cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
NODES_INNDIANA_Z79_Navigating Borders: A young female Scientist's Impact in Nanoscience and the Everyday Significance of Polymeric Materials
Creators: name: Hoti, Gjylije
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spoke 5 - Industry for Health and Silver Economy
INNDIANA Project
Eco healthcare
ECS00000036

description: "NavigThroughout the history of science, women have played a pivotal role in shaping a brighter future through their dedication to science and technology. Despite facing unique challenges, female researchers have made tremendous strides, breaking down barriers and pursuing their passion for discovery. Their resilience has not only advanced scientific knowledge but also inspired future generations, encouraging today’s young girls to become tomorrow’s leading scientists and innovators. My journey has been deeply inspired by these trailblazing women, who have served as beacons of innovation and determination. This challenging but fulfilling journey led me to the world of nanotechnology, a field that has emerged as a powerful tool for addressing global challenges and advancing sustainable development. In recent years, the health industry and academia have increasingly focused on research and innovation to enhance disease prevention and treatment strategies. My scientific work has concentrated on the cost-effective and flexible synthesis of advanced, biocompatible polymeric nanocarriers with the potential to make a significant impact both scientifically and economically. My current research explores the use of nanotechnology-based carriers, such as nanosponges, to cross the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). These nanocarriers are designed to enable sustained and controlled drug release, thereby improving the development of new therapeutic treatments.ating Borders: A young female Scientist’s Impact in Nanoscience and the Everyday Significance of Polymeric Materials.I firmly believe that in any journey, there are no winners or losers—only learners. My dream has always been to contribute to research with a profound impact on both health and the planet. Though the path can be tough and competitive, science knows no borders and the success of our work becomes unstoppable when we, as young scientists, reveal our true potential and contribute with passion, self-belief, motivation, and determination."
Faces in places
Creators: name: Hegde, Saket
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: In this study, we explore a novel approach to measure fine-grained (photo-level) diversity  using Instagram. We compare and contrast these new measures of diversity with traditional  metrics (i.e. census). We discuss the merits and shortcomings of supplementing traditional  census figures with these new measures. Further, we explore the predictive capacity that  this new metric has over socio economic outcomes, namely income inequality.  We find that using our  ne-grained metric for measuring diversity in interactions produces very different results compared to traditional census measures. We also determine  that diversity (specifically photo based entropy in age and race) are associated with income  inequality and the combined model is significantly (though weakly) predictive of inequality.  Neighborhoods that have high scores in racial diversity seem to have a correlation with  lower inequality, while neighborhoods that have high scores in age diversity seem to have  a correlation with higher inequality. We discuss the possible implications of this work on  research in sociology and associated areas and suggest further work based on these findings.
Biotic homogenization of bee communities across spatial scales
Creators: name: Harrison, Tina
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Human land use has variable effects on ecological communities at local and landscape scales, but these effects cumulate in clear trends of species loss and decline at larger continental scales. Linking changes in biodiversity across scales is therefore a major research challenge for global change ecologists. In a worst-case scenario known as biotic homogenization, anthropogenic changes such as land use drive the replacement of sensitive endemic species by widespread, disturbance-adapted species, leading to potentially little change in species diversity at small scales, but driving loss of diversity at larger scales as historically distinct communities become compositionally similar. This dissertation explores the role of land use in driving biotic homogenization and other forms of biodiversity change across spatial scales, using bee pollinators collected from a large-scale study design including forest, agriculture, and urban landscapes replicated across four distinct vegetation zones of the northeastern U.S. I used this dataset to ask (1) Do anthropogenic landscapes alter alpha diversity and composition of bee communities, and (2) Are anthropogenic landscapes homogenizing bee communities across regional spatial scales? I used a literature review focused specifically on the role of urban land use, to ask (3) how do urban drivers affect the interactions between plants and pollinators, including bees? Relative to natural forest habitat, bee communities in agriculture and urban landscapes were less diverse, had fewer rare species, and were dominated by species with long flight seasons and social behavior. These changes in species composition did not result in detectable homogenization of species composition across anthropogenic versus natural landscapes. However, bee communities in anthropogenic landscapes were more closely related to one another, both within and across sites, indicating that land use is associated with a loss of phylogenetic diversity at small and large spatial scales. The literature review identified habitat fragmentation, invasive species, urban warming, and pollution as key drivers of change in bee communities and plant-pollinator interactions in urban landscapes. Overall, negative effects of land use on bee biodiversity were subtle and often masked by more dramatic changes bee community composition. This indicates both current resiliency and a potential for large-scale biodiversity loss and decline in the context of continued land use change.
A comparison between axion-like and power law potentials in cosmological background
Creators: name: Hossain, Md. Wali
name: Maqsood, Afaq
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we compare the scalar field dynamics in axion-like and power law potentials for both positive and negative values of the exponents. We find that, for positive exponents, both the potentials exhibit similar scalar field dynamics and it can be difficult to distinguish them at least at the background level. Even though the potentials are oscillatory in nature for positive exponents scaling solutions can be achieved for larger values of the exponent for which the dynamics can be different during early times. Because of the presence of this scaling nature there is a turnaround in the values of the scalar field equation of state as we increase the values of the exponent in both the potentials. This indicates the deviation from the oscillatory behaviour for the larger values of the exponent. For negative values of the exponent, the dynamics of the scalar field is distinguishable and axion-like potential can give rise to cosmologically viable tracker solutions unlike the power law potentials. For negative values of the exponent, axion-like potential can behave like a cosmological constant around its minima and the dark energy scale can be related to the potential scale. Due to the cosmological constant like behavior of the axion-like potential for negative exponent around its minima the late time dynamics can be similar to $Λ$CDM and we get similar observational constraint on the parameters for both $Λ$CDM and axion-like potential with negative exponent. So, while for positive exponents we may not distinguish the two potentials for negative exponents the dynamics of the scalar field is distinguishable.
description: 16 pages, 3 tables and 13 figures. Observational data analysis added with some more clarifications. Conclusion unchanged. Accepted in PRD
Clarias gariepinus
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Siluriformes
Clariidae
Clarias
Clarias gariepinus

description: 23. Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) ―Sharptooth Catfish― Exotic
Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus (Heterobranchus) gariepinus Burchell, 1822:425, fig. on p. 445 [Vaal River, at Smidtsdrift, above confluence with Riet River, Cape Province, South Africa (28°42’10”S, 24°04’29”E); Neotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 520]. Synonyms: Clarias capensis Valenciennes, 1840; Macropteronotus charmuth Lacepède, 1803; Clarias depressus Myers, 1925; Clarias guentheri Pfeffer, 1896; Clarias longiceps Boulenger, 1899.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Saudi Arabia (by Siddiqui et al. (1992), and confirmed by Freyhof et al. (2020).
General distribution. Widespread in Africa, Asia Minor and Middle East. Widely introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia: Al-Kharj south of Riyadh, and in Medina.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture.
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
Remarks. It was introduced into Saudi Arabia in 1987 (Siddiqui et al. 1992). Its establishment needs confirmation.
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 212, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Acetropis (Acetropis) sinuata Wagner 1951
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Acetropis
Acetropis sinuata

description: Acetropis (Acetropis) sinuata Wagner, 1951
Acetropis sinuata – Önder 1976: 23.
Material examined
TURKEY – İzmIr Province • 1 ♀; Bornova; 20 Jul. 1971; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
This is a Mediterranean species with two isolated distribution ranges, one in the Balkan Peninsula and one in the Iberian Peninsula and Northwestern Africa (Aukema 2023). In Turkey, it was recorded only once from İzmir by Önder (1976), but this record was overlooked by Kerzhner & Josifov (1999). A re-examination of the voucher specimen confirmed its identity.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 5, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus x pardalis
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Pterygoplichthys
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus x pardalis

description: 24. Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus x Pterygoplichthys pardalis ― Hybrid Sailfin Catfish― Exotic
Taxonomy. It is a hybrid of Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991), and Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855). One hypothesis posits that these intermediate forms represent hybrids, alternatively, it has been suggested that P. disjunctivus and P. pardalis are synonymous (see Orfinger & Goodding 2018).
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Saudi Arabia (Freyhof et al. 2020).
General distribution. Almost worldwide distribution due to release from aquaria.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia: Wadi Hanifah near Riyadh, Al-Kharj south of Riyadh, and in Al-Ahsa Oasis.
Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.
Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 212, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Seeking legitimacy in the past
Creators: name: Hickel Jr., Flavio R.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: My dissertation, Seeking Legitimacy in the Past: Civil Religion and Ideological Conflict, focuses on the role of civil religious rhetoric in the generation of legitimacy for ideological perspectives.  Civil religion refers to a subset of political culture that draws upon a generalized religious symbol system to imbue national events, artifacts, and heroes with transcendental meaning.  In contrast to traditional conceptualizations, which view this articulation of the nation's identity, meaning, and purpose as serving a unifying function, I argue that civil religion is a tool which can be manipulated by political actors in ideological conflict.  Employing a multi-method approach, I ask under what conditions presidents have historically relied upon this rhetoric and what are the effects of civil religious framing on public opinion.      With respect to the former, I compiled a unique data set of coded presidential speeches from the modern era and examined civil religious word usage in relation to a variety of political, economic, and social factors.  The results demonstrate that while civil religious rhetoric is not utilized as a means of responding to crises, boosting public support, or stimulating a political campaign, it is employed strategically as a tool of legislative conflict.  More specifically, civil religious word usage is significantly affected by the partisan relationship between Congress and the White House such that it is employed to shore up the ideological base rather than build bridges with the opposition.      These findings are supported by the results of two survey experiments in which the treatment groups were exposed to civil religious frames and tasked with evaluating hypothetical policies before Congress.  Again, rather than moderating or unifying public opinion, civil religion serves as a mediating variable which exacerbates ideological predispositions.  Substantively, this suggests that at a time when the nation is faced with political gridlock and ideological polarization, attempts to legitimize ideological perspectives with references to our founding fathers and ideas about the nation's identity, meaning, and purpose are actually counter-productive.
Eurycolpus flaveolus
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Eurycolpus
Eurycolpus flaveolus

description: Eurycolpus flaveolus (Stål, 1858)
Fig. 3A
Eurycolpus flaveolus – Önder 1976: 390.
Material examined
TURKEY – İzmIr Province • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Bergama; 21 Jun. 1969; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
Another Sibero-European species that is known from Bulgaria and Greece (Aukema 2023). It has only been recorded from İzmir in Turkey, by Önder (1976). This record was overlooked by Kerzhner & Josifov (1999). A re-examination of voucher specimens confirmed the identification (Fig. 3A).
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 5, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Communication media use, social networks, and identity management by immigrant women entrepreneurs in an urban economy
Creators: name: Haseki, Müge
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Immigrant women entrepreneurs are one of the disadvantaged communities in developed nations. Social change can be promoted in marginalized communities by analyzing how communication can transform the lives of people who are socially, politically and economically disadvantaged. In an attempt to promote social change, this study explored the communication strategies adopted in the situated experiences of immigrant women entrepreneurs as influenced by their gender, ethnic, religious and immigrant identities.   Utilizing a mixed-method, 60 in-depth interviews and 100 survey questionnaires were conducted with immigrant women entrepreneurs from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds in an urban environment of New York City. This study revealed how various organizing practices including identity negotiation, place making, communication media use, (in)visibility and social networking help immigrant women entrepreneurs construct a desired entrepreneurial identity and thereby contribute to their empowerment and business sustainability and growth.
Reliability estimation of systems with spatially distributed units
Creators: name: Hua, Dingguo
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Systems with spatially distributed units, e.g. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), are emerging in aerospace and military industries. In this dissertation, we present approaches for the reliability estimation of such systems. In particular, we consider k-out-of-n pairs:G Balanced systems and weighted-c-out-of-n pairs:G Balanced systems with spatially distributed units which must meet balance requirements.    We first estimate the reliability metrics for k-out-of-n pairs:G Balanced systems by considering systems as failed when unbalanced system states occur. We further investigate such systems by balancing unbalanced states: When unbalanced states occur, the system is balanced by forcing down one or more operating pairs into standby. The reliability estimation is computationally expensive for such systems with a large number of units. Therefore, we develop an efficient approach for reliability approximation with high accuracy based on Monte Carlo simulation.    Also, we investigate the system reliability further by assuming that the units are subject to degradation. In many situations, units exhibit degradation that can be monitored. We model the degradation path of any unit based on collected observations of the degradation indicator and its physics-based or statistics-based degradation rate. We consider the effect of unitsâ€™ operating conditions on their degradation paths.    Moreover, available system capacity is an important indicator of a system's condition. A system fails when its capacity drops below a minimum value. We estimate the reliability metrics of weighted-c-out-of-n pairs:G Balanced systems, which considers the capacities of individual units. We investigate the problem in two scenarios: First, we assume that the capacity of any unit has multiple levels. Second, we assume that the capacity of any unit has two levels (either working or failed) whereas different units may have different capacities. In the second scenario, we consider load-sharing effect.    Furthermore, optimal design for systems with spatially distributed units is the key to maximizing the reliability of the systems given the constraints such as the upper bound for the total number of units and load-sharing effect. We study the optimal configuration that maximizes the system reliability metrics.
Lopus decolor
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Lopus
Lopus decolor

description: Lopus decolor (Fallén, 1807)
Lopus decolor – Önder 1976: 367.
Material examined
TURKEY – Artvin Province • 2 ♀♀; Borçka; 30 Aug. 1967; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
Lopus decolor is a European species that has not been recorded from any countries in Asia, except for Turkey and Georgia. The record from Georgia was considered doubtful by Kerzhner & Josifov (1999). It was recorded from Artvin by Önder (1976), and Mersin and Nevşehir by Lodos et al. (2003). A re-examination of relevant specimens revealed that only the specimens from Artvin belong to this species. Other records must be referred to a different species (see below).
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Power analysis in longitudinal one-way crossover studies
Creators: name: Hu, Yirui
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation develops a general power estimation framework to estimate the variance of the new intervention effect estimate for longitudinal one-way crossover designs.  Orthogonalized decomposition is developed for compound symmetry correlation of repeated measurements over time. In particular, we merge conventional difference-in-differences (DD) and more newly developed general stepped-wedge (SW) studies for both randomized and non-randomized allocation of units to the intervention, and investigate on the optimality properties in terms of study power (i.e. minimum variance of the intervention effect estimate). For a fixed total number of repeated measurements, we quantitatively compare the efficiency in detecting new intervention effect using DD and SW designs using formulas for compound symmetry covariance structure and empirical calculations for more general Toeplitz correlations. For this we provide insights for researchers in planning longitudinal one-way crossover designs.   The following thesis is composed of three chapters represented by three manuscripts. The first chapter develops a unified power estimation approach for continuous outcomes in randomized difference-in-differences (R-DD) studies for both compound symmetry and more general Toeplitz correlation structures that were observed empirically. Optimal number of pre-and post-intervention allocation is analyzed. The second chapter extends the GLS power estimation framework to the non-randomized difference-in-differences (NR-DD) studies and quantitatively compare the penalty of being non-randomized versus randomized for a DD study. Optimal pre-post allocation is also analyzed for NR-DD studies.  The third chapter, further investigates on the more general stepped-wedge designs and develop an Orthogonalized Least Squares power estimation framework for both randomized and non-randomized SW (R-SW and NR-SW). The third chapter is research conducted during graduate studies that has been accepted for publication in Statistical Methods in Medical Research published by SAGE.
Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker 1853
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Eleotridae
Eleotris
Eleotris acanthopomus

description: 25. Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853 ―Spine-cheek Gudgeon― Native
Taxonomy. Original description: Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853:275 [from Western Sumatra, Indonesia; Holotype (unique): RMNH 25934]. Synonyms: Eleotris acanthopoma hainanensis Wu, 1991; Eleotris hainanensis Chen, 1933); Eleotris wanquanicus Prokofiev, 2012; Eleotris acanthopoma hainanensis Wu, 1991.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Oman by Esmaeili et al. (2022); confirmed by Esmaeili et al. (2023).
General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Seychelles; Indonesia east to Micronesia and French Polynesia, north to Ibaraki Prefecture (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: It was reported for the first time from one locality (Dhofar Governorate, Salalah, Wadi Hasik) located in the inland water body of Oman adjacent to the shore of the Arabian Sea (Esmaeili et al. 2022; Esmaeili et al. 2023).
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Least Concern (LC).
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 212, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation for synthesis of chiral cyclic amines
Creators: name: Huang, Yuhua
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Chiral cyclic amines play extremely important roles in pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. The asymmetric reduction of pyridine compounds remains a long-standing challenge.With the addition of an easy-removal protecting group, benzyl, on the nitrogen, the pyridine ring was dearomatized. This strategy proved to help achieve direct reduction on pyridines under mild conditions to access cyclic peperidines. A neutral iridium MP2-SegPhos catalytic system was developed to hydrogenate various N-benzyl-2-arylpyridines with high enantioselectivities.Reduction of di-substituted pyridines and isoquinoline substrates were also fulfilled with good to excellent enantioselectivity.     Mechanism studies have remained unclear despite the significant progress made in the reduction methodologies. The three double bonds (both C=C and C=N bonds) present in the pyridine ring adds additional complexities. Based on the NMR studies and isotopic experimental evidences an outer-sphere mechanism was proposed involving two tautormerizations and proton-hydride delivery. Crucial tetrahydropyridine complex and other key intermediates were identified and characterized.
Risk management through social networks among male and female pastoralists in Karamoja, Uganda
Creators: name: Iyer, K. Padmini
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Environmental volatility, resource-related risks, and the overall uncertainty about the future fundamentally shape behavioral strategies and are critical to understanding the evolution of human social behavior. One of the central ways in which humans in subsistence economies manage risk and uncertainty is through pooling or sharing risk with other individuals, such as central place food sharing among forager populations. Among pastoralists in East Africa, risk pooling takes the form of ‘stock friendships’: an informal insurance system in which male herders form mutually beneficial partnerships through livestock transfers. Networks of stock friends are critical to recouping short term losses such as food shortage, as well as to ensuring long-term sustainability through the rebuilding of herds. This dissertation investigates risk pooling friendships and other risk management strategies of pastoralists in Karamoja, Uganda. Risk management is a central concern for pastoralists in Karamoja because of the unreliable climate, recent volatile history, and lack of institutional support. Consequently, social networks of livestock and food exchange, such as stock friendships, play a significant role in minimizing the adverse effects of disasters. During fourteen months of fieldwork, I collected qualitative and quantitative data on men’s stock friendship networks, women’s close friendship networks, and individuals’ exchange networks during a prolonged drought. I use these data to present the following: 1) an ethnographic investigation of friendship contracts among men and women; 2) an examination of the characteristics of friendship networks, including size, composition, geographical spread, and relational content; 3) a study of how individual level and external factors influence friendship networks; and 4) an analysis of which social exchange networks are activated during drought induced stress. Based on data on norms and transfers within friendship networks, I argue that risk pooling friendships in Karamoja are characterized by needbased transfers and ‘demand sharing’ rather than account-keeping reciprocity. Further, I show that during periods of extreme stress, need-based transfers of food, livestock, and money are acquired not only from kin and friendship networks (‘strong ties’), but also from ‘weak tie’ friends within the neighborhood. I, thus, contend that engaging in risk pooling relationships and need based transfers are a necessity in an environment characterized by unpredictability. Lastly, I present results from an experimental economic game that explores participants’ risk attitudes and time preference—variables critical to understanding decision-making under conditions of chronic risk and uncertainty.
Sap1 dependent replication fork barriers guide integration of LTR retrotransposons in S. pombe
Creators: name: Jacobs, Jake Zachary
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Long Terminal Repeat retrotransposable elements (LTR-TEs) are a large group of eukaryotic Transposable Elements characterized by flanking repeats in tandem orientation - the LTRs. The LTRs of these elements contain sequences that recruit proteins involved in their expression, replication, silencing, organization, and stability. A successful transposable element must maximize its reproductive amplification without jeopardizing its host, and several characterized LTR-TEs appear to accomplish this through the selection of integration sites away from protein coding sequences. However, despite their high relatedness, a universal mechanism that explains how these parasitic elements avoid coding sequences has not been established. Through sequencing of de novo integration sites of the LTR-TE Tf1 from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, we found a strong integration preference for locations near the binding site of Sap1. Sap1 has been previously shown to be a DNA-binding protein that controls the directionality of DNA replication by causing polar fork arrest. Sap1 mutations that mildly affect binding but strongly affect fork barrier activity decrease Tf1 retrotransposon efficiency ten-fold, indicating that Sap1 replication fork barrier activity is a stronger predictor of Tf1 integration than DNA binding. Further, synthetic Sap1 binding sites placed near DNA origins are only competent at Tf1 recruitment when placed in blocking orientation. Interestingly, the fork arresting activity of an independent factor provided in cis can increase the integration efficiency of a barrier-incompetent Sap1 binding site. Thus, both Sap1 binding and replication fork arrest are necessary for Tf1 integration. Together, these data suggest that Sap1 guides insertion of Tf1 by tethering the intasome and blocking the progression of the replication fork, and that the Tf1 transposon uses features of arrested forks to insert into the host genome. Since fork arrest is detectable in many genomic features that recruit LTR-RT integration, such as type III promoters and heterochromatic sequences, these observations point to a universal mechanism for determination of LTR-TE tropism.    The questions surrounding the molecular mechanism of Tf1 transposition led to the examination of the CRISPR/Cas9 system as a tool for tethering Tf1 to stalled forks in vivo. However, the CRISPR/Cas9 toolkit had not been developed for S. pombe. Using a novel processed RNA Pol II promoter and the Hammerhead ribozyme we developed a highly efficient CRISPR/Cas9 expression system, leading to >95% modification efficiencies without selection.
Ophiocara porocephala
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Eleotridae
Ophiocara
Ophiocara porocephala

description: 26. Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) ―Spangled Gudgeon, Northern Mud Gudgeon― Native
Taxonomy. Original description: Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837:237 [Seychelles. Lectotype: MNHN 2020-0477 [ex MNHN IC-A-1573]]. Synonyms: Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837; Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837; Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837; Eleotris viridis Bleeker, 1849; Eleotris kuak Montrouzier, 1857.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Oman by Esmaeili et al. (2022).
General distribution. Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east western Sumatra, southern Java and southern Bali (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Occurs in mangroves and shallow estuaries and enters freshwater (Larson 2022; Fricke et al. 2023).
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Janouf, Dhofar Governorate (Esmaeili et al. 2022). It probably occurs in mangroves and shallow estuaries and freshwaters in other area of the Arabian Peninsula.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Least Concern (LC).
Remarks. Kottelat (2013: 394) used the combination Ophiocara ophicephalus recognizing as first reviser Günther (1861: 107) who gave precedence to ophicephalus over porocephala. Treated as O. porocephala by Larson et al. (2017) and by an overwhelming number of ichthyologists in recent and past literature. The taxonomy of this species has never been reviewed and it may represent more than one species (see Parenti 2021).
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Pilophorus confusus
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Pilophorus
Pilophorus confusus

description: Pilophorus confusus (Kirschbaum, 1856)
Pilophorus confusus – Önder 1976: 237.
Material examined
TURKEY – Artvin Province • 1 ♀; Borçka; 25 Aug. 1967; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
Asiatic-European species that extends to Northern Iran in Transcaucasian region (Aukema 2023). It was recorded from Artvin, Turkey, by Önder (1976), but the record was overlooked by Kerzhner & Josifov (1999). A re-examination of the voucher specimen confirmed this record.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Dichrooscytus rufipennis
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Dichrooscytus
Dichrooscytus rufipennis

description: Dichrooscytus rufipennis (Fallén, 1807)
Dichrooscytus rufipennis – Önder 1976: 64.
Material examined
TURKEY – Isparta Province • 2 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Eğridir, Taşköy; 11 Jun. 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT. – Kütahya Province • 1 ♂, 1♀; Domaniç; 19 Jun. 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
This species was recorded from Isparta, Turkey by Önder (1976) and, based on this record, reported from Turkey by Kerzhner & Josifov (1999). This species is strictly Sibero-European without any records from Southwestern Asia, Caucasus, Turanian region, Central Asia, or northern Africa (Aukema 2023) so its record from the Mediterranean region of Turkey could seem questionable. However, examination of the relevant specimens proved that they belong to D. rufipennis, confirming its presence in Turkey.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Cryptocentroides arabicus
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Gobiidae
Cryptocentroides
Cryptocentroides arabicus

description: 27. Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin, 1789) ―Arabian Goby ―Native
Taxonomy. Original description: Gobius arabicus Gmelin,1789:1198 [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; No types known]. Synonyms: Gobius djiddensis Bonnaterre, 1788; Gobius arabicus Gmelin, 1789; Gobius anguillaris Forsskål, 1775.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Saudi Arabia in original description by Gmelin (1789); confirmed by Jawad et al. (2021), and Esmaeili et al. (2022) from Oman.
General distribution. Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Socotra (Yemen) to Persian Gulf. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman: Al Bahayes, Hasik, Mugsil, Taqa, and Wadi Shab.
Economic importance. No commercial importance. It can be used in the aquarium industry as an ornamental fish.
Conservation. Least Concern.
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Weequahic Lake, EPA clean lakes program, phase II final report
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1991

description: A final report for the  EPA-funded phase II restoration of Weequahic Lake in Essex County submitted to the County. The proposal includes an introduction with background information; the phase I study; the description of phase II work including restoration,  evaluation, and monitoring; and conclusions and recommendations.
Neomyronides aberrans Hennemann 2021
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Heteropterygidae
Neomyronides
Neomyronides aberrans

description: 1. Neomyronides aberrans (Günther, 1938: 77, fig. 15 (♂) [Staelonchodes].
HT, ♂: Assumpatu-Thal, Patuka, P. F. Sarasin 17.Sept.02; Typus; Staelonchodes aberrans n. sp. K. Günther det.[NHMB, VI.D.134]. n. comb.
Distribution: Central Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tengah, Valley of Asumbatu, Patuka [NHMB].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Lygus wagneri Remane 1955
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Lygus
Lygus wagneri

description: Lygus wagneri Remane, 1955
Fig. 3B
Lygus wagneri – Önder 1976: 185.
Material examined
TURKEY – Trabzon ProvInce • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Zigana Pass; 22 May 1962; Guichard & Harvey leg.; LEMT.
Comments
A boreomontane Asiatic-European species known from Georgia and the Caucasus region of Russia (Aukema 2023). It was recorded from Trabzon, Turkey, by Önder (1976). This record was overlooked by Kerzhner & Josifov (1999). A re-examination of corresponding specimens confirmed this record (Fig. 3B).
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Lake restoration program, “Lake Of The Lillies" And "Little Silver Lake"
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1997

description: This report by Bay Pointe Engineering Associates was written for the Borough of Point Pleasant Beach. It describes the various phases of work involved in the restoration of Lake of the Lillies and Little Silver Lake; Phase 1 through Phase 6  include: financial assistance, assessment, site investigation, alternative analysis, remedial action plan, and permit identification and application schedule.
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Pantilius
Pantilius tunicatus

description: Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus (Fabricius, 1781)
Fig. 3C
Pantilius tunicatus – Önder 1976: 67.
Material examined
TURKEY – Artvin Province • 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Borçka, Göktaş; 11 Sep. 1971; F. Önder leg.; LEMT. – Ordu Province • 1 ♂; Ünye; 18. Sep. 1972; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
Sibero-European species that extends deep into the Transcaucasian region and is known from Armenia, Georgia and norhtern Iran (Ghahari & Chérot 2014; Aukema 2023). It was recorded from Artvin by Önder (1976), but the record was overlooked by Kerzhner & Josifov (1999). A re-examination of corresponding specimens confirmed this record (Fig. 3C).
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Favonigobius melanobranchus
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Gobiidae
Favonigobius
Favonigobius melanobranchus

description: 28. Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934) ―Blackthroat Goby― Native
Taxonomy. Original description: Rhinogobius melanobranchus Fowler, 1934:82, figs. 24-25 [Den Pasar, southern Bali, Indonesia; Holotype (unique): ANSP 56333]. Synonyms: Rhinogobius melanobranchus Fowler, 1934; Rhinogobius atribranchiostegus B̂hlke, 1984; Silhouettea chaimi Goren, 1978; Papillogobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934).
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Oman by Freyhof et al. (2020); confirmed by Esmaeili et al. (2022).
General distribution. Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf and Seychelles east to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Eastern Mediterrranean Sea immigrant. Habitat: marine.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Sur (see Freyhof et al. 2020).
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Near Threatened (NT).
Remarks. The Blackthroat Goby is found in the estuaries and is occasionally accidently trapped in freshwaters.
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on pages 213-214, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Neomyronides emiri
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Heteropterygidae
Neomyronides
Neomyronides emiri

description: 2. Neomyronides emiri (Hennemann, 1998: 104, figs. 7–10, pl. 1: 7 –8, pl. 2: 5, 6 & 8) [Pseudostheneboea? aberrans emiri].
HT, ♂: S-Sulawesi, Tana Toraja, Strasse von Rantepao nach Palopo 13km, ca. 1100 m, leg. F. Hennemann 13.–17.VIII.1995 [MNHU, No. 7911]; AT, ♀: S-Sulawesi, Tana Toraja, Strasse von Rantepao nach Palopo 13km, ca. 1100 m, leg. F. Hennemann 13.–17.VIII.1995 [MNHU, No. 7912]; PT, 3 ♂♂: S-Su-lawesi, Tana Toraja, Strasse von Rantepao nach Palopo 13km, ca. 1100 m, leg. F. Hennemann 13.–17.VIII.1995 [MNHU, No’s 7913–7915]; PT, 3 ♀♀, 9 ♂♂: S-Sulawesi, Tana Toraja, Strasse von Rantepao nach Palopo 13km, ca. 1100 m, leg. F. Hennemann 13.–17.VIII.1995 [coll. FH, No’s 0300-1 to 12]; PT, ♀: S-Sulawesi, Tana Toraja, leg. Tajuddin X.1995 – II.1996 [coll. FH, No. 0300-13]; PT, ♂: ex Zucht F. Hennemann (F1) VI.1996 [coll. FH, No. 0300-14]; PT, ♂: Celebes, Loka am Lompa Batang-Geb., leg. Sarasin [NHMB]. n. stat., n. comb.
Comments: This species has originally been described as a subspecies of N. aberrans (Günther, 1953) but re-examination has shown the ♂♂ of emiri to exhibit more than prolific features for regarding it as a separate species. Hence, it is here raised to species status (n. stat.). It is here selected as the type-species of the newly described genus Neomyronides n. gen. because it is the only species of that genus, which is known from both sexes and the eggs. Illustrations are provided below to complement the generic description.
Distribution: S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Rantepao Palopo km39, ca. 900 m [coll. FH]; S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Tana Toraja, 700 m [MNHU, coll. FH]; S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Gunung Lompobattang, Loka [NHMB].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Conceptualising Mandatory System Usage Behaviours through the Paradox Lens
Creators: name: Kwong, Leo Yuk Lun
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350303
subject: Business information systems

description: Using company-wide systems, also known as Enterprise Systems (ES), can be quite challenging due to their complexity and inherent contradictions. This research thesis uses the lens of paradox theory to deepen understanding of the difficulties associated with mandatory ES usage. Insights from 43 employees at an Australian Resort were gathered, and analysis uncovered a wide range of strategies they used to navigate these complex situations. The actions taken had varying effects on both the organisation and the individuals over time. The thesis also offers practical advice for managers tasked with ensuring the successful implementation of ES.
Hamden pipeline/Round Valley reservoir study - 1981
Creators: name: Reading, Jeffrey T.
name: Kurtz, Jack
name: Berry, Kevin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1981

description: This report describes water sampling and quality studies for Round Valley Reservoir, located near Lebanon in Hunterdon County. The Water Supply Facilities Element, which operates the reservoir, requested that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Monitoring and Data Management monitor the reservoir system to determine the impact of renewed pumping of the lower quality river water on the reservoir's water quality. On the basis of the data collected in this study there appeared to be very little negative impact of the renewed pumping into Round Valley Reservoir. The study did not answer the question of how water quality compared to previous years.
Neomyronides obsolefactum Hennemann 2021
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Heteropterygidae
Neomyronides
Neomyronides obsolefactum

description: 3. Neomyronides obsolefactum (Günther, 1935: 4, pl. 1: 2 (♂)) [Prisomera].
HT, ♂: Tanke Salokko 1500 m; S-O. Celebes, Mengkoka-Geb., 1.1932, G. Heinrich; Typus [MNHU]. n. comb.
Distribution: SE-Sulawesi, Mengkoka Mountains, Gunung Tanke Salokko [MNHU].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636