cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Scapulaseius linharis
Creators: name: Moraes, Gilberto José De
name: Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo
name: Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Scapulaseius
Scapulaseius linharis

description: Scapulaseius linharis (El- Banhawy)
Typhlodromips linharis El-Banhawy, 1984: 136; Zacarias & Moraes, 2001: 583; Moraes et al., 1986: 142; 2004b: 216. Scapulaseius linharis.—Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 335; 2007: 67.
Specimens examined. Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 1 female on Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. & Endl., 1 female on Cabralea canjerana (Vell.) Mart., 1 female on Piper sp. and 3 females on unidentified plants; Piracicaba, July 2002, 1 female on Buxus sp.; Tapiraí, March 2001, 2 females on Psychotria suterella Müll.Arg. and Tapiraí, April 2002, 11 female on P. suterella.
Previous records. Brazil [(States of Espirito Santo and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b)].
Remarks. The measurement of eight adult collected females fit the original description, except for the longer S2 (20) compared to the original description (14). In the studies of Gondim Jr. & Moraes (2001) and Zacarias & Moraes (2001), S2 was also reported to be 20 long. In the specimens collected in this study, fixed and movable cheliceral digits have 15 and three teeth respectively (these characteristics were not previously mentioned in the literature).
description: Published as part of Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on pages 328-329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218688
The Second Amendment debate
Creators: name: Morris, James S.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The debate on gun control dates back to the ratification of Second Amendment in 1791. The history of gun control in the United States has issues such as slavery, criminalization of giving the Catholics guns and the regulation of storage of gun powders in houses. The ratification of the Second Amendment was part of the enactment of Bill of Rights – the first ten amendments to the original Constitution of 1787. Recent cultural debates that revolve around gun control and ownership lack substantive consideration of the American history up to and after the ratification of the Second Amendment in 1791. This thesis calls for consideration of upholding the contents and intents of the Bill of Rights on the right to bear arms.   This research study employs qualitative research design and has elements such as questionnaires, interviews, observations, focus group discussions and case study in collecting data. It is anchored on the Theory of Individual Rights to give a hypothesis that gun ownership is not to blame for recent happenings in United States regarding regular killings in the country.   A total of 300 participants are employed for this research drawn from five States of the United States namely, Massachusetts, Georgia, Oregon, California and Alaska. In each of the five states, 50 persons were asked to fill out questionnaires and ten were interviewed. The participants who filled out questionnaires were selected randomly while only senior political officials in the States were interviewed.
Playing pioneer
Creators: name: Lockhart, Anna
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series is a fictionalized account of Wilder’s childhood growing up in a family settling the American frontier in the late nineteenthcentury. As much as the series is about childhood and the idyllic space of the blank, uncultivated frontier, it is about a girl growing into a woman, replacing childhood play and dreams with an occupation, sense of meaning, and location as an adult, woman, citizen, and artist. In this essay, I explore the depictions of play in the series as their various iterations show Laura’s departure from childhood and mirror the cultivation and development of the frontier itself. In my reading, I locate four distinct elements of play to answer these questions: Laura’s interactions and negotiations with various doll figures; her use of play as a tool to explore and bend boundaries and gender prescriptions; play as an industrious act intermingled with work; and her play with words, which allows her to transition out of childhood into a meaningful role as artist, playing an important role in the mythologizing and narration of the American frontier story.
Let the Seuss loose
Creators: name: Rapps, Anthony M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Modern education relies on standardized testing as a quantitative tool to validate the quality of education in the United States today. From as early as the 1800s standardized tests have been a part of the American fabric after they were first administered to immigrants trying to enter the United States, and as observed by W.J. Popham, “when the government administered the Army Alpha intelligence test to about 1.75 million U.S. Army recruits in an effort to identify the most suitable candidates for officer training programs” (47).     Since then, standardized testing has been employed to asses individual skill levels across a variety of social, industrial, and educational platforms. According to economist and author Peter Sacks, “the case against standardized mental testing may be as intellectually and ethically rigorous as any argument made about social policy in the past twenty years, but such testing continues to dominate the education system, carving further inroads into the employment arena as well, having been bolstered in recent years by conservative backlash advocating advancement by merit” (25).     This study will identify the impact standardized testing has on student education and describe the limitations on critical thinking found as a result of performance testing in schools from elementary school to college. Specifically, it will speak to the phenomenon of a teach-to-test methodology that inhibits students’ abilities to adequately apply critical thinking skills when facing real-life problems. This phenomenon, teach-to-test, is due to a major obstacle that educators face because they are forced, because of testing, to focus on specific topics in a fixed amount of time. Educators may not have enough time to teach students that more than one solution is available. It is here that the teach-to-test methodology does the most damage to students, as they rely on a singular approach when addressing problems.     Residual effects of a teach-to-test methodology include potential threats to higher education as standardized tests are often used to identify potential candidates for admission into colleges and universities. Furthermore, a reliance on standardized testing may inhibit students’ ability to apply critical thinking skills in the workforce, where our future leaders will face new and challenging issues daily.     Lastly, this study will explore how using the literary works of Dr. Seuss can be a viable option to combat the teach-to-test methodology found in both the classroom and in the workforce as everyone will soon learn about the hidden messages that can be found in every Dr. Seuss story. Using literature that requires critical analysis to understand the entire text can help harness critical thinking skills that can be applied to learning both inside and outside of the classroom.
Sentimentalism in Col. Jack
Creators: name: Rizvi, Syed W.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: I argue in this paper that Daniel Defoe’s Col. Jack (1722) is a well-knit sentimental novel that shows the real eighteenth-century London where rampant poverty and destitution has rendered a large number of people to be criminals. To get a complete picture of sentimentalism in Col. Jack, I have taken a brief survey of the views of critics about Defoe and his work, social history of London and the time within which Col. Jack is placed. I also argue about secularism and sentimentalism in the novel, Col. Jack’s sentimentalism in the light of psychoanalytical theory, and Defoe’s realism and sentimentalism in Col. Jack. The discussion on ‘secularism and sentimentalism’ is not a critique of Defoe’s religious belief. Col. Jack is a fictional work in the form of a biographical sketch of a rogue struggling with sin-virtue lifestyle; and Defoe portrays just that. Applying psychoanalytical approach to look at the sentimentalism in Col. Jack, we find Freudian pleasure and reality principles and the phenomenon of Oedipus complex at work. The realism and sentimentalism in Col. Jack combine to provide complete picture of destitution and its effects, the necessity of reasoning and its effects, compassion and its effects, and the importance of consistent effort to change extenuating circumstances to make life useful for self and for others -- hallmark of sentimentalism. Col. Jack is all about this, and a well-reasoned sentimental commentary on the societal incongruities that either make a man a sinful creature for none of his fault, or provide opportunity to a man to be a vitreous, useful gentleman.
GAYMORIT KASALIGI
Creators: name: Abdulxayeva, Madinabonu
name: Parpiyeva, Odinaxon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada gaymorit kasalligi, uning kelib chiqish sabablari, turlari, davolash hamda oldini olish chora-tadbirlari to‘g‘risida ma’lumotlar keltirilgan.
Typhlodromips
Creators: name: Moraes, Gilberto José De
name: Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo
name: Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromips

description: Genus Typhlodromips De Leon
description: Published as part of Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on page 329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218688
SaVE our campus
Creators: name: Draper, Jordan Leigh
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Nearly 20% of college females and 6% of college males will experience a form of sexual assault while enrolled in a college or university (Krebs, Lindquist, Warner, Fisher, & Martin, 2007). Sexual violence is not a new issue within college environments; however, it is rapidly gaining media attention based on victim testimonials and additional legislation and government guidelines created to help protect students. The purpose of this mixed methods study is to evaluate an online sexual violence education program and explore whether knowledge increased, attitudes around rape myths changed, and students retained information two-to-three months later regarding policies and resources on campus. This study will also shed light on the effectiveness of online programs specifically in this topical area where that is a gap in the literature. After completion of the online program it was determined that knowledge increased and rape myth acceptance decreased across gender and student status. Additionally, students retained general information two-to-three months after completing the program but were unable to recall detailed information on policies and reporting protocols that were specific to the campus. Further research needs to be conducted to determine the longevity of the knowledge attained and whether than expands over their entire college experience.
Typhlodromips ariri Gondim Jr. & Moraes
Creators: name: Moraes, Gilberto José De
name: Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo
name: Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromips
Typhlodromips ariri

description: Typhlodromips ariri Gondim Jr. & Moraes
Typhlodromips ariri Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 82; Moraes et al., 2004b: 207; Chant & McMurtry, 2005c: 327; 2007: 61.
Specimens examined. Cananéia, July 2001, 2 females on Gaylussacia brasiliensis Meissn.; Cananéia, July 2002, 4 females on Cyathea sp., 2 females on Guatteria australis St. Hil. and 10 females on unidentified plant. Previous records. Brazil [(State of São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b)].
Remarks. The measurements of four adult females collected in this study fit the original description of the species.
description: Published as part of Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on page 329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218688
Preparing perservice teachers to teach elementary school science
Creators: name: Lewis, Amy D.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The development of scientifically literate citizens begins in the elementary school.  Yet elementary school teachers are ill prepared to teach science (Trygstad, Smith, Banilower, Nelson, & Horizon Research, Inc., 2013).  The research base on teacher preparation finds that programs designed to prepare elementary teachers are inadequate in providing both the content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge necessary to teach science effectively (Baumgartner, 2010; Bodzin & Beerer, 2003; Bulunuz & Jarrett 2009).  This mixed methods study examined what happened when a science methods course was interactively co-taught by an expert in elementary teaching methods and a physics expert.   This study also aimed to discover what aspects of the curriculum pre-service teachers (PSTs) said helped them in developing their understanding of science content and scientific reasoning, and how to implement inquiry practices to teach science.  A nested case study of three PSTs provided descriptive portraits of student experiences in the class.   A whole class case analysis was used to examine what PSTs learned in terms of science, scientific reasoning skills, and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) from their experiences in the course.  It was found that students often conflated science content with the experiences they had in learning the content.  Although PSTs felt the interactive co-teaching model effectively created a balance between theory and practice, it was their experiences doing science – conducting physical experiments, developing and discussing scientific models, and the use of inquiry-based instruction -- that they credited for their learning. Even with careful curriculum planning, and a course purposely designed to bridge the theory to practice gap, this study found one semester-long methods course to be insufficient in providing the vast content knowledge and PCK elementary school science teachers need.
Cassida vafra Boheman 1862
Creators: name: Borowiec, Lech
name: Świętojańska, Jolanta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Cassida
Cassida vafra

description: Cassida vafra Boheman, 1862
Cassida vafra Boheman, 1862: 323; Gemminger & Harold, 1876: 3659; Borowiec, 1999 a: 291.
Cassida (Cassida) vafra: Spaeth, 1914 b: 119.
Distribution. NIGERIA: Old Calabar.
description: Published as part of Borowiec, Lech & Świętojańska, Jolanta, 2022, A monograph of the Afrotropical Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Part 6. Revision of the tribe Cassidini 3, the genus Cassida L., pp. 1-250 in Zootaxa 5171 (1) on page 180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5171.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6966207
Education in the wake of disaster
Creators: name: Mortimer, Matthew
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Educators struggle with how to include the attacks of September 11th, 2001 in the nation’s social studies classrooms.  This study investigates how teachers engage in instruction about these events and the messages students take away from that instruction.  Much of the research to date on the instruction of 9/11 focuses on resources and materials.  This study examines an area with less research: classroom-based instruction about the events of September 11th, 2001.  This study examines teachers’ lessons and students’ knowledge, learning, and feelings about 9/11.         METHOD:  This is a case study using several data collection tools with purposeful sampling of subjects in a confidential manner.  One school district, located in a New Jersey suburb, served as the research site.  Grade levels 5-8 were selected for research.  Data collection tools included classroom observations, interviews, surveys, and focus groups.  Transcription, coding, memoing, and drawing conclusions and assertions followed.    FINDINGS:  There were several key findings of this research study.  As the grade levels increased, the lessons presented to the students about 9/11 increasingly reflected Westheimer’s view of democratic patriotism.  Students developed their own versions of the narrative surrounding the events of 9/11.   Students perceived the events of 9/11 as an American, rather than a global event.  Additionally, several different instructional approaches were used by teachers, and the variety of these approaches increased as the grade levels increased.   Students were disconnected from the events of 9/11 because they were not alive at the time of the attacks.  Teachers were concerned about teaching about the events of 9/11 because of presumed cultural and religious sensitivities on the part of some of their students.  Finally, it was determined that students had surface level understandings of 9/11 due to the complexities that surrounded the roots of the event.    IMPLICATIONS:  This research study is significant in that it helps to determine what types of professional development and resources are needed to meet the challenges that educators and students face when discussing the tragedy of the September 11th attacks.  Professional development might include how an educator could use multiple instructional lenses to teach about the events.
Typhlodromips cananeiensis Gondim Jr. & Moraes
Creators: name: Moraes, Gilberto José De
name: Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo
name: Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromips
Typhlodromips cananeiensis

description: Typhlodromips cananeiensis Gondim Jr. & Moraes
Typhlodromips cananeiensis Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001: 84; Moraes et al., 2004b: 209; Chant & McMurtry, 2005c: 328; 2007: 61.
Specimens examined. Cananéia, February 2001, 7 females on Psidium guajava L., 2 females on unidentified Lauraceae and 4 females on unidentified plant; Cananéia, March 2001, 1 female on Byrsonima sp., 2 females on Euterpe edulis Mart., 1 female on Hedyosmum brasiliense Mart., 9 females on Coussapoa microcarpa (Schott) Rizzini and 1 female on Pera glabrata Poepp. ex Baill.; Cananéia, June 2001, 8 females on Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi.; Cananéia, July 2001, 2 females on Thelypteris sp.; Cananéia, July 2001, 2 females on Coussapoa microcarpa (Schott) Rizzini and 3 females on Mikania capricorni B.L. Rob.; Cananéia, October 2001, 1 female on Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers.; Cananéia, December 2001, 7 females on Aureliana fasciculata Sendt, 1 females on Mikania bracteosa DC., 4 females on Mucuna altissima Hook. & Arn and 1 female on Symphyopappus itatiayensis (Hieron.) R.M. King & H. Rob. and 1 female on unidentified plant; Cananéia, July 2002, 3 females on Tapirira guianensis Aubl.; Ilha Comprida, December 2001, 1 female on Lantana undulata Schrank; Pariquera- Açu, March 2001, 1 female on Nectandra membranacea (Sw.) Griseb. and 1 female on Chamissoa acuminata Mart.; Pariquera-Açu, April 2001, 6 females on Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi; Pariquera-Açu, October 2001, 8 females on Paullinia meliaefolia Juss., 3 females on S. terebinthifolius and 3 females on unidentified Sapindaceae; Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 1 female on Miconia sp. and 2 females on Brunfelsia uniflora D. Don; Pariquera-Açu, July 2002, 1 female on Vochysia sp. and 4 females on unidentified plant; Juquiá, March 2001, 1 female on Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell. Arg.
Previous records. Brazil [States of São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b); Alagoas and Bahia (Lawson-Balagbo et al., 2008) and Rio Grande do Sul (Horn et al., 2011)].
Remarks. The measurements of 12 adult females collected in this study fit the original description of this species.
description: Published as part of Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on page 329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218688
Phytoseiinae
Creators: name: Moraes, Gilberto José De
name: Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo
name: Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae

description: Subfamily Phytoseiinae Berlese
description: Published as part of Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218688
Spectrum and quench-induced dynamics of spin-orbit coupled quantum droplets
Creators: name: Gangwar, Sonali
name: Ravisankar, Rajamanickam
name: Mistakidis, S. I.
name: Muruganandam, Paulsamy
name: Mishra, Pankaj Kumar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the ground state and dynamics of one-dimensional spin-orbit coupled (SOC) quantum droplets within the extended Gross-Pitaevskii approach. As the SOC wavenumber increases, stripe droplet patterns emerge, with a flat-top background, for larger particle numbers. The surface energy decays following a power-law with respect to the interactions. At small SOC wavenumbers, a transition from Gaussian to flat-top droplets occurs for either a larger number of atoms or reduced intercomponent attraction. The excitation spectrum shows that droplets for relatively small SOC wavenumbers are stable, otherwise stripe droplets feature instabilities as a function of the particle number or the interactions. We also witness rich droplet dynamical features using velocity imprinting and abrupt changes in the intercomponent interaction or the SOC parameters. Characteristic responses include breathing oscillations, expansion, symmetric and asymmetric droplet fragmentation, admixtures of single and stripe droplet branches, and erratic spatial distributions suggesting the triggering of relevant instabilities. Our results reveal the controlled dynamical generation and stability properties of stripe droplets that should be detectable in current cold-atom experiments.
description: 18pages, 13figures
GenoMed4All - Trifold brochure
Creators: name: AUSTRALO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: As part of GenoMed4All branded merchandise, printed materials like flyers, brochures and stickers have been designed and made available in digital format, to be printed out when required (e.g. for display in events and conferences). Physical copies have been handed out at key events, like the Expert Workshop on AI for Health during Expo Dubai or the EHA annual hybrid congress.
Phytoseius Ribaga
Creators: name: Moraes, Gilberto José De
name: Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo
name: Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseius

description: Genus Phytoseius Ribaga
description: Published as part of Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218688
Submission to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection  for matching funding from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of Colonial Lake phase II implementation plan
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1998

description: A proposal for the phase II restoration of Colonial Lake in Lawrence Township, Mercer County submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The report includes an the application for funding; an introduction with background information about the dredging project; a community petition; and a proposal for maintenance of Colonial Lake; and the Phase II implementation plan.
Generation of a human induced pluripotent stem cell line (CRICKi021-A) from a patient with Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy carrying a pathogenic mutation in the COL6A1 gene.
Creators: name: Jiang, Yunsong
name: Devito, Liani G
name: Muntoni, Francesco
name: Healy, Lyn
name: Tedesco, Francesco Saverio
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: Stem Cells
subject: Stem Cells
classificationCode: Neurosciences
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: Human Biology & Physiology
subject: Human Biology & Physiology
classificationCode: Microfabrication & Bioengineering
subject: Microfabrication & Bioengineering
classificationCode: Cell Biology
subject: Cell Biology

description: Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) represents the most severe subtype of collagen VI-related dystrophies (COL6-RDs), a spectrum of rare extracellular matrix disorders affecting skeletal muscle and connective tissue. Here, we generated an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line (CRICKi021-A) from a UCMD patient with de novo dominant-negative mutation in COL6A1 gene by reprogramming dermal fibroblasts using a non-integrating mRNA-based protocol. The resulting human iPSCs displayed normal morphology, expressed pluripotency-associated markers and differentiated into the three germ layers. This new COL6A1-mutant iPSC line can be employed for disease modelling and for investigating potential therapies for COL6-RDs.
Essays on information, markets, and mandated disclosures
Creators: name: Azmi Shabestari, Mehrzad
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: This dissertation consists of two essays. The first essay focuses on the ability of mandated SEC disclosures and voluntary corporate restrictions to restrain insiders from trading based on material, non-public information. We look at the combined effects of required Form-4 disclosures and the single most common corporate policy which restricts trading by insiders at all times except a short window starting three to 12 days after the earning announcement date which is called the white window. Results indicate that there is a strong selection bias by insider deciding which white window to trade in. Because of this selection bias there is not a significant difference between the average cumulative abnormal return of the black and white periods, but insiders gain much more cumulative abnormal return comparing the returns of the black period with the white periods that they do not trade in. We also compare the average cumulative abnormal return for the trades which are filed under a 10b5-1 plan versus non-plan trades. We find that in the black period, and in a short period right before earnings announcement date, the trades which are filed under a10b5-1 plan generate more cumulative abnormal return on average.  The second essay studies disclosures by the banking industry about potential business risk factors leading into the financial crisis of 2007- 08. Such disclosures are mandated in Item 1A of the annual 10-K form filed with the SEC. The objective of this research is to evaluate the informativeness and timeliness of one specific component of annual reports (Form 10-K), namely Item 1A. We qualitatively examine this issue by checking the underlying tone of these disclosures. The results indicate that the tone of Item 1A has became much more negative from 2008 to 2009. We have also created a dictionary of financial crisis related words using LDA which is a generative statistical model to check the timing of appearance of those words in Item 1A. Overall, the results support the argument that the banking industry has failed to predict the financial crisis, and they have started noticing and disclosing risks related to the crisis only after it happened.
Phytoseius averrhoae
Creators: name: Moraes, Gilberto José De
name: Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo
name: Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseius
Phytoseius averrhoae

description: Phytoseius averrhoae De Leon
Specimens examined. Luis Antonio, April 2001, 10 females on Caryocar brasiliense St. Hil. and São Carlos, September 2001, 1 female on Heteropterys byrsonimifolia A. Juss.
Previous records. Brazil [States Rio Grande do Sul (Moraes et al., 2004b) and São Paulo (Castro & Moraes, 2010)]; Ecuador and Guyana (Moraes et al., 2004b); Peru (Guanilo et al., 2008c) and Dominican Republic (Ferragut et al., 2011).
Measurements of females (n= 4).
Dorsal shield 274 (260–285) long and 135 (130–140) wide. Setae j1 19 (18–22), j3 20, j4 9 (8–10), j5 8 (7–8), j6 7 (7–8), J2 7, J5 8 (7–10), z2 7 (7–8), z3 35 (33–37), z4 10 (10–13), z5 6 (5–6), Z4 44 (43–45), Z5 59 (57–62), s4 49 (48–50), s6 61 (59–63), r3 33 (31–35), R1 14 (12–15). Distances between St1 - St3 61 (60–62), St2 - St2 66 (65– 67), St5 - St5 56 (55–57). Ventrianal shield 84 (83–87) long, 42 wide at level of ZV 2 and 42 wide at anus level. Movable cheliceral digit 26 (22–30) long, with one tooth; fixed cheliceral digit 22 (20–23) long, with three teeth and a pilus dentilis. Calyx of spermatheca 13 (12–15) long. Leg macrosetae: Sge IV 15 (13–18), Sti IV 17 (15–19), St IV 26 (24–27), knob-tipped.
Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected fit the original description, except for the longer Sti IV and St IV (13 and 18 respectively in the original description) and agree with measurements from Moraes et al. (1991) for specimens from Ecuador.
description: Published as part of Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218688
The relationships among spirituality, self-esteem, and participation in physical activity in late adolescent and young adult females
Creators: name: Fournier, Ann L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among spirituality, self-esteem and participation in physical activity among late adolescent and young adult females.  Pender’s (2015) Health Promotion Model served as the theoretical framework from which four hypotheses were derived: 1) Spirituality will have a positive relationship to participation in physical activity among late adolescent and young adult female respondents; 2) Spirituality will have a positive relationship to self-esteem among late adolescent and young adult female respondents; 3) Self-esteem will have a positive relationship to participation in physical activity among late adolescent and young adult female respondents; 4) Self-esteem will intervene on the relationship between spirituality and participation in physical activity among late adolescent and young adult female respondents.  Secondary analysis of publically available data from Wave III of The    National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) was conducted.  Tobit regression was used to test each of the hypotheses.  Hypotheses one and four were supported.  A statistically significant inverse relationship was found between spirituality and self-esteem, this was the opposite of the direction indicated by hypothesis two.  While an inverse relationship was indicated between self-esteem and participation in physical activity, the finding was not statistically significant. The findings of this study support the inclusion of mental health measures such as self-esteem when exploring the relationship between spirituality and physical activity.  Further, this study reflects the complexities of the relationships among spirituality, self-esteem, and participation in physical activity.  Finally, these findings may be used to support multifaceted, collaborative, and holistic interventions to increase physical activity rates among late adolescent and young adult females.
Aquilegia bernardii Gren. & Godr.
Creators: name: Jeanmonod, Daniel
name: éd.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Ranunculaceae
Aquilegia
Aquilegia bernardii

description: Aquilegia bernardii Gren. & Godr.
– Secteur Ospedale-Cagna, commune de Lévie, Montagne de Cagna, Pianu d’Apaseu, Funtana d’Apaseu, bord du ruisseau, 1210 m, une touffe, 30.6.2016, Delage, A. & T. Fernez s.n. (Hb. CBNC), pointage GPS.
Cette espèce largement répandue dans la montagne corse du Capicorsu à l’Ospedale (voir Fl. Corsica, ed. 2, JEANMONOD & GAMISANS: 308, 2013) n’était pas connue dans le massif de Cagna.
description: Published as part of Jeanmonod, Daniel & éd., 2018, Notes à la flore de Corse, XXVI, pp. 75-90 in Candollea 73 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.15553/c2018v731a7, http://zenodo.org/record/5722166
The Great Recession, government performance, and citizen trust
Creators: name: Lee, Yunsoo
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Performance theory holds that better government performance leads to citizen trust. Nonetheless, the nature of the relationship between performance and trust continues to elude researchers because of the possibility of reverse causality. To strengthen the validity of causal inference, researchers need to look for naturally occurring changes in factors that affect performance and in turn trust in government. The Great Recession that began around 2008 provides an opportunity to better demonstrate a causal relationship between government performance and citizen trust because it represents an exogenous shock to both the macro- and micro- performance of government, particularly in several southern European countries most profoundly affected by the crisis. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to probe the causal relationship between government performance and citizen trust in Europe in the context of the Great Recession.  This dissertation uses a mixed method approach that involves both in-depth case studies and analyses of large survey data. Comparative case studies of eight European countries are based on reviewing literature and conducting semi-structured interviews with 16 public administration experts. In addition to the case studies, this dissertation tests the hypothesis by comparing citizen trust in government in Spain with that of Germany and the Netherlands before and after the Great Recession, using the World Values Survey. Furthermore, it compares before-after trends in citizen trust in government in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, with that of Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands using the European Social Survey.   The findings of the case studies provide evidence that government performance in the southern European countries was diminished to a large extent as a result of the Great Recession. The difference-in-differences regression results from both data sets show that the Great Recession negatively affected citizen trust in government, corroborating performance theory. The largest decline of trust was observed for central government among various government institutions examined. Furthermore, this dissertation finds that the Great Recession erodes trust of low-income citizens more than high-income citizens. Drawing on these case studies and survey results, implications for performance theory and public management practice are discussed.
Phytoseius guianensis
Creators: name: Moraes, Gilberto José De
name: Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo
name: Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseius
Phytoseius guianensis

description: Phytoseius guianensis De Leon
Phytoseius guianensis De Leon 1965b: 18; Denmark & Muma 1973: 269; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 144; Lofego et al., 2004: 11; Moraes et al., 2004b: 239; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 129; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 23; 2008c: 50. Phytoseius (Pennaseius) guianensis.—Moraes et al., 1986: 211.
Phytoseius (Phytoseius) guianensis.— Denmark, 1966: 23.
Specimens examined. Cananéia, October 2001, 1 female on Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers.; Pirassununga, December 2001, 1 female on Myrcia guianensis DC., 1 female on Heteropterys cf. cochleosperma and 1 female on Symplocos obovata A.DC.; São Carlos, December 2001, 1 female on Lithraea molleoides Engl
Previous records. Brazil [States of Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b); Pernambuco (Furtado et al., 2005); Paraná and Santa Catarina (Furtado et al., 2006)], Costa Rica and Guyana (Moraes et al., 2004b); Argentina (Guanilo et al., 2008a) and Peru (Guanilo et al., 2008c).
Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected fit the original description and redescriptions of this species by Lofego et al. (2004) and Guanilo et al. (2008a; 2008c).
description: Published as part of Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/218688
Rhamnus cathartica L.
Creators: name: Jeanmonod, Daniel
name: éd.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Rosales
Rhamnaceae
Rhamnus
Rhamnus cathartica

description: Rhamnus cathartica L.
– Secteur plaine orientale, commune de Serra-diFium’Orbu, au N de l’étang de Palu et de la Marina di Quarciola, un peu au SE du lieu-dit Alzetta, dans une petite frênaie oxyphylle inondable en arrière du marais littoral, une vingtaine d’individus, 24.6.2016, 13.6.2017, Gauberville C., P. Delbosc & A. Delage pointage GPS et photos.
Confirmation de la présence de ce taxon très rare en Corse, non loin de la station découverte par PARADIS (voir Candollea 49: 595, 1993), qui s’interrogeait quant à son indigénat. Cette localité, qui ne comptait qu’un pied, a été recherchée maintes fois sans succès. La population nouvellement découverte est composée d’individus de grande taille, dépassant 3-4 m, probablement âgés d’au moins quelques décennies. Nous ne sommes manifestement pas en présence d’une introduction occasionnelle par ornithochorie d’une plante qui ne se maintiendrait pas par la suite, comme pouvait le laisser penser l’échec des recherches de la station initiale. Même si ceci ne suffit pas à établir l’indigénat de l’espèce en Corse, on peut cependant penser que R. cathartica est resté méconnu des auteurs anciens du fait de son habitat peu accessible. Les frênaies oxyphylles ayant fortement régressé suite à l’aménagement agricole de la plaine orientale, il est possible que cela ait entrainé la diminution d’une espèce déjà rare.
description: Published as part of Jeanmonod, Daniel & éd., 2018, Notes à la flore de Corse, XXVI, pp. 75-90 in Candollea 73 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.15553/c2018v731a7, http://zenodo.org/record/5722166
title: The geography of sinfulness: mapping Calvinist subjectiving between word and image
Creators: name: Van Andel, Kelly
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: calvinist subjectivity, Word, Image, Icons

description: This thesis on Calvinist subjectivity within the work of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) explores how the dialectic of word and image, and subsequently the Word, Logos, and word as rhetoric constructs conceptions of selfhood necessarily associated with and bound by the rhetoric of sinfulness. In contrast to studies that synthesize Edwardsian, and, in turn, Calvinist schemas of sin and selfhood within religious doctrine and treatises, this project examines the experiential nature of sinfulness as expressed through language or poetics. Given such examination, this work posits three things. First, in general terms, it contends that, during the Reformation, the displacement of icons led the Word to acquire the positive and negative functions of religious imagery that it meant to displace: to lead persons to God and to lead them away from him. Second, the project finds that the work of Edwards, which emphasizes feeling and personal spiritual experience, signals another shift in the Calvinist dialectic of word and image, and, then heralds the possibility of a type of ecstatic or ‘sweet’ communion with God outside of sin and language itself.. Third, and more particularly, this text argues that despite Edwards’ rhetoric of ‘sweetness’, the geography of sinfulness that both pervades and varies within Edwards’ language, creates a Calvinist subjectivity, as it filters through the word/image dialectic, that becomes trapped within Edwardsian rhetoric, and, in turn, encounters difficulty experiencing the salvation to which it portends.

In the end, then, this project both challenges and expands the corpus of Edwards’ scholarship in two ways. First, it demonstrates that, although valuable, sole attention to historical and theological exegesis of Edwards’ texts does not adequately account for the paradoxical tensions and meaning of Calvinist selfhood posed by the Puritan’s work and evidenced by the word/image dialectic. Second, and most importantly, the project indicates that, in actuality, apart from what the majority of Edwardsian, particularly Evangelical, scholarship contends, the ‘sweetness’ and spiritual sensations Edwards speaks of selfhood only partially open to the divine and salvific assurance. True, Edwards can still be celebrated as the Father of American Evangelical thought and practice. This project, however, questions if Edwards’ interpreters have ignored the signposts of his language and created an icon(s) of himself, and, subsequently, of a type of Calvinist selfhood that figures the narrative of their own story. In the end, then, this thesis finds itself back at its beginning as it confronts the nature and work of icons and the possibilities and variances of language—as icon and idol itself—that lay in their wake.
Participation in the FASB's standard-setting process and the Big-4 accounting firms' extent and motivations for lobbying using textual analysis
Creators: name: Lysak, Amy K.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The abundance of accounting standards issued since the FASB’s inception is staggering.  There is an enduring controversy surrounding the FASB’s standard-setting process.  Critics suggest that the multitude of accounting standards has made financial reporting more complex and a compliance exercise for preparers (Lev and Rajgopal 2016, Miller & Redding 1988).  Others believe the increase in the number of accounting standards enhances the reporting model and eliminates ambiguity and opportunities for manipulation.  My dissertation examines the FASB’s standard-setting process and how lobbying by constituents has changed over time.  Overall, I find the relative participation has declined for preparers and accounting firms compared to their participation on the first 100 FASB Statements (Tandy and Wilburn 1992).    The second part of my research focuses on the extent and motivations of the Big-4 to lobby in the standard-setting process.  Using textual analysis, I measure the negative, uncertainty and risk-related language in the Big-4’s comment letters. Based on the notion that auditors prefer well-specified rules to minimize judgment to ultimately reduce audit risk (Miller and Redding 1986, Buckmaster 1988), I develop a proxy for audit risk using a modified rules-based continuum (“RBC”) score (Mergenthaler 2009).  I find the Big-4 are generally less negative for more rules-based proposed standards.  However, I find the Big-4 generally express increasing uncertainty as proposed standards become more rules-based.  Given this, I evaluate the Big-4’s motivation to lobby on behalf of their clients, who may prefer more principles-based standards that allow for flexibility and judgment.  I find the Big-4’s negative and uncertainty languages are positively associated to their clients, suggesting that their lobbying efforts are influenced by client preference.    Finally, I evaluate whether the Big-4 influence the standard-setting process given the extent and language used in their comment letters.  I develop a RBC change score to measure how much more (or less) rules-based a Final Standard is compared to the Exposure Draft.  I find as the Big-4’s uncertainty language increases, the changes in rules-based attributes ultimately reflected in the Final Standards increase.  I also find that more extensive comment letters are associated to increases in the rules-based attributes of the Final Standard. My results suggest the Big-4’s comment letters may influence the FASB’s decision to include more rules-based attributes in Final Standards.
title: Molecular Dynamics Study of the Green Solvent Polyethylene Glycol with Water Impurities
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Markus M.
name: Too, Matthew D.
name: Paddock, Nathaniel A.
name: Horstmann, Robin
name: Kloth, Sebastian
name: Vogel, Michael
name: Buntkowsky, Gerd
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2024

description: Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is one of the environmentally benign solvent options for green chemistry. It readily absorbs water when exposed to the atmosphere. The Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of PEG200, a commercial mixture of low molecular weight polyethyelene glycol oligomers, as well as di-, tetra-, and hexaethylene glycol are presented to study the effect of added water impurities up to a weight fraction of 0.020, which covers the typical range of water impurities due to water absorption from the atmosphere. Each system was simulated a total of four times using different combinations of two force fields for the water (SPC/E and TIP4P/2005) and two force fields for the PEG and oligomer (OPLS-AA and modified OPLS-AA). The observed trends in the effects of water addition were qualitatively quite robust with respect to these force field combinations and showed that the water does not aggregate but forms hydrogen bonds at most between two water molecules. In general, the added water causes overall either no or very small and nuanced effects in the simulation results. Specifically, the obtained water RDFs are mostly identical regardless of the water content. The added water reduces oligomer hydrogen bonding interactions overall as it competes and forms hydrogen bonds with the oligomers. The loss of intramolecular oligomer hydrogen bonding is in part compensated by oligomers switching from inter- to intramolecular hydrogen bonding. The interplay of the competing hydrogen bonding interactions leads to the presence of shallow extrema with respect to the water weight fraction dependencies for densities, viscosities, and self-diffusion coefficients, in contrast to experimental measurements, which show monotonous dependencies. However, these trends are very small in magnitude and thus confirm the experimentally observed insensitivity of these physical properties to the presence of water impurities.