cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Drosophila pallidipennis Dobzhansky & Pavan 1943
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila pallidipennis

description: pallidipennis Dobzhansky & Pavan, 1943: 32. Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Iporanga. LT M (MZUSP). NT Distr.: Mexico to Peru and Argentina. Colombia (Cundinamarca (Fusagasugá), Santander (Bucaramanga)). Refs.: Hunter & Navarro, 1969: 1102; Yoon, 1996: 42.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 729, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Tetronarce formosa
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Torpediniformes
Torpedinidae
Tetronarce
Tetronarce formosa

description: Tetronarce formosa (Haas & Ebert, 2006)
Taiwanese Torpedo
Torpedo formosa Haas & Ebert, 2006: 2, Figs 1 –3. Holotype: CAS 223471. Type locality: Ta-Shi Fish Market, northeastern Taiwan.
Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 214, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) NTUM 11498, juvenile male 258 mm TL, northwest of Kavieng, New Ireland, 2°27’ S, 150°40’ E, 335–340 m depth, 28 Aug. 2014.
Remarks: First record of this family and genus in PNG; first record of this species outside of Taiwanese waters, possibly suggests a much broader range than previously thought.
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
School mental health services
Creators: name: Gallegly, Allison Lynn
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This study investigated current practices of school mental health services in central New Jersey public schools. Seven Directors of Special Education were interviewed to obtain information about mental health service providers, types of mental health services available, prevalence of school-based mental health centers, staff development on mental health issues, and the most effective services and programs. Participants also provided information about the gaps that still need to be filled to meet the mental health needs of students and how they would fill these gaps. All participants indicated that mental health services are provided within their school district. The most common service providers of mental health services were school counselors (100% of participants indicated mental health services are provided by school counselors), school social workers (100% of participants indicated mental health services are provided by school social workers), and school psychologists (85.7% of participants indicated mental health services are provided by school psychologists). Only two of the seven participants indicated there is a school-based mental health center within their district to provide expanded mental health services. Results suggested that school-based mental health centers, prevention programming, and specific individuals including school psychologists were the most effective at meeting students’ mental health needs. Results also indicated that more prevention programming and staff training is needed to fully meet students’ mental health needs. Additional findings as well as recommendations, limitations, and implications for school psychologists are discussed.
An exploration of the 'I Have a Dream' program and its impact on urban students' academic trajectories
Creators: name: Diamantis, Olga
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The ‘I Have a Dream’ (IHAD) program is a philanthropic, community-based intervention committed to supporting pupils in impoverished and under-resourced school systems. The IHAD program presents disadvantaged youth with an equal opportunity to pursue higher education by providing scholastic and social-emotional supports to promote college readiness or successful entrance into the workforce. This dissertation assessed if an IHAD program in the northeast had positively impacted the academic trajectory for participants (Dreamers) and explored if its students’ academic achievement and attainment was superior to their grade-level peers. Dreamers’ Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency ratings on state proficiency examinations were compared to the proficiency ratings of students in the general population of the district. An analysis of graduation rates, school-drop out, and enrollment rates were compared between the Dreamers and aggregated peer data from senior cohorts. Results suggest that the Dreamers had made gains from Grade 4 to Grade 11 in both Language Arts and Mathematics, as evidenced through their proficiency scores on the state standardized assessments. The data also indicated that Dreamers fared comparably to non-IHAD peers with their academic attainment. Meaningful comparison of graduation rates between the Dreamers and senior peer group was not possible due to limited publically accessible data. Future research may benefit from examining Dreamers’ sustained academic attainment through college enrollment and graduation rates. Prospective IHAD research may also benefit by examining how historical, cultural, and societal mechanisms may be contributing to disadvantaged youth’s academic merit and aspirations.
Development and maintenance of HIV-1 latency in CD4 T 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: Even the most effective current treatments for HIV infection are not able to completely clear the virus from the body. This is due to the ability of HIV to survive in a state of very low activity (termed latency) for very long periods of time in certain types of white blood cells (CD4 T cells). When HIV assumes this state in infected cells, it is very difficult for drugs or the immune system to attack and remove the virus, rendering the infection incurable with treatments available today. In addition, it has been extremely difficult for researchers to study this particular form of HIV, because very few cells that carry this latent state of virus infection can be found in blood samples from patients with HIV (about 1 in every million cells). To address this practical research problem, we have developed a model system to study HIV infection at the level of single cells in the laboratory. Our model is special because it uses fresh samples of healthy human T cells that are separated from the blood, infected with high amounts of virus in the test tube, and then kept alive in culture for 2-3 weeks. Using this approach, we have been able to create infected CD4 T cells that carry HIV in a state of latency, similar to that seen in cells taken from the blood of HIV-infected patients. Our goal is to use such laboratory models of infected human T cells to study how HIV is able to survive in CD4 T cells at such low levels of activity, and how new drugs may be designed to attack HIV in this state of latency.
Measuring behavioral regulation and its relation to early language skills and teacher-rated behavior in a culturally diverse school district
Creators: name: Corbo, Melissa N.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Evidence suggests that behavioral regulation skills, including attention, working memory, and inhibitory control, are essential in the academic and social development of preschoolers. As the demands of formal schooling increase, behavioral regulation skills are necessary for school success. The current study focuses on a direct measure of behavior, the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) task, which requires children to respond to counterintuitive commands that target regulatory skills. Data were collected from 227 students in an urban, culturally diverse school district during the fall and spring of their prekindergarten school year. The nature of the HTKS was examined, including the variability of scores, correlation with demographic variables, and growth over the prekindergarten year. In addition, the relation between HTKS scores and measures of language skills and teacher-rated behavior were investigated. HTKS scores were significantly correlated with age, ethnicity, home language, and mothers’ years of education. Significant gains in behavioral regulation were found. HTKS scores were significantly, positively related to vocabulary scores in the fall and spring. Fall HTKS scores significantly correlated with spring teacher-rated behavior. Limitations and implications of the current study are discussed.
The topology of the BST-2 mediated restriction of HIV-1
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: Bone marrow stromal cell antigen-2 (BST-2) is an antiviral cellular protein found at the surface of some host cells. BST-2 can be expressed by all cells and is found at the surface of cells treated with compounds produced by the immune system called interferons. BST-2 is now known to inhibit viral release, called “tethering”. These findings led to the conclusion that BST-2 is an effector of the immune response against viruses such as HIV-1. Inhibition of viral release and the functional interaction of BST-2 with the HIV accessory protein VPU are recent concepts. Virus containing a functional vpu gene readily escapes from cells that express BST-2, but virus that lacks a functional vpu remains stuck or “tethered” to the cell surface. Additionally, the expression of VPU causes removal of BST-2 from the cell surface. These results indicate a mechanism utilized by HIV to counteract the host’s response as mediated by BST-2. Structural data on BST-2 are minimal. Based on computer modeling, BST-2 likely contains a single membrane-spanning domain, an extracellular region, and ends in a chemical membrane anchor. Additionally, the extracellular domain of BST-2 contains two sites for sugar addition as well as three sites for bonds with other proteins. BST-2 forms disulfide-linked dimers (where a complex consists of two BST-2 proteins); however, this is not the only possible means of interaction: computer modeling suggests that two BST-2 complexes could form a larger BST-2 complex. To test the topological model of tethering, I propose to use a number of approaches. Changes within the BST-2 ectodomain will be created and the mutant proteins will be analyzed for tethering activity and as well as the ability to form multi-protein complexes as explained below. These mutations will target the sugar modification sites, the binding sites, and the predicted regions where BST-2 could interact with other BST-2 proteins. To test the necessity of a specific extracellular protein shape, the activity of a naturally occurring protein which is similar to BST-2, but which lacks a similar extracellular region will be tested. Finally, interaction experiments will be used to illustrate whether dimerization occurs under varying conditions or in the case of altered protein sequence. These methods will verify and characterize a extracellular interactions or provide evidence for an alternative structure. Upon completion of this project, the mechanism by which BST-2 tethers HIV-1 to the surface of cells will be known. The exact nature of this mechanism, with regards to specific structure within the extracellular domain will be illustrated.
Effect of APOE Genotype on Prospective Memory in HIV-1
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: Identification of genetic risk factors for cognitive problems in people living with HIV infection is an important and timely endeavor, as early identification and intervention for individuals at risk for neurocognitive impairment may ultimately improve disease outcomes. This application will evaluate the genetic risk associated with HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment and, more specifically, prospective memory (ProM) impairment. ProM is a unique aspect of memory that describes the ability to “remember to remember”, and is an important and powerful predictor of daily functioning. ProM is therefore highly relevant to HIV disease, in which a substantial subset of individuals experience difficulty carrying out normal daily functions (e.g., managing finances) because of cognitive problems. In fact, research shows that people living with HIV have deficits in ProM, which are predictive of increased dependence in everyday functioning. Regarding the genetic aspects of ProM, a particular genetic risk factor, the APOE genotype, has been associated with impaired ProM in healthy adults. This genetic risk factor has also been shown to increase risk of developing HIV-associated dementia (HAD). Although the relationships among HIV-1 infection, APOE, and ProM have been demonstrated separately, no study has examined the potentially important interrelationships between these factors, nor the association between APOE genotype and milder forms of HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment. As such, the current proposal aims to characterize the risk associated with APOE genotype for HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment in a sample of 180 HIV-1 seropositive individuals, and to investigate the relationship between this genetic risk and dependence in IADLs. Further, an additional aim of the current study is to investigate the relationship between APOE genotype and ProM performance. Findings elucidating the association between APOE-related risk for HIV-1-associated neurocognitive impairment, and specifically ProM impairment, would provide the basis for further investigation of genetic risk factors in HIV disease. Importantly, understanding this genetic risk could improve clinical diagnosis of HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment, a continued public health concern, even in the era of increasing effective HIV medications. Moreover, demonstrating the link between APOE genotype, ProM impairment, and poorer functional outcomes could inform ProM-focused treatments designed to improve the daily lives of people infected with HIV, as well as their significant others and careproviders.
Starvation as self-preservation
Creators: name: Dehler, Lauren Courtney
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Anorexia nervosa is a disorder that affects millions in the United States and has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, estimated at or above 10%.  The majority of sufferers are female, though the number of male cases continues to increase. The current study seeks to explore and interpret the internal experiences of females with anorexia through the lens of British object-relations theories regarding schizoid phenomena. This dissertation offers a review of the current clinical and psychoanalytic literature on female anorexia, as well as current empirical findings.  There is also a summary of the theories of Guntrip and Laing on schizoid mechanisms, along with a discussion of psychological aspects of modernity as discussed by Sass and Bordo.  This study utilizes published memoirs of women in recovery from anorexia, and through narrative inquiry methodology explores the hypothesis that anorexia is an attempt to alleviate and resolve schizoid concerns.  In the analyses, thirteen themes emerge that capture the paradoxical nature of anorexia, in which the sufferer engages in a process of destructive self-preservation.  Central to these findings is a self-annihilating narcissism that describes the internal experiences of preoccupation and self-loathing within the sufferer, as well as a desire to become a person without needs and without a body.  These are shown to provide a protective boundary between the internal self and the external world.  In an attempt to assert a sense of self through starvation, the sufferer exists in a state between being and non-being, which often leads to serious medical complications and sometimes death.  Lastly, these paradoxical themes tie into literature on the schizoid condition, which provides insight into the contradictory experiences of anorexia.  The splitting that occurs in anorexia between an inner self and a body self appears to parallel the splitting within the schizoid, which protects the person against fears of annihilation, engulfment, implosion, and petrification by the other.
Drosophila paraguayensis Duda 1927
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila paraguayensis

description: paraguayensis Duda, 1927: 185. Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis. LT M (ZMHU). NT Distr.: Brazil, Chile, Colombia (Magdalena (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta)), Ecuador, Paraguay. Refs.: Hoenigsberg, 1995a: 87; Bächli et al, 2000: 79.
medionotata Frota-Pessoa, 1954: 288. Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Vila Atlântica. HT M (MNRJ). Syn. Vilela & Bächli, 1990: 102.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 729, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Narcinidae Gill 1862
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Rajiformes
Narcinidae

description: Family Narcinidae Gill, 1862
Numbfishes
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Narcinops Whitley 1940
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Torpediniformes
Narcinidae
Narcinops

description: Genus Narcinops Whitley, 1940
Longtail Numbfishes
Narcinops Whitley, 1940: 164. Type species Narcine tasmaniensis Richardson, 1841; by original designation.
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Morellia (Morellia) tibetana Fan 1974
Creators: name: Pamplona, Denise
name: Nihei, Silvio S.
name: Couri, Márcia S.
name: Pont, Adrian C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Morellia
Morellia tibetana

description: 39. Morellia (M.) tibetana Fan, 1974
(Figs 157–161)
Morellia hortorum ssp. tibetana Fan, 1974: 95. Type locality: CHINA, Xizang [Tibet], Lhasa. Holotype Ƌ, SIPPE.
Descriptive remarks. Originally described as a subspecies of M. hortorum, M. tibetana was recently raised to full species rank by Fan (2008).
Similar to M. hortorum, the male differing as follows: scutellum with 1 basal, 1 latero-discal, 2 preapical (weak) and 1 apical pairs of setae. Wing with one faint spot in costal cell from base until after the humeral crossvein. Seventeen pairs of frontal setae. Mid tibia with an anterodorsal comb-like row of shorter setulae on basal twothirds; hind femur with an anterodorsal row of shorter setae; hind tibia with an anteroventral row of shorter setae and with anteroventral and anterodorsal setae on apical half, and 2 anterodorsal setae on basal half; dm-cu sinuous; posterior margin of sternite 5 concave and with few setae (Fig. 157).
Terminalia. Apical third of cercal plate bare; cercal plate ventrally with 2 strong spines; surstylus with many setae on apical half (Figs 158–160); basiphallus long; aedeagus with spicules on anterior membrane of distiphallus; gonopod with 1 long and strong seta on basal third and 1 seta on apical third; paramere with some setae apically and a few setae on middle third (Fig. 161).
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. CHINA: locality not deciphered [in Chinese], 5.vii.1977, 1 Ƌ (BMNH).
Distribution. PALAEARCTIC: China (Xizang, Shanxi).
description: Published as part of Pamplona, Denise, Nihei, Silvio S., Couri, Márcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2016, Taxonomy of Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): revision of the subgenera Morellia s. str. and Parapyrellia Townsend, pp. 1-110 in Zootaxa 4163 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4163.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/259278
Drosophila paranaensis Barros 1950
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila paranaensis

description: paranaensis Barros, 1950: 266. Type locality: Brazil, Paraná, Pôrto Capitão Heitor. HT M (MZUSP). NT Distr.:. El Salvador to Argentina. Colombia (Amazonas (Leticia), Cundinamarca (Fusagasugá), Magdalena (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta), Meta (Villavicencio)). Refs.: Hunter, 1966: 423; Hunter & Navarro, 1969: 1102; Hoenigsberg, 1995b: 177; Yoon, 1996: 35.
pseudomercatorum Magalhães & Malogolowkin-Cohen, 1975: 363. Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Campo Grande. ST B (MZUSP). Syn. Vilela in Wheeler, 1981: 20.
paramercatorum Magalhães & Malogolowkin-Cohen, 1975: 365. Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Campo Grande. HT M (MZUSP). Syn. Vilela in Wheeler, 1981:20.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 729, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Narcinops nelsoni
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Torpediniformes
Narcinidae
Narcinops
Narcinops nelsoni

description: Narcinops cf. nelsoni
Plain Numbfish
Local synonymy: Narcine nelsoni— Fricke et al., 2014: 14 (Madang Province); White et al., 2018: 212, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material: (5 spec.) ASIZ P0073800, 138 mm TL, off Lae, Huon Gulf, 7°28.181’ S, 147°31.394’ E, 280–302 m depth, 23 Aug. 2010; NTUM 10324 (2 spec.), female 90 mm TL, juvenile male 113 mm TL, west of Kairiru Island, East Sepik Province, 3°20’ S, 143°28’ E, 325–345 m depth, 19 Dec. 2012;
Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Fricke et al. (2014) from Madang Province. Similar to the West Australian Numbfish Narcinops lasti (Carvalho & Séret, 2002) but differs in some morphological characters; molecular data supports this species being different from N. lasti from northwestern Australia (G. Naylor, unpubl. data), but no eastern Australian N. nelsoni are included in the current analyses. The species is close to N. nelsoni but seems to differ in having slightly larger eyes.
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Drosophila parthenogenetica Stalker 1953
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila parthenogenetica

description: parthenogenetica Stalker, 1953:347. Type locality: Mexico, Puebla, Atlixco. HT M (AMNH). NT Distr. Mexico to Trinidad, Colombia (Antioquia (Monteria), Atlantico (Barranquilla)). Ref. Heed & Russel, 1971: 99.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 729, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Hexatrygonidae Heemstra & Smith 1980
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes
Hexatrygonidae

description: Family Hexatrygonidae Heemstra & Smith, 1980
Sixgill Stingray
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Stasis in music and the formation of musical states and A portrait of an infant (on coming into being)
Creators: name: Woodward, Craig Healey
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The perception of structure in music is frequently based upon a theoretical   understanding of the musical elements. This basis tends toward stylized analysis   of a specific element of the music, for instance, pitch, form, rhythm, et cetera,   with the goal of revealing the tendencies or development of this element   throughout the piece. Not frequently discussed is the function and significance of   stasis in perceiving the structure of music. A “moment” of stasis, as Stockhausen   called it, can alternatively be understood as a “state of existence.” A static section   of music can give a sensation of inactivity often comprehended as a slowing of   the music!s forward momentum, or temporality, as contrasted with more dynamic   states. A musical state is reliant upon a particular treatment of its internal   elements, incorporating varying degrees of limitation and change. Analysis of   both dynamic and static states is considered in an endeavor to further   understand the function of musical stasis in the structure of a composition.
Building bridges of understanding
Creators: name: Tuuri, Rebecca A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Wednesdays in Mississippi (WIMS) was an interracial, interfaith civil rights organization formed in 1964 to aid in the Freedom Summer voter registration project.  The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) sponsored this organization, with participants hailing from major national liberal women’s organizations such as the Young Women’s Christian Association, National Council of Jewish Women, National Council of Catholic Women, Church Women United, and the NCNW. These women sought to counteract southern whites’ negative stereotypes of civil rights workers by promoting themselves as an older generation of activists sympathetic to their cause. By wearing white gloves, pearls, and dresses, they employed gendered performances of respectability, membership in national women’s organizations, and ties to major business and political leaders to change the hearts and minds of white southern moderates resistant to integration.  In that first summer, 48 WIMS members in teams of five to seven women flew to Jackson, Mississippi on Tuesday, visited a smaller Mississippi town on Wednesday, and flew back on Thursday. Teams returned in the summer of 1965 to work with Head Start initiatives. In 1966 the organization became Workshops in Mississippi and shifted its focus to supporting anti-poverty initiatives, such as a pig farm, day care centers, and low-income home ownership projects, in Mississippi.     This dissertation explores the ways that middle-aged, middle class black and white women engaged in activism during the 1960s.  Unlike more radical feminist and black power activists, these women sought to be unobtrusive and inoffensive in their efforts, working behind the scenes to foster social and economic justice.  Their activism depended on individual transformation and on building connections between local activists and national officials and organizations. Their quiet strategy has been largely responsible for the lack of attention given them by historians. Yet they offer an important and largely overlooked form of middle class liberal activism through which women influenced local civil rights campaigns; forged ties between black and white women, North and South; and used their connections to bring federal resources to poor southern communities. Ultimately, WIMS efforts also served as a model for NCNW projects in Africa.
Projecting the Future of HIV/AIDS in Tijuana, Mexico
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: PROJECTING THE FUTURE OF HIV/AIDS IN TIJUANA, MEXICO Objective Referred to as an “Epidemic Without Borders,” the escalating HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S./Mexico border region is in urgent need of attention. Although the epidemic is currently concentrated there is potential for it to advance to a generalized level. Recent studies have estimated that 1 in 125 adults aged 15-49 in Tijuana is HIV-infected, with sub-groups most affected being men who have sex with men (MSM), injection drug user (IDUs), and female sex workers (FSWs). Given this urgent to targeted HIV prevention initiatives for these populations, we propose to 1) forecast the future of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among MSM, IDUs and FSWs within the next 10-30 years in Tijuana Mexico; 2) To determine the potential impact of various HIV prevention interventions on the future of the HIV epidemic in Tijuana, Mexico on MSM, IDUs and FSW, including i) increased uptake of voluntary testing and counseling for HIV (VCT); ii) increased condom use; iii) increased access to sterile syringes. To our knowledge there are no studies that have attempted to project the future of this epidemic for Tijuana, Mexico. Methods Based on available data from ongoing prospective studies of IDUs and FSWs in Tijuana, and publicly available estimates of HIV prevalence and behavior among MSM, we will be forecasting the futures of the HIV epidemic separately for MSM, IDUs and FSWs. For each subpopulation, we will forecast the potential impact of expanded access to VCT, condoms and sterile syringes. Conclusion Studies of projection or forecasting are instrumental in helping prevent future epidemics. Knowledge of the potential number of HIV cases that can be averted by appropriate prevention efforts is an extremely important tool for public health professionals. Results of projecting the HIV epidemic in Tijuana could be used by public health professionals as well as governmental institutions for resource allocation, guiding policy and structuring prevention interventions on both sides of the border. Seeing as cross-border HIV transmission is an important public health concern for both sides of the border, interventions aimed at reducing transmission in Mexico will impact the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. Since the HIV epidemic in Tijuana is in its early stages, the results of our study will not only raise awareness, but also have the potential to avert future HIV/AIDS transmission.
The Chinese politics of communication technology
Creators: name: Su, Dan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This study provides an examination into the formulation and construction of information and communication technology policy in China. It traces the rise of information technology and the “informatization” drive in China’s political rhetoric, and identifies the changes and trajectory of information and communication technology in China’s overall policy scheme. It then asks and provides an explanatory account on why information and communication technology has risen as a central component of China’s modernization campaign, and through the this analysis, discusses what the rise of information technology informs us about Chinese political culture, practice and institutional framework.     The research finds that unlike in western states, in China, the state takes a central role in deploying and diffusing communication technologies. In this process, the state embedded its values and goals into the design of an information society, and into how a specific form of communication technology should be utilized and managed. In this process, the state has made its transition from bureaucratic and ideological control to a form of “soft control” that rests on scientism, professionalism and system-based rules. The utopian vision of an “information society”, the nationalist pride in China’s technology achievement, and the shared experience of cohesion and unity enabled by information and communication technology contribute to the formation of a collective national identity, in which boosts political legitimacy, and defuses the conflicts and tensions that arise from rapid economic development and socio-structural changes. Adding to the current body of research on communication technology and its impact on China, this research shifts the focus from the effect of technology, to the meaning of it. And rather than viewing communication technology as a “tool” for the ruling party to propagate its dominant agenda and directives, this study uses technology as an analytical vehicle and medium to examine the larger political system that gives meaning and significance to the behavior of its people and the organization of social movements. It opens the political utilization of communication technology to critical inquiry, and broadens the discussion of technological problems (and solutions), both practical and symbolic, to China’s political and communication systems.
Drosophila pavani Brncic 1957
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila pavani

description: pavani Brncic, 1957b: 88. Type locality: Chile, Santiago, La Florida. ST A (MNHNS). NT Distr.: Argentina, Chile, Colombia (Bogota, D:C), Ecuador. Refs.: Hunter, 1960: 86.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 729, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Drosophila pellewae Pipkin & Heed 1964
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila pellewae

description: pellewae Pipkin & Heed, 1964: 263. Type locality: Panama, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado I. HT M (USNM). NT Distr.: Colombia (Valle del Cauca (Buenaventura)), Panama. Ref. Pipkin, 1968: 140.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 729, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Hexatrygon Heemstra & Smith 1980
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes
Hexatrygonidae
Hexatrygon

description: Genus Hexatrygon Heemstra & Smith, 1980
Sixgill Stingray
Hexatrygon Heemstra & Smith, 1980: 1. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Effects of controlled release packaging impregnated with mixed tocopherols on oxidative degradation in MRE choice spread
Creators: name: Ravi, Spurti
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: MRE Choice Spread is a cheese spread variation containing large amounts of unsaturated lipids, which make lipid oxidation and development of rancidity the primary deterioration mode for this product. Lipid oxidation has traditionally been limited by adding antioxidants such as tocopherols directly to the food. However, the large amounts of antioxidant needed to provide the three year shelf life required by the military for MRE foods may cause phenol overloading, pro-oxidation, or browning. Controlled Release Packaging (CRP) addresses this problem by incorporating tocopherols in polymer films and releasing them into foods over time. Effectiveness of CRP in stabilizing model systems of pure unsaturated lipid has been demonstrated previously; this study was designed to extend testing of CRP technology to plant-scale applications that solve shelf life problems associated with a commercially processed real food system.  Control polymer films of PP-LDPE and CRP films of PP-LDPE impregnated with mixed tocopherols at 3000 ppm were produced by extrusion at Berry Plastics Corporation (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin). They were laminated, filled with Choice Spread, and sealed at Thermo Pac, LLC (Stone Mountain, Georgia). For comparison, half the control samples were flushed with nitrogen gas before sealing to provide an inert atmosphere inside the package. Choice Spread in the three kinds of packages were stored at 40°C for 15 weeks and at 60°C for 10 weeks for shelf life studies. Color (browning and fading) was quantified as L*a*b* values using a colorimeter. Lipid peroxides, conjugated dienes, and aldehydes were measured to follow the progress of lipid oxidation.   Contrary to model system studies with oils and preliminary packaging studies with Choice Spread, control, nitrogen flushed and CRP packages showed similar browning and lipid oxidation during storage at both temperatures. This lack of apparent protection by CRP may be attributed to high levels of antioxidant (TBHQ) in Choice Spread that stabilize lipid oxidation during the storage period, overload the antioxidant system, and block both tocopherol access to active sites and protective effects of CRP. These results highlight the need to balance formulation and packaging and further customize Controlled Release Packaging to make it effective in stabilizing real food systems.
Drosophila peruensis Wheeler 1959
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila peruensis

description: peruensis Wheeler, 1959: 183. Type locality: Peru, Urubamba River. HT M (SMT). NT Distr.: Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Refs.: Vilela & Pereira, 1985: 438.
maculipennis Duda, 1927: 167. Type locality: Peru. Urubamba River. HT F (SMT). Preocc. Gimmerthal, 1847.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 730, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Parapyrellia Townsend 1915
Creators: name: Pamplona, Denise
name: Nihei, Silvio S.
name: Couri, Márcia S.
name: Pont, Adrian C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Calliphoridae
Parapyrellia

description: Subgenus PARAPYRELLIA Townsend, 1915
PARAPYRELLIA Townsend, 1915: 97 [as a full genus]. Type species: Musca violacea of authors, not Fabricius [misidentification] [= Pyrellia maculipennis Macquart, 1846a], by original designation.
Diagnosis (modified from Nihei & Carvalho 2009). Colouration metallic greenish-blue to violaceous-blue with silver pruinosity; wing with maculae on humeral vein, on apices of Sc and R1, on apex of R2+3 and on r-m and dmcu crossveins. Female with proclinate fronto-orbital setae weak (undistinguishable); fronto-orbital plate setulose on upper half; interfrontal seta absent. Dorsocentrals 2+4, but sometimes reduced to 0+ 2 in M. oportuna. Intrapostalar seta absent. Prosternum bare. Katepisternals 1+2. Proepisternal depression setulose (bare in M. humeralis). Meron bare. Wing with the basal portion of stem-vein setulose ventrally; apical portion of stem-vein setulose dorsally; R4+5 setulose dorsally and ventrally; M curved forward towards R4+ 5 in apical part. Lower calypter enlarged posteriorly, extending under base of scutellum. Subcostal sclerite bare. Male mid femur with a dorsal preapical protuberance bearing a set of modified (hook-like) setulae. Hind tibia with the calcar strong.
Distribution. Neotropical (7 species).
description: Published as part of Pamplona, Denise, Nihei, Silvio S., Couri, Márcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2016, Taxonomy of Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): revision of the subgenera Morellia s. str. and Parapyrellia Townsend, pp. 1-110 in Zootaxa 4163 (1) on pages 92-93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4163.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/259278
GSK3-beta Inhibitors in Preventing HIV Neurodegeneration
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: It is estimated that over 150,000 Californians are living with HIV infection. Of these around 50 are estimated to suffer from some degree of clinical brain impairment, despite the introduction of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). Such HIV neurocognitive impairments HCNI) can have significant effects on the affected individual’s ability to carry out activities of daily living and adhere to medication regimes. As HAART does not appear to be effective in treating the HCNI one rationale way forward to improve the outcome of affected individuals is to develop novel brain targeted therapy. The identification of potential candidates for brain targeted therapy is the general aim of this proposal. Specifically, we have previously demonstrated that inhibition of an enzyme called glycogen synthase kinase 3-beta (GSK3b) prevents the neuronal damage caused by the toxic HIV protein gp120. We have observed this mechanism of neuroprotection in tissue culture experiments by inhibiting GSK3b with either lithium or a nerve supporting factor called fibroblast growth factor-1 (FGF1). However, although we have demonstrated that the protection of neurons involves inhibition of GSK3b, both lithium and FGF1 have multiple actions and so we cannot be confident that another as yet unknown mechanism may also be involved. However, specific inhibitors of GSK3b are now becoming available and we wish to examine two of these, which are cell permeable compounds with the ability to inhibit GSK3b activity. We will treat human primary neurons with these compounds initially to identify the optimal dose and duration of exposure to achieve inhibition while not causing toxicity themselves. We will then investigate whether the optimal dose and duration of exposure to either of the GSK3b inhibitors prevents gp120 associated neurotoxicity. GSK3b inhibitors are currently being assessed in other neurodegenerative disorders and the data generated in this IDEA funded proposal will form the foundation to support future applications for extramural funding in order to translate these findings towards clinical treatments.
Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith 1980
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes
Hexatrygonidae
Hexatrygon
Hexatrygon bickelli

description: Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980
Sixgill Stingray
Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980: 6, figs 1–13, 15. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 997. Type locality: washed up on beach at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean.
Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 222, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher specimens: None.
Remarks: Based on a specimen caught, but not retained, off New Hanover during deepwater surveys off New Ireland (stations CP 3651, 2°37.809’ S, 150°02.904’ E, 840–865 m depth, 27 Aug. 2010).
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Fusarium diversity and the role of endophytic fusarium and bacteria on diesease resistance in lilium longilflorum
Creators: name: Rajmohan, Nimmi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Lilium longiflorum, is a horticultural crop which forms an important component of the cut flower ($67 million) and potted plant ($27 million) market in the United States. It is vulnerable to fungal disease, particularly caused by Fusarium sp. In this study Fusarium species associated with L. longiflorum (Easter lily) grown in New Jersey (NJ) were compared to the Fusarium isolates from Easter lilies grown in Oregon (OR). The aim of this work was to expand the knowledge of Fusarium species associated with Easter lilies by morphological and molecular characterization. Special emphasis is placed on the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex (GFSC) isolates of F. concentricum and F. proliferatum, isolated from this host for the first time. They were characterized by their mating types and mating population, as well as their in vitro toxin production. There have been no studies of these biological species in Easter lilies. Fusarium isolates were collected not only from diseased bulbs, but asymptomatic bulbs as well as from the soil in which it was grown.GFSC isolates were identified only from the NJ area and not from OR, which had F. solani and F. oxysporum in abundance. All the GFSC isolates were from asymptomatic bulbs and hence could be called endophytic.   In the second part, two endophytic bacteria from healthy bulbs were isolated and   identified as Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp. by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis of unknown sequences along with sequences from GenBank and EMBL grouped the endophytic bacterial trains with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Pseudomonas fluorescens, respectively. This is the first report describing the association of such endophytic bacteria with this host.  Microscopic studies revealed the intercellular location of the endophytic bacteria while the fungus was present in the outer epidermal layers. Dual plate assays and in vitro spore germination tests were carried out to determine the potential antagonistic activity of the bacteria towards pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungal isolates. Many isolates of Fusarium species were screened to characterize their pathogenicity. The non-pathogenic Fusarium species along with the endophytic bacteria were tested for disease control based on suppression of pathogen infection. Bacillus sp. was determined to be the best potential biocontrol agent followed by less pathogenic isolates of F. concentricum and F. oxysporum and then Pseudomonas sp. There is a significant potential for using these results in horticultural crop production.