cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Melithaea variabilis
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Melithaeidae
Melithaea
Melithaea variabilis

description: Melithaea variabilis (Hickson, 1905)
Melitodes variabilis Hickson, 1905: 809, pl. 67, fig. 11 (Maldives).
Acabaria variabilis (new combination) Ofwegen 1987; 31–35, figs. 20–21, (lectotype designation) (Maldives).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomson & Simpson 1909: 169–171, fig. 73; Mary et al. 2011: 4, fig. 5 (Muttom); Mary & Sluka 2014: tbl 1, pl. 6, fig. b (Minicoy); Kumar & Raghunathan 2015: 804–805, fig. 1, A&B; fig. 2 (North Andaman).
Literature analysis: This species was originally named Melitodes variabilis but was transferred to the genus Acabaria by Ofwegen (1987) who examined Hickson’s type series and found it is a mixture of species. Ofwegen gave a comprehensive description of the lectotype with many sclerite figures, which was in contrast to Hickson’s original description that gave only four, two of which were rodlets from the nodes, which are common to all species of Melithaea.
Melithea variablis has a distinctive colony form and colour where that of the nodes contrasts with the internodes, but this appears to be shared by other species. Thomson & Simpson (1909) described and figured a very complex bushy colony quite unlike the characteristic form. The material described given Mary et al. (2011) has the characteristic colony form but the identity remains uncertain as no sclerites were illustrated. Similarly with Mary & Sluka (2014), who list the species and figure a typical looking colony. Kumar & Raghunathan (2015: PY-P) describe a similar looking specimen, but the sclerites illustrations are not adequate enough to be able to confirm the diagnosis. Kumar et al. (2019) lists the species and provide references.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Who teaches where?
Creators: name: Khalil, Deena
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Researchers have demonstrated that schools with low-income and predominantly minority students, especially those in urban districts, have the most difficulty recruiting and retaining teachers.  In this study, surveys were collected to describe 697 New Jersey teacher candidates’ perceptions, processes, experiences, and characteristics, and to assess which factors influence teacher candidates’ preferences for teaching in urban districts.  A case study of the Newark Public Schools further explored the processes and challenges districts face in their new teacher recruitment and hiring effort.  Findings indicate teacher candidates’ perceptions of school working conditions strongly influence where they most prefer to teach.  Specifically, results indicated that teacher candidates with less preference for schools with poor, low achieving, and many racially and ethnically diverse students were not likely to prefer teaching in urban districts.  These teacher candidates’ desires for resources and convenient conditions were also predictive of their preference for non-urban settings.  Instead, these candidates were more likely to want to teach in school settings that were similar to them racially, socioeconomically, and similar to their own K-12 school setting.  They were also more likely to be influenced by family and friends.  These findings are corroborated by stakeholders in the NPS case study, where convenient and safe working conditions, along with family influence, were the most cited reasons for deterring new teacher recruitment.    Conversely, teacher candidates with experiences in various urban settings are likely to prefer teaching in urban schools, particularly candidates with field experiences in urban districts.  Additionally, teacher candidates between the age of 25 and 29 are also more likely to prefer teaching in an urban district.  Principals in the NPS study explained how influential a teacher candidate’s experience in various urban settings is on their district’s search for an urban educator with the 3 C’s:  content knowledge, commitment, and cultural understanding.    These findings have implications for policies at the teacher preparation level, city level, and state level:  there is a need to emphasize urban field experiences; it is critical to improve conditions in and around schools, and the data suggests a Grow-Your-Own program will benefit urban districts in addressing their staffing challenges.
Hydrothermal alteration, mass transfer and magnetite mineralization in dextral shear zones, western Hudson Highlands, NY
Creators: name: Kalczynski, Michael J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Massive magnetite ‘veins’ formed during hydrothermal mineralization within northeast trending dextral shear zones in the crystalline bedrock of the western Hudson Highlands, New York.  The veins formed in right step-over dilational jogs during the late stages of movement, in an open fracture system.   Acidic metamorphic fluids derived from metavolcanic country rock and saturated with iron, flushed through fractures, reacted with wall rock, and exchanged chemical species.  Buffered by the composition of the local country rock, fluids migrated and mixed along the fault during seismically induced ‘pumping’ events.  The fluids migrated and deposited varying gangue mineral assemblages in favorable conditions in the dilated fractures.  These assemblages reflect the changing flux, fluid buffering source, and/or physical conditions.    Three distinct zones formed through this process.  The wall rock adjacent to the vein was altered to form a ‘bleached’ zone.  The vein contains an outer ‘layered’ zone of ferromagnesian-rich bands, and a core of ‘massive’ magnetite ore and gangue minerals.  Bleached zones are dominated by amphibole and/or pyroxene, including scapolite, biotite, and apatite, within metavolcanic and quartzofeldspathic gneiss, or phlogopite and calcite within calc-silicate country rock.  Calc-silicate layered and massive assemblages contain clinopyroxene, calcite, amphibole, and/or biotite or phlogopite.  Quartzofeldspathic and metavolcanic layered and massive assemblages are dominated by amphibole and/or orthopyroxene, with quartz and/or sulfides and calcite locally.  Both assemblages contain magnetite, including the massive ore, central to the deposits.   Geochemical modeling of the bleached zone shows overall gains in volume (2.5-20.3%) and mass (3.1-18.1g relative to 100g of wall rock).  In all instances, iron (2.4-5.3g), magnesium (1.0-2.8g), and calcium (0.6-6.5g), were gained, more so in calc-silicate adjacent deposits.  Deposits adjacent to quartzofeldspathic country rock had large gains in silica (4.4-7.4g), whereas deposits in/near mafic metavolcanic rock lost silica (1.4-3.8g).  Based on the mobility of silica, fluid fluxes were calculated between 5.3 x 105 to 6.6 x 106 cm3/cm2 for bleached zone alteration, large enough for significant element transport.  Elements in abundance in the country rock contributed to the composition of the deposits, dominantly silica, calcium and sulfides.
ТОПОГРАФИЧЕСКАЯ АНАТОМИЯ ОРГАНОВ ТАЗА
Creators: name: Тухтаназарова, Шавкия
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: В статье рассматривается топографическая анатомия органов малого таза человека, включая строение и расположение основных анатомических структур. Обсуждаются половые органы, мочевой пузырь и прямая кишка, а также их взаимосвязь и клиническое значение. Особое внимание уделяется кровоснабжению и иннервации органов малого таза, что имеет важное значение для диагностики и лечения заболеваний в данной области. Понимание топографической анатомии является основой для успешного проведения хирургических вмешательств и необходимых медицинских манипуляций.
Earned security within an attachment intervention
Creators: name: Joran, Raelene
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Bowlby’s theorized “internal working model” (IWM) is an unconscious schema based largely on the way in which people are treated by important caretakers during the first years of life and comprised of views of self and other in relationship. Although the IWM is changeable, existing research cannot explain how the IWM is changed. An implicit measure of the view of self was developed in Study 1 which was demonstrated to relate inversely to attachment anxiety. In Study 2, participants high in attachment anxiety received a 6-week psychoeducational intervention using attachment as pedagogy and demonstrated several attachment-related improvements, including a trend toward a significant difference on change in implicit security between the Attachment Group and two control groups, with every participant receiving the intervention increasing in implicit security. Study 3, an exploratory semester-long intervention in Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) students, reconceptualized attachment insecurity as self-focus, and demonstrated several significant findings among those receiving the intervention compared to those in a non-intervention control group. Study 4 demonstrated a significant effect in EOF freshmen receiving the attachment intervention on increasing implicit security from pre-test to follow-up compared to those in a control condition. Although no significant effect of condition on change in attachment anxiety was demonstrated, anxiety moderated several outcomes, e.g., common humanity, personal distress, and empathy at post-test, reflective function at post-test and follow-up, and effect of need for cognition on outcomes including changes in self-view and empathy at post-test. Attachment avoidance moderated the significant effect of condition on the decrease in avoidance at post-test among experimental participants high in avoidance. Findings suggest IWM change first occurs unconsciously after improvement in related constructs including emotional intelligence. A new three-dimensional attachment framework is proposed, based on prior research and theory. Unlike the existing hierarchical attachment network (Collins & Read, 1994), the proposed framework models attachment change by reorienting one’s focus from self to other. This new theoretical framework is supported by several findings, including a significant effect of condition on empathy among participants high in attachment anxiety preceding the significant increase in implicit security at follow-up. Implications for educational policy are discussed.
Tetraserica bachmaensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica bachmaensis

description: Tetraserica bachmaensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 1 ♂ “X-DA6462/ X–DA6462 C-Vietnam Thua Thien-Hue Pr., Phu Loc, Bach Ma NP, Top area 16°11’39’’N, 107°51’12’’E 1250–1400m leg. A. Weigel, LF 05.– 09.05.2019 Sericini sp.TigerThai139” (ZFMK), 1 ♂ “X-DA6461/X-DA6461 C-Vietnam Thua Thien-Hue Pr., Phu Loc, Bach Ma NP, Top area 16°11’39’’N, 107°51’12’’E 1250–1400m leg. A. Weigel, LF 05.– 09.05.2019 Sericini sp.TigerThai139” (ZFMK), 1 ♂ “X-DA6459/ X-DA6459 C-Vietnam Thua Thien-Hue Pr., Phu Loc, Bach Ma NP, Top area 16°11’39’’N, 107°51’12’’E 1250–1400m leg. A. Weigel, LF 05.– 09.05.2019 Sericini sp.TigerThai139” (ZFMK), 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀ “C-Vietnam, Thùa Thiên Huê Prov., Phú Lôc, Bach Ma NP, 16°11’39’’N, 107°51’12’’W, 1250–1400m, 05.–09.V.2019 A. Skale ” (ZFMK, CASG).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
Cymatodera californica Horn 1868
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera californica

description: Cymatodera californica Horn, 1868
Synonyms: Cymatodera rufiventris Wolcott, 1927.
Distribution: USA: CA, OR; MEX: BC.
References: Horn 1868, 1895; Lohde 1900; Schenkling 1906; Wolcott 1921, 1947; Barr 1950b, 1975; Corporaal 1950; Burke and Zolnerowich 2014c; Opitz 2014.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Fabrication of highly conductive and flexible hybrid carbon nanofilms
Creators: name: Jeong, Min
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene are the two most conductive members among carbon nanomaterials. For industrial applications, these nanomaterials are attracting great attention for fabrication of flexible conducting films. However, the electronic performance of either CNT or graphene film has yet to reach their theoretical expectations due to high resistance and tunneling/Schottky barriers at the junctions between nanotubes or between graphene sheets. One of the important observations was that CNTs and graphene sheets can be crosslinked during and/or after film fabrication, which largely decrease inter-tube or inter-sheet resistance. However, the current solution-processing techniques for the film fabrication, such as spin coating, layer-by-layer assembly, and vacuum filtration have disadvantages and limitations. In this thesis, we developed an efficient film assembly approach as well as a facile transfer process.  The first chapter of this thesis provides an overview on structure and properties of CNTs and graphene.   In the second chapter, we used our newly developed microwave-enabled dispersion technique to synthesize highly conductive dispersible CNTs and graphene with low-density of oxygen-containing groups, without a need of surfactant/stabilizer. As we fabricated Microwave-enabled low-oxygen multi-walled nanotube only (ME-LOMWNT-only), Microwave-enabled low-oxygen graphene only (ME-LOGr-only), and ME-LOMWNT/ME-LOGr hybrid films using vacuum filtration, we found that the hybrid films are highly conductive relative to either the ME-LOMWNT-only or ME-LOGr-only film. The conductivity of the hybrid films depends on their composition, where a weight ratio of 97/3 between MWNTs and graphene reached the highest conductivity of 247,812 S m-1, which is two times higher than those of SWNT/graphene hybrid films reported by Coleman et al.8 In this work, we found crosslinks between MWNTs and graphene, which could be further promoted in acidic environment. These crosslinks between MWCNT and graphene enhanced the film conductivity.    The aim of the third chapter was to fabricate high quality graphene films and MWNT/graphene hybrid films using interfacial self-assembly approach. We observed the different assembly behavior of ME-LOMWNT and ME-LOGr due to their different shape and surface energy. Then, we optimized the parameters to fabricate high quality of ME-LOMWNT/ME-LOGr hybrid films. Moreover, we developed an efficient approach to transfer the self-assembled film at this water/oil interface onto substrates for future electrical characterization and device fabrications.
From the breeding places of delinquency
Creators: name: Jensen, Jennifer Anne
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Year: 2012

description: This thesis traces the history of child laborers as consumers at the turn of the twentieth century and their central role in the events leading to child labor reform through their conspicuous consumer behaviors.  Situated within broader late nineteenth and early twentieth-century developments in American child labor reform efforts and the recent revisionist turn in historical agency, the thesis addresses the often overlooked and underestimated role child laborers played as consumers due to subsequent legal developments allowing working-class children access to an unregulated market place.  By examining the evolution of child apprentices into child laborers, the history reveals changing ideological developments in the role of working-class children in the market place and the children’s rights to self-possession, and by extension personal autonomy.  From there, the thesis examines how working-class children interacted in their environment, primarily in the market place as consumers, and the significance of their consumer intersections to the history of child labor reform in light of the unique legal treatment children experienced.  Finally, the thesis explores Progressive Era reformers’ efforts to reform working-class populations based on principles of environmental analysis by removing the working-class child from unwholesome environments for treatment without addressing the underlying cause giving children entrance into the market place.  Although progressive reformers responded to working-class children’s perceived exposure to immorality from associating with unwholesome environments that were also popular leisure time places among the working-classes, reformers’ efforts were largely unsuccessful due to certain flaws in their principles of reform that did not address the underlying cause allowing working-class children unregulated access to consume in the market place.  While reformers tried and ultimately failed to reform children based on applied progressive principles of environmental analysis, this study extends our scholarly perspective of children’s pivotal role as consumers brought to light by the underlying legal gap allowing children in the market place and set the stage for future child labor reform.
Parisis indica Thomson & Henderson 1906
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Parisididae
Parisis
Parisis indica

description: Parisis indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906
Parisis indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906: 23–24, pl. 4, fig. 4, 5, 8&9 (Andamans).
? Parisis fruticosa Verrill, 1864: 37 (Sulu Sea).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: This species is considered as a synonym of P. fruticosa, but it was described as having spindles (up to 0.2 x 0.75 mm) forming a pavement like coenenchyme, which is quite different from P. fruticosa. The description of this species did not include any sclerites figures and it has never been revised, so at present its synonymy with P. fruticosa is uncertain. Rao & Devi (2003) just list the species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Consent accountability and organization performance
Creators: name: Hoontis, Peter P.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The nonprofit sector in the United States has experienced rapid growth in the last decade (Urban Institute, 2009). The work of these 1.7 million organizations is carried out through a network of paid staff and volunteers. Of the 27% of adult Americans who volunteer (Urban Institute, 2009) a small assemblage volunteer to serve on the board of directors. They accept a call to serve as those who volunteer to tutor in an afterschool program, serve food at a homeless shelter, or lead a book club at a senior center. The volunteers who serve as members of nonprofit boards take on fiduciary and statutory responsibility for stewardship of $4.3 trillion of assets (Urban Institute, 2009) providing services to millions of people. Often, board members come to serve in this capacity with very little experience as a program volunteer and less as a volunteer board member (Brudney & Murray, 1998). They join the organization as a board member with a high level of motivation to serve (Inglis & Cleave, 2006). When people volunteer to serve food, tutor, or mentor they are given an orientation to the task, have a clear understanding of what it is to be successful in achieving their task, and how their work is linked to achieving the mission of the organization (Ellis, 1996). Research on boards tells us much about what board members should be doing to fulfill their fiduciary and statutory responsibilities (Craver, 2006; Chait, 2005; Herman, 2009; and Ostrower, 2007), but a modest amount of research addresses how board members accomplish these responsibilities and what the antecedents are for their success. This research asked: is there a relationship between effective participation traits of board members and the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations? Based on the theoretical model— The Rosener Participation Effectiveness Matrix— a series of focus groups, interviews, observations, and surveys rating the participation effectiveness of ten nonprofit boards (involving 113 volunteers) was conducted. The ratings of these boards were compared to an existing data set which rated the overall effectiveness of these organizations. An analysis of the relationship between the data sets was conducted. The results of this study indicate a possible relationship between the presence of certain board participation traits and the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations. This research points to the need to expand our thinking about how we rate nonprofit performance. It also contributes to advancing our understanding of the important, often overlooked, and underestimated role of the volunteer boards of nonprofit organizations in the United States.
Cymatodera capax Burke 2013
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera capax

description: Cymatodera capax Burke, 2013
Distribution: CAM: CR, PAN. References: Burke 2013.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Keroeides gracilis Whitelegge 1897
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Keroeididae
Keroeides
Keroeides gracilis

description: Keroeides gracilis Whitelegge, 1897
Keroeides gracilis Whitelegge, 1897: 308, pl. 16, fig. 1–5 (Funafuti).
? Keroeides gracilis Grasshoff 1999: 18, figs. 19–20 (New Caledonia).
? Keroeides pallida Hiles, 1899: 201, pl. 22, figs. 12–16.
Opinion: There is not enough evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomson & Henderson 1906: 22–23, pl. 4, fig. 1–3 (Andamans); Fernando 2011: 26, pl. 7, fig. 1&1d (SE coast); Fernando et al. 2017: 42, pl. 16, fig. 1–1d (SE coast).
Literature analysis: This species was originally described from Funafuti in the central west Pacific with very minimal illustrations. Later, Hiles (1899: 201) reported it from New Guinea without having seen the holotype and just relying on the original inadequate description. Thomson & Henderson’s (1906) description of material from the region does not appear to represent this species. Indeed, those authors pointed out a number of considerable morphological differences from the holotype, such as: the length, arrangement and form of the coenenchymal sclerites; the low height of the calyces (only half the original); and the different arrangement and type of sclerite in the calyces. Their illustration of a branch fragment is also very different from that given by Grasshoff (1999), who, however, had also not seen the holotype. Grasshoff cites Muricella grandis Nutting, 1910 as a synonym after having seen the holotype of that species. As it is not possible to recognise that species from Nutting’s description where only a single sclerite was figured, it is valuable to know it can be compared with the description of Grasshoff’s material.
There are notable differences between Whitelegge’s description and the two identical descriptions of an Indian specimen by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et a l. (2017). For example: (presented in the order Fernando / Whitelegge) axial sclerites 0.2 mm / 0.5 mm; coenenchymal spindles to 2.6 mm / to 1.2 mm; calyx sclerites 0.26 mm / 0.6 mm; tentacle sclerites 0.1 mm / 0.2 mm. These are quite substantial differences and probably not simply due to variability. Rao & Devi, (2003) just list the species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
The transformation of metropolitan universities
Creators: name: Hill, Diane
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: During the past decade, urban colleges and universities have been undergoing changes attributable to the reemergence of outreach initiatives. More recently, these outreach efforts have been specifically designed to increase community engagement among faculty and students and to lend the institution’s scientific, policy and social service expertise to improve the metropolitan areas where they are located.  Metropolitan universities are increasingly becoming the source of viable engagement initiatives by linking their scholarly resources to community residents and practitioners.  Through a case study of Rutgers-Newark campus, this researcher constructed a historical narrative by tracing community engagement on the campus within a forty-year period, from the late 60's through the year 2010. Also, this researcher used a small, select sample of faculty and administrators whose contributions were significant in elucidating key elements that should be considered by institutions as they redesign their missions to support and institutionalize engaged scholarship, research and teaching. This study was guided by the following research question: How has Rutgers-Newark's commitment to community engagement evolved since the 1967 Newark disorders? The study revealed how community engagement can evolve within tertiary educational institutions in urban settings and, regarding the Rutgers-Newark campus, concludes that the following three major factors influenced the advancement of community engagement: leadership, vision and mission. Visionary leadership was a key factor, if not the key in advancing community engagement at the institution; leadership that understands the value of connecting the human and scholarly assets of the institution to the city can serve as a catalyst for advancing community engagement; effectively articulating the integration of this concept into the institutional mission.  Furthermore, the results of this study indicate policy implications for university officials, administrators, faculty, and other stakeholders in higher education for understanding and supporting community engagement.  Recommendations made offer additional insights to understand how to advance community engagement at metropolitan tertiary institutions.
Relationships among nurses' exercise beliefs, personal experience with exercise, and exercise counseling behaviors for women with breast cancer experiencing treatment-induced cancer-related fatigue
Creators: name: Ho-Shing, Donna
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This study examined the relationships among nurses’ exercise beliefs, personal experience with exercise, and exercise counseling behaviors for women with breast cancer experiencing cancer related fatigue. The following hypotheses were formulated based on the theorized relationships of the Common Sense Model: 1) personal experience with exercise and exercise benefits beliefs are positively related to exercise counseling behaviors; 2) exercise barriers beliefs is negatively related to exercise counseling behaviors; 3) personal experience with exercise is positively related to exercise benefits beliefs and negatively related to exercise barriers beliefs; 4) exercise benefits beliefs and exercise barriers beliefs mediates the relationship between personal experience with exercise and exercise counseling behaviors. The Exercise Benefits Beliefs scale, the Exercise Barriers Beliefs scale, and the Exercise Counseling Behaviors scale were developed for this study. The Godin Leisure Time Exercise Scale was used to assess nurses' personal exercise behaviors. Data were collected from a convenience sample  (N = 126) recruited through the use of an E-mail list of registered nurses enrolled in the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) and working in oncology settings. A descriptive  iii  correlational design was used. Only the relationship between exercise barriers beliefs and nurses’ exercise counseling behaviors was supported, r = -.31, p < .01. However, ancillary analyses supported the relationships among contextual factors, treatment beliefs, and HCP illness management behaviors of the CSM. A nurse’s current position (role) (r = -.23, p < .05) and knowledge about NCCN guidelines for cancer treatment related fatigue (r = -.25, p< 0.05) were significantly related to exercise barriers beliefs. In addition, a nurse’s current position (r = .209, p < 0.05) and knowledge about NCCN guidelines for cancer treatment related fatigue (r = .535, p < 0.01) were significantly related to exercise counseling behaviors. Exercise barriers beliefs, knowledge of the NCCN guidelines, and the current position of the nurse explained 36% of the variance in exercise counseling behaviors among nurses. Nurses’ beliefs about exercise barriers of women with breast cancer and CRF are more important for the extent to which they counsel these women to exercise than their beliefs in the exercise benefits for these women.
Transcending boundaries
Creators: name: Hall, Rebecca
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This thesis uncovers and explores a transnational dialogue between moderns in New York and Tokyo in the early twentieth century through which intellectuals, writers, and activists explored their ideal social and sexual relationships in a rapidly changing and globalizing world.  I argue that larger worldwide political and economic changes, in particular, Imperialism, commercialism, urbanism, and the first World War ultimately created then shaped the dialogue from one focused on exploring interracial relationships through art and literature in the first decade of the twentieth century to one centered around feminism, Neo-Malthusianism, and birth control activism by the 1920’s.  However, the issue of increased female independence remained constant.         By analyzing the roles of New York City and of Tokyo, of America and Japan, as constructed spaces that opened a set of possibilities for men and women in the early twentieth century and by situating writers Nagai Kafu and Winnifred Eaton, and social activists Shizue Ishimoto and Margaret Sanger as participants and cultural interpreters, this thesis illuminates how the transcendent intellectual boundaries of cities during this first period of globalization invited a re-examining of gender roles and social and sexual relationships in two cities portrayed as historically unconnected.  This thesis employs the larger goal of breaking down the Orientalist binary between East and West by demonstrating that Tokyo intellectuals, artists and social critics were involved in a dialogue concerning non-normative gender roles and relationships usually only attributed to denizens of transatlantic cities like New York, London, and Paris.
Effectiveness of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) for managing post-stroke dysphagia: systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Zaidi, Syed Muhammad Mehdi
name: Alvi, Mustafa Hassan
name: Fatmi, Syed Ashad Ahmed
name: Abbasi, Laraib
name: Hayat, Ammar
name: Irfan, Qunoot
name: Zehra, Sana
name: Abbas, Zainab
name: Zaidi, Syed Muhammad Askari
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy

description: Post-Stroke Dysphagia (PSD) is a common complication that significantly affects the quality of life and health outcomes of stroke survivors. Traditional treatments often have limitations, necessitating the exploration of new therapeutic approaches. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy of intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS) as an innovative treatment for PSD. Following the PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library up to July 2024. Studies included were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving stroke patients with confirmed dysphagia, comparing iTBS to control treatments. Data extraction and quality assessment were performed independently by two reviewers using the Cochrane RoB 2 tool. Primary outcomes were changes in the Penetration-Aspiration Scale (PAS) and Swallowing Severity Scale (SSA). Meta-analyses were conducted using Review Manager (RevMan) 5.4. Four RCTs with a total of 199 participants were included. iTBS significantly improved SSA (MD = −3.26, 95% CI [−4.66, −1.86], p < 0.001) and PAS (MD = −1.67, 95% CI [−2.49, −0.86], p < 0.001) immediately after treatment compared to sham stimulation. No significant adverse events were reported. iTBS appears to have a positive immediate effect on improving swallowing function and reducing aspiration risk in PSD patients compared to sham stimulation. However, these effects may not persist in the long term, and further large-scale RCTs are needed to confirm these findings and establish standardized treatment protocols.
Study of hydrogen bonding interactions via x-ray analysis
Creators: name: Gorlova, Olga
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: X-ray diffraction is a useful method for studying the absolute structure of a molecule or complex in crystalline form. Analysis and determination by this technique provides information on atomic positions within the molecule as well as bond lengths, angles, unit cell, space group and symmetry. We used X-ray analysis to study hydrogen-bonding interactions in a number of molecules. A hydrogen bond occurs between a hydrogen atom covalently bonded to a first row electronegative atom and weakly bonded to another first-row electronegative atom having at least one lone pair of electrons. Hydrogen-bonding interactions affect the coordination and complexation of molecular compounds. In this paper, we examine a structural anomaly of a far-too-short hydrogen bond in H5O2+cation and describe the various methods employed to resolve this issue. We also investigate intra- and inter-molecular hydrogen bonding in an oligosaccharide, as well as sulfate ion coordination due to hydrogen bonding in two different macrocycles.
Essays on financial anomalies
Creators: name: Gu, Ming
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This dissertation studies two pervasive financial anomalies: price momentum and accrual anomaly.      The first essay establishes a robust link between momentum and accruals (the difference between accounting earnings and cash flow). I find that momentum profitability is statistically significant and economically large only among firms with high accruals. The cross-sectional characteristics of momentum previously documented do not subsume the effect of accruals on momentum profits, and the effect also holds in different market states. To understand the source of momentum, I analyze the predictive power of accruals for stock returns based on two hypotheses: earnings manipulation and earnings overestimation. I find that loser stocks with high accruals experience significant decreases in industry-adjusted sales growth and the largest amount of income-decreasing special items in subsequent years. Most of momentum profitability among high-accrual firms is attributable to the high discretionary accrual group. My findings indicate that, primarily due to the effect of earnings manipulation, the downward payoff of loser stocks with high accruals largely drives the accrual-based momentum profit.      The second essay investigates the relationship between financial distress and accrual anomaly. I investigate whether the continued existence of the accrual anomaly is due to the failure to account for the compensation for distress risk. I find a U-shape pattern of distress risks across accrual portfolios. The accrual profit is mostly concentrated in firms with high distress, suggesting that the abnormal returns to the accrual trading strategy may result from the high distress-risk exposures. Market frictions such as idiosyncratic stock return volatility, illiquidity, and short-sale constraints do not generate the accrual anomaly, but they prevent stock prices from adjusting once financial distress triggers the abnormal returns to the accrual trading strategy.
“Better becoming a band of robbers”
Creators: name: Elliott, Steven
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This thesis investigates how the American state conducted the War of American Independence.  Primarily, I look at how, in the absence of a strong centralized national government, American military leaders used alternative methods to support their army.  I argue that the Continental Army constituted a source of national authority and sovereignty which effectively maintained the military struggle even as the Continental Congress abdicated responsibility for directing the war effort.  Moreover, I demonstrate that the strains of waging a protracted war with little support from the national government had adverse effects on America’s social cohesion.  Overall, this thesis serves to complicate both military historians’ conceptions of the War of American Independence as well as political and social historians’ understandings of republican political culture and American society during the revolutionary era.  More broadly, I hope to show that the War of American Independence is integral to the understanding of the wider forces at work during the American Revolution.
Cannabis and Tobacco co-use in Adolescents
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: In the US, tobacco use remains the number one preventable cause of cancer and as more adolescents smoke cannabis, the dual-use with tobacco raises the risk of nicotine dependence. In order to stem the tide of tobacco related cancers, there is a critical need to better understand the neurobiology of how cannabis co-use during adolescence influences vulnerability to tobacco dependence. Objective: This trans-disciplinary pilot project seeks to determine associations between cannabis and tobacco exposure and symptoms of dependence and specific brain network features including the functional and structural reorganization that occurs with exposure to tobacco and cannabis. Specific Aims: Using fMRI we will investigate the potentiating effects from dual use of cannabis and tobacco on cue reactivity in adolescents (AIM 1). We will examine alterations in resting-state functional and structural brain networks in adolescents with dual use of cannabis and tobacco (AIM 2). Study Design: Using a cohort design, this study will examine patterns of brain activation, network characteristics, substance use behaviors and levels of dependence to both tobacco and cannabis in a multiethnic sample of 48 adolescent (aged 13-17 years): 1) tobacco smokers (n=20), 2) dual-users (e.g., users of both cannabis and tobacco; n=20), and a 3) control group of never-users of either drug (n=10). We will use MRI to examine activation and connectivity patterns and measure reported dependence and craving symptoms. We will then examine associations between substance use patterns, levels of dependence and multimodal imaging biomarkers. Significance: The potential for increased harm for adult cancers from adolescent tobacco exposure along with the increasing prevalence and move to legalize cannabis underscore the urgency of studying co-use among this age group. Determining the associations between cannabis and tobacco exposure, symptoms of dependence, use disorders and specific brain imaging features will enhance understanding of the basic bio-behavioral mechanisms involved in the development of tobacco dependence in adolescents, especially dual users. Furthermore, this study will provide the pilot data necessary for performing a larger scale prospective study.
Smartphones in Relational Conflicts: Examining When and How They Interfere
Creators: name: Roaché, David J.
name: Caughlin, John P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: This study investigates the influence of copresent smartphone use and presence on conflict interactions. Sixty-four dating couples (N = 128) completed one 10-minute in-person serial argument conversation. Dyads were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (a) smartphones absent, (b) smartphone used by one participant, or (c) smartphone present but not used. Results indicate that copresent smartphone use – but not the presence of an unused smartphone – during conflict is more dissatisfying than conflict conversations absent of smartphones overall and at one-minute measurements. Also, perceived technological interference – but not the amount of phone use – was associated with lower ratings of conversation satisfaction. These findings suggest that copresent smartphone use is more problematic than smartphone presence, and perceptions of smartphone use may explain how and why copresent smartphone use may erode conversation quality.
Mechanisms of anti-estrogen resistance in breast cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Endocrine therapy has proved an effective treatment for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast tumors. Many of these tumors, however, become refractory to anti-estrogen treatment, especially in a metastatic setting. The cancer stem cell (CSC) model posits that tumors are driven by a small fraction of cells with self-renewing and differentiative capacity that give rise to hierarchically organized tumors of varied phenotypes. Mounting evidence suggests that CSCs increase in ER+ breast tumors following anti-estrogen treatment. The goal of this application is to understand how extracellular factors, SLITs, influence the development of endocrine resistance by signaling through their ROBO receptors. Our preliminary data show that knockdown of Robo1 in ER+ breast cancer cell lines results in increased levels of nuclear NOTCH4 and increased CSC frequency. Recently, it was shown that CSCs develop resistance to anti-estrogen therapies through the activation of NOTCH4 signaling, but mechanisms regulating NOTCH4 activity in these cancerous cells are not fully known. Here, we propose studies to determine how loss of Robo1 activates NOTCH4, and whether the subsequent increase in CSCs drives endocrine resistance. Successful completion of the proposed studies will increase our understanding of signaling pathways contributing to endocrine resistant breast cancer by identifying a new mechanism that increases CSC frequency by stimulating NOTCH signaling in a ligand-independent manner. Positive outcomes from the proposed experiments will provide key preliminary data necessary for a successful application to the NIH, exploring these discoveries in vivo in xenograft studies using breast cancer cell lines and patient-derived tumor tissue.
Towards in vivo imaging of immune cells for cancer therapy
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: Cancer immunotherapy is in need of simple and cost-effective tools to monitor and quantify the presence of CD8+ T cells and other immune cell types (e.g. CD4 T cells, macrophages, NK cells) in their target organs. The Wu group at UCLA has developed anti-CD4 and anti-CD8 radio-labeled cys-diabodies allowing non-invasive and quantitative assessment of endogenous T cell and post hematopoietic stem cell injection in lethally irradiated mice. While this technique allows detection and quantification of T cell populations using microPET/CT, it uses radionuclides and does not allow the distinction between different cell populations (PET does not allow for multiplexed imaging). To overcome this limitation, we propose to use our expertise in ultrasensitive fluorescence detection to develop a new approach based on the combination of near-infrared fluorescence lifetime imaging (NIR FLIM) and a novel photon-counting camera developed by our group. FLIM has many advantages over standard fluorescence by providing a concentration- and intensity-independent measure of local molecular properties. In collaboration with the Intes group at RPI, we have demonstrated a fast and simple in vivo NIR FLIM technique called phasor analysis. We believe that we can improve the performance of this approach by several orders of magnitudes using our detector instead of the camera used by the Intes group. In particular, its increased sensitivity should allow detection of low T cell concentrations such as encountered in cancer immunotherapy studies. Importantly, using lifetime imaging, two different fluorescent probes can be distinguished simultaneously, enabling simultaneous detection of two different immune cell subsets. The proposed project will establish the feasibility of NIR FLIM in mice using a pulsed laser and our photon counting camera, by demonstrating simple proof-of-principle imaging of NIR dyes in animal models (phantoms and animal carcasses with artificial fluorescent inclusions). The work of a post-doctoral associate in our laboratory, under the direction of Dr. Michalet, and in collaboration with the Wu lab, will generate preliminary data for a follow-up proposal, which will focus on developing a dedicated preclinical imaging instrument using near-infrared fluorescent probes and phasor-based FLIM analysis, capable of both 2D reflectance imaging and 3D tomography.