cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Structure-binding activity relations of amphiphilic polymers and macrophage scavenger receptors
Creators: name: Plourde, Nicole M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Scavenger receptors mediate the uptake of oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL), leading to cholesterol accumulation and the development of atherosclerosis.  A promising avenue of interest in the treatment of cardiovascular disease is the use of a scavenger receptor inhibitor.  To this end, a series of polymers were designed based on a mucic acid backbone, aliphatic acid arms and polyethylene glycol tail.  Molecular modeling and docking approaches were used to understand the structure-activity relationship (SAR) between the polymers and scavenger receptor class A (SR-A).  The polymers containing hydrophobic-bound carboxylate groups were the most favorable binders to the SR-A model as well as the most efficient inhibitors of oxLDL accumulation.  Mutant SR-A models were generated by replacing charged residues with alanine.  All charged residues in the region were necessary, with Lys60, Lys63 and Lys66 having the greatest effect on binding.  However, binding was not mediated by charge alone and the polymer hydrophobic domain adjacent to the carboxylate group was found to be essential.  Based on these findings from Chapter 2, the next chapter focused on the polymer backbone.  Polymer models were designed to investigate the influence of backbone stereochemistry, cyclic versus linear backbone, and aromatic versus aliphatic backbone.  Molecular modeling and docking results indicate the ability of the backbone to favorably position the side chains and “lock” the ligand into position.  In vitro results followed those seen in the modeling predictions, with two polymers showing promise.  Thus, minute changes in polymer structures can sensitively affect SR-A binding affinities and modulate the competitive inhibition of oxLDL uptake.    This thesis also investigated the potential of amphiphilic polymers to target scavenger receptors and deliver a hydrophobic model drug reversing cholesterol accumulation.  The polymers encapsulated hydrophobic agonist (GW3965) against nuclear Liver-X receptor α (LXR), which significantly increased the drug uptake over non-polymer delivery.  In combination with the encapsulated LXR-agonist, the polymers reduced oxLDL by 88% in vitro.  Thus, the thesis findings suggest that the system of amphiphilic polymers exhibited significant tunability for scavenger receptor targeting, which can be exploited both for inhibition of cholesterol uptake as well as modulating cholesterol trafficking.
Alvania transiens
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Rissoidae
Alvania
Alvania transiens

description: Alvania transiens (Sacco, 1895)
(Fig. 5 H1-H4)
Alvania (Acinopsis) sculpta? var. transiens Sacco, 1895b: 27.
Alvania (Alvania) transiens – Tămaș et al. 2013: 61, fig. 2i.
Alvania transiens – Landau et al. 2013: 73, pl. 6, fig. 8 (cum syn.).
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample F11: AMPG (IV) 2455-2459 (five specimens).
DIMENSIONS. — Maximum height: 3.25 mm.
DISTRIBUTION. — Early Miocene. Aquitanian. Proto-Mediterranean Sea: Greece (this paper); Paratethys: Austria (Landau et al. 2013). — Burdigalian. Proto-Mediterranean: Italy (Sacco 1895b).
Middle Miocene. Proto-Mediterranean Sea: Turkey (Landau et al. 2013); Paratethys: Austria (Cossmann 1921; Kowalke & Harzhauser 2004), Hungary (Strausz 1966), Poland (Bałuk 1975), Romania (Tămaș et al. 2013).
Late Miocene. Proto-Mediterranean Sea: Italy (Sacco 1895b).
Early Pliocene. central Mediterranean: Italy (Sacco 1895b).
DESCRIPTION
Shell elongated; protoconch conical, of 2.5 slightly inflated whorls. Four rather flat teleoconch whorls with reticulated sculpture of 9-10 axial ribs and 5 regularly spaced spiral cords, third cord significantly weaker. Base with 5 spiral cords, axial sculpture intersects the 3 first spiral cords thus maintaining the reticulated aspect; 2 spiral cords thick and prominent. Aperture tear-drop shaped; no umbilicus, inner lip smooth, outer lip missing in all specimens.
REMARKS
Very characteristic species, due to its particular sculpture, elongated shape and conical protoconch. The early Miocene Alvania venus (d’Orbigny, 1852) is slightly reminiscent of A. transiens due to its prominent, reticulated sculpture. Kowalke & Harzhauser (2004) discussed the relationship between A. transiens and A. venus; Landau et al. (2013) presented a full list of synonymy which also illustrated the similarities of the two species. Another species with distinct cancellate sculpture is Alvania falsivenus Lozouet, 2015 from the Early Oligocene of SW France (Lozouet 2015). It differs from the present species in having a less elongate protoconch and shell, and a less pronounced sculpture in early teleoconch whorls.
Superorder LATROGASTROPODA Bouchet et al. 2017 Superfamily CYPRAEOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815
description: Published as part of Thivaiou, Danae, Harzhauser, Mathias & Koskeridou, Efterpi, 2019, Early Miocene Gastropods from the Felli Section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea NW Greece), pp. 323-366 in Geodiversitas 41 (8) on pages 340-341, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Making 'Recoveries'
Creators: name: Polak-Springer, Peter
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: The present dissertation examines the development of a Polish-German transnational political culture of contesting and nationally appropriating a common territory over a three-decade time span. It is based on the case-study of the Upper Silesian Industrial District, an area that underwent three border re-drawings between 1922 and 1950. First, it focuses on how the bilateral national “cold war” over this borderland during the interwar era spurred the cultivation of revanchist discourses, acculturation programs, symbolic landscapes, and particular groups of Polish and German elites devoted to agitating for the territory. Second, it explores how these factors served as the supporting and legitimating basis of war- and postwar-era violence and ethnic cleansing that occurred in this borderland, as well as the totalitarian-minded regimes that promoted it. Third, it examines the transnationally interactive character of rivaling Polish and German revanchist cultural politics, the bilateral contestation of nationalization efforts, and the influence each rivaling side had on the other. Finally, it also examines the contestation of state efforts to construct national landscapes and minds at the local level and the impact that this contest had on the ultimate fate of nationalization efforts. Drawing heavily on archival records and multimedia published primary sources, this dissertation focuses on a broad range of acculturation efforts as well as a number of agents and governments coordinating them. It examines the revanchist politics of Polish and German centrist governments, the Sanacja, German National Socialist, and Polish Communist regimes, as well as how these governments mobilized a constant set of Polish and German border activist groups to do their bidding. The prime concern here is on an analysis of a multifarious range of cultural-political policies and acculturation projects, including the use of architecture and landscape development for nationalization politics, the manipulation of folk culture (music, costume, religious practices and festivals), the coordination of adult education programs, and the promotion of culturally racist discourses of the “other.” The transnational contestation of these and other nationalization policies, their reception at the local level, and how they served as counterparts to ethnic cleansing-oriented population politics, are likewise a strong concern of the investigation here.
Epigenetic methylation and its implication in cancer and neurodegeneration
Creators: name: Purdon, Terence J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Epigenetics has become a fast-growing area of study in cellular biology. An epigenetic trait is defined as a stably inherited phenotype resulting from changes in a chromosome without alterations in the DNA sequence (1).  These types of modifications are essential for normal cellular function, assisting in the activation or repression of necessary genes in various stages of development. There are instances, though, in which the modifications can be altered to induce irregular gene transcription. In these cases, the results can provoke various forms of disease. In mammals, epigenetic methylation has been found to play an important part in all forms of cancer, with two key areas of alteration.  These are the specific methylation of sequences of DNA, as well as modifications on the histones surrounding DNA.  Since the discovery of their involvement in the change of gene expression, histone modifications and DNA methylation have been implicated in diseases other than cancer, such as neurological disorders including schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. One very important aspect of epigenetic methylation is its reversibility.  This key property has created a promising field of epigenetic therapy, which has led to the development of several FDA approved drugs for cancer treatment.  It has also generated several new and exciting ideas for future paths of treatment.
Estuarine habitat and behavior of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
Creators: name: Pravatiner, Joan H.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This study investigated habitat and movement dynamics in winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) during estuarine residence in February-August 2009 in Barnegat Bay, a southern New Jersey estuary.  Adult winter flounder (261-442 mm SL), including both males (N=16) and females (N=18), were acoustically tagged and relocated.  This allowed characterization of habitat type and movement.  Winter flounder burial behavior may have presented difficulties in relocation as tags proved incapable of transmission through sediment.  Tag detection range also proved dependent on several environmental variables.  Relocations occurred between early February and late July (N=115), with highest rates in February and March.  68.7% of total redetections were of male flounder.   Few flounder were relocated after May.  Relocations of winter flounder throughout the study period occurred mostly at a midrange temperature interface between warm water from a nuclear power plant and cool ocean water.  Sex explained part of habitat variation, with a correlation of 0.37 between sex and known environmental factors.  Sex-based difference in water temperature was observed with females at a higher temperature during March, in the likely spawning period.  There appeared to be differences in depth, substrate, and egress and spawning temperature in comparison to data from northern populations.  Average movement rate was low, frequently less than 200 m d-1, and with a peak in late February and early March.  In a Bayesian model using the study’s movement rate data, males consistently showed higher movement rates than females, particularly in February and March. Estuarine egress of some fish (N=11) occurred in April and early May, with males detected several weeks earlier than females.
Praerosaria Dolin & Lozouet 2004
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeidae
Praerosaria

description: Genus Praerosaria Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
TYPE SPECIES. — Cypraea (Proadusta) splendens var. exflaveola Sacco, 1894 (= Praerosaria exflaveola (Sacco, 1894)). Early Oligocene (Rupelian), France.
description: Published as part of Thivaiou, Danae, Harzhauser, Mathias & Koskeridou, Efterpi, 2019, Early Miocene Gastropods from the Felli Section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea NW Greece), pp. 323-366 in Geodiversitas 41 (8) on page 341, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Aclerda Signoret 1874
Creators: name: Hodgson, Chris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aclerdidae
Aclerda

description: Key to known adult males in Aclerda
1. Small convex pores absent............................................................................. 2
- Small convex pores present on at least most abdominal segments............................................... 3
2. Glandular pouches present on abdominal segment VIII, each with a single loculate pore........ A. distorta Green (Fig. 79)
- Glandular pouches and loculate pores absent on abdominal segment VIII but with some longer pleural setae in this position........................................................................ A. arundinaria McConnell (Fig. 78)
3. Style of penial sheath gradually narrowing to a sharp apex............................ A. tillandsiae Howell (Fig. 80)
- Style of penial sheath narrowing abruptly and then remaining quite broad to apex.................................. 4
4. Prescutum with a strong longitudinal ridge medially. Small convex pores absent from prothorax. Long setae absent from abdominal segment VIII......................................................... A. tokionis Cockerell (Fig. 81)
- Prescutum without a strong longitudinal ridge medially. Small convex pores present on prothorax. Long setae present on abdominal segment VIII................................................................................. 5
5. Prescutum and basisternum small and narrow............................................. Aclerda sp. B (Fig. 83)
- Prescutum and basisternum larger and quite broad......................................... Aclerda sp. A (Fig. 82)
description: Published as part of Hodgson, Chris, 2020, A review of neococcid scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) based on the morphology of the adult males, pp. 1-264 in Zootaxa 4765 (1) on page 200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4765.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3774174
The actions of IGFBPs on growth and glucose metabolism in transgenic mouse models
Creators: name: Qin, Mei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: The roles of insulin/IGF signaling in growth control and glucose metabolism have been extensively studied. To date, the growth inhibitory effects of IGFBPs and impaired glucose homeostasis caused by IGFBP-3 have been mostly studied in vitro. Our study, here, provides the first in vivo evidence by targeted gene deletion to show that IGFBP-2, -3, and -5 have inhibitory effects on growth, whereas IGFBP-4 and -6 have no effect. However, only male IGFBP-3 KO mice have increased body weight, indicating a gender difference in the system. IGFBP-4 mice, in either C57BL/6J or 129S6 background, show no difference from wild type animals. Disrupting the ternary complex of IGF/IGFBP by knocking out IGFBP-3 and -5 at the same time has a tremendous effect in growth of female mice. As a result, double KO mice gain even more weight than single IGFBP-3 or -5 KO mice. Disruption of the most abundant IGFBP-3 in circulation results in enhanced glucose tolerance companied by increased insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity. This makes IGFBP-3 a potential target in treating obesity and type 2 diabetes. Lastly, the effect of IGFBPs in traumatic brain injury was studied and it shows that, following brain injury, IGFBP-2 mRNA expression is upregulated at the injury site with the consequence that IGFBP-2 KO mice have significantly increased neurogenesis around the subventricular zone (SVZ). The role of IGFBP-2 in proliferation of stem cells in the CNS is further confirmed by quantitative PCR which shows a 28-fold upregulation in cultured neurospheres from the postnatal brain compared to Stratagene’s Universal Mouse Reference cDNA.
Innovation, structural inspection for new mixed complexes: DNA binding, biomedical applications and molecular docking approaches
Creators: name: Aljohani, Faizah S.
name: El-Dabea, Tarek
name: El-Khatib, Rafat M.
name: Abdou, Aly
name: Alzahrani, Seraj
name: Barnawi, Ibrahim Omar
name: El-Remaily, Mahmoud Abd El Aleem Ali Ali
name: Abu-Dief, Ahmed M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Space Science
Pharmacology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: 2-Guanidinobenzimidazole (BIG) and Imidiazole (I) ligands were utilized to synthesize Cu(II), VO(II), Ag(I), and Pd(II) as mixed ligand complexes. All studied molecules were characterized through various spectral, analytical and computational studies to find out their chemical structure. TGA was applied to identify the occurrence of H2O molecules besides the mono-nuclear property of isolated complexes. These complexes were proved through DFT study to confirm the coordinating site that was proposed and displays the optimal three-dimensional structures of the studied compounds. The binding affinity of the tested complexes with CT-DNA has been tested through agarose gel, electronic spectroscopy and viscosity measurements. Furthermore, the studied molecules might bind to CT-DNA electrostatically through exterior contact, replacement, intercalation and groove surface binding with good affinity. In-vitro anti-bacterial, anti-fungi, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities are performed for all studied compounds. MOE-docking simulation results indicate promising inhibitory features of BIGIPd complexes, in agreement with in-vitro results.
Praerosaria sp.
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeidae
Praerosaria
Praerosaria sp.

description: ? Praerosaria sp.
(Fig. 10 A-H)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample F11: AMPG (IV) 2460 (one specimen).
DIMENSIONS. — Length:17.00 mm; height: 8.50 mm; width: 10.50 mm.
DISTRIBUTION. — Early Miocene. Proto-Mediterranean Sea: Greece (this paper).
DESCRIPTION
Shell small, solid, pyriform, posteriorly swollen. 18 closely spaced columellar teeth, 22 closely spaced labral teeth, fossula convex, smooth with 4 faint columellar teeth apically; terminal fold moderately developed. Venter smooth, convex; outer lip smooth convex. Anterior marginated on both left and right profiles. Left profile rounded; right profile angled from anterior to posterior margins. Posterior edge with callus and with marginated, less inflated in profile. Aperture moderately sigmoidal, narrow slightly widening anteriorly. Siphonal canal wider than anal canal.
Preserved colour pattern consists of two series of faded punctuations; posteriorly a more distinct disc is present.
REMARKS
This species is most likely represented by two more specimens that are poorly preserved, broken and deformed. The generic assignment is uncertain since the intra-specific morphological variation cannot be assessed.
Apical and adapical margins, narrow aperture with small teeth, convex-inflated ventral and outer lip and distinguishable line on the right profile seem to be the key characters shared by all of the species of Praerosaria as pictured by Dolin & Lozouet (2004).
Most of the species of the then new genus Praerosaria described by Dolin & Lozouet (2004) are of similar dimensions to the Greek specimen. Morphologically, the present species is close to the type species of the genus, P. exflaveola (Sacco, 1894), by having marginated edges, a similar terminal fold, and almost the same number of closely-spaced teeth. Another similar species form the Chattian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France) is P. charlenae Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 which has slightly more prominent columellar denticles and a less inflated shell dorsally. Indeed, all of the species of Praerosaria seem to be uniform in shell characters, presenting variations that mainly affect the number of columellar and labial denticles and width of the outer lip.
description: Published as part of Thivaiou, Danae, Harzhauser, Mathias & Koskeridou, Efterpi, 2019, Early Miocene Gastropods from the Felli Section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea NW Greece), pp. 323-366 in Geodiversitas 41 (8) on page 341, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Real-time phishing URL detection framework using knowledge distilled ELECTRA
Creators: name: Jishnu, K. S.
name: Arthi, B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: The rise of cyber threats, particularly URL-based phishing attacks, has tarnished the digital age despite its unparalleled access to information. These attacks often deceive users into disclosing confidential information by redirecting them to fraudulent websites. Existing browser-based methods, predominantly relying on blacklist approaches, have failed to effectively detect phishing attacks. To counteract this issue, we propose a novel system that integrates a deep learning model with a user-centric Chrome browser extension to detect and alert users about potential phishing URLs instantly. Our approach introduces a Knowledge Distilled ELECTRA model for URL detection and achieves remarkable performance metrics of 99.74% accuracy and a 99.43% F1-score on a diverse dataset of 450,176 URLs. Coupled with the browser extension, our system provides real-time feedback, empowering users to make informed decisions about the websites they visit. Additionally, we incorporate a user feedback loop for continuous model enhancement. This work sets a precedent by offering a seamless, robust, and efficient solution to mitigate phishing threats for internet users.
Hox cluster intergenic sequence evolution
Creators: name: Raincrow, Jeremy Don
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: The Hox gene cluster system is highly conserved among jawed-vertebrates. Specifically, the coding region of Hox genes along with their spacing and occurrence is highly conserved throughout gnathostomes. The intergenic regions of these clusters however are more variable. During the construction of a comprehensive non-coding sequence database we discovered that the intergenic sequences appear to also be highly conserved among cartilaginous and lobe-finned fishes, but much more diverged and dynamic in the ray-finned fishes. Starting at the base of the Actinopterygii a turnover of otherwise highly conserved non-coding sequences begins. This turnover is extended well into the derived ray-finned fish clade, Teleostei.  Evidence from our population genetic study suggests this turnover, which appears to be due mainly to loosened constraints at the macro-evolutionary level, is highlighted by evidence of strong positive selection acting at the micro-evolutionary level.  During the construction of the non-coding sequence database we also discovered that along with evidence of both relaxed constraints and positive selection emerges a pattern of transposable elements found within the Hox gene cluster system. The highly conserved Chondrichthyes and Sacropterygii  Hox gene clusters have an invasion of type I transposons whereas the Actinopterygii Hox gene clusters have an invasion of type II transposons.  Specifically, the Tc1 transposon is found throughout the ray-finned fishes Hox gene clusters and is highlighted by the presence of two intact Tc1 transposons in and adjacent to bichir’s Hox gene clusters.  Expression in human cell lines suggests that at least one of these Tc1 transposons are active. This combined with simulations ran in our lab point to transposons having a role in past and on-going restructuring of ray-finned fishes genomes.  These findings help shed light on the possible genomic changes that occurred and are occurring within the ray-finned fish clade that help shed light on their past and present species radiations.
Granular flow, segregation and agglomeration in bladed mixers
Creators: name: Remy, Brenda
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: A large number of industrial processes involve the transport, mixing and storage of particulate systems. While prevalent in industry, particulate processes are commonly plagued by problems due to the complex rheology of these systems. In this work, the behavior of granular materials in a bladed mixer, an industrially relevant geometry, was investigated using computational and experimental techniques. Experimental flows were characterized via Particle Image Velocimetry and image analysis. Discrete element simulations were carried out to examine the effect of a wide range of system parameters.   Particulate flows in bladed mixers were found to be periodic with complex flow patterns developing throughout the particle bed. Cohesionless flows were initially studied. For monodisperse flows, two distinct flow regimes were observed: a quasi-static regime where blade speed provides the time scale for momentum transfer and an intermediate regime where stresses scale linearly with blade speed. Particle and wall roughness were found to significantly affect bladed mixer flows. Systems with higher roughness are characterized by enhanced particle motion and mixing. Simple scaling relationships were observed for monodisperse flows in the quasi-static regime. Particle velocities and diffusivities were found to scale linearly with mixer size and blade speed, while stresses scaled linearly with particle bed weight. In polydisperse flows, size segregation was found to occur due to sieving. However, it was found that the extent of segregation can be reduced by introducing intermediate particle sizes in between the smallest and largest particles.   Finally, wet particle flows were examined. At low moisture contents, enhanced particle velocities and mixing kinetics were observed in comparison to dry flows. However, at higher moisture contents, particle velocities and mixing rates were observed to decrease. Wet particle flows were characterized by the formation of particle agglomerates. Agglomerate formation led to an increase in particle bed roughness which significantly influenced macroscopic and microscopic flow properties.  These findings contribute to the understanding of granular behavior in complex systems. Improved understanding of granular flows will enable the development of first-principles based models which can assist in the design and scale-up of bladed mixer operations and the identification of critical processes parameters.
Azteca bicolor subsp. belti
Creators: name: Forel, A.
Publisher: name: Unknown Publisher
Year: 1899
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Azteca
Azteca bicolor

description: Race belti.
Azteca bicolor, st. belti, Emery, Mem. Accad. Sei. Bologna, (5) iii. p. 142 ([[worker]]) (1893) 2.
Hab. Mexique 2; Costa Rica 2.
description: Published as part of Forel, A., 1899, Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Insecta. Hymenoptera. 3 (Formicidae)., London :Unknown Publisher on page 120
Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Xenophoridae
Xenophora

description: Genus Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
TYPE SPECIES. — Xenophora laevigata Fischer von Waldheim (= Xenophora conchiliophora (Born, 1870)), subsequent designation by Gray (1847). Recent, Caribbean.
description: Published as part of Thivaiou, Danae, Harzhauser, Mathias & Koskeridou, Efterpi, 2019, Early Miocene Gastropods from the Felli Section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea NW Greece), pp. 323-366 in Geodiversitas 41 (8) on page 341, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Fabrication and characterization of carbon and boron carbide nanostructured materials
Creators: name: Reynaud, Sara
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Carbon is present in nature in a variety of allotropes and chemical compounds. Due to reduced dimensionality, nanostructured carbon materials, i.e. single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), are characterized by unique physical and chemical properties. There is a potential for SWNTs use as biological probes and assists for tunable tissue growth in biomedical applications. However, the presumed cytotoxicity of SWNTs requires investigation of the risks of their incorporation into living systems.  Boron is not found in nature in elementary form. Boron based materials are chemically complex and exist in various polymorphic forms, i.e. boron carbide (BC). Because BC is a lightweight material with exceptional mechanical and elastic properties, it is the ideal candidate for armor and ballistic applications. However, practical use of BC as armor material is limited because of its anomalous glass-like behaviour at high velocity impacts, which has been linked to stress-induced structural instability in one of BC polymorphs, B12(CCC). Theoretical calculations suggest that formation of B12(CCC) in BC could be suppressed by silicon doping.  In the first part of this thesis, biocompatibility of SWNTs is investigated. It is shown that under normal cell implantation conditions, the electrical conductivity of the SWNTs decreases due to an increase in structural disorder. This research suggests that SWNTs can be functionalized by protein and biological cells reducing the risk of cytotoxicity. In the second part of this thesis, boron carbide nanostructured materials are synthesized and investigated. Radio frequency sputtering deposition technique is employed for fabrication of BC (Si free) and BC:Si thin films. Variation of plasma conditions and temperature are found to affect chemical composition, adhesion to the substrate and morphology of the films. It is shown that BC films are predominantly amorphous and a small addition of Si largely improves their mechanical properties. In addition, nanostructured BC compounds are fabricated by arc discharge technique using graphite or boron carbide electrodes submerged in liquid nitrogen, de-ionised water, or argon gas. Microscopic and spectroscopic investigation of the synthesized material confirms formation of various BC and carbon nanostructures. Specifically, arc discharge initiated in inert environment by applying low current leads to the formation of nanostructured BC without contaminants.
Community violence exposure and adjstment in urban children
Creators: name: Reyes, Jazmin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: The identification of protective factors that might modify the negative effects of community violence (CV) is key for prevention efforts and the promotion of resilience among at-risk children and adolescents. The present study examined the relation between direct exposure to CV and children’s social skills, externalizing and internalizing behavior problems, and academic competence in a sample of 125 African-American and Latino fifth-grade children across a nine month period. Of particular interest was the potential moderating or protective effect of positive school experiences and perceived peer acceptance in these relations. Results revealed that most children were victims of CV, with victimization status remaining relatively stable across the two time points. CV exposure was significantly associated with increased internalizing problems and decreased academic competence initially and with decreased social skills and increased externalizing problems across time. With the exception of social skills, these effects were the same for boys and girls and African-American and Latino children. Overall, analyses found no buffers of the effects of CV exposure on social skills, internalizing problems, and academic competence, but provided some evidence that being helped by other students and having a high total number of positive school experiences may help protect children from the adverse effect of CV on externalizing problems. Implications of the impact of CV exposure, as well as the moderating effects found are discussed.
Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Xenophoridae
Xenophora

description: Xenophora sp.
(Fig. 5 I1-I4)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample F10: AMPG (IV) 2461 (one specimen).
DIMENSIONS. — Mean diameter: 5.10 mm (incomplete).
DISTRIBUTION. — Early Miocene. Proto-Mediterranean Sea: Greece (this paper).
DESCRIPTION
A fragment comprising 5 flat, teleoconch whorls shouldered on the abapical suture; apical angle 80°. Suture regular, deeply incised; small circular grains are attached along the suture. Base and aperture of the shell missing.
REMARKS
Due to the fragmentary preservation a clear identification is difficult. The apical angle is similar to X. deshayesi (Michelotti, 1847) and X. italica (Grateloup, 1845); the apex and first teleoconch whorls of the specimen from Felli are most similar to X. italica mainly because of the flattened whorls and the linear suture that is visible when not obstructed by the agglutinated elements as it is observed for this species in Landau et al. (2013).
According to Ponder (1983), important characters for the separation of species of Xenophoridae are missing from the specimen of Felli, such as the sculpture and shape of the base, the width of the peripheral flange, the umbilical characters and the shape of the basal lip. The characters used here are the spire angle, the shape of the whorls and the mode of attachment of particles. Like the specimen from Felli, X. italica is reported to agglutinate smaller-sized objects such as sand grains and small shell fragments (Landau et al. 2013). Nevertheless, it is doubtful that the specimen from Felli is conspecific with X. italica, as this species is known so far exclusively from middle Miocene localities (Landau et al. 2013).
Xenophora cumulans (Brongnart, 1823) sensu Harzhauser (2004) from the Oligocene of the Mesohellenic Basin is distinctly different, mainly by having an apical angle that varies between 90 and 100°.
Xenophorids are known to be deposit feeders living on mobile bottoms (Ponder 1983).
description: Published as part of Thivaiou, Danae, Harzhauser, Mathias & Koskeridou, Efterpi, 2019, Early Miocene Gastropods from the Felli Section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea NW Greece), pp. 323-366 in Geodiversitas 41 (8) on pages 341-342, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Azteca pittieri Forel, 1899, sp. n.
Creators: name: Forel, A.
Publisher: name: Unknown Publisher
Year: 1899
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Azteca
Azteca pittieri

description: 21. Azteca pittieri, sp. n.
(Tab. IV. fig. 16, [[worker]], head.) [[worker]]. Long. 2.3 a 3.4 millim. Tete des [[worker]] major longue de 1.05 millim., large de 0.8 millim. Tete des [[worker]] minor longue de 07 millim., large de 0.6 millim. Chez la [[worker]] minor la tete est legerement plus retrecie devant. Chez la [[worker]] major elle est faiblement echancree. Les scapes atteignent les § de la distance de leur origine a l'angle occipital chez la [[worker]] major. Mandibules armees de 9 dents, lisses, luisantes, ponctuees, a bord terminal droit. Bord anterieur de l'epistome a peu pres droit. Chez la [[worker]] minor le 2 me article des funicules est aussi large que long et les avant derniers a peu pres deux fois plus larges que longs; chez la [[worker]] major ils sont tous plus longs et moins epais, mais chez les deux formes le funicule s'epaissit un peu vers l'extremite, legerement plus que sur la figure de l' A. belti, Emery. Yeux assez petits, un peu en arriere du tiers anterieur. Epistome et dessus de la tete assez deprimes (moins que chez d' A. hypophylla). Bord posterieur de l'epistome tres indistinct, a peine visible (assez peu distinct chez l' A. hypophylla). Pronotum et mesonotum forment une convexite mediocre, peu elevee au-dessus du metanotum. Une faible echancrure entre le mesonotum et le metanotum. Ce dernier moins cubique que chez l' A. hypophylla; face declive bien plus courte que la basale et assez oblique. Pedicule court; ecaille mediocrement inclinee, mediocrement epaisse, assez etroite et mince en haut, mais arrondie (non tranchante), mediocrement elevee. Abdomen long. Pattes courtes, distinctement comprimees, bien moins cependant que chez l' A. hypophylla. Mediocrement luisante, bien plus fortement ponctuee que l' A. hypophylla. Portement pubescente et assez abondamment pourvue d'une pilosite dressee courte, fine, jaunatre, aussi sur les tibias et les scapes. D'un noir brunatre. Pattes, antennes et devant de la tete d'un brun fonce. Mandibules, tarses et bord posterieur des segments abdominaux bruns.
Hab. Costa Rica, Buenos Aires (Pittier).
Parente de l' A. hypophylla, cette espece en est cependant bien distincte par sa tete plus allongee, sa pilosite, sa sculpture, sa forme moins aplatie et ses funicules plus courts et plus epais. Elle n'arrive cependant pas aux funicules du groupe des A. schumanni et A. brevicornis, dont elle se rapproche aussi.
description: Published as part of Forel, A., 1899, Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Insecta. Hymenoptera. 3 (Formicidae)., London :Unknown Publisher on pages 120-121
Protect yourself from pesticides: A guide for agricultural workers and handlers
Creators: name: NJ Department Of Environmental Protection, Pesticide Control Program
Publisher: name: Not given
Year: 2000

description: Agricultural employers are required to distribute this booklet to their employees in accordance with N.J.A.C 7:30, Subchapter 12 (Agricultural Worker Protection). It is to be given to new employees as part of initial orientation training and also as part of annual refresher training if the employee does not have a copy.
The World of Janssonius : Using Linked Data to explore the network of a key actor in the creative industries of seventeenth century Amsterdam
Creators: name: Nijboer, Harm
name: van Wissen, Leon
name: Brouwer, Judith
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Johannes Janssonius
subject: Printing
subject: Publishing
subject: History
subject: Seventeenth century
subject: Amsterdam
subject: Linked Data

description: Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664) was one of the most renowned cartographers and publishers of his time. He operated in a large network of relatives who were also active in the publishing and printing industry. This poster presents a pilot project in which we use Linked Data provided by ECARTICO and the STCN to explore this network. Combining resources offers new perspectives on the pivotal role of kinship and (more particularly) women in the seventeenth century Dutch publishing and printing industry.
Athleta Conrad 1853
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutidae
Athleta

description: Genus Athleta Conrad, 1853
TYPE SPECIES. — Voluta rarispina Lamarck, 1811, by original designation. Early Miocene, Europe (Aquitane, France).
description: Published as part of Thivaiou, Danae, Harzhauser, Mathias & Koskeridou, Efterpi, 2019, Early Miocene Gastropods from the Felli Section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea NW Greece), pp. 323-366 in Geodiversitas 41 (8) on page 342, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Athleta rarispina
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutidae
Athleta
Athleta rarispina

description: Athleta rarispina (Lamarck, 1811)
(Fig. 6 C1-C4)
Voluta rarispina Lamarck, 1811: 79.
Athleta rarispina – Landau et al. 2013: 205, pl. 68, fig. 2; pl. 80, fig. 4 (cum syn.).
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample F11: AMPG (IV) 2462, 2463 (two specimens).
DIMENSIONS. — Maximum height: 39.0 mm.
DISTRIBUTION. — Latest Oligocene-Earliest Miocene. Paratethys: Hungary (Báldi 1973).
Early Miocene. NE Atlantic: France (Peyrot 1928); Proto-Mediterranean Sea: Italy (Sacco 1890), Turkey (İslamoğlu 2004); Paratethys: Germany (Landau et al. 2013).
Middle Miocene. NE Atlantic: France (Peyrot 1928); Proto-Mediterranean Sea: Turkey (Landau et al. 2013); Paratethys: Austria (Hörnes 1856), Poland (Bałuk 1997), Hungary (Strausz 1966).
Late Miocene. Proto-Mediterranean Sea: Italy (Landau et al. 2013), Greece (Symeonidis 1966), Turkey (İslamoğlu & Taner 2003).
REMARKS
Two specimens recovered from the present material bearing the characteristic features of Athleta rarispina (Lamarck, 1811), with few spiral lines in the abapical part of the shell and three columellar folds (as opposed to A. ficulina (Lamarck, 1811) that has more numerous folds). Protoconch and early teleoconch features are poorly preserved. The larger of the two specimens has a somewhat irregular sculpture, with irregularly formed spines (forming different angles relative to the surface of the shell) and two growth stops that affect the overall appearance of the sculpture by attenuating two rows of spines.
A full list of synonymy is provided by Landau et al. (2013), which also illustrates the confusion of A. rarispina and A. ficulina due to their overall similar morphologies, while bringing out the differences of the shells (including the different colouration patterns)
In the Early Miocene of Greece, only A. ficulina has been reported from both the Aquitanian and the Burdigalian of the Mesohellenic Basin so far (Harzhauser et al. 2002).
description: Published as part of Thivaiou, Danae, Harzhauser, Mathias & Koskeridou, Efterpi, 2019, Early Miocene Gastropods from the Felli Section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea NW Greece), pp. 323-366 in Geodiversitas 41 (8) on page 342, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Costoanachis Sacco 1890
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Columbellidae
Costoanachis

description: Genus Costoanachis Sacco, 1890
TYPE SPECIES. — Columbella turrita Sacco, 1890 (= Costoanachis saccostata Radwin, 1968), by original designation.
description: Published as part of Thivaiou, Danae, Harzhauser, Mathias & Koskeridou, Efterpi, 2019, Early Miocene Gastropods from the Felli Section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea NW Greece), pp. 323-366 in Geodiversitas 41 (8) on page 342, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Development of Water Stable Charge-Assisted Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks
Creators: name: Muang-Non, Phonlakrit
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2024

description: This thesis outlines the development and synthesis of new charge-assisted hydrogen-bonded frameworks involving positively charged amidinium tectons and different anionic counterparts with various motifs. Chapter 1: An introduction to supramolecular chemistry and porous materials in general. This chapter then goes on to focus particularly on hydrogen-bonded frameworks, especially those that utilise charge-assisted hydrogen bonds, their developments, and their limitations. Chapter 2: Manuscript 1 - Published - "Use of modulators and light to control crystallisation of a hydrogen bonded framework" is presented as Chapter 2 in this thesis. Chapter 3: Manuscript 2 - Published - "Correspondence on "Crystalline Porous Organic Salt for Ultrarapid Adsorption/Desorption-Based Atmospheric Water Harvesting by Dual Hydrogen Bond System"" is presented as Chapter 3 in this thesis. Chapter 4: Manuscript 3 - Published - "Charge "mis-matched" hydrogen bonded frameworks for cation exchange and dye sorption" is presented as Chapter 4 in this thesis. Chapter 5: Manuscript 4 - Published - "Hydrogen-bonded frameworks containing aliphatic 3D linkers show high-capacity water vapour sorption" is presented as Chapter 5 in this thesis. Chapter 6: Manuscript 5 - In preparation - "A three-component hydrogen bonded framework" is presented as Chapter 5 in this thesis. Chapter 7: Conclusion and future work
Azteca hypophylla Forel, 1899, sp. n.
Creators: name: Forel, A.
Publisher: name: Unknown Publisher
Year: 1899
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Azteca
Azteca hypophylla

description: * Azteca hypophylla, sp. n.
[[worker]]. Long. 2.2 a 3.4 millim., tres dimorphe.
[[worker]] major. Tete longue de 1.22 et large de 1.0 millim. Mandibules courtes, avec les dents courtes; elles sont luisantes, ponctuees, faiblement striolees et reticulees. Bord anterieur de l'epistome largement et faiblement concave, sans sinuosite; epistome peu convexe. Tete deprimee, faiblement en trapeze (subrectangulaire), un peu retrecie d'arriere en avant, a cotes faiblement convexes, profondement et etroitement echancree derriere, avec des lobes occipitaux arrondis. Yeux un peu en arriere du tiers anterieur. Les scapes atteignent les § de la distance de leur origine a l'angle occipital. Funicules un peu epaissis au bout; le dernier article un peu renfle en massue, les deux precedents un peu plus larges que longs. Pronotum et mesonotum formant une forte convexite. Metanotum subcubique (arrondi a l'angle); face declive un peu plus longue que la basale et subverticale. Stigmates du metanotum tout-afait sur le cote. Pronotum au moins deux fois plus large que long. Pas de scutellum. Ecaille tres basse, tres fortement inclinee, a peu pres comme chez l' A. foreli, mais a bord superieur moins epais. Abdomen petit. Pattes courtes, elargies et comprimees (les cuisses surtouts renflees en un seul sens, c. - a-d. elargies au milieu et plates). Luisante, finement ponctuee. Finement pubescente (sculpture non cachee). Pilosite dressee tres courte, peu abondante. Sur les tibias et sur les scapes, des poils pales, extremement courts, difficiles a voir. D'un brun roussatre, plus testace sur le thorax, les pattes, les scapes et le devant de la tete, plus fonce sur l'abdomen, dont les segments sont bordes de jaune pale. Funicules bruns.
[[worker]] minor. Tete longue de 0.65 et large de 0.6 millim., plus retrecie devant et a cotes plus convexes. Les scapes sont pres d'atteindre le bord occipital. Bord anterieur de l'epistome droit. Face declive du metanotum plutot plus courte que la basale. Pattes moins comprimees et moins elargies. D'un brun plus fonce. Abdomen d'un brun noiratre, a segments a peine bordes de jaune. Les 2 / 3 basaux des scapes d'un jaune pale.
Hab. Colombie, Don Diego, pied de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Forel).
Cette espece est timide et fait son nid sous les feuilles rondes d'une plante qui grimpe sur les troncs des arbres comme du lierre. Elle colle les bords de chaque feuille a l'ecorce de l'arbre avec du carton. J'ai observe un seul nid.
description: Published as part of Forel, A., 1899, Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Insecta. Hymenoptera. 3 (Formicidae)., London :Unknown Publisher on page 120