cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lithobius (Ezembius) parvicornis Porat 1893
Creators: name: Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
name: Zapparoli, Marzio
name: Minelli, Alessandro
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Lithobius

description: * Lithobius (Ezembius) parvicornis (Porat, 1893)
Material examined: 272 3, 190 ƤƤ, 91 unsexed, 37 larvae.
Sites: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 27, 28, 32, 33, 46, 48, 49, 51, 55, 56, 88, 90, 91, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 120, 121, 138, 139, 140, 144 (Fig. 9).
General distribution. West Asia: Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, southern Turkey (Attems 1926, 1951; Zapparoli 1991, 1994, 1999).
Chorotype. East Mediterranean.
Habitats. Maquis formations with Pinus, Acacia and Cupressus, patches with Eucalyptus, cultivations with vineyard, phryganic habitats, grasslands and dunes, meadows with Olea, Quercus and Ceratonia, mixed forests with Pinus and Quercus, open fields with Ceratonia.
Altitudinal range: 0–1920 m.
description: Published as part of Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Zapparoli, Marzio, Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species, pp. 279-306 in Zootaxa 3647 (2) on page 288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220527
title: Vision enhancement system for improved detection of epithelial neoplasia and other conditions
Creators: name: Richards-Kortum, Rebecca R.
name: Utzinger, Urs
name: Gillenwater, Ann M.
name: Svistun, Ekaterina S.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: A61B5/0088
subject: A61B1/043
subject: A61B1/0646
subject: A61B5/0071
subject: A61B5/0075
subject: A61B5/0084
subject: A61B1/00186
subject: A61B1/233
subject: A61B1/24
subject: A61B1/303
subject: 356/326
subject: 600/476

description: Systems and methods for diagnosing epithelial neoplasia and other conditions includes, in a representative embodiment, providing the human eyes with a filter to observe the autofluorescence of a tissue sample. Using optimized wavelengths from a filtered light source, a sample is illuminated. The radiation from the sample is filtered to enhance the contrast between a normal sample and a diseased sample observable by the human eye.
Quantity and quality
Creators: name: Eddon, Maya
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Ever since David Lewis argued for the indispensibility of natural properties, they have become a staple of mainstream metaphysics.  This dissertation is a critical examination of natural properties.  What roles can natural properties play in metaphysics, and what structure do natural properties have?  In the first half of the dissertation, I argue that natural properties cannot do all the work they are advertised to do.  In the second half of the dissertation, I look at questions relating to the structure of natural properties.  I argue that the metric structure of fundamental quantitative properties cannot be reduced to mereological structure, and I argue that the simplistic picture of natural properties as monadic must be abandoned in light of theories of fundamental physics.
title: Centrifuge permeameter for unsaturated soils system
Creators: name: Zornberg, Jorge G.
name: McCartney, John S.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: G01N15/0826
subject: G01N15/08
subject: G01N33/246
subject: G01N2033/245
subject: Y10T436/25375
subject: 73/38

description: The present invention includes an apparatus, method and centrifuge permeameter system that includes a hydraulic permeameter adapted for use in a centrifuge; and an automated data acquisition system, wherein the centrifuge permeameter non-destructively determines one or more soil characteristics from a sample of granular material such as soil, rock, and concrete when centrifuged.
title: Branch predictor comprising a split branch history shift register
Creators: name: Li, Tao
name: John, Lizy K.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: G06F9/3844
subject: 712/240
subject: 712/E9.051

description: An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to predict a branch within a first operating context, such as a user context, using a first strategy; and to predict a branch within a second operating context, such as an operating system context, using a second strategy. In some embodiments, apparatus and systems may comprise one or more first storage locations to store branch history information associated with a first operating context, and one ore more second storage locations to store branch history information associated with a second operating context.
title: Apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface
Creators: name: Sreenivasan, Sidlgata V.
name: Johnson, Stephen C.
name: Choi, Byung-Jin
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: B82Y10/00
subject: B82Y40/00
subject: G03F9/00
subject: G03F7/0002
subject: 425/375
subject: 425/174.4

description: An apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface includes a flexure system having a first flexure member defining a first axis of rotation and a second flexure member defining a second axis of rotation. A body is coupled to the flexure system to move about a plurality of axes. An actuation system is coupled to the flexure system to selectively constrain movement of the body along a subset of the plurality of axes.
Iroponera Schmidt & Shattuck 2014
Creators: name: Schmidt, C. A.
name: Shattuck, S. O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Iroponera

description: Species of Iroponera
Iroponera is known from a single species which is described here.
description: Published as part of Schmidt, C. A. & Shattuck, S. O., 2014, The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior, pp. 1-242 in Zootaxa 3817 (1) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10086256
Lithobius (Ezembius) zeylanus Chamberlin 1952
Creators: name: Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
name: Zapparoli, Marzio
name: Minelli, Alessandro
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Lithobius

description: * Lithobius (Ezembius) zeylanus (Chamberlin, 1952)
Material examined: 5 3, 4 ƤƤ.
Sites: 122, 152 (Fig. 9).
General distribution. West Asia: Cyprus, Israel, Turkey (Zapparoli 1999; Negrea 2005).
Chorotype. East Mediterranean.
Habitats. Under Eucalyptus logs, in soil covered by Populus leaf-litter, in mixed forest with Pinus, Quercus and Acer.
Altitudinal range: 920–1100 m.
Remarks. The species was described by Chamberlin (1952) from south Turkey, and attributed to a new genus, Archeobius Chamberlin, 1952. The specimens examined agree with the scanty original description by Chamberlin (1952), unpublished specimens from Turkey examined by MZ and the morphological notes given by Negrea (2005) on materials from Palestine.
description: Published as part of Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Zapparoli, Marzio, Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species, pp. 279-306 in Zootaxa 3647 (2) on pages 288-289, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220527
title: Structure for and method of using a four terminal hybrid silicon/organic field effect sensor device
Creators: name: Dodabalapur, Ananth
name: Sharma, Deepak Kumar
name: Fine, Daniel
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: B82Y10/00
subject: B82Y15/00
subject: B82Y30/00
subject: G01N27/4141
subject: H01L27/286
subject: H01L2924/0002
subject: H01L2924/00
subject: 257/226
subject: 257/253
subject: 257/428
subject: 257/E27.117
subject: 257/E51.012

description: A four terminal field effect device comprises a silicon field effect device with a silicon N-type semiconductor channel and an N+ source and drain region. An insulator is deposited over the N-type semiconductor channel. An organic semiconductor material is deposited over the insulator gate forming a organic semiconductor channel and is exposed to the ambient environment. Drain and source electrodes are deposited and electrically couple to respective ends of the organic semiconductor channel. The two independent source electrodes and the two independent drain electrodes form the four terminals of the new field effect device. The organic semiconductor channel may be charged and discharged electrically and have its charge modified in response to chemicals in the ambient environment. The conductivity of silicon semiconductor channel is modulated by induced charges in the common gate in response to charges in the organic semiconductor channel.
Methods for analyzing deformation of in vitro tissue models during simulated acupuncture therapy
Creators: name: Edgar, Lowell Taylor
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Traditional acupuncture therapy involves insertion and manipulation of fine needles through the skin at various points of the body. Studying acupuncture therapy both in vivo and ex vivo has revealed that during needle manipulation, loose connective tissue under the skin couples and winds to the needle, producing profound deformation that could act as a mechanism for the treatment’s therapeutic benefits. In order to study this biophysical phenomenon in a controlled setting, we have constructed a simplified model of acupuncture therapy in vitro. We believe that using connective tissue models in our assay allows unique observations not permitted in previous investigations of acupuncturetherapy. Two specific goals of our in vitro assay of acupuncture therapy are: 1) Quantitatively measure the relationship between tissue parameters and the ability to respond to acupuncture therapy, and 2) Make direct observations of deformation invoked by needle manipulation. The objective of this thesis was to construct quantitative tools that allow us to perform these desired observations. We utilize various microscopy and images processing tools to extract quantitative data from our system, including polarizedlight microscopy (PLM) to assess aligning extracellular matrix fibers in deforming tissue and automated tracking of displacing beads suspended within our tissue models to characterize the deformation during simulated acupuncture therapy. Our system and thetools developed for this thesis demonstrate accuracy by corroborating with previously published research and precision by producing reliable, consistent results. These tools have allowed us to make several observations of the biophysical behavior of tissueduring acupuncture therapy and the role of mechanostructural properties in the tissue’s ability to respond to needle manipulation. In conjunction with in vivo and ex vivo research endeavors, we believe that our in vitro tools provide valuable insight towards investigating the role of tissue deformation as a mechanism for acupuncture therapy.
Iroponera odax Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Schmidt, C. A.
name: Shattuck, S. O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Iroponera
Iroponera odax

description: Iroponera odax sp. nov.
Type material: Holotype worker and five paratype workers from Pioneer State Forest, Tasmania, Australia, approx. 41°05'S 147°56'E, 14 January 1992, B.B. Lowery & L. Gregson, sassafras gully, in soil bank (ANIC, holotype ANIC32-066627, paratypes ANIC32-002572).
Worker description (see also genus description above): Head oblong, with nearly straight, parallel sides; posterior corners rather abruptly rounded; vertexal margin very shallowly concave. Frontal lobes broad, together occupying a space greater than 1/3 HW, roofing antennal insertions and nearly all of antennal radicles. Scapes gradually incrassate apicad; funiculus with massive 4-segmented apical club, significantly wider than scape, and at least twice as wide as basal funicular segments. Labrum shallowly bilobed, the lobes broadly rounded. Palpal segment count not determined, but apparently 2,2 or less.
Mesosoma slender, tapering only moderately caudad, with only a weak and brief constriction at the mesonotal groove. Petiole with steeply sloping anterior face; dorsal face distinct, but rounding into posterior face; in dorsal view slightly broader than long, even including the brief anterior cornuae. Subpetiolar process a broad blade with convex margin. Gaster cylindrical, straight, with a distinct constriction after A3; A4 broader than A3, and the same length, not vaulted. A5 as wide as A4, but slightly longer; terminal segments conical and retractile; sting strong.
Sculpture exceedingly fine, densely micropunctulate; opaque, with only A5, gastric apex, propodeal declivity, posterior face of petiolar node and limited parts of the appendages showing a weak shine. Pilosity scattered and with moderately dense pubescence. Color dull, light yellow throughout.
Measurements (holotype): total length 2.5mm, head length 0.62mm, head width 0.44mm (cephalic index 71), mandible length 0.27mm, scape length 0.30mm (scape index 68), Weber’s length 0.80mm, petiole length 0.27mm, hind femur length 0.35mm, hind tibia length 0.31mm.
Material examined: Australia. New South Wales: Royal National Park (Ward,P.S.); Mt. Tomah (Ward,P.S.); 25km E Fitzroy Falls (Lowery,B.B.); Tasmania: Pioneer State Forest (Lowery, B.B. & Gregson,L.); Victoria: Warburton (Mercovich,C. T.).
description: Published as part of Schmidt, C. A. & Shattuck, S. O., 2014, The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior, pp. 1-242 in Zootaxa 3817 (1) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10086256
Philonthus bleda Hromadka 2013
Creators: name: Mikátová, Šárka
name: Macháčková, Lenka
name: Hájek, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Philonthus
Philonthus bleda

description: Philonthus bleda Hromádka, 2013
Philonthus bleda Hromádka, 2013e: 209, Figs 16–19.
The holotype is deposited in NMPC (general collection):
HƟĿƟ*´YPൾ (): ‘ RWANDA / Nyakabuye / 10.- 25.4.1984 / leg.H.Mühle [p] // ex coll. L. Hromádka / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // HOLOTYPUS / PHILONTHUS (s. str.) / bleda sp. nov. / Hromádka, det., 2010. [p, orange label]’.
Current status. Valid species.
description: Published as part of Mikátová, Šárka, Macháčková, Lenka & Hájek, Jiří, 2020, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 353-389 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1) on page 366, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.021, http://zenodo.org/record/3880030
Lithobius (Lithobius) carinatus L. Koch 1862
Creators: name: Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
name: Zapparoli, Marzio
name: Minelli, Alessandro
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Lithobius
Lithobius carinatus

description: * Lithobius (Lithobius) carinatus L. Koch, 1862
Material examined: 22 3, 23 ƤƤ, 2 unsexed.
Sites: 108, 115 (Fig. 9).
General distribution. Europe: Greece (Cyclades, Dodecanese); West Asia: Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, southwestern Turkey (Zapparoli 2002; Simaiakis et al. 2005).
Chorotype. East Mediterranean.
Habitats. Under Eucalyptus in urban environment.
Altitudinal range: known only from a site at 155 m.
description: Published as part of Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Zapparoli, Marzio, Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species, pp. 279-306 in Zootaxa 3647 (2) on page 289, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220527
title: Common vetch :
title: Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013

description: The purpose of these guidelines (“Test Guidelines”) is to elaborate the principles contained in the General Introduction (document TG/1/3), and its associated TGP documents, into detailed practical guidance for the harmonized examination of distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) and, in particular, to identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and production of harmonized variety descriptions.
title: Generating terahertz frequency combs from quantum cascade lasers using nonlinear frequency mixing
Creators: name: Belkin, Mikhail A.
name: Vijayraghavan, Karun
name: Jung, Seungyong
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: H01S5/3401
subject: H01S5/1092
subject: H01S5/1096
subject: H01S5/125
subject: H01S5/34
subject: H01S5/3402
subject: H01S5/5054
subject: H01S5/0604
subject: H01S5/06258
subject: H01S5/12
subject: H01S5/1215
subject: H01S2302/02
subject: No longer published

description: Methods and systems include generating one or more mid-infrared frequencies based at least upon electron transitions in one or more quantum cascade heterostructures. The quantum cascade heterostructures are concurrently configured with a significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility, a significant third-order nonlinear susceptibility, and an insignificant group velocity dispersion. A set of mid-infrared frequencies (that may include a frequency comb) is generated in the quantum cascade heterostructures based at least upon a four-wave mixing of the one or more mid-infrared frequencies. The four-wave mixing arises at least from the significant third-order nonlinear susceptibility and the insignificant group velocity dispersion. A set of terahertz frequencies (that may include a frequency comb) is generated in the quantum cascade heterostructures based at least upon a difference frequency generation from mid-infrared frequency pairs selected from the set of mid-infrared frequencies. The difference frequency generation arises at least from the significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility.
Lithobius (Lithobius) erythrocephalus C.L. Koch 1847
Creators: name: Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
name: Zapparoli, Marzio
name: Minelli, Alessandro
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Lithobius
Lithobius erythrocephalus

description: * Lithobus (Lithobius) erythrocephalus C.L. Koch, 1847
Material examined: 12 3, 8 ƤƤ.
Sites: 31, 34, 50, 53, 58, 92, 96, 106 (Fig. 10).
General distribution. Europe: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France (Alps), Germany, Greece (mainland, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese), Hungary, Italy (mainland, Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation (western part), Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; West Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey. Introduced in Iceland (ssp. erythrocephalus) and in Saudi Arabia (ssp. cronebergi Sseliwanoff, 1881) (Folkmanová 1928; Eason 1964; 1970; Zalesskaja 1978; Zapparoli 1991, 1999; Kos 1992; Foddai et al. 1995; Stoev 1997; Simaiakis et al. 2005). Records from Madeira Is., Azores Isl., North Africa, Spain and Britain are not reliable and due to misidentification (cf. Eason & Serra 1981).
Chorotype. European.
Habitats. Habitats with Pinus, Quercus and Olea, ravines with Platanus and Pinus, moor, near ponds with Pinus forests, patches with Eucalyptus and Acacia.
Altitudinal range: 140–1640 m.
description: Published as part of Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Zapparoli, Marzio, Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species, pp. 279-306 in Zootaxa 3647 (2) on pages 289-290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220527
Characterizing the relationship between Asian tiger mosquito abundance and habitat in urban New Jersey
Creators: name: Ferwerda, Carolin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Since its introduction to North America in 1987, the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) has spread rapidly. Due to its unique ecology and preference for container breeding sites, Ae. albopictus commonly inhabits urban/suburban areas and is often in close contact with humans. An aggressive pest, this mosquito species is a vector of multiple arboviruses. In order for mosquito control efforts to remain effective, control of this important vector must be guided by spatially explicit habitat models that aid in predicting mosquito outbreaks. Using linear regression, I determined the relationship between adult Ae. albopictus abundance and climate, census, and land use factors in nine urban/suburban study sites in central New Jersey. Systematically collected adult counts (females and males) from July to October 2008, served as estimates of abundance. Fine-scale land use/land cover data were obtained from object-oriented classifications of 2007 CIR orthophotos in Definiens eCognition. Mosquito abundance data were tested for spatial autocorrelation via Moran’s I, semivariograms, and hotspot analysis in order to reveal consistent patterns in abundance.Spatial pattern analysis produced little evidence of consistent spatial autocorrelation, though several sites exhibited recurring hotspots, especially in areas near residential housing and vegetation. Stepwise multiple regression was able to explain 20-25 percent of variation in Ae. albopictus abundance at the ‘backyard’ or cell level and 72-78 percent of variation in abundance at the ‘neighborhood’ or study site level. Meteorological variables (temperature on the trap date and precipitation), census variables (vacant housing units and population density), and more detailed land use/land cover classes (deciduous woody vegetation, rights-of-way and vacant lots) were frequently selected in all eight models, though many other independent variables were included in the individual models. The results of the spatial statistics suggest that clustering may occur at a broader extent, while the superior predictive ability of the site level models over the finer grain cell level models supports this conclusion. Future work should focus on validating these models with 2009 field data and testing whether finer grain weather and census data enhance the models’ predictive ability. Given the major differences between individual county models, future studies should further explore variations in Ae. albopictus habitat preferences in different geographic locations.
A little more conversation, a little more action, please: the carbon footprint of travelling to conferences of the European Health Psychology Society
Creators: name: Warner, Lisa M
name: Fleiner, Ruvn
name: Sproesser, Gudrun
name: Green, James
name: Rehackova, Lucia
name: Inauen, Jennifer
name: Araújo-Soares, Vera
name: Teran-Escobar, Claudia
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Introduction: The environmental impact of on-site conferences, with air travel as the primary contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, has prompted a surge in research in recent years. The objective of this report is to raise awareness and stimulate transformation in the organisation of meetings of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS). Methods: We conducted estimations of travel-related CO2eq emissions of EHPS conferences in 2019, 2022, and 2023, and performed projections for 2024 and 2025. Additionally, we developed hypothetical scenarios for selected European cities as centroids for future conferences. Results: EHPS conferences with an online option result in significant reductions in CO2eq emissions when compared to on-site only conferences. The selected European locations of these conferences enable more delegates to choose alternative forms of transportation instead of flying, such as trains, cars or buses, and consequently lead to significantly lower CO2eq emissions. Discussion: The principal avenues for curbing travel-related emissions while maintaining on-site attendance are the provision of hybrid conferences with enhanced online participation and the optimisation of venue locations.
Continuous microdialysis of blood proteins during cardiopulmonary bypass
Creators: name: Fok, Alexander
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Cardiopulmonary bypass is a procedure that temporarily substitutes a patients’ heart and lung functions with an extracorporeal heart-lung machine. This allows surgeons to operate on motionless heart and lungs, while still providing the body with proper blood circulation. However, the heart-lung machine has been shown to activate the body’s systemic inflammatory response, resulting in short- and long- term organ dysfunction, and even death. The severity of this inflammatory response is strongly correlated to the production levels of specific cytokines and complements found in the bloodstream. Current detection methods require taking discrete blood samples during surgery and waiting at least several hours, but typically one to two weeks when including laboratory queue times in hospitals, for results. I propose a microdialysis device that continuously samples the patient’s blood for biomarkers during surgery. The primary function of this device is to prepare a purified solution, with complement concentrations that closely matches that of the patient’s bloodstream, to be used in a continuous microimmunoassay device.The microdialysis device was fabricated using photolithography and softlithography techniques to create microfluidic channels and bonded to commercially available semi-permeable membranes with biocompatible epoxy. The device was designed based on computational simulations and fabrication constraints for optimal performance. It was tested for its analyte-recovery capabilities for complements C3a, C4a, and C5a, in human blood continually circulating through a mock heart-lung machine.Two slightly different designs were tested, one using a membrane pore-diameter of 0.1 µm and the other using 0.4 µm. Both devices operated at a perfusion flowrate of 4.1 µL/min, which is considered to be relatively fast for microdialysis probes.  For the 0.1 µm pore membrane device, the relative recoveries were 79%, 75%, and 70% for C3a, C4a, and C5a, respectively. For the 0.4 µm pore membrane device, the relative recoveries were 112%, 135%, and 101% for C3a, C4a, and C5a, respectively. These findings show promising results for the proposed microdialysis device, but further investigation is needed to improve statistical significance.
Philonthus boreas Smetana 1995
Creators: name: Mikátová, Šárka
name: Macháčková, Lenka
name: Hájek, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Philonthus
Philonthus boreas

description: Philonthus boreas Smetana, 1995
Philonthus boreas Smetana, 1995: 450, Figs 744–747.
One paratype is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. L. Hromádka):
PA*©A*´YPൾ) (: ‘ALAS.Kenai Pen / 3 mi. SE.Kenai / 8.VI.1978 / Smetana & Becker [p] // ex coll. L. Hromádka / National Museum / Prague, Czech Republic [p] // PARATYPE / Philonthus / boreas / A. Smetana 1993 / CNC No.21976 [p, yellow label]’.
Current status. Valid species, see Hൾ*©MAN (2001b).
description: Published as part of Mikátová, Šárka, Macháčková, Lenka & Hájek, Jiří, 2020, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 353-389 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1) on page 366, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.021, http://zenodo.org/record/3880030
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) ferganensis Trotzina 1880
Creators: name: Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
name: Zapparoli, Marzio
name: Minelli, Alessandro
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Lithobius

description: * Lithobius (Monotarsobius) ferganensis Trotzina, 1880
Material examined: 15 3, 14 ƤƤ.
Sites: 122, 124, 128 (Fig. 10).
General distribution. Europe: Romania, S-Russia (Caucasus), Ukraine (Crimea); West Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Turkey; Central Asia: W-China (Karakorum), Kirghizia, Kazakhstan (Matic 1966; Zalesskaja 1978; Eason 1997).
Chorotype. Turano-European.
Habitats. Patches with Quercus, Pinus forests, mixed forests with Pinus, Quercus and Acer, ravines with Platanus, Juniperus and Quercus, ravines with Platanus orientalis, phryganic formations.
Altitudinal range: 20–1160 m.
Remarks. According to Eason (1997), L. ferganensis is a rather variable species. The material examined fits well with the available descriptions of this taxon (e.g., Matic 1966: 216, fig. 86, under Lithobius (Monotarsobius) curtipes C.L. Koch, 1847; Zalesskaja 1978: 164, fig. 91, under Monotarsobius sseliwanoffi Garbowski, 1897; 165, fig. 92, under Monotarsobius turkestanicus Attems, 1904). Plectrotaxy is reported in Table 4; left ocelli, Tömösváry’s organ, forcipular coxosternite and female gonopod are illustrated in Figs 11–14.
description: Published as part of Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Zapparoli, Marzio, Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species, pp. 279-306 in Zootaxa 3647 (2) on pages 290-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220527
title: Non-reciprocal acoustic devices based on linear or angular momentum biasing
Creators: name: Alu, Andrea
name: Sounas, Dimitrios
name: Fleury, Romain
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: G10K11/04
subject: No longer published

description: A non-reciprocal acoustic device that accomplishes non-reciprocity via linear or angular-momentum bias. The non-reciprocal acoustic device includes an azimuthally symmetric or planar acoustical cavity (e.g., ring cavity), where the cavity is biased by imposing a circular or linear motion of a gas, a fluid or a solid medium filling the cavity. Acoustic waveguides are connected to the cavity or the cavity is excited from the surrounding medium. A port of this device is excited with an acoustic wave. When the cavity is biased appropriately, the acoustic wave is transmitted to one of the other acoustic waveguides while no transmission of the acoustic wave occurs at the other acoustic waveguides. As a result, linear non-reciprocity is now realized in acoustics without distorting the input signal or requiring high input power or bulky devices.
Interaction of the Galapagos plume with the southern Central American volcanic front
Creators: name: Gazel Dondi, Esteban
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Form the accretion of Galapagos-related oceanic complexes to the recent recycling of Galapagos tracks and the possible influx of Galapagos-modified mantle, the volcanic front of southern Central America is an ideal natural laboratory to study the effects of different interactions between a convergent margin and a mantle plume. I produced a detailed characterization of the different accreted oceanic complexes in southern Central America. This characterization was then incorporated in a regional that allowed me to reconstruct the evolution of the Galapagos Plume since its initial peak in the Cretaceous and through different types of interaction between the plume and the arc in southern Central America. I also contributed to the first quantitative comparison between modern ocean-island basalt (OIB) and large igneous provinces (LIPS) that show petrological evidence that the mantle sources of LIPS were hotter and more magmatically productive than modern-day OIB. Here I also present the geochemical evolution of the volcanic arc in Costa Rica since the Oligocene, where I discover that the volcanic front lavas were “normal arc lavas” until c. 6 Ma, where the Galapagos-OIB signature is first evident in the arc. I interpreted the appearance of the OIB signature as the result of the recent (10-8 Ma) recycling of the subducting Galapagos Hotspot Tracks. Interaction between partial melts of the Galapagos Tracks (Seamount Province and Cocos/Coiba Ridge) produced a metasomatic enrichment (re-fertilization) of the mantle in the wedge and the lithospere.  I also present new petrologic and geochemical evidence that the Galapagos-modified asthenosphere may actually flow into the mantle wedge below southern Costa Rica and Panama, producing a broad thermal anomaly that triggered melting in the mantle wedge and in the previously re-fertilized lithosphere. From the accretion of exotic terranes to the recent recycling of the Galapagos hotspot tracks through the subduction system and the possible influx of Galapagos-modified asthenosphere, the geologic history of the convergent margin in Southern Central America has been characterized by long term interaction with the Galapagos Plume.
Impact evaluation of drought tolerant rice technologies through participatory approaches in eastern India
Creators: name: Gautam, Anula
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Rice is a staple food crop grown and consumed widely in India. A larger portion of rice acreage in India is still occupied by land race cultivars mostly cultivated by small and marginal farmers. This situation is more prevalent in upland rice farming. Upland farmers in Eastern India lacked high yielding rice variety with good quality and quantitative attributes and hence mostly cultivated poor yielding cultivars. In the late 1990s, a new approach known as Participatory Plant Breeding was adopted for breeding drought tolerant rice varieties suitable for upland cultivation in Eastern India. This was funded through Department For International Development (DFID), UK and implemented in collaboration with University of Wales at Bangor, UK in partnership with Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT), an NGO and Birsa Agricultural University (BAU). The research lead to the development of two upland rice varieties Ashoka 200F and Ashoka 228 and medium land varieties such as Sugandha 1 and Barkhe. Seed production and dissemination for these drought resistant cultivars has taken place through NGOs,farmers, and other innovative mechanisms of seed supply. However, the research and dissemination activities are carried out through donor funded projects of DFID and Rockefeller Foundation. No private companies are interested in the multiplication of these improved cultivars due to lack of profit margins. This research is aimed at evaluating the economic benefits of drought tolerant rice research investments and its adoption in Eastern India. We use the economic surplus model to compare the cost of research and diffusion programs through participatory plant breeding in Eastern India. Further, the causal relationship between yield levels of upland varieties obtained at the farmers’ fields through trials in relation to their location and varietal  characteristics were determined using simple OLS regression method. We used Unnevehrs’ hedonic price model to calculate the consumer and producer surplus attributing the difference in prices between Ashoka and BG102 to better quality. Lastly, we estimated efficiency of Rockefeller funding component towards the drought tolerant rice research and seed dissemination in Eastern India. Preliminary results favored higher social returns towards both drought tolerant rice research and dissemination efforts in Eastern India.
Scolopendromorpha Pocock 1895
Creators: name: Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
name: Zapparoli, Marzio
name: Minelli, Alessandro
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Scolopendromorpha

description: Order SCOLOPENDROMORPHA Pocock, 1895
description: Published as part of Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Zapparoli, Marzio, Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species, pp. 279-306 in Zootaxa 3647 (2) on page 291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220527
title: Network routing system, method and computer program product
Creators: name: Jose, Jubin
name: Bhargava, Vidur
name: Vishwanath, Sriram
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: H04W74/0816
subject: H04W40/12
subject: H04W40/22
subject: H04W74/02
subject: H04W80/06
subject: Y02D70/00
subject: Y02D70/1242
subject: Y02D70/1262
subject: Y02D70/142
subject: Y02D70/144
subject: Y02D70/146
subject: Y02D70/164
subject: Y02D70/22
subject: Y02D70/34
subject: No longer published

description: A method, system, or computer program product to enhance the performance of multi-hop cellular networks or other wireless networks is provided. A wireless device (e.g., cellular telephone) is able to communicate with a base-station in a cell of the cellular network over a non-cellular interface via another wireless device in the cell through the use of multi-hopping. By enabling wireless devices to communicate with a base station in such a manner, the effective coverage area of the cellular network is expanded and the effective capacity of the cellular network is improved. Distributed routing, device management, adaptive scheduling, and distributed algorithms can be used to enhance the overall performance of multi-hop cellular networks.
Design, fabrication and molecular modeling of protein subunits for use in a novel hydrogel
Creators: name: Gaughan, Christopher Liam
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Use of bioinspired, genetically engineered proteins in tissue engineering scaffolds represents a new opportunity for engineering these constructs. However, the production and rational modification of new, artificial proteins is hindered by significant gaps in knowledge regarding expression of artificial gene constructs in E. coli and their molecular modeling. This thesis focuses on the production of a novel hydrogel scaffold composed of four self-assembling protein modules and their rational modification using Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. Two of the modules are based on the ABA triblock copolymer design. In this triblock, a hydrophilic, random coiled region is flanked by 28 amino-acid α−helical endblocks. The purpose of these endblocks is to function as virtual crosslinkers and support network formation. The length of the endblocks can be changed by the addition of two unlinked, fiber-forming peptides and thus potentially alter the gelation and melting points of the hydrogel. We evaluate the efficacy of production of these endblocks by two separate expression strategies in E. coli and demonstrate their ability to form hydrogels. Furthermore, we analyze the Gibbs free energy of formation of oligomeric intermediates that arise early on during fibrillogenesis from the unlinked peptides using the MM/PBSA module of Amber 9.  Thermodynamic data demonstrates changes in the primary structure of these peptides affect the stability of the intermediate that seeds fiber formation. This analysis also suggests a shift in the fiber forming mechanism from monomer addition to protofibril addition. We offer how this data can be used to improve interhelical interactions between endblocks and unlinked peptides and how to develop coarse-grain models of fiber formation.
Cryptops Leach 1815
Creators: name: Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
name: Zapparoli, Marzio
name: Minelli, Alessandro
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Scolopendromorpha
Cryptopidae
Cryptops

description: Cryptops Leach, 1815
description: Published as part of Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Zapparoli, Marzio, Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species, pp. 279-306 in Zootaxa 3647 (2) on page 291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/220527
Abstracting and extracting
Creators: name: Grysman, Azriel
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: This study compared episodic memories of emerging adults (age 18-22) and early adolescents (age 13-15) for life story events and other memories, in an attempt to distinguish characteristics of the life story. Participants were also asked to describe the connection between the stories told.  Stories were analyzed for three measures of causal coherence: 1) meaning making, 2) narrative complexity, and 3) the use of causal terms; and one measure of thematic coherence. Results show an impact of age in three measures (meaning making, narrative complexity, and thematic coherence) and of story type (life story vs. non-life story) in all measures. Effects of age show that young adults' narratives showed more evidence of self-related abstract thinking and the ability to see multiple dimensions. Effects of story type indicated that turning point narratives and event connections narratives contained more self-related lessons and insights, displayed greater recognition of complexity, and employed more causal terms. Descriptions of peak experiences and low points did not differ significantly from other episodic memories on these measures of coherence. As well, connections between narratives were more abstract and self-related in the older group and in the life story condition. Findings show that two important narrative characteristics, narrative complexity and reference to self-related lessons and insights develop in adolescence, and are more prevalent in turning point narratives.
title: Cell-free tissue replacement for tissue engineering
Creators: name: Schmidt, Christine E.
name: Hudson, Terry
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: A61L27/3633
subject: A61L27/3604
subject: A61L27/3675
subject: A61L27/3687
subject: A61L27/383
subject: A61L27/3878
subject: A61L2430/40
subject: No longer published

description: The present invention is a natural, cell-free tissue replacement that does not require difficult or extensive preparation made by washing tissue replacement in a solution including one or more sulfobetaines and an anionic surface-active detergent and washing the tissue replacement in serial solutions of the buffered salt to remove excess detergent. The natural, cell-free tissue replacement may be a nerve graft that supports axonal regeneration, guides the axons toward the distal nerve end and/or is immunologically tolerated. Other forms of the invention are a composition and kit prepared by the method of making a native, cell-free tissue replacement. The present invention may be modified for use in diagnostic, therapeutic, and prophylactic applications.
55 Briefe an J[ohann] C[aspar] Lavater
Brief an Lavater ...
Creators: name: Pfeffel, Gottlieb Konrad
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1778

description: von [Gottlieb Konrad] Pfeffel
description: Davon 2 Briefe undatiert (Nr. 170 und 171); 1 Brief undatiert, nur Monat und Jahr des Empfangs vorhanden (Nr. 208); bei 1 Brief Wochentag und Ort weggeschnitten (Nr. 217)
description: Davon 1 Brief an Karl Friedrich Gideon von Wartensleben (Nr. 188)
description: 2 Briefe mit Auszügen von Briefen von Dorothea Salome Less an Pfeffel (Nr. 194 und 195)
description: Davon 1 Brief adressiert an "edles Freundepaar", also an das Ehepaar Lavater, Empfehlungsschreiben für "edles Grafenpaar" (Nr. 199); 1 Brief mit Empfehlung für das Ehepaar Johann Jakob und Marie Elisabeth Bussmann-Bethmann (Nr. 208)
description: 1 Brief mit Beischrift von Jakob Sarasin (Nr. 213)
description: Mit Bleistiftzeichnungen auf der Rückseite von Nr. 188; 1 Brief mit eigenhändigen Anmerkungen Lavaters (Nr. 221)
title: Anode materials for lithium-ion batteries
Creators: name: Manthiram, Arumugam
name: Yoon, Sukeun
name: Applestone, Danielle
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: B82Y30/00
subject: C01G30/002
subject: C01G39/00
subject: C01G39/006
subject: C01P2002/72
subject: C01P2002/77
subject: C01P2004/03
subject: C01P2004/04
subject: C01P2004/64
subject: C01P2006/11
subject: C01P2006/40
subject: H01M4/58
subject: H01M4/38
subject: H01M4/48
subject: H01M4/587
subject: H01M4/485
subject: H01M4/505
subject: H01M4/525
subject: H01M10/052
subject: No longer published

description: The current disclosure relates to an anode material with the general formula MySb-M′Ox—C, where M and M′ are metals and M′Ox—C forms a matrix containing MySb. It also relates to an anode material with the general formula MySn-M′Cx—C, where M and M′ are metals and M′Cx—C forms a matrix containing MySn. It further relates to an anode material with the general formula Mo3Sb7—C, where —C forms a matrix containing Mo3Sb7. The disclosure also relates to an anode material with the general formula MySb-M′Cx—C, where M and M′ are metals and M′Cx—C forms a matrix containing MySb. Other embodiments of this disclosure relate to anodes or rechargeable batteries containing these materials as well as methods of making these materials using ball-milling techniques and furnace heating.
Alcohol use and risky sexual behavior among problem drinking men who have sex with men
Creators: name: Hagman, Brett T.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: Self-reports are the primary method for collecting data on alcohol use and risky sexual practices among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM). The TimeLine FollowBack method (TLFB) has been considered the gold standard for collecting data on alcohol use and risky sexual behavior. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology has become increasingly popular as a new data collection method and offers several advantages. Given this background, three aims were posited for the present study that was conducted among a sample of problem drinking MSM to: 1) examine the correspondence between the IVR and TLFB methods for the assessment of alcohol use and risky sexual behavior; 2) identify factors that influence correspondence between methods for select alcohol use and risky sex variables; and, 3) examine the conditional relationship between alcohol use and engagement in unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) using IVR daily data.Participants (N = 84) were problem drinking MSM, who were participating in a combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy clinical trial to moderate their alcohol consumption. Participants reported on their alcohol use and sexual risk behavior daily for 90-days using the IVR system. At treatment completion, participants were administered the TLFB interview and reported on their behavior during the same 90 day time frame. Study findings revealed moderate correlations between the IVR and TLFB methods for each of the alcohol use and sexual risk variables. T-tests indicated greater aggregate reports of drinking on the IVR, whereas greater aggregate reports for the sexual risk variables were generated from the TLFB method. A visual inspection of the limits of agreement indicated substantial individual variation for self-reports between methods across each of the alcohol use and sexual risk variables. Exploratory analyses revealed that TLFB-IVR correspondence for variables specific to alcohol use was affected by participant’s alcohol dependence severity, daily negative affect, and number of standard drinks consumed prior to or during data collection on the IVR. Multilevel analyses indicated that the risk of engaging in UAI was greater on days in which any alcohol use was consumed by the participant, regardless of the quantity of use. Findings are discussed regarding the utility of IVR data collection technology among MSM.