cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Towards an Efficient and Secure Ride-Hailing Service
Creators: name: Lei, Zengxiang
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 400512
subject: Transport engineering

description: Ride-hailing is the frontier of transportation innovations and has become an essential component of urban mobility. Addressing the efficiency of service operations and associated challenges has significant implications for the future of transportation systems. In this dissertation, we develop a series of approaches and tools to enhance the efficiency of ride-hailing systems, validate operational controls, and assess the associated risks. Through extensive numerical experiments, we demonstrate the efficacy of our methods.In Chapter 2 to 4, we develop three complementary operational algorithms aimed at improving ride-hailing services' efficiency: Chapter 2 focuses on proactive vehicle repositioning using a supervised learning model to recommend optimal pickup locations for vacant vehicles. The numerical experiments suggest this strategy can reduce empty vehicle mileage and also balance driver income/utilization.Chapter 3 presents a hub-based ride-sharing algorithm that features an efficient data structure for querying feasible vehicle schedules and employs model predictive control to account for future demand and supply uncertainties. This approach significantly outperforms baselines that do not account for future supply and demand or rely on point-wise predictions.Chapter 4 addresses dynamic pricing in ride-hailing systems. We contribute to a rigorous definition of the problem and a reinforcement learning-based method to generate deterministic pricing policies. The numerical results suggest our approach can achieve near-optimal performance in promoting service income by effectively reducing empty vehicle mileage.Chapter 5 introduces METS-R SIM, an agent-based simulator that combines detailed microscopic traffic simulation models with dynamic demand-supply matching. We validate METS-R SIM against actual ride-hailing data, demonstrating its ability to accurately reproduce travel time and distance profiles and provide valuable insights for improving supply design and control strategies.Finally, Chapter 6 explores the security challenges in autonomous mobility-on-demand (AMoD) systems. We develop a threat model to assess risks in the passenger-vehicle matching mechanism. Our experiments reveal that optimization-based attacks can significantly degrade service quality and increase traffic congestion, highlighting the need for extensive security analyses in autonomous ride-hailing operations.Together, these contribute to a complete framework for improving ride-hailing systems with advanced operational algorithms, high-fidelity validation, and comprehensive risk assessments, paving the path toward a more efficient and secure ride-hailing service.
Limnophora spinifera Stein 1914
Creators: name: Couri, Márcia
name: Pont, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Limnophora
Limnophora spinifera

description: Limnophora spinifera Stein, 1914: 122.
(Figs 104–107)
Syntypes not seen and apparently lost (Pont 2013: 110).
Diagnosis. Scutum uniformly dark brown; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; mid femur with 2 preapical setae; mid tibia with 1 posterior and 1 anterodorsal setae; lower katepisternal seta more or less equidistant from the other two; costal spine long and strong; sternite 5 as in Fig. 104.
Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 105–106. Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 107.
Notes. There is a long series from Kenya in the BMNH. The species can be easily recognized by the unusually long and strong costal spine. One male from Kenya dissected and illustrated.
description: Published as part of Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, pp. 501-536 in Zootaxa 4216 (6) on page 530, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.242395
Additional file 2: of A mixed-methods feasibility and external pilot study to inform a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effects of surgical wound dressing strategies on surgical site infections (Bluebelle Phase B): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Reeves, Barnaby
name: Andronis, Lazaros
name: Blazeby, Jane
name: Blencowe, Natalie
name: Calvert, Melanie
name: Coast, Joanna
name: Draycott, Tim
name: Donovan, Jenny
name: Gooberman-Hill, Rachael
name: Longman, Robert
name: Magill, Laura
name: Mathers, Jonathan
name: Pinkney, Thomas
name: Rogers, Chris
name: Rooshenas, Leila
name: Torrance, Andrew
name: Welton, Nicky
name: Woodward, Mark
name: Ashton, Kate
name: Bera, Katarzyna
name: Clayton, Gemma
name: Culliford, Lucy
name: Dumville, Jo
name: Elliott, Daisy
name: Ellis, Lucy
name: Gould-Brown, Hannah
name: Macefield, Rhiannon
name: McMullan, Christel
name: Pope, Caroline
name: Siassakos, Dimitrios
name: Strong, Sean
name: Talbot, Helen
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Participant Information Leaflet. (PDF 273 kb)
Dasypus Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: James H. Honacki
name: Kenneth E. Kinman
name: James W. Koeppl
Publisher: name: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Edentata
Dasypodidae
Dasypus

description: Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:50.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Wetzel and Mondolfi, 1979, in Eisenberg, J.F. (ed.), Vertebrate ecology in the northern Neotropics, Smithson. Inst. Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 43-63.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301407003005000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, pp. 52-57 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352995
Sertularella Gray 1848
Creators: name: Soto, Joan J.
name: Peña, Álvaro L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Leptothecata
Sertulariidae
Sertularella

description: Sertularella sp.
(Fig. 10k)
Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-5, one stem, c. 12 mm high.
Remarks. The material examined does not agree with any other representatives of the genus previously reported from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters (Galea et al. 2017). It shares with the material described as Sertularella sp. by Peña Cantero (2008) the size of the hydrotheca, but differs in the shape and length of free part of the adcauline wall. By the shape and great size of the hydrotheca, the material examined closely resembles to Sertularella gayi (Lamouroux, 1821), previously known from South Africa (Ritchie 1909) and the Patagonian region (Blanco 1982 and literature cited), and Sertularella blanconae El Beshbeeshy, 2011, known from the Patagonian region (El Beshbeeshy 2011). However, the scarcity of the available material and the lack of gonosome prevent us for providing a proper identification.
Ecology and distribution. Material examined comes from a depth of 177 m. Species previously unknown from Antarctic waters.
description: Published as part of Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4570 (1) on pages 43-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2608527
Limnophora stragula Seguy 1950
Creators: name: Couri, Márcia
name: Pont, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Limnophora
Limnophora stragula

description: Limnophora stragula (Séguy, 1950: 280).
(Figs 108–111)
Holotype male seen (in MNHNP); holotype male of Limnophora leptopus Emden 1951: 316 (junior synonym of L. stragula) seen (BMNH); mid and hind legs missing.
Diagnosis. Medium sized species (5.0 mm); general colour brown with grey pollinosity, scutum brown, a little shining; postpronotum, notopleuron, area before scutellum, base of scutellum and all pleura grey pollinose; frons brown; fronto-orbital plate, face and parafacial grey pollinose in certain lights; antenna, arista and palpus brown; haltere yellow; legs brown, coxae with grey pollinosity; frons of male narrower than in female; 2 pairs of orbital setae, directed backwards and outwards; frontal triangle long, reaching lunule; arista with short hairs; acrostichal setulae in 4 irregular rows; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; scutellum with long basal and apical pairs of setae and many setulae on disc; lower katepisternal absent; lower calypter about twice the length of the upper one; fore tibia without a submedian seta; first fore tarsomere long in male; mid femur with 2 posterior preapical setae; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae; sternite 1 setulose; sternite 5 as in Fig. 108.
Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 109–110. Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 111. Notes. One male from Madagascar dissected and illustrated.
description: Published as part of Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, pp. 501-536 in Zootaxa 4216 (6) on pages 530-531, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.242395
A population in the dark
Creators: name: Morales, Amanda Nicole
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: With incarceration rates steadily increasing in the United States, more and more youth are experiencing the impact of familial incarceration. Unfortunately, most of the research conducted on the effects of incarceration on youth centers on the incarceration of a parent, and seldom is the incarceration of other family members taken into account. This narrow focus fails to capture the entire essence of this population of youth. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to begin to gain a better understanding of this population of children and adolescents so that we, as psychologists and other mental health providers will be more knowledgeable and effective in our interventions. This exploratory study examined the experiences of young adults (ages 18-30), who had encountered the incarceration of a family member during their childhood or adolescence. A qualitative analysis of 10 interviews was completed, utilizing a grounded theory approach. During the interviews, participants described the impact of the incarceration on their family, academic, and social life. Furthermore, participants identified various coping mechanisms and supports that they utilized in order to persevere through this difficult time in their lives. Lastly, participants described various resources they felt would have benefited them, and provided advice for youth whose family members are currently incarcerated. Results from this study indicated various themes related to youth’s experiences, including the importance of extended family members (especially for youth of families of color), parentification of the youth, sense of loss, stigma, and impact on academic achievement. The current study also uncovered themes about how participants coped with the incarceration of a family member, including coping strategies that were utilized, opportunities that were not available at the time, and resources that were helpful and unhelpful for them in the coping process. Implications for future research, mental health providers, program development, policy, schools, families, and youth were also discussed.
The preschool behavior screening system:
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Jennifer C.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Hispanic-American youth have been identified as a high-risk group for developing behavioral and emotional difficulties. Currently, there exist few behavioral and emotional screening measures targeting young children, with even fewer accessible to the Spanish speaking populations in the U.S. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the Preschool Behavior Screening System (PBSS) in Spanish was able to reliably provide data leading to valid inferences regarding the behaviors and emotions of preschool children. The Preschool Behavior Screening System, Parent Spanish Form (PBSS-PSF) is a two-phase screening tool used for identifying preschool children who may be at-risk for developing emotional and behavioral difficulties. The first phase of the measure includes two nomination rubrics measuring internalizing and externalizing behaviors. The second phase is a 59-item rating scale, yielding three composite scores and one total score. Following a rigorous translation process of the English version of the measure, the PBSS-PSF was field tested on 49 Spanish-speaking parents of preschool age children from four schools in New Jersey. Analyses were used to assess the relationships between PBSS-PSF Phase 1 (PBSS-PSF P1) and PBSS-PSF Phase 2 (PBSS-PSF P2), as well as prediction to a published screening measure, the BASC-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS), Spanish Parent form. Results indicated that the PBSS-PSF P1 nomination rubrics worked well together in identifying at-risk children. PBSS-PSF P1 was found to be a highly sensitive, but not very specific tool when predicting PBSS-PSF P2 and the BASC-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System, Spanish (BESS, Spanish Parent). However, PBSS-PSF P1 did not work as effectively as was expected with PBSS-PSF P2 in identifying those individuals who may be at-risk. This was due to significant difficulties parents experienced in completing the PBSS-PSF P1 nomination rubrics. Reliability coefficients for the PBSS, Spanish Parent PBSS-PSF P2 scales were found to be in the moderate, high, and excellent ranges. PBSS, Spanish PBSS-PSF P2 also yielded acceptable correlations among the Internalizing Symptoms Scale, Externalizing Symptoms Scale, Prosocial Behavior Scale, and Total Score Scale and with the BESS, Spanish Parent form. Future studies will address the observed difficulties parents experienced in completing the PBSS-PSF P1 nomination rubrics and determine the generalizability and validity of these results with different Spanish-speaking populations.
Self-efficacy and its relation to skills coaching in the context of dialectical behavior therapy augmented with a mobile phone app
Creators: name: Roman, Kristen Michelle
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Background: Change in self-efficacy is a frequent mediator of positive outcomes in studies of cognitive behavioral therapy. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral therapy designed to increase self-efficacy beliefs by teaching patients a set of behavioral skills; however, no prior studies have looked at change in self-efficacy during DBT. Mobile app technology is a promising way to enhance self-efficacy beliefs by increasing skills acquisition and practice. Aims: The present study explores 1) changes in self-efficacy during six months of DBT treatment augmented with a mobile app (the “DBT Coach”) and, 2) differences in self-efficacy when using skills coaching with the therapist versus the DBT Coach. Method: Four adults with borderline personality disorder and a history of suicidal behavior received comprehensive DBT treatment and the DBT Coach. Every three months, participants completed a measure to assess general self-efficacy. They also completed daily ratings of skills effectiveness. Average and modal ratings of skills effectiveness on days using the types of skills coaching were calculated for each participant. Results: All participants began treatment with low levels of self-efficacy and saw at least some positive change over the course of treatment. One participant rated skills effectiveness as higher when using some type of skills coaching than no coaching, and two reported the opposite pattern. The final participant reported the lowest skills effectiveness on days using the DBT Coach, followed by days using no coaching and days using phone coaching. Participants were divided on which type of skills coaching was associated with higher skills effectiveness ratings. Conclusions: This study provides preliminary support for the assumption that DBT enhances self-efficacy beliefs and suggests potential benefits of augmenting standard psychotherapy with skills-based mobile app technology. One potential benefit of using mobile apps in the context of psychotherapy may be increased self-efficacy beliefs in patients.
Limnophora stuckenbergi Zielke 1971
Creators: name: Couri, Márcia
name: Pont, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Limnophora
Limnophora stuckenbergi

description: Limnophora stuckenbergi Zielke, 1971c: 71.
Holotype male in NMSA (not seen).
Diagnosis. Arista with very short hairs; dorsocentrals 2+3; katepisternals 1+2; fore tibia with a posterior median seta; mid femur with 2 preapical setae, one posterior and one posterodorsal; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae; costal spine not distinct; sternite 1 bare.
Notes. Like L. transvaalensis Zielke, 1970, this runs to couplet 28 of Emden’s (1951) key (no costal spine but very short-haired arista). Zielke does not compare L. stuckenbergi with L. transvaalensis although both run to the same key couplet. Their differences can be summarised as follows:
L. stuckenbergi: scutum dark brown, subshining, grey laterally; a presutural grey band, between second dorsocentral and suture; a postsutural grey band before scutellum; scutellum grey at tip.
L. transvaalensis: scutum grey dusted dorsally; presutural area with a brown vitta behind; postsutural area with a median brown spot between the dorsocentrals, reaching to second postsutural dorsocentral, and after that with a weak median vitta; scutellum wholly brown.
description: Published as part of Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, pp. 501-536 in Zootaxa 4216 (6) on page 531, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.242395
Additional file 23: of Gapless genome assembly of Colletotrichum higginsianum reveals chromosome structure and association of transposable elements with secondary metabolite gene clusters
Creators: name: Jean-FĂŠlix Dallery
name: Lapalu, Nicolas
name: Zampounis, Antonios
name: PignĂŠ, Sandrine
name: Luyten, Isabelle
name: JoĂŤlle Amselem
name: Wittenberg, Alexander
name: Shiguo Zhou
name: Queiroz, Marisa De
name: Robin, Guillaume
name: Auger, Annie
name: Hainaut, Matthieu
name: Henrissat, Bernard
name: Kim, Ki-Tae
name: Lee, Yong-Hwan
name: Lespinet, Olivier
name: Schwartz, David
name: Thon, Michael
name: OâConnell, Richard
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Results of permutation tests for the association of transposon families with secondary metabolism and effector genes. (PDF 363 kb)
Aglaophenia baggins Soto Angel & Pena Cantero 2017
Creators: name: Soto, Joan J.
name: Peña, Álvaro L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Leptothecata
Campanulariidae
Aglaophenia
Aglaophenia baggins

description: Aglaophenia baggins Soto Àngel & Peña Cantero, 2017
(Fig. 15a)
Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-33, one cormoid, c. 42 mm high, with corbulae; 48-34, three cormoids, up to 45 mm high, with corbulae.
Remarks. Recently described species, whose finding constituted the first evidence of the genus for any polar region and the first report of the family from Antarctic waters (see Soto Àngel & Peña Cantero 2017b).
Ecology and distribution. Reported at depths from 62 to 116 m. Only known for now from the Cape Norvegia region, in the Weddell Sea.
description: Published as part of Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4570 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2608527
A qualitative study examining the integration of short-term dynamic therapy and the aversion/attachment model of client suffering
Creators: name: Samlin, Jason Marc
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: While there are a number of cognitive-behavioral treatments that incorporate Buddhist concepts such as mindfulness and acceptance, little research has been done examining the integration of Buddhist psychology and short-term dynamic psychotherapy.  In order to attempt to fill this gap in research, the purpose of this study is to determine how concepts of Buddhist psychology and philosophy, adapted through the Aversion/Attachment Model of Client Suffering (A/AMCS), could be integrated into an existing form of modern relational short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy (TLDP).  Through the applied integration of these two treatment models in two cases, “Beth” and “Amy,” this study explores the theoretical and technical integration of TLDP and the A/AMCS.  It is hypothesized that the type of integration that takes place between the A/AMCS and TLDP will be assimilative in nature, with TLDP acting as the “home theory” into which the A/AMCS is integrated.  The A/AMCS was incorporated into case formulation through the expansion of TLDP’s case formulation method, and was integrated into treatment through the utilization of formal mindfulness meditation practices, implemented by conducting eight half-hour pre-session practices with each client during the course of treatment, as well as the incorporation of acceptance practices and skillful means into therapy sessions.  Following the Pragmatic Case Study Method (Fishman, 1999), Beth and Amy’s cases are examined both quantitatively and qualitatively.  This study concludes with a discussion of how future research could examine the integration of Buddhist psychology and short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Dasypus hybridus
Creators: name: James H. Honacki
name: Kenneth E. Kinman
name: James W. Koeppl
Publisher: name: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Edentata
Dasypodidae
Dasypus
Dasypus hybridus

description: Dasypus hybridus (Desmarest, 1804). Tabl. Meth. Mamm., 24:28.
TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay, Depto. Misiones, San Ignacio.
DISTRIBUTION: Rio Grande do Sul (S. Brazil); Uruguay; Paraguay; south in Argentina to Mendoza and Rio Negro.
COMMENT: Partially includes mazzai Yepes (a composite); see Wetzel and Mondolfi, 1979:52- 53.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301407003005001001 as D. hybridus.
5301407003005003001 as D. mazzai.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, pp. 52-57 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352995
Additional file 2: of A mixed-methods feasibility and external pilot study to inform a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effects of surgical wound dressing strategies on surgical site infections (Bluebelle Phase B): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Reeves, Barnaby
name: Andronis, Lazaros
name: Blazeby, Jane
name: Blencowe, Natalie
name: Calvert, Melanie
name: Coast, Joanna
name: Draycott, Tim
name: Donovan, Jenny
name: Gooberman-Hill, Rachael
name: Longman, Robert
name: Magill, Laura
name: Mathers, Jonathan
name: Pinkney, Thomas
name: Rogers, Chris
name: Rooshenas, Leila
name: Torrance, Andrew
name: Welton, Nicky
name: Woodward, Mark
name: Ashton, Kate
name: Bera, Katarzyna
name: Clayton, Gemma
name: Culliford, Lucy
name: Dumville, Jo
name: Elliott, Daisy
name: Ellis, Lucy
name: Gould-Brown, Hannah
name: Macefield, Rhiannon
name: McMullan, Christel
name: Pope, Caroline
name: Siassakos, Dimitrios
name: Strong, Sean
name: Talbot, Helen
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Participant Information Leaflet. (PDF 273 kb)
Limnophora subobsignata Emden 1951
Creators: name: Couri, Márcia
name: Pont, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Limnophora
Limnophora subobsignata

description: Limnophora subobsignata Emden, 1951: 398.
Holotype male seen; in good condition.
Diagnosis. Body length 5–6 mm; general colour brown with grey pollinosity, scutum presuturally with two large brown spots, postsuturally with a large dark brown transverse band; scutellum with a large dark brown transverse band; postpronotum, notopleuron, and all pleura grey pollinose; frons dark brown; fronto-orbital plate, face and parafacial silver pollinose in certain lights; antenna, arista and palpus brown; haltere pale yellow; legs brown, coxae with grey pollinosity; frons of male narrower than in female; 2 pairs of orbital setae, directed backwards and outwards; frontal triangle short; arista with short hairs; acrostichal setulae in 4 irregular rows; postsutural dorsocentrals 4, the two first pairs long, only a little shorter than the third pair; lower katepisternal seta inserted closer to the posterior one; lower calypter about twice the length of the upper one; fore tibia without a submedian seta; mid femur with 2 posterior preapical setae; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae; sternite 1 bare.
Notes. Known only from the male holotype.
description: Published as part of Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, pp. 501-536 in Zootaxa 4216 (6) on page 531, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.242395
The effects of speech output technology on skill acquisition in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Creators: name: Torres-Viso, Mariana
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Previous research on the use of voice output communication aids (VOCAs) has found a number of positive effects on the behavior of both the VOCA user and their communicative partners. Among these outcomes, studies have found that incorporating speech output into language learning tasks may result in faster and more efficient learning for adults with disabilities (e.g., Kohl & Schlosser, 2005; Schlosser et al, 1998). However, these studies have been conducted with adult participants, thus the effects of VOCA on the learning of graphic symbols in children are still unknown. Furthermore, the relationship between speech output and skill acquisition has not yet been evaluated for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The present study aimed to assess whether previous findings on the effects of VOCA on learning could extend to school-aged children with ASD. This study employed a single-case, multielement design with multiple baseline probes to evaluate differences in teaching with speech output (SO condition) versus no speech output (NSO condition) across three sets of stimuli for Alan, a 12-year-old male with ASD. Results showed that higher rates of correct responding and lower rates of errors for targets were obtained in the SO condition. Furthermore, Alan met mastery criteria with SO targets in approximately half the number of sessions required for mastery of NSO targets across tiers, indicating higher efficiency in the SO sessions. Findings from this investigation thus provide strong preliminary evidence for the benefits of speech output in skill acquisition for children with ASD, both in terms of student accuracy and session efficiency.
Schizotricha glacialis
Creators: name: Soto, Joan J.
name: Peña, Álvaro L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Leptothecata
Halopterididae
Schizotricha
Schizotricha glacialis

description: Schizotricha glacialis (Hickson & Gravely, 1907)
(Fig. 15 b–c)
Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-353, one colony, c. 90 mm high, with gonothecae.
Ecology and distribution. Rare species, only reported twice: from its type locality in the Ross Sea at a depth of 180 m (Hickson & Gravely 1907, as Plumularia glacialis), and from the eastern part of the Weddell Sea, at a depth of 620–640 m (Peña Cantero et al. 1996); present material collected at 129– 132 m. Probably a circum- Antarctic species. Present finding constitutes the third record of the species and the first evidence from the South Shetland Islands.
description: Published as part of Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4570 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2608527
An alternate assessment for students with multiple disabilities
Creators: name: Zahra, Lindsey
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Federal legislation requiring the inclusion of students with disabilities (SWDs) in standardized testing and annual accountability reports has increased the need for developmentally appropriate and psychometrically sound alternate assessments that are reflective of the state’s curricular standards.  Few validated measures exist that adequately address the unique needs of this population and integrate evaluation of academic achievement and functional behavior, the latter having been deemed paramount for SWDs.  The P.G. Chambers Outcomes Measurement Tool (PGS-OMT) assesses various areas of functioning of students with severe, multiple disabilities to glean a more representative depiction of their capabilities.  The main goal of this study was to gather evidence to establish the reliability and validity of conclusions drawn from the scores of this rating scale.  The PGS-OMT measures student outcomes and progress and includes assessment of skills in the following areas: Communication, Social, Personal Care, Physical Navigation, Academics, and Functional.  The PGS-OMT was used to assess 117 students enrolled in an out-of-district placement in New Jersey.  The PGS-OMT was found to be reliable with excellent internal consistency.  Internal structure validity evidence was obtained via factor analyses and correlations between PGS-OMT domains.  Results indicated a three-factor structure, further supported by the pattern of intercorrelations of PGS-OMT domains.  The PGS-OMT shared substantial variance with an established measure of adaptive behavior.  Although no significant differences were found between mean scores of advantaged and disadvantaged ethnic groups for two of the three factor domains, further investigation is required to assess instrument bias due to ethnic heterogeneity in the disadvantaged group.  Teacher perceptions of the PGS-OMT were favorable and Evaluation Survey results supported the tool’s utility.
Schizotricha nana Pena Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort 1996
Creators: name: Soto, Joan J.
name: Peña, Álvaro L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Leptothecata
Halopterididae
Schizotricha
Schizotricha nana

description: Schizotricha nana Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1996
(Fig. 15 d–f)
Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-50, several stems, up to 270 mm high, on gravel, with developing gonothecae; 48-194, several stems, up to 160 mm high, on gravel, with developing gonothecae; 48-220, several stems, up to 210 mm high, on gravel, with developing gonothecae; 48-222, few stems, up to 100 mm high, with developing gonothecae; 48-223, several stems, up to 130 mm high, with gonothecae; 48-276, several stems, up to 320 mm high, with gonothecae; ANT XVII/3: 111-9, few stems, up to 125 mm high, with gonothecae; 111-18, few stems, up to 90 mm high, with gonothecae; ANT XXI/2: PS65/39, several stems, up to 200 mm high, with gonothecae; PS65/ 121, several stems, up to 280 mm high, with gonothecae; PS65/237, few stems, up to 140 mm high, on gravel, with gonothecae; PS65/280, few stems, up to 80 mm high, with gonothecae; PS65/281, few stems, up to 85 mm high; PS65/336, few stems, up to 90 mm high.
Ecology and distribution. Species collected at depths between 43 (Stepanjants 1972, as Schizotricha turqueti)
and 1890 m (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2005); present material from 62 to 417 m. Circum-Antarctic species (Peña Cantero et al. 1996).
description: Published as part of Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4570 (1) on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2608527
Feasibility and acceptability of web-based coaching in dialectical behavior therapy for youth school refusal
Creators: name: Zendegui, Elaina Ashmead
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: School refusal (SR) affects a substantial proportion of youth and is associated with a number of negative outcomes if left untreated. Research on treatments for SR suggests existing treatments are relatively effective, but there are a number of ways in which the efficacy of such treatments could be enhanced. Videoconferencing technology may enhance SR treatment while minimizing the additional burden on families seeking treatment. In a novel adaptation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for youth with SR, videoconferencing was used to provide Web-Based Coaching (WBC) on school mornings. Establishing the feasibility and acceptability of WBC is an important step in the development of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Youth School Refusal (DBT-SR). The focus of the current study was assessing the feasibility and acceptability of WBC as used in an open trial of DBT-SR. Therapists, youth, and parents completed questionnaires throughout treatment about the feasibility (e.g., ease of set up) and acceptability (e.g., utility, privacy concerns) of WBC. To assess the therapeutic functions WBC may serve, participants responded to open-ended questions inquiring about the ways WBC was helpful. Results showed that parents and therapists gave generally high ratings of feasibility and acceptability, demonstrating that WBC can be feasibly and acceptably implemented. Responses suggest that WBC may help families generalize therapy skills, help youth regulate sleep or routines, allow therapists to give real-time support, and give therapists ecologically valid assessment. Youth gave lower responses, and possible reasons for this are discussed. Recommendations are provided for future development of WBC. Future studies must examine WBC with a larger sample, use community clinicians, and incorporate objective data.
Dasypus kappleri Krauss 1862
Creators: name: James H. Honacki
name: Kenneth E. Kinman
name: James W. Koeppl
Publisher: name: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Edentata
Dasypodidae
Dasypus
Dasypus kappleri

description: Dasypus kappleri Krauss, 1862. Arch. Naturgesch., 28(1):20.
TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam, Marowijne River.
DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, east of Andes; Venezuela, south of Rio Orinoco; Guianas, south through the Amazon Basin of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Wetzel and Mondolfi, 1979:56.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301407003005002001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, pp. 52-57 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352995
Prevalence of asthma among minority population children aged 0-17 years in the United States
Creators: name: AlAlwan, Jalal
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: BACKGROUND: “Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways....In  susceptible individuals; this inflammation causes recurrent episodes of wheezing,  breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing, particularly at night or in the early  morning. These episodes are usually associated with widespread but variable airflow  obstruction that is often reversible either spontaneously or with treatment. The  inflammation also causes an associated increase in the existing bronchial hyper  responsiveness to a variety of stimuli”  PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: This study will evaluate the impact of demographic and  clinical predictors on the prevalence of childhood asthma among minority children aged  0-17 in United States.  METHODS: For this research, data from the 2011-2012 survey will be employed to  conduct the required statistical tests using SAS SOFTWARE to answer the addressed  research questions. A total of 95,677 NSCH interviews were completed nationally by  parents/caregivers of children and youth approximately 1,876 in each state and the  District of Columbia, ranging from 1,811 in South Dakota to 2,200 in Texas. The Statistical analysis will begin with an estimation of the national prevalence of asthma  among children aged 0-17 years and living in the United States. Characteristics of the  sample population will then be compared with the general population to assess if there  are differences or validate how the sample population represents the general population.  The characteristics in Table 41 will show how levels asthma and severe asthma are  distributed among children by their age, gender, race/ethnicity, SES, clinical predictors  and insurance status.  RESULTS: Results have shown that being from low SES and minority race/ethnicity  group (Hispanic, Non-Hispanic Black, and multi R racial/other Non-Hispanic) will  increase the asthma and severe asthma rates among children living in the US.  DISCUSSION: Conducting a new study on a national scale to display the differences in  childhood asthma prevalence among minority population living in United States is  valuable for measuring the prevalence of this chronic disease and the discrepancy burden  among US children; and for developing intervention programs for minority population  living in US. This study will also find what is still confounding and unknown about  childhood asthma and recommend areas for further research.
Schizotricha unifurcata Allman 1883
Creators: name: Soto, Joan J.
name: Peña, Álvaro L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Leptothecata
Halopterididae
Schizotricha
Schizotricha unifurcata

description: Schizotricha unifurcata Allman, 1883
(Fig. 15 g–j)
Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-5, one stem, c. 30 mm high; 48-33, few stems, up to 80 mm high, with developing gonothecae; 48-63, one stem, c. 75 mm high; 48-197, few stems, up to 50 mm high; 48-220, few stems, up to 60 mm high, with developing gonothecae; 48-276, several stems, up to 80 mm high, with gonothecae; ANT XVII/3: 111-9, one stem, c. 30 mm high; 111-19, several stems, up to 330 mm high, some on sponge, with gonothecae; ANT XXI/2: PS65/121, several stems, up to 100 mm high, with gonothecae; PS65/132, few stems, up to 95 mm high; PS65/274, few stems, up to 80 mm high.
Remarks. Some specimens differ from the re-description of the species provided by Peña Cantero et al. (1996) and the diagnoses of the species by Peña Cantero & Vervoort (2005). The materials from the stations ANT XV/ 3 48-5, 48-63, 48-220, ANT XXI/2 PS65/121, PS65/132 are unbranched, unlike our current knowledge of the species (see Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2005). However, according to the drawings provided by Allman (1883), the branching takes place in the very basal region of the colony. The fragmented condition of the material examined here could be masking this character. In the specimens mentioned above, there is a single nematotheca in the basal ahydrothecate internodes following hydrocladial apophyses (Fig. 15h) (but two in the basal ahydrothecate internodes following caulinar apophyses), unlike previous descriptions of the species, which reported two nematothecae in basal ahydrothecate internodes. No differences in number of nematothecae among basal ahydrothecate internodes according to location were mentioned by previous authors. Additionally, some hydrocladial internodes are provided with two consecutive hydrothecae (Fig. 15j), while a single one has been mentioned by previous contributions (e.g. Peña Cantero et al. 1996). This character variation has also been reported for Schizotricha turqueti Billard, 1906 (see Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2005). We have considered these observations as minor variations, and we assign all the material examined to Sc. unifurcata with confidence.
Ecology and distribution. Previously reported at depths from 15 (Millard 1977) to 567 m (Stechow 1925); present material between 62 to 417 m. Antarctic-Kerguélen distribution (Peña Cantero 1998).
description: Published as part of Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4570 (1) on pages 45-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2608527
Additional file 5: Table S5. of Exosomes isolated from cancer patientsâ   sera transfer malignant traits and confer the same phenotype of primary tumors to oncosuppressor-mutated cells
Creators: name: Abdouh, Mohamed
name: Hamam, Dana
name: Zu-Hua Gao
name: Arena, Vincenzo
name: Arena, Manuel
name: Arena, Goffredo
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: MS data from the exosomes as visualized on Scaffold Q+. (PDF 1267 kb)
Limnophora tetragramma Emden 1951
Creators: name: Couri, Márcia
name: Pont, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Limnophora
Limnophora tetragramma

description: Limnophora tetragramma Emden, 1951: 394.
Holotype male seen; abdomen glued to a slip of card and pinned with the specimen.
Diagnosis. Medium-sized species (3.7 mm); general colour brown; scutum and scutellum a little shining; postpronotum, notopleuron, area before scutellum and base of scutellum grey pollinose; scutum with three brown presutural vittae and a broad brown transverse band behind suture; all pleura with grey pollinosity; frons brown; fronto-orbital plate, face and parafacial silver pollinose; antenna, arista and palpus brown; haltere brown; legs light brown, coxae with some grey pollinosity, stronger on fore coxa; 1 pair of orbital setae, directed backwards and outwards; frontal triangle short; arista with short hairs; acrostichal setulae in 3–4 rows; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; scutellum with long basal and apical pairs of setae; lower katepisternal short and inserted closer to the long posterior one; lower calypter about twice the length of the upper one; both calypters with margin and fringe yellowish; fore tibia enlarged and flattened apicad and without a submedian seta; mid femur with 1 posterior preapical seta; mid tibia with 1 posterior seta; sternite 1 bare.
Notes. Known only from the male holotype.
description: Published as part of Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, pp. 501-536 in Zootaxa 4216 (6) on page 531, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.242395
Oswaldella delicata Pena Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort 1997
Creators: name: Soto, Joan J.
name: Peña, Álvaro L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Leptothecata
Kirchenpaueriidae
Oswaldella
Oswaldella delicata

description: Oswaldella delicata Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997
(Fig. 16 k–l)
Material examined. ANT XXI/2: PS65/278, one stem, c. 10 mm high, on H. arboreum.
Ecology and distribution. Previously found at depths between 126 (Peña Cantero 2008) and 440 m (Peña Cantero et al. 1997a); present material at 119– 120 m. West Antarctic distribution (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004).
description: Published as part of Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4570 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2608527
Limnophora thomasseti Emden 1951
Creators: name: Couri, Márcia
name: Pont, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Limnophora
Limnophora thomasseti

description: Limnophora thomasseti Emden, 1951: 422.
Holotype male seen; in good condition.
Diagnosis. Body length, male: 3.7 mm; female: 4.5–5.0 mm; male holoptic; general colour dark brown; postpronotum, notopleuron, a round area before scutellar suture and apex of scutellum grey pollinose; frons, fronto-orbital plate, face, parafacial and gena dark brown; antenna, arista and palpus dark brown; haltere yellow; legs brown; frontal triangle short; arista plumose; acrostichal setulae in 4–5 rows; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; scutellum with long basal and apical pairs of setae; lower katepisternal inserted closer to the long posterior one; lower calypter about twice the length of the upper one; fore tibia without a submedian seta; mid femur with 2 preapical posterior setae; mid tibia with 1 posterior seta; sternite 1 bare.
Notes. Paratype male a little damaged and not dissected.
description: Published as part of Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, pp. 501-536 in Zootaxa 4216 (6) on page 533, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.242395
Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: James H. Honacki
name: Kenneth E. Kinman
name: James W. Koeppl
Publisher: name: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Edentata
Dasypodidae
Dasypus
Dasypus novemcinctus

description: Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:51.
REVIEWED BY: J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP).
TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Pernambuco.
DISTRIBUTION: N. Argentina, to Guianas and Venezuela and north to Morelos (Mexico), thence to N. Sinaloa (Mexico), N. E. Kansas and South Carolina (U.S.A.); Grenada (Lesser Antilles); Tobago, Trinidad, Margarita Isl. (Venezuela), Mexiana Isl. (Brazil).
COMMENT: Partially includes mazzai Yepes (a composite); see Wetzel and Mondolfi, 1979:50, 52. Type locality discussed by Cabrera, 1958:225.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301407003005004001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, pp. 52-57 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352995