cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fear bias
Creators: name: Cain, Thomas Ramsey
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: In previous research, fear has caused people to increase their perception of risk, regardless of what caused them to feel afraid (defined as incidental fear). Three studies were conducted to test and expand upon on this finding. In Study 1, a video fear manipulation was used to determine whether participants would show greater explicit risk perception, as well as greater implicit fear, as compared to participants who watched a funny film clip. Participants did show an increase in explicit risk perception after watching a frightening film clip, and showed an increase in implicit risk perception as measured by one of three implicit measures. In Study 2, a semi-unique model, the Fear Bias Model, was partially tested. Specifically, the Fear Bias Model predicts that cognitive dissonance may be at least partially responsible for an increase in risk perception when people are afraid. The results from Study 2 partially confirmed this finding. Finally, Study 3 attempted to extend the findings of the previous studies by testing whether incidental fear lead to an increase in bias against Muslims. Watching a frightening video clip, as opposed to a funny or neutral clip, did lead to an increase in implicit fear against Muslims, but not explicit bias. The implications of these findings, along with limitations and future directions, are discussed.
Drosophila tibialis Wheeler 1957
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila tibialis

description: tibialis Wheeler, 1957: 100. Type locality: Costa Rica, Cartago, Turrialba. HT M (USNM). NT Distr.: Colombia (Valle del Cauca (Buenaventura), Costa Rica, Panama. Refs.: Pipkin et al., 1966: 146.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 731, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Does the prescribing context for ADHD medications suggest cognitive enhancement motivation?
Creators: name: Bilder, Scott
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Numerous scientific studies and media reports point to the widespread use of prescription medications for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to improve study performance. The purpose of this study was to determine, among a population of high school-age students, whether (a) there was an increase in the prescribing of these medications in the weeks immediately prior to and during final exams and (b) whether physicians appeared to be more cautious during this period in terms of the patients for whom they wrote prescriptions and the characteristics of the medications prescribed.  In addition, to the extent that an exam-related increase in prescribing was observed, this study sought to determine whether its magnitude was related to county level measures of academic performance.  These questions were addressed using administrative prescription drug, medical claims, and enrollment records from a database of private health insurance plan beneficiaries.  County level measures of performance on the SAT and AP exams, as well as on state-mandated tests, were linked to the health care data for a geographic subset of students. Contrary to expectations, the final exam period appeared to represent the start of an anticipated summer decline in rates of prescribing rather than the occasion for a hypothesized temporary increase.  Moreover, there was no evidence of between-county variation that could be explained by the test performance measures.  In addition, there was only limited evidence that students who began pharmacotherapy for ADHD in the exam period differed from other treatment initiators in terms of age, sex, diagnosis and treatment history, or characteristics of the medications prescribed.  These results, in combination with similar findings concerning summer initiators, suggest that the timing of treatment initiation is more sensitive to clinical need than to short-term academic demand.  Nevertheless, the sharp decline in prescribing observed from late spring through late summer suggests that school-related demands do play a role on a larger scale despite clinical recommendations that ADHD be treated as a chronic condition.
Drosophila trapeza Heed & Wheeler 1957
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila trapeza

description: trapeza Heed & Wheeler, 1957: 25. Type locality: Costa Rica, La Lola. HT M (USNM). NT Distr.: Mexico to Brazil.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 731, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Maculabatis toshi
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Maculabatis
Maculabatis toshi

description: Maculabatis toshi (Whitley, 1939b)
Brown Whipray
Himantura toshi Whitley, 1939b: 258. Holotype: AMS IA.39. Type locality: Clarence River Estuary, New South Wales, Australia.
Local synonymy: Himantura (?) gerrardi— Filewood, 1973: 12 (PNG). Maculabatis toshi— Last et al., 2016a: 581 (southern PNG); White et al., 2018: 234, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) KFRS E.683 (head only), female 820 mm DW, Daru fish market, Daru, Western Province, 23 Oct. 2014.
Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973) as Himantura (?) gerrardi; the characters provided in Filewood’s key includes “colour pattern of few pale-centred spots far apart, sometimes also irregular white splashes, tail usually strikingly banded” which matches the adult colour pattern of M. toshi. Possibly conspecific with M. astra. Appears to be more restricted to inshore muddy areas. Previously placed in the genus Himantura.
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Drosophila trifiloides Wheeler 1957
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila trifiloides

description: trifiloides Wheeler, 1957: 81. Type locality: Colombia, Rionegro, near Bucaramanga. HT M (USNM). NT Distr.: Colombia (Santander (Rio Negro, near Bucaramanga)), Honduras. Wheeler, 1957: 82.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 731, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Viral Evolution Used to Estimate Duration of Infection
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: Accurately estimating the duration of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection for each individual would be important to understand rates of new infections (incidence) and to characterize factors accounting for these new transmissions to help design prevention strategies. Unfortunately, an accurate estimated duration of infection (EDI) is difficult to obtain because most infected individuals do not know when they were infected, and present too late for estimating the date of infection. Hence, the need to develop more reliable strategies to infer EDI is clear. During HIV transmission, one or a few closely related viral variants are transmitted from the donor, and the viral population within the recipient rapidly evolves and becomes more genetically diverse over time. For this project: (1) we will develop and optimize a method that takes advantage of the accumulation of HIV genetic variation over time to retrospectively estimate the date of infection; (2) we will validate this novel approach on a well-characterized cohort of HIV-1 infected subjects with known EDI; (3) we will develop an open-source web-based system to estimate duration of HIV infection using HIV sequence data that could be freely used by other groups throughout the world (Aim 3). In summary, this study will provide important insights to the HIV research agenda, by developing an alternative approach to infer EDI, overcoming limitations of standard assays. The innovative technique that we will optimize during the course of the proposed project will likely be important for future studies in HIV epidemiology and transmission.
A systems approach to historic preservation in an era of sustainability planning
Creators: name: Avrami, Erica Christine
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The public outcry over large scale urban renewal projects of the mid-20th century served a catalytic role in the codification of the modern historic preservation movement in the United States. While theories of heritage and its protection underpinned policy development, the discourse surrounding the loss of historic fabric and the fracturing of communities within American cities played a critical role in the institutionalization of the field. It effectively pitted preservation as a counter movement against the public and private interests seeking social progress through rational planning paradigms. The modern preservation infrastructure – including institutions, legislation, and policies – is now half a century old, but the conceptual dynamics that isolated preservation from other land use decision-making at the juncture of its institutionalization persist. The disjuncture between preservation and broader land use and building policies presents new challenges in light of contemporary sustainability concerns. Climate change -- and associated energy and resource consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, waste generation, and habitat and landscape destruction -- have made apparent, if not dire, the need to revolutionize the way we live in the industrialized world. Preservation, as an integral component of the larger system of the built environment, is under increasing pressure to align its own aims and functions with those of the larger system and to share common goals of environmental, economic, and social sustainability. This research uses discourse analysis to deconstruct historical and existing relationships among the theories, policies, and practices of preservation, planning, and sustainability. Using the lens of systems thinking, a basic framework is constructed to model behavior and dynamic relationships, and to suggest changes for forging shared aims and common ground. Sustainability provides an accessible framework through which to view the built environment as a socio-ecological system (with economic inherent in the “socio”) and navigate the relationships and processes within it to which preservation contributes. Understanding those dynamics can help to better contextualize the enterprise of preservation and to elucidate how the policies and institutions of the field can be made more responsive to the needs of society.
Megatrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto 2016
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Megatrygon

description: Genus Megatrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016b
Smalleye Stingray
Megatrygon Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2016b: 356. Type species Trygon microps Annandale, 1908, by original designation (also monotypic).
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Functional restoration of exhausted anti-HIV CTL
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: Adaptive immune responses are initially effective at controlling infection, but do not eliminate HIV and are ultimately unable to prevent chronic infection even in the presence of effective suppression by antiretroviral drugs. One reason for lack of control is the conversion of originally functional effector T cells into dysfunctional (exhausted) T cells. T cell exhaustion is a dysfunctional state with defined phenotypes and is a primary cause for inability to clear chronic viral infections. Exhausted T cells have gone through extensive cellular programming leading to a, thus far, irreversible loss of the T cell functions. Clinically, this is important following interruption of combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV infection, wherein even vaccine-stimulated cells rapidly revert to their exhausted state upon re-encounter with antigen and are unable to control infection. To reverse loss of T cell function, reprogramming technology can be used to convert T cells from exhausted to functional state, thus restoring antiviral T cell response. We expect to provide proof of concept for whether reprogramming of T cells will fully erase imprints of their previous differentiation state and regenerate effective T cell memory. The next step will be to test reprogramming of exhausted T cells directly from patients. These studies will provide the pre-clinical foundation to translate these approaches into humans.
Drosophila tripunctata Loew 1862
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila tripunctata

description: tripunctata Loew, 1862: 231. Type locality: USA, District of Columbia, Washington. T F (MCZ). NE NT Distr.: Iowa to New Jersey, Texas and Florida; Brazil, Colombia (Magdalena (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta)). Refs.: Hoenigsberg et al., 1977: 298; Hoenigsberg, 1995a: 87, 1995b: 177.
modesta Sturtevant, 1916: 338. Type locality: USA, Alabama, Mobile Country, Kushla. HT M MCZ. Syn. Sturtevant, 1921: 82.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 731, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Defining the Role of SREBPs in HIV/HCV co-infection
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: California has the 2nd highest number of HIV infected residents in the US and upwards of 600,000 individuals infected with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). HCV has emerged as a major co-morbidity in HIV infected individuals, and current estimates indicate that one quarter of HIV+ individuals in the US are also co-infected with HCV. Due to advances in HIV treatment, the lifespan of HIV infected individuals has significantly increased; however, due to increased lifespan, HCV-induced diseases are more likely to progress in co-infected individuals. Chronic HCV infection can result in end-stage liver disease such as liver cirrhosis or cancer, and co-infection with HIV significantly accelerates progression of HCV-associated liver disease. Co-treatment of HIV/HCV can be problematic due to high costs and adverse drug interactions between individual treatments. Thus, novel therapeutic approaches to combat HIV/HCV co-infection are required. Viruses such as HIV and HCV hijack and manipulate host cellular components to avoid host immune response and create progeny. Previous studies indicate that both HIV and HCV infection are capable of inducing changes in host lipid metabolism. The Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Proteins (SREBPs) are critical regulators of lipid biosynthesis, lipoprotein import and intracellular lipid transport, thus we hypothesized that SREBPs may play a critical role in supporting HIV and HCV infection. To support our hypothesis, in preliminary studies we find a critical role for SREBP proteins in mono-infection of either HIV or HCV; leading us to hypothesize that SREBPs may be a novel therapeutic target for HIV/HCV co-infection. The aims of this proposal are to define the steps in viral lifecycle for HIV and HCV that require SREBP activation. Moreover, we will determine if pharmacologic or genetic disruption of SREBP activity can serve as a novel therapeutic target to combat HIV, HCV or HIV/HCV co-infection.
2000 New Jersey Water Quality Inventory Report
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Year: 2001

description: The 2000 Water Quality Inventory Report for New Jersey provides detailed information on thefollowing: surface water quality status and trends, the attainment of designated uses specified inNew Jersey's Surface Water Quality Standards, Special State Water Quality Concerns andRecommendations. An overview of the state's ground water quality is also included. This reportwas prepared pursuant to Section 305(b) of the Federal Clean Water Act and the State WaterQuality Planning Act.
Megatrygon microps
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Megatrygon
Megatrygon microps

description: Megatrygon microps (Annandale, 1908)
Smalleye Stingray
Trygon microps Annandale, 1908: 393, pl. 27. Holotype: ZSI F2410/1. Type locality: Bay of Bengal, off Chittagong coast, India.
Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 236, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material: None.
Remarks: First confirmed record of this species in PNG. Several large individuals observed in the bycatch of the prawn trawl fishery operating in the Gulf of Papua during recent surveys. Previously placed in the genus Dasyatis.
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Epomophorus labiatus
Creators: name: Monadjem, Ara
name: Schoeman, M. Corrie
name: Reside, April
name: P Io, Dorothea V.
name: Stoffberg, Samantha
name: Bayliss, Julian
name: (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D.
name: Curran, Michael
name: Kopp, Mirjam
name: Taylor, Peter J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Pteropodidae
Epomophorus
Epomophorus labiatus

description: Epomophorus labiatus (Temminck 1837)
Five specimens of E. labiatus were captured at Meponda on the banks of Lake Niassa (Appendix I). This constitutes a new record for this species in Mozambique.
Field measurements: FA (adult female) 59.6 ± 2.23 (57.8–62.1, 3); Bm (adult female) 39.0 ± 8.19 (32–48, 3).
description: Published as part of Monadjem, Ara, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Reside, April, P Io, Dorothea V., Stoffberg, Samantha, Bayliss, Julian, (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D., Curran, Michael, Kopp, Mirjam & Taylor, Peter J., 2010, A recent inventory of the bats of Mozambique with documentation of seven new species for the country, pp. 371-391 in Acta Chiropterologica 12 (2) on pages 371-391, DOI: 10.3161/150811010X537963, http://zenodo.org/record/3944583
Inter-organizational infrastructure for communication
Creators: name: Ziek, Paul Edward
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This longitudinal case study of the controversy surrounding Nike’s shoe production from 1993-2004 examines the infrastructure that evolved for communicating about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues among the actors in the controversy. In contrast to conventional views about strategies and instrumentation for communicating CSR that highlights the decision-making of management, the present study highlights how the inter-organizational communication context contributes to the invention and reinvention of CSR strategies and instruments. By mapping the evolving web of relationships among actors, moves, and instruments of communication over the course of the controversy, the study articulates the infrastructure for communication about CSR issues. Infrastructure for communication is defined as the repertoire of rules, materials and practices that provides a tacit framework through which the ambiguities of meaning and action are managed. The study shows how the infrastructure evolved relative to the demands for interaction. The main finding of the study is that infrastructure shaped how the organizations behaved by acting as a coordinating device for the invention and reinvention of the symbolic and material qualities of inter-organizational communication and interaction. Furthermore, the implication of this finding is that it provides a new way of looking at how the communication process itself shapes inter-organizational behavior.
Experiment-based management of data centers
Creators: name: Zheng, Wei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Our daily lives depend on data centers as they host popular Internet services and critical business applications. Managing these large and complex data centers is a challenging endeavor. We have designed and implemented three systems that simplify the management of data centers. The unifying characteristic of these systems is that they all rely on a limited number of experiments with real servers and workloads.    The first system, called JustRunIt, replaces analytical modeling in assessing the performance, availability, and/or energy implications of potential management decisions or system configurations. The second system, called ACI, efficiently optimizes configurations as services evolve, by detecting and leveraging dependencies between configuration parameters. The last system, called MassConf, automatically configures server software for new users by leveraging configuration information from the existing users of the software.    The evaluation shows that our systems significantly reduce the resources and time required to accomplish many management tasks. Given our experience and positive results with these three systems, we conclude that experiment-based management has the potential to be very useful in practice.
Drosophila unipunctata Patterson & Mainland in Patterson 1943
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila unipunctata

description: unipunctata Patterson & Mainland in Patterson, 1943: 182. Type locality: Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Tamazunchale. T A (USNM). NE NT Distr.: Mexico to Brazil. Colombia (Magdalena (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta), Antioquia (Medellin, Rio Negro)). Refs.: Hoenigsberg, 1995a: 87; 1995b: 177; Yoon, 1996: 43.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 731, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Effects of e-cigarette aerosol on oral epithelial cell metabolism
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: Although electronic cigarette (e-cig) has been suggested as a substitute for conventional smoking or as a tool for smoking cessation, limited knowledge is available about its safety and potential risk to oral health. We have recently demonstrated that e-cig induces oxidative stress and unfolded protein responses in human oral epithelial cells, leading to significant cytotoxicity. In this project, we aim to conduct a thorough investigation of the effects of e-cig on the cellular metabolism of human oral cavity using advanced metabolomics technology. Successful conclusion of our proposed studies will reveal important molecular mechanisms underlying e-cig toxicology and provide critical knowledge about the potential risk of e-cig in oral diseases and dental health. The expected findings of our project will be valuable for e-cig regulatory decision making and provide guidance for safety assessment of e-cig and improved e-cig product design.
Association analysis of candidate genes for autism and a related phenotype, non-verbal motor speech disorder
Creators: name: Zimmerman, Raymond A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Using a bead-based oligonucleotide ligation SNP genotyping assay, 102 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) were analyzed in a subset of Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) families, looking at autism and a related phenotype, Non-Verbal Motor Speech Disorder (NVMSD). The NVMSD phenotype was defined using three variables from the Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised (ADI-R), and subjects were chosen regardless of a diagnosis of autism. Genome-wide statistical analysis based on Affymetrix 5.0 SNP data revealed two large linkage regions on chromosomes 1 and 17 in the AGRE data set. Genes of interest were then identified using a software package (Ingenuity Pathway Analysis - IPA) that provides information on gene function and associated diseases. 102 SNPs in four of the genes of interest were genotyped in the AGRE families and statistically analyzed using the KELVIN software package.
Neotrygon Castelnau 1873
Creators: name: White, William T.
name: Ko'Ou, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Neotrygon

description: Genus Neotrygon Castelnau 1873
Maskrays
Neotrygon Castelnau, 1873: 122. Type species Raya trigonoides Castelnau, 1873; type by monotypy.
description: Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878
Epomophorus wahlbergi
Creators: name: Monadjem, Ara
name: Schoeman, M. Corrie
name: Reside, April
name: P Io, Dorothea V.
name: Stoffberg, Samantha
name: Bayliss, Julian
name: (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D.
name: Curran, Michael
name: Kopp, Mirjam
name: Taylor, Peter J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Pteropodidae
Epomophorus
Epomophorus wahlbergi

description: Epomophorus wahlbergi (Sundevall 1846)
This species was recorded at 11 sites throughout the country, but was scarce or absent in the far north, where E. crypturus was abundant. The two species were captured sympatrically at two sites, Namapa and Mount Namuli (Appendix I).
Field measurements: FA (adult male) 87.2 ± 2.26 (84.7–89.1, 3); Bm (adult male) 110.0 ± 9.17 (102– 120, 3); FA (adult female) 82.6 ± 2.93 (78.5–85.8, 6); Bm (adult female) 92.5 ± 8.04 (81–102, 6).
description: Published as part of Monadjem, Ara, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Reside, April, P Io, Dorothea V., Stoffberg, Samantha, Bayliss, Julian, (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D., Curran, Michael, Kopp, Mirjam & Taylor, Peter J., 2010, A recent inventory of the bats of Mozambique with documentation of seven new species for the country, pp. 371-391 in Acta Chiropterologica 12 (2) on pages 371-391, DOI: 10.3161/150811010X537963, http://zenodo.org/record/3944583
Dissecting Cardiovascular Effects of E-Cigarettes
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: First-hand and second-hand smoking are among the top 10 causes for global disability worldwide. A new source of emissions, the electronic cigarettes (EC), has been introduced in the last few years and is rapidly gaining strength, due to the assumption that these emissions are harmless. We have found that human subjects with chronic EC use exhibit increased oxidative stress in the blood and perturbed cardiac autonomic tone resulting in decreased heart rate variability (HRV), a marker indicative of increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. However, the mechanisms by which EC exert these actions are unknown, and there are no reports of animal models of EC exposure that resemble these CV effects. In this project, we will test our hypothesis that EC induce effects on HRV and atherosclerosis by promoting systemic oxidative stress. We will set up a mouse model exposure system that enables us to study the toxicology and mechanisms of CV effects induced by EC. With this exposure model, not only we will be able to expand our findings obtained with human studies but it will allow us to determine things that cannot or will be very difficult to study in humans. We will use mice with normal blood levels of lipids and mice that are genetically manipulated to have increased lipids in the blood to study EC effects on HRV, oxidative stress, and atherosclerosis. We will also use other type of genetically-manipulated mice to determine if increased protection against oxidative stress ameliorate effects induced by EC use. This will allow us to gain insights into factors responsible for individual susceptibility to EC-induced CV toxicity.
Drosophila uniseta Wasserman, Koepfer & Ward 1973
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila uniseta

description: uniseta Wasserman, Koepfer & Ward, 1973:1240. Type locality: Venezuela, Falcón, 2 Km E Coro. HT M?. Type material not located by Vilela, 1983: 80. NT Antilles, Venezoela, Colombia (La Guajira (Riohacha: Camarones), Magdalena (Santa Marta), Huila (Desierto de la Tatacoa: Rosalia)),. Refs.: De Polanco et al., 2008: 106.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 731, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Tumor burden induces a self-amplifying loop of myelopoiesis that Is mediated by NFκB-kit ligand signaling
Creators: name: Zhao, Xin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Cancer cells induce an inflammatory microenvironment which consists of inflammatory cells, cytokines and chemokines. In the meanwhile, malignant tumors are associated with hematological abnormalities that disrupt homeostasis of hematopoiesis. Therefore how tumor burden influence hematopoiesis through inflammatory cytokines is studied in this thesis.     Firstly, IFNγ was found to play a major role in lineagelowSca-1+C-kit+ (LSK) cell expansion by activating the expression of Sca-1 in lineagelowSca-1-C-kit+ cells in vivo and in vitro. This process was dependent on IFNγR1 signaling and the STAT1 pathway. The IFNγ-induced LSK cells had a higher proliferation potential than control LSK cells. Moreover, the IFNγ-induced hematopoiesis was more biased toward the differentiation of myeloid lineages. Therefore, our findings demonstrated a novel role of IFNγ in activating hematopoietic progenitor cells and provide a new insight into the clinical application of interferon.    Secondly, in tumor-bearing mice, with the decline of hematopoiesis in bone marrow, spleens are greatly enlarged and harbor a greatly expanded population of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs). While such HPCs can differentiate into both myeloid and lymphoid lineages when transplanted into tumor-free hosts, they preferentially give rise to myeloid lineages including macrophages/monocytes in tumor-bearing hosts. We further showed that macrophages/monocytes, derivatives of HPCs, are essential for the expansion of HPCs in spleen. Thus, HPCs and myeloid cells form a positive feedback loop in sustaining splenic myelopoiesis during tumorigenesis. This self-amplifying loop of HPCs and myeloid cells depends on an NFkB-Kit signaling cascade. Tumor-stimulated inflammatory factors are essential for the increased production of Kit ligands by macrophages/monocytes that drives splenic myelopoiesis. Targeting this HPC-myeloid loop may have potential in impeding tumor progression in cancer therapy.    In conclusion, we found that the inflammatory cytokine IFNγ was demonstrated to enhance the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells (LSK cells) in vitro and in vivo, which provides important insights into studying the interaction between inflammation and hematopoiesis. Moreover, via mouse tumor models, we revealed the cellular and molecular basis for tumor-induced hematopoiesis and how such abnormal hematopoiesis influenced tumor progression. The information is important to understand the relationship between cancer and hematopoiesis, lending novel hope for cancer therapy.
Lissonycteris goliath Bergmans 1997
Creators: name: Monadjem, Ara
name: Schoeman, M. Corrie
name: Reside, April
name: P Io, Dorothea V.
name: Stoffberg, Samantha
name: Bayliss, Julian
name: (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D.
name: Curran, Michael
name: Kopp, Mirjam
name: Taylor, Peter J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Pteropodidae
Lissonycteris
Lissonycteris goliath

description: Lissonycteris goliath Bergmans 1997
This taxon was originally described as a subspecies of L. angolensis (Bergmans, 1997), but was elevated to species rank by Cotterill (2001 a). This species was recorded from two sites in northern Mozambique, where it was relatively abundant in the foothills of Mount Namuli (nine specimens were captured at this site). It was previously known from the Zimbabwe border (Smithers and Lobão Tello, 1976, where they referred to this species as L. angolensis) and from Marromeu, central Mozambique (Cotterill, 2001 a).
Field measurements: FA (adult female) 83.9 ± 2.11 (81.4–87.4, 6); Bm (adult female) 94.7 ± 5.32 (88–101, 6). Four juveniles had FA ranging 77.2– 83.5 and Bm 68–87; far larger than that for Myonycteris relicta (below).
description: Published as part of Monadjem, Ara, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Reside, April, P Io, Dorothea V., Stoffberg, Samantha, Bayliss, Julian, (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D., Curran, Michael, Kopp, Mirjam & Taylor, Peter J., 2010, A recent inventory of the bats of Mozambique with documentation of seven new species for the country, pp. 371-391 in Acta Chiropterologica 12 (2) on pages 371-391, DOI: 10.3161/150811010X537963, http://zenodo.org/record/3944583
Regulation of drug transporters
Creators: name: Zhang, Qiang
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Year: 2012

description: Organic anion transporters (OATs) are of great importance in the body disposition of a variety of clinical drugs, including anti-cancer, anti-HIV, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs. Long-term regulations of OATs are mainly mediated by gene expression, and short-term regulations are mainly post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation and glycosylation.     In the present study, we investigate the constitutive and PKC-regulated trafficking of both hOAT1 and hOAT4 in COS-7 cells. We observed that the internalization of both transporters was accelerated by PKC activation in COS-7 cells. However, the recycling rate of hOAT1 was not affected by PMA treatment. Using approaches of pharmacology and molecular biology, hOAT1 and hOAT4 transporters have been demonstrated to internalize partly via a dynamin- and clathrin-dependent pathway.    We observed that overexpression of NHERF1 significantly delayed the internalization of hOAT4 and this observation suggests that the interaction between the PDZ-binding motif of hOAT4 and NHERF1 is involved in the regulation of hOAT4 trafficking by NHERF1. The simultaneous mutations of both leucine residues (L6A/L7A) of hOAT1 resulted in a complete loss of function and the compete loss of function of L6A/L7A hOAT1 was due to the absence of mature form of this mutant at the cell surface  and in total cellular extract. It seems that the L6L7 motif does not play a role in the hOAT1 trafficking from the cell surface, and may be involved in its stability.    Ubiquitination of membrane proteins has been shown to regulate internalization, postinternalization sorting and degradation of other membrane proteins. Our current investigation focuses on the internalization and degradation of OATs transporters. The major discoveries from our current study are 1) activation of PKC promotes OAT1 ubiquitination both in vitro and in vivo. 2) OAT1 ubiquitination mainly occurs through K48-linked polyubiquitin chains.  3) K48-linked polyubiquitination plays an essential role in PKC-regulated internalization and degradation of OAT1.
Inventaire du fonds Bastaire de littérature populaire et infantine [version 1]. Romans d'indiens
Creators: name: :Unkn
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Numérisation ICB CollEx-Persée AAP20212022
description: Les titres sont ceux donnés par Jean Bastaire. Les dates indiquées ont été établies depuis un courrier de Jean à Michel Bastaire qui lui demandait de dresser l'inventaire. Et la date de fin correspond à la donation et à la publication de Lectures englouties. Listes manuscrites de la collection établie par Jean Bastaire et Michel Bastaire ; Jean sous forme de livrets thématiques et feuilles volantes au format A5. Michel a consigné les titres dans un carnet bloc type Rhodia format A6.
description: Source: Fonds Bastaire Université Clermont Auvergne (Bas-G08_D076)
description: Relation: http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/_631139801_Bas-G08_D076
description: created: 1993/2008
Combustion of polymers in a low pressure and low oxygen environment
Creators: name: Zarzecki, Mariusz
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The effect of low pressure on the behavior of fires is very important to the study of fire safety in the aviation industry. This thesis explores the effect of low pressure on different components of flammability at low pressures, like those encountered at high altitude. An experiment was setup to measure the time to ignition, the mass flux at ignition, as well as the steady burning mass flux for different pressures and oxygen concentrations. The test measured the mass loss, oxygen consumption, soot production and average flame temperature. A square sample of PMMA was burned under different external heat fluxes, total pressures and oxygen concentrations. The experiments were compared to analytical expressions, to try to understand how pressure and oxygen concentration affect the behavior of a fire. Low pressure environment reduced the ignition delay time, indicating a sample is more prone to ignition at lower pressure. On the other hand the sample showed a reduction of steady burning mass flux, indicating the fire is less intense at lower pressure. The results show a good agreement with the analytical analysis
Improving the security and usability of cloud services with user-centric security models
Creators: name: Zarandioon, Saman
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Cloud computing is a paradigm shift in the way we define software and hardware, and architect our IT solutions. The emerging cloud technologies, due to their various unique and attractive properties, are evolving with tremendous momentum and rapidly being adopted throughout the IT industry. In this dissertation, we identify security challenges that arise in integration of cloud-based services, and present a set of novel solutions to address them. We analyze the security of our solutions, demonstrate their usage and effectiveness, and evaluate their performance by extensive experimentation. To address the problem of access control in untrusted cloud storage, we introduce K2C (Key To Cloud) protocol, which is a cryptographic access control protocol based on our new key-updating scheme referred to as AB-HKU. To improve the security and usability of integrated cloud services, we introduce a flexible client-side integration framework called OMOS. This framework enables secure and seamless client-side integration of cloud-based resources and services. Finally, to address the problem of identity management in an integrated cloud environment, we present a user-centric identity management solution called Web2ID. Our Web2ID protocol, by leveraging secure client-side cryptography and communication, introduces a privacy-preserving and secure mechanism for user authentication, fine-grained access delegation and identity attribute exchange.
Towards value-based, closed-loop dynamical system approach to asset management
Creators: name: Zahiredin Rezvani, Ali
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: In this dissertation a methodology is proposed for value-based management of networks of assets where the underlying flow and system dynamics are greatly influenced by the way the decisions are made and executed. In this paradigm, users and owners of assets are characterized by their decisions and the impacts that their behaviors will have on the overall flow of the network. Short or intermediate term impacts in network flow occur as assets deteriorate and users start practicing alternative options. These impacts also occur as owners change the state of assets by investing on new assets or practicing different maintenance options. User demand elasticity to the quality of service received from an asset defines flow from or to that asset. Any reduction or disturbances in flow is an indication of inefficiencies in the management of assets.  Longer-term impacts occur due to major investments or structural changes in the network, leading to major economical shifts and new flow patterns in the underlying society. These societal changes in turn create new flow dynamics in the asset network.
“How could I have done this?”
Creators: name: Zabotka, Joelle Marie
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Year: 2012

description: The National Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (2007) estimates that 20% of U.S. children with FAS are raised by their birth families. The purpose of this study was to describe and understand the feelings, coping behaviors, and thoughts of biological mothers who have given birth to and are parenting children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Qualitative interviews were conducted by telephone with 11 biological mothers of children with FAS. Participants were gathered through contact with the National Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Results of the study revealed that almost all of the mothers reported experiences of abuse during their childhoods. Several detailed witnessing domestic violence as children as well as violence in their adult relationships. Feelings of guilt regarding the etiology of their child’s FAS were prevalent. These feelings of guilt were continuous no matter the age of the child or the length of time since diagnosis. This group of mothers found ways to understand their use of alcohol during pregnancy through reliance on: the disease model, inaccurate or incomplete knowledge of the consequences of drinking during pregnancy, the advice of others, and a lack of awareness of the pregnancy. Additionally, several themes emerged to explain how these mothers were able to cope and move forward with their lives including: spirituality, devotion to a cause/giving back, knowledge that their children needed them, and relying on support from others. Professionals in the fields of mental health, healthcare, and addictions are key in treating children with FAS and their biological mothers and in preventing future cases of FAS. Policy implications in the areas of medical education, public/societal education and ongoing funding of services are offered.
Drosophila viracochi Brncic & Koref-Santibanez 1957
Creators: name: Tidon, Rosana
name: Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Drosophila
Drosophila viracochi

description: viracochi Brncic & Koref-Santibanez, 1957: 70. Type locality: Peru, Cuzco, Machu Picchu. ST B (MNHNS). NT Distr.: Bolivia, Colombia (Bogota, D:C), Peru, Venezuela. Refs.: Hunter, 1966: 417.
description: Published as part of Tidon, Rosana & Almeida, Jonathan Mendes De, 2016, FAMILY DROSOPHILIDAE, pp. 719-751 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 731, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.63, http://zenodo.org/record/263272
Self-disclosure and liking online and face-to-face
Creators: name: Kuang, Michael
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The current study was designed to replicate previous findings that people like each other more online (Bargh et al., 2002; McKenna et al., 2002) and that they self-disclose more online (Joinson, 2001; Tidwell & Walther, 2002). In addition, the degree to which self-disclosure is positively associated with liking online and face-to-face was investigated. Unacquainted participants (N = 122) were assigned to dyads (N = 61) that met online or in-person, and discussed questions expected to elicit high or low disclosure. Following the 30 minute meeting, measures of self and perceived disclosure and liking were assessed. Results did not replicate previous findings. Differences in liking and disclosure did not emerge between participants online or in-person, but additional analyses revealed differences in the relationship between self-disclosure and liking online and in-person. Liking between face-to-face participants was associated primarily with the amount of disclosure they perceived from their partners’, while liking for online participants was more related to their own self-disclosure.