cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Role of TOP2B in photoreceptor gene regulatory network by single-cell transcriptome analysis
Creators: name: Pinto, Alexandria
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: TOP2B is an enzyme that allows for access to the DNA strand for gene transcription. During development, TOP2B is found in cells which have finished mitosis and proliferation, suggesting its function in cell differentiation. Previously, bulk RNA-seq analysis of the retina revealed TOP2B controls expression of genes in the photoreceptor gene-regulatory network. However, bulk RNA-seq does not allow for direct analysis of individual cells to identify the role of TOP2B in photoreceptor cell differentiation. The central hypothesis is that grouping cells based on the photoreceptor gene regulatory network and applying bioinformatics analysis to the data can show that TOP2B plays an essential role in proper photoreceptor differentiation. In this study, we preform bioinformatics analysis on publically available single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) dataset of postnatal day 14 mouse retina (GSE63473) to determine to role of TOP2B in the photoreceptor gene regulatory network and identify novel genes which contribute to this pathway. Analysis of photoreceptor scRNA-seq data reveals that TOP2B expression is correlated with the expression of photoreceptor marker genes, confirming its role in photoreceptor differentiation. In addition, gene Fam19a3 was identified for its novel role contributing to the Top2b-controlled photoreceptor gene regulatory network. Thus, this study provides further insight into the photoreceptor differentiation processes that could be affected by the gene regulatory pathway.
Allenipeplus philippinensis Kirejtshuk et Kovalev 2016
Creators: name: Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.
name: Kovalev, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nitidulidae
Allenipeplus
Allenipeplus philippinensis

description: Allenipeplus philippinensis Kirejtshuk et Kovalev, 2016
Figs 4, A–C
description: Published as part of Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. & Kovalev, Alexey V., 2022, Monograph on the Cillaeinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from the Australian Region with comments on the taxonomy of the subfamily, pp. 1-133 in Zootaxa 5103 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5103.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6245709
Mergers and acquisitions in higher education
Creators: name: Porterfield-Gregorio, Victoria Elyse
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: Colleges and universities have faced tough decision-making, particularly when it comes to allocating resources to balance effectiveness and efficiency. Many institutions of higher education in the United States and abroad have begun to look for alternative policy solutions to increase both effectiveness and efficiency in an effort to save resources and increase their competitive advantage through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Enhanced effectiveness can create more robust and competitive programs that will improve educational outcomes, and increased efficiency can condense duplicative programs and services, refine resource allocation, and reduce overall costs.  My review of higher education mergers indicates that a comprehensive evaluation of any merger or acquisition in United States’ higher education has not been conducted in recent years. A major feature of this research is conducting an outcomes assessment which doesn’t appear to have been done with other higher education M&As. The Rutgers-UMDNJ integration has many outcomes that require evaluation to better guide policymakers, colleges, and universities about their decisions and practices regarding higher education mergers and acquisitions. The primary purpose of this study was to provide a framework for how to evaluate a higher education M&A, with a special emphasis on examining outcome trajectories.  Although it may be too soon to evaluate the long-term benefits or the costs of the Rutgers-UMDNJ integration, an interim evaluation of the intended goals can help determine whether the integration has facilitated any noticeable changes three years after its implementation. Moreover, the implications for future program implementation of mergers and acquisitions in institutions of higher education can be guided and assessed through this research.  The reasons, design, implementation, effectiveness, and efficiency of the Rutgers-UMDNJ integration were evaluated. The implementation assessment revealed that the integration was implemented with fidelity to the design. The effectiveness and efficiency assessments both revealed that small and sluggish progress had been made, notably the SAT scores at the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) and Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy (Pharm) had increased post-integration.  But, many of the outcomes have yet to be fully realized three years post-integration.    Limitations in this study include expanding the number and types of individuals interviewed, the inability to evaluate graduate student admissions and human resources data, and the lack of a collaborative research database pre-integration.  Future evaluation of this case in another 5-7 years, which would be approximately 10 years post-integration, is suggested.
Ptomaphagus (Merodiscus) biharicus Jeannel 1934
Creators: name: Nitzu, Eugen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: 4. Ptomaphagus (Merodiscus) biharicus Jeannel, 1934
Zoogeographic element. Central-Eastern European.
Distribution. Slovakia: Slovenski kras only, Dolny Vrch (Růžička 1993), Romania. Distribution in Romania. Epigeal records. Detunata (FS53) (Jeannel 1934) (Fig. 2).
description: Published as part of Nitzu, Eugen, 2013, The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records, pp. 351-378 in Zootaxa 3620 (3) on page 354, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216183
Ptomaphagus
Creators: name: Nitzu, Eugen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Ptomaphagus

description: Subgenus Ptomaphagus (s.str.)
5. Ptomaphagus (s. str.) variicornis (Rosenhauer, 1847) Zoogeographic element. Euro-Caucasian.
Distribution. in the north from England to South Scandinavia, from Central to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. The southern limits of the range include the Pyrenees, northern Italy and Romania. Distribution in Romania. Epigeal records. Bihor Mt., Rodna-Valea Vinului (LN36), Sibiu (KL77), Reşiţa (ER61) (all: Kuthy 1896); Braşov (LL85), Sighişoara (LM21), Buduş (LN11), Vârghiş (LM80), Predeal (ML20) (Petri 1912; Jeannel 1936); Piatra Craiulului (Seaca Valley, 15.V.2009, AN leg., ISER) (LL63). Hypogeal records. P. Poarta Bihariei (FS25) (Decou 1964) (Fig. 3).
Ecological status. Trogloxene.
description: Published as part of Nitzu, Eugen, 2013, The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records, pp. 351-378 in Zootaxa 3620 (3) on pages 354-355, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216183
Supplementary materials
Creators: name: Koncha, Valeriya
name: Anatoliy, Kharkurin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 520599
subject: Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified

description: This study aimed to test how individuals’ motivational characteristics may mediate the relations of plurilingualism/pluriculturalism with divergent thinking. Two hundred sixty-one individuals (74 male and 214 female) were recruited using a simple random sampling method. Data collection included assessments of plurilingual experience (measured by the abridged version of Multilingual and Multicultural Experience Questionnaire), multicultural experience and desire (measured by Multicultural Experience Questionnaire), intercultural competence (measured by Integrative Intercultural Competence Survey), motivational characteristics (measured by The Scale for Rating Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students) and divergent thinking (measured by Unusual Uses test). Regression analyses using mediation models demonstrated that motivational characteristics mediate the association between intercultural competence and divergent thinking components. Motivational characteristics also mediate between multicultural experience/desire and divergent thinking components. These findings can further explain the underlying mechanism between plurilingualism and creativity by introducing motivational characteristics as a mediating factor.
Forests, wildlife & people on the margins
Creators: name: Paul, Diya
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: Wildlife and human needs are often enmeshed within discursive representations and praxis of wildlife conservation in the Global South. In India, more than three quarters of forested area is “unprotected.” These spaces are categorized as Reserve Forests and support diverse flora and fauna within complex landscapes of human settlement and agricultural fields. Much of this biodiversity remains understudied and underrepresented. This dissertation explores how biophysical and social factors coproduce space to create a conducive landscape for wildlife in the semi-arid Eastern Ghats of South India.  I employ a mixed-methods approach to respond to calls for more integrated research in conservation, and use a range of data sources such as semi-structured interviews, household surveys, faunal surveys and satellite imagery. The findings illustrate how livelihood diversity and everyday practices of rural communities living on the periphery of four Reserve Forests shape both landscape composition and structure. Species distribution models that assess relative likelihoods of distribution of the Sloth Bear, Four-horned Antelope, Wild boar and Leopard in the study area provide insight into the socio-ecological conditions under which shared spaces are created and maintained. This allows me to untangle the relationships mediating wildlife presence in unprotected forests. By drawing on lifeworlds of a marginalized forest dependent community, I argue that representations of Reserve Forests need to be contextualized based on actual vegetation characteristics and the relations between people, wildlife and forests. The results show that heterogeneity in land-use/cover produces a permeable landscape that resists precise classification.   This dissertation attempts to disrupt traditional conservation paradigms by showing that wildlife persists in human-dominated landscapes through a complex intersection of landscape composition and structure, forest management policies, everyday practices of rural communities and mutual adaptations between wildlife and people. Thus wildlife conservation in Reserve Forests should understand the landscape matrix, take into consideration diverse land uses and acknowledge the value of forests to rural communities.
Allenipeplus vitellinus Kirejtshuk et Kovalev 2016
Creators: name: Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.
name: Kovalev, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nitidulidae
Allenipeplus
Allenipeplus vitellinus

description: Allenipeplus vitellinus Kirejtshuk et Kovalev, 2016
Figs 4, D–E
Allenipeplus vitellinus Kirejtshuk et Kovalev, 2016: 235
description: Published as part of Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. & Kovalev, Alexey V., 2022, Monograph on the Cillaeinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from the Australian Region with comments on the taxonomy of the subfamily, pp. 1-133 in Zootaxa 5103 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5103.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6245709
Memory lane
Creators: name: Persaud, Kimele
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: Visual working (WM) and long-term memory (LTM) are intricately intertwined. As such, current theories and models of VWM have been extended to characterize behavior in long-term memory. For example, a popular framework for investigating VWM is the remember-guess paradigm, which suggests that information is either recalled with some noise, or is no longer retrievable and individuals resort to random guessing (e.g. Brady et al., 2013).  This framework has been extended to include an additional factor that contributes to memory, namely interference from non-target information (a.k.a. misassociations; Lew et al, 2015). In this way, individuals recall information with noise, missassociate memories to other task relevant information, or guess randomly. The compilation of these studies has identified the contribution of memory fidelity, misassociations, and random guesses to recall performance.   Notably, the remember-guess framework stands in stark contrast to theoretical Bayesian models of memory, which suggests that prior knowledge and expectations for the statistical regularities of the environment influences recall from long-term memory (Hemmer & Steyvers, 2009b).  The influence of prior knowledge is most prevalent when the stimuli in the memory tasks mirror the regularities of the natural world.   In this dissertation, I seek to challenge current theories of memory regarding the contribution of fidelity, misassociations, and random guesses to LTM, by evaluating the simultaneous contribution of prior knowledge. The combination of results from these studies suggest that prior knowledge plays a crucial recall in reconstruction from long-term episodic memory, and when prior knowledge is brought to the task of remembering, it alters the contribution of misassociations and random guessing to recall performance.
Helcogramma striata Hansen 1986
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Tripterygiidae
Helcogramma
Helcogramma striata

description: Helcogramma striata Hansen 1986 —Tropical striped triplefin
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from in orginal description from New Ireland by Hansen (1986: 351); record confirmed from Lemus, Nusau and Nusalomon Islands, Kavieng Lagoon by Fricke (1994: 436–441) and Fricke (1997: 480–489). A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 15 Oct. 2007; a video of a specimen taken in Senta Pass, east of New Hanover at 5–12 m depth, St. KR114, in 2014. USNM material.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Sri Lanka east to Line Islands, north to Izu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji. Cryptic, live corals, 1–20 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Ptomaphagus
Creators: name: Nitzu, Eugen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Ptomaphagus

description: 6. Ptomaphagus (s. str.) subvillosus (Goeze, 1777)
(= Ptomaphagus carpathicus Jeannel, 1934)
Zoogeographic element. European.
Distribution. Widespread in Europe, from southern Finland and central Scandinavia in the north to Spain and central Italy in the south, and Central-Eastern Europe (Romania).
Distribution in Romania. Epigeal records. Şura-Mare (KL78), Braşov (LL85), Reghin (LM28), Sibiu (KL77), Sighişoara (LM21) (Kuthy 1896; Petri 1912); Sic-Pästäraia (GS29) (Niţu 2007). Hypogeal records. Cloşani-Steiul Roşu (FQ49) (MSS) (Nitzu & Ilie 2004) (Fig. 3).
Ecological status. Trogloxene.
description: Published as part of Nitzu, Eugen, 2013, The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records, pp. 351-378 in Zootaxa 3620 (3) on page 355, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216183
Alticus saliens
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Blenniidae
Alticus
Alticus saliens

description: Alticus saliens (Forster 1788) —Leaping rockskipper
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Ireland as Salarias alticus by Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1836: 337–339), based on MNHN material; reported as as Salarias tridactylus by Günther (1877a: 200).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 0.—General distribution: Sri Lanka east to Vanuatu, north to southern Japan. Found on rocky shorelines, including the intertidal zone, 1–2 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Electronic supplementary material from Linking selection to demography in experimental evolution of active death in a unicellular organism
Creators: name: Zeballos, Nathalie
name: Rieu, Océane
name: Fereol, Stanislas
name: Leung, Christelle
name: Chevin, Luis-Miguel
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: This includes analysis methods and statistics, tables and figures.
Integrating and evaluating planning primitives for robot manipulation tasks in warehouse logistics
Creators: name: Psarakis, Zacharias
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: The Amazon Robotics Challenge was an event created by Amazon to bring robotics teams together and try to push forward the research on robotics automation related to warehouse logistics. The challenge consists of two tasks. The picking task requires a fully autonomous robotic system to remove target objects from a shelving unit into a tote. The stowing task requires placing objects from a tote into the shelving unit. The purpose of this thesis is to present state-of-the-art approaches related to motion, grasp and task planning, pose estimation solutions, and how different end-effector modalities can affect the performance of the autonomous system. Two grasp planning and three task planning approaches are evaluated and combined with a PRM* motion planner in the context of the Amazon Robotics Challenge tasks.
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Blenniidae
Aspidontus
Aspidontus taeniatus

description: Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834 —False cleanerfish
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11331 (1 specimen, 43.2 mm SL, St. CP 4492-10, off northwest coast of New Hanover); a video of a specimen taken in Steffen Channel, Kavieng District, St. KR 34, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Marshall and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia. Found in coral reefs, 1–112 m depth. Marine.
Remarks. This represents a new depth record, as the species was previously only recorded from depths of 1– 25 m depth.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Ptomaphagus
Creators: name: Nitzu, Eugen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Ptomaphagus

description: 7. Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sericatus (Chaudoir, 1845)
Zoogeographic element. Euro-Caucasian (listed as “subpontic element in Szymczakowski 1959).
Distribution. From the Caucasus in the east to Southern (northern Italy and southern France) and Central Europe.
Distribution in Romania. Epigeal records. Bucegi Mt. (LL82), (Ieniştea 1941, 1956); Sibiu (KL77), Sighişoara (LM21), Bazna (KM81), Braşov (LL85) (all: Petri 1912, 1926); Tocarnia (Maramureş) (LN08) (Niţu 2008); Comana (MJ39) (Montandon 1906, 1908). Hypogeal records. Cheile Caraşului (MSS) (ER60), Comarnic (karst) (ER70), Platoul Cârnealä (EQ79) (21.V.2006, RB leg., ISER) (Fig. 3).
Ecological status. Trogloxene.
description: Published as part of Nitzu, Eugen, 2013, The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records, pp. 351-378 in Zootaxa 3620 (3) on page 356, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216183
Representation theory and cohomology theory of meromorphic open-string vertex algebras
Creators: name: Qi, Fei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: In this dissertation we systematically study the meromorphic open-string vertex algebra, its representation theory, and its the cohomology theory. Meromorphic open-string vertex algebra (MOSVA hereafter) is a natural noncommutative generalization of vertex algebra. It is the algebraic structure of vertex operators satisfying associativity, but not necessarily commutativity. We review the axiomatic system of MOSVA and its left modules given by Huang and give the definition of right modules and bimodules. We prove that the rationality of iterates follows from the axioms. We introduce a pole-order condition which is used to simplify the axiomatic system and give a formulation by series with formal variables. We introduce the skew-symmetry operator, define the opposite MOSVA analogous to the opposite algebra of an associative algebra, and study the relation between modules for a MOSVA and modules for the opposite MOSVA. We consider the M"obius structure on MOSVA and its modules, and prove that the contragedient of a module with M"obius structure is also a module. We compute an example of MOSVA that is constructed from the two-dimensional sphere. We use rational function taking values in the algebraic completion to develop cohomology theory of MOSVA and its bimodules. We prove that the first cohomology of a MOSVA is isomorphic to the set of outer derivations. We prove also that if a MOSVA has vanishing first cohomology for every bimodule, then the its left modules of finite length and satisfying a composability condition is completely reducible.
Polynomial and moment conic optimizations
Creators: name: Ranjbar, Mohammad Mehdi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: We investigate the non-negative univariate polynomial conic optimization (uPCO) problem from the perspective of applications and the algorithms.    We start by considering the applications of uPCO, specifically in: 1- Time-variant network flow problems, and 2- Non-parametric estimation under shape constraints with splines. Regarding algorithms, we use non-symmetric interior point methods (IPMs) to solve this conic optimization problem.     It is well known that uPCO can be formulated as a semidefinite programming (SDP) problem, and therefore, it can be solved by available software for SDP. However, doing so will result in squaring the number of decision variables, and thus it is impractical even for moderate size problems. In addition, straightforward SDP formulation involves numerically unstable processes.    Regarding the latter issue, we propose an orthogonal change of basis. Using the Chebyshev polynomials (which form an orthogonal basis), uPCO problems with significantly higher dimensions can be solved. As for the former issue, we propose two direct non-symmetric interior-point algorithms, by specializing the non-symmetric homogeneous self-dual predictor-corrector (HSD P-C) IPM (proposed by Skajaa-Ye 2015) and a Mehrotra version (i.e. HSD M-P-C IPM) of this algorithm (proposed by Akle-Ye 2015).     We consider implementing these algorithms in two approaches. In the first approach, we develop these IPMs for the dual of the uPCO problem, i.e., the univariate moment conic optimization (uMCO) problem, where the algorithms can be utilized by the efficient barrier function of the moment cone. In the second approach, we consider developing the previous algorithms directly for the uPCO problem, by utilizing the algorithms by the Faybusovich universal barrier function of the non-negative univariate polynomial cone. We present numerical results of our implementations of these algorithms for each approach and a comparison among them.     Next, we consider a general conic optimization problem which contains the non-negative polynomial conic constraints, as well as second order and linear conic constraints. We propose a unified non-symmetric HSD IPM for this problem. Finally, we present that the numerical results of our implementations are comparable to the results of the symmetric HSD IPM for the symmetric formulation of the general problem, without the need to square the non-negative polynomial variables.
Design and implementation of a sensitive ceiling based visible light sensor
Creators: name: Rupavatharam, Siddharth
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: Existing photoelectric, pyroelectric infrared (PIR) and camera based solutions for applications such as motion detection, activity detection, occupancy detection and localization in indoor settings require people to carry a device on their person or dense deployment of transmitters and receivers or raise privacy concerns. Some if not all of these shortcomings can be overcome by using visible light. Leveraging visible light in an indoor setting enables reuse of pre-existing light sources as transmitters. The short wavelength (nanometers) of visible light, properties of reflection and creation of shadows ensure that light is contained to the room and makes eavesdropping hard. Any system which aims to make use of these properties of visible light first requires a sensor which can sense and convert visible light to a voltage. The work presented in this thesis presents all the steps that go into designing a sensitive ceiling based photoreceiver that is able to detect light level changes occurring on any floor including dark carpeted surfaces. The photoreceivers are designed to be placed along with the existing lighting fixtures in a room to make deployment as easy as fitting a light bulb. The photoreceiver is designed as a module that can be used as the first component of any visible light based system that wishes to detect faint changes in light. The efficacy of the photoreceiver in terms of sensitivity and accuracy is shown by testing it in a conference room under realistic use case scenarios and different floor types. Experiments are conducted by deploying the photoreceiver in a conference room on the ceiling at a height of 9 feet along with an LED lamp. Sensitivity of the photoreceiver is found by slowly dimming a single LED lamp until the conference room is completely dark. Photoreceiver analog to digital converter (ADC) readings corresponding to dimming light at the ceiling are noted. Accuracy of the photoreceiver is found by first making people walk through the sensing area and collecting raw readings. The raw readings are then processed using a detection algorithm. The photoreceiver is able to detect light level changes of the order of tens of lux occurring on the floor and detect motion of a person walking with an AUC-ROC score of 0.9739 while pointed at a bright floor surface and an AUC-ROC score of 0.9276 when pointed at a dark floor surface.
Reliance on individuating information and stereotypes in impression formation
Creators: name: Rubinstein, Rachel Sarah
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: This dissertation proposes and tests the diagnosticity and judgment task model of person perception.  This decision tree model of reliance on stereotypes and individuating information in impression formation makes a priori predictions regarding in what situations perceivers will rely on individuating information, in what situations they will rely on stereotypes (i.e., category information), and in what situations they will rely on both sources of information. The central tenet of the model is that the diagnosticity (i.e., relevance, usefulness) of the individuating information and the type of judgment task jointly influence reliance on stereotypes and individuating information in stereotype-relevant target evaluations.  In the present research, the model’s two main a priori hypotheses were tested: (1) In the presence of highly diagnostic individuating information and category information, perceivers should rely exclusively on individuating information in target evaluations, regardless of the judgment task at hand; and (2) in the presence of somewhat diagnostic information and category information, perceivers should rely exclusively on individuating information in trait ratings, but on stereotypes and individuating information in occupational suitability judgments and target-relevant predictions.  The first hypothesis was supported, but the second was not.  These results are discussed in the context of previous relevant research.
Atrosalarias holomelas
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Blenniidae
Atrosalarias
Atrosalarias holomelas

description: Atrosalarias holomelas (Günther 1872) —Black coral blenny
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 8 m depth, by Dean Tully on 19 Sept. 2012.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Marshall and Society Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Solitary among branching corals, 1–20 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Myrmecites rotundiceps Dlussky
Creators: name: Dlussky, G. M.
name: Rasnitsyn, A. P.
name: Perfilieva, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Myrmecites
Myrmecites rotundiceps

description: Morphogenus Myrmecites
Dlussky et Rasnitsyn, 2003
Type species Myrmecites rotundiceps Dlussky et Rasnitsyn, 2003.
Diagnosis. Ant impression fossils with waist 2-segmented and comparatively short, petiole sessile, postpetiole narrowly attached to gaster, and propodeum unarmed, which cannot be identified more precisely.
Species included. Only type species described from Green River Formation, USA, Middle Eocene [Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, 2003].
description: Published as part of Dlussky, G. M., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Perfilieva, K. S., 2015, The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East), pp. 131-152 in Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1) on page 144
Role of G9a methyltransferase in the dna damage response signal
Creators: name: Rodriguez-Colon, Lizahira
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: DNA damage induces a choreographed set of local changes in histone modifications which leads to efficient recruitment of DNA repair factors. The regulation of these chromatin modifications at DNA breaks is critical to maintain genome integrity. Recent studies in our lab have identified a role for G9a methyltransferase in regulating DNA repair. The overall aim of this project was to elucidate how G9a activity regulates this pathway and to identify the effects of its inhibition in this process.  It was shown that G9a localizes to sites of DNA damage in an ATM-dependent fashion and that inhibition of G9a activity affects early recruitment of multiple DNA repair factors. We found that catalytic inhibition of G9a using UNC0638 results in increased ATM activation. This led to increased "spreading" of pH2AX and MDC1 signals seen at regions of localized DNA breaks induced by UV-laser scissors, which was dependent upon ATM activation. This was also associated with increased levels of H3K36me2 and H3K56Ac. Biochemical data showed that G9a interacts and regulates HDAC1/2 activity during the DNA damage response. G9a inhibition led to decreased HDAC1 methylation, and increased ATM acetylation.  These data suggest that G9a activity regulates the extent of ATM activation induced by DNA breaks and is required for efficient recruitment of downstream DNA repair factors.  Overall our data suggests that G9a plays a critical role in regulation of ATM-dependent signaling during the DNA damage response and raises the possibility of using G9a inhibitors in the clinical setting as part of novel cancer therapies.
Ptomaphagus
Creators: name: Nitzu, Eugen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Ptomaphagus

description: 8. Ptomaphagus (s. str.) dacicus Jeannel, 1934
Zoogeographic element. East-Carpathian endemic.
Distribution. Romania (Apuseni Mt.).
Distribution in Romania. Epigeal records. Cluj-Napoca (FS97) (Jeannel 1934) (Fig. 3).
description: Published as part of Nitzu, Eugen, 2013, The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records, pp. 351-378 in Zootaxa 3620 (3) on page 356, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216183
Blenniella caudolineata
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Blenniidae
Blenniella
Blenniella caudolineata

description: Blenniella caudolineata (Günther 1877) —Lined-tail blenniella
Status at New Ireland. New record; previously misidentified from New Hanover as Salarias meleagris (non Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836) by Peters (1877: 841).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: eastern Indonesia east to Society Islands, north to southern Japan. Found on shallow, exposed shores, including tidal pools, 0–3 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Essays on high frequency data, jumps, and forecasting
Creators: name: Schlossberg, Jessica
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: This dissertation comprises two essays on financial economics and econometrics. The  first essay reviews methodology associated with the construction of nonparametric  estimators of integrated volatility, jump tests, and realized volatility decompositions.  In an empirical analysis that draws on this methodology, we separate continuous asset  return variation and finite activity jump variation from U.S. excess returns on U.S.  market sector exchange traded funds (ETFs) during and around the Great Recession  of 2008. Our objective is to characterize the financial contagion that was present  during one of the greatest financial crises in U.S. history. In particular, we study  how shocks, as measured by jumps, propagate through nine different market sectors.  One element of our analysis involves the investigation of causal linkages associated  with jumps (via the analysis of vector autoregressions), and another involves the  examination of the predictive content of jumps for excess returns. We find that as  early as 2006, jump spillover effects became more pronounced in the markets. Another  important findings that we see is that jumps have a significant effect on excess returns  during 2008 and 2009. Thus, jumps play an important role in asset pricing during  volatile episodes. In the second essay, we utilize measures of jumps in the markets  in order to construct daily indexes of unexpected jump spillover risk associated with  major news announcements and events. The methodology that we implement is based on two novel new tools recently developed in the financial econometric and  machine learning literatures. First, we implement the jump decomposition methods  detailed in A¨ıt-Sahalia and Jacod (2012) in order to decompose quadratic variation  into continuous components and jump components; and we further separate large  and small jump variations. We then carry out shrinkage via application of ridge,  elastic net (EN), least absolute shrinkage operator (LASSO), and a cross validated  convex combination ridge, EN and LASSO methods in order to quantify (Granger)  causal jump spillover effects across sectors and markets, and construct risk indexes.  In an empirical analysis illustrating the methodology proposed for constructing jump  based risk indexes, we analyze equally spaced 5-minute high frequency trading data  on nine market sector ETFs as well as the S&P500 and the VIX for the period 2005 -  2010.In summary, we believe the indexes proposed in this paper are usefully condensed  indicators of the risk associated with unexpected events in the markets, and should  be of interest to market participants interested in hedging such risk.
Blenniella chrysospilos
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Blenniidae
Blenniella
Blenniella chrysospilos

description: Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker 1857) —Red-spotted blenniella
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Steffen Strait, Kavieng District, 1–25 m depth, St. T 13, on 2 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Seychelles, Comores and Mascarenes east to Society Islands, north to southern Japan and Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, and Tonga. Found on shallow reef crests and exposed fringing reefs, 0–3 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Cholevini Kirby 1837
Creators: name: Nitzu, Eugen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae

description: Tribe Cholevini Kirby, 1837
description: Published as part of Nitzu, Eugen, 2013, The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records, pp. 351-378 in Zootaxa 3620 (3) on page 356, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216183
Legal Aid A Process to Ensure Access to Justice and Human Rights in Banglad_20241207_213240_0000.pdf
Creators: name: Rahman, Abdur
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 480405
subject: Law and society and socio-legal research

description: People are the true owners of the State, and public servants are merely their representatives. The State must ensure rule of law, fundamental rights, equality, and justice for all citizens, particularly the poor. Legal aid is a right, not charity, and is essential to eliminate exploitation and uphold justice. The Constitution mandates access to justice, achievable through implementing laws and raising public awareness. Collaboration between government and NGOs is vital to ensure legal aid and human rights for all.
Myrmecites sibiricus Dlussky & Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva 2015, sp. n.
Creators: name: Dlussky, G. M.
name: Rasnitsyn, A. P.
name: Perfilieva, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Myrmecites
Myrmecites sibiricus

description: Myrmecites sibiricus sp. n.
(Fig. 30)
Material. Holotype PIN 3429/1120 (+/–), gyne. Paratype PIN 3429/1127, gyne.
Description. Gyne. Body length 4–4.5 mm. Eyes situated in front of lateral midlength of head. Mesosoma nearly 1.5 times as long as high. Propodeal dorsum and declivity form rounded angle in side view. Propodeal dorsum much shorter than declivity. Declivity straight in side view. Petiole sessile, longer than high and longer than postpetiole. Petiolar dorsum gradually rounded in side view. Postpetiole nearly as long as high. Some rugae are visible on the head of both imprints.
Measurements, mm. Holotype PIN 3429/1120: AL 1.1; HL 0.9; PtL 0.36; PptL 0.27. Paratype PIN 3429/1127: AL 1.25; HL0.8; PtL0.32; PptL0.24.
Comparison. Differs from M. rotundiceps in more compact mesosoma and elongated petiole.
Etymology. Name from locality (Siberia).
description: Published as part of Dlussky, G. M., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Perfilieva, K. S., 2015, The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East), pp. 131-152 in Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1) on pages 144-145
Cholevina Kirby 1837
Creators: name: Nitzu, Eugen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae

description: Subtribe Cholevina Kirby, 1837
description: Published as part of Nitzu, Eugen, 2013, The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records, pp. 351-378 in Zootaxa 3620 (3) on page 356, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216183
Blenniella interrupta
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Blenniidae
Blenniella
Blenniella interrupta

description: Blenniella interrupta (Bleeker 1857) —Dash-line blenniella
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken at Anelaua Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3–16 m depth, St. KR 98, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken in Albatross Passage, southwestern Kavieng District, at 3–39 m depth, St. KR 51, in 2014.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Philippines, Palau and Solomon Islands, north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands, south to Vanuatu. Found on rocky, intertidal flats including tidal pools, 0–3 m depth. Marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Synthesis and development of small molecule inhibitors targeting viral PAn endonuclease and bacterial MreB
Creators: name: Sawant, Rajlakshmi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: Imminent threat of pandemics of influenza, along with increasing resistance of the virus to existing anti-viral drugs has posed a need for development of an anti-viral that possesses a novel mechanism of action.  PAN Endonuclease enzyme protein plays an important role in influenza A viral transcription with the cap-snatching process being highly conserved in the virus.  This makes PAN an attractive target for drug development.     Our efforts began with fragment screening to identify an effective pharmacophore.  5-chloro-3-hydroxypyridin-2(1H)-one was identified as a highly active chelating ligand at the endonuclease site containing metal ions.  After extensive research, 3-hydroxypyridin-2(1H)-ones, 3-hydroxyquinolin-2(1H)-ones and aza analogs of 3-hydroxypyridin-2(1H)-ones were prepared which displayed modest enzymatic inhibitory activity.  This activity didn’t translate in the cellular assay.  Hence, we synthesized a known endonuclease inhibitor (Shionogi Co.) to check whether the established structure activity relationships were “false-positive” data. We also experimented with the development of isatin derivatives to continue the search for a lead compound.  The most promising compound, 6-Bromo-1-hydroxyindoline-2,3-dione showed 45% inhibition at 200 μM concentration.  This molecule was optimized to give 6-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydroxy-3-methylindolin-2-one which showed no inhibitory activity in the enzyme assay.  Despite of unsuccessful attempts, continued efforts are being made to explore PAN as a potential target for antiviral therapy.    Our research efforts were then directed towards tackling another emerging global health crisis, the antibiotic resistance crisis.  With increasing bacterial strains developing resistance towards currently available antibiotics, there is a need to target a novel mechanism of action in bacteria. MreB, a highly conserved actin homologue in bacteria is important in cell wall synthesis and determining the cell shape in bacteria.  The significance of MreB in bacterial cell growth makes it a lucrative target for design of antibiotics.    A22 was identified as an MreB inhibitor with modest inhibitory activity.  Our efforts were focused on studying the structure activity relationships by modifying the aromatic core of A22.  A series of benzothiophene, benzofuran and indole based isothioureas was synthesized.  Deductions made from SAR studies are currently being used to develop an optimized lead that can show substantial MreB inhibitory activity and can further be developed into clinic.
Nargus C. G. Thomson 1867
Creators: name: Nitzu, Eugen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Nargus

description: Genus Nargus C. G. Thomson, 1867
description: Published as part of Nitzu, Eugen, 2013, The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records, pp. 351-378 in Zootaxa 3620 (3) on page 356, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216183