cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Microstructure-property relaltionship in silicon carbide armor ceramics
Creators: name: Demirbas, Memduh Volkan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2008

description: Defects are one of the factors that show a negative effect on the ballistic performance. Uniform microstructures with a low percentage of well distributed porosity could possibly demonstrate high ballistic strength; therefore, it is of interest to estimate the parameters that define the spatial arrangement of defects. This aspect of microstructures was investigated in a variety of silicon carbide ceramics ranging from off-density sintered samples to high density hot-pressed armor grade samples. The spatial distribution of defects was examined by various techniques including nearest neighbor distance distributions, tessellation analysis, and pair correlation functions. Random distributions were observed for most of the samples with some degree of clustering. Hardness was selected as a mechanical property to correlate with microstructural findings. Hardness contour maps were constructed by indenting samples with a statistically significant number of indents per load to see the variation in terms of location. The large number of indents allowed for Weibull analysis to be used to examine the spread in the data and to test spatial variability. A high degree of correlation was obtained between microstructural parameters and hardness/Weibull modulus values. Smaller defect sizes and homogenous distribution of defects were shown to provide higher hardness values.A sintered SiC tile was examined using ultrasound to determine high and low amplitude regions in C-scan image maps. Serial sectioning was performed on diced samples from these two regions. Although no significant difference was observed in terms of density and average defect size, statistical tests showed that the difference in the largest defect size detected in low amplitude and high amplitude regions was significant. Clusters of defects were also identified in the samples from the low amplitude regions. The signal loss that was observed in C-scans maps could partially be attributed to these results.A particularly high degree of correlation was shown between average defect size, spatial distribution parameters and hardness data. These findings exhibit the strong effect of microstructure on the quasi-static properties and may affect ballistic performance.
Tympanoterpes serricosta
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
name: Heath, Maxine S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Tympanoterpes
Tympanoterpes serricosta

description: Tympanoterpes serricosta (Germar, 1834)
C[icada] serricosta Germar 1834: 62.
Fidicina pusilla Berg 1879: 140.
Type locality. Brazil.
Remarks. The species was reported from Argentina, Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela (Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2007a). Argentine specimens have been reported from Buenos Aires and Córdoba Provinces (Berg 1879). We collected specimens in Chaco Province. The species is associated with the Chaco floristic province (Sanborn et al. 2011a).
New provincial records. Chaco, Dto. Independencia, 3 km SE of Avia Terai, 8-I-1988, Heath-Sanborn-Noriega Coll. (two males, MSHC, one male, AFSC).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F. & Heath, Maxine S., 2014, The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 3883 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4951252
The use of motivational interviewing techniques to enhance the efficacy of guided self-help behavioral weight loss treatment
Creators: name: DiMarco, Ilyse Dobrow
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2008

description: This study assessed whether motivational interviewing (MI), applied as part of a standard guided self-help (GSH) behavioral weight loss treatment, reduced attrition rate and improved participant weight loss and other eating-related and general psychological measures.  The study also included assessments based on two theories of motivated behavior, to assess whether these measures predicted treatment outcome and whether MI increased participant motivation.  Thirty-nine overweight patients (7 males, 32 females) were randomized to receive either 6 sessions of traditional GSH and 2 traditional motivation-focused sessions (GSH); or 6 GSH sessions and 2 sessions utilizing an MI approach to motivation (MI/GSH).  In intention-to-treat and completer analyses, significant differences were found in the areas of eating concern and control over eating, favoring MI/GSH.  Between-group effect size estimates indicated a small to medium advantage for MI/GSH over GSH in weight loss, as well as on a number of secondary eating-related measures.  Analyses of motivational measures indicated no significant differences by treatment group, but suggested that individuals who were more confident in their abilities to change and endorsed more extrinsic reasons for change lost more weight than other participants.  Implications and future directions are discussed.
Tobacco industry analysis of secondhand smoke
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: In the late 1970's, the tobacco industry realized that secondhand smoke was becoming a social disadvantage for smokers. To remedy this, the tobacco industry engaged in a series of research and development projects to produce a more socially acceptable cigarette. This proposal seeks to understand the scientific aspects of these projects and learn useful information about the biological effects of secondhand smoke from them.

 The specific aims of this study are to:

 1. Analyze how chemical and biological experiments were used together in the effort to produce a more socially acceptable cigarette.

 2. Perform a comprehensive study of the use of biological assays by the tobacco industry to assess the carcinogenicity and other toxicity of secondhand tobacco smoke.

 3. Compare and contrast the research done privately by the tobacco companies with the research and information they made available to the public.

 The data this research will analyze are the approximately 40 million pages of tobacco industry documents mad public as the result of the suit by the state of Minnesota and Blue Cross/Blue Shield and subsequent litigation against the major tobacco companies. Three specific sets of tobacco documents will be searched: The Minnesota Depository, via the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library and industry sites, 120,000 pages from the Guildford Depository, selected for relevance to secondhand smoke and located at UCSF, and a collection of legal documents from suits against the tobacco companies filed under California Proposition 65. As new materials become available they will be added to this data set. Research from the open scientific literature will also be incorporated into this work. Searches will be conducted using variations on the snowball method. Relevant documents will be reviewed iteratively to construct a thorough analysis of the scientific research the tobacco industry did on secondhand smoke and the relationship between their work and the work in the public scientific literature. This increased knowledge of secondhand smoke will contribute to development of policies to create smoke-free environments. More smoke-free environments reduce the rate of smoking, which will prevent heart disease, cancer and other tobacco-related diseases, by reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, and by creating an environment that encourages smokers to quit.
IRAK-1 & active TGF-beta: Counter-regulators in emphysema?
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: Pulmonary emphysema is a debilitating lung disease and worldwide health problem attributed to tobacco smoking. For years, significant scientific effort has been placed into elucidating mechanisms for the development and maintenance of this disease.Our laboratory has recently reported that a cell surface protein (integrin avb6) residing on lung alveolar cells may be critical in the development of pulmonary emphysema. A unique and specific function of the integrin avb6, namely activation of an inflammatory effector termed transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-b), is responsible for this effect. Clarification of the molecular steps participating in integrin avb6-mediated TGF-b activation could therefore provide important insights into the molecular pathogenesis of pulmonary emphysema.We have also reported that integrin avb6-mediated TGF-b activation decreases the expression of an enzyme termed macrophage metalloelastase (Mmp-12). Therefore, it appears that integrin avb6-mediated TGF-b activation acts as a modulator by inhibiting Mmp-12. Mmp-12 has been strongly implicated in the development of pulmonary emphysema. Mmp-12 is able to digest specific targets in lung tissue which leads to the characteristic destruction of alveolar walls seen in pulmonary emphysema.The important inflammatory effector interleukin-1 b (IL-1b) has been shown to be increased in smokers and is known to induce Mmp-12. We have recently shown that IL-1b also induces integrin avb6-mediated TGF-b activation.Therefore, we hypothesize that IL-1b can simultaneously induce counterregulatory pathways responsible for the development of pulmonary emphysema: direct induction of Mmp-12 and indirect inhibition of Mmp-12 through integrin avb6-mediated TGF-b activation. The dynamic equilibrium regulated by this novel pathway may prove critical to the development and maintenance of pulmonary emphysema in tobacco smokers.Our proposed studies will further characterize the signaling pathway between IL-1b and integrin avb6-mediated TGF-b activation. We strongly suspect that a known IL-1b signaling intermediate, interleukin-1 associated kinase-1 (IRAK-1), is a critical component of this pathway. We plan to demonstrate that manipulating IRAK-1 activity will alter the balance of the IL-1b-induced counterregulatory pathways described above and result in changes in expression and activity of Mmp-12.It is our hope that characterization of this novel pathway will provide important clues to how tobacco smoking leads to the development, maintenance, and progression of pulmonary emphysema. Furthermore, identifying relevant signaling mechanisms will provide new targets for the design of new and powerful treatment strategies for this devastating and largely untreatable disease.
Focal adhesion kinase regulation of Cox-2 in lung cancer
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: Oxidants contained in tobacco smoke induce acute inflammatory response in epithelial cells that line the airway and lung. Cycloxygenase-2 (Cox-2) protein levels are induced in response to these inflammatory responses to smoking, and Cox-2 levels increase during the processes of cell transformation into cancer. Studies conducted with heavy cigarette smokers showed that pharmacological drugs designed to block Cox-2 function reduced the incidence of lung cancers. However, the normal regulation of Cox-2 expression in normal and lung cancer cells is largely unknown.

 Our interest is in the relationship between cell adhesion events and Cox-2 expression. A signaling kinase, called Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) that integrates inputs from growth factors and adhesion molecules, becomes increased in activity in several forms of human cancer. Therefore, we hypothesize that FAK signaling connections to Cox-2 reflect a physiological pathway in normal lung cells that may contribute to malignancy of lung cancer.

 We propose to study how FAK controls Cox-2 expression levels in lung adenocarcinoma cells, and we will test whether a combination strategy of anti-FAK and anti-Cox-2 treatments are more effective than blockade of Cox-2 alone in inhibiting the growth of lung cancer cells as tumors. These studies will be performed in genetically modified cells with both removal and reconstituted FAK. This will enable us to develop information on the association of FAK signaling events with Cox-2 gene regulation, and dissect the signaling pathways that are involved. As the project evolves, we will carry out cellular and signaling analyses of lung carcinoma cells in culture, and hope to confirm our results in animal models of lung cancer.

 The completion of these studies will form the foundation for drug targeting of FAK used alone or in combination with other drugs in the therapy of human lung cancer.
Energy metabolism and body composition following recovery from anorexia nervosa
Creators: name: Dellava, Jocilyn Elizabeth
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2008

description: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) affects millions of women however, little is known about the long-term effect of AN on body composition and metabolism in those who recover from AN.  In short-term recovery from AN women have increased central adiposity, increased cortisol levels, and low resting energy expenditure compared to women without a history of an eating disorder.  However, it is still unknown if these differences in body composition, cortisol, and energy metabolism persist in long-term recovery from AN.The long-term effect of AN on of body composition, cortisol, and energy metabolism has not been examined.   In general, undernutrition has been associated with an increased risk for increased cortisol levels, altered energy metabolism, and increased central adiposity.  However, it is possible that there may be differences in the effects of undernutrition occurring in adolescents or adults.  Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the relationship between a history of AN, followed by at least 2 years of recovery (RAN), on body composition, cortisol levels, and energy metabolism.  Using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, fat mass and body fat distribution did not differ between RAN and control participants.   Salivary cortisol samples obtained at baseline and following a mental stress test did not differ between the two groups.   While there were no differences in resting energy expenditure, even when adjusted for body composition, the respiratory quotient of RAN women was significantly lower, corresponding to a higher rate of fat oxidation, compared to C women.  Based on the results of this study, it may be concluded that RAN women exhibit differences in substrate metabolism, without presenting differences in body composition, cortisol levels, and resting energy expenditure.  Therefore time following undernutrition has an influence on body fat distribution, cortisol, and energy metabolism.  Furthermore, RAN women should not be at risk for central adiposity, differing from those who experience undernutrition early in life.
Extended Two-Phase Algorithm for Fast Discovery of High Utility Itemsets on Probabilistic Databases and Possible Application of Counting Inference Approach
Creators: name: Bhargava, Niket
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 460502
subject: Data mining and knowledge discovery

description: In this paper, presented an extension to Two-Phase algorithm that is extended to mine probabilistic high utility patterns, to efficiently prune down the number of candidates and precisely obtain the complete set of high utility itemsets, transaction weighted utility, high utility, counting inference, and probability threshold are used. It performs very efficiently in terms of speed and memory cost both on synthetic and real databases, even on large databases that are difficult for existing algorithms to handle when the algorithm is run using counting inference when it is applicable. Association rule mining algorithm is enhanced for business application.
Osoriellus sexpunctatus Irmler 2014, new combination
Creators: name: Irmler, Ulrich
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Osoriellus
Osoriellus sexpunctatus

description: Osoriellus sexpunctatus (BERNHAUER, 1912) new combination
(Figs 113 A-C, 124A)
Osorius sexpunctatus BERNHAUER, 1912: 168
Type material examined: Argentina: Buenos Aires, female, leg. Richter (holotype in FMNH)
Further material examined: Argentina: La Plata, Rio Santiago, 5 specimens, 5.10.1919, leg. J. Weiser (NHMP, UIC).
Diagnosis: O. sexpunctatus is distinctly characterised by the large size and the sparse pronotal punctation. The species resembles O. neotropicus in the shape and punctation of the pronotum. It can be distinguished from that species by the teeth-like produced anterior angles of the pronotum, the more distinct microsculpture and the smaller eyes.
Description: Length: 7.8 mm. Colouration: Black; elytra and legs brown.
Head: 1.30 mm long, 1.50 mm wide; eyes small, only half as long as temples; anterior angels of clypeus granulate; punctation deep, but sparse; interstices between punctures irregular; on average, twice as wide as diameter of punctures; wide midline impunctate; yellow setae pointing to middle; two long supraocular setae and several long setae closer to middle; netlike microsculpture weak; surface slightly shiny.
Antennae with first antennomere as long as following 3 antennomeres; second antennomere oval and as long as conical third; antennomeres 4 to 6 approximately quadrate; following 4 antennomeres much thicker and wider than long.
Pronotum: 1.40 mm long, 1.65 mm wide; widest at anterior edge; anterior angles produced to hook-like teeth; sides evenly convergent to posterior angles; posterior edge two-third as wide as anterior edge; lateral margin extremely fine; several long setae at anterior angles and another seta in middle; along lateral margin with row of short yellow setae; punctation sparse; along wide impunctate midline row of 6 punctures; weak microsculpture netlike; surface slightly shiny.
Elytra: 1.70 mm long, 1.60 mm wide; with deep coriaceous ground-sculpture and slightly visible large punctures; surface slightly shiny.
Abdomen more densely punctate than pronotum except on wide impunctate midline; on impunctate midline of each abdominal segment several transverse striae.
Protibia: 0.85 mm long, 0.27 mm wide; 8 spines on outer edge; apical 3 spines inserted on long digits; WLR: 0.51; in posterior aspect, comb at inner edge of emargination visible throughout its total length.
Aedeagus with broad apical lobe ending in acute apex; upper edge of apical lobe sinuate; with lateral group of sensillae and row of sensillae on inner edge of apical lobe.
description: Published as part of Irmler, Ulrich, 2014, The Neotropical species of the genus Osoriellus FAGEL, 1959 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae), pp. 231-354 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 64 (2) on page 307, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.2.231-354, http://zenodo.org/record/5461706
Descriptive aspects of torsion-free Abelian groups
Creators: name: Coskey, Samuel Gregory
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2008

description: In recent years, a major theme in descriptive set theory has been the study of the Borel complexity of naturally occurring classificationproblems. For example, Hjorth and Thomas have shown that the Borel complexity of the isomorphism problem for the torsion-free abelian groups of rank n increases strictly with the rank n.In this thesis, we present some new applications of the theory of countable Borel equivalence relations to various classificationproblems for the p-local torsion-free abelian groups of finite rank. Our main result is that when ngeq3, the isomorphism andquasi-isomorphism problems for the p-local torsion-free abelian groups of rank n have incomparable Borel complexities.  (Here twoabelian groups A and B are said to be quasi-isomorphic if A is abstractly commensurable with B.)  We also introduce a new invariant, the divisible rank, for the class of p-local torsion-freeabelian groups of finite rank; and we prove that if ngeq3 and 1leq kleq n-1, then the isomorphism problems for the p-local torsion-free abelian groups of rank n and divisible rank k haveincomparable Borel complexities as k varies.Our proofs rely on the framework developed by Adams and Kechris, whereby cocycle superrigidity results from measurable group theory are applied in the purely Borel setting.  In particular, we make use of the recent cocycle superrigidity theorem, due to Ioana, for freeergodic profinite actions of Kazhdan groups.
The (not so) elusive liberal bias in social cognition
Creators: name: Crawford, Jarret Thomas
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2008

description: The extant literature on political ideology indicates that political conservatives tend to exhibit political biases more often than do political liberals. This conclusion is challenged in a series of studies based on the perspective of ideologically objectionable circumstances (IOC) theory, which states that ideological biases will not be observed if circumstances are ideologically objectionable to perceivers (liberals or conservatives). It is argued that previous studies have presented liberal participants with circumstances that are ideologically objectionable, but have presented conservatives with circumstances that are ideologically acceptable. This may account for the greater evidence of conservative bias than liberal bias in the extant literature. Study 1 replicated previous findings of asymmetrical conservative bias within the context of IOC. Study 2 further tested and found alternative patterns of bias predicted by IOC. Study 3 explored the nature of political intolerance among liberals and conservatives, as well as ideological biases in the application of democratic principles to specific groups. The results of these three studies indicate that bias among both liberals and conservatives can be observed if perceivers are not placed in circumstances that are objectionable to their respective ideological perspectives.
Ariasa Distant 1905
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
name: Heath, Maxine S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Ariasa

description: Ariasa Distant, 1905
Type species. Tympanoterpes colombiae Distant, 1892 (Colombia).
Remarks.The genus was recorded from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Surinam, Uruguay, and Venezuela (Metcalf 1963a; De Santis et al. 2007; Sanborn 2007a; 2010a; 2011a; 2011b; 2013).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F. & Heath, Maxine S., 2014, The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 3883 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4951252
Welding inspector Question and answer according CSWIP 3.1
Creators: name: Hadzihafizovic, Dzevad
Publisher: name: Dzevad Hadzihafizovic's Lab
Year: 2024

description: Abstract This CSWIP 3.1 quiz (aka Certification Scheme for Weldment Inspection Personnel) also serves a function as a certification exam sample test. This quiz will help you practice and revise the material for the actual certification exam. In this process, it will also help you to memorize everything you might have read already. Take this test today and find out how "well-prepared" you actually are. Visual Welding Inspector Candidates who are able to demonstrate at least ten years’ recent continuous experience in visual welding inspection duties, as indicated in Clause 1.2.1 under qualified supervision, independently verified. Welding Inspector Who are able to demonstrate at least ten years’ recent continuous experience in welding inspection duties, as indicated in Clause 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 under qualified supervision, independently verified. Who hold an International Welding Inspector Basic Level Diploma with two years’ recent continuous experience in welding inspection duties, as indicated in Clause 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 under qualified supervision, independently verified. Senior Welding Inspector Who hold an International Welding Inspector Standard Level Diploma with two years’ recent continuous experience in senior welding inspection duties, as indicated in Clause 1.2.1, 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 independently verified.
Regulatory genes of nicotine adaptation in C.elegans
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: Tobacco use has resulted in major health problems worldwide, and cigarette smoking is the largest avoidable cause of death and disability in the United States. Extensive efforts at reducing the numbers of tobacco consumers have been launched by both governmental and private agencies. However, there is strong emotional and social attachment to the ‘tobacco habit’, referred to as ‘psychological dependence.’ Thus, smokers attempting to abstain, may have to overcome both psychological and physical dependence on tobacco, which immediately presents a formidable task for many individuals. Nicotine is the major component sustaining tobacco addiction. Nicotine interacts with proteins called receptors in the brain, which release the chemical acetylcholine upon the binding of the drug and receiving a stimulus; hence the term nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These receptors in general, are present in either muscle or in the nervous system. Extensive work has been done thus far through the use of various biological techniques, to understand the functioning of these receptors, but its real physiological role is still elusive. This is because, the molecular and neurobiological mechanisms underlying drug addiction in general, and nicotine addiction in particular, are poorly understood. Further understanding of these mechanisms is possible by correlating molecular processes, directly with behavior. For instance, use of nicotine over long periods of time, is found to cause adaptive changes in the activity and even number of nicotinic receptors in the brain. These changes then result in the acquisition of nicotine tolerance, appearance of withdrawal symptoms, and then an increase in drug seeking behavior.

 One convenient method to further elucidate the processes underlying such long-term responses, is by using a genetically tractable worm called Caenorhabditis elegans as an experimental model system. C.elegans is transparent and lives in the soil. It can also be easily grown under laboratory conditions. Importantly, every cell in this animal has been mapped in terms of its location. Although the nervous system is simple in organization, its function is complex, and it does resemble the human system in terms of the repertoire of molecules involved. Using classical genetics, the more recently developed ‘genomics-based’ tools, and other behavioral studies possible on this worm, molecules that regulate the function of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and promote nicotine adaptation will be determined. The insights gained from these studies will prove useful for the identification of novel proteins that participate in nicotine addiction in the human brain.
New methods for searching tobacco industry documents
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: Investigating new methods for searching and displaying data is crucial to dealing with the overwhelming amount of information in many tobacco industry documents databases. People with different levels of expertise are expected to sort through search results and determine relevance. This research study proposes to study how people use a tobacco industry document database and how to make searching easier for people.

 We will conduct a survey of the users of the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library and the Tobacco Control Archives to determine who uses the documents and why. In addition, we will ask users what features they would find useful when searching. Then, we will develop and test two novel methods for searching the tobacco industry documents. The first method that we will test will be based on the Flamenco search interface. Flamenco uses data about the documents to enable keyword searching and browsing. The second method will be to develop a text data-mining engine, which will utilize statistical techniques, specifically for tobacco documents. This tool will help research by putting the connections of the documents in context. For example, a user might be interested in when the tobacco companies starting using a particular phrase or tactic.

 The tobacco industry documents have already been valuable for advancing public health objectives of reducing tobacco use and exposure. However, tobacco control researchers have done most document analyses. Developing new ways of searching could make the documents more available and open up analysis to other researchers and advocates. Our objective is to develop new methods of searching the tobacco industry documents by using informatics to discover new information about the tobacco industry. Using these methods will enable people to examine the industry in a different way and facilitate connections that were not easily made using a standard search engine. Despite the considerable effort and resources that have gone into establishing and maintaining these millions of documents, there have been no studies of methods to search the documents in a more effective manner.
Ariasa alboapicata
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
name: Heath, Maxine S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Ariasa
Ariasa alboapicata

description: Ariasa alboapicata (Distant, 1905)
Tympanoterpes alboapicata Distant 1905a: 313 (type material examined).
Type locality. Argentina.
Remarks. The species currently is known only from Argentina (Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013). It has been reported from Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán Provinces in Argentina (Hayward 1960; Bolcatto et al. 2006; De Santis et al. 2007). We collected specimens in Chaco, Córdoba, Entre Rios, La Rioja, San Juan, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán Provinces. The species is associated with the Chaco and Espinal floristic provinces (Sanborn et al. 2011a).
New provincial records. Chaco, Lapachito, 8 km NE Makale 22-XII-1986, F. Noriega coll. (one male, MSHC); Cordoba, Villa Dolores, 5-XII-1981, M.S. & J.E. Heath & F. Noriega coll., EX: Prosopis (nine males, MSHC); Cordoba, 18 km SW Soto, 14-XII-1986, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, MSHC); Cordoba, 18 km SW Soto, 14-XII- 1986, J.E. & M.S. Heath Coll., EX: Larrea (one male, MSHC); Cordoba, 18 km SW Soto, 14-XII-1986, M.S. & J.E. Heath Coll., EX: Larrea (one male, MSHC); Cordoba, 18 km SW Soto, 14-XII-1986, F. Noriega coll., EX: Larrea (one male, MSHC); Entre Rios, Dto. Federacion, Ruta 14, 2.5 km So. of Corrientes, 4-I-1988, Heath- Sanborn-Noriega Coll. (three males, MSHC, one male, AFSC); Entre Rios, Dto. Federacion, Ruta 14, 2.5 km So. of Corrientes, 4-I-1988, J.E. Heath Coll. (two males, MSHC); Entre Rios, Dto. Federacion, Ruta 14, 2.5 km So. of Corrientes, 4-I-1988, F. Noriega coll. (one male, MSHC); Entre Rios, Dto. Federacion, Ruta 14, 2.5 km So. of Corrientes, 4-I-1988, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, MSHC); La Rioja, South edge of La Rioja, 5-I-1987, M.S. & J.E. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); La Rioja, Dto. Capital, 6.5 km NE Bozan, 19-I-1988, Heath-Sanborn-Noriega Coll. (one male MSHC); La Rioja, 5 km South of San Antonio on Provincial Ruta 29, 8-I-1992, A. Sanborn Coll. (one male, AFSC); San Juan, 5 km S San Agustin de Valle Fertil, 8-I-1987, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, MSHC); Prov. San Luis, Ruta 141, 2 km East of Junction with Ruta 20, 7-I-1992, A. Sanborn Coll. (four males, AFSC).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F. & Heath, Maxine S., 2014, The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 3883 (1) on pages 63-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4951252
Ariasa arechavaletae
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
name: Heath, Maxine S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Ariasa
Ariasa arechavaletae

description: Ariasa arechavaletae (Berg, 1884)
Tympanoterpes arechavaletae Berg 1884: 111 (type material examined).
Type locality. Carmelo and Montevideo, Uruguay.
Remarks. The species was recorded from Argentina and Uruguay (Metcalf 1963a). We collected specimens in San Luis Province and the first author was sent specimens from Misiones and Santa Fe. The species is associated with the Chaco and Espinal floristic provinces (Sanborn et al. 2011a).
New provincial records. Misiones, Loreto, XII-1955, F.H. Walz (two females, AFSC); San Luis, Rt. 148— 22 km No. of Mercedes, 11-XII-1986, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, MSHC, one male, AFSC); San Luis, Rt. 148— 22 km No. of Mercedes, 11-XII-1986, F. Noriega coll. (three males, MSHC); Santa Fe, Carcarana (one male, one female, AFSC).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F. & Heath, Maxine S., 2014, The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 3883 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4951252
Coiled Tubing Equipment
Creators: name: Hadzinafizovic, Dzevad
Publisher: name: Dzevad Hadzihafizovic's Lab
Year: 2025
Subjects: Coiled Tubing Equipment

description: Objective: Provide general knowledge of CT operations, CT equipment and it’s functional requirements, operational parameters and well control requirements. Coiled Tubing Unit is a portable, hydraulically powered service system which is designed to inject and retrieve a continuous string of tubing. Coiled tubing has become a popular technology in the petroleum industry. It can be used for a variety of tasks in oil and gas operations, such as drilling and well intervention. Compared to traditional methods, coiled tubing is cost-effective and versatile, making it become a preferable technique in upstream activity. Coiled tubing is widely used due to its ability to reach inaccessible areas in wells. What Is Coiled Tubing? In the petroleum industry, coiled tubing is a continuous metal pipe with no joints ranging from 1 to 3.25 inches (25 to 83 mm) in diameter conveniently supplied spooled on a large reel. This coiled tubing serves multiple purposes, including interventions in oil and gas wells and production tubing in depleted gas wells. What Is Coiled Tubing Operation? In the oil and gas sector, coiled tubing operation is a technique used for well intervention without using traditional drill pipes. It employs a continuous coil of tubing, typically made of steel or composite material, wound onto a large spool and then inserted into the wellbore. This method allows for various tasks to be performed in the wellbore efficiently. Coil tubing is sometimes needed when the well completion and workover are performed.
Ariasa bilaqueata
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
name: Heath, Maxine S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Ariasa
Ariasa bilaqueata

description: Ariasa bilaqueata (Uhler, 1903). New record.
Cicada bilaqueata Uhler 1903: 7 (type material examined).
Type locality. Chapada, Brazil.
Remarks. The species was reported previously from Brazil (Metcalf 1963a) and Venezuela (Sanborn 2007a).
Material examined. Chaco Province, PN Chaco, Campground, 77 msnm, 10-I-2008, Hg–vapor, S 26 o 48.608’ W 59 o 36.893’, Moulds, Hill, Marshall & Goemans 08.AR.CC.CPL.21 (two females, UCMS); Corrientes Province, PN Mburucuyá, campground, 120 msnm, 8-I-2008, Hg–vapor, S 28 o 00.893’ W 58 o 02.262’, Moulds, Hill, Marshall & Goemans 08.AR.CN.MBU.08 (30 males and one female, UCMS).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F. & Heath, Maxine S., 2014, The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 3883 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4951252
Soluble homologs of the nicotinic receptor
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: Receptors are crucial proteins or machinery that help a nerve fire in the brain or muscle. Specifically, a receptor seizes a signal released from a previous nerve and then fires the nerve or tissue upon which the receptor is found thus propagating a nerve impulse. One such receptor is the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Its name derives from two chemicals known to be bound by the receptor thus activating it. The first, acetylcholine, is naturally occurring and constantly present. The second, nicotine, is not natural and enters the body though tobacco use. Nicotine finds its way to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor binds and fires the receptor. This unnatural event is brought under control but in the process leads to addiction. In order to understand addiction it would be helpful to understand the details of nicotine binding. Unfortunately receptors are so small that we can not simply visualize them by conventional methods. More sensitive methods require that the protein dissolve in pure water. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors from humans do not dissolve in water. However, recently a soluble nicotinic acetylcholine receptor was found in a fresh water snail. We have produced a second soluble receptor from a salt water snail. Using these two proteins I hope to elucidate the intimate details of nicotine binding to receptor. Furthermore these proteins provide a map where by the human receptors may be made soluble. Successful characterization of these types of protein will greatly enhance our knowledge of the effects of tobacco use.
PlanetaryPy: a Python community for Planetary Science
Creators: name: Annex, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: PlanetaryPy is a community lead effort established initially in 2015 to foster and grow a community of Python software practitioners within the Planetary Science Division (PSD). The PlanetaryPy Technical Committee (TC) is the governing body for the PlanetaryPy, which conducts meetings open to the public with minutes preserved at the TC GitHub repository. The goals of PlanetaryPy are to develop a core Python package for planetary science and to encourage and communicate open-source best practices to the broader community to help ensure compatibility between software packages. Topics of best practices maintained by PlanetaryPy include governance topics like code-of-conducts and software licenses, and software maintainability standards such as emphasizing test coverage and minimum supported Python versions. In addition to reviewing repositories for inclusion as affiliated packages that meet these standards, PlanetaryPy is investigating the addition of an incubation stage for projects that are still in early development.
Ariasa colombiae
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
name: Heath, Maxine S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Ariasa
Ariasa colombiae

description: Ariasa colombiae (Distant, 1892). New record.
Tympanoterpes colombiae Distant 1892: 60 (type material examined).
Type locality. Manaure and Bogota, Colombia and Venezuela.
Remarks. The species was reported previously from Colombia and Venezuela (Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2007a; 2010a). We collected specimens in Jujuy Province. The species is associated with the Chaco floristic province (Sanborn et al. 2011a).
Material examined. Jujuy Province, 5 km South of Fraile Pintado, 2-I-1987, F. Noriega coll. (one male, AFSC); Jujuy Province, 5 km South of Fraile Pintado, 2-I-1987, Al Sanborn Coll. (one female, MSHC); Jujuy Province, 5 km South of Fraile Pintado, 2-I-1987, M.S. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); Jujuy Province, 5 km South of Fraile Pintado, 2-I-1987, M.S. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F. & Heath, Maxine S., 2014, The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 3883 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4951252
Crude distillation unit (CDU) in petroleum industry
Creators: name: Hadzihafizovic, Dzevad
Publisher: name: Dzevad Hadzihafizovic's Lab
Year: 2024

description: GENERAL DESCRIPTION 

The Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) provides primary separation of crude oil feedstocks:Crude oil is preheated against product and pumparound streams before being routed to afire heater. The primary fractionation is carried out in the main crude column fractionatorand associated side stream strippers. Overhead naphtha is further processed in thenaphtha stabilizer column. Products are cooled and rundown to intermediate storage orfurther processing as appropriate. Light gas oil and heavy gas oil streams are vacuumdried prior to rundown.
RéSoNA-Wikimédia : Faire rayonner la science en formant à Wikimédia
Creators: name: Beaudouin, Pierre-Yves
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Wikimédia
RéSoNA
Science Ouverte

description: Rapport final d'accueil d'un wikimédien en résidence à l'Urfist de Bordeaux
Gymnodactylus sagittifer Nikolsky 1900
Creators: name: Ananjeva, Natalia B.
name: Milto, Konstantin D.
name: Barabanov, Andrei V.
name: Golynsky, Evgeny A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Phyllodactylidae
Gymnodactylus
Gymnodactylus sagittifer

description: Gymnodactylus sagittifer NIKOLSKY (“1899” 1900: 379)
Lectotype (designated by Szczerbak & Golubev 1986):
ZISP 9331, adult male, “Bampur in Kirmano orient.” [Bampur, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, 27.19 N 60.46 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, 30.VII.1898.
Paralectotypes:
ZISP 9332, 1 specimen, “Farra in Kirmano orient.” [Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, 27.211 N 60.69 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, 25.VII.1898.
ZISP 9333, 1 specimen, “Bampur in Kirmano orient.” [Bampur, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, 27.19 N 60.46 E]. Leg: N. A. Zarudny, 10.VII.1898.
Present name: Mediodactylus sagittifer (Nikolsky, 1900) fide Bauer et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Ananjeva, Natalia B., Milto, Konstantin D., Barabanov, Andrei V. & Golynsky, Evgeny A., 2020, An annotated type catalogue of amphibians and reptiles collected by Nikolay A Zarudny in Iran and Middle Asia, pp. 101-128 in Zootaxa 4722 (2) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3605815
RéSoNA-Wikimédia : Faire rayonner la science en formant à Wikimédia
Creators: name: Beaudouin, Pierre-Yves
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Wikimédia
RéSoNA
Science Ouverte

description: Rapport final d'accueille d'un wikimédien en résidence à l'Urfist de Bordeaux
Campagnes de communication sur Wikimédia via des bannières CentralNotice (affiche)
Creators: name: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Wikimédia
Science Ouverte
Communication
RéSoNA-Wikimédia
Résidence Wikimédia

description: Affiche présentant les principaux éléments d'une campagne de communication sur Wikimédia via des bannières CentralNotice.

Document réalisé dans le cadre du projet RéSoNA-Wikimédia d'accueil d'un wikimedien en résidence au sein de l'Urfist de Bordeaux afin d'accroître les liens entre l'Enseignement supérieur et la Recherche et le mouvement Wikimédia. Pour en savoir plus : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Wikifier la science/Bordeaux

Crédits : erfgoedbot, Elke Wetzig, CC-BY-SA-3.0
Ariasa nigrovittata Distant 1905
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
name: Heath, Maxine S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Ariasa
Ariasa nigrovittata

description: Ariasa nigrovittata Distant, 1905
Ariasa nigrovitatta Distant 1905a: 314 (type material examined).
Type locality. Central Brazil, Chapada (Brazil), and Bolivia.
Remarks. The species was reported from Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil (Metcalf 1963a) and was recently added to the cicada fauna of Paraguay (Sanborn 2011a). It has been recorded in Córdoba, Jujuy, and Tucumán Provinces in Argentina (Torres 1945b; Hayward 1960). We collected specimens in Chaco, Córdoba, Salta, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán Provinces. The species is associated with the Chaco floristic province (Sanborn et al. 2011a).
New provincial records. Chaco, Pampa del Infierno, 21-XII-1986, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, two females, MSHC); Chaco, Pampa del Infierno, 21-XII-1986, J.E. Heath Coll. (two males, MSHC); Salta, 9 km S Rts. 9 & 34, 19-XII-1986, J.E. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); Santiago del Estero, El Cabure, 9-I-1988, Heath-Sanborn- Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F. & Heath, Maxine S., 2014, The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 3883 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4951252
Résidence Science Ouverte Nouvelle Aquitaine Wikimédia - Enquête auprès de l'ESR néo aquitain
Creators: name: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Wikimédia
Science Ouverte
Questionnaire
RéSoNA-Wikimédia
Résidence Wikimédia

description: Questionnaire pour la phase de démarrage de la résidence.

Document réalisé dans le cadre du projet RéSoNA-Wikimédia d'accueil d'un wikimedien en résidence au sein de l'Urfist de Bordeaux afin d'accroître les liens entre l'Enseignement supérieur et la Recherche et le mouvement Wikimédia. Pour en savoir plus : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Wikifier la science/Bordeaux
Hemisciera Amyot & Audinet-Serville 1843
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
name: Heath, Maxine S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Hemisciera

description: Hemisciera Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Type species. Cicada maculipennis de Laport 1832: 412 (French Guiana).
Remarks. The genus is distributed over Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, and Peru (Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2011b; 2013).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F. & Heath, Maxine S., 2014, The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 3883 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4951252
Editorial
Creators: name: Freitas Pinto, Weiny César
name: Sanches, Aline
Publisher: name: Critical Hermeneutics
Year: 2024

description: Presente de maneira significativa na filosofia contemporânea, a psicanálise tornou-se objeto de permanente e vivo interesse para as principais tendências filosóficas do Séc. XX. Para onde quer que se olhe, da teoria crítica à fenomenologia, do existencialismo ao estruturalismo, da hermenêutica à filosofia da linguagem, da filosofia da ciência à filosofia da mente, é possível atestar a existência de uma ampla e variada recepção filosófica da psicanálise. A filosofia brasileira se insere com protagonismo neste grande quadro de interlocução entre discurso filosófico e discurso psicanalítico...
description: Critical Hermeneutics, Vol 8 No 2 (2024): Brazilian Philosophy of Psychoanalysis