cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Culturally responsive literacy instruction: a case study of a Fe y Alegria school in Bolivia
Creators: name: Gates, Tracy
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: This study addresses the problem of a lack of culturally responsive literacy instruction in poorand marginalized communities, in developing countries. Relatedly, the study addresses factors that affect the implementation of this instruction, specifically the training of teachers to provide culturally responsive literacy instruction. This research provides a grounded description of how teachers in a Bolivian Fe y Alegria school use culturally responsive literacy instruction in the classroom and what factors affect their ability to do so. This case study was based on qualitative data collected from participant interviews, classroom and community observations and analysis of school and government documents. This study concludes that in this setting, despite the Fe y Alegria school's philosophy that reflects the aspects of culturally responsive instruction, few instances of this type of pedagogy in practice were observed. The data revealed rich and varied literacy practices within the community context. However, the data also suggested gaps between the home literacy practices and the literacy practices students were exposed to at school. As well, during the course of teacher interviews regarding formal and informal training, the data supports previous findings in other research that teacher training programs in the developing world were theory laden and for the most part impractical. This study contributes to a small but, hopefully, growing base of research on culturally responsive schools, give educators much needed information on how to consider and utilize the communities' cultural contexts when planning and teaching their students and highlight some of the factors, such as teacher training, that hinder or help the implementation of this type of instruction.
Atheta (Dimetrota) remulsa Casey 1910
Creators: name: Klimaszewski, Jan
name: Chandler, Donald S.
name: Davies, Anthony
name: Bourdon, Caroline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Atheta
Atheta remulsa

description: 66. Atheta (Dimetrota) remulsa Casey
(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2021), Table 1
References. Casey 1910, Klimaszewski et al. 2005a, 2007, 2018, 2021. Majka and Klimaszewski 2008.
Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, recorded from A/S (Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK, YT. USA: AK, NH (NSR), NY.
Collection and Habitat data. In NH captured in Fagus litter beside logs, alder and grass litter, litter by stream, and in a mass of mushrooms on a large stump. In AK found in a Betula and Populus tremuloides forest, and in mushrooms. In Canada found in various forest types, usually in mushrooms. Most individuals were in gilled mushrooms and fleshy fungi in various stages of decay; also, in leaf litter and moss, and in a Carex marsh (Klimaszewski et al. 2021).
Material. USA, New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet, E Fork Spring Brk., 1900’, 18–21.VII.1985, D.S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 1 female. The Bowl, 2.5 mi NW Wonalancet, 8–14.VIII.1984, D.S. Chandler, window trap, 1 female. 6 mi NW Bartlett, Nancy Brook Trail, 1500’, 9.IX.1987, A. Davies, sifting Fagus litter beside logs (CNC), 1 sex? Coos Co.: 8 mi E Gorham, 800’, 14.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell (CNC), 6 sex?; 15.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell (CNC), 2 sex? White Mts., Crawford Notch, Silver Cascade, 17.VIII.1976, J.M. Campbell (CNC), 6 sex? 2 mi NE Crawford Depot, 2100’, 13.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, ex mass of mushrooms on large stump (CNC), 4 sex? 17 km S Gorham, Glen Ellis Falls, 1900’, 8.IX.1987, J.M. Campbell and A. Davies, sifting litter by stream (CNC), 7 sex? Hwy. 33, Second Connecticut Lake, 23.V.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift alder and grass litter, 1 male. Mt. Washington Auto Road, 2700’, 7.VIII.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift litter along stream, 1 male.
description: Published as part of Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Davies, Anthony & Bourdon, Caroline, 2023, Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 5364 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5364.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145460
Africonus gonsaloi Afonso & Tenorio 2014
Creators: name: Tenorio, Manuel J.
name: Abalde, Samuel
name: Pardos-Blas, José R.
name: Zardoya, Rafael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Africonus
Africonus gonsaloi

description: Africonus gonsaloi Afonso & Tenorio, 2014
Fig. 4G
Africonus gonsaloi Afonso & Tenorio, 2014: 51, pl. 2, figs 1–8
Material examined
Holotype
CABO VERDE • 19.3 mm; Maio Island, Praia Gonçalo; M.J. Tenorio leg.; MNCN 15.05/60119 (Fig. 4G).
Other material
CABO VERDE • 1 spec.; Maio Island, Praia Gonçalo; 15º16ʹ13ʺ N, 23º6ʹ15ʺ W; 1 Apr. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491528; MNCN 15.05/78759 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491529; MNCN 15.05/78760.
Geographical distribution
Only known from the type locality, Maio Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago.
Conservation status in IUCN Red List
Not evaluated.
Remarks
This was the first endemic species described from the northeast coast of Maio Island. It is sister to A. raulsilvai, an allopatric, closely related species widely distributed along the east and north coasts of Maio Island. Both, A. raulsilvai and A. gonsaloi are members of a clade sister to A. verdensis, the only endemic species from the neighboring Santiago Island.
description: Published as part of Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael, 2020, Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation, pp. 1-89 in European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663) on page 29, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.663, http://zenodo.org/record/3890442
Atheta (Metadimetrota) savardae Klimaszewski and Majka
Creators: name: Klimaszewski, Jan
name: Chandler, Donald S.
name: Davies, Anthony
name: Bourdon, Caroline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Atheta
Atheta savardae

description: 67. Atheta (Metadimetrota) savardae Klimaszewski and Majka
(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018, 2021), Table 1
References. Klimaszewski and Majka 2007. Webster et al. 2009. Klimaszewski et al. 2011, 2018. Brunke et al. 2012.
Distribution. Nearctic, eastern Distribution. Canada: NB, NF, NS, ON, QC. USA (NCR): ME (NSR), NH (NSR).
Collection and Habitat data. An apparent winter-active species, with nearly all specimens taken in pitfall and FITs from October to March. The NH specimens were captured by sifting rotten wood and forest litters, and by inspecting fungi. In Canada found in decaying gilled mushrooms or captured in pitfall traps in various coniferous, mixed and deciduous/hardwood types in late summer and fall; from pitfall traps in mature deciduous forest and successional conifer-dominated forests with white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss, Abies balsamea (L.) Mill, and Betula papyrifera Marshall); and in an old field next to a mixed forest (Klimaszewski and Majka 2007, Klimaszewski et al. 2018).
Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 9–15.X.1990, 16–29.X.1990, 30.X–5.XI.1990, 13–19.XI.1990, 20–29.XI.1990, 30.XI–5.XII.1990, 6–10.XII.1990, 18–26.XII.1990, 18–25.XI.1991, D.W. Barry, FIT, 14 males, 13 females. New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: The Bowl, 2.5 mi NW Wonalancet, 1–19.XI.1985, 4 males; 18–31.X.1985, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 2 males. Coos Co.: Second College Grant, nr. Dead Diamond Rd., 44.929264, -71.083743, 20.III.2021, C. Ziadeh, pitfall trap W.1.107, 1 female; 44.892213, -71.135211, 30.I–26.III.2022, C. Ziadeh, pitfall trap #104, 2 males; 44.9310533, -71.0744262, 30.I–26.III.2022, C. Ziadeh, pitfall trap #48, 1 male; 44.929661, - 71.075625, pitfall trap W.1.39, 1 male; 44.887055, -71.1195954, 20.III.2021, C. Ziadeh, pitfall trap W.1.66, 1 male. Second College Grant, nr. Swift Diamond Rd., 44.8871749, -71.123341, 20.III.2021, C. Ziadeh, pitfall trap W.1.71, 1 female. Grafton Co.: Hubbard Brook Exp. Forest, Bear Brook, 1500’, 15.X.1982, D.S. Chandler, sift rotten wood, 1 female. Rockingham Co.: Seabrook backdunes, 13–25.X.1989, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male. Strafford Co.: 1 mi SW Durham, 2.X.1987, W.J. Morse, water tower, 1 male, 2 females; 15.X–4.XI.1987, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male. Durham, 2.X.1987, W.J. Morse, ex. fungus, 1 female. Adams Point, 4 mi SE Durham, 11.X.1981, D.S. Chandler, berlese forest litter, 1 male.
description: Published as part of Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Davies, Anthony & Bourdon, Caroline, 2023, Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 5364 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5364.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145460
Atheta (Dimetrota) strigosula Casey 1910
Creators: name: Klimaszewski, Jan
name: Chandler, Donald S.
name: Davies, Anthony
name: Bourdon, Caroline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Atheta
Atheta strigosula

description: 68. Atheta (Dimetrota) strigosula Casey
(Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2021), Table 1
References. Casey 1910. Klimaszewski et al. 2005a, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2021. Majka and Klimaszewski 2008. Brunke et al. 2012. Stefani et al. 2016.
Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, recorded from A/S (Klimaszewski et al. 2021). Canada: AB, BC, LB, NB, NF, ON, QC, SK, YT. USA: AK, ME (NSR), NH (NSR), NY.
Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were captured in maple litter along a stream in a forest, in a deciduous forest, and in a human dung trap; two specimens were captured by flight intercept traps. Collected from July to October. In AK captured in a white birch/willow/trembling aspen forest, a Salix, Betula and Populus tremuloides forest, a mesic Betula, Picea forest, and in mushrooms (Klimaszewski et al. 2021). In Canada found in a variety of coniferous and deciduous forests. Adults are usually found in decaying mushrooms (often common) on the forest floor, but also in leaf litter and possibly carrion. In AB collected in montane Douglas fir and lodgepole pine forest, low alpine dry slope temperate forest, white birch/willow/trembling aspen forest, and in wetlands (Klimaszewski et al. 2021).
Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 21–27.VIII.1990, D.W. Barry, FIT, 1 male. New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: 1 mi N Wonalancet, E Fork Spring Brk., 1900’, 2–17.X.1985, D.S. Chandler, fl. intercept trap, 1 male. Coos Co.: 8 mi E Gorham, 800’, 15.VIII.1976, J.M. and B.A. Campbell (CNC), 1 female. Hwy 16, 5.6 km S Gorham, 9.IX.1987, A. Smetana (CNC), 1 sex? Crawford Notch, 3–5.IX.1970, S. Peck, deciduous forest, human dung trap (CNC), 1 female. Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook, 3.VII.1992, D.S. Chandler, berlese maple litter along stream in forest, 1 male.
description: Published as part of Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Davies, Anthony & Bourdon, Caroline, 2023, Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 5364 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5364.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145460
Africonus grahami
Creators: name: Tenorio, Manuel J.
name: Abalde, Samuel
name: Pardos-Blas, José R.
name: Zardoya, Rafael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Africonus
Africonus grahami

description: Africonus grahami (Röckel, Cosel & Burnay, 1980)
Fig. 4H
Conus grahami Röckel, Cosel & Burnay, 1980b: 130, figs 1–10.
Conus grahami pseudoventricosus (not C. mediterraneus var. pseudoventricosa Sacco, 1893) Röckel et al., 1980a: 83, fig. 54.
Conus grahami luziensis Rolán et al., 1983: 17 (nom. nov. for C. grahami pseudoventricosus).
Conus grahami grahami – Monteiro et al. 2004: 49, pl. 122.
Conus grahami luziensis – Monteiro et al. 2004: 49, pl. 124, figs 5, 7.
Material examined
Holotype
CABO VERDE • 24 mm; São Vicente Island; NMSF.
Other material
CABO VERDE • 1 spec., 24.0 mm; São Vicente Island, Calhau; 16º51ʹ7ʺ N, 24º51ʹ59ʺ W; 12 Apr. 2016; MNCN exped.; MNCN 15.05/78552 (Fig 4H) • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491599; MNCN 15.05/78552.
Geographical distribution
Eastern side of São Vicente and southeastern extremity off the neighboring island of Santa Luzia at Praia Francisca, Cabo Verde Archipelago.
Conservation status in IUCN Red List
Least concern.
Remarks
The elongated-ovate aspect of the shell, its greenish color and typical pattern, as well as the high spire and convex profile easily separate A. grahami from most other species from the Cabo Verde Archipelago, with the exception of A. longilineus from Sal Island, which was in fact described initially as a subspecies of A. grahami. However, A. longilineus and A. grahami are two separate species, only distantly related according to the phylogeny. Thus, the similarities in shell morphology are most likely due to convergence. The name A. grahami luziensis (initially introduced as Conus grahami pseudoventricosus Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980, and then renamed due to homonymy with Conus mediterraneus var. pseudoventricosa Sacco, 1893, a fossil) was applied to populations of A. grahami from the island of Santa Luzia. We have not been able to examine molecularly specimens from this population. However, given the lack of clear morphological features separating the populations from São Vicente and Santa Luzia, and the past connectivity between these two islands, we hereby consider A. grahami luziensis as a synonym (form) of A. grahami. The species sister to A. grahami according to the phylogeny is A. decoratus, which however exhibits very distinct shell morphology.
description: Published as part of Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael, 2020, Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation, pp. 1-89 in European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663) on pages 29-30, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.663, http://zenodo.org/record/3890442
Gromov-Witten theory in dimensions two and three
Creators: name: Gholampour, Amin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: In this thesis, we solve for (equivariant) Gromov-Witten theories of some important classes of surfaces and threefolds, and study their relationships to other brances of mathematics. The first object is the class of P2-bundles over a smooth curve C of genus g. Our bundles are of the form P(L0 + L1 +L2) for arbitrary line bundles L0, L1 and L2 over C. We compute the partition functions of these invariants for all classes of the form s + nf, where s is a section, f is a fiber and n is an integer. In the case where the class is Calabi-Yau, i.e., K • (s + nf) = 0,the partition function is given by 3g (2sin u/2) 2g-2 As an application, one can obtain a series of full predictions for the equivariant Donaldson Thomas invariants for this family of non-toric threefolds. Secondly, we compute the C-equivariant quantum cohomology ring of Y, the minimal resolution of the DuVal singularity C2 /G where G is a finite subgroup of SU(2). The quantum product is expressed in terms of an ADE root system canonically associated to G. We generalize the resulting Frobenius manifold to non-simply laced root systems to obtain an n parameter family of algebra structures on the affine root lattice of any root system. Using the Crepant Resolution Conjecture, we obtain a prediction for the orbifold Grornov-Witten potential of [C2 /G]. Thirdly, for a polyhedral group G, that is a finite subgroup of S0(3), we completely determine the Gromov-Witten theory of Nakamura's G- Hilbert scheme, which is a preferred Calabi-Yau resolution of the polyhedral singularity C3/G. The classical McKay correspondence determines the (classical) cohomology of this resolution in terms of the representation theory of G. We express the Cromov-Witten potential in terms of an ADE root system associated to G. As an application, we use the Crepant Resolution Conjecture to provide a full prediction for the orbifold Grornov-Witten invariants of [C3/G]. Finally, in the case that G is the group A4 or Z2 x Z2, we compute the integral of Ag on the Hurwitz locus HG C Mg of curves admitting a degree 4 cover of P1 having monodromy group G. We compute the generating functions for these integrals and write them as a trigonometric expression summed over the positive roots of the E6 and D4 root systems respectively. As an application, we prove the Crepaut Resolution Conjecture for the orbifolds [C3/A4] and [C3/(Z2 x Z2)].
Africonus infinitus
Creators: name: Tenorio, Manuel J.
name: Abalde, Samuel
name: Pardos-Blas, José R.
name: Zardoya, Rafael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Africonus
Africonus infinitus

description: Africonus infinitus (Rolán, 1990)
Fig. 4I
Conus infinitus Rolán, 1990: 39, pl. 1, fig. 12.
Conus infinitus – Monteiro et al. 2004: 53, pl. 114.
Material examined
Holotype
CABO VERDE • 20.8 mm; Maio Island, Baía de Pau Seco; 1–2 m depth; E. Rolán leg.; MNCN 15.05/1095 (Fig. 4I).
Other material
CABO VERDE • 1 spec.; Maio Island, Ponta de Pau Seco; 15º15ʹ26ʺ N, 23º13ʹ17ʺ W; 29 Mar. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: KY864967; MNCN 15.05/78650.
Geographical distribution
Maio Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago.
Conservation status in IUCN Red List
Least concern.
Remarks
This is a species widely distributed around Maio Island, very especially along the east and north coasts. It is sister to A. roeckeli from Boa Vista Island, and only distantly related to other species with similarities in shell morphology such as A. antoniomonteiroi from Sal Island.
description: Published as part of Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael, 2020, Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation, pp. 1-89 in European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663) on page 30, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.663, http://zenodo.org/record/3890442
Classical and quantum nonlinear optics in confined photonic structures
Creators: name: Ghafari Banaee, Mohamadreza
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: Nonlinear optical phenomena associated with high-order soliton breakup in photonic crystal fibres and squeezed state generation in three dimensional photonic crystal microcavities are investigated. In both cases, the properties of periodically patterned, high-index contrast dielectric structures are engineered to control the dispersion and local field enhancements of the electromagnetic field. Ultra-short pulse propagation in a polarization-maintaining microstructured fibre (with 1 um core diameter and 1.1 m length) is investigated experimentally and theoretically. For an 80 MHz train of 130 fs pulses with average propagating powers in the fibre up to 13.8 mW, the output spectra consist of multiple discrete solitons that shift continuously to lower energies as they propagate in the lowest transverse mode of the fibre. The number of solitons and the amount that they shift both increase with the launched power. All of the data is quantitatively consistent with solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation, but only when the Raman nonlinearity is treated without approximation, and self-steepening is included. The feasibility of using a parametric down-conversion process to generate squeezed electromagnetic states in 3D photonic crystal microcavity structures is investigated for the first time. The spectrum of the squeezed light is theoretically calculated by using an open cavity quantum mechanical formalism. The cavity communicates with two main channels, which model vertical radiation losses and coupling into a single-mode waveguide respectively. The amount of squeezing is determined by the correlation functions relating the field quadratures of light coupled into the waveguide. All of the relevant model parameters are realistically estimated using 3D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations. Squeezing up to ~20% below the shot noise level is predicted for reasonable optical excitation levels. To preserve the squeezed nature of the light generated in the microcavity, a unidirectional coupling geometry from the microcavity to a ridge waveguide in a slab photonic crystal structure is studied. The structure was successfully fabricated in a silicon membrane, and experimental measurements of the efficiency for the signal coupled out of the structure are in good agreement with the result of FDTD simulations. The coupling efficiency of the cavity mode to the output channel is ~60%.
Altenuene derivatives produced by an endophyte Alternaria alternata
Creators: name: Takahashi, Reo
name: Isshiki, Shin-Nosuke
name: Hakozaki, Mayuka
name: Kanno, Yuko
name: Uesugi, Shota
name: Koseki, Takuya
name: Shiono, Yoshihito
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Two novel aromatic polyketides 1 and 3 and five known compounds, (4S,10S)-talaroflavone (2), altenuene (4), isoaltenuene (5), alternariol (6), and altenusin (7), were isolated from an endophytic strain of Alternaria alternata SI-694. The structures of the new compounds, including their absolute configurations, were elucidated by NMR, IR, UV, and ECD spectroscopies, and the phytotoxicities of the isolated compounds were also evaluated. Altenusin (7) showed moderate cytotoxicity against HL-60 cells, with an IC50 of 6.65 µM, whereas 5, 6, and 7 were phytotoxic against Lactuca sativa, Brassica campestris L., Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. and Digitaria ciliaris.
"Build The New Nation That Is In Your Hands": Young Colombians' Narratives of Citizenship After Armed Conflict
Creators: name: Lundy Mogollón, Gabriella
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: Citizenship education
Colombia
Youth
Narratives of citizenship
Elites
Post-conflict
Peacebuilding
Citizenship

description: As a way to respond to 50 years of armed conflict, young Colombians are being framed as important peacebuilders on whom the future of the country—and of peace—depends. Yet, there has been significantly less effort invested in understanding the responses of young people to such framing. Focusing particularly on urban elite settings, my research explores how young Colombians in these contexts respond to narratives of citizenship after the armed conflict. Through semi-structured interviews, I construct a case study of 20 students in their junior and senior years in private high schools in Cali, Colombia, and argue that they expand, challenge, and appropriate such narratives in ways that directly respond to their historical, social, economic, and personal contexts. I explore the implications of such findings for citizenship education—in Colombia and around the world.
"Sick-Lit": Chronically Ill Teens Reflect on Illness Narratives in Young Adult Literature
Creators: name: Garcia, Nathalie
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: young adult
young adult literature
teen
sick lit
disability
chronic illness
censorship
reader response theory
mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors

description: Although many illness narratives are littered with internalized ableism or hurtful stereotypes of illness, chronically ill teens hope and want to see positive and accurate representation of chronically ill characters in sick-lit. Illness narratives can be used as a tool to transform preconceptions of illness, destigmatize illness, and to increase compassion towards oneself. However, many illness narratives still lack the development and inclusion of pivotal players in chronic illness, including caregivers and other familial perspectives, and characters of diverse and intersectional backgrounds beyond illness. In this thesis, I followed six chronically ill teens as they met in a book club and analyzed two young adult (YA) novels that feature illness narratives, known as “sick-lit”. School boards and communities across the country have debated and even censored sick-lit novels (National Coalition Against Censorship). As a result, I addressed the following research question: What do chronically ill teens think about how “sick-lit” frames illness? Over four weeks, the teens participated in an online critical book club  (Jocious and Shealy, 2018) and answered critical discussion prompts (Bean and Moni, 2003) about two Schneider Family Book Award winners, The Words We Keep (2023) and Cursed (2020). I used Louise Rosenblatt’s reader response theory and Rudine Sim Bishop’s conceptual framework on mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors to analyze the youth’s discussions about YA texts. These discussions reveal that sick-lit novels that provide positive and accurate representation of chronic illness assist teens in embracing their identity as chronically ill, reflect on their experiences with illness, and reduce feelings of isolation. Consequently, school districts and librarians can use these findings to reevaluate censorship of sick-lit novels and consider adding sick-lit novels that contain positive representation of chronically ill teens to their bookshelves.
CLASSROOM CHATBOTS: INTEGRATING AI VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS IN THE CLASSROOM TO ENHANCE LEARNING FOR BLIND/LOW VISION STUDENTS
Creators: name: Tandiono, Cassia
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: artificial intelligence in education
blind/visually impaired students

description: A growth in demand for online and independent learning has led to the rise of adoption of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) virtual assistants. While these AI teaching assistants have been prevalent in a number of educational spaces across the globe, little is known about how they affect disability education. Thus, the present study investigated a study including blind and non blind teachers’ perceptions about the impact and implementation of AI teaching assistants in the classroom, particularly focusing on their use for students with blindness/ visual impairment (B/VI). Through qualitative teacher interviews and classroom observations at California’s School for the Blind, the study captures perceptions from various types of teacher profiles, highlighting the nuanced advantages and challenges associated with AI virtual assistants. The findings indicate that key themes to merging AI-based teaching with blind/low vision (BLV) education are (1) enhancing accessibility and personalization, (2) engagement of the students, (3) technical integration, and (4) evolving teacher/student experiences. Data from the research also underscores the critical role of AI virtual assistants in bridging the accessibility needs of visually impaired students, such as the need for independent learning and social inclusion, or providing detailed feedback to compensate for visual limitations. It also highlights the importance of extensive teacher training that goes beyond basic tech usage due to the various types of blind/non blind teachers, focusing on methods for incorporating AI to foster dynamic conditions in the classroom. These findings indicate a substantial gap in aligning the duality of advancing access to inclusive technology with robust teacher training strategies, emphasizing the need for improved integration to effectively support visually impaired students.
Tokophobia among Pregnant Women-A Narrative Review
Creators: name: Dr. Barkha Devi
name: Ranjita Devi
name: Sonam Zangmu Sherpa
name: Shrijana Pradhan
name: Pranita Sharma
name: Sandhya Gurung
name: Samiksha Giri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Tokophobia. Labour, Childbirth, Pregnant Women, Parity, Trimester of Pregnancy.

description: Abstract

Concern over the discomfort of labor is a major factor in many women's decisions to havecesarean sections. There has been a rise in the frequency of women requesting cesarean sections for reasons other than medical necessity, and it has been hypothesized that this is due to women's natural discomfort with labor. A woman's capacity to adjust to the changes and difficulties of pregnancy is unique and the extent of the stress she endures impacts the outcome of pregnancy. As the end of pregnancy nears, a woman's thoughts naturally turn to labor and the delivery of her child. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the research on maternal anxiety around delivery in the hopes of reassuring expectant moms, whether they are experiencing their first pregnancy or their fifth. Fear of deformed babies, invasive procedures like episiotomy and anesthesia administration, a prolonged labor, and fear that she might not make it are just some of the things that go through a worried mother's mind before giving birth. These fears are compounded when a friend or family member shares their own negative birthing experience. Experiences among primigravida women are somewhat different from multiparous mothers as they would regard labour pain and discomfort as normal and natural because they had previously experience labour and delivery. Thirty pieces of literature were gathered for the current review research, from both online and print sources.
HOW SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEACHERS LEARN TO BE INCLUSIVE
Creators: name: Goedert, Lydia
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: chemistry
STEM
inclusivity
high school

description: High school science classes are crucial for encouraging students toward the STEM pipeline. However, historically marginalized students unfortunately experience a lack of belonging disproportionately to non-marginalized students, and as a result, are discouraged from pursuing STEM fields. In order to encourage every student, teachers need to be inclusive. The resulting study investigates how accomplished high school chemistry teachers learn to be inclusive through their journeys as educators. Past studies have focused extensively on the student perspective in order to gain an understanding of best teaching practices, whereas the current study takes into account the educator perspective with an emphasis on how their approaches have developed throughout their teaching careers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five high school chemistry teachers from across the United States who were deemed to be inclusive teachers as a result of being honored with awards for inclusive pedagogy. The teachers spoke about their experiences at an individual, pedagogical, and structural level. The major implications are that inclusive teachers take risks, learn from their mistakes, encourage students toward STEM fields, and treat all students like scientists.
Africonus isabelarum
Creators: name: Tenorio, Manuel J.
name: Abalde, Samuel
name: Pardos-Blas, José R.
name: Zardoya, Rafael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Africonus
Africonus isabelarum

description: Africonus isabelarum (Tenorio & Afonso, 2004)
Fig. 4J
Africonus isabelarum Tenorio & Afonso, 2004: 29, pl. 4.
Conus decoratus (not decoratus Rolán, Röckel & Monteiro, 1980) – Monteiro et al. 2004: pl. 120, fig. 3.
Conus decoratus form C (not C. decoratus Rolán, Röckel & Monteiro, 1980) – Röckel et al. 1980a: pl. 63, fig. 30, 3.
Material examined
Holotype
CABO VERDE • 22.8 mm; Maio Island, Baía de Pau Seco; C.M.L. Afonso leg.; MNCN 15.05/46654 (Fig. 4J).
Other material
CABO VERDE • 1 spec.; Maio Island, Ponta de Pau Seco; 15º15ʹ26ʺ N, 23º13ʹ17ʺ W; 29 Mar. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491538; MNCN 15.05 /78850.
Geographical distribution
West and northwest of Maio Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago.
Conservation status in IUCN Red List
Least concern.
Remarks
Africonus isabelarum, endemic to Maio Island, was initially considered conspecific with A. decoratus from São Vicente and Santa Luzia, due to similarities in shell pattern (A. decoratus form C in Röckel et al. 1980a). In the phylogeny, it stands alone, sister to a large clade comprising many species distributed in Boa Vista and Maio islands, and only distantly related to A. decoratus.
description: Published as part of Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael, 2020, Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation, pp. 1-89 in European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663) on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.663, http://zenodo.org/record/3890442
“Don’t Stop Me Now”: Supporting Transfer Students Through the Transfer Credit Evaluation Process and Visualizing Degree Progress Outcomes
Creators: name: Sanchez, Christian
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: transfer students
elite highly-selective 4 year institutions
transfer credit evaluation process
community college
vertical transfer
university
adminstrative process

description: Broadly, this research considers South Bay University’s credit evaluation process. Specifically, this research is designed to answer the question, How does an elite highly-selective 4-year institution’s transfer credit evaluation processes affect a transfer student’s degree progress? One theory or concept integral to this research is the concept of discrepancies that exist within departmental structures that give a double class standing to a transfer student based on the number of units they transfer in. Previous research influencing this study was conducted by Barbara Townsend, Stephen J Handel, and Alexander Paul Ott in 2006, 2007, and 2015, respectively, to show that a positive transfer student experience is contingent upon a supportive receiving institution that limits the amount of barriers they encounter upon enrollment. In the past South Bay University hasn’t had articulation agreements or partnerships that have impacted the evaluation process. This mixed methods study works with a data set of survey results and interviews of current South Bay transfer students. This data is then analyzed by using qualitative data as a supplemental consideration to the quantitative data that participants offer. A key challenge posed by this research is understanding the nuanced transfer credit evaluation process, that this study addressed by examining transfer student experience and administrative processes. Main findings of this study are that there is a lack of support prior to enrollment and after their first enrollment within respective academic departments, and that students are faced with having to make quick decisions that impact their academic journeys based on their desired time to attend South Bay. This study aims to contribute to the student experience with South Bay’s transfer credit evaluation process and seek institution change with participant recommendations.
Atheta (Dimetrota) terranovae Klimaszewski and Langor
Creators: name: Klimaszewski, Jan
name: Chandler, Donald S.
name: Davies, Anthony
name: Bourdon, Caroline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Atheta
Atheta terranovae

description: 70. Atheta (Dimetrota) terranovae Klimaszewski and Langor (Illustrations in Klimaszewski et al. 2018), Table 1
References. Klimaszewski et al. 2011. Brunke et al. 2012. Webster et al. 2012. Klimaszewski et al. 2012, 2016d, 2018, 2021. Brunke et al. 2021. Work et al. 2013.
Distribution. Nearctic, transcontinental in Canada, recorded from A/S (Klimaszewski et al. 2021).
Canada: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, ON, QC, SK, YT. USA: AK, ME (NSR), NH (NSR).
Collection and Habitat data. The NH specimens were captured from June to October in a mixed forest, rotten wood, and in leaf litter by a stream. Taken primarily by flight intercept traps, with one each taken by a pitfall and a Malaise trap. In AK adults were found in a variety of coniferous and deciduous forests, transitioning into shrubby/Krummholz habitats in alpine tundra; also, in decaying mushrooms in Betula forest (Klimaszewski et al. 2021). In Canada also found in a variety of coniferous, mixed and hardwood/deciduous forest types; also, in decaying mushrooms (polypore and gilled) and sometimes in fresh mushrooms of various species, such as rotting lobster mushrooms, and a coral mushroom on spruce log (Webster et al. 2012). Also captured in unbaited and carrion-baited pitfall traps, and in-flight intercept traps in various coniferous (spruce-feathermoss, spruce-lichen forests), mixed (spruce / aspen, riparian), and deciduous forests in NF and LB (Klimaszewski et al. 2021).
Material. USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 9–15.X.1990, 30.X–5.XI.1990, 20–29.XI.1990, D.W. Barry, FIT, 3 females. New Hampshire, Carroll Co.: The Bowl, 2.5 mi NW Wonalancet, 18–31.X.1985, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 1 female. Coos Co.: Mt. Washington, 9–14.IX.1987, mixed forest, L. LeSage and E. Rickey (CNC) 1 female. Mt. Washington, Halfway House, 11.IX.1982, pitfall, R.M. Reeves, 1 female. 53 Norton Pool, 3 mi NE East Inlet Dam, 12–24.VI.1986, D.S. Chandler, FIT, 1 male. Grafton Co.: Bedell Bridge St. Park @ Oliverian Brook, 8–22.VI.1992, D.S. Chandler, FITrap, 2 females. Hubbard Brook Exp. Forest, Bear Brook, 1950’, 6.VII.1983, sift rotten wood, 1 female; 6.VII.1983, D.S. Chandler, sift leaf litter by stream, 1 female. Rockingham Co.: 1 mi W Odiorne Pt., 30.VII–2.VIII.1983, 6–9.VIII.1983, malaise trap, D.S. Chandler, 1 male, 1 female.
description: Published as part of Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Davies, Anthony & Bourdon, Caroline, 2023, Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 5364 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5364.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145460
Development and validation of the biomarker toolkit: a tool aiming to quantifiably assess biomarker utility and guide development.
Creators: name: Savva, Katerina-Vanessa
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2022

description: Introduction: Increased resources have been spent on cancer biomarker discovery, but very few of these biomarkers have been clinically adopted. To help bridge the gap between biomarker discovery and clinical use, this PhD thesis will develop the Biomarker Toolkit, a tool aiming to evaluate biomarker candidates and identify most clinically promising biomarkers worthy of additional research. Methods and Results: To generate the Biomarker Toolkit, mixed methodology was used including systematic literature search and qualitative techniques (semi-structured interviews two-stage Delphi Survey). The Biomarker Toolkit checklist was created following PRISMA guidelines. Upon article selection and screening, 129 characteristics were identified to be linked with a clinically useful biomarker. These characteristics were grouped in four main categories including: Rationale, Analytical Validity, Clinical Validity and Clinical Utility. This checklist was subsequently developed using semi-structured interviews of experts in the field. Thematic analysis was conducted, and additional details reported by participants (n=34) were added under already existing characteristic categories. Moreover, 88.23%, 75% consensus was achieved regarding the identified characteristics, via a two-stage online Delphi Survey (n=51). We then aimed to quantitively validate the Biomarker Toolkit. Quantitative validation was achieved utilising clinically implemented and non-clinically implemented biomarkers developed for two cancer types (breast and colorectal cancer). Systematic literature searches were conducted to identify relevant publications. Each publication was scored positively for the presence of characteristics included in the Biomarker Toolkit. Cox-regression analysis suggested that total score is a significant driver of biomarker success in breast and colorectal cancer publications (BC: P>0.0001, 95% CI: 0.869-0.935, CRC: P>0.0001, 95%CI: 0.918-0.954). Conclusion: This novel study generated a validated checklist with literature-reported attributes linked with successful biomarker implementation. Upon future work, this toolkit could be used i) to detect biomarkers with the highest potential of being clinically implemented and ii) to shape how biomarker studies are designed/performed.
Africonus kersteni
Creators: name: Tenorio, Manuel J.
name: Abalde, Samuel
name: Pardos-Blas, José R.
name: Zardoya, Rafael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Africonus
Africonus kersteni

description: Africonus kersteni (Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008)
Fig. 4L
Conus kersteni Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008: 2, pl. 1.
Conus cuneolus form L (not cuneolus Reeve, 1843) – Röckel et al. 1980a: 113, pl. 6, row 4, fig. 92.
Material examined
Holotype
CABO VERDE • 20.8 mm; São Nicolau Island, Tarrafal; 16º33ʹ54ʺ N, 24º21ʹ35ʺ W; E. Rolán leg.; MNCN 15.05/47051 (Fig. 4L)
Geographical distribution
Southwest coast of São Nicolau Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago.
Conservation status in IUCN Red List
Near threatened.
Remarks
Prior to its introduction as a full species, it was referred to as Conus cuneolus form L in Röckel et al. (1980a). This species has not been examined molecularly. However, the geographic isolation of São Nicolau Island within the Cabo Verde Archipelago together with the distinct morphology of the shell and radula suggest that this is most likely a valid species, not closely related to A. cuneolus.
description: Published as part of Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael, 2020, Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation, pp. 1-89 in European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663) on page 35, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.663, http://zenodo.org/record/3890442
Phytochemical profile, in vitro antioxidant and antibacterial activities of different extracts of an Algerian endemic: Teucrium atratum
Creators: name: Sadou, Nina
name: Gali, Lynda
name: Seridi, Ratiba
name: Bruno, Maurizio
name: Bendif, Hamdi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Teucrium atratum Pomel. is a species belonging to the Lamiaceae family used in Algerian folk medicine. The present work essentially aimed to assess the phenolic composition and to evaluate some of the biological effects of different extracts, never previously studied, of T. atratum growing in Algeria. High levels of total phenolic and flavonoids were recorded in the hydromethanolic extract. Chlorogenic acid, isoquercetin, coumarin, cinnamic acid, quercetin dihydrate, and catechin were identified in the methanolic extract by mean of HPLC. The antioxidant activity assessed showed that the methanolic extract was the most active, while, the hydromethanolic extract showed a great power to reduce iron. In addition, all extracts had a significant antibacterial effect against the four tested bacterial strains, with Staphylococcus aureus as the most sensitive one. These findings can be a starting point to evaluate the plant as a source of natural bioactive compounds with antioxidant and antibacterial effects.
RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION: ADAPTING TO THE PANDEMIC'S IMPACT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG JILIN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Creators: name: Jing, Wu
Publisher: name: SADI journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: University Students
Entrepreneurial Willingness
Entrepreneurial Education
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy, Campus Environment

description: University students play a pivotal role in a nation's economic progress and future social development. Fostering their innovation and entrepreneurial spirit is a central concern in higher education. This paper reviews research on the determinants of university students' willingness to innovate and embark on entrepreneurial ventures. Scholars have examined factors like entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial attitude, and their interplay. Wang Y S and Ding F (2023) proposed a mechanistic model illustrating how entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial education, with entrepreneurial attitude as a mediating variable, directly influence university students' entrepreneurial willingness. They argue for expanded innovation and entrepreneurial education to bolster this willingness and creating a supportive campus environment to boost entrepreneurial self-efficacy [1]. Wu Z J and Zhou J (2022) have shown that the quality of entrepreneurial platforms not only directly impacts entrepreneurial intentions but also indirectly influences university students' entrepreneurial intentions through the mediating effect of happiness. They highlight the moderating effect of entrepreneurs' personalities in the relationship between entrepreneurial platform quality, happiness, and entrepreneurial intention [2].