cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Chirolavia murphyi Deharveng 1991
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Chirolavia
Chirolavia murphyi

description: 41. Chirolavia murphyi Deharveng, 1991 *
Name in source. Neanurinae n.g. in Deharveng et al. (1989), Neanurinae n.g.2 n.sp. in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b). Source: Deharveng et al. (1989), Deharveng (1991), Deharveng & Bedos (1993b), Bedos (1994), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Type deposition: LEITT.
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N). Habitat: soil, humus, decaying wood at 2000–2550 m. in Doi Inthanon forest.
Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand (Doi Inthanon).
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
The differential recovery of states from major violent and nonviolent opposition campaigns
Creators: name: Stoddard, Judith G.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This study adds to the existing literature by bringing quantitative rigor to the study of how states recover from major opposition movements which are currently primarily qualitative in nature and mostly focused on how states recover from violent campaigns. Second, it begins to fill the gap in the absence of scholarly research in after transition structural stability. Many scholars have noted the fact that nonviolent campaigns emerge under certain conditions, and that they often succeed under another set of overlapping conditions. However, the longer-term impacts of these campaigns, are yet unknown. What this thesis has done is to examine a variety of potential impacts in the state’s structural stability indicators.   As we continue to see the number of opposition movements increasing today, and realize that campaign organizers make a choice between violent and nonviolent tactics, it becomes vital to understand which type of campaign will help to establish the state’s future success and in what areas that successful will be lasting. The research question this study sought to answer is; does the choice of campaign type, in terms of violent or nonviolent tactics being utilized, and whether the campaign was successful, have an impact on the future growth of the state as measured in structural stability indicators.    Successful nonviolent campaigns brought the most positive growth in increased: life expectancy, implementation of rule of law, degree of Democracy, infant mortality, respect for human rights, school enrollment and regional stability.   Unsuccessful violent campaigns brought the most damage in five of the indicators: long term economic growth, implementation of rule of law, degree of Democracy, respect for human rights and regional stability. It appears that these states suffered all of the damages of a major campaign without the hopeful changes that a new regime can bring.    It is hoped that future campaign organizers, and governments as well as individuals who want to support them, will see the numerous benefits of waging nonviolent campaigns and will choose peaceful means, in their quest for change.   And it is hoped that this work has shown that states are better off, and make greater progress in future growth and stability for having had a major nonviolent campaign.
Additional file 4: of Plant pectin acetylesterase structure and function: new insights from bioinformatic analysis
Creators: name: Philippe, Florian
name: JĂŠrĂ´Me Pelloux
name: Rayon, Catherine
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Features of putative Arabidopsis and rice PAEs. The name, locus, accession number, length, MW, and pI are given. (PDF 392Â kb)
Crossodonthina Jantarit, Bedos & Deharveng, 2016, n.sp.
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Crossodonthina

description: Crossodonthina n.sp.
Source: Bedos (1994).
Distribution in Thailand. Phang Nga (P). Habitat: not given.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Andrena (Melandrena) sigiella Gusenleitner 1998
Creators: name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Ismael, Halgurd R.
name: Baiocchi, Daniele
name: Hamad, Mudhafar I.
name: Bapir, Tahseen T.
name: Selis, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena sigiella

description: Andrena (Melandrena) sigiella Gusenleitner, 1998
Literature records.
Grace (2010); Augul (2018); Ascher and Pickering (2023).
Remarks.
We have examined no specimens of this species from outside of the Levant (Israel and West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria; Wood et al. 2020). Neither Grace (2010) or Augul (2018) report precise specimen records and, pending further investigations, we exclude A. sigiella from the list of Iraqi Andrena as if truly present it would be a considerable range extension from the Levant.
description: Published as part of Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, pp. 267-298 in ZooKeys 1205 on pages 267-298, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120033
Differential shoplifting risks of fast-moving consumer goods
Creators: name: Smith, Brian Thomas
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: In 2011, shoplifting accounted for over $50 billion in costs to retailers. It has been  estimated that, in 2012, stores had to “mark-up” the price of products by 10 to 15 percent  to make up for losses. Thus, shoplifting is a burden paid for by stores and honest  customers. Shoplifting is an opportunistic crime and shoplifters are attracted to expensive  and luxurious products. However, there is a good deal of theft of lower-priced and  everyday” products known as fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). FMCG are found  in drug, grocery and supermarket stores. Some examples of FMCG are toothpaste, razors,  vitamins, deodorants, and cosmetics. Although these products are relatively inexpensive,  they are purchased, consumed and shoplifted more than other products because of their  nature and purpose. Their total dollar values of theft easily surpass other, less-frequently  stolen but luxurious products. They are also the main products to be shoplifted and resold  at illicit markets. A large amount of FMCG shoplifting is motivated by illicit market  demand. Certain products are preferred over others because of their attributes. Models of  theft preferences (e.g., CRAVED) have proven effective promise in explaining variation  in general theft. To better understand variation in product theft, this study tests CRAVED   the general model of theft preferences, and a new model of theft preferences – AT CUT  PRICES – which is based on disposability attributes. This study produced three main  findings: 1) CRAVED explained variation in FMCG theft better than the new, theoretical  AT CUT PRICES model; 2) The availability and size of products were the strongest  4  predictors of theft in both models; and 3) An exploratory analysis found some evidence  that some products, having roles or function in illicit drug use, are stolen at high rates.  There are theoretical and policy implications derived from this research, including: 1)  Designing and manufacturing products and their packaging so they are difficult to  conceal; 2) Notifying stores to be aware of which products are stolen for their drug  properties, so they can safeguard them appropriately; and 3) Informing stores and  government agencies of the nature and extent of theft for commonly-abused nonprescription  drugs.
Pararius Whitley 1940
Creators: name: Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires
name: Oliveira, Claudio
name: Ferraris Jr, Carl J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Siluriformes
Ariidae
Pararius

description: Pararius Whitley, 1940
BI 1, ML 75
(Figs 1–3, 38G and 51)
Type species: Arius proximus Ogilby, 1898.
Diagnosis
Lateral horn of lateral ethmoid variable in length and laterally oriented (12, 1> 0); posterior cranial fontanel absent (26, 1> 0); epiphyseal bar indistinct (28, 0> 1); temporal fossa very reduced (39, 1> 0); accessory tooth plates small, oval to rounded (60, 0> 1); lateral margins of orbitosphenoid progressively diverging anteriorly (63, 0> 1); lateral and mesial portions of premaxilla of different sizes (121, 0> 1).
Included species
Pararius mastersi Ogilby, 1898
Pararius proximus Ogilby, 1898.
Habitat and distribution: Brackish and marine waters, southern New Guinea and northern Australia (Fig. 38).
Remarks
The recognition of a close relationship between Pararius proximus and Pararius mastersi is a new result not found in previous studies (Kailola 2004, Marceniuk and Menezes 2007, Betancur-R. 2009, Marceniuk et al. 2012).
description: Published as part of Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires, Oliveira, Claudio & Ferraris Jr, Carl J., 2024, A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data, pp. 426-476 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (2) on page 472, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078, http://zenodo.org/record/11240120
Additional file 16: of Plant pectin acetylesterase structure and function: new insights from bioinformatic analysis
Creators: name: Philippe, Florian
name: Pelloux, Jérôme
name: Rayon, Catherine
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Primer sequences designed from the cDNA sequence of AtPAE4, AtPAE8 and AtPAE10. (PDF 262 kb)
Context Driven Image Interpretation in Satellite Imagery
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: The joint LANL-UC Irvine team proposes to develop a context-based approach for object segmentation and recognition in satellite imagery. Our effort is directly related to the LANL Threat Reduction mission and the grand challenge, "World-wide detection of nuclear materials for counter proliferation and counter terrorism missions." Developing the capability to perform large-scale visual search and automatic identification of potential threats will help address problems of nuclear verification in the face of increasing levels of concealment and deception. Openly available commercial satellite imagery, offering spatial resolution up to 61 cm, has been very useful in detecting and evaluating clandestine activities when location tip-off information is available from other sources. However, without that prior information, current approaches are overwhelmed by the sheer number of images and the diversity of visual features associated with nuclear threats and related facilities. Furthermore, with increasing concealment and deception, finding and correctly characterizing clandestine activities becomes very challenging. In spite of these difficulties, there are many contextual factors relevant to a nuclear infrastructure network that are identifiable in satellite imagery and can be used to detect salient regions with suspicious activities. These include remoteness, presence and status of transportation, power and security infrastructure, specialized vehicles, and other unique man-made structures. It is not any of these features in isolation but their conjunction and specific characteristics which are suggestive of clandestine activity. At present there are no automated image search tools which can detect such contextual correlations. It is our intention to detect these inter-dependencies and exploit them in order to resolve inherent uncertainties. This will broadly entail: developing efficient algorithms for automatically segmenting man-made structures from complex backgrounds, categorizing these structures and measuring robust attributes of their appearance, and classifying detected sites as salient places of interest for further investigation with more discriminating sensors or by highly trained experts. The development of the proposed algorithmic framework will be performed with the flexibility in mind to allow extensions to a broader range of scenarios in addition to the nuclear verification application.
Digitanura quadrilobata Deharveng 1987
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Digitanura
Digitanura quadrilobata

description: 42. Digitanura quadrilobata Deharveng, 1987
Source: Deharveng (1987a), Bedos (1994). Type deposition: LEITT.
Distribution in Thailand. Mae Hong Son (N), Tak, Kanchanaburi (W). Habitat: litter in forest in Mae Hong Son. Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand.
Remark. A closely related species exists in southwestern Thailand.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Additional file 13: of Plant pectin acetylesterase structure and function: new insights from bioinformatic analysis
Creators: name: Philippe, Florian
name: Pelloux, Jérôme
name: Rayon, Catherine
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Structure sequence alignment of bacterial and fungal PAEs with a fungal RGAE. The PAE sequences from some bacteria (paeY, yxiM) and fungi (yesY, rhgT, AN2528) were retrieved from Uniprot and structure-aligned with one fungal rhamnogalacturonan acetylesterase (PDB code: 1PP4) using Expresso and rendered using ESPript3 [72, 73]. Conserved residues are masked in red (absolutely conserved) or yellow. The catalytic triad in 1PP4 is indicated by a red star. Secondary structure elements of 1PP4 are shown at the top. α, β, n and T represent α-helix, β-strand, 310 helix and β-turn, respectively. (PDF 172 kb)
Andrena (Suandrena) leucocyanea Perez 1895
Creators: name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Ismael, Halgurd R.
name: Baiocchi, Daniele
name: Hamad, Mudhafar I.
name: Bapir, Tahseen T.
name: Selis, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena leucocyanea

description: Andrena (Suandrena) leucocyanea Pérez, 1895
Literature records.
Dylewska (1983).
Remarks.
Dylewska (1983: 22) revised members of the subgenus Suandrena Warncke, 1968, mentioning A. leucocyanea from Iraq from Abu Ghuraib [= Abu Ghraib] and Dewania [= Al Diwaniyah]. Given the many taxonomic changes that have occurred in this subgenus since 1983 (e. g., Kratochwil 2021; Pisanty et al. 2022 a) and its difficulty of identification, it is unclear what these specimens might actually be. Consequently, we exclude this species from the Iraqi fauna pending inspection of material in light of the currently accepted taxonomic framework for this subgenus.
description: Published as part of Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, pp. 267-298 in ZooKeys 1205 on pages 267-298, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120033
Feature Extraction and Iris recognition in Moving Image Sequences
Creators: name: Abdulkadir Abubakar Bichi*
name: Usman Alhaji Abdurrahman
name: Abubakar Ado Rogo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Iris Recognition; Motion Image, Feature extraction, Pattern recognition.

description: Abstract: Motion images are now available everywhere due to the technological advancements and the growing demand for engaging content in social media and communication. The motion images offer better user experience and allow for more effective storytelling and interaction in a visually driven digital landscape. The features from the motion images can be utilized for biometric security, healthcare, and beyond if extracted with high degree of accuracy. This study proposed a novel framework for iris features extraction from a sequence of motion image. The method entails capturing and analyzing iris features while the subject's eye is in motion. The proposed framework has 4 stages: preprocessing, image segmentation, graph representation and features extraction.
MPEC 2024-J289 : 2024 JK15
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 JK15

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
The Brick
Creators: name: Singer, Sean Daniel
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The Brick: Newark’s Artistic Inquiry into Urban Crisis reads Newark through its artists, through their biographies and oral histories, and through their work as texts, and reads its artists through Newark, the social and cultural streams that shaped the city, from the sixties until now. Because these artists actively sought to express urban experience, this dissertation considers how their work both represents and is representative of the cities that inspired it. My project focuses on five Newark-born artists to show how close attentive readings of their work can reveal fresh thinking about urban problems. Many social scientists and critics ignore art and culture in their discussions of postindustrial cities. The artists I discuss are a novelist, two poets, a photographer, and a jazz trombonist. The poems, images, and music they created have an aim to ethically describe urban space—writing that is justice-seeking rather than only aesthetic, and help us to discover what happened in Newark. I claim that artists have made significant contributions to the history of cities, not only in terms of what their art is about, but how they made their art.  Chapter 1 explores Amiri Baraka and Philip Roth, the ways they write about Newark, and the ways they have been primary in dominating how Newark has been imagined in American culture, even though there are fresh insights to be made about their work.  Chapter 2 is about Newark’s long, overlooked jazz culture. I explore this jazz culture through the life and music of Grachan Moncur III, a jazz trombonist. By closely listening to Moncur’s music, I give a more nuanced understanding of Newark’s jazz culture, which was often synonymous with its African American community.  Chapter 3 gives close readings of Lynda Hull’s poems about Newark and other cities. I examine how she juxtaposes private memory and public knowledge and presents an empathic reading of cities.  Chapter 4  focuses on Helen Stummer, a photographer who took photos of people in Newark's Central Ward between 1980 and 1993. I discuss the meanings of photographs by other social documentary photographers, placing Stummer in a broader cultural context.
Papuarius Marceniuk & Oliveira & Ferraris Jr 2024, gen.nov.
Creators: name: Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires
name: Oliveira, Claudio
name: Ferraris Jr, Carl J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Siluriformes
Ariidae
Papuarius

description: Papuarius gen.nov.
(Figs 1–3, 52)
ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: AD2D552B-DF0E-46F1-B9CD-B712C9703F4.
Type species: Arius latirostris Macleay, 1883.
Diagnosis
Mesethmoid median portion moderately wide (2, 2> 1); lateral ethmoid main component of bony bridge formed by lateral ethmoid and frontal (15, 1> 0); frontal mesial laminar projection absent (23, 1> 0); posterior cranial fontanel relatively narrow and long (27, 1> 2); epiphyseal bar transversely elongate and longitudinally narrow (29, 0> 1); medial groove of cranium absent (30, 0> 1); anterior opening of aortic canal at base of subvertebral process and anteroventrally oriented (77, 0> 1); contact face for articulation of transcapular process with basioccipital large and depressed (85, 0> 1); dorsal crest of hyomandibula short and high (141, 0> 1); contact face between first epibranchial and first pharyngobranchial conspicuous (177, 0> 1); distal portion of uncinate process of third epibranchial acute (183, 1> 0).
Ambiguous optimization: Lateral horn of lateral ethmoid compressed and spatulate (11, 0> 1); posterolateral processes of urohyal lateroposteriorlyoriented,forminganglegreaterthan70° (161, 1> 0).
Etymology
The first part of the generic name comes from Papua, a common element of the names of the six Indonesian provinces as well as the independent country that together compose the island group called New Guinea. The second part is from the frequently used ariid generic name Arius. Gender: masculine.
Included species
Papuarius latirostris Macleay, 1883.
Habitat and distribution: Freshwater, southern New Guinea (Fig. 38).
Remarks
The genus Papuarius is established to accommodate Papuarius latirostris, a species that has been assigned to a number of different genera over time. In this study it is likewise assigned to different places within the Ariina, but without a clear association to any single genus.
description: Published as part of Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires, Oliveira, Claudio & Ferraris Jr, Carl J., 2024, A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data, pp. 426-476 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (2) on page 473, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078, http://zenodo.org/record/11240120
Breast Cancer Progression and the Extracellular Matrix
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: The most common cause of death in breast cancer patients is the spread, or metastasis, of the cancer cells from the breast to the bones, lungs, liver and brain and the progressive growth of the cancer cells at these sites. Therefore, controlling breast cancer metastasis represents an effective method of preventing progression of the disease. We propose to use a multidisciplinary approach to not only study how the surrounding tissue effects the ability of breast cancer cells to spread, but also to evaluate a unique pharmacologic approach for combating breast cancer metastasis.

 Research proposed in this application will lead to an enhanced understanding of the pathogenesis of breast cancer, one of the CBCRP's priority research issues. Recent studies suggest that cell adhesion proteins on breast cancer cells interact with the extracellular matrix (ECM), the tissue surrounding the tumor cells. This interaction induces increased production by the breast cancer cells of proteins that degrade the ECM. This degradation enables the tumor cells to invade the surrounding tissue and ultimately to enter the circulatory system. Once in the circulation, tumor cells travel to other organ sites where they progressively grow. Our investigations should lead to a better understanding of the role of cell adhesion proteins in breast cancer invasion and dissemination. A clearer understanding of this process will provide a basis for developing effective therapies for this most lethal aspect of breast cancer.

 Our studies are also aimed at developing more effective interventions for preventing progression of breast cancer, another priority research issue of the BCRP. Our approach will be aimed at blocking cell adhesion proteins on the breast cancer cells to prevent them from interacting with the ECM. This should also inhibit growth and dissemination of the breast cancer cells by: 1) preventing the growth of new blood vessels that provide nourishment for the cancer cells, a process called neovascularization; and 2) interfering with pathways leading to the production of proteins essential to the invasive properties of breast cancer cells.

 Inhibition of cell adhesion can be achieved by treating breast cancer cells with proteins called disintegrins. The Principal Investigator has purified and characterized disintegrins and shown that they are well tolerated in animals. We will study the inhibitory effect of disintegrins on cancer growth, neovascularization, and metastasis in mammary fat pads. The results from this study will be directly applicable to over 90% of women with metastatic breast cancer in the state of California. Data gathered by our studies will support an important, new, and exciting approach for the prevention of breast cancer progression.
Development of multi-material phantoms and implanted monopole antennas for bone fracture monitoring
Creators: name: Symeonidis, Simon
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 401799
subject: Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis presents a novel method for monitoring the healing of severe bone fractures. This would be particularly useful during the first two to four weeks after trauma where x-ray and computerised tomography scanning cannot provide an accurate indication regarding the healing status of the fractured bone. The technique involves measuring the radiofrequency transmission from one bone-implanted monopole to another, each one located on either side of the bone fracture. Throughout this thesis, it is envisaged that the monopoles will also act as the screws of an external fixation implanted into patients for the stabilization and alignment of the bone fragments. To replicate a simplified version of a human limb, several multi-material semi-solid phantoms were developed to represent bone marrow, bone cortical, blood and muscle. Medical literature indicates that the amount of blood found at the initial stage of a bone fracture decreases as bone regeneration takes place towards the healed state. The rate of change of the 𝑆21 of the implanted monopoles over time was shown to provide a tool that allowed the estimation of the amount of blood (hematoma) inside any bone fracture. In this thesis it has been shown that as the effective dielectric properties of the investigated fractured area shifted from the dielectric properties of blood towards the properties of bone, the 𝑆21 of the monopoles increased, thus, this technique can be used to indicate bone healing. The simulated results were validated in measurements using several multi-material phantoms and a real lamb joint. Finally, an analytical model on the approximation of the 𝑆21 of the monopoles in the near field inside the multi-material phantoms was developed. The results showed good agreement over the frequency spectrum of 1 to 4GHz and reasonable agreement over the parametric investigation of separation distance between them for the range of 1 to 7cm. This will potentially allow the application of the proposed technique for special types of fractures where the screws of the external fixation are separated by different distances.
Linking and discreteness in hyperbolic 4-space
Creators: name: Silverio, Andrew Ebitner
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: A pair of isometries of the 4-dimensional hyperbolic space is called linked if they can be expressed as compositions of two involutions, one of which is common to both isometries. While every pair of isometries of hyperbolic space in dimensions 2 and 3 is linked, not all pairs of isometries of hyperbolic 4-space are linked. One type of such an involution is called half-turn which is an orientation preserving elliptic isometry with a 2-dimensional fixed point set. We provide some geometric conditions for such a pair to be linked by half-turns. Here we develop a theory of pencils, twisting planes and half-turn banks that gives results about each of the pair-types of isometries and their simultaneous factorization. In order to provide conditions under which a given pair is linked via a half-turn, sets of hyperplanes in hyperbolic 4-space are defined for each orientation preserving isometry that enables one to locate the half-turns for which linking is possible.    Once a pair is linked, known conditions about discreteness of the group, generated by a pair of isometries, in lower dimensional hyperbolic spaces can be generalized to some linked pairs in dimension 4. If a pair has a common invariant hyperplane or plane, the known conditions such as compact-core-geodesic-intersection and non-separating-disjoint-circles apply.
Neanura
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Neanura

description: Neanura sp.
Source: Takeda (1981), Wiwatwitaya & Takeda (2005).
Distribution in Thailand. Khon Kaen, Nakhon Ratchasima (NE). Habitat: soil s.l. in mixed dry deciduous forest at 800 m. in Khon Kaen province (Takeda 1981) and in dry evergreen lowland forest in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Wiwatwitaya & Takeda 2005).
Remark. Incorrect identification; the genus is limited to Europe except the widely distributed Neanura muscorum which has never been reliably recorded under tropical climate.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Aphoristia nebulosa Goode & Bean, 1883, new species
Creators: name: Goode, G. B.
name: Bean, T. H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1883
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Pleuronectiformes
Pleuronectidae
Aphoristia
Aphoristia nebulosa

description: 1. Aphoristia nebulosa, new species.
The extreme length of the type is 85 millimeters. The body is rather slenderer than in other species of the genus; its greatest height (18 mm.) is contained 4§ times in the extreme length. The scales are small, rough, about 120 in a longitudinal series; about 50 in a transverse series. Jaws and snout scaleless. The length of the head (15 mm.) is contained 5j times in total length. The length of the snout (3 mm.) is i that of the head. The eyes are small and close together, being separated by only a single row of scales; the upper eye is very slightly in advance of the lower. The tubular nostril is directly in front of the lower eye, and a little nearer to it than to the tip of snout. The length of the eye (2 mm.) is contained times in length of head. The angle of the mouth is about in a vertical through the anterior margin of the lower pupil. Teeth feeble, very slender, and rather closely placed, apparently equally developed on the two sides.
The dorsal fin begins at a point slightly behind the eyes; it is connate with the caudal, and contains 11!) rays to the middle of the base of the caudal; the rays about the middle of the fin are the longest, their height being a little more than one third that of the body.
The distance of the anal from the snout (20 mm.) is contained 4] times in extreme length; the longest rays are about the middle of the tin, their length (6mm.) equalling twice that of the snout. The anal is connate with the caudal, and contains 107 rays, counting to the middle of the base of the latter fin.
The median caudal rays are longest, their length (6 mm.) equalling twice that of the snout.
Pectorals none.
The distance of the ventral from the snout (15 mm.) is contained 5§ times in extreme length. The ventral is separated from the anal by an interspace twice as long as the eye. The number of ventral rays is five, the longest of them being one third as long as the head.
The vent is near the origin of the anal.
Color grayish, everywhere mottled with brown. The median keel on the scales dark and prominent.
Radial formula: 1). 119; A. 107; V. 5; P. none.
Station. N. Lat. W. Long. Fathoms. Specimens.
316 32° 7' 78° 37' 30" 229 1
description: Published as part of Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883, Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer " Blake, " Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding., pp. 183-226 in Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 10 (5) on page 192, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28095
An investigation of a theoretical model of health-related outcomes of resilience in middle adolescents
Creators: name: Scoloveno, Robert L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The purpose of this study was to develop a theory-based just-identified model to better understand resilience and its direct and indirect effects on theorized health outcomes in middle adolescents.  The study empirically tested the direct effects of resilience on a) hope, b) well-being, and c) health-promoting lifestyles, and the direct effects of hope on (d) well-being and (e) health promoting lifestyles.  The indirect effects of resilience on (a) well-being, and (b) health-promoting lifestyle through hope were also examined.  The final sample of 311 of middle-adolescents, aged 15 to 1&, was recruited at a northern New Jersey public high school.  Participants completed the demographic data sheet and four instruments measuring the study variables during their regularly scheduled health classes.   The structural equation model was tested with the LISREL 8.80 software program. Results indicated that resilience had a direct effect on hope (Gamma = .66, p < .001), well-being (Gamma = .44,  p < .001), and health-promoting lifestyles (Gamma = .56,  p < .001).  Hope also had a direct effect on well-being (Beta = .42,  p < .001), and health-promoting lifestyle (Beta =.26, p < .001).  Resilience had an indirect effect on both well-being and health-promoting lifestyle through hope.  The unhypothesized correlated error term between well-being and health- promoting lifestyle, the two dependent variables, was psi = 0.13, p < .001.    All of the seven hypotheses in this study were derived from theory and were supported empirically, providing evidence of the predictive power of the theoretical propositions tested.  Therefore, it can be concluded that resilience has direct positive effects on hope, well-being, and health-promoting lifestyle in middle adolescents, and that hope had direct positive effects on well-being and health-promoting lifestyle.  Additionally, resilience has an indirect effect on well-being and health-promoting lifestyle through hope in middle adolescents.  Finally, it can be concluded that resilience is a strong predictor of hope and that resilience is a better predictor than hope for the two health-related outcomes, well-being and health-promoting lifestyle.
Paleonura dilatata Deharveng & Bedos 1993
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Paleonura
Paleonura dilatata

description: 44. Paleonura dilatata Deharveng & Bedos, 1993 *
Name in source. Neanurinae n.g. in Deharveng et al. (1989), Neanurinae n.g.3 n.sp. in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b). Source: Deharveng et al. (1989), Deharveng & Bedos (1993a, b), Bedos (1994), Hutacharen et al. (2007), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Type deposition: LEITT.
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N). Habitat: litter at 2100–2500 m. in Doi Inthanon forest. Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand (Doi Inthanon).
Remark. Forms similar to this species exist in Kanchanaburi, Surat Thani and Phang Nga. The species exhibit an unusual morphology which would perhaps deserve the erection of a new genus.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Managing conflict In troubled waters
Creators: name: Roy, Nalanda
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Year: 2013

description: The South China Sea has recently become the locus of disputes that have the potential of escalating into serious international conflicts. It is a critical region among the disputing countries because of its geographic position in major oceanic routes used by crude oil tankers from the Persian Gulf to Asia and for transporting goods to the rest of the world. It is important, as well, for its promising offshore oil and gas reserves, other undersea resources, and rich marine life.     This dissertation addresses three questions: First, what factors increase the probability of conflicts in the South China Sea region? Second, what is the role of ASEAN in managing conflicts in the SCS region? And third, what is the likely utility of other conflict prevention mechanisms in the SCS region?     Following a careful review of existing literature relevant to the South China Sea disputes, the study assesses the effectiveness of UNCLOS as an international legal regime in addressing them. It also discusses each of the disputing parties, their individual stakes in specific disputes, and the long history and current status of the disputes. Special attention is paid to the involvement of China as well as “external” powers like the United States and India. The dissertation additionally weighs ASEAN’s role in the development and functioning of Asia-Pacific multilateralism, and its limited capacity to create a sense of regional community and address SCS disputes effectively. ASEAN’s main role has been one of reiterating the norm of peaceful resolution of conflicts and engaging the parties in successive conferences, workshops, and supposed confidence-building measures. Although this study does suggest a few more such measures that might help to moderate tensions, it ends on a pessimistic note about the prospect of future armed conflicts in the South China Sea.
MNC subunit knowledge sourcing and competence creating activities
Creators: name: Pu, Xiaoyu
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Year: 2013

description: The innovative activities of multinational corporation (MNC) operations overseas can be represented as two types: either competence exploiting (CE) – exploiting the core competence base of the parent group – or competence creating (CC) – creating new competencies that were not already among the strengths of the relevant parent company. To a large extent, the share of these two types of activities determines and reflects a given subunit’s strategic role within its MNC. This research examines (1) the patterns of MNC subunits’ knowledge sourcing in terms of the technological and geographical dispersion of knowledge sources; (2) the extent to which MNC subunits’ technological fields of expertise are distinct from those of their parent companies, and how this technological distinctiveness is related to their knowledge sourcing patterns; and (3) how MNC subunits’ profiles of CC and CE activities (in terms of their overall technological distance from their parent companies, and the degree to which they are engaged in CC versus CE activities) evolve over time, reflecting the evolution of their knowledge creating role and status within their international group. Attention is focused on the heterogeneity of firm-specific evolutionary paths in the patterns of knowledge accumulation that support CC activities, controlling for the industry-specific determinants, location-specific factors, and MNC group structural influences on such technological trajectories.  This study proposes a dynamic model in which the extent to which a subunit is likely to take up CC activities is influenced by the technological and geographical dispersion of that subunit’s knowledge sourcing. The results show a consistently positive relationship between the technological and geographical dispersions of knowledge sourcing, an effect that is moderated by the extent of subunit specialization in general purpose technology (GPT) fields, and the geographical proximity between dispersed knowledge sources. We also find a positive relationship between the technological dispersion of knowledge sourcing and the technological distinctiveness of subunits. However, the geographical dispersion of knowledge sources has a negative relationship with subunit technological distinctiveness. A typology of subunit strategic roles is proposed, based upon the evolutionary trajectory of a subunit’s share of CC activities and its technological distance from its parent company.
Motivic and harmonic analysis of Warne Marsh
Creators: name: Petrucelli, John
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Year: 2013

description: Warne Marsh's improvisational style during the 19&0's has been overlooked by biographers (Chamberlain) and jazz theorists alike. However, this time period is significant because Marsh fully assimilated the teachings of Lennie Tristano with his major influence on tenor saxophone; Lester Young. Warne Marsh’s improvisations from the album The Unissued Copenhagen Studio Recordings (19&5, Storyville STCD82&8) showcase the saxophonist’s distinct phrasal structure and poignant lyricism. Within the harmonically sparse context of the trio format, Marsh is free to explore harmonic ideas that he might not have pursued because of dissonant clashes with a canonical interpretation of the chord structures. Analysis of motivic and harmonic elements within his improvisation will demonstrate that Marsh had successfully forged a unique, mature stylistic approach that was the result of the culmination of his lifelong devotion to the development of concepts originally taught to him by Lennie Tristano.
A Network-Based Intervention for Chamorros in Southern CA
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: This three-year, community-based research project applies social network theory to test the effectiveness of a tailored, Chamorro lay health leader intervention to increase breast cancer screening rates among Chamorro women age 50 years and older in the counties of Los Angeles and Orange. The study employs a quasi-experimental (intervention and control group), prospective cohort, pretest/posttest design, with Chamorro women from Northern California (specifically Alameda, Solano and Santa Clara Counties) agreeing to serve as the comparison group.

 This project hypothesizes that the intervention will significantly increase the rates of appropriate breast cancer screening (baseline and regular breast self-examination, clinical breast examination, and mammography), and that the increased screening rates will be related to increased diffusion of information and skills through naturally-occurring social networks of Chamorro women. During the three-year period, we will undertake the following major activities: 1) identification of Chamorro women 50+ years old who are linked to each other through close social (family and friendship) ties; 2) training of 20 Chamorro lay leaders in breast cancer information and screening (modeled after ACS’ Special Touch and the Wai’anae Cancer Research Project’s lay leader training programs); 3) implementation of lay leader-led small-group events to educate women about BSE, CBE and mammography; 4) linkage with other projects (OCAPICA’s Promoting Access To Health Project) to facilitate screening services for interested women; 5) follow-up measurement of women after 1 ½ years of intervention to measure changes in women’s behavior and diffusion of those behaviors through social networks; and 6) dissemination of materials and training to Chamorro women in the bay area (who served as the "controls") as well as to other Chamorro and Pacific Islander communities (through our network of professional and community contacts).

 This study continues a close community-based collaboration established five years ago between Guam Communications Network, Inc., and the University of California, Irvine, and broadens it to include two other Chamorro social groups, the Famalao’an (Chamorro for "the women") and the Bay Area Women’s Social Club. While this study will provide vital information on breast health promotion for Chamorro women, we also believe the results will help in the development of the successful strategies for the promotion and evaluation of breast cancer screening to ethnic minority women who are from relatively smaller, tightly-knit communities across California.