cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Djeboa multidentata K. Viets 1911
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Cook, David
name: Gerecke, Reinhard
name: Smit, Harry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Mideopsidae
Djeboa
Djeboa multidentata

description: Djeboa multidentata K. Viets, 1911
(Figs. 41A–C)
Djeboa multidentata K. Viets, 1911: 494.
Material examined: Type series: SMF, Cameroon; holotype male, K. Viets 43185; “ Kamerun, Bach bei Djebo, 6.6.1911, Damköhler leg., “1011”; paratype female, K. Viets 43187 “Cotype, Kamerun, Joh. Albrechts-Höhe, Bach am Wege Kumba Mundame, 2.10.1911, Damköhler leg. 1171“.
Further material: SMF K. Viets 43203, “ Kamerun, Ndvab-Fluß, 6.6.1913, 5555”, 1/0/0; K. Viets 43204, “Nyassa, Nkata-Bay, Fisch-Magen, Fryer coll. 7753”, 0/1/0.
General features: Dorsal shield oval (1.0–1.2), with medial depression; muscle scars with little pronounced thickenings, located anterior and posterior to the postocularia; colour pattern consisting of an anterior violet patch (Figs. 41A–C); gnathosomal bay Y-shaped, noticeably narrowing in posterior half; tips of Cx-I ending posterior to frontal margin; medial margin of Cx-IV reduced to a median angle; Cx-III and -IV with a series of longitudinal striae (four or five pairs on Cx-IV). Palp: P-1 with a dorsal seta; P-2 with concave ventral and convexly bowed dorsal margin; P-3 proximally thicker than distally, ventral margin slightly concave; P-4 slender, equally narrowing from the base to tip. Legs: I-L-6 L/H ratio 2.6, ventral margin strongly protruding.
Remarks: The original description of Djeboa multidentata was mostly based on a female from “Bach b. Djebo, 6.6.1911 ” while the male (same site and date) was described in a few lines and without figures (Viets 1911). An examination of material of Djeboa multidentata from the K. Viets collection shows that the female of slide 43204 surely does not belong to D. multidentata. The female on slide SMF 43187 labeled as cotype of D. multidentata agrees with the original description but as the palp is in situ and many characters are not visible, it is surely not the specimen described by K. Viets.
Distribution: Cameroon.
description: Published as part of Pešić, Vladimir, Cook, David, Gerecke, Reinhard & Smit, Harry, 2013, The water mite family Mideopsidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia): a contribution to the diversity in the Afrotropical region and taxonomic changes above species level, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 3720 (1) on pages 49-51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3720.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/285029
THE DYNAMICS OF EDUCATOR MOTIVATION: INSIGHTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Creators: name: Maria Teresa, Aquino Salazar
Publisher: name: kEITH jOURNAL
Year: 2025
Subjects: Teacher Motivation, Faculty Programs, Self-Management, Self-Regulation, Teaching-Learning Process

description: The role of educators in shaping the future citizens of a nation is undeniably crucial. This study delves into the intriguing realm of teacher motivation, seeking to unravel the factors that drive educators to excel in their profession. Understanding the motivational dynamics of teachers within the academic environment is pivotal for the development of effective faculty programs, with a particular emphasis on fostering self-management and self-regulation among both experienced and novice educators. This research aims to contribute valuable insights into the motivational mechanisms that influence teachers' performance, ultimately aiming to enhance the overall teaching-learning process. The investigation employs a multi-faceted approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methods to capture the nuanced aspects of teacher motivation. Through surveys, interviews, and observations, we explore the diverse factors that serve as catalysts for teachers to excel in their roles. Key themes under scrutiny include intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, professional development opportunities, and the impact of a supportive work environment. By gaining a comprehensive understanding of these factors, we aim to develop targeted faculty programs that address the unique needs of educators, thereby fostering a more self-managed and self-regulated teaching community. This study not only contributes to the theoretical framework of teacher motivation but also holds practical implications for educational institutions and policymakers. By identifying the drivers of teacher motivation, educational institutions can design strategies and initiatives that go beyond traditional approaches, ensuring sustained enthusiasm and dedication among educators. Moreover, the findings of this research can inform policy decisions related to teacher training and professional development
Translocator protein (TSPO) is a biomarker of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection-associated neuroinflammation
Creators: name: Victorio, Carla Bianca Luena
name: Ganasarajah, Arun
name: Novera, Wisna
name: Ong, Joanne
name: Msallam, Rasha
name: Chacko, Ann-Marie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Zika is a systemic inflammatory disease caused by infection with Zika virus (ZIKV). ZIKV infection in adults is associated with encephalitis marked by elevated expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, as well as increased brain infiltration of immune cells. In this study, we demonstrate that ZIKV encephalitis in a mouse infection model exhibits increased brain TSPO expression. TSPO expression on brain-resident and infiltrating immune cells in ZIKV infection correlates with disease and inflammation status in the brain. Brain TSPO expression can also be sensitively detected ex vivo and in vitro using radioactive small molecule probes that specifically bind to TSPO, such as [3H]PK11195. TSPO expression on brain-resident and infiltrating immune cells is a biomarker of ZIKV neuroinflammation, which can also be a general biomarker of acute viral neuroinflammatory disease.
Additional file 2: of Diabetes-related information-seeking behaviour: a systematic review
Creators: name: Kuske, Silke
name: Schiereck, Tim
name: Grobosch, Sandra
name: Paduch, Andrea
name: Droste, Sigrid
name: Halbach, Sarah
name: Icks, Andrea
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Update search strategy (MEDLINE, CINAHL) and search strategy (Ia and Ib). (DOC 343Â kb)
America's first whaling industry and the whaler yeomen of Cape May 1630-1830
Creators: name: Romm, Richard M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: American whaling began in Delaware Bay?not in Cape Cod, as is commonly believed. The whale fishery began as a Dutch whaling colony at Lewes, Delaware in 1631. The history of Delaware Bay?s whale fishery is disjointed, with a half century lull before any whaling on the north shore of the bay began at Cape May by whalers from Long Island in the 1680s and 1690s. Whaling proved to be a valuable asset to the colonial economy of West Jersey; the whaling trade built elite family dynasties on the Jersey Cape that lasted for generations. As these families prospered, through the sale of whale oil, blubber and baleen to Philadelphia and beyond, they succeeded, unlike their fellow colonists in Southern slave societies, in producing a vibrant, diverse economy. They engaged in everything from oyster to sturgeon fishing, cedar mining to cattle raising, shipbuilding to knitting mittens. Not only did the whaler yeomen flourish, many were able to increase their land holdings, establish plantations, purchase slaves and endow their families with great wealth. Most importantly, the people of Cape May participated fully in the colonial economy, trading with merchants not only in Philadelphia, but throughout the mid-Atlantic and southern colonies, New England, the West Indies and Europe.
title: Poa de los Prados :
title: Directrices para la ejecución del examen de la distinción, la homogeneidad y la estabilidad.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014

description: La finalidad de estas directrices (“directrices de examen”) es elaborar los principios que figuran en la Introducción General (documento TG/1/3) y sus documentos TGP conexos, con objeto de que sirvan de orientación práctica y detallada para el examen armonizado de la distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad (DHE) y en particular, para identificar los caracteres apropiados para el examen DHE y producir descripciones armonizadas de variedades.
Beloved
Creators: name: Rotter, Kimberly Rose
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: The emergent term, traumatic fiction describes the extraordinary violence inflicted on individuals and groups during a traumatic twentieth-century history which encompasses two world wars, various genocides, the Great Depression, and the Cold War. Traumatic fiction narratives mirror the neurosis of traumatic experience by distorting conventional narrative structures and using literary techniques like fragmentation, textual gaps, and repetition. They critique the social, economic, and political structures which make and maintain trauma. Traumatic fiction narratives focus on the problems of amnesia and memory in the construction of the historical narrative. It questions a "true" historical narrative by focusing on traditionally suppressed voices. Toni Morrison's novel, Beloved (1987) exemplifies this genre of traumatic fiction. However, critics have confused Toni Morrison's traumatic fiction writing style with music. Critics like Lars Eckstein, Peter J. Capuano, and Joanna Wolfe focus their analysis on Morrison's "jazzthetic" quality or the novel's similarities to a slave song; they also argue that the numerous songs incorporated in the novel make the musical quality of her writing essential to understanding this novel. By focusing on the supposed musical quality of her writing, critics have missed Morrison's political purpose. This paper argues that Beloved shows that the dominant white culture, historically contemptuous of the black experience, defines slavery in ways that create trauma for black Americans. Traumatic fiction, it suggests, allows Morrison to access the past and rewrite slavery's narrative. Traumatic techniques allow Morrison to transform her readers into co-witnesses so that a victim's trauma can be externalized, giving the victims much-needed distance from their trauma. That distance allows victims to revisit, reflect, rework, and retell history from a black perspective in order to transcend shame of slavery imposed by white society. Morrison uses traumatic fiction techniques because they provide a language, unmarked by white discourse, for Morrison to tell a black story of slavery that resists forgetting and silencing. Morrison challenges the seemingly authenticated historical story that upholds individualism in order to create room for a new black cultural memory that highlights community, which is its true story.
Cyprinus pellegrini Tchang 1933
Creators: name: Ye, Enqi
name: Xing, Yingchun
name: Zhang, Chunguang
name: Zhao, Yahui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Cyprinus
Cyprinus pellegrini

description: Cyprinus pellegrini Tchang, 1933 (Fig. 13)
Paratype (holotype has been lost): 0 7145 (9231), Xingyun Lake, Jiangchuan County, Yunnan Province, P. R. China, Jan. 9, 1933; 0 7146 (9235), Qilu Lake, Tonghai County, Yunnan Province, P. R. China, Jan. 21, 1933.
description: Published as part of Ye, Enqi, Xing, Yingchun, Zhang, Chunguang & Zhao, Yahui, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens in the fish collection of the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, pp. 10-113 in Zootaxa 3962 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/233837
Epidemic features and megagenomic analysis of childhood Mycoplasma pneumoniae post COVID-19 pandemic: a 6-year study in southern China
Creators: name: Xu, Yi
name: Yang, Chen
name: Sun, Panpan
name: Zeng, Fansen
name: Wang, Qian
name: Wu, Jianlong
name: Fang, Chunxiao
name: Zhang, Che
name: Wang, Jinping
name: Gu, Yiling
name: Wu, Xiaohuan
name: Zhang, Xiaoxian
name: Yang, Bin
name: Yang, Juhua
name: Zhang, Hongwei
name: Lian, Jiacee
name: Zhang, Jinqiu
name: Huang, Li
name: Lian, Qizhou
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: With the atypical rise of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection (MPI) in 2023, prompt studies are needed to determine the current epidemic features and risk factors with emerging trends of MPI to furnish a framework for subsequent investigations. This multicentre, retrospective study was designed to analyse the epidemic patterns of MPI before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as genotypes and the macrolide-resistance-associated mutations in MP sampled from paediatric patients in Southern China. Clinical data was collected from 1,33,674 patients admitted into investigational hospitals from 1 June 2017 to 30 November 2023. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) data were retrieved based on MP sequence positive samples from 299 paediatric patients for macrolide-resistance-associated mutations analysis. Pearson's chi-squared test was used to compare categorical variables between different time frames. The monthly average cases of paediatric common respiratory infection diseases increased without enhanced public health measures after the pandemic, especially for influenza, respiratory syncytial virus infection, and MPI. The contribution of MPI to pneumoniae was similar to that in the outbreak in 2019. Compared to mNGS data between 2019–2022 and 2023, the severity of MP did not grow stronger despite higher rates of macrolide-resistance hypervariable sites, including loci 2063 and 2064, were detected in childhood MP samples of 2023. Our findings indicated that ongoing surveillance is necessary to understand the impact of post pandemic on MP transmission disruption during epidemic season and the severity of clinical outcomes in different scenarios.
The suffocatingly narrow confines of Black masculinity and the blues prescription for escape in James Baldwin, Ernest Gaines, and August Wilson
Creators: name: Wood, Tara K.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This thesis examines the effects of a confining, misrepresentative black masculinity and the possibilities for escaping it, as manifested in James Baldwin's Another Country (1962). It explores Baldwin's proposed blues prescription for escape as a process of self-discovery, shared experience, and recognition, and applies this model to the black male protagonists in Ernest Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying (1993) and August Wilson's Fences (1983). Through character analyses of Rufus Scott in Another Country, Grant Wiggins and Jefferson in A Lesson Before Dying, and Troy and Cory Maxson in Fences, I identify the causes of their figurative and (sometimes) literal imprisonment, the effects of that imprisonment, and the possibilities for breaking free. What is more, I suggest that Baldwin's proposed other country can be extended, not only to Gaines and Wilson, but to other twentieth century literature about black males as well. This study extends previous correlations between African American literature and black masculinity studies as found in the work of Keith Clark, Maurice Wallace, and Peter Caster by examining the process through which black males can renegotiate the constructions of their masculinity.
GALEGANING TIBBIYOTDA QO'LLANILISHI
Creators: name: Uaisova, Gulayim
name: Toreniyazova, Saltanat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Galega o’simligi shifobaxsh xususiyatlari tufayli xalq va ilmiy tabobatda qadimdan qo'llanilib kelayotgan o'simlik hisoblanadi. Tibbiyotda galega qon shakar darajasini pasaytirishga yordam beradigan faol moddalar tarkibi tufayli diabetni davolash uchun qo’llaniladi. Bundan tashqari, yurak kasalliklari, qon tomir kasalliklari va ovqat hazm qilish kasalliklari kabi boshqa kasalliklarni davolash uchun ham foydalanish mumkin. Shu tufayli, mazkur maqolada galega o’simligini tibbiyotda qo’llanilishning ahamiyati keng yoritilgan.
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Biological function integrated prediction of severe radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis: a nested case control study
Creators: name: Joo, Young
name: Kim, Yul
name: Youngho Park
name: Kwangwoo Kim
name: Ryu, Jeong
name: Seunghun Lee
name: Bang, So-Young
name: Hye-Soon Lee
name: Gwan-Su Yi
name: Sang-Cheol Bae
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Characteristics of study populations. Table S2. GWAS results for severe radiographic progression (p <1.0 × 10–3). Table S3. List of the top 85 SNPs and their related genes selected by a post-GWAS approach. Table S4 Sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value of the final models. (DOCX 77 kb)
German, Joyce, Ulysses
Creators: name: Parker, Jonathan A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: In the case of languages, English was James Joyce's native language but he was also an accomplished polyglot understanding Latin, Italian, French, Norwegian, some Irish-Gaelic and German. I intend to examine in greater detail the German used in Ulysses and see what connection it has with Joyce. Joyce was fluent in German but I believe that he utilized these Germanic references to complement his characters and themes as well as his highly allusive narrative style. This paper will be divided into two parts. The first part will consist of sections dealing with Joyce's connection to the German language and culture.  The second part will consist of a list of all his German allusions in Ulysses.
Erp57 facilitates ZIKV-induced DNA damage via NS2B/NS3 complex formation
Creators: name: Wang, Yiran
name: Song, Dan
name: Li, Yichen
name: Qin, Leiying
name: Wan, Qianya
name: Hu, Huan
name: Wu, Mandi
name: Feng, Yaxiu
name: Schang, Luis
name: Weiss, Robert
name: He, Ming-Liang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: It is believed that DNA double-strand breaks induced by Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnant women is a main reason of brain damage (e.g. microcephaly, severe brain malformation, and neuropathy) in newborn babies [1,2], but its underlying mechanism is poorly understood. In this study, we report that the depletion of ERp57, a member of the protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) family, leads to the limited production of ZIKV in nerve cells. ERp57 knockout not only suppresses viral induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediated host DNA damage, but also decreases apoptosis. Strikingly, DNA damage depends on ERp57-bridged complex formation of viral protein NS2B/NS3. LOC14, an ERp57 inhibitor, restricts ZIKV infection and virus-induced DNA damage. Our work reveals an important role of ERp57 in both ZIKV propagation and virus-induced DNA damage, suggesting a potential target against ZIKV infection.
Additional file 2: of Hyper-realistic face masks: a new challenge in person identification
Creators: name: Sanders, Jet
name: Ueda, Yoshiyuki
name: Minemoto, Kazusa
name: Noyes, Eilidh
name: Yoshikawa, Sakiko
name: Jenkins, Rob
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Responses to open and prompted questions in Experiment 2. Translated from Japanese (original response in brackets). (DOCX 33 kb)
Additional file 1: of Predictive biological markers of systemic lupus erythematosus flares: a systematic literature review
Creators: name: NoĂŠmie Gensous
name: AurĂŠlie Marti
name: Barnetche, Thomas
name: Blanco, Patrick
name: Lazaro, Estibaliz
name: Seneschal, Julien
name: Marie-Elise Truchetet
name: Duffau, Pierre
name: Richez, Christophe
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Presenting search strategies. (DOC 201 kb)
Educational philosophy
Creators: name: Swinton, Corissa T.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: During traditional pedagogy training, new teachers must learn a myriad of educational philosophies from different philosophers and psychologists.How do children learn and how must educators teach them is the question that is answered by each philosophy. Is a child's aptitude determined by genetics (nature) or by environmental influences (nurture)? This paper will examine different educational philosophies of great thinkers; some who believe that children are genetically predisposed to intelligence and others who posit that all intelligence is experiential. It will also discuss which philosophies are relevant to teachers in contemporary times.
Cyprinus rabaudi Tchang 1930
Creators: name: Ye, Enqi
name: Xing, Yingchun
name: Zhang, Chunguang
name: Zhao, Yahui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Cyprinus
Cyprinus rabaudi

description: Cyprinus rabaudi Tchang, 1930 (Fig. 14)
= Procypris rabaudi (Tchang, 1930)
Holotype. 0 7220 (7079), Leshan City (Jaiding former), Sichuan Province, P. R. China, Aug. 11, 1930.
description: Published as part of Ye, Enqi, Xing, Yingchun, Zhang, Chunguang & Zhao, Yahui, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens in the fish collection of the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, pp. 10-113 in Zootaxa 3962 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/233837
A working men's literary association in the early American republic
Creators: name: Rowland, Lori A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: A group of tailors, shopkeepers, shoemakers, and other working men in Germantown, Pennsylvania formed the Working Men's Literary Association of Germantown in 1842. Their goal was to foster self-improvement through debates, lectures, and other rhetorical exercises. Benjamin Franklin and his notion of the importance of useful knowledge served as their guiding example as they sought to become responsible republican citizens. Through the examination of newspaper evidence in the Germantown Telegraph and analysis of the group's debate questions, this study seeks to place this group within their historical and cultural context. The pursuits of the Working Men's Literary Association of Germantown represent a microcosm of the larger political and cultural milieu of antebellum America.
"Love, luck, and lollipops"
Creators: name: Scardilli, Brandi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This project explores children's television programming in Philadelphia from the 1940s through the 1960s. Though Philadelphia was the third-largest television market during this period, very little scholarship on its shows exists. The city's broadcasting infrastructure allowed stations to provide programming to air nationally, and many children's shows that began as local Philadelphia fare became national hits. Personalities such as Dick Clark and Ed McMahon went on to national fame after appearing on Philadelphia television. Philadelphia stations created television series for children that were both entertaining and educational. The city was important to the history of the medium, and it was also at the forefront of the attempts to teach through television. The first efforts at in-school television were pioneered in Philadelphia, but the commercial stations had a commitment to education as well. Many shows had explicit educational goals, while others taught by example and encouraged social education. Though critics lamented the state of children's shows as frivolous entertainment as early as the 1950s, Philadelphia stations rose above the criticism and met the criteria that child experts put forth for programming. By examining in detail the children's shows that Philadelphia produced during this time period, it becomes evident that Philadelphia programming elevated what local television was expected to achieve. Shows were just as wholesome and enlightening, if not more so, than their nationally-known counterparts. Philadelphia programming deserves to be recognized as important in the history of children's television and should be remembered as imaginative, creative, and full of passionate people willing to try new approaches to children's entertainment.
Correction for guessing in the framework of the 3PL item response theory
Creators: name: Chiu, Ting-Wei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Guessing behavior is an important topic with regard to assessing proficiency on multiple choice tests, particularly for examinees at lower levels of proficiency due to greater the potential for systematic error or bias which that inflates observed test scores. Methods that incorporate a correction for guessing on high-stakes tests generally rely on a scoring model that aims to minimize the potential benefit of guessing. In some cases, a formula score based on classical test theory (CTT) is applied with the intention of eliminating the influence of guessing from the number-right score (e.g., Holzinger, 1924). However, since its inception, significant controversy has surrounded the use and consequences associated with classical methods of correcting for guessing. More recently, item response theory (IRT) has been used to conceptualize and describe the effects of guessing. Yet CTT remains a dominant aspect of many assessment programs, and IRT models are rarely used for estimating proficiency with MC items – where guessing is most likely to exert an influence. Although there has been tremendous growth in the research of formal modeling based on IRT with respect to guessing, none of these IRT approaches have had widespread application. This dissertation provides a conceptual analysis of how the ―correction for guessing works within the framework of a 3PL model, and two new guessing correction formulas based on IRT are derived for improving observed score estimates. To demonstrate the utility of the new formula scores, they are applied as conditioning variable in two different approaches to DIF: the Mantel-Haenszel and logistic regression procedures. Two IRT formula scores were developed using Taylor approximations. Each of these formula scores requires the use of sample statistics in lieu of IRT parameters for estimating corrected true scores, and these statistics were obtained in two different ways that are referred to as the pseudo-Bayes and conditional probability methods. It is shown that the IRT formula scores adjust the number-correct score based on both the proficiency of an examinees and the examinee‘s pattern of responses across items. In two different simulation studies, the classical formula score performed better in terms of bias statistics, but the IRT formula scores had notable improvement in bias and r2 statistics compared to the number-correct score. The advantage of the IRT formula scores accounted for about 10% more of the variance in corrected true scores in the first quartile. Results also suggested that not much information lost due to the use of Taylor approximation. The pseudo-Bayes and conditional probabilities methods also resulted in little information loss. When applied to DIF analyses, the IRT formula scores had lower bias in both the log-odds ratios and type 1 error rates compared to the number-corrected score. Overall, the IRT formula scores decreased bias in the log-odds ratio by about 6% and in the type 1 error rate by about 10%.
ERp57 facilitates ZIKV-induced DNA damage via NS2B/NS3 complex formation
Creators: name: Wang, Yiran
name: Song, Dan
name: Li, Yichen
name: Qin, Leiying
name: Wan, Qianya
name: Hu, Huan
name: Wu, Mandi
name: Feng, Yaxiu
name: Schang, Luis
name: Weiss, Robert
name: He, Ming-Liang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: It is believed that DNA double-strand breaks induced by Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnant women is a main reason of brain damage (e.g., microcephaly, severe brain malformation and neuropathy) in newborn babies1,2, but its underlying mechanism is poorly understood. In this study, we report that the depletion of ERp57, a member of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family, leads to the limited production of ZIKV in nerve cells. ERp57 knockout not only suppresses viral induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediated host DNA damage, but also decreases apoptosis. Strikingly, DNA damage depends on ERp57-bridged complex formation of viral protein NS2B/NS3. LOC14, an ERp57 inhibitor, restricts ZIKV infection and virus-induced DNA damage. Our work reveals an important role of ERp57 in both ZIKV propagation and virus-induced DNA damage, suggesting a potential target against ZIKV infection.
Learning increases the survival of newborn neurons provided that learning is difficult to achieve and successful
Creators: name: Curlik, Daniel
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Processes of learning can increase the survival of new neurons generated in the adult hippocampal formation (Gould et al., 1999; Shors, 2009). However, only some types of learning are effective. Recent studies demonstrate that animals that learn the conditioned response (CR), but require more trials to do so, rescue more new neurons than animals that quickly acquire the CR, or those that fail to acquire the CR.  These studies altered task parameters to modify the number of trials required to learn a conditioned response.  Here we asked whether pharmacological manipulations that decrease or increase learning would decrease and increase, respectively, the number of cells that remain in the hippocampus after training.  To answer this question, we first prevented learning with the competitive NMDA receptor antagonist (±)-3-(2-Carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP). Administration of the NMDA receptor antagonist CPP each day before training prevented acquisition of the trace eyeblink response, and the subsequent increase in neuronal survival. Second, we facilitated learning with the cognitive enhancer d-cycloserine (DCS), a compound that increases NMDA receptor activity via its actions at the glycine binding site. Administration of the NMDA receptor partial agonist DCS each day before training increased the number of learned responses and the number of cells that survived.  Animals that successfully acquired the CR early in training possessed more cells than those exposed to unpaired stimuli but those that learned later in training retained even more newborn neurons. DCS & CPP did not alter performance or cell number when administered after training. These results demonstrate that NMDA receptor activation modifies learning and as a consequence, alters the number of surviving neurons in the hippocampus.  Moreover, they demonstrate that associative learning increases neuronal survival provided that the learning is both difficult to achieve and successful .
Inflammation associated with monocyte/macrophage activation and recruitment corresponds with lethal outcome in a mouse model of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
Creators: name: Sorvillo, Teresa E.
name: Ritter, Jana M.
name: Welch, Stephen R.
name: Coleman-McCray, JoAnn D.
name: Davies, Katherine A.
name: Hayes, Heather M.
name: Pegan, Scott D.
name: Montgomery, Joel M.
name: Bergeron, Éric
name: Spiropoulou, Christina F.
name: Spengler, Jessica R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) causes human disease ranging from subclinical to a fatal haemorrhagic syndrome. Determinants of CCHF pathogenesis are largely unknown and animal models that recapitulate human disease are limited. A recently described mouse model uses a monoclonal antibody (mAb 5A3) targeting the interferon (IFN) alpha/beta receptor to suppress type I IFN responses, making animals transiently susceptible to infection. To advance utility of this model, we investigated effects of challenge route, timing of 5A3 delivery, mouse sex and age, and virus strain on clinical course and outcome. C57BL/6J mice received mAb 5A3 −1, 0, or −1/+1 days post-infection (dpi). Subsets were challenged with CCHFV strain Turkey04 or IbAr10200 subcutaneously or intraperitoneally, and serially euthanized 3- and 7-dpi, when meeting euthanasia criteria or at study completion (14 dpi). CCHFV-IbAr10200-infected mice almost uniformly succumbed to infection, whereas CCHFV-Turkey04-infected mice transiently lost weight but survived. These results were consistent regardless of mAb timing or route of challenge. Viral replication and dissemination were comparable between the two strains at 3 dpi. However, in the plasma and livers of non-survivors, expression of proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines that correspond with macrophage activation and recruitment were significantly elevated. Lethal disease was also associated with elevated levels of macrophage activation marker CD163 in plasma. Further, mouse macrophages were more permissive to IbAr1200 infection in vitro, suggesting tropism for these cells may influence pathogenesis. Our data suggest that early inflammation may be a critical determinant of CCHF outcome and therapeutics to control inflammation may be worthwhile targets for future investigation.
Gymnocypris chengi Tchang & Zhang 1963
Creators: name: Ye, Enqi
name: Xing, Yingchun
name: Zhang, Chunguang
name: Zhao, Yahui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Gymnocypris
Gymnocypris chengi

description: Gymnocypris chengi Tchang & Zhang, 1963 (Fig. 15)
= Gymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler, 1876)
Holotype. 45568 (59-17), Heima estuary of Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Province, P. R. China, May 6, 1959.
Figure 15. Holotype 45568 and type locality of Gymnocypris chengi.
description: Published as part of Ye, Enqi, Xing, Yingchun, Zhang, Chunguang & Zhao, Yahui, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens in the fish collection of the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, pp. 10-113 in Zootaxa 3962 (1) on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/233837
Multifunctional polymers for inhibition of oxidized lipoprotein accumulation and inflammation in macrophage cells
Creators: name: Iverson, Nicole M
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: A major cause of cardiovascular disease is atherosclerosis, the progressive accumulation and modification of low density lipoproteins (LDL) within the vascular wall associated with a non-reversible inflammatory cascade. Current treatments attempt to inhibit systemic LDL levels, and thus can only secondarily de-escalate the progression of atherosclerosis. This thesis investigates the mechanisms of an alternative approach based on the use of amphiphilic polymers to directly inhibit highly oxidized LDL (hoxLDL) internalization by macrophage cells, thereby retarding foam cell formation and inflammatory cytokine secretion. First the architecture of the polymers is systematically investigated to elucidate the important design facets for hoxLDL uptake inhibition by THP-1 human macrophage cells in serum and serum free media. The optimal polymer structure is found to be comprised of one, rotationally restricted carboxylic acid conjugated to the hydrophobic end of each polymer chain. Through the administration of carboxy-terminated amphiphilic polymers (AMs) the total concentration of hoxLDL within macrophage cells is lowered by 73% and when an encapsulated Liver-X Receptor (LXR) ligand is also delivered the hoxLDL accumulation is further lowered, decreased by 88%. The delivery of the AMs and drug encapsulated AMs in vivo shows a significant inhibition in cholesterol accumulation and macrophage recruitment in an injured carotid artery rat model. The AMs also inhibit inflammatory responses in vitro, significantly decreasing matrix metalloproteinase (57%) and cytokine secretion (TNFα 47% and IL-1β 59%) compared to non-treated cells. Through the inhibition of hoxLDL internalization and inflammation progression these AMs show the potential to be a new and multi-faceted cardiovascular treatment modality.
Undergraduates' (mis) understanding of percentages
Creators: name: Jacobs, Jennifer A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Children and adults alike continue to have difficulty with rational numbers, and, as shown in this study, percentages. Adult undergraduate students (N = 27) completed an untimed open-ended study that had a pretest-training-posttest design. Questions in the pretest and posttest focused on percent increases and decreases (e.g., The price x was increased by 20%).  They were formatted in one of three representations: decimal, fraction, or bar graph. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two training groups (decimal or fraction) that involved guiding them through the conceptual and procedural component processes that contribute to the solutions to problems within a given representation (i.e., decimal or fraction). Additional questions were asked in the pretest and posttest pertaining to successive percent increases and decreases. Overall, students performed best on bar graph representations. While decimal training had no effect on performance, fraction training improved performance from pretest to posttest in every category (decimal, fraction and bar graph). Students who had not yet taken Calculus were shown to have benefited more from the fraction training than those students who had taken that course. In contrast, prior math experience did not seem to have any effect on those questions dealing with two percent changes within one problem; less than 25% of these types of problems were answered correctly by the undergraduate students.
The Planetary Computer: Putting Global-Scale Geospatial Data to Work for Conservation and Sustainability
Creators: name: Morris, Dan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Big data
subject: Earth Observation
subject: Remote sensing
subject: Data processing
subject: Data science
subject: Computing Platform
subject: Geospatial Data

description: Environmental sustainability depends on very large geospatial data sets, particularly satellite imagery and climate forecasts. But working with geospatial data – whether it’s large or not – is a deep skill set unto itself, and working with very large data – whether it’s geospatial or not – is its own field of expertise as well. Consequently, the niche expertise required in GIS and distributed computing creates a huge barrier between this invaluable data and the sustainability practitioners who need it. Microsoft’s Planetary Computer aims to lower that barrier, by combining (1) a 25PB catalog of analysis-ready geospatial data, in consistent file formats, in a single data center, (2) an API that facilitates spatiotemporal querying over that data, and (3) a computing environment that simplifies distributed computing workloads. Of course, files and distributed computing don’t address environmental issues directly, so Microsoft is also partnering closely with the sustainability community to build applications that put the Planetary Computer to work for sustainability decision-making.

This talk highlights features and capabilities of Microsoft's Planetary Computer and showcase selected applications. Possible collaboration options are also discussed.
Analytical and clinical evaluation of a duplex RT-qPCR assay for the detection and identification of o’nyong-nyong and chikungunya virus
Creators: name: Wesselmann, Konrad M.
name: Luciani, Lea
name: Thirion, Laurence
name: de Lamballerie, Xavier
name: Charrel, Remi
name: Pezzi, Laura
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: The mosquito-borne alphavirus o’nyong-nyong virus (ONNV) has proven its potential to cause major human outbreaks. On the African continent, ONNV causes unspecific febrile illness and co-circulates with the close relative chikungunya virus (CHIKV). The true scale of ONNV burden is poorly understood in Africa, because of the scarce availability of molecular in-house and commercial assays, strong cross-reactivity between ONNV and CHIKV in serological assays and a lack of surveillance. We designed a new RT-qPCR assay targeting the E1 gene for the detection of ONNV that can be used in monoplex or in duplex format, combined with a previously published CHIKV monoplex assay targeting the nsp1. The lower limit of detection with 95% positivity rate was determined to be <10 RNA copies/µL in monoplex and duplex format for both ONNV and CHIKV. Both monoplex assays and the duplex assay proved to be linear within the tested range of approximately 108 to 102 RNA copies/µl, and showed 100% specificity against a wide panel of arbovirus supernatants as well as several other pathogens in clinical samples. Testing of CHIKV positive serum and ONNV-spiked plasma samples confirmed the suitability of the assays in a clinical setting. The new assays provide a robust tool for molecular ONNV as well as ONNV/CHIKV simultaneous detection and may contribute to clarify the true burden of the two viruses, to improve arbovirus surveillance and to strengthen epidemics preparedness in Africa.
Gymnocypris chilianensis Li & Chang 1974
Creators: name: Ye, Enqi
name: Xing, Yingchun
name: Zhang, Chunguang
name: Zhao, Yahui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Gymnocypris
Gymnocypris chilianensis

description: Gymnocypris chilianensis Li & Chang, 1974 (Fig. 16)
= Gymnocypris eckloni (Li & Chang, 1974)
Holotype. 62749 ♀ (G65-047), Shulehe River, Shuangbaota reservoir, Anxi County, Gansu Province, P. R. China, May 18, 1965.
Allotype: 62748 ♂ (G65-040), collected with holotype.
Paratypes. 62733-62735 (G65-048, G65-043, G65-041), 62739 (G65-046), 62742 (G65-038), 62744 (G65-044), 62746-62747 (G65-04, G65-042), collected with holotype; 62774-62780 (G65-115, G65-114, G65-117, G65-136, G65-128, G65-134, G65-127), Ejina River: Beidahe River, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, P. R. China, May 24, 1965.
description: Published as part of Ye, Enqi, Xing, Yingchun, Zhang, Chunguang & Zhao, Yahui, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens in the fish collection of the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, pp. 10-113 in Zootaxa 3962 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/233837
Additional file 2: of Hyper-realistic face masks: a new challenge in person identification
Creators: name: Sanders, Jet
name: Ueda, Yoshiyuki
name: Minemoto, Kazusa
name: Noyes, Eilidh
name: Yoshikawa, Sakiko
name: Jenkins, Rob
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mental Health

description: Responses to open and prompted questions in Experiment 2. Translated from Japanese (original response in brackets). (DOCX 33 kb)
Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) debroyeri d'Acoz & Verheye 2017
Creators: name: d'Acoz, Cédric d'Udekem
name: Verheye, Marie L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Epimeriidae
Epimeria
Epimeria debroyeri

description: Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) cf. debroyeri
Fig 272
Material examined
RV Polarstern cruises:
SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 juv., cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 614-3/4/5, Elephant Island, 60°52.37ʹ S, 55°29.80ʹ W to 60°52.71ʹ S, 55°27.83ʹ W, 248–265 m, a lot of epifauna, Rauschert dredge and Agassiz trawl, 22 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132941); 1 white juv., photographed, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 728-2, south of Dundee Island, 63°42.63ʹ S, 56°01.63ʹ W to 63°42.25ʹ S, 56°02.16ʹ W, 293–298 m, Agassiz trawl, 24 Jan. 2007, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122524).
Colour pattern
Body and appendages entirely white; eyes reddish.
Remarks
These two specimens possibly belong to Epimeria debroyeri sp. nov. However, they are much smaller (8 mm instead of 33 mm) and exhibit a number of differences, especially in the development of their mid-dorsal crests. It has to be noted that these differences might be size-related. The two specimens are therefore referred as E. cf. debroyeri.
description: Published as part of d'Acoz, Cédric d'Udekem & Verheye, Marie L., 2017, Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea), pp. 1-553 in European Journal of Taxonomy 359 on page 129, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359, http://zenodo.org/record/3855694