed methods study focused on three areas, why parents choose to send their students to the MP4M&S, what criteria they used to make their decision, and where they got their information. Research shows that these three areas of focus can be influenced by parental level of education, socioeconomic status, geographic location, academic rigor, school quality, and school environment. Parents from different groups, based upon their out-of-district status, were interviewed. The information from the interviews was used to focus a survey that was given to the families of all 137 students in the MP4M&S during the 2015-2016 school year. The results of this study show that parents found the academic focus, academic rigor, the school environment, the original research project, the activity offerings, and the economics involved in attending the program to be important attractors. The study also found that the Information Nights, the school website, and interactions with members of the MP4M&S community to be important sources of information. Finally, the study found that there were few differences between in and out-of-district parents when assigning importance to both the attractors and the sources in the study.    The results of this study will be shared with the leadership team of the MP4M&S and the Morris Hills Regional District so that they can develop strategies and resources that attract parents to the program.
Accountability issues and high stakes standardized assessment
Creators: name: Farah, Mary
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: English language learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing student population in American schools. Reform policies represented by the No Child Left Behind legislation has mandated the inclusion of ELLs in high-stakes statewide assessments administered in English. Nationwide, ELLs have been performing below proficient on these mandated state tests. This mixed-methods study examined the extent to which the assessment system addressed the educational needs of ELLs. The study investigated the practices, challenges, and impact of high-stakes statewide assessments on high school ELLs from the perspective of ESL teachers, content area teachers, and ELLs.  The study also included an analysis of the testing accommodations provided to ELLs.  This mixed-methods study used a teacher online survey and interviews with both teachers and ELLs as sources of data collection.  Survey participants included seventy-one teachers while interview participants involved seven teachers and ten ELLs.  The findings revealed that the assessment practices used pose major challenges to ELLs who lack proficiency in the English language.  Results also showed that the assessment policy failed to acknowledge the challenges ELLs face as well as the unique assessment needs of ELLs.  The assessment policy failed to see that the process that works for native English-speaking students does not necessarily work for ELLs.  The study highlighted the problems with the assessments used with ELLs and pinpointed helpful testing accommodations and alternate assessment options for ELLs that is hoped to create equity and excellence in the assessment of ELLs.
The instructional coaching model in early childhood education
Creators: name: Hnasko, Amy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: While many preschool programs are including coaching as a mechanism for professional development, there is little information about how coaches define their roles and responsibilities, how they are prepared to do their jobs, and how to best support successful coaching in early childhood settings. The purpose of this mixed methods comparative case study was to more closely examine the work of early childhood coaches in action. The three research questions guiding the study were: (1) how do instructional coaches define their roles, (2) how do coaches approach their work with teachers, and (3) what factors mediate the work of coaches?  Data was gathered from a statewide survey of 64 coaches from throughout the state of NJ, ranging in age and educational background. Two master teachers from 2 different districts were then observed once a month for a period of 5 months. The case study teachers also participated in three structured interviews and kept coaching logs about their activities. The data from the survey, observations, interviews, and coaching logs were initially transcribed and coded separately. Then, further analysis was conducted to identify themes emerging across all data.  Findings from this study suggest organizational factors such as district size, curriculum utilized and competing responsibilities influence the coaches’ work. The case study data indicates that the administration’s interpretation of the master teacher role has an influence on how coaches approach their work. In addition to these organizational aspects, individual factors such as age, education and experience were also found to mediate the role of the master teacher.
Juego didáctico "Cálculos bajo la portada. Matemáticas en acción".
Creators: name: Borge-Morón, Francisco José
name: Navarro-Granados, María
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Resource designed to integrate mathematics with the cultural context of the Seville Fair. The game proposes activities in which participants must solve mathematical operations related to the preparations for the lighting of the Fair, promoting both speed and accuracy in problem solving.

Its main contributions include:

Application of mathematics in a cultural context, helping students understand how calculations are essential in real events, such as the Seville Fair.Development of essential mathematical skills, emphasizing accuracy and speed in problem solving.Fostering teamwork, encouraging collaboration to solve mathematical challenges effectively.
Evaluating the impact of the K-Excel program in Mount Olive public schools
Creators: name: Hughes, Peter J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: While most people believe that Kindergarten is beneficial to children, some studies have  shown that the academic benefits of a full-day program verses a half-day program fade away by  the third grade year, calling into question its long-term value (Kay & Pennucci, 2014; Votruba-  Drzal, Maldonado-Carreno & LiGrining, 2008; Cannon, Jacknowitz, and Painter, 2006; Cooper  et al., 2010; Wolgemuth et al., 2012). Many of the studies are disproportionately focused on  urban areas, offering few studies of suburban impact from full-day programs. Despite this  limited research, there has been an increase in the number of suburban districts adopting full-day  kindergarten programs with approximately 85% of New Jersey districts now providing full-day  kindergarten for all students (NJDOE, 2015). This is done at a significant cost to school budgets  that are currently under spending caps.      This two-year study examines the impact that full-day kindergarten has when compared  to a half-day program in the suburban district of Mount Olive, New Jersey. The K-Excel  Program was designed to help bring grade level equivalency rates up by combining half-day  kindergarten with additional time in literacy and language arts instruction, effectively giving  some students a full-day program.      The study employs a mixed methods approach with both a pre-test/post-test design  measuring the age and grade level equivalencies of the children and interview data from five first  grade teachers and twelve first grade parents. Propensity score matching was used to reduce  selection bias and improve the balance between comparison groups.      The academic gains noted from a full-day kindergarten model were relatively small (.48  effect size) and were not found to be significant for those students that were on scholarship due  to low initial scores. However, the interviews offered some insight into the fade out effect as  well as support for the many ancillary academic, social, and emotional benefits that full-day  kindergarten had for certain families. Specifically, ELL students, children of working parents  with demanding jobs, and children suspected of having learning difficulties were reported to  benefit most from the full-day program. There was also evidence that parents preferred the  choice of either full-day or half-day programs. These findings led to program improvement  recommendations for Mount Olive Public Schools as a part of this program evaluation.