cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing
Creators: name: Dziedzic, Michael
name: Yaqoob, Sherjeel
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Possible Less Toxic Alternatives to the Chemicals used to Extract Natural Gas
description: This report will focus on the topic of hydraulic fracturing. It is a process that has been going on for many years, and is the main method of extracting natural gas beneath the Earth’s surface. While it is known that natural gas is in fact a much cleaner fossil fuel and would be more cost beneficial for us to use, the process of hydraulic fracturing is still very risky and has been involved in a lot of concern for pollution. While this report will go into more detail of fracking itself, it will also explain the ongoing research that is being done to make this process “greener”. The report will also include our own research that we have done to promote a safer method of fracking. We have used that research for a service project, which involved getting in touch with companies/corporations by letter and informing them of our research
Phymaturus payuniae Cei & Castro 1973
Creators: name: Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
name: Scolaro, J. Alejandro
name: Sura, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Liolaemidae
Phymaturus
Phymaturus payuniae

description: Phymaturus payuniae Cei & Castro
Phymaturus patagonicus payuniae Cei & Castro 1973: 244 (type locality: Payún Highplateau, 5 km from Volcán Payún, 2000 m, Southern Mendoza Province, Argentina); Cei 1973c: 1; Cei & Roig 1976: 69; Vanzolini 1986: 20.
Centrura patagonica payuniae Cei 1986: 185.
Phymaturus payunae Etheridge 1995: 32.
Phymaturus payuniae Etheridge & Espinoza 2000: 10; Chebez et al. 2005: 37; Sura 2005: 430; Scolaro 2006: 56.
description: Published as part of Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro & Sura, Piotr, 2008, A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania), pp. 1-85 in Zootaxa 1800 on pages 58-59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6789337
Transport and disposition of nicotine in the human placenta
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Smoking during pregnancy is associated with many adverse outcomes on both the pregnant woman and on her fetus and newborn baby. Some of these effects include an increased chance of premature birth, a higher rate of infant death, a slower rate of fetal growth, low birth weight of the newborn, and an increased incidence of sudden infant death syndrome. Most of these adverse effects are associated with nicotine, a major component of tobacco smoke. Nicotine is also responsible for the addictive properties of this drug. With at least 16% of women continuing to smoke throughout their pregnancy, the effects of smoking on the pregnant woman and fetus are major public health concerns. This study will investigate if and how the placenta protects the fetus from nicotine. The placenta serves as a major life support organ for the fetus. Its ability to move oxygen and nutrients from maternal to fetal blood is necessary for the normal growth and development of the fetus. It also serves as a protective barrier for the fetus against harmful compounds by preventing their passage from maternal blood. Since nicotine is such a commonly used and abused drug during pregnancy, it is important to understand how the placenta functions to prevent nicotine from reaching the fetus. Specifically, this project will examine the mechanisms by which nicotine moves across cell membranes, allowing its entry both into and out of the fetus and placenta. It is likely that, once nicotine enters the placenta, it encounters “pumps” which return the nicotine back to the maternal blood, thereby protecting the fetus. We will also test whether the placenta can break down nicotine into less harmful agents. This is another possible way in which the placenta can protect the fetus from the harmful effects of nicotine (and other drugs and toxins). These studies will also determine whether the placentas of smoking women are better able to pump nicotine away from the fetus and to break nicotine down into less harmful compounds in comparison to the placentas of non-smoking women. This would mean that the placenta may have important ways in which it responds to not only nicotine but also other potentially harmful drugs as a means of protecting the fetus. Overall, these studies will greatly increase our understanding of the role of the placenta in regulating the exposure of the fetus to nicotine. This information is vitally important for us to decrease the health risks of smoking women and their newborn infants.
Additional file 2: of Menâ  s perceptions of prostate cancer diagnosis and care: insights from qualitative interviews in Victoria, Australia
Creators: name: Kirkman, Maggie
name: Young, Kate
name: Evans, Susan
name: Millar, Jeremy
name: Fisher, Jane
name: Mazza, Danielle
name: Ruseckaite, Rasa
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Interview Guide 2: Text of the guide used by the interviewer to conduct in-depth interviews with men who had not been diagnosed with prostate cancer. (PDF 170Â kb)
Gonioinfradens paucidentatus
Creators: name: Devi, S. Suvarna
name: Mendoza, Jose C. E.
name: Ravinesh, R.
name: Idress Babu, K. K.
name: Kumar, A. Biju
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Portunidae
Gonioinfradens
Gonioinfradens paucidentatus

description: Gonioinfradens paucidentatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) *
(Fig. 2B)
Material examined. 1 female (35.9 x 27.0 mm) (DABFUK), Agatti, 20 May 2014
Remarks. The single specimen of this widespread species presents an interesting new record for India (viz. Apel & Spiridinov 1998). Galil et al. (2018) recently reappraised the taxonomy of Thalamita giardi Nobili, 1905, an Indian Ocean species long synonymized under G. paucidentatus, and showed that it to be a valid species. The shape of the frontal margin of the present specimen, however, indicates that the present specimen is G. paucidentatus.
description: Published as part of Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 477-501 in Zootaxa 4613 (3) on page 484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3239869
Phymaturus somuncurensis Cei & Castro 1973
Creators: name: Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
name: Scolaro, J. Alejandro
name: Sura, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Liolaemidae
Phymaturus
Phymaturus somuncurensis

description: Phymaturus somuncurensis Cei & Castro
Phymaturus patagonicus somuncurensis Cei & Castro 1973: 242 (type locality: Laguna Raimundo, 1400 m, meseta de Somuncurá, Río Negro Province, Argentina); Cei 1973c: 1; Vanzolini 1986: 20.
Centrura patagonica somuncurensis Cei 1986: 186.
Phymaturus somuncurensis Etheridge 1995: 32; Etheridge & Espinoza 2000: 10; Schulte et al. 2000: 78; Chebez et al. 2005: 37; Scolaro 2005: 58; Sura 2005: 430.
description: Published as part of Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro & Sura, Piotr, 2008, A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania), pp. 1-85 in Zootaxa 1800 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6789337
Using Music, Dance, and Exercise as Ways to Relieve Stress
Creators: name: Sooklall, Andrew R.
name: Flores, Joshua R.
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Stress is a problem that any individual of the world can be affected by and not even realize how serious it is. Stress can take a powerful toll on peoples’ health and lives and, unfortunately, not many people know how to adequately deal with stress in a healthy manner. Music, dance, and exercise are healthy and efficient ways to reduce stress. The video we’ve created shows an example of a dance (choreographed) that can be used to reduce stress. By utilizing healthy dance routines and preferred musical pieces, people can relieve stress in an effective and safe manner.
Thalamita admete
Creators: name: Devi, S. Suvarna
name: Mendoza, Jose C. E.
name: Ravinesh, R.
name: Idress Babu, K. K.
name: Kumar, A. Biju
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Portunidae
Thalamita
Thalamita admete

description: Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803)
Material examined. 1 female (15.0 x 10.7 mm) (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 18 January 2015. This species was also observed from Minicoy (R. Ravinesh) but specimens not collected.
Remarks. Thalamita admete was also observed from Minicoy but specimens were not collected. This is a widespread species in the Indo-West Pacific (Wee & Ng 1995; Apel & Spiridinov 1998); and it has previously been recorded from Lakshadweep by Thomas (1969), Rao et al. (1989), and Venkataraman et al. (2004).
description: Published as part of Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 477-501 in Zootaxa 4613 (3) on page 484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3239869
Determining how cholesterol-rich Lp(a) causes heart disease
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Coronary heart disease is the main cause of death for both men and women in western countries. Cigarette smoking is associated with an increased incidence of premature atherosclerosis, which causes myocardial infarctions. Another important risk factor for developing coronary artery disease is elevated blood levels of the unusual fat-transporting protein Lp(a). Together, elevated blood levels of Lp(a) and cigarette smoking greatly exacerbate the risk of coronary heart disease. In addition, at least one study suggests that cigarette smoking specifically alters Lp(a) concentrations in the blood. The molecular mechanism of how high levels of Lp(a) causes increased atherosclerosis is still unclear. In this proposal we will explore the hypothesis that Lp(a) becomes trapped in the walls of blood vessels by binding to specific proteins in the artery wall known as the proteoglycans and fibrin. Since Lp(a) is a combination of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL, the "bad" cholesterol-transporting plasma protein) and apo(a) (another plasma protein) we will attempt to generate Lp(a) that binds poorly to the components of arterial walls.

 Using advanced molecular biology techniques we have been able to genetically engineer LDL in such a way that it does not bind to proteoglycans. In transgenic mice this LDL has shown little ability to cause atherosclerosis. Similarly, one of our collaborators has engineered apo(a) in such a way it does not bind fibrin (another component of the artery wall). When expressed in transgenic mice this modified apo(a) is poorly retained in arterial walls. These genetically modified Lp(a) will be expressed in transgenic mice to determine if they are less atherogenic than normal Lp(a). If the genetically altered Lp(a) are less atherogenic we will know that their binding to proteoglycans and/or fibrin are an important step in initiating atherosclerosis in mice and most likely in man as well. In summary, these studies should help clarify how Lp(a) induces atherosclerosis. Moreover, if these genetic studies establish that the inhibition Lp(a) binding to proteoglycans and/or to other key blood proteins is anti-atherogenic, then the therapeutic potential of using small molecules to inhibit Lp(a) binding becomes a new viable approach for inhibiting or preventing atherosclerosis in humans.
Macrobrachium carcinus
Creators: name: Santana, Laira Lianos Michelle Mollemberg Laurindo André Rodrigues Michelle Pinheiro Vetorelli William
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Palaemonidae
Macrobrachium
Macrobrachium carcinus

description: Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fig. 4A–D)
Material examined. Brazil, Piauí: Parnaíba River, 23.iii.2018, 1 male [CZDP (F2) 0061], 1 male [CZDP (F2) 0062].
Distribution. This species is found in Brazil in the states of Amapá, Pará, Piauí, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul (Melo, 2003; Sampaio et al., 2009; Pimentel and Magalhães, 2014; present work).
Remarks. As for M. amazonicum, Ramos-Porto and Coelho (1998) and Ferreira et al. (2010) cited the occurrence of M. carcinus in Piauí but without mention the material examined and locality. This is the first documented record of M. carcinus in the Parnaíba River basin. Macrobrachium carcinus is the most important freshwater species economically and socially in the Brazilian northeast region. Populations of this species are in decline in several Brazilian hydrographic basins due to over-exploitation and habitat loss (Almeida et al., 2008).However, no studies about population estimation quantify the population reduction of this species, which motivated the categorization of this species as Insufficient Data in the last evaluation of the threatened crustacean species of the Brazilian fauna (Mantelatto et al., 2016), although most fishermen agree that this species is threatened in at least some regions (Almeida et al., 2008). In addition, the practice of uncontrolled cultivation of other Macrobrachium species in nonnative areas, with the possibility of species dispersal, may represent a future concern for local biodiversity (Mantelatto et al., 2016). Macrobrachium carcinus is easily recognizable through its short rostrum and the carpus of the second pereopod distinctly shorter than the merus, and with a single, large, triangular tooth on the cutting edges of the dactyl and propodus.
description: Published as part of Santana, Laira Lianos Michelle Mollemberg Laurindo André Rodrigues Michelle Pinheiro Vetorelli William, 2018, Checklist of the species of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from the lower Parnaíba River basin, Piauí, Brazil, pp. 1-8 in Nauplius (e 2018017) (e 2018017) 26 on pages 4-6, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2018017, http://zenodo.org/record/14666387
title: The unequal conversion of intended redistribution into factual redistribution in Europe and its impact on social inequalities between families
Creators: name: Frericks, Patricia
name: Höppner, Julia
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: redistribution
subject: regulations
subject: outcomes
subject: family
subject: inequality
subject: EUROMOD
subject: EU-SILC
classificationCode: 300
subject: 300
classificationCode: Umverteilung
subject: Umverteilung
classificationCode: Soziale Ungleichheit
subject: Soziale Ungleichheit
classificationCode: Europäische Union
subject: Europäische Union
classificationCode: Einkommensstatistik
subject: Einkommensstatistik

description:
Redistribution is one of the key elements of contemporary social order, and research has dealt with it in various ways. Most welfare state research mixes in its analysis the regulations on redistribution and actual outcomes. However, to adequately understand redistribution, one needs to distinguish between regulations and outcomes. Measuring unequal conversion in terms of deviations between redistributions as regulated and redistributive outcomes shows how far a redistribution corresponds to what has been officially agreed upon in societies and who is actually better or worse off in the end. Empirically focusing on family-related redistribution, our analysis was based on European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data and the European microsimulation tool EUROMOD. First, we assumed that differences between regulations and outcomes vary depending on the family type. Thus, we compared the actual and simulated disposable household income for various family types. Second, we assumed that differences between regulations and outcomes vary by country. Consequently, we analysed a variety of European countries. Our findings showed that there are substantial differences between regulations on redistribution and outcomes. These differences increase income inequalities between families. This held true for all of our study countries, although to a different degree.
Macrobrachium jelskii
Creators: name: Santana, Laira Lianos Michelle Mollemberg Laurindo André Rodrigues Michelle Pinheiro Vetorelli William
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Palaemonidae
Macrobrachium
Macrobrachium jelskii

description: Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers, 1778)
(Fig. 5A–D)
Material examined. Brazil, Piauí: Prata Lagoon, 18.xi.2014, 500 specimens [CZDP (F2) 0049]. Idem, 18.xi.2014, 1 male, 4 females (LSZ 027).
Distribution. In Brazil, this species has been recorded in the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina) (Melo, 2003; Pileggi et al., 2013; present work).
Remarks. This is the first record of M. jelskii in the Parnaíba River basin. M. jelskii is commonly found in sympatry with M. amazonicum. Here we found both species in Prata Lagoon, though M. jelskii was more abundant than M. amazonicum (cf. material examined). Also, see remarks section regarding M. amazonicum for characters to differentiate between these species.
description: Published as part of Santana, Laira Lianos Michelle Mollemberg Laurindo André Rodrigues Michelle Pinheiro Vetorelli William, 2018, Checklist of the species of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from the lower Parnaíba River basin, Piauí, Brazil, pp. 1-8 in Nauplius (e 2018017) (e 2018017) 26 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2018017, http://zenodo.org/record/14666387
Cherusius triunguiculatus
Creators: name: Devi, S. Suvarna
name: Mendoza, Jose C. E.
name: Ravinesh, R.
name: Idress Babu, K. K.
name: Kumar, A. Biju
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Domeciidae
Cherusius
Cherusius triunguiculatus

description: Cherusius triunguiculatus (Borradaile, 1902)
Material examined. 1 ovigerous female (5.7 x 4.1 mm) (DABFUK), Minicoy, 16 September 2014.
Remarks. Cherusius was better known as Jonesius Sankarankutty, 1962, but Low & Ng (2012) showed that the name was preoccupied by the cestode Jonesius Yamaguti, 1959. As such, they proposed a replacement name, Cherusius. Cherusius triunguiculatus has been previously reported from Lakshadweep by Rao et al. (1989) and Venkataraman et al. (2004).
description: Published as part of Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 477-501 in Zootaxa 4613 (3) on page 485, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3239869
Role of nicotine/nicotinic receptors in Parkinson's disease
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The long term goal of the work in our laboratory is to study the sites in the brain that are stimulated by nicotine. Nicotine is one of the major chemicals in cigarette smoke and thought to be important for many of the effects of smoking on the brain and nerve tissue. The sites in brain and other nerve tissue which are stimulated by nicotine are called nicotinic receptors. We are especially interested in studying the changes which occur in these receptors in neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease. This is a devastating disease which affects approximately 1% of the population over the age of 50. The symptoms of this disease include difficulty in initiating actions, in walking, talking, swallowing and maintaining posture, as well as other movement problems. The reason we are interested in studying the nicotinic receptors in relation to Parkinson's disease is because previous research has suggested that some of the movement problems experienced by Parkinson patients are less severe after smoking a cigarette, chewing nicotine gum or using the nicotine patch. As well, nicotine may help to lessen memory difficulties which occur in some people with Parkinson's disease. Research also suggests that Parkinson's disease occurs less frequently in people who smoke or use other tobacco products, and that it is nicotine which is responsible for these positive effects. The number of nicotinic receptors are decreased in the brains of people who have Parkinson's disease. The nicotine in cigarette smoke, in the nicotine patch or in gum may lead to an extra stimulation of these remaining nicotinic receptors. We would like to know how nicotine has these positive effects. However, work to understand how nicotine works is complicated by the fact that there are many different kinds of nicotinic receptors in the brain and in nerve tissue. Nicotine stimulates all of these receptors which can help overcome some of the problems associated with Parkinson's disease but which also can cause many undesirable side effects on the heart, the blood vessels and stomach, to name only a few. Our aim is to determine which specific nicotinic receptors are affected in Parkinson's disease To study this, we will use an animal models. It is important to know which nicotinic receptors are changed in Parkinson's disease, because this will allow us to synthesize drugs which act only with the receptors that are affected. This research will help us to develop drugs which reduce the movement problems in Parkinson's disease without producing the numerous undesirable side effects which frequently also occur with nicotine. The effects of smoking/nicotine may therefore point to the development of new therapies to treat neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease.
Phymaturus spectabilis Lobo & Quinteros 2005
Creators: name: Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
name: Scolaro, J. Alejandro
name: Sura, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Liolaemidae
Phymaturus
Phymaturus spectabilis

description: Phymaturus spectabilis Lobo & Quinteros
Phymaturus spectabilis Lobo & Quinteros 2005b: 149 (type locality: Provincial Road 6, 28 km S of Ingeniero Jacobacci, Río Negro Province, Argentina); Scolaro 2006: 57.
description: Published as part of Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro & Sura, Piotr, 2008, A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania), pp. 1-85 in Zootaxa 1800 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6789337
Friesea afurcata
Creators: name: Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz
name: Greenslade, Penelope
name: Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Poduromorpha
Neanuridae
Friesea
Friesea afurcata

description: Friesea afurcata (Denis, 1926)
– Polyacanthella afurcata Denis, 1926: 10.
GO: Khanahmadi et al. 2018.
Ecology and habitat in Iran: moss, humus, soil and leaf litter.
General distribution: Europe, Lebanon, Algeria (Dányi & Traser 2008; Bendjaballah et al. 2018) and Iran.
description: Published as part of Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz, Greenslade, Penelope & Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Iran, pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 5275 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5275.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7898948
Behavioral epidemiology of tobacco use among gay men
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Increasing survey data has emerged to suggest that gay men smoke tobacco at proportions far greater than those found among men in general. However, most of these data have been generated through the use of sampling techniques that oversample gay bar patrons. These sampling strategies are thought to overestimate the actual rate of smoking found among gay men in general. We will generate data on smoking using an existing household-based probability sample of gay-identified men taken within America's four largest cities to meet each of the following specific aims:

 We will:

 1) identify the proportion of urban gay men who use tobacco

 2) identify the psychosocial characteristics of urban gay male tobacco users

 3) determine whether rates of tobacco use are different among urban gay men who reside in California than in other urban centers of the United States

 4) identify the perceived need among gay male smokers for gay-specific treatment approaches to smoking cessation.

 If it is true that gay men are smoking tobacco at rates in excess of those found among men in general, then gay men constitute a community that has yet to fully benefit from tobacco control efforts attempted among Californians in general. However, the ability to advocate for prevention and treatment programs specific to the gay male community is compromised by the lack of household based data on smoking. Furthermore, the ability to design effective community-based prevention and treatment programs for this community is also compromised by the lack of data on the psychosocial characteristics of gay male smokers. Thus, this proposed study meets important public health needs not only by documenting the extent of smoking among gay men through the use of representative sampling techniques but also by generating the data necessary to designing effective tobacco control efforts to lower rates of smoking among California's gay male community.
MOESM1 of Reduction in adverse effects of tracking devices on waterfowl requires better measuring and reporting
Creators: name: Lameris, Thomas
name: Kleyheeg, Erik
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Complete list of all 202 papers used for meta-analysis.
Phymaturus spurcus Barbour 1921
Creators: name: Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
name: Scolaro, J. Alejandro
name: Sura, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Liolaemidae
Phymaturus
Phymaturus spurcus

description: Phymaturus spurcus Barbour
Phymaturus spurcus Barbour 1921: 139 (type locality: Huanuluan, Río Negro Province, Argentina; see Lobo & Quinteros 2005a); Lobo & Quinteros 2005a: 537, 2005b: 145; Scolaro 2006: 58.
Phymaturus palluma patagonicus Burt & Burt 1931: 281 (in part).
description: Published as part of Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro & Sura, Piotr, 2008, A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania), pp. 1-85 in Zootaxa 1800 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6789337
Trapezia bidentata
Creators: name: Devi, S. Suvarna
name: Mendoza, Jose C. E.
name: Ravinesh, R.
name: Idress Babu, K. K.
name: Kumar, A. Biju
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Trapeziidae
Trapezia
Trapezia bidentata

description: Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775)
Material examined. 1 female (15.9 x 12.1 mm) (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 15 October 2014.
Remarks. Trapezia bidentata is better known throughout its range as Trapezia ferruginea Latreille, 1828 (cf. Serène 1984) but Castro et al. (2004) showed that T. bidentata (Forskål, 1775) was actually its senior synonym. It has previously been recorded from Lakshadweep by Rao et al. (1989) and Sankarankutty (1961).
description: Published as part of Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 477-501 in Zootaxa 4613 (3) on page 485, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3239869
Friesea claviseta Axelson 1900
Creators: name: Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz
name: Greenslade, Penelope
name: Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Poduromorpha
Neanuridae
Friesea
Friesea claviseta

description: Friesea claviseta Axelson, 1900
– Friesea claviseta Axelson, 1900: 8.
MAZ: Mohammadi Nodeheki et al. 2018a; Vahedi Moghadam et al. 2022; TE: Qazi & Shayanmehr 2016b.
Ecology and habitat in Iran: soil and leaf litter under pine and cypress trees.
General distribution: cosmopolitan (Fjellberg 1998).
description: Published as part of Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz, Greenslade, Penelope & Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Iran, pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 5275 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5275.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7898948
Will ApoE cause regression of atherosclerotic lesions?
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Smoking is a well established risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis and heart attack. One characteristic of heart disease is the accumulation of cholesterol within the walls of arteries. Lipid (or fat) loaded macrophages (scavenger cells) in these blood vessels contribute to cell death and the accumulation of extracellular fat and debris, forming raised atherosclerotic lesions on the inner surface of blood vessels. When these lesions rupture, blood clots form, blocking the flow of blood and resulting in oxygen deprivation of heart tissue, death of cardiac cells, and heart attack. High levels of plasma cholesterol are associated with an increased incidence of atherosclerosis, and for those patients with hypercholesterolemia, cholesterol lowering drugs are available. However, many people without elevated plasma cholesterol levels develop atherosclerosis, and therefore drugs that lower cholesterol levels are not beneficial in the majority of cases.

 One potential method of treating atherosclerosis is to express a protein in the cholesterol filled cells (macrophages) that helps to remove cholesterol from them and transport it back to the blood where it can be taken up by the liver and excreted from the body. A protein that functions in this way is called apolipoprotein (apo) E. In experimental mice lacking the mouse of the protein, human apoE expression in macrophages greatly reduces the development of atherosclerosis. However, it is not known whether expression of the protein (i.e., overproduction) in the presence of normal levels of the natural protein will provide an additional benefit or if production of this protein in cells will cause atherosclerotic lesions to regress. Here we propose a series of experiments in mice to answer these questions. If apoE can cause atherosclerotic lesions to regress, expression of apoE in the arteries of humans with atherosclerosis may be a beneficial therapeutic approach.
Additional file 2: of Menâ  s perceptions of prostate cancer diagnosis and care: insights from qualitative interviews in Victoria, Australia
Creators: name: Kirkman, Maggie
name: Young, Kate
name: Evans, Susan
name: Millar, Jeremy
name: Fisher, Jane
name: Mazza, Danielle
name: Ruseckaite, Rasa
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Interview Guide 2: Text of the guide used by the interviewer to conduct in-depth interviews with men who had not been diagnosed with prostate cancer. (PDF 170Â kb)
Studies of novel antitumor agents for lung cancers
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Due to the prevalence of smoking, lung cancer is now the leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. The proportion of tobacco-derived cancers classified as nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is increasing and now outnumbers other histological subtypes. Whereas chemotherapy for the other main type of smoking-associated cancer (small cell lung cancer) can be effective, the current therapy for NSCLC has limited effectiveness. In part, this is because many patients with NSCLC have metastasis (tumor has spread to other sites in the body) and often have recurring cancer after the initial treatment.

 Illudins are natural products with a novel chemical structure isolated from the toxic Jack O' Lantern mushroom, which grows throughout California. The mushroom received its unusual name because it glows in the dark in the fall. Our laboratory has been developing novel chemotherapeutic agents from these Illudin toxins for treatment of NSCLC. During the past 3 years, with support from the TRDRP, we accomplished the following in developing a novel chemotherapeutic agent for NSCLC:

 (1) We determined that Illudin-like compounds are appropriate candidates to develop as new anti-cancer agents for NSCLC, based on their specificity for these tumors.

 (2) We developed a class of Illudin-like compounds, Acylfulvenes, with improved effectiveness against NSCLC, including those resistant to other drugs.

 (3) We developed a screening system to identify active agents.

 (4) We used this screening system to identify our lead drug candidate, HMAF (MGI-114).

 (5) We obtained sponsorship, using these data, for human trials of our lead agent HMAF which are currently in progress. In addition, based on promising results from the initial human trial, the National Cancer Institute has agreed to sponsor up to 11 follow-up trials at various Cancer Centers throughout the United States.

 Despite the marked success of our project, there currently remains considerable work to complete. We need to accomplish the following:

 • Identify a promising “back up” or additional Acylfulvene drug for human testing from over 100 we have made to date.

 • Find out why there is increased anticancer activity without additional toxicity when HMAF is given with other chemotherpeutic agents.

 • Indetify how HMAF actually works inside the body by determining what occurs to the drug once it has been administered.

 Overall, these TRDRP sponsored studies will identify an additional drug for testing in humans, assist in developing new drugs with increased effectiveness, guide advanced trials in humans of HMAF in combination with other anticancer agents, and identify how the Acylfulvenes act in the body.
Friesea espunaensis Arbea & Jordana 1993
Creators: name: Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz
name: Greenslade, Penelope
name: Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Poduromorpha
Neanuridae
Friesea
Friesea espunaensis

description: Friesea espunaensis Arbea & Jordana, 1993
– Friesea espunaensis Arbea & Jordana, 1993: 9.
MAZ: Yahyapour et al. 2021.
Ecology and habitat in Iran: leaf litter and soil.
General distribution: Spain (Arbea & Jordana 1993) and Iran.
description: Published as part of Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz, Greenslade, Penelope & Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Iran, pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 5275 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5275.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7898948
Phymaturus tenebrosus Lobo & Quinteros 2005
Creators: name: Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
name: Scolaro, J. Alejandro
name: Sura, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Liolaemidae
Phymaturus
Phymaturus tenebrosus

description: Phymaturus tenebrosus Lobo & Quinteros
Phymaturus tenebrosus Lobo & Quinteros 2005b: 153 (type locality: 20 km S of Cerro Alto, National Road 40, Río Negro Province, Argentina); Scolaro 2006: 59.
description: Published as part of Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro & Sura, Piotr, 2008, A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania), pp. 1-85 in Zootaxa 1800 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6789337
Acculturation, media, peers, parents and adolescent smoking
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: When people move to the United States from another country, they begin to adjust to the culture and customs of the U.S., a process known as acculturation. Unfortunately, acculturation may have harmful health consequences. Previous studies of Pacific Rim adolescents (Latino/Hispanics and Asia Americans) have shown that those who are more acculturated to the U.S. culture are at higher risk of experimentation with smoking, relative to those who are less acculturated. There are several potential explanations for this increased risk. First, adolescents who are more acculturated may be more likely to have U.S. born friends, who may be more likely to smoke. Second, adolescents who are more acculturated ma have parents who give them more freedom, which gives them more opportunities to experiment with smoking. Third, adolescents who are more acculturated may be more likely to see and understand the pro-tobacco marketing that is so pervasive in the U.S.

 This study will investigate the role of acculturation in the smoking initiation process. It will evaluate the extent to which peers, parents, and tobacco-related advertising may be responsible for the association between acculturation and smoking. In addition, this study will evaluate the effects of anti tobacco media advertisements on smoking among adolescents with varying levels of acculturation. The goal of this study is to determine why acculturation is associated with increased risk of smoking, and whether anti tobacco media can lessen this risk.

 This study will use data collected by the other projects in this IRP. These data will consist of 3-year longitudinal data from Hispanic/Latino and Asian/Pacific islander middle school and college students in California. Middle school and college are periods of maximum risk of smoking initiation among Pacific Rim adolescents.

 The overall goal of this study is to prevent smoking among Pacific Rim adolescents by understanding how peers, parents, and the media influence the smoking behavior of adolescents with different levels of acculturation. The results of this study will provide useful information for the creation of culturally relevant smoking prevention programs for adolescents and young adults in the ethnically diverse population of California.
AURORA D1.1 Near-Zero Emissions Citizens Label
Creators: name: Cristóbal López, Ana Belén
name: Sanz-Cuadrado, Cristina
name: Zhang, Zhe
name: Rahdan, Parisa
name: Victoria, Marta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: energy labelling system, citizens label, AURORA, decarbonization

description: A report describing the premises and methodology used to create the proposed labelling system, including reports and comments from 12 European experts about the label.
Trapezia lutea Castro 1997
Creators: name: Devi, S. Suvarna
name: Mendoza, Jose C. E.
name: Ravinesh, R.
name: Idress Babu, K. K.
name: Kumar, A. Biju
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Trapeziidae
Trapezia
Trapezia lutea

description: Trapezia lutea Castro, 1997 *
(Fig. 4B)
Material examined. 1 male (12.6 x 10.8 mm) (DABFUK), Bitra, 13 May 2015.
Remarks. Trapezia lutea is superficially similar to Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1801) and many old records of the latter species will need to be checked (see Castro 1997). Both species have a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution and can occur together in the same reef. Trapezia lutea is recorded for the first time from India.
description: Published as part of Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 477-501 in Zootaxa 4613 (3) on page 485, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3239869
Friesea mirabilis
Creators: name: Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz
name: Greenslade, Penelope
name: Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Poduromorpha
Neanuridae
Friesea
Friesea mirabilis

description: Friesea mirabilis (Tullberg, 1871)
– Triaena mirabilis Tullberg, 1871: 155.
GI, EA, CE: Cox 1982; TE: Qazi & Shayanmehr 2016b; GO: Khanahmadi et al. 2018.
Ecology and habitat in Iran: soil, leaf litter, moss on bottom parts of the trees, stock and rotted wood.
General distribution: cosmopolitan (Fjellberg 1998).
description: Published as part of Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz, Greenslade, Penelope & Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Iran, pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 5275 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5275.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7898948
Macrobrachium olfersii
Creators: name: Santana, Laira Lianos Michelle Mollemberg Laurindo André Rodrigues Michelle Pinheiro Vetorelli William
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Palaemonidae
Macrobrachium
Macrobrachium olfersii

description: Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836)
(Fig. 6A–D)
Material examined. Brazil, Piauí: Portinho Lagoon, 25.iv.2013, 46 specimens [CZDP (F2) 0050]. Idem, 19.vii.2013, 38 specimens [CZDP (F2) 0051]. Idem, 20.ii.2014, 10 specimens [CZDP (F2) 0052]. Idem, 04.viii.2013, 46 specimens [CZDP (F2) 0053]. Idem, 19.vii.2013, 2 females (LSZ 075).
Distribution. In Brazil, this species has been recorded in the states of Amapá, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo and Santa Catarina (Barros and Braun, 1997; Müller et al., 1999; Melo, 2003; Pimentel and Magalhães, 2014; present work).
Remarks. This is the first record of M. olfersii in the lower Parnaíba River basin, although Ferreira et al. (2010) mentioned the occurrence of this species in Piauí when discussing an indeterminate specimen from the Piauí River without a precise locality [material deposited at the Museu Nacional (MNRJ 2574)]. Macrobrachium olfersii can be easily differentiated through its almost straight and relatively short rostrum, and the strong second pair of pereopods with chelae of unequal sizes and gaping fingers and a dense pubescence on the palm and cutting edges.
description: Published as part of Santana, Laira Lianos Michelle Mollemberg Laurindo André Rodrigues Michelle Pinheiro Vetorelli William, 2018, Checklist of the species of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from the lower Parnaíba River basin, Piauí, Brazil, pp. 1-8 in Nauplius (e 2018017) (e 2018017) 26 on page 7, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2018017, http://zenodo.org/record/14666387
Actaeodes tomentosus
Creators: name: Devi, S. Suvarna
name: Mendoza, Jose C. E.
name: Ravinesh, R.
name: Idress Babu, K. K.
name: Kumar, A. Biju
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Xanthidae
Actaeodes
Actaeodes tomentosus

description: Actaeodes tomentosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Material examined. 3 males (21.1 x 13.2 mm, 25.2 x 15.0 mm, 25.8 x 15.8 mm) (DABFUK), Kalpeni, 4 January 2013; 1 male (25.5 x 15.7 mm), 1 female (15.2 x 8.9 mm) (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 31 October 2013; 2 males (25.0 x 15.5 mm, 26.5 x 16.2 mm) (DABFUK), Minicoy, 2 December 2013; 2 females (17.6 x 10.8 mm, 22.8 x 14.1 mm) (DABFUK), Agatti, 0 8 January 2014; 2 females (17.1 x 11.0 mm, 18.3 x 11.7 mm) (DABFUK), Kilton, 22 October 2014; 1 male (26.8 x 16.5 mm) (DABFUK), Bitra, 0 8 May 2015.
Remarks. Actaeodes tomentosus was previously recorded from Lakshadweep by Alcock (1898), Dev Roy (2008), and Kumaralingam et al. (2017). It has a wide range in the Indo-West Pacific (Serène 1984).
description: Published as part of Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 477-501 in Zootaxa 4613 (3) on page 485, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3239869
Aethiopella undetermined
Creators: name: Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz
name: Greenslade, Penelope
name: Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Collembola
Poduromorpha
Neanuridae
Aethiopella
Aethiopella undetermined

description: Aethiopella sp.
MAZ: Yahyapour at al. 2020a.
Ecology and habitat in Iran: soil.
Remarks: this species has not yet been fully identified.
Genus Anurida Laboulbène, 1865
description: Published as part of Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz, Greenslade, Penelope & Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Iran, pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 5275 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5275.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7898948
Scientific and Administrative Core
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: A scientific and administrative core will provide statistical and data management support, integrating the datasets, and providing common analytic methods and strategies for the projects. The core will support research exchanges and integrate training programs on the different campuses into IRP research. The core will also bring to the integrated research the input of scholars and community leaders representing the various Asian and Latino cultures of the Pacific Rim.

 The scientific and administrative core provides seven major areas of service:

 1. Scientific and administrative management

 2. Data management and coordination

 3. Statistical consultation and coordination

 4. Directorate consisting of key scientific personnel to facilitate inter-project coordination

 5. Core area leaders with academic and practical expertise in Hispanic/Latino and Asian/Pacific Island issues, respectively, to give consultation to the projects

 6. Training opportunities in cultural issues relevant to tobacco use and ETS exposure.

 The core will provide cohesion and integration to the overall IRP as well as serve projects Individually.