cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Promoting the Voices of Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Domestic Abuse
Creators: name: O'Leary, Siobhan
Publisher: name: University of East London
Year: 2024

description: This research was set within a local and national context of increasing reports of Domestic Abuse (DA) and legislation which positions children as ‘victims of DA’. A systemic literature review carried out to explore children and young people’s (CYP) experiences of DA revealed literature which involved CYP by interviewing them about their experiences of DA. The beneficence of this type of involvement was questioned and there were concerns about the misrepresentation of child voice due to adult interpretations of data. To address this research gap, emancipatory research was undertaken which invited children who have experienced domestic abuse (CEDA), to become involved as co-researchers to explore matters of importance to them. The research employed a participatory research (PR) approach to involve three children aged 10-12 years old, who proposed the research question “How can adults support children who have experienced abuse between parents, to express themselves?”. The co-researchers developed the interview schedule and semi-structured interviews were facilitated by the lead researcher. Data was analysed in collaboration with the coresearchers using Reflective Thematic Analysis. The findings suggest that CEDA have expectations about support being readily available and individualised based on their needs. There is an indication that trusting relationships with adults are key to CEDA being able to express themselves and that support is most effective when designed in collaboration with CEDA. The power threat meaning framework is used to interpret the findings and the researcher reflects on the strengths and limitations of the PR approach. Implications for EP practice and multi-disciplinary professionals are outlined, which focus on the importance of increasing the participation of CEDA in research and practice, to position them as autonomous, competent and capable.
Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley 1941
Creators: name: Bogorodsky, Sergey V.
name: Alpermann, Tilman J.
name: Mal, Ahmad O.
name: Gabr, Mohamed H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Gadiformes
Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros
Bregmaceros nectabanus

description: Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley, 1941
(Fig. 4)
Material examined. SMF 34987 (3: 6.0– 7.8 cm); KAUMM 35 (3: 5.4–5.7 cm).
Remarks. The specimens trawled off Jizan provisionally belong to Bregmaceros nectabanus on the basis of combination of the following characters: second dorsal-fin rays 46–51; anal-fin rays 49–53; longitudinal scale series 68–73. Kotthaus (1967) first recorded the species from the southern Red Sea. Antony S. Harold kindly examined material and noted some differences between Red Sea specimens and B. nectabanus, presently known from Indo-western Pacific. Bregmaceros arabicus D’Ancona & Cavinato, 1965, is another species reported from the Red Sea (Aron & Goodyear 1969), characterized by a high number of rays in second dorsal fin, 50–60 (usually 52–54) vs. 42–55 (usually 47–50) in B. nectabanus, and in anal fin, 50–63 (usually 56 or 57) vs. 43–55 (usually 50–52) in B. nectabanus. Also B. arabicus has 50–53 vertebrae vs. 47–50 in B. nectabanus. Belyanina (1974) noticed that the number of longitudinal scale series can help to distinguish the species, however Belyanina (1974) and D’Ancona & Cavinato (1965) reported different counts of scale series, 70–79 and 78–89, respectively; 65–75 scale series known for B. nectabanus. Future study is needed to determine whether the Red Sea population represents an undescribed species or if they belong to the widespread B. nectabanus. Color of fresh specimen is shown in Figure 4. Six trawled specimens were collected from a depth of 55 m.
description: Published as part of Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Alpermann, Tilman J., Mal, Ahmad O. & Gabr, Mohamed H., 2014, Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 3852 (4) on page 414, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/225360
Exploration of biomaterials design space through combinatorial and high-throughput approaches
Creators: name: Rojas Escontrillas, Ramiro
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: The use of combinatorial and high-throughput approaches in the design and exploration of materials space has been gaining increasing acceptance in recent years. While these methods have been successfully employed in the development of materials for the fields of electronics and optics, only a few examples exist within the field of biomaterials science. While there is a clear need for complex polymer structures that can be tailored for specific applications, most current research is being done on the basis of "trial and error" approaches that simply cannot keep up with the demand for novel technologies. As part of the work involved in this thesis, the number of viable biomaterial candidates was increased by varying the chemical composition of tyrosine-derived monomers in two positions, namely the backbone and pendent chain. The resulting monomers proved to have different physical and chemical properties, derived from small modifications to their chemical structure.In order to effectively synthesize several compositions of tailored tyrosine-derived polycarbonates, automated synthetic procedures were created and evaluated in a modern robotic platform. The challenges involved in the automation of polycondensation reactions, such as liquid handling, dropwise addition, and toxic chemical handling, were addressed successfully. A considerable amount of time was saved in comparison to manual methods when generating large polymer libraries.In order to study structure-property relationships, the mass-per-flexible-bond principle was used to quantitatively explain the large range of glass transitions observed in a library of polymers containing homo-, co-, and terpolymers. Within this context, the information gathered in this thesis is expected to be used as a guideline for the rational design of polymers for specific applications.  The information derived from this work made it possible to ascertain that future research can certainly benefit from the automated parallel synthesis methods developed during it, as well as from the linear relationships found. It is expected for the research done in this thesis to have a definite impact not only on the use of combinatorial and high-throughput approaches in polymer science, but also on the informatics aspect involved.
Adaptive transmit power control based on signal strength and frame loss measurements for WLANs
Creators: name: Viswanathan, Hariharasudhan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: In the past few years, we witnessed a rapid penetration of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) into the home and enterprise. Emerging technology such as the IEEE 802.11n radio, which is getting increasingly aﬀordable, makes delivering multimedia content overwireless networks possible and this would drive the technology further into our daily life. As the number of available wireless channels in the unlicensed spectrum is limited (3 non-overlapping channels in 2.4GHz unlicensed band and up to 24 non-overlapping channels in 5GHz unlicensed band), they have to be shared by multiple WLANs consisting of Access Points (APs) and STAtions (STAs). In a Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) WLAN deployment, e.g. in an apartment building or hotel, transmissions in overlapping cells tend to interfere with each other. This will adversely impact the aggregate wireless network throughput and thus the quality of experience for applications such as multimedia streaming. Hence there is a need for automatic and adaptive resource management strategy to ensure a good overall network performance.In this thesis we propose an adaptive per-link Transmit Power Control (TPC) solution for WLANs. TPC can reduce interference, increase channel reuse, and eventually increase the overall capacity in dense 802.11 wireless networks. However intelligent algorithms arerequired to adapt transmit power in a practical and distributed way to achieve improvement in performance. It becomes more challenging given diﬀerent types of interference (cooperative and non-cooperative) in the unlicensed band as well as the hidden node problem. From a detailed study of the previous eﬀorts at power control, we observe that in order to make better decisions on transmit power; an AP needs to actively monitor several factors. Hence we develop a TPC algorithm based on both link margin estimation as well as frame loss rate measurement. Compared to previous solutions that adapt the transmit power based on measurement of a single parameter (either received signal strength or frame loss rate), the proposed power control mechanism can diagnose and take remedial action for hidden nodes and channel access asymmetry problems manifesting as frame losses. It is adaptive to mobility, complementary to any rate control algorithm and can also be incrementally deployed amidst non-cooperative nodes. We have implemented the algorithm as an application running on Atheros chipset-based 802.11n APs, taking practical system-level limitations into account. The proposed solution achieves signiﬁcant transmit power reduction at the APs (to as low as 60% of the maximum power) for STAs as far as 70ft and over ∼60% increase in total network throughput through interference mitigation.
Identidades culturales y nacionalismos en la España de hoy
Creators: name: Cabrera Serrano, Marta
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: My dissertation explores the construction of Andalusian cultural identity and its relationship to the political project of the Andalusian region in the context of national and diverse cultural identities in modern Spain.  It is my goal to offer a new approach to the dynamics of political and cultural nationalism through the Andalusian case, and to contribute to the academic debate on nationalism, both in the Spanish case and in a global context.  My research demonstrates how the Andalusian case, which does not completely fit into any theoretical model of nationalism, serves to put into question the problematic national identity of Spain after Franco's dictatorship and into the present, as well as the cultural mechanisms and devices used to preserve, manipulate, or question the construction of "Spanishness" in the twenty-first century.  The dissertation is divided into four chapters that deal with Spanish national and cultural identities in the twenty-first century as portrayed in cultural productions published in the past twenty years.  Chapter one exposes the historical construction of Spanish nationalisms, displaying the differences that the Andalusian case presents in this panoramic review.  Chapter two examines the diverse paths of other sub-State nationalisms in Spain, such as the Basque, the Catalan, and the Galician, which often exhibit a monolithic identity oppressed by state nationalism. While this is not the case in Andalusia, this contrast will establish a constructive debate over the use of cultural identities to justify political nationalisms, and critically examine the possibility to escape exclusive national identities within the Spanish nation-state. Chapter three intends a revision of the myths and stereotypes built around Andalusia and shows how its cultural identity has been co-opted as the principal cultural sign of the national identity.  Finally, chapter four considers the possibility of a cultural nationalism in Andalusia through the analysis and interpretation of the various renderings of the Andalusian identity in films and narratives produced in the twenty-first century.  These texts reveal the conflicts of the Andalusian region, trapped in folklore and tradition while attempting to redefine itself in the context of modern Spain.
title: Methods for producing heterologous disulfide bond-containing polypeptides in bacterial cells
Creators: name: Swartz, James
name: Georgiou, George M.
name: Oiu, Ji
name: Bessette, Paul H.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: C07K14/4743
subject: C07K14/8117
subject: C12N9/0051
subject: C12N9/6459
subject: C12N15/70
subject: C12Y304/21069
subject: 435/69.1
subject: 435/69.7
subject: 435/252.1
subject: 435/252.8
subject: 435/320.1
subject: 536/23.1
subject: 536/23.4

description: Disclosed are methods and compositions for producing heterologous disulfide bond containing polypeptides in bacterial cells. In preferred embodiments the methods involve co-expression of a prokaryotic disulfide isomerase, such as DsbC or DsbG and a gene encoding a recombinant eukaryotic polypeptide. Exemplary polypeptides disclosed include tissue plasminogen activator.
A comparison among major value-added models
Creators: name: Hong, Yuan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Value-added models (VAMs) are becoming increasingly popular within accountability-based educational policies as they purport to separate out the effects of teacher and schools from student background variables. Given the fact that evaluations based on the inappropriate use of VAMs would significantly impact students, teachers and schools in a high-stake environment, the literature has advocated empirical evaluations of VAM measures before they become formal components of accountability systems. The VAM label is attached to a number of models, which range from simple to highly sophisticated models. However, in practice, educators and policymakers are often being misled into believing that these approaches give nearly identical results, and making decisions without understanding the strengths and limitations of these models. In addition, the empirical evaluations to date have shown that the VAM measures of teacher effects are sensitive to the form of the statistical model and to whether and how student background variables are controlled. This study proposes a multivariate joint general VAM to investigate the issues raised by the applications of all the currently prominent VAMs, which can be seen as restricted cases of this general model. The general model provides a framework for comparing the restricted models and for evaluating the sensitivity of VAM measures (e.g., teacher and school effects) to the model choice. Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm is used in a Bayesian context to implement both the general and the restricted models. A simulation study was conducted to investigate the feasibility and robustness of the general model when the data were generated under varying assumptions. For each condition, three consecutive years of testing scores were generated for 400 students grouped into 16 classes. Real data consisting of three years of longitudinally linked student-level data from a large statewide achievement testing program were also analyzed. The results show that the proposed general model is more robust than other models to different assumptions and the inclusion of the background variable has significant impact on some models when the school/class has an unbalanced mix of advantaged and disadvantaged students.
Membrane remodeling by novel regulators of the recycling endosome
Creators: name: Pant, Saumya
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Endocytic recycling is the process where by  molecules traffic from endosomes back to the plasma membrane. This process is crucial for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis and cell polarity.  C. elegans RME-1 and its mammalian homolog mRme-1/EHD1 are required for exit of cargo from the recycling endosome. The mechanism by which they control cargo exit has led to a proposal that they may function in formation of carrier tubules that break off from the recycling endosome.  Recent studies suggested parallels of EHD family to the Dynamin GTPase superfamily of mechanoenzymes which function in membrane fission at the clathrin coated pit. Through a bioinformatics based screen we identified an interaction between RME-1 and AMPH-1, the only C. elegans member of Amphiphysin/BIN1 family of BAR-domain proteins.  In mammalian neuronal synapses, Amphiphysin family proteins regulate the recruitment and activity of Dynamin for formation of vesicles. We established that AMPH-1 co localizes with RME-1 on recycling endosomes in vivo, amph-1 deletion mutants are defective in recycling endosome morphology and function  and that AMPH-1 and RME-1 cooperatively promote the recycling of transmembrane cargo.  in vitro we found that  purified recombinant AMPH-1/RME-1 co-assemble on membranes to produce short, coated  tubules which are qualitatively distinct from those produced by either protein alone. We have established that AMPH-1 and RME-1 serve as a novel membrane tubulation and possibly fission machinery at the recycling endosome, an interaction that is conserved in mammals.We also investigated the function of a serine/threonine kinase of the germinal center kinase family (GCK-2) which is known to bind two Rabs, RAB-10 and RAB-8, which function in endocytic recycling. We established that GCK-2 is a novel effector of RAB-8 in regulating RME-1 labeled recycling endosomes. In select functions, it may serve as a RAB-10 effector. This may be an example of RABs being sequentially activated by binding the same effector. This study identifies a novel function for a  germinal center kinase proteins whose only known function relates to the MAPK signaling cascade. We recently established an interaction between GCK-2 and AMPH-1. We hypothesize that this interaction could serve as a hub which ties together the major recycling endosome interactions mapped for RME-1/AMPH-1 as well as with RAB-8/RAB-10.
Epimeria (Epimeriella) truncata Andres 1985
Creators: name: d'Acoz, Cédric d'Udekem
name: Verheye, Marie L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Epimeriidae
Epimeria
Epimeria truncata

description: Epimeria (Epimeriella) truncata Andres, 1985
Epimeriella truncata Andres, 1985: 130–132, figs 12I–O, 13, 14, 15A–D.
Epimeriella truncata Andres & Lott 1986: 133, fig. 1 (E. tru.).
Body length
8 mm.
Distribution
Palmer Archipelago [type material], eastern shelf of the Weddell Sea, 100–622 m (De Broyer et al. 2007).
description: Published as part of d'Acoz, Cédric d'Udekem & Verheye, Marie L., 2017, Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea), pp. 1-553 in European Journal of Taxonomy 359 on page 71, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359, http://zenodo.org/record/3855694
Fistularia petimba Lacepede 1803
Creators: name: Bogorodsky, Sergey V.
name: Alpermann, Tilman J.
name: Mal, Ahmad O.
name: Gabr, Mohamed H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Syngnathiformes
Fistulariidae
Fistularia
Fistularia petimba

description: Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803
Material examined. SMF 34990 (3: 26.7–45.1 cm); SMF 34991 (1: 49.6 cm); KAUMM 37 (3: 24.5–38.2 cm); KAUMM 38 (2: 39.5–40.3 cm).
description: Published as part of Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Alpermann, Tilman J., Mal, Ahmad O. & Gabr, Mohamed H., 2014, Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 3852 (4) on page 415, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/225360
Molecular simulations of rheological, mechanical and transport properties of solid-fluid systems
Creators: name: Shen, Yangyang
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: In this dissertation, two distinct but relevant systems are chosen as representatives of interesting solid-fluid systems. Molecular dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo techniques are applied to investigate the rheological, mechanical and transport properties of these systems. Firstly, polyethylene melt embedded with silica nanoparticles is examined to be of our interest. Since it is computationally impractical to model a complex system with a molecular description, a multiscale modeling approach, which combines both atomistic and mesoscale simulations, is employed to efficiently represent and study the polymer nanoparticle systems. Based on a coarse-grained force field for polyethylene, a novel method is developed for determining the solid-fluid interaction at the spherical interface. Our coarse grained model is designed to mimic 4 nm silica nanoparticles in polyethylene melt at 423K. A series of MD simulations are performed to investigate the factors that control the homogeneity of nanofillers inside polymer matrix, also in the presence of nonionic surfactants (short chain alcohols). The effects of nanoparticle filling fraction, polymer chain length, and relative sizes between nanoparticles and polymer chains on the particle dispersion are explored. In addition, a fundamental relationship is pursued between the microstructure and macroscopic properties (transport and rheological) of polymer nanoparticle composites. In this work another method for determining the solid-fluid interaction parameter is presented: the experimental adsorption isotherms are used to validate the potential parameters. The rapid expansion of silica nanoparticle agglomerates in supercritical carbon dioxide (RESS process) is chosen to be the system of interest. The simulations show that the effective attraction between two identical nanoparticles is most prominent for densely hydroxylated particle surfaces that interact strongly with CO2 via hydrogen bonds, while it is significantly weaker for dehydroxylated particles. We also explore the shearing forces necessary to break an agglomerate in supercritical fluid. The agglomerate experiences deformation followed by elongation, and finally break-up. The calculated diffusion coefficient of CO2 is expected to be smaller than the experimental value, because the nanoparticle agglomerate hinders fluid movement. In the direction of shearing forces, the diffusion of CO2 shows a steep increase after the breakup, confirming the rupture of the agglomerate.
Seismic sequence stratigraphy during the Cretaceous through the early Paleogene in the northern Scotian basin (Laurentian Subbasin) offshore Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada
Creators: name: Sulistyaningrum, Ika
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This thesis uses seismic-sequence-stratigraphic analysis to show the stratigraphic development of the northern Nova Scotia passive margin (the Laurentian Subbasin) during the Cretaceous through Paleogene. It documents the interplay of several variables on margin evolution including changes in relative sea-level, sediment supply, and tectonic activity including thermoflexural subsidence and salt movement. Salt structures, basement-involved deformation, and sparse well control impede the interpretation of stratigraphic patterns in the study area. Despite these difficulties, I have identified eight candidate sequence boundaries using seismic-reflection terminations: (1) top-lap andtruncation below a discontinuity, and (2) on-lap and down-lap above a discontinuity.Study of the sequence stratigraphy in the Laurentian Subbasin reveals two significant unconformities, the Jurassic-Cretaceous (Avalon) unconformity and theCretaceous-Paleogene (KP) unconformity, and seven sequences: three Cretaceous sequences (Sequences 1, 2, and 3) and four Paleogene sequences (Sequences 4, 5, 6 and 7). Change in relative sea level and sediment-supply directions during the Cretaceous are not well documented. Salt tectonics and thermoflexural subsidence created the accommodation space for the Early Cretaceous sequences. System tracts controlled by relative sea-level change show that sediment supply was from the northwest anddepocenters migrated from northeast to southeast during the Paleogene.Comparison of the Baltimore Canyon Trough with the Laurentian Subbasin shows that these basins in the passive margin of eastern North America have similarities and differences. The similarity includes the presence of clinoform geometries above the KPboundary indicating aggradational-progradational stratigraphic patterns. The differences include the major Jurassic-Cretaceous (JK) unconformity, the presence of salt structures, and the presence of Paleogene sequences. In the Scotian Basin, the JK unconformity is a major angular unconformity (Avalon unconformity) separating gently dipping Cretaceousrocks above from folded Jurassic rocks below. However, the JK unconformity in the Baltimore Canyon Trough generally is a paraconformity separating subparallel beds above and below the unconformity.
Japanese middle schools' adaptation of the integrated studies
Creators: name: Hamamoto, Nobuhiko
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: In 1998, Education Ministry of Japan announced the enactment of the periods of the Integrated Studies (IS) at all public school levels. The IS is defined as interdisciplinary, project-oriented learning activities which aim to promote students’ problem-solving abilities and self-learning skills. In spite of teachers' active involvement in the development of various educational activities for the periods, research indicated that teachers faced various barriers to implementing the IS. Generally, the middle school teachers were unsupportive to the IS due to their lack of resources for the curriculum development. Despite the constraints, how was the IS implemented in the middle schools? What kind of roles did the IS take in the curriculum? How did the teachers view the constraints to their implementation of the IS?By taking "adaptation" perspective for educational policy implementation (McLaughlin, 1976b), this study examined the realities of the middle schools' implementation of the IS based on a multiple case study of three middle schools in Osaka. This study analyzed the data from my five months of field research in the schools, which included interviews with the teachers, observation of the teachers' implementation of the IS, survey of the teachers as well as collection of school documents.The research findings are summarized as following. First, the analysis showed the IS periods assured the room for the schools' autonomous development of projects with specific sociocivic themes and increased the opportunities for various new learning styles (e.g., self-inquiry, presentation, and various hands-on activities). However, a large part of the IS periods was utilized for the schools' existing practices like career guidance or school events reflecting the middle schools' needs on sustaining its traditional curriculum. Consequently, the space for new learning styles was dispersed across the three years' curriculum, and tended to decrease in the higher grade.Finally, the comparison of the three schools sheds light on the difference of the attitudes to the implementation of the IS across the schools. The analysis attributed this difference to some factors including shared pedagogy of the IS, longitudinal experience of collaboration, organizational context like school-size, and the degree of students' behavioral problems.
Apistus carinatus Bloch & Schneider 1801
Creators: name: Bogorodsky, Sergey V.
name: Alpermann, Tilman J.
name: Mal, Ahmad O.
name: Gabr, Mohamed H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Apistidae
Apistus
Apistus carinatus

description: Apistus carinatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Material examined. SMF 34993 (2: 6.2–6.4 cm); SMF 34994 (13: 6.0– 9.1 cm); KAUMM 40 (2: 5.4–6.4 cm); KAUMM 41 (1: 8.4 cm); KAUMM 42 (14: 5.1–8.9 cm).
description: Published as part of Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Alpermann, Tilman J., Mal, Ahmad O. & Gabr, Mohamed H., 2014, Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 3852 (4) on page 415, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/225360
title: Electrochromic material based on a conducting ladder polymer
Creators: name: Bard, Allen J.
name: Debad, Jeff D.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: C08G61/10
subject: C09K9/02
subject: H01B1/124
subject: 252/299.62
subject: 252/299.63
subject: 524/779
subject: 524/783
subject: 524/785
subject: 526/284
subject: 528/396

description: The oxidation of 7,14-diphenylacenaphtho[1,2-.kappa.]fluoranthene (1) at platinum or indium tin-oxide electrodes leads to deposition of a polymer film on the electrode surface that displays many interesting properties including electroactivity, fluorescence, and electrochromism. Thin films of this polymer appear deep blue in the neutral state, but become pale grey upon oxidation and light green or orange upon reduction, depending upon the voltage applied. Soluble oligomers of poly(3,10-(7,14-diphenylacenaphtho[1,2-.kappa.]fluoranthene)) are formed during oxidation of the monomer (1) via radical cation-radical cation coupling reactions and are identical to those chemically synthesized by the Ni(0)-catalyzed coupling of the 3,10-dibromo derivative of 1. Further oxidation of these oligomers leads to intramolecular coupling reactions to form ladder structures within the chains and the eventual precipitation of insoluble polymer onto the electrode. Spectroscopic and electrochemical data for the polymer film and the isolated oligomers is presented.
Choridactylus multibarbus Richardson 1848
Creators: name: Bogorodsky, Sergey V.
name: Alpermann, Tilman J.
name: Mal, Ahmad O.
name: Gabr, Mohamed H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Synanceiidae
Choridactylus
Choridactylus multibarbus

description: Choridactylus multibarbus Richardson, 1848
Material examined. SMF 34995 (3: 7.6–8.9 cm); KAUMM 43 (4: 7.0– 9.3 cm).
description: Published as part of Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Alpermann, Tilman J., Mal, Ahmad O. & Gabr, Mohamed H., 2014, Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 3852 (4) on page 415, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/225360
Studies in the taxonomy and biodiversity of South African orthopteroids
Creators: name: Spearman, Lauren Ashley
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Chapter 1: A volume co-authored by Daniel Otte and Lauren Spearman which was published in 2005 (Mantida Species File) lists the taxonomic histories for all mantid species described up until 2005. In 2009, the published catalog was converted to a freely accessible, searchable online catalog [http://Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org]. Both published media include 17 families (including fossils), 47 subfamilies, 51 tribes, 446 genera and 2452 species.Chapter 2: Two South African parks, Mountain Zebra (MZNP) and Vaalbos (VNP) National Parks, were sampled to determine the density, diversity, compositional similarity, and seasonal species turnover of the grasshopper communities. The two parks represented two of the biomes found in South Africa: grassland in MZNP and savanna in VNP. Overall 50 species were documented consisting of 2,454 individual adult grasshoppers collected over the course of two seasons from both localities. The effectiveness of the sampling protocol is discussed with suggestions for future grasshopper community studies.Chapter 3: The South African flightless Hemiacridinae genus Loryma is revised for the first time, with 21 new species described. Species keys, a preliminary reference chart of species, extensive photography of external and internal morphology, and distribution maps are provided. Morphology figures labeled with internal and external terminology are included. Two provisional Loryma species-groups are proposed:Epiphallic Apodeme species-group and the No Epiphallic Apodeme species-group. The majority of the Epiphallic Apodeme species-group members are found in succulent karoo biome, with one species in the grassland biome, whereas the majority of the NoEpiphallic Apodeme species-group members are found in the fynbos biome. Lorymaini is addressed, tribe members Hemiloryma, Dirshacris and Labidioloryma are photographed, a list of diagnostic differences is provided, and a key to the genera is given.
Minous coccineus Alcock 1890
Creators: name: Bogorodsky, Sergey V.
name: Alpermann, Tilman J.
name: Mal, Ahmad O.
name: Gabr, Mohamed H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Synanceiidae
Minous
Minous coccineus

description: Minous coccineus Alcock, 1890
Material examined. SMF 34996 (11: 4.9–9.3 cm); SMF 34997 (1: 8.1 cm); KAUMM 44 (12: 4.0– 8.9 cm); KAUMM 45 (1: 8.7 cm).
description: Published as part of Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Alpermann, Tilman J., Mal, Ahmad O. & Gabr, Mohamed H., 2014, Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 3852 (4) on page 416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/225360
Chemistry and pharmacology of Kinkéliba (Combretum micranthum), a west African medicinal plant
Creators: name: Welch, Cara Renae
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Kinkéliba (Combretum micranthum, Fam. Combretaceae) is an undomesticated shrub species of western Africa and is one of the most popular traditional bush teas of Senegal. The herbal beverage is traditionally used for weight loss, digestion, as a diuretic and mild antibiotic, and to relieve pain. The fresh leaves are used to treat malarial fever. Leaf extracts, the most biologically active plant tissue relative to stem, bark and roots, were screened for antioxidant capacity, measuring the removal of a radical by UV/VIS spectrophotometry, anti-inflammatory activity, measuring inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in RAW 264.7 macrophage cells, and glucose-lowering activity, measuring phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) mRNA expression in an H4IIE rat hepatoma cell line. Radical oxygen scavenging activity, or antioxidant capacity, was utilized for initially directing the fractionation; highlighted subfractions and isolated compounds were subsequently tested for anti-inflammatory and glucose-lowering activities. The ethyl acetate and n-butanol fractions of the crude leaf extract were fractionated leading to the isolation and identification of a number of polyphenolic compounds. Some of these compounds, the catechins and glycosylflavones, were previously reported in kinkéliba. Other compounds, the flavans and galloylated C-glycosylflavone derivatives, are being reported for the first time in this species and family. Finally, a group of major constituents in the kinkéliba leaves were discovered to be a series of compounds with a new skeleton, a flavan-piperidine alkaloid. The four kinkéloids, as they are named here first, were isolated and structurally elucidated by 1- and 2-D NMR spectroscopy and HRMS spectrometry. The catechins and flavans were the active compounds by antioxidant capacity and epicatechin was identified as a glucose-lowering compound by PEPCK inhibition. The positive glucose-lowering activities led to an animal study that tested the activity of the crude extract and ethyl acetate and n-butanol fractions in mice fed a high-fat diet, resulting in the development of a diabetic model. After six weeks of daily treatments, the treated groups showed lowered baseline blood glucose levels as well as decreased PEPCK levels in the liver, strongly suggesting that kinkéliba constituents may be beneficial in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
title: Devices and methods for generating electrogenerated chemiluminescence
Creators: name: Bard, Allen J.
name: Zhang, Xun
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: C09K11/07
subject: F21K2/08
subject: 252/700
subject: 422/52
subject: 436/172

description: Devices and methods for generating electrogenerated chemiluminescence, using an electrode which is coated with an immobilized layer of a compound capable of generating ECL. The coated electrode can be immersed along with a second electrode into an electrolyte solution containing a reactant which can react with the immobilized compound to generate ECL.
Grammoplites suppositus Troschel 1840
Creators: name: Bogorodsky, Sergey V.
name: Alpermann, Tilman J.
name: Mal, Ahmad O.
name: Gabr, Mohamed H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Platycephalidae
Grammoplites
Grammoplites suppositus

description: Grammoplites suppositus (Troschel, 1840)
Material examined. SMF 34998 (9: 11.2–17.8 cm); SMF 34999 (2: 16.5–16.7 cm); SMF 35000 (1: 5.7 cm); KAUMM 46 (10: 10.9–17.3 cm); KAUMM 47 (3: 14.0– 18.5 cm).
description: Published as part of Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Alpermann, Tilman J., Mal, Ahmad O. & Gabr, Mohamed H., 2014, Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 3852 (4) on page 416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/225360
title: In vitro scanning saturation mutagenesis of proteins
Creators: name: Iverson, Brent L.
name: Georgiou, George M.
name: Burks, Elizabeth A.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: C07K16/00
subject: C07K16/16
subject: C07K2317/622
subject: C12N15/1093
subject: C12N15/102
subject: 435/6.14
subject: 711/100
subject: 711/112
subject: 711/114
subject: 711/147

description: The present invention combines PCR.TM. mutagenesis with in vitro transcription/translation and ELISA for the rapid generation and characterization of protein mutants. The PCR.TM. products are used directly as the template for the in vitro transcription/translation reactions and because no cloning steps are required, the in vitro saturation mutagenesis of one residue can be completed in duplicate within a week by a single investigator. This high throughput enables the saturation mutagenesis of numerous residues of interest, a process that can be described as in vitro scanning saturation mutagenesis. Compositions and methods of use of such a process are described herein.
Sorsogona prionota Sauvage 1873
Creators: name: Bogorodsky, Sergey V.
name: Alpermann, Tilman J.
name: Mal, Ahmad O.
name: Gabr, Mohamed H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Platycephalidae
Sorsogona
Sorsogona prionota

description: Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873)
Material examined. SMF 35001 (1: 14.2 cm); SMF 35002 (2: 10.9–11.7 cm); KAUMM 50 (2: 13.8–14.9 cm).
description: Published as part of Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Alpermann, Tilman J., Mal, Ahmad O. & Gabr, Mohamed H., 2014, Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 3852 (4) on page 416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/225360
title: Mold useful for injection molding of plastics, and methods of production and uses thereof
Creators: name: Marcus, Harris L.
name: Beaman, Joseph J.
name: Bourell, David L.
name: Barlow, Joel W.
name: Vail, Neal K.
name: Tobin, James R.
name: Crawford, Richard H.
name: Badrinarayan, Balasubramanian
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: B22F3/225
subject: B22F5/007
subject: B22F2998/00
subject: B22F2998/10
subject: B22F2999/00
subject: B22F1/0059
subject: B22F3/1055
subject: B22F3/26
subject: B29C33/3807
subject: B29K2863/00
subject: B29K2903/06
subject: B33Y80/00
subject: Y02P10/292
subject: Y02P10/295
subject: 264/219
subject: 419/2
subject: 419/19
subject: 419/27
subject: 419/37
subject: 419/45
subject: 419/54
subject: 419/57

description: A mold useful for injection molding, comprising: a porous network of metal and oxidized metal and a cured epoxy resin dispersed in the porous network. The mold can be prepared by a process comprising the sequential steps of (a) forming a mixture of a metal powder and a polymer binder; (b) heating the mixture at a temperature in the range from about 100.degree. C. to about 300.degree. C. to remove a majority of the polymer binder from the mixture; (c) heating the mixture resulting from step (b) at a temperature greater than about 300.degree. C. and less than the melting point of the metal in the presence of oxygen to oxidize at least a portion of the metal to form a self-adhering porous network of metal and oxidized metal; (d) contacting the self-adhering porous network with an epoxy resin to fill at least a portion of the porous network with epoxy resin; and (e) curing the body resulting from step (d) to form the mold. The shape of the mold can be performed by selective laser sintering of the mixture.
Hoyt, Henry, letter, Boston, January 17, 1854, to Mr. J.P. Williston
Creators: name: Hoyt, Henry
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1854

description: Letter of introduction for Peter Still written by Henry Hoyt, which states in part that: “The bearer Peter Sill [sic] is one of God[’]s own poor from the land of bondage who having bought his own body, is now endeavoring to raise money to purchase his wife & children.” Pencil annotations on the letter include the names of four individuals.
May, Sam[ue]l J., letter, Syracuse, [N.Y.], March 9, 1855, to "Uncle Peter " [Peter Still]
Creators: name: May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph)
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1855

description: The Rev. Samuel J. May acknowledges the receipt of Peter Still’s recent letter, which contained news that Still’s family will be provided for; indicates that Mrs. Reynolds is sure that her daughter, Mrs. Emily Pickard, would write Still’s narrative; opines that information about Seth Conklin’s life should be included in the volume, even if Dr. Furness publishes his own account of Conklin; suggests a title for the work about the Stills; advises Still to talk with the Rev. Furness about his Conklin essay before coming (to New York state) to confer with Mrs. Pickard; and proposes that Still avoid taking his formerly enslaved children from place to place to show them off, as it would not be good for them.
title: Artificial bone implants
Creators: name: Lagow, Richard J.
name: Marcus, Harris L.
name: Beaman, Joseph J.
name: Barlow, Joel W.
name: Crawford, Richard H.
name: Lee, Goonhee
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: A61F2/28
subject: A61F2/30942
subject: A61L27/46
subject: A61F2/2875
subject: A61F2/3094
subject: A61F2002/30199
subject: A61F2002/30929
subject: A61F2002/30952
subject: A61F2002/30968
subject: A61F2230/0063
subject: A61F2310/00293
subject: B29C64/153
subject: B29C64/165
subject: B29L2031/7532
subject: B33Y80/00
subject: B33Y10/00
subject: B33Y70/00
subject: C04B35/628
subject: C04B35/447
subject: C04B35/63424
subject: C04B2235/3201
subject: C04B2235/3212
subject: C04B2235/36
subject: C04B2235/5409
subject: C04B2235/5436
subject: C04B2235/6026
subject: C04B2235/608
subject: C04B2235/61
subject: C04B2235/616
subject: C04B2235/6584
subject: C04B2235/665
subject: C04B2235/77
subject: C04B2235/80
subject: C04B2235/96
subject: C04B2235/9615
subject: 264/497
subject: 264/628
subject: 264/632
subject: 623/16.11

description: A process for making bone implants from calcium phosphate powders is disclosed. This process involves selectively fusing layers of calcium powders that have been coated or mixed with polymer binders. The calcium powder mixture may be formed into layers and the polymer fused with a laser. Complex three-dimensional geometrical shapes can be automatically replicated or modified using this approach.
The effects of instrumental training on the music notation reading abilities of high school choral musicians
Creators: name: Klemp, Barbara A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This study examined the effects of instrumental training on the music notation reading abilities of high school choral musicians. Subjects (N = 46) were members of two curricular choral ensembles who engaged in contrasting treatments between pretest and posttest assessments. Survey results indicated musical backgrounds and experiences of the sample, in addition to a demographic profile with regard to age, grade level, and gender. Subjects were placed in subgroups dependent upon 1) their instrumental ensemble experience and 2) whether they had at least one year of private piano study. Throughout the 6-week 300-minute treatment, members of the control group experienced a vocal-only approach to sight-singing, and the experimental group a vocal-instrumental approach, using keyboards. Pretest to posttest score comparisons were made in various configurations within the sample.Significant differences were found to exist between pretest scores of subjects with and without at least one year of private piano study, but not between students with and without instrumental ensemble experience. There was a significant improvement from pretest to posttest scores within the two groups, but not between. Control group subjects without instrumental ensemble experience and with at least one year of private piano study showed significant improvement in pretest to posttest scores. In the experimental group, subjects with instrumental ensemble experience, and those with and without at least one year of private piano study showed significant improvement from pretest to posttest scores.Examination of statistical results and raw score analysis indicated the vocal-instrumental method to be more effective in training high school choral musicians to sight-sing. Background factors, particularly piano experience, were found to have a positive effect on sight-singing achievement. Further research investigating the impact of antecedent factors to sight-singing achievement may assist educators, parents, and curriculum specialists in designing comprehensive school music programs that realize the potential of student ability in the area of reading music notation.
Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Harmful Algal Bloom
Creators: name: Mondal, Milton
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The phenomenon of phytoplankton blooms has garnered significant interest from the scientific community over several years, due to their profound impact on aquatic ecosystems and global environmental processes. This thesis primarily focuses on the study of the bloom dynamics through the construction of some phytoplankton-zooplankton interaction models, especially paying attention to some climatic or environmental factors namely solar radiation, sea surface temperature, and flow-induced hydrodynamic disturbance. The outcome of the research work is enriched from both mathematical and biological standpoints.
title: Diagnostic assay for late-onset Alzheimer's disease
Creators: name: Gonzalez-Lima, Francisco
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: C12Q1/26
subject: G01N33/6896
subject: G01N2333/4709
subject: G01N2333/90216
subject: G01N2800/2821
subject: Y10S435/975
subject: 435/25
subject: 435/4
subject: 435/975

description: The present invention provides a quantitative assay for early diagnosis of late-onset sporadic AD in living individuals using peripheral tissue biopsy. The assay may also be used for post-mortem diagnosis. More particularly, the invention relates to detecting changes in the level of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase activity for diagnosing and monitoring AD.