cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Guimaraesiella pentlandiensis Mey 2017
Creators: name: Gustafsson, Daniel R.
name: Bush, Sarah E.
name: Palma, Ricardo L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Guimaraesiella
Guimaraesiella pentlandiensis

description: Philemoniellus pentlandiensis Mey, 2017
Philemoniellus pentlandiensis Mey, 2017: 147, fig. 72, pl. XII: figs 1–2.
Guimaraesiella pentlandiensis (Mey, 2017). New combination, species inquirenda.
Type host: Philemon corniculatus corniculatus (Latham, 1790) —Noisy friarbird.
Type locality: Pentland, Queensland, Australia.
Remarks. Mey (2017: 147) does not give any non-genitalic characters to separate P. pentlandiensis from P. timorensis. As the male genitalia of P. timorensis are distorted and partially described, there are no characters that could differentiate these two species. We have examined specimens of Guimaraesiella from different species of Philemon spp., which are extremely similar and with male genitalia like those depicted for Philemoniellus pentlandiensis (Mey 2017; fig. 72). In our opinion, P. pentlandiensis is likely a junior synonym of P. timorensis. However, until a proper redescription of P. pentlandiensis becomes available, we regard it as a species inquirenda.
description: Published as part of Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), pp. 252-284 in Zootaxa 4615 (2) on pages 269-270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3244680
Additional file 2: of GWAS for plant growth stages and yield components in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) harvested in three regions of Kazakhstan
Creators: name: Turuspekov, Yerlan
name: Baibulatova, Aida
name: Yermekbayev, Kanat
name: Tokhetova, Laura
name: Chudinov, Vladimir
name: Sereda, Grigoriy
name: Ganal, Martin
name: Griffiths, Simon
name: Abugalieva, Saule
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Location and climate data of three breeding sites in Kazakhstan. (DOC 44Â kb)
Encuesta: Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos
Creators: name: Haro, Nicole
Publisher: name: Knowledge Commons
Year: 2024

description: Los ecosistemas siempre han sufrido alteraciones por actividades del ser humano, lo que ha causado un desequilibrio natural del planeta en respuesta a este problema, surge la agroecología para el sector agrícola, con el objetivo de entender los principios ecológicos de los sistemas agrícolas tradicionales y su desarrollo sostenible. Los alimentos agroecológicos no poseen insumos peligrosos y son producidos mediante un proceso holístico que relaciona los aspectos ambiental, social y económico para que no afecten ni al ser humano ni al medio ambiente.
Tumor Suppression by Dystrogylcan in Breast 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: Normal breast epithelial cells are organized as a single layer of cells with one side of the cell attached to a basement membrane. The cellular attachment to proteins present in the basement membrane is critical to breast cell physiology. This cell-basement membrane interaction helps prevent uncontrolled cell growth. In fact, normal breast epithelial cells will usually die, if this attachment process is disrupted. The situation is quite different when cells become cancerous. In breast cancer the cells grow as disorganized masses and growth is unregulated. In the very early stages of breast cancer, there is considerable evidence that restoring critical attachment functions will serve to reverse the disease. Specific molecular information on breast cell attachment is one potential key to controlling disease progression, and even for finding ways to prevent breast cancer.

 Our interest is in the interaction of breast cells with a specific basement membrane protein, called laminin. One counterpart protein present on the surface of breast cells that allows this interaction is called dystroglycan. When we have studied breast tumor cells, it appears that dystroglycan is absent or non-functional. We find that introducing dystroglycan into breast cancer cells will restore many normal properties. We plan to use this BCRP funding to study, (i) how dystroglycan acts as in normal breast cells as a tumor suppressor, and (ii) why dystroglycan function is compromised in breast cancer cells. The experimental approaches are, first, to analyze the complex signaling pathways emanating from dystroglycan which regulate gene expression and growth control. Our second approach is to make genetic mutants in normal breast cells to effectively remove dystroglycan. Analysis of the mutant cells will permit us to learn how dystroglycan is involved in breast structure and physiology. In addition, we plan experiments to re-introduce variant forms of dystroglycan into the mutant cells to learn where the functional regions of dystroglycan are located that confer its tumor suppressor properties.

 This research will shed light on a novel and important growth-regulatory mechanism within mammary epithelial cells, and potentially reveal some root causes of tumor cell behavior. But most importantly, the studies presented here can reveal strategies to restore critical aspects of dystroglycan function in tumor cells, giving us new methods to fight cancer cell proliferation and spreading.
Bovine Leukemia Virus and Mammary Cell Infection
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: This is a proposal to determine whether humans are susceptible to infection with bovine leukemia virus (BLV). This proposal is based on the hypothesis that infection with BLV may cause breast cancer in humans. BLV is a cancer-causing virus that infects cattle. It infects the mammary epithelial cells (the cells that make milk and become cancerous in human breast cancer) and B lymphocytes of the cattle, and causes cancers (leukemias and lymphomas) of B lymphocytes in cattle. It is not known whether BLV can also cause mammary cancer in cows, because cows are almost always slaughtered before the "middle and old age" years when they would develop mammary cancer.

 Infectious BLV is present in the US meat and milk supply. Oral administration of BLV-contaminated milk can lead to infection in sheep and cattle. Thus there is a potential for BLV to infect humans. Administered experimentally, BLV can infect many different species, including chimpanzees. It can also infect cultured human cell lines. It is not known whether it can actually infect humans.

 This proposal is to determine whether humans are susceptible to BLV infection by determining whether human cells have receptors for BLV. Without such receptors, cells cannot easily be infected with the virus. We also want to determine whether human mammary epithelial cells in particular have receptors for BLV. By looking for BLV receptors, we will determine whether humans, and human mammary epithelial cells, are susceptible to BLV infection. If they are not, then it is unlikely that BLV could cause any breast cancers in humans. On the other hand, if humans, and human mammary epithelial cells, do have BLV receptors, this observation will strengthen our hypothesis and lead to further research to determine whether BLV can actually cause human breast cancer. If BLV does cause some types of breast cancer, those cancers can easily be prevented by removing BLV-infected cattle from the food supply, or treating the food supply (e.g. by more thorough cooking) to kill the virus.
Philemoniellus samoensis Mey 2017
Creators: name: Gustafsson, Daniel R.
name: Bush, Sarah E.
name: Palma, Ricardo L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Philemoniellus
Philemoniellus samoensis

description: Philemoniellus samoensis Mey, 2017
Philemoniellus samoensis Mey, 2017: 148, pl. XII: fig. 3.
Guimaraesiella samoensis (Mey, 2017). New combination, species inquirenda.
Type host: Gymnomyza samoensis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) —mao.
Type locality: Samoa.
Remarks. The small sample and lack of males, plus an unusual and potentially artifactual chaetotaxy described by Mey (2017: 148) do not allow a proper identification of this species. More specimens, especially males, are needed for a detailed redescription of this taxon. Therefore, this species must remain as species inquirenda.
description: Published as part of Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), pp. 252-284 in Zootaxa 4615 (2) on page 270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3244680
The mentoring process
Creators: name: Petrin, Nicole
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Novices are often unprepared to meet the demanding teaching career that awaits them after they graduate college.  Therefore, school districts need supports in place to help them succeed, and mentoring is one way these teachers can receive that guidance and assistance during their first year.  Mentoring is a formal relationship between a novice and a veteran teacher, which is established to provide the novice teacher with various kinds of support; it is a substantial aspect of a systematic induction process (Washburn-Moses, 2010).  The New Jersey Department of Education requires all novice teachers to be matched upon hire with a selected mentor, who has been trained to fulfill this role. Although mentoring is required by the state of New Jersey, the way in which each district enacts this mandate contributes to considerable variability in the quality of support the novice teacher receives.  The Loop District, the site of this study, is one example of a district that employs mentoring but may not be reaping all its benefits because it does not have a systematic, research-based approach.    The purpose of this study was to implement a research-based mentoring program in the Loop School District and document what happened in order to inform future practice.  All matched mentors and novices teaching at School Three during the 2012-2013 school year participated by offering their perspectives on the research-based mentoring program and its new components, which provided a structure for meetings and classroom observations.  Data was gathered through interviews, recordings of dyad meetings, document collection, and surveys.   The data suggested that distributing protocols to be used during meetings was appreciated but they were underutilized. The observation component was helpful when classroom coverage and other coordination was provided for the teachers observing.  Doing pre and post-observation conferences were reported to increase the benefits of observation. Findings pointed to the importance of professional development for mentors and novices to encourage more in depth and effective implementation of the components of the program.
“Two ships pass in the night”
Creators: name: Ruggiero, Frank Michael
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: In recent decades, educators have looked toward the middle school model as an appropriate bridge for children transitioning from elementary school to high school and from childhood to adolescence.  However, there continue to be questions surrounding its cornerstone practice of interdisciplinary teaming.  Using a qualitative single-case study design, this dissertation was designed to explore how teachers experience the phenomenon of teaming as a feature of middle school reform efforts.  It examined how participation or non-participation on a team affected members of a school community whose approach to teaming included some teachers but excluded others.  The purpose of this research was to generate better understandings of teachers’ lived experience to assist in efforts to improve the teaming model in middle schools.      Much of the existing research on middle school reform documents the positive outcomes of teaming but neglects its impact on the larger school community and focuses, instead, on smaller groups of teachers who are part of the teams.  By privileging the viewpoints of an under studied population of non-team teachers whose voices are often unheard in the literature on teaming’s normative benefits, this study was the first scholarly attempt to compare the experience of team teachers with that of non-team teachers.  The significance of this research lay in its ability to explore unintended outcomes of this experience.    Both team and non-team teachers chosen through a combination of criterion and convenience sampling took part in semi-structured phenomenological interviews.  Data collection procedures also included the observation and analysis of school, district, and community documents.  With multiple data sources and data collection methods, both methods triangulation and data triangulation were employed as strategies to improve the internal validity of this research.    Results from this research indicate that teacher experience with middle school interdisciplinary teaming varies according to their team or non-team status.  Team status affected teachers’ opportunities for professional growth, perceptions of instructional effectiveness, and sense of belonging and personal satisfaction.  These findings have implications for both policy and practice.  Educational policymakers need to understand how teaming affects all members of a school community, and practicing school leaders must be aware of the potential negative effects of teaming that remain under researched, discounted, or swept aside.  Future research should be designed to add to the knowledge base of how middle school teaming affects all teachers in schools.  In so doing, future research will provide support for school leaders charged with implementing or maintaining middle school reforms and, more specifically, designing and leading interdisciplinary teams in their middle schools.
A case study of preschool teacher expectations and teacher-student interactions
Creators: name: Sansone, Angela
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Public preschool in NJ is a targeted program aimed at ameliorating the effects of disadvantage by readying children for school. Recent research (Ladson-Billings, 2009; Chien, Howes, Pianta, Burchinal, Ritchie, Bryant, Clifford, Early, and Barbarin, 2010) suggests that teachers may vary their interactions with children in these programs based on their expectations of academic need and that these expectations may be mediated by race and class. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine teacher-student interactions in a local urban preschool program where the teacher and students racial, ethnic, and socio-economic status differ. The research questions that guided this study are: What do teacher-student interactions look like in the preschool classroom when teachers’ and children’s backgrounds differ? a) What are teachers’ expectations of their preschool students? b) How do teachers convey their expectations to their students? c) What do the students perceive are the expectations that their teachers have of them?  Qualitative data was collected in two pubic preschool classrooms through interviews, observations and document analysis. Classroom teachers were interviewed three times using a semi structured protocol aimed at understanding each teacher’s responses and expectations of students. Two interviews were also conducted with each of the four student participants to elicit their views of life in preschool. Classroom observations of whole group and small group instructional events captured descriptive information about teacher-student interactions. Documents, such as lesson plans, provided insight into teachers planning for students and were collected to triangulate data.  The results of this study show that both teachers had an academic agenda that focused on skills rather than substance. Overlooking what the children could do, both teachers taught academic content to their Black students in the same way, almost as routine. The knowledge and  ii  competencies that children brought with them into the classroom were overlooked and as a consequence, neither teacher is really getting the children to the levels of literacy and numeracy that they need to be at to be successful in kindergarten. The children were aware of their teachers’ expectations of them: that the wanted them to learn, not excel, but just get through the basics.
Guimaraesiella timorensis Mey 2017
Creators: name: Gustafsson, Daniel R.
name: Bush, Sarah E.
name: Palma, Ricardo L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Guimaraesiella
Guimaraesiella timorensis

description: Philemoniellus timorensis Mey, 2017
Philemoniellus timorensis Mey, 2017: 146, figs 71, 73, pl. XI: figs 5–6.
Guimaraesiella timorensis (Mey, 2017). New combination.
Type host: Philemon buceroides buceroides (Swainson, 1837) —helmeted friarbird.
Type locality: “Timorlaut”, Timor.
Remarks. The male genitalia of this species are partially illustrated (Mey 2017: fig. 71), lacking parameres and with a mesosome different from anything we have studied in the Brueelia -complex. The male photograph of P. timorensis (Mey 2017: pl. XI: fig. 5) shows that the mesosome is folded anteriorly. We have seen male genitalia folded in a similar manner in many specimens of Guimaraesiella and, in our opinion, we believe that the genitalia of the type species of Philemoniellus is erroneously illustrated. The only other illustration given by Mey (2017: fig. 73) is of the dorsal side of the preantennal head, which shows a typical Guimaraesiella. Although we recognise P. timorensis as a valid species, we have no doubt that its correct generic placement is in Guimaraesiella.
description: Published as part of Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), pp. 252-284 in Zootaxa 4615 (2) on page 270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3244680
Additional file 5: of Fine organization of genomic regions tagged to the 5S rDNA locus of the bread wheat 5B chromosome
Creators: name: Sergeeva, Ekaterina
name: Shcherban, Andrey
name: Adonina, Irina
name: Nesterov, Michail
name: Beletsky, Alexey
name: Rakitin, Andrey
name: Mardanov, Andrey
name: Ravin, Nikolai
name: Salina, Elena
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Cluster analysis of non transcribed spacers of 5S rDNA for pool_89Â (A) and pool_52 (B) sequences. (DOCX 17 kb)
Brueelia longiabdominalis Mey 2017
Creators: name: Gustafsson, Daniel R.
name: Bush, Sarah E.
name: Palma, Ricardo L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Brueelia
Brueelia longiabdominalis

description: Neosittiella longiabdominalis Mey, 2017
Neosittiella longiabdominalis Mey, 2017: 151, fig. 76, pl. XII: figs 4–5.
Brueelia longiabdominalis (Mey, 2017). New combination.
Type host: Daphoenositta chrysoptera pileata (Gould, 1838) —Varied sittella.
Type locality: Bang Bang Waterhole, Flinders River, North Queensland, Australia.
Other hosts. Daphoenositta chrysoptera leucoptera (Gould, 1840) and Daphoenositta chrysoptera (Latham, 1802) ssp. (Mey 2017: 151).
Remarks. Eichler (1949) described Guimaraesiella longiabdominalis, a species which was temporarily transferred to Brueelia by Hopkins & Clay (1952) when they synonymised Guimaraesiella under Brueelia. However, Gustafsson & Bush (2017: 224) moved Br. longiabdominalis back to Guimaraesiella, placing it as a junior synonym of Guimaraesiella papuana. Therefore, following Article 59.2 of the Code (1999), no replacement name is needed for Br. longiabdominalis (Mey, 2017), but the combination “ Brueelia longiabdominalis ” now refers to two different taxa in the literature: one to a species from a New Guinean bird-of-paradise (= Guimaraesiella longiabdominalis) and another to a louse from an Australia sittella (= Brueelia longiabdominalis). Also, it should be noted that the genus Brueelia sensu stricto is exceedingly rare in Australia, with some species introduced with European hosts [e.g. Brueelia nebulosa (Burmeister, 1838), see Green & Palma 1991]. Considering that Daphoenositta chrysoptera and all other species of the family Neosittidae are endemic to Australasia, and that the material examined by Mey (2017: 151) includes many specimens from five different collecting events, Brueelia longiabdominalis may be the result of a successful host-switch from an unknown European host onto Daphoenositta chrysoptera.
description: Published as part of Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), pp. 252-284 in Zootaxa 4615 (2) on page 271, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3244680
A fish in water
Creators: name: Tartivita, Patricia
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Problem: Novice high school teachers have to navigate a minefield of new challenges including classroom management, school politics, and implementation of pedagogy, all too often without the support of school administrators or more experienced fellow teachers.  This difficult situation is often systemic.  One approach for retaining teachers is to improve the quality of teacher induction and mentoring programs.  High quality mentoring interactions are characterized by purposeful, guided, and sustained collaboration between novice teachers and the veteran staff, is ongoing and features support from administration and supervisors, as well as professional development.   This study explored the experiences of those involved in an induction and mentoring program and focused on these questions: How is a research-based new teacher induction and mentoring program implemented at Linwood High School?  Sub questions included: How do mentors, novice teachers, and administrators feel about the induction and mentoring process at Linwood High School at the beginning of the study?  What implementation challenges does a research-based new teacher induction and mentoring program encounter in Linwood High School? How do mentors and novices differ in their perceptions of induction and mentoring at Linwood High School? What challenges do new teachers face, and how can induction and mentoring support them?    Method: This research was viewed through the theories of transformational, socio-cultural, and adult cognitive/development learning theory. Samples of administrators, mentors, and novice teachers were identified using purposeful and convenience samples, where participation is based on particular criteria. Qualitative data collection procedures included interviews of administrators, mentors and novice teachers.  Professional development was also held at Linwood High School, for approximately one hour, once a month, over a five-month period.      Findings: This research demonstrated several technical and contextual challenges in building an induction and mentoring program. There was a disconnect between what mentors assumed novices needed and what the novices assumed the mentors would provide.  The results of this study have implications for the Linwood district, and for other districts wishing to build a research-based induction and mentoring program.
Telomerase: A Factor for Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: According to recent research, normal cells have a predetermined lifespan controlled by the telomere. The telomere is a length of protective DNA that exists at the end of each chromosome and serves as a clocking mechanism that determines how many times a cell can divide and grow. In normal cells, the telomere shortens with each cell division, and when the telomere reaches a critically short length, the cell becomes "old" and stops dividing. Even in the presence of abnormal growth controls, breast cancer cells will have a finite lifespan due to the shortening of telomeres. For a breast cancer to continue to grow, the cancer cells must prevent critical telomere loss and become immortal. The cancer cells accomplish this by producing telomerase, an enzyme which prevents telomere shortening.

 We will evaluate telomerase expression using Geron's highly sensitive proprietary assay to test blood, lymph node biopsies, and tumor biopsies from breast cancer patients. The data gathered from these studies will help correlate telomerase activity with the presence and stage of cancer. We also expect to develop a second generation telomerase assay that will be easier and more cost-effective to perform, and can be used to detect telomerase-positive cancer cells via microscopic examination of tissues. It is anticipated that our findings will result in more accurate and early detection of breast cancer, and a potential to predict which patients will experience more aggressive forms of the disease. This information can be used to reduce morbidity and mortality in breast cancer patients in California.
Estrildinirmus australis Mey 2017
Creators: name: Gustafsson, Daniel R.
name: Bush, Sarah E.
name: Palma, Ricardo L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Estrildinirmus
Estrildinirmus australis

description: Estrildinirmus australis Mey, 2017
Estrildinirmus australis Mey, 2017: 154, pl. XIII: figs 3–4.
Mirandofures australis (Mey, 2017). New combination, species inquirenda.
Type host: Stagonopleura bella bella (Latham, 1801) —beautiful firetail.
Type locality: Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Remarks. The brief text description and the photographs of the male and female given by Mey (2017) are not sufficient to identify Estrildinirmus australis with certainty. Until a proper redescription becomes available, we regard this taxon as species inquirenda.
description: Published as part of Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), pp. 252-284 in Zootaxa 4615 (2) on pages 271-272, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3244680
Improving college readiness, pursuit, access, and persistence of disadvantaged students
Creators: name: Yavuz, Olcay
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: This study investigated how participation in the comprehensive College Readiness Access and Success Program (CRASP) affected disadvantaged students’ college readiness, pursuit, access, and persistence. The study was guided by three major research questions: (1) What are the impacts of CRASP? (2) How does each component of CRASP affect college readiness, pursuit, enrollment, and persistence? (3) What struggles do graduated PCSST students report in their first year of college?    CRASP was implemented by the Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology’s (PCSST) school counseling department. PCSST, located in Paterson, New Jersey, served 1,040 students, grades K through 12. Approximately 85% of PCSST’s students were enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program, and 90% of the school’s population was African American or Hispanic. The sample population for this study consisted of 384 PCSST alumni from the classes of 2009 to 2013.    This study compared college-related outcomes of PCSST students who participated in CRASP for different lengths of time (from none to four years). Multiple regression was used to measure the relationship with CRASP, controlling for students’ basic demographics and abilities prior to CRASP.    The findings showed that when professional school counselors, educational leaders, and key stakeholders worked collaboratively to deliver comprehensive counseling programs such as CRASP, disadvantaged students received measurable benefits in their college readiness, pursuit, and access. Particularly, CRASP participation was associated with higher percentages of students making necessary preparations to get ready for college and enrolling in post-secondary institutions.     Overall, this study provided information on the efficacy of CRASP to inform local decision making. Furthermore, it shed light on factors that hinder or help disadvantaged students’ college readiness, pursuit, access, and persistence.  The findings also address disadvantaged students’ low rates of college readiness, access to higher education, and completion of college degrees. In line with the new college and career readiness accountability standards, the results indicate a need for further investigation by creating research-based and innovative comprehensive school counseling programs catering to the needs of disadvantaged students.
Targeted Chemotherapy to Treat Breast Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Breast cancers are often treated by surgery, which is frequently followed by adjunct radiation or chemotherapy. The problem with these adjunct therapies is the non-specific damage to healthy tissue. Furthermore, because cancer therapeutics are commonly delivered though the blood, only a small fraction of the drug reaches the target tumor. Thus, in order to obtain a therapeutic effect, a relatively high dose of drug must be administered. Much effort has been recently devoted to making anti-cancer drugs more tumor-specific. One approach is to ‘aim’ the drug by placing ‘tags’ to direct the chemotherapeutic selectively to the cancer cells. A second approach is to encapsulate the chemotherapeutic, so that it can persist longer in the circulation and not be immediately removed by the liver or kidneys. Our approach combines these two improvements for using chemotherapy. We use microscopic fat droplets, called liposomes, to which we add a surface molecule that recognizes cancer cells preferentially. We can transport the chemotherapeutic compound inside the liposome in such a manner that it is only released once inside the cancer cells.

 Other research has shown that breast cancer cells frequently have a sugar-binding molecule on their surface, called CD44. Sugar containing molecules, called hyaluronans, will bind CD44 at low affinity. However, when the hyaluronans are formulated into liposomes the cancer cell binding increases dramatically. In this BCRP-funded project we wish to explore the potential for this novel technology by incorporating a chemotherapeutic drug, doxorubicin, into hyaluronan-containing liposomes. We plan to test the efficacy of this ‘drug-chemo-hylaluron’ formulation towards human breast cancer tumors grown in mice. This pre-clinical model of human breast cancer will allow us to measure the blood stability, dosing properties, and targeting efficiency of our new drug formulation. We anticipate a dramatic improvement in the effect of doxorubicin when delivered via the hyaluronan-liposome method vs. the traditional blood infusion.

 Our aim is to increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy by reducing the common side effects seen with these drugs. The increased delivery to breast cancer should improve cell-killing effects and reduce the ability of cancer cells to develop drug resistance, which often occurs when chemotherapeutics are delivered in low doses over a prolonged period.
The Shp-2 Tyrosine Phosphatase in Breast Tumor Migration
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: Tumors cannot grow without a supply of nutrients and oxygen. These are only provided to the interior of a tumor if new blood vessels grow into the tumor mass, a process called angiogenesis. In order for angiogenesis to occur, new endothelial cells (the cells that line blood vessels) must tunnel into the tumor mass and then assemble into a blood vessel. Endothelial cells use a type of enzyme, called a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), to digest proteins surrounding the tumor mass. This allows for endothelial cell migration. In this project, we will examine a novel mechanism associated with angiogensis and develop this information towards new antagonists of this critical process.

 Our hypothesis is that a protease involved in tumor angiogenesis, MMP-2, binds to an adhesion receptor on the endothelial cell, called the av b3 integrin. This binding would facilitate angiogensis by localizing and concentrating the enzymatic function of MMP-2 to more effectively allow cell migration. We have designed a series of experiments to validate our hypothesis, develop additional information, and work towards developing novel peptide-based inhibitors useful in blocking angiogenesis. An important consideration is that the binding site on avb3 differs from the site that the integrin receptor uses for normal cell adhesion. Some approaches to be used in these studies include, (1) binding studies between the C-terminal PEX region of MMP-2 with avb3 and other related integrins, (2) comparative studies of PEX-avb3 binding in comparison to other avb3 adhesion functions, (3) constructing molecular chimeras of b3 with other integrin b-subunits to define the site of MMP-2 interaction, and (4) expanding our findings to test novel inhibitory peptides, which is the first step in therapeutic development. Our ultimate goal is to test our inhibitors first on proteins and cells, and later as inhibitors of angiogenesis in breast tumor models using experimental animals.

 Since our project involves a novel approach and hypothesis to consider this issue, we anticipate that the results will lead to new strategies and compounds for halting tumor angiogenesis and treating breast cancer.
Characterization of hAG-2 and Its Role in Breast Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: All breast tumors, from either biopsies or excisions, are examined for the presence of a protein called estrogen receptor. This helps clinicians to evaluate the prognosis and most suitable course of treatment for the patient. Many tumors that contain estrogen receptor (ER+) prove to be responsive to hormone therapy, whereas those tumors that do not contain estrogen receptor (ER-) respond poorly to hormone therapy. Overall, ER+ breast cancers are a better target for hormone therapy, often using the anti-estrogen drug tamoxifen.

 We have discovered a new gene, called hAG-2, that appears to be operative only in those breast tumors that are ER+. We are examining many aspects of hAG-2 in efforts to understand how and why it is present, together with ER, in breast cancer tumors. This is important, because even though ER+ breast cancers respond to hormone therapy, often these therapies fail or resistance develops. Thus, more information, targets for therapy, and potential clinical biomarkers are needed for women with ER+ breast cancers.

 The overall objective of this research project is to delineate the biological role of hAG-2 and to ascertain the significance of hAG-2 as a marker for mammary and breast tumor differentiation. Our specific aims include, (1) examining clinical breast tumor samples for hAG-2 amounts, particularly correlated with tumor grade, ER status, and stage, (2) studying hAG-2 expression during mammary development in the mouse, and (3) producing hAG-2 as a recombinant protein and generating antibodies for detailed cell localization and other studies. More information on factors that control hAG-2 in breast cancer will clarify the significance of ER as the most important clinical marker of the disease and focus (and failure) of current therapy. The association of hAG-2 with ER implicates it as a key player in breast tumor biology.

 We anticipate that hAG-2 will emerge as an important factor for breast cancer tumor development, and perhaps mammary development. Ultimately, knowledge at the molecular level will be pivotal to designing intelligent cancer treatment strategies.
Mirandofures rongoensis Mey 2017
Creators: name: Gustafsson, Daniel R.
name: Bush, Sarah E.
name: Palma, Ricardo L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Mirandofures
Mirandofures rongoensis

description: Estrildinirmus rongoensis Mey, 2017
Estrildinirmus rongoensis Mey, 2017: 154, fig. 78, pl. XIII: fig. 2.
Mirandofures rongoensis (Mey, 2017). New combination.
Type host: Lonchura spectabilis wahgiensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1952 —hooded manakin.
Type locality: Rongo, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.
Remarks. The illustration of the male of genitalia (Mey 2017: fig. 78) and the photograph of the holotype male show that this is a valid species.
description: Published as part of Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), pp. 252-284 in Zootaxa 4615 (2) on page 272, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3244680
An investigation of the factors affecting the musical creativity of high school students
Creators: name: Micu, Christine S.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: The purpose of the study was to investigate factors that affect the creativity of high school students’ musical compositions. It sought to identify common characteristics of students whose musical compositions were judged more or less creative. The subjects in this study were high school students (N = 48) in grades 9-12 of a large suburban high school in central New Jersey.    Three research questions were addressed: 1) Is there any difference in Musical Creativity scores based on Instrumental Music Experience as defined by a) Years of Instrumental Lessons; b) Number of Instruments Played; c) Piano Skill; and d) Guitar Skill? 2) Is there any difference in Musical Creativity scores based on School Music Experience as defined by a) Participation in a School Ensemble; b) Music Theory Class experience; and c) Number of Music Classes taken? 3) Is there any difference in Musical Creativity scores based on Non-School Music Experience as defined by a) Participation in a Rock Band; and b) Years of Participation in a Rock Band?    Subjects completed three composition tasks ranging from closed (strict guidelines) to open-ended (free composition). Four judges rated the compositions using Amabile’s (1983) Consensual Assessment Technique as adapted to musical composition by Bangs (1992) with reliability ranging from .64 to .83.     The Instrumental Music Experience variables of Years of Lessons on Primary Instrument, Total Years of Lessons, and Number of Instruments Played had significant positive correlations with Musical Creativity. There was also a significant positive correlation between level of Piano Skill and Musical Creativity scores, and those students with piano experience scored significantly higher for Musical Creativity than those without.     The School Music Experience variables of Participate in a School Ensemble, Music Theory class, and Number of Music Classes showed significant positive relationships with Musical Creativity scores. Those student identified by the Non-School Music Experience variable Participate in a Rock Band scored higher on the Free-Compose project and for overall Musical Creativity. A greater number of Years in a Rock Band also showed a significant positive correlation with musical creativity scores.
Priceiella babaxiphilus Mey 2017
Creators: name: Gustafsson, Daniel R.
name: Bush, Sarah E.
name: Palma, Ricardo L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Priceiella
Priceiella babaxiphilus

description: Garrulaxeus babaxiphilus Mey, 2017
Garrulaxeus babaxiphilus Mey, 2017: 162, figs 82–83, pl. XIV: figs 2–3.
Priceiella (Camurnirmus) babaxiphila (Mey, 2017). New combination.
Type host: Ianthocincla waddelli jomo (Vaurie, 1955) —giant babax.
Type locality: Zetang, Tibet, China.
Remarks. Although we did not study any material of this species, we transfer Garrulaxeus babaxiphilus to Priceiella (Camurnirmus) Gustafsson & Bush, 2017 based on the shape of the male genitalia illustrated by Mey (2017: fig. 83). However, we believe that this species needs a redescription to be clearly identified without examining type material.
description: Published as part of Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), pp. 252-284 in Zootaxa 4615 (2) on page 273, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3244680
UTILIZING PREDICTION AND MONITORING TECHNIQUES WITH CORRELATION AND REGRESSION MODELS FOR THE ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF VASCULAR DISEASES
Creators: name: Nurjabova, Dilafruz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The increasing prevalence of vascular diseases poses significant challenges to global healthcare systems. Effective prediction and monitoring are essential for early diagnosis, personalized treatment, and improved patient outcomes. This study explores the application of prediction and monitoring techniques using correlation and regression models to analyze and manage vascular diseases. Correlation analysis identifies the relationships between key risk factors—such as age, obesity, hypertension, and lifestyle habits—and the onset of vascular conditions. Regression models, including linear, logistic, and multivariate approaches, predict disease progression, treatment efficacy, and mortality rates.
Additional file 1: of A key enzyme of animal steroidogenesis can function in plants enhancing their immunity and accelerating the processes of growth and development
Creators: name: Shpakovski, George
name: Spivak, Svetlana
name: Berdichevets, Irina
name: Babak, Olga
name: Kubrak, Svetlana
name: Kilchevsky, Alexander
name: Aralov, Andrey
name: Slovokhotov, Ivan
name: Shpakovski, Dmitry
name: Baranova, Ekaterina
name: Khaliluev, Marat
name: Shematorova, Elena
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Scheme of biosynthesis of the detected mammalian steroid hormones in plants. (DOC 74Â kb)
Plocopsylla (Plocopsylla) lewisi Beaucournu & Gallardo 1988
Creators: name: Lareschi, Marcela
name: Sanchez, Juliana
name: Autino, Analía
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Siphonaptera
Stephanocircidae
Plocopsylla
Plocopsylla lewisi

description: Plocopsylla (Plocopsylla) lewisi Beaucournu & Gallardo, 1988
FMR (MNHN). Argentina, Río Negro: Estación Perito Moreno, Cerro Microondas. Mammalia—Rodentia— Cricetidae— Abrothrix hirta. Chile; Argentina—Chubut: Lago Fontana, Puerto Madryn. Santa Cruz: Pali Aike. Mammalia—Rodentia—Cricetidae— Abrothrix hirta, Abrothrix olivacea, Eligmodontia chinchilloides, Oligoryzomys longicaudatus, Phyllotis xantophygus, Reithrodon physodes. Sanchez et al. (2015).
description: Published as part of Lareschi, Marcela, Sanchez, Juliana & Autino, Analía, 2016, A review of the fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) from Argentina, pp. 239-258 in Zootaxa 4103 (3) on page 245, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/262230
New Jersey statewide greenhouse gas emissions inventory update: 2005, 2006, and 200& estimates
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2008

description: This report provides estimated statewide greenhouse gas emissions for New Jersey for 2005, 2006 and 200&. This report fulfills three requirements of the Global Warming Response Act; it includes an inventory of the 1990 level of statewide greenhouse gas emissions as baseline to track progress towards 2020 limit as well as an inventory of 2006 statewide greenhouse gas emissions to help track  progress towards the 2050 limit, and serves as the first biennial report on greenhouse gas emission statistics.
Statewide greenhouse gas emission inventory for 2009
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This report updates New Jersey’s Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory and presents statistics ongreenhouse gas emissions for the biennial report pursuant to the Global Warming Response Act (N.J.S.A.26:2C-43). It discusses greenhouse gas emissions estimates for the most current and complete data for NewJersey (2009), recent trends, and progress towards achieving the 2020 and 2050 greenhouse gas limitsestablished by the State’s Global Warming Response Act (GWRA).
Priceiella ecki Mey 2017
Creators: name: Gustafsson, Daniel R.
name: Bush, Sarah E.
name: Palma, Ricardo L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Priceiella
Priceiella ecki

description: Garrulaxeus ecki Mey, 2017
Garrulaxeus ecki Mey, 2017: 164, fig. 87, pl. XV: figs 5–6.
Priceiella (Camurnirmus) ecki (Mey, 2017). New combination, species inquirenda
Type host: Ianthocincla treacheri treacheri (Sharpe, 1879) —chestnut-hooded laughingthrush.
Type locality: Mount Kina Balu, NW Borneo.
Remarks. We transfer Garrulaxeus ecki to Priceiella (Camurnirmus) based on the shape of the male genitalia illustrated by Mey (2017: fig. 87). However, the text description and illustrations of P. ecki do not give sufficient details to establish whether this species is separable from either Priceiella (Camurnirmus) paulbrowni Gustafsson & Bush, 2017 or Pr. (Camurnirmus) hwameicola Gustafsson & Bush, 2017. Therefore, we regard Garrulaxeus ecki as species inquirenda.
description: Published as part of Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), pp. 252-284 in Zootaxa 4615 (2) on page 273, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3244680