cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Brutphänologie von Pinguinen der Gattung Pygoscelis auf der Insel Ardley
Creators: name: Senf, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Penguins are among the top predators of the Antarctic ecosystem. They are strongly adapted to the  harsh  conditions  and  temporal  cycles  of  this  region.  Therefore,  they  are  considered  as indicators of changes of biotic and abiotic conditions in the environment. One possible response to climate variability is a temporal shift in the breeding phenology. A colony of Pygoscelis penguins on Ardley Island, next to the southwestern part of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, has been studied in four consecutive breeding seasons (2014/15 - 2017/18).  About  120  nests  of  gentoo  penguins  (Pygoscelis  papua)  and  about  30  of  Adélie penguins (P. adeliae) were chosen to represent all topographic characteristic (altitude, slope, etc.) and biotic factors (nest group size). Nests were marked and controlled in intervals of three days. Dates of important breeding events, e.g. peak of egg laying and peak of hatching, were recorded. The resulting breeding phenology is representative for the temporal breeding pattern of the entire colony during the season. Thus, differences in the breeding phenology between the species and between seasons could be assessed. The breeding phenology of Adélie penguins was nearly consistent throughout the four observed seasons.  In contrast,  gentoo  penguins  show a much higher annual  variability in  their temporal breeding pattern. Their breeding process started two weeks earlier during season 2016/17 than in the two previous seasons. The peak of hatching was observed on December 4th, whereas in the other  two  previous  seasons  the  peak  was  around  December  18th.  Accordingly,  the  whole phenology was preponed by about two weeks. The likely reason for the early start of the 2016/17 breeding cycle was the average snow height in spring, which was much lower than in the two previous years and allowed early access to snow-free breeding grounds. Furthermore the depth of snow is an indicator for the temperature. Higher temperature in spring has a high impact to the time of clutch initiation of the gentoo penguins. This could also have an effect on the breeding phenology. While Adélie penguins  did not show a response in terms of a temporal  shift in their breeding phenology, the higher flexibility of gentoo penguins could lead to an advantage.  In the future it is planned to involve remote sensing data. The aim is to develop and optimize methods for the study of the breeding phenology, which are less invasive than regular nest controls. We could show that the  change  of  the  guano-area  throughout  a  breading  season  is  directly  connected  with  thebreeding  phenology.  Therefore  the  detection  of  guano  areas  of  penguin  colonies  with  remote sensing methods could be used to calculate the number of breeding pairs.
Characterization of impulsive-like behavior produced by developmental deltamethrin exposure
Creators: name: Taylor, Michele Marie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by impulsivity, hyperactivity and attention deficits, all of which are thought to arise from catecholaminergic dysfunction.  Recent studies suggest pesticide exposure may contribute to the incidence or severity of ADHD.  Here, we provide evidence that pesticide exposure may be involved in the pathogenesis of the disorder.  We hypothesized that developmental exposure of mice to deltamethrin (DM) would produce impulsive-like behavior through alterations in dopaminergic function.  Implementing an operant behavioral paradigm, we demonstrated that DM causes impulsive-like behavior as evidenced by deficits in waiting behavior and the capacity to inhibit responding or to refrain from responding during delays in reinforcement that was ameliorated by treatment with the common ADHD therapeutic, methylphenidate (MPD).  In correlation with these data, MPD was quantified in murine plasma and tissue via electron spray ionization/ion trap mass spectrometry.  MPD was found at detectable levels in both matrices and   remained so for at least 2 hrs, a time frame consistent with reversal by MPD of DM-    induced behavioral alterations.  To determine the contribution of dopamine receptor subtypes D1 and D2 on impulsive-like behavior, we utilized a fixed-interval (FI) schedule of reinforcement together with dopamine receptor antagonist treatment.  Developmental DM produced a response pattern similar to that of children diagnosed with ADHD.  Once baseline performance was established, D1- and D2-receptor antagonists SCH 23390 and eticlopride (ETI) were administered.  Each returned some of DM-induced FI performance alterations to control levels, suggesting a role for both subtypes.  To determine whether there is a relationship between receptor density alterations and consequent behavioral dysfunction following developmental DM exposure, we used quantitative autoradiography to determine the density of the D1- and D2-like dopamine receptors in the striatum (STR).  We found changes in D1 but not D2-like dopamine receptor density and homogenate binding as a result of DM-exposure.  Since there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of pyrethroid pesticides used recently and exposure of pregnant women to pyrethroids has been confirmed, it is important to determine the mechanism by which they affect the dopamine system and whether pyrethroid exposure might contribute to the pathogenesis of ADHD.
Kyboasca maligna  1862
Creators: name: Mozaffarian, Fariba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Kyboasca
Kyboasca maligna

description: Kyboasca maligna (Walsh, 1862)
Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: Pest of fruit trees with unknown economic importance (Esmaili 1984).
Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: Pest with no economic importance in Czech (Malenovsky & Lauterer 2010).
Recorded distribution in Iran: No locality record is published.
Conclusion: None of the records of the presence of this species are according to the published examined material. The species is invasive in Europe but there isn’t any evidence on the existence of this species in Iran (Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016).
description: Published as part of Mozaffarian, Fariba, 2018, An Identification key to the species of Auchenorrhyncha of Iranian fauna recorded as pests in orchards and a review on the pest status of the species, pp. 475-501 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on page 492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1455385
I. Prodrugs based on the sulfamate linkage  II. Seleninic acids as biomimetic enzyme inhibitors
Creators: name: Sun, Zhexun
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The most important two features of a successful drug are the biochemical effects of active pharmaceutical ingredients and the efficacy of their delivery methods. Synthetic organic chemistry plays crucial roles in virtually both of these aspects for the design and the development of new drugs. Herein, in the first half part of the dissertation, a novel synthesis strategy of sulfamate esters is developed, which has been successfully applied into the synthesis of several tripartate pro-drugs with the purpose of improving the delivery efficiency of ethinyl estradiol. Their pharmaceutical effects are evaluated by both in vitro and in vivo studies as described. In the second half part, novel synthesis of several biomimetic enzyme inhibitors, including selenoxide, diselenide, seleninic acid, and various other organoselenium compounds is reported. Evaluation of these biomimetics will be elucidated in the future.
Geocythere gyralea Hart 1965, sp. Nov.
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Geocythere
Geocythere gyralea

description: Geocythere gyralea Hart, 1965
1965a Geocythere gyralea, sp. Nov. —Hart: 256, 257–258, Figs. 3, 4, 5 (D, H, R, T).
1966a Geocythere gyralea (Hart, 1965).—Hart & Hart: 5, erroneous authority format (A, H).
1967b Geocythere gyralea Hart, 1965: 257.—Hart & Hart: 3 (R).
1968 G. gyralea Hart, 1965.—Ferguson: 502 (C, D).
1969b Geocythere gyralea Hart, 1965b: 257.—Hart & Hart: 157 (T).
1970 G. gyralea Hart, 1965:257.—Hobbs & Hobbs: 13, 14, 15, Figs. 7b, 8 (D, K, R, T).
1971 G. gyralea Hart. —Hart, D.G. & Hart: 115 (R).
1974 Geocythere gyralea Hart, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 9, 95, 96, 97, 204, 228, Pl. XXVIII Figs. 12–14, Pl. LII (D, H, K, R, T).
1975 Geocythere gyralea Hart, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 36–37 (C, D, H).
1978 G. gyralea Hart. —Hobbs: 511 (A, D, H).
2014a Geocythere gyralea Hart, 1965.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Statistical methods for high-dimensional data and continuous glucose monitoring
Creators: name: Sun, Tingni
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This thesis contains two parts. The first part concerns three connected problems with high-dimensional data in Chapters 2-4. The second part, Chapter 5, provides dynamic Bayes models to improve the continuous glucose monitoring.    In the first part, we propose a unified scale invariant method for the estimation of parameters in linear regression, precision matrix and partial correlation. In Chapter 2, scaled Lasso is introduced to jointly estimate regression coefficients and noise level with a gradient descent algorithm. Under mild regularity conditions, we derive oracle inequalities for the prediction and estimation of the noise level and regression coefficients. These oracle inequalities provide sufficient conditions for the consistency and asymptotic normality of the noise level estimator, including certain cases where the number of variables is of greater order than the sample size. Chapter 3 considers the estimation of precision matrix, which is closely related to linear regression. The proposed estimator is constructed via the scaled Lasso, and guarantees the fastest convergence rate under the spectrum norm. Besides the estimation of high-dimensional objects, the estimation of low-dimensional functionals of high-dimensional objects is also of great interest. A rate minimax estimator of a high-dimensional parameter does not automatically yield rate minimax estimates of its low-dimensional functionals. We consider efficient estimation of partial correlation between individual pairs of variables in Chapter 4. Numerical results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed methods.    In the second part, we develop statistical methods to produce more accurate and precise estimates for continuous glucose monitoring. The continuous glucose monitor measures the glucose level via an electrochemical glucose biosensor, inserted into subcutaneous fat tissue, called interstitial space. We use dynamic Bayes models to incorporate the linear relationship between the blood glucose level and interstitial signal, the time series aspects of the data, and the variability depending on sensor age. The Bayes method has been tested and evaluated with an important large dataset, called ``Star I'', from Medtronic, Inc., composed of continuous monitoring of glucose and other measurements. The results show that the Bayesian blood glucose prediction outperforms the output of the continuous glucose monitor in the STAR 1 trial.
Measurement of the flux of ultra-high energy cosmic rays by the telescope array FADC fluorescence detectors
Creators: name: Stratton, Sean
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) produce the most powerful collisions between single particles and atmospheric matter. They have been studied since the early 20th century yet, to this date, there is no clear answer as to the acceleration process responsible for their produc-tion. The Telescope Array Project is an experiment designed to observe the showers of particles produced as by-products of the interactions between UHECRs and the atmosphere. As a hybrid experiment, it currently utilizes 38 fluorescence detectors (FDs) divided between three sites over-looking an array of 507 surface detectors (SDs). The project’s mission is to study the energy, composition and origin of UHECRs using a variety of techniques which may include some or all of the experiment’s apparatus. This document, in particular, is a presentation of the UHECR en-ergy spectrum measured at Telescope Array using the fluorescence detection technique in mo-nocular mode. Only data from the 24 FDs at Black Rock Mesa (BR) and Long Ridge (LR) sta-tions are used here.
Arboridia kermanshah
Creators: name: Mozaffarian, Fariba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Arboridia
Arboridia kermanshah

description: Arboridia kermanshah (Dlabola, 1963) (Figs 42 and 58a–b)
Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: A pest in vineyards (Mostaan & Akbarzadeh 1995; Latifian et al. 2004).
Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: The species of this genus have been recorded as well known pests on vineyards in the world (Pombo 2001; Viggiani 2002).
Recorded distribution in Iran: West, centre and northeast (Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016).
Conclusion: A. kermanshah is an endemic species with a rather wide recorded distribution in Iran. It was recorded as a common species and a pest in Iranian vineyards of the country. The economic injury level for the species was determined by Latifian et al. (2005). However, there isn’t any record available to indicate the damage level of the species in the vineyards.
description: Published as part of Mozaffarian, Fariba, 2018, An Identification key to the species of Auchenorrhyncha of Iranian fauna recorded as pests in orchards and a review on the pest status of the species, pp. 475-501 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on page 492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1455385
title: Parramatta CBD Survey Flyer
Creators: name: R., Hewison
name: R., Hewison
Publisher: name: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Survey
subject: Buildings
subject: Vulnerability
subject: Community planning
subject: Published_External

description: Knowledge of the nature of buildings within CBD areas is fundamental to a broad range of decision-making processes, including planning, emergency management and the mitigation of the impact of natural hazards. To support these activities, Geoscience Australia has developed a building information system called the National Exposure Information System (NEXIS) which provides information on buildings across Australia. Most of the building level information in NEXIS is statistically derived, but efforts are being made to include more detailed information on the nature of individual buildings, particularly in CBD areas. This is being achieved in Parramatta through field survey work.
Getting away from it all
Creators: name: Stein, Karen L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This study examines the cognitive work individuals do in managing and negotiating identity while on vacation. Vacations represent a distinct opportunity for identity work as existing they are re-negotiated for a finite period of time. While away from select demands of everyday life existing identities are rearranged; some move to the foreground, others shift to the back, while still others are dismissed entirely. The temporary nature of the experience and its voluntary nature make such identity work possible, permissible, and often heartily anticipated. In doing so, some identities are easily paused, while others prove to be more enduring. Vacationers employ a variety of methods in response, in order to cognitively bound this time off and instrumentally manage connections to everyday life.    To investigate such cognitive processes, this study draws on data from mixed qualitative methods gathered from three specific examples of vacation types, as well as a narrative analysis of a broad pool of vacation blogs. I identify two distinct forms of vacationing that have emerged from socio-cultural perspectives on leisure in the West: those who vacation for personal enrichment and self-improvement, and those who use their time off for rest and relaxation. Interviews and participant observation were used to gather data from volunteer tourists in China for the former group, and resort vacationers in Hawaii for the latter. While most vacations involve travel of some kind, not all individuals have the financial or temporal resources to go away and instead vacation at home. Interviews with such “staycationers” comprise the third group for this study.   This analysis examines how individuals draw and negotiate cognitive boundaries around existing identities by analyzing issues of temporality, space and place, interactions with others, activities, and physical objects. I find that certain identities can be put “on hold,” while others gain prominence, or are even created for the short-term. In doing so this study contributes to an understanding of the means by which people use culture to construct and negotiate their set of identities. While vacationing activities may differ, cognitive methods of shaping and bounding identities transcend location and content.
Pitardella kelantansis Junhao Chen & K. M. Wong. Although 2024, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Chen, Junhao
name: Ng, Xin Yi
name: Wong, Khoon Meng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales
Rubiaceae
Pitardella
Pitardella kelantansis

description: Pitardella kelantansis (Tirveng.) Junhao Chen & K.M.Wong, comb. nov.
Basionym:— Porterandia kelantansis Tirveng., Biogeographica 79(1): 38 (2003).
Type:— Peninsular Malaysia, Kelantan, Wiart et al. 4478 (holotype P [P 02274606]).
Distribution and habitat:— Pitardella kelantansis is known only from the type locality in Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia. It occurs in secondary forest at an elevation of 300–650 m (Tirvengadum 2003).
Notes:— Porterandia kelantansis was described by Tirvengadum (2003) based on a single specimen Wiart et al. 4478 (P). The holotype lacks a proper collection label: it has no date and no precise locality, with just “ Kelantan ” and an annotation in K.M. Kochummen’s hand “ Tarenna sp. near to T. fragrans but different. Probably new and new record for Malaya”. It also has Tirvengadum’s very own determination slip which labelled the specimen as “ Pitardella kelantensis (sic) Tirveng.”. Tirvengadum (2003) erroneously stated in his protologue that the corolla lobes of this species are up to 9.6 cm long while the corolla tube is 2 cm long, suggesting that the corolla lobes exceed the tube in length. The holotype specimen clearly indicates that the corolla lobes are less than 1 cm long and distinctly shorter than the corolla tube (c. 2 cm long).
description: Published as part of Chen, Junhao, Ng, Xin Yi & Wong, Khoon Meng, 2024, Two new combinations in Pitardella (Rubiaceae) and first record of the genus in the Malay Peninsula, pp. 146-150 in Phytotaxa 664 (2) on page 148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.664.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/14517512
Geocythere nessoides Hobbs & Hobbs 1970, new species
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Geocythere
Geocythere nessoides

description: Geocythere nessoides Hobbs & Hobbs, 1970
1970 Geocythere nessoides, new species.—Hobbs & Hobbs: 13–15, Figs. 6a–d, 8 (A, D, H, K, R, T).
1971 G. nessoides Hobbs and Hobbs. —Hart, D.G. & Hart: 115 (R).
1974 Geocythere nessoides Hobbs and Hobbs, 1970.—Hart & Hart: 94, 95, 96–97, 205, 228, Pl. XXIV Figs. 1 –5, Pl. LII (D, H, K, R, T).
2014a Geocythere nessoides Hobbs & Hobbs, 1970.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Harpagocythere Williams & Weaver 2018, new genus
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Harpagocythere

description: Harpagocythere Hobbs, 1965
1965 Harpagocythere new genus.—Hobbs: 160, 162–163 (K, R, T).
1966 Harpagocythere Hobbs III (1965).—Hobbs & Hart: 37 (K).
1968 Harpagocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Ferguson: 499, 502 (C).
1968 Harpagocythere.—Hobbs & Walton: 243, 247, 250 (A, D, H, K, R).
1969a Harpagocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 183, 185, 186, 187, Figs. 5, 12 (D, R).
1969b Harpagocythere.—Hart & Hart: 158 (R, T).
1970 Harpagocythere, Hobbs III, 1965: 163.—Hobbs & Hobbs: 1, 2 (C, K).
1971 Harpagocythere Hobbs III, 1965:162.—Hobbs Jr.: 19, 53 (C).
1974 Harpagocythere Hobbs, 1965.—Hart & Hart: vii, 10, 18, 98, 102, Fig. 27 (D, H, K, T).
1974 Harpagocythere Hobbs, 1965.—Hartmann & Puri: 50 (C).
1975 Harpagocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 37 (C, D, H).
1977 Harpagocythere Hobbs III, 1965.—Hobbs & Peters: iv, 10, 15, 21, 55 (C, D, K, T).
2010 Harpagocythere Hobbs, III, 1965.—Smith & Delorme: 748, 771 (C, K).
2017 Harpagocythere.—Weaver & Williams: 577 (K).
Remarks: Hart & Hart (1974: 98) mistakenly list the hosts of Harpagocythere as “crayfishes of the family Astacidae.” Harpagocythere is known only from crayfishes in the family Cambaridae. This error was repeated by Hart & Hart (1975: 37).
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Mathematical Techniques to Reduce Memory Requirements in Deep Learning
Creators: name: Penke, Carolin
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2024

description: OpenGPT-X Forum 2024, Berlin, Germany, 5 Nov 2024 - 5 Nov 2024
description: We present a method to substantially lower memory requirements during the training of deep neural networks, based on the GaLore (Gradient Low-Rank Projection) training framework. A rapid decay of singular values in gradient matrices permits the use of low-rank bases to encapsulate the relevant subspaces, reducing the memory requirements for storing optimizer states between iterations. A novel, rank-adaptive, GPU-optimized version of the randomized range finder algorithm is employed to exploit this property and future research directions are discussed.
Topological aspects of band theory
Creators: name: Soluyanov, Alexey A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Band theory has proven to be one of the most successful developments  in condensed matter theory.   It is the basis of our current understanding of crystalline solids,  describing complex electronic behavior in terms of a single quasi-particle that moves in  some effective field of the crystal lattice environment and other particles.   In recent years topological and geometrical considerations opened a fundamentally new branch   of research in band theory.   One of the major advances in this field came with the realization  that insulating band structures can be classified according to   the values of some topological invariants associated with the  occupied single-particle states.  Insulators that correspond to non-trivial values of these topological invariants realize new  states of matter with properties drastically different from those attributed to an ordinary   insulator.     In this work we address questions that arise in the context of band theory  in the presence of topologically non-trivial bands.   Part of the thesis is aimed at the actual determination of the presence of non-trivial   band topology. We develop a method to distinguish an ordinary insulator from a   topological one in the presence of time-reversal symmetry.   The method is implemented within the density functional theory framework  and is illustrated with applications to real materials in {it ab initio} calculations.    Another question considered in this work is that of a real-space representation   of topological insulators, and in particular, the construction of Wannier functions --   localized real-space wavefunctions.   Wannier functions form one of the most powerful tools in   band theory,   and it is very important to understand  how to implement Wannier function techniques in the presence of topological bands.  In some cases bands with non-trivial topology do not allow for the construction of  exponentially localized Wannier functions.   While previous work has shown that in the presence of time-reversal symmetry  such a construction should be possible in principle, it has remained unclear  how to do it in practice.    We present an explicit construction   of a Wannier representation for a particular   model of a time-reversal invariant topological insulator.   This construction is very different from the one used for ordinary band insulators.  We then proceed to develop a    procedure that allows for such a construction in the general case,  without any reference to a particular model. Our work provides a  basis for extending Wannier function techniques to topologically  non-trivial band structures.
The effect of microstructural variation on the mechanical and acoustic properties of silicon carbide
Creators: name: Slusark, Douglas Michael
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Silicon carbide ceramic materials have many beneficial properties which have led to their adoption in various industrial uses, including its application as an armor material.  This is due to the high hardness and stiffness of these materials, as well as a low relative density.  The homogeneity of the final properties depends upon the processing history of the material.  Factors which affect this include the need for high temperatures and sintering additives to achieve densification, as well as the presence of additive agglomerates and pressing artifacts within the green compact.  This dissertation seeks to determine the effect which microstructural variability has on the acoustic and mechanical properties of sintered silicon carbide materials.  Sample sets examined included commercially produced, pressurelessly sintered tiles, as well as additional, targeted tiles which were specifically produced for evaluation in this study.  Production of these targeted samples was carried out such that particular aspects of the microstructure were emphasized.  These included tiles which were fired with an excess of boron sintering aid as well as tiles which had been pressed to a reduced green body density and then fired.  The sample evaluation procedure which was developed incorporated non destructive evaluation methods, mechanical testing, and both fractographic and image analysis of fractured and polished sections.  Non destructive evaluation of the tiles was carried out by Archimedes density and ultrasound scanning at 20 MHz to determine the acoustic attenuation coefficient.  Selected samples were chosen for machining into ASTM B-type bend bars on which 4-pt flexure testing was performed.  Strength limiting features were designated for each sample set.  The correlation between acoustic attenuation coefficient and quasi-static strength was examined both qualitatively and quantitatively.  This was done by comparing the primary fracture location of flexure bars to features within the ultrasound maps along with linear regressions of scatter plots of attenuation coefficient and fracture strength.  The analysis showed that while significant variability existed within the strength results from the three sets of flexure bars, the presence of individual strength limiting features were not resolved in the ultrasound scans.  However, variations in bulk microstructure corresponding to the three sample sets were represented in the attenuation coefficient values.
Resilience among youth emancipating from foster care
Creators: name: Shpiegel, Svetlana
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Research on youth emancipating from foster care typically emphasizes risk and maladaptation among this vulnerable population. Few studies examine competent, or resilient, functioning among these youth, and the factors that enable them to succeed. The primary goal of the present study was to explore how accumulation of risk and protective factors contributed to resilient functioning among youth leaving foster care in one state. Specifically, this research aimed to examine whether cumulative risk and protection independently affected resilience, or whether the impact of protection was contingent upon the level of risk. This study utilized data from the Mental Health Service Use of Youth Leaving Foster Care (VOYAGES) study, a longitudinal cohort study of older youth in the custody of the Missouri Children’s Division. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the study hypotheses.   Results indicated that resilience was a common occurrence among youth in this sample. Specifically, 81% exhibited resilience in the domain of mental health; 70% exhibited resilience in the domain of substance use; 78% exhibited resilience in the domain of criminal involvement; and 67% reported being employed or at school. Furthermore, over two-thirds of the youth exhibited resilience in at least three of the above mentioned domains. Females, and youth who were still in foster care at age 19, were more likely to exhibit resilient functioning.     Further analyses revealed that higher cumulative risk was associated with decreased likelihood of resilience in the domains of mental health and substance use, but not in the domain of criminal involvement. In contrast, higher cumulative protection was associated with increased likelihood of resilience in the domain of substance use, but not in the domains of criminal involvement and mental health. When youth overall resilience was examined, both cumulative risk and cumulative protection presented a significant contribution in the predicted direction. However, there was no evidence that the impact of protection on resilience was contingent upon the level of risk. These results emphasize the differential impact of risk and protection on different aspects of youth functioning, and support the need for specificity in resilience research.
Harpagocythere baileyi Hobbs & Peters 1977, new species
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Harpagocythere
Harpagocythere baileyi

description: Harpagocythere baileyi Hobbs & Peters, 1977
1968 Harpagocythere tertius new species.—Hobbs & Walton: 247 [in part] (A, D, H, R, T).
1974 Harpagocythere tertius Hobbs and Walton, 1968.—Hart & Hart: 99, 228, Pl. LII [in part] (C, D, H, R, T).
1977 Harpagocythere baileyi, new species.—Hobbs & Peters: iv, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 33, 38, 45, 55–57, 64, 70, Fig. 28a–f, Map 6 (A, D, H, R, T).
1977 Harpagocythere tertius.—Hobbs & Peters:2, 57, all in part; Whitewater River record synonymized with H. baileyi (C, D, T).
2014a Harpagocythere baileyi Hobbs & Peters, 1977.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).
Remarks: Hobbs & Peters (1977: 2, 55, 59) suggested that H. tertius reported from the Whitewater River
(Savannah Basin) in Hobbs & Walton (1968: 247) and again in Hart & Hart (1974: 99, 228) is likely a synonym of
H. baileyi. Harpagocythere tertius, otherwise known to inhabit the neighboring Santee River Basin of South
Carolina, has not since been recovered from the Whitewater River system. Further, the type locality of H. baileyi is
from a small headwater tributary to the Whitewater River, near to the locality from which H. tertius was reported.
Unfortunately, the specimen that provided the basis for this record has been lost.
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Edwardsiana rosae
Creators: name: Mozaffarian, Fariba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Edwardsiana
Edwardsiana rosae

description: Edwardsiana rosae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs 44 and 60 a–c)
Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: Causing various degrees of economic damage on apple, pear, almond and grapevine (Tchouvakhin 1949; Farahbakhsh 1961; Esmaili 1984; Behdad 1991; Rajabi 1991; Abaii 2000; Koliayee et al. 2012; Nourbakhsh et al. 2012).
Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: Bozbuga & Elekcioglu (2008) mentioned the species as a potential and not economic pest in olive orchards in Turkey.
Recorded distribution in Iran: North, west and centre (Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016).
Conclusion: The damage level caused by this species needs to be studied due to the variable records in Iran and other parts of the world.
description: Published as part of Mozaffarian, Fariba, 2018, An Identification key to the species of Auchenorrhyncha of Iranian fauna recorded as pests in orchards and a review on the pest status of the species, pp. 475-501 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on page 493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1455385
title: Patient Reported Outcomes in Arthritis, TJR, and Physical Activity Research
Creators: name: Franklin, Patricia D.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2016

description: As part of the mini-symposium entitled "Biomechanical Gait Analysis for Improving Clinical Outcomes: Applications for Orthopedics, Geriatrics and Community Based Research," this presentation discusses the importance of patient reported outcomes (PRO) in clinical research and the PRO/physical activity translational research in osteoarthritis and and total joint replacement at UMass Medical School.
The effects of immediate versus delayed feedback after multiple-choice questions on subsequent exam performance
Creators: name: Sinha, Neha
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This thesis investigates the effects of immediate versus delayed feedback following multiple-choice questions on subsequent performance on multiple-choice and recall questions.  In three experiments, students in a college psychology lecture course received immediate or delayed feedback following multiple-choice questions on an initial unit exam which was followed up with exam(s) including both multiple-choice and short-answer questions.  In the first experiment, the kind of feedback did not affect performance on the same multiple-choice questions when they were repeated on the final.  In the second experiment, two subsequent follow-up exams included first a short-answer version of the multiple-choice question and then the same multiple-choice question.  Performance on the short-answer questions was better following delayed feedback than following immediate feedback.  However, the kind of feedback had no effect on the performance of the repeated multiple-choice questions. Also, the interval between the initial exam and the follow-up exam had no effect on performance. The third experiment examined whether delayed feedback increased confidence more than immediate feedback and whether the increase in confidence mediated the improved performance on subsequent short-answer questions.  The delayed feedback had no effect on confidence for the subsequent short-answer and multiple-choice responses. Together, these results demonstrate that delayed feedback improves performance on the short-answer questions by increasing the subsequent generation of the correct response but does not influence recognition of it.
Cortical Oscillations in Pre-verbal Infants Track Rhythmic Speech and Non-speech Stimuli
Creators: name: Ní Choisdealbha, Áine
name: Attaheri, Adam
name: Rocha, Sinead
name: Mead, Natasha
name: Olawole-Scott, Helen
name: Brusini, Perrine
name: Gibbon, Samuel
name: Boutris, Panagiotis
name: Hines, Declain
name: Grey, Christina
name: Flanagan, Sheila
name: Goswami, Usha
Publisher: name: Cascadilla Press
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
subject: 4704 Linguistics
subject: 5204 Cognitive and Computational Psychology
subject: 47 Language, Communication and Culture
subject: 52 Psychology
subject: Clinical Research
subject: Pediatric
subject: Behavioral and Social Science
subject: Minority Health
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: The foundations for language acquisition are laid in infancy. A key feature of infant-directed speech (IDS) is that the slowest modulations of its amplitude envelope (~2 Hz) contain more energy than in adult-directed speech. These slow modulations may provide a cross-language rhythmic scaffold for the neural tracking of speech in infancy. To investigate relations between early neural processing of speech and language acquisition in English, the BabyRhythm project followed 113 infants during infancy and toddlerhood. The neural predictor of language development reported here was the cortical tracking of slow, rhythmic audiovisual stimuli, processing of which is known to differ in older children with dyslexia. To find out how such stimuli are tracked early in development, infants were presented with videos of a woman repeating the syllable “Ta” twice per second, and a ball bouncing on a drum to create a 2Hz beat. At the ages of six and nine months, infants exhibited a significant peak in EEG power at 2Hz when listening to these stimuli, indicating that the infant brain was responding to these stimuli at the expected frequency. Time-frequency analysis showed increased inter-trial EEG phase coherence at 2Hz, suggesting that the increase in oscillatory power was driven by the stimuli. There were no differences in how the speech and non-speech stimuli were tracked. These results indicate that the infant brain can track the rhythm of slow auditory stimuli. They lay the foundation for future investigation of how individual differences in tracking might relate to later language acquisition.
Control strategies for power converters used on solar cells
Creators: name: Selwan, Elias
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The sun is considered as the major source of energy to the human kind from the beginning of life. This energy is radiated to earth by means of light and heat. We have been harnessing the solar energy for centuries and decades.  The world is facing, especially in the recent years, a tremendous increase of energy demand from Asian to European and growing American countries as well as the traditional high energy demand from industrial countries. One solution to these problems is becoming so obvious, mass production and use of electricity generated from renewable energy especially solar energy, which is environmentally friendly. There are important applications of solar cells under development that directly relate to the field of power electronics, making ground for new opportunities in applications for low, medium and high power, for both DC and AC systems.  High costs of conversion efficiency have been the major inconvenience in the potential of solar power becoming a primary source of energy. In our days, major researches done with the motive of improving the efficiency of these cells has brought this dream closer to reality. The technology proposed in this thesis is based on the idea that it is much more cost-effective to improve the solar cells by incorporating a smart control of power electronics than to improve the efficiency of the solar cells material by itself.    The thesis came across a new idea of simulating the Cuk converter using estimation techniques with full and reduced-order observers adding to them the integral action to make the converter more and more competent. Great results were demonstrated with a very high performance.     The thesis also presents two major and efficient control algorithms for the Maximum Power Point Technique (MPPT); fuzzy logic control and its high reliability with very dynamic and weather related systems and the jump parameter linear control technique with an efficient algorithm.
Erythroneura comes
Creators: name: Mozaffarian, Fariba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Erythroneura
Erythroneura comes

description: Erythroneura comes (Say, 1825)
Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: A pest on grapevine and other fruit trees (Behdad 1991; Esmaili 1984).
Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: Not recorded.
Recorded distribution in Iran: South of Central Alborz Mountain (Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016).
Conclusion: The species is a Nearctic species and the records may be due to a misidentification (Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016).
Frutioidia (Frutioidia) bisignata (Mulstant et Rey, 1855) (Figs 43 and 59a–c)
Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: Mild and sometimes significant damage on Poaceae. The phytoplasma responsible for Almond Witches’ broom disease could not be transmitted by this insect (Esmaili 1984; Rajabi 1991, Taghizadeh & Salehi 2002; Koliayee et al. 2012).
Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: A pest on hazelnut in Europe and a potential pest in olive orchards in Turkey (Snare 2006; Bozbuga & Elekcioglu 2008).
Recorded distribution in Iran: Northwest and centre (Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016).
Conclusion: Modarres Awal (1994) mentioned the name: “ Erythroneura albisignata ” as a synonym with Z. bisignata which is the synonym of the present species. It has been repeated in some agricultural websites consequently as a pest on Poaceae. However, this is not a valid name. The economic injury level caused by the species is unclear.
description: Published as part of Mozaffarian, Fariba, 2018, An Identification key to the species of Auchenorrhyncha of Iranian fauna recorded as pests in orchards and a review on the pest status of the species, pp. 475-501 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on page 492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1455385
Harpagocythere georgiae Hobbs III 1965, new species
Creators: name: Williams, Bronwyn W.
name: Weaver, Patricia G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Harpagocythere
Harpagocythere georgiae

description: * Harpagocythere georgiae Hobbs, 1965
1965 Harpagocythere georgiae new species.—Hobbs: 159, 161, 163, Figs. 4–6 (D, H, R, T).
1968 H. georgiae Hobbs III, 1965.—Ferguson: 502 (C, D).
1968 Harpagocythere georgiae Hobbs III, 1965.—Hobbs & Walton: 247, 250 (R).
1974 Harpagocythere georgiae Hobbs III, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 98–99, 102, 205, 228, Pl. XXIX Figs. 6–8, Pl. LII (C, D, H, R, T).
1975 Harpagocythere georgiae Hobbs III, 1965.—Hart & Hart: 37 (C, D, H).
1977 Harpagocythere georgiae Hobbs III, 1965:163.—Hobbs & Peters: 10, 55, 57 (C, D, R).
1983 Harpagocythere georgiae Hobbs III (1965: 163).—Hobbs: 438 (D, H).
2014a Harpagocythere georgiae Hobbs III, 1965.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).
Harpagocythere tertius Hobbs & Walton, 1968
1968 Harpagocythere tertius new species.—Hobbs & Walton: 243 [by implication], 246–247, 248, 249, 250, Fig. 3a–c (A, D, H, R, T).
1974 Harpagocythere tertius Hobbs and Walton, 1968.—Hart & Hart: 99, 102, 205, 228, Pl. XXIV Figs. 9–10, Pl. LII (D, H, R, T).
1975 Harpagocythere tertius Hobbs & Walton, 1968.—Hart & Hart: 37 (C, D, H).
1977 Harpagocythere tertius.—Hobbs & Peters: 2, 57, all in part; Whitewater River record synonymized with H. baileyi (C, D, T).
2014a Harpagocythere tertius Hobbs & Walton, 1968.—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).
Remarks: See above remarks for Harpagocythere baileyi.
description: Published as part of Williams, Bronwyn W. & Weaver, Patricia G., 2018, A historical review of the taxonomy and classification of Entocytheridae (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Podocopida), pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4448 (1) on pages 73-74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1444492
Development of zein-based ice nucleator films for frozen food applications
Creators: name: Shi, Ke
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This research aimed at developing zein-based ice nucleation films for the applications of frozen foods. Acetic acid was chosen as the solvent to cast zein films with flawless surface. Tributyl citrate (TBC) was mixed into zein films to various proportions and 10% TBC was most effective on improving mechanical properties resulting in 2.3-fold more flexibility and 5.8-fold more toughness compared to unplasticized zein films. But incorporation of 20% TBC significantly decreased the water absorption by 19% compared to 10% TBC. Thus, zein films with 20% TBC with good flexibility and water resistance was used in following experiments.           The activity of ECINs was stable at pH between 4.0 and 9.0 and ionic strength between 0.01 M and 0.10 M. In the development of INFs, the optimum adsorption of ECINs on zein films surface occurred through layer-by-layer method at pH 7.0 and ionic strength of 0.05 M on UV/ozone-treated zein. A novel method was developed to quantify the activity of INFs, which revealed that the highest activity of zein-based INFs reached 175 units/mm2.           The zein-based ice nucleation films (INFs) were used to wrap frozen bread dough during five freeze/thaw cycles. The high-activity INF was as effective as blending ECINs in improving the yeast survival by 40%, and consequently increased the specific volume of bread loaf by 25%. Furthermore, high-activity INFs prevented the dehydration of frozen dough and thus significantly reduced the crumb hardness by 36% and increased the crumb springiness by 1.25 times. On energy saving, zein-based INFs were less potential than blended ECINs. INFs only reduced the time of freezing by 6% compared to the 20% by blended ECINs. However, the total amount of ECINs used on wrapping a piece of dough was only about 1/200 of the amount through blending. In addition, ECINs immobilized on the zein films showed desirable stability to sustain at least fifteen repetitive uses on freezing water.