cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sakuraeolis kirembosa Rudman 1980
Creators: name: Tibiriçá, Yara
name: Pola, Marta
name: Cervera, Juan Lucas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Nudibranchia
Facelinidae
Sakuraeolis
Sakuraeolis kirembosa

description: Sakuraeolis kirembosa Rudman, 1980
(Figure 36 E)
Material examined. One specimen. MB28-004961, ZSC, 28 Jan. 2015, 22m, 25mm.
Habitats. Subtropical rocky reef.
Occurrences. Zavora.
Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. India (Ramakrishna et al. 2010), United Arab Emirates (Gosliner et al. 2008), Tanzania (Rudman 1980) and Mozambique.
Remarks. In captivity, this specimen was observed to quickly move its oral tentacles from side-to-side, touching the substrate whilst crawling.
description: Published as part of Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, pp. 1-133 in Zootaxa 4359 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1069168
Taxonomic revision of Gentianaceae in New Jersey
Creators: name: Spitz, Lauren D.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Chapter 1: Identification and Descriptions of Gentianaceae in New Jersey  New Jersey holds unique ecological implications for the flora of North America, containing habitats from the coastal zone to the inland highlands, and as a transition zone between the more boreal and austral zones to the north and south, respectively.  Presented here are identification keys and descriptions to the genera and species of Gentianaceae (Asteridae: Gentianales) that are native to or naturalized in the state of New Jersey, USA.  This information will be used by the Flora of New Jersey Project, a collaboration among botanists to provide modern nomenclature, identification, description, distribution, abundance, and phenology data for all vascular plant species occurring naturally within the state.  Keys to all genera and species are included, along with descriptions of morphological, ecological, distributional, and conservation information.  These data were gathered from more than 1,650 herbarium specimens at The New York Botanical Garden (NY), Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BKL), the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (PH), and the Chrysler Herbarium of Rutgers University (CHRB).  In total, eight genera and 19 species were treated, and Schenkia spicata (L.) G. Mans. Is a new species and genus record for the state.      Chapter 2: Nomenclature and Taxonomy of Gentianaceae in New Jersey  Presented here are complete generic and specific nomenclature, typifications, and taxonomic updates on all of the species of Gentianceae (Asterids: Gentianales) occurring naturally in the state of New Jersey, USA.  Complete synonymy is provided, along with all known information on typification.  The gentianaceous species found in New Jersey include two Bartonia species, one Centaurium, seven Gentiana species, one Gentianella, one Gentianopsis, one Obolaria, five Sabatia species, and one Schenkia species.  A clarification on the typification of Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Hayek ex Hand.-Mazz. et al. is provided, as well as neotype designations for Gentiana clausa Raf. and Gentiana linearis Froel., and a lectotypification for Sabatia stellaris Pursh.
Sakuraeolis Baba 1965
Creators: name: Tibiriçá, Yara
name: Pola, Marta
name: Cervera, Juan Lucas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Nudibranchia
Facelinidae
Sakuraeolis

description: Sakuraeolis sp. 1
(Figure 36 F)
Material examined. Six specimens. MHN-YT44, ZWH, 13 May 2010, 18 m, 21mm; MB28-004418, ZGWS, 0 9 Aug. 2010, 20 m, 13mm; MB28-004480, ZA 51, 12m, 13mm; MB28-004523, ZWH, 14 Mar. 2012, 16 m, 22mm – 30mm; MB28-004663, ZWH, 0 8 Mar. 2013, 17 m, 40mm; ZMBN 117061, POB, 0 9 May 2014, 18 m, 4mm.
Habitats. Subtropical rocky reef, often on hydroids Eudendrium sp.
Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.
Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Mozambique.
Remarks. This is one of the most common species on the subtropical Mozambican coast. Dawn Diamond from Queen’s University of Belfast, N. Ireland, UK, has studied this species and is preparing a manuscript with a formal description (D. Diamond pers. communication).
description: Published as part of Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, pp. 1-133 in Zootaxa 4359 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1069168
Ptychadena perreti Guibe and Lamotte 1958
Creators: name: Badjedjea, Gabriel
name: Masudi, Franck M.
name: Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu
name: Gvoždík, Václav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Ptychadenidae
Ptychadena
Ptychadena perreti

description: Ptychadena perreti Guibé and Lamotte, 1958
Fig. 10F.
Area: Yalokole, Yetee.
Season/survey: Wet (May 2018, Nov 2018).
Material: CSB:Herp: RNBK 008, 029, 032, 051, 059, 115, 127, 133, 134, 145, 148, 161, 180, 228, 396, 444, 526, 640, 646; IVB-H-CD 18069, 18166, 18167.
Comments: Ptychadena perreti was described from southern Cameroon (Guibé and Lamotte 1958), and is believed to be distributed in western Central Africa and north of the Congo River to northeastern DRC (Channing and Rödel 2019; IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2020). Our Kokolopori material provides evidence for a geographic range extension into the Central Congolian forests. Based on the publicly available genetic data (our own review of data), “ P. christyi ” from Uganda (Bundibugyo; GenBank No. GQ 183595) represents misidentified P. perreti, proving evidence for the presence of this species also in western Uganda. Similarly, “ P. bibroni ” (or P. aff. bibroni) from Gabon (GenBank AY517604; Vences et al. 2004) and “ P. cf. aequiplicata ” from Cameroon (Mt. Kupe; GenBank KX671789; Portik et al. 2016) both represent misidentified P. perreti, as well as “ Ptychadena sp. B ” from the Republic of the Congo (Deichmann et al. 2017). In the past, this species was probably at least partially misidentified as “ P. oxyrhynchus ” (originally in the genus Rana) in the Congo, as the photograph published by Noble (1924) with this name most probably depicts P. perreti. All these past misidentifications have caused further confusion in the identification of this species. Ptychadena perreti is a widespread inhabitant of the forested zone of Central Africa. However, it is usually found in degraded forests, shrubs, and farmbush. In Kokolopori, we found it in swampy places along streams, usually in disturbed forest.
description: Published as part of Badjedjea, Gabriel, Masudi, Franck M., Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu & Gvoždík, Václav, 2022, Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo, pp. 35-70 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 301) (e 301) 16 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12761585
Additional file 1: of VISPA2: a scalable pipeline for high-throughput identification and annotation of vector integration sites
Creators: name: Spinozzi, Giulio
name: Calabria, Andrea
name: Brasca, Stefano
name: Beretta, Stefano
name: Merelli, Ivan
name: Milanesi, Luciano
name: Montini, Eugenio
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Supplementary Information. Supplementary Material, Figures and Tables. (DOCX 1859Â kb)
Evaluating the agronomic performance of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) on marginal vs. prime farmland
Creators: name: Sosa, Sergio J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a warm-season perennial grass native to North America. The difference in biomass production between and within switchgrass ecotypes (upland and lowland) and populations due to genotype x environment interaction (GxE) has been documented. Breeding research for increased biomass production in switchgrass has been conducted on University research farms with prime farmland. This study aims to evaluate the agronomic performance of 14 cultivars and 45 high biomass producing clones of switchgrass in marginal vs. prime farmland. Additionally this study investigates the effects of increasing biodiversity (1 grass species, 3 grass species or 4 species-grass/legume combinations) on biomass production. The cultivars and biodiversity studies were seeded in 2008 and 2009 in six locations (Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin) and three locations (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania), respectively, in paired fields (marginal vs. prime land). Each field had a nitrogen treatment 0 or 100 kg of N·ha-1·year-1. Stand establishment (% coverage), plant height (cm), tiller density (tillers·m-2) and dry biomass yield (Mg·ha-1) data was collected to determine agronomic performance. The clonal material was transplanted in 2009 in two locations (New Jersey and South Dakota). In addition to agronomic data collected, heading date, anthesis date (Julian date) and visual ratings for disease presence were recorded. Cultivars were shorter in marginal soils. For stand establishment and biomass yield, 50% of cultivars showed differences due to soil quality. For tiller density, 40% of the cultivars presented differences due to soil quality; some cultivars had higher tiller density in marginal soils. For the biodiversity study low diversity plots (one grass species) were not significantly different than yields of high diversity plots (four species-grass/legume). For the clone study, soil quality may have influenced a delay in flower initiation and other traits, such as plant height, etc. It was also observed that genotype may have been the most influential factor in tolerance to anthracnose (Colletotrichum navitas) and rust (Puccinia emaculata).
Ptychadena undetermined
Creators: name: Badjedjea, Gabriel
name: Masudi, Franck M.
name: Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu
name: Gvoždík, Václav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Ptychadenidae
Ptychadena
Ptychadena undetermined

description: Ptychadena sp. aff. mascareniensis
Fig. 10G.
Area: Yalokole, Yotemankele.
Season/survey: Wet (May 2018, Nov 2018), dry (Aug 2019).
Material: CSB:Herp: RNBK 069, 080, 120, 149, 184, 531, 641, 642, 643, 677, 678; IVB-H-CD 18221, 18226– 18229, 18231, 18233–18235, 18272–18274.
Comments: This species was usually found directly in villages, or nearby in periodical muddy pools formed after heavy rains. This species does not enter pristine forest, but can be found along streams in swampy places at forest edges. It may be syntopic with other Ptychadena species, e.g., P. perreti. The P. mascareniensis species
complex is distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, usually in open habitats, including human settlements and agricultural sites (Rödel 2000). It enters forested regions along roads. Twelve evolutionary lineages were identified in a recent study (Zimkus et al. 2017), with only three of them named. In addition to P. mascareniensis comprising at least three evolutionary lineages from Réunion, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Madagascar, P. nilotica is known from southern to northeastern Africa, including eastern Africa, and P. newtoni is endemic to São Tomé Island in the Gulf of Guinea. The remaining lineages have remained unresolved taxonomically (usually named P. cf. mascareniensis or P. “ mascareniensis ”; Frost 2021), treated as operational taxonomic units (OTUs). In DRC, P. nilotica and three OTUs (6, 8, 9) have been recorded, of which two have been found in forested lowlands (OTU 6 and OTU 8). From available data, it seems that OTU 8 is confined to the central and eastern Congolian forests (Zimkus et al. 2017). There is probably no name available for OTU 8. If it proves to be distinct, it needs to be described formally as a new species.
description: Published as part of Badjedjea, Gabriel, Masudi, Franck M., Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu & Gvoždík, Václav, 2022, Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo, pp. 35-70 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 301) (e 301) 16 (1) on pages 61-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12761585
COVID-19 Emergency Block Grant - UC Berkeley
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: This Emergency Block Grant will be used to support campus research needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, with priority given to projects that align with Department Of Energy response thrusts, including: Pandemic modeling and analysis; the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium; Artificial intelligence and machine learning; Materials and manufacturing to address supply chain issues; Clinical and surveillance testing issues; and Medical therapeutics.
Sakuraeolis Baba 1965
Creators: name: Tibiriçá, Yara
name: Pola, Marta
name: Cervera, Juan Lucas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Nudibranchia
Facelinidae
Sakuraeolis

description: Sakuraeolis sp. 2
(Figure 36 G)
Material examined. One specimen. MB28-004813, PE, 0 4 April 2014, 25nm 10mm. Habitats. Subtropical rocky reef.
Occurrences. Paindane.
Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Madagascar (Bazard 2017) and Mozambique. Remarks. This species appears undescribed and is here tentatively identified in the genus Sakuraeolis until further studies are completed.
description: Published as part of Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, pp. 1-133 in Zootaxa 4359 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1069168
Bryozobiinae Ross & Newman 1996
Creators: name: Chan, Benny K. K.
name: Dreyer, Niklas
name: Gale, Andy S.
name: Glenner, Henrik
name: Ewers-Saucedo, Christine
name: Pérez-Losada, Marcos
name: Kolbasov, Gregory A.
name: Crandall, Keith A.
name: Høeg, Jens T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Thecostraca
Balanomorpha
Archaeobalanidae

description: SUBFAMILY BRYOZOBIINAE ROSS & NEWMAN, 1996
Bryozobia Ross & Newman, 1996 (two species)
Eoatria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010 (three species)
Microporatria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010 (one species)
Multatria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010 (three species)
Poratria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010 (two species)
description: Published as part of Chan, Benny K. K., Dreyer, Niklas, Gale, Andy S., Glenner, Henrik, Ewers-Saucedo, Christine, Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Kolbasov, Gregory A., Crandall, Keith A. & Høeg, Jens T., 2021, The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms, pp. 789-846 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 on page 837, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160, http://zenodo.org/record/5637275
Aubria Boulenger 1917
Creators: name: Badjedjea, Gabriel
name: Masudi, Franck M.
name: Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu
name: Gvoždík, Václav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Pyxicephalidae
Aubria

description: Aubria Boulenger, 1917
This genus contains two species, but only one of them is distributed in the Congo Basin.
description: Published as part of Badjedjea, Gabriel, Masudi, Franck M., Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu & Gvoždík, Václav, 2022, Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo, pp. 35-70 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 301) (e 301) 16 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12761585
Additional file 5: of A modified GC-specific MAKER gene annotation method reveals improved and novel gene predictions of high and low GC content in Oryza sativa
Creators: name: Bowman, Megan
name: Pulman, Jane
name: Liu, Tiffany
name: Childs, Kevin
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Gene length distributions of MAKER original, six HMMs, low GC, high GC, novel low and novel high GC predictions. Distribution of gene lengths from each of the MAKER annotation methods and from the novel low and high GC gene sets. (PDF 27Â kb)
Women in Janitorial Services: Breast Cancer Risks from Chemical Exposures
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 California, there are about 85,000 women who work as janitors. This is a group that is not usually included in research studies. These women use many chemical products to clean and disinfect and some of the chemicals are of potential concern for breast cancer risk. We propose a pilot study to survey janitors about job tasks and use of cleaning products. We also propose to go to five worksites to observe the cleaning tasks and to collect air samples to measure chemicals that may be breathed in. Janitors are likely to be exposed to chemicals as they evaporate or from sprays that remain in the air during the work. This study will increase our knowledge about the chemicals these women are working with and may lead to recommendations for ways to reduce the use of harmful chemicals.
Glaucus atlanticus Forster 1777
Creators: name: Tibiriçá, Yara
name: Pola, Marta
name: Cervera, Juan Lucas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Nudibranchia
Glaucidae
Glaucus
Glaucus atlanticus

description: Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777
(Figure 36 H)
Material examined. Seven specimens. All found washed up on the beach in Zavora. MHN-YT68, 0 9 Jun. 2011, 18mm; MB28-004558, 0 4 Jun. 2012, 15mm, collected by A. Roseblum; MB28-004996, 5 spcs., 0 5 May 2015, 4– 12mm.
Habitats. Planktonic, in the subtropical zone. Found washed on the beach together with by-the-wind sailor (Velella sp.) and bluebottle (Physalia sp.).
Occurrences. Zavora.
Geographic distribution. Worldwide in subtropical regions (Churchill et al. 2013, 2014).
description: Published as part of Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, pp. 1-133 in Zootaxa 4359 (1) on pages 117-118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1069168
Optical and thermal properties of periodic photonic structures on a silicon-on-insulator platform
Creators: name: Song, Weiwei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Silicon photonics is the leading candidate to fulfill the high bandwidth requirement for the future communication networks. Periodic photonic structures, due to their fascinating properties including compact size, high efficiency, and ease of design, play an important role in photonic systems. In this dissertation, SOI-based one-dimensional and two-dimensional periodic photonic structures are studied.  Low crosstalk, high density integration of bus waveguides is demonstrated by employing a novel waveguide array structure. Inspired by the low coupling strength shown by initial pair waveguide experiments, novel waveguide array structures are studied by generalizing the nearest-neighbor tight-bonding model. Based on the theory, waveguide arrays have been designed and fabricated. The waveguide arrays have been characterized to demonstrate high density bus waveguides with minimal crosstalk.  Two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) structure was then investigated aiming at reducing the propagation loss. A general cross-sectional eigenmode orthogonality relation is first derived for a one dimensional periodic system. Assisted by this orthogonality, analytic formulas are obtained to describe the propagation loss in PCW structures. By introducing the radiation and backscattering loss factors a1 and a2, the total loss coefficient a can be written as  a=a1*ng+a2*ng;2 (ng is the group index). It is analytically shown the backscattering loss generally dominates the radiation loss for ng>10. Combined with systematic simulations of loss dependences on key structure parameters, this analytic study helps identify promising strategies to reduce the slow light loss.   The influence of the substrate on the performance of a thermo-optic tuning photonic crystal device was studied in the following section. The substrate-induced thermo-optic tuning is obtained as a function of key physical parameters, based on a semi-analytic theory that agrees well with numeric simulations. It is shown that for some devices, the substrate’s contribution to the thermo-optic tuning can exceed 10% for a heater located in the waveguide core and much higher for some other configurations. The slow response of the substrate may also significantly slow down the overall response time of the device. Strategies of minimizing the substrate’s influence are discussed.
Targeted therapy to reverse triple negative breast cancer health disparities and boost immunotherapy
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: Breast cancer survival has improved recently due to use of modern targeted therapies, but there remain subsets of patients who do poorly. Patients who have the triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) subtype fall into this category. Because TNBCs lack clinical expression of estrogen, progesterone and HER-2 receptors they cannot be treated with current approved targeted therapies. TNBC occurs in only about 15% of all patients with breast cancer, yet it accounts for almost half of all deaths.

 The prevalence of TNBC among pre-menopausal African American women (AAW) is about 39% as compared to 16% among Caucasian women. Recent reports suggest a drug widely used to treat type 2 diabetes – metformin (Glucophage) - exerts significant anticancer activity in breast cancer. Diabetic patients treated with metformin have reduced breast cancer incidence and potentially better survival. Further, patients treated with metformin before surgery show antitumor effects of the drug after surgery. We and independent investigators find that TNBC cells are uniquely sensitive to metformin with profound metabolic and molecular effects likely to have application for breast cancer treatment. The high growth rate of TNBCs requires enormous energy supplies to maintain tumor progression, and metformins appear to cut critical energy sources. However, data indicate that dose of metformin required for optimal killing of TNBCs exceeds doses that can be safely achieved in patients.
 To remedy this problem, we introduced small modifications in the chemical structure of metformin that markedly amplify its anticancer activity in TNBC, most notably among AAW. We will determine if new metformin derivatives can inhibit the growth of breast cancer tumors in mice. At present , approved immunotherapies only benefit a minority of TNBC patients, in order to improve this response we will combine our analogues with approved immunotherapies in our mouse models to determine if we can improve response to immunotherapy. In addition, we will study immune cells present in the tumor environment to determine if this new therapy modifies their response.

 Combination therapy with new metformin analogues promises to extend the clinical benefit of immunotherapies to greater proportions of patients. This project may thereby yield a safe new therapy for future clinical use and possibly reduce health disparities.
Keep the memory alive
Creators: name: Sheridan, Victoria Anne
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This thesis will explore the phenomenon of temporary memorials as expression for marginalized groups through multiple case studies primarily from the United States but also with a brief look to Europe. After outlining prevailing themes and definitions of in cultural heritage management and memorial studies, there will be a series of case studies which demonstrate ephemerality in memorialization. The counter-monument, a term coined by Judaic Studies scholar James E. Young, is a memorial that uses passing action on the part of visitors to come to terms with a conflict and large-scale tragedy. The use of names on monuments and the deposition of personal and friable artifacts at those monuments by loved ones indicate the acknowledgement of complex individualized existence even within a national setting. Relatively small-scale construction of shrines and personalized murals in often forbidden places provide a public forum to mourn and to confront the everyday realities of discrimination. Consequences of memorialization in the Digital Age include changes in storage and retrieval techniques that fundamentally alter what is and is not preservable. Although it only covers a small aspect of memory studies, this thesis explores a subtopic vital to practical application of contemporary theory in the social sciences. The information here will provide a springboard for further studies in multi-cultural and multi-social-class collaboration in physical memorial creation. It will promote the continuation of intangible cultural practices while maintaining peaceful societal functioning.
Concavinae Zullo 1992
Creators: name: Chan, Benny K. K.
name: Dreyer, Niklas
name: Gale, Andy S.
name: Glenner, Henrik
name: Ewers-Saucedo, Christine
name: Pérez-Losada, Marcos
name: Kolbasov, Gregory A.
name: Crandall, Keith A.
name: Høeg, Jens T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Thecostraca
Balanomorpha
Balanidae

description: SUBFAMILY CONCAVINAE
†† Alessandriella Carriol & Cahuzac, 2001 (Miocene) (one species)
† Arossia Newman, 1982 (Miocene–Recent) (nine species)
†† Chesaconcavus Zullo, 1992 (Oligocene–Pliocene) (eight species)
†† Concavus Newman, 1982 (Oligocene–Pleistocene) (two species)
† Menesiniella Newman, 1982 (Miocene–Recent) (three species)
† Paraconcavus Zullo, 1992 (Miocene–Recent) (six species)
Perforatus Pitombo, 2004 (one species)
†† Zulloconcavus Carriol, 2000 (Miocene) (one species)
description: Published as part of Chan, Benny K. K., Dreyer, Niklas, Gale, Andy S., Glenner, Henrik, Ewers-Saucedo, Christine, Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Kolbasov, Gregory A., Crandall, Keith A. & Høeg, Jens T., 2021, The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms, pp. 789-846 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 on page 837, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160, http://zenodo.org/record/5637275
Hexacreusiinae Zullo & Newman 1996
Creators: name: Chan, Benny K. K.
name: Dreyer, Niklas
name: Gale, Andy S.
name: Glenner, Henrik
name: Ewers-Saucedo, Christine
name: Pérez-Losada, Marcos
name: Kolbasov, Gregory A.
name: Crandall, Keith A.
name: Høeg, Jens T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Thecostraca
Balanomorpha
Balanidae

description: SUBFAMILY HEXACREUSIINAE ZULLO & NEWMAN, 1996
Hexacreusia Zullo, 1961 (two species)
Zulloana Pitombo & Ross, 2002 (one species)
description: Published as part of Chan, Benny K. K., Dreyer, Niklas, Gale, Andy S., Glenner, Henrik, Ewers-Saucedo, Christine, Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Kolbasov, Gregory A., Crandall, Keith A. & Høeg, Jens T., 2021, The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms, pp. 789-846 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 on page 837, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160, http://zenodo.org/record/5637275
Essays on model specification tests and on binary response models
Creators: name: Shen, Xiangjin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This dissertation consists of three essays evaluating model selection criteria in both  sampling theory and Bayesian analysis. In chapter one, I compare the Bayesian  model selection criteria (DIC, PDIC and MSEF) and the conditional Kolmogorov  test for the spot asset pricing models (Vasicek and CIR models); MCMC and block  Bootstrap methods are applied. In chapter two, I compare parametric and semiparametric  methods for the binary response models. The comparison is made by  model specifications, ROC area, and marginal effects. Monte Carlo simulation,  quasi-maximum likelihood and kernel density methods are applied. In chapter  three, I compare two bandwidths of the kernel density: the standard bandwidth  and computationally optimized bandwidth. The computationally optimized bandwidth  is obtained by using the graphic processing unit (GPU) that shortens the  computational time.
Treating and Preventing Breast Cancer Using Beneficial Bacteria
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The human body hosts 100 trillion symbiotic microbes consisting of >10,000 species, forming a “microbiome”. It is thought that 90% of all disease can be linked back to the microbiome. Therefore, the composition of the microbiome could explain why some individuals succumb to disease while others remain healthy. Indeed, recent studies have proven that the gut microbiome influences susceptibility to developing colon cancer; however, this has not been extensively investigated in breast cancer. Might microbes similarly influence breast cancer susceptibility or tumor progression, or antitumor immune defenses? Many people might presume deep tissues in the breast are sterile, but our published and preliminary findings (now corroborated by data from other labs) indicate that this is not the case. Breast tissues harbor their own set of bacteria that seem to be distinct from normal skin flora, and are markedly different in breasts containing tumors. This suggests that—as is the case with colon cancers—microorganisms might have a profound impact on the course of the disease and might even influence who will or will not get cancer in the first place. To test this concept, we studied bacteria present in healthy breast tissue and breast tumor tissue. We found that a bacterial species (called S. yanoikuyae) is associated with healthy adjacent breast tissue but is sharply reduced in breast tumors. Furthermore, S. yanoikuyae is also found in ductal fluid in healthy volunteers, but is similarly reduced in prevalence in women with a history of breast cancer, suggesting that S. yanoikuyae is a beneficial bacterium that could fight breast cancer. In fact, our pilot experiments show that mice treated with intraductal S. yanoikuyae have a slower growth rate of tumors than controls while not experiencing any toxicity. Our proposed experiments will examine the efficacy of using S. yanoikuyae as a preventative or therapeutic strategy for breast cancer while further defining the role of the immune system in mediating S. yanoikuyae’s putative beneficial effects. Since S. yanoikuyae naturally inhabits breast tissue, its use as a therapy should have no toxicity and moreover would engage with natural pathways of maintaining health.
Additional file 7: of The gut mycobiome of the Human Microbiome Project healthy cohort
Creators: name: Nash, Andrea
name: Auchtung, Thomas
name: Wong, Matthew
name: Smith, Daniel
name: Gesell, Jonathan
name: Ross, Matthew
name: Stewart, Christopher
name: Metcalf, Ginger
name: Muzny, Donna
name: Gibbs, Richard
name: Ajami, Nadim
name: Petrosino, Joseph
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Rarefaction curves for ITS2 and 18S rRNA gene sequencing. Description â   Figure S3: Rarefaction analysis curves for a ITS2 sequencing data and b 18S rRNA gene sequencing data. Shaded region represents 95% confidence interval. (PDF 29Â kb)
CANVINDA INFOGRAFIKANI YARATISH TEXNOLOGIYALARI
Creators: name: Roʻziqulova, Goʻzal
name: Nurullayeva, Malika
name: Yaxiyaxonova, Muxiba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqola “Canvinda infografikani yaratish texnologiyalari” mavzusini oʻz ichiga oladi va infografika yaratish jarayonida Canva platformasining rolini tahlil qiladi. Hozirgi kunda axborotning ortib borayotgan hajmi va murakkabligi sharoitida, infografika sifatida maʻlumotlarni vizual tarzda taqdim etishning ahamiyati oshib bormoqda. Canva platformasi foydalanuvchilarga infografikalarni oson, tez va samarali yaratish imkoniyatini beradi. Maqolada infografika tushunchasi, uning ahamiyati, qoʻllanilish sohalari va yaratilish jarayonidagi asosiy qoidalar haqida soʻz boradi. Ushbu maqola infografikalarni yaratuvchilar, taʻlimchilar, marketologlar va mahsulotlar dizaynerlari uchun zarur bilim va koʻnikmalarni taklif etadi. Maqola davomida infografikalarni yaratishga doir texnikalar, eng yaxshi amaliyotlar va vizual kommunikatsiyaning tamoyillari muhokama qilinadi. Bu jarayonda Canva imkoniyatlari va boshqa variantlar orqali ijodiy va samarali infografikalarni yaratish uchun foydalanuvchilarga zarur koʻnikmalar beradi.
Semibalaninae Newman & Ross 1976
Creators: name: Chan, Benny K. K.
name: Dreyer, Niklas
name: Gale, Andy S.
name: Glenner, Henrik
name: Ewers-Saucedo, Christine
name: Pérez-Losada, Marcos
name: Kolbasov, Gregory A.
name: Crandall, Keith A.
name: Høeg, Jens T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Thecostraca
Balanomorpha
Archaeobalanidae

description: SUBFAMILY SEMIBALANINAE NEWMAN & ROSS, 1976
† Semibalanus Pilsbry, 1916 (Miocene–Recent) (four species)
description: Published as part of Chan, Benny K. K., Dreyer, Niklas, Gale, Andy S., Glenner, Henrik, Ewers-Saucedo, Christine, Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Kolbasov, Gregory A., Crandall, Keith A. & Høeg, Jens T., 2021, The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms, pp. 789-846 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 on page 837, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160, http://zenodo.org/record/5637275
A fiber-diverse, anti-inflammatory diet and aerobic exercise reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence
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: Background. Human gut microbes affect how much we weigh and our level of low-grade inflammation. Being obese and having too much inflammation increase a breast cancer survivor's risk that her cancer will return. No one knows yet whether feeding one's gut microbes better will reduce risk of the breast cancer coming back. To find out, the investigators will ask 15 survivors to eat every day for six months at least six plant-based food choices that are rich in fiber, not highly processed and that meet federal nutrition guidelines. Early evidence suggests that the Healthy Microbes Against Cancer Sources (HMACS) approach will reduce heart disease or diabetes risk as well as or better than the usual calorie-counting and portion control (DPP) approaches at 6 months follow-up. Reducing survivors' risk of heart disease and diabetes is important because cancer is more likely to return in those breast cancer survivors with higher risk of those diseases.

 Hypotheses. By eating a greater variety of fiber-rich plant foods that are minimally processed, participants in the HMACS condition relative to the DPP condition will reduce: high sensitivity C-reactive protein, body fat, blood insulin and blood glucose, and increase: HDL-cholesterol, emotional well-being, quality of life, and alpha-1 diversity of gut microbes.

 To test these hypotheses, the investigators plan to: 1) Recruit 30 overweight breast cancer survivors and randomly assign them to either the HMACS or DPP condition, 2) Get baseline and 6-month follow-up measures on: level of inflammation, body fatness, physical fitness, blood sugar, blood cholesterol, poop samples, and quality of life, 3) Have lifestyle coaches make 7 phone coaching calls, two virtual home visits and conduct two virtual group health education sessions as well as biweekly cooking demonstrations to compare the HMACS+Fitbit approach with the DPP+Fitbit calorie restriction approach, and 4) Design a similar but larger study, depending on results.

 If results are positive, the HMACS approach to reducing the risk of cancer returning may be a more user-friendly choice for low-income survivors than counting calories and doing portion control. Counting six HMACS each day is easier than counting all the calories and having to stop eating for the day while still hungry in order not to eat more total calories than allowed by the DPP condition each day.
Aubria masako Ohler and Kazadi 1990
Creators: name: Badjedjea, Gabriel
name: Masudi, Franck M.
name: Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu
name: Gvoždík, Václav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Pyxicephalidae
Aubria
Aubria masako

description: Aubria masako Ohler and Kazadi, 1990
Fig. 10H.
Area: Bechuchuu, Yalokole.
Season/survey: Wet (May 2018, Nov 2018), dry (Jul 2020).
Material: CSB:Herp: RNBK 253, 818, 822–826, 837; IVB-H-CD 18170, 18230, 18365, 18366.
Comments: This species was described from the Masako Forest Reserve, near Kisangani, DRC (Ohler and Kazadi 1990). It seems to be confined to swampy rainforests of the Congo Basin (Channing and Rödel 2019). There is an ontogenetic shift in the coloration of the venter, with juveniles having a black venter with white spots, later changing into gray with yellow spots, and finally to a mostly yellow venter. This robust frog occupies swamps, often in flooded forests, but sometimes in places where cassava is macerated by villagers. The local people of Kokolopori occasionally collect these frogs as bushmeat, especially children and women, but the collection is not intensive. Males were well hidden when calling, sitting in burrows under tree roots or even underwater. Their advertisement call resembles the sound of a pig.
description: Published as part of Badjedjea, Gabriel, Masudi, Franck M., Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu & Gvoždík, Václav, 2022, Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo, pp. 35-70 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 301) (e 301) 16 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12761585
Promoting Tumor Suppressor Activity in Pancreatic 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: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths, with an average life expectancy of 6 months after diagnosis. Tobacco use is estimated to cause 20-30% of PDA cases, and smoking also lowers the age of onset due to carcinogens in smoke, eg. NNK. Together the data underscore the need for new therapeutic and preventive avenues for this deadly disease, especially for smokers and others at high risk. We identified a gene, E2A that is inhibited in tumors form PDA patients. Remarkably, when we restored E2A activity in cells from patient tumors, the cells permanently stopped growing. In order to find a way to increase E2A activity in patients we screened for drugs that promote E2A activity. From a screen of 4375 known pharmaceuticals we identified Pitavastatin and Amlexanox. Preliminary studies in the lab show that each drug has an inhibitory effect on PDA cell growth. Importantly however, the combination is more effective than either drug alone. Here we propose to test the drugs individually and in combination in mouse models of PDA that include smoking related carcinogens. We will investigate both therapeutic and preventive efficacy of the drugs. A prophylactic approach to PDA would be especially important for smokers and other high-risk patients. Additionally, we will study the mechanisms by which the drugs induce E2A activity. Because the drugs are already known to be safe in humans, success in the proposed studies could provide a quick path to the clinic.
Molecular gas in dusty high-redshift galaxies
Creators: name: Sharon, Chelsea Electra
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: We present high-resolution observations of carbon monoxide (CO) emission lines for three high-redshift galaxies in order to determine their molecular gas and star formation properties. These galaxies (SMM J14011+0252, SMM J00266+1&08, and SDSS J0901+1814) have large infrared luminosities, which imply high dust enshrouded star formation rates and substantial molecular gas masses. We observed these sources using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, the Plateau de Bure Interferometer, and the Submillimeter Array in order to obtain measurements of multiple CO spectral lines, allowing us to determine the physical conditions of the molecular gas. Our high resolution and multi-line CO mapping of SMM J00266+1&08 reveals that it is a pair of merging galaxies, whose two components have different gas excitation conditions and different gas kinematics. For SMM J14011+0252 (J14011), we find a near-unity CO(3-2)/CO(1-0) intensity ratio, consistent with a single phase (i.e., a single temperature and density) of molecular gas and different from the average population value for dusty galaxies selected at submillimeter wavelengths. Our radiative transfer modeling (using the large velocity gradient approximation) indicates that converting the CO line luminosity to molecular gas mass requires a Galactic (disk-like) scale factor rather than the typical conversion factor assumed for starbursts. Despite this choice of conversion factor, J14011 falls in the same region of star formation rate surface density and gas mass surface density (the Schmidt-Kennicutt relation) as other starburst galaxies. SDSS J0901+1814 (J0901) was initially selected as a star-forming galaxy at ultraviolet wavelengths, but also has a large infrared luminosity. We use the magnification provided by the strong gravitational lensing affecting this system to examine the spatial variation of the CO excitation within J0901. We find that the CO(3-2)/CO(1-0) line ratio is higher in central regions than in extended structure, supporting a picture of the molecular gas where regions of higher excitation gas (higher temperature and density) are embedded in an extended low excitation phase. We also examine the resolved Schmidt-Kennicutt relation as a function of CO line excitation for J0901 and find no systematic difference between the best-fit power law indices for the two emission lines.
Glaucus marginatus Bergh 1868
Creators: name: Tibiriçá, Yara
name: Pola, Marta
name: Cervera, Juan Lucas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Nudibranchia
Glaucidae
Glaucus
Glaucus marginatus

description: Glaucus marginatus Bergh, 1868
(Figure 36 I)
Material examined. Four specimens. All found washed up on the beach in Zavora. MZUSP 110979, MUZSP 110856, MZUSP 111008, 0 4 Jun. 2012, 6mm, 8mm and 10mm, respectively, collected by A. Roseblum; MHN-YT449, 0 7 Jun. 2012, 5mm.
Habitats. Planktonic, in the subtropical zone. Found washed on the beach together with by-the-wind sailor (Velella sp.) and bluebottle (Physalia sp.).
Occurrences. Zavora.
Geographic distribution. Indo-Pacific (Churchill et al. 2013, 2014).
description: Published as part of Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, pp. 1-133 in Zootaxa 4359 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1069168
Iron oxide reduction by a clostridial consortium
Creators: name: Shah, Madhavi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Iron reducing organisms are ubiquitous and phylogenetically diverse. Their acitivity in the environment not only affects the speciation of iron in aquatic systems or sediments, but it plays a major role in iron mineral formation, sediment diagenesis, carbon cycling and the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface environment. Iron oxide reduction has been extensively studied with pure cultures of dissimilatory iron reducers such as Geobacter and Shewanella. However, the effects of syntrophy on iron oxide reduction and secondary mineralization by microbial consortia are poorly understood.   The research presented in this dissertation describes enrichment of an iron reducing anaerobic microbial consortium from subsurface sediments. The consortium was composed of fermentative Clostridium sp. strain FGH and a novel Veillonellaceae, strain RU4. The experimental results indicate the role of hydrogen, sulfate and growth medium in rapid reductive dissolution of iron oxides and subsequent secondary mineralization by the clostridial consortium. The data demostrated that iron oxide reduction by the consortium was catalyzed by both biotic reduction by strain FGH and syntrophy driven biotic/abiotic reduction by strain RU4. Reductive dissolution of iron oxides by the consortium resulted in formation of solid-phase Fe(II) and poorly crystalline ferrous bearing minerals such as nanoparticulate magnetite and iron sulfides. The results of this work provide new insights in the ecological role of Clostridia in subsurface Fe(II) mineral formation processes.  Unlike iron respiring Geobacter and Shewanella, the mechanism of iron oxide reduction is poorly understood in iron reducing fermentative bacteria. In this study we conducted experiments with fermentative Clostridium sp. strain FGH to elucidate its mode of iron reduction. Experiments and genome analysis suggest an indirect, cytochrome c independent mechanism of iron reduction by strain FGH.   Veillonellaceae are recently found to be active during bioremediation studies at contaminanted sites. Genomic characterization of the novel Veillonellaceae, strain RU4, that could not be isolated in pure culture revealed its potential metabolic capabilities. The strain RU4 draft genome consists of fatty acid metabolism genes and pathways for sulfate, sulfite and polysulfide reduction. These results may assist in better understanding of the biogeochemical and ecological role of this novel subsurface bacterium.