cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 16597.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 24.05.1947, erstellt von Bernhard Beck
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Später wurden ergänzende Angaben aufgrund auswärtiger Beobachtungen direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung hinzugefügt. Unter Umständen sind Angaben zu Protuberanzen vermerkt
Mutual fund management: does active management pay?
Creators: name: Yang, Wenhao
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2016
Subjects: Alpha
CAPM
Mutual Fund
Performance Evaluation

description: According to classical portfolio theory, two implications follow when an asset has a positive alpha against some benchmark: (1) the benchmark is mean-variance inefficient; (2) by combining the positive alpha asset with the benchmark, one can improve the mean- variance efficiency of the benchmark. The first implication is well known, but the second is largely ignored in the existing literature. This dissertation tests and applies the second implication. The dissertation has two chapters. Chapter 1 empirically tests the theory. Specifically, we test whether the alpha of an investment relative to one's existing portfolio can be used to improve out-of-sample performance as measured by Sharpe ratio and four-factor alpha. For the period 2000 - 2014, we confirm this for the Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund and the Growth and Small Index Fund, which we extend by adding various Exchange Traded Funds. Chapter 2 applies the theory in the mutual fund context in order to shed light on the relation between active management and fund performance. Recent studies have documented a positive relation between the degree of active management and mutual fund performance. We show that this relation holds only for fund managers who trade in an optimal way. The optimality measure that we develop, "investment alpha," captures whether a mutual fund is trading towards mean-variance optimality, which, we argue, is the first-best choice for mutual fund managers within a mean-variance framework. This investment alpha is similar to previous work using evaluation alphas such as Jensen's alpha, except that our benchmark is the manager's own portfolio. We show that if the investment alpha of a fund's incremental portfolio - defined as the portfolio obtained by collecting the changes in a manager's positions over a given period - is positive then the fund is trading in the "right" direction. We show empirically that managers who do so outperform, and the more so if they are more active, and that investors react to the correct direction through increases in fund flows in the subsequent quarter. Actively managed funds that don't trade toward mean-variance optimality do not outperform.
HGNN for urban functional regions classification
Creators: name: Z
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 370401
subject: Computational modelling and simulation in earth sciences

description: code and data for "Integrating metro passenger flow data to improve the classification of urban functional regions using a heterogeneous graph neural network"
Two essays on the role of nonbank financial institutions and firms in the monetary transmission mechanisms
Creators: name: Yu, Sung-eun
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2016
Subjects: Large Firms
Monetary Policy Shocks
Monetary Transmission Mechanism
NBER Recession Shocks
Nonbank Financial Institutions
Small Firms

description: In my first essay, I theoretically and quantitatively examine the role of nonbank financial institutions in the monetary transmission mechanisms. First, in accordance with Bernanke's proposal (2007), I theoretically explain the effect of restrictive monetary policy on the behavior of both banks and nonbank financial intermediaries through their balance sheet conditions, which is a medium for the two kinds of lenders to shrink their loan supply. Second, if this theoretical explanation is correct, empirically we should expect the net worth and the intermediated loans of both kinds of lending institutions to fall in response to a tight monetary shock. Employing the traditional OLS and the VAR methodology, I find that nonbank financial institutions respond by shrinking their net worth, and they subsequently reduce their loans in the same ways banks do. This evidence suggests that nonbank financial institutions may play an important role in amplifying the effect of monetary policy on output, providing some explanation of the existing puzzles.         In my second essay, I provide more evidence on the behavior of small and large firms, employing the Flow of Funds data, the QFR data and other sources. The empirical test to examine behavior of small and large firms is conducted in two ways: (1) by different episodes, tight monetary policy episodes and business cycles episodes and (2) by different time periods, Pre-1990 periods and Post-1990 periods.        First, I find that a monetary shock and an NBER recession shock differently affect firms' short-term financing behavior. During recent periods, after a contractionary monetary shock, large firms increase their short-term debt more than small firms, whereas after an NBER recession shock, large firms decrease most balance sheet variables (including short-term debt) more than small firms. These findings suggest that small firms are more credit-constrained after a monetary policy shock, whereas large firms are more credit-constrained after an NBER recession shock. Second, I find that, after a contractionary monetary shock, during earlier periods, large firms decrease their short-term debt less than small firms, whereas during recent periods, large firms increase more than small firms. Although these findings appear to be contradictory, they are consistent in that small firms have continued to be more credit-constrained than large firms after contractionary monetary policy?at the time when demand for loans increases.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 16589.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 13.05.1947, erstellt von Helmut Müller.
Zusätzlich ist vermerkt, vermutlich von Max Waldmeier: Frist, in welcher eine Abweichung bei den Messvorrichtungen einzuberechnen war
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Später wurden ergänzende Angaben aufgrund auswärtiger Beobachtungen direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung hinzugefügt. Unter Umständen sind Angaben zu Protuberanzen vermerkt
Hedobiini
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Anobiidae

description: Hedobiini Mulsant et Rey, 1868
Anhedobia Nakane, 1963: 48. Type species Hedobia capucina Reitter, 1877 (P).
Clada Pascoe, 1887: 8. Type species Clada waterhousei Pascoe, 1887.
subg. Clada Pascoe, 1887: 8. Type species Clada waterhousei Pascoe, 1887 (E, I, P). Paranobium Gahan in Waterhouse, Gahan et Arrow, 1900: 104. Type species Paranobium posticum Gahan in Waterhouse, Gahan et Arrow, 1900.
Pseudoclada Pic et Pic, 1901: 170. Type species Hedobia quinquecostata Schilsky, 1898. Xystrophorus Lesne, 1902a: 476. Type species Xystrophorus horni Lesne, 1902.
Xystrophorus Dejean, 1833: 115. Type species: Xystrophorus serraticornis Dejean, 1833. Nomen nudum. subg. Taiwanoclada Sakai, 1987a: 66. Type species Clada (Taiwanoclada) shibatai Sakai, 1987 (P).
Hedobia Dejean, 1821: 41. Type species Ptinus pubescens Olivier, 1790 (I, P).
Neohedobia Fisher, 1919: 183. Type species Neohedobia texana Fisher, 1919 (N).
Ptinomorphus Mulsant et Rey, 1868a: 24, 31. Type species Ptinus imperialis Linnaeus, 1767 (I, N, P).
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Háva, Jiří, 2014, Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia), pp. 301-352 in Zootaxa 3754 (4) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/224794
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 16596.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 23.05.1947, erstellt von Bernhard Beck
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Unter Umständen sind Angaben zu Protuberanzen vermerkt
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 16646.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 12.07.1947, erstellt von Helmut Müller
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Später wurden ergänzende Angaben aufgrund auswärtiger Beobachtungen direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung hinzugefügt. Unter Umständen sind Angaben zu Protuberanzen vermerkt
Automating and Analyzing Whole-Farm Carbon Models
Creators: name: Maheshwari, Aditi
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: The goal of this research is to learn about whole farm carbon models. A whole farm carbon model estimates the emissions of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) based on information for a farm. We analyzed two models, HOLOS whole-farm and COMET-Farm, by running the models on random inputs and building classifiers from the runs. HOLOS estimates GHG emissions for a particular year based on crop and animal agriculture input, while COMET-farm adds past and future farm management practices. Users of the models must manually enter farm data through a graphical user interface (GUI), which is a good method for a single farm, but makes it infeasible to calculate GHG emissions over hundreds to thousands of farms. So we automated the interface and generated random farm scenarios within ranges given by experts. We scraped the estimated carbon footprint from thousands of runs of the models and used several Regression algorithms to build predictive models that have high accuracy. By reverse engineering the whole-farm carbon models we were able to determine which farm management practices in each whole farm carbon model have the biggest impact on GHG emissions. This can help farmers and rural planners change farm management practices to decrease GHG emissions.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 18.07.1947, erstellt von Gaston Coutrez, Observatoire Royal de Belgique in Uccle
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift, erstellt als Zeichnung nach eigener Vorlage in Uccle.
Instrument: Merz-Grubb Refraktor Teleskop (Öffnung 160 mm, f = 2450 mm, projiziertes Sonnenbild D = 25 cm)
Try the Wine: Food as an Expression of Cultural Identity in Roman Britain
Creators: name: Reininger, Molly
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Research surrounding cultural identity and food customs throughout history are published often, but any research that attempts to combine the two are often based in more recent history. Few combinations of the two are available, and fewer explore the implications within ancient colonization and expansion.
The research for this thesis was conducted with three viewpoints in mind: the colonization of Britannia from Romans within the new colony, the colonization from the native Briton’s perspective, and the Roman citizens within Britannia at the end of Rome’s military involvement with the colony. This method was chosen because in the early years of Britannia acting as a colony, there was much divide between the people emigrating in and the local populations, and by the end of Rome’s official involvement, several hundred years later, the population was almost entirely homogenous and therefore was more easily seen in contrast with the Roman Empire.
The nature of this research indicates that recent trends within historical study to understand the effects of colonization on modern civilizations can be used to effectively explore parts of the further past that otherwise would not be examined.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 09.06.1947, erstellt von Gaston Coutrez, Observatoire Royal de Belgique in Uccle
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift, erstellt als Zeichnung nach eigener Vorlage in Uccle. Später wurden ergänzende Angaben aufgrund weiterer Beobachtungen direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung hinzugefügt.
Instrument: Merz-Grubb Refraktor Teleskop (Öffnung 160 mm, f = 2450 mm, projiziertes Sonnenbild D = 25 cm)
Gibbiini
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptinidae

description: Gibbiini Jacqueli du Val, 1860
Gibbium Scopoli, 1777: 505. Type species Scotias psylloides Czempinski, 1778 (A, E, I, N, Nt, P). Scotias Czempinski, 1778: 51. Type species Scotias psylloides Czempinski, 1778.
Sulcatogibbium Bellés, 1985c: xvi. Type species Gibbium punctaticolle Pic, 1908 (E, P).
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Háva, Jiří, 2014, Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia), pp. 301-352 in Zootaxa 3754 (4) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/224794
Harmful Algal Blooms: Dominance in Lakes and Risk for Cyanotoxin Exposure in Food Crops
Creators: name: Bartos, Austin D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Climate change and human activities are promoting the dominance of a photosynthetic family of aquatic bacteria, cyanobacteria. Blooms of cyanobacteria are not only a visual nuisance but can produce a variety of cyanotoxins than can harm the liver, skin, and nervous system of animals and humans. We analyzed lakes in the contiguous United States and found that between 2007 and 2012, the number of lakes that produced measurable quantities of cyanotoxins increased from 33% to 45%. Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution were the main drivers of cyanobacteria blooms and toxin production between these years. Many of these lakes and reservoirs are used for crop irrigation and more frequent and toxic cyanobacteria blooms intensifies the risk of human and animal exposure to cyanotoxins through the consumption of toxic plants. We assessed how three cyanotoxins are distributed between soil, irrigation water, and lettuce plants to evaluate the exposure risk that cyanotoxins in food pose to human health. We found soil to sorb between 12 to 52% of two cyanotoxins from water, which could temporarily prevent the toxins from being taken up by plant roots and deposited into edible tissue. Also, we grew lettuce plants in a greenhouse and irrigated them with cyanotoxins. Cyanotoxins did not affect plant growth, however, we were unable to quantify the concentration of the toxins in the lettuce due to analytical limitations or that the plants were unable to sorb the toxins. Lastly, we analyzed the results from 14 published research studies on cyanotoxins in food irrigated with contaminated water. We found significant relationships between cyanotoxin concentrations in the irrigation water and those measured in plant tissues. Generally, the more cyanotoxins in the irrigation water the more cyanotoxins are measured in plants. The increase in cyanotoxin producing blooms needs to be mitigated to reduce associated health and economic risks. Management and policies should be implemented that not only mitigate the drivers of cyanobacteria and their toxins but also places limits on the acceptable concentrations in irrigation water.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung unnummeriert, einen Zürcher Lückentag ergänzend.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 05.05.1947, erstellt von Gaston Coutrez, Observatoire Royal de Belgique in Uccle
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift, erstellt als Zeichnung nach eigener Vorlage in Uccle.
Instrument: Merz-Grubb Refraktor Teleskop (Öffnung 160 mm, f = 2450 mm, projiziertes Sonnenbild D = 25 cm)
National Survey of Professional Development on Writing Compliant Transition Individualized Education Programs
Creators: name: Thomas, M. Faith
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: A national survey of special education administrators was conducted on current special education teacher trainings, the internal monitoring processes on transition IEPs, and the effect training has on compliance with federal law. In addition, this student researcher examined training and internal monitoring systems to determine if there were any similarities or differences between rural, suburban, and metropolitan school districts. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design gathered survey data from 147 special education administrators from across the U.S. and conducted interviews with 14 participants representing rural, suburban, and metropolitan school districts. When combining survey and interviews data, the results showed that less than 5 hrs of training was provided to secondary special education teachers on writing compliant transition IEPs per year. While results found that internal monitoring systems were in place in the majority of school districts, the fidelity of implementation is not consistent within or between school districts. The continuous improvement of trainings and writing transition IEPs was not found. Overall, the study found that rural, suburban, and metropolitan local education agencies (LEAs) have more similarities than differences in their professional development (PD) systems and internal monitoring systems and similar challenges impacting their school districts’ transition IEP compliance.
Meziini Belles 1985
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptinidae

description: Meziini Bellés, 1985
Costatomezium Pic, 1950b: 1. Type species Mezium costatum Pic, 1950 (E).
Damarus Péringuey, 1899: 242. Type species Damarus singularis Péringuey, 1899 (E).
Lepimedozium Bellés, 1984: 452. Type species Mezium natalense Péringuey, 1899 (E).
Meziomorphum Pic, 1898c: 169. Type species Mezium echinatum Péringuey, 1886 (E).
Mezioniptus Pic, 1944: 5. Type species Mezioniptus impressicollis Pic, 1944 (P).
Mezium Curtis, 1828: 232. Type species Mezium sulcatum Curtis, 1828 (A, E, N, Nt, P).
Stethomezium Hinton, 1943: 50. Type species Stethomezium squamosum Hinton, 1943 (E, P). Falsomezium Pic, 1950b: 1. Type species Mezium notiale Péringuey, 1899.
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Háva, Jiří, 2014, Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia), pp. 301-352 in Zootaxa 3754 (4) on pages 327-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/224794
Social Change Engagement and Leadership Development Among College Students
Creators: name: Harris, Andrew
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Young people are increasingly in the public view as agents of social change. As suggested in the Social Change Model of Leadership Development, those who develop the seven values of socially responsible leadership (consciousness of self, congruence, commitment, common purpose, collaboration, controversy with civility, and citizenship) are prepared to engage in the leadership process by creating positive social change. Findings from this study suggest that the socially responsible leadership value of citizenship was the value most consistently related to social change engagement. Additionally, social generativity, or the desire to leave a legacy for future generations, as well as participating in sociocultural discussions were related to social change engagement. These findings can help educators who utilize the Social Change Model to further refine their programs as they seek to develop young leaders who are engaged in creating positive social change.
Teaching Appropriate Feedback Reception Skills Using Computer-Based Training
Creators: name: Walker, Seth G.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Feedback is a commonly used intervention to address performance issues in a number of settings. Most research on feedback has focused on manipulating parameters surrounding the delivery of feedback. However, the interaction between those delivering the feedback and a feedback recipient may also influence the impact of performance feedback. The current study investigated the efficacy of training individuals to receive feedback in an appropriate manner using a computer-based training format. Following computer-based training, participants exhibited increases in accuracy of appropriate feedback behaviors when compared to baseline. Participants also demonstrated slight increases in performance on primary job tasks. This study extends the application of computer-based trainings to a new and complex set of behaviors. This study also discusses how computer-based training may increase training efficiency when applied to settings where a sizable portion of an organization needs to be trained in certain skills when compared to traditional in-person training formats. This study extends the research line of training appropriate feedback reception skills.
Tricorynini White 1971
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptinidae

description: Tricorynini White, 1971
Cryptorama Fall, 1905: 211, 256. Type species Catorama holosericea LeConte, 1878 (N, Nt). Peridorcatoma Lepesme, 1947: 222. Type species Pseudodorcatoma dufaui Pic, 1909.
Rhamna Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle, 1913: 518. Type species Rhamna semen Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle, 1913 (E, P).
Stichtoptychus Fall, 1905: 211, 258. Type species Stichtoptychus agonus Fall, 1905 (N, Nt, F).
Tricorynus Waterhouse, 1849: lxviii. Type species Tricorynus zeae Waterhouse, 1849 (E, N, Nt, P). Cathorama Gemminger et Harold, 1869: 1784. Type species Catorama tabaci Guérin-Méneville, 1850. Catorama Guérin-Méneville, 1850: 431. Type species Catorama tabaci Guérin-Méneville, 1850. Hemiptychus LeConte, 1865: 239. Type species Hemiptychus punctatus LeConte, 1865.
Xylotheca Reitter, 1897: 204. Type species Xylotheca meieri Reitter, 1897.
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Háva, Jiří, 2014, Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia), pp. 301-352 in Zootaxa 3754 (4) on pages 328-329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/224794
Rome, Robes, and Rivers: Land, Water, and Power in the Aniene Valley
Creators: name: Bibo, Jonah R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Rome, Robes, and Rivers is a multi-century environmental history that shows how different occupants in the Italian Aniene river valley help power through the exploitation and control of its land and water resources. It ranges from the classical to late medieval eras, focusing on the Roman empire alongside later Benedictine monastic societies, who each used different tactics to maintain control over the land. Roman aqueducts brought water to the city, while Benedictine monks taxed peasant laborers to maintain control of the land. Each occupant shaped the land their own needs and left their mark on the landscape in ways that are still visible today.
A Stratospheric Approach to Diagnose the North American Winter Dipole
Creators: name: Panosyan, Henrik
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: It has been well established in the literature that the stratosphere is dynamically coupled with the troposphere during boreal winter. The North American Winter Dipole is comprised of an upper-tropospheric contrast between a ridge over western North America, and a trough over eastern North America. The variance of this circulation regime has increased in recent years, with its amplified states being associated with extremes ranging from drought and floods, to extreme cold air outbreaks. This study explores the stratospheric link to this extreme weather regime, in the hopes of ultimately improving the predictability of this regime on intraseasonal-to-seasonal timescales. We find evidence for barotropic coupling between the stratospheric and tropospheric circulation in the vicinity of the North American Winter Dipole when the phase of the stratospheric perturbation associated with the Polar Night Jet (or Stratospheric Polar Vortex), constructively interferes with its tropospheric counterpart associated with the North American Winter Dipole, and a lack there-of when the phases destructively interfere.
Exploring in vivo and in vitro Regulation of the Shigella Type Three Secterion System ATPase Spa47
Creators: name: Case, Heather B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Diarrheal disease is caused by a diverse group of enteric pathogens and is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths worldwide. Some of the most common causes of diarrheal disease are bacterial pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli, Cholera, and Shigella. Many bacterial enteric pathogens use a type three secretion system (T3SS) to cause infection. The T3SS uses a needle and syringe like apparatus that allows the bacteria to inject proteins into the host cell to cause infection. Striking similarities in T3SSs from all pathogens that utilize them makes the T3SS an attractive target for the development of non-antibiotic drugs to combat them. With its high global burden, emergence of multi drug resistant strains, and lack of vaccine, Shigella is a prime target for study of the T3SS and is the focus of this dissertation. In Shigella, the ATPase Spa47 resides at the base of the T3SS and is responsible for powering the system. Here, we explore how Shigella regulates Spa47 activity finding two proteins that can both increase and decrease Spa47 activity depending on the oligomeric state of Spa47. Additionally, we explore chemical inhibitors and identify several that efficiently inhibit Spa47 activity and Shigella’s ability to secrete proteins necessary to cause infection. Testing the Shigella ATPase inhibitors on T3SS ATPases from E. Coli and Salmonella showed similar levels of inhibition, demonstrating the potential for developing cross pathogen therapeutics against pathogens that use one or more T3SSs. Together, these findings advance the understanding of how Shigella regulate its T3SS and move us one step closer to developing broadly active therapeutics against an important class of human pathogens.
Additional file 3 of Performance of the No-U-Turn sampler in multi-trait variance component estimation using genomic data
Creators: name: Nishio, Motohide
name: Arakawa, Aisaku
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 3: Table S1. Gelman and Rubin’s R convergence diagnostic and Geweke’s convergence diagnostic in Scenario 1 for the simulated data.
Ptilininae Shuckard 1839
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptinidae

description: PTILININAE Shuckard, 1839
= Sclerasteidae Gistl, 1856.
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Háva, Jiří, 2014, Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia), pp. 301-352 in Zootaxa 3754 (4) on page 329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/224794
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 16600.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 27.05.1947, erstellt von Bernhard Beck
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Später wurden ergänzende Angaben aufgrund auswärtiger Beobachtungen direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung hinzugefügt. Unter Umständen sind Angaben zu Protuberanzen vermerkt
Geomorphic History of the Grand Staircase Region of the Colorado Plateau: Understanding Arroyo Cut-Fill Dynamics, Erosion Rates, and Wildfire
Creators: name: Riley, Kerry E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Most streams in the southwestern United States do not flow all year, and given their delicate balance of sediment and water flow, they are sensitive to climate change. At the turn of the 20th century, many streams in the Southwest rapidly incised into their floodplains, forming arroyos with a channel entrenched into near-vertical channel banks mostly composed of sand and mud. This dissertation investigates past changes in watersheds draining the Grand Staircase region in southern Utah with the goal of understanding how changes in climate and sediment influence these types of streams. Results show sediment supply is highly variable across the study area because of different rock types and slope, with hotspots of erosion located along the White and Pink Cliffs. This conversely leads to sediment storage on low-relief benches and valleys. Fast rates of erosion and large amounts of sediment cause channels to be overloaded with sediment and unstable over time. This dissertation supports the hypothesis that channel entrenchment is caused by a combination of climate changes and internal-thresholds that control the stability of the channel. The role of climate and fire in this landscape is investigated, and results support the idea that the frequency and intensity of drought and its effect on vegetation have influenced fire activity over the past millennia.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 16648.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 14.07.1947, erstellt von Helmut Müller
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Später wurden ergänzende Angaben aufgrund auswärtiger Beobachtungen direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung hinzugefügt. Unter Umständen sind Angaben zu Protuberanzen vermerkt
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 13.06.1947, erstellt von Horst Künzel, Astrophysikalisches Observatorium in Potsdam
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Bleistift, erstellt als Zeichnung nach eigener Vorlage im Astrophysikalischen Observatorium in Potsdam. Instrument: Astrograph
Additional file 4 of Performance of the No-U-Turn sampler in multi-trait variance component estimation using genomic data
Creators: name: Nishio, Motohide
name: Arakawa, Aisaku
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 4: Table S2. Gelman and Rubin’s R convergence diagnostic and Geweke’s convergence diagnostic in Scenario 2 for the simulated data.
ARF6 is a Targetable Node that Orchestrates Signalling of Multiple Oncogenic Pathways in Cutaneous and Uveal Melanoma
Creators: name: Yoo, Jae Hyuk
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2016

description: Melanoma is a malignant tumor that develops from melanocytes, which are pigmented cells primarily found in the epidermis, eye, and mucosal epithelia. Melanomas can occur in any tissue containing melanocytes. Although both cutaneous and uveal melanomas are derived from melanocytes, they have significant differences in terms of genetic alterations, metastatic pattern, tumorigenesis, and therapeutic response. In this dissertation, I present the results of studies that explore the role of the small GTPase ARF6 in cutaneous and uveal melanoma. These studies show that ARF6 is required both for invasion and metastasis in cutaneous melanoma and for orchestrating oncogenic G protein-mediated signaling pathways that promote uveal melanoma cell proliferation. In cutaneous melanoma cells, WNT5A-FZD4-LRP6 signaling activates ARF6 via the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) GEP100. ARF6 activation promotes the release of -catenin from cell-surface N-cadherin, thereby increasing the pool of cytoplasmic and nuclear -catenin with a subsequent induction of transcription, invasion, and metastasis. As WNT signaling is implicated in many cancers, these findings suggest that a WNT-ARFGEF-ARF signaling module may play an important role in the metastasis of multiple cancers. Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular tumor. Activating mutations in GNAQ and GNA11, which encode members of the q class of the G-protein alpha subunit (Gq), are the primary drivers of uveal melanoma tumorigenesis. I show iv that oncogenic GNAQ forms a complex with GEP100 to activate ARF6, which in turn induces all known GNAQ-mediated signaling pathways as well as the relocalization of -catenin from the cell surface to the nucleus. These findings indicate that ARF6 is the primary immediate effector of an oncogenic GNAQ/GEP100 complex that regulates multiple signaling pathways shown to be important in the control of uveal melanoma tumorigenesis and growth. These results not only provide an improved understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying Gq-mediated tumorigenesis but also suggest a new target for therapeutic intervention in uveal melanoma.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung unnummeriert, einen Zürcher Lückentag ergänzend.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 16.05.1947, erstellt am Skalnate Pleso Observatorium
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift, erstellt als Zeichnung nach eigener Vorlage am Skalnate Pleso Observatorium. Es sind zudem statistische Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert. Instrument: unbekannt, Sonnenbild D = 25 cm
Sphaericini Portevin 1931
Creators: name: Zahradník, Petr
name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptinidae

description: Sphaericini Portevin, 1931
Neoptinus Gahan in Waterhouse, Gahan et Arrow, 1900: 102. Type species Neoptinus parvus Gahan in Waterhouse, Gahan et Arrow, 1900 (A, I).
Ptinosphaerus Bellés et Lawrence, 1984: 35. Type species Ptinosphaerus marginicollis Bellés et Lawrence, 1984.
Pitnus Gorham, 1883: 197. Type species Pitnus pygmaeus Gorham, 1883.
subg. Octopitnus Bellés, 1992b: 170, 184. Type species Pitnus australiae Lea, 1923 (A). subg. Pitnus Gorham, 1883: 197. Type species Pitnus pygmaeus Gorham, 1883 (N, Nt).
Sphaericus Wollaston, 1854: 263. Type species Ptinus (Sphaericus) dawsoni Wollaston, 1854.
subg. Doramasus Bellés, 1994: 74. Type species Sphaericus crotchianus Wollaston, 1854 (P).
subg. Leasphaericus Bellés, 1998b: 264. Type species Sphaericus (Leasphaericus) flavipennis Bellés, 1998 (A). subg. Nitpus Jacquelin du Val, 1860a: 138. Type species Nitpus gonospermi Jacquelin du Val, 1860 (E, P). Microptinus Wollaston, 1865: 215. Type species Nitpus gonospermi Jacquelin du Val, 1860.
subg. Sphaericus Wollaston, 1854: 263. Type species Ptinus (Sphaericus) dawsoni Wollaston, 1854 (A, E, I, N, Nt, P). Outipnus Gozis, 1886: 24. Type species Trigonogenius exiguus Boieldieu, 1854.
Ptinodes Wollaston, 1865: 219. Type species Ptinus (Sphaericus) fragilis Wollaston, 1854. Homonym. Tipnus Jacquelin du Val, 1860: 137 type species Trigonogenius gibboides Boieldieu, 1854
Wollastonella R. Lucas, 1920: 559. Type species Ptinus (Sphaericus) fragilis Wollaston, 1854. Replacement name.
Stereocaulophilus Bellés, 1995: 43. Type species Strereocaulophilus volcanicus Bellés, 1995 (P).
Trigonogenius Solier, 1849: 464. Type species Ptinus (Trigonogenius) globulus Solier, 1849 (A, E, I, N, Nt, P).
description: Published as part of Zahradník, Petr & Háva, Jiří, 2014, Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia), pp. 301-352 in Zootaxa 3754 (4) on pages 331-332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/224794
Additional file 5 of Performance of the No-U-Turn sampler in multi-trait variance component estimation using genomic data
Creators: name: Nishio, Motohide
name: Arakawa, Aisaku
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 5: Table S3. Gelman and Rubin’s R convergence diagnostic and Geweke’s convergence diagnostic in Scenario 1 for the PIC pig data.
Universal Localizations of Certain Noncommutative Rings
Creators: name: Bowles, Tyler B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: A common theme throughout algebra is the extension of arithmetic systems to ones over which new equations can be solved. For instance, someone who knows only positive numbers might think that there is no solution to x + 3 = 0, yet later learns x = −3 to be a feasible solution. Likewise, when faced with the equation 2x = 3, someone familiar only with integers may declare that there is no solution, but may later learn that x = 3/2 is a reasonable answer. Many eventually learn that the extension of real numbers to complex numbers unlocks solutions to previously unsolvable equations, such as x2 = −1.
In algebra, a ring is, roughly speaking, any arithmetic system in which addition and multiplication behave “reasonably”, while a homomorphism is a function that is compatible with the appropriate arithmetic systems. Some rings are noncommutative, meaning that the order in which one multiplies may change the product (i.e.ab ≠ ba), in contrast to most grade school arithmetic.
The extension of integers to rational numbers that allows one to solve 2x = 3 is an example of a more general technique, called localization. For commutative rings, localization is well understood and allows one to reasonably form fraction-like objects with numerators and denominators so that one can solve any equation of the form ax = b. However, this process becomes much more difficult for noncommutative rings. A modern perspective on this problem asks more broadly for an extension of a noncommutative ring which makes any given homomorphism invertible, making it possible to solve certain equations involving the homomorphism. In general, satisfactory descriptions for extensions of this type are elusive. However, there are circumstances in which it is possible to give a concrete answer.
We investigate a class of rings called the generalized triangular matrix rings whose elements are matrix-like. Our study focuses on homomorphisms whose inputs and outputs are each columns from these matrices. The results explicitly describe all of the extensions that result in available inverse homomorphisms. These extensions, called universal localizations of the ring, are also rings whose elements are matrix-like, and these matrices are more symmetric than the ring before localization. To provide some historical context, we also recount the developments in the theory that led to this research. This includes detailed descriptions of classical localization and its counterpart in noncommutative algebra, Ore localization, as well as accounts of modern viewpoints, namely Cohn localization and universal adjunction.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 16577.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 29.04.1947, erstellt von Bernhard Beck
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Unter Umständen sind Angaben zu Protuberanzen vermerkt
A Peptide-Based Small Interfering RNA Delivery System as an RNA Interference Approach for Neurodegnerative Disorders
Creators: name: Youn, Pilju
Publisher: name: University of Utah
Year: 2016

description: Neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) have become a major global health burden. Despite persistent advances in understanding the neurodegeneration process, pathogenesis has not been fully clarified and no cures are yet available. As a therapeutic approach for NDDs, RNA interference (RNAi) can be a potent mode of treatment because it can specifically downregulate target genes that are directly or indirectly associated with the onset and progression of neurodegeneration. For example, Keap1, a negative regulator of the antioxidant responsive element (ARE) can be targeted for gene downregulation in order to enhance the endogenous antioxidant capacity and protect brain cells against extensive oxidative stress, a pathological hallmark observed in many NDDs. However, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) bear limiting factors, including instability in the bloodstream and limited capacity to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) mainly due to their bulky size and negatively charged backbone. Thus, there is need for an adequate carrier that can protectively load and deliver bioactive siRNAs to brain cells. In this dissertation we detail the evaluation of a peptide-based siRNA carrier for neurotargeted siRNA delivery and the assessment of Keap1 RNAi therapeutic potential in brain cells. First, we have designed a myristoylated cell-penetrating peptide equipped with a transferrin receptor targeting sequence (myr-TP-Tf) and examined its physicochemical properties and biological functions. The myr-TP-Tf was shown to stably encapsulate siRNAs and deliver them to brain cells, leading to functional silencing of the target gene. Myr-TP-Tf also transported the siRNAs across a brain endothelial cell monolayer in a transwell system. Second, we have assessed the therapeutic potential of Keap1 RNAi against beta amyloid (Aβ) peptide-induced oxidative stress in a human glioma cell culture. It was found that the Keap1 siRNA-peptide complex-pretreated group had better tolerance to the cytotoxicity from the Aβ and displayed lower levels of oxidative stress and autophagic activity compared to the control groups, demonstrating the neuroprotective effect of Keap1 RNAi. Third, we examined the brain-targeting and functional target gene silencing abilities of the siRNA-peptide carrier complex in vivo. Although the direct local injection exerted a greater performance, the systemic administration also delivered a measurable amount of siRNA to the brain, which led to a significant knockdown of the target gene. In summary, results demonstrate that this peptide-based siRNA carrier system can be a promising strategy for neurotargeted siRNA delivery both in vitro and in vivo.
Additional file 6 of Performance of the No-U-Turn sampler in multi-trait variance component estimation using genomic data
Creators: name: Nishio, Motohide
name: Arakawa, Aisaku
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 6: Table S4. Gelman and Rubin’s R convergence diagnostic and Geweke’s convergence diagnostic in Scenario 2 for the PIC pig data.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 16594.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 19.05.1947, erstellt von Helmut Müller
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1947

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich. Instrument: Kern-Merz-Refraktor.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen. Später wurden ergänzende Angaben aufgrund auswärtiger Beobachtungen direkt auf der Fleckenzeichnung hinzugefügt. Unter Umständen sind Angaben zu Protuberanzen vermerkt
Harvest Efficiency of Forage Grazed by Cattle and The Effect of Pinyon and Juniper Treatments on Vegetation Cover on the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
Creators: name: Carter, Ruger P.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument (GSENM), located in central south Utah, currently has 76,957 active grazing animal unit months on the monument. Recently, there has been questions whether the harvest and grazing efficiency coefficients developed in the Midwest are applicable to the arid, bunch grass dominated systems of the GSENM. Harvest and grazing efficiency defines the percentage of allocated forage that is being ingested by the animal, and the percentage that is being wasted. Harvest and grazing efficiency coefficients were calculated on the Lower Cattle allotment on the GSENM by taking total forage production and dividing that by expected cattle intake. Expected cattle intake was estimated by calculating stocking rates in study areas using a resource selection function that predicted cattle distribution. Total forage production was calculated using the paired plot method.
The GSENM has also needed data analyzed from pinyon and juniper removal projects. The effect size of pinyon and juniper removal treatments on the GSENM were also analyzed to find changes in grasses, forbs, shrubs, bare ground, and litter. Land managers need this analysis to better inform their decisions and determine the success of their treatments.