cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Axina diversesignata Pic 1946
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Axina
Axina diversesignata

description: Axina diversesignata Pic, 1946
Figures 40, 69, 78.
Axina diversesignata Pic, 1946: 15. Lectotype. Gender not known. Here designated. Type locality: Brésil (MNHN). Corporaal 1950: 98. There is no indication regarding how many specimens were available to Pic when he made his description, therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species.
Diagnosis. There are two somewhat spheroid, broadly connected, testaceous maculae in the center of the elytra. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.
Redescription. Size: Length 15.0 mm; width 4.0 mm. Form. As in Fig. 78. Color. Forebody, antennae, pterothorax black; elytra bicolorous, mostly black, with 2 somewhat spheroid, broadly connected, testaceous maculae in center of disc, apical 1/5 testaceous; legs bicolorous, femora and tibiae black, tarsi brown; abdomen bicolorous, visible basal 3 sternites black, visible distal apical 3 sternites yellow. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 65/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 150/205; elytra, asetiferous punctures striate, punctures extend slightly beyond elytron middle, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 600/130. Abdomen. Aedeagus (Fig. 40), phallobasic lobes slightly curvate apically; phallic plates not serrate; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.
Variation. Size. Length 10.5–15.0 mm; width 2.2–4.0 mm. The centrally located elytral maculae vary slightly in shape.
Natural history. Specimens were collected in Bolivia during November, December, and March, in Peru during May, and in Brazil during March and November.
Distribution (for map see Fig. 69). In addition to the lectotype, I examined 9 specimens from: Bolivia: Departamento de Santa Cruz, Potrerillos del Guenda, Snake Farm, 30-XI-3-XII-2012, Wappes & Skillman; 3.7 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna, 5-15-XI-2001, tropical transition forest, M. C. Thomas & B. K. Dozier; Provincia Sara,?- III-1913, Steinbach. Peru: Provincia San Martin, Tarapoto,?- V-1886, M. de Mathan. Brazil: Estado do Pará, Jacareacanga,?- X-1969, F. R. Barbosa; Estado do Amazonas, Tarapoto,?-?-1885, M. de Mathan; Reserva Ducke, 26 km NE Manaus,?- III-1995, Malaise trap, Barbosa; Specimens are deposited in: ACMT, BMNH, CMNH, CUICIC, FMNH, FSCA, MNHN, and WOPC.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), pp. 1-70 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (793) on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4564947
Stereoselective addition of simple amines to unactivated alkenes
Creators: name: Reznichenko, Alexander
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The facile and atom-economic synthesis of amines via direct addition of an amineN–H or C–H moiety to an unactivated alkene belongs to the major challenges oforganometallic catalysis. In this thesis we summarize our efforts towards thedevelopment of efficient stereoselective catalysts for the addition of the amine N–H-fragment to alkenes, which is known as a catalytic hydroamination reaction. We have performed a detailed mechanistic study of the rare earth metal-catalyzed stereoselective hydroamination/cyclization with particular focus on the kinetic resolution of racemic aminoalkenes. Key factors governing the reaction efficiency were determined and we were able to address the significantly more challenging intermolecular hydroamination by utilizing two rare earth metal-based catalyst families featuring sterically tunable C1- and C2-symmetric diolate ligand frameworks. The first example of an asymmetric intermolecular hydroamination of a simple alkene was demonstrated and enantioselectivities of up to 61% ee and 73% de were achieved in this novel catalytic process. Steric features of the voluminous silyl groups were shown to be detrimental for both catalyst stability and catalytic performance. A novel NOBIN-based C1-symmetric diolate ligand family was introduced and it was utilized for preparation of rare earth and group 4 metal diolates. Novel NOBIN-based complexes were active catalysts in hydroamination/cyclization reaching selectivities of up to 92% ee. We have alsoaddressed the problem of limited substrate scope of group 4 metal-based hydroamination catalysts by introducing novel zirconium bis(amidate) complexes which perform hydroamination/cyclization of challenging substrates, including aminoheptenes, under mild reaction conditions. In addition to our studies of a hydroamination reaction we have also addressed a complementary transformation which involves a C–H addition of an amine to an unactivated alkene and is known as a hydroaminoalkylation reaction. We have developed highly active and enantioselective (up to 98% ee) group 5 metal-based catalysts for this transformation using 3,3’disilylated binaphtholate ligands and for thefirst time studied the kinetics and mechanism of the catalytic hydroaminoalkylation. The reaction was found to proceed via fast reversible non-dissociative metallaaziridine formation, followed by a fast alkene insertion and rate-determining amine exchange.
Molecular simulation of simple fluids and polymers in nanoconfinement
Creators: name: Rasmussen, Christopher John
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Prediction of phase behavior and transport properties of simple fluids and polymers confined to nanoscale pores is important to a wide range of chemical and biochemical engineering processes. A practical approach to investigate nanoscale systems is molecular simulation, specifically Monte Carlo (MC) methods. One of the most challenging problems is the need to calculate chemical potentials in simulated phases. Through the seminal work of Widom, practitioners have a powerful method for calculating chemical potentials. Yet, this method fails for dense and inhomogeneous systems, as well as for complex molecules such as polymers. In this dissertation, the gauge cell MC method, which had previously been successfully applied to confined simple fluids, was employed and extended to investigate nanoscale fluids in several key areas. Firstly, the process of cavitation (the formation and growth of bubbles) during desorption of fluids from nanopores was investigated. The dependence of cavitation pressure on pore size was determined with gauge cell MC calculations of the nucleation barriers correlated with experimental data. Additional computational studies elucidated the role of surface defects and pore connectivity in the formation of cavitation bubbles. Secondly, the gauge cell method was extended to polymers. The method was verified against the literature results and found significantly more efficient. It was used to examine adsorption of polymers in nanopores. These results were applied to model the dynamics of translocation, the act of a polymer threading through a small opening, which is implicated in drug packaging and delivery, and DNA sequencing. Translocation dynamics was studied as diffusion along the free energy landscape. Thirdly, we show how computer simulation of polymer adsorption could shed light on the specifics of polymer chromatography, which is a key tool for the analysis and purification of polymers. The quality of separation depends on the physico-chemical mechanisms of polymer/pore interaction. We considered liquid chromatography at critical conditions, and calculated the dependence of the partition coefficient on chain length. Finally, solvent-gradient chromatography was modeled using a statistical model of polymer adsorption. A model for predicting separation of complex polymers (with functional groups or copolymers) was developed for practical use in chromatographic separations.
Axina lobispinula Opitz 2020, new species
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Axina
Axina lobispinula

description: Axina lobispinula Opitz, new species
Figures 24, 69, 79.
Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: Brazil: Bahia, Encruzilhada,?- XI- 1974, 960 m, M. Alvarenga (FSCA). Paratypes. 4 specimens. Brazil: Estado do Minas Gerais, Pedra Azul,?- XI-1971, F. M. Oliveira (MCNZ, 1; WOPC, 1); idem,?- XII-1970, F. M. Oliveira (CASC, 1: WFBM, 1).
Diagnosis. In the members of this species, the elytral basal castaneous marking traverses the entire basal margin. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from superficially similar specimens of A. orcastomata, in which the castaneous marking in question is restricted to the humeral angle.
Description. Size. Length 9.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form. As in Fig. 79. Color. Cranium castaneous; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter and pronotal sides dark castaneous, pronotum middle light castaneous; mesothorax and metathorax dark castaneous; elytra bicolorous, mostly testaceous, epipleural margin brown, brown region extends medially along basal margin, at middle, and posteriorly in area before apex, posterior brown making narrowly extends anteriorly and posteriorly along sutural margin; legs mostly castaneous, basal area of femora and tarsi testaceous; abdomen testaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons slightly wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 40/20. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 105/130; elytra, asetiferous punctures subseriate, punctures extend slightly beyond elytral ½, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 380/80. Abdomen. Aedeagus (Fig. 24), phallobasic lobes with preapical spine; edges of phallic plates serrate near phallic apex; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.
Natural history. Specimens were collected during November and December, one at 960 m.
Distribution (for map see Fig. 69). This species is known from Brazil.
Etymology. The specific epithet, lobispinula, is a Latin compound name that stems from lobi (= lobed) and spinula (= spine). I refer to the spine near the apex of the phallobasic lobes.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), pp. 1-70 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (793) on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4564947
Phymocythere lophota Hobbs & Peters 1993, new species
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Phymocythere
Phymocythere lophota

description: Phymocythere lophota Hobbs & Peters, 1993
1993 Phymocythere lophota new species.—Hobbs & Peters: 455, 459, 463–464, Fig. 1d, e (D, H, R, T).
2014a Phymocythere lophota Hobbs & Peters, 1993.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Identification of new candidate breast cancer genes
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The nature of a cancerous or pre-cancerous cell differs from that of a normal cell in ways that allow the cell to escape from normal growth controls and grow without restriction. Often it is possible to associate changes in the genetic material of the cell with this change in behavior; in some cases the cell acquires extra copies of genes, and in others good copies of the genes are lost. These altered regions of the genetic material, or genome, can be recognized and the search for new cancer genes begins with the isolation of the changed region of DNA. The region, many times larger than a single gene, may contain tens to hundreds of genes, and scientists face the challenge of trying to find which of these genes has changed, leading to the development of a particular type of cancer. In order to do this, it is first necessary to identify which of the genes no longer function properly in the tumor cells. Currently, the best method to accomplish this task is not clear, and new approaches are needed to facilitate gene discovery. Therefore, in this proposal we will use a technique called "Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization" (FISH) to investigate whether or not a particular gene product is being produced in a normal or abnormal way in the tumor cells. Using FISH we will be able to see what is being produced within each cell. To use this technique, a "probe" is made that corresponds to the gene product. If the cell is making this gene product, then the probe sticks to the cell and the cell, now labeled with a fluorescent color, becomes visible in the microscope. By comparing how normal and tumor cells become labeled by the gene probe, we will be able to determine if the gene is turned on incorrectly in the tumor cells.

 We will use FISH to look at the genes from a region on human chromosome 20 that is present in many extra copies in 30% of breast tumors. Studies have shown that in patients with tumors of this type, there is a greater likelihood of metastasis, and the patients have shorter disease-free survival times. Thus, the activity of extra copies of a gene or genes from this region appears to play a role in promoting metastasis and is an indicator of probable poorer outcome. Work in identifying the breast cancer gene(s) in this region has resulted in the isolation of DNA which spans this region of the genome and the identification of a number of candidate genes by biochemical methods. Identification of these breast cancer genes will be important in understanding the pathology of breast cancer and for devising strategies for patient treatment. The FISH technique we will use in the research laboratory may itself form the basis of future tests to classify breast tumors with respect to the activity of these and other genes and so aid in earlier detection and clinical management of disease progression.
Protecting newly deployed troops from PTSD
Creators: name: Ray, Kathleen Giblin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious problem in the military that negatively affects veterans, their families, and military readiness.  Previous studies on PTSD have found that veterans who served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom have both risk factors and protective factors that contribute to the development of symptoms of PTSD but little is known on how or if these factors interact to prevent the development of symptoms of PTSD.  This study used a hierarchical multiple regression to test the curvilinear moderating relationship of combat exposure on the relationship between military preparedness and the development of symptoms of PTSD in a sample of 418 veterans seen for evaluation at the New Jersey War Related Injury and Illness Center.  Using Inoculation theory as a conceptual framework, this study examined the main and interaction effects of military preparedness and combat exposure on the development of symptoms of PTSD.  This was the first study to test this relationship.  Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS and included descriptive analyses and hierarchical multiple regression.    The results of this study demonstrated that 42% of the veterans in this sample had symptoms of PTSD.  Both military preparedness and combat exposure predicted the development of PTSD but in opposite directions and in separate pathways.  As military preparedness increased, the development of symptoms of PTSD decreased while an increase of combat exposure increased the development of symptoms of PTSD. There was no interaction between the two main variables examined in this study.  It was also found that one deployment was more likely to predict the development of symptoms of PTSD than multiple deployments. Combat exposure, however, was not found to moderate the relationship between military preparedness and the development of symptoms of PTSD.   These results suggest opportunities to create appropriate PTSD prevention strategies prior, during and after deployment to service members.   Practical implications include improving military preparedness in PTSD prevention programs, monitoring of impact of combat exposure, and expanding social work interventions to support service members’ transition to civilian life.
Phymocythere phyma Hobbs & Hart 1966, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Phymocythere
Phymocythere phyma

description: * Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs & Walton, 1962) Hobbs & Hart, 1966
1962 Entocythere phyma sp. nov. —Hobbs & Walton: 42, 43, 44–45, 46, 47, 48, Figs. 10–13 (D, H, K, R, T).
1962 Cymocythere phyma (Hobbs and Walton) new combination.—Hart: 123 [as E. phyma], 129 (C, T).
1965 C. phyma (Hobbs and Walton, 1962).—Crawford: 150 (R).
1965 Cymocythere phyma (Hobbs and Walton, 1962).—Hobbs: 159, 163 (R, T).
1966 Phymocythere phyma.—Hobbs & Hart: 35 [and as Entocythere phyma], 36 [and as Entocythere phyma], 48– 49 [and as Entocythere phyma], 53, 60, Figs. 1C, 30, 31, new comb (D, H, R, T).
1966 Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs and Walton, 1962).—Hobbs & Walton: 7 (A).
1967 Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs and Walton).—Hobbs, Holt & Walton: 20, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 45, 46, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 67, 68, 69, 72–73, Fig. 11c (A, D, H, R, T).
1968 P. phyma (Hobbs and Walton, 1962).—Ferguson: 502 (C, D).
1971 Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs and Walton, 1962).—Walton & Hobbs: 88–102, Fig. 2 (A, E, H).
1974 Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs and Walton, 1962).—Hart & Hart: 12, 13, 99 [as C. phyma], 109 [as Entocythere phyma], 110, 208, 229, Pl. XXXII Figs. 7–9, Pl. LIII (D, H, R, T).
1974 Phymocythere phyma.—Peters: 74 (D, H).
1975 Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs & Walton, 1962).—Hart & Hart: 40 [as Entocythere phyma], 41 (C, D, H).
1975 Ph. phyma Hobbs and Hart, 1966.—Hobbs: 281, erroneous authority (C, D).
1975 Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs and Walton).—Peters: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 20, 21, 38, 45–46, Figs. 6a, i, 10 (A, C, D, H, K, T).
1983 Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs and Walton, 1962).—Hobbs & McClure: 777 (D, H).
1993 Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs & Walton).—Hobbs & Peters: 464 (D, H, R).
2014a Phymocythere phyma (Hobbs & Walton, 1962).—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Loss of Tumor Suppressor Proteins in Breast Cancer Cells
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The breast contains several types of cells, one of which is epithelial cells. Breast epithelial cells grow and differentiate (to perform specialized functions) at precise times during embryological development, at puberty, and throughout adulthood. Breast epithelial cells are also the most common cells to give rise to breast cancer. That is, most breast tumors are composed of epithelial cells that fail to grow and differentiate normally.

 Normal human cells, including breast epithelial cells, cannot divide indefinitely. The process which prevents normal cells from unlimited cell division is termed replicative or cellular senescence. Cellular senescence is a tumor suppressive mechanism. Indeed, most tumors develop their most malignant properties only after they have acquired enough mutations to overcome cellular senescence. Thus, breast epithelial cells that fail to senesce are very prone to develop into aggressive breast cancer. The retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (Rb) is a cellular gene that is known to be critical for normal cellular senescence. Although it was first discovered as a tumor suppressor gene that was mutated in eye tumors (retinoblastoma), it is now known that Rb is mutated in many forms of cancer, including breast cancer. The Rb mutations that occur in cancer cells are those that delete or otherwise inactivate the Rb protein. Therefore, the normal Rb gene appears to be important in limiting cell division. Our preliminary data suggest that normal Rb limits cell division by binding to cellular proteins that are produced by senescent cells. However, genes that code for the cellular proteins that bind to Rb have not yet been isolated.

 I propose to isolate the genes which are active in senescent human breast epithelial cells to code for proteins that interact with Rb. I will use a technique known as the yeast two-hybrid system, because this system has been very successful in isolating other interacting genes. I expect to identify genes expressed by senescent breast epithelial cells. These genes may themselves be previously unknown tumor suppressor genes. The isolation of these genes will provide us with critical information about how breast cancer is initiated, and how the abnormal growth of cancerous breast epithelial cells can be suppressed.
Rethinking intimacy
Creators: name: Russo, Anahi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This dissertation investigates the transformation of intimacy in the lives of three generations of women participating in queer spaces in Mexico City, at a moment in which sexual citizenship is being redefined in Mexican society. More specifically, this research considers how the social organization, discourses and practices of intimacy have shifted for women participating in queer spaces in Mexico City since the 1960s. My study looks at how the emergence of these transcontinental debates intertwines with the new nationalist rhetoric that has proclaimed Mexico as a pluriethnic and multicultural (instead of mestizo) nation. After positioning these debates in processes of national identity and transnational dynamics, I explore through my ethnographic data, how gay and lesbian individuals in Mexico City have reconfigured their views on intimacy (i.e. love, friendship, sexuality) since the 1960s, and in particular  in the midst of these changes on sexual citizenship. I focus particularly on women participating in queer spaces. I suggest that if we truly are to understand queer lives in Latin America, it is imperative to engage with discourses on intimacy produced through the State and other institutional actors and the ways in which these are experienced, rather than primarily centering our analysis on ontological questions as research on same-sex sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean has continuously emphasized. My qualitative research is based on ethnographic fieldwork I conducted in Mexico City for 10 months in 2009-2010, including participant observation, 45 qualitative interviews and the review of newspapers of record. It is also influenced by seven intermittent years of everyday life in Mexico City since 1998 and a previous anthropological fieldwork research in 2000. Ultimately, my study contributes to the fields of the anthropology and sociology of intimacy, interdisciplinary studies on gender and sexuality in Latin America and notions of sexual citizenship, nationalism, space and place.
Animal Welfare
Creators: name: Xue, Gralat
name: Park, Soo Jin
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: A study of various animal welfare issues with a closer look at the role of humans; The prevalence of these issues and what factors allow them to continue
description: Animal welfare has become an increasingly important issue over the last few years. More individuals are concerned with these issues and increased efforts have been made to reduce or eliminate the prevalence of these issues. However, despite recent advances, much of the information regarding animal welfare remains unclear and inaccessible by many individuals. Most animal welfare issues exist today due to increased consumer demands, but it is lack of information on these issues that allow them to continue to exist. An educational course designed to educate undergraduate students on various animal welfare issues can be an excellent starting point towards increased awareness of animal welfare issues which can then lead to a decreased prevalence of these issues.
Plectocythere Williams & Weaver 2018, new genus
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Plectocythere

description: Plectocythere Hobbs, 1965
1965 Plectocythere new genus.—Hobbs: 160, 161–162 (K, R, T).
1966 Plectocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Hobbs & Hart: 35, 36, 47, 49, 53, Fig. 1C (K, R, T).
1967 Plectocythere.—Hobbs: 3 (R).
1967 Plectocythere.—Hobbs, Holt & Walton: 8 (H).
1968 Plectocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Ferguson: 499, 502 (C).
1969a Plectocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 183, 188, 189, Figs. 5, 21 (D, R, T).
1969b Plectocythere.—Hart & Hart: 158 (R, T).
1969a Plectocythere, Hobbs III, 1965.—Hobbs: 167, 168, 170 (R, T).
1970 Plectocythere, Hobbs III, 1965:161.—Hobbs & Hobbs: 1, 2, 16 (C, K, R).
1971 Plectocythere Hobbs III, 1965:161.—Hobbs Jr.: 19, 54 (C).
1974 Plectocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Hart & Hart: viii, 9, 18, 103, 107, 110, 111, 117, Fig. 34 (D, H, K, R, T). 1974 Plectocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Hartmann & Puri: 50 (C).
1975 Plectocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 41 (C, D, H).
2010 Plectocythere Hobbs, III, 1965.—Smith & Delorme: 748, 770 (C, K).
2017 Plectocythere.—Weaver & Williams: 577 (K).
Remarks: Hart & Hart (1974: 111) mistakenly list the hosts of Plectocythere as “crayfishes of the family Astacidae.” Plectocythere is known only from crayfishes in the family Cambaridae. This error was repeated in Hart & Hart (1975: 41).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Animal Fostering
Creators: name: Canfield, Hanna
name: Lee, Courtney
name: D’Aversa, Ashley
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: A combative approach to overpopulation in animal shelters
description: Overpopulation of animal shelters is a huge animal welfare issue today. Due to irresponsible pet-breeding and pet ownership, there are millions of homeless animals. It is the responsibility of animal shelters to provide safety and shelter for homeless animals while trying to find them permanent homes. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of animals being abandoned, shelters cannot hold all of the animals and resort to either euthanasia in public shelters, where they are obligated to take in all animals that enter the facility, or turning away any new animals, as is the case for many private, no-kill shelters. Fostering programs are essential to combating this issue. Anyone, from experienced volunteers in rescue groups to the everyday citizen, can be a foster parent depending on the rules that vary from shelter to shelter. Our service project plans to target a group known for pet abandonment in the hopes of changing their behaviors and attitudes about pet ownership. This group is college students. New Brunswick experiences a high rate of animal abandonment due to students buying pets while living off-campus and then not knowing what to do with them once they have to move out. Rather than discouraging students from having pets at school, we want to encourage them to choose fostering as an option, so that they will have the experience of pet ownership, and know exactly where they can return their pet should they not be able to adopt it when they move out. To raise awareness we are creating a Facebook page with all shelter, rescue group, and pet ownership information, because Facebook is one of the most utilized forms of communication among college students today, and we want our message to be accessible and updatable for many years to come.
Axina longevittata Pic 1948
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Axina
Axina longevittata

description: Axina longevittata Pic, 1948
Figures 69, 77.
Axina longevittata Pic, 1948: 132. Holotype. Gender not known. Type locality: Brésil, Goyas (MNHN). Corporaal 1950: 98.
Diagnosis. The predominantly dark castaneous coloration, with faintly visible lighter streaks on the elytral disc, of the members of this species will distinguish them from congeners.
Redescription. Size. Length 9.0 mm; width 2.2 mm. Form. As in Fig. 77. Color. Dark castaneous, except elytron disc with faintly visible paler vitta and elytral apex testaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/8. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 95/30; elytra, asetiferous punctures substriate, punctures extend to elytral apical ½, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 420/80.
Variation. Size. Length 9.0–11.0 mm; width 2.2–2.8 mm. Except for body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.
Distribution (for map see Fig. 69). In addition to the holotype, I examined 5 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Goías, Rio Verde,?-?-1908, G. A. Baer; Mineiro,?-?-1912, H. Donkier; Jatai, collection date and collector not noted. Paraguay: No other information available. Specimens are deposited in: MNHN and WOPC.
Notes. I examined the holotype, but the description is based on a homotype specimen.
plagiata species group
The members of this species group show a glossy luster on the elytral disc. There are four species in this group whose geographical distribution involves Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, and Argentina.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), pp. 1-70 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (793) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4564947
Targeted search for new transcription factors in breast cell
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Breast cancer occurs as a result of alterations in the mechanisms that control normal cell behavior. Two of the major differences between a cancer cell and a normal cell are as follows: first, cancer cells acquire an inappropriate growth property; second, cancer cells generally lose their ability to serve the functions they normally have in a given tissue. These two aspects are intimately related in breast epithelial cells—the cell type from which more than 90% of breast cancers arise. In a normal breast cell, growth is stopped before the cell becomes functional (e.g., produces milk). This is controlled by changes in hormones in the female body and the network of large molecule proteins surrounding the cells. These changes can cause further modification in the type and quantity of regulatory proteins inside the cell, which in turn act as master switches for the growth and function of cells. Cancer cells, on the other hand, no longer respond to the environmental stimuli correctly, and do not make the proteins required for a controlled change in their growth and functional properties. The proposed work in this fellowship application will aim at identification and characterization of the regulatory proteins whose function may be lost in breast cancer.

 We will use a cell culture system, developed in this laboratory, in which breast epithelial cells can be manipulated to either grow or become milk-producing cells. Using this system, we found that one class of regulatory proteins, called helix-loop-helix proteins (HLH for short), may be important coordinators of normal cell growth and function in the breast. We therefore set out to identify HLH proteins made in the breast cells and have identified one such regulatory protein. Since we know that the identified protein can only function when it is bound with another protein, we propose to search for proteins which interact with it. After we find the other protein(s), we will examine at what stages they are produced in our cells, and if their production is altered in human breast cancer cells. The proposed research will provide crucial insights into the molecular mechanism of breast cancer pathogenesis and provide useful information for early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
title: Guitar timbre modification through active vibration control – preliminary results
Creators: name: Jasiński, Jan
name: Wronka, Wojciech
name: Chojnacka, Klara
Publisher: name: Poznań University of Technology
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00p7p3302
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Vibrations in Physical Systems, 35(3), 2024313-1 - 2024313-10
Exploring the relationship between emotional regulation and working memory in high school students from Temuco, Chile
Creators: name: Sanhueza, Mario
name: Curin Millañir, Yocelin del Carmen
name: Bizama Huircán, Camila Andrea
name: Diaz, Camila
name: Pantoja Silva, Veronica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: emotional regulation
working memory
cognitive neurosciences

description: Introduction: The interrelation between emotions and cognition is fundamental for learning. However, this field has not been able to introduce changes in Chilean educational programs. This study investigates the correlation between emotional regulation and working memory in adolescents from the city of Temuco, Chile.

Methodology: 88 students from a subsidized high school were evaluated using the Montreal Cognitive Test (MoCA) to measure working memory and the Emotional Regulation Difficulties Scale (DERS-E) to evaluate emotional regulation.

Results: We found no significant correlations between Emotional Rregulation, working memory and socioeconomic status or gender. Correlation analysis revealed no significant association between Emotional regulation and working memory, suggesting these variables may operate independently in this sample.

Discussion: Although an inverse relationship was observed, we found no significant correlation between ER and WM. This result challenges our initial hypothesis of a positive correlation, aligning with prior findings in the literature. Future research with more balanced samples and assessments of inhibitory control could provide deeper insights into the observed patterns.
Plectocythere crotaphis Hobbs III 1965, new species
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Plectocythere
Plectocythere crotaphis

description: * Plectocythere crotaphis Hobbs, 1965
1965 Plectocythere crotaphis new species.—Hobbs: 159, 161, 162, Figs. 1 –3 (D, H, R, T).
1966 Plectocythere crotaphis Hobbs III, 1965.—Hobbs & Hart: 35, 47, 48, 53, 59, Figs. 1C, 26, 27 (T).
1968 P. crotaphis Hobbs III, 1965.—Ferguson: 502 (C, D).
1974 Plectocythere crotaphis Hobbs III, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 111, 112, 208, 229, Pl. XXXII Figs. 10–12, Pl. LIII (C, D, H, R, T).
1975 Plectocythere crotaphis Hobbs III, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 41 (C, D, H).
1977 P. crotaphis Hobbs III, 1965.—Norden: 493 (R).
1991 P. crotaphis Hobbs III, 1965.—Hobbs & Peters: 73 (D, H, R).
2014a Plectocythere crotaphis Hobbs III, 1965.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Building a Clever Cubs School Hostel in Namibia, Africa
Creators: name: Xue, Cynthia
name: Gutman, Adda
name: Pazdzior, Daria
name: Fagan, Julie M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: An appeal and argument for the construction of a domicile for the abandoned and orphaned students of the Clever Cubs Pre-primary School located within N/a'ankuse Wildlife Sanctuary
description: N/a'ankuse Wildlife Sanctuary houses a small population of children from the San Bushman families that work and live on the sanctuary. However, there are many children that are left as orphans on the reserve from other Bushman tribes that are unwilling to or cannot take care of them. While N/a'ankuse does have a pre-primary school for these children called the Clever Cubs School, it does not yet have a place for these orphaned kids to live. Building a hostel inside the wildlife sanctuary's Bushman village will provide these orphan kids with a proper place within which they can live and further their developmental growth. We approached two student groups within Rutgers with the intention to raise awareness about this issue. With the following proposal, we aimed to argue the economic social, moral and cultural benefits of constructing such a hostel. Moreover, we hope to provide N/a’ankuse Wildlife Sanctuary with a feasible model unto which they can use to help start their hostel project. Fundraising will help raise money for the supplies needed to build the hostel, estimated to be about N$ 52,000 or USD$ 7,500. Overall, the hostel will give the orphan kids a warm place to live at and to study at, and provide the stability that they will need to mature into fully functional adults participating within Namibian society.
Recent advances in statistical models
Creators: name: Qiao, Wenqian
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This dissertation consists of three chapters. It develops new methodologies to address two specific problems of recent statistical research:  • How to incorporate hierarchical structure in high dimensional regression model  selection.  • How to achieve semi-parametric efficiency in the presence of missing data.  For the first problem, we provide a new approach to explicitly incorporate a given hierarchical structure among the predictors into high dimensional regression model selection. The proposed estimation approach has a hierarchical grouping property so that a pair of variables that are “close” in the hierarchy will be more likely grouped in the estimated model than those that are “far away”. We also prove that the proposed method can consistently select the true model. These properties are demonstrated  numerically in simulation and a real data analysis on peripheral-blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) study.    For the second problem, two frameworks are considered: generalized partially linear model (GPLM) and causal inference of observational study. Specifically, under the GPLM framework, we consider a broad range of missing patterns which subsume most publications on the same topic. We use the concept of least favorable curve and extend the generalized profile likelihood approach [Severini and Wong (1992)] to estimate the parametric component of the model, and prove that the proposed estimator is consistent and semi-parametrically efficient. Also, under the causal inference framework, we propose to estimate the mean treatment effect with non-randomized treatment exposures in the presence of missing data. An appealing aspect of this development is that we incorporate the post-baseline covariates which are often excluded from causal effect inference due to their inherent confounding effect with treatment. We derive the semiparametric efficiency bound for regular asymptotically linear (RAL) estimators and propose an estimator which achieves this bound. Moreover, we prove that the proposed estimator is robust against four types of model mis-specifications. The performance of the proposed approaches are illustrated numerically through simulations and real data analysis on group testing dataset from Nebraska Infertility Prevention Project and burden of illness dataset from Duke University Medical Center.
Characterization and performance of the electroosmotic pumping effect for different porous media
Creators: name: Piwowar, Daniel
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: High flow rate electroosmotic, EO, pumps are of great interest due to their simple design and non-moving parts. EO pumps were fabricated from two types of membranes: a never before tested, microcapillary array and the popular, anodic aluminum oxide (AAO). Flow rates and power consumption were measured directly for both membranes while efficiency was measured indirectly for the AAOs. A normalized flow rate of 1.90 mL/min/V/cm2 was recorded which is the highest normalized flow rate published. Large inefficiencies can occur due to electrolysis and electrode spacing and thus methods to decreasing these problems are discussed. Electroosmotic pumps were driven by constant voltage and asymmetric voltage pulses. The asymmetric voltage pulses negated electrolysis while producing a net flow. Voltage losses due to electrode spacing were minimized by platinum coatings.
Plectocythere johnsonae Hobbs & Hart 1966, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Plectocythere
Plectocythere johnsonae

description: Plectocythere johnsonae Hobbs & Hart, 1966
1966 Plectocythere johnsonae, sp. nov. —Hobbs & Hart: 47–48, 53, 59, Figs. 1C, 28, 29 (D, H, R, T).
1968 P. johnsonae Hobbs and Hart, 1966.—Ferguson: 502 (C, D).
1974 Plectocythere johnsonae Hobbs and Hart, 1966.—Hart & Hart: 111, 112, 209, 229, Pl. XXXIII Figs. 1 –3, Pl. LIII (D, H, R, T).
1975 Plectocythere johnsonae Hobbs & Hart, 1966.—Hart & Hart: 42 (C, D, H).
1977 P. johnsonae Hobbs and Hart, 1966.—Norden: 493 (A).
1991 P. johnsonae Hobbs & Hart, 1966.—Hobbs & Peters: 73 (D, H, R).
2014a Plectocythere johnsonae Hobbs & Hart, 1966.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Axina adelosa Opitz 2020, new species
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Axina
Axina adelosa

description: Axina adelosa Opitz, new species
Figures 43, 69, 82.
Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: São Paulo (Cantareira), Brazil, Feb, B. Pohl (WFBM). Paratypes. 5 specimens. Brazil: Estado do Bahia, Villa Victoria,?-?-1890, Ch. Pujol (MNHN, 1; WOPC, 1); Itapetinga,?- XI-1967, F. M. Oliveira (WOPC, 1); Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, collection date not noted, F. Sahlberg (SDEI, 1). Paraguay:?-?-188?, Drake (SDEI, 1).
Diagnosis. There are two faintly visible brown fasciae on the elytral disc. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.
Description. Size. Length 9.0 mm; width 2.2 mm. Form. As in Fig. 82. Color. Testaceous, except each elytron with 3 faintly visible light brown markings, one at humeral angle, one at elytron middle, and one preapical. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons slightly wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 100/140; elytra with few asetiferous punctures concentrated in basal half near sutural margin, one stria adjacent to sutural margin extended from elytron middle to elytral base; EL/EW 385/70. Abdomen. Aedeagus (Fig. 43), phallobasic lobes long, widely separated; phallic plates with one spine at apical 1/3; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.
Variation. Size. Length 9.0–10.0 mm; width 2.2–2.3 mm. Except for body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.
Natural history. The holotype was collected in Brazil during February and November.
Distribution (for map see Fig. 69). This species occurs in Brazil and Paraguay.
Etymology. The specific epithet, adelosa, is a Greek adjective that stems from adelos (= obscure). I refer to the dimly visible light brown markings on the elytral disc.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), pp. 1-70 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (793) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4564947
Metabolism of Environmental Chemicals as Breast Cancer Risk
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Analysis of mutations in breast tumors suggests that environmental chemicals such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) might be involved in the development of breast cancer. PAHs are ubiquitous in the environment, and are ingested and inhaled continuously. PAHs act as carcinogens only after being activated in the body. The balance of PAH-activating and detoxifying enzymes determines the amount of binding of PAHs to DNA, which in turn determines the risk of cancer initiation. The activity of these enzymes is determined by genetic and environmental factors. The synthesis of activating enzymes can be induced by PAHs themselves and other environmental toxins, such as dioxin. The interindividual variations in activating and detoxifying enzymes contribute to individual susceptibility to cancer of the lung, colon and bladder. It is proposed to determine if the amount of PAH-activating and detoxifying enzymes in breast tissue represents a risk factor for breast cancer. If this is the case, women with increased susceptibility could be identified and certain preventive measures could be taken, such as more frequent examination, changes in lifestyle to reduce PAH exposure, and possibly changes in diet to alter the activity of PAH-metabolizing enzymes.

 These hypotheses will be tested by examining the two major enzymes involved in PAH metabolism: the activating enzyme, cytochrome P4501A1, encoded by the gene CYPlAl, and the detoxifying enzyme glutathione S-transferase, encoded by the gene GSTM1. Variability in the activity of these enzymes is due in part to genetic variation, and in part to modification of gene expression by environmental agents. The presence or absence of the GSTM1 gene, and expression of CYP1A1 will be determined in breast tissue. A collection of about one hundred microscopically nor-mal breast tissue specimens from mastectomy patients or from reduction mammoplasties will be analyzed. CYP1A1 expression (determined by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) and GSTM1 genotype (determined by PCR) will be compared in individuals with breast cancer and healthy individuals. In addition, the correlation of PAH-DNA adduct formation and PAH-metabolizing enzymes will be examined in vitro by treating cells from specimens with different enzyme activity with a model compound and then measuring DNA adducts. These studies should indicate if there is a trend of higher CYP1A1 expression and/or absence of GSTM1 in breast cancer patients.