cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cymatodera hurdi Barr 1972
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera hurdi

description: Cymatodera hurdi Barr, 1972
Distribution: USA: AZ; MEX *: SON. References: Barr 1972, 1975.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Identifying Novel Breast Cancer Tumor Suppressor Genes
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: It is widely accepted that breast cancer arises because of a loss of equilibrium between positive and negative regulators of cell growth. Genes with positive roles in cell growth are called oncogenes. When oncogenes are mutated or overexpressed they can act in dominant fashion to accelerate cell proliferation. In contrast, genes that negatively regulate cell replication are called "tumor suppressor" genes, and when mutated lose their ability to suppress cell growth. Due to the dominant nature of oncogenes, they are easier to identify and isolate. Unfortunately, tumor suppressor genes are more difficult to identify. Thus, at present the number of isolated oncogenes is greater than the number of tumor suppressor genes.

 Our goal in this project is to utilize a new experimental approach for cloning tumor suppressor genes from mammary gland cells. To achieve this, we will employ the tools used by evolution. Our approach relies on the generation of diversity followed by selection. In addition, this approach parallels a strategy used by DNA tumor viruses to transform infected normal cells. Previous work has shown that these DNA viruses produce proteins that bind and inactivate the protein products of tumor suppressor genes. This stimulates cell growth to promote viral multiplication.

 Following this viral-based strategy, we initially will select from a large collection of artificial bacterial viruses (known as phage libraries) that contain short, random stretches of amino acids (oligopeptides). We propose that these oligopeptides can specifically bind intracellular proteins of mouse mammary gland cells. Next, portions of the enriched, mammary gland-specific phage libraries will be introduced back into breast cells. The idea is to identify phage library-derived peptides that will inhibit undiscovered breast cancer tumor suppressors. We anticipate that the breast cells with inhibited tumor suppressors will have a selective growth advantage. Thus, our unique approach should circumvent the usual difficulties of identification and isolation of tumor suppressor genes. Finally, the isolated viral clones that inhibit tumor suppressors will be used to isolate their genes.

 If this approach is successful in the identification and isolation of mouse mammary gland tumor suppressor genes, it will directly impact our understanding of human breast cancer. Any novel breast cancer tumor suppressor genes should contribute to the future development of diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic approaches.
Tetraserica phoupaneensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica phoupaneensis

description: Tetraserica phoupaneensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 6 ♂♂ “Laos-NE: Hua Phan prov., 20°12.138’N, 104°00.621’E, Phu Phan Mt. 1750 m, 17.5.– 3.6.2007 Vit Kubán leg.” (ZFMK), 4 ♂♂ “Laos-NE: Hua Phan prov., 20°12’N, 104°01’E, Phu Phan Mt. 1900 m, 17.5.– 3.6.2007 leg. C. Holzschuh ” (ZFMK), 3 ♂♂ “Laos-NE, Houa Phan prov., 20°13’09-19’’N 103°59’54’’- 104°00’03’’E, 1480–1510m Phou Pane Mt., 22.iv.–14.v.2008 Vit Kuban leg.” (ZFMK), 1 ♂ “Laos-NE, Houa Phan prov., 20°13’09-19’’N 103°59’54’’-104°00’03’’E, 1480–1510m Phou Pane Mt., 22.IV.–14.V.2008 Vit Kuban leg.” (ZFMK).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
CA-SBA-1770: Archaeological Site Record for CA-SBA-1770
Creators: name: Kekich, Jessica
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory

description: This document is the archaeological site record for CA-SBA-1770.
CA-SBA-1754: Archaeological Site Record for CA-SBA-1754
Creators: name: Kekich, Jessica
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory

description: This document is the archaeological site record for CA-SBA-1754.
Tetraserica pseudoruiliensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica pseudoruiliensis

description: Tetraserica pseudoruiliensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 1 ♂ “NW Thailand 30.4.1992 Mae Hong Son 350m S. Bily leg.” (NHMB).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
Bebryce studeri Whitelegge 1897
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Plexauridae
Bebryce
Bebryce studeri

description: Bebryce studeri Whitelegge, 1897
Bebryce studeri Whitelegge, 1897: 314, pl. 17, fig. 21–25 (Funafuti): Grasshoff 1999: 63, figs. 106–108 (New Caledonia); Bayer & van Ofwegen 2016: 346 (type description).
Opinion: There is not enough evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Fernando, 2011: 42–43, pl. 19, fig. 1–1f (SE coast of India); Kumar et al. 2014a: 72, pl. 33, fig. A–C (Havelock); Fernando et al. 2017: 87, pl. 38, fig. A–C (SE coast of India; Andaman and Nicobar Is.).
Literature analysis: In the account of the species given by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) the text is identical, but the illustrations are different and all but one of the specimens examined (ZSI/ANC: 6064) are the same. However, in the account of the species by Kumar et al. (2014a) and Fernando et al. (2017) the text is different but the illustrations are identical and must be of ZSI/ANC: 6064, which is the only specimen featured by Kumar et al. (2014a). The few sclerites illustrated by Kumar et al. (2014a) are very different from those of the holotype as figured by Bayer & Ofwegen (2016), but the true nature of the Indian specimen is unknown as the description of the sclerites by Kumar et al. (apart from one line) is taken word-for-word from Grasshoff’s 1999 text. The description given by Fernando et al. (2017) clearly refers to the illustrations in Fernando (2011), but the sclerite images are far too small and far too crowded to be able to see sufficient detail in order to recognise the species. However, in plate 19, fig. 1e of Fernando (2011), the large collaret sclerite is quite unlike those of the holotype (see Bayer & Ofwegen 2016), and there are warty ovals with a waist, a little like those in B crucifera Bayer, 1981 (see Bayer & Ofwegen, 2016: fig. 11d), that do not occur at all in B. studeri. Kumar et al. (2015) just lists the species and presents the image of the ZSI/ANC: 6064 colony.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
CA-SBA-1764: Archaeological Site Record for CA-SBA-1764
Creators: name: Kekich, Jessica
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory

description: This document is the archaeological site record for CA-SBA-1764.
Towards A Nicotine Therapy For Age-Related Hearing Disorders
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Age-related hearing disorders are a major health issue affecting a third of adults over 60 and involve altered brain processing that can occur even in the apparent absence of deficits in the ear. This central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) is characterized by poor speech perception despite normal results from standard hearing tests that use simple tone stimuli. Since behavioral therapies and hearing aids are only partly effective treatments for CAPD, this proposal is a first step towards a drug therapy that can be integrated with existing strategies to better treat age-related hearing disorders. Because nicotine enhances cognitive function and sensory processing, drug companies are developing nicotine-like proprietary drugs to target cognitive deficits in disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and Attention Deficit Disorder. These drugs are non-addictive, yet nicotine when delivered topically (patch) or orally (gum) is also considered non-addictive, and additionally is inexpensive and freely available. However, the clinical benefits of nicotine have not been exploited beyond its use as an aid to stop smoking. Notably, nicotine’s effects on auditory processing are unknown. This proposal is motivated by parallel studies on nicotine’s effects on individual neurons (in particular, inhibitory neurons) and on age-related loss of auditory neurons (again, inhibitory neurons in particular). We propose that nicotine can reverse auditory deficits in aged individuals by stimulating inhibitory neurons that are spared in aging. We will test this hypothesis in aged humans and mice, using: 1) cellular neuroanatomy in mouse, to study nicotine regulation of inhibitory neurons; 2) auditory neurophysiology in mouse, to examine nicotine effects on neural processing of complex, speech-like sounds; 3) human brain imaging, to characterize nicotine effects on brain responses and selectivity for speech-like sounds; and 4) human psychophysics, to determine nicotine effects on auditory and speech perception. A unique aspect of this proposal is a parallel technical approach, including the use of similar acoustic stimuli for human and mouse experiments (after accounting for species differences in hearing), to target common underlying mechanisms. Over 70% of funds will support graduate students, who will be cross-trained across projects. This broad yet integrated approach will promote an understanding—and potentially, the first-ever drug therapy—for age-related hearing disorders.
CA-SBA-1753: Archaeological Site Record for CA-SBA-1753
Creators: name: Kekich, Jessica
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory

description: This document is the archaeological site record for CA-SBA-1753.
A Stratal OT Analysis of the Sanskrit Nominal Accent Paradigm
Creators: name: Marston, Lisa
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Stratal Optimality Theory posits constraint evaluation at three distinct levels or strata: stem, word and phrase level. This multi-level variation of the original OT model may provide more economical and elegant explanations of problems involving opacity, derived environment effects and paradigmatic effects than other Parallel OT theories that have been developed to address these issues. Alternations of pitch accent placement within the Vedic Sanskrit nominal inflectional and derivational paradigms provide evidence supporting Stratal OT. First, two major accentual patterns surface upon inflection; accent may remain fixed on a stem syllable in all cases or may shift to the inflectional ending in "weak" cases only. Second, for all nominals, the vocative is not accented, except when it appears at the beginning of a phrase; in that case, the accent is always on the initial syllable, regardless of the position of the accent on the stem or other inflected forms. Finally, accentual variation of primary and secondary derived stems and words is seen; accent may remain on the root (or primary stem) or may fall on the derivational ending; in either case, accent remains fixed throughout inflection (i.e., no accent shift). In this analysis, a system of well-grounded morphological, prosodic, identity and alignment constraints are proposed for the stem, word and phrase levels to explain these alternations. It is argued that inflection takes place at the word level while derivation occurs at the stem level. Constraints at the three levels follow a consistent ranking pattern, while remaining relevant to the prosodic and morphological requirements of the specific level. The highest ranked identity constraint at the stem and word levels are substantively identical: MAX-IO(Accent)HEAD. Crucially, however, the head is different at each level, with the derivational suffix being the head at the stem (derivational) level, while the stem or root is the head at the word (inflectional) level. This allows for a principled explanation of the various accentual phenomena and, additionally, provides evidence for the operation of distinct stem and word levels. Numerous constraint tableaux are presented; in each case, the winner is the correct surface form. These data indicate that Stratal OT effectively captures the Sanskrit nominal accentual paradigms using a small number of well-grounded constraints. Importantly, it is demonstrated that Parallel OT is unable to generate the correct surface forms for all the relevant alternations without the introduction of exotic and otherwise unnecessary constraints. Further cross-linguistic and theoretical research into the Stratal OT model is needed to establish its universality and superiority to other models.
Cymatodera ignava Rifkind, Toledo-Hernandez and Corona-Lopez 2010
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera ignava

description: Cymatodera ignava Rifkind, Toledo-Hernández and Corona-Lopez, 2010
Distribution: MEX: MOR.
References: Rifkind et al. 2010; Toledo-Hernández et al. 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Tetraserica quadriforceps Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica quadriforceps

description: Tetraserica quadriforceps Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 1 ♂ “ VIETNAM: Vinh Phu: Tam Dao Hill Stn; 1°forest edge SE town; fine mesh Malaise trap no pans; 930m; 6–31.v.1996; B. Hubley; ROM 961010” (ROMC), 1 ♂ “N. Vietnam, 5–10.VI.1989 Tam Dao S. Brantlova lgt.” (NHMB).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
Bebryce thomsoni Nutting 1910
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Plexauridae
Bebryce
Bebryce thomsoni

description: Bebryce thomsoni Nutting, 1910
Bebryce thomsoni Nutting, 1910: 49, pl. 7 fig. 4, 4a; pl. 20, fig. 8. (Indonesia, west coast of Flores; Kei Islands): Bayer & Ofwegen 2016: 352–354, figs. 35–36 (type description).
Opinion: There is not enough evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Fernando, 2011: 43, pl. 20, fig. 1–1f (SE coast); Fernando et al. 2017: 89, pl. 39, fig.1–1f (SE coast).
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but it is difficult to recognise the species they describe because there is not sufficient information in the sclerite images. At first glance, with the predominance of warty spheroids and the large heavily warted spindles and clubs, the sclerite figures indicate the specimen could be closely related to Discogorgia acanthoides (Thomson & Russell, 1910) (see Bayer & Ofwegen 2016: 355). But one sclerite image in their figures (Fernando 2011: plate 20, fig. 1b, bottom left corner) looks similar to the small rosettes figured by Bayer & Ofwegen (2016: fig. 35e, bottom left), which indicates the specimen is a Bebryce.
Comparing the Indian material to the holotype as described by Bayer and Ofwegen, there are clear differences. The most obvious is the sclerites of the Indian specimen appear to include large numbers of warty spheroids, which are not present in the holotype. These could, however, be rosettes that have all managed to be balanced upsidedown, in which case their form must be different to those of the holotype. This indeed appears to be the case as the text of the Indian authors states that the coenenchyme contains “circular to oval studs” with the upper surface concave and covered in “smooth bead-like warts”, whereas in the holotype the upper surface is convex and covered in clusters of blunt spines. Additionally, it is difficult to reconcile the large, heavily warted spindles and clubs in Fernando’s publication (2011: pl. 20, figs. 1d–f) with the anthocdial sclerites of the holotype.
Bayer and Ofwegen figured the sclerites from another Indonesian specimen (USNM 43159) that they assigned to B. thomsoni that has different sclerite forms, including the presence of warty spheroids. We believe the Indian specimen represents a new species and is closely related to USNM 43159.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Study of the Apoptotic Phenotype as a Hallmark of Malignancy
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Molecular imaging is a rapidly evolving area of research that is likely to play a key role in translating new discoveries in genetics and molecular biology, to the treatment of human disease. Molecular imaging goes beyond traditional imaging of tissue anatomy to allow non-invasive characterization of disease processes. Defining the best imaging strategy requires an understanding of both the imaging technologies and the biologic mechanism under study. As the field of molecular imaging grows, it will become increasingly necessary to cross-train researchers involved in the study of human diseases in either the field of imaging or basic science. The PI’s present training and research is in the field of physics and breast cancer imaging. The aim of this project is to complement this expertise and allow training in the area of cancer molecular biology. It is anticipated that this training will enhance the PI’s ability to define questions and direct scientific studies in the area of molecular imaging of breast cancer.

 The PI will participate in ongoing studies conducted in genetically manipulated mice, and cells derived from these mice, to determine the role, kinetics and temporal requirement for the Myc oncogene in driving tumor cell proliferation, de-differentiation, angiogenesis, invasion and apoptosis. The specific aims of the one-year project will address 1) in vitro (cell and genetic) analysis of the role of p53 in Myc-induced apoptosis using mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) and explanted thymocytes, and 2) in vivo (mouse model) analysis of the role of p53 in delaying or regressing spontaneous and radiation induced lymphomas; and in the suppression of Myc-driven lymphomagenesis. These studies will employ a p53ERtam "knock-in" mouse model, and cells from these mice will be used to determine the biological efficacy and mechanism of p53 in mediating arrest and apoptotic responses to DNA damage and Myc activation. Although these experiments are preformed in a lymphoma tumor model, the techniques and rationale are directly applicable to breast cancer. Mice will be monitored weekly for lymphoma incidence by palpation of lymph nodes and lymphomagenesis, generalized tumor incidence and life span of animals will then be determined and compared with mice maintained in the absence of a tamoxifen derivative

 This training will help the PI to more effectively bridge the fields of imaging and molecular markers of breast cancer. This will hopefully lead to improved imaging methods for detection, diagnosis and staging of breast disease.
CA-SBA-1756: Archaeological Site Record for CA-SBA-1756
Creators: name: Kekich, Jessica
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory

description: This document is the archaeological site record for CA-SBA-1756.
Phonological Elision in Malaysian Cantonese Casual Speech
Creators: name: Hsiar, Ong Yin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: In fast and casual speech, speakers of Malaysian Cantonese (MyCan) have the tendency to not fully articulate each syllable, there is elision of phonological segments during the utterance of familiar items, often characterized as either as allegro speech or as casual speech, akin to 'wanna' from 'want to' in English.MyCan elision is commonly attested in casual utterances of trisyllabic strings, and it only applies at the boundaries between syllables, known as Window of Elision (WoE). The locus of elision is generally at the initial and medial syllables (WoE-1), sometimes triggering the merger of adjacent syllables and produces a disyllabic output, detectable through spectrographic analysis. This effect is attributed to the combination of the binarity requirement in casual prosody, and the rightheadedness of MyCan prosody.Merging of syllables after casual speech elision is blocked if there are intervening residue consonants. This blocking produces bizarre obstruent syllables when the residue consonants are not allowed to form clusters. Interestingly, obstruent syllables are only produced when the input sequence involve reduplication of some kind. This is a pattern that cannot be accounted for it elision is solely triggered by the prosodic requirement. Rather it must be due to a constraint on redundant information found in reduplicants to surface during casual speech. Only unrecoverable information is allowed to surface. There are also cases where elision cannot apply, no matter how familiar that item is. Clearly then, casual speech elision is restricted only to the susceptible segments. In fact, elision involves only either reduplicants or a very specific set of consonant segments: [j, w, h, t, tÊ°, s, ts, tsÊ°, k] for onsets and [i, u, m, n, Å‹, t, k] for codas.
Optional case marking of the possessor in Korean
Creators: name: Bak, Jaehee
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2004

description: This thesis examines one specific construction (the possessor raising construction) as an example of "optional" case marking in Korean from the perspective of optimality theory.  In traditional theory, the main function of the case markers is to assign/determine the grammatical role of the NP in a clause.  The relationship between the case marker and the grammatical role is mainly regarded as one-to-one mapping such as subject-nominative case marker, object-accusative case marker, possessor-genitive case marker etc.  When the possessor is marked with the accusative case marker in Korean (the so-called possessor raising construction), this one-to-one mapping fails.  This unusual case marking is recognized as being conditioned by 'inalienability', 'affectedness' and 'entailment' (Kim 1999; Kang 1998; Cho 2002).  However, I claim that the genitive case marker, the accusative case marker, and the zero case marker can each optionally occur with the possessor in the possessor raising construction, even where the possessor satisfies these three conditions.  The key concept is that the interaction between the grammatical role and information status of the NP provides the proper form of case marking for the possessor.
Neutral Tones in Disyllabic Sequences Across Chinese Dialects: An OT Account
Creators: name: Mingxing, Li
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2004

description: This thesis attempts to give an overview of neutral tone among Chinese dialects within the framework of Optimality Theory (OT). The following topics are discussed:    (i) The Unmarked Value of Neutral Tone. This thesis tries to find out the unmarked value of neutral tone, and give an OT analysis of this unmarkedness. Analysis is also made on the difference between neutral tones and full tones in terms of unmarked value.   (ii) Full-tone-related Neutral Tone and Long Neutral Tone. It is reported that in some dialects ¡°neutral tones¡± are related to the full tone of the syllable concerned. In other dialects, neutral tones are reported to be long, rather than short. This paper tries to analyze these problems.    (ii) Realization Patterns of Neutral Tone Values. Neutral tone values are divergent among dialects, with different realization patterns concerning the relationship between neutral tone and its neighboring tone. In this paper, I summarize three realization patterns with different ranking of certain OT constraints.This thesis contains six chapters. An introduction is given before Chapter 1. Chapter 1 gives a unified account of the markedness status of H for neutral tone and the unmarked status of H for full tones. Chapter 2 discusses the ¡°full-tone-related neutral tones¡± attested in dialects, adopting the constraints proposed in Chapter 1. Chapter 3 deals with long neutral tones, which violate the constraints proposed in Chapter 1. Chapter 4 focuses on the domain of neutral tone realization and provides reanalysis of Mandarin neutral tone through constraint ranking. In Chapter 5, three patterns of neutral tone realization are detailed with examples. Chapter 6 concludes the paper with a summary.
Discogorgia campanulifera
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Plexauridae
Discogorgia
Discogorgia campanulifera

description: Discogorgia campanulifera (Nutting, 1910)
Placogorgia campanulifera Nutting, 1910: 77–78, pl. 11, figs. 3, 3a; pl. 21, fig. 13 (Bay of Bima)
Discogorgia campanulifera Kükenthal 1919: 842
Discogorgia campanulifera Kükenthal 1924: 213.
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomas et al. 1995: 136–138, fig. 2c, 1–3 (NE coast).
Literature analysis: This species, first collected in Indonesia, was originally named Placogorgia campanulifera by Nutting, but it was later made the type species of the genus Discogorgia by Kükenthal (1919). Although the species is unrecognisable from Nutting’s poorly illustrated description, Bayer (1981: 945) proposed to synonymise the genus Discogorgia with Thesea, which is how it appears in the WoRMS database. Thesea, however, does not occur in the Indo-West-Pacific, and the report by Grasshoff (2000: 63), who examined the holotype of Placogorgia campanulifera, confirmed Discogorgia as a valid genus.
Although the exact details of the characteristics of the taxon are unknown, Thomas et al. (1995) assigned a specimen to the species. However, as their material was described as being dichotomously branched, unlike the holotype, which was an irregular, lateral to pinnately branched fan, the identification would appear to be wrong.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Tetraserica ruiliensis Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang & Ahrens 2014
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica ruiliensis

description: Tetraserica ruiliensis Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang & Ahrens, 2014
Material examined. 1 ♂ “X-DA6576/ X-DA6576 S-Vietnam Lam Dong Prov., Cat Tien Distr., Nam Cat Tien National Park, Headquarter area 120m a.s.l. leg. L. Bartolozzi, G. Chelazzi, S. Bambi, F. Fabiano, E. Orbach, V. Sbordoni at light 11.– 15.05.2015 Sericini TigerThai 146c” (MZUF), 1 ♂ “ VIETNAM: Dong Nai: Cat Tien Natl. Pk., 1 st forest trail along rd. N from park HQ, 120 m; 11°25’43.7’’N, 107°25’43.6’’E 23.–31.v.1999 ROM 993015 DC Darling, B. Hubley, A. Leslie; lowland forest; Malaise trap (fine)” (ROMC), 8 ♂♂ “[Vietnam] Dong Nai Pro., Vinh Cuu NR and culture, Ma Da; 18.v.2007; light trap.” (IEBR).
Tetraserica satura (Brenske, 18991)
Material examined. 3 ♂♂ “ Myanmar: Danasho, 2800 m, Minshia vi-2004 leg. Yin et al. ” (ZFMK).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
The RTR Harmonic Domain in Two Dialects of Yorùbá
Creators: name: Perkins, Jeremy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2005

description: In this thesis, a process of vowel harmony is explored in two dialects of YorÃ¹bÃ¡ where the tongue-root values of adjacent vowels generally agree. In Standard YorÃ¹bÃ¡, this process of tongue-root harmony affects only vowels within the prosodic word. However, in Moba YorÃ¹bÃ¡, tongue-root harmony affects vowels in the class of proclitics in addition to those contained in the prosodic word. It is argued that this difference in the domain of application of tongue-root harmony is captured by defining constraints that refer to different harmonic domains in each dialect. A prosodic domain that dominates the prosodic word, the clitic group, is posited in order to capture this dialectal difference.Three different optimality-theoretic accounts that deal with tongue-root harmony in Standard YorÃ¹bÃ¡ are presented. The ability of these analyses to capture patterns within four dialects of YorÃ¹bÃ¡ (Ekiti, Ife, Moba, and Standard YorÃ¹bÃ¡) and their general theoretical relevance are the main criteria for evaluation. An account utilizing alignment constraints (Pulleyblank 1996) succeeds in capturing the cross-dialectal patterns of tongue-root harmony in all four dialects of YorÃ¹bÃ¡, however it relies on the formulation of gradiently evaluated alignment constraints. This is a situation that is theoretically undesirable. An account enforcing stem-control (Bakovic 2000) succeeds in capturing the patterns seen in two of the four dialects. I argue against a basic assumption that this account relies on: that all VCV nouns are morphologically complex. It is shown that if at least some of these nouns are not analyzed as morphologically complex, the stem-control account cannot succeed in capturing the attested pattern of tongue-root harmony in any dialect of YorÃ¹bÃ¡.Finally, an account that utilizes markedness constraints prohibiting certain featural sequences (Pulleyblank 2002) can capture the pattern seen in Standard YorÃ¹bÃ¡. An adaptation of this account that includes positional faithfulness is offered to account for Ife, Ekiti and Moba YorÃ¹bÃ¡. This positional faithfulness account avoids the need to use gradiently evaluated constraints and it does not rely on morphological constituency. Instead, it uses prosodic constituents as domains of reference for OT constraints.
Accent in Proto-Indo-European Athematic Nouns: Antifaithfulness in Inflectional Paradigms
Creators: name: Frazier, Melissa
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Year: 2006

description: This paper examines four accent patterns displayed by athematic nouns in Proto-Indo-European.  Each accent pattern is distinguished by either alternating stress or vowel quality between 'weak' forms (nominative, accusative, vocative) and 'strong' forms.  I argue that surface stress is the result of the interplay of the lexical accent specifications of the morphemes that compose the stem.  The strong endings are classified as dominant and are thus responsible for the accent/ablaut alternations.  Optimality Theory is used to provide a synchronic phonological analysis of athematic noun accent.  The weak forms are accounted for with a ranking of faithfulness and alignment constraints, including a positional faithfulness ranking in which faithfulness to roots is preferred over faithfulness to derivational affixes.  The strong endings, which are dominant, trigger antifaithfulness constraints (Alderete 1999), and so a new type of antifaithfulness constraint is introduced that works within inflectional paradigms, based on the Optimal Paradigms model (McCarthy 2005).
Coronalization as Assibilation
Creators: name: Telfer, Corey Stuart
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2006

description: The common phonological process of coronalization, where a velar stop [k] becomes a strident coronal affricate [tS] or [ts] before a high front vocoid, has yet to receive an adequate formal explanation.  While this process is usually thought to result from articulatory assimilation, some linguists have claimed it to be primarily acoustic in nature (Flemming 2002, Guion 1996, 1998, Ohala 1992).  This is analogous to assibilation, an acoustic process where a dental stop [t] becomes [ts] before a high front vocoid (Kim 2001).  The striking similarities between coronalization and assibilation lead me to argue that they are closely related, and that a formal analysis of assibilation (Kim 2001) can be adapted to account for coronalization.  After comparing the typology of coronalization (Bhat 1978) to the typology of assibilation (Hall and Hamann 2003) I provide a thorough formal analysis of coronalization that takes both acoustic and articulatory factors into account.
Floating phonotactics: Infixation and reduplication in Tagalog loanwords
Creators: name: Zuraw, Kie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1996

description: When a phonological constraint is unviolated in a language, but no lexical items exist for which the constraint is relevant, the constraint's ranking cannot be determined. Language contact can introduce loanwords which, if faithfully parsed, violate the constraint, thus exposing its ranking. Tagalog has many English and Spanish loanwords which, in the loaning language, contain segments and sequences foreign to Tagalog. Field data presented here show that constraints against the foreign segments and sequences ("new" constraints) are variably ranked with respect to established constraints (phonotactic constraints which were active in Tagalog prior to the loanwords' introduction, and the constraints which enforce uniformity of allomorphs and faithfulness to the lexical entry). That is, the new constraints may be obeyed despite violations of established constraints, or may be violated in order to obey the established constraints.Constraints relevant to Spanish loanwords, which have been in Tagalog longer, tend to be ranked lower, suggesting they have drifted downward. Variable ranking is natural for a constraint whose ranking was, until recently, indeterminate. Older loanwords from Chinese and Sanskrit demonstrate that similar variability existed at the time of their adoption into Tagalog, although individual words have since become fossilized in the absence of strong, continuing language contact. Part II of the thesis presents an algorithm for imperfect learning of variable data, which results in a speech community's tolerating lower and lower ranking of a variably-ranked constraint over time.
A Robbins-Monro type learning algorithm for an entropy maximizing version of stochastic Optimality Theory
Creators: name: Fischer, Markus
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2005

description: The object of the present work is the analysis of the convergence behaviour of a learning algorithm for grammars belonging to a special version -- the maximum entropy version -- of stochastic Optimality Theory. Stochastic Optimality Theory is like its deterministic predecessor, namely Optimality Theory as introduced by Prince and Smolensky, in that both are theories of universal grammar in the sense of generative linguistics.We give formal definitions of basic notions of stochastic Optimality Theory and introduce the learning problem as it appears in this context. A by now popular version of stochastic Optimality Theory is the one introduced by Boersma, which we briefly discuss. The maximum entropy version of stochastic Optimality Theory is derived in great generality from fundamental principles of information theory. The main part of this work is dedicated to the analysis of a learning algorithm proposed by Jaeger (2003) for maximum entropy grammars. We show in which sense and under what conditions the algorithm converges. Connections with well known procedures and classical results are made explicit.
KEEPING THE RHYTHM OF EMPLOYING SOCIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING TO SUSTAIN RESILIENCE – CASES FROM GAZA DURING GENOCIDE (2023-2024)
Creators: name: Khawla Al-Muhannadi
name: Mohamed Buheji
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Gaza, Social Problem-Solving, Resilience, Communal Bonds, Rational Problem-Solving Style, Problem Orientation, Genocide.

description: Abstract

This literature review examines the profound impact of the ongoing conflict in Gaza on the social problem-solving capabilities and resilience of its inhabitants. Over the past year, Gaza has witnessed relentless violence, resulting in the deaths of approximately 43,000 civilians and the displacement of millions. Amidst these dire circumstances, the Palestinian population, especially children and youth, continues to confront significant social, psychological, and economic challenges. Employing a qualitative methodology, this study analyses various case studies derived from social media narratives, reports by human rights organizations, and existing literature to illuminate the innovative problem-solving strategies employed by Gazans. It explores how individuals and communities demonstrate remarkable adaptation and resilience in response to adversities through cognitive-behavioural approaches rooted in positive psychology. The findings underscore the critical role of community initiatives, collaboration, and innovation in fostering resilience. This study's implications highlight the necessity for international support and understanding of the psychosocial resilience mechanisms that enable Palestinians to endure systemic violence and humanitarian crises. This research contributes to a broader discourse on resilience in conflict-affected populations, emphasising the importance of amplifying the voices of those impacted by such profound challenges.
Tetraserica sculptilis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica sculptilis

description: Tetraserica sculptilis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 4 ♂♂ “N-Vietnam Cao Bang Pr. vic. Tin Tuc, Son Dong, Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve 22°37’55’’N; 105°52’98’’E 09.–15.V.2014 850–1300m, leg. A. Weigel, light trap ” (NME), 4 ♂♂ “[Vietnam] Cao Bang Pro., Nguyen Binh Dis., Phia Oac-Phia Den N.P.; 20–26.v.2020; light trap; P.V. Pham & T.V. Hoang leg.” (IEBR), 1 ♂ “[Vietnam] Cao Bang Pro., Ha Quang Dis., Thanh Long; 24.v.2022; light trap; P.V. Pham & N.T. Pham leg.” (IEBR).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
CA-SBA-1769: Archaeological Site Record for CA-SBA-1769
Creators: name: Kekich, Jessica
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory

description: This document is the archaeological site record for CA-SBA-1769.