cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Critical Mixed-Signal CMOS Circuits for Reconfigurable Radio
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The explosive growth of the global communications industry, in which California com-panies are a driving force, has been fueled by relentless advances toward increased bandwidth and decreased unit costs. These advances have been enabled by the perpetuation of Moore’s Law which has made the increasingly sophisticated communication protocols, digital signal process-ing techniques, and microprocessors applied to communication systems practical. As a result, today’s communication systems are staggeringly complex digital systems with relatively little analog signal processing. Moreover, the digital complexity of next-generation communication systems, such as 4G cellular telephone networks and 802.16 metropolitan area networks (MANs), is certain to increase. Nevertheless, the world remains an analog place. Communication systems that incorpo-rate digital signal processing inevitably require mixed-signal and RF components. The accuracy required of these components tends to increase as communication standards evolve toward high-er data rates and higher spectral efficiencies. Unfortunately, the very phenomenon that enables complicated digital signal processing systems actually works against conventional high-accuracy analog circuitry. In perpetuating Moore’s Law, IC process designers inevitably make trade-offs that favor digital circuitry over analog circuitry [ - ]. One solution is to implement the critical mixed-signal and RF components apart from the “analog-unfriendly” digital ICs using higher-cost, “analog-friendly” IC technology. However, this significantly increases unit cost, size, and power consumption, all of which are highly undesirable in most applications. Thus, there is a fundamental disconnect between the requirements of present and future high-performance communications and the evolution of the semiconductor electronics industry. For the communications industry to reap continued economic benefits from the perpetuation of Moore’s Law, this disconnect must be addressed. The objective of this project—to generate ena-bling technology for reconfigurable radio that overcomes limitations imposed by highly scaled CMOS circuit technology—addresses the disconnect.
Findings and Recommendations for the Remediation of Historic Pesticide Contamination
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Year: 1999

description: The increasing development pressures on New Jersey's remaining farmland have triggered a number of major public policy issues for the state. The Whitman administration is attempting to strike an appropriate balance between new development and the management of the State's natural resources. Recently, one specific issue that needs to be dealt within this larger context was brought to the attention of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the Department) by the development community. The historical use of agricultural pesticides in New Jersey has resulted in pesticide residues of certain persistent pesticides in soil at concentrations that exceed the Department's residential soil cleanup criteria and may pose a human health risk. The primary concern with historical pesticide residues is human health risk from inadvertent ingestion of contaminated soil, particularly by children. While there is currently no requirement that agricultural soil be tested prior to development, many developers and lenders are requiring that sites proposed for development undergo an evaluation of environment conditions. In fact, it was such a requirement that triggered the investigation into potential impacts of pesticide residues and soil. The presence of pesticide residues may be a concern in currently operating farms and orchards as well as properties that have already been developed. The challenge is how to modify the cleanup process currently used in New Jersey to remediate industrial discharges to address the risks presented by historical pesticide contamination. Department Commissioner Robert Shinn formed the Historic Pesticide Contamination Task Force to help the Department identify technically and economically viable alternative strategies that will be protective of human health and the environment for sites with contamination due to historical use of pesticides.
Research Project Summary: Lead in New Jersey School Drinking Water: Results of a Monitoring Study
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Year: 1993

description: In 1990 and 1991, water samples from 100 drinking  water fountains in 50 school buildings were collected and analyzed for lead, copper, hardness, alkalinity, pH, and temperature. Fountains were sampled first thing in the morning, after flushing the fountain for 10 minutes, and just before the first lunch break at the school. The results show that one-time, morning flushing may not be effective as a means of reducing children's exposure to lead via drinking water in some schools. Schools which currently use flushing as a remediation for lead in drinking water should flush more than once a day. An effective flushing scheme includes periodic flushing (every 2-3 hours) of 5-10 minutes throughout the school day. Highly corrosive waters were associated with more lead and copper leaching than low or moderately corrosive waters. School buildings constructed from 1980 through 1987 had a higher percentage of elevated lead levels in drinking water fountains than schools constructed in other years.
Pseudopterogorgia australiensis
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia australiensis

description: Pseudopterogorgia australiensis (Ridley, 1884)
Leptogorgia australiensis Ridley, 1884: 342–344, pl. 36, fig. C, C′, c, c′ (Torres Straits).
Gorgonia australiensis (new comb.) Ridley 1888: 238.
Pseudopterogorgia australiensis var. perflava Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997: 33.
Pseudopterogorgia australiensis Williams & Vennam 2001: 81, figs. 7A, B, D; 8, 9, 10, 13.
Opinion: There is not enough evidence to say this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomas & George 1986: 106–107, fig. in, 1–3 (SW & SE coast); Mary & Lazarus 2004: 38, fig. 16&17; Fernando 2011: 81–82, pl. 54, fig. 2–2e (SE coast); Fernando et al. 2017: 176–177, pl. 80, fig. 1–1e (SE coast).
Literature analysis: This species was erected for material collected from the Torres Straits between Australia and Papua New Guinea and originally named Leptogorgia australiensis. Kükenthal (1919: 220) placed it in the new genus Pseuopterogorgia. Thomson & Henderson (1905: 308–309) reported that 2 varieties occur in Sri Lanka but the descriptions are unrecognisable. The descriptions given by Thomas & George (1986) and Mary & Lazarus (2004), under the original name, are not recognisable and the figured oval-shaped sclerites do not look like those from Pseudopterogorgia. Also, in the latter paper the pinnate branches of the figured colony re-branched further, which is quite unlike P. australiensis. The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but without more detailed descriptions and larger images of the sclerites it is not possible to recognise what species they have. The authors, however, admitted the colony shape was quite different and the sclerites larger than those of this species. Thomas & George (1987) and Varghese et al. (2007: 15, fig. 7) list the taxon under the old original name and the latter provides a colony image that is not a Pseudopterogorgia.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 77-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Appendix V.  Land Use/Land Cover Selections and Patch Type Justifications
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Not given
Year: 2012

description: This is an appendix to the 2012 New Jersey Landscaping Project v. 3.1.  This appendix describes that the report uses BIOPID (a unique ID) and four Patch types: Limited Extent, Contiguous Area, Cardinal-Proximate and Stream Centerline.  The report also uses LULC classes such as Undissolved and Dissolved.
Environmental Resources Inventory: Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: The Stillwater Township Environmental Commission
Year: 1998

description: This inventory is a categorical description of all the recognized natural features of the land, within the borders of Stillwater Township.  Topics covered in the inventory include: topography, soils, geology, hydrology, wetlands, lakes, streams, vegetation, threatened species,  and endangered species.  A natural resources review process is presented in the inventory. Which covers vegetation and habitat, soil limitations ratings, and a site review process.
Pseudopterogorgia balasubramanii Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia balasubramanii

description: Pseudopterogorgia balasubramanii Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia balasubramanii Fernando, 2011: 82–83, fig. 1–1c (Kothapatnam); Fernando et al. 2017: 178–179, pl. 81, fig. 1–1c (SE coast).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Environmental Resource Inventory: Borough of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Borough of Shrewsbury Environmental Commission : Ralph, Michael
Year: 1994

description: This inventory aims at providing comprehensive information and to serve as a reference manual and resource on the environment of the Borough of Shrewsbury for municipal bodies, interested citizens, potential developers, planners, engineers, contractors and other parties.  This inventory covers the following topics: history of Shrewsbury, climate, geology, soils, hydrology, topography and slope, wetlands, vegetation and wildlife, utilities, infrastructure, transportation, noise, land use, and open space.
Hackensack River Greenway through Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Hackensack River Greenway Task Force
Year: 1997

description: This pamphlet is a proposal for the creation of a "River Greenway" which would comprise of a pedestrian walkway and nature trail.  Besides serving a recreational function, the greenway would act as a natural green buffer between Teaneck's developed area and the Hackensack River.
Pseudopterogorgia flexibilis Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia flexibilis

description: Pseudopterogorgia flexibilis Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia flexibilis Fernando, 2011: 85–86, pl. 56, fig. 2–2c (Kodiakkarai); Fernando et al. 2017: 182, pl. 83, fig. 1–1c (Kodiakkarai).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 78-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Pseudopterogorgia fredericki Williams & Vennam 2001
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia fredericki

description: Pseudopterogorgia fredericki Williams & Vennam, 2001
Pseudopterogorgia fredericki Williams & Vennam, 2001: 72–81, fig. 1–6 13 (St. Mary’s Isles, Karnataka).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records could be valid: Fernando 2011: 87–88, pl. 57, fig. 2–2c (West coast); Fernando et al. 2017: 185, pl. 84, fig. 1–1c (West coast).
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical.
The sclerite images are not sharp and very few scaphoids appear to be present, but the material seems to be conspecific.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Natural Resource Inventory: Township of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Brinkerhoff Environmental Services, Inc.
Year: 1997

description: This project is a Natural Resource Inventory for the Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey.  This Natural Resource Inventory will identify and provide the Woodbridge Township with much needed general environmental information concerning the township.  Included with this inventory are several supporting documents: the 1995 matching grants program application, a draft of the Environmental Impact Statement Ordinance, the NJDEP Shellfish Classification Chart, the NJDEP Air Quality Standards Monitoring Data, and the NJDEP Natural Heritage Program Database Search.
Pseudopterogorgia filiformis Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia filiformis

description: Pseudopterogorgia filiformis Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia filiformis Fernando, 2011: 83–85, pl. 56, fig. 1–1d (Kodiakkarai); Fernando et al. 2017: 180, pl. 82, fig. 1–1c (Palk Bay).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Pseudopterogorgia formosa
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia formosa

description: Pseudopterogorgia formosa (Nutting, 1910)
Leptogorgia formosa Nutting, 1910c: 5–6, pl. 1, fig. 2, 2a; pl. 3, fig. 2 (Bay of Pidjot, Lombok).
Pseudopterogorgia formosa Williams & Vennam 2001: 81, fig. 13; Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997: 33, fig. 11b.
Opinion: There is not enough evidence that this species occurs the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Fernando 2011: 86–87, pl. 57, fig. 1–1c (off Pamban); Fernando et al. 2017: 184, pl. 83, fig. 2–2c (Pamban).
Literature analysis: This species was erected for a specimen collected in Indonesia and was reassigned to the genus Pseudopterogorgia by Grasshoff & Alderslade (1997). The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical. The colony in their figure looks very much like that illustrated by Nutting, but the included sclerite figures are exceedingly small making it virtually impossible to see the necessary detail. There are short, medium and long spindles, many quite curved, with two very substantial median girdles of warts: the long curved sclerites are conspicuous and very slender and they appear to be scaphoids. The shape of the sclerites does not agree with those figured by Grasshoff & Alderslade (1997).
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Appendix IV. Land Use/Land Cover Analysis for Species and their Feature Label components
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Not given
Year: 2012

description: This Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Analysis for Species and their Feature Label components report summarizes an analysis that was used to aid in selection of LULC categories for the formation of species based on habitat patches.   The guide is organized into three sections - GIS Analysis, Figures and Tables.
Pseudopterogorgia kodiakaraiensis Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia kodiakaraiensis

description: Pseudopterogorgia kodiakaraiensis Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia kodiakaraiensis Fernando, 2011: 88–89, pl. 58, fig. 1–1c (Kodiakkarai); Fernando et al. 2017: 187, pl. 85, fig. 1–1c (Kodiakkarai).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Appendix I. Protocol for Accepting or Rejecting Species Sighting Reports to the Endangered and Nongame Species Program
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Not given
Year: 2012

description: This document describes the protocol for Accepting or Rejecting Species Sighting Reports to the Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP).  The Rare Wildlife Sighting Report Form is included.
Genetic Susceptibility to Breast Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The purpose of this grant is to investigate genes involved in the production of estrogen and its movement both in the blood throughout the body and in and out of cells, and to determine their role in breast cancer causation. A substantial amount of experimental, clinical and epidemiologic evidence indicates that hormones (most importantly, estrogen and progesterone) play a major role in the causation of breast cancer. The known risk factors for breast cancer can be understood as measures of the total lifetime exposure of the breast to estrogen and, perhaps, progesterone. Exposure to these hormones cause breast cells to grow and divide. Estrogen and other hormones are made in the body from cholesterol through a complex series of steps. These steps are determined by genes. We will test the idea (hypothesis) that certain genes involved in the making of estrogen, such as those that change estrogen from less active to more active forms, also play important roles in breast cancer. We also hypothesize that changes in the estrogen receptor (ER) gene, which works in concert with estrogen and other factors to signal breast cells to divide, are associated with breast cancer risk.

 We will conduct a study to examine the possible associations between three genes and breast cancer in a total of 1,600 women from an ethnically diverse cohort (group of women) in Los Angeles County and Hawaii established in 1993. "Cases" will be those women with a first time occurrence of breast cancer. They will be compared to healthy women of similar age and ethnicity who have no history of cancer ("controls"). Approximately equal numbers of women will be included from the following four racial/ethnic groups: African-American, Hispanic, Japanese, and White.

 We will explore possible associations between breast cancer and these genes within and across different ethnic groups, and also seek to identify environmental factors, e.g., dietary components, such as fat, or hormone use, that may interact with these genes and modify risk.
title: Models of Inflation: A Taxonomy of Effects
Creators: name: Freedman, Charles
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05cc98565
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1977

description: In this study the author uses three wage equations and three price equations to examine the effect on wages and prices of various shocks. Different combinations of wage and price equations yield very different results when subjected to excess demand shocks and to exogenous price shocks. The results of the shocks are explained in terms of the general characteristics of the models used. The author also examines the effect of increasing the lags in the wage and price equations on the inflationary responses to the shocks.

description: Dans ce travail de recherche qui porte sur les réactions des salaires et des prix à certaines modifications de la situation économique, l'auteur utilise trois équations pour étudier le comportaient des prix et trois équations pour étudier le comportement des salaires. Des combinaisons de ces équations impliquent des réactions très différentes à une modification de la demande excédentaire ou à une variation de prix due à l'influence de facteurs exogènes. Ces réactions sont expliquées en fonction des caractéristiques générales des modèles utilisés. L'auteur étudie ëgalanent les phénomènes qui se produisent au niveau des réactions inflationnistes lorsqu'on prolonge les décalages que comportent les équations relatives aux salaires et aux prix.
Multi-ethnic Study of Genetic Control of Plasma Hormones
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: A large and compelling body of scientific evidence indicates that estrogens play a major role in causing breast cancer. We have been investigating three genes that are involved in the production of estrogens in the body and have found that one gene, called CYP17, is associated with a 2.5 times increased risk of advanced breast cancer. We have also found that CYP17 may, in part, be responsible for the genetic control of hormone levels occurring naturally in the body.

 <>In this study, we propose to expand this work by examining the association between CYP17 and a second gene, HSD17B1, and plasma levels of several steroid hormones in healthy, postmenopausal women. We will also examine the relationships between these genes and important known risk factors for breast cancer including body weight, age at menarche, age at first birth, number of children the woman has borne, age at menopause, and the use of oral contraceptives (OCs) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) among healthy postmenopausal women.

 The study will include 170 randomly selected women from each of four racial-ethnic groups: African-American, Japanese, Latina and White, resulting in a total sample size of 680. These women are part of a larger on-going study of cancer.

 This study could have several important consequences. In the field of cancer prevention, there is likely to be substantial interest in the interaction between these genes and exogenous estrogen use, i.e., OCs and HRT. As a genetic marker of risk, these genotypes may provide new tools for identifying high risk groups of women for prevention and treatment protocols. Finally, understanding the genetic control of steroid hormone biosynthesis can provide new insights into reproductive biology and endocrinology.
Pseudopterogorgia kotapatnamensis Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia kotapatnamensis

description: Pseudopterogorgia kotapatnamensis Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia kotapatnamensis Fernando, 2011: 89–91, pl. 58, fig. 2–2c (Kodiakkarai); Fernando et al. 2017: 189–190, pl. 86, fig. 1–1c (Bay of Bengal).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Pseudopterogorgia oppositipinna
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia oppositipinna

description: Pseudopterogorgia oppositipinna (Ridley, 1888)
Gorgonia oppositipinna Ridley, 1888: 238–240, pl. 18, fig. 7–11 (King Island Bay).
Pseudopterogorgia oppositipinna Williams & Vennam 2001: 85–87.
Opinion: There is no evidence that this material occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Fernando, 2011: 97–98, pl. 61, fig. 1–1c (SE coast); Fernando et al. 2017: 199, pl. 91, fig. 1–1c (SE coast).
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical. The illustrated colony is branched in an irregular lateral manner with relatively thick branches, whereas the colonies figured by Ridley (1888) and Williams & Vennam (2001) are pinnate and have very thin branches (Ridley: 1–1.5 mm thick). The sclerites figures given by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are very small and unsharp so it is not possible to see a lot of detail, but nearly all seem to be short, stout spindles of the same size, some curved, with a well-defined waist between 2 distinct girdles of large, warts, and possibly another girdle and some terminal warts at each end. Scaphoids seem to be absent or are very indistinct. Williams & Vennam (2001) describe the sclerites as including elongate spindles with many girdles of warts and scaphoids that are mostly long, narrow, and well developed. They also say this species is one of two that have the highest proportion of scaphoids in the genus, which tallies with Ridley’s account where he only describes scaphoids and describes them as being slender and pointed. It would seem that that the colony described by Fernando’s does not fit this species; however, as the original samples came from Mergui it would not be surprising if it was eventually discovered off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Maximally selected test statistics
Creators: name: Ma, Yuhui
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Year: 2012

description: In clinical or public health research studies, an investigator often assumes that some continuous predictive variable X allows classifying study population into a risk and a normal group with respect to a response variable Y.  The aim of these research efforts is to transform a continuous variable into a binary variable by identifying a threshold or cutpoint in the predictor to distinguish different groups with high or low probabilities of favorable outcomes.  Several methods including maximally selected chi-square statistics, maximally selected rank statistics and Koziol’s exact finite sample distribution approach to search for the optimal cut point have been reviewed and compared in Chapter 1. Since utilizing the maximally selected rank statistic to analyze semi-continuous predictors has not been discussed in the literatures, this dissertation provides the comparison of the null distribution, power curve, precision of cut point estimation between semi-continuous and continuous predictive variables via simulation.  In Chapter 2, we confirmed the critical values to reject the null hypotheses are lower in semi-continuous predictors compare to continuous predictors.  In Chapter 3, we show the power of maximally selected rank statistic from the semi-continuous predictor is stochastically larger than that from the continuous predictor. In Chapter 4, we found besides the sample size and effect size, the location of the true cut-point also affects the precision of the cut-point estimates.  Compared to the continuous predictor, the semi-continuous predictor has higher percentage of correct cut-point estimates.  The null distributions for semi-continuous predictor simulated in Chapter 1 are then applied to the study of “lead exposure, HPA dysfunction, blood pressure and hypertension risk” (Fiedler 2010) in Chapter 6 to determine the cut point in blood lead level that triggers increased stress.  This application focused on the multivariate relationship between predictor variables and response variable, which were not discussed in the literature. After adjusted by other confounder variables through the regression residuals, a significant cut-point of 2 μg/dL in blood lead level is identified.  Since the use of the regression residual of the response variable violates the independence assumption of this maximally selected rank statistics, this dissertation also demonstrated the robustness of this assumption in chapter 5.
Rootkits on smart phones
Creators: name: Bickford, Jeffrey Earl
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Smart phones are increasingly being equipped with operating systems that compare in complexity  with those on desktop computers. This trend makes smart phone operating systems  vulnerable to many of the same threats as desktop operating systems.  In this dissertation, we focus on the threat posed by smart phone rootkits. Rootkits are  malware that stealthily modify operating system code and data to achieve malicious goals, and  have long been a problem for desktops. We use four example rootkits to show that smart phones  are just as vulnerable to rootkits as desktop operating systems. However, the ubiquity of smart  phones and the unique interfaces that they expose, such as voice, GPS and battery, make the  social consequences of rootkits particularly devastating.  The rapid growth of mobile malware and the four rootkit attacks developed, necessitates  the presence of robust malware detectors on mobile devices. However, running malware detectors  on mobile devices may drain their battery, causing users to disable these protection  mechanisms to save power. This dissertation studies the security versus energy tradeoffs for a particularly challenging class of malware detectors, namely rootkit detectors. We investigate  the security versus energy tradeoffs along two axes: attack surface and malware scanning  frequency, for both code and data based rootkit detectors. Our findings, based on a real implementation  on a mobile handheld device, reveal that protecting against code-driven attacks  is relatively cheap, while protecting against all data-driven attacks is prohibitively expensive.  Based on our findings, we determine a sweet spot in the security versus energy tradeoff, called  the balanced profile, which protects a mobile device against a vast majority of known attacks,  while consuming a limited amount of extra battery power.
Microbial ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Creators: name: Pérez-Rodríguez, Ileana
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Year: 2012

description: The global influence of mid-oceanic ridges (MOR) first became apparent through continental drifting–its immanent force easily appreciated in today’s resulting continents. The role of MORs as a source of global-ocean chemistry is less apparent but equally immense. Key to these processes is fluid-rock reactions between circulating seawater and hot new basalt. With the discovery of hydrothermal vent ecosystems in the 1970’s, yet another important consequence of rock-fluid interaction was established in chemosynthesis. Early photographic descriptions of “frosted white and yellow precipitates” covering basalt rocks close to discharged hydrothermal fluids, with benthic communities emerging from them, referred to the now knownchemosynthetic biofilms that interact with hydrothermal fluids. These microorganisms have a pivotal role in transforming the geochemistry of Earth’s oceans. The main objectives of this dissertation are to study anaerobic chemosynthetic vent microorganisms, and to explore the molecular ecology of these biofilm communities. Initial approaches included isolation of anaerobic chemosynthetic microorganisms resulting in the description of two novel bacterial species: the epsilonproteobacterium Nautilia nitratireducens strain MB-1T, and Phorcys thermohydrogeniphilus strain HB-8T, a new genus in the Aquificales. Both bacteria are obligate thermophilic anaerobes, capable of hydrogen oxidation coupled to sulfur- and nitrate-reduction. Further investigation focused on mechanisms regulating vent biofilms, the dominant growth strategy in vent microbial communities. Quorum-sensing (QS), a mechanism relying on cell density and the production of extracellular signals for cell-cell communication, is used by many microbial species to regulate biofilm formation. One QS signal is Autoinducer-2, whose precursor is synthesized by the LuxS enzyme. To study QS in ventenvironments, Caminibacter mediatlanticus and Sulfurovum lithotrophicum, cultured members of the well represented Epsilonproteobacteria, were used as model systems. The luxS gene and transcripts were detected in their genomes and during growth, respectively; these luxS-expressing cultures induced bioluminescence, a QSresponse, in a Vibrio harveyi reporter strain. Detection of luxS transcripts in-situ, also indicated that QS is likely occurring in natural vent biofilms. This data demonstrates that vent Epsilonproteobacteria posses the luxS/AI-2 system for cell-cell communication. This work is relevant to our overall understanding of microbial phenotypicplasticity in response to environmental factors.
Studies of Tamoxifen/Toremifene DNA interactions in monkeys
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The antiestrogen tamoxifen has been the drug of choice since the early 1980’s for the treatment of women with estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer and is sometimes hailed as a "wonder drug’. While it does prolong disease-free survival for several years after initial surgery, uncertainty exists about the optimum length of tamoxifen treatment, since it can actually cause cancer of the endometrium (lining of the uterus). Tamoxifen has also been shown to cause liver cancer in laboratory animals (rats). Experiments on rats demonstrate that tamoxifen binds to DNA and forms so-called adducts. DNA adducts are modifications of the DNA that lead to mutations and, if sufficient mutations accumulate, to cancer. An alternative drug, toremifene, also prevents the recurrence of breast cancer but does not form DNA adducts in rats. Conclusive data in humans, however, are not available at this point because of the difficulty of obtaining data on tamoxifen and toremifene DNA adducts relevant to human exposure. Because rats differ in many aspects from humans, a study will be initiated to test the effects of tamoxifen and toremifene treatment in monkeys. This data will be much more relevant to effects of these drugs on humans.

 We propose to determine whether and how much DNA adducts are formed in liver, endometrium and spleen of the monkeys at different time points during treatment with either drug. High levels of DNA adducts will show that the treatment is likely to cause new tumors. The long-term goal of this study is to obtain data that lead to new treatments for breast cancer.
Growth behavior of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris as a function of strain and culture conditions
Creators: name: Merle, Jennifer M.
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Year: 2012

description: Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris is an acidophilic, spore-forming spoilage organism of concern for the fruit juice industry. The occurrence of bacterial spore-formers in low pH foods was thought to be insignificant. However, in recent years, spoilage of acidic juice by Alicyclobacillus was recognized and the seriousness of this situation began to be appreciated. A. acidoterrestris has been associated with commercially pasteurized fruit juices as well as other low pH, shelf-stable products such as bottled tea and isotonic drinks. It has been isolated from garden and forest soils and may be introduced into the manufacturing process through unwashed or poorly washed fruit. If spores are not destroyed by processing, they can germinate, grow, and spoil product. The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of A. acidoterrestris growth as a function of strain, pH and temperature so that growth of A. acidoterrestris spores might be inhibited by environmental control and product formulation. Four strains of A. acidoterrestris were used to investigate the growth kinetics in response to pH (3.0, 4.0, 5.0) and temperatures (30, 37.5, 45ºC) by measuring the optical density (OD) every hour for 48 hours using a microtitre plate reader to develop the growth curves. The growth rates were calculated using the software program DMFit and were used to illustrate the relationship between the growth kinetics of A. acidoterrestris strains. When examining the generated data, we observed that there were some differences between growth kinetics of tested strains at various pH and temperature conditions. The differences were random and did not follow any specific trend. The use of a reference strain allows for greater availability and reproducibility. Accordingly, the ATCC 49025 strain is representative of the food isolates (strain N1100, N1102 and N1139) and can be used as a reference strain.
Microbially mediated mercury detoxification in geothermal environments
Creators: name: Freedman, Zachary
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Year: 2012

description: Geothermal features are generated by leaching of minerals and metals as superheated water flows through cracks and fissures in Earth’s crust.  As this water reaches the surface, chemical, pH, and temperature gradients are created that drive life in these environments. Geothermal environments are often enriched with toxic metals, e.g. mercury (Hg), the focus of this dissertation.  Resistance to toxic Hg(II) is controlled by the enzyme mercuric reductase (MR), which catalyzes Hg(II) reduction to Hg(0).   The gene encoding MR, merA, is part of the mercury resistance (mer) operon, which at minimum includes genes encoding transport, enzymatic, and regulatory functions.  The primary objective of my research was to achieve better understanding of biotic transformations that modulate Hg toxicity in geothermal environments.  I characterized Hg-resistance in Aquificae, dominant primary producers in geothermal environments, and investigated the diversity and distribution of Hg-resistance genes in geochemically diverse hot springs in Yellowstone National Park (YNP), and 23 assemblages on a global scale.  Two strains of Aquificae were obtained; Hydrogenobaculum sp. Y04AAS1 (AAS1) and Hydrogenivirga sp. 128-5-R1-1 (R1-1).  Genome sequencing revealed homologous sequences to merA, and alignment of putative Hg-resistance genes, MerA, MerT (Hg(II) transporter) and MerP (periplasmic scavenger), reveal homology with the mer system of Tn501. Characterization of mer in AAS1 and R1-1 include growth at Hg concentrations >10 μM Hg(II), loss of Hg(II) from the growth medium, validation of Hg(0) production, and MR enzyme activity; mer induction was not observed, suggesting lack of regulatory function. Microbial mat biomass was collected from Bijah and Succession Springs, YNP, and environmental merA sequences were obtained from GenBank to determine the ecological controls on Hg-resistant communities in YNP hot springs, and on a global scale.  merA assemblages exhibited grouping within each community, and total sequence pool, as indicated by positive net relatedness index and nearest taxon index values, respectively.  Cluster analyses reveal different clustering patterns of 16S rRNA and merA gene assemblages from YNP, suggesting unique controls on 16S rRNA and merA gene community structure.  Meta-analysis of merA communities from 23 assemblages encompassing 782 environmental sequences reveal clustering based on sample location, suggesting that geography structures Hg-resistant communities.
A Nonpoint Source Pollution Inventory of Two Subwatersheds Within the Borough of Hopatcong, Sussex County, New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Coastal Environmental Services, Inc.
Year: 1996

description: The purpose of this inventory is to identify certain subwatersheds within the Borough of Hopatcong for a detailed nonpoint source pollution inventory and a review of pollution control strategies specifically considered for the identified subwatersheds.
Pseudopterogorgia mandabamensis Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia mandabamensis

description: Pseudopterogorgia mandabamensis Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia mandabamensis Fernando, 2011: 92–93, pl. 59, fig. 2–2d (Mandabam); Fernando et al. 2017: 193, pl. 88, fig. 1–1d (Bay of Bengal).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327