cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Conostigmus californicus
Creators: name: Trietsch, Carolyn
name: Mikó, István
name: Ezray, Briana
name: Deans, Andrew R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megaspilidae
Conostigmus
Conostigmus californicus

description: Conostigmus californicus (Ashmead, 1893)
Figs. 16, 17
Species Comments and History. Ashmead (1893) described Megaspilus californicus from a single male specimen, relying mostly on characters related to color, microsculpture and antennal ratios. Kieffer transferred the species from Megaspilus to Conostigmus (1909), then redescribed the species and keyed it out with other males from the Nearctic, again relying mainly on coloration, microsculpture and antennal characters (1914).
The male lectotype present at the USNM is in good condition, and bears the following characteristics: wings present and macropterous, postocellar furrow present, preoccipital furrow present, anterior end of the preoccipital furrow ending at the postocellar furrow, facial pit present, median process on the intertorular carina present and acute, rugose region on upper face present, and sternaulus present and elongate (exceeding 3/4 of mesopleuron length at the level of the sternaulus).
This species has a similar habitus to C. abdominalis or C. pulchellus, and it shares the elongate sternaulus, but it lacks the facial sulcus found in both of these species. While C. longiharpes also resembles this species and lacks the facial sulcus, C. longiharpes also lacks an elongate sternaulus and postocellar carina, both of which are present in C. californicus.
Though C. californicus does not appear to be the same as any other Nearctic Conostigmus species that we are aware of, male genitalia characters would help to confirm whether this is a different species or just an odd specimen. Unfortunately, we were unable to dissect out the male genitalia of the type specimen or locate any other specimens for dissection. We consider Conostigmus californicus as a species inquirenda.
Material Examined. Lectotype male: USA: California: USNMENT01339748 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István, Ezray, Briana & Deans, Andrew R., 2020, A Taxonomic Revision of Nearctic Conostigmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae), pp. 1-155 in Zootaxa 4792 (1) on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4792.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3895976
Tobacco use and cessation among drug users
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 two-year project to conduct a series of analyses of data collected from more than 2,000 drug users originally identified from hospital emergency rooms (ERs), sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics, drug treatment programs and jails in Los Angeles County. Many of these individuals have been interviewed several times over a number of years. Extensive data on tobacco use were collected, including information about the respondent's tobacco use history, tobacco cessation history, current pattern of use, and even usual choice of cigarette brand. Analyses will be performed to examine the relationships between tobacco use/cessation, other drug use, psychological functioning, psychosocial characteristics and health consequences. The comparisons and contrasts among these groups will provide a comprehensive description of important factors associated with smoking cessation patterns. Throughout the analyses, the roles of gender, ethnicity and drug types will be examined. Our goal is to use these findings and existing literature to suggest promising cessation strategies that could be targeted to specific drug-using groups.

 The specific aims of the study include: (1) To examine the patterns of tobacco use and cessation and related factors (e.g., demographics, education, employment, social support, alcohol and drug use, and psychological function) among drug users (cocaine, marijuana, and other drugs) initially identified in hospital ERs, STD clinics, drug treatment programs and jails; (2) To describe and characterize patterns of and relationships between tobacco use cessation and psychological functioning and other psychosocial characteristics (e.g., education, employment, social support, alcohol and drug use) among drug users; (3) To assess the relationships between tobacco use and cessation and health consequences for different drug using populations; (4) To provide smoking risk profiles in terms of psychological functioning, alcohol and drug use, other risky life styles and psychosocial characteristics (e.g. education, employment, social support) that are specific to ERs, STD clinics, drug treatment programs, jails, and for several subgroups (women and men, ethnic groups, users of different drug types); and (5) To make recommendations for the refinement of interventions to promote smoking cessation among diverse types of drug users.
Jefitchia Frizzell & Dante 1965
Creators: name: Ebersole, Jun A.
name: Cicimurri, David J.
name: Stringer, Gary L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Sciaenidae
Jefitchia

description: Genus Jefitchia Frizzell & Dante, 1965
Type species
Jefitchia copelandi Dante & Frizzell in Frizzell & Dante, 1965, middle Eocene.
description: Published as part of Ebersole, Jun A., Cicimurri, David J. & Stringer, Gary L., 2019, Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, pp. 1-274 in European Journal of Taxonomy 585 on page 215, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.585, http://zenodo.org/record/3660259
Aplatyphylax bamaricus Mey & Malicky 2021, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Mey, Wolfram
name: Malicky, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Limnephilidae
Aplatyphylax
Aplatyphylax bamaricus

description: Aplatyphylax bamaricus spec. nov.
(Figs 10A–10C, 19)
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2267E90E-3A73-4611-9682-1A7D1DBA31F0
Holotype ♂ and paratype ♀ (pinned), Myanmar, Kachin, Kanphant, 15 km north, Mt. Inwa Bum, near pass, 3020 m, 26°10’31.9”N 98°30’03.4”E, 4.x.2010, leg. S. Naumann, holotype genitalia in glycerine vial (MfN).
Etymology. The specific epithet is the latinised adjective of Bamar, the largest ethnic group native to Myanmar.
Diagnosis. Based on male genitalia, the new species is closely similar to A. camory Malicky 2012, described from Nepal. It differs from this species by the smaller size and, in the male genitalia, by the form of the intermediate appendages, the apically upcurved superior appendages, the straight parameres each with short, basal process, and the presence of a few black spines in the middle of the posterior margin of tergum VIII.
Description. Length of each forewing 9.1–9.5 mm. Head and thorax brown, eyes without short hairs, ocelli white, occipital and pronotal warts with long, recurved, brown setae; palpi and scapes light brown, flagellomeres yellow. Legs pale brown, foretibiae without ventral row of black spines, ventral groove on each femur present, praetarsus without ventral spines, spurs 1.2.2. Forewings brown, with scattered pale spots in the membrane, darker spots along Cu2 and A1+2+3, veins of anastomosis darkened (Fig. 19), hind wings membranous, venation as in A. mishmicus.
Male genitalia (Figs 10A–10C). Posterior margin of eighth tergite with small patch of few black spines. Segment IX straight on posterior margins in lateral view, posterolateral lobepresent on each side; superior appendages long, apically curved dorsad, intermediate appendages in vertical position with broad base and outwardly bent dorsal tips. Inferior appendages short and rounded distally. Phallic apparatus with membranous aedeagus, pair of broad, melanized parameres bearing small denticules along dorsal margin, and short acute process at dorsal base.
Female genitalia. Terga VII and VIII with wrinkled surface; distal margin of sternum VIII modified to form a large, vulvar scale. Segment X forming two quadrilateral lobes meeting on dorsal margin.
description: Published as part of Mey, Wolfram & Malicky, Hans, 2021, Caddisflies from Myanmar: New records and descriptions of new species (Insecta, Trichoptera), pp. 533-565 in Zootaxa 5060 (4) on page 546, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5637984
Oecetis kachinomekana Mey & Malicky 2021, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Mey, Wolfram
name: Malicky, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Leptoceridae
Oecetis
Oecetis kachinomekana

description: Oecetis kachinomekana spec. nov.
(Figs 12A – 12C)
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5E3718AA-743E-4645-9D6C-27DB5BB62155
Holotype ♂ (pinned), Myanmar, Kachin, 10 km north of Pan Wah, 25°37’44.4”N 98°23’23.6”E, 2465 m, 28.ix.2010, leg. S. Naumann, genitalia slide Mey 51/20 (MfN).
Etymology. The name is an adjective composed of “ Kachin ” and “mekana”, referring to the similarity of the new species to O. mekana Kimmins 1963.
Diagnosis. The new species resembles Oecetis mekana (Myanmar, Tenasserim) and Oecetis assamenesis Kimmins 1963 (Khasi Hills). With both species it shares the forewing pattern, the arched basal flagellomere, and the form of the inferior appendages. The long, curved spine (= cornutus) in the phallic apparatus has a round, basal plate, which is absent in O. assamensis. In O. mekana, the spine is very short and lies under an asymmetrically excavated dorsal margin of the phallic apparatus, which is an autapomorphic character of this species. Interestingly, the cornutus of the new species has a similar form in O. lynkeus Malicky 2005, described from Borneo, but this species differs from O. lynkeus by venational characters.
Description. Length of each forewing 7.6 mm, pale brown-yellow, with sparse short hairs on membrane and longer hairs on veins, apex acute, cross-veins darker and shaded with grey, costa with long, fringe-like hairs. Head, antennae and thorax pale yellow; antennae each with first flagellomere elongate, as long as scape and pedicellus together, slightly arched in basal half, but without hair pencil.
Male genitalia (Figs 12A – 12C). Segment IX convex on anterior margins and concave on posterior margins in lateral view, with acute dorsolateral prolongations. Inferior appendages each with broad basal part and long apicodorsal branch extending from lateral sides dorsally, slightly curved mesad and rounded apically. Superior appendages small, oval, covering base of depressed, undivided segment X. Phallic apparatus with long, curved interior spine, arising basally on rounded plate.
description: Published as part of Mey, Wolfram & Malicky, Hans, 2021, Caddisflies from Myanmar: New records and descriptions of new species (Insecta, Trichoptera), pp. 533-565 in Zootaxa 5060 (4) on page 548, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5637984
Freedom House Award to Hungarian Freedom Fighters, 1957
Creators: name: Voorhees, Tracy S.
name: Shanley, Bernard M.
name: Seymour, Whitney North
name: Eisenhower, Dwight D.
name: Field, George
name: Koevago, Joseph
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1957

description: Memorandum, correspondence, newspaper clippings and memorabilia regarding the Freedom House Award given to the Hungarian Freedom Fighters on the first anniversary of the Hungarian revolution.
Apsilochorema vaneyam Schmid 1970
Creators: name: Mey, Wolfram
name: Malicky, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydrobiosidae
Apsilochorema
Apsilochorema vaneyam

description: Apsilochorema vaneyam Schmid 1970
Material: 2 ♂, Kachin, road to Mt. Inwa Bum, 3008 m, 26–28.v.2006, leg. S. Naumann (pinned); 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Kachin, Mt. Inwa Bum, 2361 m, 5.x.2010, leg. S. Naumann (pinned)
description: Published as part of Mey, Wolfram & Malicky, Hans, 2021, Caddisflies from Myanmar: New records and descriptions of new species (Insecta, Trichoptera), pp. 533-565 in Zootaxa 5060 (4) on pages 548-549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5637984
Correspondence 1958 (Situation of Hungarian Refugees), 1958-1959
Creators: name: Voorhees, Tracy S.
name: Hoskins, Lewis
name: Leavitt, Moses
name: Swanstrom, Edward
name: Wilson, R. Norris
name: Gray, Robert
name: Flemming, Arthur S.
name: McCollum, Robert S.
name: Maday, Bela C.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1958

description: Correspondence to and from Tracy S. Voorhees regarding the situation of Hungarian Refugees in 1958 and 1959
Ekokenia Frizzell & Dante 1965
Creators: name: Ebersole, Jun A.
name: Cicimurri, David J.
name: Stringer, Gary L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Ekokenia

description: Genus Ekokenia Frizzell & Dante, 1965
Type species
Otolithus (Sciaenidarum) eporrectus, Koken, 1888, Eocene.
description: Published as part of Ebersole, Jun A., Cicimurri, David J. & Stringer, Gary L., 2019, Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, pp. 1-274 in European Journal of Taxonomy 585 on page 217, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.585, http://zenodo.org/record/3660259
High-performance Spatial Data Management and Analysis with DuckDB
Creators: name: Gabrielsson, Max
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Relational databases
subject: Databases
subject: Data processing
subject: Big data
subject: Spatial Analysis
subject: Spatial Databases

description: DuckDB is a novel in-process SQL database system designed for analytical workloads that has been making waves in the data science and engineering community. Not only for its impressive performance, but also for its focus on ease of use and integrations with the wider data ecosystem. A key part in making this possible is DuckDB's flexible extension system that enable DuckDB to be used across different domains while the core system itself remains small and focused. One such extension is the DuckDB Spatial Extension which brings geospatial data processing capabilities to DuckDB, allowing users to perform complex spatial queries and transformations. By incorporating the trifecta of foundational open source GIS libraries: GDAL, GEOS and PROJ as well as natively implemented geospatial algorithms all neatly packaged into a single binary with no runtime dependencies, the spatial extension provides hundreds of familiar spatial SQL functions and import and export capabilities to and from dozens of different vector file formats.

Just like DuckDB tries to default to the behavior or PostgreSQL, the spatial extension is heavily inspired by PostGIS and similarly follows the Simple Features SQL standard. However, while the Simple Features geometry model undoubtedly provides a great deal of flexibility with its hierarchy of subtypes (points, linestrings, multipolygons) and optional Z and M dimensions, it is not always the most efficient representation for modern high performance processing. While the spatial extension implements a bunch of geospatial algorithms natively to try to make the most of DuckDBs vectorized execution engine and memory model, it also complements the GEOMETRY type that we all know and love with a new set of strongly typed spatial types backed by a columnar storage model, similarly to what is being proposed in the GeoArrow project. This makes DuckDBs spatial extension an exciting project as it stands with one foot firmly in the traditional open source GIS world and the other in the modern data science and engineering movement.In this talk, we introduce DuckDB and the DuckDB Spatial Extension, walk through some of the internals that make DuckDB special as well as some of the challenges and design decisions encountered when adapting it for geospatial processing. We also showcase some of the main features the spatial extension brings to the table today and share some insights into the future of the project.
Himalopsyche hageni Banks 1940
Creators: name: Mey, Wolfram
name: Malicky, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Rhyacophilidae
Himalopsyche
Himalopsyche hageni

description: Himalopsyche hageni Banks 1940
Material: 1 ♂, Kachin, 40 km north of Kanphant, 3 river junction, 2450 m, 3.x. 2010 m, leg. S. Naumann (pinned)
description: Published as part of Mey, Wolfram & Malicky, Hans, 2021, Caddisflies from Myanmar: New records and descriptions of new species (Insecta, Trichoptera), pp. 533-565 in Zootaxa 5060 (4) on page 549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5637984
American Red Cross, 1956-1957
Creators: name: Voorhees, Tracy S.
name: Elsey, George M.
name: Eaton, Ramone S.
name: Huneycutt, Robert
name: Wilson, John C.
name: Hollister, John B.
name: Porter, Dwight J.
name: Gruenther, Alfred M.
name: Kendrick, Jon
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1956

description: Memorandum and correspondence regarding The Red Cross's involvement with the Hungarian refugees.
How does smoke activate mucin transcription in lung cells?
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Healthy human airways produce several milliliters of mucus per day. In contrast, the airways of smokers suffering from bronchitis produce several hundred. The presence of excessive mucus is deleterious in that it gives rise to airflow obstruction (i.e., blockage of the conducting airways in the lung), recurrent infection and cough. There is currently only indirect evidence that smoke leads to excessive mucus production and the mechanisms are not known. We recently observed that isolated lung cells in culture, when directly exposed to cigarette smoke, are stimulated to overproduce mucin, a glycoprotein that is the major component of mucus. This was a fortunate breakthrough since it meant that the biological pathway controlling mucin production (and thus the mucus increase associated with smoking) resides in airway lung cells and can therefore be studied in detail using cell culture models of pulmonary airways. We will perform experiments to determine the molecular mechanisms involved in the induction of mucin production by cigarette smoke in lung cells. The identification of such mechanisms will directly suggest the type of drugs that can be used to inhibit mucus overproduction and thus treat its associated symptoms of airflow obstruction, recurrent infection and cough.
Conostigmus crawfordi
Creators: name: Trietsch, Carolyn
name: Mikó, István
name: Ezray, Briana
name: Deans, Andrew R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megaspilidae
Conostigmus
Conostigmus crawfordi

description: Conostigmus crawfordi (Mann, 1920)
Fig. 20
Species Comments and History. Mann (1920) described Megaspilus crawfordi from two female specimens collected from a nest of Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886 in Virginia. Muesebeck and Walkley (1951) later transferred the species to the genus Conostigmus. The male of the species is unknown, but the female holotype and paratype specimens are present at the USNM in good condition. Both are point mounted with the ants Mann collected them with.
The female holotype exhibits the following combination of characters: brachypterous; facial pit present; occipital carinae complete; postocellar carina present; preoccipital furrow present and crenulate, reaching the postocellar carina; axillular carinae absent; and sternaulus present and elongate, exceeding 3/4 of the mesopleuron length at the level of the sternaulus.
Mann (1920) noted that the most closely related species to C. crawfordi is C. canadensis. While they have several characters in common (brachypterous, sternaulus present and elongate, facial pit present, postocellar carina present, preoccipital furrow present), C. canadensis has axillular carinae, whereas C. crawfordi lacks this trait.
A more similar species is C. bipunctatus; in addition to the characters shared between C. crawfordi and C. canadensis, C. bipunctatus also lacks axillular carinae. It is possible that these are the same species. Unfortunately, the type is the only known specimen of C. crawfordi, and we were not able to make a full comparison of the two species during the limited time we had with the type. Because the male of C. crawfordi is unknown, male specimens cannot be compared either. More work is needed before a conclusion can be made. We consider C. crawfordi and C. bipunctatus separate species at this time, though future work could show otherwise. For now, we consider Conostigmus crawfordi as a species inquirenda.
Material Examined. Lectotype female: USA: Virginia: USNMENT01339781 (USNM). Paralectotypes (1 female): USA: Virginia: 1 female. USNMENT01339780 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István, Ezray, Briana & Deans, Andrew R., 2020, A Taxonomic Revision of Nearctic Conostigmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae), pp. 1-155 in Zootaxa 4792 (1) on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4792.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3895976
Role of thioredoxin in ETS-induced pulmonary airway injury
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: Epidemiological studies have linked the causes of various illnesses in the human lung with cigarette smoke. The toxicity of mainstream smoke, and the health effects caused by smoking, are well recognized. By contrast, the toxicity of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS, or secondhand smoke) on the lung is less clear. This is partly due to the diluted nature of secondhand smoke or ETS. However, previous studies from researchers at this campus and elsewhere have demonstrated the toxicity of ETS on developing airways in the lung, and the associated induction of several genes, including the thioredoxin (TRX) gene, in airway epithelial (surface-lining) cells. Although induction of the TRX gene (and the resulting cellular production of thioredoxin, which can act as an antioxidant) may be part of a protective response by airway epithelial cells against exposure to ETS, the significance of this association remains unclear. Since ETS contains numerous free radicals as well as reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that could cause injury and alter the normal patterns of gene expression in airway epithelial cells, we plan to determine the functional role of antioxidant TRX, in ETS mediated injury. Based on the data obtained from preliminary experiments, we propose to test a hypothesis that a difference in the amount of protein (thioredoxin) produced by induction of the TRX gene (in response to ETS exposure) plays a critical role in ETS induced airway injury. Using a transgenic mouse model, the levels of TRX gene product in airway epithelial cells will be manipulated, using a specific genetic promoter that targets the TRX gene. Those mice whose TRX gene expression levels are artificially altered, and control groups (i.e., “normal” mice with no altered TRX gene expression) will then be exposed to ETS. The effects of ETS on airway epithelial cells will be assessed. Lastly, we will use the primary airway epithelial cell culture model to assess whether these changes in vivo can be controlled and whether these changes are due solely to the difference in TRX levels in these cells. Information obtained from these in vivo and in vitro studies will provide a better understanding of how a naturally occurring antioxidant-production pathway can protect airway epithelial cells from exposure to ETS.
Unleash Your Data for HPC & AI with the WEKA Data Platform
Creators: name: Burke, Derek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Performance Computing
subject: Data science
subject: Big data
subject: Data Storage
subject: Distributed File System

description: The WEKA Data Platform (WEKA) is a high performance, software-defined, parallel file system that delivers unsurpassed performance density (throughput, IOPS and metadata) to unleash data for your HPC & AI use-cases. WEKA delivers more performance per TB, scales to multiple exabytes in a single namespace, requires zero performance tuning and is deployable on-prem, public cloud or hybrid.

This talk provides an introduction to WEKA, how the WEKA Data Platform works and how it's deployed in a production environment.
Life at war and the heroic illusions created to cope with war
Creators: name: Allen, Gaye L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This thesis will examine the fictional war novels, The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane and Going after Cacciato by Tim O‘Brien. It will examine the heroic illusions created by soldiers on the frontline as psychological coping mechanisms as a means to escape the realities of war. It will also examine how Stephen Crane and Tim O‘Brien create protagonists and characters that struggle to understand the conflicts within themselves as consequences of their developing point of view toward themselves, their war comrades, and their society‘s values and how each of these writers through observing battlefield experience comes to question the meaning of war and its effects. Stephen Crane and Tim O‘Brien investigate the moral and cultural values of their respective societies. Crane portrays the Victorian era O‘Brien examines1960‘s America. Each novel asks us to view their war with both irony and sympathy.
Nothopsyche anawrahta Mey & Malicky 2021, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Mey, Wolfram
name: Malicky, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Limnephilidae
Nothopsyche
Nothopsyche anawrahta

description: Nothopsyche anawrahta spec. nov.
(Figs 9A–9C, 18)
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 835B84B1-B74B-4CFF-B217-5A1ABF9F9AAB
Holotype ♂ (pinned), Myanmar, Kachin, Kanphant, 15 km north, Mt. Inwa Bum, near pass, 3020 m, 26°10’31.9”N 98°30’03.4”E, 4.x.2010, leg. S. Naumann, genitalia in glycerine vial (MfN).
Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym of King Anawrahta, the founder of the Pagan (= Bagan) Empire in the 11th century and considered the father of the Burmese nation.
Diagnosis. According to male genitalia, the new species is closely similar to N. nozakii Yang & Leng 2004 (in Leng & Yang 2004), described from Zhejiang, China. Both species share the reduced form of the intermediate appendages and dorsally excavated inferior appendages. The new species differs from N. nozakii in other small details of nearly all genitalia structures, which can be recognized from comparing genitalia illustrations.
Description. Length of each forewing 22 mm, wingspan 45 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen flavescent, maxillary palpi long and black, basal article yellow, labial palpi black; antennae slightly longer than forewings, with scapes brown and flagellum black. Femora and coxae flavescent, tibiae and tarsal segments black, praetarsus without ventral spines, spurs 1.2.2. Forewings light brown (Fig. 18), hairs on veins and membrane minute; hind wings membranous, frenulum with five bristles.
Male genitalia (Figs 9D–9F). Tergum VIII slightly produced in middle of posterior margin, with black patch of tiny spines. Segment IX with narrow dorsal and broad ventral parts, ventral part with medial line. Superior appendages in vertical position, little protruding. Intermediate appendages short, rounded, close to superior appendages. Segment X largely desclerotized. Inferior appendages broad and nearly quadrangular in ventral view, slightly excavated on dorsal surface. Phallic apparatus with short aedeagus, apex bifid, parameres longer than aedeagus, parallel-sided and rounded apically.
description: Published as part of Mey, Wolfram & Malicky, Hans, 2021, Caddisflies from Myanmar: New records and descriptions of new species (Insecta, Trichoptera), pp. 533-565 in Zootaxa 5060 (4) on pages 545-546, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5637984
The effect of tobacco smoke on immune function in twins
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: Environmental tobacco smoke is thought to be responsible for asthmatic episodes in millions of children each year. Children of mothers who smoke are 2-5 times more likely to be diagnosed with asthma than children of non-smoking mothers. It is not known how tobacco smoke causes asthma but an allergic pathway may be involved. Smoker have increased levels of a particular gamma globlulin, IgE. IgE is also elevated in people with allergies. IgE binds to special cells in the lining of the airways where it causes the cells to release powerful bronchoconstrictors. Cytokines are proteins that regulate the immune system and are produced by white blood cells. Two cytokines, IL-4 and IL- 13 control the production of IgE and are, therefore probably, involved in producing asthmatic reactions. A third cytokine, IL-5, controls the recruitment of the special immune cells that bind to IgE, eosinophils, into the lining of the airways, and may also be involved. One poorly designed study suggests that smokers have higher levels of LL-4 and IL-5 than non-smokers. The investigators did not evaluate other factors, such as race, age and sex, in the smokers and non-smokers which may have been responsible for the different levels. We propose to compare cytokine levels of IL-4, IL-5, IL-13 and IgE in healthy identical twin pairs, in whom one member smokes and the other does not smoke. In addition, we will compare cytokine and IgE levels in non-smoking twin pairs, in whom one member is exposed to passive smoke and the other is not. Since twins are naturally matched on genes, age, race and gender, we will be able to isolate the affects of smoking on the tobacco levels. Twins will be recruited from the California Twin Program. Smoking history information will be obtained from questionnaires previously completed and returned by the twins. Twins will obtain blood samples at their physicians' offices and mail them to us in pre-paid Federal Express mailers. Serum will then be sent to the California State Public Health Laboratories for IgE analysis. Cytokine levels will be analyzed here in our laboratories. If we observe an association between smoking and these immunological measures, it will increase the understanding of how tobacco smoke leads to asthma and allow us to design effective interventions.
Radical change in the genre of the detective novel
Creators: name: Allen, Devon L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This thesis will examine the careers of authors Raymond Chandler and Paul Auster. The paper will define and examine "hard-boiled" and postmodern literary genres in which Raymond Chandler and Paul Auster have written their crime novels. Topics of discussion in this thesis will include Chandler‘s and Auster‘s biographical backgrounds and the influences on their fiction, the literary genres of detective fiction and mystery fiction, and the narrative structures of Chandler‘s and Auster‘s novels. Raymond Chandler‘s novel, The Big Sleep and Paul Auster‘s novel, City of Glass will also be discussed.
THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN RWANDA'S BANKING INDUSTRY
Creators: name: 1Mbonigaba Celestin, 2Abdourahman Farah & 3Ahmed Mansour, 4Kiuri Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012

description: This study investigates the role of financial accounting in mitigating risks within Rwanda’s banking sector, aiming to enhance transparency, accountability, and resilience. Employing a qualitative research methodology, the analysis integrates document reviews and expert interviews, triangulating data to ensure reliability. Key findings indicate a 54% growth in banking assets and a reduction in the Non-Performing Loan (NPL) ratio from 15% in 2008 to 9% in 2012, attributed to rigorous accounting practices such as proactive provisioning and adherence to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Statistical analysis revealed a significant positive correlation (r = 0.89, p < 0.01) between loan provision coverage and the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), consistently exceeding the regulatory minimum. Despite these achievements, challenges such as technical expertise gaps and inconsistent IFRS compliance persist. The study concludes that enhancing financial accounting frameworks can significantly bolster risk management strategies and recommends targeted training, regulatory oversight, and technological integration.
Effect of tobacco smoke on lung airway surface liquid
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 to examine the effects of tobacco smoke on one of the primary mechanisms by which the lung protects itself from the harmful effects of tobacco smoke, namely the secretion of a protective liquid layer in the airways. This is an extension of our previous work on tobacco effects further down the conducting airways, in the air sacs (alveoli) where gas exchange takes place, and our studies of the normal physiology of the airways. The proposed work is also relevant to the treatment of patients with tobacco-related lung diseases and to understanding the biological pathways from smoke exposure to tobacco-related diseases. Our experiments will help in understanding the mechanisms of mucus secretion and formation of the liquid layer (which overlays the cells lining the airway surfaces), from trachea to bronchus to terminal bronchiole, as the airway branches to deliver fresh air to the alveoli. We will examine the effects of secondhand smoke on secretion of liquid, ions, and mucus to see whether smoke simply stimulates the system or whether the system can adapt to the insult and learn to protect itself in a more efficient manner. It may be that such an adaptation has a unforeseen consequence; for example, predisposing an individual to serious disease such as cancer, asthma, or bronchitis. The information we will obtain will help to devise future treatments for both asthma and chronic bronchitis, which can be caused and exacerbated by smoking, and for other serious lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis and pulmonary edema.
Aplatyphylax myanmaricus Mey & Malicky 2021, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Mey, Wolfram
name: Malicky, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Limnephilidae
Aplatyphylax
Aplatyphylax myanmaricus

description: Aplatyphylax myanmaricus spec. nov.
(Figs 11A–11D, 20)
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: BCD6398E-409C-43B0-886A-1ECE75F89E87
Holotype ♂ and paratype ♂ (pinned), Myanmar, Kachin, Kanphant, 15 km north, Mt. Inwa Bum, near pass, 3020 m, 26°10’31.9”N 98°30’03.4”E, 4.x.2010, leg. S. Naumann, holotype genitalia in glycerine vial (MfN).
Etymology. The specific epithet is the latinised adjective of Myanmar.
Diagnosis. The new species is closely similar to A. mishmicus Kimmins 1950, described from Arunachal Pradesh, India, and A. barinael Malicky 2012, described from Himachal Pradesh, India, based on male genitalia. Aplatyphylax myanmaricus spec. nov. differs from both species by the form of the intermediate appendages, the broad parameres, and the unique arrangement of patches of black spines on the posterior margin of tergum VIII.
Description. Length of each forewings 12–13 mm. Head pale yellow-brown, eyes with short hairs, ocelli white, occipital and pronotal warts with long, recurved, yellow setae; palpi and antennae yellow-brown. Thorax and legs yellow-brown, foretibiae with ventral row of black spines, ventral groove on each femur corresponding to structure of tibia, praetarsus without ventral spines, spurs 0.2.2. Forewings yellow-brown, with scattered pale spots in the membrane (Fig. 20); hind wings membranous; venation as in A. mishmicus.
Male genitalia (Figs 11A–11D). Posterior margin of eight tergite roundly excavated, furnished with pair of patches of black spines, nearly meeting in middle of tergite. Segment IX convex on anterolateral margins and concave on posterior margins, lateral suture present. Superior appendages long and straight. Intermediate appendages shaped as rounded, black knobs with granulated surfaces. Inferior appendages long and rounded distally. Phallic apparatus with membranous aedeagus and pair of broad, sclerotized parameres.
description: Published as part of Mey, Wolfram & Malicky, Hans, 2021, Caddisflies from Myanmar: New records and descriptions of new species (Insecta, Trichoptera), pp. 533-565 in Zootaxa 5060 (4) on pages 546-547, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5637984
Conostigmus harringtoni
Creators: name: Trietsch, Carolyn
name: Mikó, István
name: Ezray, Briana
name: Deans, Andrew R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megaspilidae
Conostigmus
Conostigmus harringtoni

description: Conostigmus harringtoni (Ashmead, 1888)
Fig. 27
Species Comments and History. Ashmead (1888) described this species from one male and one female specimen, mostly relying on coloration and microsculpture. Harrington (1900) mentioned 6 more specimens in his personal collection, collected from the same area as the type. We located a series of 16 female specimens labeled as C. harringtoni at the CNC, including specimens from Harrington, but these specimens belonged to several different species, including several Dendrocerus, and none appeared to match the female type or share the same collecting information as the type (although both these specimens and the type have limited collection information).
The male and female types of C. harringtoni were both deposited in the USNM, but the male type has been missing for decades (Masner and Muesebeck, 1968). The female type is still present at the USNM, but it is in very poor condition. The head and antennae are missing, and the rest of the specimen is so poorly glued that it is not possible to determine if the specimen has a sternaulus.
We consider C. harringtoni as a species inquirenda.
Material Examined. Lectotype female: CANADA: USNMENT01339750 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István, Ezray, Briana & Deans, Andrew R., 2020, A Taxonomic Revision of Nearctic Conostigmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae), pp. 1-155 in Zootaxa 4792 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4792.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3895976
Codebook for ODK Electronic Data Capture in the APC-PPS.
Creators: name: Dhaliwal, Faran
name: Cuningham, William
name: Njie, Baboucarr
name: Cook, Aislinn
Publisher: name: St George's, University of London
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420319
subject: Primary health care
classificationCode: 420310
subject: Health surveillance
classificationCode: 320211
subject: Infectious diseases

description: These are the XLS forms used for electronic data capture via ODK (Open Data Kit) for the Antibiotics in Primary Care Point Prevalence Survey (APC-PPS).
A study on middle school students' use of computer-generated representations as they solve probability tasks
Creators: name: Tozzi, Barbara
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This study examined the problem-solving behavior of four students from an urban, middle school as they used computer simulation software to solve probability tasks, by generating and interpreting computer data and representations to make decisions about fairness and adequacy of sample size. The questions that guided the study were: (1) How are data generated by the students from computer simulations interpreted with respect to (a) fairness and (b) significance of sample size? (2) What decisions about fairness and adequacy of sample size do students make on the basis of evidence that they collect? and (3) How are student ideas influenced, if at all, by their computer-generated representations and others? The students were video-taped during five sessions which occurred on two days of a summer institute, a component of the Informal Mathematical Learning (IML) Project at Rutgers University. Data consisted of discussions between and among students as they worked in pairs on the task, conversations between students and researchers, screen-shots of computer representations that students selected and discussed, and students’ written work recorded on CDs. These were analyzed using the Powell, Francisco & Maher (2003) model for investigating the development of mathematical knowledge using video data. Analysis of the data revealed that the simulation software, together with social interaction, resulted in students' making and testing conjectures about a sophisticated concept, the Law of Large Numbers. The type of representations that were chosen by students also influenced their arguments. The students agreed that fair dice have a uniform frequency distribution; however, they also agreed that a fair die could have an outcome that alternated between having the highest and then lowest frequencies in two separate experiments. This study contributes to the data base that documents the building of mathematical ideas as students work on investigations in supportive environments, and addresses a gap in the probability education literature for studies of middle-school students using simulation software to generate data and representations that support their claims.
Codebook for ODK Electronic Data Capture in the APC-PPS
Creators: name: Goelen, Jan
name: Cook, Aislinn
Publisher: name: St George's, University of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420319
subject: Primary health care
classificationCode: 420310
subject: Health surveillance
classificationCode: 320211
subject: Infectious diseases

description: These are the XLS forms used for electronic data capture via ODK (Open Data Kit) for the Antibiotics in Primary Care Point Prevalence Survey (APC-PPS).
Highly qualified special education teachers
Creators: name: Stradford, Lynn
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that all teachers obtain “highlyqualified teacher” (HQT) status in the specific content areas that they were assigned toteach. Many experienced special education teachers, although certified to work withchildren with disabilities, did not have a content area specialty, and therefore were notconsidered highly qualified under NCLB. This phenomenological study conducted aseries of three interviews in which a sample of 9 teachers were asked to share theirperceptions of HQT based on the following questions:• What steps have these teachers taken to become “highly qualified” and whatchallenges, if any, did they face in the process?• How has the school district adapted programs to accommodate the changes inqualifications of the special education teachers?• How do the special education teachers perceive the changes, if any, and howhave they affected the children they have been assigned to teach?The participants of this study shared their rich and varied educationalbackgrounds; they have acquired valuable life experiences and taken advantage ofvarious professional development opportunities to prepare them for their positions asspecial education teachers. The nine special educators in this study discussed how theyfelt the “highly qualified teacher” mandate affected them professionally, and morespecifically, their job assignments. For the most part, the participants of this study did notfeel that the HQT process affected their job assignments. All but one believed thatcontent knowledge is important. The teachers’ perceptions of HQT have been an essential part of this study. Mostfelt that it is necessary that teachers who are competent and knowledgeable should teachstudents. However, while the teachers generally agreed that both regular and specialeducation teachers should be equipped with the skills necessary to service all students,some felt that the “highly qualified teacher” label does not necessarily make a goodteacher, and not all felt that having HQT status would benefit the students. Some of theteachers also believed that in-class support has not positively affected the students. Theydiscussed how some students with special needs are struggling in general education classes. The HQT aspect of NCLB has been a necessary revision to education law, but it has been a controversial subject that has caused much debate in many areas of education. The “Highly Qualified Special Education Teacher” should be recognized as valuable for the knowledge of disabilities, teaching strategies and behavioral techniques.
Himalopsyche viteceki Hjalmarsson 2019
Creators: name: Mey, Wolfram
name: Malicky, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Rhyacophilidae
Himalopsyche
Himalopsyche viteceki

description: Himalopsyche viteceki Hjalmarsson 2019
Material: 1 ♀ paratype, Kachin, 40 km north of Kanphant, 3 river junction, 2450 m, 3.x.2010, leg. S. Naumann (in alcohol), (MfN).
description: Published as part of Mey, Wolfram & Malicky, Hans, 2021, Caddisflies from Myanmar: New records and descriptions of new species (Insecta, Trichoptera), pp. 533-565 in Zootaxa 5060 (4) on page 549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5637984
Mechanisms by which tobacco accelerates atherosclerosis
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 use of tobacco is a major risk factor for atherosclerosis ("hardening of the arteries"), as is hypercholesterolemia (high blood cholesterol), hypertension (high blood pressure), and diabetes mellitus (high blood sugar). Work in our laboratory indicates that hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus may adversely affect the vessel wall by causing an oxidative stress. The oxidative stress on the vessel wall causes the lining of the vessel (the endothelium) to change from what is normally a teflon like coating, to something which resembles velcro. Certain cells within the blood begin to stick to the endothelium; the first step in atherosclerosis ("hardening of the arteries").

 Recently our laboratory has discovered that nicotine (one of the active components of tobacco) has effects on the vessel wall similar to those of hypercholesterolemia, hypertension and diabetes. This project will determine if there is a common pathway by which high cholesterol, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and tobacco smoking may cause hardening of the arteries. Furthermore, we have learned that the blood vessel produces a molecule that can protect it from atherosclerosis. This molecule is endothelium derived nitric oxide. We have found that nitric oxide restores the endothelium so that it becomes less adhesive (more like teflon and less like velcro). We have developed methods to enhance the release of nitric oxide from the vessel wall in animals and humans. We will determine if these methods can reverse the effects of tobacco smoke. We anticipate that this scientific study may lead to new insights and new therapies for atherosclerosis.