cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Generation 1.5 students' perceptions of written feedback on their essays from multiple sources
Creators: name: Peleg, Janet
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This study employed a qualitative methodology combined with a practitioner research approach to examine how a group of Generation 1.5 students understood and used the written teacher commentary they received on their in-class writing assignments within the context of an academic ESL program at a large community college in central New Jersey, across three different error correction feedback types.  The sample population in this study consisted of three groups of Generation 1.5 students (with four participants per group) who were enrolled in a high intermediate ESL intensive writing class.      Data analysis was conducted in two phases and focused primarily on the rich data gathered from the two transcribed open-ended interviews conducted with each participant, as well as an examination of the first and second drafts of one of their essays.  The findings of the first phase of analysis revealed, as expected, that error correction feedback type had a direct effect on student understanding, and that the more explicit the feedback, the greater the likelihood that students would understand the feedback.  However, some of the students who received the least explicit feedback were the most successful in incorporating that feedback into the second drafts of their essays, while some of those who had received the most explicit feedback produced some of the most unsuccessful second drafts incorporating that feedback.    The second phase of the data analysis used a grounded theory approach to build upon the results of the first phase, and was designed to explain the counter intuitive pattern of student corrections that was found, by exploring the nexus of teacher feedback and student variables.  The findings suggest that there is no one “silver bullet” approach to feedback that works for all students in all situations because who the students are, their experiences in dealing with error correction feedback, and what they bring to the revision process may influence the success of a second draft.
Toward a theory of the educational interruption
Creators: name: Heavers, Katherine Mary
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Classroom experience for students and teachers alike is dictated by bureaucratic structures and curricular requirements and interruptions are something that teachers are expected to eschew.  However, recent research reveals that the “interruption is at the heart of the educational matter” (English, 2007, p. 138).  This study sets out to define the teacher-generated interruption and to determine the nature of the space it opens for learning.   This philosophical investigation analyzes phenomenological data in two textual forms: student interviews and excerpts from six autobiographical novels about teaching.  The model of the educational interruption resulting from this analysis is called “the telling break.”  The dimensions of this conceptual model are derived from the philosophical literature on interruptions and applied to the data to offer a more complete picture of the role interruptions play in the educational process.  This dissertation argues that the telling break is a phenomenon that, far from being on the periphery of the learning experience in classrooms, is at its core.  A telling break is almost always a spoken interruption in a school classroom.   Everyone in the room feels it as a break in the continuity of instruction and learning.  The single most defining feature of the telling break is that it opens up a space in which everyone involved, both the teacher and the students, exists in a new state of “perplexity,” (Dewey, 1910/1997, p. 117).  Teachers and students alike realize that a “genuine perplexity” has “laid hold of their minds,” (Dewey, 1910/1997, p. 207).  The telling break “pulls us up short,” creating the space in which existence becomes shared presence (Kerdeman, 2003, p. 294).  We wake up and are reminded that we are alive and open to growth.    This model is intended to help educators think deeply about the ways telling breaks rupture the classroom experience; we can consider how the space changes, depending upon the nature of the interruption that creates it.  The model is intended to inspire discussion among educators about the ways we can break through the “manacles” of “inflexible bureaucratic standards” (Garrison, 2009, p. 76).  Teachers who open themselves up to possibilities that the telling break can render will be better able to integrate the symbolic universe of the school with the real life experiences of those it is designed to educate.
Tetraserica banhuaipoensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica banhuaipoensis

description: Tetraserica banhuaipoensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 1 ♂ “NE Thailand, 30.4.1992 Mae Hong Son 350 m, S. Bily leg.” (NHMB).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
Nurturing children’s innate musicality
Creators: name: Strong, Melissa C.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The purpose of this mixed-methods experimental study is twofold. First, the researcher examined the relationship between parents’ musical self-concept and intentional music-making with their young children (four years of age and under.) An intentional music-making episode (IMME) is defined as a consciously parent-initiated activity or extension of an activity, either spontaneous or planned beforehand, in which both parent and child are musically engaged. Second, the research considers the impact of active and passive parent education methods on frequency of IMME.               In order to assess musical self-concept, a modified version of Asmus’ Motivation for Music test was administered to subjects before treatment. Subjects were randomly distributed into one of two groups. The Active Group comprised those receiving weekly electronic newsletters about music-making with young children and who were also enrolled in a 10-week parent/child music class. The Passive Group only received the weekly e-newsletters about music-making with young children. All subjects took a researcher-constructed survey pre- and post-treatment to assess for any change in IMME.     Analysis indicated that variability in IMME attributable to MSC was low (R² =.0030), and that there was no significant difference in IMME of subjects who completed Active and Passive treatments. That is, no connection was identified linking subjects’ MSC and the amount of musical engagement with their children, lending evidence to the idea that music is a fundamental human drive and intrinsic to the parent/child relationship.      A Repeated Measures ANCOVA revealed a positive relationship between both Active and Passive treatment conditions and IMME, as the entire sample demonstrated statistically significant improvement from pre- to posttest IMME scores (p < .001). Limited qualitative data revealed that Active Group parents finished the treatment with more confidence in their own ability to be musical with their child, as well as a strong commitment to continued intentional music-making with their children in the future. Taken together, these findings support the idea that music specialists can play a valuable role in educating parents about music-making with their young children, thereby strengthening the crucial early musical development of future students.
Who says it's still a man's world?
Creators: name: Currado, Tina D.
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Year: 2012

description: Women in our American society today claim they must continue their fight for equality. Statistics are often cited regarding the wage gap and violent acts against women as proof that women are denied the same rights and protection as males. This paper argues that in many situations men are often denied the same rights and privileges that women have today. This discussion concentrates mainly on family law proceedings as well as criminal court cases and investigations in which men are not given equal consideration. Primacy for women’s issues had its time and place, but now it appears as though the pendulum has swung too far and as a result our society is losing empathy for men.
Spraying deterrent stimuli as a treatment method for the prevention of biofouling caused by the mudworm Polydora ligni webster on New Jersey oyster farms
Creators: name: Gaine, Edward
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Shellfish aquaculture, like all aquaculture, struggle with the recurring nuisance and pest of bio-fouling. Rack-and-bag oyster farms along the Delaware Bay shoreline of New Jersey fight a particular bio-fouling caused by the mudworm, Polydora ligni. Although methods of contending with the mud excreted by this worm on aquaculture equipment have been tried and are utilized, little work on preventative or proactive treatments has been conducted.   This proposed study addresses this deficiency by attempting to find deterrent stimuli for the Polydora Mudworm applied by means of a spray.  The proposed study will conduct trials of various solutions in a laboratory setting leading to field testing of the successful lab trials.   By focusing on the natural thresholds for deterrence as applied by spray, the groundwork is laid for further exploration in environmental friendly pesticides for field use in aquaculture while still saving the farmer money in labor and crop losses.
Cymatodera chisosensis Barr 1972
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera chisosensis

description: Cymatodera chisosensis Barr, 1972
Distribution: USA: CO, KS, TX; MEX: COAH, DGO, NL, TAM. References: Barr 1972, 1975; Van Pelt 2002.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Acanthogorgia spinosa Hiles 1899
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia
Acanthogorgia spinosa

description: Acanthogorgia spinosa Hiles, 1899
Acanthogorgia spinosa Hiles, 1899: 198, pl. 22f, fig. 3–6 (New Britain, SE Guinea)
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomson & Simpson 1909: 192–194 (Andamans; Coromandel coast; Gopalpur; Kanyakumari; Malabar coast); Kumar et al. 2014a: 52, pl. 23, fig. A–D (Havelock, Munak Gate); Fernando et al. 2017: 55, pl. 21, fig. A–E (Havelock, Munak Gate).
Literature analysis: This species was erected by Hiles for material collected off New Britain. The account included drawings of a few sclerites that could have come from a number of different species of the genus, and the holotype has never been redescribed so the exact details of the sclerites are unknown and the species is not recognisable.
In Thomson & Simpson’s (1909) account of Acanthogorgia muricata Verrill, 1883, the authors claimed that Acanthogorgia spinosa was a synonym, but that A. muricata, which is also unrecognisable, only occurs in the West Indies. The accounts given by Kumar et al. (2014a) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but the closeup image of the polyps clearly shows their material has polyps that have no crown spines and are very similar to those illustrated in their account of A. breviflora. These traits indicate the material would probably be a species of Muricella or perhaps Anthogorgia, but the illustrated sclerites look more like those found in Acanthogorgia, in some species of which the crown spines are absent or very reduced, for example: Acanthogorgia ildibaha, A. isoxya and A. augusta (all Grasshoff, 1999), and also see Fabricius & Alderslade (2001:184), but the polyps of the Indian material look quite different and its identity is uncertain. Regardless, Hiles figured a polyp in her original description and it had a distinct crown with many long projecting spines, and therefore quite different to the Indian specimens. Kumar et al. (2015) just lists the species and provides an illustration of the specimens in Kumar et al. (2014a) and Fernando et al. (2017).
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 38-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Acanthogorgia turgida Nutting 1910
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgia
Acanthogorgia turgida

description: Acanthogorgia turgida Nutting, 1910
Acanthogorgia turgida Nutting, 1910: 21–22, pl. 1, fig. 2, 2a, pl. 19, fig 4 (Buton Island, Kei Island, Timor Island); Stiasny 1947: 50–52, text figs. I, J.
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomas & George 1990: 420–421, pl. 1C, fig. 1e, 1–4 (off Bombay); Thomas et al. 1998: 163, fig. 1D, 1–4 (off Quilon).
Literature analysis: Nutting’s original description of this species includes several sclerite drawings that could represent a number of different species of Acanthogorgia, but his material was redescribed by Stiasny who gave a good figure of a polyp even though the sclerite figures were rather crude. Regarding the Indian records, however, it is not possible to determine what species Thomas & George (1990) or Thomas et al. (1998) had.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Associations between early adolescent caffeine consumption and use of other licit and illicit substances, impulsivity, and conduct disorder
Creators: name: Miyake, Elisa Rose
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Objective: Little attention has been given to caffeine’s possible relation to other substance use, conduct disorder symptoms, and sensation seeking.  Since use of substances in adolescence is often predictive of the development of mental disorders later in life (McGue, Iacono, Legrand, Malone, & Elkins, 2001), better understanding caffeine’s relationship to these disorders and use of these other substances during this period of development is important.  Method: The sample consists of 6th and 7th grade students (n=144) attending a charter school in Camden, New Jersey.  Three waves of data, approximately 4 months apart, were collected using questionnaires.  Linear and logistic regressions and survival analyses were conducted to assess relationships.  Results:  At T1, all four types of caffeine use were consistently associated with all of the outcome variables.  However, by T3, frequency of energy drink consumption was the     only beverage consistently associated with other substance use, SS, and CD symptomatology.  Frequencies of coffee, tea, and energy drink consumption were associated with earlier ages of first use of alcohol.  Longitudinal analyses found that higher frequencies of coffee and energy drink consumption at T1 predicted increases in frequency of alcohol consumption and binge drinking by T3.  Conclusions: Frequencies of coffee and energy drink consumption in early adolescence predicts later alcohol use and binge drinking.
Microarthropod communities in the New Jersey Pinelands
Creators: name: Maghirang, Melanie Rose
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The soil dwelling microarthropod communities in the New Jersey Pinelands were examined in two field study experiments. The microarthropod community response to low intensity prescribed burns was first examined in two recently burned forests and two unburned forests. The populations of phytophagous and saprophagous mites responded most negatively to low intensity fire disturbance. Although other feeding guilds examined such as: predatory mites, fungivorous mites and collembolans appear to be quite tolerant to fire-­‐disturbance. There were minimal differences in the populations of fungivorous mites between treatments, with greater populations in the unburned experimental sites. A closer examination of fungivorous mite abundances revealed that parthenogenic mites in this guild contributed significantly to its total population, thus allowing this guild to thrive post-­‐disturbance. The diurnal migrations of these soil dwelling communities were also examined in two field studies conducted in July and November to determine possible seasonal changes. Environmental measurements were taken along with soil sampling to determine which factors influenced microarthropod densities. There were no significant differences by time for the total populations of microarthropods in both the July andNovember studies. Minimal differences in populations of all feeding guilds by time and time X depth in the July study were detected. Significant differences by depth were observed in all feeding guilds except phytophagous mites, which were sparsely collected beyond the 0-­ 5 cm depths. The studies revealed some seasonal changes particularly with mites of the family Eulohmannoidea. In addition, this study found that temperature, moisture content and organic matter (LOI) influenced microarthropod densities.
Anthogorgia
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Anthogorgia

description: Genus: Anthogorgia
Preliminary remarks: Species of this genus are very difficult to identify because they virtually only contain spindles, and they can only be separated if descriptions contain fine detail.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Anthogorgia glomerata Thomson & Simpson 1909
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Anthogorgia
Anthogorgia glomerata

description: Anthogorgia glomerata Thomson & Simpson, 1909
Anthogorgia glomerata Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 194–195, pl. 2, fig. 8, pl. 3, fig 11 (Andamans).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Fernando 2011: 31–32, pl.10, fig. 2–2c (Cuddalore); Fernando et al. 2017: 57, pl. 22, fig. 1–1c (Cuddalore).
Literature analysis: This species was originally described from the region but lacked any sclerite illustrations and as the holotype has never been redescribed, the species is essentially unrecognisable. However, the authors stated that the coenenchyme only contained spindles and included a drawing of a branch fragment with polyp clusters to support this. Consequently, the identical accounts given by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017), which describe and figure numerous “4 radiated capstans” is not conspecific. Also, the spindles in species of Anthogorgia occur in very large numbers and have conspicuously large warts, which does not match the illustrations in the Indian publications. Rao & Devi (2003) just listed the species and provide no new record.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Development of a prototype visualization approach for next-generation sequencing technologies using genome navigator framework
Creators: name: Cui, Tiange
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The advent of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has greatly accelerated the development of the genome analysis. Sequencing efficiency has improved significantly in last decade after the sequencing of the human genome was completed. A large number of NGS platforms have been developed with incredibly lower cost and higher throughputs. Terabyte of data are generated every day along with the NGS workstation, but the pace of analyzing these data is still not satisfactory. The lag between the available data and the interpretation tools will ultimately slow the progress of NGS. In this work, I aimed to add functionality to the display of NGS data in an existing genomic visualization tool - Genome Navigator (GN). By adding new features especially for the display of NGS data, the prototype GN can be used in various sequencing projects and help researchers visualize and interpret sequencing data, while exploring interested genomic region, and validating their hypotheses. After updates, the prototype GN is able to handle large amounts of sequencing data and display thousands of read at the same time. It supports several display modes such as stacked view, condensed view, and complex view. At different zoom levels, different amounts of details are shown to the users. Moreover, several utility tools have been developed to support GN when dealing with different input formats. Several new server interface features are designed for interaction with the user. I used the real sequencing data, tested the functionalities of the improvements, and had several positive results. I expect that GN will also be useful in other NGS applications and play an important role in today’s NGS research.
Developing a New Paradigm for Natural Product Drug Discovery
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Natural products are a primary source for many of today’s most useful medicines. Many of these compounds originate from microbes that were cultured in the lab. However, culture-independent studies reveal that most microbes have yet to be cultured. Even among those that have, genome sequencing tells us that only a small fraction of their natural product potential has been realized. While changing culture conditions or genetic engineering have become popular approaches to natural product discovery, these methods are ineffective, time consuming, and fail to capitalize on the fact that the optimized conditions for natural product production are found in the natural environments in which the microbes reside. This proposal employs methods recently developed in the Jensen lab (UCSD) to capture microbial natural directly from marine sediments. The resulting mixtures will be subjected to micro-fractionation techniques developed in the MacMillan lab (UCSC) and the individual components screened using image-based, phenotypic assays (UCSF) that provide critical information about cancer-relevant molecular targets. The MacMillan lab will then solve the structures of active compounds using advanced analytical techniques while the Jensen lab will use metagenomics to link compounds to the producing organisms, thus providing new insight into the types of microbes that can be targeted for drug discovery. Predicted molecular targets will be validated using secondary assays at UCSF. This culture-independent discovery approach has the potential to yield compounds that can be taken through human clinical trials within the UC system. It represents a new, multidisciplinary collaboration that seeks to transform the traditional approaches used for natural product drug discovery. It includes extensive graduate and undergraduate training and has the potential to advance human health and create technologies that benefit the California economy. Materials generated will be deposited in the UCSD Center for Compound Resources thus becoming available for screening by other UC researchers. Goals include raising federal support to continue the project, scientific publications, and extensive outreach and public engagement in the form of public lectures, K-12 education, and participation in programs that target science education for under-represented groups. This research aims to create commercially viable technologies that can create jobs and build biotechnology infrastructure in California.
Anthogorgia ochracea Grasshoff 1999
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Anthogorgia
Anthogorgia ochracea

description: Anthogorgia ochracea Grasshoff, 1999
Anthogorgia ochracea Grasshoff, 1999: 30, fig. 42–45 (New Caledonia).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Kumar et al. 2014a: 54, pl. 24, fig. A–D (Munak Gate); Fernando et al. 2017: 59, pl. 23, fig. A–D (Munak Gate).
Literature analysis: This species was erected for numerous rust-red colonies from New Caledonia, and they are probably endemic to that region. The accounts of the Indian material by Kumar et al. (2014a) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but they describe yellow colonies with blue polyps. Along with short rods, Grasshoff described and figured large, curved, somewhat flattened sclerites in the polyp tentacles of this species, which do not appear to be present in the Indian material. The same goes for the large oval sclerites and the short ellipsoid forms with huge warts that occur in the coenenchyme. Kumar et al. (2015) just lists the species and figure the colony illustrated in the Kumar et al. (2014a) and Fernando et al. (2017) papers.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
A cameo of Dionysus
Creators: name: Campbell, Timothy James
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: For the Greeks who worshipped him, Dionysus was as strongly associated with undermining social norms as he was connected to the idea of rebirth and renewal.  That subversive nature of the god continued into the Victorian Era.  For many Victorians--particularly Nietzsche and Pater--Dionysus became both a figure who embodied subversion and a symbol for the denunciation of Christianity and other firmly established social constructs.  Furthermore, and perhaps more importantly, association with Dionysus became a way to laud both the arcane and libidinous aspects of human nature.  By examining several of Chopin’s journal entries, it is apparent she was familiar with the god and the strain of radical thought with which he was always associated.  Other entries show that Chopin was less interested in literature that dealt with political statements and more interested in the impulsive nature of people and characters.  It is no coincidence, therefore, that symbols and images that are always associated with the god--wine and lush vegetation, for instance--are associated with Edna Pontellier throughout The Awakening.    By examining the novel with a Dionysian lens, the focus on Edna and her interaction with other characters--particularly with the young Victor Lebrun who literally transforms into Dionysus at her farewell dinner party--becomes less a political statement about a woman denouncing the patriarchal society in which she lives and more about immortalizing Edna due to her embrace of the arcane, Dionysian aspects of human nature.
Cymatodera christinae Rifkind 2015
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Cymatodera
Cymatodera christinae

description: Cymatodera christinae Rifkind, 2015
Distribution: MEX: JAL, NAY, ZAC. References: Rifkind 2015.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Speculative Futures
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Dystopian visions of disastrous futures, a ruined planet, racial conflict, and polarizing global inequalities are ubiquitous today in popular culture and policy predictions. At the same time, practitioners, scholars, and theorists in the emergent field of Speculative Futures Studies use speculative forms--including literature, art, and theory--to try to create more sustainable worlds and futures. We understand the speculative as an umbrella term under which a wide range of strategies for world-making and imagining the future, including those connected to the popular genres of science fiction and fantasy, are situated. Building on the premise that in order to create a better world, we first have to imagine it, we envision building a cross-UC research group involving faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and community members who will use speculative cultural forms and theories to conduct collaborative research on the future of education, ecology, gender, sexuality, race, and addressing inequalities in California and the world. Outcomes include: 1) an anthology on Speculative Futures Studies 2) UC-wide symposia; and 3) a teaching archive. We will extend our impact through digital humanities projects, including a website that will include teaching materials such as syllabi and media resources and also serve as an archive of the visions of the future generated by project participants, students, and others. We hope this website will help us engage scholars, activists, students, and policymakers in California and the world. We will also work to create a broad conversation on speculative futures on our campuses, bringing together clusters of faculty and students that already exist but need to be better connected to each other. We will organize a series of multidisciplinary events at the host campus (UCSD) and UCR during the first year and then at UCI and UCSC during the second year. We will end with a major conference in collaboration with campus partners such as the Arthur C.. Clarke Center for Human Imagination and the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Workshop. This conference will allow practitioners, scholars, and students of Speculative Futures Studies from around the world to connect the work they are doing using speculative cultural production and theory to imagine futures for California and the world that are not dystopian and which offer hope and different possibilities, informed by research, for creating transformative change.
Childhood trauma and the imagination in American literature
Creators: name: Lejkowski, Richard
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a tradition considering the traumatized child was developed in American Literature. In particular, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, provided the traumatized American child with a voice, defining a tradition that would be developed throughout the American literary cannon, in works such as Light in August and The Bluest Eye, and persists in works of contemporary literature. This tradition arose in response to a Romantic and Victorian focus on the child, adopting the concern and applying American themes and style. Additionally, the American tradition of the traumatized child responds to and parallels research and conclusions of developmental psychology and studies in Child Development. This tradition is influenced by a series of standard constructs and focuses on the relationship between trauma and the child’s imagination.
Anthogorgia racemosa Thomson & Simpson 1909
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Anthogorgia
Anthogorgia racemosa

description: Anthogorgia racemosa Thomson & Simpson, 1909
Anthogorgia racemosa Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 195–196, pl. 2, fig. 2 & 3, pl. 8, fig 14 (Andamans).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Fernando, 2011: 32–33, pl. 11, fig. 1–1c (Nagapatinam); Fernando et al. 2017: pl. 24, fig. 1–1c (Nagapatinam).
Literature analysis: This species, which was originally described from the Andamans, remains difficult to identify because of Thomson & Simpson’s minimal description and sclerites illustrations. It does, however, have robust, heavily warted spindles that clearly do not match the “long and slender spindles with sparsely placed minute tubercles” of the specimen described in the identical accounts by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017). Rao & Devi (2003) just listed the species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Lasioglossum villosulum
Creators: name: Pauly, Alain
name: Noël, Grégoire
name: Sonet, Gontran
name: Notton, David G.
name: Boevé, Jean-Luc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum villosulum

description: Lasioglossum villosulum (Kirby, 1802)
This species was classified in the subgenus Evylaeus Robertson, 1902 by Ebmer (1988) and more recently placed in the subgenus Hemihalictus Cockerell, 1897 by Gibbs et al. (2013).
description: Published as part of Pauly, Alain, Noël, Grégoire, Sonet, Gontran, Notton, David G. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2019, Integrative taxonomy resuscitates two species in the Lasioglossum villosulum complex (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), pp. 1-43 in European Journal of Taxonomy 541 on page 13, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.541, http://zenodo.org/record/3377625
title: PPODS: Pregnancy and Postpartum Observational Dietary Study
Creators: name: Moore Simas, Tiffany A.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2011

description: An important contributor to weight gain among young women is postpartum weight retention; however, interventions aimed at promoting weight loss among post-partum women have generally been unsuccessful. This presentation will include an overview of a recently funded translational research project designed to evaluate whether associations among dietary consumption of saturated fat, fat deposition and weight loss observed in mice, can be observed in human subjects during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Tetraserica breviforceps Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Pham, Phu
name: Li, Wei
name: Liu, Wangang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica
Tetraserica breviforceps

description: Tetraserica breviforceps Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
Material examined. 1 ♂ “ Laos, Sekong prov., ca. 12 km S. Sekong TAD FAEK waterfalls (at light) 15°14.7’N, 106°45.1’E, 118 m, Jiři Hájek leg. 8.+ 12.v.2010 ” (NMPC).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Lukic, Daniel, Pham, Phu, Li, Wei & Liu, Wangang, 2023, Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini), pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10158722
Reader, text, and culture
Creators: name: King, Rosemary
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This dissertation explores reading, specifically describing the roles of reader, text, and culture in reading events. The study is grounded in the cultural theory of reading, framing reading as a transaction in which reader, text, and culture all act agentively.  The study conflates theories of metacognitive reading, narrative conventions, children’s literature, multimodality, and the role of cultural knowledge in reading in order to thoroughly describe each agent’s roles.  Data was collected through a think-aloud protocol in which a group of elementary school students individually read and shared their thinking about children’s fictional picturebooks.  The readers’ statements while reading were then analyzed quantitatively in terms of the agentive moves made by reader, text, and culture.  Data analysis of the agency of readers showed that readers most frequently performed five commonly described reading behaviors:  summary, inference, prediction, synthesis, and making connections.   The behaviors are further described in terms of their content and patterns of their individual use as well as their use in combination with other behaviors.  Data analysis of the role of text demonstrated that that both written text and illustration acted frequently, though written text dominated the transactions.  The study presents a catalog of textual conventions that pertain specifically to children’s fictional picturebooks.  The study also describes how texts gradually release responsibility to readers.  Data analysis of the role of culture demonstrated that genre-related knowledge was the type of extratextual knowledge that most frequently acted in the reading event.  Knowledge of specific cultures portrayed in the text had little effect on interpretations.  These findings are of potential significance for reading teachers and book publishers.  The author suggests questions for future investigation which might clarify or confirm these findings.
Anthogorgia ramamoorthii Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Anthogorgia
Anthogorgia ramamoorthii

description: Anthogorgia ramamoorthii Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Anthogorgia ramamoorthii Fernando, 2011: 33–34, pl. 11, fig. 2–2c (Cuddalore); Fernando et al. 2017: 63, pl. 24, fig. 2–2c (Cuddalore).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but without a detailed description of the sclerites and close-up images of the polyps it is not possible to recognise this species, and without a revision of the genus it would probably be impossible to assess its validity.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Tracing students' understanding of instantaneous change
Creators: name: Halien, William Bradley
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Students are often taught higher level math the same way their teachers were taught, using textbook models, function, and graphical representations.  Modern research in mathematics education encourages teachers to create situations where students are able to experience math to develop understanding.  The Catwalk problem was designed to develop a students’ understanding of a fundamental concept of calculus, instantaneous change. This research will address the following questions, 1. What physical and mathematical knowledge and strategies do students use to solve this problem? 2. What mathematical arguments do students use to support their solutions to the problem? 3. How do, if at all, students distinguish between instantaneous and average rates of change, and 4. If so, what methods do they use?   This problem asks that students find the speed of a cat in two particular still photographs out of a series of 24.  The problem solution called for the development of a conceptual understanding of instantaneous change as opposed to average change.  Because the difference in the cat’s velocity before and after the frame was dramatic, some students were opposed to representing the change as an average.  The students used mathematical models including data sets, graphical evidence, and velocity calculations to argue knowledge they developed from experiencing the catwalk firsthand.  The students developed a physical model that allowed them to experience kinesthetically what they witnessed the cat do in the photographs.  This physical experience guided the mathematical and verbal arguments of the students, both for and against the use of average velocity to solve this task.  The Summer Institute was fundamentally a research institute (Maher 2005).  The students were given specific problems so that the researchers were able to gain insights into how the students thought about solving the problems as well as what the students learned from the problems.  Given a learning situation instead of a research situation, the same outcomes are desirable (development of physical and mathematical understandings of instantaneous change).  With minor encouragements educators can extend this problem to include the conceptual understandings of limits and continuity.  We also learn that higher mathematics can be experienced, and internalized through that experience.
Calicogorgia tenuis Thomson & Simpson 1909
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Acanthogorgiidae
Calicogorgia
Calicogorgia tenuis

description: Calicogorgia tenuis Thomson & Simpson, 1909
Calicogorgia tenuis Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 197–198, pl. 3, fig. 10 (Andamans).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but its true identity is unknown.
Justification:
Literature analysis: This species was erected for a colony from the Andamans but it is essentially unrecognisable as no sclerites were figured and it has never been redescribed.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Proving them wrong
Creators: name: Reyes, Rosanna A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: This study examined the educational trajectories of academically resilient first-generation Latinas in college. More specifically, the study focused on the factors that led them to become academically successful. The researcher of this study conducted a narrative inquiry analysis of the K-16 educational trajectories of five academically resilient college students, which served as counter-narratives to the existing deficit laden research regarding Latina students within the American educational system.         The study was guided by the following research questions: 1) What experiences contribute to the development of academic resiliency in first-generation Latinas? 2) What factors do academically resilient first-generation Latinas attribute their educational success?  3) What do the experiences that contributed to the academic resiliency of first-generation Latinas suggest for educational practice and policy? The data collection tactics applied in this qualitative analysis were: written autobiographical narratives of each of the five participants’ educational trajectories, in-depth interviews, and a focus group interview with all five of the participants.          Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) (Delgado Bernal, 2002) was used as the theoretical framework to analyze the race, gender and social barriers the participants encountered, while the Community Cultural Wealth Model (Yosso, 2005) in conjunction with the Academic Resilience Model (Morales, 2008; Gayles, 2005; Cammarota, 2004; Solorzano & Delgado Bernal, 2001; Valenzuela, 1993; Yosso, 2002) provided a theoretical approach to understand the supportive factors and mechanisms that the five students possessed and/or interfaced with, throughout their educational careers, that enabled their academic success.         The major findings of this study are that first-generation, academically resilient Latinas enhance their resiliency by the presence of various factors. For the most part their academic resiliency was increased by the presence of, and interaction with, the protective factors. Protective factors are the inherent strengths that the student possesses that allow her to mitigate the risk factors that may be present in her life These protective factors were comprised of dispositional, familial and environmental factors. This included unwavering familial support, the intrinsic motivation to succeed, and ongoing support from teachers, administrators and peer networks.