cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Grit in Latino middle school students
Creators: name: Hatchimonji, Danielle Ryan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Grit, defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, & Kelly, 2007), is a character strength that may be a promising target for improving academic achievement.  Despite grit’s popularity and its increasing application to underserved students, there is no published literature examining the psychometric properties of the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S) or validating the construct in underserved student populations.  The current study sought to determine whether previous research on the psychometric properties and construct validity of grit replicated in a low-income, majority Latino middle school.  To better understand the grit construct, the study also investigated how grit interacts with experience of an academic setback to predict academic achievement.  In addition, the study sought to clarify the role social-emotional learning (SEL) skills play in explaining the impact of grit on academic achievement.  Students from a large urban middle school completed the self-report Grit-S and teachers completed observational measures of observed student SEL skills.  Student demographics and grades data were obtained from the school’s online database.  Results indicated that although a two-factor structure (“Interest” and “Effort”) replicated in this sample, the two factors behaved in a manner inconsistent with previous research.  The reliability coefficients of the full Grit-S and of each subscale were also very low.  Hierarchical regressions showed that the “Interest” factor was a consistent predictor of academic achievement, whereas the “Effort” factor was not.  Experiencing an academic setback was found to be a consistent predictor of grades; however, the interaction of grit and setbacks was only significant for models predicting grades in Math and students’ Best subject.  Notably, the significant interactions were inconsistent with hypothesized relationships in that higher grit in students who had experienced a setback predicted lower grades.  Finally, mediation analyses supported a partial mediation of grit’s impact on academic achievement by SEL skills, which is the first empirical support for how grit operates to impact academic achievement.  Results from this study show that more research is needed to clarify the construct validity of grit in disadvantaged, Latino middle school students.
Implicit search feature based approach to assist users in exploratory search tasks
Creators: name: Hendahewa, Chathra Hasini
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Analyzing and modeling users' online search behaviors when conducting exploratory search tasks could be instrumental in discovering search behavior patterns that can then be leveraged to assist users in reaching their search task goals. In this dissertation, we propose a framework for evaluating exploratory search based on implicit features and user search action sequences extracted from the transactional log data to model different aspects of exploratory search namely, uncertainty, creativity, exploration, and knowledge discovery. We show the e ectiveness of the proposed framework by demonstrating how it can be used to understand and evaluate user search performance to identify struggling and non-struggling users. Major contributions of this dissertation are three-fold.     We show that we can e ectively model user search behavior using implicit features to predict the user's future performance level with high accuracy when conducting  exploratory search tasks.    We also provide a recommendation approach to assist struggling users by recommending them better search paths in order to improve their search performance and reach the task goal. Further, using simulations we demonstrate that our search process based recommendations improve the search performance of struggling users over time and validate these  ndings using both qualitative and  quantitative approaches.     We also exhibit that the recommended search trail order matters and it outperforms the random order of search trails and would bene t the struggling users using search trail order evaluation metrics.
Humeanism after the BSA
Creators: name: Hicks, Michael Townsen
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation explores the idea that laws of nature are tools for gaining and employing information about the world.   In my first chapter, I focus on the Best System Account of laws of nature, according to which the laws are those generalizations which form a deductive system best combining strength and simplicity. I claim that we must focus on the applicability of laws to the sorts of subsystems of the universe with which we interact and manipulate. This provides us with the tools to develop new notions of informativeness and simplicity, and sheds light on our preference for dynamic explanations.    In the second chapter, I show how best to extend a Best Systems based account to the special sciences. I argue that extant theories of the relationship between fundamental and special sciences either deemphasize interscientific connections or do little justice to the counterfactual robustness of laws in the special sciences. We need the special sciences in addition to physics because often we have only coarse-grained information about our surroundings, so we need coarse-grained laws to make predictions. I provide a precise characterization of coarse-graining and show how it can be applied to the relationship between the special sciences and physics.  In the third chapter, I argue that importing notions from epistemic utility theory provides an account of objective chance which explains both the connection between chances and frequencies and the connection between chances and degrees of belief. This account relies crucially on the notion of an isolated subsystem developed in the first chapter of the dissertation, and aims to show that the objective chances we find in science are fit to act as a guide to our beliefs. I show how measures of accuracy currently being developed in epistemic utility theory can be applied to measure how well the chances of some class of events–say, coin tosses–fit the frequency of outcomes.
Amyttopsis podicealata Beier 1965
Creators: name: Naskrecki, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Amyttopsis
Amyttopsis podicealata

description: Amyttopsis podicealata Beier 1965
Known only from two localities in Côte d'Ivoire (Beier 1965).
Material examined. CÔTE D’IVOIRE: Foret du Banco, 15.x.1963 - 1 male (holotype) (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Naskrecki, Piotr, 2008, New species of arboreal predatory katydids from West Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 1732 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181351
Trichomyia sulbaianensis Bravo
Creators: name: Araújo, Maíra Xavier
name: Bravo, Freddy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Trichomyia
Trichomyia sulbaianensis

description: Trichomyia sulbaianensis Bravo
Trichomyia sulbaianensis Bravo, 2002: 63, figs. 28–33.
Comments. Males of T. sulbaianensis are recognized by gonostylus expanded apically with apical bristles; ejaculatory apodeme long, 1.6 times the length of gonostylus.
Material examined. Brazil, Bahia: Itabuna (Reserva Ecológica CEPEC), holotype ♂, 10.X.1985, P.S. Terra leg. (MZFS).
Distribution. Brazil—Bahia.
description: Published as part of Araújo, Maíra Xavier & Bravo, Freddy, 2016, Description of fourty four new species, taxonomic notes and identification key to Neotropical Trichomyia Haliday in Curtis (Diptera: Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae), pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 4130 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4130.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262717
Additional file 2: of Predictors of multidisciplinary rehabilitation outcomes in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Tseli, Elena
name: Grooten, Wilhelmus
name: Britt-Marie Stålnacke
name: Boersma, Katja
name: Enthoven, Paul
name: Gerdle, Björn
name: Äng, Björn
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Medline Search strategy. (DOCX 22 kb)
Triggered release of vancomycin to bacterial infection sites using pH-sensitive lipid based nanoparticles
Creators: name: Holleran, Timothy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The appearance of resistant strains of bacteria in community healthcare facilities is a common occurrence with growing severity.  Cases of resistance to β-lactam drugs such as Methicillin have been shown in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Staphylococcus epidermis (MRSE), among many others, and these resistances limit therapeutic options.  The synthetic glycopeptide antibiotic Vancomycin is considered one of the last lines of defense for these types of resistant infections.  Failures in antibiotic therapy at this stage come from inadequate drug concentration at the infected sites, reduction of activity due to local acidity, and toxicity associated with accumulation in non-infected tissue.  To solve these issues, an environmentally-responsive lipid-based nanoparticle, or liposome, has been developed to deliver Vancomycin to local infection sites.  These liposomes retain their drug contents at physiologic pH, increasing antibiotic circulation time.  Additionally, they are selectively triggered to release their drug contents by the external stimulus of decreased pH of local infection sites.  Encapsulation of Vancomycin in these liposomes was performed, showing stable retention and release between pH 7.4 and 5.5, respectively.  Additionally, demonstration of the enhanced antibiotic activity of the pH-triggered nanoparticles was carried out through Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) studies.  From the results, there is promising data suggesting that targeted delivery of Vancomycin using environmentally sensitive liposomes is a candidate for sustained and targeted antibiotic therapy in resistant bacterial infections.
Amyttosa Beier 1965
Creators: name: Naskrecki, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Amyttosa

description: Amyttosa Beier 1965
Type species: Amytta mutillata Karsch, 1890: 367.
This genus is unique among all known Meconematinae in the strong reduction of the ovipositor, a possible adaptation to dropping eggs to the ground, rather than their insertion in the soil, plant tissue, or bark, typical of other species of this group of katydids. The valvules of the ovipositor are poorly sclerotized and not flattened laterally, which indicates that the eggs are not inserted between the layers of the leaf epidermis, a behavior known in some Phaneropterinae with short ovipositors. The morphology of the egg is also unique among katydids (Figs. 5 D–G). The egg is spherical, and not spindle shaped as in species laying eggs in the soil or plant tissues, nor is it laterally flattened as in species laying eggs in leaves. It is also unlikely that eggs of Amyttosa spp. are deposited in clusters on exposed surfaces, a behavior common in canopy-dwelling Phaneropterinae, because the morphology of the egg does not suggest a high resistance to desiccation (eggs deposited on exposed surfaces are smooth, with very thick chorionic layers that reduce the rate of water loss.) The chorion of the Amyttosa egg is covered with regularly distributes tubercles, and both ends of the egg carry a collar-like projections, similar, but not likely homologous to, the capitulum present in the eggs of many phasmids. This type of egg morphology, combined with a similar reduction of the ovipositor, also found in many Phasmodea that drop eggs to the ground, may indicate similar egg laying behavior. Hughes and Westoby (1992) demonstrated that phasmid eggs equipped with the capitulum have the same removal and burial rates by ants as plant seeds equipped with an elaiosome. Although at this point empirical evidence for such behavior is absent, it is possible that the morphology of eggs of Amyttosa has a similar function, and eggs are dispersed, and subsequently buried by ants.
Virtually nothing is known about the behavior of the previously described species of Amyttosa. A. insectivora, the new species described below, is common in lowland and mid-elevation forests of Eastern Ghana, where it could be found at night on low trees and understory bushes in both primary and secondary evergreen forests. This species is predaceous and was frequently observed catching and eating small insects, primarily nymphs of Membracidae and Cicadellidae.
description: Published as part of Naskrecki, Piotr, 2008, New species of arboreal predatory katydids from West Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 1732 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181351
Additional file 1: of IL-27 mediates HLA class I up-regulation, which can be inhibited by the IL-6 pathway, in HLA-deficient Small Cell Lung Cancer cells
Creators: name: Carbotti, Grazia
name: Nikpoor, Amin
name: Vacca, Paola
name: Gangemi, Rosaria
name: Giordano, Chiara
name: Campelli, Francesco
name: Ferrini, Silvano
name: Fabbi, Marina
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: IL-27 mediates HLA class I up-regulation, which can be inhibited by the IL-6 pathway, in HLA-deficient Small Cell Lung Cancer cells. Supplementary Figures and Table. (DOCX 2856Â kb)
"To blaze the trail"
Creators: name: Horne, Melissa Mary
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: During the early twentieth century, a cadre of black student activists engaged in the fight for the rights and freedoms accorded to them as citizens of the United States. Beginning with their own institutions of higher education, student activists adopted a politics of protest, and sought to engender major campus and curricular reforms. As the student activists of the early twentieth century confronted racial and gender inequality on their campuses, and demanded to be included in campus governance, they raised larger questions about racial progress and black self-determination. Black student activists also protested the social, political, and economic injustices wrought by life in Jim Crow America.   This dissertation addresses a particular set of questions: What did student activism in the early twentieth century look like? What were the issues that politicized and mobilized students to organize? What role did gender play in students’ activism? How did students’ activism change throughout the course of the early twentieth century? What role did students’ see themselves having in the larger struggle for civil rights and freedoms during these years? To answer these questions, my dissertation focuses on the history of early twentieth century student activism at three of the most prominent southern institutions of black higher education: Fisk University, Spelman College, and Howard University.   By placing both the college campus and black collegians at the center of the story, my work provides a new perspective about the connections between black higher education, student leadership and activism, and the origins of the Civil Rights Movement. Indeed, throughout the early twentieth century, student activists at Fisk, Spelman, and Howard cultivated a tradition of leadership, critical thought, and social activism. As they organized around campus and curricular reforms, as well as larger social, political and economic rights, student activists at Fisk, Spelman, and Howard pioneered many of the non-violent direct-action strategies that would become the hallmark of the modern Civil Rights Movement. The ideas, aspirations, organizations, and leadership of the early twentieth century student activists laid the groundwork for the generation of students who would follow in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s.
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Perfectly matched 20-nucleotide guide RNA sequences enable robust genome editing using high-fidelity SpCas9 nucleases
Creators: name: Dingbo Zhang
name: Huawei Zhang
name: Tingdong Li
name: Kunling Chen
name: Qiu, Jin-Long
name: Caixia Gao
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Complete DNA sequences of the sgRNA expression constructs. Figure S2. Comparison of the on-target activities of WT SpCas9 and its variants. Figure S3. The relative expression levels of the sgRNAs produced from two types of sgRNA constructs. Table S1. Target sequences and oligos used to construct sgRNA expression vectors. Table S2. Indel frequencies revealed by deep amplicon sequencing. Table S3. Oligos used to construct vectors of sgRNA with mismatches. Table S4. PCR primers used in this study. Table S5. Second round PCR primers with barcodes for deep amplicon sequencing. (PDF 766 kb)
Trichomyia teimosensis Bravo
Creators: name: Araújo, Maíra Xavier
name: Bravo, Freddy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Trichomyia
Trichomyia teimosensis

description: Trichomyia teimosensis Bravo
Trichomyia teimosensis Bravo, 2002: 63 –65, figs. 34–40.
Comments. Males of T. teimosensis are recognized by two pairs of gonocoxite with elongated bristles; elongated gonostylus with slowly curved apex; ejaculatory apodeme 1.25 times the length of gonostylus.
Material examined. Brazil, Bahia: Serra do Teimoso, holotype ♂, 27.IV.2001, F. Bravo leg. (MZFS); 3 paratypes: 1 ♂, Bahia, Itabuna (Reserva Ecológica CEPEC), 10.X.1987, P. S. Terra leg. (MZFS); 1♂, same locality as holotype, II.1968, without name of collector (MZFS); 1♂, same locality as holotype, IX.1969, without name of collector (MZFS).
Distribution. Brazil—Bahia.
description: Published as part of Araújo, Maíra Xavier & Bravo, Freddy, 2016, Description of fourty four new species, taxonomic notes and identification key to Neotropical Trichomyia Haliday in Curtis (Diptera: Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae), pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 4130 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4130.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262717
Ceroctis subtrinotata
Creators: name: Bologna, Marco A.
name: Amore, Valentina
name: Pitzalis, Monica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Meloidae
Ceroctis
Ceroctis subtrinotata

description: Ceroctis subtrinotata species group
This group, here defined, needs a clear definition and possibly includes some central African species such as C. subtrinotata (Pic, 1915), C. trispila Marseul, 1878, C. bisbilunulata (Pic, 1908), C. seabrai Pic, 1936.
Ceroctis cfr. seabrai Pic, 1936 (Fig. 3L)
Distribution. Angola and northern Namibia (new species record for this country).
Material examined. [Otjozondjupa] Omatako: Waterberg Plateau Park, 20.4167°S 17.3333°E (SMWN). Okakarara: Hereroland-West, 20.5167°S 17.4833°E (CB).
Remarks. Types of seabreai were examined at MHNH.
The description of C. seabrai agrees completely with the Namibian specimens. The deep examination of types of this Angolan species is necessary to resolve the identification of Namibian specimens. C. seabrai is phenetically similar to some central African taxa, particularly to C. subtrinotata (Pic, 1915), described from Tanzania but distributed also in Congo (Voka, CB), and could represent only a colour variation of this species.
description: Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1151722
Simulation-based performance prediction and operation optimisation of hydraulic excavators
Creators: name: Liu, Bowen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 401905
subject: Mining engineering
classificationCode: 400403
subject: Chemical engineering design

description: Excavators are essential machines in construction, used for digging and moving materials. This research focuses on improving excavation efficiency by simulating how the excavator’s bucket interacts with material stockpiles in various scenarios. By studying these interactions in a virtual environment, the research aims to enhance the excavator’s performance, optimise the bucket’s structure, militate wear and tear, and minimise the costs associated with real-world testing. The findings contribute to more efficient and sustainable construction practices.
A kinematic study of 0509-67.5, the second youngest supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and its astrophysical implications
Creators: name: Hovey, Luke
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Supernova remnants are the lasting interactions of shock waves that develop in the wake of supernovae. These remnants, especially those in our galaxy and our companion galaxies, allow us to study supernovae for thousands of years after the initial stellar explosions. Remnants that are formed from Ia supernovae, which are the explosions and complete annihilation of white dwarf stars, are of particular interest due to the explosions’ value as standard candles in cosmological studies. The shock waves in these young supernova remnants offer an unparalleled look into the physical processes that take place there, especially since these shocks are often simpler to study than shocks with strong radiative components that are present in remnants that are formed from the core-collapse supernovae of massive stars. I will detail the work of my kinematic study of the second youngest remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 0509−67.5, which has been confirmed to be the result of a Ia supernova. Chapter 2 details the proper motion measurements made on the forward shock of this remnant, which has led to many key results. I was able to use the results of  ii  the global shock speed in the remnant to measure the density of neutral hydrogen in the ambient medium into which these shocks expand. In addition, I use the measurements of the shock speed for select portions of the forward shock to search for signatures of efficient cosmic-ray acceleration. Hydrodynamic simulations are then employed to constrain the age and ambient medium density of 0509−67.5, as well as to place limits on the compression factor at the immediate location of the blast wave. Chapter 3 uses the proper motion results from chapter 2 to determine possible asymmetries in the expansion of the remnant for the eastern and western limbs. These measurements are then used as constraints in hydrodynamic simulations to assess the possible dynamical offset of the explosion site compared to the geometric center of 0509−67.5 that we observe today. I find a continuum of possible offsets, which are sensitive to assumptions that are made about the evolutionary history of the remnant, and use the uncertainties in these calculations to determine the area in which to search for a leftover progenitor companion star in the event that the explosion resulted from a single-degenerate system. The stars within this search area are explored with a multi-band photometric study, wherein we determine the mass ranges for these candidates. Chapter four concludes this thesis, recapping the main results from chapters 2 and 3, and highlights the future projects I will carry out that are motivated by my findings in this comprehensive study of the supernova remnant 0509−67.5.
Anti-inflammatory effect of resveratrol metabolite, δ-viniferin, on lipopolysaccharide-stimulated murine macrophage
Creators: name: Hsieh, Pei-Hsuan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Inflammation is a complicated physiological and pathological process in response to stimuli. In general, a controlled inflammatory response is a beneficial defense system, which provides protection against infection. However, it can become detrimental when the response is prolonged and dysregulated called chronic inflammation. Over the past several years, chronic inflammation has been recognized to be the root of various human diseases, including neurological disorders, metabolic disorders, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and cancers.          Resveratrol is a well-known natural antioxidative and anti-inflammatory compound from grapes. In the previous study, the antioxidative properties of resveratrol metabolites have been suggested to be more active than resveratrol. δ-Viniferin is a main resveratrol dehydrodimer metabolite and has been identified in grape cell cultures and wines. It possesses two resorcinol skeletons, which are determinants of radical scavenging and antioxidative potential. Hence, we researched in the anti-inflammatory effect of δ-viniferin. We prepared this compound in vitro by the oxidative dimerization of resveratrol with horseradish peroxidase in the presence of H2O2.           In this study, the cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory effects on LPS-stimulated murine macrophage were examined. According to the data, we found that δ-viniferin suppressed the levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and phosphorylated inhibitor κBα (p-IκBα) protein expressions, as well as the down-stream product, nitric oxide, in murine RAW 264.7 cells induced with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Moreover, the inhibitory effects of δ-viniferin on inflammation associated signaling pathways, such as the blockade of LPS-induced IκBα phosphorylation and degradation, the decrease of PI3K and Akt phosphorylation, and the reduction of LPS-induced transcriptional activity of NF-κB. According to the results, δ-viniferin might have potential to be developed into an effective anti-inflammatory agent.
Amyttosa mutillata Karsch 1890
Creators: name: Naskrecki, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Amyttosa
Amyttosa mutillata

description: Amyttosa mutillata (Karsch, 1890)
= Amytta angulata Chopard, 1945
= Amytta occidentalis Karsch, 1890 [partim] = Xiphidiopsis bubianus Bolivar, 1906
= Xiphidiopsis mitrata Bolivar, 1906 [partim]
This widespread species was recorded from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Fernando Poo), Democratic Republic of Congo, and possibly Uganda (“N. Ruvenzori Riv.”) (Beier 1965).
Material examined. CAMEROON: Southwest, Barombi Station (4°40'N, 9°23'E), coll. S. Preuss - 1 female (holotype) (ZMHB); Mont Etinde, elev. 1000–1500- 1500 m, 1939, coll. P. Lepesme, R. Paulian & A. Villiers - 1 male (holotype of Amytta angulata Chopard) (MNHN); EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Isla de Fernando Poo, Santa Isabel (3°37'N, 8°45'E), vii.1901, coll. Escalera - 1 male (lectotype of Xiphidiopsis bubianus Bolivar) (MNCN).
description: Published as part of Naskrecki, Piotr, 2008, New species of arboreal predatory katydids from West Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 1732 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181351
ANALISA HUKUM TERHADAP KASUS TINDAK PIDANA PEMALSUAN TANDA TANGAN YANG DI ATUR DALAM PASAL 263 KUHP SEBAGAI DASAR DITERBITKANNYA ALAS HAK KETERANGAN TANAH
Creators: name: NOVI ARI ANDRIAN
Publisher: name: Magister Hukum Unihaz
Year: 2025

description: Analisis hukum terhadap kasus tindak pidana pemalsuan tanda tangan yang diaturdalam Pasal 263 KUHP sebagai dasar diterbitkannya alas hak keterangan tanahmerupakan topik yang penting dalam konteks hukum agraria di Indonesia. Pasal263 KUHP mengatur mengenai sanksi pidana terhadap pembuatan danpenggunaan surat palsu yang dapat menimbulkan kerugian, terutama dalamkonteks kepemilikan tanah. Pemalsuan tanda tangan dalam proses penerbitansertipikat tanah dapat mengakibatkan konsekuensi hukum yang serius, sepertisengketa dan konflik pertanahan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisissecara mendalam aspek hukum terkait tindak pidana pemalsuan tanda tangandalam konteks kepemilikan tanah di Indonesia. Dengan mengacu pada Pasal 263KUHP, penelitian ini akan mengeksplorasi kriteria hukum yang digunakan untukmembuktikan alas hak atas tanah palsu atau tidak. Hasil dari penelitian inidiharapkan dapat memberikan pemahaman yang lebih baik mengenai implikasihukum dari tindak pidana pemalsuan tanda tangan dalam konteks pertanahan,serta memberikan kontribusi dalam pengembangan ilmu hukum agraria diIndonesia. 

Kata Kunci : Analisis hukum, Tindak pidana pemalsuan tanda tangan. Pasal 263KUHP, Alas hak, keterangan tanah, Konsekuensi hukum, Implikasi hukum
Characterization of three distinct arsenic resistant microorganisms isolated from the agricultural soils of Mekong Delta in Vietnam
Creators: name: Jain, Ishita
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Arsenic is a naturally occurring metalloid in the earth’s crust. Microbial processes play an evident and vital role in biogeochemical cycling of elements. Arsenic and its forms vary in toxicity and mobility, and its contamination can be a major problem for the living beings and the environment. The Mekong River delta region in Vietnam is a populated area and the fertile fields are used for cultivating rice, wheat and maize. Arsenic accumulation in the agricultural soils and groundwater leads to exposure by direct contact or by being absorbed and accumulated in the food crops. Microorganisms have developed the ability to either utilize arsenic species for metabolism or for bioconversion to reduce its lethality, which affects arsenic mobility, bioavailability in the environment. This study aims to isolate and identify microorganisms in these contaminated soil samples by enrichment culture technique, T-RFLP fingerprinting, genetic analysis through PCR amplification, and HPLC method to monitor arsenate reduction to arsenite. Three distinct arsenate reducing strains were isolated from the rice and maize soil samples and they belong to the genera Shewanella, Klebsiella and Enterobacter, respectively. Members of these genera are known to transform arsenic species. Arsenic methylation is being explored by researchers as the methylated forms can be absorbed by food crops, especially by the rice plants. Rice is a staple food crop and high arsenic concentrations in the grain will lead to exposure and bioaccumulation when ingested. The three arsentate-reducing bacterial strains isolated in this study may also possibly methylate arsenite, as methylated forms were detected through HPLC and the presence of the requisite genese by PCR experiments. This work contributes to the current knowledge of arsenic biotransformation by microorganisms, specifically in the Mekong River delta, and this information can then be useful in mitigating arsenic contamination.
Trichomyia xaniostylis Quate
Creators: name: Araújo, Maíra Xavier
name: Bravo, Freddy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Psychodidae
Trichomyia
Trichomyia xaniostylis

description: Trichomyia xaniostylis Quate
Trichomyia xaniostylis Quate, 1996: 9 –10, figs. 2h–m
Comments. Males of T. xaniostylis are recognized by gonostylus with a row of rod-like bristles at apex and elongated bristles in the lateral lateral margin; ejaculatory apodeme long, twice the length of gonostylus. The type specimens were not examined; however, the description and figures of Quate (1996) allowed for the identification of the specimens.
Material examined. Brazil, Roraima, Km 3, Sl. Do Anaua, 34. X.2003, 3 ♂, M. Rocha leg. (MZFS); Roraima, Km 4, S.J. Baliza, 30.IV.2005, 4 ♂, without name of colector (MZFS); Roraima, Km 4, São Luiz do Anauá, Faz. Zulmira, 4.II.2004, 1 ♂, M. Rocha (MZFS); Amazonas, Purupuru, Est. Nunes de Melo, Km 4, 24.XI.1998, 1 ♂, without name of colector (MZFS); Pará, Novo Repartimento, Vic. Bandeirante, Sítio Pedro Roqueta, 19.VIII.1998, 1 ♂, without name of colector (MZFS).
Distribution. Costa Rica. Brazil—Amazonas, Pará, Roraima (all new records).
description: Published as part of Araújo, Maíra Xavier & Bravo, Freddy, 2016, Description of fourty four new species, taxonomic notes and identification key to Neotropical Trichomyia Haliday in Curtis (Diptera: Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae), pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 4130 (1) on pages 72-73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4130.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262717
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Perfectly matched 20-nucleotide guide RNA sequences enable robust genome editing using high-fidelity SpCas9 nucleases
Creators: name: Dingbo Zhang
name: Huawei Zhang
name: Tingdong Li
name: Kunling Chen
name: Qiu, Jin-Long
name: Caixia Gao
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Complete DNA sequences of the sgRNA expression constructs. Figure S2. Comparison of the on-target activities of WT SpCas9 and its variants. Figure S3. The relative expression levels of the sgRNAs produced from two types of sgRNA constructs. Table S1. Target sequences and oligos used to construct sgRNA expression vectors. Table S2. Indel frequencies revealed by deep amplicon sequencing. Table S3. Oligos used to construct vectors of sgRNA with mismatches. Table S4. PCR primers used in this study. Table S5. Second round PCR primers with barcodes for deep amplicon sequencing. (PDF 766 kb)
Hycleus Latreille 1817
Creators: name: Bologna, Marco A.
name: Amore, Valentina
name: Pitzalis, Monica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Meloidae
Hycleus

description: Genus Hycleus Latreille, 1817
The value of the speciose genus Hycleus (about 450 species) was debated for a long time and it was recently supported by both morphological (see for a synthesis: Bologna 1991; Bologna & Pinto 2002) and molecular evidences (Bologna et al. 2005, 2008c; Pan et al. 2013; Salvi et al., in preparation). Three sections of the genus were described in the literature (Pardo Alcaide,1954, 1955), primarily based on the shape of the mesosternum: without (Mesogorbatus), or with a small (Mesotaeniatus) or wide (Mesoscutatus) modified fore area, usually named “mesosternal scutum”. These sections are greatly heterogeneous and were not considered as subgenera by Bologna & Pinto (2002) and Bologna & Turco (2007), who preferred consider them as phyletic macro-lineages. In particular, the distinction between the species having a wide (Mesoscutatus) or a narrow (Mesotaeniatus) modified fore area of mesosternum is very scarce.
Several well defined groups of species can be recognized inside each macro-lineage according to the shape of head and mandibles, that of male maxillae and palpomeres, the structure of antennomeres, pronotum and mesopleures, the number and position of penis hooks. Some Palaerctic and Afrotropical groups of species were defined and discussed by Pardo Alcaide (1954, 1955, 1958a, 1958b, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969), Bologna (1978, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1994), and Bologna & Turco (2007). We define here new Afrotropical groups of species.
Most African species of Hycleus have been described as Mylabris, Zonabris, Coryna, Decapotoma. In a preliminary checklist of the Namibian Meloidae, Bologna (2000a) defined several new combinations of Hycleus species and only new combinations are here provided.
description: Published as part of Bologna, Marco A., Amore, Valentina & Pitzalis, Monica, 2018, Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes, pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 4373 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1151722
Amyttosa brevipennis Beier 1967
Creators: name: Naskrecki, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Amyttosa
Amyttosa brevipennis

description: Amyttosa brevipennis Beier, 1967
Known only from the type locality in Côte d'Ivoire (Beier 1965).
Material examined. CÔTE D’IVOIRE: Toulepleu (6°34'N, 8°24'W), v.1964 - 1 male (holotype), 1 female (allotype) (MNHN).
description: Published as part of Naskrecki, Piotr, 2008, New species of arboreal predatory katydids from West Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 1732 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181351
Additional file 10: Table S1. of Deciphering the olfactory repertoire of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus
Creators: name: Lombardo, Fabrizio
name: Salvemini, Marco
name: Fiorillo, Carmine
name: Nolan, Tony
name: Zwiebel, Laurence
name: JosĂŠ Ribeiro
name: ArcĂ, Bruno
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Chemosensory proteins in the different samples and average TPM. (PDF 41 kb)
Metabolic and molecular factors associated with heat-induced leaf senescence in Agrostis (ssp.)
Creators: name: Jespersen, David
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Heat stress is a major abiotic stress affecting many plants world wide. Bentgrasses (Agrostis ssp.) are a genus which contains several cool-season perennial grass species which are used on high value turf areas such as golf course green. During summer months when temperatures are elevated bentgrasses frequently experience heat-induced leaf senescence characterized by alterations to metabolism and degradation of cellular constituents including membranes, pigments and proteins. Better understanding of physiological and molecular processes which affect heat-induced leaf senescence will aid in the developments of more heat tolerant bentgrasses. Research goals were to look at physiological, biochemical, molecular genetic difference during heat stress events play roles in delaying heat-induced senescence. This was accomplished in several studies which included a comparison in physiological responses of multiple cultivars exposed to heat stress; proteomic analysis of membrane proteins affected by heat stress as membranes are one of the first sites of heat damages; analysis of the effects of several compounds include cytokinin, an ethylene inhibitor, and nitrogen and how they delay heat-induced senescence and their effects on the plants proteome and metabolome; quantitative trait loci analysis to identify genetic regions associated with important heat tolerance traits; development of candidate gene markers associated with important metabolic functions related to heat-induced senescence and their association with physiological traits related to heat tolerance; investigation of chlorophyll biosynthesis and degradation pathways to help elucidate the cause of chlorophyll loss from leaves during heat-induced senescence. The integration of this information will not only expand our knowledge of heat-induced senescence in cool season turfgrasses but may be used for marker-assisted selection to develop improved cultivars with delayed stress-induced senescence and maintain plant health and growth during heat stress events.
THE ROLE OF ECONOMIC FACTORS IN PUBLIC DEBT DETERMINATION IN THE GAMBIA: ARDL BOUND COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS
Creators: name: Jean-Marie, Kouadio Tchuente
Publisher: name: keith journal
Year: 2025
Subjects: Cameroon, Financial reforms, Bank governance, Risk management, Institutional transformation

description: Cameroon, a member of the Community of Central African States (CEMAC), underwent significant financial reforms in the 1990s, prompted by the economic and banking crisis of the late 1980s and the pressures of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the structural adjustment program (SAP). These reforms aimed to create more efficient, resilient, and expansive financial systems, with proponents anticipating economic benefits through enhanced bank efficiency and effectiveness in resource mobilization and allocation. Key measures included governance enhancements, risk management improvements, and financial deregulation, alongside bank restructuring and capitalization strengthening to bolster banking soundness. As a result, the banking industry in Cameroon has witnessed substantial structural and institutional changes over the past decades, reshaping the governance landscape for banks operating within the country.

This paper examines the implications of financial reforms on the governance of banks in Cameroon, exploring the transformative effects of regulatory changes and institutional shifts on banking industry dynamics. Drawing on theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence, it analyzes the impact of reforms on bank governance structures, risk management practices, and overall operational efficiency. Through a comprehensive review of literature and case studies, it elucidates the challenges and opportunities arising from evolving governance frameworks, offering insights into the complexities of managing financial institutions in a changing regulatory environment. The findings contribute to the broader discourse on financial sector development and governance reforms in emerging economies, highlighting the importance of adaptive governance strategies in navigating regulatory changes and fostering sustainable banking practices.
Amyttosa nimbana Chopard 1954
Creators: name: Naskrecki, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Amyttosa
Amyttosa nimbana

description: Amyttosa nimbana (Chopard, 1954)
Reported from Guinea (Chopard 1954) and Côte d’Ivoire (Beier 1967).
Material examined. GUINEA: Guinee Forestiere, Mt. Nimba, Camp 4, elev. 1000 m, vi.1942, coll. M. Lamotte - 1 male (holotype) (MNHN).
description: Published as part of Naskrecki, Piotr, 2008, New species of arboreal predatory katydids from West Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 1732 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181351
Analysis of unsteady flows with vortex based method and N-S solver
Creators: name: Jujjavarapu, Pruthvi K.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Unsteady flows are very common in nature. Birds, insects, fish and other animals  predominantly rely on unsteady phenomena for locomotion. In the past century the  primary focus of aerodynamicists was on steady flows. Currently, there is a renewed  interest in unsteady flows due to their applications in MAV’s and energy extraction.  The purpose of this thesis is to investigate unsteady flows with a traditional N-S solver  and a new Vortex solver based on the Discreet Vortex Method(DVM). We found that  the vortex method is very suitable to simulate flapping flight, especially for parametric  studies before proceeding to a full fledged N-S solver. Our results show that the Vortex  method is an order of magnitude faster than a N–S solver.
Anepitacta Brunner
Creators: name: Naskrecki, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Anepitacta

description: Anepitacta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Type species: Anepitacta inconspicua Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: 178.
Members of this genus are characterized by a strong modification of the 10th abdominal tergite of the male. Gorochov (1993) divided this genus into two subgenera based on the type of this modification as well as the shape of the female subgenital plate. In the nominal subgenus Anepitacta Br. -Watt (9 species) the posterior margin of the male 10th tergite is divided into two distinct lobes, ranging from small and shallow ones (as in A. scrofina Beier, although this SE African species should probably be excluded from Anepitacta) to nearly complete division of the 10th tergite into two separate parts (as in A. bicaudata Beier); in some cases the 10th tergite is strongly bent caudally and overhangs the abdominal apex. The subgenital plate of the female is rounded or acute apically, but does not have sharp projections at the base. In the subgenus Teratacta Gorochov, 1993 (3 species) the male 10th tergite is not divided medially, but instead has two pairs of processes (a large, lobe-like median pair, and small lateral ones), which are fused with the epiproct. The female subgenital plate has three sharp projections on its posterior margin.
The coloration of Anepitacta spp. is less uniform than in most West African Meconematinae, and many species have distinct dark markings on the occiput, pronotum, and the basal portion of the tegmina. The antennal scape and the antennae also frequently have darker markings.
description: Published as part of Naskrecki, Piotr, 2008, New species of arboreal predatory katydids from West Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 1732 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181351