cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Isolation of Estrogen Receptor Cofactors fron Breast Tumors
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The estrogen receptor is a protein which, in the presence of estradiol, binds to DNA and activates genes involved in cell growth. Estrogen receptor is present in approximately two-thirds of all tumors of postmenopausal breast cancer patients. The growth of these tumors is stimulated by estrogen through the action of estrogen receptor. However, the precise mechanism by which estrogen receptor regulates cell growth is still unknown. Antiestrogens, in particular tamoxifen, are widely used as drugs in the treatment of breast cancer because they can inactivate the estrogen receptor. Recently, proteins have been identified which bind to the estrogen receptor in the presence of estradiol but not in the presence of antiestrogens. Experimental data suggest that these proteins play an important role in the activation of genes by the estrogen receptor. They are therefore referred to as coactivators. Mutations affecting these cofactors could potentially cause breast cancer or could be responsible for the development of drug resistance during tamoxifen treatment of breast cancer tumors. The identification and characterization of coactivator proteins that interact with estrogen receptor specifically in breast tumor tissue or cell lines, as proposed for this project, will improve our understanding of the causes of breast cancer. Ultimately a biochemical assay could be used to screen new antiestrogens for maximum effects on estrogen receptor-coactivator interaction. This assay would facilitate the development of new drugs for breast cancer endocrine therapy. Additional drugs would be extremely valuable for this type of therapy because most breast cancer tumors eventually develop resistance after initially responding to tamoxifen.

 In this project the approach for the discovery of novel coactivators will be based on a biochemical assay which analyzes protein-protein interactions of the estrogen receptor bound to DNA. Proteins from breast cancer cells or breast tumor tissue will be identified that can bind to the receptor in the presence of estrogen. Following the initial characterization of these potential coactivators the proteins will be isolated in quantities allowing the determination of partial amino acid sequences. DNA amplification techniques can then be used to clone the coactivator genes. The effects of coactivators on target gene regulation by estrogen receptor will be evaluated by introducing these coactivators into cell lines that do not normally produce them. A gene deletion approach can be used to test the relevance of the coactivators for cell growth in cell culture and mutations that either affect coactivator genes directly or alter their regulation can be evaluated for their role in breast cancer.
Cymatodera arizonica Schaeffer 1908
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera arizonica

description: Cymatodera arizonica Schaeffer, 1908
Distribution: USA: AZ; MEX: SON.
References: Schaeffer 1908; Chapin 1948; Barr 1975.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Melithaea hicksoni
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
Melithaea hicksoni

description: Melithaea hicksoni (Nutting, 1911)
Acabaria hicksoni Nutting, 1911: 47, pl. 8, fig. 3, 3a; pl. 12, fig. 4 (Haingsisi, Indonesia).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: This species was originally named Acabaria hicksoni for a specimen from Indonesia. Kumar et al. (2017: PY-B) and Kumar et al. (2019) just list the species as occurring in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with a complete lack of evidence and no supporting references at all.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
EGFR Structure for Drug Design Targeted to Breast Cancer
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: Protein tyrosine kinases are a family of biomolecules that play crucial roles in maintaining a normal balance in cell growth and development. Two members of this family, EGFR and erbB-2, are particularly important in breast cancer because increased production frequently occurs in breast cancer. Tumor aggressiveness and patient outcomes can be directly correlated to their production levels. Drugs which can control their activity are able to stop the development of breast tumors and restore normal breast cell growth. However, the selectivity of this family of drugs is quite limited and often leads to serious side effects.

 Research proposed in this postdoctoral fellowship application addresses the fundamental issue of how to design specific drugs to prevent the progression of breast cancer. This proposal outlines several strategies that will allow us to examine the structure of EGFR in detail. The structural features that determine drug specificity will be identified. As the factors which control this specificity in EGFR begin to unfold, we will be able to design drugs with selective inhibitory effects on EGFR. Such progress may lead to specific drugs for controlling the growth of breast cancer cells.
ErbB2 and Control of Growth in Breast Cancer Cells
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: In order to address the important health issues surrounding the detection, diagnosis and prevention of breast cancer, it is important to understand the fundamental mechanisms of growth control in normal and malignant breast tissue. In approximately 30% of human breast cancers, a protein called erbB2 is present at levels significantly above those found in normal cells. Breast cancer tumors which involve these larger amounts of erbB2 protein are correlated with very aggressive cancer. The experiments proposed in this grant are intended to understand how the erbB2 protein carries out its job in normal and malignant growth of breast cells. Ultimately, these results could lead to novel preventative approaches which could decrease the morbidity and mortality of breast cancer.

 The erbB2 protein is a member of a very important group of proteins called receptor tyrosine kinases. These receptors sit on the outer surface of cells where they wait to receive messages that are transported through the blood stream from other cells in the body. Such messages include hormones, such as insulin and growth factors. When these receptors receive the appropriate message, they pass information to the inside of the cell by using an enzyme activity called tyrosine kinase. The tyrosine kinase family of enzymes serve extremely important functions by passing information inside cells, termed signal transduction, and are key regulators of cell growth. Because of this important function in regulating when cells grow, these receptor tyrosine kinases can contribute to cancer if their activity is abnormal.

 In order to understand the relationship of erbB2 to breast cancer, it is important to understand the fundamental mechanisms underlying signal transduction by the receptor. It is proposed that proteins that directly interact with erbB2 will function in important signaling mechanisms. Using molecular biology techniques, molecules will be identified that interact with specific parts of erbB2. The importance of these molecules will be determined by studying a human mammary cell line. Certain cell lines have characteristics of cancer cells. The newly identified molecules will be tested to see if parts of the molecule can actually alter these breast cancer cells. This result would strongly indicate that the molecule performs an important signaling function in breast cells. By analyzing the way that erbB2 carries out its function in breast cells, it is possible that new strategies of preventing the progression of certain breast cancers may be developed.
MRI Detection of Breast Cancer Blood Vessels
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: Angiogenesis (blood vessel growth) plays a critical role in breast cancer progression and metastasis (spread in the body); and could be an important target for early detection and therapeutic intervention. Numerous angiogenesis-associated proteins (vascular endothelial growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, pleiotrophin, heregulin, and eosinophil cationic proteins) are detectable in human breast cancers. All of these proteins have extensive basic, positively-charged regions having a high affinity for heparin, a polyanionic glycosaminoglycan that is routinely used to block blood clotting. Therefore, we propose to synthesize, purify, characterize, and test a novel compound, heparin-albumin, that will deliver a contrast agent (GdDTPA) suitable for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the new blood vessels that form within breast cancers. MRI is potentially more sensitive than mammography and can be utilized to detect specific breast cancer components. The proposed studies will involve a multidisciplinary collaboration between a university-based physicist and a pathologist.

 In the first phase of this project, we will synthesize the new compound (heparin-albumin GdDTPA) using a well-established chemical procedure. After purification of the compound by sequential chromatography, we will then perform detailed characterizations in the laboratory, including measurement of its heparin content and analysis of its binding to a strong anion resin. In the second phase, we will conduct studies initially in mice bearing a human mammary cancer cell line (MCF-7), and subsequently in rats bearing subcutaneous implants of an adenocarcinoma cell line. We will use immunohistochemistry to study the biodistribution of a derivative of the compound (heparin-albumin GdDTPA) at various times after intravenous injection (12 minutes to 3 hours). The third phase of the project will consist of sequential MRI studies in tumor-bearing mice and rats that will receive intravenous injections of the compound. This mimics the conditions that would be used in women either diagnosed with or suspected of having breast tumors or suspect lesions, such as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

 Our aim is to extend these experiments into a multidisciplinary drug-discovery effort to develop a novel strategy for early detection of breast cancer. The overall advantage of this approach is that it avoids the use of radiation and can detect potentially invasive tumors at an early stage. This approach also has the potential of targeting therapeutic compounds to the site of tumor angiogenesis to block the progression of breast cancer.
Cymatodera balteata LeConte 1854
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera balteata

description: Cymatodera balteata LeConte, 1854
Synonyms: Cymatodera fallax Horn, 1885.
Distribution: USA: LA, NM, OK, TX; MEX *: NL, TAM.
References: LeConte 1854; Horn 1885; Lohde 1900; Schenkling 1910; Böving and Champlain 1920; Wolcott 1909, 1921, 1947; Corporaal 1950; Papp 1960; Barr 1975; Burke and Zolnerowich 2014a, 2014c; Rifkind 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status and Breast Cancer
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: Women in California from different race/ethnic groups or socioeconomic levels are not equally affected by breast cancer. The California Cancer Registry (CCR) has collected statewide breast cancer data since 1988 and continues to be a valuable resource for research on cancer incidence and mortality. The Women’s Health Survey (WHS) is an annual telephone survey that collects health practices data on a random sample of California Women. The proposed research will utilize CCR data and WHS data to investigate timely and important questions about the relationship between race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the risk of developing breast cancer. We will also investigate how these variables are related to the stage of breast cancer at diagnosis, which is an important prognostic factor for survival.

 The three specific aims that will be addressed are:

 -To determine whether the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and stage at diagnosis for breast cancer in California varies for different race/ethnic groups.

 -To investigate whether the relationship between SES and reproductive risk factors for breast cancer differ for four race/ethnic groups in California.

 -To evaluate the importance of considering race/ethnicity when calculating breast cancer incidence rates.

 Several fairly innovative statistical methods will be employed. We will use principal component analysis to measure SES. We feel this is a more scientifically valid method of measuring SES than methods used by other researchers. Another innovative method is log-multinomial regression, which will be used to evaluate stage at diagnosis under Objective 1. To our knowledge, this method has not been previously used to analyze stage at diagnosis for breast or any other cancer. Other methods to be used include Poisson regression and multiple linear regression.

 The results of this study may be useful for designing more effective intervention programs and for designing larger scale research aimed at investigating these disparities in the breast cancer experience in California. The results of this research will provide insight on the unequal burden of cancer in California, which addresses a priority of the BCRP to support research that may lead to reducing inequities in health care delivery and health care policy. There is a trend in epidemiologic research to evaluate the relationship between behavioral or social (e.g., SES) factors and disease. Thus, the proposed research is timely and consistent with state and national research priorities.
Melithaea maldivensis
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
Melithaea maldivensis

description: Melithaea maldivensis (Ofwegen, 1987)
Clathraria maldivensis Ofwegen, 1987: 17–20, fig. 9–11 (Maldives).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: This species was originally described as Clathraria maldivenis and Ofwegen & Vennam (1991), Venkataraman et al. (2004), and Kumar et al. (2019) just list the species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Cymatodera barri Rifkind 1993
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera barri

description: Cymatodera barri Rifkind, 1993
Distribution: MEX: OAX, PUE.
References: Rifkind 1993b, 2015; Burke 2013; Burke and Zolnerowich 2014c.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Cymatodera belfragei Horn 1876
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera belfragei

description: Cymatodera belfragei Horn, 1876
Distribution: USA: TX; MEX: COAH.
References: Horn 1876; Lohde 1900; Fall and Cockerell 1907; Schenkling 1910; Wolcott 1921, 1947; Corporaal 1950; Vaurie 1952b; Papp 1960; Barr 1975.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Melithaea ochracea
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
Melithaea ochracea

description: Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Isis ocracea Linnaeus, 1758: 799.
Isis ochracea Linnaeus 1766: 1287.
Clathraria roemeri Kükenthal, 1908: 201 (Indonesia); 1919: 195, pl. 37, fig. 39 (Indonesia); 1924: 87, fig. 60 (Indonesia); Hickson 1937: 188 (Indonesia).
Melithaea ochracea Ofwegen 1987: 7, figs. 1–2 (Indonesia).
Melithaea ochracea Reijnen et al. 2014: 395–397, figs. 5–6 (neotype designation) (Moluccas).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records are either unconfirmable or seem to be invalid: Kumar et al. 2014a: 96, pl. 45, fig. A–D (South Andaman); Fernando et al. 2017: 33, pl. 12, fig. A–D (South Andaman).
Literature analysis: Although the characteristics of this old Linnean species have never been known, for more than a quarter of a millennium many authors have included it their publications. In order to stabilise the taxonomy Reijnen et al. designated a neotype in 2014. The descriptions given by Kumar et al. (2014a) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical but their figured sclerites are quite different from those of the neotype. Their description is also confusing. They state that the colony is both bushy and then also being in one plane, the sclerites are said to be less than 0.1 mm, which is half the size of those in the neotype, and the polyps are said to contain disc-spindles—a state that does not occur in any octocoral. Kumar et al. (2015) lists the species and provide a colony figure. Kumar et al. (2018a) and Kumar et al. (2019) list the species and provide the references for the 2014 and 2017 publications above. After studying numerous colonies from Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific, Reijnen et al. (2014), concluded this species is confined to the Moluccas in Indonesia.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Cymatodera bellamyi Rifkind 2014
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera bellamyi

description: Cymatodera bellamyi Rifkind, 2014
Distribution: MEX: OAX.
References: Rifkind 2014.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
title:  The Comparative Ex Post Forecasting Properties of Several Canadian Quarterly Econometric Models
Creators: name: Jenkins, W. Paul
name: Kenward, Lloyd
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05cc98565
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1977

description:  In this study we compare the forecasting ability of the three publicly available Canadian quarterly econometric models: The AERIC Short-Term Quarterly Forecasting Model of the Canadian Economy (AERIC) developed in The Conference Board in Canada, the Quarterly Econometric Model of the Canadian Economy (QFM) developed at the University of Toronto, and the Research Department quarterly experimental econometric model of the Canadian economy (RDX2) developed in the Bank of Canada. The standards against which these econometric models are measured are univariate Box-Jenkins models and a monetarist reduced form model. Sixteen variables of general interest to forecasters are examined over various prediction intervals so as to ascertain the forecast errors in the levels of the variables and their percentage changes. We find that no one model predominates. Although the three econometric models generally perform well in comparison with the Box-Jenkins models, the monetarist model consistently predicts nominal gross national expenditure best. Among the three econometric models there is considerable variation in the ability to predict the variables over different time horizons.
description: Dans cette étude, nous comparons le pouvoir prédictif des trois modèles trimestriels de l'économie canadienne accessibles au public: le modèle économétrique trimestriel de prévision à court terme (IRIC) mis au point par le Conference Board au Canada, le modèle économétrique trimestriel de l'économie canadienne (QFM) construit par l'Université de Toronto et le modèle économétrique de l'économie canadienne (RDX2) élaboré par la Banque du Canada, Le pouvoir prédictif de ces modèles a été comparé à celui des modèles ARIMA Box-Jenkins et à celui d'un modèle monétariste de forme réduite choisis comme termes de référence. Nous avons étudié sur différents horizons de prévision seize variables considérées comme importantes par les prévisionnsites, ce dans le but de déterminer les erreurs de prévision contenues dans le niveau des variables et dans leur taux d'accroissement. Nous n'avons trouvé aucun de ces modèles supérieur aux autres. Toutefois, si les trois modèles économétriques permettent en général d'obtenir des résultats qui se comparent avantageusement à ceux du modèle Box-Jenkins, le modèle monétariste, lui, se révèle constamment supérieur lorsqu'il s'agit de prévoir l'évolution de la dépense nationale brute en termes nominaux. Le pouvoir prédictif des trois modèles économétriques varie considérablement lorsqu'on modifie l'horizon choisi.
Melithaea ornata
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
Melithaea ornata

description: Melithaea ornata (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
Melitodes ornata Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 173–174, pl. 5, figs. 3, 9; pl. 9, fig. 11 (Andaman Sea).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: This species was originally described as a species of Melitodes, which is a synonym of Melithaea. Three of the sclerites figured by Thomson and Simpson (1909) are in the form of large, complex, unilaterally foliate spheroids, which caused Hickson (1937) to suggest the species was not a Melitodes but close Mopsella rubeola (Wright & Studer, 1889), although the sclerites look more like what he had figured for Wrightella. The species has never been properly described and would be very difficult to recognise. Kumar et al. (2019) just listed the species, as did Rao & Devi (2003): the latter still under the old original genus Melitodes.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Melithaea ouvea
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
Melithaea ouvea

description: Melithaea ouvea (Grasshoff, 1999)
Acabaria ouvea Grasshoff, 1999: 10, fig. 10; pl. 2, fig. 4 (New Caledonia).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Kumar et al. 2014a: 92, pl. 43, fig. A–E (Middle Andaman); Fernando et al. 2017: 35, pl. 13, fig. A–E (Middle Andaman).
Literature analysis: The descriptions given by Kumar et al. (2014a) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but it is impossible to know the true characteristics of their specimen as much of the description is taken word-forword from Grasshoff (1999). Nevertheless, the small sclerites illustrated by these authors bear no resemblance to the robust, unilaterally, complexly tuberculated spindles shown by Grasshoff (1999) for the holotype. Also, the colony shown by those authors is bushy while the holotype is planar. Kumar et al. (2015) just lists the species, as does Kumar et al. (2019) along with a colony image.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Tetraserica angkorwatensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica angkorwatensis

description: Tetraserica angkorwatensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 1 ♂ “Coll. I. R. Sc. N. B. CAMBODIA Near Siem Reap 2005 Malaise trap Leo I. Var / 1226 Sericini Asia spec.” (ISNB).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
Melithaea philippinensis
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
Melithaea philippinensis

description: Melithaea philippinensis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melitodes philippinensis Wright & Studer, 1889: 176–177, pl. 40, figs. 10, 10A, 10B (Philippines).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 172–173, pl. 5, figs. 2&4; pl. 9, fig. 12 (Andamans).
Literature analysis: Originally named Melitodes philippinensis, the description given by Wright & Studer (1889) is too inadequate to be able to identify the species they had, and the same can be said of the account by Thomson & Simpson (1909). Additionally, it is virtually impossible to find any common features when comparing the sclerite figures in these two publications. Rao & Devi (2003) and Kumar et al. (2019) just listed the species as occurring in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with absolutely no evidence. In the paper by Kumar et al, “ Acabaria phiippinenesis (Wright & Studer) ” is given as the only synonym.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Cymatodera bicolor Say 1825
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera bicolor

description: Cymatodera bicolor (Say, 1825)
Original combination: Tillus bicolor Say, 1825.
Distribution: CAN: Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: AL, AR, AZ, CT, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, NY, NJ, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OK, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, WI, WY, WV, VA.
References: Say 1825; LeConte 1849, 1859; Horn 1876; Drury 1879; Hopkins 1893a, 1893b; Hamilton 1895; Lohde 1900; Wickham and Wolcott 1912; Schenkling 1910; Wolcott 1910a, 1912, 1921, 1947; Böving and Champlain 1920; Knull 1932, 1934; Corporaal 1950; Craighead 1950; Knull 1951; Papp 1960; Barr 1975; Gosling 1980; Peck and Thomas 1998; Opitz 2002, 2014; Majka 2006; Leavengood 2008; Burke and Zolnerowich 2014c.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Melithaea retifera
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
Melithaea retifera

description: Melithaea retifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Melitaea retifera Lamarck, 1816: 299
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Kumar et al. 2019a: 1517–1518, figs. 1–3 (Havelock Is.).
Literature analysis: Originally named Melitaea retifera, the taxonomic details of this old Lamarck species are unknown, so it is not possible to objectively identify any specimens as this species. Kumar et al. (2019a) obviously based their description on “? Mopsella retifera (Lamarck, 1816) ” in the paper by Ofwegen (2000), but appear to have misunderstood the context. They used a near identical synonymy list but included Isis aurantia Esper, which Ofwegen had stated was not a synonym. Several early authors (see Kükenthal 1924: 67) placed Melitaea retifera as a synonym of Mopsella aurantia (Esper, 1798), original name Isis aurantia Esper, 1798, but Isis aurantia has been found not to be a Mopsella (see Grasshoff 1991).
Kolliker (1865: pl. 19, fig. 38) figured a coenenchymal sclerite of a form typical for some species of Mopsella from what he claimed was a specimen of Melitaea retifera. Ofwegen (2000: 298) likened this sclerite form to a flower bud and on the assumption that the original Melitaea retifera may have been a Mopsella he described a species of that genus that had “flower-bud”-like sclerites, but he offered the disclaimer: “...we provisionally describe the species as Mopsella retifera (Lamarck, 1816). Whether Lamarck’s Melitaea retifera is the same as the presently described material is a subject for further research.” Regardless, the coenenchymal “flower-buds”, spindles, and calyx leaf clubs figured by Kumar et al. are quite different to those illustrated by Ofwegen.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Cymatodera bipunctata Gorham 1882
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera bipunctata

description: Cymatodera bipunctata Gorham, 1882
Distribution: MEX: CHIS, OAX; CAM: CR, HON *.
References: Gorham 1882; Schenkling 1910; Corporaal 1950; Papp 1960; Barr 1975; Burke and Zolnerowich 2014c; Leavengood and Garner 2014.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Cymatodera bogcioides Burke 2014
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera bogcioides

description: Cymatodera bogcioides Burke, 2014
Distribution: MEX: JAL.
References: Burke 2013; Burke and Zolnerowich 2014b; Rifkind 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Melithaea squamata
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
Melithaea squamata

description: Melithaea squamata (Nutting, 1911)
Melitodes squamata Nutting, 1911: 41–42, pl. 7, fig. 1&1a; pl. 12, fig. 1 (Timor).
Melithaea squamata Ofwegen 1987: 10–14, figs. 3–6.
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records are either unconfirmable or seem to be invalid: Fernando, 2011: 23, pl. 5, figs. 1&1c (SW coast); Fernando et al. 2017: 39, pl. 15, fig. 1, 1a,1b &1c (SW coast).
Literature analysis: Nutting erected this species under the original name Melitodes squamata, for a specimen collected in Indonesia. The accounts of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but instead of descriptive text there is a reference to the paper by Ofwegen (1987) where the sclerites of the holotype are illustrated.
The coenenchyme of Melithaea squamata only contains very small sclerites that are predominantly in the form of birotulates or double-discs along with short, broad-headed clubs, and the calyces contain only short knobbed clubs. Although the sclerite illustrations given by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are exceedingly small, it is clear that they do not match those of the holotype as there are some large warty clubs, many long warty spindles, and a couple of disc-spindles or unilaterally foliate spheroids. Kumar et al. (2019) just lists the species and give references.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Two theories on information asymmetry in finance
Creators: name: Lo, Te-Chien
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This dissertation includes two essays which investigate the effects of information asymmetry in liquidity risk pricing and in agency problems. The brief abstracts of these two essays are presented as follows.  The first essay investigates how a risk averse liquidity provider sets optimal limit order book under information asymmetry. I extend the model proposed by Copeland and Galai (1983). First, in response to increasing trade size, a severe risk averse liquidity provider offers convex negatively-sloped bid curves and concave positively-sloped ask curves under information asymmetry. In addition, the simultaneous existence of the risk averse liquidity provider and market information asymmetry is the necessary condition that the liquidity provider offers negatively-sloped bid curves and positively-sloped ask curves. Both numerical analysis and empirical evidence on the limit order book of Taiwan Index Futures support the findings in this essay.  In the second essay, I investigate the effects of information asymmetry under the two-tiered agency problem which is commonly observed in a typical organizational structure. I propose the two-tiered agency model and shows that imposing Joint Responsibility policy between Agent_1 (Chief Executive Officer) and Agent_2 (Chief Financial Officer) is NOT a good policy for Principal (Shareholders). Joint Responsibility is that Agent_1 is accused of not identifying in advance Agent_2 who takes on destructive risky projects. I design two cases (Case_1 excludes Joint Responsibility and Case_2 includes it) and prove that Principal’s payoffs in Case_1 weakly dominate that in Case_2. In addition, static comparative analysis shows that how the change of the losses from the bad state of the high risky project, or the parameter of Agent_1’s monitoring costs, alters Agent_1’s monitoring and Principal’s payoffs in equilibrium.
QARAG'AYTOIFALAR BO'LIMINING O'ZIGA XOS BELGILARI, KO'PAYISHI VA TARQALISHI
Creators: name: Abdusamadova, Gulsanam
name: Tojiboyev, Murodali
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Эта статья посвящена голосеменным растениям (Gymnospermae), их морфологическим характеристикам, экологической роли и размножению. Голосеменные играют важную роль в различных экосистемах и имеют экономическое значение. В статье также рассматриваются экологические угрозы и влияние изменения климата на эти растения.
Cymatodera brailovskyi Rifkind 2015
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera brailovskyi

description: Cymatodera brailovskyi Rifkind, 2015
Distribution: MEX: COLI.
References: Rifkind 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
The transformation of Taiwan into a structural competition-state facing China’s integration into the global community
Creators: name: Lin, Yi-Chun
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: During the Cold War, developments in the international system as well as new directions in the policies of the great powers generated the most important impetus for change in Taiwan, resulting in the evolution and transformation of the government of the Republic of China and initiating the process of democratization.  However, after the 1990s, the unintended consequences of a period of accelerated globalization exerted a profound impact on the development of Taiwan’s modern state building, which included transformation in the concept of sovereignty within the state apparatus in Taiwan.  Because it cannot be categorized as a national welfare state on the basis of economic nationalism or as a competition-state typical of neoliberalism, Taiwan, instead, has been driven by hybrid forms of globalization to adopt a strategy of conflating nationalism and liberalism for its survival in a period of globalization, in which China has accelerated its integration process into the global community since the late-1970s.  This transforming process of Taiwan can be described as a structural competition-state, in which, like other countries, the pursuit of enhancement of national competitiveness by liberalistic open polices becomes the main priority of the state machine.  However, it is different from other countries in that the success of its accommodation to globalization conditions depends heavily on international power structures that, in turn, influence the current developments of Taiwanese nationalism.  Although most scholars attribute the launch of Taiwan’s transformation to the process of internal democratization, they ignore the external dynamics of globalization that have stimulated the transforming sovereignty concept in Taiwan.  Therefore, this dissertation will take into account the state’s transformation as a result of globalization in order to re-evaluate the construct of Taiwan as a structural competition-state.  This analysis will, first, offer another dimension to understanding Taiwan’s transformation actuated by the globalization that simultaneously enabled and permitted China’s integration into the global community.  Second, by helping form a clearer picture of states’ responses to the transforming global system, the notion of a structural competition-state will enrich the study of globalization.  Finally, this dissertation will aid in forecasting practical scenarios related to Taiwan in the globalization era.
The influence of attachment on college student success
Creators: name: Kurland, Robert M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The four studies in this dissertation examined the relationship between attachment theory and college student success.  In Study 1, 85 first-semester students provided their attachment dimensions and psychological, ethical, and social indices.  Academic records were also obtained during the first semester.  Anxious students performed worse academically in college compared to high school and indicated they would be more willing to cheat; they also scored lower on academic locus of control and self-esteem.  In addition, securely attached students reported lower levels of depression and anxiety.  Study 2 assessed the attachment dimensions of 52 college students who had plagiarized college assignments.   The students who had displayed unethical behavior reported higher levels of attachment anxiety as compared to the levels of a random sample of students on the same campus.  Study 3 followed the students from Study 1 over their first four years of college.  Secure students had higher GPA’s and graduated at a higher rate compared to insecure students. While overall retention rates were similar, secure students were retained at a higher rate during the first two critical years at college.  Study 4 examined 161 students enrolled in an introductory psychology class to determine if self-efficacy and/or procrastination served as a mediator or moderator between attachment and academic success.   Self-efficacy was a moderator of attachment anxiety and final class grade as well as cumulative GPA.  Self-efficacy was found to moderate the relationship between attachment avoidance and cumulative GPA.  Procrastination was found to be a moderator between attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance and cumulative GPA.  Study 4 has shown that psychological variable of self-efficacy and procrastination can serve to moderate academic success within the classroom.  Findings from all four studies have shown that attachment has an influence on academic, ethical, and psychological success of students in college.
Corambis insignipes
Creators: name: Patoleta, Barbara
name: Żabka, Marek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Corambis
Corambis insignipes

description: Corambis insignipes (Simon, 1880)
Figs 2, 9
Hyctia insignipes Simon, 1880: 165.
Corambis insignipes – Simon 1901: 609, fig. 728. — Berland 1924: 247, figs 200–203. — Żabka 1988: 443, figs 59–61. — Szűts 2002: 26, figs 1–4, 6–9, 11–18. — Prószyński 2017: 26, fig. 11h.
Material examined
NEW CALEDONIA • 1 ♀, 1 juv.; Valle e Tionaka; 1911; Roux and Sarasin leg.; Berland det.; MNHN • 1 ♂; Canala; 21.5203° S, 165.9531° E; MNHN 2647 • 1 ♂; Pic d’Amoa; 20°58′ S, 165°17′ E; 500 m a.s.l.; 27 Nov. 2003 – 30 Jan. 2004; G. Monteith leg.; Malaise trap; QMB 11483 • 1 ♂; Aoupinié; 21°11′ S, 165°18′ E; 750 m a.s.l.; by hand; 2 May 2005; G.B. Monteith leg.; QMB 12281.
Remarks
The type species of this genus has been treated, described and illustrated on several occasions (see above).
description: Published as part of Patoleta, Barbara & Żabka, Marek, 2019, Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Caledonia: Genus Corambis Simon, 1901, pp. 1-18 in European Journal of Taxonomy 578 on page 5, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.578, http://zenodo.org/record/3552130
Cymatodera brevicollis Schaeffer 1908
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera brevicollis

description: Cymatodera brevicollis Schaeffer, 1908
Distribution: USA: AZ.
References: Schaeffer 1908; Wolcott 1921, 1947; Corporaal 1950; Papp 1960; Barr 1975.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970