cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The oldest known avian eggshell, Plagioolithus fukuiensis, from the Lower Cretaceous (upper Barremian) Kitadani Formation, Fukui, Japan
Creators: name: Imai, Takuya
name: Azuma, Yoichi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics
subject: Biological Sciences

description: Fossil record of Early Cretaceous birds may be geographically biased, and eggs and eggshells predating the Late Cretaceous were unknown. Here, we report the oldest known bird eggshell (FPDM-V-0009175) collected from the upper Barremian Kitadani Formation in Katsuyama City, Fukui, Japan. The Kitadani Formation likely represents fluvial environments. Thin-section and scanning electron microscope analyses revealed diagnostic characters of FPDM-V-0009175, including thin (0.44 mm) shell, smooth external surface, non-branching and narrow pore canals with relatively constant width, three structural layers, oblique crystal orientation from vertical in the external layer, and mammillary to continuous to external layer thickness ratio of 1:1:0.44. These characters allow assignment of FPDM-V-0009175 to a new oogenus and oospecies, Plagioolithus fukuiensis, and suggest it belonging to a bird. The three-layered eggshell structure is seen in extant and extinct birds, Plagioolithus fukuiensis, and non-avian theropods. Therefore, such structure may be plesiomorphic among theropods, appearing in the late Barremian or earlier. As the first bird body fossil from the Mesozoic of Japan, Plagioohlithus fukuiensis suggests extensive distribution and abundance of birds in the Barremian East Asia. Plagioolithus fukuiensis indicates that the late-Barremian birds inhabited and reproduced in the fluvial environments within a basin located along the eastern margin of the Asian continent.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:90A8CCE8-57F7-473C-855C-B2CCE2BBD1A2
A New Era of Foreign Investment Law and Policy? The Crisis of the Classic Theory and the Challenge of Regulation
Creators: name: Koutzoukou, Ioanna
Publisher: name: Kent Student Law Review
Year: 2014

description: This article asks whether and to what extent successive economic crises, including the one which started in 2007, have weakened the hold of the classic approach to foreign investment in the field of foreign investment regulation. It explores this quesiton taking into account the apparent shift towards a multipolar world signalled by the emergence of the BRICS countries. It argues that the decline of the post-war superpower coupled with the absence of its replacement in a multipolar world order has prevented the emergence and implementation of a much needed new theoretical approach to foreign investment able to replace the classic theory.
description: Kent Student Law Review, Vol 1 (2014)
Dirrhagofarsus brevis Otto 2022
Creators: name: Otto, Robert L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Eucnemidae
Dirrhagofarsus
Dirrhagofarsus brevis

description: Dirrhagofarsus brevis Otto, 2022
(Fig. 6)
 This apparently widespread, very rare and recently described eucnemid species was previously known from Alabama, Florida and Wisconsin (Otto 2022a). Georgia, Louisiana, and South Carolina are now added as confirmed new state records. One specimen was taken from a UV light trap in Georgia. Two specimens were taken from a Malaise trap in South Carolina. Four specimens were taken from Lindgren traps in Georgia and South Carolina. One specimen was taken from a combination UV/ BL trap in Louisiana. GEORGIA: GEORGIA: Fulton Co. / 11.4 km NW Atlanta / 33.79491N, 84.49783W / 267m, 5–16 Apr 2012 // Lindgren funnel trap / Col: J. Orr / BSF Database / Sample ID # 43973 (1, KDKC); GEORGIA: Wheeler Co. / 2.1 km N of Lumber City / Alligator Creek W.M.A. / 31.948605, −82.677927 // 13 June 2021 / UV trap bear pines/ in open sandy area/ R. Androw, K. Karns (1, CMNH); GEORGIA: Chatham Co. / 1.9 km ESE of Garden City / 32.10783, −81.13543, 3m / 22 Mar–6 April 2022, LFT/ E. Kennedy (1, CMNH); LOUISIANA: USA: LA: Iberville Par. / N. Rosendale, V. Bayless / N 30.4571, W −91.4699/ 27 May 2018 (390)/ UV/BL M. Ferro (1, CUAC); SOUTH CAROLINA: USA: SC: Jasper Co. / 32.4846° N, 81.12° W / 8 mi W Ridgeland / iii.25–iv.1.2016, Lindgren / w/ α-pinene & frontalin/ D. Jenkins (1, CUAC); USA: S. Carolina: Florence Co. / N 34.2945, W 79.7238/ Florence, Dargan’s Pond / iv.19–v.2.2016 BBSC16MH012/ Lindgren – Ips lure (1, CUAC); USA: S. Carolina: Oconee Co. / Seneca, 321 Hickory Ln. / N 34.681, W −82.881/ R.R. Montanucci Col. / 1 Oct 2018 [date handwritten on label] (1, CUAC); USA: SC: Pickens Co. / 34.7252°N, 82.8245°W / 5 mi. N. Clemson / 10–16.vi.2021, Malaise / M. Caterino (2, CUAC).
description: Published as part of Otto, Robert L., 2024, Additional new records for 35 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic region, pp. 1-16 in Insecta Mundi 2024 (37) on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793475
Access to Justice and the Qualification Directive
Creators: name: Splawn, Claire
Publisher: name: Kent Student Law Review
Year: 2014

description: The Qualification Directive, adopted by the Council of the European Union in 2004, creates a legal obligation for Member States to grant subsidiary protection to those persons who do not qualify for refugee status but who are in need of protection on the basis of other international obligations of Member States. An element of the Qualification Directive relates to protection from serious harm, as defined in Article 15(c) of the Directive. This article analyses the meaning and application of Article 15(c) in the UK through a selection of cases from failed Afghan asylum seekers in Kent, and identifies the difficulties courts have had in interpreting and applying the provision. It stresses the need for clarification of the terms of Article 15(c) and the impact its lack of clarity has on those applying for subsidiary protection and those in the courts adjudicating on such applications. The essay on which this article is based was awarded the Kent Law School Scott-Moncrieff Essay Prize for the best essay on social justice in 2014.
description: Kent Student Law Review, Vol 1 (2014)
Numerical modeling of rammed earth constructions: analysis and recommendations
Creators: name: El Nabouch, R.
name: Bui, Q. B.
name: Perrotin, P.
name: Plé, O.
name: Plassiard, J. P.
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2015

description: Rammed earth (RE) material presents actually attracting interests in the context of sustainable development. In addition to low embodied energy, rammed earth constructions present interesting living comfort thanks to the substantial thermal inertia and the natural “moisture regulator” of the RE walls. This is why several researches have been recently carried out to study this material. However, comparing to other conventional materials (e.g. concrete), there is not yet sufficient results in the literature which enable to perform advanced studies in the case of extreme loadings (e.g. earthquake). The paper presents firstly a review of the existing studies on RE, from the material characteristics to the structural behavior, from the experimental results to the numerical models. An analysis of these results is presented. Secondly, numerical simulations using a finite element code (ASTER) are engaged. The Drucker-Prager elasto-plastic model is adopted. Experimental results, coming from the literature, are used to calibrate the numerical simulation. The variability of the parameters (Young modulus, friction angle, cohesion …) and the relevance of the used model will be discussed. Finally, recommendations for future numerical and experimental studies will be presented.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 33 No 2 (2015): Special Issue - ICBBM 2015
International Workshop on Service Oriented Software Engineering (IW-SOSE'06)
Creators: name: Nitto, Elisabetta Di
name: Hall, Robert J.
name: Han, Jun
name: Han, Yanbo
name: Polini, Andrea
name: Sandkuhl, Kurt
name: Zisman, Andrea
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Abstract not available.
ATP level variations in heterotrophic bacteria during attachment on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces
Creators: name: Ivanova, Elena
name: Alexeeva, Yulia V.
name: Pham, Duy K.
name: Wright, Jonathan P.
name: Nicolau, Dan V.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A survey of the extracellular ATP levels of 86 heterotrophic bacteria showed that gram-negative bacteria of the genera Sulfitobacter, Staleya, and Marinobacter secreted elevated amounts of extracellular ATP, ranging from 6.0 to 9.8 pM ATP/colony forming unit (cfu), and that gram-positive bacteria of the genera Kocuria and Planococcus secreted up to 4.1 pM ATP/cfu. Variations in the levels of extracellular and intracellular ATP-dependent luminescence were monitored in living cells of Sulfitobacter mediterraneus ATCC 700856T and Planococcus maritimus F 90 during 48 h of attachment on hydrophobic (poly[tert-butyl methacrylate], PtBMA) and hydrophilic (mica) surfaces. The bacteria responded to different polymeric surfaces by producing either intracellular or extracellular ATP. The level of intracellular ATP in S. mediterraneus ATCC 700856T attached to either surface was as high as 50–55 pM ATP/cfu, while in P. maritimus F 90 it was 120 and 250 pM ATP/cfu on PtBMA and mica, respectively. S. mediterraneus ATCC 700856T generated about 20 and 50 pM of extracellular ATP/cfu on PtBMA and mica, respectively, while the amount generated by P. maritimus F 90 was about the same for both surfaces, 6 pM ATP/cfu. The levels of extracellular ATP generated by S. mediterraneus during attachment on PtBMA and mica were two to five times higher than those detected during the initial screening. High-resolution atomic force microscopy imaging revealed a potentially interesting correlation between the porous cell-surface of certain α- and γ-proteobacteria and their ability to secrete high amounts of ATP.
Computer-integrated polarisation (CIP) in the analysis of fossils: a case of study in a Palaeozoic coral (Sinopora, Syringoporicae, Carboniferous)
Creators: name: Coronado, Ismael
name: Pérez-Huerta, Alberto
name: Rodríguez, Sergio
name: Safta, Nabil
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biological Sciences

description: Computer-integrated polarisation (CIP) method has been applied satisfactorily in the study of fossils skeletons of Sinopora (tabulate coral, Auloporida and Carboniferous). A previous characterisation of sample by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and cathodoluminescence (CL) with the purpose of distinguishing the diagenetical alteration was done. Subsequently, a crystallographic comparison between CIP and electron-backscattering diffraction has been made getting a very good correlation between both methods. The CIP method allows obtaining c-axis orientation images, pole figures, and measure and mapping the misorientation of uniaxial biominerals in recent and fossil skeletons. This technique can only be used in uniaxial biominerals (calcite, quartz and hydroxylapatite), limiting its use for biaxial or bimineralic and polimineralic biominerals. CIP method has good spatial resolution (limited by camera); in our example 90 nm. The main advantage of this technique, versus other with similar properties, is the fast acquisition of data in low and high magnifications. This method does not require special treatment of samples and can be very useful for the analysis of microstructures in thin and ultra-thin sections. CIP method detects diagenetic alterations in fossil skeletons by modifications in the inner arrangement of biominerals, which combined with CL offers valuable geochemical and crystallographic information.
Direct Synthesis of 4-Acetyl-1-alkyl-1H-pyrrol-2(5H)-ones from Difunctionalized Allyl Bromide
Creators: name: Khaoula Jebali
name: Aïcha Arfaoui
name: Saâdi, Fatma
name: Lebreton, Jacques
name: Hassen Amri
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: We describe a simple and efficient protocol for accessing some unsaturated heterocyclic compounds in a direct evaluation of allyl bromide as Z-ethyl 3-bromomethyl-4-oxopent-2-enoate. The latter reacts with primary amines via two successive nucleophilic substitutions followed by a 5-exo-trig cyclization to produce selectively 4-acetyl-1-alkyl-1H-pyrrol-2(5H)-ones in good yields.
Anti-hyperglycaemic effect of Phragmenthera austroarabica A.G.Mill. & J.A.Nyberg extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats
Creators: name: Hanafy, Abeer
name: Badr, Jihan M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: This study was undertaken to investigate the hypoglycaemic activity of Phragmenthera austroarabica A.G.Mill. & J.A.Nyberg extract and evaluate its possible antioxidant and anti-hyperlipidaemic effect in type 2 diabetic animal model. Type 2 diabetes was induced by a high-fat diet followed by injection with streptozotocin. Diabetic adult male Wistar rats were allocated into three groups and treated with pioglitazone HCl (PIO) or the extract of P. austroarabica A.G.Mill. & J.A.Nyberg (250 or 500 mg/kg b.wt.). In addition, a normal control group and a diabetic control group were used for comparison. Blood glucose, insulin resistance, oxidative stress parameter, antioxidant markers and serum lipids were evaluated. The extract of P. austroarabica A.G.Mill. & J.A.Nyberg exhibited a significant hypoglycaemia associated with antioxidant and anti-hyperlipidaemic effects in diabetic rats. The antioxidant activities are responsible, at least partly, for the improvements that have been noticed in hyperglycaemia and insulin resistance of diabetic rats. The extract revealed no symptoms of toxicity. It is concluded that this plant might be considered as an excellent candidate for future study on diabetes mellitus.
Rotenone isolated from Pachyrhizus erosus displays cytotoxicity and genotoxicity in K562 cells
Creators: name: Estrella-Parra, Edgar A.
name: Gomez-Verjan, Juan C.
name: González-Sánchez, Ignacio
name: Vázquez-Martínez, Edgar Ricardo
name: Vergara-Castañeda, Edgar
name: Cerbón, Marco A.
name: Alavez-Solano, Dagoberto
name: Reyes-Chilpa, Ricardo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: Cancer
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Pachyrhizus erosus (Fabaceae) is a herb commonly known as ‘yam bean’, which has been cultivated in México since pre-Columbian times for its edible tubers. The seeds are also known for their acaricidal and insecticidal properties due to rotenone and other isoflavonoid contents. Rotenone has exhibited cytotoxic activity against several human tumour cell lines; however, its mechanism of action is still not fully understood. In this study, we determined the cytotoxicity of rotenone isolated from P. erosus seeds on K562 human leukaemia cells. Rotenone exhibited significant cytotoxic activity (IC50 = 13.05 μM), as determined by the MTT assay. Three other isolated isoflavonoids were not cytotoxic. Rotenone genotoxicity was detected using the comet assay. Rotenone induced cell death, and caspase-3 activation as indicated by TUNEL assay, and immunocytofluorescence. Plasmid nicking assay indicated that rotenone does not interact directly with DNA.
A Direct Synthesis of 4-Acetyl-1-Alkyl-1H-pyrrol-2(5H)-ones from Difunctionalized Allyl Bromide
Creators: name: Khaoula Jebali
name: Aïcha Arfaoui
name: Saâdi, Fatma
name: Lebreton, Jacques
name: Hassen Amri
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: We describe a simple and efficient protocol for accessing to some unsaturated heterocyclic. compounds in a direct valuation of allyl bromide as Z-ethyl 3-bromomethyl-4-oxopent-2-enoate. The latter reacts with primary amines via two successive nucleophilic substitutions followed by a 5-exo-trig cyclization to produce selectively 4-acetyl-1-alkyl-1H-pyrrol-2(5H)-ones in good yields.
Development of a self-compacted clay based concrete - rheological, mechanical and environmental investigations
Creators: name: Landrou, G.
name: Brumaud, C.
name: Habert, G.
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2015

description: Without transport needs and infinite recycling possibilities, earth is one of the building materials with the lowest environmental impact, but its development is hindered by construction time with conventional earth construction technique. The objective of this study is to transfer technology from cement and concrete in earth construction in order to improve earth materials by providing a material that is as easy and cheap to use as current concrete products: a Self-Compacted Clay based Concrete (SCCC). This technology transfer can be done as both materials have analogies in terms of physics. Rheological and mechanical measurements performed in earth materials containing polymers and a cementitious binder show that it is possible to obtain a new earth material enough fluid to be poured in a formwork and getting a sufficient strength to be demoulded at early age. Furthermore, we show that its carbon footprint is competitive compared to the concrete block. As a conclusion, on one hand cement based construction is the mainstream construction technique but has a large environmental load. On the other hand, renowned architects are promoting earthen architecture but can’t increase its use due to construction costs. This new building material can loosen current constraints and open new possibilities for a fast, cost efficient and sustainable earth construction.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 33 No 2 (2015): Special Issue - ICBBM 2015
Do Acquaintances and Friends Make Us Learn? Social Capital and Lifelong Learning in Germany, SOEP Papers No. 673 (2014)
Creators: name: Anna-Elisabeth Thum
name: Beblavy, Miroslav
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Education

description: This paper examines the relationship between social capital and adult learning.
We test this association empirically using measures of various types of social capital
and adult learning based on the German Socioeconomic Panel. We use predetermined
measures of social capital to exclude social skills or friends encountered during the adult
education class. Fixed effects for latent underlying factors such as deep personality
traits and instrumental variables account for changing personality traits. We find
that most of our social capital measures have a signifcant and positive impact on the
probabilities for investing in various types of adult learning. The size of the effect
varies across the different measures between increasing the probability of participating
in adult learning by 0.04% to increasing the probability by 17%. We find evidence that
acquaintances are more likely to increase participation in adult learning than friends.
An evolutionary algorithm for a new multi-objective location-inventory model in a distribution network with transportation modes and third-party logistics providers
Creators: name: S. Mohammad Arabzad
name: Mazaher Ghorbani
name: Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Reza
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences

description: This paper proposes a multi-objective optimisation algorithm for solving the new multi-objective location-inventory problem (MOLIP) in a distribution centre (DC) network with the presence of different transportation modes and third-party logistics (3PL) providers. 3PL is an external company that performs all or part of a company’s logistics functions. In order to increase the efficiency and responsiveness in a supply chain, it is assumed that 3PL is responsible to manage inventory in DCs and deliver products to customers according to the provided plan. DCs are determined so as to simultaneously minimise three conflicting objectives; namely, total costs, earliness and tardiness, and deterioration rate. In this paper, a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is proposed to perform high-quality search using two-parallel neighbourhood search procedures for creating initial solutions. The potential of this algorithm is evaluated by its application to the numerical example. Then, the obtained results are analysed and compared with multi-objective simulated annealing (MOSA). It is concluded that this algorithm is capable of generating a set of alternative DCs considering the optimisation of multiple objectives, significantly improving the decision-making process involved in the distribution network design.
Computer-integrated polarisation (CIP) in the analysis of fossils: a case of study in a Palaeozoic coral (Sinopora, Syringoporicae, Carboniferous)
Creators: name: Coronado, Ismael
name: Pérez-Huerta, Alberto
name: Rodríguez, Sergio
name: Safta, Nabil
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biological Sciences

description: Computer-integrated polarisation (CIP) method has been applied satisfactorily in the study of fossils skeletons of Sinopora (tabulate coral, Auloporida and Carboniferous). A previous characterisation of sample by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and cathodoluminescence (CL) with the purpose of distinguishing the diagenetical alteration was done. Subsequently, a crystallographic comparison between CIP and electron-backscattering diffraction has been made getting a very good correlation between both methods. The CIP method allows obtaining c-axis orientation images, pole figures, and measure and mapping the misorientation of uniaxial biominerals in recent and fossil skeletons. This technique can only be used in uniaxial biominerals (calcite, quartz and hydroxylapatite), limiting its use for biaxial or bimineralic and polimineralic biominerals. CIP method has good spatial resolution (limited by camera); in our example 90 nm. The main advantage of this technique, versus other with similar properties, is the fast acquisition of data in low and high magnifications. This method does not require special treatment of samples and can be very useful for the analysis of microstructures in thin and ultra-thin sections. CIP method detects diagenetic alterations in fossil skeletons by modifications in the inner arrangement of biominerals, which combined with CL offers valuable geochemical and crystallographic information.
The Social Structure Ecology and Pathogens of Bats in the UK
Creators: name: August, Tom
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Computational Biology
subject: Parasitology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Environmental Science
subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics

description: The Social Structure Ecology and Pathogens of Bats in the UK PhD thesis by Tom August This thesis examines the ecology, parasites and pathogens of three insectivorous bat species in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire; Myotis nattereri (Natterer’s bat), M. daubentonii (Daubenton’s bat) and Plecotus auritus (Brown long-eared bat).
The population structure was assessed by monitoring associations between ringed individuals, utilising recent advances in social network analysis. Populations of both M. daubentonii and M. nattereri were found to subdivide into tight-knit social groups roosting within small areas of a continuous woodland (average minimum roost home range of 0.23km2 and 0.17km2 respectively). If this population structure is a general attribute of these species it may make them more sensitive to small scale habitat change than previously thought and has implications for how diseases may spread through the population.
M. daubentonii had a strong preference for roosts close to water, away from woodland edge and in areas with an easterly aspect. The factors driving roost choice in M. nattereri and P. auritus remain elusive. The segregation of M. daubentonii into bachelor and nursery colonies was not a result of the exclusion of males from roosts close to water by females, or variation in microclimate preferences between the sexes, as was predicted. Body condition (weight/forearm length) was correlated with host characteristics including age and reproductive status, and weather variables.
Astroviruses and Coronaviruses, which have characteristics typical of zoonotic viruses, were identified in UK bat species for the first time. Coronaviruses identified formed species-specific clades while Astroviruses were highly diverse. Though not closely related to human viruses these are potential zoonotic diseases of the future. Models of Coronavirus and ectoparasite distribution suggest individual attributes (e.g. sex and age) and population structure (e.g. the formation of nursery and bachelor colonies) are important predictors of parasite and pathogen prevalence.
This study characterises a system that offers many opportunities for future research including studies of sociality, disease modelling and conservation management.
Stethon pectorosus LeConte 1866
Creators: name: Otto, Robert L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Eucnemidae
Stethon
Stethon pectorosus

description: Stethon pectorosus LeConte, 1866
(Fig. 9)
 In Canada, this apparently rare eucnemid species was previously taken from New Brunswick, Ontario, and Québec. In the United States, S. pectorosus was previously known from Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin (Otto & Karns 2017). New state records are now confirmed in Connecticut and Georgia. Two specimens were taken from a cross-vane panel trap baited with Trichoferus campestris Falderman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) lure in Connecticut. One specimen was taken from a UV light trap in Georgia. CONNECTICUT: CONNECTICUT: Hartford/ Co., 3.8 km ENE of Windsor/ 41.86611, −72.6012, 27m / 23 Jun–14 Jul 2020 // Cross-vane panel trap/ with Trichoferus / campestris Lure / S. Carson (2, CMNH); GEORGIA: GEORGIA: Whitfield Co./ Rocky Face Ridgeline/ 5.2 km SW of Dalton/ Dug Gap Mountain Rd./ 34.741389, −85.015000 // 30 June–1 July 2021 / 429m, UV light trap/ James K. Adams (1, CMNH).
description: Published as part of Otto, Robert L., 2024, Additional new records for 35 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic region, pp. 1-16 in Insecta Mundi 2024 (37) on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793475
Modellierung von dielektrisch behinderten Atmosphärendruckentladungen in Argon und Ar-HMDSO-Gasgemischen
Creators: name: Becker, Markus M.
name: Loffhagen, Detlef
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Dielectric Barrier Discharge
Plasma Modelling
Argon
HMDSO

description: Dielektrisch behinderte Atmosphärendruckentladungen werden zunehmend zur Behandlung von Oberflächen eingesetzt. Hier ist Argon ein häufig genutztes Trägergas, das z.B. zum Aufbringen siliziumhaltiger Schichten mit Hexamethyldisiloxan (HMDSO) als Präkursorgas gemischt wird. Zur Optimierung derartiger technologischer Anwendungen wurde ein zeitabhängiges, räumlich eindimensionales Fluid-Modell entwickelt, das eine gegenüber herkömmlichen Modellen verbesserte Beschreibung des Teilchen- und Energietransports der Elektronen beinhaltet. In dem Beitrag wird das raumzeitliche Verhalten unterschiedlicher Entladungsanordnungen diskutiert. Für eine einseitig behinderte Einzelfilamententladung in reinem Argon wird gezeigt, dass mit steigender Spannungsamplitude der Einfluss metastabiler Argonatome auf das Entladungsverhalten zunimmt. Insbesondere die Chemoionisation spielt bei Spannungsamplituden >2 kV eine entscheidende Rolle. Weiterhin wird für eine symmetrische Entladungsanordnung der Einfluss geringer Beimischungen von HMDSO auf das Entladungsverhalten untersucht. Hier zeigt sich, dass die Penning-Ionisation in Stößen von HMDSO-Molekülen mit metastabilen Argonatomen eine bedeutende Rolle einnimmt.
description: Die Arbeiten wurden durch die DFG im Rahmen des SFB-TRR 24 sowie unter dem Geschäftszeichen LO 623/3-1 unterstützt.
Random Group Problem-Based Learning in Engineering Dynamics
Creators: name: Fleischfresser, Luciano
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Mechanics
Education

description: Dynamics problem solving is highly specific to the problem at hand and to develop the general mind framework to become an effective problem solver requires ingenuity and creativity on top of a solid grounding on theoretical and conceptual knowledge. A blended approach with prototype demo, problem-based learning, and an opinion questionnaire was used during 1st semester of 2013. Students working in randomly selected teams had to interact with classmates while solving a randomly selected Dynamics problem. The approach helps improve awareness of what is important to learn in this class while reducing grading load. It also provides a more rewarding contact time for both pupils and instructor.
Mindfully Social: Designing in Response to Mental Health Issues Linked to Excessive Social Media Use
Creators: Muhammad Ali Butt
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Mental health is a significant and widespread health issue that in many societies is still considered taboo and not taken as seriously as it should be. Mental health is vital for the personal and psychological well-being of individuals, their relationships, and their contribution to their society. Millions of people around the world are affected by mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, but only a fraction of them receive adequate treatment or resources. Research has indicated that excessive social media use could have a negative impact on the mental health and psychological well-being of young people, and these findings have opened numerous important areas to be researched. Research noted that social media could contribute in developing or exacerbating the negative feelings of stress, anxiety, depression, fear of missing out (FOMO) and social anxiety among its young users. Being aware of the gravity of the issue and the associated facts is the first step towards resolving it. Design can be employed as a powerful and effective tool to communicate and emphasize the importance of this issue, and to build awareness across communities on managing its detrimental effects.
Evaluating the Efficacy of Chief Tree Resources as an Early Childhood Intervention for Improving the Adoption of Healthier Eating Habits in Saint Lucia
Creators: name: Theophile, Brent
name: Mathurin, Titus
name: Theophile, Brent
name: Mathurin, Titus
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Food and Nutrition Security
subject: School Feeding
subject: Education

description: This paper examines the efficacy of Chief Tree resources (reading book, teacher’s guide, jingle and video clip), developed by Saint Lucian Preschool Administrator Petra Auguste, in the adoption of healthier eating habits by pre-schoolers in Saint Lucia. Specifically, the paper validates the Chief Tree resource as a useful tool in encouraging the adoption of healthier eating behaviour and habits by positively influencing nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAPs) of children in Saint Lucia. This area of focus is motivated by the alarming increase in incidences of obesity and chronic, non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) among children in Saint Lucia. A survey of pre-school children and their parents was conducted sequentially in tangent with the introduction of Chief Tree resources to test for correlation with positive changes in KAPs. The survey findings give evidence that the introduction and use of Chief Tree resources at the pre-school stage contributes to: • Positive changes in students’ nutrition knowledge and attitude, and in nutrition attitude by parents; • Positive changes in the awareness of, as well as, diminished preference for unhealthy foods by students; and • An increase in the frequency of consumption of healthy foods at home. In effect, this paper sheds light on Chief Tree as a useful approach for promoting the adoption of healthy dietary practices among the young while also positively influencing parents’ behaviour (and ultimately decisions) in the home on nutrition.
Mechanical properties of unstabilized earth compressed at high pressures
Creators: name: Bruno, A. W.
name: Gallipoli, D.
name: Perlot, C.
name: Mendes, J.
name: Salmon, N.
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2015

description: Earthen construction is attracting the interest of civil engineers because of its “green” credentials of limited environmental impact and energy efficiency over the life cycle of buildings. Yet, the adoption of earthen materials in mainstream construction is hindered by serious drawbacks including relatively low strength and water infiltration. Among all earthen materials, compressed earth blocks are the most popular option because of the flexibility of the building process and the possibility to employ standard masonry construction techniques. Compressed earth blocks are currently produced by compacting moist soil inside a mould under pressures that range from 5MPa to 25MPa. This pressure is applied for few seconds, which is too short to allow full dissipation of the excess pore water pressures generated during compaction. In this paper, we propose an alternative compaction method that significantly improves the mechanical properties of compressed earth without resorting to chemical binders. A compaction pressure of up to 100MPa, higher than the pressures currently used, is applied and maintained constant for a longer period of time to allow consolidation of the soil. The attainment of high effective stresses increases the dry density of the soil and changes the material fabric in such a way that mechanical properties are highly enhanced [Olivier 1986; Houben 1994; Kouakou 2009]. Compressed earth samples were prepared according to the proposed compaction method at different water contents as to determine the compaction curves corresponding to different compaction pressures. After compaction, specimens were stored in a climatic chamber at constant temperature and humidity (25°C and 62%) until equalization. Unconfined compressive tests were subsequently performed on the equalized samples to investigate the effects of compaction pressure and dry density on stiffness and strength. The adopted compaction method resulted in mechanical properties that can compete with those of stabilized earth and standard masonry bricks.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 33 No 2 (2015): Special Issue - ICBBM 2015
An Electric Circuit Lab for General Physics Classes
Creators: name: Rogers, Kyle
name: Fleischfresser, Luciano
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Education

description: This paper describes an electric circuit lab exercise that offers various ways of comparing the equivalent electrical resistance of three-resistor circuits. It requires the use of two multi-meters, a power supply, cables and connectors, an assortment of ceramic resistors, and breadboards. The lab lets students verify Ohm's law through graphical analysis, and perform comparisons with calculated counterparts. The lab can be shortened as well as be made more complex. Suggestions are presented on how to simplify the assignment, and on how to make it a more challenging task for students.
Onichodon orchesides Newman 1838
Creators: name: Otto, Robert L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Eucnemidae
Onichodon
Onichodon orchesides

description: Onichodon orchesides Newman, 1838
(Fig. 10)
 In Canada, this widespread, apparently uncommonly seen eucnemid species has been taken from New Brunswick, Ontario, and Québec. In the United States, O. orchesides was previously recorded from Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin (Otto 2013). The new state record is for Louisiana based on a specimen taken from a Lindgren funnel trap baited with ethanol. LOUISIANA: USA: LA: Feliciana Par./ Feliciana Preserve/ N 30.795°, W −91.254°/ 21 June–13 July 2014 / Lindgren w/ EtOH – Farro (1, CUAC).
description: Published as part of Otto, Robert L., 2024, Additional new records for 35 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic region, pp. 1-16 in Insecta Mundi 2024 (37) on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793475
iPROLEPSIS Newsletter No 4
Creators: name: Leipuviene, Kristina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: psoriatic arthritis
digital health solutions
artificial intelligence
clinical research
smart devices

description: Welcome to the fourth edition of the Newsletter series of the iPROLEPSIS project. In this issue, we present the latest updates and progress of the project activities, collaborations, and upcoming and past events. 

Follow us at our social media accounts and visit our website for more information: https://www.iprolepsis.eu/.
Fornax bicolor
Creators: name: Otto, Robert L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Eucnemidae
Fornax
Fornax bicolor

description: Fornax bicolor (Melsheimer, 1844)
(Fig. 11)
 In Canada, this rarely encountered eucnemid species was previously recorded from Québec. In the United States, F. bicolor has been taken from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin (Otto 2020). Kentucky is confirmed as a new state record. One specimen was taken from a Malaise trap. KENTUCKY: USA: Kentucky: Madison Co./ Berea, Coll. For. Horse Cove Rd./ 37.57165°N 84.21799°W / 15–22.vii. 2013, 269m MT trap 2/ K118 Chapman & Stedenfeld (1, CUAC).
description: Published as part of Otto, Robert L., 2024, Additional new records for 35 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic region, pp. 1-16 in Insecta Mundi 2024 (37) on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793475
Rethinking Caribbean Food and Nutrition Security via Utilisation of Local Foods
Creators: name: Gordon, Ronald
name: Evans, Edward
name: Gordon, Ronald
name: Evans, Edward
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: CARICOM Food and Nutrition Security
subject: Increased Domestic Agricultural Production
subject: Targeted Policies
subject: Food Imports

description: The continued and growing dependence on basic food imports causes the food security status of the CARICOM countries to be extremely vulnerable to external shocks. Food import data show, for instance, that for the 01 to 09 Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) groups, inclusive of food and live animals, on average 85.5 percent of the regions’ demand is satisfied from extra-regional sources. Examination of 2014 import data by value, revealed that fish and seafood products are the lowest extra-regional imports at around 65 percent, while meat and meat preparations are the highest at about 98 percent. The latter statistics are troubling when juxtaposed with the facts that several of these countries have the potential to increase meat production, and that consumption within this group is steadily growing. Moreover, all of the countries are known to suffer from shortages of foreign exchange, which is much needed to help spur economic development in critical sectors of these countries. It is accepted that any improvements in the Region’s food and nutrition security (FNS) status, must be based on the use of local foods, contingent on increased domestic food production and increased intra-regional agricultural trade. But while there are varying levels of capacity or individual countries to increase their domestic food production, the potential for a higher level of food production, collectively, remains woefully unfulfilled. The paper suggests reasons as to why this continues to be the case and examines options for increased levels of domestic food production that can potentially positively impact the CARICOM region’s food security and nutrition status. Among the critical areas where innovations may achieve the desired results are: technological improvements in domestic production and marketing; adoption of international agricultural health and food safety standards; intra-regional transportation of primary agricultural products; and the implementation of more targeted agricultural and fiscal policies.
Phosphine-Free Tetradentate Salicylaldimine Ligand Complexed with Palladium: First Application in Heck Reactions
Creators: name: Kalhapure, Rahul S.
name: Thirumala Govender
name: Krishnacharya G. Akamanchi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Heck reactions were carried out using phosphine-free tetradentate salicylaldimine ligand complexed with PdCl2 under mild reaction conditions, short reaction time, and low palladium loading. All aryl iodides underwent coupling reactions with olefins, giving corresponding trans-products, with good to excellent yields, whereas aryl bromides gave very poor yields and aryl chlorides failed to react.
Intramolecular Cyclization of 1-Benzyl-2-(nitromethylene)pyrrolidines in Triflic Acid
Creators: name: Bamba Fanté
name: Yaya Soro
name: Mawa Koné
name: Sorho Siaka
name: Coustard, Jean-Marie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Science Policy
Developmental Biology
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: 1-Benzyl-2-(nitromethylene)pyrrolidines in triflic acid undergo intramolecular cyclization to afford the corresponding 2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-b]isoquinolinium triflates and/or 10-amino-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-b]isoquinolinium triflates, depending on the nature of the aromatic substituent. Structures of products and reaction mechanisms are discussed.
Phosphine Free Tetradentate Salicylaldimine Ligand Complexed with Palladium: First Application in Heck Reactions
Creators: name: Kalhapure, Rahul S.
name: Thirumala Govender
name: Krishnacharya G. Akamanchi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Heck reactions were carried out using phosphine free tetradentate salicylaldimine ligand complexed with PdCl2 under mild reaction conditions, short reaction time and low palladium loading. All aryl iodides underwent coupling reactions with olefins giving corresponding trans-products with good to high yield whereas aryl bromides gave very low yields and aryl chlorides failed to react.
Intramolecular Cyclization of 1-Benzyl-2-(nitromethylene)pyrrolidines in Triflic Acid
Creators: name: Bamba Fanté
name: Yaya Soro
name: Mawa Koné
name: Sorho Siaka
name: Coustard, Jean-Marie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Science Policy
Developmental Biology
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: 1-benzyl-2-(nitromethylene)pyrrolidines in triflic acid undergo an intramolecular cyclization to afford the corresponding 2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-b] isoquinolinium triflates and/or 10-amino-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-b] isoquinolinium triflates, depending on the nature of the aromatic substituent. Structures of products and reaction mechanisms are discussed.
Fornax floridana Otto 2020
Creators: name: Otto, Robert L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Eucnemidae
Fornax
Fornax floridana

description: Fornax floridana Otto, 2020
(Fig. 12)
 This rarely collected eucnemid species has been recorded in Florida (Otto 2020). A new state record is now confirmed in Georgia. One specimen was taken from a UV light trap. GEORGIA: GEORGIA: Whitfield Co./ Rocky Face Ridgeline/ 5.2 km SW of Dalton/ Dug Gap Mountain Rd./ 34.741389, −85.015000 // 30 June–1 July 2021 / 429m, UV light trap/ James K. Adams (1, CMNH).
description: Published as part of Otto, Robert L., 2024, Additional new records for 35 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic region, pp. 1-16 in Insecta Mundi 2024 (37) on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793475
A Kalman Filter for Active Feedback on Rotating External Kink Instabilities in a Tokamak Plasma
Creators: name: Hanson, Jeremy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: tokamak, plasma, kink mode, kalman filter, feedback, control, instability, fusion energy, resistive wall mode

description: The first experimental demonstration of feedback suppression of rotating external kink modes near the ideal wall limit in a tokamak using Kalman filtering to discriminate the n = 1 kink mode from background noise is reported. In order to achieve the highest plasma pressure limits in tokamak fusion experiments, feedback stabilization of long-wavelength, external instabilities will be required, and feedback algorithms will need to distinguish the unstable mode from noise due to other magnetohydrodynamic activity. When noise is present in measurements of a system, a Kalman filter can be used to compare the measurements with an internal model, producing a realtime, optimal estimate for the system's state. For the work described here, the Kalman filter contains an internal model that captures the dynamics of a rotating, growing instability and produces an estimate for the instability's amplitude and spatial phase. On the High Beta Tokamak-Extended Pulse (HBT-EP) experiment, the Kalman filter algorithm is implemented using a set of digital, field-programmable gate array controllers with 10 microsecond latencies. The feedback system with the Kalman filter is able to suppress the external