cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Field testing and finite element analysis for evaluation of railroad bridges
Creators: name: Kara, Ozan Etkin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Throughout the centuries, railroads have been the most important means of transportation. The capacity of railroads should be increased with the booming economy. In order to keep in step with an increased demand for freight, goods and services, New Jersey Department of Transportation increased the capacity of existing railroads to be able to increase the freight capacity. In New Jersey, a proposed increase of railcar weight limits from 263,000 lb to 286,000 lb raised additional concerns for the passenger rail systems since the bridges in the passenger rail system were not designed based on the increased freight railcar weight. The effect of increased freight railcars on passenger rail systems must be evaluated.  The impact of the proposed increase freight railcars on three rail road bridges in New Jersey is investigated through the study presented herein. The AREMA Specifications were utilized to estimate the load rating of the bridge. Moreover, strain transducers were implemented to the structural members of Bridge A, one of the selected bridges, to collect strain measurements. Various measurements were performed to measure the deflection in companion with the strain measurements by means of reflective target tapes and Laser Doppler Vibration Unit. A total of 6 tests were performed with the passenger railcars that NJ Transit provided the axle configuration and axle weights.   Additionally, a three dimensional finite element (FE) model was developed to evaluate the behavior of three bridges under 286,000 lb railcar on a software program ABAQUS (Version 6.8.1). The recorded deflection and strain readings from the strain transducers and Laser Doppler Vibration Unit were utilized to calibrate the three dimensional FE model. Results from AREMA evaluation procedure and those from FE Model were compared.  A considerable difference arose between finite element analysis and simple beam analysis based on AREMA Specifications. It was found out that the bridge has more capacity to allow the increase of the freight railcar according to the finite element analysis. A more conservative approach was adopted in AREMA Specifications.
Empire and exoticism in French fiction cinema, 1930-1939
Creators: name: Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Although exoticism is a prominent trope in French cinema of the 1930s, scholarly examinations of its deployment in narrative cinema have focused almost exclusively on colonial representations.  While the colonies were undeniably important to the interwar imaginary, there remain many fiction films whose action takes place outside the realm of Western empire.  Despite their lack of formalized imperial ties, these non-colonial exoticist films rely on narrative strategies that convey the ideological and/or cultural superiority of Western values.  Thematically and ideologically, then, exoticist cinema merits a more inclusive criteria, one that looks beyond the fact of territorial affiliation with Western empire in order to examine how inter- and transcultural narratives figure the East-West divide on screen. Using films and related contemporary discourse, this project aims to redefine the exotic in order to account for both colonial and non-colonial forms.  In addition, this study identifies and analyzes recurring figures, plot devices, and narrative outcomes that dominate French exoticist film cycles between the arrival of synchronized sound in France and the outbreak of World War II in Europe.
Spiniferomonas abrupta Nielsen
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Synuraceae
Spiniferomonas
Spiniferomonas abrupta

description: 50. Spiniferomonas abrupta Nielsen
Lake Baikal (Bessudova et al. 2017); Boguchany Reservoir (Bessudova & Likhoshway 2017); Republic of Buryatia (Bessudova et al. 2018a); Republic of Yakutia (Bessudova et al. 2019, 2022b); Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area (Bessudova et al. 2023d); Irkutsk Region (Bessudova et al. 2023f).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 171, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
INGLIZ TILIDA BADIIY USLUBLARNING XUSUSIYATLARI VA QO'LLANILISHI
Creators: name: Abduraximova, Mahfuza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqola ingliz tilida badiiy uslublarning xususiyatlari va qo'llanilishini o'rganishga bag'ishlangan. Maqolada ingliz tilida badiiy uslublarning turlari, ularning o'ziga xos xususiyatlari va adabiy asarlarda qo'llanilishi tahlil qilingan. Shuningdek, badiiy uslublarning o'quvchiga ta'siri va yozuvchilarning uslubiy mahorati ham o'rganilgan. Tadqiqot natijalariga ko'ra, badiiy uslublar ingliz tilida adabiy asarlarning ta'sirchanligini oshirishda muhim rol o'ynaydi va yozuvchilarning individual uslubini shakllantirishga yordam beradi.
Evaluation of accelerated test parameters for migration testing of food packaging
Creators: name: Kim, Shin Bae
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This thesis focused on determining or evaluating accelerated analytical protocol for detecting potential migrants from food contact surface of conventional ink printed and/or UV/EB cured food packaging to food. Due to “offset transfer” effect of food packaging system, the need of fast and precise migration testing protocols emerged, which are in compliance with FDA recommendation and FDA guideline. In this study, variations of migration levels by change of testing parameters such as agitation, temperature, time, simulated solvent, and solvent volume/surface area ratio were investigated. Furthermore, the comparison studies of migration level between water soluble and insoluble compounds were performed. Single-side cell extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were used to detect migrant compounds.    Through the conclusion, 24-hour accelerated migration testing protocols are suggested and evaluated, which are regarded to be equivalent to the FDA recommended testing protocols.
The role of phosphorylation and ubiquitination in the regulation of glutamate receptor trafficking in caenorhabditis elegans
Creators: name: Kramer, Lawrence B.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The regulation of AMPA-type glutamate receptor (AMPAR) trafficking is a key mechanism by which neurons regulate synaptic strength and plasticity. AMPAR trafficking is modulated through a combination of receptor phosphorylation, ubiquitination, endocytosis, and recycling, yet the in vivo significance of factorsinvolved in these processes are just beginning to be uncovered. Here we identify the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme variant UEV-1 as a regulator of AMPARtrafficking in vivo, and in a related project find a possible link between AMPAR phosphorylation and ubiquitination-driven internalization. We identified mutations in uev-1 in a genetic screen for mutants with altered trafficking of the AMPAR subunit GLR-1 in C. elegans interneurons. Loss of uev-1 activity results in elongated accretions of GLR-1 in neuron cell bodies and along the ventral cordneurites. Mutants also have a corresponding behavioral defect – a decrease in spontaneous reversals in locomotion – consistent with diminished GLR-1 function. We provide evidence that GLR-1 accumulates at RAB-10-containing endosomes in uev-1 mutants. UEV-1 homologs in other species bind to theubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Ubc13 to create K63-linked polyubiquitin chains on substrate proteins. We find that whereas UEV-1 can interact with C. elegansUBC-13, global levels of K63-linked ubiquitination throughout nematodes appear to be unaffected in uev-1 mutants, even though UEV-1 is broadly expressed inmost tissues. Nevertheless, we find that mutations in ubc-13 result in accumulations of GLR-1 in a similar pattern to that found in uev-1 mutants. Our results suggest that UEV-1 may regulate a small subset of K63-linked ubiquitination events in nematodes, at least one of which is critical in regulating GLR-1 trafficking. In another project, we used a reverse genetics approach tostudy the regulation of phosphorylation state on the trafficking of GLR-1. We found that mutation of a single GLR-1 serine (S891) to alanine is sufficient tostrongly reduce GLR-1 puncta in the ventral nerve cord. We also determined that this effect is precluded if the C-terminal portion of GLR-1 is mutated such that it can no longer be ubiquitinated and endocytosed. This suggests that S891 phosphorylation may regulate endocytosis and/or ubiquitination and subsequentdegradation of GLR-1. This may provide a link between ubiquitination and phosphorylation in the trafficking of GLR-1, with possible implications for similarlinks in mammalian AMPAR trafficking.
On the spatial and temporal coherence of wirelessvehicular short range channels
Creators: name: Kremo, Haris
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: We consider spatial and temporal coherence of the vehicle–to–vehicle (V2V) wireless communication channel with focus on a suburban residential highway. The dominant reflectors in such an environment are vehicles passing in the adjacent lane and housesalong the road. Instead of treating the reflectors as point targets, the V2V short range propagation environment requires partitioning of the illuminated reflector side intosufficiently small tiles. The channel transfer function is obtained as a superposition of specular reflections from the tiles, the line–of–sight (LOS) component, and the ground reflection. The tile size is selected to ensure that the ratio of the tile area to the tile–to–receiver distance satisfies the far field conditions. The reflected power is described by the tile radar cross section (RCS). The bistatic physical optics RCS model is adapted to account for the tile’s orientation with respect to the ray geometry. We apply the superposition model to the numerical analysis of two general scenariosfor a 22MHz channel in the 2.4GHz band. The first scenario considers a single vehicle reflector passing in the lane adjacent to the V2V communication pair. Both the vector network analyzer (VNA) experiments and the tiling model analysis illustrate that repositioning of the reflector, the transmitter, or the receiver by a few centimeters results in change of the signal power by several decibels. The second scenario analysis characterizes the channel coherence statistics for thesuburban residential highway. We consider the V2V single lane LOS and non–LOS geometries, where in the latter the receiver is shadowed by a large vehicle. The reflectors are both houses and vehicles passing in the opposite direction. The measure of channel coherence is the normalized spatial covariance calculated by correlating transfer functions corresponding to feasible receiver position pairs and performing spatial smoothing. The area of feasible receiver positions is divided into contiguous squareswhose size ensures wide sense quasi–stationarity within the square. Irrespective of direction the correlation remains high and a typical sedan roof usually does not provide sufficient spacing to obtain average inter–antenna correlation lower than 0.5. The upper bound on coherence time extends over the transmission time of multiple packets for systems in the considered band, and does not allow for usable time diversity.
Large-scale water cycle perturbation due to irrigation in the US High Plains
Creators: name: Kustu, Muruvvet
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This study investigates the hydrologic and climatic impacts of large-scale irrigation in the US High Plains to elucidate the influence of human activities on the natural water cycle. The US High Plains (between 104°W-96°W and 32°N-44°N) is one of the major agricultural regions in the world covering parts of eight states from southern Dakota to northwestern Texas with a surface area of 450,000 km2. Herein, it is hypothesized that the extensive irrigation development throughout the region during 1940-1980 has resulted in three potential impacts on regional hydrology and climate. 1) depletion of streamflow in the High Plains, 2) enhancement of warm-season precipitation downwind of the High Plains, and 3) increases in downwind groundwater storage and streamflow, over the period of irrigation development (1940-1980). Each of these hypothesis were tested using advanced statistical methods such as Mann-Kendall and Pettitt test and as many observations as possible. The results of this research demonstrated that large-scale irrigation in the High Plains significantly altered the hydrologic and climatic patterns over and downwind of the study area by causing; 1) depletion of both annual and summer streamflow in the High Plains, 2) increase of July precipitation over the Midwest, and 3) increased groundwater storage and streamflow in the Midwest during August and September. Additionally, this study establishes the facts that human-induced modifications on the hydrological cycle are drastic and their effects are far-reaching, and, also, attribution of hydrologic changes to correct causes is of crucial importance for better sustainability of ecosystems and future climate change predictions.
Curso-Taller ¿Cómo usar INOCREP?
Creators: name: Morales-García, Yolanda Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Year: 2024
Subjects: INOCREP
inoculante multiespecies
bacterias benéficas
plantas
agricultura

description: INOCREP es una formulación multiespecies de segunda generación que fue diseñado para potenciar el crecimiento de plantas de interés agrícola [1] y posteriormente plantas de jardín [2]. Los inoculantes microbianos de segunda generación son desarrollos más avanzados en el campo de los inoculantes biológicos utilizados en agricultura [3]. A diferencia de los inoculantes de primera generación, que usualmente contienen un solo tipo de microorganismo beneficioso (como rizobios para la fijación de nitrógeno en leguminosas), los de segunda generación suelen ser formulaciones más complejas y con mejores propiedades que los de primera generación [2, 4, 5]. INOCREP contiene 6 especies bacterianas compatibles entre sí, pero que producen sustancias inhibitorias contra microorganismos patógenos [1, 4]. Las cepas bacterianas de este inoculante son tolerantes a desecación por lo que pueden ser aplicadas en zonas de baja disponibilidad de agua y cuando hay condiciones propicias interaccionan con las raíces de las plantas proporcionando sus beneficios [4]. En este curso se muestra de forma práctica como se realizan las diferentes formas para inocular plantas con la formulación multiespecies INOCREP.
The modern vampire phenomenon paradox
Creators: name: Landers, Jessica Marie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Vampires have recently established an extremely visible space in popular culture, especially among women. There are a myriad of book series, television shows, films, and more that are inundating popular culture with the vampire. The vampires portrayed in this fad, however, are not the same monsters vampires once were. The most important question for my research concerns how and why the modern vampire has contributed to the recent explosion in popularity of vampire fiction. Using texts such as the books and films of The Twilight Saga and the television series The Vampire Diaries and True Blood, I address the modern vampire assemblage as it breaks down binaries that are simultaneously restabilized by a foundation of heterosexuality. I explore the fans of modern vampires as they attempt to collapse reality and fantasy in their attempts to make modern vampires a reality. I trace the major changes that have occurred within vampire fiction in the portrayal of the vampire, from the original inherently evil, monstrous vampires to the modern vampires who choose to act against their “nature” in motivation of a good, humanitarian existence. While early representations of vampires served to draw strict boundaries between monsters, humans, and animals, modern vampires confuse the borders surrounding these beings, becoming a multiplicity of hybrids. These hybrids are provocative to fans who are able to use them to develop alternative spaces of identities in which they can question the legitimacies of binaries, categories, and the conceptualization of the human. Despite the potential for nuance, these destabilized elements are simultaneously recuperated through the reinforcement of heterosexuality. Thus, even while modern vampire fiction succeeds in providing audiences with blurred binaries and hybrids, any possible complexity is canceled out by the upholding of the foundation of heterosexuality. In order for the modern vampire phenomenon to occur, however, all of these elements must be present in modern vampire fiction. Thus the modern vampire phenomenon is constituted by contradictions that only when executed in perfect harmony do they produce the ultimate opportunity for a phenomenon such as this to occur.
Spiniferomonas conica Takahashi
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Synuraceae
Spiniferomonas
Spiniferomonas conica

description: 54. Spiniferomonas conica Takahashi
Tver and Yaroslavl Regions (Balonov 1978a); Republic of Yakutia (Bessudova et al. 2019, 2021, 2023).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Studies of cell-biomaterial interactions and stem cell dynamics using confocal/multi-photon fluorescence microscopy and high content imaging based modeling
Creators: name: Liu, Er
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: A strategy in regenerative medicine involves the restitution of functional tissues using biomaterials pre-populated with transplanted cells such as human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC).  However, current design and optimization of extracellular environments to controllably promote tissue-specific regeneration are guided by empiricism, and there is a lack of structure-activity relations underlying cell-biomaterial interactions. This dissertation is focused on using high resolution confocal/multiphoton fluorescence imaging for developing quantifiable descriptors of cell-biomaterial interactions under complex microenvironments, including three-dimensional scaffolds, textural gradients of polymer substrates, and soluble biochemical factors that stimulate differentiation or cancerous transformation. In the first project (Chapter 2), we demonstrated the feasibility of using multiphoton imaging to quantitatively characterize microstructure of 3D biomaterial scaffolds and pseudo-3D cell morphology.  This approach was further expanded, in the second project (Chapter 3), to a multidimensional space of cellular and subcellular features (termed cell descriptors) derived from: morphology, reporter protein expression, localization and spatial organization of protein reporters.  Using spatially graded polymer blend substrates of both continuous roughness and discrete chemical compositions, we combined high throughput screening with high content analysis to identify both "global" and “high-content” structure-property relationships between cell adhesion and biomaterial properties such as polymer chemistry and topography.   In the next project (Chapter 4), we developed a novel molecular screening tool based on the high content descriptors of a nuclear reporter, nuclear mitotic apparatus (NuMA).  Using high content imaging, data dimension reduction and machine learning techniques we mapped the nuclear features to different stem cell phenomena, specifically, stem cell lineage commitment to osteogenic versus adipogenic lineages.  We reported that NuMA based nuclear descriptors captured the early lineage commitment of hMSC vs self-renewal.  Moreover, a combined cytoskeletal and nuclear based “composite” profiling was demonstrated to be a robust tool to parse out not only lineage commitment vs self-renewal but within different lineages (e.g. osteogenic vs adipogenic).  In the final project (Chapter 5), nuclear feature based modeling was used to discern early subcellular changes during oncogenic transformation. The utility of this approach was demonstrated by parsing a library of synthetic polymer substrates based on their differential potential to modulate carcinogen-induced transformation of stem cells.
Spiniferomonas cornuta Balonov 1978
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Synuraceae
Spiniferomonas
Spiniferomonas cornuta

description: 55. Spiniferomonas cornuta Balonov
Tver Region (Balonov1978a); Lake Ladoga (Voloshko & Gavrilova 2001, Voloshko et al. 2002); Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Siver et al. 2005); Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area (Voloshko 2007, 2010, Bessudova et al. 2023d); Leningrad Region (Safronova & Voloshko 2013); Saint Petersburg (Safronova 2014); Lake Baikal (Bessudova et al. 2017); Boguchany Reservoir (Bessudova & Likhoshway 2017); Republic of Buryatia (Bessudova et al. 2018a,c); Krasnoyarsk Territory (Bessudova et al. 2018b); Republic of Yakutia (Bessudova et al. 2019, 2021, 2022b, 2023a); Irkutsk Region (Bessudova et al. 2023f).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Dioxins in Tissues from Crabs from the Raritan/Newark Bay Systems
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy
Year: 1993

description: Dioxin levels in the tissues of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, were examined  in order to help the Department of Environmental Protection and DOH set possible consumption guidelines for crustacea from the Raritan/Newark ecosystem.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Chlordane, and DDTs in Selected Fish and Shellfish from New Jersey Waters 1986-1987: Results from New Jersey's Toxics in Biota Monitoring Program
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)Division of Science and Research
Year: 1990

description: Report presents the results of the first two years (1986-87) of monitoring carried out under the direction of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections Toxics in Biota Technical Committee.  It presents data on the levels of PCBs, chlordane, and DDT and its metabolites DDD and DDE in ten species collected at forty stations throughout the state.  A total of 225 composite samples, generally consisting of edible tissue from five animals were analyzed.
Chaetocnema (Chaetocnema) granulosa Baly 1874
Creators: name: Ruan, Yongying
name: Yang, Xingke
name: Konstantinov, Alexander S.
name: Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D.
name: Zhang, Mengna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Chaetocnema
Chaetocnema granulosa

description: 17. Chaetocnema (Chaetocnema) granulosa Baly, 1874
(Fig. 37)
Chaetocnema granulosa Baly, 1874: 207. TL: Japan. TD: BMNH.
Distribution: China: Taiwan (Chûjô, 1935); Korea (Gruev, 1980), Japan.
Host plants: Rubus hirsutus (Chûjô 1954; Chûjô & Kimoto 1961); R. trifidus (Ohno 1960).
Description: Description is not provided here, as this species has been revised by Konstantinov et al., (2011).
Type: Lectotype male (1 BMNH), labels: 1) Japan, 2) Type, 3) Type, H.T., 4) Baly Coll., 5) Chaetocnema granulosa Baly, Nagasaki; 6) Lectotype Chaetocnema granulosa Baly des. A. S. Konstantinov et al. 2009.
Paralectotype: 1 (BMNH), labels: 1) Baly Coll.; 2) Plectroscelis granulosa Bal Japan; 3) Paralectotype Chaetocnema granulosa Baly des. A. S. Konstantinov et al. 2009.
Remarks: There is no significant difference between C. granulosa and C. fortecostata in external characters, however, apex of the aedeagus of C. granulosa is more dilated and is generally wider and robust.
Chaetocnema granulosa can easily be confused for C. fortecostata due to the similarity of external characters. There were numerous museum specimens of C. fortecostata labeled as C. granulosa.
description: Published as part of Ruan, Yongying, Yang, Xingke, Konstantinov, Alexander S., Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D. & Zhang, Mengna, 2019, Revision of the Oriental Chaetocnema species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini), pp. 1-206 in Zootaxa 4699 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4699.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3543038
Environmental Resource Inventory: Phase 1: City of Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: The Cumberland County Department of Planning and Development
Year: 1994

description: This inventory represents Phase 1 of Vineland Environmental Resource Inventory. Tasks accomplished in the report include development of factor mapping, production of display maps, provision of digital data and written interpretation. Topics covered in the ERI include: transportation, drainage basins and surface hydrography, wetlands, geology and ground water, land use.
Stenus janus Puthz 2018, nov.sp.
Creators: name: Puthz, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Stenus
Stenus janus

description: Stenus janus nov.sp. (Abb. 17, 52, 65, 102, 138, 151)
M a t e r i a l: Holotypus (♂) und 2♂♂, 2♀♀ - Paratypen: CHINA: Yunnan, Cang Shan at Dali, 25 o 40‘12‘‘N, 100 o 08‘10‘‘RE, 3740m, sift 37, 5.VII.2011, V. Grebennikov.- HT und PTT in der CNC, 1 PT in cP.
K u r z d i a g n o s e: Wiebei S. emeicola nov.sp., das Abdomen jedoch mit vollständigen oder doch angedeuteten, schmalen Paratergiten (siehe unten).
Länge: 2,9-3,2mm (Vorderkörperlänge: 1,5-1,6mm).
PM des HT: HW: 30; DE: 15; PW: 24; PL: 24,5; EW: 30; EL: 24,5; SL: 18.
Männchen: Beine einfach. Metasternum (Abb. 65), Sternite 3-7 und 9 wie bei S. emeicola. 8. Sternit mit breiterer, flacherer Ausrandung etwa im hinteren Neunzehntel des Sternits. 19. Tergit am Hinterrand abgerundet. Aedoeagus (Abb. 151), die Ausstülphaken des Medianlobus anders proportioniert als bei S. emeicola.
Weibchen: 8. Sternit zum Hinterrand stumpfwinklig verengt. Valvifer mit langem, spitzem Apikolateralzahn. 10. Tergit wie beim Männchen. Spermatheka mit kurzem, wenig auffälligem Infundibulum, Endschlauch deutlich länger als der gewundene mittlere Spermathekengang.
D i f f e r e n z i a l d i a g n o s e: In den meisten Punkten dem S. emeicola äusserlich sehr ähnlich, die Stirnmitte aber etwas stärker beulenförmig erhoben, das Pronotum sehr stark uneben (mit sieben tiefen Eindrücken: Abb. 17), die Elytren noch gröber punktiert (Abb. 52), das Abdomen insgesamt gröber punktiert (Abb. 138, 102), die Netzung des Abdomens nahezu erloschen. Was die Seitenrandung des Abdomens angeht, so stelle ich dieses fest: Der Holotypus und zwei Paratypen besitzen eine vollständige Seitenrandung des Abdomens, bei zwei Paratypen ist diese an den Segmenten 4-6 reduziert bis verschwunden, Paratergite sind aber dadurch angedeutet, dass die Segmente seitlich nicht vollständig gerundet sind, sondern durch etwas unterschiedliche Punktierung eine Trennung andeuten.
E t y m o l o g i e: ich nenne diese neue Art nach dem römischen Gott Janus, der mich mit seinen zwei Gesichtern (abdominale Seitenrandung!) an die neue Art erinnert.
description: Published as part of Puthz, Volker, 2018, Neue Stenus- Arten aus China (1) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 359. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen, pp. 1329-1401 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on pages 1351-1352, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5275141
The Mantua Creek Watershed in Washington Township Environmental Report
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Washington Township Environmental Commission
Year: 1998

description: This report details observations made by the author while photographing the Mantua Creek Watershed in Washington Township, from August 1997 to July 1998.  The observations cover  the geology, vegetation, entomology, and zoology of the region. Included with this report is an Invasive Plant Information Sheet on Japanese Knotweed.
Spiniferomonas crucigera E. Takahashi
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Synuraceae
Spiniferomonas
Spiniferomonas crucigera

description: 56. Spiniferomonas crucigera E. Takahashi
Krasnoyarsk Territory (Bessudova et al. 2018b).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Final Report: Great Swamp Hydrologic Unit Area Summary Report
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Somerset-Union Soil Conservation District
Year: 1996

description: This report summarizes the work done to create the Great Swamp Hydrologic Unit Area Summary Report, as performed by Somerset-Union SCD, Morris County SCD, Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service), Rutgers University and other cooperating agencies. This document contains new releases, meeting notes, and public comments regarding the release of the Summary Report (not inlcuded). The Summary Report's goal is to describe the study's findings in laymen's terms, and aims to point out the steps local officials can take to reduce the non-point source pollution impacts in the Great Swamp Watershed Area.
Proposed Fisheries Resource Enhancement Project: Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: U. S. Department of Agriculture : Soil Conservation Service, Morristown Field Office
Year: 1993

description: This document reports results from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service study of the lower section of Bungalow Brook, as well as recommendations and cost estimates. One problem is identified as an undersized section of concrete pipe creating erosion and the deposit of sediment in the Musconetcong River.  The SCS was asked to develop a stream channel which would alleviate this problem and return the stream to a viable body of water for trout migration. The Washington Township Environmental Commission, Wellhead Protection Study Area Map is included.
Geologic Mapping in New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Geological Survey
Year: 1998

description: Report outlines the various features of a geologic mapping including superficial, bedrock and area geologic maps.  Recent examples of the necessity for geologic mapping are illustrated under the headings; radon, sinkholes, aquifer recharge, harbor dredging, seismic hazards, watershed characterization, and soil mapping.
Spiniferomonas heterospina Bessudova, Firsova & Kopyrina
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Synuraceae
Spiniferomonas
Spiniferomonas heterospina

description: 58. Spiniferomonas heterospina Bessudova, Firsova & Kopyrina
Republic of Yakutia (Bessudova et al. 2023a).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Flood plain information Little Timber Creek Camden County New Jersey
Creators: name: United States. Army. Corps Of Engineers. Philadelphia District
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1969

description: This study, prepared at the requests of the Camden County Planning Board and the Gloucester County Planning Board, contains flood plain information and data on rainfall, historical and recent floods, and other technical data concerning the occurrence and size of floods affecting the Little Timber Creek area, from its confluence with the mainstream upstream to Route 295.
Chaetocnema (Chaetocnema) laotica Medvedev. It 2009
Creators: name: Ruan, Yongying
name: Yang, Xingke
name: Konstantinov, Alexander S.
name: Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D.
name: Zhang, Mengna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Chaetocnema
Chaetocnema laotica

description: 22. Chaetocnema (Chaetocnema) laotica Medvedev, 2009
Chaetocnema laotica Medvedev, 2009: 48. TL: Laos. TD: Moscow, Russia, L. Medvedev collection.
Distribution: Laos, Vietnam (Medvedev, 2009).
Host plants: Unknown.
Description (after Medvedev, 2009): Dark or black green, antennae fulvous with infuscate apical segments, all femora black, but fore- and middle ones with fulvous apices, tibiae and tarsi fulvous.
Body comparatively narrow. Head densely microsculptured, with a few punctures near eyes, interantennal ridge narrow and convex. Antennae almost reach middle of elytra, antennomeres 2–10 subequal, preapical antennomeres about 2.5 times as long as wide. Prothorax 1.5 times as wide as long, lateral margins straight, anterior angles oblique and slightly thickened, surface microsculptured, with dense and deep punctures, which are smaller than those on elytra. Scutellum broader than long, impunctate. Elytra 1.5 times as long as wide, broadest in middle, basally as wide as base of pronotum, humeral tubercle feeble. Elytra shining, with regular rows of large punctures, interstices flat, very finely punctate. Wings strongly reduced, not longer than elytra. Length of body 1.8–2.2 mm.
Remarks: We could not access the types, despite our best efforts. Illustration was not provided with the original description of this species by the author, however, based on the author’s description, this species resembles C. kingpinensis and C. baoshanica sp. nov. in having feeble humeral calli and fairly long antennae. It may be distinguished from the latter two species by the wider pronotum and the green to greenish blue metallic luster on dorsum.
description: Published as part of Ruan, Yongying, Yang, Xingke, Konstantinov, Alexander S., Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D. & Zhang, Mengna, 2019, Revision of the Oriental Chaetocnema species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini), pp. 1-206 in Zootaxa 4699 (1) on pages 71-73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4699.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3543038
Potts model clustering for discovering patterns of epigenetic marks
Creators: name: Li, Junyi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Study of epigenetics leads to understanding of the regulation of gene expression not caused  by the changes in the underlying DNA sequences. This area of biological research has drawn  much interest as large amounts of epigenetic data from numerous experiments were generated  in recent past. In this thesis, we use the Potts model clustering method, which is based on  statistical mechanics, to discover patterns in histone modification data. After a general overview  of the epigenome and an introduction to common methods of clustering, we discuss why we  need special cluster analysis methods for the data at hand. Then, we introduce our tool of  choice, namely, the superparamagnetic Potts clustering method. We discuss the Potts model and  the Swendsen-Wang method of Monte Carlo simulation, which avoids the usual slowing down  experienced near phase transition. We apply Potts model clustering to histone modification  data in highly conserved regions to discover the patterns of epigenetic marks and compare them  with background reading. We also contrast the results from our method with that from usual Kmeans  clustering approach. Finally, we discuss the biological significance of our computational  results.
The room temperature ionic liquid-based synthesis and characterization of polyoxomolybdate compounds
Creators: name: Linguito, Stephen L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Polyoxometalates which feature anionic metal clusters are promising materials for a wide variety of applications.  One specific area of research that has received relatively limited attention has been the synthesis of polyoxomolybdate compounds (one type of polyoxometalate) involving the use of room temperature ionic liquids.  In this context, the synthesis of three polyoxomolybdate materials from a room temperature ionic liquid will be discussed. The usage of the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, (bmim)[BF4], allowed for the synthesis of (bmim)3NH4[Mo8O26], (bmim)4[PMoVMo11O40], and (bmim)3[PMo12O40], via the in situ incorporation of the organic imidazolium cation of the ionic liquid.  This synthetic approach offers the additional benefit of being “green” in nature.  The ionothermal reactions discussed feature the use of glass vials and acid digestion bombs as reaction vessels, relatively mild conditions, and simple molybdate salts. Details related to the characterization of these compounds will be presented.  A discussion of the catalytic role that (bmim)3[PMo12O40] plays in the oxidation of styrene to benzaldehyde will also be conducted.
Spiniferomonas involuta Jacobsen
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Synuraceae
Spiniferomonas
Spiniferomonas involuta

description: 59. Spiniferomonas cf. involuta Jacobsen
Republic of Yakutia (Bessudova et al. 2022b).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Effects of age and training on the cytokine, myokine and endocrine regulators of glucose metabolism in standardbred mares
Creators: name: Liburt, Nettie Ruth
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Age adversely affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA) and glucose metabolism in horses.  Changes may be attenuated with exercise training, but mechanisms behind these phenomena are unknown. Six old (22.0 ± 0.7 yrs; mean ± SE) and six young (7.3 ± 0.6 yrs) healthy, unfit Standardbred mares were utilized to test several hypotheses: 1) the HPAA response, plasma insulin and glucose concentrations differ in old and young mares during acute, exhaustive exercise vs. recovery, and differences are altered after exercise training; 2) aging and training alter cortisol, ACTH and glucose responses to endocrine stimulation tests; 3) old and young mares have different endocrine responses to a frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test along with different cytokine profiles in blood, adipose and muscle tissues; and 4) exercise training would alter endocrine and cytokine profiles. A separate pilot study tested the hypothesis that equine blood, muscle and adipose tissue harbor different quantities of cytokine mRNA, and young horses (≤10 yrs) have different cytokine profiles in these tissues and blood compared to old (≥20 yrs) horses. Mares ran three graded exercise tests, one pre-training, one after 8 weeks of training at 60% maximum heart rate, and the third at the conclusion of the study at 15 weeks.  Training appears to condition the HPAA to a lesser response to acute, exhaustive exercise in both age groups.  Old and young mares improved insulin sensitivity and pancreatic beta cell function after training, and there were significant differences in tissue cytokine profiles. In the pilot study, novel data demonstrated varied cytokine profiles in blood, adipose (abdominal and subcutaneous) and muscle tissues in horses of mixed breeds and backgrounds, but no age differences were noted.  In summary, altered hormone and glucose concentrations in aged animals may adversely affect the ability to maintain and recover from strenuous exercise. Training was successful in partially reversing these changes. Exact mechanisms for the changes remain to be elucidated, but evidence presented here demonstrates that changes occur at multiple levels of the HPAA and involve factors including hormones, glucose and inflammatory cytokines.
Cross-layer performance analysis and adaptation for real-time wireless video streaming
Creators: name: Loiacono, Michael T.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The proliferation of wireless technology, mobile computing, and increasingly sophisticated video codecs have fueled the sharp increase in demand for user and machine-centric applications (such as IPTV, telemedicine, cyber-physical control, and surveillance) involving wireless video streaming.  Unfortunately, today's state of the art local wireless technologies, such as IEEE 802.11, can be easily demonstrated to fail when subjected to the conditions associated with many of these real-world applications.  This is because wireless video streaming involves complex relationships between the the video codec, the wireless PHY and MAC, and the application's (or user's) sensitivity to distortions in the video signal, and these relationships are not well understood or exploited by today's video streaming systems. In this dissertation, we reveal and analyze several key obstacles to wireless video streaming, and propose a set of adaptive real-time cross-layer approaches to deal with them.    The dissertation begins with an overview of the major hurdles to wireless video streaming.  A particular focus is on the instability of current link adaptation algorithms in CSMA/CA based wireless systems under the congested scenarios associated with wireless transmission of multiple simultaneous uplink video streams.  Additionally, we focus on congestion control with respect to the fairness policies employed by the IEEE 802.11 channel access mechanism, and demonstrate that airtime fairness is preferred to throughput fairness for transmission of multiple simultaneous uplink video streams in a multi-rate environment.  Several other obstacles are presented, including:  the need for cross-layer approaches in wireless video streaming; problems with the use of MSE and PSNR in existing cross-layer approaches in today's literature; and the difficulty with perceptual, task-based video quality assessment in the context of an adaptive real-time cross-layer video streaming system. After that, we propose several adaptive real-time cross-layer solutions to deal with these obstacles. They include:  (i) airtime fair distributed cross-layer congestion control in multi-rate wireless environments; (ii) cross-layer link adaptation for wireless-video; (iii) video quality assessment in adaptive real-time cross-layer video streaming systems; and (iv) joint link adaptation and congestion control driven by user/task-centric resource allocation.  We support the proposed algorithms through simulations, theory, and experiments with real wireless devices on which we have implemented our algorithms.
Spiniferomonas minuta K. H. Nicholls
Creators: name: Kapustin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Chrysophyceae
Synurales
Synuraceae
Spiniferomonas
Spiniferomonas minuta

description: 60. Spiniferomonas minuta K.H. Nicholls
Krasnoyarsk Territory (Bessudova et al. 2018b); Republic of Yakutia (Bessudova et al. 2021, 2022b); Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area (Bessudova et al. 2023d).
description: Published as part of Kapustin, Dmitry A., 2024, An updated checklist of the silica-scaled chrysophytes from Russia, pp. 165-193 in Phytotaxa 669 (3) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14519547
Female mate choice in the domesticated goat (capra hircus)
Creators: name: Longpre, Kristy M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Female mate choice is the tendency for females to distinguish among and mate selectively with one specific phenotype. In promiscuous species in which males contribute genes only, females should mate with higher quality males. This propensity accounts for the display of dimorphic characteristics that cannot be explained through Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Female mate choice has not been studied in domesticated species like the goat, in part due to single-male breeding programs and the use of artificial insemination which inhibit the opportunity for mate choice. However, existence of mate choice in a domesticated species would suggest that the underlying mechanisms of mate choice are robust. Results from a series of experiments support the concept of mate choice in domestic animals. Female goats are able to distinguish among and show preference for males with higher testosterone (T) concentrations. Females may use a suite of T-dependent physiological and behavioral cues that increase in frequency and intensity during the breeding season to assess potential mates, specifically courtship and chemical cues. Behavior studies indicate that morphological cues are not used to distinguish among males. Instead, males that display intense chemical and/or courtship cues are preferred by estrous females. Analysis of T concentrations reveals that males with higher T concentrations have more intense chemical cues and higher courtship rates than those with lower T concentrations. High testosterone concentrations appear to impose high energetic costs as males with high T concentrations lose more body weight during breeding season, likely due to the increased frequency of T-dependent physiological and behavioral cues. Testosterone concentrations and resulting T-dependent behaviors may serve as an honest indicator of a male’s overall fitness.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED RISK ANALYSIS METHODS, QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Creators: name: Abdurahmonov, Valijon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Investment activity is one of the most important aspects of the functioning of any commercial organization. The reasons that determine the need for investments are the renewal of the existing material and technical base, the increase in production volumes, and the development of new types of activity.