cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Information practices relative to parental mediation and the family context among Puerto Rican and Dominican teens
Creators: name: Gomez, Stefani E.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The influx of information communication technologies (ICTs) into the modern family household can create tension between teens’ right to access and autonomy and parents’ right to mediate their ICT activities that needs to be accommodated within the everyday routines of the family.   As a part of their everyday lives teens’ must negotiate the sometimes-opposing motivations of their parents, the everyday family routine, and an increasing number of digital devices and information technologies.  Though there has been a great deal of research into the methods parents use to mediate and monitor their children’s technology use (Livingstone & Helsper, 2008; Clark, 2011), there has been very little investigation into the ways that teens negotiate their parents’ practices or how their ICT interactions are related to their family.  This dissertation explored these issues through an in-depth look at the families of eight 14-16-year-old Puerto Rican and Dominican teenagers living in the US.  To do this it utilized a mixed-methods approach that included surveys, semi-structured in-home family interviews, a teen mapping activity, and individual interviews with both teenagers and their parent(s) for each family.  The resulting data was coded and analyzed according to the constant comparative method and typologies were developed of parental and teen practices.  The findings provide a holistic understanding of teens’ everyday information practices within the family context.  The narratives that parents and teens expressed throughout the interviews situated their practices within their personal contexts and their understanding of reality and seemed to be linked with the combinations of practices they described, as well as the dynamic between them.  Overall, the teens generally described abiding by parents’ rules and respecting their authority.  They did not see their parents’ mediation as outside of their parental rights and they attempted to use ICTs within the structure of what they believed their parents considered appropriate and would maintain the balance of their relationship.  At the same time, teens described negotiating these constraints in ways that enabled them to pursue their own interests and meet many of the ICT expectations of their peer and academic worlds.  The creativity they brought to this task appeared to influence the extension of their personal information ecologies, and consequently their ability to negotiate for their own needs and their access to ICT resources.
Epigenetic modifications in colorectal cancer
Creators: name: Guo, Yue
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide and remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. Emerging evidence has suggested that epigenetic mechanisms play an important role in colorectal carcinogenesis. It is now recognized that the interplay of DNA methylation, post-translational histone modification, and non-coding RNAs can interact with genetic defects to drive tumorigenesis. The early onset, reversibility, and dynamic nature of such epigenetic modifications enable them to be developed as promising cancer biomarkers and preventive targets. Aspirin and curcumin are widely investigated chemopreventive candidates for colorectal cancer. However, the precise mechanisms of their action have not been fully understood. Therefore, this dissertation research aimed to identify novel epigenetic alterations in colorectal carcinogenesis and to elucidate the mechanisms of colorectal cancer prevention by aspirin and curcumin in epigenetic perspective. Genome-wide DNA methylation profiles indicated that adenomatous polyps from Apc min/+ mice exhibited extensive aberrant DNA methylation that affected certain signaling pathways. Using human colorectal cancer cell lines, we demonstrated that inhibitory effect of curcumin on anchorage-independent growth of HT29 cells involves, at least in part, the epigenetic demethylation and up-regulation of tumor suppressor gene DLEC1. Chronic inflammation appears to enhance the risk of colorectal cancer. Using an azoxymethane-initiated and dextran sulfate sodium-promoted inflammation associated colon cancer animal model, we demonstrated the chemopreventive effect of aspirin. Our results identified a novel epigenetic mechanism of aspirin in attenuating inflammation in colon cancer via the inhibition of histone deacetylases and the modification of H3K27ac marks that suppress iNos, Tnf-α, and iL6. By using the similar animal model, we provided the first evidence in support of the chemopreventive effect of a combination of low-dose aspirin and curcumin in colitis-accelerated colorectal cancer. The transcriptional profile obtained from RNA-seq in our study provides a framework for identifying the mechanisms under carcinogenesis process from normal colonic tissue to tumor development as well as the cancer inhibitory effects and potential molecular targets of aspirin and curcumin.
Feel the mountain
Creators: name: Hao, Tian
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: What exactly is sacred? What is mythic geography? How is it expressed in the landscape? Can it be designed?   This project is thus one of a traveler, or pilgrim, on a journey of discovering sacred landscape. What follows is my attempt to explore these questions through the medium of painting, poetry, and landscape design.   To help me in my transitional exploration of the sacred in the American landscape, I have turned to the poetry of Gary Snyder for guidance.  Following in the footsteps of Snyder, and his translational attempt as an American studying the sacred landscape of Asia, I call upon his ideas to help me express, as an Asian studying in America, my understanding of the universal qualities that define the sacred landscape.  In honor of Snyder, I have formatted this thesis as a landscape poem, comprised of five verses, each of which contain multiple stanzas.   Also, Grace Farms church as an important community religion space, is my design exploration. The main objective is to reintroduce sacred to the neighborhood.
Miniaturized optical scatter imaging microscope in reflectance mode with Fourier filtering for monitoring devices and cells
Creators: name: He, Jiawei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Optical scatter imaging (OSI), which combines light scattering spectroscopy with microscopic imaging, offers an alternative and efficient way for non-invasive and dynamic study of particle and cell morphology with high signal throughput in real time. A variable diameter iris as a Fourier spatial filter allows the OSI microscope to generate images that encode the intensity ratio of wide-to-narrow angle scatter (OSIR, optical scatter imaging ratio) at each pixel. One part of this study focused on designing and constructing a miniaturized OSI microscope setup adopting reflectance mode with Fourier filtering based on original OSI setup. Recently, the ZnO nanostructure-modified quartz crystal microbalance (ZnOnano-QCM) biosensor has been receiving increasing attention for its dynamic and noninvasive cellular monitoring properties. The goal in this part of the study is to design an optical imaging modality that can be combined with the ZnOnano-QCM biosensor. The second part of the study is focused on evaluating the performance of this miniaturized OSI microscope setup. Our results demonstrate a compact OSI microscopy system which was build using aspheric lenses, a LED light source, and a low-budget CCD camera. The results show that the microscope aperture of our OSI setup had an NA of 0.55 corresponding to a spatial resolution of 0.6µm, the magnification was 8X, and the field of view was 596 x 446µm. Theoretical simulations of the forward scattered and the backscattered OSIR show that the backscatter OSIR fluctuates more as a function of particle size compared with the forward scatter OSIR which varies monotonically as a function of sphere diameter. When samples were mounted on non-reflective matte black metal slides, the backscattered OSIR of onion cells and microspheres were measured and the experimental data demonstrate that the measured OSIR agrees well with theoretical predictions for microspheres with diameter between 0.7µm and 1.8µm. Onion cell dark-field images on the matte black slides were of good quality and compared well with bright field images collected on a standard phase microscope. However, when samples were mounted on glass or in an aqueous medium with a spatial filter, the acquisition of clear dark-field images of live endothelial cells failed since the spatial filter could not block the specular reflection perfectly. As such, the OSI microscope that was developed provides a proof-of-principle for conducting the OSIR measurement in reflectance mode. However, further improvements are needed to eliminate the background due to specular reflection in samples.
Belonoperca chabanaudi Fowler & Bean 1930
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Serranidae
Belonoperca
Belonoperca chabanaudi

description: Belonoperca chabanaudi Fowler & Bean 1930 —Arrowhead soapfish
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District at 20 m depth by Dean Tully on 21 Sept 2012; a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanover, at 4–51 m depth, St. KR 110, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Marshall and Society islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found on steep seaward reef slopes, 4–50 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 111, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Platypleura mira DISTANT 1904
Creators: name: Maes, Jean-Michel
name: Moulds, Max
name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Platypleura
Platypleura mira

description: Platypleura mira DISTANT, 1904.
Especímenes:
­ Tailandia (MEL­ 445915, 1 hembra en Colección Museo Entomológico de León).
description: Published as part of Maes, Jean-Michel, Moulds, Max & Sanborn, Allen F., 2012, Cicadidae (Homoptera) de Nicaragua: Catalogo ilustrado, incluyendo especies exóticas del Museo Entomológico de Leon, pp. 1-138 in Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 72 on page 126, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8263603
Rhagovelia trailii
Creators: name: Peralta-Argomeda, Jorge Luis
name: Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos
name: Huamantinco-Araujo, Ana
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Rhagovelia
Rhagovelia trailii

description: Rhagovelia trailii (White, 1879)
 Geographic distribution. Colombia (Galindo-Malagón et al. 2022), Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana (D. Polhemus 1997), Brazil (White 1879a), Peru (D. Polhemus 1997).
 Distribution in Peru. Loreto (D. Polhemus 1997).
description: Published as part of Peralta-Argomeda, Jorge Luis, Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Huamantinco-Araujo, Ana & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2024, Checklist of the aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha & Nepomorpha) of Peru, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5467 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5467.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11613746
Evaluation of mechanical and hydrological properties of pervious concrete for use in sidewalks in New Jersey
Creators: name: He, Haiwen
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Permeable concrete pavements have been increasing in popularity as a potential solution to reduce the amount of impermeable surface area associated with a project, reduce splash and spray on roadways, and reduce puddling for sidewalks. Permeable concrete pavement systems can potentially eliminate the need for conventional drainage systems. As important as these benefits are to surface runoff mitigation, there are concerns with the service life and structural strength of pervious concrete. The composition and structure of pervious concrete creates limitations to its mechanical strength properties and some challenges in its maintenance to achieve the expected service life. The performance of pervious concrete pavements is relevant to its geographical location and application as well.  Eleven different pervious concrete mix designs were evaluated, including commercially available mixes and laboratory mixes. Mechanical properties such as compressive strength, flexural strength, flexural stiffness, tensile strength, and elastic modulus were measured. Shrinkage and freeze-thaw resistance were also tested. By modifying mix proportions, aggregate sizes and types in the pervious concrete mix designs, the observed changes in physical characteristics, mechanical properties, and hydrological properties were evaluated. Careful control of the mix design to provide proper workability within allowable transit times as well as the ability to withstand freeze-thaw, and modulus measurements were found to be important to creating successful field mixes from laboratory trials.
Effects of earthworms on post-industrial polluted soil remediation
Creators: name: Henshue, Nicholas J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: This dissertation consists of a literature review and three main chapters, all of which are central to assessing the impacts of earthworms in polluted metalliferous soils. Chapter One gives a background in earthworm ecology, summarizing the arrival of European and Asian earthworms brought to this continent. The introduction then summarizes the questions asked for this study, and gives a brief literature review of the work that has been done prior to this research.    Chapter Two describes a biological survey completed through three sampling seasons, which indicate species prevalence and population density in both non-polluted fields and forests, and metal-contaminated brownfields. This survey used a standardized mustard water extraction protocol over 135 sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, USA. Although there was a great deal of variation in numbers across sites, both polluted and non-polluted areas contained primarily 3 species– all of which are non-native and one that is particularly invasive.    A large community pot experiment is the topic of Chapter Three, where two types of plants and four earthworm species were placed in three different soil controls of low, mid, and most metal pollution loading and grown together in five-gallon (19 L) buckets for 10 weeks. The primary goals of this experiment were to assess earthworm and plant communities and their potential interactions regarding growth and metal uptake in containers with and without earthworm communities. After all plants were harvested, they were analyzed for metal content including arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn).    Chapter Four details a population level experiment, examining individual plants in the pots. This design removes the competition coefficient from having two different plant species together in a community-structured experiment like the previous chapter. This design used 1-gallon tall tree sapling pots with the same soil treatments (low, mid, most pollution levels) as chapter three. This experiment, however, only used one type of plant per pot, and only two species of earthworm; both of which have been very common in all sites studied for the biosurvey noted in Chapter Two.  After 60 days of growth, the plants, soil and earthworms were harvested and analyzed for metal content of arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, and zinc.
APLICABILIDADE E BENEFÍCIOS DO CANABIDIOL NA ODONTOLOGIA
Creators: name: Agnes Chiullo MIRANDA
name: Ana Paula MUNDIM
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Canabidiol
Odontologia
Propriedade terapêutica

description: RESUMO

O estudo explora o uso do canabidiol (CBD) na odontologia, destacando seus potenciais terapêuticos e limitações. O CBD, um composto não psicoativo da planta Cannabis sativa, vem sendo amplamente investigado por suas propriedades analgésicas, anti- inflamatórias e ansiolíticas, além de potencial antibacteriano. No campo odontológico, o CBD apresenta benefícios para controle da dor e inflamação, cicatrização tecidual e redução de ansiedade pré-procedimentos. Com objetivos de analisar e trazer uma revisão da literatura focada na aplicabilidade do CBD na odontologia. Metodologia: foi realizado uma revisão de literatura por meio de consultas em artigos científicos nas bases de dados Scielo, PubMed e Google Acadêmico, obedecendo critérios de inclusão e necessidade. Contudo, são discutidos os desafios associados ao uso do CBD, como efeitos adversos leves (sonolência, fadiga) e a regulamentação legal, ainda restritiva e variada. Com base em uma revisão da literatura, o trabalho conclui que o CBD possui aplicabilidade relevante na odontologia, mas ressalta a necessidade de investigações adicionais para confirmar sua segurança e eficácia na prática odontológica.
The effects of coaxial propellers for the propulsion of multirotor systems
Creators: name: Holzsager, Jonathan Elliot
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Multirotor vehicles offer access to the skies for users across all walks of life and industry due to their simplicity, availability, and low cost. Although advancements continue, developers are slowed by the limits of available propulsion systems. Coaxial rotors stack propellers over one another to provide more thrust without increasing a vehicle’s footprint nor battery voltage. Previous investigations studied the thrust lost to coaxial rotor systems, wherein downstream propellers produced less thrust than their predecessors. This experimental study examines the effects of propeller spin direction, separation distance, motor speed, and propeller pitch to explore different methods of recuperating thrust losses. During testing, each propeller’s thrust, current draw, and rotational speed was measured. Results show that for 13-inch propellers, reducing the distance between the planes of rotation from 8 to 2 inches produced variations up to 123 grams of thrust, representing a 4.5% improvement.  Controlling the motors’ speeds independently confirmed that a coaxial pair will provide thrust most efficiently if the back (downstream) motor is operated at a higher throttle setting than the front (upstream) motor. Similarly, a coaxial pair will provide more thrust if the back propeller’s pitch is higher than the front propeller’s pitch. This was applied to the effect that the back propeller in a coaxial pair provided 119% of the thrust of the front propeller. This allowed for a coaxial pair’s thrust to range between 1790 and 2530 grams, allowing for a 41% increase in thrust from the worst case to the best case. When varying propeller pitch was applied to six different arrangements of four propellers, maximum thrusts ranged between 2960 and 4010 grams. One of these coaxial quadruplets was tested to provide a total of 401% of the thrust of its front propeller.
Agyneta longipes Chamberlin & Ivie 1944
Creators: name: Dupérré, Nadine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Agyneta
Agyneta longipes

description: Agyneta longipes (Chamberlin & Ivie 1944)
Figs 500–502, map 33
Meioneta longipes Chamberlin & Ivie 1944: 87, f. 184. (Description Ƥ). Agyneta longipes Buckle et al. 2001: 100. (Transferred from Meioneta).
Type material: Meioneta longipes Chamberlin & Ivie 1944, Ƥ HOLOTYPE from Georgia: Brier Cr., 7 mi N of Sylvania, W 81º 35’: N 32º 48’, April 13, 1943, Wilton Ivie collector (AMNH). EXAMINED.
Diagnosis: Females are diagnosed from all species in the genus by the reversed heart-shaped proximal part of scape (Fig. 500).
Description: Male: Unknown.
Female: Total length 1.53; carapace length 0.63, width 0.50.
MAP. 33. Localities of Agyneta longipes (Chamberlin & Ivie 1944).
CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace brown, shiny, finely reticulate; margin suffused with dark gray. Clypeus height 1. Sternum brown lightly suffused with dark gray. Chelicerae brown, not excavated; seta-tipped tubercles absent; promargin five teeth, retromargin four tiny denticles. Cheliceral stridulatory organ ~ 37 striae, narrowly spaced throughout. ABDOMEN: Oval, uniformly off-white. LEGS: Yellow, coxae dark brown, femurs with basal dark brown band; palpal tarsus dark brown, palpal claw absent; leg I total length: 2.11, leg III total length: 1.56, Tm I: 0.25, Tm IV: absent. GENITALIA: Epigynum with proximal part of scape basally constricted, reverse heartshaped; epigynal slits long and narrow; pit hook depression deep (Fig. 500); lateral lobes elongated, folded; stretcher small; pit deep (Fig. 501). Median part of scape narrow, parallel; genital pores situated at base of lateral lobes pockets (Fig. 502). Internal genitalia with elongated, obliquely oriented ventral receptacula and an elongated, horizontally oriented dorsal receptacula (Figs 501, 502).
Other material examined: USA: Florida: 12km W Gainesville, 28.iii.1957, 2Ƥ, W. Gertsch, R. Forster (AMNH).
Distribution: Southeastern USA.
description: Published as part of Dupérré, Nadine, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseellum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a study of the embolic division within Micronetinae sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996, pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 3674 (1) on pages 153-154, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3674.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/283954
Cephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra 1991
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Serranidae
Cephalopholis
Cephalopholis aitha

description: Cephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra 1991 —Rusty grouper
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken in Albatross Passage, southwestern Kavieng District, at 3–13 m depth, St. KD83, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Indonesia and Philippines to Papua New Guinea. Found in silty areas of inshore reefs, 5–33 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 111, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Platypleura takasagona MATSUMURA 1917
Creators: name: Maes, Jean-Michel
name: Moulds, Max
name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Platypleura
Platypleura takasagona

description: Platypleura takasagona MATSUMURA, 1917.
Especímenes:
­ Taiwan (MEL­ 445968, 1 macho en Colección Museo Entomológico de León).
­ Indonesia: Java: Tjikidang, Lat. ­6.828055, Long. 107.645, 1902 (MEL­ 445967, 1 hembra en Colección Museo Entomológico de León).
description: Published as part of Maes, Jean-Michel, Moulds, Max & Sanborn, Allen F., 2012, Cicadidae (Homoptera) de Nicaragua: Catalogo ilustrado, incluyendo especies exóticas del Museo Entomológico de Leon, pp. 1-138 in Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 72 on page 127, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8263603
The criminalization of pregnancy
Creators: name: Howard, Grace Elizabeth
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: In my dissertation I conduct an inquiry into the legal phenomenon of pregnancy-specific crime. I discuss my theory of pregnancy exceptionalism in US jurisprudence, explore whether these laws are applied evenly in the population, and if not, why, and ultimately ask how, when, and if the law matters in practice. In order to answer these questions, I analyze pregnancy related US Supreme Court opinions to understand the court’s interpretation of the constitution as it relates to pregnant or potentially pregnant women. Next, I conduct a systematic analysis of state bills and statutes creating pregnancy-specific crimes, with an emphasis on the prosecution of pregnant women for crimes against the fetuses they gestate. Then, I examine arrest cases of pregnant women for crimes against their fetuses in the three states where such crimes have been officially codified: South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee. Next, I present my analysis of interviews with prosecutors involved in developing these punitive policies, in order to understand their motivations for doing so. This project addresses the treatment of pregnant women as a separate class of person with reduced legal status. While pregnancy exceptionalism defines all pregnant women as a separate class, it is clear that some women are targeted more than others.
Gustaviidae Oudemans 1900
Creators: name: Ryabinin, Nikolay A.
name: Liu, Dong
name: Gao, Meixiang
name: Wu, Dong-Hui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Oribatida
Gustaviidae

description: Family Gustaviidae
Genus Gustavia Kramer, 1879
Gustavia microcephala (Nicolet, 1855) — Pr, Kh —4, 16, 28, 29, 31, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 47. 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55; Jl —56, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 83 (Chen et al. 1988, Wen 1990a, Wang et al. 1993. Wang & Cui 1997, Wang et al. 1997, Wang, Hu & Yin 2000); Hlj— 95.
description: Published as part of Ryabinin, Nikolay A., Liu, Dong, Gao, Meixiang & Wu, Dong-Hui, 2018, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Russian Far East and Northeast of China, pp. 201-232 in Zootaxa 4472 (2) on page 217, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1440137
Cephalopholis argus Bloch & Schneider 1801
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Serranidae
Cephalopholis
Cephalopholis argus

description: Cephalopholis argus Bloch & Schneider 1801 —Peacock grouper
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Lihir Group, Namatamai District, New Ireland by Fry et al. (2006: 130). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005, and collected by Barry C. Russell on 7 and 21 June 2014. A specimen photographed at St. KVG24 (off northwestern Bauddisson Island) by Serge Andréfouët on 22 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken in Senta Passage, off eastern New Hanover, at 5–12 m depth, St. KD 83, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 5.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa east to Wake Atoll, northern Line Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island, Tonga and Rapa, recently introduced to Hawaiian Islands. Found on coral and rocky reefs including tidal pools, 1–40 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 111, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Callivelia conata
Creators: name: Peralta-Argomeda, Jorge Luis
name: Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos
name: Huamantinco-Araujo, Ana
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Callivelia
Callivelia conata

description: Callivelia conata (Hungerford, 1929)
 Geographic distribution. Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Guyana (Floriano et al. 2017a), Suriname (D. Polhemus 2021), French Guiana, Brazil (Hungerford 1929b), Peru (D. Polhemus 2021).
 Distribution in Peru. Loreto, Madre de Dios (D. Polhemus 2021).
description: Published as part of Peralta-Argomeda, Jorge Luis, Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Huamantinco-Araujo, Ana & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2024, Checklist of the aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha & Nepomorpha) of Peru, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5467 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5467.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11613746
Sadaka virescens
Creators: name: Maes, Jean-Michel
name: Moulds, Max
name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Sadaka
Sadaka virescens

description: Sadaka virescens (KARSCH, 1890).
Especímenes:
­ Congo (Congo Belge): Boma­Banana, Lat. 4.483333, Long. 14.05, 1891, col. M. Tschoffen, ex Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (MEL­ 445969/70, 2 machos en Colección Museo Entomológico de León).
description: Published as part of Maes, Jean-Michel, Moulds, Max & Sanborn, Allen F., 2012, Cicadidae (Homoptera) de Nicaragua: Catalogo ilustrado, incluyendo especies exóticas del Museo Entomológico de Leon, pp. 1-138 in Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 72 on page 129, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8263603
Uses of classification error probabilities in the three-step approach to estimating cognitive diagnosis models
Creators: name: Iaconangelo, Charles Joseph
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Classification error probabilities (CEPs) are estimates of the amount of misclassification in the measurement model conditional on the true latent class memberships. CEPs can be used in several ways to improve the inferences drawn from cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs).  To develop methodologies that facilitate the use of CDMs in practical research, this dissertation uses CEPs to accomplish three objectives: (1) to examine the conditional classification accuracy and generalizability of a cognitively diagnostic assessment; (2) to introduce correction weights that can improve a three-step approach for latent-class regression, which relate latent class memberships to predictor variables, and (3) to apply the same correction weights to select the best subset of predictor variables in the context of latent-class regression.    In the first study, an application of CEPs fills a gap in literature on CDM validity by serving as an index of classification accuracy conditional on the latent class memberships. This index can also be extended to predict the classification accuracy of the assessment for a different population. Results show that the proposed index not only recovers the empirical values, but outperforms existing procedures based on the Monte Carlo approach.        In the second study, CEPs are used to improve the inferences in latent-class regression. Compared to the one-step procedure, which estimates the measurement model and regression parameters simultaneously, the three-step procedure is desirable from an applied researchers’ perspective because it simplifies latent-class regression by implementing the estimations involved in separate steps. However, it also leads to parameter estimation bias. This study uses CEP-derived weights to improve parameter estimation in various types of latent-class regression.      Finally, the third study extends the latent-class regression in the second study by incorporating a regularization procedure that permits variable selection. Results show that incorporating measurement error (as measured by CEP) in the variable selection process leads to a subset of nonredundant variables that more clearly shows the relationship between predictors and examinee classification. In addition, compared to the standard approach, using the CEP-based weights leads to fewer instances of estimation noncovergence.    With a general aim to address needs in conditional classification accuracy, correcting bias in parameter estimation, and high-dimension variable selection in the context of CDMs, this dissertation uses CEPs to accomplish three objectives: (1)  to examine the conditional classification accuracy and generalizability of the assessment, (2) introduce correction weights for the three-step approach that result in improved parameter estimation, and (3) apply these correction weights to regularized latent-class regression to select variables.
Computing minimum feedback arc set to quantify the transitivity in sports teams
Creators: name: Hajeri, Vishalsingh
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: This thesis fulfills the need for a system of optimal ranking of sports teams. The current ranking  system used for ranking the teams in tournaments like English Premier League (EPL) and Indian  Premier League (IPL) only account for wins and losses, while the approach in this thesis better  accounts for how teams perform against each other and the relative strength between them, for  example, this approach accounts for ’upsets’ where a lower ranked team beats a highly ranked  team. A tournament can be represented as a weighted directed graph G, where a directed edge E  from team A to team B represents that Team A beat Team B and the edge weight constitutes  the Goal Difference (GD) or the points differential between the two teams for that particular  match. A feedback arc set (FAS) of G is a subset of its edges which contains at least one edge of  every cycle in G. These set of edges which when removed from G, leaves us with a Directed  Acyclic graph (DAG). The aim of this project is to solve ’Minimum Feedback Arc Set problem’  (MFAS) which in other words is removing minimum number of least weighted edges from G  such that the remainder of the graph G’ results in a DAG. We solved the minimum feedback arc  set problem by framing it as an optimization problem and utilized Gurobi Optimization Library  to get the results. A linear Ordering of the resulting DAG gives the ranking of teams in the  tournament.  Sub-part of this project is to calculate Coefficient of Transitivity (CoT) of a Tournament.  The transitivity of a sports tournament would manifest itself as when a Team A, dominated  Team B with a large point differential, and Team B dominated Team C, then Team A should  also dominate Team C. However, if Team C beats Team A then we call it as an ’upset’ and  such upsets gives rise to cycles in the tournament graph G and thus decreases the transitive  nature of the tournament. An important finding of this project is that the balance among sports  tournaments like Soccer, Football and Cricket can be characterized by calculating the CoT for a  particular season.
Liacaridae Sellnick 1928
Creators: name: Ryabinin, Nikolay A.
name: Liu, Dong
name: Gao, Meixiang
name: Wu, Dong-Hui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Oribatida
Liacaridae

description: Family Liacaridae
Genus Birsteinius Krivolutsky, 1965
Birsteinius krivolutskyi Ryabinin, 1979 — Kh —3.
Birsteinius microchaetus Krivolutsky, 1967 — Pr —40, 41, 44.
Genus Liacarus Michael, 1898
Liacarus acutidens Aoki, 1965 — Pr —44.
Liacarus borealis Wen, 1991 — Jl —62 (Wen 1991b, Wang, Hu & Yin 2000), Hlj— 102 (Wen 1991b).
Liacarus clavatus Fujikawa & Aoki, 1970 — Pr —44.
Liacarus coracinus (C.L. Koch, 1841) — Pr —39, 45, 51, 52, 53.
Liacarus inermis Aoki, 1965 — Pr —39.
Liacarus latiusculus Wen, 1991 — Jl —56 (Wen 1991b, Wang, Hu & Yin 2000).
Liacarus nitens (Gervais, 1844) — Pr —52.
Liacarus orthogonios Aoki, 1959 — Pr, Kh —24, 25, 27, 30, 32, 49, 50, 51; Jl —56 (Wang, Hu & Yin 2000), Ln — 90 (Wen 1991b).
Liacarus paraborealis Ryabinin, 2012 — Kh —broad-leaved coniferous forest, Big Khekhtsir Mountain Range, near Korfovskaya village.
Liacarus polychothomus Wen, 1991 — Jl —63 (Wen 1991b, Wang, Hu & Yin 2000), Hlj —100 (Wen 1991b).
Liacarus regeli Dzhaparidze, 1983 — Pr —Ussuriisky reserve, Coniferous-broad-leaved forest (after Dzhaparidze 1983).
Liacarus sphaericus Dzhaparidze, 1980 — Pr —Ussuriisky reserve, litter under the alders; the Vladivostok city surrounding area (after Dzhaparidze 1980).
Liacarus subterraneus (C.L. Koch, 1844) — Pr —39, 53.
Liacarus xylariae (Schrank, 1803) — Pr, Kh, Am —3, 26, 29, 33, 38, 48, 53.
description: Published as part of Ryabinin, Nikolay A., Liu, Dong, Gao, Meixiang & Wu, Dong-Hui, 2018, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Russian Far East and Northeast of China, pp. 201-232 in Zootaxa 4472 (2) on pages 217-218, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1440137
title: PlanRomePlaque01 40
Creators: name: Galinand, Cyrille
name: Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Publisher: name: Archeovision
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Rome antique
subject: plan relief
subject: Paul Bigot

description: Plan de la Rome antique
description: 1 fichier 3D (ply), 176 fichiers image (jpg)
Cephalopholis aurantia
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Serranidae
Cephalopholis
Cephalopholis aurantia

description: Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828) —Golden grouper
Status at New Ireland. Originally described from Port Praslin, New Ireland as Serranus analis by Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1828b: 307), based on MNHN 72569 (holotype); also reported by Lesson (1831: 235– 236); a video of a specimen taken in Albatross Passage, southwestern Kavieng District, at 3–13 m depth, St. KR 53, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 3.—General distribution: East Africa east to Mariana and Society islands, north to Ryukyu Islands. Seaward reefs, 13–80 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Salvazana mirabilis DISTANT 1913
Creators: name: Maes, Jean-Michel
name: Moulds, Max
name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Salvazana
Salvazana mirabilis

description: Salvazana mirabilis DISTANT, 1913.
Especímenes:
­ Tailandia (MEL­ 445923, 1 macho en Colección Museo Entomológico de León).
description: Published as part of Maes, Jean-Michel, Moulds, Max & Sanborn, Allen F., 2012, Cicadidae (Homoptera) de Nicaragua: Catalogo ilustrado, incluyendo especies exóticas del Museo Entomológico de Leon, pp. 1-138 in Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 72 on page 130, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8263603
High temperature resistance of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with steel reinforced inorganic polymer (SRIP)
Creators: name: Grek, Daniel
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composite in infrastructures has steadily increased over the last two decades. The primary use is still for repair, rehabilitation and strengthening of structural elements made of reinforced or prestressed concrete. FRP has substantial advantage over classical structural materials such as steel in the area weight, strength, and durability against corrosion. Two major drawbacks of FRP are the lack of fiber resistance and brittle fracture of high strength fibers. The results presented in this dissertation address these two issues. High strength steel wire, commercially known as “Hardwire,” was used in combination with inorganic matrix. The inorganic matrix, similar in chemistry to Portland cement matrix, is more compatible with steel than organic polymers. In addition, the matrix can withstand more than 2000°F with no smoke, or toxins. The larger fiber diameter, as compared to thin carbon or other high strength fibers, and non-simultaneous failure of wires provide better ductility as compared to classical FRP.   The experimental and analytical investigations were tailored to evaluate steel reinforced inorganic polymer (SRiP) composite at high temperatures. Rectangular reinforced concrete beams strengthened with SRiP on the tension side were tested with high moment section exposed to temperatures upwards of 1000°F. The beams were loaded in four point loading, and the maximum moment section at the midspan was heated using hot plates. Heating and cooling were repeated three times to establish the robustness of the repair at high temperature. After this cyclic exposure, Beams were tested to failure. Control beams with no strengthening and control strengthened beams that were not exposed to high temperature were also tested to compare the behavior of SRiP beams with carbon FRP strengthened beams. The results show that SRiP strengthened beams behaved similarly to classical FRP strengthened beams and can withstand higher temperatures without losing load capacity. Note that most polymers cannot withstand more than 300°F and carbon fibers start to oxidize around 800°F.  Overall results presented in the dissertation show that inorganic polymer-steel fiber, high strength composite is a viable FRP for strengthening and rehabilitation. The added advantages are high temperature resistance and improved ductility.
Foveavelia dilatata
Creators: name: Peralta-Argomeda, Jorge Luis
name: Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos
name: Huamantinco-Araujo, Ana
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Foveavelia
Foveavelia dilatata

description: Foveavelia dilatata (Polhemus & Polhemus, 1984)
 Geographic distribution. Guyana (D. Polhemus 2014), Suriname (J. Polhemus & D. Polhemus 1984b), French Guiana (Armisén et al. 2022), Brazil (J. Polhemus & D. Polhemus 1984b), Peru (Sites 2023).
 Distribution in Peru. Madre de Dios (Sites 2023; Rodrigues & Moreira 2024).
description: Published as part of Peralta-Argomeda, Jorge Luis, Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Huamantinco-Araujo, Ana & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2024, Checklist of the aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha & Nepomorpha) of Peru, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5467 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5467.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11613746
An environmental and economic approach to the development and sustainable exploitation of non-timber forest products (NTFP) in Liberia
Creators: name: Hwang, Larry C.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Forests have historically contributed immensely to influence patterns of social, economic, and environmental development, supporting livelihoods, aiding construction of economic change, and encouraging sustainable growth. The use of NTFP for the livelihood and subsistence of forest community dwellers have long existed in Liberia; with use, collection, and local/regional trade in NTFP still an ongoing activities of rural communities.   This study aimed to investigate the environmental and economic approaches that lead to the sustainable management exploitation and development of NTFP in Liberia.   Using household information from different socio-economic societies, knowledge based NTFP socioeconomics population, as well as abundance and usefulness of the resources were obtained through the use of ethnobotanical survey on use of NTFP in 82 rural communities within seven counties in Liberia. 1,165 survey participants, with 114 plant species listed as valuable NTFP.   The socioeconomic characteristics of 255 local community people provided collection practice information on NTFP, impact and threats due to collection, and their income generation.   Traditional and environmental sustainable harvesting methods on the collection of two leading NTFPs – Griffonia simplicifolia and Xylopia aethiopica – were conducted and assessed. Results show an environmental sustainable harvesting method that minimizes damage/destruction to plant species and population yet allows for efficient product harvest and yield procurement.   Domestic value chain study for three leading NTFP in Liberia: Griffonia (Griffonia simplicifolia), West African Black Pepper (Piper guineense) and Country Spice (Xylopia aethiopica), investigated 140 stakeholders who were mainly agents and subagents through survey interviews to provide comprehensive knowledge on selected NTFP from collection to consumer.   Resource inventory of Griffonia simplicifolia in Liberia concentrated on the distribution, abundance and the population structure of Griffonia, thereby providing full ecological inventory information on Griffonia as fundamental for assessing conservation status of wild populations.   Enhancing germination of Griffonia simplicifolia seed for forest enrichment was assessed using simple tools for seed germination. Seedlings were also introduced in natural habitat to monitor growth habits of transferred plant into local habitat and found that Griffonia has high survival (92% - 95%) in new habitat.   Developing quality standards and new products, physico-chemical characterizations of the Liberian spices were analyzed along with those from Ghana. These qualities could set standards for trading of individual product that are used as spices in Liberia and other West African countries. X. aethiopica seeds were chemically characterized for new product development.
Cephalopholis boenak
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Serranidae
Cephalopholis
Cephalopholis boenak

description: Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch 1790) —Chocolate grouper
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005, and collected by Barry C. Russell on 14 and 21 June 2014; a specimen photographed at St. KVG26 (off western Bauddisson Island) by Serge Andréfouët on 23 Aug. 2014); a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Philippines and Solomon Islands, north to Shanghai (China), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Solitary, mainly in dead silty coral reefs and rocky reefs, 1–64 m depth. Transitional water and marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163