cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Factors associated with peer violence among elementary, middle and high school students
Creators: name: Perron, Tracy J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among perceived school climate, self-reported psychosomatic symptoms, visits to the school nurse for reported psychosomatic symptoms and reports of bullying behaviors among students’ grades 3-12.  In the study self-reported bullying behaviors were proposed to predict psychosomatic complaints at the school health office. Negatively perceived school climate was proposed to predict bullying behaviors. Lastly, the combination of  bullying and negative school climate were proposed to predict  psychosomatic complaints.       The final convenience sample of 222 students, ages 8-18 years, was obtained from one elementary school, one middle school and one high school in a suburban community in central New Jersey. Participants completed the demographic sheet and three questionnaires measuring the study variables during health or physical education classes.       Reports of bullying behaviors were found to significantly predict reports of psychosomatic complaints in school age children (β = .35, t = 5.5, p < .001).  Bullying behaviors significantly predicted visits to the school health office for psychosomatic symptoms (β = .24, t = 3.&, p < .001). Negatively perceived school climate significantly   predicted reports of bullying behaviors (β = .16, t = 2.3, p < .02). Negative perceived school climate significantly predicts reports of psychosomatic symptoms related to bullying (β = .35, t = 5.5, p < .001). Results indicated there were significant differences between boys’ (  = -32.9) and girls’ (  = -26.6) perceptions of school climate (p < .001). There are no differences between boys’ (  = 8.34) and girls’ (  = &.&8) perceived bullying behaviors (p < .06). There are differences between boys’ (  = 8.48) and girls’    (  = 8.04) visits to the school health office with psychosomatic complaints (p < .02).       These findings have many implications for school nurses. School nurses can monitor the visits of students to the school health office for bullying related symptoms and advise administrative officials accordingly. School nurses are in a position to identify children who they suspect are victims of bullying and council them.  The school nurse can collaborate with teachers, guidance counselors and law enforcement officials to combat bullying.
Paleonura lanna Deharveng & Bedos 1993
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Paleonura
Paleonura lanna

description: 45. Paleonura lanna Deharveng & Bedos, 1993 *
Name in source. Paleonura n.sp. 1 in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b). Source: Deharveng & Bedos (1993a, b), Bedos (1994), Hutacharen et al. (2007), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Type deposition: LEITT. Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N). Habitat: litter and soil at 1150–2500 m. in Doi Inthanon forest; at 1650 m. in Doi Pui; at 1300 m. in Doi Mae Tho.
Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Additional file 1: of Plant pectin acetylesterase structure and function: new insights from bioinformatic analysis
Creators: name: Philippe, Florian
name: JĂŠrĂ´Me Pelloux
name: Rayon, Catherine
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: The number of PAE genes in the plant kingdom. 611 putative plant PAE proteins without their signal peptide were obtained from various sources including Phytozome, PlantCAZyme and Uniprot databases. (PDF 12Â kb)
A law enforcement perspective to intelligence failure in mass casualty terrorist attacks by global jihadist movements
Creators: name: Ozkan, Ozcan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This study aims to explain, from a law enforcement perspective, the extent to which five factors—policy/bureaucratic obstacles, organizational problems, defects in intelligence cycle, lack of international intelligence sharing, and the capabilities of perpetrators—contribute to intelligence failure in mass casualty terrorist attacks. In an attempt to find answers to a set of probing questions based on the five factors mentioned above, the study which examines intelligence failure in two mass casualty terrorist attacks by global jihadist movements applies existing theories of and knowledge on intelligence failure to case studies of two mass casualty terrorist attacks: the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and the Istanbul bombings in 2003. The core findings of the study suggest that while some specific problems in the intelligence community, particularly structural problems and lack of information sharing can result in intelligence failure, government policies against terrorism (perception of threat, implementation of policies) and toward intelligence units (adequate funding, guidance, and oversight of the intelligence agencies) as well as the capability of perpetrators and the lack of international intelligence sharing also play an important role in intelligence failure. On the other hand, whether such attacks are inevitable remains questionable. Even if governments implement right policies and intelligence agencies do their best, the capacity and the willingness of terrorists and terrorist organizations can facilitate success of such attacks. Given the fact that intelligence failures are not rare events, even if particular instances could have been avoided, the general phenomenon cannot. The study has implications for reorganization of intelligence agencies, understanding of the global terrorism threat posed by jihadist movements and the role of law enforcement intelligence in countering transnational terrorism.
Paleonura monochaeta Deharveng & Bedos 1993
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Paleonura
Paleonura monochaeta

description: 46. Paleonura monochaeta Deharveng & Bedos, 1993 *
Name in source. Paleonura n.sp. 2 in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b). Source: Deharveng & Bedos (1993a, b), Bedos (1994), Hutacharen et al. (2007), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Type deposition: LEITT. Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N). Habitat: litter and soil at 700–1700 m. in Doi Inthanon forest. Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand (Doi Inthanon).
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Potamosilurus Marceniuk & Menezes 2007
Creators: name: Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires
name: Oliveira, Claudio
name: Ferraris Jr, Carl J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Siluriformes
Ariidae
Potamosilurus

description: Potamosilurus Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007
MP 99, BI 1, ML 99
(Figs 1–3, 38H and 53)
Type species: Hemipimelodus macrorhynchus Weber, 1913.
Diagnosis
Lateral ethmoid as main component of bony bridge formed by lateral ethmoid and frontal (15, 1> 0); accessory tooth plates absent (58, 1> 0); contact face for articulation of transcapular process with basioccipital large and depressed (85, 0> 1).
Ambiguous optimization: Mesethmoid medial notch indistinct, obscured by bone deposition (1, 1> 2); mesethmoid median portion moderately wide (2, 2> 1); dorsal crest of hyomandibula short and high (141, 0> 1); adipose-fin base moderately long (222, 1> 2).
Included species
Potamosilurus coatesi Kailola, 1990
Potamosilurus macrorhynchus Weber, 1913
Potamosilurus robertsi Kailola, 1990 * sedis mutabilis Potamosilurus velutinus Weber, 1907.
Habitat and distribution: Freshwater, southern New Guinea (Fig. 38).
Remarks
Potamosilurus is recognized as a valid genus, as defined by Marceniuk and Menezes (2007) excluding Papuarius latirostris, which is assigned to a new genus based on the results of the total-evidence analysis.
description: Published as part of Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires, Oliveira, Claudio & Ferraris Jr, Carl J., 2024, A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data, pp. 426-476 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (2) on page 473, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078, http://zenodo.org/record/11240120
The social context of residential burglary
Creators: name: Ozkan, Murat
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This doctoral dissertation evaluated neighborhood level social environmental characteristics and their effects on creating residential burglary risk in Bursa, Turkey. In doing so, it follows the social disorganization and environmental criminology frameworks.   The dissertation describes a multi-method study.  Quantitative analysis focused on three separate issues.  First, Census and police crime data were used in a bivariate and multivariate neighborhood level analysis. Neighborhood level social disorganization measures correlate strongly with the burglary rate. Second, feature environmental geocoded data were obtained and the key variables were treated as risk factors for the Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) and traditional crime hot spot analysis. RTM is a better predictor of future burglaries when compared to hot spot analysis. Third, 165 neighborhoods of Bursa were coded into 4 categories according to physical structure: shantytowns, single family housing, adjacent type buildings, and multi-family apartment complexes. The neighborhood level burglary risk was regressed on the neighborhood type. Results indicate that type of neighborhood is significantly related to neighborhood level criminogenic risk.   This dissertation also explored the role of neighborhood’s social characteristics by adding field observations of these differing social contexts. The researcher focused on   indicators of risk and the social environmental context of four neighborhood types. The study found that single family housing neighborhoods have the lowest risk of residential burglary.    These findings have important implications for interventions in urban settings, providing insights into the role that neighborhood characteristics can have on these encouraging crime and social disorder
Understanding Breast Cancer Cell Metastasis to Bone
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 commonly spreads to bone at a frequency of approximately 70% in patients having distant metastasis. However, the mechanism of bone metastasis is not well understood. One possibility is that the environment within bone marrow, highly rich in growth factors and cytokines, is suitable for the proliferation of breast cancer cells. A more likely explanation is that specific mechanisms of adhesion occur between the bone endothelial (blood vessel lining) cells and breast cancer cells that favors spread to this site. We hypothesize that breast cancer cells released into the circulation adhere to the endothelial cells of bone marrow through a specific receptor interaction, and we will employ a novel molecular technology to study this process.

 In our initial experiments we will use a massive collection ('library') of short, random protein sequences that we fix to the surface of virus-like particles called phage. We can then incubate these phage peptide libraries with cultured bone marrow endothelial cells. The small fraction of phage that specifically bind to endothelial cells can be recovered, re-grown in large numbers, and the process repeated to select out a tiny fraction for further study. Thus, the protein sequence on these phage could represent the same recognition site present on breast cancer cells that targets them to bone. Some of these could be already identified genes and proteins, and others should be previously unknown. Next, we will inject the purified phage directly into the circulation of mice- allowing them to briefly circulate, sacrificing the animals, and determining which organ binds the phage most selectively. Naturally, our aim is to find the phage and its protein sequence that targets to bone, thus mimicking the situation for breast cancer. In advanced experiments we can incorporate these bone-targeting phage protein sequences directly into a membrane protein that we place on the surface of cultured mammalian cells. These cells (i.e., surrogate breast cancer cells) will be injected into the circulation of mice to provide a more ‘real world’ test of adhesive function. In final experiments, our studies will involve actual breast cancer cells with different metastatic potential. We would expect that a bone-homing peptide would confer bone localization when placed on the surface of a previously non-metastatic breast cancer cell line.

 In addition to identifying novel proteins and mechanisms of breast cancer spread to bone, we will also determine the precise binding site that regulates this process. This puts us much closer to finding a therapeutic inhibitor and working in the direction of blocking this most lethal phase of breast cancer.
To conserve and protect
Creators: name: Moreto, William
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Guided by the police organizational culture and police time use literature, this dissertation presents the findings from an exploratory case study of law enforcement in Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) in Uganda. Based on 24 interviews with law enforcement rangers and supervisors and participant observations of ten routine law enforcement patrols, the study sought to address two research objectives: First, what perceptions and opinions do law enforcement rangers and supervisors hold about law enforcement and illegal activities in QENP? And second, what types of activities and decision-making occur during routine law enforcement patrols?     It was found that themes within the police culture literature exist within law enforcement rangers in QENP. Due to the requirements of living on-site, law enforcement rangers displayed a unique 'ranger culture' that was directly affected by both occupational and personal factors. In addition, respondents shed light on the various tactics utilized by poachers within the park, as well as motivations that influenced poaching. Moreover, respondents provided insight on ranger-related misconduct and illegal activities, job satisfaction and law enforcement needs.     For the second objective, it was found patrol groups utilized their time participating in four main types of activities during routine patrols: active patrolling, investigative patrolling, cross-checks and passive/resting periods. Patrol group activities and capabilities were greatly affected by the surrounding environment with various settings providing distinct advantages and disadvantages. Further, given the vast area of QENP, rangers' decisions on where to patrol were guided by wildlife behavior, environment and landscape features, experience and signs of human activity.     Theoretically, the implications of the study are two-fold: first, it provides a foundation by which future studies assessing 'ranger culture', and ranger-related misconduct and illegal activity can be based upon; second, the study establishes a base for future time use studies on law enforcement ranger patrols. From a practical perspective, the study provides insight for PA managers on how the conditions of the job can facilitate a 'ranger culture' resulting in both positive (e.g. willingness to collaborate on community-based forms of policing) and negative impacts (e.g. ranger misconduct) on ranger perceptions, opinions and behaviors.
Retrieval practice and word learning (Leonard et al., 2024)
Creators: name: Leonard, Laurence B.
name: Christ, Sharon L.
name: Deevy, Patricia
name: Karpicke, Jeffrey
name: Kueser, Justin B.
Publisher: name: ASHA journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 470402
subject: Child language acquisition
classificationCode: 520405
subject: Psycholinguistics (incl. speech production and comprehension)
classificationCode: 420110
subject: Speech pathology

description: Purpose: The word learning of preschool-age children with developmental language disorder (DLD) is improved when spaced retrieval practice is incorporated into the learning sessions. In this preregistered study, we compared two types of spacing—an expanding retrieval practice schedule and an equally spaced schedule—to determine if one of these approaches yields better word learning outcomes for the children.Method: Fourteen children with DLD aged 4–5 years and 14 same-age children with typical language development (TD) learned eight novel nouns over two sessions. Spacing for half of the novel words was expanded gradually during learning; for the remaining novel words, greater spacing remained at the same level throughout learning. Immediately after the second session and 1 week later, the children’s recall of the words was tested.Results: The children with TD recalled more novel words than the children with DLD, although this difference could be accounted for by differences in the children’s standardized receptive vocabulary test scores. The two groups were similar in their ability to retain the words over 1 week. Initially, the shorter spacing in the expanding schedule resulted in greater retrieval success than the corresponding (longer spaced) retrieval trials in the equally spaced schedule. These early shorter spaced trials also seemed to benefit retrieval of the trials with greater spacing that immediately followed. However, as the learning period progressed, the accuracy levels for the two conditions converged and were likewise similar during final testing.Conclusion: We need a greater understanding of how and when short spacing can be helpful to children’s word learning, with the recognition that early gains might give a misleading picture of the benefits that short spacing can provide to longer term retention.Supplemental Material S1. Post-learning meaning recall and post-learning recognition.Leonard, L. B., Christ, S. L., Deevy, P., Karpicke, J., & Kueser, J. B. (2024). Retrieval practice and word learning by children with developmental language disorder: Does expanding retrieval provide additional benefit? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(5), 1530–1547. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00528
Usechus Motschulsky 1845
Creators: name: ALEKSEEV, VITALII
name: MCKELLAR, RYAN C.
name: BUKEJS, ANDRIS
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Zopheridae
Usechus

description: Genus Usechus Motschulsky, 1845
Type species: Usechus lacerta Motschulsky, 1845
Taxonomic assignment. The studied inclusion is placed in the subfamily Zopherinae within the family Zopheridae based on the combination of the following characters:(1) antennae 11-segmented with 3-segmented club; (2) antennal insertions concealed under lateral expansion of frons; (3) 5-5-4 tarsal formula; (4) abdominal ventrite 1 slightly longer than ventrite 2; and (5) intercoxal process of abdominal ventrite 1 arcuate apically. The fossil specimen is assigned to the tribe Usechini based on the unique character of the group, namely possessing deep anterolateral antennal cavities on the pronotum. Externally closed procoxal cavities and pronotal disc without transverse basal groove suggest placement in the genus Usechus. Despite several characters of ventral side not being discernible in the beetle under study, we place the new species in Usechus based on the presence of the above-listed set of external characters.
description: Published as part of ALEKSEEV, VITALII, MCKELLAR, RYAN C. & BUKEJS, ANDRIS, 2024, A revision and addition to Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Baltic amber: possible connections between modern Holarctic distributions and Eocene ' amber forests', pp. 201-247 in Zootaxa 5536 (2) on page 203, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14033618
Secret diplomacy
Creators: name: Momengoh, Nick Parfait
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: In January 1919, in the Paris Peace Conference, US President Woodrow Wilson stated that diplomacy ought to be: “Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.”  Due to the idea that diplomatic and foreign policy intrigues had led to the Great War of 1914-18, the call for transparency seemed the ultimate solution. Since then, secret diplomacy has been the object of controversy and a contradiction to the principles of liberal democracy. As the title indicates, this dissertation will focus on the practice of secret diplomacy by liberal democracies. This is a practice that has been condemned, and this dissertation is designed to use illustrations and analysis of secret diplomatic documents in order to investigate the following questions. Do liberal democracies still practice secret diplomacy? And, if they do, is such a practice justified in a democracy? Why is secret diplomacy still an object of debate for democracies? And, can secret diplomacy survive in this Information Age? Most of the illustrations will be drawn from two Western liberal democracies:  France and the United States.        The main challenge facing an academic researcher in studying secret diplomacy is the fact that a lot of diplomatic documents are not necessarily available or classified. Facing this challenge, this study will investigate how much evidence can be found by exploring the released documents and diplomatic archives. The significance of this study is two-fold. First, the plan is to redefine the concept of secret diplomacy within the parameters of international relations. It is important for the understanding of international relations and global governance to explore the practice of secret diplomacy. Then, the study will explore secret diplomatic cases from different point in time to provide the answers to the above questions. Another value of this investigation is based on the fact that the analysis brings Anglo/American/French studies into one place, and provides evidence to fill the gaps in the official story of those events. One needs to understand that open diplomacy only represents the “tip of the diplomatic iceberg.” The other side of the diplomatic iceberg is beneath the surface and under the “waters of international relations.”
Threat of harm
Creators: name: Marvelli, David A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: In April 2008 the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) developed a strategy to combat international organized crime. Within its strategies, the DOJ identified eight criminal activities, including—but not limited to—the trafficking of humans, contraband, and illicit narcotics, to be among the greatest threats emanating from transnational organized criminals. Besides identifying these threats, the DOJ sought an assessment of the criminal organizations engaged in these activities for resource allocation. To date, only a traditional organized crime threat assessment has been conducted by federal law enforcement agencies. This threat assessment focused exclusively on evaluating known criminal organizations believed to pose the greatest threat—defined by their characteristics. Few, if any, assessments have considered the actual or estimated harm caused by criminal organizations, yet an untested hypothesis in the organized crime literature suggests the degree of a criminal organization’s structure, sophistication, self-identification, stability, size, and reputation impacts the organization’s capacity for harm—the so-called “harm capacity thesis.” This exploratory study was the first known assessment of the harm capacity thesis. To assess the hypothesis, the content of 14 closed criminal cases, consisting of thousands of pages of interviews, surveillance logs, administrative updates and other investigative documents, derived from FBI criminal investigations of transnational crimes were analyzed. Through the content analysis, the harm capacity and harm variables were assigned values ranging from one (minimum) to three (maximum). These were used to calculate harm capacity and harm indices. A cross-comparison of these indices suggests criminal organizations commit a level of harm commensurate with their harm capacity. Nine of the fourteen criminal organizations were found to have committed a level of harm commensurate with its harm capacity. However, the research was limited on identifying which particular harm capacity characteristics contributed to an organizations overall level of harm. The findings from this study have implications for future research to include comparative studies of criminal organizations operating in the same criminal market to more accurately assess which characteristics are contributing to an organizations level of harm and longitudinal studies to evaluate the factors most important in the structural development of criminal organizations.
Paleonura
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Paleonura

description: Paleonura spp.
Source: Deharveng et al. (1989), Deharveng & Bedos (1993a), Bedos (1994). Distribution in Thailand. Widespread. Habitat: cave in Chaiyaphum, forest in Doi Inthanon, not given elsewhere. Remark. Genus highly diversified in Thailand with 14 additional morphospecies recognized throughout the country, including two close to P. monochaeta (Bedos 1994).
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
When “opportunity” moves to you
Creators: name: Makris, Molly Vollman
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing program gave families with children in urban public housing projects the chance to move from high-poverty neighborhoods to low-poverty neighborhoods in the hope that the move would improve their quality of life, health, and education. In Hoboken, New Jersey, public housing residents did not have to move to opportunity; instead, opportunity moved to them.    This dissertation tells of young people living in public housing in a gentrified community where they are part of a racial and socioeconomic minority. Through qualitative analysis, including ethnography, youth participatory research, interviews, a focus group, and analysis of archival sources, the researcher investigated educational and environmental experiences of these young people. Using these methods and applying theories of neoliberalism, social and cultural capital, and political economy of place, the study examines the following:   demographic, environmental, and educational characteristics of Hoboken;    demographics of the Hoboken district-run public schools and whether or not they reflect those of the community;    who attends which district-run public schools, and why;   who applies to charter schools, who does not, and why;   how school choice has influenced the education of youth in public housing;    what environmental advantages and disadvantages are offered to youth who live in public housing in gentrified Hoboken;    how youth in public housing relate to their gentrified community; and    the implications of these findings for housing policy and education policy.    The findings show that, while these young people experience environmental advantages related to living in a gentrified community, they still predominantly attend segregated schools. In an era when public housing is being demolished to be replaced by mixed-income development and school choice policies are proliferating, these findings have implications for both education and public housing policy.    No previous study has analyzed how gentrification may influence youth in low-income public housing, who can remain in their community to reap possible advantages. This is also the only study of the education of youth in public housing in a gentrified community.
Paralobella khaochongensis Yosii 1976
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Paralobella
Paralobella khaochongensis

description: 47. Paralobella khaochongensis (Yosii, 1976)
Name in source. Lobella (Lobellina) khaochongensis in Yosii (1976) and in Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Source: Yosii (1976), Deharveng (1986), Bedos (1994), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Type deposition: MHNG.
Distribution in Thailand. Trang (P). Habitat: not given.
Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
The evolution of human skin pigmentation
Creators: name: Ly, Vinh Quang
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Human skin pigmentation is the most noticeable evidence of human evolution.  Human skin pigmentation has progressively adapted to the local environment as humans have migrated from their central African origin.  The purpose of this investigation is to explore the driving factors that have led to the diversity in skin pigmentation and explore the future direction of human skin pigmentation.  With the advent of reflectometry-based instruments, researchers have been able to discover relationships between skin reflectance across populations and the average UV exposure experienced in their inhabited area.  The reflectometry-based data also allowed researchers to compare the genetics between admixed populations and indigenous populations to discover new genes involved in skin pigmentation.  The evolution of skin pigmentation is believed to be a result of the human need for previtamin/vitamin D3, an adaptation that is most significant in childbearing women.  With the significant impact that man has on the climate as well as the growing tendency of man to live indoors and in areas with low UV impact, the future evolution of skin pigmentation as well as how humans will adapt to such change remains a mystery.
TGF-Beta Receptor Signaling and Breast Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Breast cancer cells differ from normal breast cells in two important aspects: 1) the growth of normal breast cells is tightly regulated, while breast cancer cells can grow in an uncontrolled manner; 2) in response to environmental stimuli, normal breast cells can stop growing and perform special functions such as producing milk, a process called differentiation. Cancer cells, in contrast, no longer respond to environmental signals and fail to perform breast-specific functions. The growth and differentiation of normal breast cells are two intimately related processes that are regulated by growth factors. Disruption of this regulatory program will result in formation of breast cancer. Therefore, in order to understand how breast cancer develops, we need to examine how growth and differentiation of normal breast cells are regulated, and how this regulation is disrupted in breast cancer cells.

 One of the growth factors that play an important role in the regulation of breast cell differentiation is transforming growth factor-ß or TGFß. TGFß can inhibit the growth of normal breast cells and early stage breast cancer cells. It also triggers differentiation of normal breast cells. TGFß exerts these effects by binding to the surface of cells and by attaching to the TGFß receptor molecules. Activated TGFß receptors then send signals into the cells to inhibit growth and trigger differentiation. It is yet not clear how these signals are transmitted inside the cells. The goal of this proposal is therefore to study how TGFß regulates normal breast cell differentiation, and to investigate the role of TGFß receptor molecules in this process. We will use a cell culture system that mimics the three-dimensional breast environment inside our body. In this system, normal breast cells can be manipulated to differentiate to various degrees, while breast cancer cells fail to differentiate. Thus, this system can recapitulate the major difference between normal and cancerous breast cells. The effects of TGFß on normal breast cell differentiation will be examined in this culture system. The role of TGFß receptors in mediating TGFß generated signals during differentiation of normal breast cells will also be investigated. These receptors will also be introduced into malignant breast cancer cells to examine whether they can restore the ability of these cancer cells to be growth inhibited by TGFß. If successful, this should represent a new strategy for breast cancer therapy. Taken together, these studies should allow a better understanding of the pathogenesis of breast cancer and may contribute to better diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
Plastic Waste to Light Olefins – a detailed analytical study  of plastic pyrolysis oils with focus on contaminants
Creators: name: De Langhe, Simon
name: Kusenberg, Marvin
name: Van Geem, Kevin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Thermochemical recycling, including the pyrolysis of plastic waste and subsequent steam cracking of the pyrolysis oil to produce light olefins is a sustainable plastic recycling route, assisting in the transition to a circular economy. The presence of olefins, aromatics, heteroatom-containing compounds and metal contaminants in plastic waste pyrolysis oils however induce corrosion issues, fouling of process equipment, downstream catalyst poisoning and enhanced coke formation when used on industrial scale. Via an extensive database handling the composition of plastic waste pyrolysis oils, more light is shed on the correlation between the pyrolyzed feed and pyrolysis conditions on one hand, and the composition of the obtained pyrolysis oil on the other hand. A higher polypropylene (PP) fraction in the waste stream results in more unsaturated and branched compounds in the pyrolysis oil, whereas aromatics generally stem from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polystyrene (PS) impurities. Further, the calcium, potassium, iron, sodium,  silicon, nitrogen, chlorine and oxygen concentrations all exceed the industrial threshold concentrations for steam cracker feedstocks. Dilution with fossil naphtha or extra treatments are thus critical to improve the steam cracking suitability of the pyrolysis oils. Via reversed-phase two dimensional gas chromatography with a polar × mid-polar column combination coupled to a quadrupole mass spectrometer (qMS) and flame ionization detector (FID), the oxygenates were successfully separated from the dominant hydrocarbon matrix, identified and quantified. It is found that ketones are the most abundant type of oxygenates in PE- and PP-derived pyrolysis oils. Also substantial concentrations of alcohols and phenols are found, whereas the concentrations of acids, phenyl ethers and aldehydes are minor.
Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Hormone Receptors
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 epidemiologic study was designed to improve our understanding of how breast cancer develops in a way which may help us prevent breast cancer. The study specifically aims to determine whether established risk factors for breast cancer are related to the presence of estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast tumors.

 Hormonal changes are a common explanation of how various factors increase risk for breast cancer. For example, beginning menstruation at a younger age or menopause at an older age are both risk factors for breast cancer. Both factors cause women to experience an increased number of menstrual cycles over their lifetime. The estrogen and progesterone present in these cycles stimulate the growth of breast tissue through estrogen and progesterone receptors present on breast cells. Greater amounts of estrogen and progesterone promote more growth than usual. This growth may increase the risk of breast cancer by increasing the chances of a genetic error (as cells reproduce themselves) or allowing genetic errors to be expressed more frequently.

 The idea (hypothesis) to be tested in this study is that tumors with both estrogen and progesterone receptors will be more common in women with hormonally-related risk factors such as early age of first menstruation, late age at menopause, and late age at first birth. The accompanying hypothesis is that tumors without estrogen and progesterone receptors will be more common in women with risk factors which are not related to hormones. Such risk factors include having a mother or sister diagnosed with breast cancer. Finally, tumors with one receptor but not the other may occur in women with or without hormonally-related risk factors.

 Female members of the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Care Plan diagnosed with breast cancer from November 1996 to November 1998 will be included in this study. These patients will be asked to complete a short questionnaire about established breast cancer risk factors. Information about the presence of estrogen and progesterone receptors in these patients' tumors will be collected from pathologists' reports. Then the presence of breast cancer risk factors will be examined in four groups of patients with similar receptor status: both receptors positive; both receptors negative; estrogen positive with progesterone negative; and estrogen negative with progesterone positive.

 This study was designed in response to two related BCRP priority issues: etiology and prevention. Improving our understanding of how breast cancer develops may suggest ways in which breast cancer can be prevented, thus having a dramatic impact on the health and well-being of the women in California and elsewhere.
Paralobella apsala Yosii 1976
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Paralobella
Paralobella apsala

description: 48. Paralobella apsala (Yosii, 1976)
Name in source. Lobella (Lobella) apsala in Yosii (1976) and in Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report), Yosialina apsala in Bedos (1994). Source: Yosii (1976), Bedos (1994), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Distribution in Thailand. Trang (P). Habitat: not given.
Distribution outside Thailand. Cambodia.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Coxelus Dejean 1821
Creators: name: ALEKSEEV, VITALII
name: MCKELLAR, RYAN C.
name: BUKEJS, ANDRIS
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Zopheridae
Coxelus

description: Genus Coxelus Dejean, 1821
Type species: Bolitophagus pictus Sturm, 1807
Taxonomic assignment. The inclusion under study possesses a combination of characters corresponding to the diverse tribe Synchitini within the subfamily Colydiinae: (1) antennal insertions concealed dorsally; (2) antennae distinctly clubbed, glabrous, lacking scale-like setae; (3) procoxal cavities open posteriorly; (4) all tarsi tetramerous, not dilated; (5) protibiae without apical spurs; and (6) metacoxae separated by triangular process of abdominal ventrite 1. The new extinct species is assigned to the genus Coxelus based on the combination of the following characters: antennae 11-segmented with 2-segmented club; eyes hemispherical; pronotal disc without special sculpture, pronotum narrowed at anterior angles and evenly rounded laterally; short antennal groove present ventrad eye; elytra non carinate; intercoxal process of abdominal ventrite 1 about as wide as metacoxal lenght, and abdominal ventrite 5 without marginal groove; body elongate, and dorsal surface covered with narrow erect setation.
description: Published as part of ALEKSEEV, VITALII, MCKELLAR, RYAN C. & BUKEJS, ANDRIS, 2024, A revision and addition to Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Baltic amber: possible connections between modern Holarctic distributions and Eocene ' amber forests', pp. 201-247 in Zootaxa 5536 (2) on page 207, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14033618
Paralobella erawan Yosii 1976
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Neanuridae
Paralobella
Paralobella erawan

description: 49. Paralobella erawan (Yosii, 1976)
Name in source. Lobella (Lobella) erawan in Yosii (1976) and in Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report), Yosialina erawan in Bedos (1994). Source: Yosii (1976), Deharveng (1986), Bedos (1994), Rojanavongse et al. (unpublished report). Type deposition: MHNG.
Distribution in Thailand. Phetchaburi (W), Trang (P). Habitat: cave.
Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from West and Peninsular Thailand.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
A research conversation about teaching reading in a diverse suburban public school district
Creators: name: Lizaire-Duff, Sandy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Children of color in middle-class suburban schools experience marginalization and low academic achievement, as do their counterparts in urban schools. However, because they live in the suburbs and attend suburban schools, people often think that they are doing well. Policymakers, residents, community leaders, and visitors make the assumption that resources needed by children of color in suburban public school districts are readily available.     The common image of wealth associated with the suburbs needs to be demystified. Today’s suburbs do not conform to stereotypical perceptions of homogeneity, affluence, and high achievement. They are becoming increasingly diverse and in need of resources to support people who do not have access to services and the means to provide for their families. Some suburban public school districts serve a growing multiracial student population, including more immigrant children. These districts face the challenge of meeting all students’ needs, as well as the needs of the teachers who are held accountable for the success of this ethnically, racially, linguistically, and economically diverse student population. Researchers are becoming aware of ways in which suburbs are transforming. More important, educators and administrators are beginning to rethink how they approach teaching and learning in diverse suburban public school districts.     This study explores teachers’ and administrators’ discourse about teaching reading to a racially, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse student population in a suburban public school district. The study employs auto-ethnographic and action research methods within the frameworks of critical theory and critical race theory. Research methods include focus groups, semistructured topical interviews, Geographic Information Systems, document analysis, action research, and auto-ethnography.    This study has policy implications for the target school district and other suburban public school districts that are experiencing a racial and socio¬economic transformation. Suburban public school districts need to learn how to meet the demands of federal and state regulations as well as the needs of an increasingly growing immigrant and low-income student population. This study illuminates experiences of district administrators and teachers in an ethnically, racially, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse suburban public school district.
Additional file 1: of Risk of head and traumatic brain injuries associated with antidepressant use among community-dwelling persons with Alzheimerâ  s disease: a nationwide matched cohort study
Creators: name: Taipale, Heidi
name: Koponen, Marjaana
name: Tanskanen, Antti
name: Lavikainen, Piia
name: Sund, Reijo
name: Tiihonen, Jari
name: Hartikainen, Sirpa
name: Anna-Maija Tolppanen
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Detailed description of covariates. Covariates in the propensity score. Table S1. Risk of head and brain injury associated with antidepressant monotherapy according to dose categories. (DOC 42 kb)