cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Formica sylvicola Jerdon, 1851, N. S.
Creators: name: Jerdon, T. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1851
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Formica
Formica sylvicola

description: 46. Formica sylvicola, N. S.
Worker, 3 - 12 th inch long; head narrowed in front, and rounded behind; eyes posterior, salient; antennae inserted in front of the eyes, with a strong crest bordering their insertion internally; jaws short, with 5 teeth, the upper one much the longest and bent; thorax, wide; with two spines on its anterior angles, and two stronger ones posteriorly pointing backwards and upwards; abdominal pedicle large square ending behind in two large carved spines pointing backwards and outwards, and two points or tubercles be. hind and between them, abdomen short, oval, colour dull black, abdomen shining glaucous green.
Female, 9 - 24 th inch long, differs in the anterior thoracic spinel being apparently shorter, and in having 3 ocelli; wingless.
This Ant has the same habits as the last, but is not found except in the jungles. It appears very closely allied to F. nastata of Latreille from India, and to several other species said to be from Southern Asia; and as some of these may be found in India, I add here a brief description of them taken from St. Fargeau's work on Hymenoptera. " Formica sexspinosa, Latr. Body black, covered with a fine silky yellowish down, especially on the abdomen; head oblong; narrowed posteriorly; antennae long; posterior angles of the head salient; jaws large triangular, with 3 or 4 teeth, eyes small globular, salient, thorax with two spines anteriorly on its lateral angles, and two on the posterior extremity pointing backwards; abdominal pedicle thick, rounder in front, truncated posteriorly with 2 spines almost as large as those on the posterior extremity of thorax length 7 2 - 3 d lines (french); from Southern Asia.
" Formica nastata, Latr.
Black, finely shagreened and slightly hairy, head short; antennae long; jaws short with small teeth, and a larger curved one at the end; space between the antennae ele-vated with an arched crest on each side; eyes small, round; thorax cubical, compressed, its surface flat and the ridge on each side sharp, anteriorly wide and square with a spine on each side at the numeral angles strong, sharp, straight, and reaching to the head; its posterior part truncated with a strong spine at each angle point-ing obliquely upwards; abdominal pedicle large triangular, with its upper edge concave a small tooth in the middle, and a strong arched spine on its lateral angles directed backwards, with a little tooth beneath each.
Length 4 lines. Hab. India.
description: Published as part of Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., pp. 103-127 in Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17 on pages 126-127
Flood plain information South Branch - Raritan River Branchburg Township New Jersey
Creators: name: Department Of The Army, New York District
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1969

description: This study, prepared at the requests of the Townships of Branchburg, East Amwell, Raritan and Flemington contains flood plain information and data on rainfall, historical and recent floods, and other technical data concerning the occurrence and size of floods affecting the Branchburg Township area.
Chrysosphaerella rotundata Skaloudova & Skaloud
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Paraphysomonadaceae
Chrysosphaerella
Chrysosphaerella rotundata

description: 46. Chrysosphaerella rotundata Škaloudová & Škaloud
Lake Ladoga (Voloshko & Gavrilova 2001 as C. brevispina, Voloshko et al. 2002 as C. brevispina); Republic of Buryatia (Bessudova et al. 2018); Chelyabinsk and Orenburg Regions (Snitko et al. 2019); Republic of Yakutia (Bessudova et al. 2021).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 171, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
GUI Lite
Creators: name: D'Souza, Reemy Maria
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are used to view and study the capabilities and  limitations of a range of speech processing applications. They are invaluable teaching  and algorithm implementation aids. Using a GUI to explore the capabilities of a given  application greatly increases the utility of the application, particularly in the area of  digital speech processing.  Currently there exists a powerful GUI design toolbox, called the GUIDE (Graphical  User Interface Development Environment), included with MATLAB. Learning how to  use the GUIDE effectively is complicated and time-consuming. Our basic premise  about the GUIDE is that a small and manageable subset of the GUIDE’s capability  could provide sufficient flexibility to implement most speech processing problems of  interest.  With this driving principle, we have designed and implemented the GUI Lite Version 1  and Version 2 which enable the user to easily design and create GUIs in MATLAB.  GUI Lite Version 1 is a single-pass design tool in which the GUI layout and callback   functions (i.e., code associated with the various GUI elements like graphical displays  and buttons) are integrated into a single stage solution. The GUI Lite Version 1 User  Manual explains how to write code to control and manipulate the various GUI  components used in a given implementation of a speech processing algorithm.  GUI Lite Version 2 is a two-pass design tool in which the GUI layout is implemented  in the first stage, and the selected GUI element callback functions are implemented in  the second stage. GUI Lite Version 2 automates and separates the design and layout of  the GUI from the writing of the callback code that controls the various GUI elements.  This two stage GUI design and creation tool simplifies the process of creating viable  GUIs and improves the user experience significantly. GUI Lite Versions 1 and 2 have  undergone a series of user trials to develop GUIs for a range of speech processing  algorithms. The trial results indicate that the two GUI Lite tools succeed in making the  creation process of GUIs for speech processing algorithms a great deal simpler and  more intuitive than MATLAB’s GUIDE tool.
Formica relucens , Latr
Creators: name: Jerdon, T. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1851
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Formica
Formica relucens

description: " Formica relucens, Latr.
Exceedingly like the last. (F. nustata), differs in the following points - body covered with silky, golden, shining down, with a few larger hairs; thorax with two spines anteriorly and none posteriorly; abdominal pedicle with 4 spines, the upper ones nearly straight; length 4 linea. From Southern Asia.
description: Published as part of Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., pp. 103-127 in Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17 on page 127
Ascertaining the relationships between the trajectories of specific categories of alcohol-related negative consequences and subsequent drinking behavior
Creators: name: Davis, Christine M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The overwhelming majority of people who drink alcohol do so non-problematically.  Nevertheless, approximately 17.6 million Americans have been diagnosed with an alcohol use disorder (AUD), which can be severely debilitating and contribute to both increased morbidity and premature mortality.  Irrespective of treatment approach, drinking behavior modifications are often short-lived and relapse is common.  The first year following AUD treatment has been identified as a period of high risk for relapse, and thus an important timeframe for enquiry regarding alcohol-related behavior change and its maintenance.  In addition, at least among individuals with a diagnosed AUD, alcohol use and negative consequences have been shown to be related reciprocally.  A commonly used measure of alcohol-related negative consequences is the Drinker Inventory of Consequences (DrInC) which has been supported empirically in several studies, although investigations of specific categories of alcohol-related negative consequences and their trajectories have been lacking. Given this background, the purpose of this dissertation was to conduct secondary data analyses to: (1) confirm the previously reported factor structure of the DrInC; (2) follow the course of the five DrInC categories of alcohol-related negative consequences across the first year post AUD treatment initiation; (3) investigate whether these trajectories vary by participant gender, age or assigned treatment condition; and (4) examine the relationships between these trajectories and subsequent drinking behavior. Data from the outpatient arm of Project MATCH (n = 952), to date the largest psychosocial alcohol treatment randomized clinical trial, were analyzed for this dissertation. Study results confirmed the DrInC factor structure and the trajectory of each DrInC category was indicative of improved alcohol-related problems across the first year post-treatment initiation period. Specific DrInC categories varied as a function of participant gender, age, and assigned treatment condition and these trajectories were predictive of subsequent drinking behavior.  Specifically, higher intercepts during the three-month treatment period were associated with poorer drinking behavior one year later. Alternatively, steeper slopes were associated with improved drinking behavior and some of these relationships were modified by gender, age, and treatment condition. It was concluded that assessing alcohol-related negative consequences during the first year post-treatment initiation can have clinical utility.
Chrysosphaerella septentrionalis Kapustin
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Paraphysomonadaceae
Chrysosphaerella
Chrysosphaerella septentrionalis

description: 47. Chrysosphaerella septentrionalis Kapustin
Murmansk Region (Kapustin & Kulikovskiy 2022, Kapustin 2024).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 171, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
The impact of beverage type intake on energy intake and weight in 12-month-old low-income Hispanic infants
Creators: name: Espinosa, Carolina
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: According to the 2008 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance Survey, low-income Hispanic children aged 2-4 years have the highest prevalence for overweight at 18.4 % compared to non-Hispanic Whites at 12.6 % and non-Hispanic Blacks at 11.8 %. Current research has found that sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake may be a major factor contributing to the over consumption of calories among children. Food preferences can also develop as early as the first of year of life. Therefore, if SSBs become part of a regular diet as early as the first year of life it has the potential to reinforce the preference for sweet tasting foods for which infants are biologically predisposed. The objective of this was to look at how sweetened-beverage intake impacted overall energy intake and weight status among 12-month-old infants from low-income Hispanic households. Participants were divided into non-SSB consumers and SSB consumers. It was found that non-SSB consumers ingested significantly more fluid ounces of plain milk, consumed significantly less carbohydrate (grams/day), had a significantly higher percentage of calories come from fat, and ingested significantly less vitamin C than the SSB consumers. For participants above the 85th percentile for weight for length, the non-SSB consumers ingested significantly more calories from plain milk/formula Consumption of high-energy dense foods, such as sugar-sweetened beverages, is still an important aspect of the diet to target among Hispanics who are high risk for becoming overweight or obese.
Effect of mix parameters on restrained shrinkage of self consolidating concrete
Creators: name: Fleurimond, Carl
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) is a relatively new type of concrete that flows under its own self weight. In order for the concrete to achieve the SCC properties, an increased amount of cementitious material is needed.  Increased amount of cementitious content is known to lead to increased amount of shrinkage, which in turn leads to cracking of concrete.  The shrinkage of concrete is the main cause of cracking in bridge decks.  Bridge decks tend to be restrained from shrinkage, and this restraint along with other factors causes the bridge to crack.  The characteristics of SCC under restrained shrinkage are important to understand in order to predict the cracking behavior in actual structures.   Mechanical properties testing of compressive strength, tensile strength, and elastic modulus are performed on each concrete mix.  Restrained shrinkage testing is done in accordance to AASHTO testing protocol.  Cracking patterns are observed due to changes in mixing parameters.  The free shrinkage performance and cracking behavior were reported and compared when changing the sand to aggregate ratio and the water to cement ratio. The results showed that the sand to aggregate ratio between the limits of .45 to .55 had little effect on the cracking potential of the SCC mixes.  Each of the mixes cracked within a couple days of one another.  The water to cement ratio showed that as the water to cement ratio increases, cracking also increases.  Free shrinkage specimens were used to correlate the free shrinkage to the cracking behavior of the mixes.  Every mix contained 850 lbs of cementitious material (75% Portland type I cement, 20% Fly Ash, and 5% Silica Fume).  The results of free shrinkage show that when a mix design has higher free shrinkage, it will crack in restrained shrinkage earlier than a mix with lower free shrinkage.
Formica ammon
Creators: name: Jerdon, T. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1851
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Formica
Formica ammon

description: " Formica ammon, Latr.
Very like the two last, body black, striated, with a few hairs; thorax ashy; anterior angles advanced; posteriorly the lateral angles prolonged into a large, straight spine, pointing backwards; abdominal pedicle large, triangular; with the upper angles prolonged into a very long curved spine, directed backwards; abdomen covered with a silky golden down - length [[...]] th lines. From Southern Asia.
description: Published as part of Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., pp. 103-127 in Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17 on page 127
Writing expectations beyond high school
Creators: name: Finnegan, Robert J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Despite recent policy initiatives to ensure high school accountability through state-mandated testing, New Jersey high school graduates may not be prepared for the challenges of college-level writing because the state’s high school assessment is not aligned with college-level expectations (Brown & Conley, 2007; Conley, 2003). An ever-growing library of reports acknowledge that many states in addition to New Jersey have not aligned their high school tests in writing with college expectations (Achieve, 2007; Silva, 2008); however, other surveys suggest there is alignment between high school writing curriculum and higher education admission tests (Le, 2002; Milewski, Johnsen, Glazer, & Kubota, 2005). This study, therefore, was designed to describe and understand alignment between writing skills needed for success on the high school assessment in comparison to the writing skills that will be demanded of students in college. This study used the judgments of a group of eight writing instructors to collect in-depth information on how the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) writing scoring rubric aligns with college-level standards for success, as defined in the Knowledge and Skills for University Success (KSUS). In addition, instructors also examined 20 sample HSPA writing responses and provided judgments about whether the essays demonstrated college readiness. Individual interviews were held with all eight participants, and their judgments were coded to further understand what characteristics of HSPA responses demonstrated college preparedness. From performing these analyses, this study’s results corroborate with previous studies on the HSPA (Conley, 2003). The HSPA provides some indication of how students can organize writing in test situations, but the HSPA does not align as well with the type of critical thinking and reading-writing synthesis work that will be required at the college level. These results suggest that policymakers should consider revisions to the HSPA writing test such that it would require students to demonstrate skills in using evidence to sustain cogent arguments.
The long-term impact of initial resource availability and seed bank on woody vegetation during early succession on the New Jersey Piedmont
Creators: name: Fowler, Alexandra
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This study revisited old field succession plots established in 1989 at Hutcheson Memorial Forest in Somerset County, New Jersey, to look at the impact of initial resource availability and seed bank on old field succession. A combination of two different types of treatments were used: an abiotic treatment to alter available resources, and a seed treatment to change the starting seed bank. The abiotic treatments used were a light reduction, mulch application, and an elemental sulfur application to reduce nutrient availability. Seed treatments were additions of species characteristic of early, mid, or late succession. Soils from the plots was analyzed for pH and nutrient availability to determine whether any residual effects of the initial treatments still existed after 19 years. The species, density, and diameter at breast height (DBH) of all woody vegetation >2m tall was taken, and the density and species of seedlings <50cm in height were also taken. Due to loss of data through destruction of 18 out of 48 original plots, Bayesian analysis in WinBUGS was used as the primary form of statistical analysis. Unpublished data from 1997 was used in order to determine how the Bayesian analysis results correlated with the two-way ANOVA used in past analysis of the site, and to ensure that results using full and partial datasets were similar. Relative importance values for species present on the plot were also calculated.   Sulfur treatments had a significant impact on the soil, resulting in lower pH and differences in nutrient availability. No difference in soil organic matter was found. The mature woody vegetation was shown to have lasting differences associated with initial abiotic treatments. Light reduction yielded smaller trees at lower density; mulch treatments had larger trees at high density, and sulfur-treated plots had large trees at very low densities. Little difference was found associated with the seed treatments. No differences were found in the seedling populations. Juniperus virginiana was the dominant species in most plots, with the exception of sulfur-treated plots. Comparison of 1997 data and 2008 data suggests that differences in woody species composition are determined by differences in seedling survival.
Synergestic induction of NRF-2 gene by curcumin and sulforaphane and pharmacokinetics/metabolism of 13C/Dim in rats by UPLC/MS
Creators: name: Gomez, Yury Y.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Curcumin (CUR) and Sulforaphane (SFN) have shown remarkable cancer chemopreventive effects in numerous studies and combinations of low doses of chemopreventive agents can reduce toxicity while augmenting efficacy. The first part of the thesis investigated the chemotherapeutic effects elicited by a combination of CUR and SFN on human hepatocarcinomacells. The combination treatment- mediated effects on phase II/antioxidant enzymatic induction and antioxidant response element (ARE) was investigated. It was proposed that the combination of CUR and SFN could synergistically enhance the induction of ARE and the nuclear E2-factor related factor 2 (Nrf2)-mediated enzymes. Low doses of CUR and SFN significantly induced the expression of Nrf2-mediated enzymes, HO-1 and UGT1A1, promoted nuclear translocation ofNrf2– a key regulator of phase II detoxifying /antioxidant enzymes – and synergistically induced the ARE luciferase activity. Chemical inhibitors of mRNA and protein synthesis affected the combination therapy- mediated transcriptional regulation of both HO-1 and UGT1A1. Synergism of CUR and SFN was evident at low concentrations. Such synergism in ARE-luciferase activity may partly explain the significant induction in the expression of Nrf2- mediated expression of HO-1 and UGT1A1 and the nuclear translocation of Nrf2, suggesting that a combination of low doses may be a promising strategy for cancer chemoprevention. For the second part of this thesis, a liquid chromatographic method was validated for the simultaneous analysis and pharmacokinetic evaluation of Indole-3-Carbinol (I3C), Diindolylmethane (DIM), and several I3C metabolites. I3C and DIM are naturally derived phytochemicals with promising in-vitro andin-vivo anticarcinogenic properties. Using reversed-phase ultra performance liquidchromatography (UPLC) coupled with mass spectrophotometry (MS), a rapid, specific, and highthroughput method was developed and validated for the quantification and identification of I3C, DIM, and other I3C metabolites in plasma. Recovery, linearity, precision, accuracy, and stability analysis fulfilled the CDER guidelines criteria. The method was successfully applied to the determination of the pharmacokinetic parameters and elucidation of metabolites of I3C or DIMafter oral, intravenous, or intraperitoneal administration to Sprague- Dawley rats.
Sliding mode control of discrete-time weakly coupled systems
Creators: name: Gopala, Prashanth Kumar
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Sliding mode control is a form of variable structure control which is a powerful tool  to cope with external disturbances and uncertainty. There are many applications of  sliding mode control of weakly coupled system to absorption columns, catalytic crackers,  chemical plants, chemical reactors, helicopters, satellites, flexible beams, cold-rolling mills, power systems, electrical circuits, computer/communication networks, etc. In this thesis, the problem of sliding mode control for systems, which are composed of two weakly coupled subsystems, is addressed.  This thesis presents several methods to apply sliding mode control to linear discretetime  weakly-coupled systems and di fferent approaches to decouple the sub-systems.  The application of Utkin and Young's sliding mode control method on discrete-time  weakly-coupled systems is studied in detail which is then compared with other control  algorithms while emphasizing the importance of the decoupling technique in each case.  It also presents the possibility of integrating two or more control strategies for a single  system; one for each sub-system, depending upon the respective requirements and  constraints. In this thesis, the eff ectiveness of the proposed methods is demonstrated through  theory and simulation results.
The design and fabrication of novel polyanhydride blend scaffolds for peripheral nerve repair
Creators: name: Griffin, Jeremy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Implantable biodegradable nerve guidance conduits (NGCs) are promising alternatives to autograft nerve for tissue regeneration. The conduit scaffolds have the potential to align and support regenerating cells and prevent scar formation. Following laceration, natural peripheral nerve regeneration is an inefficient process involving obstructive scar formation and random axon re-growth.  A synthetic nerve graft material must be able to: interact favorably with the cellular components of nerve tissue, be strong and pliable, and ideally biodegrade when regeneration is complete, leaving the biological structure intact. This research is directed towards engineering a biodegradable polymer-based NGC.  Initial studies included in vitro bioassays and in vivo material evaluation using a novel α,α’-bis(o-carboxyphenoxy)-p-xylene-based polyanhydride blend NGC material. In vitro cytotoxicity studies with both immortal and primary cells demonstrated that the proposed polyanhydride blend is cytocompatible. Subcutaneous implantation for seven days in rats resulted in an initial fibrin matrix, minimal macrophage presence, and angiogenesis in the surrounding tissues. NGCs fabricated from the proposed polyanhydride blend material prove to serve as favorable biocompatible tissue engineering devices.   Subsequent research was focused on developing porous bioactive scaffolds for nerve regeneration. An admixture of polylactide anhydride and a salicylic acid-based poly(anhydride-ester) was fabricated into conduits via a dip-coating technique. The addition of a plasticizer and porogen alleviates brittle mechanical properties and introduces porosity into the biomaterial. Under physiological conditions, the polymer conduit undergoes surface erosion and pH-dependent non-enzymatic hydrolytic bond cleavage.  The polymer conduits degrade to release non-steroidal anti-inflammatory active therapeutics for several weeks. The NGCs were fully characterized in preparation for an in vivo study with the mouse femoral nerve model.  Lastly, a hollow tissue engineering conduit may be augmented with an interior scaffold to most effectively mimic the native nerve microenvironment and facilitate nerve regeneration. Aligned poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/bioactive-polyanhydride fibrous substrates were fabricated through optimized electrospinning parameters. Neurons and glial cells demonstrated elongated and healthy proliferation in a direction parallel to orientated electrospun fibers with significantly longer outgrowth when compared to randomly orientated fibers. Aligned fiber mats have the potential to supplement the interior lumen of a degradable polymer NGC.
A sibling-mediated behavioral intervention for promoting play skills in children with autism
Creators: name: Hansford, Amy P.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Siblings of children with autism often experience isolation and frustration within the sibling relationship.  Studies have suggested that the quantity and quality of interaction between the pair is significantly poorer relative to sibling dyads affected by other developmental disabilities.  However, research has shown that siblings can act as effective interventionists for their sibling with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.  The present study assessed the efficacy of a home-based treatment program to teach siblings to use three sets of behavioral skills while playing with their brother or sister with autism.  In a multiple baseline design across skills, three sibling dyads were trained to a) elicit play and play related speech, b) to deliver reinforcement and c) to prompt the child with autism following an incorrect or non-response.  Siblings were also given a target word for each session which they attempted to teach.  As evidenced in the completer dyad, siblings successfully acquired these behavioral skills, they maintained over time, and generalized to untrained contexts.  Siblings with autism showed increases in responding to and initiating play-based interactions, and one of the children spontaneously verbalized target words.  Siblings found the treatment to be acceptable, and parents indicated satisfaction with the procedures.  These findings support the hypothesis that siblings can utilize behavioral skills to act as effective interventionists in a play setting with their brother or sister with autism.
Formica carinata , Fabr
Creators: name: Jerdon, T. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1851
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Formica
Formica carinata

description: Formica carinata, Fabr.
Head rounded, black; thorax black, [[...]] ed into three by two deep transverse lines; the anterior por- [[...]] with a spine on each side directed forwards; and the posterior [[...]] with two small straight spines; abdominal pedicle large, [[...]] with, two raised sharp bent spines. Length? of medium size. Southern Asia. "
I have very little doubt but that many more species of Ants will be discovered even in the Southern portion of the Peninsula, and I hope myself to add others to the present list, and more especially to gain additional information on their habits. If any of the readers of this Journal are inclined to assist me in this undertaking and are able to furnish me with any details on the economy of any species, I shall be very glad to receive all information and record it in a supplement, which I will publish as soon as I can collect sufficient materials; and as there may be some difficulty in making out the species, especially if the observer has no microscope, 3 or 4 specimens inclosed in a quill and sent by letter will suffice to deter-mine if the species be one of those described here, or a new kind.
description: Published as part of Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., pp. 103-127 in Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17 on page 127
Eupelmus
Creators: name: Gary A. P. Gibson
name: Lucian Fusu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eupelmidae
Eupelmus

description: Eupelmus (Episolindelia Girault 1914)
E. (Episolindelia) australiensis (Girault 1913) (Gibson 1995)
E. (Episolindelia) cavifrons Bouček (1965b) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on examination of female holotype by LF]
E. (Episolindelia) cicadae Giraud (1872) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on examination of female syntype]
E. (Episolindelia) clavicornis Askew in Askew & Nieves-Aldrey (2000) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on examination of female holotype by LF and female paratype by GG]
E. (Episolindelia) fuscipennis Förster (1860) (Vikberg 2008)
E. (Episolindelia) hartigi Förster (1841) (Gibson 1995)
E. (Episolindelia) juniperinus juniperinus Bolívar y Pieltain (1934) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on identified specimens]
E. (Episolindelia) juniperinus thuriferae Askew in Askew & Nieves-Aldrey (2000) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on examination of female holotype by LF and female paratype by GG]
E. (Episolindelia) linearis Förster (1860) (Fusu 2008)
E. (Episolindelia) mediterraneus Kalina (1988) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on examination of female holotype and one paratype by GG]
E. (Episolindelia) moroderi Bolívar y Pieltain (1934) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on examination of female holotype by LF]
E. (Episolindelia) pallicornis Gijswijt (1993) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on examination of female paratypes]
E. (Episolindelia) pullus Ruschka (1921) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on examination of female holotype by LF]
E. (Episolindelia) testaceiventris (Motschulsky, 1863) n. stat. [subgeneric status based on identified specimens.]
description: Published as part of Gary A. P. Gibson & Lucian Fusu, 2016, Revision of the Palaearctic species of Eupelmus (Eupelmus) Dalman (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), pp. 1-331 in Zootaxa 4081 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4081.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1460689
Acceptance and thought suppression as mechanisms of childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Creators: name: Harrison, Tara Lynn
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This preliminary study experimentally examined the effects of two emotion regulation conditions (Thought Suppression and Acceptance) for intrusive thoughts on thought count frequency, subjective thought frequency, distress, and secondary outcome variables deemed important to youth intrusive thoughts in a heterogeneous clinical sample of 24 youth participants over three study time periods (baseline, experimental, return to baseline). A series of two-way, repeated ANOVAs revealed that there were no statistically significant differences between Thought Suppression and Acceptance from baseline to the experimental period or from the experimental to the return to baseline period in thought count frequency, subjective thought frequency, and distress, suggesting no counterproductive effects of youth thought suppression compared to acceptance. A series of one-way ANCOVAs revealed that there were no between-condition statistically significant differences in the levels of believability, urge to push away target thoughts, and willingness to continue thinking about target thoughts in the experimental or return to baseline periods. But, according to nonsignificant trends based on effect sizes, there was a medium to large effect size for greater decreases in distress from baseline to the experimental period in Acceptance than Thought Suppression, a large effect size for greater decreases in subjective thought frequency from the experimental to return to baseline period in Acceptance than Thought Suppression, and a large effect size for lower urges to push away target thoughts during the return to baseline period in Acceptance than Thought Suppression. If trends continue with larger samples, they could indicate a possible counterproductive effect of thought suppression and beneficial comparative impact of acceptance strategies in clinical youth. Study innovations, limitations, and recommendations for future paradigms with clinical youth are discussed.
Affective distress moderates the relationship between treatment beliefs and adherence in chronic illness patients
Creators: name: Held, Rachel Forster
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: In chronic illness patients, nonadherence to prescribed medical regimens is common. Many factors can contribute to nonadherence, including depressivesymptoms and patient perceptions of treatment. Having fewer depressive symptoms often predicts better adherence, as do three types of treatment perceptions: stronger belief in one’s ability to adhere to treatment, stronger belief that the treatment will be effective, and greater concerns about the treatment. However, these predictors are rarely examined together, and individually they often predict only a small amount of variance in adherence. The current study investigates treatment perceptions and affective distress as predictors of adherence in a sample of 102 primary care patients. Participants had newly prescribed treatments for problems related to a chronic condition. Interview datawas collected after doctor visits and one month later. It was hypothesized that the three treatment variables – believing treatment would be easy to do, having concerns about the treatment, and believing it would be effective – would predict adherence to medicalregimens. It was also hypothesized that affective distress, as measured by the mental health (MH) subscale of the SF-12, would moderate the effects of treatment perception. Patients with poor MH scores were expected to show better adherence only if they believed the treatment would be effective and easy to do, and they had few treatment-related concerns. Believing treatment would be effective predicted adherence, and having concerns about treatment approached significance, while perceived ease of treatment did not. Moderation was seen for one of the three expected interactions; belief in the treatment’s ability to control the problem predicted adherence for patients with low but not high MH scores. A possible explanation is that patients with fewer depressivesymptoms may be more hopeful and motivated to try treatments, even if they are less sure the treatments will be effective. Findings support the importance of doctorsaddressing patients’ confidence in treatment effectiveness, and of screening for depression not only to address depressive symptoms themselves but also to determine which patients may require more discussion of prescribed treatments.
Chaetocnema (Chaetocnema) Ruan & Yang & Konstantinov & Prathapan & Zhang 2019, s. str.
Creators: name: Ruan, Yongying
name: Yang, Xingke
name: Konstantinov, Alexander S.
name: Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D.
name: Zhang, Mengna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Chaetocnema

description: Subgenus Chaetocnema Stephens s. str.
Chaetocnema Stephens, 1831: 325.
Type species: Chrysomela concinna Marsham, 1802, subsequent designation by Westwood, 1838: 42.
description: Published as part of Ruan, Yongying, Yang, Xingke, Konstantinov, Alexander S., Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D. & Zhang, Mengna, 2019, Revision of the Oriental Chaetocnema species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini), pp. 1-206 in Zootaxa 4699 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4699.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3543038
Amphiphilic macromolecule-lipid complexes as drug delivery systems
Creators: name: Harmon, Alexander M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Cancer is the second most common death in the US accounting for 25% of all deaths.  Many of the potent anti-cancer drugs are insoluble in water and require drug delivery agents. However, many of these agents are therapeutically inefficient and are associated with adverse side effects.  Amphiphilic Macromolecules (AM) are a novel class of micelle forming materials with drug delivery applications.  A screening of amphiphilic macromolecules against primary human cells of the vasculature in vitro showed good biocompatibility.  To further their drug delivery potential, AMs were physically complexed with liposomes composed of a 1:1 mix of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE) and 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DOTAP) for form AM-lipid complexes .  Altering the AM-lipid method of assembly (co-evaporation (CE) or post-addition (PA)), as well as the AM to lipid ratios, allows the complexes to exist as either lamellar aggregates, micellar aggregates, or as AM-coated liposomes.  AM-lipid complexes exhibit tunable zeta potential, steric stability, and inherently low cytotoxicity.  Significantly, AM-lipid complexes exhibit a preferential uptake in carcinoma cells over normal cells in vitro demonstrating a unique, passive targeting approach to delivery anti-cancer therapeutics.  AM-lipid complexes were loaded with the hydrophobic anti-cancer drug paclitaxel (PTX).  The loading of PTX does not significantly affect the size of the nanocarriers.  Paclitaxel-loaded 1:1 AM-lipid complexes showed drug-mediated, dose-dependent cytotoxicity towards BT-20 cell in vitro.  Over thirty days, Balb/C mice systemically treated with PTX-loaded AM-lipid complexes showed higher in vivo tolerability than Taxol-treated mice. Studies investigating the thermodynamic and physical interactions between AMs and DOPE:DOTAP liposomes showed a cooperative intermolecular interactions between pure lipids and AM in monolayers and high affinity of AM micelles for DOTAP: DOPE liposomes in buffer solution respectively.  Increasing the complex’s AM weight ratio in the CE method led to the complete solubilization of the vesicles from lamellar aggregates, to a mixture of co-existing vesicles and micelles, to mixed micelles.  At higher AM weight ratios, PA-produced complexes exhibit greater stability than complexes at lower AM weight ratio and complexes produced by the CE methods showed stronger interactions between AM-lipid components than complexes produced by the PA method.  The results suggest that the PA method produces vesicles with AM molecules associated with its outer leaflet only (i.e., an AM-coated vesicle), while the CE method produces complexes ranging from mixed vesicles to mixed micelle in which the AM-lipid components are more intimately associated.  Based on these results, AM-lipid complexes show promise as a novel nanocarriers for paclitaxel delivery.
The use of molecular genetics tools to complement a traditional field based turfgrass breeding program
Creators: name: Honig, Joshua Andrew
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Despite being important agricultural crops, turfgrasses lack significant molecular genetic resources.  The objectives of the current studies were to develop molecular marker resources for genotyping Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) and for the creation of a genetic linkage map in creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.)  Kentucky bluegrass is an important facultative apomictic temperate perennial grass species utilized for both forage and cultivated turf.  Through apomixis, this species is able to propagate diverse and odd ploidy levels, resulting in many genetically distinct phenotypes.  A wide range of diverse cultivars and accessions of Kentucky bluegrass have been previously characterized based on common turf performance or morphological characteristics, as well as by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers.  In the current studies, 265 Kentucky bluegrass cultivars, experimental selections, collections, and hybrids were genotyped using microsatellite (SSR) markers.  Results based on SSR markers were compared with the original Kentucky bluegrass classification system based on pedigree, common turf performance and morphological characteristics.  All cultivars, experimental selections, collections, and hybrids were uniquely identified with the current set of SSR markers.  Genetic relationships of individuals as assessed by SSR markers closely matched known pedigrees.  Furthermore, genetic relationships based on SSR markers more accurately reflected pedigree than genetic relationships based on morphological characteristics.  The current set of SSR markers can be used to rapidly genotype and assign new cultivars/accessions to Kentucky bluegrass classification types and assess genetic relatedness among individuals, and should be considered for use in a Kentucky bluegrass Plant Variety Protection program.  Creeping bentgrass is the most widely utilized cool-season turf species for intensively managed sports playing surfaces such as bowling greens and golf course putting greens, tees, and fairways.  In the current study, we have constructed the first PCR marker-based genetic linkage map of creeping bentgrass, using SSR, AFLP, CISP, and ILP markers.  The latter two marker types are important because they can be used to assess syntenous relationships between orphan crops lacking significant molecular genetic resources, such as creeping bentgrass, and model cereal crops such as rice.
Spiniferomonas abei E. Takahashi
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Synuraceae
Spiniferomonas
Spiniferomonas abei

description: 49. Spiniferomonas abei E. Takahashi
Rybinsk Reservoir (Balonov 1977, 1978a); Ivankovo, Kama and Votkinsk Reservoirs, Tver and Yaroslavl Regions (Balonov 1987a); Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Siver et al. 2005); Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area (Voloshko 2007, 2010); Boguchany Reservoir (Bessudova & Likhoshway 2017); Republic of Buryatia (Bessudova et al. 2018a); Republic of Yakutia (Bessudova et al. 2019, 2021, 2022b, 2023e); Murmansk Region (Kapustin 2024).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 171, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Characterization and evolution of complex 3D materials by digital image analysis and correlation
Creators: name: Iyer, Srinivas
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The aim of this thesis is to present a methodology to utilize spatial density visualization capabilities of X-Ray Microtomography (μCT) to characterize, and to capture the deformation in complex materials. μCT is a versatile technique, which has been used to non invasively visualize, investigate and quantitatively analyze materials and works on the principle of attenuation of X-Rays as they pass through them. In the first part of this dissertation, we have attempted to employ this 3D imaging technique to study the influence of local density variations along the length and width of a roller compacted Micro Crystalline Cellulose (MCC) ribbon on the local ribbon strength which in turn, potentially alter the mechanical properties (such as tensile strength and hardness) of its end product - a solid pharmaceutical dosage form. Density variations in three cases of ribbons produced a) with no lubrication b) by including Magnesium Stearate lubricant in the excipient and c) by lubricating rolls and screws have been investigated. Heckel and elastic recovery analysis indicate that the local density variations in the roller compacted ribbons drastically impact the mechanical properties of the solid dosage form.    The rest of this dissertation involves the study of micromechanical behavior of open-cell solid foams. Metallic foams are cellular materials of very low densities in comparison to their parent material and are capable of large deformations owing to cellular collapse. Our understanding of their mechanical behavior is restricted to their heterogeneous deformation under uniaxial compression because of its architecture. Even though high speed photography combined with Digital Image Correlation techniques, capture the whole field strain map, they are limited by their capacity to visualize the surface deformation. Since the boundary conditions inside the volume of the sample are different, the surface deformation may or may not be a representative of the deformation pattern in the complete volume of the sample. Assuming plane strain along the direction of applied uni-axial deformation, the full field strain in the sample volume is measured by Digitally Correlating average images extracted from volumetric μCT data (which capture spatial material information from a thin section of the sample volume) with a similar successive image through progressive steps of applied deformation. Strain fields at slices at the surface and those at the interior are compared. It has been found that regions closer to the free surface are susceptible to higher deformation values in comparison to the core. A foundation has been created to expand this methodology to capture the out of plane deformation in the entire volume.