cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF INFLATION AND CASHLESS TRANSACTIONS IN KENYA, TANZANIA, AND NIGERIA
Creators: name: DMITRY GANZHA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Inflation, Cashless Transactions, Regression Analysis, Financial Inclusion, Macroeconomic Indicators.

description: Abstract

This study aimed to assess whether higher Inflation leads to more cashless transactions in Africa. Annual data was collected from the Central banks of Kenya, Tanzania, and Nigeria, including variables for cashless transactions and average inflation rates. The approach consisted of data cleaning and exploration, descriptive analytics, a simple regression model, and correlation testing between the variables to check the magnitude of their relationships.  Using the inflation rate as the dependent variable and the cashless transactions as the independent variable, the results from the regression model for the three countries were assessed using the p-value metric, where a p-value below 0.05 was generally considered statistically significant, implying a low probability that the relationship observed is due to chance. Nigeria (p-value = 0.0238) and Tanzania (p-value =0.00102) revealed p-values all less than 0.05, the usual statistical significance level, thus indicating a statistically significant relationship. On the other hand, Kenya (p-value = 0.167) was statistically insignificant. Thus, there was enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis and accept the claim that higher inflation leads to more cashless payments in Africa. Another finding was that other factors, such as technological advancements, government laws on cashless operations, and changes in consumer preferences affect cashless transactions in Africa. Thus, it is recommended for policymakers to promote cashless transactions and put in place supportive regulations strategically. Further, the use of cashless transactions reduces the impact of inflation. The analysis was conducted using R, Power BI, and Excel.
Delaware River Basin Commission: Annual report 1967
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1967

description: Unlike most other American rivers, the water affairs of the four-state area that is drained -and served- by the Delaware River and its many tributaries are the responsibility of a regional planning-operating instrument of government, the Delaware River Basin Commission. Since it was organized in December 1961, the Commission has endeavored to bring into harmonious interdependence all the demands, competing as well as compatible, that a highly developed and crowded society can impose on a river. The Commission has worked toward this sometime difficult goal daily and in a mutually helpful atmosphere with the agencies of the five signatories of the Delaware Basin Compact that gave life to the Commission.This is a report on the developments in this effort during the year ending June 30, 1967, a period marked by headlined situations as well as vital but less-heralded activities.
Paraneuretus Wheeler 1915
Creators: name: Dlussky, G. M.
name: Rasnitsyn, A. P.
name: Perfilieva, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Paraneuretus

description: Genus Paraneuretus Wheeler, 1915
Type species Paraneuretus tornquisti Wheeler, 1915, by original designation.
Diagnosis (for fossil imprints). Worker. Waist consisting of 1 segment (petiole); gaster without constriction between 1st and 2nd gastral (abdominal III and IV) segments. Petiole with node and long peduncle. Head longer than wide. Eyes situated nearly at the middle of head sides. Mandibles long, narrow, triangular, bent downwards at their tips, with straight external and finely denticulate apical borders. Antennae 12-segmented, long and slender; funiculi not enlarged towards their tips, all the joints much longer than broad. Propodeum without teeth or denticles, rounded in side view. Legs long and slender, all the tibiae with distinctly pectinated spurs. Sting long and well-developed. Gyne. Head subrectangular with rounded occipital corners. Antennae geniculate, 12-segmented, with long scape. Scape attached at some distance from clypeus. Mandibles large, triangular, with sharp teeth on the masticatory margin. Petiole elongate, without scale, or nodiform (only at females). Forewing with usual pterostigma and closed cells 1+2r, 3r, rm, mcu. Cell rm quadriangular. Cell3r long, about one third of wing length.
Species included. Paraneuretus tornquisti Wheeler, 1915 and P.longicornis Wheeler, 1915; Baltic amber, Late Eocene [Wheeler, 1915].
description: Published as part of Dlussky, G. M., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Perfilieva, K. S., 2015, The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East), pp. 131-152 in Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1) on page 133
Harnessing Hardware Acceleration in High-Energy Physics through High-Level Synthesis Techniques
Creators: name: López, Pelayo Leguina
name: Folgueras, Santiago
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At the Large Hadron Collider, the vast amount of data from experiments demands not only sophisticated algorithms but also substantial computational power for efficient processing. This paper introduces hardware acceleration as an essential advancement for high-energy physics data analysis, focusing specifically on the application of High-Level Synthesis (HLS) to bridge the gap between complex software algorithms and their hardware implementation. We will explore how HLS facilitates the direct implementation of software algorithms into hardware platforms such as FPGAs, enhancing processing speeds and enabling real-time data analysis. This will be highlighted through the case study of a track-finding algorithm for muon reconstruction with the CMS experiment, demonstrating HLS's role in translating computational tasks into high-speed, low-latency hardware solutions for particle detection and reconstruction. Key techniques in HLS, including parallel processing, pipelining, and memory optimization, will be discussed, illustrating how they contribute to the efficient acceleration of algorithms in high-energy physics. We will also cover design methodologies and iterative processes in HLS to optimize performance and resource utilization, alongside a brief mention of additional techniques like algorithm approximation and hardware / software co-design. In short, this paper will underscore the potential of hardware acceleration in high-energy physics research, emphasizing HLS as a powerful tool for physicists to enhance computational efficiency and foster groundbreaking discoveries.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures
Delaware River Basin Commission: Annual report 1968
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1968

description: This is the sixth annual report of the Delaware River Basin Commission, covering the year ending June 30, 1968. It is presented respectfully to the 7 million people of the river basin community, to their fellow citizens of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York and New Jersey, and to their representatives in the four State Legislatures and in the Congress of the United States.It relates the activities of the Commission in carrying out its assignment under the Delaware River Basin Compact to attain multi-functional development, balance and protection of the valley' s resources for the benefit of the people and institutions that rely upon them. And it describes the management state of water and related natural resources of the 13,000-square-mile drainage area of the river and its tributaries - extending 265 miles from the ocean capes , across the coastal plain, through the rolling hill country above Trenton, and into the popular Pocono and Catskill Mountains.
Oxycheilinus celebicus
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Labridae
Oxycheilinus
Oxycheilinus celebicus

description: Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker 1853) — Celebes wrasse
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005; a video of a specimen taken from Tungelo Island, off southeastern New Hanover, 3–45 m depth, at St. KR 106, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Eastern Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northwestern Australia and New Caledonia. Solitary, in coastal or lagoon reefs, 3–40 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Delaware River Basin Commission: Annual report 1969
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1969

description: This is the report on the activities for the year ending June 30, 1969 of the governmental mechanism charged with carrying out the responsibilities for protecting, planning, developing and managing the water resources of the 13 ,000-square-mile river basin under authority of the Delaware River Basin Compact enacted in 1961.
Microdynerus mirandus GIORDANI SOIKA 1971
Creators: name: Arens, W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Microdynerus
Microdynerus mirandus

description: Microdynerus mirandus GIORDANI SOIKA 1971
B e l e g m a t e r i a l: 5 /4. Belegte Flugzeit:: 16. Juni - 17. Juli;: 28. Mai - 11. Juli.
Diese südeuropäische Art, deren Verbreitungsgebiet von Sizilien und Korsika bis zur Türkei reicht (GUSENLEITNER 1997b), ist auf der Peloponnes weitaus seltener als z.B. M. interruptus, jedoch bis ins Mittelgebirge hinein zu finden. Ihre Flugzeit beginnt offenbar erst im Sommer. Auf den Griechenland-Listen von BLÜTHGEN & GUSENLEITNER (1970) und GUICHARD (1980) fehlt die Art. GUSENLEITNER (1979) und STANDFUSS & STANDFUSS (2004) melden von der Peloponnes bzw. aus Südost-Thessalien jeweils einen Einzelfund.
B Kalogria/Pinienwald 7.7.1996 (2), 16.6.1997 (), 22.6.1998 (); D antikes Samikon 4.7.1996 (), 28.5.1998 (); H antikes Alifira 19.6.1997 (); J Andritsena/Vassae 11.7.2001 (); K Atsiholos/antikes Gortis 17.7.2006 (). - Weiterer publizierter Fundort (GUSENLEITNER 1979): Stavros.
description: Published as part of Arens, W., 2012, Die solitären Faltenwespen der Peloponnes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Raphiglossinae, Eumeninae) - 2. Teil, pp. 933-971 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2) on page 941, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10079867
Delaware River Basin Commission: Annual report 1970
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1970

description: This is the eighth annual report of the Delaware River Basin Commission. It is presented to the seven million residents of the basin, the 15 mill ion additional persons who reside in its service area, including New York City and Northeast Jersey, and their representatives in the Congress and the Legislatures of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Measurement and Analysis of Cognitive Load Associated with Moving Object Classification in Underwater Environments
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Arunim
name: Butail, Sachit
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Visual analysis in field science experiments often involves classifying objects on experimental images and videos. In this context, developing a reliable and independently validated estimate of mental workload during object classification can enable cognitively responsive task allocation. The goal of this study is to quantify the cognitive load perceived by humans from electroencephalography (EEG) data during an underwater object classification task that was inspired from citizen science studies. During the task, participants were asked to identify one of three possible invasive fish species in short videos of a virtual underwater environment. The virtual environment was modeled to vary fish behavior and environmental factors that are known to be critical in classification. A contextually-relevant secondary task was designed to provide independent validation of cognitive load measures. Several established measures of cognitive load were compared across different weightings on the scalp positions, and the measure that strongly associated with reaction time and a secondary task accuracy was selected for further analysis. Our results show that cognitive load calculated using the difference in power of alpha frequencies best correlates with reaction time and secondary task accuracy. When fit to the environmental factors, cognitive load calculated using this approach was high when the environment was turbid and the fish moved at high speeds. Results from this study have applications in cognitively-responsive human–computer interaction and in developing shared control strategies in human–robot interaction.
Structure-activity relationships of small molecule direct inhibitors of Keap1-Nrf2 interaction
Creators: name: Abed, Dhulfiqar Ali
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: The Keap1–Nrf2–ARE system represents a crucial antioxidant defense mechanism that protects cells against oxidative stress-related diseases and inflammation. Activation of this system leads to elevated expression of a variety of antioxidant defense proteins and enzymes important for protection against oxidative damage, inflammation and tumorigenesis. Targeting Keap1–Nrf2 protein–protein interaction (PPI) has become a promising therapeutic strategy for several oxidative stress conditions and inflammatory diseases including chronic kidney disease, pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), and cancer chemoprevention. Several PPI inhibitors of Keap1–Nrf2 system have been reported; Tecfidera® is one of these inhibitors that is FDA approved for treatment of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis. Inhibitors of Keap1–Nrf2 PPI are generally classified into direct and indirect inhibitors. Indirect inhibitors of Keap1–Nrf2 PPI are electrophilic species and can cause off-target side effects. Presently, scientists have been focusing on direct inhibitors of Keap1–Nrf2 PPI. In this work, we are focusing on the discovery of potent direct inhibitors of Keap1−Nrf2 PPI by performing a comprehensive structure-activity relationship (SAR) study in currently available scaffolds, or by designing new scaffolds. A fluorescence polarization (FP) assay has been used to evaluate the potency of synthesized compounds in vitro and cell-based assays have been used to test the most active compounds, resulting in the discovery of highly potent non-electrophilic Nrf2 activators. One of the best compounds discovered, 65v (LH835), has an IC50 of 144 ± 5 nM in the fluorescence polarization assay, and 1.7 ± 0.24 nM in a TR-FRET assay. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that the 65v (LH835) is an efficacious inducer of Nrf2 targeted genes in HepG2 C8 cells, exhibiting activity better than the well-known electrophilic activator, sulforaphane. Our direct inhibitors of Keap1–Nrf2 PPI could potentially be developed into drugs for the treatment of a number of oxidative stress-related diseases and conditions.
Oxycheilinus orientalis
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Labridae
Oxycheilinus
Oxycheilinus orientalis

description: Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther [ex Bleeker] 1862)— Oriental wrasse
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed on 4 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Caroline and Solomon islands, north to Philippines, south to New Caledonia. Found in sand-rubble areas near coral reefs, 10–80 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on pages 235-236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Paraneuretus dubovikoffi Dlussky & Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva 2015, sp.n.
Creators: name: Dlussky, G. M.
name: Rasnitsyn, A. P.
name: Perfilieva, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Paraneuretus
Paraneuretus dubovikoffi

description: Paraneuretus dubovikoffi sp.n.
(Figs 2–4)
Material. Holotype PIN 3429/1155, lateral imprint of worker. Paratype: PIN 3429/1145, gyne with forewings. Biamo.
Description. Worker. Body length 6 mm. Head with rounded occipital margin. Eyes comparatively small, oval, situated slightly behind midlength of head; gena nearly 1.5 tines as long as maximum eye diameter. Pronotum convex in side view. Mesopropodeal constriction distinctive. Propodeum rounded in side view. Propodeal dorsum shorter than declivity. Petiole with high node and short peduncle. Gyne. Body length about 17–18 mm. Head wider (without mandibles) than long, narrower at its base than apically, with feebly convex sides. Occipital margin concave, but perhaps it is result of deformation during fossilization. Anterior margin of clypeus stright. Eyes comparatively small, oval, situated on the midlength of head; maximum eye diameter about 0.4 times head length. Mandibles large, triangular, with large apical tooth and numerous denticles on the masticatory margin. Scape protrudes beyond the occipital margin of the head, shorter than head length. Mesosoma wider than head. Scutum shorter than wide, not over-hanging pronotum in dorsal view. Scutellum transverse. Petiole longer than wide, with node and peduncle. Gaster oval.Forewing with usual pterostigma and closed cells1+2r, long 3r, quadriangular rm, pentagonal mcu; 2M and 3M sections almost equal. Transverse veins2r-rs and rs-m are closely disposed, that 4RS is reduced.
Measurements of holotype, mm: AL 1.75; HL 1.1; ED 0.23; PtL0.51. Gyne: AL5.6; HL2.2; HW2.45; ED0.6; SL=2; SctL2.3; SctW2.7; SctL0.9; SctlW2.4; MdL1.2; FWL14.3.
Comparison. Differs worker from P. tornquisti in having body size less (body length of P. tornquisti 8–10mm), less slender habitus and lower propodeum.
Notes. Forewing of gyne has quadriangular rm, that differs the specimen from all known winged aneuretines (both extant and extinct). We describe winged gyne as Aneuretinae due to the following combination of features: long pedunculate petiole with compact body. Because of doubts that two species of Aneuretinae are in the same place, we describe both specimens into one species.
Etymology. After Dmitry A.Dubovikoff who was the first identified worker ant as Aneuretinae.
description: Published as part of Dlussky, G. M., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Perfilieva, K. S., 2015, The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East), pp. 131-152 in Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1) on page 134
Assesment of patient response to targeted cancer therapy using multi-frequency impedance cytometry and supervised machine learning
Creators: name: Ahuja, Karan Shashi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: We present a novel method to rapidly assess patient response to targeted cancer therapy, where anti-neoplastic agents are conjugated to antibodies targeting surface markers on tumor cells. We have fabricated and characterized a device capable of rapidly assessing tumor cell viability in response to the drug using multi-frequency impedance spectroscopy in combination with supervised machine learning for enhanced classification accuracy. Currently commercially available devices for the analysis of cell viability are based on staining with Trypan blue. Staining fundamentally limits the subsequent characterization of these cells as well as further molecular analysis, and requires 0.5-1.0 milliliter of volume. Our approach only requires 50 microliters of volume and avoids staining allowing for further molecular analysis. To the best of our knowledge, this work presents the first comprehensive attempt in using phase change obtained from impedance cytometry data to assess viability of cells. Use of impedance cytometry to quantify cancer cells from blood cells was also explored.
Microdynerus nugdunensis
Creators: name: Arens, W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Microdynerus
Microdynerus nugdunensis

description: Microdynerus nugdunensis (SAUSSURE 1855)
B e l e g m a t e r i a l: 62 /55. Belegte Flugzeit:: 2. Mai - 14. Juli;: 13. Mai - 7. Juli.
Diese weit verbreitete Microdynerus -Art ist auch auf der Peloponnes überall häufig und kommt bis die Hochlagen der Gebirge vor. Ihre Flugzeit beginnt etwas später als bei M. appenninicus und M. interruptus und reicht bis in den Hochsommer hinein.
Im Gegensatz zu M. parvulus sind die Mesopleuren bei griechischen M. nugdunensis - offenbar immer vollständig schwarz, ohne Fleckenzeichnung. Im Vergleich zu den M. interruptus - ist der Clypeus auf der punktulierten Basalfläche stärker gewölbt.
B Kalogria 20.5.1996 (), 13.5.2000 (3); C Olympia 4.6.1995 (), 19.5.1996 (), 27.5.1998 (2 /1), 13.5.2000 (2), 29.5.2011 (); D antikes Samikon 28.5.1998 (), 12.5.2000 (); H antikes Alifira 19.6.1997 (2), 9.5.2000 (4 /9); J Andritsena/Vassae 2.7.1996 (), 16.5.1997 (), 20.6.1997 (), 31.5.1998 (2 /1), 10.5.2000 (1 /1), 17.6.2008 (), 31.5.2011 (); J Lykaion-Gebirge/südlich von Ano Kotili/ 800-1200m 19.6.1998 (2), Gipfelregion 1100-1400m 3.7.1996 (), 1.6.1998 (3), 17.6.1998 (); K Atsiholos/antikes Gortis 20.6.1998 (2), 8.5.2000 (3 /22), 19.6.2008 (); Diavolitsi/Karnasi 12.6.1995 (2); Q Mavromati/Ithome-Berg 7- 8.5.1995 (3), 18.5.1997 (3), 2.6.1998 (2); W Taygetos-Gebirge/zwischen Pigadia und Langada-Pass/ 800-1300m 4.6.1998 (); X Taygetos-Gebirge/unterhalb von Toriza/ 600m 7.6.1998 (2); Taygetos-Gebirge/Profitis Ilias 8.7.1997 (, 1600-2200m), 14.6.1996 (, 1600-1900m); Y Sparta/Amyklai 19.5.1995 (1 /1); Z Mistras/Parori 19.5.1995 (); südöstlich Perivolia 16.6.1998 (); 9 Parnon-Gebirge/im Wald westlich des Meg. Tourla/ 1000-1400m 14.7.2006 (); Parnon-Gebirge/Waldweg westlich des Meg. Tourla/ 1450-1600m 7.7.2007 (4 /3), 11- 13.7.2008 (9 /1); l Karteri 15.6.1995 (); m Killini-Gebirge/Ano Trikala/Hochebene/ 1600m 30.6.2010 (). - Belege im Biologiezentrum Linz: 4, 30km SEE Olympia, Loutra, 2.5.2005, leg. M. Kadlecová. - Weitere publizierte Fundorte (BLÜTHGEN & GUSENLEITNER 1970; GUSENLEITNER 1979): Patras, Kalamata, Mistras, Tripolis, Zachlorou, Kalavrita.
description: Published as part of Arens, W., 2012, Die solitären Faltenwespen der Peloponnes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Raphiglossinae, Eumeninae) - 2. Teil, pp. 933-971 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2) on pages 941-942, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10079867
Preventing and treating hepatic metastases of colon and pancreatic cancers by targeting cancer cell metabolism
Creators: name: Al-Asadi, Amer
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: Alteration of glucose metabolism is a unique feature for a majority of cancers. Cancer cells exhibit aerobic glycolysis also known as the Warburg effect even in the presence of oxygen. During this mode of glucose metabolism, a majority of pyruvate is converted to lactate rather than entering mitochondria for complete oxidation through oxidative phosphorylation. The functional importance of aerobic glycolysis to cancer cells is becoming clear. Basically, aerobic glycolysis prevents pyruvate from complete oxidation inside mitochondria. This shunts glycolytic intermediates to pathways for synthesis of NADPH and building blocks of macromolecules, which are required for cell growth and proliferation.   Pyruvate entrance into mitochondria is enhanced via mitochondrial uncoupling, a process that permits proton influx through the mitochondrial inner membrane without generating ATP. Consequently, mitochondrial uncoupling stimulates “idle ” oxidation of acetyl-CoA, leading to complete oxidation of glucose. Thus, we hypothesize that safe mitochondrial uncouplers could be strong anticancer agents to inhibit the anabolic role of the Warburg effect. We utilized two approaches to address this hypothesis.           First, we tested two mitochondrial uncoupler compounds, NEN (niclosamide ethanolamine) and oxyclozanide, on their metabolic effects and anti-cancer activities. We used metabolomics NMR to study the effect of mitochondrial uncoupling on glucose metabolism in colon cancer MC38 cells. We further examined the anti-cancer effect of NEN and oxyclozanide in cell models and hepatic metastasis of colon cancer in animal model. We found that mitochondrial uncoupling stimulates pyruvate influx to mitochondria and decreases various anabolic pathway activities. Moreover, mitochondrial uncouplers arrest cell cycle progression, inhibit cell proliferation and reduce clonogenicity. Furthermore, oral treatment with mitochondrial uncouplers diminishes hepatic metastasis of colon cancer cells transplanted intrasplenically in mice.         Second, we tested MB1-47, a novel mitochondrial uncoupler with good pharmacokinetic and toxicological profiles, in preventing and treating pancreatic cancer. Our study demonstrated that MB1-47 is effective in inducing mitochondrial uncoupling in pancreatic cancer cells and inhibits the proliferation of multiple murine and human pancreatic cancer cell lines. In the tumor xenograft mouse models, oral MB1-47 treatment exhibits excellent activity in preventing tumor growth and metastasis.   Our data support a unique approach for targeting cancer cell metabolism for cancer prevention and treatment and identified prototype compounds for this mechanism.
Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Labridae
Oxycheilinus
Oxycheilinus unifasciatus

description: Oxycheilinus unifasciatus (Streets 1877) —Ringtail wrasse
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken west of Albatross Passage, southwestern Kavieng District, St. KR50, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Martha's Shoal, off eastern New Hanover, at 7–41 m depth, St. KR122, in 2014.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Christmas Island and Cocos-Keeling Islands east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to Ryukyu Islands and southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Tonga and Rapa. Solitary, in coastal or seaward reefs, 1–160 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Novalena bipartita Kraus 1955
Creators: name: Maya-Morales, Julieta
name: Jiménez, María Luisa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Agelenidae
Novalena
Novalena bipartita

description: Novalena bipartita (Kraus 1955)
Figure 6 a, b; Map 6
Agelenopsis bipartita Kraus 1955: 33, figure 88 (♀) Novalena bipartita Roth 1972: 11
Type. Holotype female: EL SALVADOR: San Vicente: Volcán San Vicente, Finca El Carmen, 1300 m, 15.VI.1951 (SMF 8650), deposited at Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt (epigynum examined by photos).
Diagnosis. This species is similar to N. laticava and N. simplex, but differ from N. laticava in having the copulatory ducts connected posteriorly to primary spermathecae (Fig. 6 b) and from N. simplex in having the anterior margin of atrium without anterior lobes (Fig. 6 a).
Description. Female (holotype): The description, including measurements, was provided by Kraus (1955).
Male. Unknown.
Distribution. EL SALVADOR: San Vicente (Map 6).
description: Published as part of Maya-Morales, Julieta & Jiménez, María Luisa, 2017, Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae), pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 4262 (1) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.571683
Microdynerus parvulus
Creators: name: Arens, W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Microdynerus
Microdynerus parvulus

description: Microdynerus parvulus (HERRICH- SCHAEFFER 1838)
Neu für die Peloponnes, jedoch sind von GUSENLEITNER (1979) zwei Funde aus Mittelgriechenland (bei Portaria auf der Pilion-Halbinsel, nördlich von Volos, leg. Verhoeff) veröffentlicht worden. Bei beiden peloponnesischen, jeweils mit montanem Fundort, sind die Mesopleuren oben gelb gefleckt.
J Lykaion-Gebirge/Gipfelregion 1100-1400m 18.6.2008 (); 9 Parnon-Gebirge/Waldweg westlich des Meg. Tourla/ 1450-1600m 7.7.2007 ().
description: Published as part of Arens, W., 2012, Die solitären Faltenwespen der Peloponnes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Raphiglossinae, Eumeninae) - 2. Teil, pp. 933-971 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2) on page 942, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10079867
An investigation of the drying process in pickering foams
Creators: name: Alabidalkreem, Omer S.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: Pickering foams, aqueous foams stabilized by solid particles, can be used as a precursor to fabricate solid porous polymers, ceramics, and composite materials. The fabrication process usually comprises of two subsequent steps of drying and solidification (e.g. sintering) after foam is prepared. Drying (or aging) in aqueous Pickering foams is a complex transport process which involves evaporation and drainage (induced by gravity) of the excess liquid along with deformation of the foam and possible formation of cracks caused by capillary-induced stresses. Crack formation is therefore depended on the drying conditions and the mechanical properties of sample. A comprehensive understanding of the drying process can provide us with predictive tools to select efficient process parameters (e.g. required drying time prior to sintering) as well as providing input prameters for developing numerical models.  In this thesis, we first provide experimental data (end of drying time, average moisture content, and effective moisture diffusivity) on drying of Pickering foams stabilized by polymer particles under controlled conditions (i.e. relative humidity and temperature). Drying curves are presented for samples of various initial thicknesses and shapes on substrates of different hydrophobicity and temperatures. Moisture transport is represented via calculating the effective moisture diffusivity coefficients using method of slope. Also, we investigate drying for a bi-component Pickering foam prepared using Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) and polymer particles. We show that the effective moisture diffusivity increases as the average moisture content decreases for all trials and that all data can be collapsed on a master curve. Also, effective moisture diffusivity increased as initial sample thickness as well as substrate temperature increase. On the other hand, effective moisture diffusivity does not depend strongly on the sample shape and MWCNTs concentration.  In next part, we explore the effect of initial sample thickness and shape, substrate temperature and wettability, as well as MWCNTs concentration on the crack formations in the samples. We demonstrate that substrate wettability, initial sample thickness, and MWCNTs concentration have a strong influence on the formation and propagation of cracks. We found that decreasing the wettability of the substrate reduces crack formation. Also, increasing the initial sample thickness reduces crack formation. On the contrary, increasing the MWCNTs concentration increases crack formation for all types of substrates. We demonstrate that substrate temperature and sample shape do not seem to influence crack formation but these parameters influence the crack patterns. Such information can be beneficial in using these foams as a precursor to fabricate porous composite porous materials.
A Procedure to Estimate Absorption Rate of Sound Propagating Through High Temperature Gas
Creators: name: Fujii, Keisuke
name: Hornung, Hans G.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 2001
Subjects: relaxation, high temperature gas, absorption

description: A procedure to estimate the absorption rate of small disturbance acoustic waves propagating through high temperature gas due to relaxation is outlined. The procedure considers more than one relaxation mode, such as vibration modes and chemical reactions. It contains the known results for one relaxation mode as a special case. In the relaxation process, it is assumed that rotation and translation are in equilibrium and that vibration and chemistry may proceed at finite rates, while electronic excitation is assumed to be frozen in the equilibrium state.
Some calculations are made as example cases with undisturbed base state in equilibrium for air, carbon dioxide and pure nitrogen in the temperature range from 1000K to 6000K. According to the results, carbon dioxide and air can have strong sound absorption due to vibrational relaxation at a frequency of around 1MHz and at a density ranging between 0.1kg/m^3 - 1.0kg/m^3, which are typical conditions of boundary layer transition experiments in the
T5 hypervelocity shock tunnel. On the other hand, nitrogen does not have a strong absorption effect even at a very high temperature
of 5000K.
description: Accepted Version - AbsGalcitFM2001-004.pdf
The comparative political theory of anti-modernity
Creators: name: Alhbabi Alhababi, Ali Hussain
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: In this dissertation, I will investigate Western and non-Western critiques of modernity as exemplified in the political thought of Leo Strauss and Sayyid Qutb. Many scholars argue that Strauss offered two solutions to the modernity problem: one is purely Philosophical, and the other is a combination of theology and philosophy. However, I argue that Strauss proposed a third and fourth solutions to resolve this problem: reviving the classical political philosophy and reconciliation between religion and philosophy. In addition, in this dissertation I argue that Qutb may be considered a Straussian thinker based on particular similarities between the two philosophers’ political theories on anti-modernity. In this study I aim to answer the following questions: What are the common problems in Strauss and Qutb’s political thought? Does Strauss provide one or multiple answers to the crisis of Western modernity? How can comparative political theory help us explain and understand postmodern alternatives, such as Islamism? Does Qutb fit the criteria for a Straussian thinker? Is Strauss a Qutbian thinker? In this dissertation, I utilize comparative political theory as a methodology that can enable us, as students of politics, to compare the political thought of Strauss and Qutb and to make it possible to establish a dialogue between them. This comparison will be based on how Strauss and Qutb conceptualize Western modernity as a problematic element in contemporary political and philosophical life.
Paracheilinus filamentosus Allen 1974
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Labridae
Paracheilinus
Paracheilinus filamentosus

description: Paracheilinus filamentosus Allen 1974 —Fliamented flasherwrasse
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed in Kavieng Lagoon by Jeff Kinch during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in 2013 (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 15); a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Palau and Solomon Islands, north to Sabah (Malaysia) and Philippines, south to northern Queensland (Australia). Seaward coral reef habitats and edges of deeper channels, 5–35 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Microdynerus eurasius
Creators: name: Arens, W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Microdynerus
Microdynerus eurasius

description: Microdynerus eurasius (BLÜTHGEN 1938)
B e l e g m a t e r i a l: 29 /34. Belegte Flugzeit:: 16. Juni - 15. Juli;: 7. Juni - 15. Juli.
Von dieser Art, die lediglich aus dem Südbalkan und Kleinasien bekannt ist (GUSENLEITNER 1997b), waren bisher aus Griechenland nur wenige Funde aus Lithorikion im Pindos-Gebirge (BLÜTHGEN & GUSENLEITNER 1970), Delphi (GUICHARD 1980) und Olympia (GUSENLEITNER 1979) gemeldet. Auf der Peloponnes ist sie aber bis hinauf in höhere Mittelgebirgslagen keineswegs selten.
Der Kaurand der aussen eckigen Mandibeln ist entgegen den Angaben von GUSENLEITNER (1997b) vierzähnig, mit einem stärker abgesetzten und zugespitzten distalen Zahn und drei flachen, durch seichte Kerben getrennte basale Zähne.
D Antikes Samikon 4.7.1996 (); J Lykaion-Gebirge/Gipfelregion 1100-1400m 10.7.2001 (3); Y Sparta/Amyklai 7.6.1998 (2); 8 Sparta/Menelaion 16.6.1996 (), 7.7.1997 (), 15.7.2006 (), 10.7.2007 (2), 14- 15.7.2008 (6); 9 Parnon-Gebirge/Waldweg westl. des Meg. Tourla/ 1450m 7.7.2007 (); sö. Perivolia 16.6.1998 ();: Drepano 6.7.2008 (2); c Argos/Larissa-Berg 20.6.1996 (); d Mykene 20.6.1996 (1 /1); e Alt-Korinth 22.6.1996 (); j Stymphalia/nördlich vom Dorf 22.6.2008 (); k am Stymphalischen See 24.6.1996 (1 /2); o Kato Loussi/Hochebene 6.7.2001 (8), 8- 9.7.2006 (3), 5.7.2007 (), 20.6.2008 (). - Weiterer publizierter Fundort (GUSENLEITNER 1979): Olympia. - Belege im Biologiezentrum Linz: 2 / 4, 40km N Tripoli, Scotini, 3.7.1996; 9 / 3, 20km E Sparta, Ag. Anagiri, 5.7.1996; 2, 40km S Argos, Prov. Astros, 4.7.1996; alle leg. M. Halada. - In ZOBODAT erfasster, unveröffentlichter Fund:, Kiparissia, 19.6.1995.
Ausserdem könnte laut den Verbreitungsangaben von GUSENLEITNER (1997b) auch Microdynerus timidus (SAUSSURE 1856) in Griechenland vorkommen. Die nächstgelegenen Fundorte dieser Art liegen in Bulgarien (z.B. 1, Rhodopen-Gebirge, bei Hrabrino, 1.7.2007; Biologiezentrum-Linz). Ebenfalls in Bulgarien nachgewiesen ist die kleinasiatische Art M. confinis GUSENLEITNER 1997 (GUSENLEITNER 1997).
description: Published as part of Arens, W., 2012, Die solitären Faltenwespen der Peloponnes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Raphiglossinae, Eumeninae) - 2. Teil, pp. 933-971 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2) on pages 942-943, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10079867
Dolichoderus Lund 1831, sp. n.
Creators: name: Dlussky, G. M.
name: Rasnitsyn, A. P.
name: Perfilieva, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Genus Dolichoderus Lund, 1831
Type species Formica attelaboides Lund, 1831, by monotypy.
Diagnosis (for fossil imprints). Waist consisting of 1 segment (petiole); gaster without constriction between 1st and 2nd gastral (abdominal III and IV) segments. Head elliptical or oval, widest behind midlength of head sides; sometimes retort-shaped or subrectangular with rounded occipital corners, but never rectangular and longer than wide as in Protazteca Carpenter, 1930. Eyes of moderate size. Antennae of gynes and workers 12-segmented; antennae of males 13-segmented, with very short scape.
Mandibles triangular, dentate. Propodeum bispinate, bidentate, or distinctly angular in side view, always with concave declivity. Petiole of various form. Forewing with cells 1+2r, 3r, rm and mcu closed; rm usually triangular. Cell 3r touching wing margin. Icu> 1.45. Integument thick, often coarsely sculptured. Male genitalia small, not permanently external.
Species included. The genus Dolichoderus comprises 132species and 20subspecies in the modern fauna [Bolton, 2015]. The vast majority of them are distributed in the Neotropical, Indo-Australian, and Australian Regions. Only 9species are known from the Oriental Region, 4from the Nearctic Region and 2 from the Palearctic Region, and none have been recorded from the Afrotropical Region. A total of 47 extinct species have been described. The oldest species D.kohlsi Dlussky et Rasnitsyn, 2002 is recorded from the Middle Eocene Green River Formation, USA [Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, 2003]. Nearly half of the fossil species (24) have been described from Late Eocene European ambers [Dlussky, 2002, 2008].
description: Published as part of Dlussky, G. M., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Perfilieva, K. S., 2015, The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East), pp. 131-152 in Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1) on pages 134-135
Strengthening of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) members using basalt fabrics with an inorganic matrix
Creators: name: Ali, Alaa
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) is a lightweight porous cementitious material, made from cement, fine silica sand, water, aluminum powder, and quicklime. AAC which has a density of 400 to 600 kg/m3 can be considered as inorganic foam. This material is attractive for use as building elements due to their light weight as compared to normal concrete, fire resistance, ease of construction, energy efficiency, and sound insulation. In most of these applications, the precast structural elements made of AAC are subjected compression and bending forces. Since the bending strength of AAC is very low, its flexural capacity is improved by using steel wire mesh and small size rebars. However, due to the weak bond between AAC and steel wires and small bars and potential corrosion, needed strength increases cannot be obtained. This dissertation studies the use of basalt fabric composite for enhancing the flexural strength of AAC beams and panels. It also evaluates the effect of higher temperatures on the flexural strength of plain and strengthened AAC beams. The basalt fibers were applied to the AAC using an inorganic matrix to preserve the fire resistance capability of both AAC and the basalt fibers. An experimental investigation was conducted to evaluate the capability of an inorganic matrix to fully develop the strength capacity of the basalt fiber in tension. Several series of strengthened AAC beams were tested in flexure following ASTM C 1452-06. Results show that the matrix is capable of providing the required bond between the basalt fibers and AAC. The strength capacity of basalt fibers was fully developed for tows and fabrics basalt reinforcement, and significant increase of flexural strength was achieved. The strengthening also reduced the loss of strength at elevated temperatures compared to plain beams. An analytical study was performed to predict the failure load in flexure.  The failure load was predicted using three methods: elastic analysis, ultimate stress analysis, and non-linear analysis. The results of the analytical methods showed that the flexural strength of basalt fiber reinforced AAC beams can be reasonably predicted using the analytical models. The hand impregnation technique used to apply the matrix is conducive for easy field applications. The results show that the potential of significantly increasing the bending capacity of AAC panels making it a viable the system for practical applications. It is anticipated that the increase in strength will lead to longer spans and less thickness in exterior wall panels and roofing elements.
Dolichoderus pinguis Dlussky & Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva 2015, sp.n.
Creators: name: Dlussky, G. M.
name: Rasnitsyn, A. P.
name: Perfilieva, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Dolichoderus
Dolichoderus pinguis

description: Dolichoderus pinguis sp.n.
(Fig. 5)
Material. Holotype PIN 3429/1134, male. Biamo.
Description. Male. Body length 6.3 mm. Head wider than long, with convex occipital margin. Eye large, ovate, 0.5 times as long as head. Scutum elongate, nearly twice as long as scutellum. Propodeum with weakly convex dorsum and concave declivity. Petiole nodiform with short peduncle.
Measurements of holotype, mm: AL 2.3; HL 1; ED 0.5; SctL1.3; SctlL0.7.
Comparison. All fossil congeners being described after female sex, a reliable comparison of the only available male is impossible. A peculiar structure of petiole of the new species is comparable to that of Dolichoderus kutscheri Dlussky, 2008 from the Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber.
Etymology. Pinguis is the Latin for fat.
description: Published as part of Dlussky, G. M., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Perfilieva, K. S., 2015, The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East), pp. 131-152 in Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1) on page 135
Pseudocheilinops ataenia Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods 1960
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Labridae
Pseudocheilinops
Pseudocheilinops ataenia

description: Pseudocheilinops ataenia Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods 1960 —Midget wrasse
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken at northwestern Manne Island, Kavieng District, at 3–12 m depth, St. KR14, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, south to Solomon Islands. Found on rubble and coral patches of sheltered reefs, 5–15 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163