cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew 1862
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Lauxaniidae
Dacus
Dacus ciliatus

description: Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew, 1862
Dacus ciliatus Loew, 1862a: 7. Syntypes. Guinea; South Africa (Cape: Cape of Good Hope) (NRS, ZMUC).
Dacus sigmoides Coquillett, 1901: 29. Holotype. Mauritius (USNM).
Dacus brevistylus Bezzi, 1908: 149. Syntypes. Eritrea (Dintomi di Adi Ugri & Cheren) (MZLS, MCSNM).
Dacus apoxanthus var. decolor Bezzi, 1924a: 467. Syntypes. South Africa (Cape: Grahamstown) (SANC).
Tridacus mallyi Munro, 1925: 42. (Nomen nudum).
Dacus insistens Curran, 1927: 85. Holotype. Zaire (Bas – Zaire: Boma) (AMNH).
Dacus cocciniae Premlata & Singh, 1987: 401. Holotype. India (Punjab: Chandigarh) (PUCP). [See Drew & Romig (2013) for the date of publication].
Distribution. AF: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Senegal East to Somalia, South to South Africa, Yemen. AU:
Australia. OR: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. PA: Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Israel.
Egyptian localities. Eastern Desert: Abu Sultan, Gebel Asfar, Ismailiya. Fayoum:?. Lower Nile Valley: Dokki, El-
Baragil, Giza, Imbaba, Qalubiya, Nahya, Sharqiya. Upper Nile Valley: Aswan, Kom Ombo, Qena. Western Desert:
Kharga Oasis.
Host plants. Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupo Ser.), cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), marrow (Cucurbita
pepo L.), orange (Citrus x sinensis (L.) Osbeck), and watermelon (Citrullus sp.). Source: El-Sabah et al. (2004).
Dates of collection. Throughout the year.
Dacus (Didacus) frontalis Becker, 1922
Dacus frontalis Becker, 1922: 74. Holotype. Sudan (Bara) (ZMHB).
Dacus ciliatus var. duplex Munro, 1932: 155. Syntypes. South Africa (Transvaal: Rosslyn) (SANC). Dacus scopatus Munro, 1948: 22. Holotype. Kenya (Mbololo) (SANC).
Distribution. AF: Cape Verde Is., Egypt, Kenya to Namibia & South Africa, Sudan, Yemen. PA: Egypt. Egyptian localities. Eastern Desert: Ismailiya. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Giza, Qalubiya, Sharqiya. Host plants. Cucurbitaceous plants.
Dates of collection. January to March.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Essays on stochastic volatility and jumps
Creators: name: Duong, Diep Ngoc
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This dissertation comprises three essays on financial economics and econometrics. The  first essay outlines and expands upon further testing results from Bhardwaj, Corradi and  Swanson (BCS: 2008) and Corradi and Swanson (2011). In particular, specification tests  in the spirit of the conditional Kolmogorov test of Andrews (199&) that rely on block  bootstrap resampling methods are first discussed. We then broaden our discussion from  single process specification testing to multiple process model selection by discussing how  to construct predictive densities and how to compare the accuracy of predictive densities  derived from alternative (possibly misspecified) diffusion models. In particular, we  generalize simulation steps outlined in Cai and Swanson (2011) to multifactor models  where the number of latent variables is larger than three. In the second essay, we begin  by discussing important developments in volatility modeling, with a focus on time  varying and stochastic volatility as well as the "model free" estimation of volatility via  the use of so-called realized volatility, and variants thereof called realized measures. In  an empirical investigation, we use realized measures to investigate the role of “small” and  large” jumps in the realized variation of stock price returns and show that jumps do  matter in the relative contribution to the total variation of the process, when examining  individual stock returns, as well as market indices. The third essay examines the  predictive content of a variety of realized measures of jump power variations, all formed  on the basis of power transformations of instantaneous returns. Our prediction involves  estimating members of the linear and nonlinear extended Heterogeneous Autoregressive  of the Realized Volatility (HAR-RV) class of models, using S&P 500 futures data as well  as stocks in the Dow 30, for the period 1993-2009. Our findings suggest that past "large"  jump power variations help less in the prediction of future realized volatility, than past  "small" jump power variations. Our empirical findings also suggest that past realized  signed jump power variations, which have not previously been examined in this literature,  are strongly correlated with future volatility.
Codophila varia subsp. varia
Creators: name: Laterza, Ilaria
name: Tamburini, Giovanni
name: Panzarino, Onofrio
name: Loverre, Pamela
name: Mastronardi, Maria Grazia
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Lillo, Enrico De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Codophila
Codophila varia
Codophila varia varia (fabricius, 1787)

description: Codophila varia varia (Fabricius, 1787)
Material examined (n=236): loc. BQ 24.VI.2020, 24.VII.2020, 04.IX.2020; loc. BR 28. VI.2020 leg. MM, 24.VI.2020, 24.VII.2020, 04.IX.2020, 02.X.2020; loc. BS 28. VI.2017 leg. PL, 30.VI.2020, 25.VII.2020, 31.VIII.2020, 03.X.2020; loc. CM 07.VII.2020 leg. MM, 03.IX.2020, 01.X.2020; loc. LG 25.VI.2020, 03.X.2020; loc. MC 29.VI.2020, 27.VII.2020, 01.IX.2020, 30.IX.2020; loc. MS 04.VI.2020, 30.VI.2020, 29.VII.2020, 03.IX.2020, 01.X.2020; loc. PM 28.V.2020, 29.VII.2020, 03.IX.2020, 01.X.2020; loc. PG 01.VII.2020, 28.VII.2020, 02.IX.2020, 29.IX.2020; loc. PA 27. VIII.16 leg. PL; loc. RG 04.VI.2020, 01.VII.2020, 28.VII.2020, 02.IX.2020, 29.IX.2020; loc. S1 24.VII.2020, 04.IX.2020, 02.X.2020; loc. S2 07.VI.2020, 29.VI.2020, 27.VII.2020, 01.IX.2020, 30.IX.2020.
Distribution: Widespread in Southern Europe, North Africa (Algeria, Canary Isles, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia) and Western Asia.
description: Published as part of Laterza, Ilaria, Tamburini, Giovanni, Panzarino, Onofrio, Loverre, Pamela, Mastronardi, Maria Grazia, Dioli, Paride & Lillo, Enrico De, 2022, The first annotated checklist of Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) fauna of Alta Murgia National Park (Apulia region, Southern Italy), pp. 401-420 in Zootaxa 5219 (5) on pages 408-409, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7431348
Vendor financing and its impact on vendor's optimal policies
Creators: name: Duhaylongsod, Jose Benedicto B.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This research aims to elucidate how vendor financing impacts the business strategy of the vendor and to shed light on the resulting optimal inventory and dividend policies. We consider a vendor employing a Make-to-Stock inventory policy and selling to a particular set of buyers facing product demand. The vendor is constrained by a fixed amount of capital available for purchasing inventory and incurs a variety of costs. Since the buyers are also financially constrained, the vendor offers financing to the buyers in the form of trade credits, and receives the corresponding incremental orders, which would not be placed with the vendor in the absence of vendor financing. This thesis makes two primary contributions: (1) the suboptimal supply chain policies that arise from implementing vendor financing are explored; and (2) a stochastic optimization model and the attendant objective function from the perspective of the vendor are formulated and solved for optimal financial and inventory policies, simultaneously. The objective function maximizes the expected discounted dividends generated by the vendor, given its initial inventory and capital, subject to capital constraints. This is compared and contrasted with the case wherein the vendor utilizes an inventory policy, but no vendor financing and cases wherein the vendor uses vendor financing but has less available access to external funds. Analyses and insights are provided thereafter.
Leptoxyda Macquart 1835
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Leptoxyda

description: Subgenus LEPTOXYDA Macquart
Leptoxyda Macquart, 1835b: 452 (as genus). Type species: Leptoxyda testacea Macquart, 1835 (= Dacus longistylus Wiedemann, 1830), monotypy.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Evaluation of a smoking cessation intervention for people experiencing homelessness
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: People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are six times more likely to smoke than the general population (70% vs. 11%) in California. As a result, PEH face a disproportionate burden from tobacco-related illness and death and a high financial burden. There is an urgent need for tobacco cessation programs targeting PEH to reduce tobacco-related disparities. PEH are less likely to quit smoking successfully than general smokers. PEH face many barriers to cessation. Providing financial incentives to quit can help motivate quitting while also improving financial stability. Clinical trials of interventions that include contingency management, i.e., financial incentives, with behavioral counseling and pharmacotherapy have shown an increase in short-term (≤8 weeks) abstinence from cigarette smoking among PEH, but little is known about the effects of this approach on abstinence in the longer term (i.e. at >=6 months).

 To fill this research gap, I propose to evaluate a contingency management smoking cessation intervention program on abstinence from cigarette smoking at 6 months for PEH. My proposed study will be built on an ongoing pilot randomized clinical trial which assesses the feasibility and acceptability of a contingency management intervention for PEH engaged in primary care in three safety net clinics in San Francisco. Different from that trial, I will collect new qualitative data by interviewing trial participants to evaluate factors associated with quitting and relapse to smoking. Also, I will use the data collected from that trial to conduct an efficacy and cost-effectiveness analysis of the contingency management cessation intervention on abstinence at 6-months. This study will enable me to develop new skills in qualitative research methods, gain knowledge of tobacco cessation interventions, enhance my quantitative analysis skills in cost-effectiveness analysis, and gain community-engaged research experience. With the proposed research activities and training, I will be in a position to launch on a career path as an independent investigator in tobacco control intervention and policy research for priority populations. This study is aligned with a TRDRP’s research priority of “Social and Behavioral Prevention and Treatment”. Findings will be shared with different stakeholders such as clinic partners and the PEH community.
Urine liquid biopsy applications for non-muscle invasive bladder 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: Smoking is the single most important risk factor for bladder cancer, which is the 4th most common cancer in men, and 6th most common cancer overall. Bladder cancer recurs frequently, which requires repeat clinical visits for diagnostics and treatment. As such, it is commonly known that bladder cancer is among the most expensive cancers to treat over a patient’s lifetime. The majority of bladder cancer patients present with localized non-muscle invasive disease (NMIBC), and the gold standard treatment is Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy. Despite being in use for over 40 years, BCG only benefits a relatively small subset of patients. The mechanism of action is incompletely understood, and we still have not found treatments that outperform BCG. One reason for this lack of progress is that it is difficult to determine if patients have residual cancer after treatment, and therefore, how they responded, as current methods for tumor detection are either invasive or lack sensitivity. Identifying which patients actually benefit from BCG is especially important given the current international shortage of BCG.

 One promising method for bladder cancer detection is liquid biopsy of circulating cell-free nucleic acids, which are shed into urine from tumors and can be detected via next-generation sequencing. I have developed a method to sequence urinary cell-free RNA, which can noninvasively quantify gene expression and cell type composition of the urinary cell-free transcriptome. My central hypothesis is that urinary cfRNA analysis can identify gene expression and cell population features associated with BCG response. I also hypothesize that cfRNA dynamics during BCG treatment can predict patients at highest risk of recurrence following BCG. The impact of this approach utilizing cfRNA analysis to characterize BCG response in NMIBC can inform future clinical trial design based on cfRNA diagnostics, and help identify novel targets to guide development of new therapies.
Role of Nicotine on Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Atherosclerotic Lesions
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: Atherosclerosis is a cardiovascular disease in which blood vessels develop lesions that impair blood flow. A major risk factor is cigarette smoke, which contains many kinds of particles including the addictive component called nicotine. During the progression of atherosclerosis, vascular endothelial cells (ECs) within blood vessels transition into an unhealthy identity that furthers the progression of lesion formation. Additionally, the progression of atherosclerosis is influenced by complex cues from the extracellular matrix (ECM), a scaffolding structure surrounding ECs that drive their identity change. To better understand how nicotine influences the process of EC transition into a fibroblast-like identity, we propose the development of an ECM microscale platform to study EC identity in hundreds of complex ECM conditions simultaneously, including those containing multiple kinds of ECMs found in atherosclerotic lesions and controllable stiffness of the ECMs. Accordingly, the proposed studies will demonstrate how ECs respond to nicotine within environments containing multiple kinds of ECMs and stiffnesses associated with atherosclerotic lesions. Based on high-throughput automated analysis, the effect on ECs will be evaluated based gene and protein changes to their identity. Mathematical approaches will be used to reveal the relative importance of nicotine and various ECM components in controlling EC function and identity. Furthermore, the cell surface receptors that bind nicotine will be interrogated for their role in mediating the process. In a parallel approach, mice with fluorescently tagged ECs will be utilized to track the fate of the ECs during the transition process using genomic and protein-based approaches. The proposed studies will have important impact in the design of new therapies to treat atherosclerosis in tobacco users by targeting ECs.
Dacus (Leptoxyda) annulatus Becker 1903
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Lauxaniidae
Dacus
Dacus annulatus

description: Dacus (Leptoxyda) annulatus Becker, 1903
Dacus annulatus Becker, 1903: 138. Syntypes. Egypt (ZMHB). Psilodacus ariana Hering, 1937: 258. Syntypes. Ethiopia (Harrar) (ZMHB). Distribution. AF: Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Yemen. PA: Egypt. Egyptian localities. Unknown.
Host plants. Unknown.
Dates of collection. Unknown.
Remark. Efflatoun (1924a) listed this species as recorded from Egypt according to one female specimen in Berlin Museum supposed to have been captured from Egypt.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Characterizing the impact of aging on the effects of PTEN loss in lung adenocarcinoma
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: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and one of the most serious harms associated with tobacco smoking. Cancer typically occurs in older people- in fact, age is the single strongest risk factor for cancer. Many physiological changes occur when people age and mounting evidence suggests that some of these changes can modify the effect of cancer-causing mutations and influence tumor growth. Despite the close connection between aging and cancer biology, little is known about how aging impacts lung cancer development and the efficacy of different forms of treatment.

 Lung cancer in humans can be studied using mice that are genetically-engineered to allow the induction of diverse, cancer-causing mutations in the adult lung, resulting in the development of tumors that arise in their natural setting and closely resemble human tumors. To elucidate the impact of aging on lung tumor development, my thesis laboratory measured the effects of mutating many different cancer-causing genes in young and old mice with KRAS-driven lung adenocarcinoma, a common and tobacco-associated subtype of lung cancer. This experiment revealed that deletion of PTEN, a gene that is frequently mutated in lung cancer and is known to strongly stimulate tumor growth when deleted in young mice, had relatively weak effects on tumor growth in old mice. PTEN suppresses the PI3K/AKT pathway, which is one of the most important signaling pathways controlling the proliferation and survival of cells. These preliminary data suggest that the effects of PTEN deletion, and more generally, of activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway, on lung cancer development may be age-dependent, and raises the possibility that patient age may affect the extent to which lung cancer responds to therapies that target this critical pathway.

 My research will explore the mechanisms underlying the differential effect of PTEN-mutation with age through comparative analysis of PTEN-deficient tumors in young and old mice. In addition, I will compare the efficacy of drugs that target the PI3K/AKT pathway in treating PTEN deficient and proficient lung cancer in young and aged mice. These analyses will deepen our understanding of the biology of PTEN-deficient tumors and the factors that govern their growth, with the potential to have important implications for the treatment of lung cancer in both older and younger patients.
Contextualizing stigma among American Indian young adults who use tobacco and cannabis
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: Tobacco and cannabis use behaviors tend to be greater for American Indian (AI) populations than other ethno-racial groups, nationally and statewide. These rates are especially high for AI young adults but less is known why. Research suggests that social attitudes towards substance use create negative situations and environments for people who use. Existing evidence shows that smoking stigma triggers and worsens short- and long-term use of tobacco, deepening the risk of dependency. However, for AI young adults, the dominant system of ideas and practices that reinforces stigma also upholds a painful history of indigenous oppression and trauma that continues today in various forms (e.g., racism). Yet, the current evidence is limited in its exploration of stigmas associated with popular practices that include vaping, cannabis co-use, and other tobacco products. There is also little attention to the acts of prejudice and discrimination that burden the well-being of AI young adults and likely color their encounters with substance use stigmas. Progress with endgame policies in California make clear that this lack of data represents a key need. The purpose of this project is to provide a nuanced look at use behavior that extends beyond cigarette-smoking and how substance use stigma shapes the practices of AI young adults who use tobacco and cannabis. The proposed research will produce important insights for potential explanations to why risks are singularly concentrated in this age group. Attached to a larger study that will recruit 60 AI young adults (ages 21-29) who currently use tobacco and cannabis and live in Northern, Central, and Southern California, this project adds a complementary yet scientifically different focus on stigma. We will collect interviews, surveys, and biomarkers to enrich our understanding of how stigma emerges in the daily contexts of AI young adults, including how it may affect their willingness to provide an optional biosample for the parent study. To round out these efforts, this fellowship is supplemented with essential mentoring experiences with community-engagement, mixed-methods analyses, and quantitative biomarker assessments and interpretations. Together, this work will allow me to pursue independent research opportunities and successfully carry out tobacco control studies on stigma to uplift the needs of marginalized people.
Dolycoris baccarum
Creators: name: Laterza, Ilaria
name: Tamburini, Giovanni
name: Panzarino, Onofrio
name: Loverre, Pamela
name: Mastronardi, Maria Grazia
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Lillo, Enrico De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Dolycoris
Dolycoris baccarum

description: Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Material examined (n=198): loc. 01.VI.2020, 24.VI.2020, 24.VII.2020, 02.X.2020; loc. BR 02.VI.2020, 24.VI.2020, 24.VII.2020; loc. BS 03.VI.2020, 30.VI.2020, 25.VII.2020, 06.X.2020, 03.XI.2020; loc. CM 28.V.2020, 29.VII.2020; loc. AN 25.X.2016 leg. PL; loc. LG 03.VI.2020, 25.VI.2020, 06.X.2020; loc. MC 07.VI.2020, 29.VI.2020, 27.VII.2020, 01.IX.2020, 29.X.2020; loc. MS 09.VI.2016, 04.VI.2020, 30.VI.2020, 29.VI.2020, 03.IX.2020, 01.X.2020; loc. PM 23.VI.2020, 29.VII.2020, 03.IX.2020; loc. PG 03.03.201 7 leg. MM, 01.VII.2020, 28.VII.2020, 29.IX.2020, 04.XI.2020; loc. RG 04.VI.2020, 01.VII.2020, 28.VII.2020, 02.IX.2020, 29.IX.2020; loc. S1 02.VI.2020, 25.VI.2020, 24.VII.2020, 04.IX.2020, 02.X.2020, 14.XII.2020; loc. S2 07.VI.2020, 29.VI.2020, 27.VII.2020, 01.IX.2020, 30.IX.2020.
Distribution: Widespread in Europe, North Africa (Algeria, Madeira) and Western Asia. Extralimital records in India and Pakistan.
description: Published as part of Laterza, Ilaria, Tamburini, Giovanni, Panzarino, Onofrio, Loverre, Pamela, Mastronardi, Maria Grazia, Dioli, Paride & Lillo, Enrico De, 2022, The first annotated checklist of Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) fauna of Alta Murgia National Park (Apulia region, Southern Italy), pp. 401-420 in Zootaxa 5219 (5) on page 409, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7431348
Dacus (Leptoxyda) longistylus Wiedemann 1830
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Lauxaniidae
Dacus
Dacus longistylus

description: Dacus (Leptoxyda) longistylus Wiedemann, 1830
Dacus (Leptoxyda) longistylus Wiedemann, 1830: 522. Syntypes. Egypt (ZMHB, NHMW). Dacus longistylus var. clarus Efflatoun, 1924a: 33. Syntypes. Egypt (Kharga Oasis) (DAC, ESEC) Distribution. AF: Senegal, Nigeria, Mozambique, Yemen. PA: Egypt.
Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Mariout. Eastern Desert: Suez Road. Gebel Elba:?. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Ezbet El-Nakhl, Kafr Hakim. Upper Nile Valley: Aswan, Kom-Ombo. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis. Host plants. Sodom apple (Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton).
Dates of collection. September to January.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Holcogaster fibulata
Creators: name: Laterza, Ilaria
name: Tamburini, Giovanni
name: Panzarino, Onofrio
name: Loverre, Pamela
name: Mastronardi, Maria Grazia
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Lillo, Enrico De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Holcogaster
Holcogaster fibulata

description: Holcogaster fibulata (Germar, 1831) (Fig. 3)
Material examined (n=8): loc. RG 04.VI.2020, 02.IX.2020, 29.IX.2020; loc. S1 02. VI.2020.
Distribution: Widespread in Southern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland) and North Africa (Algeria, Canary Isles, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia) and Western Asia (Cyprus, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey (Asian part)).
Remarks: We also collected two nymphs in loc. S1 24.VII.2020 on P. halepensis. The adult specimens were collected in a semi-natural habitat on Callitropsis glabra (Sudw.) Carrière. First record in Apulia region (Southern Italy).
description: Published as part of Laterza, Ilaria, Tamburini, Giovanni, Panzarino, Onofrio, Loverre, Pamela, Mastronardi, Maria Grazia, Dioli, Paride & Lillo, Enrico De, 2022, The first annotated checklist of Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) fauna of Alta Murgia National Park (Apulia region, Southern Italy), pp. 401-420 in Zootaxa 5219 (5) on page 409, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7431348
Novel lung lymphocyte chemoattractant and receptor
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: Cigarette smoke (CS) exposure is the predominant risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease is characterized by chronic lung inflammation and airflow obstruction. During lung inflammation, white blood cells enter the lung tissue and airways and cause tissue damage. Attractant proteins play an important role in lung inflammation through coordinating the entry of leukocytes into lung tissue and airways. This chronic inflammation contributes to the eventual development of COPD. We recently discovered a new attractant/receptor pair. The attractant CXCL17 interacts with GPR25, a receptor expressed on populations of white blood cells, and triggers their migration. In experimental COPD models, CS exposure increased lung CXCL17 expression. Interestingly, CXCL17 was reported to be candidate ‘resistance’ gene that protects against developing COPD. Furthermore, we found that GPR25 is expressed on regulatory T cells with immune-suppressive activity. Under this pilot award from the TRDRP, we propose to evaluate the role of CXCL17 and GPR25 in protecting against experimental CS-induced lung inflammation and COPD. We also propose to evaluate CXCL17 directly as a therapeutic for efficacy suppressing lung inflammation and COPD in mouse models of chronic CS exposure. We propose that CXCL17 and GPR25 represent important targets for future therapies for tobacco related diseases from asthma to lung cancer.
Dacus (Leptoxyda) semisphaereus Becker 1903
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Lauxaniidae
Dacus
Dacus semisphaereus

description: Dacus (Leptoxyda) semisphaereus Becker, 1903
Dacus semisphaereus Becker, 1903: 139. Holotype. Egypt (ZMHB). Dacus pumilo Munro, 1948: 48. Holotype. Ethiopia (Harar: Dire Dawa) (SANC). Dacus semisphaereus Foote, 1984: 83. Misspelling of semisphaereus Becker, attributed to "author". Distribution. AF: Ethiopia, Sudan. PA: Egypt, Saudi Arabia. Egyptian localities. Unknown. Efflatoun (1924a) listed this species as recorded from Egypt according to Becker’s type in Berlin Museum that captured from Egypt.
Host plants. Unknown.
Dates of collection. Unknown.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Holcostethus albipes
Creators: name: Laterza, Ilaria
name: Tamburini, Giovanni
name: Panzarino, Onofrio
name: Loverre, Pamela
name: Mastronardi, Maria Grazia
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Lillo, Enrico De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Holcostethus
Holcostethus albipes

description: Holcostethus albipes (Fabricius, 1781)
Material examined (n=9): loc. CM 28. V.2020; loc. PG 02.IX.2020; loc. RG 29.IX.2020, 04.XI.2020, 17.XII.2020; loc. S1 25.VI.2020, 24.VII.2020.
Distribution: Widespread in Europe (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey (European part)), North Africa (Algeria, Morocco) and Asia (Syria, Turkey (Asian part)).
Peribalus strictus strictus (Fabricius, 1803)
Material examined (n=12): loc. CM 28. V.2020; loc. AN 25.X.2020 leg. MM; loc. LG 25. VI.2020, loc. MC 29. VI.2020; loc. RG 01.VII.2020; loc. S1 25. VI.2020; loc. S2 29.X.2020.
Distribution: Widespread in Europe (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania Slovenia, Serbia, Spain), North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia) and Asia (Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey (Asian part)).
description: Published as part of Laterza, Ilaria, Tamburini, Giovanni, Panzarino, Onofrio, Loverre, Pamela, Mastronardi, Maria Grazia, Dioli, Paride & Lillo, Enrico De, 2022, The first annotated checklist of Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) fauna of Alta Murgia National Park (Apulia region, Southern Italy), pp. 401-420 in Zootaxa 5219 (5) on page 410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7431348
Environmental smoking and inborn genetics: impact on pediatric brain cancers
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: Brain tumors are the most common solid tumor in children, and gliomas are the most common subtype. Only one third of pediatric glioma patients live into adulthood. Prevention is therefore a worthy goal. The only recognized environmental risk factor for pediatric brain cancers is ionizing radiation. Prior case-control studies that assessed parental smoking are plagued with small sizes, retrospective recall bias, and poorly matched controls to cases. In recent years (2007 onwards), tobacco use before and during pregnancy is recorded on California birth certificates, allowing for estimates of the effect of smoking on childhood cancer risks without participation or interview bias. A recently published statewide analysis examining self-reported tobacco use within the California birth cohort pinpointed two cancer types associated with tobacco: pediatric gliomas and retinoblastoma. Pediatric gliomas had a 2-fold (or 100%) increased risk when mothers smoked during pregnancy, elevating tobacco to be a major risk factor for gliomas for California children. Our research group has assembled a large glioma study (2278 cases and 2278 controls) of California children born 1982-2009, and have performed a genome-wide genetic scan. Interestingly, our genetic study uncovered new genetic risk factors including a mitochondrial DNA variant involved in oxidative metabolism, along with a gene involved in cell division control. These variants may interact with tobacco exposure in inducing susceptibility to pediatric brain cancers, which we will assess within this new application. We will diagnose pregnancy tobacco exposure using a DNA methylation biomarker assay that we have developed and validated (using prior TRDRP funding) on California Biobank neonatal blood spots for assessing sustained maternal pregnancy smoking during pregnancy, allowing for precise, unbiased estimation of pregnancy tobacco exposure for our entire study sample. Pregnancy tobacco exposure will be analyzed in conjunction with genome-wide genetic variations for interaction with tobacco exposure during pregnancy, to discover who are the most genetically vulnerable Californians. Glioblastoma will be investigated in higher depth, concentrating on DNA methylation variations as it is the most devastating glioma subtype. Our results will impact tobacco cessation efforts in this vulnerable population – young families.
Dacus sexmaculatus Walker 1871
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Lauxaniidae
Dacus
Dacus sexmaculatus

description: Dacus sexmaculatus Walker, 1871
Dacus sexmaculatus Walker, 1871: 344. Unspecified type. Egypt (Harkeko) (BMNH), Syntypes destroyed (Horn & Kahle 1935: 159). Harkeko is a town located in Eritrea at the moment, not in Egypt.
Distribution. AF: Eritrea. PA: Egypt.
Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Burg, Mariout. Gebel Elba: Wadi Edeib.
Host plants. Unknown.
Dates of collection. January to March.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Mechanisms of the Smoking Paradox in Coronary Artery Vasospasm
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: Coronary artery vasospasm (CAV) is a condition characterized by the temporary constriction and blockage of the arteries feeding the heart. It can cause chest pain, and in severe cases, heart attacks, or even deadly rhythm problems of the heart. This condition can be responsible for up to half of all patients visiting the emergency department for chest pain. Smoking is the single most important trigger for CAV, and smoking cessation is essential for managing CAV in smokers because cigarette ingredients, including nicotine, can damage cells within the heart arteries, thus compromising their ability to remain open to ensure an adequate blood flow. However, increasing evidence suggests a more complicated relationship between smoking and CAV than once thought. In fact, we have recently described an interesting clinical phenomenon we termed “the smoking paradox,” in which some smokers with severe CAV not adequately controlled on current medications can ironically obtain relief, rather than worsening, of vasospasm from nicotine-containing products. The reasons why this occurs are currently unknown and may be linked to the differences in how the individual patients’ heart arteries, and more specifically their cells, respond to nicotine. In this project, we will examine the mechanisms by which “the smoking paradox” occurs. We will first use a novel stem cell-based technology to generate cells that mimic those lining the heart arteries from three groups of study participants: 1) CAV patients with conventional nicotine response, 2) CAV patients with paradoxical nicotine response, and 3) healthy individuals. In a culture dish, we will then assess how differently the cells from each participant group carry out their functions (especially those related to the control of heart arteries) at baseline and in response to nicotine. Finally, we will determine the specific genes and gene products within the cells that may be responsible for how the groups of cells respond differently to nicotine. Through these experiments, we hope to better understand the “smoking paradox” and use the knowledge obtained to eventually develop better drug therapies not only for those with paradoxical, but also conventional, nicotine response.
Staria lunata
Creators: name: Laterza, Ilaria
name: Tamburini, Giovanni
name: Panzarino, Onofrio
name: Loverre, Pamela
name: Mastronardi, Maria Grazia
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Lillo, Enrico De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Staria
Staria lunata

description: Staria lunata (Hahn, 1835)
Material examined (n=236): loc. BQ 01.VI.2020, 24.VI.2020, 24.VII.2020, 04.IX.2020; loc. BR 02.VI.2020, 24.VI.2020, 24.VII.2020, 04.IX.2020; loc. BS 03.VI.2020, 30.VI.2020, 25.VII.2020, 31.VIII.2020, 06.X.2020; loc. CM 28.V.2020, 23.VI.2020, 29.VII.2020, 03.IX.2020, 01.X.2020; loc. LG 03.VI.2020, 25.VI.2020, 25.VII.2020, 31.VIII.2020; loc. MC 07.VI.2020, 29.VI.2020, 27.VII.2020, 01.IX.2020, 30.IX.2020; loc. MS 04.VI.2020, 29.VII.2020, 01.X.2020; loc. PG 01.VII.2020, 28.VII.2020, 29.IX.2020; loc. RG 01.VII.2020, 28.VII.2020, 02.IX.2020; loc S1 02.VI.2020, 25.VI.2020, 24.VII.2020, 02.X.2020; loc. S2 07.VI.2020, 29.VI.2020, 27.VII.2020, 01.IX.2020, 30.IX.2020.
Distribution: Widespread in Europe, North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) and Asia (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Asian part)).
description: Published as part of Laterza, Ilaria, Tamburini, Giovanni, Panzarino, Onofrio, Loverre, Pamela, Mastronardi, Maria Grazia, Dioli, Paride & Lillo, Enrico De, 2022, The first annotated checklist of Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) fauna of Alta Murgia National Park (Apulia region, Southern Italy), pp. 401-420 in Zootaxa 5219 (5) on page 410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7431348
Macrophages and Cardiovascular Effects Induced by Electronic Cigarettes
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: People know that smoking tobacco cigarettes (TCs) is bad for our bodies. Companies have advertised electronic cigarettes (ECs) as a healthier alternative. Many young people have started smoking ECs, but are ECs healthier? Data has shown that ECs may not be as healthy as people think. We have proven that ECs cause changes in our heartbeats and can cause heart disease. One thing that plays a role in heart disease is our natural antioxidant response. We have observed that ECs can trigger our body's natural defense system, but it is unclear if ECs switch on an antioxidant response as well. There are studies of products that are inhaled similar to ECs that support that the antioxidant response can protect us from heart disease when activated. What I hope to do is conduct experiments using mice with mutations to their antioxidant response. This would allow me to figure out if the antioxidant response contributes to heart disease and changes in the variation of our heartbeats.
Improving pharmacy-based tobacco cessation services in California’s Central Valley
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 Central Valley has one of California’s highest rates of tobacco product use and among the lowest rates of access to traditional primary care providers, making obtaining tobacco cessation treatment challenging. Although the US allows the sale of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products over the counter, the use of pharmacotherapy alone, without counseling, does not necessarily help people achieve tobacco abstinence.

 In areas where traditional primary care services are less accessible people often obtain care from local pharmacies, which can be visited without an appointment, do not require payment for health advice, and remained open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This combination of characteristics has made them providers of first resort for populations that have faced historical exclusion from traditional models of care. Multiple systematic reviews have found that cessation counseling provided by pharmacists in community settings combined with NRT use can double or triple abstinence rates relative to NRT use alone. In 2016 California gave pharmacists the authority to prescribe NRT, and later to be reimbursed as providers, through a process referred to as furnishing. Pharmacist furnishing allows tobacco product users access to higher NRT dosages, additional NRT modalities (e.g., inhalers), and counseling, which increase the likelihood of successfully quitting. Despite these policy changes, the limited research conducted has found that pharmacists rarely furnish. Barriers identified include concern about the potential reactions of smokers and time constraints.

 The overall goal of this proposed research is decrease tobacco-related disease in California’s Central Valley using pharmacist-led tobacco cessation services. This proposal will leverage a team of researchers studying furnishing, pharmacists experienced in tobacco cessation treatment, community organizations affiliated with UC Merced’s Nicotine & Cannabis Policy Center, and pharmacists providing continuing professional education (California Society of Health-System Pharmacists) to identify barriers and facilitators to pharmacist-provided tobacco cessation in the Central Valley, develop continuing education that will train pharmacists to provide tobacco cessation, and assess the extent to which Central Valley pharmacists who complete training begin providing tobacco cessation services.
Eysarcoris ventralis
Creators: name: Laterza, Ilaria
name: Tamburini, Giovanni
name: Panzarino, Onofrio
name: Loverre, Pamela
name: Mastronardi, Maria Grazia
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Lillo, Enrico De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Eysarcoris
Eysarcoris ventralis

description: Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood, 1837)
Material examined (n= 3): loc. PM 29.VII.2020; loc. S1 25. VI.2020; S2 29. VI.2020.
Distribution: Widespread in Europe, North Africa (Algeria, Azores, Canary Isles, Egypt, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia) and Asia. Extralimital records in tropical Africa, Cape Verde Islands, Hawaii, Oriental Region.
description: Published as part of Laterza, Ilaria, Tamburini, Giovanni, Panzarino, Onofrio, Loverre, Pamela, Mastronardi, Maria Grazia, Dioli, Paride & Lillo, Enrico De, 2022, The first annotated checklist of Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) fauna of Alta Murgia National Park (Apulia region, Southern Italy), pp. 401-420 in Zootaxa 5219 (5) on page 410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7431348
Neoceratitis Hendel 1927
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Neoceratitis

description: Genus NEOCERATITIS Hendel
Neoceratitis Hendel, 1927a: 61. Type species: Ceratitis asiatica Becker, 1908, original designation. Heoceratitis Hendel, 1927a: 20. Type species: Incorrect original spelling of Neoceratitis.
Trirhithromyia Hendel, 1931b: 2. Type species: Ceratitis efflatouni Hendel, 1931, monotypy.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233
Targeting Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity During Treatment of COPD and Lung 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: Smoking is implicated in 80% of COPD-related mortalities, as well as 80-90% of lung cancer deaths. Notably, both these conditions are characterized by an imbalance of oxygen supply and demand. Both COPD and lung cancer result in impaired oxygen delivery to tissues, resulting in pathological hypoxia (low oxygen). The primary form of management of these conditions is supplemental oxygen. However, this can result in the converse condition of tissue hyperoxia (high oxygen). Indeed, millions of patients receive supplemental oxygen each year. A relatively underappreciated fact is that hyperoxia is extremely toxic across all organisms. Notably, mammals exposed to 100% oxygen develop severe lung pathologies characterized by inflammation and oxidative damage. This results in death of the organism within several days. More recently, it is becoming clear that supplemental oxygen can worsen clinical outcomes in the ICU or following chronic administration in mechanically-ventilated patients. Thus, while supplemental oxygen is necessary to combat whole-body hypoxia during COPD and lung cancer, it is also toxic to the lungs and likely worsens the underling primary pathologies. The goal of our proposal is to identify the most sensitive metabolic pathways that are damaged in hyperoxia and the downstream functional consequences -- specifically in lung epithelial (ATII) cells and lung fibroblasts. The long-term objective is to develop adjuvant therapies during supplemental oxygen treatment, thereby protecting the vulnerable lung cell types from further damage during tobacco-related lung pathologies. This will thwart further disease progression and may even enable gradual weaning off supplemental oxygen.
Neoceratitis efflatouni
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Neoceratitis
Neoceratitis efflatouni

description: Neoceratitis efflatouni (Hendel, 1931)
Ceratitis efflatouni Hendel, 1931b: 3. Holotype. Egypt (Gebel Elba: Mersa [Marsa] Halaib) (ESEC). Holotype seems to be destroyed.
Distribution. AF: Egypt [Gebel Elba]. PA: Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia.
Egyptian localities. Eastern Desert: Ghoubbet El-Bous. Gebel Elba: Wade Edeib.
Host plants. Unknown in Egypt. However, In Israel: Lycium schweinfurthii Dammer (Solanaceae). Source: De
Meyer & Freidberg (2012).
Dates of collection. January to July.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233