cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
In a rat model of bypass DuraGraft ameliorates endothelial dysfunction of arterial grafts
Creators: name: Lian, Shuo
name: Loganathan, Sivakkanan
name: Mayer, Tobias
name: Kraft, Patricia
name: Sayour, Alex Ali
name: Georgevici, Adrian-Iustin
name: Veres, Gábor
name: Karck, Matthias
name: Szabó, Gábor
name: Korkmaz-İçöz, Sevil
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Coronary artery bypass surgery can result in endothelial dysfunction due to ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury. Previous studies have demonstrated that DuraGraft helps maintain endothelial integrity of saphenous vein grafts during ischemic conditions. In this study, we investigated the potential of DuraGraft to mitigate endothelial dysfunction in arterial grafts after IR injury using an aortic transplantation model. Lewis rats (n = 7–9/group) were divided in three groups. Aortic arches from the control group were prepared and rings were immediately placed in organ baths, while the aortic arches of IR and IR + DuraGraft rats were preserved in saline or DuraGraft, respectively, for 1 h before being transplanted heterotopically. After 1 h after reperfusion, the grafts were explanted, rings were prepared, and mounted in organ baths. Our results demonstrated that the maximum endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation to acetylcholine was significantly impaired in the IR group compared to the control group, but DuraGraft improved it (control: 89 ± 2%; IR: 24 ± 1%; IR + DuraGraft: 48 ± 1%, p < 0.05). Immunohistochemical analysis revealed decreased intercellular adhesion molecule-1, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, caspase-3 and caspase-8 expression, while endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 immunoreactivity was increased in the IR + DuraGraft grafts compared to the IR-group. DuraGraft mitigates endothelial dysfunction following IR injury in a rat bypass model. Its protective effect may be attributed, at least in part, to its ability to reduce the inflammatory response, oxidative stress, and apoptosis.
Crenimugil seheli
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Mugiliformes
Mugilidae
Crenimugil
Crenimugil seheli

description: Crenimugil seheli (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) — Bluespot mullet
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kulineua River, New Hanover as Valamugil seheli by Munro (1958: 152); subsequently reported as Valamugil seheli from Tigak Islands, Kavieng by Wright & Richards (1985: 73). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian and Marquesas islands, north to southern Japan, south to Derby (Western Australia) and Norfolk Island. Found in shallow coastal waters, entering lagoons, estuaries and rivers, 0–3 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Plakophilin 4 controls the spatio-temporal activity of RhoA at adherens junctions to promote cortical actin ring formation and tissue tension
Creators: name: Müller, Lisa
name: Keil, René
name: Glaß, Markus
name: Hatzfeld, Mechthild
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Plakophilin 4 (PKP4) is a component of cell–cell junctions that regulates intercellular adhesion and Rho-signaling during cytokinesis with an unknown function during epidermal differentiation. Here we show that keratinocytes lacking PKP4 fail to develop a cortical actin ring, preventing adherens junction maturation and generation of tissue tension. Instead, PKP4-depleted cells display increased stress fibers. PKP4-dependent RhoA localization at AJs was required to activate a RhoA-ROCK2-MLCK-MLC2 axis and organize actin into a cortical ring. AJ-associated PKP4 provided a scaffold for the Rho activator ARHGEF2 and the RhoA effectors MLCK and MLC2, facilitating the spatio-temporal activation of RhoA signaling at cell junctions to allow cortical ring formation and actomyosin contraction. In contrast, association of PKP4 with the Rho suppressor ARHGAP23 reduced ARHGAP23 binding to RhoA which prevented RhoA activation in the cytoplasm and stress fiber formation. These data identify PKP4 as an AJ component that transduces mechanical signals into cytoskeletal organization.
Otariidae Hernández-Orts, Viola, García, Crespo, González, García-Varela & Kuchta, 2015, s.s.
Creators: name: Hernández-Orts, Jesús S.
name: Viola, M. Natalia Paso
name: García, Néstor A.
name: Crespo, Enrique A.
name: González, Raúl
name: García-Varela, Martín
name: Kuchta, Roman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Otariidae

description: Family Otariidae
Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann): A— Corynosoma australe, C. cetaceum; N— Contracaecum ogmorhini s.s., Contracaecum sp., Pseudoterranova cattani; C— Diphyllobothrium sp., Tetrabothriidae gen. sp.
Otaria flavescens (Shaw): A— Andracantha sp., Corynosoma australe, C. cetaceum, Profilicollis chasmagnathi; N— Anisakis simplex s.l., Contracaecum ogmorhini s.s., C. osculatum s.l., Contracaecum sp., Contracaecum spp., Pseudoterranova cattani, Uncinaria hamiltoni; C— Diphyllobothrium sp., Phyllobothrium sp.; T— Ascocotyle patagoniensis.
description: Published as part of Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, pp. 301-334 in Zootaxa 3936 (3) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696
Lixus inquinatus Boheman 1835
Creators: name: Gültekin, Levent
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Lixus
Lixus inquinatus

description: Lixus inquinatus Boheman, 1835
Lixus inquinatus Boheman, 1835: 72
Current status: Lixus inquinatus Boheman, 1835 is a junior synonym of L. subtilis Boheman, 1835.
Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Inquinatus, Steven, 99–138, Bhn.” is a female pinned through the right elytron (by a headless large pin, thus elytra hardly separated) bearing the handwritten label: “ L: inquinatus, Steven, Caucasus”, and fitting description with type locality as Caucaso. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, Ƥ, Lixus inquinatus Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”, “ Lixus subtilis Boh., Gültekin det. 2006”.
Remarks. Capiomont (1875a) first established Lixus inquinatus Boheman, 1835 as a synonym of L. subtilis Boheman, 1835.
description: Published as part of Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2411 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.293282
Balaenopteridae Hernández-Orts, Viola, García, Crespo, González, García-Varela & Kuchta, 2015, s.l.
Creators: name: Hernández-Orts, Jesús S.
name: Viola, M. Natalia Paso
name: García, Néstor A.
name: Crespo, Enrique A.
name: González, Raúl
name: García-Varela, Martín
name: Kuchta, Roman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Balaenopteridae

description: Family Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson: N— Anisakis simplex s.l.; C— Tetrabothrius affinis, Tetrabothrius spp.; T— Ogmogaster antarcticus.
description: Published as part of Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, pp. 301-334 in Zootaxa 3936 (3) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696
Graphene via microwave expansion of graphite followed by cryo-quenching and its application in electrostatic droplet switching
Creators: name: Chahal, Sumit
name: Sahay, Trisha
name: Li, Zhixuan
name: Sharma, Raju Kumar
name: Kumari, Ekta
name: Bandyopadhyay, Arkamita
name: Kumari, Puja
name: Ray, Soumya Jyoti
name: Vinu, Ajayan
name: Kumar, Prashant
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Monoelemental atomic sheets (Xenes) and other 2D materials offer record electronic mobility, high thermal conductivity, excellent Young's moduli, optical transparency, and flexural capability, revolutionizing ultrasensitive devices and enhancing performance. The ideal synthesis of these quantum materials should be facile, fast, scalable, reproducible, and green. Microwave expansion followed by cryoquenching (MECQ) leverages thermal stress in graphite to produce high-purity graphene within minutes. MECQ synthesis of graphene is reported at 640 and 800 W for 10 min, followed by liquid nitrogen quenching for 5 and 90 min of sonication. Microscopic and spectroscopic analyses confirmed the chemical identity and phase purity of monolayers and few-layered graphene sheets (200–12 µm). Higher microwave power yields thinner layers with enhanced purity. Molecular dynamics simulations and DFT calculations support the exfoliation under these conditions. Electrostatic droplet switching is demonstrated using MECQ-synthesized graphene, observing electrorolling of a mercury droplet on a BN/graphene interface at voltages above 20 V. This technique can inspire the synthesis of other 2D materials with high purity and enable new applications.
Lixus subtilis Boheman 1835
Creators: name: Gültekin, Levent
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Lixus
Lixus subtilis

description: Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1835
Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1835: 73
Current status: Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1835 is a valid species.
Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Subtilis, Sturm, 25–139, Bhn.” is a female in good shape pinned through the right elytron bearing the handwritten label: “ L: subtilis, St: Banat, Sturm”, and fitting description with type locality as Bannat. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, Ƥ, Lixus subtilis Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”.
Remarks. The species is closely related to Lixus incanescens Boheman but differs by the larger punctation on the pronotum and shape of aedeagus at apex.
description: Published as part of Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2411 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.293282
The German cochlear implant registry : one year experience and first results on demographic data
Creators: name: Stöver, Timo
name: Plontke, Stefan K.-R.
name: Lai, W. K.
name: Zahnert, Thomas
name: Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando
name: Welkoborsky, H-J.
name: Aschendorff, Antje
name: Deitmer, Thomas
name: Loth, Andreas German
name: Lang, S.
name: Dazert, Stefan
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Purpose: Clinical registries have great potential for quality control of medical procedures regarding the indications, therapeutic processes and results, including their possible complications. This is particularly true when providing patients with severe hearing loss or deafness with a cochlear implant (CI). This treatment represents a lifelong care process that requires continuous quality control over time. On the initiative of the Executive Committee of the German Society of Otorhinolaryngology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie e.V., DGHNO-KHC), a national German CI registry (Deutsches Cochlear Implant Register, DCIR) was established in January 2022. This article focuses on the first demographic and baseline data of the DCIR. Methods: The DCIR covers the complete therapeutic process from indication, surgery, fitting and lifelong aftercare in CI therapy. By the end of 2022, 75 hospitals in Germany had agreed to contribute to the DCIR. Results: During the year 2022, 63 hospitals actively contributed data to the DCIR. Pseudonymized data from 2,292 CI implantations (2,176 primary implantations, 99 explantations with immediate re-implantations and 17 re-implantations following an earlier explantation) in 2,108 patients were documented. Cochlear implantation was accomplished in 1,807 adults (≥ 18 years) and 301 children (< 18 years). Fourty patients (1,9%) were children < 1 year of age and 55 (2,6%) were patients > 85 years. From the total of 2,292 implantations, 226 (9.9%) were performed as simultaneous bilateral implantations (CI implantation in both ears of 113 patients on the same day of surgery) and 412 implantations (19.1% of 2,162 implantations with data provided on the contralateral ear’s hearing status) were in patients with single sided deafness (normal hearing in the contralateral ear). In addition, the reported complications in 2022 were also evaluated. Seven reports (0.4%) of mild to moderate severe facial nerve dysfunctions were documented. No reports of severe or total facial nerve dysfunction (House-Brackmann grade V/VI), meningitis or death related to CI therapy were documented. Conclusion: Although still in the start-up phase, these initial DCIR data already provide an interesting first insight into the demographic structure and baseline data of CI therapy in Germany. The successful implementation of the DCIR represents an important step towards continuous quality control of CI care.
Distribution clearance : significance and underlying mechanisms
Creators: name: Weiss, Michael
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 615

description: Purpose: Evaluation of distribution kinetics is a neglected aspect of pharmacokinetics. This study examines the utility of the model-independent parameter whole body distribution clearance (CLD) in this respect. Methods: Since mammillary compartmental models are widely used, CLD was calculated in terms of parameters of this model for 15 drugs. The underlying distribution processes were explored by assessment of relationships to pharmacokinetic parameters and covariates. Results: The model-independence of the definition of the parameter CLD allowed a comparison of distributional properties of different drugs and provided physiological insight. Significant changes in CLD were observed as a result of drug-drug interactions, transporter polymorphisms and a diseased state. Conclusion: Total distribution clearance CLD is a useful parameter to evaluate distribution kinetics of drugs. Its estimation as an adjunct to the model-independent parameters clearance and steady-state volume of distribution is advocated.
BmLL. Fragebogen zur Erfassung studentischer Bedarfe an medienbezogenen Lehrkompetenzen im Lehramtsstudium
Creators: name: Henning-Kahmann, J.
name: Hellmann, K.
Publisher: name: ZPID (Leibniz Institute for Psychology) – Open Test Archive
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Angehende Lehrkräfte
subject: Lehramtsstudium
subject: Digitale Informationskompetenz
subject: Preservice Teachers
subject: Teacher Education
subject: Digital Literacy
subject: 150

description: Der „Fragebogen zur Erfassung studentischer Bedarfe an medienbezogenen Lehrkompetenzen im Lehramtsstudium“ (BmLL) kann eingesetzt werden, um die aus wahrgenommenen Kompetenzdefiziten hervorgehenden, individuellen Bedarfe von Studierenden hinsichtlich des Erwerbs bzw. der Vertiefung medienbezogener Lehrkompetenzen im Rahmen ihres Lehramtsstudiums zu erfassen. Als theoretische Grundlage diente das heuristische Rahmenmodell medienbezogener Kernkompetenzen von Lehrkräften (FLDCB, 2017). Der BmLL umfasst insgesamt 19 Items mit einer fünfstufigen Likert-Skala, die den folgenden fünf Skalen zugeordnet werden: (1) Planung (k = 3 Items), (2) Entwicklung (k = 6 Items), (3) Realisierung (k = 5 Items), (4) Evaluation (k = 2 Items), (5) Sharing (k = 3 Items). Reliabilität: Die modellbasierten Reliabilitätsschätzungen nach Omega fallen für die einzelnen Skalen mit Werten von ω = .85 (Planung), ω = .86 (Entwicklung), ω = .75 (Realisierung), ω = .70 (Evaluation) sowie ω = .74 (Sharing) hinreichend bis hoch aus. Validität: Die nachgewiesene fünffaktorielle Struktur sowie die hohen Subskaleninterkorrelationen bestätigen die Konstruktvalidität.
description: The "Questionnaire for the Assessment of Student Needs for Media-Related Teaching Competencies in Teacher Education" (BmLL) can be used to assess the individual needs of students with regard to the acquisition or deepening of media-related teaching competencies in the context of their teacher education studies, which arise from perceived competency deficits. The heuristic framework model of media-related core competencies of teachers (FLDCB, 2017) served as the theoretical basis. The BmLL includes a total of 19 items with a five-point Likert scale assigned to the following five scales: (1) Planning (k = 3 items), (2) Development (k = 6 items), (3) Realization (k = 5 items), (4) Evaluation (k = 2 items), (5) Sharing (k = 3 items). Reliability: The model-based reliability estimates according to Omega are adequate to high for the individual scales with values of ω = .85 (planning), ω = .86 (development), ω = .75 (realization), ω = .70 (evaluation), and ω = .74 (sharing). Validity: The demonstrated five-factorial structure as well as the high subscale intercorrelations confirm construct validity.
Lixus sulphuratus Boheman 1835
Creators: name: Gültekin, Levent
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Lixus
Lixus sulphuratus

description: Lixus sulphuratus Boheman, 1835
Lixus sulphuratus Boheman, 1835: 74
Current status: Lixus sulphuratus Boheman, 1835 is a junior synonym of L. scolopax Boheman, 1835.
Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Sulphuratus, Schh., 96–140, Bhn.” is a female (pinned through the right elytron, elytra separated, apex of right elytron damaged, right funicle beyond segment 3 and left funicle beyond segment 4 missing) bearing the handwritten label: “ Persia, Falderman”, and fitting description with type locality as Persia. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, Ƥ, Lixus sulphuratus Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”, “ Lixus scolopax Boh., Gültekin det. 2006”.
Remarks. Desbrochers (1904) first established Lixus sulphuratus Boheman as a synonym of L. scolopax Boheman, 1835.
description: Published as part of Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2411 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.293282
Cueing, feedback and directed attention embedded in a virtual environment modulate temporal and spatial bicycling features of healthy older adults and people with Parkinson's disease
Creators: name: Gallagher, Rosemary
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: With age and disease, potential declines in function may result in barriers to participating in and adhering to an exercise program.  There is a need for innovative, creative, and safe exercise programs that engage and motivate older adults and adults with neurological disease.  Evidence based virtual environments (VE) that incorporate motor learning and compensatory strategies such cueing and feedback can change motor behavior while being engaging and motivating. Although VEs have been used for exercise promotion in healthy people and people with stroke, a specific understanding of embedding cueing and feedback in a cycling VE is absent. The purpose of this work was to investigate the short-term effect of cueing, feedback, and directed attention in a cycling VE on temporal and spatial parameters of cycling in people with PD and healthy age matched adults.  Methods A cross sectional design including people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) (n=15) and age-matched healthy adults (n=13) was used.  The protocol consisted of cycling on a stationary bicycle while interacting with a VE. Participants cycled under 4 conditions; auditory cueing, visual cueing, feedback, and directed attention.  Outcomes include pedaling rate and trunk and hip kinematics.  Data were analyzed by condition using factorial RMANOVAs with planned t-tests corrected for multiple comparisons. Kinematic data were further analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlations.  Results:  Outcomes revealed that both groups increased their pedaling rate with external cues and augmented feedback. However, people with PD required attention directed to the visual cues in order to match the intensity of the stimulus. Simultaneous auditory and visual cue presentation also increased pedaling rate, and directing attention toward one or the other cue increased the magnitude of the effect.  Changes in trunk and hip kinematics in both groups were found in the VE conditions.  Conclusions: These data serve as preliminary evidence that embedding auditory cues, visual cues, and feedback in a cycling VE alters pedaling rate and kinematics.  It may be used as a strategy to increase exercise intensity that may promote fitness and address mobility changes with PD and normal aging.
Ellochelon vaigiensis
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Mugiliformes
Mugilidae
Ellochelon
Ellochelon vaigiensis

description: Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) — Squaretail mullet, yellowtail mullet
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from St. Mathias, New Ireland as Mugil vaigiensis by Duncker & Mohr (1926: 131), based on ZMH 14953; subsequently reported as Chelon vaigiensis from Tigak Islands, Kavieng by Wright & Richards (1985: 73); record confirmed from Emirau Island by Kailola (1975: 179). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005. KFRS and ZMB material.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 4.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall, Gambier and Marquesas islands, north to southern Japan, south to Shark Bay (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa. Found in shallow coastal waters, entering lagoons, estuaries and rivers, 0–3 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Delphinidae Hernández-Orts, Viola, García, Crespo, González, García-Varela & Kuchta, 2015, s.l.
Creators: name: Hernández-Orts, Jesús S.
name: Viola, M. Natalia Paso
name: García, Néstor A.
name: Crespo, Enrique A.
name: González, Raúl
name: García-Varela, Martín
name: Kuchta, Roman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Delphinidae

description: Family Delphinidae
Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède): N—Anisakidae gen. sp., Anisakis simplex s.l., Anisakis spp., Contracaecum spp., Crassicauda spp., Halocercus brasiliensis, Halocercus spp., Metastrongylidae gen. sp., Skrjabinalius sp.; C— Strobilocephalus triangularis; T— Braunina cordiformis, Pholeter gastrophilus, Synthesium sp.
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus: A— Corynosoma cetaceum; N— Anisakis simplex s.l.; T— Braunina cordiformis, Oschmarinella rochebruni, Pholeter gastrophilus.
Globicephala melas (Traill): T— Nasitrema sp.
Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale): N— Anisakis spp.
Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy and Gaimard): N—Anisakidae gen. sp., Anisakis simplex s.l., Pseudoterranova spp.; C— Phyllobothrium delphini; T— Oschmarinella sp., Synthesium sp., Synthesium spp.
Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray): A— Corynosoma australe; C— Phyllobothrium delphini; N— Anisakis simplex s.l., Anisakis sp., Stenurus sp.; T— Braunina cordiformis, Pholeter gastrophilus, Synthesium sp.
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen): C— Phyllobothrium delphini, Tetrabothrius sp.
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu): A— Corynosoma australe, C. cetaceum; N— Anisakis simplex s.l., Pseudoterranova decipiens s.l., Pseudoterranova sp.; T— Braunina cordiformis, Pholeter gastrophilus, Synthesium tursionis.
description: Published as part of Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, pp. 301-334 in Zootaxa 3936 (3) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696
Phocoenidae Hernández-Orts, Viola, García, Crespo, González, García-Varela & Kuchta, 2015, s.l.
Creators: name: Hernández-Orts, Jesús S.
name: Viola, M. Natalia Paso
name: García, Néstor A.
name: Crespo, Enrique A.
name: González, Raúl
name: García-Varela, Martín
name: Kuchta, Roman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Phocoenidae

description: Family Phocoenidae
Phocoena dioptrica Lahille: A— Corynosoma australe; N— Anisakis simplex s.l., Stenurus spp.; C— Scolex pleuronectis, Tetrabothrius sp.
Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister: A— Corynosoma cetaceum; N— Anisakis simplex s.l., Anisakis sp., Pseudalius inflexus, Stenurus minor; T— Pholeter gastrophilus.
description: Published as part of Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, pp. 301-334 in Zootaxa 3936 (3) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Mugiliformes
Mugilidae
Mugil
Mugil cephalus

description: Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 — Flathead grey mullet
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Coastal, often entering estuaries, rivers and streams, 0–10 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Healing the warrior’s soul
Creators: name: Berry, Jane
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The men and women who fight our society’s wars pay a high psychological cost. Levels of mental illness, homelessness, and domestic violence are high, and in 2014 veterans accounted for 18 percent of all deaths by suicide. Clearly this is a significant problem, not just for the veterans and their families, but for society as a whole. This paper examines whether, in caring for veterans, modern medicine can take any lessons from traditional Native American healing methods, in particular in the use of story and ceremony. It explores the concept of moral injury, the historical place of Native American healing, and its significant but often unacknowledged and overlooked contribution to modern medicine. It goes on to examine the way in which story and ceremony are linked, and at the power of story, and addresses the subject of healing the warrior, and the steps which are necessary in order to do this. Finally it touches on the role of story in the modern world, and on the importance of involving the entire community in healing the warrior’s soul
A comparison of celebrity and non-celebrity NGOs funding water projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Carroll, Imani
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: This research study examines NGOs’ funding strategies and compares celebrity- and non-celebrity-funded NGOs’ approaches. By analyzing Sub-Saharan African countries, I will determine and categorize regional differences based on gross domestic product per capita and water scarcity levels. I will also examine how various NGOs became involved in funding water projects in Africa and their relationships within particular countries. Finally, this study will investigate several organizations decisions to focus on sustainability and mass coverage, rather than funding as I hypothesized.    A qualitative approach was selected as the research method for this study, through the use of structured interviews. The research findings indicate that celebrity-funded NGOs and non-celebrity-funded NGOs share more similarities than differences as their responses were all very much alike. However, their approaches differ as celebrity-funded NGOs decide to base their projects on the number of people helped, while non-celebrity-funded NGOs chose to focus more on the longevity of their projects.
Promecocoris (Emphylocoris) stschurovskii
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Moulet, Pierre
name: Rider, David A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Promecocoris
Promecocoris stschurovskii

description: Promecocoris (Emphylocoris) stschurovskii (Oshanin, 1871)
Psacasta stschurovskii Oshanin, 1871: 199; Promecocoris pictus Jakovlev, 1887: 297; Promecocoris stschurowskyi Oshanin, 1891: 29.
Distribution in Iran. Golestan (Hoberlandt 1997as Promecocoris pictus), Guilan (Linnavuori 2008), Tehran (Wagner 1968 as Promecocoris pictus), Iran (no locality cited) (Putshkov 1965 as P. p i ct us; Göllner-Scheiding 2006b).
General distribution. Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan (Asian part), Kirgizia, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Host plants. In Juniperus zone of a mountain steppe, and on Artemisia sp. and Eryngium sp. (both Asteraceae) (Linnavuori 2008).
description: Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 3837 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3837.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286722
Lixus flavescens Boheman 1835
Creators: name: Gültekin, Levent
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Lixus
Lixus flavescens

description: Lixus flavescens Boheman, 1835
Lixus flavescens Boheman, 1835: 74
Current status: Lixus flavescens Boheman, 1835 is a junior synonym of L. rubicundus Zoubkoff, 1833.
Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Flavescens, Schh., 97–141, Bhn.” is a male pinned through the right elytron (elytra separated) bearing the handwritten label: “Sarepta, Steven”, and fitting description with type locality as Sarepta. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, 3, Lixus flavescens Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”, “ Lixus rubicundus Zoubk., Gültekin det. 2006”.
Remarks. Ter-Minassian (1967) first established Lixus flavescens Boheman as a synonym of L. rubicundus Zoubkoff, 1833.
description: Published as part of Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2411 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.293282
Making space on the digital margin
Creators: name: Burton, Julian Tavis Dale
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Year: 2017

description: The role of online spaces in contemporary youth cultures is an increasingly relevant and vibrant topic of research in a variety of analytical and methodological traditions. This dissertation joins a growing body of work which explores the complex relationship between youth and emerging media through deep interpretive engagement with contextualized questions of meaning and experience. This approach recognizes the diversity of young people's interactions with the digital world and their agency in shaping those interactions. I herein present an ethnographic account of young people who are part of the fandom community on social networking site tumblr, a group united by shared appreciation for books, films, television shows, and other media texts. Their connections run much deeper than these interests, however, as does the meaning their engagement in this space holds for them as individuals and as a community. I explore, in turn, how their practices of friendship and community-building diverge from those expected on more popular social platforms more integrated with offline social life; how they experience and manage "internet privacy" in ways which respond to the specific social pressures they face as young people; their perception and construction of authenticity in online self-representations without explicit ties to "verifiable" offline identities; and their approaches to discussing issues of social justice and human rights outside the bounds of conventional politics. I ultimately situate my analysis within a larger context of childhood studies scholarship addressing young people's experiences of and responses to social and cultural marginalization. I argue that this community serves as a space of ambiguity and possibility in which young people can engage in forms of cultural resistance, establishing divergent ways of being better suited to their needs and priorities than those of their offline social worlds. The perspectives and experiences of the young people of fandom tumblr thus provide a window into the broader transformative power of digital youth cultures, encouraging us to consider the myriad ways in which young people use these emerging social spaces to shape their lives, their communities, and their world.
Lixus scolopax Boheman 1835
Creators: name: Gültekin, Levent
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Lixus
Lixus scolopax

description: Lixus scolopax Boheman, 1835
Lixus scolopax Boheman, 1835: 79
Current status: Lixus scolopax Boheman, 1835 is a valid species.
Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Scolopax, Schh.” is a male type bearing handwritten labels: “3”, “Ragusa, Dejean” and fitting description with type locality as Dalmatia. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, 3, Lixus scolopax Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”.
Remarks. Lixus scolopax is a well known and common species. Descriptions of the species Lixus lutescens Capiomont, 1875 and Lixus ewaldi Alziar, 1978 suggest that they are synonyms of L. scolopax: Lixus scolopax Boheman, 1835 [= Lixus lutescens Capiomont, 1875 syn. n. = Lixus ewaldi Alziar, 1978 syn. n.].
description: Published as part of Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2411 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.293282
Patients’ and caregivers’ perception of multidimensional and palliative care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : protocol of a German multicentre study
Creators: name: Linse, Katharina
name: Weber, Constanze
name: Reilich, Peter
name: Schöberl, Florian
name: Boentert, Matthias
name: Petri, Susanne
name: Rödiger, Annekathrin
name: Posa, Andreas
name: Otto, Markus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an inevitably fatal condition that leads to a progressive loss of physical functioning, which results in a high psychosocial burden and organizational challenges related to medical care. Multidimensional and multiprofessional care is advised to meet the complex needs of patients and their families. Many healthcare systems, including Germany, may not be able to meet these needs because non-medical services such as psychological support or social counselling are not regularly included in the care of patients with ALS (pwALS). Specialised neuropalliative care is not routinely implemented nor widely available. Caregivers of pwALS are also highly burdened, but there is still a lack of support services for them. Methods: This project aims to assess the perceptions and satisfaction with ALS care in Germany in pwALS and their caregivers. This will be achieved by means of a cross-sectional, multicentre survey. The examination will assess, to which extend the patients’ needs in the six domains of physical, psychological, social, spiritual, practical and informational are being met by current care structures. This assessment will be linked to mental well-being, subjective quality of life, attitudes toward life-sustaining measures and physician-assisted suicide, and caregiver burden. The study aims to recruit 500 participants from nationwide ALS centres in order to draw comprehensive conclusions for Germany. A total of 29 centres, mostly acquired via the clinical and scientific German Network for Motor Neuron Diseases (MND-NET), will take part in the project, 25 of which have already started recruitment. Perspective: It is intended to provide data-based starting points on how current practice of care in Germany is perceived pwALS and their caregivers and how it can be improved according to their needs. Planning and initiation of the study has been completed.
Exploring global and micro-environment conditions for affecting enzyme activities and functional transitions
Creators: name: Collins, John
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The metabolism of living systems utilize many biosynthetic pathways in order to maintain homeostasis. These metabolic pathways involve multi-step chemical reactions to synthesize molecules and convert energy that are vital to life. These reactions, however, are too slow to support life. Nature has evolved enzymes, which are macromolecular catalysts, to speed up and catalyze these metabolic reactions. Enzymes are very sensitive to their surrounding environment, which can have profound effects on the enzymes function. In this thesis, the effects of different environments on the function of enzymes are explored. First, the effects of an anaerobic environment are shown to add a new catalytic function to an enzyme, allowing an FMN-bound diaphorase to act as a transhydrogenase, transferring a hydride between two critically important metabolic cofactors, NAD and NADP. Second, the effects of the storage conditions of the enzyme diaphorase are explored, and how its catalytic function changes from a dehydrogenase to that of an oxidase due to do partial unfolding of the enzyme during prolonged storage. Third, a DNA-crowded enzyme complex was developed to increase the local molecular crowding for affecting enzyme functions. The DNA-crowded enzyme nanoparticles are made by directly growing double-strand DNA on the enzymes surface via the hybridization chain reaction. The experimental results show that enzymes become more active and stable under a local DNA-crowded nano-environment.
Physeteridae
Creators: name: Hernández-Orts, Jesús S.
name: Viola, M. Natalia Paso
name: García, Néstor A.
name: Crespo, Enrique A.
name: González, Raúl
name: García-Varela, Martín
name: Kuchta, Roman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Physeteridae

description: Family Physeteridae
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus: A— Corynosoma bullosum, Corynosoma sp.; C— Phyllobothrium delphini; N— Anisakis physeteris.
description: Published as part of Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, pp. 301-334 in Zootaxa 3936 (3) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696
The U.S. culture of intelligence
Creators: name: Danieluk, Dennis M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: There have been numerous recent studies on the way culture impacts national approaches to war.  Many of these conflate war with national security, failing to address issues such as diplomacy, economic aid, or intelligence.  This paper argues that the U.S. has a unique culture of intelligence, distinct from its culture of war.  It explores the origins of this culture in the influence of British partnerships constructed prior to and during World War II.  It examines the development of a specific intelligence culture throughout the war and its structural foundation in the National Security Act of 1947.  It then defines the elements of this culture and concludes that efforts to reform intelligence have repeatedly fallen short because they have failed to recognize or address the underlying culture, preferring bureaucratic reforms and ad hoc arrangements.
Osteomugil perusii
Creators: name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Kinch, Jeff
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Russell, Barry C.
name: Tully, Dean
name: White, William T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Mugilidae
Osteomugil
Osteomugil perusii

description: Osteomugil perusii (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836) — Longfinned mullet
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Mariana and Solomon islands, north to Taiwan. Found in shallow coastal waters, entering lagoons and estuaries, 0–3 m depth. Transitional water and marine.
description: Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
Variation in trophic niche sizes of terrestrial predators along an elevation gradient
Creators: name: Lutz, Tiffany
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Year: 2017

description: Environmental gradients and species traits can have important impacts on trophic interactions and communities. Changes in temperature and productivity can directly or indirectly affect the structure of food webs through their influence on the body mass and diversity of organisms. Additionally, functional traits such as hunting mode can select for wider or narrower range of prey diversity influencing consumer-resource interactions and the trophic niches of consumers.Here we used stable isotope analyses (δ13C and δ15N) to investigate the variation of trophic niche size of predatory spiders as a function of changes in biotic and abiotic factors, as well as determine the differences in trophic niche sizes among web-building spiders, along an elevation gradient in the Andes Mountains (Ecuador). We conducted spider-prey capture observations within each location to determine realized prey and performed arthropod sampling from the environment to estimate prey availability. We found significant differences in trophic niche size across sites, web architectures, and among populations through the elevation gradient. We found that the trophic niche sizes of the whole spider community and that of orb and sheet weaving spider were positively correlated with elevation. Additionally, orb and sheet weaving webs displayed similar trophic niche sizes at three out of four locations. Within a single orb-weaving spider species, Leucauge venusta displayed higher trophic niche sizes at the lower elevation sites and was correlated with changes in temperature, net primary productivity and prey diversity. This study shows that environmental changes in abiotic and biotic variables as well as functional traits such as foraging method can influence the trophic niche of generalist predators and the structure of food webs.
Improving educational outcomes for STEM students at Rutgers University-Camden
Creators: name: Pelullo, Arthur P.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The goal of this thesis is to demonstrate how machine-learning techniques can be used to improve educational outcomes for STEM students at Rutgers University-Camden. The three main areas of focus are: identifying changes in the academic landscape throughout a 15-year period, identifying predictors of student success, and using these predictors to develop a recommendation system to assist at-risk students. The data in the study con- sists of student demographic and academic records from 2003-2017. Simple exploratory data analysis is used to highlight changes in student performance over time. Next, a deeper analysis is performed by training three classifiers - logistic regression with L1 penalty, logistic regression with L2 penalty, and a random forest model - to predict the probability that students will graduate. Finally, the predictions of each classifier are calibrated and combined to form a robust recommendation system which can be used to alert advisers when a student is struggling.
Iniidae Hernández-Orts, Viola, García, Crespo, González, García-Varela & Kuchta, 2015, s.l.
Creators: name: Hernández-Orts, Jesús S.
name: Viola, M. Natalia Paso
name: García, Néstor A.
name: Crespo, Enrique A.
name: González, Raúl
name: García-Varela, Martín
name: Kuchta, Roman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Iniidae

description: Family Pontoporiidae
Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d’Orbigny): A— Andracantha sp., Corynosoma australe, C. cetaceum; N— Anisakis simplex s.l., Contracaecum sp.; T— Pholeter gastrophilus, Synthesium pontoporiae.
description: Published as part of Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, pp. 301-334 in Zootaxa 3936 (3) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696