cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Acanthogorgia
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia

description: Genus: Acanthogorgia
Preliminary remarks: Like a number of other groups, species of Acanthogorgia and the related genera Anthogorgia and Muricella are extremely difficult to identify, and many experienced researchers avoid working on them at all. To attempt to bring some order to Acanthogorgia, species have been divided into groups based on polyp morphology, but the groups overlap and taxonomist are constantly presented with frustrating problems when working on these animals. As Grasshoff (1999: 20) stated, “Species within these groups are very similar and their differentiation is unclear. Facts are puzzling, e.g., two species on the reef may be clearly distinct by growth form and color in life, but their polyp structures and sclerites are so similar that a distinction alone by these characters would be impossible and even doubts could arize about the growth forms, as they could be taken for a mere variation within the species. Under these circumstances, it is quite unclear what the small differences between the New Caledonian species and others mean.” The problem is magnified by the variation between polyps of different sizes, the low number of sclerite images figured in most descriptions, and the general poor quality of those images. The result is that very few descriptions approach the quality needed. There are more than 50 nominal species and adequate descriptions of the holotypes are exceedingly rare. But when taking into account Grasshoff’s comments on colonies that might look different in the wild, but “their polyp structures and sclerites are so similar that a distinction alone by these characters would be impossible”, there would still be huge problems even if good holotype descriptions were common.
Basing identifications on the literature as it is at the moment is probably unlikely to produce a correct result unless the species possesses some highly distinctive traits. Given the current state of the taxonomy of this group it may be possible to tell if an Indian record is invalid, but not if it is valid.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Acanthogorgia armata Verrill 1878
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia
Acanthogorgia armata

description: Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878
Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878: 376 (off Nova Scotia).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: This species was originally described from off Nova Scotia, and Grasshoff (1973) reported its occurrence in the Mediterranean. Kumar et al. (2017: PY-B) just listed it as occurring in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Gulf of Mannar with no supporting evidence.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
An examination of rollover risk and the credit crisis
Creators: name: Du, Brian
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The first essay examines the roots of the current financial crisis motivated by the existing literature as the banks’ inability to rollover extreme short-term debt due to the maturity mismatch of assets and liabilities.  More specifically, I examine the firm-level effects of measures of rollover risk from short-term assets (liquidity) and short-term liabilities (rollover frequency and brokered deposits) on various market measures of risk including total risk, interest rate risk, and firm specific risk using a multi-index market model.  Results suggest that rollover risk is an important factor in determining total bank risk, interest rate risk, and firm-specific risk in bank holding companies from 2002 to 2010.  Additionally, I find that measures of liquidity have an insignificant effect on bank risk while net repurchase agreements and brokered deposits are the dominate contributors to rollover risk.  Results are robust to a number of control variables as well as to controls for large outliers in the sample.  These results are important for bank managers, analysts, investors and regulators for distinguishing among the relative exposures to bank risk utilizing information that is readily available and discernable from bank balance sheets and income statements.  The second essay examines the relationship between proxies for rollover risk constructed in the first essay and its relationship with long-run bank performance during the crisis.  While the drying up of liquidity in the repo market and over-reliance on repos have been blamed for the failure of major banks, I find evidence which suggests that banks that used more repos as a fraction of total borrowings prior to the crisis actually performed better during the crisis.  This result is robust to a number of specifications and control variables.  I find evidence that banks which used less repos prior to the crisis and banks which had lower returns during the crisis experienced trouble to access the repo market long before the crisis.  This essay also examines the relationship between executive pay alignment and excessive risk-taking.  While controlling for CEO pay performance, I do not find any interaction between banks’ financing choice of repos and executive alignment with shareholder incentives providing evidence against risk-shifting incentives or the risk-aversion hypothesis.
Leukemia Stem Cells in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Leukemia stem cells (LSCs) are the root of cancer and are responsible for treatment resistance and disease relapse. However, LSCs have not been identified in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common cancer in children. Recently, our group discovered a method to identify and isolate LSCs from primary ALL samples. We demonstrated that the LSCs isolated using our marker have in vivo leukemia-initiating capability and distinct transcriptome profiles. We have identified 1,135 genes that are differentially expressed between LSCs and the counterpart of LSCs, non-LSCs (p < 0.05). Of these, 315 genes are upregulated in LSCs. The goal of this project is to identify the gene(s) that regulate the “stemness” of LSCs in ALL. In this pilot study, we will focus on B-cell type ALL (B-ALL), the most common ALL in children. We will identify the genes which are important for LSC maintenance using an in vivo shRNA screening method and leukemia xenograft models with cell lines and primary leukemia samples. We hypothesize that one or more genes play a dominant role in regulating stemness and phenotypic properties of LSCs in B-ALL. The specific aims are to determine 1) the key genes associated with stemness in LSCs and 2) the key genes associated with differentiation in non-LSCs. We will investigate the two counterpart populations (LSCs and non-LSCs) using the same method, which should provide complementary results. We expect to identify potential novel genes (and pathways) which regulate the stemness of LSCs in B-ALL. We will pursue this goal using 1) our well-annotated series of patient-derived xenograft mouse models, 2) our novel LSC isolation technique, and 3) in vivo shRNA screening and targeted gene RNA sequencing. If successful, this project could have a significant impact on the most important challenges in cancer treatment: resistance or recurrence of disease.
Cymatodera carinipennis Rifkind 2015
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera carinipennis

description: Cymatodera carinipennis Rifkind, 2015
Distribution: CAM: GUA.
References: Rifkind 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
The effects of a cognitive behavioral computer based program on depressed inpatients
Creators: name: Dorfman, Lisette
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Major depression is a serious medical illness affecting millions of American adults in a given year. Often anxiety as well as negative automatic thoughts co-occurs in individuals with depression. Although a significant problem, few have access to effective  treatments for depression. One solution that has the potential to be disseminated on a   large scale in a cost effective manner is a computerized cognitive behavioral therapy  program. Cognitive Therapy: A Multimedia Learning Program (CTMP) is the first   designed and tested multimedia program for computer assisted therapy (Wright &   Wright, 1997). The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a computerized based   cognitive behavioral therapy program, Cognitive Therapy: A Multimedia Learning   Program, for the symptoms of depression, anxiety, and automatic thoughts in a select   population of depressed hospitalized psychiatric patients. It was hypothesized that   subjects who participate in this computerized intervention would have a greater decrease   in symptoms of depression, anxiety, automatic thoughts and shorter length of stay   compared to the depressed usual treatment group. A sample of 86 subjects were recruited and randomized into either the usual treatment   group or the computerized cognitive behavioral therapy group. A demographic data   questionnaire, medication questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Beck Anxiety   Inventory, and Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire were utilized. A multivariate analysis   of covariance (MANCOVA), independent sample t-test, and paired-sample t-test analyses   were used to test the research hypotheses.         The results did not support the Cognitive Therapy: A Multimedia Learning Program to   be more effective than the usual treatment group. However, the results supported that   this program was effective in the reduction of depressive symptoms, anxiety, and   negative automatic thoughts at the time of discharge. There are several explanations   related to the research design that could have accounted for this outcome. The results of this study have significant implications for the future within the context of the Affordable Care Act. The Cognitive Therapy: A Multimedia Learning Program has the potential to improve the quality of care, ensure access to care via new technologies and be cost effective for a vulnerable population such as psychiatric patients. Nurses will have an essential role in furthering this research as well as integrating this program into their professional practice.
Essays in banking and finance
Creators: name: Dong, Gang
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This dissertation includes three essays. The first essay identifies the determinants of bank’s risk contribution to systemic risk, and documents that banks with higher non-interest income (noncore activities like investment banking, venture capital and trading activities) have a higher contribution to systemic risk than traditional banking (deposit taking and lending). After decomposing total non-interest income into two components, trading income and investment banking and venture capital income, we find that both components are roughly equally related to systemic risk. These results are robust to endogeneity concerns when we use a difference-in-difference approach with the Lehman bankruptcy proxying for an exogenous shock. We also find that banks with higher trading income one-year prior to the recession earned lower returns during the recession period. No such significant effect was found for investment banking and venture capital income.  The second essay analyzes the effect of mortgage securitization on the real economy and housing market. I estimate the dynamic response of housing risk and real GDP to shocks of mortgage securitization and banks’ ownership of mortgage-backed security (MBS), and test three hypotheses suggested in the extant literature. Using structural vector autoregression (SVAR) methodology and cross-sectional analysis, I find that securitization reduces housing risk by completing the market. Interestingly, housing risk increases when commercial banks’ ownership of MBS increases. This positive relationship is inconsistent with the agency view of securitization but is consistent with the neglected risk view of mortgage securitization (Gennaioli, Shleifer, and Vishny 2011). The causal inference is drawn from a quasi-experimental design using housing data of bordering CBSA regions in neighboring states with and without the passing of anti-predatory lending laws.  The third essay identifies the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as an exogenous shock and uses the event study method to estimate the stock market’s reaction in terms of asset price changes in the health care sector. The stock market appears to view the passing of PPACA as good news to the home care and specialty outpatient services but bad news to the medical instrument and health insurance industries. This might suggest that the existing institutional structure of the insurance industry is biased against comprehensive health, and most growth opportunities exist in the home care and specialty outpatient services. Furthermore, the magnitude of the abnormal return is relatively larger for firms with higher profit and R&D investment, but smaller for firms held by healthcare-specialized institutional investors, which is consistent with the literature that price changes are partially due to information revelation efforts by sophisticated institutional investors.
Political instability in petrostates
Creators: name: Demkiv, Anita
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This dissertation explores the correlation between petrostates’ oil revenue fluctuations and political stability or political instability. Petrostates (countries heavily reliant on oil revenues) often maintain domestic stability by using petrodollars to fund social programs and a strong state security apparatus. In the context of a post-Arab Spring world, characterized by increasing protests against oppression, petrostates with dramatically reduced revenues could portend destabilizing revolutions, uncertainty in geopolitics and energy supply, and general upheaval in global politics. In light of these circumstances, the main research question is: Do petrostates become unstable politically as oil prices fluctuate, and if so, are these countries significantly at risk of becoming failing states? The methodological approach is mixed method, quantitative and qualitative. Purposive sampling is conducted on six countries—Algeria, Iran, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The primary data source is the New York Times(NYT) online archive, and the time span for analysis is 29 years—from 1981-2010. Based on the NYT online archive, four types of categories are identified to denote political instability: (1) Demonstrations and Riots, (2) Civil War and Guerilla Warfare, (3) Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat and (4) Terrorism. These four categories are collectively referred to as Political Instability Indicators. The research results suggest that in prolonged low oil periods petrostates experience increased levels of instability and are in danger of becoming fragile states.
Acanthogorgia ceylonensis Thomson & Henderson 1905
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia
Acanthogorgia ceylonensis

description: Acanthogorgia ceylonensis Thomson & Henderson, 1905
Acanthogorgia ceylonensis Thomson & Henderson, 1905: 290–291, pl. 4, 5, fig. 6, 12 (Trincomalee).
Opinion This species does occur in the region, but the generic identity is uncertain.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomas & George 1990: 421, pl. 1D, fig. 1f, 1–3 (off Bombay); Thomas et al. 1998: 163–164, fig. 1C, 1–3 (off Quilon).
Literature analysis: This species was described from Sri Lanka with just three sclerite figures—two crosses and a bow-shaped spindle. The holotype has never been redescribed so the species is essentially unrecognisable, but the text together with the shape of the colony and sclerites strongly suggest that it is not a species of Acanthogorgia. In fact, Stiasny (1947: 31) was of the opinion that the species was in the “ Muriceidae ”. Regardless of this, Thomas et al. (1998), when commenting on the polyps of their specimen, state they have “ Acanthogorgia type spicules projecting out at the tip of calyces {which} may give a characteristic appearance to the calyces”, and Thomas & George (1990) similarly state “the crown of spines is conspicuous … their presence gives a characteristic bristle-like appearance under magnification”, and both papers figure typical crown-spine sclerites. In contrast, the original description simply says “the spicules are arranged on the verrucae in 8 rows en chevron.” It is impossible to know what species Thomas et al. (1998) or Thomas & George (1990) had before them, but it was in the genus Acanthogorgia and was not the same as what Thomson & Henderson (1905) had.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Cymatodera cazierorum Barr 1972
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera cazierorum

description: Cymatodera cazierorum Barr, 1972
Distribution: USA: AZ.
References: Barr 1972, 1975.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Secondary school teacher and principal perceptions of Mayoral control in New York City 2002-2009
Creators: name: Davidson, Tara Beth
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This qualitative research study analyzed perceptions held by principals and teachers about the effectiveness of mayoral control in New York City from 2002 to 2009 as a form of school governance and as an educational reform strategy. In particular, it examined how the teachers and principals perceived student achievement under mayoral control. Teachers and administrators work at the organizational level closest to students and how they “make sense” of reform efforts and perceive “conflict” in the school system is an important component of educational reform. Data from 70 interviews at 3 high schools revealed that most teachers and principals perceived greater stability in district-level leadership, an increase in accountability at all levels due to a “business mentality,” and an increase in student achievement under mayoral control, which concurs with the literature. School structure influenced participants’ perceptions; teachers who worked at magnet schools reported little to no effect from organizational changes and reform initiatives, compared to effects reported by teachers at small and large high schools that were direct targets of the Mayor’s and Chancellor’s reform initiatives. Perceptions differed with regard to perceived experience and understanding of organizational changes and reform initiatives under mayoral control: Principals experienced changes to a greater degree than did teachers, reflecting that people are affected only by initiatives that directly impact their day-to-day operations. Despite reforms initiated under mayoral control, teachers and principals lack of money, small class sizes, parent involvement, and individual student responsibility as the major roadblocks to further improvement of student performance. Some participants saw the goal of mayoral control to dismantle the teachers union and divide teachers; others saw the teachers union as a roadblock to improvement because it protects “poor teachers.” While slightly more participants supported mayoral control and its reauthorization at the time of the interviews (2009-2010), current (2012) empirical evidence suggests that the role of the teachers union and teachers’ public opinions of mayoral control may have changed.
An ethnography of the culture of pain in a non-pediatric emergency department
Creators: name: Cummings, Jo Ann F.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Rationale for the Study: Despite the exponential growth in pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods for the treatment of pediatric procedural pain there remains a gap between available interventions and actual practice in the emergency department clinical setting. Researchers have recommended the examination of unit culture since culture is proposed to be a major factor that affects the implementation of pain management practices.    Method: Ethnography was employed to gain access to the beliefs and practices of healthcare participants in a Northeastern non-pediatric emergency department. Data were collected for 5 months with over 100 hours of observation. Six key informants were interviewed and 44 pediatric procedural interactions with 27 healthcare providers during the treatment of children two to eight years of age undergoing procedures were observed. Other information gathered included documents from the institution, and pain related information from the patient’s medical record. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were managed using the Ethnograph 6.0 and analyzed using the procedure developed by Leininger and McFarland (2006).    Results: Seven major themes with categories were discovered that included assessment,                       procedural pain, treatment of pain, communication related to comfort, fragmentation of care in the emergency department, healthcare provider attitudes, and environmental issues and policies.    Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that practice environment of the emergency department and organizational culture exerted a significant degree of influence over healthcare providers’ pediatric pain management practices. Nurses’ did not use pain measurement tools as they were intended to be used and instead improvised measurement by observing the child’s behavior. The management of children during painful procedures consisted of an array of behaviors and practices. The use of physical restraint during painful procedures was a common practice. Participants continue to hold many assumptions and misconceptions about pediatric pain assessment and management. The findings of this study provide insight to the everyday practice of emergency department healthcare providers for pediatric pain in a non-pediatric setting.
Catalytic events
Creators: name: Chung, Ken
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Some environmentally disastrous events lead to significant institutional change while others do not. Consider that the volume of oil spilt at Guadalupe Dunes, California was twice that of the Exxon Valdez accident. Few have heard of the former while the latter has led to significant legislation to control oil pollution.   Organizational institutionalists are ambivalent about why events lead to change or even whether they do. Some theorists argue that shocking events break the status quo but what constitutes shocking is unclear. Others argue that events do not by themselves cause change. Instead, individuals or groups who seek change look for events merely as a tool to publicize a problem and recruit support.   The central goal of this dissertation therefore is to understand why and how events that arise from industrial accidents that harm the environment lead to significant institutional change. This study is focused on the claims that key actors make in establishing shared meanings that compel the new institution.   By devising a comparative case study of four environmental accidents, I have developed a theory to explain why and how events lead to significant institutional change. I find that institutional change occurs when a few people perceive that an industrial accident has disrupted their lives and make claims to problematize the accident as causing an undesirable condition that must be alleviated. These people, labeled problem providers, then engage others, labeled solution providers, to create new meaning or symbolize the event. Such meanings further persuade others to create new institutions to effectively enforce a new order.
Regulation and function of P75NTR
Creators: name: Choi, Soyoung
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) has been known to play multiple roles in cell survival and apoptosis (Friedman, 2000; Maggirwar et al., 1998; Rabizadeh et al., 1993), axonal growth (Bentley and Lee, 2000), and cell differentiation (Hosomi et al., 2003). This multifunctional receptor is more widely expressed during development than in adults (Friedman, 2000; Yan and Johnson, 1988). However, it is reexpressed in the brain after injury or in disease (Casha et al., 2001; Kokaia et al., 1998; Ramos et al., 2007; Roux et al., 1999; Yaar et al., 1997). Although previous studies demonstrated that p75NTR is induced by seizure in neurons, where it causes apoptosis, (Roux et al., 1999; Volosin et al., 2008), the mechanisms involved in regulating p75NTR expression after brain injury are unknown. The immediate response that occurs in many pathological conditions is the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Thus, I hypothesized that those essential proinflammatory cytokines may be responsible for the reexpression of p75NTR seen following brain injury or in disease. Using both in vitro and in vivo methods, this thesis evaluated the mechanisms that regulate p75NTR after cytokine treatment in distinct cellular contexts and the functional consequences of p75NTR expression on neuronal death. The results demonstrated that IL-1β and TNFα induce p75NTR expression in neurons and astrocytes by distinct signaling mechanisms. Moreover, IL-1β exacerbates proNGF-mediated neuronal death by recruiting sortilin receptor and p75NTR to the cell surface. IL-1β preferentially induces the monomeric forms of p75NTR, which associates with sortilin and is sufficient to activate proNGF mediated apoptotic signaling. IL-1β increases p75NTR expression and increases NGF in vivo without the context of injury, but does not induce cell death. Overall, these results suggest that IL-1β release following injury or in disease may facilitate proNGF-mediated cell death by regulating surface expression of the p75NTR-sortilin complex to exacerbate neuronal death after injury that can be activated by proneurotrophins.
Cymatodera cellulosa Rifkind 2015
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera cellulosa

description: Cymatodera cellulosa Rifkind, 2015
Distribution: MEX: OAX, VER. References: Rifkind 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Acanthogorgia cuddalorensis Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia
Acanthogorgia cuddalorensis

description: Acanthogorgia cuddalorensis Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Acanthogorgia cuddalorensis Fernando, 2011: 27–28, pl. 8, fig. 1–1d (Cuddalore); Fernando et al. 2017: 47, pl.18, fig. 1–1c (Cuddalore).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but its status is uncertain.
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but without a detailed description of the sclerites and close-up images of the polyps it is not possible to recognise this species, and without a revision of the genus it would probably be impossible to assess its validity.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
An analysis of internationally exported vehicle thefts in two high-risk cities
Creators: name: Block, Steven
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Motor vehicle theft costs the United States billions of dollars each year in direct and indirect losses. More specifically, vehicle theft in areas near borders and ports has been cited as a significant growing problem in both academic studies and media reports. Although no reliable measure of international vehicle theft exists, the National Insurance Crime Bureau and other agencies acknowledge that a disproportionate number of vehicles are stolen in cities and towns near borders and ports. Yet, with few exceptions, research studies have not focused on vehicle theft in these high-risk areas. This dissertation utilizes incident-level data from a U.S.-Mexico border area city (Chula Vista, California) and a U.S. port area city (Newark, New Jersey) to investigate vehicle theft patterns related to exporting in the two locations.  Two separate analyses were conducted using recovery status and recovery country as dependent variables in logistic regression models. Predictor variables were constructed based on previous research findings and expectations from a rational choice framework. In the multivariate comparison between unrecovered vehicles and recovered vehicles in both sites, few significant predictors emerged. Overall, there were more statistically significant predictors in Chula Vista than in Newark. Specifically, in Chula Vista,  iii  unrecovered vehicle thefts are more likely to be larger vehicle types. In a second analysis, vehicles stolen in Chula Vista and recovered in Mexico were compared to a random sample of vehicles stolen in Chula Vista and recovered domestically. Vehicles stolen in Chula Vista and recovered in Mexico are significantly younger and more expensive than vehicles recovered in the U.S. Additionally, sports utility vehicles and pick-up trucks are more likely to be taken to Mexico, while 2-door cars are more likely to be recovered domestically.  The current study provides partial support for a link between rational choice perspective’s focus on increasing rewards and professional vehicle theft in Mexico. It appears that less consideration is given to reducing effort and risk by professional thieves in these areas in comparison to amateur thieves. From a policy standpoint, this study indicates that prevention efforts should target certain vehicles in border cities and focus less on space and time.
The problematics of independence
Creators: name: Barnes, Gordon R.  (Gordon Randolph)
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Since Independence in 1962, Jamaican society has witnessed a substantial ebb and flow of dominating political ideologies. At the center of this political friction are the Premierships of Michael Manley and Edward Seaga. The former representing a turn to “democratic socialism” and the latter an alignment with neoliberalism, this dichotomy, I argue, segmented broad layers of the working class and radical political elements from galvanizing a movement that would have had a profoundly transformative effect on Jamaican society. This is particularly salient in examining Manley’s second stint as Prime Minister in which the neoliberal policies instituted by the government of Edward Seaga were generally continued.   This paper argues that due to the process of constitutional decolonization, radical portions of the labor movement and radical political parties were unable to bring to fruition a society far removed from the status quo. Decolonization through the legitimizing legal processes of the British Empire rather than through violence hampered the development of radicalism in Jamaica that could challenge the ruling layers both in a domestic and international context.  The fact that there was not a violent uprising against British rule (as seen in Kenya, Malay or Guyana) left little political space for radicals to participate in Jamaican civil society. Within the confines of Jamaican parliamentarianism, the Jamaican Labour Party and the People’s National Party had a veritable monopoly on political power, resulting in limited space for radical labor or political organizations. This paper examines the consequences of this lack of political maneuverability in the context of the Cold War.
Cymatodera cephalica Schaeffer 1908
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera cephalica

description: Cymatodera cephalica Schaeffer, 1908
Distribution: MEX: BCS.
References: Schaeffer 1908, 1911; Wolcott 1947; Barr 1950b, 1975; Corporaal 1950; Papp 1960; Rifkind 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Acanthogorgia cylindricus Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia
Acanthogorgia cylindricus

description: Acanthogorgia cylindricus Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Acanthogorgia cylindricus Fernando, 2011: 28–29, pl. 8, fig. 2–2c (Cuddalore); Fernando et al. 2017: 49, pl.19, fig. 1–1c (Cuddalore).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but its status is uncertain.
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but without a detailed description of the sclerites and close-up images of the polyps it is not possible to recognise this species, and without a revision of the genus it would probably be impossible to assess its validity.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Acanthogorgia macrospiculata Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia
Acanthogorgia macrospiculata

description: Acanthogorgia macrospiculata Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Acanthogorgia macrospiculata Fernando, 2011: 30–31, pl. 9, fig. 2–2d (Yerwadi); Fernando et al. 2017: 52, pl. 20, fig. 1–1d (Yerwadi).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: The accounts of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are the same, and the material described is rather unusual. The growth form of the specimen is not that of an Acanthogorgia but rather of a plexaurid such as Paraplexaura, and the coenenchyme contains large, irregular spindles up to 1.5 mm long with complex warts and spine-like branches, which is uncommon for an Acanthogorgia. However, among the figured sclerites are some that look like the characteristic crown spines of an Acanthogorgia, and Acanthogorgia densiflora (Kükenthal & Gorzawski, 1908) as described by Stiasny (1947: 25–28, text figs. A, B) is an example of species with thorny spindles in the coenenchyme. Without a detailed description of the sclerites and close-up images of the polyps it is not possible to recognise this species, and without a revision of the genus it would probably be impossible to assess its validity.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Correctional philosophies‟ role in the supervision, management and treatment of persons with mental illness in a U.S. and a Finnish prison
Creators: name: Äikäs, Rose Marie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This dissertation research study is the first step in developing a comparative understanding of the role of correctional philosophies in the treatment and supervision of persons with mental illness inside the prisons of Finland and the United States.  A large body of international empirical research exists regarding persons with mental illness in prisons, but responses by individual countries vary greatly.  Furthermore, the large body of international empirical research on persons with mental illness in prisons indicates that individual countries vary greatly in their treatment, management, and supervision of this population.  In order to understand this variance, this study employs a qualitative cross-national data collection strategy to investigate the role of correctional philosophies in the treatment, management, and supervision of persons with mental illness in prisons in Finland and the United States.  Of particular interest is how such people obtain and receive treatment, in addition to their levels of satisfaction with that treatment, in each national context.   In adopting a comparative approach, this qualitative research attempts to discern common trends in mental health treatment, identify the most effective, proficient, and results-oriented of these treatments, and set a cross-national agenda for future collaboration on similar projects with prisons in different parts of the world.
Cymatodera championi Gorham 1882
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera championi

description: Cymatodera championi Gorham, 1882
Distribution: CAM: GUA *, CR, PAN; SA: BOL *, COL *.
References: Gorham 1882; Lohde 1900; Schenkling 1910; Wolcott 1927, 1947; Corporaal 1950; Papp 1960; Barr 1975; Burke and Zolnerowich 2014c; Leavengood and Garner 2014.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
California Institute for Quantum Entanglement
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The quantum mechanics of systems comprising many interacting particles accounts for how materials acquire their distinct properties, how they undergo transitions between phases, and how they can be used most effectively for various applications. However, the theoretical complexity of quantum mechanics bars us from fully understanding large systems. And even when explanations are proposed to explain the emergent nature of macroscopic systems, the complexity of real materials bars us from testing those predictions. Experimental systems now exist in which systems with many connected quantum objects – specifically, atoms, ions and molecules cooled to near-zero temperature – can be prepared and tracked in full detail as they evolve. These serve as quantum emulators, i.e. as tractable physical models for materials in which we can test theoretical propositions and unravel the mystery and power of quantum science. The California Institute for Quantum Entanglement will establish the world-leading center for exploring advanced ideas in quantum science and their application toward materials science, metrology, and quantum information processing. We propose to overtake rival institutions by coalescing UC’s strength in experimental atomic and molecular physics and theoretical quantum science. Collaborative investigations will focus on three main topics: the emergence of novel properties in strongly driven materials, the nature of phase transitions in open quantum systems, and the use of many-body quantum states for technological applications such as sensing and information processing. To define future directions in quantum emulation, Institute researchers will jointly develop advanced experimental techniques such as ultrastable optical systems, extreme high vacuum, methods to bring more types of atoms and molecules to the ultracold temperature regime, agile systems for tailoring the spatial and frequency content of light fields, and numerical methods for characterizing highly entangled quantum systems. Collaboration between Institute personnel will be intensified through the appointment of jointly supervised students and postdocs, exchange of personnel between campuses and between experiment and theory groups, workshops and retreats, teleconferenced journal clubs, and joint development of novel technologies. The impact of the Institute will be enhanced by scientific publications in leading peer-reviewed journals, all jointly authored by multiple UC campuses.
Acanthogorgia muricata Verrill 1883
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia
Acanthogorgia muricata

description: Acanthogorgia muricata Verrill, 1883
Acanthogorgia muricata Verrill, 1883: 34 (Barbados)
? Acanthogorgia schrammi Diechmann 1936: 151–152, pl. 16, figs. 5–13, pl. 31, figs. 1–1a
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomson & Simpson 1909: 192–194 (Andamans, off Cape Comorin, off Gopalpur, Coromandel coast, off Malabar coast); Fernando, 2011: 31. pl. 10, fig. 1–1d; Fernando et al. 2017: 54, pl. 20, fig. 2–2D (Nagapatinam, Cuddalore).
Literature analysis: This species was established by Verrill (1883) for material collected off Barbados in the West Indies. The form of the sclerites is unknown because the description was not illustrated and the holotype has not been redescribed, therefore, all subsequent records of the species would have to have been based just on Verrill’s text or on the unverifiable accounts by other authors, such as Deichmann (1936) who stated that this species was a synonym of A. schrammi. However, Deichmanns’ simple sclerite figures are of no value. Consequently, the descriptions of specimens assigned to this species by Thomson and Simpson (1909), which are unillustrated and almost completely ignore the sclerites, are of no value at all. Similarly, the records given by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017), which are identical and offer figures but no descriptions, referring to the account given by Thomson and Simpson (1909) instead, have no factual basis. Their material certainly appears to be an Acanthogorgia species, but without a detailed description of the sclerites and close-up images of the polyps it is not possible to recognise the species they have or distinguish it from similar species such as their Acanthogorgia cylindricus. Without a revision of the genus, it would be impossible to establish if it is a synonym of another species. Being originally collected in the West Indies, it is extremely unlikely to occur in the region.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327