cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Overcoming confounding sleep avoidance behavior in cognitive behavioral treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder
Creators: name: Ferreira, Mark S.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is widely accepted as the gold standard treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).  Many efficacious treatment manuals have been developed over the years, resulting in clinicians being able to select protocols that best match their patient’s developmental stage, and thus helping to facilitate positive outcomes.  However, challenges do present themselves when applying CBT treatment protocols with anxious patients.  This requires the creation of an individualized case formulation and an associated treatment plan, which is specific to each particular patient.  In this context the purpose of this case study is to analyze a particular deleterious confound to the therapy process: an OCD patient falling asleep during in-session ERP tasks.  The case study chronicles the process of coming to understand the impact of the patient’s sleep behavior on his treatment, and the unfolding of both ineffective and effective interventions aimed at overcoming this obstacle.  Importantly, a functional analysis of the sleep behavior determined that this behavior was, in fact, employed in avoidance of the feared stimuli presented during exposure tasks.  Once this was established, the patient and I as the therapist worked collaboratively to develop novel interventions to eliminate the sleep avoidance behavior, in order for the established benefits of CBT with ERP to take hold.  This proved to be a fluid process requiring frequent adjustments to each intervention, as they no longer proved effective over time.  As the treatment process unfolded, the intervention of walking outside during exposure tasks was employed and proved to trump all other interventions in its effectiveness in eliminating the patient’s sleep avoidance behavior.  This resulted in a complete eradication of the patient’s sleeping during therapy sessions and the development of rapid treatment gains from that point forward in the treatment process.
The relationship between conformity to masculine norms, help-seeking attitudes and health promotion behavior among males who use appearance and performance-enhancing drugs
Creators: name: Folberth, William M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between conformity to masculine norms, attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help, and health-promotion behaviors among men who use appearance and performance-enhancing drugs (APEDs).  One hundred and ninety-three men who use APEDs were recruited from Internet message boards to respond to an anonymous on-line survey.  Major areas of the survey assess current levels of supplement and/or drug use, training identity, exercise patterns, diet and health-promotion behaviors, conformity to masculine norms, attitudes towards seeking help and other typical behavioral patterns.  The survey includes the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory – 46 (CMNI-46), the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale – Short Form (ATSPPH - SF) and the Health Behavior Inventory – 20 (HBI-20).  APED-using men who endorse and conform to traditional masculine norms are significantly less likely to hold positive attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help, and they are less likely to engage in health-promotion behaviors.  Adequate power exists to determine both of these medium effects using a Pearson r correlation.  Subscales for masculine norms and health-promotion behavior were also examined.  APED-using men who conform to the masculine norms of emotional control, self-reliance, violence and power over women, are less likely to hold positive attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help.  Men who conform to these four norms are also less likely to engage in health promotion behavior.  Finally, levels of conformity to masculine norms and attitudes towards seeking psychological help are found to predict health-promotion behaviors among APED users. Limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed.
Macromolecular movements by simulation and diffuse scatter
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Macromolecules, such as proteins and RNA, move between different structures to accomplish their functions in cells. Many of the major challenges that prevent biologists from engineering macromolecules to perform new functions, interpreting the mechanisms of mutations in the context of disease that abolish function, or discovering new drugs to alter function originate from an inability to resolve the motions between the different required structures. Advances in high throughput computing are now enabling us to view these motions in simulations of macromolecules of increasingly larger sizes and for increasingly longer time scales. However, to fully exploit the potential of molecular simulations we face a major challenge in improving accuracy and time scale. Comparisons with experimental data are essential for making progress in both of these areas. While most experiments report on the average structure, pioneering work by Wall (LANL) and others has shown that X-ray diffuse scattering, which can uniquely reporting on correlations between atoms, can be leveraged to dramatically improve simulations. Diffuse scattering is therefore particularly well suited to improve accuracy and to benchmark acceleration schemes to achieve longer time scales in simulations. Our cross-disciplinary collaboration will include computing (UCI, UCSD, LANL) and experimental X-ray crystallography (UCSF, UCSD, UCR). We will take advantage of the UCOP-MPRI funded beamline at LBL, which has recently been upgraded with a photon counting pixel array detector that allows extremely accurate measurement of the diffuse signal. Through collaborative research exchanges, seminars, and graduate student training, our group will use high throughput computing to accomplish three aims: 1) determine the optimal acceleration scheme to increase agreement of simulations with experimental diffuse scattering data. 2) optimize the simulation of macromolecular crystal systems. 3) apply advanced simulations and X-ray diffuse scattering to discover new conformational states of important macromolecular drug targets. Our collaboration will therefore advance the field of molecular simulations by increasing the accuracy and time scale of simulations through comparisons to a novel experimental observable. We will make progress on these fundamental issues while applying our discoveries to important biological targets.
The carboxy terminus of yeast Atg13 binds phospholipid membrane via motifs that overlap with the Vac8-interacting domain
Creators: name: Gatica, Damián
name: Damasio, Alejandro
name: Pascual, Clarence
name: Klionsky, Daniel J.
name: Ragusa, Michael J.
name: Popelka, Hana
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Macroautophagy/autophagy is a conserved catabolic recycling pathway involving the sequestration of cytoplasmic components within double-membrane vesicles termed autophagosomes. The autophagy-related (Atg) protein Atg13 is a key member of the autophagy initiation complex. The Atg13 C terminus is an intrinsically disordered region (IDR) harboring a binding site for the vacuolar membrane protein Vac8. Recent reports suggest Atg13 acts as a hub to assemble the initiation complex, and also participates in membrane recognition. Here we show that the Atg13 C terminus directly binds to lipid membranes via electrostatic interactions between positively charged residues in Atg13 and negatively charged phospholipids as well as a hydrophobic insertion of a Phe residue. We identified 2 sets of residues in the Atg13 IDR that affect its phospholipid-binding properties; these residues overlap with the Vac8-binding domain of Atg13. Our data indicate that Atg13 binding to phospholipids and Vac8 is mutually exclusive, and both are required for efficient autophagy. Atg: autophagy-related; CD: circular dichroism; Cvt: cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting; IDR: intrinsically disordered region; ITC: isothermal calorimetry; MIM: MIT-interacting motif; MKO: multiple-knockout; PAS: phagophore assembly site; PC: phosphatidylcholine; PS: phosphatidylserine; PtdIns: phosphatidylinositol; PtdIns3P: phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate
Teacher responses to racist accusations and their relationship with black students
Creators: name: Garcia, Kathryn Lea
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Black students’ relationships with teachers are an integral part of their academic and personal growth. How teachers handle racially salient conflict likely affects the nature of this relationship. The current study systematically examined the range of teacher responses to Black students’ accusations of racism and whether type of response was linked to the quality of Black student-teacher relationships. The research sample included 28 predominately White teachers and 35 Black freshmen and sophomores from one high school surveyed during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years. On surveys, Black students rated the quality of their relationships with their teachers as measured by support and academic press scales. Teacher responses to accusations of racism were coded from transcripts of semi-structured teacher interviews. As hypothesized, the study found that the majority of teachers were accused of being racist by their students. Also as hypothesized, teachers responded in a variety of ways by a) dismissing the accusation entirely, b) dismissing the accusation but also asserting they treat all students fairly, or c) taking the accusation seriously by engaging the student in a discussion about the accusation. In light of these results, schools need to provide training to teachers on the presence of racism in the classroom and potential ways to respond. That said, the study did not find that the type of teacher response to accusations of racism was linked to the quality of Black student-teacher relationship, as had been hypothesized. Specifically, hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) did not support the hypothesis that teachers who prevented racist accusations altogether or engaged students, compared to those teachers who were dismissive, would have higher quality relationships with their Black students—as reported on student surveys. However, given that the HLM estimates were in the expected direction, future research might detect the hypothesized association with a larger sample of teachers.
Working with race and difference in cross-racial therapy dyads
Creators: name: Gordic, Bonnie Suzanne
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Changing US population demographics and the rise in racial minorities serves as a mandate for innovation within traditional Western forms of psychotherapy. The need for culturally competent clinical practice that addresses issues of race in treatment is paramount. The following study explored white psychodynamic psychotherapists’ experiences of working with race and difference in cross-racial therapy dyads. Eight licensed clinical psychologists who identified as white, psychodynamically-oriented, and had worked with at least one African-American client in the past five years were interviewed about their experiences working cross-racially. Four research questions were addressed: 1) How do white therapists come to understand and think about race in treatment? 2) How do they use race in client conceptualization? 3) How do they address the topic of race and difference when working cross-racially? 4) How do they work with race and difference in the therapy process? A qualitative study design was used and data were analyzed via grounded theory methodology to reveal major themes. Themes identified included: the limitations of race-related trainings; the importance of early experiences, self-exploration, and interactions with people of color to understanding race; the anxiety, shame, and humility of cross-racial work; the significance of race to client conceptualization; the importance of discussing race in deepening the work; the impact of power and privilege on therapy process; the difficulty of working with racialized defenses; and the ability of white therapists to evolve over time. Additional themes included organizational barriers to cross-racial work, and psychodynamic therapy as a treatment for all. The findings of this study suggest important implications for practitioners, organizations, and the field including: the need for more advanced trainings on racial competence and race in treatment; the need for white therapists to examine their own racism and be aware of dynamics of power and privilege in the therapy; the importance of examining systems-level barriers to racial competence; and the continued incorporation of racial and multicultural principles into traditional psychodynamic theory, research, and practice.
Herrera criqualicae Sanborn 2019, n. comb.
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Herrera
Herrera criqualicae

description: Herrera criqualicae (Boulard, 1986a) n. comb.
Carineta criqualicae Boulard 1986a: 423. (On Alice Creek, Saut Anali, French Guiana)
REMARKS. While trying to identify the new species of Carineta and Herrera for this study, I found a problem with the generic assignment of Carineta criqualicae. The species was described in the genus Carineta but Boulard (1986a) lists (and specimens in my possession confirm) that the head (6 mm) is wider than the mesonotum (5.8 mm). A head as wide as or wider than the mesonotum is characteristic of species of the genus Herrera while the head is not as wide as the mesonotum in species of Carineta (see above). The lateral pronotum is not strongly angled mediad in this species as in species of Carineta. Boulard (1986a) also commented on the large vertex, another characteristic of Herrera and not Carineta. Therefore, based on the head being wider than the mesonotum, the large vertex and the shape of the prothorax, the species is reassigned to Herrera to become Herrera criqualicae (Boulard, 1986a) n. comb.
DISTRIBUTION. The species has been recorded from French Guiana (Sanborn 2013; 2011a).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2019, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bolivia including the descriptions of fifteen new species, the resurrection of one genus and two species, seven new combinations, six new synonymies, and twenty-eight new records, pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 4655 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4655.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3365845
Additional file 2: Table S2. of Transcriptomic analysis reveals the key immune-related signalling pathways of Sebastiscus marmoratus in response to infection with the parasitic ciliate Cryptocaryon irritans
Creators: name: Yin, Fei
name: Qian, Dong
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Primers for eight target immune-relevant genes used for qRT-PCR. (DOCX 14 kb)
Gender role attitudes and marital satisfaction among Asian Indian couples living in the U.S.: an exploratory study
Creators: name: Jain, Archana
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: The social institution of marriage has maintained its importance in cultures across the world. In recent times though, globalization has paved the way for significant changes in how marriage and the gender roles of men and women are viewed. Indian society has only just begun to embrace these changes, posing a challenge for immigrant Asian Indian couples who find themselves in a culture far more egalitarian than the one they were raised in. The present exploratory study investigated how shifting gender role attitudes impact marital satisfaction. A qualitative research design combining ethnographic and grounded theory was used. Interviews were conducted with 6 married; Asian Indian couples between the ages of 22 and 50 who had at least one child. Five main research questions were addressed: a) How would Asian Indian couples characterize their experience of marriage amid conflicting Indian and American cultural and gender ideologies? b) What are the links between husbands and wives gender role attitudes and their report of marital satisfaction? c) Are the factors contributing to marital satisfaction navigated in egalitarian or traditional ways and how does that impact marital quality? d) What values are being imparted to the next generation in terms of gender role socialization? e) What are the implications for providing culturally competent therapy to this population? The interview data was analyzed to reveal important findings such as a significant growth in egalitarianism among Asian Indian men. Couples also reported increased marital satisfaction as a result of egalitarian gender role attitudes. As parents, couples reported a shift toward gender-neutral role socialization for boys and girls, also showing an increased openness to their children dating as well as choosing to marry a non-Indian person when they grow up.  The study revealed that although the cultural bias against seeking mental health services persists in this community, there is increasing openness to it. These findings have important implications for training of mental health professionals who should understand how attitudes within this community are shifting away from the stereotypes as Asian Indians embrace more values of the host culture while still remaining true to their Indian heritage.
Student aspirations as a function of perceived school climate
Creators: name: Jofen, Tzivia
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Research strongly points to the importance of adolescents’ aspirations to their future occupational and educational attainment. As such, factors that influence the development and maintenance of high aspirations become important to identify. This is especially true regarding low income and minority students, who are most at risk for school failure, as reflected in the achievement gap reported in US schools. Given the importance of the ecological context to student development, and the formative role the school setting plays in adolescent life, the relationship of perceived school climate to student aspirations was examined. This study uses a sample comprised of 8,866 students from eight New Jersey public schools which had participated in the Developing Safe and Civil Schools school climate project, and which reflect a range of SES settings and proportion of minority students.  The study examined different average levels of aspirations by SES and ethnic group, as well as differential impact of climate on aspirations. Results of a hierarchical linear regression indicate that school climate is important to the aspirations of all students, and that the strength of this relationship varies by the presence or absence of risk factors. School climate is most important to the aspirations of students with one risk factor (either minority or low SES).  It is less strongly, though still significantly, related to the aspirations of students with two risk factors (minority and low SES), and then less strongly, though still significantly, related to the aspirations of students with no risk factors to school success. Also, while analysis of average levels of aspirations by group indicates that low SES and minority students tend to have lower aspirations, once other factors, including perception of school climate, were accounted for, these differences largely disappeared. Given the important results of this study, interventions aimed at helping all students, but especially those at risk of school failure, develop and maintain high aspirations through the school climate should become a regular part of educational planning in order to most successfully facilitate long term, meaningful, student success, especially for students at risk for school failure. Additional research examining the relationships between risk factors, school climate, and student aspirations would be vital for furthering knowledge and directing meaningful interventions.
Predicting BRCA1 Mutation Status from Tumor Pathology
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: This project was supported in part by a generous donation from the Katie Ann Buzbee Trust.

 Carrying mutations in the hereditary breast cancer genes, BRCA1/2 has clinical implications for treatment of a woman with breast cancer and also indicates the need for increased surveillance and testing of her relatives who may be at increased risk. The selection of women who are recommended for genetic testing is largely based on statistical models that rely on age at diagnosis and family history of breast and ovarian cancer. However, these models are imprecise (i.e., result in high numbers of false negatives and positives) and may not apply equally to all racial/ethnic groups. In addition, information on family history may not be known. An alternative may be to use tumor pathology characteristics to predict the likelihood of having a BRCA1 mutation. An Australian group has demonstrated that, among women diagnosed under age 40 with invasive breast cancer, two tumor morphologic characteristics could be used to accurately predict BRCA1 mutation status.

 In this project, archived tissue blocks from women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in Los Angeles over the past 10 years will be obtained from the Los Angeles Residual Tumor Repository (RTR) that have been linked to Los Angeles Cancer Registry information to select 384 cases according to age at diagnosis and race ethnicity. Once the blocks have been selected, and demographic and clinical variables have been linked to the blocks, the codes to link back to other registry information will be destroyed. Thus the data will be anonymous with no personal identifiers included. Our pathologist will review and record 9 tumor morphological features of these cases including mitotic index, nuclear grade, tubule formation, trabecular growth pattern, pushing margins, circumscribed growth pattern, syncyctial growth pattern, and lymphocytic infiltrate. Corresponding BRCA1 sequencing will determine mutation status we will also check for large genomic rearrangements using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA). We will collaborate with the Australian researcher, Dr. John Hopper from the University of Melbourne, to expand and validate their results. Finally, we will involve the advocacy group FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered), which is the only non-profit organization dedicated to fighting hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in developing translational materials to convey appropriate results of this study to at risk women.

 This study will provide important information to women with breast cancer and their relatives who are concerned their BRCA1 mutation carrier status when they don’t know their family history or when they haven’t been recommended for genetic testing.
Craseomys Miller 1900
Creators: name: Jo, Yeong-Seok
name: Baccus, John T.
name: Koprowski, John L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Cricetidae
Craseomys

description: Genus Craseomys Miller, 1900
Craseomys was considered a subgenus of Myodes (Musser & Carleton 2005). Based on cytochrome b, Lebedev et al. (2007) suggested the usage of a separate genus, Craseomys Miller, 1900 for the group Clethrionomys rufocanus, Clethrionomys rex, Clethrionomys andersoni and the Clethrionomys smithii complex. Both mtDNA and nDNA analyzes by Kohli et al. (2014) supported the taxonomic revision proposed by Lebedev et al. (2007). Craseomys includes two Korean species, C. rufocanus and C. regulus. Although C. regulus was once included in Eothenomys, molecular phylogeny placed Eothenomys as the closest taxon to Craseomys (Kohli et al. 2014).
description: Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on page 178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198
Magnesium scaffolds for biomedical implant applications.
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Over many decades research groups at LLNL have pioneered synthesis and processing of ultra low density materials for a variety of applications, including plasma physics, energy storage, insulation, and sensors. These developments have led to extraordinary materials like aerogels, porous carbon, and nanoporous metal foams. We propose to build on the strong LLNL expertise on porous materials coupled with Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes to study the synthesis science of fabricating and optimizing the size of microporous channels in magnesium alloy metal foams for biomedical implants. The established porous materials synthesis expertise and state-of-the art characterization equipment and facilities at LLNL are specific benefits for this project with very promising outcomes in terms of scholarly publications and doctoral degree training. The central theme of the proposed doctoral dissertation project is creation of microarchitectures with reproducible pore sizes and morphologies in selected magnesium alloy compositions. Degradable bioimplants made from such porous materials are particularly desirable for dissolvable biomedical implant applications since magnesium alloys’ corrosion by-products are non-toxic. Critical to the proposed work is controlling pore geometry and size through synthesis by additive manufacturing methods. The structure and chemical nature of phases in porous metallic systems synthesized by AM has been studied at LLNL for many years and this project will reap the benefits of that expertise by bringing the fruits of the LLNL AM science to the biomedical space. The outstanding research resources available to Dr. Yong Han’s group at LLNL will be used for thorough characterization of these new porous magnesium metal alloys. By utilizing the micro-CT, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and other characterization tools available to Dr Han, the potential of additive manufacturing processes to synthesize three-dimensional microporous metals as biomedical implant materials may be explored.
Herrera guianaensis Sanborn 2019, n. comb.
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Herrera
Herrera guianaensis

description: Herrera guianaensis (Sanborn, 2011a) n. comb.
Carineta guianaensis Sanborn 2011a: 392.
(41 km SE Roura on Kaw Rd., 04º32.3214’N, 052º07.420’W, French Guiana)
REMARKS. I found the same problem with the generic assignment of Carineta guianaensis while trying to identify specimens for this study. I (2011a) reported the head width (5.35 mm) being greater than the mesonotum width (5.05 mm) for this species as well, a characteristic of Herrera not Carineta. In addition, the lateral pronotum is not strongly angled mediad in this species as it is in species of Carineta. Therefore, based on the head being wider than the mesonotum and the shape of the prothorax, the species is reassigned to Herrera to become Herrera guianaensis (Sanborn, 2011a) n. comb.
DISTRIBUTION. The species has been recorded only from French Guiana (Sanborn 2011a).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2019, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bolivia including the descriptions of fifteen new species, the resurrection of one genus and two species, seven new combinations, six new synonymies, and twenty-eight new records, pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 4655 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4655.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3365845
Exploring mothers' experiences over time following death of their young child from cancer
Creators: name: Karger, Melanie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: This qualitative research study provides an in-depth exploration of a sample of bereaved mothers’ experiences over time following the death of their young child from cancer ten or more years ago. Eight mothers completed semi-structured interviews containing questions about their bereavement experience over time. Through a grounded theory analysis of the data eight major themes emerged consistently across subjects. In interpreting these major themes three overarching themes or meta themes have been identified. These meta themes encompass different yet overlapping aspects of the adaptation to the bereavement process: (a) the phenomenological: losing a child is a transformative experience; (b) the structural: child loss is unique among losses; and (c) the theoretical: the nature of continuing bonds and its grounding in attachment theory. Clinical implications for working with bereaved mothers are discussed.
Herrera quinimaculata Sanborn 2019, n. comb.
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Herrera
Herrera quinimaculata

description: Herrera quinimaculata (Sanborn, 2011a) n. comb.
Carineta quinimaculata Sanborn 2011a: 399.
(1 km S Amazon Nature Lodge, 30 km SE Roura on Kaw Rd., 04º32.961’N, 052º12.830’W, French Guiana)
REMARKS. I found the same problem with the generic assignment of Carineta guianaensis while trying to identify specimens for this study. I (2011a) reported the head width (6.08 mm) being greater than the mesonotum width (5.45 mm) for this species as well, a characteristic of Herrera not Carineta. In addition, the lateral pronotum is not strongly angled mediad in this species as it is in species of Carineta. Therefore, based on the head being wider than the mesonotum and the shape of the prothorax, the species is reassigned to Herrera to become Herrera quinimaculata (Sanborn, 2011a) n. comb.
DISTRIBUTION. The species has been recorded from French Guiana (Sanborn 2011a).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2019, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bolivia including the descriptions of fifteen new species, the resurrection of one genus and two species, seven new combinations, six new synonymies, and twenty-eight new records, pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 4655 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4655.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3365845
Muridae Illiger 1811
Creators: name: Jo, Yeong-Seok
name: Baccus, John T.
name: Koprowski, John L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae

description: Key to genera of Muridae in Korea
1 Head-body length> 250 mm; hind foot> 30 mm .......................................................... Rattus
- Head-body length <150 mm ............................................................................. 2
2 Tip of upper incisor notched from side view.............................................................. Mus
- Tip of upper incisor smooth without notch.................................................................. 3
3 Head-body length <75 mm; hind foot <20 mm ........................................................ Micromys
- Head-body length> 100 mm; hind feet> 20 mm ....................................................... Apodemus
description: Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on page 182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198
Heart rate variability (hrv) biofeedback training with young adult male patients in treatment for addiction
Creators: name: KIM, HAKYUNG
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Persons in treatment for substance use disorders often experience stress and craving which are major precipitants of relapse. The present study examined the psychophysiological function of heart rate variability (HRV), its relation to clinical symptoms of stress and craving, and the feasibility of a brief HRV biofeedback (BFB) intervention as an addendum to a substance use disorder (SUD) treatment as usual. The HRV BFB training was implemented in a traditional 28-day SUD inpatient treatment program. Forty-eight young adult male patients received either treatment as usual plus three sessions of HRV BFB training over three weeks, or treatment as usual only. Participants receiving HRV BFB training were instructed to practice daily using a hand-held HRV BFB device. HRV BFB training was well tolerated by participants and supported by treatment staff. Overall, lower values for various HRV indices that suggest diminished neurocardiac adaptability were associated with reasons for drinking, higher craving, and higher levels of stress. Patients who received HRV BFB training in addition to treatment as usual demonstrated a greater, medium effect size reduction in alcohol and drug craving compared to those receiving treatment as usual only, although group differences did not reach statistical significance. In addition, HRV indices at baseline were significantly correlated with change in craving scores. Specifically, lower basal HRV was associated with less reduction in craving scores across groups. Higher respiration frequency indices in the last session were positively correlated with increased craving scores after discharge. Results suggest that HRV indices may be potential psychophysiological markers of decreased autonomic cardiac control and need for more intensive treatment, although replication and extension with larger samples is needed prior to reaching firm conclusions. Given that alcohol and drug craving often precipitates relapse, HRV BFB intervention merits further study as an adjunct treatment to ameliorate craving experienced by persons with substance use disorders.
Blueprint to implement food waste recycling
Creators: name: Song, Ed
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The need to identify large scale anaerobic digestion sites
description: Waste is a growing problem in the US. Landfills and incinerators are not the only options for waste management. Other methods such as biomass energy conversion are a cleaner and greener alternative. For the sake of future generations, it is imperative to implement food waste recycling in suitable locations as well as recovering energy from that same food waste. This ultimately decreases the waste volume in landfills. The main obstacle we face isn’t in finding or creating the technology to accomplish this, but instead the problem lies in finding and gathering accurate data to find a location for this technology to work at it’s peak capacity. By obtaining and analyzing current Geographical Information Science food waste data to determine ideal food waste recycling facilities, this proposal has the potential to create efficient waste management and to help recover much needed energy. This is the most critical step of the proposal since the success of the bio digester requires a constant supply of food waste to be introduced so it can generate a constant bio-fuel byproduct. Utilizing Michigan State University’s initiative to map food waste using Geographical Information Systems would solve this issue. This innovative program can be used to analyze specific locations to determine whether a food waste recycling facility with a bio digester is viable.
Cockatoos in the raw
Creators: name: Abbasi, Ruba
name: Eldekki, Angelina
name: Peralta, Janet
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The misconceptions of cockatoo ownership. Promoting responsible buying and selling of these magnificent creatures.
description: People are unaware of how time consuming owning a cockatoo can be and the quality of care needed to maintain a healthy environment for them. As a result there is a high surrender rate of these birds and other species of parrots. Currently, following the purchase of exotic birds, the owner is supposed to get a permit but this is poorly enforced. We propose that the seller be required to inform the owner of the responsibilities of owning an exotic bird prior to purchase. A petition was created, http://cockatoos1.epetitions.net/ , to garner support for requiring information to be given to the potential exotic bird owner and the letter was sent to New Jersey’s senators to propose that they add language to the current permitting laws to include responsible exotic bird ownership.
Weather Safety
Creators: name: Carlin, Jacob
name: Kafka, Jenny
name: Pietrafesa, Giana
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The Mighty Mother Nature: A Children’s Guide to Weather Safety
description: This project is made in an attempt to increase weather safety awareness. It begins with a short narration of the lack of weather safety education provided for kids. (16 p.) It provides an overview of a children’s book written to tackle this issue by providing children ages 8-11 with the safety tips they would need in case of a severe weather event. In addition, the children's book (33 p.) includes related definitions with fun and interesting facts about each weather phenomena, along with its link to climate change. The video showcases some of the pages of the book while demonstrating some of the safety procedures that should be acted upon for each weather event.
Additional file 3: Table S3. of Transcriptomic analysis reveals the key immune-related signalling pathways of Sebastiscus marmoratus in response to infection with the parasitic ciliate Cryptocaryon irritans
Creators: name: Yin, Fei
name: Qian, Dong
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: S. marmoratus transcriptome expression profile after C. irritans infection. (DOCX 16 kb)
Rattus Fischer 1803
Creators: name: Jo, Yeong-Seok
name: Baccus, John T.
name: Koprowski, John L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus

description: Genus Rattus Fischer, 1803
Rattus has become a taxonomically confusing genus. Musser and Carleton (2005) supported six forms or species groups. The Rattus norvegicus and R. tanezumi species groups inhabit Korea. Because of recent taxonomic debates (Heaney & Molur 2016), whether R. rattus and R. tanezumi coexist or only R. tanezumi inhabits Korea remains uncertain. Although there is a little possibility of coexisting R. rattus and R. tanezumi in Korea, we suggest populations of R. tanezumi instead of R. rattus live in Korea. Therefore, we delitsted R. rattus and assigned two species accounts for the Genus Rattus in Korea.
description: Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on page 182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198
Herrera tigrina Sanborn 2019, n. comb.
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Herrera
Herrera tigrina

description: Herrera tigrina (Boulard, 1986a) n. comb.
Carineta tigrina Boulard 1986a: 427. (Tiger Station, French Guiana)
REMARKS. I found a similar problem with the generic assignment of Carineta tigrina while trying to identify specimens for this study. Boulard (1986a) reports the head width (5.5 mm) being greater than the mesonotum width (5.1 mm) for this species as well, a characteristic of Herrera not Carineta. In addition, the lateral pronotum is not strongly angled mediad in this species as it is in species of Carineta. Therefore, based on the head being wider than the mesonotum and the shape of the prothorax, the species is reassigned to Herrera to become Herrera tigrina (Boulard, 1986a) n. comb.
DISTRIBUTION. The species has been recorded from French Guiana (Sanborn 2013; 2011a).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2019, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bolivia including the descriptions of fifteen new species, the resurrection of one genus and two species, seven new combinations, six new synonymies, and twenty-eight new records, pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 4655 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4655.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3365845
Mighty Mother Nature: a children's guide to weather safety
Creators: name: Carlin, Jacob
name: Kafka, Jenny
name: Pietrafesa, Giana
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This project is made in an attempt to increase weather safety awareness. It begins with a short narration of the lack of weather safety education provided for kids. (16 p.) It provides an overview of a children’s book written to tackle this issue by providing children ages 8-11 with the safety tips they would need in case of a severe weather event. In addition, the children's book (33 p.) includes related definitions with fun and interesting facts about each weather phenomena, along with its link to climate change. The video showcases some of the pages of the book while demonstrating some of the safety procedures that should be acted upon for each weather event.
Rattus norvegicus
Creators: name: Jo, Yeong-Seok
name: Baccus, John T.
name: Koprowski, John L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus norvegicus

description: Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) —Brown Rat, common rat, Norway rat
Mus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769 p.5; Type locality- United Kingdom.
M. caraco Pallas, 1778 p.91; Type locality- China and far eastern Siberia.
Epimys norvegicus caraco: Sowerby, 1923 p.154.
Rattus norvegicus caraco: Vinogradov & Obolensky, 1927 p.237; Won, 1958 p.449; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.389; Won, 1967 p.248.
R. norvegicus: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.378; Won, 1958 p.448; Won, 1967 p.239; Won, 1968 p.172; Yoon, 1992 p.85; Han, 1994 p.47; Won & Smith, 1999 p.27; Han, 2004c p.118.
R. norvegicus norvegicus: Kuroda, 1938 p.69; Won, 1968 p.173.
Range: The brown rat is commensal everywhere people live on the Korean Peninsula and associated islands (Fig. 124).
Remarks: Corbet (1978) noted that the common rat, Rattus norvegicus, had an extensive distribution in the world and recognized two subspecies (R. norvegicus norvegicus in the western Palearctic and R. norvegicus caraco in eastern Asia). Won (1967) reported two subspecies of R. norvegicus in Korea (R. n. norvegicus in most of the peninsula and R. n. caraco in the extreme northern part). Nevertheless, Jones and Johnson (1965) suggested that only one subspecies; R. n. caraco, inhabited the entire peninsula. Kral (1971) reported that the two subspecies of common rats (R. n. norvegicus; R. n. caraco) in Russia had identical karyotypes (seven metacentric, nine telocentric, four subtelocentric autosome pairs); the same karyotype was reported by Kang and Kim (1963) for R. n. norvegicus in Korea. On the basis of C-banding patterns and morphometric variation, Koh (1992) suggested that a single subspecies inhabited Korea, namely R. n. caraco. The subspecies on Ulleung Island was classified as R. n. longicaudus by Mori (1937) but was erroneously identified as a subspecies of R. norvegicus (Jones & Johnson 1965). The subspecies on Ulleung Island is Rattus rattus tanezumi.
description: Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on pages 182-183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198
An exploratory study of the experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming students at Rutgers University
Creators: name: Klugman, Sam Shulman
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Increasing numbers of college and university students are identifying openly as transgender even as they navigate significant interpersonal and institutional hostility and discrimination. Although the experiences of transgender students have been increasingly documented, university organizations have struggled to meet these students’ needs. As a point of contact with administrators and transgender students, LGBTQ campus centers may be in unique positions to address structural, logistical, and political barriers to creating more accepting campus environments. This dissertation documents the consultative process with the LGBTQ center at Rutgers University. The purpose of the consultation was to (1) clarify and document the needs and experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming students and alumni; (2) determine the extent to which current campus services and policies are meeting those needs; and (3) utilize input from participants in support of programmatic and policy changes. Qualitative needs assessment methodology was used to collect data from ten transgender and gender nonconforming participants. Needs assessment data were used by the LGBTQ center to identify gaps in existing university policies and practices, as well as to draw attention to transgender student experiences at the administrative level. This study suggests that needs assessments may be utilized as flexible tools to document the needs of marginalized students.
Acangassu diminuta Galileo & Martins 2001
Creators: name: Monné, Miguel A.
name: Almeida, Lucia M.
name: Oliveira, Marcio L.
name: Viana, Jéssica Herzog
name: Monné, Marcela L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Acangassu
Acangassu diminuta

description: 1. Acangassu diminuta Galileo & Martins, 2001a: 97, fig. 2 Holotype, male
Type locality. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Maricá (5 m), 10-15.I.1983, V.O. Becker
description: Published as part of Monné, Miguel A., Almeida, Lucia M., Oliveira, Marcio L., Viana, Jéssica Herzog & Monné, Marcela L., 2017, Checklist of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) primary types of the Coleção Entomológica Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, and of the Museu Paraense, pp. 341-365 in Zootaxa 4221 (3) on page 342, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.250291