cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Demonstration network and metrics for accelerating adoption of climate smart farming practices
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: Scaling up soil health and other climate-smart agricultural practices to sequester carbon, increase water and nutrient use efficiency, and improve the resilience of farms to climate-related threats like drought and floods is one of the core pillars of California’s Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy (2022). Climate-smart agriculture, however is a systems based approach and requires localized adaptation across the diverse soils, cropping systems, socioeconomic and cultural contexts across California. Moreover, optimizing the climate benefits of practices in different systems requires rigorous but easy-to-implement metrics for monitoring outcomes. Existing soil health metrics were designed for eastern and midwestern agroecosystems and must be adapted to the arid and Mediterranean climates of California, as well as to the needs of farmers.

 This project will address these challenges by strengthening the nascent California Farm Demonstration Network (CFDN) for on-the-ground, regionally specific demonstration of a range of climate-smart practices, such as cover cropping, reduced tillage, compost and mulch use, hedgerow planting, irrigation system optimization, and others on commercial farms. It will pilot a participatory partnership extension model, that harnesses social learning to reduce adoption risks and adapt knowledge to an ever-changing environment, increasing the likelihood of farmer success and accelerating long-term uptake of complex, place-specific practices.

 Literature review, producer interviews, soil sampling and monitoring of practices on select demonstration farms across regions and climate gradients will be used to assess soil health and climate resilience indicators and measurement methods for relevance to California producers and their ease of use in the field. This assessment will inform soil health and resilience monitoring protocols in future research and extension efforts. Together, these outputs will provide an on-farm extension and research platform (the CFDN) and soil health monitoring guidance that will help thousands of producers to adopt climate-smart practices tailored to their farms. Leveraging the knowledge-sharing capabilities of the CFDN will enhance public impact of existing climate solutions and actionable outcomes within a short time frame.
Resilient and Equitable Urban Stream Corridors
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: Natural hazards, socio-economic wellbeing, and ecological functions all intertwine in California’s urban stream corridors, because these pathways are heavily relied on for flood and pollution control, recreation, ecosystem services, education, and residency. As we write, tens of thousands of unhoused people, previously pushed into living and forage along streams, are evacuating streams and losing belongings due to flash flooding. Meanwhile, landslides are destroying homes along the hills above. Yet 5 months earlier, the concern was drought, fire, and overheating. California’s climate has always been defined by variability. Climate change synergized with urbanization is amplifying extremes in ways that our urban stream communities and ecosystems are not resilient against. Regional climate models already provide reasonable forecasts that illuminate broader impacts requiring adaptation, but these must be combined with a better understanding of local effects. Local urban managers tend to address crises with small, specific projects absent the context of a whole urban region, with its complex intertwining of multiple types of natural hazards, civil infrastructure, and socio-economic vulnerabilities. To provide climate action in this context, we formed a multi-institutional, transdisciplinary partnership that will carry out integrated applied research and practical action looking at urban stream corridors as a system seeking climate resilience. We will discover landscape patterns that amplify risks and identify locations where nature-based solutions can be most effective, by using a combination of (1) targeted interdisciplinary data collection in local communities and their streams, (2) model-predicted future climate condition maps, (3) remote sensing, and (4) Big Data spatial analysis. Resulting risk and opportunity maps and recommendations will be used by our local nonprofit and conservation district partners to aid decision-making about where to deploy their resources and expertise for community engagement, master planning, community education, and siting shovel-ready projects. We will also use this project, with its training opportunities for diverse students, targeted workshops, and dedicated outreach to strengthen ties across academic, industry, nonprofit, and government sectors leading to subsequent actions that leverage this seed grant.
Climate Action - Community-driven eLectric vEhicle chArging solutioN (CA-CLEAN)
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions achieved through transportation electrification is crucial for mitigating climate change in California. However, many factors limit the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) among residents of disadvantaged communities (DACs), who account for one-third of Southern California’s population. A key barrier is the lack of access to EV charging stations (EVCS) at home and work. This is partly due to the significant knowledge gap between regional planning efforts and local community deployment which has hindered the equitable distribution of EVCS infrastructure and broader EV adoption. DAC residents have rarely been involved in EVCS siting decision-making processes, and most existing public EVCS planning efforts have only focused on single quantitative metrics, such as minimizing costs or distance traveled by vehicles.

 To address these challenges, an interdisciplinary team of scholars from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and California State University Northridge (CSUN) proposes a scalable, equitable, and evidence-based solution for transportation electrification efforts in DACs through the following tasks: (1) identifying community needs and barriers to EV adoption and EVCS deployment by engaging with residents and community-based organizations, (2) empowering DAC residents by improving their knowledge and awareness of EV/EVCS through targeted outreach activities, (3) Integrating transportation and power systems to optimize demand and supply for EVCS, (4) co-designing EVCS deployment plans and piloting EVCS installation in DACs, (5) forecasting the impacts of EVs on electric vehicle miles traveled (eVMT), GHG emissions, near-roadway air quality, and health effects, and (6) examining attitudes towards EV/EVCS in comparison to other clean transportation options. The proposed project aims to develop best practices to inform current and long-term EV adoption strategies and EVCS deployment efforts. Our long-term goal is to bring positive climate, environmental, and public health outcomes to all Californians by improving equitable accessibility to EVCS, and increasing EV adoption among DACs.
Trupanea stellata
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Trupanea
Trupanea stellata

description: Trupanea stellata (Fuesslin, 1775)
Musca stellata Fuesslin, 1775: 56. Unspecified type. Switzerland (Zurich) (ETHZ).
Musca stellata Roemer, 1789: 84. Unspecified type. Switzerland (Unknown type depository). Junior secondary homonym. Trupanea radiata Schrank, 1795: 147. Unspecified type. Germany (Bavaria: Donube R.) Unknown type depository). Tephritis terminata Fallén, 1814: 173. Unspecified type. Sweden (Malmohus: near Sandhammaren) (NRS). Urellia calcitrapae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 774. Syntypes. France (MNHNP, destroyed).
Distribution. AF. Ethiopia. OR: India. PA: Andorra, British Is., China, Czech Republic, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Africa, Poland, Scandinavia, east to Mongolia, south to Canary Is., Spain, Switzerland. Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Alexandria, Burg, Mariout. Eastern Desert: North Galala, Suez Road, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Morrah, Wadi Um Elek. Wadi Hoff, Wadi Zohleiga. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Barrage, Cairo, Kerdassa, Maadi, Qubba. Sinai: Ain Moussa. Upper Egypt: Aswan.
Host plants. Chamomile (Anthemis spp.), German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.), garland chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria (L.) Cass. ex Spach), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), mayweed (Matricaria sp.), Picris rhagadioloides (L.) Desf., plumeless saw-wort (Serratula spp.), ragwort (Senecio spp.), scentless chamomile (Tripleurospermum inodorum (L.) Sch. Bip.) and sea aster (Tripolium pannonicum (Jacq.) Dobrocz.). Sources: Efflatoun (1924a); Freidberg & Kugler (1989).
Dates of collection. January to October.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 175, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Mentality of Tap Water Versus Bottled Water
Creators: name: Theisen, Joanne
name: Queirolo, Stephanie
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: The mentality Rutgers students have of their tap water being dirty and undrinkable, and the convenience and superiority of bottled water.
description: Our mission is to convince students living within Rutgers University of the benefits of using water purifiers or a cheaper alternative. We hope that through an investigative survey, we can determine why students have a preconceived notion that tap water is always contaminated and try to reverse it. We want to show people that with the use of water filters tap water is just as safe, and tastes just the same as bottled water. In the processes we want to reduce plastic water bottle waste, and prove that water filters can be an easier, cheaper, healthier way to enjoy water.
Microcambeva ribeirae Costa, Lima & Bizerril 2004
Creators: name: Langeani, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Trichomycteridae
Microcambeva
Microcambeva ribeirae

description: Microcambeva ribeirae Costa, Lima & Bizerril (2004).
Paratypes: 1 lot, 1 specimen; DZSJRP 2297, 42.1 mm SL, fazenda Seara, Jacupiranga, São Paulo, Brazil, 24°41’32.99”S, 48°0’7.99”W, cols. L.M.T.F. Camargo & J.A.S. Zuanon, 23 August 1985.
description: Published as part of Langeani, Francisco, 2017, Annotated catalog of the type specimens deposited at the fish collection of the " Universidade Estadual Paulista, Câmpus de São José do Rio Preto ", São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP), pp. 435-460 in Zootaxa 4319 (3) on page 443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/890303
Summary of master plan, Borough of Westwood, New Jersey; Building growth and population, land use, existing and future, replanning the central business district, major thoroughfare plan, parks, recreation and open space, municipal services and facilities, housing conditions, urban renewal recommendations for the planning board of Westwood, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1960

description: SThis document is a summary of the master plan of Westwood, NJ, including its population, land use, existing and future, replanning the central business district, major thoroughfare plan, parks, recreation and open space, municipal services and facilities, housing conditions, urban renewal recommendations.
An Aesthetics of Resilience: Expanding Knowledge about Climate Change through Art and Science
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: We propose a creative public scholarship initiative designed to shift social norms and promote climate resilience through art and science collaborations. This project addresses a central challenge in confronting the realities of the rapidly changing climate in California: while it is evident that scientific and technological solutions are urgently needed to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis, a large-scale psychological adaptation is equally imperative to contend with knowledge structures and challenge trajectories of societal development that have left some communities particularly vulnerable to climate change. “An Aesthetics of Resilience” catalyzes social and cultural change by aligning the resources and research of the Friedlaender Lab, which focuses on using technology to study the impacts of environmental change on marine mammals, with those of the Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS), UCSC’s premier art and research galleries, to innovate new ways to improve understanding and problem solving around the disparate community impacts of climate change. Produced with postdoctoral scholars and graduate students with specialities in art and science, the outcome of the project will be a traveling art exhibition program for university and public art museums, events featuring the recipients of California Climate Action Grants, and publications of new research designed to transform understanding about the cascading—and connected—series of social, economic, political, and environmental challenges affecting our livelihoods. The initiative will also provide proof of concept as we seek additional funding for a long-term program of art and science exhibitions and programming promoting climate resilience aimed at the education of university students, lifelong learners, and the broader public. With an attention to adult learning unusual for art and science collaborations, and thinking beyond the illustrative function of art, we plan to provide a sustained platform for artists and museums working together with scientists and other researchers to reshape cultural and social values, aiding the public and decision makers alike in interpreting climate science for the good of all.
Chauliocheilos saxatilis Martins, Andrade, Rosa & Langeani 2014
Creators: name: Langeani, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Chauliocheilos
Chauliocheilos saxatilis

description: Chauliocheilos saxatilis Martins, Andrade, Rosa & Langeani (2014).
Holotype: DZSJRP 19157, 48.8 mm SL, stream of headwaters of rio Itamarandiba, rio Jequitinhonha, Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 18°05’48”S, 43°00’19”W, cols. F. Langeani, F.R. Carvalho, B.N. Andrade & A.C. Rosa, 26 September 2013 (Fig. 6).
Paratypes: 2 lots, 28 specimens; DZSJRP 19156, 3, 25.7–41.8 mm SL, stream of headwaters of rio Itamarandiba, rio Jequitinhonha, Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 18°05’51”S, 42°56’44”W, cols. F. Langeani et al., 26 September 2013; and DZSJRP 19158, 25 (4 c&s, tissue samples of 3 specimens), two paratypes dissected (encephalon extracted), 24.4–48.1 mm SL, collected with the holotype.
description: Published as part of Langeani, Francisco, 2017, Annotated catalog of the type specimens deposited at the fish collection of the " Universidade Estadual Paulista, Câmpus de São José do Rio Preto ", São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP), pp. 435-460 in Zootaxa 4319 (3) on page 443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/890303
Aligning Climate Solutions with Energy Equity, Entrepreneurship and Environmental Justice
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: Despite the significant technological opportunities that exist to combat climate change and help accelerate a new carbon economy, there are a myriad of sociological, educational and workforce factors that need to be addressed. What are the new job skills needed to solve the climate crisis? What does the workforce of tomorrow look like? How can students from diverse and vulnerable regions be included in the path forward? How can we foster the development of climate technologies in carbon capture, conversion, and associated renewable energy solutions while also addressing direct community benefits for those living in front-line regions? This proposal addresses three specific areas of focus relative to the new carbon economy: (1) Providing underrepresented students with access to research opportunities allowing them to participate in carbon solutions; (2) Assisting companies and start-ups with the technology and workforce skills necessary for success in carbon neutrality goals; and (3) Providing a voice to environmental community advocates so that their ideas and requests can be addressed early and effectively. The Livermore Lab Foundation, in partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Lab, will offer three research teams and six student fellows the opportunity to advance specific climate solutions via LLNL’s innovative Prototyping Enclave incubator. Companies throughout the greater East Bay/SF region will be afforded access to LLNL scientists and engineers to address workforce needs and community benefit plan considerations relative to their products or services. And respected voices from traditional and non-traditional environmental justice and community organizations will be invited to directly engage with LLNL experts – as new climate technologies emerge. The knowledge and experiences gained will provide a framework for future industry, student and community engagement via LLNL’s Prototyping Enclave incubator.
Tephritis Latreille 1804
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Tephritis

description: Genus TEPHRITIS Latreille
Tephritis Latreille, 1804: 196. Type species: Musca arnicae Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation (Cresson 1914: 278). Tephritoides Benjamin, 1934: 58. Type species: Euaresta subpura Johnson, 1909, original designation. Acrorellia Wang, 1990: 298. Type species: Acrorellia sinica Wang, 1990, original designation. Terbita Bassov & Tolstoguzova, 1994: 83. Type species: Tephritis academica Bassov & Tolstoguzova, 1994, original
designation.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 175, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
INNOVATING FOR CLIMATE ACTION - UC SAN DIEGO
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: UC San Diego has deep expertise in technology and policy development around issues of climate change and resilience. Collaboration and transdisciplinary are a hallmark of those efforts, with the focus being on bringing multidisciplinary teams around developing effective solutions to tangible problems.

 Proposed Scope of Work
 With the strong campus foundation, we propose to leverage existing resources and expertise to accelerate the development of climate solutions with tangible outcomes for our California communities. Our proposed activities will contribute to the development of the innovation workforce of tomorrow that will sustain climate adaptation and resilience in the long term.
 We propose the following programs which are described in more detail in the proposal plan:
 1. Climate solutions: A proof of concept program to take ideas and technologies emerging from research and policy programs and work with the community to deploy as products with real positive impact in the community.
 2. Climate Workforce: An experiential incubator program to help student innovators develop their climate solutions from idea to impact while being mentored and supported by community and industry experts. This program will develop both solutions and the climate workforce to drive sustainable growth in these sectors in the long run.
 3. Climate Awareness: A series of events, seminars and workshops bringing students, faculty, industry, government and the broader community together to develop relationships, raise awareness, and identify community-driven priorities around the issues of climate adaptation and resilience.
 Conclusion
 The programs in this proposal will accelerate an already strong foundation in innovation and entrepreneurship, with a specific focus on California climate action priorities. Through our proposed activities, we will contribute to the innovation workforce and build lasting partnerships with state and local agencies, industry, and regional communities.
 Our activities will raise awareness of climate resilience and adaptation issues, priming future engaged work. Our proposed scope of work will bring the considerable talent and expertise of faculty, students and staff, together with the community, so we can build a better, more inclusive and climate resilient future for everyone.
UC Climate Action Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
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: UCI’s Resilience and Adaptation Development in California (RADiCal) initiative will apply UC Climate Action Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CAIE) funds to programs bridging innovation-to-impact gaps leading to rapid commercialization. Our integrated strategy brings transdisciplinary campus resources together, leverages diverse and inclusive talent and culture, draws on radical collaboration pathways, and provides flexibility to enable adjustments toward tangible, lasting, leverageable results.

 The RADiCal initiative will accelerate the capabilities of UCI and its partners to move climate action projects swiftly and efficiently toward real-world application around two Programming Areas: (1) Catalyze a Prolific Climate Action Translation Hub and (2) Climate Action Solution UCI IP/Knowledge Translation Velocity. Specific programs include the establishment of the Climate Action Business Incubator (CABI), increased Proof of Product (PoP) funding for climate action-oriented innovations, strengthened domain expert exchange platforms and workshops, and eased access to UCI core facilities for industry and community partners accelerating climate action-related projects.
Beverly Sills
Creators: name: Stuart, Betty
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1986

description: A brief life story of Beverly Sills from her early childhood in Brooklyn, NY to her assumption of the role of general director of the NY City Opera, a position she held when this paper was written. Details include particular performances and personages that were influential in that span of years,  as well as her personal story of marriage and children.
Oral tolerance and allergy
Creators: name: Burks, Wesley
name: Hamad, Ahmad
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2017

description:
Food allergy prevalence is increasing in the developed world. It's estimated that each year in the US, anaphylaxis to food results in 30,000 emergency room visits and 150 deaths. Over the past few decades, there has been a tremendous effort to better understand the pathogenesis of food allergy and mechanisms of food tolerance. In this article we review the structural of the gastrointestinal immune system and mechanisms of natural tolerance to food. We then review the factors that may result in the IgE mediated hypersensitivity reaction to food allergens resulting in clinical food allergy. Lastly, we provide a brief review of the efforts to induce immune tolerance to patients with food allergy.
UC Merced Climate Action Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hub
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The University of California Merced proposes to i) disburse Climate Action LaunchPad Proof of Concept (PoC) innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) funds through a one-time competition, ii) hire an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) to assist the PoC award recipients in delivering climate action solutions for California communities, and iii) stand up the first wet lab incubator on the UC Merced campus, facilitating entrepreneurial activity in support of climate solutions.
Accelerating Climate Tech Commercialization through Innovation & Entrepreneurship Fellowships
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: With this UC Climate Action Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) proposal, Berkeley Lab Foundation, in partnership with Activate Global, Inc. and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), will support six fellows for two years in Activate’s nationally recognized climate technology accelerator program. The program allows scientists with early-stage, innovative ideas addressing climate change to continue their technical progress to demonstrate the feasibility of their idea, while also learning the fundamentals of commercialization. LBNL will provide the technical mentorship and resources to help each fellow advance their technology from idea to proof-of-concept experiment, while Activate will provide the entrepreneurial training and connectivity to California's climate change innovation ecosystem. Together, Activate and LBNL will support six fellows over two years with a focus on empowering California-based scientists that will provide benefits to those communities that are likely to be disproportionately impacted by climate change due to economic and geographic factors in the State. This program will ultimately enable the creation of six climate-focused companies that are advancing innovative solutions around climate preparedness, resilience, and/or mitigation tailored to local community or regional needs in California.
Accelerating Solutions for Climate in California Maximizing the Impact of UC Berkeley I&E
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The proposal outlines portfolio of initiatives that draw on, expand, and pull together many of UC Berkeley’s most successful innovation & entrepreneurship (I&E) programs that capture the spectrum of incubation and acceleration needed to bring climate solutions from their student, post doc, faculty, and alumni origins to their full potential. We focus on three key areas, referred to as "platforms" and they are:
 1) Incubation & Acceleration, 2) Climate Action Outreach, and 3) Communication & Coordination.
Curculionichthys oliveirai
Creators: name: Langeani, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Curculionichthys
Curculionichthys oliveirai

description: Curculionichthys oliveirai (Roxo, Zawadzki & Troy 2014).
Paratypes: 1 lot, 3 specimens; DZSJRP 18244, 26.3¯ 26.8 mm SL, ribeirão Salto Grande, rio Ivaí basin, Maria Helena, Paraná, Brazil, 23°37’08”S, 53°12’18”W, col. W.J. Graça, 30 December 2004.
description: Published as part of Langeani, Francisco, 2017, Annotated catalog of the type specimens deposited at the fish collection of the " Universidade Estadual Paulista, Câmpus de São José do Rio Preto ", São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP), pp. 435-460 in Zootaxa 4319 (3) on page 443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/890303
Accelerating Climate Emergency Response to Wildfire Smoke to Improve Health and Resilience
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: Climate change is driving a wildfire crisis that is polluting California’s air. Wildfire smoke harms population health both near and far from fire risk areas and drives significant health disparities. While California is acting to address destructive wildfires, it has paid insufficient attention to health threats from wildfire smoke. This contradicts the State’s Climate Adaptation Strategy, which sees wildfire smoke as an urgent public health risk that requires action. In alignment with California’s climate goals, we propose to improve public health and protect climate vulnerable communities from wildfire smoke, using the San Francisco Bay Area as a model. Specifically, the proposal outlines three objectives. First, we will use novel machine learning technologies to identify SF Bay Area populations most at risk of adverse health outcomes from wildfire smoke. Second, we will assess how strategies to mitigate the adverse health impacts of wildfire smoke are currently deployed by public health departments and community organizations in the SF Bay Area, and, importantly, whether they are effective. Finally, we will utilize what is learned to activate clinical and community emergency response to wildfire smoke events in the SF Bay Area.
Lower Raritan/Middlesex County 208 water quality management planning program; Analysis report: task 4.2, October 19&5 low flow survey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1975

description: The survey was conducted on &-10 October 19&5. The purpose of the low flow sampling was to:1) Define low flow conditions of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and water quality to support steady-state modeling of the impact of point sources;2) Provide low flow non-point source loading information;3) Provide some stream geometry information, to be supplemented by the geometry survey;4) Provide stream and impoundment data at a single point in time, to allow examination of transient, or short-term interactions, between the two types of water bodies;5) Provide some general water quality information on study area waters.The report contains two chapters: 1. Program Outline and 2. Data Summary. The Program Outline chapter describes the rivers and estuaries sampled in the survey, the methods of obtaining the data and analytical methods utilized in determining the parameter values. The data summary chapter presents the data collected and the Dissolved Oxygen (DO) profiles of the rivers.
RU Pet Fostering?
Creators: name: Deyer, Michelle
name: Crawford, Brittany
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: A Rutgers Pet Fostering Program
description: In the current economy, many pet owners can no longer afford to take care of their animals. Many people then bring their pets into animal shelters or just abandon them on the streets. With the large influx of animals into the shelters, they run the risk of overcrowding. Shelter over crowdedness can cause stress on the animals and diseases can be easily spread. Animal shelters also can not focus on each animal individually so they each don’t get the care and training they need to become great pets.Pet fostering is great way to get the animals out of the shelter and into temporary homes. When a pet is fostered it is brought into a person’s home and is given the love and attention to become well socialized. The pet fosterer can train and get to know the pet and can help it find a good home. A pet fostering program at Rutgers would help many animals get the training and love they need to become great pets. Rutgers is a large school and there is a great amount of potential fosterers that can help the animals find homes.
Synthetic Turf Disposal and Health Concerns
Creators: name: Rosenblatt, Mathew
name: Wolf, Daniel
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: To Educate The Public on Negative Aspects of Synthetic Turf Sports Fields
description: In the past, sports playing surfaces have primarily been made of natural grass.  However, many of today’s sports fields are made of artificial turf at both the youth and the professional level.  It is not completely clear as to which playing surface is the better choice, but there are several positives and negatives of artificial turf and natural grass.  Some people say that athletes are more prone to injury when playing on artificial turf compared to natural grass.  If this is true, this can potentially become a major problem, as many sports teams are transitioning over to artificial turf.  While injuries are a major topic of the debate, a serious issue is how artificial turf affects the environment.  Artificial turf, which is made of recycled rubber, has a lifespan typically between ten and twelve years.  When that lifespan is up it can either be recycled or disposed of in landfills.  Sometimes, the turf is recycled and reused, but when there is no need for it, there is no other option but to dispose of it into a landfill.  The problem with this is that “only 8 states have no restrictions on placing tires in landfills.  The primary reasons behind these restrictions include the possibility of pest infestations and tire fires (Claudio).  Another reason that artificial turf is looked at negatively is because of the chemicals that the rubber contains.  The chemicals can potentially be hazardous if they come into contact with a person’s skin, are inhaled through the air, or are ingested through the water supply.  The turf issue should not only draw concern from sports athletes, but also from bystanders who are affected by the environmental effects of artificial turf.
Tephritis bimaculata Freidberg 1981
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Tephritis
Tephritis bimaculata

description: Tephritis bimaculata Freidberg, 1981
Tephritis bimaculata Freidberg, 1981: 27. Holotype. Israel (Mt. Hermon, 2000 m.) (TAU). Distribution. PA: Egypt, Israel.
Egyptian localities. Sinai: Central Sinai, Gebel Moussa, South Sinai Mts., St. Katherine, Wadi Gebal, Wadi Telah. Host plants. Unknown.
Dates of collection. March to September.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 175, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Academic and behavioral effects of aerobic exercise on middle school students
Creators: name: Alfone, Mark K.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: In light of the many health and fitness advantages of taking part in physical activity, school physical education (PE) programs may not be capitalizing on the impact they can have on various student outcomes. PE programs need to look beyond the health and fitness connections that we have become familiar reading about and seeing first-hand. The view of modern PE programs should be expanded upon to incorporate possible benefits they may have on student achievement and behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term impact of an intensive PE program, utilizing Wii aerobics, on middle school students’ achievement and classroom behavior. Within the context of Neptune Middle School, this study investigated the effects of a moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) PE program on academic achievement of students in their classes that immediately follow PE. This study also investigated the effects of this PE program on student behaviors in the classes that immediately followed PE. Additionally, this study examined the interaction of grade, gender, ethnicity, and education classification (regular or special education) with the effects on student achievement and behavior of participating in the MVPA PE program.   This study utilized a pretest-posttest experimental design with randomization to an intensive Wii PE program or the traditional PE program. Participants were 256 seventh and eighth graders at Neptune Middle School. Surveys were administered prior to participation in the study to assess the students’ attitudes about the Wii PE program. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the results.   Statistically significant positive effects were found for classroom behavior, but not academic achievement. The MVPA PE program reduced discipline related classroom removals in those classes that immediately followed PE. Findings from this study can provide the school administrators with an evidence-based strategy for modifying school curriculum and schedules that take into account the impact PE has on student success. Furthermore, urban middle schools struggling with student discipline issues that result in loss of instructional time may benefit from an intensive PE program as they look beyond the traditional methods of student support services for addressing student behaviors within the school day.
Curculionichthys paresi
Creators: name: Langeani, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Curculionichthys
Curculionichthys paresi

description: Curculionichthys paresi (Roxo, Zawadzki & Troy 2014).
Paratypes: 1 lot, 2 specimens; DZSJRP 18245, 19.9¯ 24.3 mm SL, riacho Águas Claras, affluent of the rio Sepotuba, rio Paraguay basin, Santo Afonso, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 14°21’03”S, 57°33’07”W, col. W.P. Troy, 14 September 2010.
description: Published as part of Langeani, Francisco, 2017, Annotated catalog of the type specimens deposited at the fish collection of the " Universidade Estadual Paulista, Câmpus de São José do Rio Preto ", São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP), pp. 435-460 in Zootaxa 4319 (3) on page 443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/890303
Allaeotes Pascoe 1885
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dryophthoridae
Allaeotes

description: Key to species of the genus Allaeotes
1. Body broadly ovate. Antennomeres 4-7 distinctly transverse. Antennal club quite short. .................................................................................................................................................. A. niger
- Body slender. Antennomeres 4-7 weakly transverse. Antennal club long................................2
2. Rostrum uniformly curved. Pronotum wider, with slightly rounded sides................................. ....................................................................................................................... A. sklodowskii sp. nov.
- Rostrum curved in apical part. Pronotum narrower, with subparallel sides. ............. A. griseus
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2021, A new species of the genus Allaeotes Pascoe, 1885 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Philippines, pp. 25-29 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 21 (1) on pages 25-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10905418
Middlesex 208 study eutrophication analysis (task VII); Final data report
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1976

description: This report is intended only as a compilation of data collected during the Task VIIsampling program; the analysis of this data will be presented in the Final Task VII Analysis Report. This report also includes a discussion of the status of data analysis, models to be evaluated and outline for the final report.The objectives of the eutrophication analysis (Task VII) portion of the 208 program are designed to permit evaluation of the existing relative state of eutrophication for eight impoundments. This information will then be used to recommend management options for each impoundment consistent with its present and planned usage.The intent of this report is to present the collected data and make it available for use by other tasks in the Middlesex County 208 Study. Part V of this report presents a tentative outline of the materials which will be prepared in the final analysis report for Task VII.
Comparison of deflection and vibration limits for high performance steel bridges
Creators: name: Adams, Ryan J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Deflection limits are used in today’s highway bridge industry to indirectly limit the amount of  vibration induced under normal operating loads. These limits were established based on  subjective human responses to out-dated structure types, and have been found to have no  correlation to a bridge’s actual vibration behavior or structural longevity. Bridge designers  wishing to take advantage of High Performance Steel (HPS) materials are often unnecessarily  forced to use heavier girder sections to meet these criteria. This thesis will study the effects of  modifying the mass and stiffness of a HPS bridge’s main elements to ensure that its vibration  levels are within tolerable limits, despite being in violation of the proposed deflection criteria.  The analysis will use the grillage method based on a dynamic bridge-road-vehicle interaction  system to establish peak accelerations for typical HPS bridges. Parameters such as deck  thickness and girder moment of inertia will then be adjusted to bring the structure’s vibration to  an equivalent level as if the bridge were designed using conventional materials but still meeting deflection limits.
Aggie Climate action for Equity (ACE): Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Climate Change Solutions
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The UC Davis Aggie Climate action for Equity initiative (“ACE”) will be led by Venture Catalyst, the startup-support arm of the UC Davis Office of Research’s Innovation and Technology Commercialization unit. In collaboration with an established cadre of on- and off-campus stakeholders and the UC Davis intellectual property office (InnovationAccess), Venture Catalyst will leverage existing infrastructure and form new partnerships to yield a climate innovation pathway that accelerates the translation of nascent technologies and policy proposals into applied projects that yield actionable results and/or models with a proof-of concept within the 2-year grant horizon, poised so that innovations can be replicated and deployed at scale within 2-5 years. ACE will do this by developing and providing programming that connects climate science, climate justice, and entrepreneurial mindsets with proof-of-concept grant support for translational projects with the highest potential to have large-scale and/or near-to-medium term impact.
Jumpstarting Climate Action through Entrepreneurship in the Inland Empire
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: UC Riverside proposes the creation of the OASIS Entrepreneurial Academy: an integrated program of entrepreneurial support activities focused on identification, development and validation of solutions focused on increasing climate resilience, adaptation, and mitigation capacity of the most vulnerable populations in the Inland Empire.
 Leveraging its robust infrastructure to support technology commercialization and startup creation, the OASIS Academy will deliver entrepreneurial education, specialized mentorship and opportunities for commercialization and deployment to UCR and Inland Empire innovators. Results from activities will be disseminated annually via a regional climate conference.
 Regional climate vulnerability assessments and resilience strategies will guide project selection and prioritization to ensure immediate relevance to the community impacted. One important goal of the project is to generate12 new startup/technology licenses.
Tephritis jabeliae Freidberg 1981
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Tephritis
Tephritis jabeliae

description: Tephritis jabeliae Freidberg, 1981
Tephritis jabeliae Freidberg, 1981: 27. Holotype. Egypt (Sinai: Sinai Mountains & Mountain of Katharina, 2500 m) (TAU). Distribution. PA: Egypt, Israel.
Egyptian localities. Sinai: Gebel Moussa, Kathrina Mt., St. Katherine, Wadi El-Arbaein, Wadi Telah. Host plants. Pyrethrum (Pyrethrum spp.). Source: Freidberg & Kugler (1989). Dates of collection. July to September.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 176, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Curculionichthys piracanjuba
Creators: name: Langeani, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Loricariidae
Curculionichthys
Curculionichthys piracanjuba

description: Curculionichthys piracanjuba (Martins & Langeani 2012).
Holotype: DZSJRP 10450, 25.6 mm SL, unnamed stream tributary to rio Piracanjuba, rio Paranaíba basin, upper rio Paraná basin, at GO-213 road from Morrinhos to Rio Quente, right after access to Água Limpa, Marcelândia, Goiás, Brazil, el. 740 m, 17°43’23”S, 48°57’47”W, cols. F. Langeani, J. P. Serra, L.G.G. Silveira, D. Simiele & M.M.F. Marinho, 7 June 2007 (as Hisonotus piracanjuba; Fig. 7).
Paratypes: 4 lots, 33 specimens; DZSJRP 10442, 4, 22.4¯ 24.9 mm SL, same locality as holotype; cols. F. Langeani & L.G.G. Silveira, 10 March 2007; DZSJRP 13233, 15 (1 c&s), 17.8-24.8 mm SL, collected with the holotype; DZSJRP 14780, 7, 20.4¯ 24.7 mm SL, ribeirão Santana, rio São Bartolomeu drainage, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, cols. O.A. Shibatta & H.M. Shibatta, 14 January 2001; and DZSJRP 14781, 7, 15.3¯ 21.3 mm S, ribeirão Santana, rio São Bartolomeu drainage, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, col. O.A. Shibatta, 28 May 2000.
description: Published as part of Langeani, Francisco, 2017, Annotated catalog of the type specimens deposited at the fish collection of the " Universidade Estadual Paulista, Câmpus de São José do Rio Preto ", São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP), pp. 435-460 in Zootaxa 4319 (3) on page 443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/890303