cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Scavenging effects of dietary flavonoids on reactive dicaronyl species and their possible implications on the inhibition of the formation of advanced glycation-end products
Creators: name: Shao, Xi
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Year: 2010

description: Flavonoids are ubiquitous in nature and many of which occur in fruits, vegetables and beverages. According to chemical structure, flavonoids can be categorized into flavonols, flavones, flavanones, isoflavones, flavanols, anthocyanidins and chalcones. The flavonoids have aroused considerable interest recently because of their potential health benefits. They have been reported to reduce the risk of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, asthma, and diabetes. The objects of this study are to elucidate the structure-activity of dietary flavonoids to trap dicarbonyl species (e.g., glyoxal (GO) and methylglyoxal (MGO)), which are the precursors of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), as well as to study the possible implications on the inhibition of the formation of AGEs by flavonoids. Previous studies have demonstrated that accumulation of reactive dicarbonyl compounds in human tissue will accelerate the vascular damage in both diabetes and uremia. Moreover, advanced glycation progressively and irreversibly modified proteins over time and yielded AGEs. AGEs are thought to contribute to the development of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Higher levels of α, β-dicarbonyl compounds were observed in diabetes patients’ plasma than those in healthy people’s plasma. Therefore, decreasing the levels of dicarbonyl compounds and consequently inhibiting the formation of AGEs would be a useful approach to prevent the development of diabetic complications.    In this dissertation, we found that polyphenols phloretin and phloridzin from could trap MGO rapidly under in vitro conditions (pH 7.4 buffer solution, 37 oC) to form carbonyl adducts of those two compounds. The mono-carbonyl adduct of phloridzin was purified through column chromatography and identified by 1H, 13C, and 2D NMR and MS analysis.    To understand the structure requirements of flavonoids to perform good trapping effects of reactive dicarbonyl compounds, we tested the trapping efficacy of flavonoids with different A-ring, B-ring, and C-ring configuration under in vitro conditions. Genistein, phloretin, and phloridzin were tested under an AGEs condition and all three flavonoids exhibited strong inhibitory effects on the formation AGEs. Two reaction adducts of genistein under such condition were observed using LC/MS, which further confirmed that flavonoids have the ability to prevent the formation of AGEs through trapping of dicarbonyl species.
Le texte et le lieu de spectacle de La Plume au Mur. Stéphane Mallarmé parmi les avant-gardes = The Text and the Space of Performance from La Plume to Le Mur. Stéphane Mallarmé among the Avant-Gardes
Creators: name: Schiau-Botea, Diana
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Year: 2010

description: This dissertation compares fin-de-siècle avant-garde production to the work of Stéphane Mallarmé, who is generally considered to epitomize the solitary writer, withdrawn from public life. A detailed reconstruction of contemporary avant-garde performances and literary journalism enables a new reading, and a shifted understanding of the social and political dimensions of Mallarmé’s poems, critical essays, and theatrical projects in light of these collective activities. The thesis investigates the works of avant-garde groups performing in Paris: the Hydropathes, a group of “Fumiste” artists from the Latin Quarter; the legendary Chat Noir cabaret, founded by Rodolphe Salis in Montmartre; La Plume, a magazine most commonly associated with Symbolism; and finally, the lesser known artists of the Quat’z’arts cabaret, who, at the turn of the century, produced a happening-like wall-journal, entitled Le Mur, in Montmartre. All these groups associated the publishing of illustrated magazines with performances that took place in various cafés and cabarets designed and decorated for this purpose. A certain parallelism, thus, can be identified in the structure of journals and the development of group performances, insofar as textual production, public performance, and interior design equally contribute to the construction and promotion of a communal identity.   The extensive exploration of Mallarmé’s work reveals an analogous concern with the necessity of a public representation of writing. From his early poems to the final edition of Poésies and the visual poem Un coup de Dés, from the fashion journal La Dernière Mode to his critical, continually revised essays, from his foreign conferences and the Tuesday reunions with his friends to his ambitious project of a ritualistic “Book,” Mallarmé constantly underlines the significance of institutionalizing the private act of writing and, thus, symbolically links the private space of individual life with the sphere and activity of public feasts.  The emerging mass culture of the Third Republic in which newspapers begin to play a central role, challenges the traditional, humanist function of books and canonical readings. This dissertation shows how Mallarmé and avant-garde groups respond to this crisis and invite contemporary elites and crowds to imagine possible communities.
Azteca fasciata var. nigricans
Creators: name: Forel, A.
Publisher: name: Unknown Publisher
Year: 1899
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Azteca
Azteca fasciata
Var. nigricans

description: Var. nigricans, n.
[[queen]]. Long. 7.5 millim. Mandibules tres finement reticulees ponctuees, avec de gros points epars. Ecaille elevee et attenuee au sommet, mais pas acuminee. Thorax tres etroit et allonge, encore plus etroit que la tete.
D'un brun fonce, presque noir, avec les scapes, le devant de la tete, le 1 er article des funicules, les tarses et les articulations des pattes d'un jaune plus ou moins roussatre ou brunatre. Mandibules rougeatres. Abdomen jaune, avec une large bande dorsale d'un brun noir et une etroite bande ventrale brune sur chaque segment. Ailes subhyalines, un peu jaunatres; tache marginale brune; nervures d'un jaune brunatre.
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion) [[[queen]]].
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 122-123
Dual nuclear roles of an essential scavenger decapping enzyme
Creators: name: Shen, Vincent
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Year: 2010

description: The broad findings of the current work focus on mammalian DcpS and provide an  analysis of its role in pre-mRNA splicing, transcription, and its requirement in mouse  development. Mutagenesis and heterokaryon assays reveal an N-terminal nuclear  localization sequence and a central nuclear export sequence that account for its  nucleocytoplasmic dynamics. Cell-based reporter assays reveal two novel DcpS nuclear  roles that explain its prevalent nuclear presence. A cell-based mRNA assay, which  detects reporter splicing patterns, indicates DcpS knockdown leads to pre-mRNA  processing deficiency in the first intron. DcpS or Cbp20 overexpression partially and  completely corrects this defect, respectively. Catalytically inactive DcpS displaces the  Cbp20-cap interaction by competition in a reconstituted system. These results suggest  DcpS is a positive regulator of pre-mRNA splicing and is in line with the idea that DcpS  knockdown predictably upregulates intracellular cap structure levels. Another cell-based  translation assay, which detects reporter enzyme activity, shows DcpS chemical  repression or knockdown stimulates cap-dependent translation and reduces 4EBP1  protein level. The unexpected opposite effect on translation suggests DcpS catalysis does  not directly regulate protein synthesis as previously thought. DcpS chemical repression by a competitive inhibitor leads to 4EBP1 and 4EBP2 transcriptional reductions that  correlate with their steady state mRNA levels. These results point toward an additional  DcpS nuclear role in transcription of specific targets. On a final note, the failure to  generate DcpS homozygous progeny as early as 6 days post coitum (dpc) indicates this  gene is essential for mouse embryogenesis. DcpS heterozygous intercross yields  approximately two heterozygotes for each wildtype during 9.5 dpc and postnatal period.  DcpS heterozygotes are normal with respect to fertility. Western blots show DcpS is  ubiquitously expressed in an adult tissue panel comprised of brain, liver, kidney, and  heart. The present study identifies at least two nuclear roles of DcpS in pre-mRNA first  intron splicing and in transcription, and its essential role in mouse development.
Crystal structure of Sindbis virus precursor form of nonstructural protein 2/3
Creators: name: Shin, Gyehwa
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Year: 2010

description: Alphaviruses are a globally distributed group of enveloped, positive-sense RNA animal viruses. The 5’ two-thirds of the RNA genome is translated into a single, large polypeptide of ~2500 amino acids.  This polypeptide is autoproteolytically cleaved into four subunits, termed nonstructural proteins (nsP) 1-4, which form the replication complex.  The nsP1 is the enzyme responsible for capping the viral mRNA and a membrane associated protein.  The nsP2 has RNA helicase, triphosphatase activities and is an autoprotease responsible for cleaving the nonstructural polyprotein.  The nsP4 is an RNA-dependent, RNA polymerase. The function of nsP3 remains unknown, however, it is the only viral protein phosphorylated by unknown cellular kinases.  The nsP3 contains a macro or X domain that binds ADP-ribose and is highly conserved with homologues in rubella virus, hepatitis E virus and coronaviruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus. The protease domain of viral nsP2 protein cleaves the nsP1234 polyprotein replication complex into functional proteins.  During replication of alphavirus genome, the positive strand of RNA genome is transcribed into a minus strand by the cleavage intermediate nsP123 and nsP4.  Cleavage between nsP2/3 causes a template switch from minus strand to positive strand. Although the nonstructural protein 2/3 is essential for RNA replication, its function in viral replication is still not well understood.  Here we report the crystal structure of Sindbis virus precursor form of nsP2/3 at 2.94Å resolution. The structure of Sindbis nsP2/3 protein consists of four distinct domains, which are the protease domain, methyltransferase like domain, macro domain and zinc binding domain. Surprisingly, nsP3 contains a novel folding with a previously uncharacterized zinc coordination site.  In addition, the cleavage site between nsP2 and nsP3 is buried the two proteins and not accessible for proteolysis.  Furthermore, the loop connecting the macro and zinc-binding domains makes direct contact with and causes a structure shift in the nsp2 protease domain.  We have observed considerable differences between the pre-cleavage and post-cleavage forms of nsp2/3.  The structure suggests that a conformational change in nsP2/3 is required in order for the nsP2 protease to gain access to the nsP2/3 cleavage site.
Measurement and rendering of automotive coatings with a novel texture camera
Creators: name: Silva, Jayant
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Year: 2010

description: In an effort to create more dynamic looking automobiles, there is an ever increasing  trend among automobile manufacturers towards the use of metallic coatings in the  finish of a vehicle. These coatings consist of transparent colorants mixed with metallic  flakes. The flakes in the coating cause a change in color and brightness of the finish  with viewing and illumination direction. This change in appearance accentuates the  curves of a car, making it visually more attractive. Besides this angular dependence  on viewing/illumination direction, the metallic finishes also exhibit a visually complex  texture. Depending on the properties of the finish and the viewing and illumination  conditions, the flakes exhibit a sparkle like texture, while the glossy clear coat may show  a rough or smooth surface. As a result of these complex visual attributes, capturing  the appearance and finding a perfect color match for a metallic finish is a non trivial  task.  Traditional methods of visual color evaluation and five angle color measurement can  neither sufficiently capture nor characterize the angular and spatial variation in appearance  of a metallic coating. Instead, we use the BTF (bidirectional texture function)  to capture the variation in appearance of the coating with illumination and viewing direction. We use a novel texture camera to simultaneously capture the BRDF (bidirectional  reflectance distribution function) and BTF of the coatings. We use the unique  BRDF of each finish to develop a completely objective and automated match measure  that shows a high correlation with the visual judgement of color matching experts. We  then use the measured BTFs along with a novel texture synthesis technique to create  photorealistic renderings of the coatings that reproduces all the visual effects of  these complex coatings. We also present a novel material recognition method using the  Texcam images.
Regulation of yeast choline kinase by zinc depletion and the yeast phosphatidate phosphatase by zinc depletion and growth
Creators: name: Soto-Cardalda, Anibal
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Year: 2010

description: In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the CKI1-encoded choline kinase catalyzes the committed step in the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine via the CDP-choline branch of the Kennedy pathway. Analysis of a PCKI1-lacZ reporter gene revealed that CKI1 expression was regulated by intracellular levels of the essential mineral zinc. Zinc depletion resulted in a concentration-dependent induction of CKI1 expression. This regulation was mediated by the zinc-sensing and zinc-inducible transcriptional activator Zap1p. A purified Zap1p probe interacted with two putative UASZRE sequences (ZRE1 and ZRE2) in the CKI1 promoter. Mutations of ZRE1 and ZRE2 to a nonconsensus UASZRE attenuated the induction of CKI1 expression in response to zinc depletion. A UASINO element in the CKI1 promoter was responsible for stimulating CKI1 expression, but this element was not involved in the regulation by zinc depletion. The induction of CKI1 expression in zinc-depleted cells translated into increased choline kinase activity in vitro and in vivo, and an increase in phosphatidylcholine synthesis via the Kennedy pathway. The yeast PAH1-encoded PA phosphatase (PAP) catalyzes the dephosphorylation of PA to yield DAG and Pi. The DAG produced by the PAP reaction is utilized for the synthesis of TAG and the synthesis of PE and PC via the Kennedy pathway. Analysis of the PPAH1-lacZ reporter gene demonstrated that PAH1 expression was regulated by intracellular levels of zinc. The induction of the PAH1 gene in response to zinc depletion was dependent on the concentration of zinc. PAP regulation by zinc depletion was mediated by the zinc responsive transcription factor Zap1p. Purified Zap1p interacted with three putative UASZRE sequences located in the PAH1 promoter. The Zap1p mediated induction in PAH1 expression in response to zinc depletion resulted in an increase in PAP activity in vitro. The induction in PAP activity in zinc-depleted cells translated into an increase in DAG and TAG levels. The pah1Δ mutation resulted in the decrease of PC synthesis via the Kennedy pathway in response to zinc depletion. The regulation of the yeast PAH1-encoded PAP by growth was examined. The DAG produced in the PAP reaction is converted into the storage lipid TAG throughout growth. As cells progress from the exponential to the stationary phase of growth the PAP activity is induced, resulting in an increased in DAG and TAG levels. The induction in PAP activity coincided with a decrease in PAP protein levels. PAP protein is degraded via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway as cells progress throughout growth.
Gender differences in how help-seeking attitudes mediate the effect of academic competence on Latino youth's academic help-seeking
Creators: name: Simon, Patricia
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Year: 2010

description: Research has shown that perceived competence (academic and social), academic motivation and relationships with individuals in the school environment are important predictors of students’ academic help-seeking behavior. Few studies have examined help-seeking attitudes as a mediator of these relationships and even fewer studies have examined gender as a moderator of these relationships among Latino youth.  This study investigated whether perceiving the benefits of help-seeking mediated the relationships between perceived competence, intrinsic motivation, and sense of school belonging and help-seeking behaviors. Data came from 284 9th grade students (141 girls; 91% Latino/a) who participated in a larger, study designed to evaluate a program to promote adaptive transitions to an urban high school. The current study combined program and control groups because there was no difference between groups in the variables examined. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to examine whether high levels of perceived competence (academic and social), sense of school belonging and intrinsic motivation would predict high levels of help-seeking and whether these relationships would be mediated by the perceived benefits of help-seeking. In addition, gender was analyzed as a moderator using multiple group SEM.  Results showed that the more academically competent girls felt, the more likely they were to think help-seeking would be beneficial, and the more likely they were to, in turn, seek help. Although boys who felt academically competent were also more likely to think help-seeking would be beneficial, that was not related to their help-seeking. School belonging positively predicted students’ degree of help-seeking, but no evidence was found to suggest that perceived benefits of help-seeking mediated its direct effects on students’ degree of help-seeking. The final model explained 46% of the variance in help-seeking for girls, but only 3% for boys.  The findings suggest that for girls, perceived benefits of help-seeking and perceived academic competence are viable targets for school-based interventions that aim to increase help-seeking.  For boys targeting these variables with school-based interventions may not yield significant changes in help-seeking.  For both genders, sense of school belonging is an important predictor of help-seeking and may also be targeted by interventions that intend to increase help-seeking.
Product design and product portfolio modeled integration and optimization
Creators: name: Smith, Beverly Veronica
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Year: 2010

description: In this work we developed decision support frameworks that relied on the modeling of multidisciplinary integration to enable the selection of optimal product design alternative and to facilitate efficient chemical product design planning and execution. In recent years, the design of chemical products has received renewed and growing interest, as the industry transitions from a dominant bulk chemical product portfolio to one of high value-add specialty products that focus on product end-use properties. This industry shift results from the onset of global competitive pressures accompanied by intense market and consumer demand for improved product quality, lower product cost, shortened development cycle and greater product differentiation.  Concurrently, the chemical manufacturers of commodity products are faced with pricing pressures and limited cost reduction options. The existence of these challenging market situations demand the adoption of rapid and efficient product design approaches that leverage specialized capabilities across disciplines within the chemical enterprise. The findings from a recent industry benchmark study, conducted as a part of this research, supported the motivation for this work.   An assessment of current industry practices involving 15 chemical manufacturers revealed varying levels of organizational maturity as it relates to multidisciplinary and cross-functional leveraging of knowledge in product design undertaking. The chemical manufacturers were evaluated on current practices of integrating consumer preferences, product-process integration and practices of linking business decisions into the product design process.  The investigation revealed the absence of formalized frameworks to integrate the critical resources necessary to support optimal product performance and design process execution. In this study, the set of decision support procedures formalize the interaction between product design and product portfolio decision making by integrating critical elements of both domains. Hence the methodologies incorporates structural framework to forge strategic alignment while optimizing domain interaction with an aim to minimize cost, reduce cycle time and determine optimal product design alternative. Embedded industry case studies illustrate the application of the proposed methodologies which utilize a hybrid approach, involving the application of structural frameworks for domain integration, along with Monte Carlo Simulation and algorithmic processing to optimize the product design planning and execution process.
HELP--Human assisted Efficient Learning Protocols
Creators: name: Subramanian, Kaushik
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Year: 2010

description: In recent years, there has been a growing attention towards the development of artificial agents that can naturally communicate and interact with humans. The focus has primarily been on creating systems that have the ability to unify advanced learning algorithms along with various natural forms of human interaction (like providing advice, guidance, motivation, punishment, etc). However, despite the progress made, interactive systems are still directed towards researchers and scientists and consequently the everyday human is unable to exploit the potential of these systems. Another undesirable component is that in most cases, the interacting human is required to communicate with the artificial agent a large number of times, making the human often fatigued. In order to improve these systems, this thesis extends prior work and introduces novel approaches via Human-assisted Efficient Learning Protocols (HELP). Three case studies are presented that detail distinct aspects of HELP - a) representation of the task to be learned and its associated constraints, b) the efficiency of the learning algorithm used by the artificial agent and c) the unexplored “natural” modes of human interaction. The case studies will show how an artificial agent is able to efficiently learn and perform complex tasks using only a limited number of interactions with a human. Each of these studies involves human subjects interacting with a real robot and/or simulated agent to learn a particular task. The focus of HELP is to show that a machine can learn better from humans if it is given the ability to take advantage of the knowledge provided by interacting with a human partner or teacher.
Conditionals, meaning and mood
Creators: name: Starr, William B.
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Year: 2010

description: This work explores the hypothesis that natural language is a tool for changing a language user's state of mind and, more specifically, the hypothesis that a sentence's meaning is constituted by its characteristic role in fulfilling this purpose. This view contrasts with the dominant approach to semantics due to Frege, Tarski and others' work on artificial languages: language is first and foremost a tool for representing the world. Adapted to natural language by Davidson, Lewis, Montague, et. al. this dominant approach has crystalized as truth-conditional semantics: to know the meaning of a sentence is to know the conditions under which that sentence is true. Chapter 1 details the animating ideas of my alternative approach and shows that the representational function of language can be understood in terms of the more general function of changing representational mental states. Chapters 2-4 argue that the additional resources of this more general conception of meaning allow us to explain certain phenomena involving conditionals (e.g. `if Bob danced then Leland danced') and grammatical mood (e.g. declarative, interrogative, imperative mood) that truth-conditional semantics does not. In the analysis of these specific phenomena and the articulation of the general approach on offer, it emerges that this approach combines insights and benefits from both use-theoretic and truth-theoretic work on meaning.
Psychometric properties of the GAD-Q-IV and DERS in older community-dwelling GAD patients and nonanxious controls
Creators: name: Staples, Alison Mary
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Year: 2010

description: Recent research suggests that generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in late life is common (Flint, 2005) and is associated with severe consequences, such as decreased life satisfaction and increased risk of physical disability (De Beurs et al., 1999). Yet, our understanding of this disorder in late life, including knowledge of efficient assessment tools, lags behind our growing knowledge of GAD in younger adults. The current study investigated the psychometric properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire for DSM-IV (GAD-Q-IV; Newman et al., 2002) and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS; Gratz & Roemer, 2004) in a community-dwelling, older adult population. Thirty-seven adults diagnosed with GAD and 37 controls (all age 60 or older) completed the GAD-Q-IV, DERS, and other measures of anxiety and depression. Both measures were assessed for internal consistency reliability, construct validity (convergent and discriminant), and test-retest reliability, all of which indicated good psychometric performance. Receiver operating characteristic analyses suggested that the optimal cutoff for diagnosing GAD in this sample was 3.71, with .97 sensitivity and .92 specificity. However, including only those participants diagnosed with GAD in addition to another Axis I disorder (e.g., social phobia, dysthymia, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia; n = 18), revealed a higher optimal cutoff score (4.42; 100% sensitivity and 92% specificity). ROC analyses also revealed an optimal DERS cutoff score of 62.5, which achieved .76 sensitivity and .86 specificity. Findings from the current study support the utility of an emotion regulation deficit model of late-life GAD, and are discussed in relation to age specific characteristics of worry and GAD.
Race differences in mental health services for depression and anxiety
Creators: name: Szymkowiak, Dorota M.
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Year: 2010

description: BACKGROUND: As the racial composition of the U.S. population grows ever more diverse, landmark healthcare legislation holds the promise of reducing long-standing race disparities in health.  OBJECTIVES: This study examines Latino- and black-white differences in 12-month rates of mental health (MH) service use, the specific settings in which services are received, and the adequacy of the services rendered. It focuses specifically on care for depression and anxiety disorders, the two most common forms of mental illness in the U.S. DATA: Data are from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES) project, which combined three representative surveys of mental health and MH service use among American adults. Focused on the influence of race and ethnicity, CPES component surveys oversampled nonwhite respondents. Core diagnostic assessment was completed using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).  METHODS: MH service use included use of any of five sectors: psychiatry (PSY), other mental health specialty (OMH), general medical (GM), human services (HS), and complementary-alternative medicine (CAM). Multi-sector service profiles included PSY, OMH with GM, OMH-only, GM-only, HS-only, and CAM-only. Adequate care was defined as psychotherapy (i.e., eight or more visits to psychiatrist or other MH specialist lasting at least 30 minutes) and/or pharmacotherapy (i.e., four or more visits to psychiatrist or other physician plus use of suitable prescription medication for at least 60 days).   RESULTS: Latinos and blacks were less likely than whites to receive any services. Compared to whites, black service users were less likely to use the GM-only profile and more likely to use the HS-only profile. Among service users with depression and anxiety disorders, blacks were less likely than whites to receive adequate psycho- or pharmacotherapeutic services. Among those reporting use of prescription medications, both blacks and Latinos were more likely than whites to have taken medications other than those recommended for their particular disorders.  CONCLUSIONS: Each year, many depressed and anxious Americans go undertreated or untreated altogether, and these shortfalls are more pronounced among Latinos and especially blacks than among whites. Future research should investigate the influence of race differences in self-perceived need and beliefs and attitudes about mental health and mental healthcare.
Selatosomus aeneomicans
Creators: name: Qiu, Lu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Selatosomus
Selatosomus aeneomicans

description: 1. Selatosomus aeneomicans (Fairmaire, 1889)
Type locality: “ Koui-Tchéou [= Guizhou]”.
Remarks: This species was originally recorded from Guizhou; no further information is known (Fairmaire 1889). Schimmel et al. (2015) recorded this species from “Chinkiang”, “Nan-king” and “Hweisin”; most of these localities are ambiguous. The authors regarded “Chinkiang” as Xinjiang; however, “Chinkiang” could also be Zhenjiang [äữ] in Zhejiang Province. Both “Nan-king” and “Hweisin [Weixian/ ũƃ]” were initially located in Gansu Province (Schimmel et al. 2015), but “Nan-king” is usually known as Nanjing [南ż] in Jiangsu Province. Kishii & Jiang (1999) recorded this species from Ebian [Ẃǿ], Sichuan, but the aedeagus is clearly different from the illustration of Schimmel et al. (2015). Jiang & Wang (1999) recorded this species from Shennongjia [ŘÈ⁂], Guangyuan [in North Sichuan / ƀnjŨḿ], Jinyunshan [in Beibei District, Chongqing / ffl ẉẍḋḎỄƜ], and Pingba [in Anshun, Guizhou / OiNJȐ ḴṮẈ], Jiang (1998) also recorded this species from Longmenhe, Xingshan, Hubei [āẍḦƜËȖã]. These localities are near or conform to the type locality, but the specimens of these records still need to be re-examined to further confirm their correctness. For the above reasons, these records will not be included herein.
Distribution: Guizhou.
description: Published as part of Qiu, Lu, 2023, Selatosomus luhuaensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from Sichuan Province, China, with an annotated checklist of the Chinese species of Selatosomus, pp. 173-186 in Zootaxa 5228 (2) on pages 178-179, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7532524
Surviving modernization
Creators: name: Takahashi, Satsuki
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Year: 2010

description: This dissertation builds on and aims to contribute to the anthropological understandings of the commons, natural resource management, and modernization. Through a historical and ethnographic investigation based on two coastal fishing towns in Japan, the dissertation demonstrates that the ways in which people interact with common natural resources are dynamically constructed within a complex web of shifting political, cultural, and ecological conditions.     With growing concerns, largely since the 1970s, regarding the environment, few argue that managing natural resources is unnecessary, but there is a heated debate regarding the proper methods. In order to improve the poor outcomes of “command-and-control” natural resource management schemes and planned development, policy makers and scholars have worked to promote “community-based natural resource management” and “co-management” as new conservation strategies accentuating the role of community. Japanese coastal resource management has often been celebrated as a success story that shows the relevance of traditional communities, and even used as a model for promoting conservation strategies in other countries. Other scholars have pointed to the problems that these strategies, particularly when based on romantic images of traditional communities, can create. This dissertation argues that even in these two Japanese fishing towns, the actual practices of resource management are also much more complex than simplified or romantic discourses of communities would suggest. And this should prompt us to reconsider “traditional” and “modern” methods for achieving collective action for the management of common natural resources. The “traditional,” like other closely related social categories such as “modern” and “backward,” is temporally constructed and malleable, and has been produced in part through state modernizing projects. These too have varied over time and are hardly linear, and they often masquerade the complexities and ambiguities of the contemporary culture of the commons. In Surviving Modernization, I wish to highlight two major findings. Contemporary Japan’s coastal resource management is part of the state’s modernization project, which has survived as a grand theme for the last sixty years. At the community level, however, the ways in which people respond to the state’s modernization project are deeply associated with their survival as fishing families.
Mangelia sl. sp. Risso 1826
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Mangeliidae
Mangelia
Mangelia sl. sp.

description: Mangelia (s.l.) sp.
(Fig. 6 D1-D4)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample F11: AMPG (IV) 2474-2477 (four incomplete specimens).
DIMENSIONS. — Maximum height: 3.66 mm (incomplete); maximum width: 1.55 mm.
DISTRIBUTION. — Early Miocene. Proto-Mediterranean Sea: Greece (this paper).
DESCRIPTION
Protoconch multispiral, dome shaped, eroded, consists of 3 whorls, maximum diameter is 400 µm. Teleoconch of 3.5 whorls; axial sculpture composed of opisthocline regularly-spaced rounded ribs, about 12 on each whorl; fine axial regularly spaced growth lines. Spiral sculpture has four main equidistant cords; the second cord is more prominent and forms an angle of the spire from the second teleoconch whorl on. Spaces between cords occupied by secondary finer cords, two between each main spiral cord. Microsculpture consists of finer and irregularly spaced spiral cords. Intersections of growth lines and cords forms beads.Suture smooth; aperture missing; observed inner lip smooth.
REMARKS
The preservation state of the specimens does not allow a certain generic assignment.In one specimen of the studied material, part of the protoconch II sculpture is preserved; it consists of eroded axial riblets.The overall shape and sculpture that consists of finely beaded cords, is typical of members of the family.
A morphologically similar species from the Middle Miocene (Serravallian) of Turkey is Mangelia sp. (Landau et al. 2013), with a similar spiral sculpture, yet less angular whorls than the present species.
A similar species from the Miocene of the North Sea Basin is Sorgenfreispira plicatelloides (Nordsieck, 1979) (A.W. Janssen 1984; Moths et al. 2010); it has a similar protoconch in shape and shouldered teleoconch whorls. Sorgenfreispira sorgenfreii (Nordsieck, 1979) is another species from the Miocene of the Netherlands that has some similarities (protoconch shape and teleoconch sculpture) but with less axial ribs and more rounded whorls. In the stratotype area of the Aquitanian (Aquitaine, France), there are no recorded species of Sorgenfreispira, but other Mangeliidae are present.Namely Bela elegantissima (Peyrot, 1931) which resembles the present species in having a similar teleoconch sculpture and shouldered whorls, but is much larger in size (maximum height about 8 mm) and has six teleoconch whorls.
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 344, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Mathilda Semper 1865
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Mathildidae
Mathilda

description: Genus Mathilda Semper, 1865
TYPE SPECIES. — Turbo quadricarinatus Brocchi, 1814 (= Mathilda quadricarinata (Brocchi, 1814)), subsequent designation by de Boury (1883). Pliocene, Italy.
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 345, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Mathildidae
Mathilda
Mathilda sp.

description: Mathilda sp.
(Fig. 7 A1-A3)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample F10: AMPG (IV) 2478 (one specimen).
DIMENSIONS. — Height: 3.14 mm.
DISTRIBUTION. — Early Miocene. Proto-Mediterranean: Greece (this paper).
DESCRIPTION
Elongated turriculate shell; apical angle c. 29°. Protoconch consisting of two whorls, smooth, bulbous, perpendicular to the teleoconch; diameter 500 µm. Teleoconch with relatively flat whorls; sculpture consisting of three equidistant spiral cords; two cords placed immediately below adapical and above abapical suture; third cord in mid-whorl, more prominent. Fourth very fine spiral cord appears between adapical two cords on fourth teleoconch whorl. Axial sculpture of regularly spaced fine riblets, forming beads at intersections with spiral cords. Suture impressed, emphasized by adjoining beaded spiral cords; aperture missing.
REMARKS
Mathilda peyroti (Cossmann & Peyrot 1922) is the most similar species, with the main difference being that the fourth, finer cord appears on whorl 5 of the teleoconch.The apical angle ranges from 20 to 23° for M. peyroti (Cossmann & Peyrot 1922), whereas for the present specimen it is of about 29°. The present species also differs from M.granosa (Borson, 1821), in having less prominent sculpture and a thicker cord below the suture. Another Miocene species is M. margaritula, which differs mainly by forming more prominent nodes at the intersections of cords and axial ribs.
According to Gründel & Nützel (2013), Mathildidae feed on Cnidaria.
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 345-346, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Selatosomus albipubens Reitter 1910
Creators: name: Qiu, Lu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Selatosomus
Selatosomus albipubens

description: 2. Selatosomus albipubens Reitter, 1910
Type locality: “Tibet: Kuku-noor [Kuku Nor = Qinghai Lake, now in Qinghai Province ůẘā]”.
Remarks: Schimmel et al. (2015) recorded this species from “Lai Shan, Rang-Chenggu village, 3400m ” in Qinghai; the locality is unknown. Kishii & Jiang (1999) recorded this species from “Beipei [Beibei District, now in Chongqing fflẉẍḋ]”. Jiang & Wang (1999) recorded this species from Liutiaogou, Baoxing of Sichuan [ƀ njÍḦÜẴṅ] and Lage, Mêdog of Xizang [ƋƟaeẖṻĦ]. The specimens of these records need to be reexamined to confirm their correctness. Thus, these records are currently excluded in this study.
Distribution: Qinghai.
description: Published as part of Qiu, Lu, 2023, Selatosomus luhuaensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from Sichuan Province, China, with an annotated checklist of the Chinese species of Selatosomus, pp. 173-186 in Zootaxa 5228 (2) on page 180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7532524
Acteon pinguis d'Orbigny 1852
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Acteonidae
Acteon
Acteon pinguis

description: Acteon cf. pinguis d’Orbigny, 1852
(Fig. 7 B1, B2)
cf. Acteon pinguis d’Orbigny, 1852: no. 521, 36. — Peyrot 1932: 157, no. 1376, pl. 11, figs 55-57, pl. 14, figs 12, 13. — Lozouet et al. 2001: 79. — Harzhauser 2002: 125, pl. 12, fig. 7.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample F10: AMPG (IV) 2479-2481 (three specimen); sample F11: AMPG (IV) 2482, 2483 (two specimens); sample F12: AMPG (IV) 2484-2487 (four specimens).
DIMENSIONS. — Maximum height: 1.85 mm.
DISTRIBUTION. — Early Miocene. Aquitanian. NE Atlantic: France (Aquitaine Basin) (Peyrot 1932; Lozouet et al. 2001); Proto-Mediterranean: Greece (this paper). — Burdigalian. NE Atlantic: France (Aquitaine Basin) (Peyrot 1932); Paratethys: Austria (Harzhauser 2002).
DESCRIPTION
Juvenile and incomplete specimens with intorted smooth protoconch.Apical angle of 55°.Two teleoconch whorls, sculpture typi- cal with regularly-spaced pitted grooves, suture deeply impressed; aperture tear-drop shaped, no umbilicus, outer lip regularly convex.
REMARKS
A single species of ‘ Acteon ’ has been found, represented mainly by juveniles. The sculpture, apical angle coincide with those of A. pinguis but the juvenile and incomplete specimens does not allow a clear identification. Variation in sculpture consists of the grooves that bear less prominent pits and have a smoother aspect abapically. The last whorl of the specimens observed has slightly deeper grooves which could possibly be a feature dominating the sculpture of later whorls.
The shape of the shell and the convexity of the whorls are reminiscent of Acteon semistriatus (Férussac, 1822). The sculpture and overall morphology of the recovered specimens is most similar to A. pinguis d’Orbigny, 1852. Nevertheless, the protoconch seems slightly wider and less inflated, which could be due to intraspecific variability. Moreover, specimens recovered show various traces of predation from molluscs and possibly decapods.
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 346, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Selatosomus casalei Schimmel, Tarnawski, Han & Platia 2015
Creators: name: Qiu, Lu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Selatosomus
Selatosomus casalei

description: 3. Selatosomus casalei Schimmel, Tarnawski, Han & Platia, 2015
Type locality: “ China: Sichuan, Nanping [南Nj = Jiuzhaigou/ hvēṅ], Jianyau [unknown locality name]”. Remarks. Nanping is an old name of Jiuzhaigou.
Distribution: Sichuan.
description: Published as part of Qiu, Lu, 2023, Selatosomus luhuaensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from Sichuan Province, China, with an annotated checklist of the Chinese species of Selatosomus, pp. 173-186 in Zootaxa 5228 (2) on page 180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7532524
Ringicula Deshayes 1838
Creators: name: Thivaiou, Danae
name: Harzhauser, Mathias
name: Koskeridou, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Ringiculidae
Ringicula

description: Genus Ringicula Deshayes, 1838
TYPE SPECIES. — Ringicula ringens (Lamarck, 1804), subsequent designation by Gray (1847). Eocene, 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 346, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8, http://zenodo.org/record/3700008
Euscelimena harpago
Creators: name: Skejo, Josip
name: Gupta, Sunil Kumar
name: Tumbrinck, Josef
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Euscelimena
Euscelimena harpago

description: Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838)
(Figures 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D)
Tetrix harpago: Serville 1838: 763 (types from India: Maharashtra: Bobbay [= Mumbai] should be deposited in MNHN Paris, but JS did not find them);
Euscelimena harpago: Günther 1938: 363;
Scelymena contracta: Walker 1871: 841 (holotype female from Hindustan deposited in BMNH London), synonymyzed with Scelymena uncinata (Serville, 1838) by Kirby (1914);
Gryllus (Locusta) femoratus Stoll 1813: 31 (type locality unknown), synonymized with Scelymena harpago (Serville, 1838) by Bolívar (1887).
Tetrix uncinata Serville, 1838: 763 (female type from India: Maharashtra: Bobbay [= Mumbai] should be deposited in MNHN Paris, but JS did not find them), synonymized with Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838) by Blackith (1992) (but he didn’t see the types).
Euscelimena hardi Gupta et Chandra, 2018: 44 (holotype male nymph from India: Chhattisgarh: Raipur: Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary: Hardi Nala deposited in NZSI Calcutta) syn. nov. of Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838).
description: Published as part of Skejo, Josip, Gupta, Sunil Kumar & Tumbrinck, Josef, 2018, Nymph inadvertently described as new species for a fourth time? On the identity of Euscelimena hardi (Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) with general remarks on the identification of pygmy grasshopper nymphs, pp. 93-97 in Zootaxa 4418 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1242541
Selatosomus centralis
Creators: name: Qiu, Lu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Selatosomus
Selatosomus centralis

description: 4. Selatosomus centralis (Candèze, 1881)
Type locality: “Moupin [Muping/ ǾNj]”.
Remarks: Muping is the county seat of Baoxing County [ÍḦ] in Ya’an City [ƉȐ], Sichuan. This species was also recorded from various localities in China, as well as Mongolia, Russia and Kazakhstan (Schimmel et al. 2015; Tarnawski 1995; Kishii & Jiang 1999). These records are too far from the type locality, and considering the strong resemblance of this species with other Palearctic species, the identification of specimens from these localities need future confirmation. These records are currently excluded in this study.
Distribution: Sichuan.
description: Published as part of Qiu, Lu, 2023, Selatosomus luhuaensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from Sichuan Province, China, with an annotated checklist of the Chinese species of Selatosomus, pp. 173-186 in Zootaxa 5228 (2) on page 180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7532524