cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Callyspongia rigida Desqueyroux-Faundez 1984
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Callyspongiidae
Callyspongia
Callyspongia rigida

description: Callyspongia rigida Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1984
(Figs. 3B–E)
Callyspongia rigida Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1984: 810, figs, 25, 182-188.
This combination, described by Desqueyroux-Faúndez from Passe de Boulari, New Caledonia, approximate coordinates 22.35°S 166.4333°E, depth 30 m (holotype MHNG 978/428) is a junior secondary homonym of Euchalina rigida Von Lendenfeld (1887: 817, no illustration) described from Port Jackson, Australia, approximate coordinates 33.85°S 151.25°E (dried holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.471) when it was transferred to genus Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 100). Callyspongia rigida (Von Lendenfeld, 1887) is currently accepted, but it is here transferred to subgenus Callyspongia (Callyspongia) based on the properties of the type species of Euchalina, i.e. E. typica Von Lendenfeld (1887: 817, pl, XVIII fig. 5, pl. XXVII fig. 24) (cf. Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: 88; confirmed in Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine 2002a: 837). E. typica is currently a junior synonym of Callyspongia (Callyspongia) nuda (Ridley, 1884).The present species must be renamed because both homonyms are assigned to the same genus (ICZN art. 59.1). I propose Callyspongia (Cladochalina) desqueyrouxfaundezae nom.nov. named after Ruth Desqueyroux-Faúndez. The subgenus assignment is based on the description and illustrations showing fasciculate primary spicule fibers, characteristic for the subgenus.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Leistus spinibarbis
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Leistus
Leistus spinibarbis

description: Leistus spinibarbis (Fabricius, 1775)
Diese sonst seltene Art zählte im Oktober 2015 neben Pterostichus micans Heer, 1838, Abax exaratus baenningeri Schauberger, 1927 und A. continuus wuesthoffi zu den häufigsten Laufkäferarten in den Wäldern des Mendrisiotto. Wiederholt fand ich sie in Copula.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2016, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz, pp. 53-67 in Entomo Helvetica 9 on page 63, DOI: 10.5169/seals-986145, http://zenodo.org/record/7901176
Essays on market microstructure
Creators: name: Otsubo, Yoichi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The first essay analyzes the market microstructure of the European Climate Exchange (ECX), the largest European Union Emissions Trading Scheme trading venue. Spreads range from 2 to 6 times the minimum tick increment on European Union Allowances (EUA) futures. Market impact estimates imply that an average trade will move the EUA market by 1.08 euro centimes. Information shares imply that approximately 90% of price discovery is taking place in the ECX futures market. We find imbalances in the order book help predict returns for up to three days. A simple trading strategy that enters the market long or short when the order imbalance is strong is profitable even after accounting for spreads and market impact.   The second essay provides a case that the Thompson-Waller (TW) estimator would have downward bias, which has not been carefully discussed in the literature. Such case is that (i) the buy (sell) order tends to follow buy (sell) order and (ii) the price changes associated to such orders are small. The upward bias of the TW estimator would be canceled out by the downward bias, and in such case the estimator would perform better than the other absolute price change methods. The application to the EUA futures contract trading implies that its trading pattern and the price change provide the conditions that reduce the bias of the TW estimator. The Madhavan, Richardson and Roomans model is applied to examine the spread component of the market. A dominance of asymmetric information component in the spread is found. The fraction of the spread attributable to that component increases gradually during the observation period.  The final essay examines price discovery of Japanese companies' Tokyo-New York cross-listed shares. Kalman filter is utilized to estimate partial price adjustment model. By employing Kalman filter, the present research can deal with missing values problem researchers has to confront in order to analyze non-overlapping markets such as Tokyo and New York. I find that events with larger magnitude of efficient price change occur during Tokyo opening hours. Dynamic measure shows that New York Stock Exchange is more efficient in price discovery.
Pompilus truchmenus
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Pompilus
Pompilus truchmenus

description: Parabatozonus truchmenus (Morawitz, 1888)
Pompilus truchmenus Morawitz, 1888:276, ♀.—bei Ass-chabad [Ashkhabad]
Distribution in Iran: BUSHEHR (HAUPT 1929B, 1938); NO LOCALITy CITED (GUSSAKOVSKIJ 1932 — AS Batozonus truchmenus (MORAWITZ, 1888)).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 468, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Ceraochalina reticutis var. salomonensis Dendy 1922
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Poecilosclerida
Microcionidae
Ceraochalina
Ceraochalina reticutis
Ceraochalina reticutis var. salomonensis dendy, 1922

description: Ceraochalina reticutis var. salomonensis Dendy, 1922
Ceraochalina reticutis var. salomonensis Dendy, 1922: 43 (no illustration).
The variety was described by Dendy from the Salomon Islands, Western Indian Ocean, Sea Lark Exped. Stat. CXX1, approximate coordinates 5.338°S 72.19°E, depth 27 m (wet holotype specimen BMNH 1921.11.7.35). It was erected on the shape of the thin strongylote spicules, differing from predominantly oxeote spicules found in the typical variety Ceraochalina reticutis Dendy, 1905: 153, pl. X fig.8 (currently Callyspongia (Callyspongia) reticutis) from the Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka, approximate coordinates 9°N 79°E, wet holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.51). Habitus and spicule lengths are similar in both varieties. In other Callyspongia species, see Caribbean species described in e.g. Van Soest (1980), strongylote vs. oxeote spicules often co-occur with other species characters, so it is likely a character distinguishing species. For that reason, I provisionally maintain the present variety as a valid species, to be named Callyspongia (Callyspongia) salomonensis (Dendy, 1922).
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Reprogramming Breast Cancer Epithelial Cells
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: Most breast cancers originate from previously normal breast epithelial cells. During this transformation into cancer cells, the epithelial cells often lose the expression of cell adhesion molecules. These transformed breast cancer cells are no longer regulated by normal cell-cell contact and environmental factors. Also accompanying this is the loss both of cell polarity and of a sensitivity to being detached from the extracellular matrix (anoikis-sensitivity), that in normal cells would cause cell death (apoptosis). We believe that at certain initiation (and perhaps advanced) stages of breast cancer there exist opportunities to reverse the cellular changes associated with malignant transformation. It is the focus of our research to identify cellular mechanisms to reprogram cancer cells back into their previously normal phenotype. In some respects this is analogous to reversing an epithelial-to-mesenchymal differentiation that occurs in development.

 Recently, our laboratory has identified a viral gene product that converts human carcinoma cells and mesenchymal tumor cells into normal epithelial cells. This gene product, called the adenovirus ‘Ela’ 243 amino acid protein, is a nuclear DNA (gene)-regulatory protein. Ela does not bind directly to DNA, but acts as a cofactor with other DNA ‘adapter’ proteins, such as p300 and CBP. It is thought that the ‘signal’ for such DNA regulation relates to the critical adhesion events that are lost when cells become cancerous. Thus, Ela serves to selectively repress mesenchymal genes, thereby maintaining cells in the normal epithelial state. We think that the normal epithelial cell represents a default state. Moreover, it suggests that carcinoma cells and mesenchymal tumor cells can be induced to revert into this default state simply by inactivating the p300/CBP adapter proteins. The ‘default-phenotype’ hypothesis will be tested by determining if epithelial conversion can be achieved by inactivating the adapter proteins without the use of Ela. Our experiments on Ela and the target adapter proteins will use tumor cell lines and the primary method will be microinjection of antibodies and other compounds.

 Our hypothesis of reprogramming transformed cancer cells with Ela opens several novel avenues to treatment. An added feature of this approach is that it could be useful even if only a fraction of the tumor cells are ‘reprogrammed’. Ela-converted cells become targets for immune response in the host, which can attack neighboring tumor cells. Further, the Ela protein could serve as a ‘template’ for designing drugs that mimic its activity.
A Graph-Based Model for Leveraging Spatial and Fingerprint Similarity in RF-based Indoor Positioning
Creators: name: Self, LM
name: Wassell, IJ
Publisher: name: CEUR-WS.org
Year: 2024

description: A limitation on conventional deep learning methods for fingerprint-based indoor positioning is the difficulty in leveraging the underlying geometry of the environment. Solutions to this involving Graph Neural Networks have been proposed, however these place a dominant focus on the geometric relationships between reference points (RPs), which are often sparse in number, and ignore the relationships between the training data. In this work, we present a proof-of-concept model for RF-based indoor positioning based on Graph Neural Networks that captures both the spatial relationships between RPs and the similarity between fingerprints of the training database. We use a Graph Attention Network to train a graph composed of 31 000 power readings gathered from a large office simulation of a environment produced using a commercial ray-tracer, and a Graph Convolutional Network to model the spatial relationships between RPs. Preliminary evaluation shows a positioning accuracy of 0.78 m, a 29% improvement over benchmark models using kNN, MLP and Random Forest, and suggests that combining both graph models outperforms the use of either model independently.
Harpalus xanthopus subsp. winkleri Schauberger 1923
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Harpalus
Harpalus xanthopus
Harpalus xanthopus winkleri schauberger, 1923

description: Harpalus xanthopus winkleri Schauberger, 1923
Eischoll (VS), Trogmatte, 1240 m, 626.5/ 126.8, 10.4.2012: 2 Ind.
Erstmeldung für den Kanton Wallis – nach W. Marggi und Y. Chittaro wurde H. xanthopus winkleri auch unlängst in Leuk gefunden (pers. Mitt.). Die Art wurde bislang nur in den Kantonen Graubünden und Tessin gemeldet, zuletzt jeweils 1996. Die beiden aufgeführten Tiere fand ich unter Steinen einer ostexponierten Böschung (Abb. 6).
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2016, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz, pp. 53-67 in Entomo Helvetica 9 on page 62, DOI: 10.5169/seals-986145, http://zenodo.org/record/7901176
Gelliodes carnosa var. laxa Dendy 1922
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Niphatidae
Gelliodes
Gelliodes carnosa
Gelliodes carnosa var. laxa dendy, 1922

description: Gelliodes carnosa var. laxa Dendy, 1922
(Fig. 3H)
Gelliodes carnosa var. laxa Dendy, 1922: 29, pl. 2 fig. 1.
The variety was described by Dendy from Cargados Carajos, approximate coordinates 16.5667°S 59.6167°E, depth 48 m, and from Amirante, Seychelles (with syntypes BMNH 1921.11.7.16, and 1925.11.1.934 & 1177). The typical variety from Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar, approximate coordinates 8.9°N 78.2°E (syntypes BMNH 1889.1.21.6, 44–45 & 78) as described by Dendy (1889: 83) appears rather more similar to the var. laxa than to the specimen pictured and described by Dendy (1905: 137, pl. VII fig. 5, from Cod Bay, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, approximate coordinates 8°57N 81.2°E), as it is more squat and its oxeas are indicated to become ‘vestigial’. Although the 1889 type description is not accompanied by an illustration of the habitus, it does not seem to be clearly different in shape and skeletal features from the var. laxa. I believe the three reports of this species by Dendy (twice named Gelliodes carnosa, once given the varietal name laxa) are all conspecific and represent variations of the same Central and Western Indian Ocean Gelliodes species. Accordingly, I propose here to merge the var. laxa and the typical variety into a single species, Gelliodes carnosa Dendy, 1889.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Gelliodes fayalensis var. minor Topsent 1928
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Niphatidae
Gelliodes
Gelliodes fayalensis
Gelliodes fayalensis var. minor topsent, 1928

description: Gelliodes fayalensis var. minor Topsent, 1928
Gelliodes fayalensis var. minor Topsent, 1928: 318 (no illustration).
The variety was described by Topsent from Prince Albert 1 er Monaco Cruises Stat. 891, off Porto Santo, Madeira archipelago, 33.033°N 16.317°W, depth 100 m (type material in MOM, with a slide in MNHN DT 1108) was erected on the basis of shorter and thinner oxeas compared to two specimens of the typical variety described by Topsent (1892: 78, pl. III fig. 13, pl. IX fig. 11, collected by the Prince Albert 1 er Monaco Cruises Stat. 247, from 130 m depth in the strait between Pico and Fayal in the Azores, 38.3831°N 30.3331°W, type in MOM and slide in MNHN DT 1058): 200 x 5–5.5 µm vs. 270 x 9 µm in the typical variety. More importantly, the sigmas were smaller: 12–15 µm in the present variety vs 20–28 µm in the typical variety. The habit of the variety was not depicted but was apparently similar to that of the typical variety. In Topsent’s 1904 report on the sponges of the Azores another five specimens of the typical variety are mentioned but no descriptive details on habit or spicules were provided. Sitja & Maldonado (2014: 171) reported and described specimens of Gelliodes fayalensis from 87–92 m depth in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean). These authors did not discuss the var. minor, but their spicule size data covered the size range between Topsent’s typical variety and the var. minor: oxeas 200–400 x 2–5 µm, possibly in two length categories, and sigmas 15–27 µm. These data from a single specimen indicate that Topsent’s varieties cannot be confidently distinguished. Accordingly, I propose to merge the var. minor with the typical variety and consider them synonymous as Gelliodes fayalensis Topsent, 1928.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Pedinpompilus speculabundus
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Pedinpompilus
Pedinpompilus speculabundus

description: Pedinpompilus speculabundus (Haupt, 1929b)
Psammochares (Psammochares) speculabundus Haupt, 1929b:131, ♀.— Buschir (Persien) (HALLE).
Distribution in Iran: BUSHEHR (HAUPT 1929B; WOLF 1977 — AS Psammochares speculabundus HAUPT, 1929 B; WOLF 1978; WOLF et al. 2009).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 468, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum 1903
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Callyspongiidae
Chalinissa
Chalinissa elongata
Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula thum, 1903

description: Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum, 1903
(Fig. 3F)
Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum, 1903: 13, figs. 8–9.
Axinella elongata var. tenuispicula; Willenz 1994: 7.
Although Chalinissa Von Lendenfeld, 1887 is a junior synonym of Axinella Schmidt, 1862, because Burton (1927: 502) assigned the first species of Chalinissa mentioned by Von Lendenfeld, Isodictya dissimilis Bowerbank, 1866 (= Axinella dissimilis), as type species, the species C. elongata Von Lendenfeld (1887: 774) was reassigned by Burton as a junior synonym of Chalinissa communis Von Lendenfeld (1887: 772), which in turn was assigned to the synonymy of Callyspongia serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 102). Thum’s var. tenuispiculata (dried holotype RBINS POR. 020) is incompletely described and no locality is mentioned, but it is possibly from Australian waters, because this author persistently cited species names from Von Lendenfeld’s ‘Chalineen des Australischen Gebietes’. The variety is stated to be similar to C. elongata but possessed smaller spicules, hence the name. Oxea length of the typical variety of Von Lendenfeld was given as 83 x 5 µm, that of Thum’s variety was not given but from his Fig. 9 I deduced they were 50–70 x 2–3 µm, a difference that hardly merits distinction. I propose to merge Thum’s variety with the typical variety and assign both to the synonymy of Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamark, 1814).
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Diogenes spinicarpus Rahayu and Forest 1995
Creators: name: Ririhena, Dharma Arif Nugroho Dwi Listyo Rahayu Rianta Pratiwi Rena Tri Hernawati Ujang Nurhaman John Etry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Diogenidae
Diogenes
Diogenes spinicarpus

description: Diogenes spinicarpus Rahayu and Forest, 1995
(Fig. 8D)
description: Published as part of Ririhena, Dharma Arif Nugroho Dwi Listyo Rahayu Rianta Pratiwi Rena Tri Hernawati Ujang Nurhaman John Etry, 2024, Hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae, Calcinidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae) from Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, pp. 1-24 in Nauplius (e 20240507) (e 20240507) 32 on page 17, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e20240507, http://zenodo.org/record/14668576
Gold nanoparticle dimers for SERS-based targeted detection of human glioblastoma cells
Creators: name: Paladini, Bryan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Gold nanospheres are linked by a Raman active dithiolated linker molecule forming dimer and trimer assemblies.  These nanoparticles are capped with polyethylene glycol for stability and functionalized with peptides for glioblastoma cell targeting and penetration.  Results show stability in vitro and cellular uptake of the nanoparticles.  After endocytosis, a surface enhanced Raman scattering signal from the nanoparticles can be detected from inside the cells.  Such a nanoparticle systems sets the ground work for developing versatile Raman-based tools designed for a range of biomedical applications.
Pompilus Fabricius 1798
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Pompilus

description: Genus Pompilus Fabricius, 1798
Pompilus Fabricius, 1798:246. Type species: Pompilus pulcher Fabricius, 1798.
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 468, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Αξιολόγηση της ενδοθηλιακής λειτουργίας στην κύηση με τη χρήση Flow Mediated Dilation (FMD)
Creators: name: Παΐδα, Μελπομένη Σταματίου_Χατζάκης
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ενδοθήλιο
Κύηση
Εξαρτημένη από το ενδοθήλιο αγγειοδιαστολή
Endothelium
Pregnancy
Flow-mediated dilation

description: Η μελέτη της ενδοθηλιακής λειτουργίας απασχολεί εδώ και δεκαετίες σημαντικό αριθμό ερευνητών, οι οποίοι έχουν προτείνει αρκετές μεθόδους για τη μέτρησή της. Μία από τις πιο γνωστές είναι η εξαρτημένη από το ενδοθήλιο αγγειοδιαστολή (FMD), η οποία χρησιμοποιείται σε μεγάλο βαθμό σε έρευνες, καθώς πρόκειται για μη επεμβατική μέθοδο. Καθώς η κύηση είναι μία κατάσταση που επιφέρει αλλαγές στο καρδιαγγειακό σύστημα, κρίθηκε αναγκαία η μελέτη της ενδοθηλιακής λειτουργίας μέσω του FMD κατά τη διάρκειά της. Η παρούσα εργασία πραγματεύεται τη χρήση του FMD κατά τη διάρκεια της κύησης, τόσο σε ανεπίπλεκτες όσο και σε επιπλεγμένες με παθολογία κυήσεις. Πρόκειται για μία συστηματική βιβλιογραφική ανασκόπηση προοπτικών κλινικών μελετών και τυχαιοποιημένων ελεγχόμενων δοκιμών που διερευνούν το FMD στην κύηση. Η ανάλυση των αποτελεσμάτων από την ανασκόπηση της βιβλιογραφίας καταδεικνύει την ύπαρξη αλλαγών στην ενδοθηλιακή λειτουργία σε ανεπίπλεκτες κυήσεις, καθώς και σημεία ενδοθηλιακής δυσλειτουργίας σε κυήσεις που επιπλέκονται με σακχαρώδη διαβήτη κύησης, αρτηριακή υπέρταση κύησης και προεκλαμψία, που εκδηλώνονται ως μείωση του FMD σε σχέση με τις ομάδες ελέγχου. Πολλές έρευνες είχαν αντικρουόμενα αποτελέσματα μεταξύ τους, γεγονός που καταδεικνύει τη σημασία της ορθής μεθοδολογίας στη συλλογή του δείγματος αλλά και της τυποποίησης της τεχνική μέτρησης του FMD. Μαζί με την απουσία αξιόπιστων τιμών αναφοράς του FMD τόσο εντός όσο και εκτός κύησης, γίνεται σαφής η ανάγκη εκπόνησης περαιτέρω μελετών ώστε να καλυφθούν τα παραπάνω ερευνητικά κενά.
description: For decades there has been a significant amount of research on endothelial function and various methods for its assessment have been suggested. Flow-mediated dilation is one of the most known and, due to its non-invasive nature, has been widely used by researchers. The changes the cardiovascular system undergoes during pregnancy rendered assessment of endothelial function with FMD necessary. The current study aims to research FMD during both complicated and uncomplicated pregnancies. To that end, a systematic literature review of prospective clinical trials and randomized controlled trials on FMD in pregnancy was conducted. Results demonstrate changes in endothelial function in uncomplicated pregnancies as well as evidence of endothelial dysfunction in pregnancies complicated with gestational diabetes mellitus, gestational hypertension and preeclampsia, namely reduced FMD compared to control groups. Results among studies vary and are often contradictory, which showcases the importance of proper methodology in sample collection and FMD measurement technique standardization. Along with the lack of reliable reference values for FMD in pregnant and non-pregnant populations, the need for further research to fill these research gaps becomes evident.
Ocys quinquestriatus
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Ocys
Ocys quinquestriatus

description: Ocys quinquestriatus (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Köniz (BE), Heitibüffel, 580 m, 593.7 /191.1, 24.2.2014: 1 Ind.
Unter ähnlichen Umständen gefunden, wie in Hoess (2009) angegeben. Ausser diesen Funden ist die Art in der Schweiz seit 2000 dem CSCF nicht gemeldet worden.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2016, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz, pp. 53-67 in Entomo Helvetica 9 on page 63, DOI: 10.5169/seals-986145, http://zenodo.org/record/7901176
The impact of the semantic content of L1 and L2 maskers on L1 target transcription
Creators: name: Rice, Emily
name: Knight, Sarah
name: de Bruin, Angela
name: Muradás-Taylor, María
name: Mattys, Sven
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: semantic interference
dual-language context
bilingual listening
informational masking

description: Listening to a talker is more challenging when their language matches that of a competing (masker) talker (single-language context) than when target and masker speech are in different languages (dual-language context) (Brouwer et al., 2012, doi:10.1121/1.3675943). The Target-Masker Similarity Hypothesis attributes this to acoustical overlaps between languages, where greater similarity makes streams harder to separate. For bilinguals, when the target is the first language (L1), ignoring a second language (L2) masker may also be easier due to the L2’s lower activation levels, causing less interference than an L1 masker. This raises questions about whether it is easier to ignore L2 speech primarily due to acoustical differences or also differences in activation levels.

The masker’s semantic content might also influence interference (i.e., informational masking). Research in single-language contexts suggests that maskers undergo some semantic processing. For example, perception of a semantically meaningful target is more impaired by a meaningful (e.g., “Rice is often served in round bowls”) than anomalous (e.g., “The great car met the milk”) masker. Most research compares interference caused by semantically meaningful vs. anomalous maskers; however, it is also possible to investigate whether the semantic relatedness of a meaningful masker to a target interferes with perception. If there is a semantic interference effect when the target is L1 and the masker is L1 or L2, it would suggest that maskers in any known language undergo semantic processing. However, if this semantic effect is absent with an L2 masker, it would suggest that bilinguals activate meaning only for L1 maskers due to the L1’s higher activation levels.

We investigated this by presenting Spanish-English bilinguals (target N = 120, current N = 88) with pairs of simultaneous sentences. In each pair, the target sentence was Spanish (L1), while the masker was either Spanish (L1) or English (L2). The masker was either semantically related or unrelated to the target.

We hypothesise that transcription accuracy will be higher with an L2 than L1 masker, in line with the Target-Masker Similarity Hypothesis. If this effect results only from acoustical differences between the languages, then the difference between L1 and L2 masker conditions should not vary across semantic conditions. However, if different activation levels influence the masker language effect, then an effect of semantic relatedness will be apparent with an L1 masker, but not L2. This would indicate that L1, but not L2, background speech is semantically processed. Preliminary data from this study will be presented.
Hemigellius calyx var. indica Dendy 1922
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Niphatidae
Hemigellius
Hemigellius calyx
Calyx var. indica dendy, 1922

description: Gelliu s calyx var. indica Dendy, 1922
Gelliu s calyx var. indica Dendy, 1922: 27 (no illustration).
The variety was described by Dendy from Saya de Malha in the Western Indian Ocean, 10.4883°S 61.4833°E, depth down to 914 m (wet holotype specimen BMNH 1921.11.7.13) is inferred to be a Hemigellius, because the typical variety G. calyx Ridley & Dendy (1886: 334; 1887: 43, pl. VIII fig. 6, pl. XIII figs. 2 and 9, from deep water in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Rio de la Plata, Argentina, 37.2833°S 53.8667°W, depth 1097 m, wet holotype specimen BMNH 1887.5.2.255) was reassigned as type species of the genus Calyxadocia De Laubenfels, 1936: 70, which in turn was assigned subsequently to the synonymy of Hemigellius Burton, 1932 by Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine (2002b: 885) as Hemigellius calyx. The typical variety differs substantially from the present variety, the latter having a shape less pronouncedly stalked, with oxeas smaller and thinner than in the typical variety (530 x 10 µm vs 500–700 x 22 µm) and sigmas larger than in the typical variety (37 vs 20 µm). These differences combined with the distance in occurrence of the two taxa induce me to propose to consider them separate species, to be named Hemigellius calyx (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) and Hemigellius indicus (Dendy, 1922).
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Predicting dropout from an alcoholism treatment program using a state database
Creators: name: O'Dea, James M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This retrospective study attempts to identify variables predictive of treatment dropout, using the information collected in the New Jersey Substance Abuse Monitoring System, a data collection program based on the Addiction Severity Index, and used by the large majority of substance abuse treatment programs in the State. Client characteristics, client/clinician interaction, program characteristics/environment and practical barriers to treatment were examined as potential predictors of dropout. The dependent variable was completed treatment/quit or dropped out. The sample consisted of all clients (704), 184 women and 520 men whose primary drug of abuse was alcohol, who were treated in large drug free outpatient program between January 1, 2004 and May 31, 2007, at a medical center in Union County, New Jersey. The mean age of the subjects was 39.8 years. A series of bivariate analyses were performed using Chi-Square and t tests to select a group of potential predictor variables. These were then used as independent variables in logistic regressions in an attempt to find the variables with the best predictive validity for treatment dropout. Length of stay was found to be a good predictor of dropout, with clients with shorter lengths of stay being more likely to leave treatment before completion. Level of treatment intensity, assessed by the program the client was referred to (Standard Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient, or Partial Hospital) was also found to predict dropout, with clients treated in the Standard Outpatient Program more than three times as likely to complete treatment as those treated in the other two programs. The predictive validity for dropout for some variables were different for men than for women –for men, but not for women, living with their children, and being mandated into treatment reduced the likelihood of dropout. Women who used alcohol and one other drug were 3.5 times as likely to drop out as women using alcohol only, but the number of drugs used was not predictive of dropout for men. The study tested whether subjects with more severe bio-psycho-social problems, as measured by the sum of the ASI composite scores, were more at risk of dropout, however this proved unfounded.
Gelliodes benedeni var. fortior Topsent 1917
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Niphatidae
Gelliodes
Gelliodes benedeni
Gelliodes benedeni var. fortior topsent, 1917

description: Gelliodes benedeni var. fortior Topsent, 1917
(Fig. 3G)
Gelliodes benedeni var. fortior Topsent, 1917: 75, pl. II fig. 1, pl. VI fig. 22; Burton 1929: 421; Burton 1932: 272; Desqueyroux 1975: 73.
Gellius benedeni var. fortior: Koltun 1964: 105.
Microxina benedeni var. fortior; Burton 1932: 271 (as junior synonym of M. benedeni). Microxina benedeni fortior; Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: 321 (as jun. syn. of M. benedeni); Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine 2002b: 886.
The variety was described by Topsent from the Antarctic Peninsula, 64. 8333°S 63.6167°W, depth 92 m (two cylindrical syntypes, MNHN DT 699 and DT 700). The specimens are similar to the typical variety in shape and possess trichodragmas. Burton (1929: 423) stated the raphides/microxeas were rare, so probably foreign, and he synonymized the variety with Gelliodes benedeni Topsent, 1901. Subsequently, Burton (1932: 271) alleged that in some specimens of a series of specimens collected by the Discovery Expedition sigmas may have deformed to become crooked microxeas, and he also reported raphides in one specimen. It remains to be established whether this large variation in microsclere shapes and categories is part of a variable spicule complement. For the time being I propose to keep the two varieties as separate taxa, and in view of the sympatric occurrence, it appears prudent to recognize them as valid species, the present variety to be named Gelliodes fortior Topsent, 1917. Membership of Gelliodes benedeni of genus Microxina Topsent, 1901, as intimated by Burton (1932) and implicitly also by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) and Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine (2002b) is questioned by Ĝcke & Janussen 2013: 80, as G. benedeni appears to lack the synapomorphy for the genus (microxeas). Likewise, membership of the present species, G. fortior appears unclear as its trichodragmas are unlike the microxeas of Microxina.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Olisthopus rotundatus
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Olisthopus
Olisthopus rotundatus

description: Olisthopus rotundatus (Paykull, 1790)
Jaun (FR), Obere Euschels, 1520 m, 588.4 /164.9, 21.7.2015: 1 Ind.
Olisthopus rotundatus wurde in der Schweiz zuletzt 1988 gefunden. Das hier erwähnte Exemplar wurde unter einem Stein am Wegesrand entdeckt. Daneben befand sich ein grosser flacher Lesesteinhaufen (Abb. 7), wie es auf der benachbarten Weide noch zahlreiche weitere gab. Der Weg wird nur extensiv vom Vieh und den Bewirtschaftern begangen. Ähnliche Umstände werden in Dietrich (1865) und Marggi (1992) genannt. Die Intensivierung der Landwirtschaft hat diese empfindliche Art an den Rand des Aussterbens gebracht.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2016, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz, pp. 53-67 in Entomo Helvetica 9 on page 63, DOI: 10.5169/seals-986145, http://zenodo.org/record/7901176
Electromagnetic and Thermal Modeling of TSVs/TOVs in 3D ICs
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 semiconductor industry is at an interesting crossroads, where traditional scaling of CMOS devices is beginning to confront significant challenges that are threatening to derail the more than four-decades old Moore’s law. 3D integrated circuits (3D ICs) offer an exciting alternative, where in lieu of scaling, continuous increase in functionality, performance and integration density can be sustained indefinitely by stacking semiconductor layers on top of each other in a “monolithic” manner. A 3D IC is comprised of two or more active (semiconducting) layers that have been thinned, bonded and interconnected using special vertical wires drilled through the active layers known as “Through Silicon Vias (TSV)” or “Through Oxide Vias (TOV)”. When TSVs (10-100 micrometer long) are used to replace the longest (several millimeters) on-chip horizontal wires as well as some chip-to-chip connections (on printed circuit boards), significant reduction in wire delay and chip power dissipation can be achieved. Moreover, 3D ICs also offer the most promising platform to implement “More-than-Moore” technologies, bringing heterogeneous materials (Silicon, III-V semiconductors, Graphene, etc) and technologies (memory, logic, RF, mixed-signal, MEMS, optoelectronics, etc) on a single chip. However, modeling and analysis of interconnects in 3D ICs present new and significantly more complex problems. In contrast with traditional interconnects, the modeling of high aspect-ratio TSVs embedded in a semiconducting material with non-uniform currents in the third dimension, and electromagnetic coupling of interconnects with multiple conductive substrates at high-frequencies, constitute new challenges for design and design-automation methods. Furthermore, the high power-density in 3D ICs due to multiple active layers and their limited heat removal options give rise to large three-dimensional thermal gradients, making it important to consider the coupling between thermal and electromagnetic properties of interconnects and the surrounding media. Finally, the need for accuracy is accompanied by the computational challenge of handling a large number of coupled interconnects at the system level, as 3D integration further exacerbates the size of the interconnect problem. This project will develop the necessary foundations for electrical and thermal modeling and analysis of interconnects in 3D ICs, considering the electromagnetic coupling of general 3D interconnects with multiple substrates at ultra-high frequencies as well as the physical attributes of high aspect-ratio TSVs/TOVs. Inherently efficient analytical techniques will be employed to enable full-chip modeling of the large system of interconnects. The models will be verified and calibrated against electromagnetic simulators as well as experimental results on fabricated TSV/TOV structures.
Pompilus cinereus
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Pompilus
Pompilus cinereus

description: Pompilus cinereus (Fabricius, 1775)
Sphex cinerea Fabricius, 1775:350.—nova Hollandia (BMNH).
Distribution in Iran: HAMADAN (WOLF et al. 2009— Pompilus cinereus cinereus (FABRICIUS, 1775)), KHUZESTAN (WOLF et al. 2009), MAZANDARAN (DAy 1981; HAUPT 1929A—AS Psammochares plumbeus (FABRICIUS, 1798)), SISTAN- O BALUCHESTAN (WOLF 1970A—AS Pompilus plumbeus (FABRICIUS, 1787); WOLF et al. 2009).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Ophonus cordatus
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Ophonus
Ophonus cordatus

description: Ophonus cordatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Martigny (VS), Ruine Château Bâtiaz, Vigne, 570 m, 571.3 / 106.0, 11.7.2014: 1 Ind.
Visp (VS), Schlüsselachra unten, 680 m, 633.8 / 126.7, 11.7.2014: 1 Ind. Diese gesamtschweizerisch seltene Art wurde zuletzt 1992 gefunden. Aus dem Wallis lag nur ein alter undatierter Fund vor (vergleiche Marggi 1992). Der Halsschild ist noch stärker herzförmig als bei O. puncticollis (Paykull, 1798). Zudem ist die Scheibe bis wenig vor dem Hinterrand stark gewölbt, während sie bei O. puncticollis zur Basis stark abgeflacht ist. Das Weibchen aus Visp ist zweifarbig, wie dies in Müller-Motzfeld (2006) aufgeführt wird. Beim Männchen aus Martigny ist nur der Vorderkörper hell, die Elytren sind ganz dunkel. Bei O. puncticollis ist auch der Vorderkörper dunkel. Am männlichen Genital lassen sich die beiden Arten ebenfalls leicht unterscheiden (siehe Müller-Motzfeld 2006). Erstaunlich ist, dass beide Tiere am selben Tag, aber nicht in der gleichen Gegend erbeutet wurden. Möglicherweise spielte das Wetter eine Rolle: Der Himmel war bedeckt, und vorgängig hatte es geregnet. Bei Martigny fand ich die Art auf einem kurzgrasigen Weg neben einer Trockensteinmauer in einem Rebberg (Abb. 8), bei Visp unter trockenem Grasstroh am Fusse einer überhängenden Felswand.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2016, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz, pp. 53-67 in Entomo Helvetica 9 on page 63, DOI: 10.5169/seals-986145, http://zenodo.org/record/7901176
Sustaining volcanism in central Kamchatka
Creators: name: Nikulin, Alex
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Flux-induced melting in the mantle wedge acts as the driving mechanism of arc volcanism in subduction zone environments. The primary control on the geographical position of arc volcanic centers is the depth of the subducting plate beneath the overriding plate. Globally, the average depth to the subducting plate beneath volcanic arcs is estimated at ~100km. Volcanoes of the Central Kamchatka Depression in Eastern Russia comprise the most active volcanic arc system in the world with the depth of the subducting Pacific plate beneath the arc estimated at 180-200km, greatly in excess of the global average. In my research I attempt to describe the special tectonic circumstances that explain the deviation of the subduction depth constraint on arc volcanism in Central Kamchatka.   In my study I rely on geophysical and geochemical data and petrological modeling to propose a new geodynamic model to explain voluminous volcanic activity in Central Kamchatka. In the initial stage of the study I conducted a geophysical investigation using receiver function methodology to map and describe the contact of the subducting Juan de Fuca Plate in the well-instrumented Cascadia subduction zone. I calculated and compiled a database of receiver function profiles from stations along the extent of the Cascadia forearc and mapped a low velocity anisotropic zone proposed to be serpentinized material along the forearc axis. In the second stage of my study I applied a similar methodology to describe the sub-crustal structure of Central Kamchatka. Results of this effort suggested presence of a low-velocity zone in the upper mantle separate from the subducting Pacific plate. I proceeded to investigate the tectonic origin of this feature in the final stage of my dissertation work with the use of receiver function migration, geochemical analysis and petrological modeling. I was able to further constrain the position of the low velocity anomaly and derive geochemical and petrological evidence linking the anomaly to a second source of melting driving volcanism of the Central Kamchatka arc.
Pseudopompilus Costa 1887
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Pseudopompilus

description: Genus Pseudopompilus Costa, 1887
Pseudopompilus Costa, 1887:80. Type species: Pompilus antonini De Stefani, 1884 by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Polymer based immune modulation for the generation of an anti-tumor immune response
Creators: name: Nikitczuk, Kevin P.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Increasing emphasis is being placed on overcoming tumor-associate immune escape mechanisms that facilitate disease progression.  Understanding this immune tolerance and developing methods to overcome it provide advanced understanding to further develop vaccine strategies. In the current work we have engineered a polymer based therapy that enhances cellular immunity capable of generating anti-tumor activity. We have determined that a poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) based delivery system encapsulating tumor associated antigen (ovalbumin, OVA) and the TLR9 agonist CpG motif DNA can initiate an effective type 1 mediated response. Local administration of the polymer therapy on E.G7-OVA lymphoma bearing mice significantly delayed tumor progression by eliciting a strong local and systemic IFN-γ mediated anti-tumor response. It was found that this response worked independently of antigen specific CTLs, which were active in the tumor draining lymph nodes yet incapable of retarding tumor formation. In analyzing the dendritic cell response to this polymer system, it was demonstrated that this delivery system indeed increased the Th1 phenotype of dendritic cells as measured by an increase in cell surface expression of CD80, CD86 and MHCII and secretion of the cytokines IL-12 and IFN-γ. In addition, introducing the immune modulator 1-Methyl Tryptophan (1-MT) in concert with the antigen and adjuvant enhanced the dendritic cell Th1 profile when delivered via the PLGA vesicle. Taken together, these studies demonstrate the immunological mechanisms and benefits of a PLGA based delivery system.