cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERACTIVE METHODS IN ENHANCING THE CREATIVITY OF PRESCHOOL STUDENTS
Creators: name: Mansurova, Dilafruz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The development of a creative personality is one of the important tasks of pedagogical theory and practice from the point of view of the federal state educational standard. Therefore, people are beginning to work on its solution. Methods are methods of interconnected activity of the teacher and the student aimed at achieving educational goals. The main methods of teaching and developing preschool children are practical, visual, verbal and game methods.
CRITICALLY CONSCIOUS CURATION AND THE ROLE OF ARTS BASED RESEARCH IN A CURRICULUM OF CARE
Creators: name: Mazur, Zachary
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: arts based research
cultural studies
curation
dialogical learning
museum
visual literacy
Education

description: Developing the preliminary research questions for this dissertation required a review of the pedagogical goals and responsibilities within a critically conscious curation framework. Dissertation topics include defining the tenets of critically conscious curation in regard to research and praxis, the role of agency within arts-based research and praxis, and the role of arts educators in developing a curriculum of care. This will be explored primarily through a series of auto-ethnographic articles that use critical frameworks to define my roles and experiences as a museum curator, professional artist, and arts-educator. These themes and how they apply to this proposal are addressed in the review of literature following this abstract.
description: Keywords: Critically conscious curation, curriculum of care, visual literacy, dialogical learning, aesthetic engagement, museum pedagogy, arts-based research, object-based pedagogy.
Cryptopone ochracea
Creators: name: Gratiashvili, N.
name: Barjadze, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Cryptopone
Cryptopone ochracea

description: 139. C. ochracea (Mayr, 1855)
Distribution: W.G.: Batumi (Jijilashvili, 1974b).
description: Published as part of Gratiashvili, N. & Barjadze, S., 2008, Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia., pp. 130-146 in Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology 23 on page 144
Predicting sleep based on physical activity, light exposure, and Heart rate variability data using wearable devices
Creators: name: Park, Kyung Mee
name: Lee, Sang Eun
name: Lee, Changhee
name: Hwang, Hyun Duck
name: Yoon, Do Hoon
name: Choi, Eunchae
name: Lee, Eun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: We aimed to improve the performance of sleep prediction algorithms by increasing the data amount, adding variables reflecting psychological state, and adjusting the data length. We used ActiGraph GT3X+® and Galaxy Watch Active2™ to collect physical activity and light exposure data. We collected heart rate variability (HRV) data with the Galaxy Watch. We evaluated the performance of sleep prediction algorithms based on different data sources (wearable devices only, sleep diary only, or both), data lengths (1, 2, or 3 days), and analysis methods. We defined the target outcome, ‘good sleep’, as ≥90% sleep efficiency. Among 278 participants who denied having sleep disturbance, we used data including 2136 total days and nights from 230 participants. The performance of the sleep prediction algorithms improved with an increased amount of data and added HRV data. The model with the best performance was the extreme gradient boosting model; XGBoost, using both sources combined data with HRV, and 2-day data (accuracy=.85, area under the curve =.80). The results show that the performance of the sleep prediction models improved by increasing the data amount and adding HRV data. Further studies targeting insomnia patients and applied researches on non-pharmacological insomnia treatment are needed.
title: Verfassungsblatt: 2024/04
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: Verfassungsblog gGmbH
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Verfassungsrecht
subject: constitutional law
subject: Verfassungspolitik
subject: constitutional policy
subject: 340

description: Verfassungsblatt, vol. 4 (2024), no. 4, p. 571
Hypoponera eduardi
Creators: name: Gratiashvili, N.
name: Barjadze, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Hypoponera
Hypoponera eduardi

description: 140. H. eduardi (Forel, 1894)
Distribution: W.G.: Batumi, Chakvi, Chakvistavi (Jijilashvili, 1974b).
description: Published as part of Gratiashvili, N. & Barjadze, S., 2008, Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia., pp. 130-146 in Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology 23 on page 144
The Evolution of Proof Image
Creators: name: Boardman, Kaleinani
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: Proof image is a mechanism for constructing proofs that has come about within the last 10 years. In this study, I investigated what the evolution of proof image looks like as a prover goes through the process of convincing themself of the truth of multiple claims, and how they use this process in producing a formal proof for each claim. This evolution is compared across experience, through undergraduate mathematics majors and professors, and across content areas, with one claim from each of the areas of discrete mathematics, linear algebra, and introduction to real analysis. One notable result is that proof image is not binary, but can be viewed as being at one of four levels: basic, emerging, proficient, or complete. Additionally, this study showed that it is possible to have a complete proof image, with a formal proof that is not sanctioned by a small group of experts, and it is also possible to have a proof image that is not complete, yet sanctioned as a formal proof by a small group of experts. In both cases, being able to form an entity of understanding of why a claim is true seemed to be an important piece of the proof image that aided in the formalization process.
title: FLORAL TRAITS IN CASTILLEJA
title: HOW MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS DIFFERENTIATE SPECIES, AFFECT INSECT INTERACTIONS, AND INFLUENCE PLANT FITNESS
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hilpman, Evan T
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: One of the major goals of evolutionary biology is to explain trait variation within and among species. Much of the tremendous diversity in floral traits across angiosperm lineages is thought to reflect a history of close ecological associations with animals. While pollinator mediated selection on morphological traits has received much attention, surprisingly few have included floral scent into ecological or evolutionary analyses. Fewer still have compared the relative importance of such traits in mediating both animal pollination and predation using linear, quadratic and correlational models. Finally, this dissertation serves to document the first analysis of floral scent in the genus Castilleja. The purpose of this dissertation was to study plant-animal interactions mediated by morphological traits and floral scent. Data collected from natural populations were used to address the following questions in the genus Castilleja: 1) Does interspecific variation in plant traits predict pollinator visitation?; 2) To what extent does intraspecific variation in plant traits mediate both mutualistic and antagonistic interactions?; and 3) What forms of selection result from multiple plant-animal interactions affecting floral scent and morphological traits? We demonstrated that variation in floral morphological and scent traits among five species of Castilleja differentiated species and pollination syndromes, but did not reliably predict pollinator visitation. Extremely low rates of pollinator visitation across Castilleja species reduced statistical power of analyses reliant on direct observational data. However, using direct observations of antagonist seed predator visitation and indirect measures of seed predator and pollinator activity we detected associations between plant traits and animal behavior within a large population of Castilleja sessiliflora. While pollinator and seed predator activity was correlated with both morphology and scent, their activities were predicted by distinct traits. Directional, stabilizing, disruptive, and correlational selection were detected; and traits that experienced selection were evident during the seed initiation stage, suggesting a potential role of pollinators. However, marked changes in the direction and magnitude of selection were evident following visitation by seed predators. Overall, these results demonstrate that both scent and morphological traits mediate plant-animal interactions, and that both mutualists and antagonists significantly contribute to selection on plant traits.
title: LEADERS OF COLOR
title: HOW LEADERS OF COLOR DESCRIBE THEIR LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES AND HOW THEIR IDENTITIES PLAY A ROLE IN THEIR LEADERSHIP VALUES, BELIEFS, AND PRACTICES
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Allman, Alexa  R
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Building Leaders
Educational Administration
Educational Leadership
K-12 Leadership
Leaders of Color
Leadership Diversity
Education policy

description: Building leadership has been studied for decades (Leithwood et al., 2004; Leithwood et al., 2010; Levin & Bradley, 2019; Portin et al., 2003) and effective leaders have been shown to support student learning and development (Leithwood et al., 2004; Portin et al., 2003; Seashore Louis et al., 2010). In the face of an increasingly diverse student population, school districts have recognized disparate academic achievement between White students and students of color (de Brey et al., 2019). In turn, districts have sought to address this issue by hiring effective leaders of color. This qualitative study explored the lived experiences and counterstories of leaders of color in urban schools in the Pacific Northwest through semi-structured interviews. It sought to understand how these building leaders describe their successes and challenges and identified their values, beliefs, and practices. The study found that leaders who represent diverse perspectives report that they connect with and empower students with diverse backgrounds in ways that are different than their White colleagues, endeavoring to better meet the needs of students and the community. Additionally, this study connected their values, beliefs, and practices with their identities and background experiences. The importance and relevance of relationships with others (e.g., students, families, community, and staff) was an important theme. These leaders described conditions for which they feel a sense of belonging and provided recommendations for how they can be better supported by districts. Their narratives, insights, and accomplishments were relayed with resiliency, tenacity, and pride.
ANAPLASMA MARGINALE INFECTION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOOD TICKS IS DEPENDENT ON CORE α-(1,3)-FUCOSYLATED N-GLYCANS
Creators: name: Vimonish, Rubikah
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Anaplasma marginale
Bovine anaplasmosis
Dermacentor andersoni
In vitro tick feeding
Primary tick midgut cell culture
Entomology

description: Bovine anaplasmosis, caused by Anaplasma marginale, is a tick-borne disease of livestock that causes significant economic loss for the United States and Latin America cattle industries that are estimated to exceed one billion dollars annually. Prevention measures are limited in part due to the lack of understanding of the host-pathogen interaction. A. marginale, invades and replicates in the tick midgut for initial development during tick acquisition feeding. These processes are required for the successful colonization of Dermacentor andersoni and other tick vectors. The molecules that facilitate A. marginale invasion of the tick tissues are logical targets of intervention but are unknown. This dissertation described two independent studies. The first simulates the pathogen transmission cycle in in vitro and the second study identifies molecules involved in A. marginale infection into the tick midgut cells. These findings will provide novel insights into tick-pathogen interactions and may help to overcome current limitations of control strategies for bovine anaplasmosis.
Cortiella C. Norman 1937
Creators: name: Deng, Jiao-Jiao
name: Peng, Chang
name: Liu, Chang-Kun
name: Xie, Deng-Feng
name: Gui, Ling-Jian
name: Zhou, Song- Dong
name: He, Xing-Jin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Apiales
Apiaceae
Cortiella

description: Key to the Cortiella species
1 Rays few (3–6); thin pedicels longer than leaves.......................................................................................................... C. yatungense
1 Rays many (more than 6); stout pedicels shorter than leaves or subequal.........................................................................................2
2 Petioles and rachis glabrous or essentially glabrous ..........................................................................................................................3
2 Petioles and rachis densely puberulous ..............................................................................................................................................4
3 Ultimate leaf segments trind; rays about 10 ................................................................................................................. C. lamondiana
3 Ultimate leaf segments obovate, 3-lobed, apex rounded; rays 20–30............................................................................ C. caespitosa
4 Dorsal ribs wings broad, slightly narrower than lateral wings, often convoluted and crowded when mature; ultimate leaf segments less than 4 mm; styles (1.5–) 2–3.5 mm after flowering ..................................................................................................... C. hookeri
4 Dorsal ribs wings narrow, often poorly developed, much narrower than lateral wings, not convoluted and crowded; ultimate leaf segments usually more than 4 mm; styles 1.75–3 mm after flowering ........................................................................... C. cortioides
description: Published as part of Deng, Jiao-Jiao, Peng, Chang, Liu, Chang-Kun, Xie, Deng-Feng, Gui, Ling-Jian, Zhou, Song- Dong & He, Xing-Jin, 2022, Cortiella yatungense, a new species of Cortiella (Apiaceae) from Xizang, China, pp. 189-199 in Phytotaxa 566 (2) on page 195, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7119151
Pachycondyla nigrita
Creators: name: Gratiashvili, N.
name: Barjadze, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Pachycondyla
Pachycondyla nigrita

description: 141. P. nigrita (Emery, 1895)
Distribution: W.G.: Alachadze, Senaki (Jijilashvili, 1974b).
description: Published as part of Gratiashvili, N. & Barjadze, S., 2008, Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia., pp. 130-146 in Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology 23 on page 144
Periergos genitale Schintlmeister 2002
Creators: name: Mazumder, Arna
name: Raha, Angshuman
name: Sanyal, Abesh Kumar
name: Gayen, Subrata
name: Mallick, Kaushik
name: Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran
name: Chandra, Kailash
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Periergos
Periergos genitale

description: Periergos genitale Schintlmeister, 2002
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Periergos genitale Schintlmeister, 2002; 33: 191.
Periergos genitale Schintlmeister, 2013; 11: 323.
TL: Mandalay [Myanmar]; TD: CAS
Material Examined: 2 ♂♂, Arunachal Pradesh, Dibang Valley dist., Dihang-Dibang BR, Eduli, 147 m, 27.9519°N; 95.8133°E, 07. i. 2017, leg. A.K. Sanyal & Team.
Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: Myanmar, Thailand, China (Yunnan).
Diagnosis: Forewing length ♂♂ 25 mm.
Both male and female adults of this species resemble much to P. postruba (Swinhoe, 1903), but external appearance of the latter is darker and more reddish tinged. P. orest Schintlmeister, 1997, a further closely related and similar species, have wing coloration paler than genitale, in particular hindwings are white rather than light brown. P. genitale can be best identified by male genitalia characters which possess a distinct wide gap between the lobes of uncus; broad sacculus, a tooth-like projection at the basal area of costal process of valvae; bifurcate juxta process with asymmetrical short arms; phallus with slender and prominently curved tip.
description: Published as part of Mazumder, Arna, Raha, Angshuman, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Gayen, Subrata, Mallick, Kaushik, Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Chandra, Kailash & Schintlmeister, Alexander, 2020, A new species of Nerice Walker, 1855 and further additions to the catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from Himalaya with report of range extensions, pp. 119-140 in Zootaxa 4748 (1) on pages 124-125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3697634
Stelletta Schmidt 1862
Creators: name: Esteves, Eduardo L.
name: Muricy, Guilherme
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Astrophorida
Ancorinidae
Stelletta

description: Genus Stelletta Schmidt, 1862
Diagnosis. Massive sponges with a more­or­less collagenous rich cortex; triaenes often abundant, more rarely absent, oxeas and from one to three types of euasters, one of them confined to the choanosome, the other(s) sparse through the sponge. Occasional accessory ortho­ or trichodragmata. Microscleres may be lacking altogether (emended from Uriz, 2002a).
Type species. Stelletta grubei Schmidt, 1862.
description: Published as part of Esteves, Eduardo L. & Muricy, Guilherme, 2005, A new species of Stelletta (Demospongiae, Astrophorida) without microscleres from Abrolhos Archipelago, northeastern Brazil, pp. 43-52 in Zootaxa 1006 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1006.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/5048780
title: Resource Management In Manycore Architecture
title: 3d NoC to Embedded Systems
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Musavvir, Shouvik
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: 3D Circuit
Manycore System
Network-on-chip
Process Variation
Resource Management
Machine Learning

description: Manycore architecture exploits tremendous computation capability for highly parallelized workloads and big data analysis. Manycore chip uses network-in-chip (NoC) to transfer message between core-to-core and memory. Three-dimensional (3D) NoC provides a scalable, high-performance and energy-efficient communication backbone. By taking advantage of the shorter distance in z-dimension, 3D NoC enables lower latency and energy consumption compared to the 2D counterpart. Through-silicon-vias (TSVs) based 3D NoC suffers from several fabrication and reliability imperfections. Recently, monolithic 3D (M3D) architecture has been proposed as an alternative to TSV-based design. M3D technology enables high density integration by sequentially stacking tiers on top of each other using minuscule monolithic inter-tier vias (MIVs). In M3D fabrication, the active layers are fabricated on the same die and high temperature annealing can damage the chip. This has necessitated low temperature annealing techniques for M3D fabrication, leading to inferior performance of transistors in the top tier and slower interconnects in bottom tier. To this end, we developed a process-variation aware monolithic 3D NoC design technique to place the NoC components optimally and minimize the effect of process related degradation. Manycore chip also suffers from thermal hotspots resulting from power-hungry processors. Voltage frequency island (VFI)-based power management is a popular strategy to enhance the energy efficiency of a manycore chip without incurring noticeable performance degradation. The heart of a VFI-based system is changing the voltage/frequency (V/F) pairs of each island to match the requirements of a dynamically varying workload. However, negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) increases the threshold voltage of PMOS transistors, leading to timing failures for fixed V/F pairs. Hence, we propose an online NBTI-aware VFI design to improve the chip lifetime and energy efficiency while dynamically tuning V/F pairs.
description: Modern mobile chip is shifting from traditional homogenous structure to heterogenous one to support diverse workloads. In mobile chips, the resource management technique needs to fulfil two contradictory objectives: energy efficiency with application wise performance requirements. Moreover, smartphones also run numerous unseen applications throughout the lifetime. Hence, we propose a machine learning based resource management strategy to adapt in presence of multiple new applications.
Fragility in cardiovascular randomized controlled trials with primary continuous outcomes (2018–2022) from multi-perspectives assessment: a cross-sectional survey
Creators: name: Zhou, Xiaoqin
name: Ruan, Weiqiang
name: Zhang, Guiying
name: Liu, Huizhen
name: Wang, Ting
name: Li, Jing
name: Du, Liang
name: Huang, Jin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: This study aims to assess the robustness of cardiovascular disease randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with primary continuous outcomes from a clinical perspective, utilizing the concepts of continuous fragility index (CFI), reverse continuous fragility index (RCFI) and their corresponding quotients (CFQ, RCFQ). A cross-sectional study was conducted, searching PubMed for cardiovascular RCTs published between January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2022, in eight high-impact journals. Inclusion criteria were phase III or IV trials with 1:1 randomization, reporting at least one primary continuous outcome. Data analysis involved altering each outcome until achieving the reversal of significance (ɑ = 0.05) to determine the CFI or RCFI. The fragility quotients were then calculated by dividing the CFI or RCFI by the sample size, and Spearman’s correlation assessed correlation analyses. Of 3983 records were screened, and 64 RCTs (76 outcomes) were included. The fragility index was analysed with 72 outcomes. The overall median CFI was 7, with an associated median CFQ of 0.032. Nonsignificant P values exhibited greater statistical instability (median RCFI = 5, RCFQ = 0.023) than significant P values (median CFI = 14, CFQ = 0.062). Interestingly, “fragile” values were found in 36% (9/25) of CFI or 46.7% (7/15) of RCFI. Additionally, fragility index showed a significant association with several variables. The findings suggest that changing only a small number of interventions (median of 7) could alter outcome significance. Reporting the fragility index alongside P values is recommended to provide a clearer understanding of statistical findings’ robustness.HighlightsThe continuous fragility index (CFI) represents the minimum patient count needed to modify significance by altering their intervention.Among 72 primary continuous outcomes in 64 cardiovascular RCTs, the overall median CFI was 7, with a corresponding CFQ of 0.032.CFI demonstrated moderate to strong correlations with sample size, total dropouts, and patient numbers analyzed. The continuous fragility index (CFI) represents the minimum patient count needed to modify significance by altering their intervention. Among 72 primary continuous outcomes in 64 cardiovascular RCTs, the overall median CFI was 7, with a corresponding CFQ of 0.032. CFI demonstrated moderate to strong correlations with sample size, total dropouts, and patient numbers analyzed.
Rural-Non-Rural Differences in Youth Status Attainment
Creators: name: Li, Xiao
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: rural-non-rural differences
status attainment
Economics
Migration

description: It is essential to explore how growing up in rural and non-rural areas impacts youth status attainment because of the critical social and economic changes in rural areas and the frequent rural-urban youth migration that influence youth life chances and wellbeing. With data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 (NLSY 97), the dissertation adopts multilevel/mixed-effects models to examine the rural-non-rural differences in youth status attainment processes and outcomes in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The results show significant rural-non-rural differences in multiple educational outcomes and hourly wages at age 30 or 31. The dissertation also explores the mechanisms through which rural origins influence youth status attainment processes and outcomes. First, it clarifies rural socioeconomic disadvantage and social capital advantage narratives at both individual and aggregate levels. The findings show that the rural disadvantage in community characteristics plays a more important role in shaping the educational gaps across places than individual-level disadvantages. Second, the dissertation examines how migration influences youth educational attainment. The findings clarify the relationship between migration and education by showing that the higher educational levels of rural migrants are not just because talented youth are more likely to move than others, but because moving results in better education, regardless of prior academic potential. The direct effect of migration suggests that rural youth were disadvantaged by the limited educational resources in rural places. At the same time, migrants to rural areas also had better educational outcomes than stayers, which may be because their moving increases student-college match. Finally, the dissertation examines how migration and return migration influence youth hourly wages at age 30 or 31. The results show that for rural youth, leaving was associated with higher wages, while returning with higher educational levels did not lead to higher wages than staying. Youth who moved to non-metro/rural areas also experience a “migration loss” in wages compared with rural stayers, which may be due to the less diverse wage structure in rural labor markets and migrants’ disadvantages in social capital.
Ponera coarctata
Creators: name: Gratiashvili, N.
name: Barjadze, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Ponera
Ponera coarctata

description: 142. P. coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
Syn.: Ponera lucida Em.
Distribution: E.G.: Gardabani, Karsani, Khrami gorge, Kojori, Lagodekhi Reserve, Shulaveri, Tbilisi (Mtatsminda plateau, Tbilisi Botanical Garden, Mushtaidi Garden), Tetritskaro (Ruzsky, 1905; Jijilashvili, 1964b, 1967b, 1966, 1968, 1974a); W.G.: Alakhadze, Asechka, Batumi, Bichvinta Reserve, Chakvistavi, Kutaisi, Ozurgeti (Ruzsky, 1902, 1905, 1907; Karavaiev, 1926; Jijilashvili, 1974b). S.G.: Surroundings of Dmanisi (Jijilashvili, 1974a).
description: Published as part of Gratiashvili, N. & Barjadze, S., 2008, Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia., pp. 130-146 in Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology 23 on page 145
An Evaluation of the Changes in Manual Therapy Techniques in Physical Therapy
Creators: name: Rojas, Nelson Alberto
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Manual Therapy Techniques
Patient Outcomes
Physical Therapy

description: Prior research has focused on comparing the effects of manual therapy techniques used in physical therapy in different conditions to determine which technique is more effective and less invasive for the patient. However, no focus has been placed on identifying and evaluating the changes in manual therapy techniques. This study aims to evaluate the changes in manual therapy techniques from the perspective of current and retired physical therapists who are or were licensed in Washington state. Eighteen participants completed a modified Physical Therapy Profile Questionnaire (PTPQ) to explore their experience with manual therapy techniques and whether they implemented changes in their practice of these techniques. The results suggest that changes in manual therapy techniques occur as physical therapists gain and develop more experience working with many clients and treating different conditions. Joint mobilization, taping, and muscle energy techniques were the most used and recommended manual therapy techniques by physical therapists in this sample. There was no significant correlation between the years of practice and the number of manual therapy techniques selected by participants (r = -0.044, p = 0.887). This study suggests that changes and adjustments in manual therapy techniques have occurred throughout time as physical therapists gain practice in the field and can identify what manual technique will produce a better patient outcome in a specific patient.
Clinical outcomes of modified transarterial chemoembolization vs. drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization as initial treatment for single hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis
Creators: name: Chang, Boyang
name: Zhou, Churen
name: Liu, Chengcheng
name: Mu, Luwen
name: Huang, Mingsheng
name: Bai, Mingjun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Virology

description: Optimizing transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) can enhance treatment efficacy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study compares modified TACE (M-TACE), which combines a lipiodol-based emulsion and drug-eluting beads, with drug-eluting bead TACE (DEB-TACE) as initial therapies for solitary HCC. In this retrospective study, 185 patients undergoing M-TACE or DEB-TACE were evaluated. Propensity score matching was used to create 69 balanced pairs. Initial tumor response, repeated treatments within six months, local tumor progression (LTP), overall survival (OS), and adverse events (AEs) were assessed. M-TACE exhibited significantly higher initial complete response (CR) rates (39.1% vs. 23.2%, p = 0.043) and fewer repeated treatments within six months (1.7 ± 0.9 vs. 2.1 ± 0.7; p = 0.033) compared to DEB-TACE. LTP rates were notably lower with M-TACE at 12 months (39.1% vs. 65.2%, p = 0.002), and median time to LTP was prolonged with M-TACE (13.3 vs. 8.2 months, p = 0.038). Stratified analysis revealed a significantly longer OS in individuals achieving a CR after the initial M-TACE (50.5 vs. 33.4 months, p = 0.043). However, the overall study population did not exhibit a significant difference in OS between the two groups. Comparable AEs (all p > 0.05) were observed. M-TACE showed higher initial CR rates, lower LTP rates, and extended time to LTP compared to DEB-TACE, indicating its potential to enhance TACE effectiveness for solitary HCC.
Proteomic investigations of dengue virus infection: key discoveries over the last 10 years
Creators: name: Hadpech, Sudarat
name: Thongboonkerd, Visith
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Dengue virus (DENV) infection remains one of the most significant infectious diseases in humans. Several efforts have been made to address its molecular mechanisms. Over the last 10 years, proteomics has been widely applied to investigate various aspects of DENV infection. In this review, we briefly introduce common proteomics approaches using various mass spectrometric modalities followed by summarizing all the discoveries obtained from proteomic investigations of DENV infection over the last 10 years. These include the data on DENV-vector interactions and host responses to address the DENV biology and disease mechanisms. Moreover, applications of proteomics to disease prevention, diagnosis, vaccine design, development of anti-DENV agents and other new treatment strategies are discussed. Despite efforts on disease prevention, DENV infection is still a significant global healthcare burden that affects the general population. As summarized herein, proteomic technologies with high-throughput capabilities have provided more in-depth details of protein dynamics during DENV infection. More extensive applications of proteomics and other powerful research tools would provide a promise to better cope and prevent this mosquito-borne infectious disease.
Honveda nepalina Nakamura 1976
Creators: name: Mazumder, Arna
name: Raha, Angshuman
name: Sanyal, Abesh Kumar
name: Gayen, Subrata
name: Mallick, Kaushik
name: Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran
name: Chandra, Kailash
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Honveda
Honveda nepalina

description: Honveda nepalina Nakamura, 1976
[Fig. 5 (E–H)]
Honveda nepalina Nakamura, 1976; 27: 39.
Honveda nepalina; Schintlmeister, 2013; 11: 220.
TL: Ulleri [Nepal]; TD: NSM
Material Examined: 1 ♂, Uttarakhand, Uttarkashi dist., Govind WLS, CH 18, 1800 m, 31.1319°N; 78.0599°E, 24. vii. 2012, leg. A.K. Sanyal; 3 ♂♂, ditto, 25. vii. 2012.
Distribution: India: Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Nepal.
Diagnosis: Forewing length ♂♂ 24–25 mm.
A prominent black streak in the postmedian area of forewing distinguishes H. nepalina from its congeners. Nevertheless, the best way to differentiate among the conspecifics is to study the male genitalic characters. In male genitalia of H. nepalina, socii has a slight bulge at tips; uncus is short and triangular; juxta process very short and bifurcated; valvae with digitate process at the ventral margin, sacculus slender, crescent-shaped and pointed; phallus zig-zag shaped with curved and pointed apex.
Note: Till date, only Honveda fasciata (Moore, 1879) was reported under this genus from India. This new record adds another species to this genus from India.
description: Published as part of Mazumder, Arna, Raha, Angshuman, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Gayen, Subrata, Mallick, Kaushik, Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Chandra, Kailash & Schintlmeister, Alexander, 2020, A new species of Nerice Walker, 1855 and further additions to the catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from Himalaya with report of range extensions, pp. 119-140 in Zootaxa 4748 (1) on page 125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3697634
title: GLACIER'S WILDLIFE
title: A NONINVASIVE INVESTIGATION OF A CANADA LYNX POPULATION AND WILDLIFE SPATIOTEMPORAL RESPONSE TO RECREATION IN A POPULAR NATIONAL PARK
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Anderson, Alissa  Kate
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Canada lynx
Glacier National Park
Occupancy
Recreation
Wildlife

description: Glacier National Park (GNP) is a large, protected area within the northern Rockies Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) recovery unit, however knowledge of lynx distribution within the park is limited. We completed the first park-wide occupancy survey of lynx using an array of passive camera traps during summer. Within a smaller area of the park, we also tested the possibility of identifying individuals from subtle markings on the inside of the front leg to estimate density via spatially explicit capture-recapture. Finally, we linked park-wide predictions of occupancy with local density to estimate lynx population size across GNP. We found lynx distributed across much of the park and in the density study area we were able to successfully identify ~75% of lynx captures to individual based on coat markings. We estimated the average park-wide lynx density at 1.05/100 km² resulting in an estimated population of 43.07 (SE: 13.78, 95% CI: 23.37 – 79.41) lynx during summer. Based on our results, we propose that GNP should be considered as a potentially important area for lynx habitat refugia in a warming climate.
description: GNP is an increasingly popular tourist destination for outdoor enthusiasts. A growing body of literature is showing that quiet non-consumptive recreational activities, such as hiking, can impact species and ecosystems in profound ways as wildlife may exhibit attraction or avoidance behaviors towards increased recreation. We investigated the impact of recreation on space use and temporal activity on 12 focal carnivore and ungulate species using a park-wide camera trap dataset and a smaller camera dataset gathered during and after a prolonged partial park closure due to COVID-19 restrictions. Using single-species occupancy models and coefficient of activity overlap methods, we found evidence that recreation affects the spatiotemporal ecology of many medium-large mammalian species in GNP. The influence of recreation was quite pronounced in some cases and highly variable among species, with both positive and negative associations between increased human recreation activity and species’ spatial and temporal responses. We recommend future studies focus on how these behavioral shifts may impact wildlife fitness to help managers understand the tradeoffs associated with increasing recreation on public lands.
Draconarius spirallus Xu & Li 2007
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaoxiao
name: Wu, San'An
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Amaurobiidae
Draconarius
Draconarius spirallus

description: Draconarius spirallus Xu & Li, 2007
Draconarius spirallus Xu & Li 2007: 347, figs 1, 7A–C
Draconarius grossus Zhu & Chen 2009: 185, figs 3–4 syn. n.
Material examined. China: Guizhou: Draconarius spirallus: 1Ƥ, holotype (IZCAS), Anlong County, Dushan Town, Anhe Village, Xiniu Cave [25°19´N, 105°35´E], 10 May 2005, Yanfeng Tong leg. Distribution. China (Guizhou).
Remarks. Draconarius grossus Zhu & Chen, 2009 and D. spirallus Xu & Li, 2007 were collected from the same cave. Based on the original descriptions and examination of the holotype of D. spirallus, they are similar in habitus and structure of the female genitalia (small epigynal teeth, widely separated from atrium; atrium small, situated posteriorly; copulatory ducts large, initially longated longitudinally then highly convoluted laterally; spermathecae global, widely separated from each other).
description: Published as part of Wang, Xiaoxiao, Wu, San'An & Li, Shuqiang, 2012, Notes on two Draconarius species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Guizhou, China, pp. 61-65 in Zootaxa 3302 on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280941
Reinforcement Learning-Based Framework for the Intelligent Adaptation of User Interfaces
Creators: name: Gaspar-Figueiredo, Daniel
name: Fernández-Diego, Marta
name: Nuredini, Ruben
name: Abrahão, Silvia
name: Insfrán, Emilio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: D.2.2

description: Adapting the user interface (UI) of software systems to meet the needs and preferences of users is a complex task. The main challenge is to provide the appropriate adaptations at the appropriate time to offer value to end-users. Recent advances in Machine Learning (ML) techniques may provide effective means to support the adaptation process. In this paper, we instantiate a reference framework for Intelligent User Interface Adaptation by using Reinforcement Learning (RL) as the ML component to adapt user interfaces and ultimately improving the overall User Experience (UX). By using RL, the system is able to learn from past adaptations to improve the decision-making capabilities. Moreover, assessing the success of such adaptations remains a challenge. To overcome this issue, we propose to use predictive Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) models to evaluate the outcome of each action (ie adaptations) performed by the RL agent. In addition, we present an implementation of the instantiated framework, which is an extension of OpenAI Gym, that serves as a toolkit for developing and comparing RL algorithms. This Gym environment is highly configurable and extensible to other UI adaptation contexts. The evaluation results show that our RL-based framework can successfully train RL agents able to learn how to adapt UIs in a specific context to maximize the user engagement by using an HCI model as rewards predictor.
description: To be published in Companion of the16th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS Companion '24). 9 pages, 2 figures, 28 references
USE OF RNA-SEQ TO IDENTIFY GENES ENCODING CYTOKINES AND CHEMOKINES ACTIVATED FOLLOWING UPTAKE AND PROCESSING A CANDIDATE PEPTIDE VACCINE DEVELOPED AGAINST MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS
Creators: name: DeCourcey, Michelle
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: bovine
subject: cytotoxic T cell
subject: monocyte-derived macrophages
subject: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis
subject: peptide vaccine
subject: RNA-seq
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Analysis of the primary and recall responses to a 35 kD major membrane protein (MMP), encoded by MAP2121c demonstrated tri-directional signaling between the antigen presenting cell (APC), CD4 and CD8 is essential for eliciting a CD8 cytotoxic T cell (CTL) response against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. As reported here, RNA-sequencing was used to initiate characterization of the signaling pathways involved in eliciting development of CD8 CTL, starting with characterization of the activation status of genes in monocyte-derived macrophages (MoMΦ) following uptake and processing MMP for presentation of antigenic epitopes to CD4 and CD8 T cells. Activation status was compared with uptake and processing of LPS, a nonspecific stimulator of macrophages. 1609 genes were identified that were upregulated and 1277 were downregulated three hours after uptake and processing MMP. No significant difference was observed in the cytokine genes selected for analysis of the signaling that must occur between APC, CD4, and CD8 for development of CTL. The initial observations indicate screening of the transcriptome should include genes involved in signaling between APC and CD4 and CD8 regardless of their activation status. Four of the genes of interest in this study, IL12A, IL12B, IL15, and IL23A, were not significantly different than control values. The initial studies also indicate MoMΦ can be included with dendritic cells and monocyte-derived dendritic cells for further analysis of the tri-directional signaling required for development of CTL.
Syntypistis nigribasalis subsp. tropica
Creators: name: Mazumder, Arna
name: Raha, Angshuman
name: Sanyal, Abesh Kumar
name: Gayen, Subrata
name: Mallick, Kaushik
name: Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran
name: Chandra, Kailash
name: Schintlmeister, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Syntypistis
Syntypistis nigribasalis
Syntypistis nigribasalis tropica (kiriakoff, 1974)

description: Syntypistis nigribasalis tropica (Kiriakoff, 1974)
[Fig. 5 (I–L)]
Quadricalcarifera nigribasalis tropica Kiriakoff, 1974; 17: 388.
Quadricalcarifera notoprocta Yang, 1995: 163.
Syntypistis nigribasalis tropica; Schintlmeister, 2013; 11: 442.
TL: Sumatra [Indonesia]; TD: ZSM
Material Examined: 1 ♂, Arunachal Pradesh, Dibang Valley dist., Dihang-Dibang BR, Anini, Mahe, 1556 m, 28.9953°N; 95.8066°E, 24. v. 2017, leg. S. Gayen & Team.
Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Bali, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Philippines, China.
Diagnosis: Forewing length ♂ 19 mm
S. nigribasalis tropica generally has a more whitish ground colour of forewing than the nominotypical ssp. nigribasalis Wileman, 1910. In male genitalia, the presence of long and acute rectangular shaped uncus and a central sclerotized projection in the 8 th sternite are typical to S. nigribasalis. S. n. tropica differs from S. n. nigribasalis in having broader saccus, quadrate shaped central projection of 8 th sternite and longer, more distally curved phallus.
description: Published as part of Mazumder, Arna, Raha, Angshuman, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Gayen, Subrata, Mallick, Kaushik, Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Chandra, Kailash & Schintlmeister, Alexander, 2020, A new species of Nerice Walker, 1855 and further additions to the catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from Himalaya with report of range extensions, pp. 119-140 in Zootaxa 4748 (1) on pages 125-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3697634
Pomatoschistus elegans
Creators: name: Schwarzhans, Werner
name: Klots, Oleksandr
name: Ryabokon, Tamara
name: Kovalchuk, Oleksandr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Gobiidae
Pomatoschistus
Pomatoschistus elegans

description: Pomatoschistus elegans (Procházka, 1900)
Figure 7j–k
2020a Pomatoschistus elegans (Procházka, 1900) — Schwarzhans, Brzobohatý & Radwańska: pl. 9, figs. 20–22 (and references therein).
Material 2 otoliths: 1 specimen, Kozatskyi Yar, NMNHU- P PI 2576; 1 specimen, Shydlivshchyna, NMB P1222.
Discussion Te small otoliths of P. elegans, which rarely exceed 1 mm in length, are characterized by a nearly quadratic otolith shape, with the exception of the broad, obtuse middorsal angle, and a flat inner face with a slightly eccentrically positioned sulcus that is narrow and steeply inclined at over 30°. Pomatoschistus elegans has been observed relatively rarely in the early Badenian of the Central Paratethys, and these are the first records from the late Badenian. Te specimens of P. elegans described here from the Medobory back-reef environment differ from those of the early Badenian in being more thickset (OH:OT = 2.3–2.4 vs. 3.4–3.6), but this difference is not supported by any other features and, therefore, is regarded as an expression of variability.
description: Published as part of Schwarzhans, Werner, Klots, Oleksandr, Ryabokon, Tamara & Kovalchuk, Oleksandr, 2022, A rare window into a back-reef fish community from the middle Miocene (late Badenian) Medobory Hills barrier reef in western Ukraine, reconstructed mostly by means of otoliths, pp. 1-35 in Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (18) (18) 141 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-022-00261-3, http://zenodo.org/record/11999827