cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Leishmanicidal, anti-inflammatory and anti-obesity properties of natural products from common medicinal and edible plants.
Creators: name: Rojas-Silva, Patricio
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: The dissertation aim was to present natural products derived from four common edible medicinal plants that could be applied for solving leishmaniasis, obesity and type 2 diabetes.  This research showed leishmanicidal natural compounds isolated from Cichorium intybus L. (Asteraceae), Cornus florida L. (Cornaceae), Eryngium foetidum L. (Apiaceae), which have been used traditionally as antiparasitic remedies. The roots of C. intybus (chicory) yielded four sesquiterpene lactones: (1) 11(S),13-dihydrolactucopicrin, (2) lactucopicrin, (3) 11(S),13-dihydrolactucin and (4) lactucin. Only compound 2 presented leishmanicidal activity (IC50 24.8 μM). The bark of C. florida (flowering dogwood) afforded eight compounds: (1) betulinic acid, (2) ursolic acid, (3) β-sitosterol, (4) ergosta-4,6,8,22-tetraene-3-one, (5) 3β-O-acetyl betulinic acid, (6) 3-epideoxyflindissol, (7) 3β-O-cis-coumaroyl betulinic acid, (8) 3β-O-trans-coumaroyl betulinic acid. The most active leishmanicidal compounds were (4) 11.5 µM, (6) 1.8 µM, (7) 8.3 µM and (8) 2.2 µM. The aerial parts of E. foetidum (culantro) generated two natural products: (1) lasidiol p-methoxybenzoate and (2) a terpene aldehyde ester derivative. Only compound 1 inhibited  L. tarentolae and L. donovani with IC50 values of 14.33 and 7.84 μM, respectively.   Obesity and type 2 diabetes are reaching alarming levels worldwide. This work presented the anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effect in vitro and in vivo of Moringa oleifera Lam. (Moringaceae), which contains four bioactive isothiocyanates (MICs). Fresh leaves of M. oleifera were extracted with water to obtain a moringa concentrate (MC) containing 1.66% of total MICs. Also, MIC-1 and 4 were isolated from leaves. MC, MIC-1, and MIC-4 significantly decreased gene expression and production of inflammatory markers (NO, TNFα, IL-1β and IL-8) in LPS-stimulated RAW macrophages and Caco2 cells. The MC-treated animals, fed high-fat diet did not gain weight and did not develop fat liver disease compared to control animals. Also, when compared to control animals, the blood metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers from MC-treated mice were in the normal range. In addition MC-treated animals had normal levels of insulin signaling and inflammatory markers in liver, skeletal muscle, white adipose tissue and ileum. MC and MIC inhibited liver gluconeogenesis in vivo as well as in vitro. Finally, an indirect calorimetry acute study indicated that MC-treated mice had a higher fat oxidation rate compared to control mice.
Identification and characterization of components of rab-6-mediated trafficking in caenorhabditus elegans
Creators: name: Sanner, James William
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Membrane trafficking in neurons is an important mechanism used to regulate signaling. Controlling the abundance of AMPA-type receptors at the synapse is important for synaptic plasticity and influences processes involved in learning, memory formation, and motor control (Greger and Esteban, 2007; Shepherd and Huganir, 2007). In Caenorhabditis elegans, recycling of the AMPA receptor subunit GLR-1 has been demonstrated to be one method by which synaptic signaling mechanisms can be controlled. Rab GTPases 6.1 and 6.2 have been profiled for their role in trafficking of GLR-1 in neurons. RAB-6.2 plays a role in the retrograde trafficking of the AMPA-type glutamate receptor GLR-1 (Zhang et al., 2012). Activated Rab GTPases regulate membrane trafficking by recruiting multiple effectors, including proteins that modify phospholipid membrane composition, motor proteins that tether membranes to the cytoskeleton, and scaffolding proteins that bind to specific proteins within membranes (Stenmark, 2009). In order to understand RAB-6.2 function, we used a yeast two-hybrid approach to screen for candidate effector molecules. Herein, we discuss the screen performed and detail candidates of interest. We identified one particularly compelling candidate, a phosphoinositol-5-phosphatase named SAC-2, which we hypothesize to be involved in vesicle uncoating and/or in modifying membrane phospholipids. SAC-2::GFP is localized to punctate structures along the ventral nerve cord and in the neuron soma. SAC-2::GFP localization to puncta in the soma is enhanced in rab-6.2(ok2254) null mutant animals, which is opposite to our expectation for RAB-6.2 retrograde cargo or effector molecules. Additionally, we assessed the overlap in functions between RAB-6.1 and RAB-6.2, and delineating their pathways. In agreement with previous data from our lab, our findings suggest that the two RAB-6 isoforms perform similar trafficking functions, but do so independently of each other.
Additional file 3: of What is a good health check? An interview study of health check providersâ   views and practices
Creators: name: Yrrah Stol
name: Asscher, Eva
name: Schermer, Maartje
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Comparison of criteria. Comparison between criteria as mentioned by interviewed providers and what is written on these criteria (eg what is mentioned about informed consent) in criteria for responsible population screening and existing criteria for personal health checks (DOCX 114 kb)
The Causes and Consequences of Variation in Sperm Form and Function Across Species
Creators: name: POTTER, ASHLEY ELIZABETH
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310405
subject: Evolutionary ecology
classificationCode: 321503
subject: Reproduction
subject: FOS: Medical biotechnology

description: My thesis explores the intricate world of sperm diversity, investigating how their size and energy utilization are interconnected. Contrary to existing theories, I reveal that larger sperm not only swim faster and live longer but also expend a higher proportion of energy and boast greater energy stores than their smaller counterparts. Additionally, I uncover that larger species produce smaller, more numerous sperm, possibly to counteract dilution effects associated with their larger body sizes. These findings emphasize the importance of understanding the dynamic relationships between sperm size, organism size and energy use and their interactive effects on sperm trait evolution.
Kavalacythereis Wouters 1979
Creators: name: Meisch, Claude
name: Smith, Robin J.
name: Martens, Koen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cytherideidae
Kavalacythereis

description: Kavalacythereis Wouters, 1979
* Kavalacythereis braconensis Wouters, 1979: AT
description: Published as part of Meisch, Claude, Smith, Robin J. & Martens, Koen, 2024, An updated subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea), pp. 1-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 974 on page 71, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.974.2767, http://zenodo.org/record/14500383
[Community Meeting 2024] Supporting and financing RDM projects within GerBI
Creators: name: Weidtkamp-Peters, Stefanie
name: Moore, Josh
name: Schmidt, Christian
name: Nitschke, Roland
name: Kunis, Susanne
name: Zobel, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: RDM
GerBI Community Meeting

description: Overview of GerBI RDM projects: why and how?
Improving genome assembly by identifying reliable sequencing data
Creators: name: Roy, Rajat Shuvro
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: De novo Genome assembly and k-mer frequency counting are two of the classical prob-  lems of Bioinformatics. k-mer counting helps to identify genomic k-mers from sequenced  reads which may then inform read correction or genome assembly. Genome assembly  has two major subproblems: contig construction and scaffolding. A contig is a continu-  ous sub-sequence of the genome assembled from sequencing reads. Scaffolding attempts  to construct a linear sequence of contigs (with possible gaps in between) using paired  reads (two reads whose distance on the genome is approximately known). In this the-  sis I will present a new computationally efficient tool for identifying frequent k-mers  which are more likely to be genomic, and a set of linear inequalities which can improve  scaffolding (which is known to be NP-hard) by identifying reliable paired reads.  Identifying reliable k-mers from Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) data is more  challenging compared to multi-cell data due to the coverage variation introduced by  the amplification step (MDA, MALBEC, etc.), which implies that applying a simple k-  mer frequency cutoff is unreasonable. We observed that with sufficient coverage, using  partial reads (read prefix of a certain length) of length approximately twice or less than  that of the k-mer length recovers a large proportion of genomic k-mers while keeping  the proportion of erroneous k-mers low. We show that using partial reads for assembly  ii  and gene prediction recovers a significant proportion of genes and propose to use this  approach for rapid pathogen detection in combination with Single Cell Genomics (SCG).  Thanks to SCG, it is now possible to isolate one single cell from environmental sam-  ple, extract its DNA and perform genetic sequencing without any need for culturing  the cell in the lab. We show that current bioinformatic tools are capable of charac-  terizing a novel organism by producing a draft genome assembly and gene annotation  from single cell data of a MAST-4 stramenopile. This demonstrates the potential of  SCG for genetic study of the vast majority of environmental organisms that has so far  eluded scientists as they cannot be brought into culture, typically a necessity for future  studies.
Additional file 3: of Crowdsourcing to promote HIV testing among MSM in China: study protocol for a stepped wedge randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Tucker, Joseph
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mental Health

description: Table for secondary outcomes. This table lists the secondary outcomes measured in this RCT and their definitions. (DOCX 35 kb)
Anticipatory smooth eye movements elicited by cues
Creators: name: Santos, Elio M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Anticipatory eye movements are important when tracking the motion of a target because they help overcome inevitable sensorimotor delays.  Understanding the processes that govern anticipatory eye movements can reveal how motion signals of a target and anticipatory signals are combined to produce a response that facilitates the tracking of moving objects.  In order to determine whether the perceptual qualities of cues affect anticipatory eye movements, different types of cues were compared.  Subjects pursued a disc that moved inside an inverted Y-shaped tube.  Three cues were tested: (1) Natural: barrier that blocked the untraveled path; (2) Arbitrary/local: bar at the top of the tube indicated the path by being on the same side. (3) Arbitrary/global: color of the tube (red or green) indicated the path.  (4) Symbolic cue: arrow pointing to the future direction of motion of the disc. Three experiments tested the sensitivities of the oculomotor system to cue properties, namely, effectiveness in overwriting past history of target motion, cue delay, cue removal, and cue validity.  The barrier cue produced faster anticipatory eye movements than the arbitrary cues, and overwrite the effects of past history of target motion (Experiment 1).  Delaying the presentation of the cue until the disc approached the choice point decreased anticipatory eye velocity for all cues (Experiment 2).  Removing the cues after the onset of target motion (so that only memory of the cue was available) had no effects with arbitrary cues, but reduced anticipatory pursuit substantially for the barrier cue.  When the validity of the barrier cue was reduced so that the moving disc crashed through the barrier, the cue became ineffective (Experiment 3).  The results of all three experiments indicate that the perceptual qualities of cues are important for anticipatory eye movements, even when the directional information conveyed is the same.  This suggest different mechanisms are involved.  One mechanism may depend on arbitrary associations that can be learned.  Another mechanism evoked by naturalistic cues, such as the barrier, may be responsible for producing higher anticipatory eye velocities.
Dual c–h functionalization of n-aryl amines & development of novel hydrogen bonding catalysts
Creators: name: Sanchawala, Abbas I.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: The development of highly efficient synthetic methods resulting in multiple bond  formation to generate complex molecules in a single step is highly desirable. We have  recently reported an efficient and alternative oxidative Povarov approach, along with its  application in synthesis of polycyclic amines. This reaction features dual C–H activation,  which in addition to α-functionalization of C(sp3)–H bonds of amines, simultaneously  results in the functionalization of an ortho C(sp2)–H bond of the aryl ring. A classical  Povarov approach to synthesize such polycyclic amines would require complex starting  materials. A wide range of N-aryl amines readily underwent the oxidative Povarov  reaction to give polycyclic amines in moderate to good yield and diastereomeric ratios.  Moreover, a broad range of dienophiles tested also gave the desired product in  moderate to good yields and diastereomeric ratios.  Enzymes achieve nearly catalytic perfection through the arrangement of specific  functional groups in space. We thought whether this effect could be exploited in the  development of more efficient asymmetric catalysts that operate via H-bonding. In this  context, I developed the synthesis of chiral multifunctional polythioureas, which operates  via an intramolecular H-bonding.
Aphodius (Melaphodius) circumcinctus W. L. E. Schmidt 1840
Creators: name: Sergeeva, E. V.
name: Stolbov, V. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Aphodius
Aphodius circumcinctus

description: * Aphodius (Melaphodius) circumcinctus
W. L. E. Schmidt, 1840
МатериаA. АЮ: Упоровский р-н, окр. Α. Старая ШаΑрина, 9.06.1989, П. Ситников — 1 экз. (КТМ); Казанский р-н, окр. Α. НовоаΛексанΑровка, 6.06.2019, Е. Сергеева — 1 экз. (КЕС); Сладковский р-н, Α. ТавоΛжан, в коровьем помете, 20– 21.06.2018, Е. Сергеева — 1 экз. (КЕС), 13.07.2020, Е. Сергеева — 1 экз. (КТС).
Распространение. Европа, Казахстан, СреΑняя Азия. Россия: европейская часть страны, Северный Кавказ, ЗапаΑная Сибирь.
description: Published as part of Sergeeva, E. V. & Stolbov, V. A., 2021, The fauna of lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) of the Tyumen Region, pp. 124-145 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2021-13-1-124-145, http://zenodo.org/record/11362092
Maricas de etiqueta
Creators: name: Sánchez González, Darío
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: My dissertation analyzes 21st-century gay-themed films from Argentina, Chile, Spain, and Uruguay, and seeks to determine how their portrayal of men who have sex with men (MSM), much more diverse and self-aware than before, integrates an identity- based paradigm for the understanding of sex between men, the “gay paradigm.”  I explore the negotiation of gay identity, as conceived in the post-World War II period, with an earlier way of organizing masculine homoerotic interactions that I define as the “Mediterranean paradigm.” The former praises equality between MSM as the basis for community; the latter emphasizes the role that disparities of all kinds between sexual partners play in the development of homoerotic identities. All of the four countries that I address share this dichotomy, along with similar political experiences in recent history— military dictatorships, ostensibly seamless transitions toward democracy, and major strides for LGBTQ-inclusive legislation.  I examine the representation of MSM in these contexts through three genres/themes seldom present in films from these countries before 2000. My first chapter addresses coming-of-age gay films; the second deals with films about networks and communities of gay men; and the third discusses the representation of migrant MSM outside the scope of gay identity, normally due to economic reasons. My entire dissertation, and particularly this third chapter, posits clear limits to the gay identitary model in the aforementioned countries. These limits are evident in the conflict between national projects and the constitution of stable, identifiable national LGBTQ communities.  This conflict arises from the endurance of culturally defined sexual identities that stem from the Mediterranean paradigm: they predate the importation of gay identity, and have been defined through local strategies. As represented in these movies, they emphasize sexual passivity in men as a practice of political resistance; they negotiate feminine and masculine gender performance, rather than propose the reappropriation of hypermasculinity; finally, they favor more flexible social networks for gay men. In conclusion, I demonstrate how any purported link between the advancement of LGBTQ rights in these countries and the hypervisibility of gay men in their national cinemas must be strongly interrogated.
Higher education and migration
Creators: name: Sapra, Ritu
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: This dissertation takes an in-depth look at the pathways to higher education in the U.S., focusing on two key facets: college choice behavior of high school graduates, and internal migration patterns of young educated adults in the U.S. (high school graduates and college graduates). This dissertation should be of great interest to higher education and migration scholars since it contributes to the literature on the determinants of mobility, especially at the top of the distribution of skills. In addition, this dissertation helps identify the factors that are amenable to policy influence by state legislators and university officials in order to target their desired student population.  In Chapter 2, I empirically examine the role of academic ability and other factors in influencing a high school graduate’s decision to attend college in-state or out-of-state. I find that higher academic ability students as well as high school graduates who plan to major in engineering/computer science are more likely to leave their home states to attend out-of-state colleges. Thus, states which are net exporters of high school graduates for college are likely to pay a price down the road in terms of a smaller engineering and computer science labor force. Further, these states are experiencing a brain-drain since they tend to lose their best and brightest homegrown college-bound students to other states. I also find that an increase in state financial aid, especially need-based grant aid, and a reduction in the price of attending an in-state public college are policy levers available to state legislators for successfully recruiting high school graduates to attend college in their home states.  In Chapter 3, I examine the impact of out-of-state college attendance in the U.S. and immigrant status on the probability of out-migrating from the college state after graduation. I find that out-of-state college attendance is positively associated with out-migration after graduation.  Also, contrary to popular belief, foreign-born graduates are not more likely to move out of their college state after graduation, as compared to the U.S. born. A detailed analysis reveals that graduate school attendance is the main cause for the ‘sticky’ behavior of foreign-born graduates.  In Chapter 4, I examine differences in selectivity of college attended by family income, and determine how these gaps vary across the student ability distribution and over time. I find that family income has a significant positive impact on the selectivity of college attended. However, conditioning on factors like ability (measured by standardized test scores), the positive income effect is diminished. A look across the joint income-ability distribution reveals that while low ability students are mainly constrained along the extensive margin, high ability-low income students are constrained on the quality margin. Further, I find that, for high ability students, the effect of family income has declined over time.
Additional file 4: of Crowdsourcing to promote HIV testing among MSM in China: study protocol for a stepped wedge randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Tucker, Joseph
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Table for sample size calculation. This table lists the variables and values involved in the sample size calculation. (DOCX 46 kb)
Magnalata limbata
Creators: name: Ho, - Z.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Magnalata
Magnalata limbata

description: Magnalata limbata (Blanchard 1853)
Fig. 67
Luciola limbata Blanchard 1853: 73 Plate VI.
Luciola (Luciola) limbata Blanchard. McDermott 1966: 108.
Nec Luciola marginipennis Guérin-Méneville. Olivier 1902: 82. Lacordaire 1857: 337.
Luciola rubiginosa Olivier 1883: 329; 1902: 85; 1913a: 417 (Synonymy–Partim). McDermott 1966: 112.
Magnalata limbata (Blanchard). Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009: 69 (figs 17, 18, 227, 228, 229, 230, 235, 236, 238, 239, 244) Types. Luciola limbata: SOLOMON ISLANDS. Location of holotype unknown.
Luciola rubiginosa: ‘Patria’ (? = New Hebrides, McDermott 1966). (MNHN).
Diagnosis. One of four similarly coloured species known from the Solomons, with dark brown elytra laterally margined with orange, distinguished as follows: Magnalata limbata: pronotum orange (retraction of fat body beneath cuticle in pinned specimens can leave slightly darker patches which are not a true darker colouration); elytra parallel-sided; MS black; 4 elytral interstitial lines as well developed as suture; pronotal punctures broad, deep, but not contiguous; V4 brown at sides, V5 brown; LO occupying all but a narrow posterior border in V7; MPP about as long as wide, apically rounded, lateral margins converging posteriorly; ML of aedeagus lacking lateral teeth. Pacifica limbatipennis and Pac. limbatifusca: pronotum orange (with median dark spots in limbatifusca); MS red; elytral interstitial lines poorly defined; pronotal punctures broad, shallow, contiguous; V4 brown, V5 very dark brown; LO retracted to anterior portion of V7; MPP elongate, apically truncate (sometimes obliquely), lateral margins subparallel; ML of aedeagus with lateral teeth. Convexa wolfi: pronotum orange; elytra convex-sided; MS red; 4 elytral interstitial lines well–defined; pronotal punctures very small, shallow, separated by 1–2 times their width (surface of pronotum between punctures smooth and shiny); all ventrites yellow except for very narrow brown posterior margin of V5; MPP short apically rounded; ML of aedeagus lacking lateral teeth.
Remarks. One of the largest of the Luciolinae of the Solomons ranging from 9.2–14.3 mm long.
description: Published as part of Ho, - Z., 2019, The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species, pp. 1-174 in Zootaxa 4687 (1) on pages 106-107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4687.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3508098
Aphodius (Melinopterus) prodromus
Creators: name: Sergeeva, E. V.
name: Stolbov, V. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Aphodius
Aphodius prodromus

description: Aphodius (Melinopterus) prodromus (Brahm, 1790)
Aphodius prodromus: БухкаΛо и Αр. 2011, 172 (ТобоΛьск, окр. с. АбаΛак); Ахметова, ФроΛов 2014, 421 (Тюменская обΛ.).
МатериаA. АЮ: Упоровский р-н (ПП «Шашовские горы»), Казанский р-н (окр. Α. НовоаΛексанΑровка).
Распространение. Северная Америка (завезен), Северная Африка, Европа, ПереΑняя Азия, Казахстан, СреΑняя Азия, МонгоΛия, Китай. Россия: европейская часть страны, Северный Кавказ, Сибирь, ΔаΛьний Восток.
description: Published as part of Sergeeva, E. V. & Stolbov, V. A., 2021, The fauna of lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) of the Tyumen Region, pp. 124-145 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2021-13-1-124-145, http://zenodo.org/record/11362092
Survey and a Novel Comprehensive Indicator Interestingness Measures through the Geometric Method: Association Rules Mining Perspective
Creators: name: Bhargava, Niket
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 460502
subject: Data mining and knowledge discovery
classificationCode: 460501
subject: Data engineering and data science
classificationCode: 460504
subject: Data quality
classificationCode: 460507
subject: Information extraction and fusion

description: In the context of Association Rule mining for finding useful rules, a novel Interestingness Measure is presented. This measure is inspired from the method of Obtaining the Comprehensive Indicator through the Geometric Methods and discussed in this paper. As a statistics based method, association rule mining has certain limitations. First of all, the generation of the association rules is totally based on the fact, data without considering the relationship between the rules. Secondly, affected by data quality and selection of threshold, the generator may produce useless rules or even lose some useful rules. Thirdly, the expression ability of association rules is limited. Thus, evaluating the reliability of the obtained association rules becomes one of the hot spots for researchers. Study on traditional association rules mining is based on support-confidence framework, and the rules are called strong association rules only when they satisfy both thresholds of support and confidence. However, sometimes strong association rules are not what users are interested in and are even misleading. Thus need is to further analyze and evaluate the mined rules in order to find the most valuable association. Generally, since most rules with high support are obvious or are already known by users, low support rules that provide users with some interesting new knowledge may be more novel than high support rules. However, with too low support threshold, it can also produce the combination explosion problem. So the best way to resolve this dilemma is to first set a low support threshold or use dynamic support threshold to complete a series of mining and then employ the new association rules measure framework to screen mining results and extract the most valuable and interesting association rules at the same time.
The utilization of meniscus brush plating electrodeposition for the fabrication of freestanding heterogeneous copper-tin films for lithium alloying negative electrodes in lithium ion batteries
Creators: name: Scott, Kimberly Yuri
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Lithium-ion batteries are valuable energy storage devices that are presently utilized in most high-tech portable electronic devices and have the potential to be incorporated into large-scale storage for the grid with joint use of renewable energy sources and/or for wider use of electric vehicles. Current chosen commercial electrode materials have restricted the further advancement of these batteries due to their low achieved theoretical capacities. Lithium alloys have been highly researched as potential replacement negative electrodes for graphite due to their superior volumetric and areal high capacities, which would greatly expand the application options for these batteries. Intrinsic properties of these materials unfortunately have presented barriers to use due to extreme volumetric expansion and continual summation of irreversible loss during cycling, causing poor capacity retention after initial lithiation.    The research of this thesis focuses on the manipulation of the lithium alloying material, tin, by the choice fabrication process, electrodeposition and incorporation of supporting inactive material, copper. Processing plays a very important role in the morphology of a material. Therefore the advantageous properties of electrodeposition such as control of particle size and surface morphology, plethora of solution options, and ease of procedure make this technique a prime candidate to address the impeding issues of lithium alloys. Of particular interest, is a described first of its kind mechanical pulse deposition setup with meniscus flow during brush plating to create freestanding electrode films.    Copper-tin intermetallic phases are detailed in this project due to several previous findings’ promising results of improvements in capacity retention and lower irreversible losses. Optimal diffusion for the electrodeposited films is examined through heat treatment studies with variations in film thickness and architectural film designs. Through these investigations, composite lithium alloying negative electrodes have been fabricated with both early competitive volumetric and areal capacities and low irreversible loss in comparison to today’s leading electrode.
Kempfcyclocypris Karanovic 2011
Creators: name: Meisch, Claude
name: Smith, Robin J.
name: Martens, Koen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Candonidae
Kempfcyclocypris

description: Kempfcyclocypris Karanovic, 2011
* Kempfcyclocypris australis Karanovic, 2011: AU
description: Published as part of Meisch, Claude, Smith, Robin J. & Martens, Koen, 2024, An updated subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea), pp. 1-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 974 on page 71, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.974.2767, http://zenodo.org/record/14500383
Opportunity cost analysis of android smartphones' permissions
Creators: name: Sarode, Swapnil
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: This thesis provides the opportunity cost for reading androids permission model. We investigate the opportunity cost for users and an example nation (United States), if people would actually read these permission screens during installation time.While the Federal Trade Commission and reserachers try to protect users’ privacy and to improve their comfort level with mobile applications, users still remain unaware of these changes. Users are given a choice to overview the permissions an app would use and have to make an on the spot decision to accept these and move forward with the installation. In this research we project the time required by an average user if they were to read the permissions and compute the monetary value of that time in different situations. An average user may spend half an hour in overviewing permission screens bearing maximum opportunity cost of $23 and a minimum of $3 based on whether it was read at work or leisure. Other than this, if the users decide to read the details of these permissions as well, they will spend more time and hence bear more cost. Reading permissions with details would require users to spend two and half hours annually with a maximum cost of $106 and minimum of $13. An entire nation (United States) would have to invest a minimum of $174 million and a maximum of $6 billion, in reading permissions.
Aphodius (Melinopterus) punctatosulcatus Sturm 1805
Creators: name: Sergeeva, E. V.
name: Stolbov, V. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Aphodius
Aphodius punctatosulcatus

description: Aphodius (Melinopterus) punctatosulcatus
hirtipes Fischer von Waldheim, 1844
Aphodius punctatosulcatus: Ахметова, ФроΛов 2014, 422 (Тюменская обΛ.).
Aphodius punctatosulcatus hirtipes: БухкаΛо и Αр. 2014, 186 (ТобоΛьск).
МатериаA. АЮ: Тюмень, Тобольский р-н (с. Верхние Аремзяны), Нижнетавдинский р-н (окр. с. Московка), Упоровский р-н (ПП «Шашовские горы»), Исетский р-н (окр. Α. Ботники), Казанский р-н (Α. НовоаΛексанΑровка).
Распространение. Европа, ПереΑняя Азия, Казахстан, СреΑняя Азия, МонгоΛия, Китай. Россия: европейская часть страны, Северный Кавказ, Сибирь, ΔаΛьний Восток.
description: Published as part of Sergeeva, E. V. & Stolbov, V. A., 2021, The fauna of lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) of the Tyumen Region, pp. 124-145 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2021-13-1-124-145, http://zenodo.org/record/11362092
Medeopteryx Ballantyne in Ballantyne & Lambkin 2013
Creators: name: Ho, - Z.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Medeopteryx

description: Medeopteryx Ballantyne 2013
Figs 81, 92, 93, 315−355
Medeopteryx Ballantyne in Ballantyne & Lambkin 2013: 76.
Type species: Pteroptyx effulgens Ballantyne designated by Ballantyne & Lambkin 2013: 76.
Diagnosis. Ballantyne & Lambkin (2013) addressed species having deflexed elytral apices in the male and proposed three genera (two of which were new): 1. Medeopteryx Ballantyne was based mainly on New Guinean bent-winged fireflies formerly assigned to Pteroptyx, and was proposed for New Guinean and Australian species with an entire LO in V7, the posterior margin of which is trisinuate with PLP no longer or wider than the MPP. It has no MFC and no bulbous paraprocts at the sides of the aedeagal sheath. All but two species have deflexed elytral apices, with a uniform colouration of orange pronota and very dark brown elytra in all but Med. tarsalis. All but two species, both with deflexed elytral apices, are known to have well defined flanges on the ventral surface of T8 (the species, hanedai and torricelliensis, were not investigated for this feature). 2. Pteroptyx Olivier s. str. was restricted to 12 S. E. Asian species with males having bipartite LO in V7, bulbous paraprocts, an MFC, deflexed elytral apices and PLP usually no longer or wider than the MPP. Most are pale brownish yellow with dark tipped elytral apices. Ballantyne et al. (2015) expanded this definition to include two species without deflexed elytral apices and having entire LO in V7, and Jusoh et al. (2018) described the type species, Luciola testacea, from a syntype series. 3. Trisinuata Ballantyne males have bipartite LO in V7, no bulbous paraprocts nor an MFC, deflexed elytral apices absent in three species, and PLP in some species much wider and longer than the MPP.
Yiu (2017) recorded Med. hongkongensis from Hong Kong. Here we expand Medeopteryx to include further records of the genus from west of the island of New Guinea, with three species providing new records of the genus: Med. fraseri Nada sp. nov. from Malaysia, Med. semimarginata comb. nov. from Sulawesi the largest representative, and Med. timida comb. nov. from Vietnam. Nak-eiam’s unpublished PhD thesis indicated that undescribed specimens he identified as Medeopteryx and Trisinuata could be found in Thailand.
description: Published as part of Ho, - Z., 2019, The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species, pp. 1-174 in Zootaxa 4687 (1) on pages 107-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4687.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3508098
A meta-analysis study of welfares of genetically modified crops
Creators: name: Shang, Yuze
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Due to the controversial debates, skepticism and speculations around Genetic Modified (GM) crops, substantial research has been done on the allocation of welfare implications of GM crops.  However, different procedures, various data sources and economic models are used to study commercialized GM crops around the world.  Therefore mixed conclusions were conducted. Some papers mentioned benefits from farm producer side; some focused on research of willingness to pay among consumers; while others were asmore interested in market prospect.  As a result, is has become difficult to effectively summarize the benefit of adopting GM crops and explain the large study-to-study variations of surplus estimation.  This thesis presents a meta-analysis of 58 primary studies with a total of 119 GM crops evaluations, aiming to summarize previous studies on economic surplus of GM crops which are not conditional from a single research study and to identify the determinants of the farmer surplus, GM seed company surplus and consumer surplus of GM crops, from analysis and comparison those broad range data set.  This thesis finds that GM seed companies and farmers gained different surplus based on geographic locations.  On the other hand, research methods might affect farmer surplus estimation but not GM seed company surplus.
Aphodius (Nialus) varians Duftschmid 1805
Creators: name: Sergeeva, E. V.
name: Stolbov, V. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Aphodius
Aphodius varians

description: * Aphodius (Nialus) varians Duftschmid, 1805
МатериаA. АЮ: Казанский р-н, окр. Α. НовоаΛексанΑровка, 4– 6.06.2019, Е. Сергеева — 1 экз. (КЕС); Сладковский р-н, с. СΛаΑково, на свет, 18.06.1990, П. Ситников — 1 экз. (КТМ), Α. ТавоΛжан, в коровьем помете, 20– 21.06.2018, Е. Сергеева — 1 экз. (КТС).
Распространение. Северная Африка, Европа, ПереΑняя Азия, Казахстан, СреΑняя Азия, Китай. Россия: европейская часть страны, Северный Кавказ, Сибирь.
Aphodius (Nobius) serotinus (Panzer, 1799) Aphodius serotinus: Ахметова, ФроΛов 2008, 402 (ТобоΛьск); Ахметова, ФроΛов 2014, 425 (Тюменская обΛ.).
Распространение. Европа, ПереΑняя Азия, Казахстан, СреΑняя Азия, МонгоΛия, Китай. Россия: европейская часть страны, Северный Кавказ, Сибирь, ΔаΛьний Восток.
description: Published as part of Sergeeva, E. V. & Stolbov, V. A., 2021, The fauna of lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) of the Tyumen Region, pp. 124-145 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2021-13-1-124-145, http://zenodo.org/record/11362092
Towards determining the mechanism of recognition and binding to collagen by alpha 1 beta 1 and alpha 2 beta 1 integrins
Creators: name: Sikora, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body. There are several  collagen‐binding integrins, which exist as transmembrane proteins and serve to  transmit cellular signals via inside‐out and outside‐in pathways, via a cascade of  conformational changes. Collagen is capable of initiating outside‐in signaling by  binding to the extracellular I‐domain of integrin, in a cation‐dependent manner.  While much is known about collagen subtype and sequence specificity of varying  integrins, the mechanism of binding has yet to be determined. Our lab studies the  interaction between collagen and the I‐domains of integrins alpha 1 beta 1 (alpha1I), and alpha 2 beta 1  (alpha2I), via molecular biology and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. We  are also investigating recombinant collagen‐like peptides for the purpose of binding  assays between collagen and integrin. The goal is to determine a structuralfunctional  relationship occurring in the interaction, and to use this in order to  determine the mechanism of binding. The interaction of collagen and integrin has  roles in cancer cell proliferation and thrombosis, making the determination of this  mechanism vital to the generation of future treatments for these diseases.
Some results in computational and combinatorial geometry
Creators: name: Shabbir, Mudassir
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: In this thesis we present some new results in the field of discrete and computational geometry.   The techniques and tools developed to achieve these results add to our understanding of   important geometric objects like line arrangements, and geometric measures of depth.  Given a set $S$ of $n$ points, a {em weak $epsilon$-net} $X$ is a set of points    (not necessarily in $S$) such that any convex set, called a range, that contains  more than an $epsilon$  fraction of $S$ must meet $X$ for a fixed $eps>0$ .   Aronov {em et al.} gave the first bounds on $eps$ when   the cardinality of $X$ is a fixed small number in the plane. Later Mustafa and Ray proved that  $|X|=2$ can be chosen so that we hit all convex ranges that contain $4n/7$ points of $S$.   We describe an $O(nlog^4 n)$ time   algorithm to find  points $z_1 ot = z_2$, at least   one of which must meet any convex set of ``size'' greater than  $4n/7$; $z_1$ and $z_2$ comprise a hitting set of size two for such convex  ranges. This is the first algorithm for computing the hitting sets of fixed size.  Data-depth measures are real valued functions that are defined on the points of $Re^d$ with respect to   a given set  $S$ in $Re^d$. They are helpful in nonparametric statistical analysis by partitioning the space  in a center-outwardly fashion. We introduced a new framework to study many well-known data-depth  measures in a uniform way. We define and provide first bounds for {em line-depth} and show how  it bridges the relation among Tukey-depth, simplicial-depth, and ray-shooting depth measures in  $Re^3$. We  also develop the first algorithm to efficiently compute a point of {em high} ray-shooting depth in the plane.  Faults and viruses often spread in the networked environments by propagating   from a site to neighboring site. We model this process of   {em network contamination} by using graphs. Consider a graph $G=(V,E)$, whose vertex set is contaminated.    Our goal is to decontaminate   the set $V(G)$ using the mobile agents that move along the edge set of $G$. The    {em temporal immunity }$au(G) ge 0$ is   defined as the time that a decontaminated vertex of $G$ can remain   continuously exposed to a contaminated neighbor without getting   infected itself.    We study the lower and upper bounds on the temporal immunity required to decontaminate some classes of graphs - mostly geometric - that correspond to some well-known network topologies, and we present an upper bounds on   $iota_1(G)$, in some cases with matching lower bounds.
Governing forest carbon
Creators: name: Setyowati, Abidah B.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: The global climate change mitigation initiative, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus (REDD+), has been seen as a new form of environmental rule to govern human-forest relationships. Through analyzing a case study of the Ulu Masen REDD+ project in Aceh, Indonesia, this dissertation examines how REDD+ has been translated into policies and practices, and examines the dynamic process of policy interpretation, negotiation, and even contestation in a particular area. The dissertation addresses five goals: first, examining the extent to which the neoliberalization of nature has been articulated in REDD+ and how REDD+ outcomes have been affected by Indonesia’s social and political landscape; second, investigating governmental rationalities, technologies, and practices through REDD+, and how these emerging forms and techniques could (or could not) engender new environmental subjects; third, analyzing the translation of several elements in REDD+ into project practices; fourth, elucidating how the narratives of conservation and development have been played out in project development and implementation; and finally, examining the significance of local agency in shaping the global REDD+ agenda, and the extent to which it provides an arena to negotiate and contest claims to forest resources at the local level.      This dissertation research seeks to provide new insights that reveal a more nuanced understanding of the early impacts of the REDD+ initiative, hence providing theoretical contributions to the burgeoning field of political ecology, particularly in the area of critical climate change studies. To guide the research inquiries, multiple methods have been employed including a household survey, focus group discussions, participant observation, semi-structured and in-depth interviews, and archival research.
title: Alan Kaprow and Manuel Barkan: 21st Century Incarnations for the Neoliberal Era of Art Education
Creators: name: Kaplan, Heather
name: Sunday, Kristine
Publisher: name: The Pennsylvania State University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Published in Transdisciplinary Inquiry, Practice, and Possibilities in Art Education: Proceedings from The Penn State Seminar @50; https://doi.org/10.26209/arted50
The predictive focus account of the principle of simplicity
Creators: name: Sharber, Justin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: This dissertation presents an account of the Principle of Simplicity, a prominent idea in the philosophy of science.  The principle states that when a simple model and a complex model both predict the data, and all else is equal, the data supports the simpler model more.  The account, the “Predictive Focus Account,” states that simpler models are better confirmed in these contexts because they make narrower, more focused predictions.      The introduction presents Principle of Simplicity and the Predictive Focus Account.  It defines key terms and explains the dissertation's methodology.  This section also flags background issues that go beyond the scope of the dissertation.    Chapter 1 investigates the philosophical history of the Predictive Focus Account, and the relationship between a model's simplicity and its “global likelihood.”  On this account, the explanation of the advantage of simplicity is grounded in relations of Bayesian confirmation between competing models.  That is, the advantage of simplicity is a subtle, but inherent, feature of standard Bayesian model evaluation.  This chapter argues that the Predictive Focus Account is incomplete without a method for fixing prior probabilities.  It proposes a new approach to fixing objective priors, the “Data Window Prior,” grounded in experimental design.  The proposed prior bounds the parameters of statistical models and reigns in their predictions, which are a priori unbounded and infinitely extended. So bounded, the models have definite prediction ranges and corresponding degrees of predictive focus.  I apply the Data Window Prior to the historical case of Hubble's Law from cosmology, yielding a powerful, intuitive verdict about the confirmation relations between models of varying degree of complexity.    Chapter 2 contrasts the Predictive Focus Account with the more popular Bayesian method of “prior-stacking,” whereby Bayesians privilege simpler models and hypotheses with higher prior probabilities.  The Predictive Focus Account has distinct advantages over the prior-stacking approach: it shows how simplicity can be favored on a posteriori, empirical grounds, and how this favoring relation depends on the nature of the extant data.    Chapter 3 contrasts my account with another, based in Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC), a contemporary, non-Bayesian alternative.  The AIC is a statistical model selection criterion that describes estimation error.  It is designed to quantify and resist “over-fitting” the data with complex models.  The main advantage of the Predictive Focus Account (and corresponding Bayesian method) is its generality. It applies to a wider range of cases and supports a broader range of inferences than the AIC.