cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Frighteningly romantic toys
Creators: name: Grandinetti, Ariel Marie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: In light of Gothicism's burgeoning success in the field of children's literature, this study finds importance in examining where the Gothic and Romantic child intersect, but more specifically, where Gothicism and idyllic girlhood intersect in the children's texts of Neil Gaiman's Coraline, 20th Century Fox's 1997 film Anastasia, and Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Game Series. Acting as exemplars of Gothic children's literature, the three texts under study employ the female adolescent as a "toy," a concept historically traced to the Romantic tendency to elevate those of "lowly" means to tools of masculine transcendence. The female adolescent "toy" is particularly predominant in Gothic children's literature because the female child can embody all "lowly" populations (child, slave, and female) simultaneously on the premise that girls are inherently "slaves" to their male and adult-dominated culture. As a result, this essay argues that fusing romanticism's idyllic qualities, innocent and asexual childhood, with the Gothic's more perverted qualities, the uncanny and abject child, actually allow for the female to reclaim an identity of her own, not plagued by the male (or adult's) problematically idyllic definition of childhood or girlhood. Although Romantic male artistry is the source of the Gothic plight in these narratives, all heroines studied actually combat a greater threat through the Gothic's heavy reliance on the phallic mother who paradoxically acts as both the Romantic male artist, a figure who dispels female creativity, and the fear of physical motherhood which likewise ensnares girls into participating in a patriarchal hierarchy where they must perpetually remain on the lower scale as male vessel. The only solution for females in these Gothic children's texts is to escape their role as "toy" by usurping the mother doppelganger's problematic role as both the male artist and his vessel. Instead, the Gothic in children's literature helps girls redefine their identity as one reflective of a metaphorical motherhood -- a liberating type of female artistry.
Social media and the Arab Spring
Creators: name: Hassan, Samira F.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: In late of 2010 and during 2011, the Arab countries saw a series of large scale political uprisings.   Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other forms of social media have played a major role in the planning, acceleration, and even the preparation of some of the uprisings and revolutions that too place in the Middle East at this time.  Social media was employed effectively to awaken the Arab people and to mobilize them to fight against repressive regimes in their drive for greater freedom and independence.  This paper will discuss the cause of the uprisings.  In addition, the role of social media in the Middle East before the revolutions and the impact it had on the uprisings and revolutions known as the Arab Springs will be examined.
The allatoona whale & other stories
Creators: name: Sullivan, Gregory Lee
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: These twenty-two short stories examine the Southeastern United States, including its issues of race, relationships, and remoteness. Along with how a region confronts its history, this fiction collection likewise investigates how a place copes with transition and maintains a unique identity when the outside world slowly creeps its way upon it. The theme of authenticity is also explored.
Rhizomys Gray 1831
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Spalacidae
Rhizomys

description: Rhizomys Gray 1831
Rhizomys Gray 1831, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831: 95.
Type Species: Rhizomys sinensis Gray 1831
Synonyms: Brachyrhizomys Teilhard de Chardin 1942; Nyctocleptes Temminck 1832.
Species and subspecies: 3 species:
Species Rhizomys pruinosus Blyth 1851
Species Rhizomys sinensis Gray 1831
Species Rhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles 1821)
Discussion: Anatomy of gastrointestinal tract and comparisons with other muroids provided by Vorontsov (1979); cranium and dentition figured by Ellerman (1940). Evolutionary history extends back to the very late Miocene (5.7 million years ago) in China (Flynn, 1993). The extinct Chinese shansius, the genotype of Brachyrhizomys, is regarded as a species of Rhizomys with Brachyrhizomys conserved as a subgenus (Flynn, 1990, 1993). Other extinct Pakistan and Indian species formally allocated to Brachyrhizomys (Flynn, 1982 a, b) are rhizomyines, not tachyoryctines, that are morphologically more closely related to Rhizomys than to Cannomys and lack a generic name (Flynn, 1990).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, pp. 907-926 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 907, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Irmaria chinensis Pace, 2012, n. sp.
Creators: name: Pace, Roberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Irmaria
Irmaria chinensis

description: Irmaria chinensis n. sp.
(Figg. 85-88)
Materiale tipico:
Holotypus ♂, China: Guangxi Pr., Nong Gang NR on Stinkhorn fungus, 20.V.1998, leg. J. Fellowes (IRSNB).
Paratypi: 2 ♀♀, stessa provenienza.
Descrizione:
Lunghezza 2,6 mm. Corpo lucido e nero-bruno, addome nero, pigidio bruno, antenne nere con i due antennomeri basali giallo chiaro, zampe giallo-rossicce. Secondo antennomero lungo quanto il primo, terzo lungo quanto il secondo, quarto a decimo trasversi. Occhi più lunghi delle tempie. Reticolazione dell’avancorpo assente, quella dell’addome molto trasversa evidente, ma sul quinto urotergo libero superficiale. Punteggiatura del capo fitta e lievemente evanescente, quella di pronoto ed elitre molto superficiale. Spermateca fig. 85, edeago figg. 87-88.
Comparazioni:
La spermateca della nuova specie è simile a quella di I. parva Cameron, 1936 di Sumatra, di cui ho esaminato topotipi etichettati “Sumatra, 920 m, leg. E. Jacobson, from Dictyophora phalloides Desv. (fungus), Irmaria parva Cam. ” (Museo di Londra). La nuova specie se ne distingue per la spermateca molto più lunga (0,194 mm) di quella di parva (0,094 mm). L’edeago della nuova specie è strettissimo, in visione ventrale, nella parte apicale (0,028 mm), in parva (0,051 mm).
Etimologia:
La nuova specie prende nome dalla Cina.
description: Published as part of Pace, Roberto, 2012, Biodiversità delle Aleocharinae della Cina: Hygronomini e Oxypodini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), pp. 125-163 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 (1) on page 141, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.62.1.125-163, http://zenodo.org/record/5872933
Harrasment of women in the military by male military personnel
Creators: name: Urgiles, Margarita Eva
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: This project focuses on the effects of verbal, physical, and sexual harassment of women in the military by male military personnel.  Women in the military face many challenges, and they often manifest in many ways.  These challenges are mainly due to the fact that the military continues to be a male-dominated institution.  Women make up an appreciable number of service members and have become an integral part of America's military.  The goal of this project is to elaborate on these challenges and develop recommendations for change.
title: Gender dimensions of water vending in LMICs: A scoping review
Creators: name: Weissenberger, Lukas T. J.
name: Elliott, Susan J.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Water vending
subject: Gender dimensions
subject: Equity
subject: Scoping review
classificationCode: 320
subject: Politikwissenschaft

description: This scoping review draws together the existing literature on the gender dimensions of water vending. Although research on this topic remains limited, available studies indicate that gender significantly influences the dynamics of water vending and its implications for gender equality. The expression of gender through water vending is context-specific, shaped by cultural, social, economic, and environmental factors, and it evolves over time. The findings show that gender norms, roles, and relations play a crucial role in shaping local water vending systems. Key factors that affect the relationship between water vending and gender include different types of labor—particularly the intersection of productive and reproductive work—and the broader economic, social, and environmental conditions in which water vending occurs. These findings highlight the need to recognize the gendered nature of water supply systems in order to ensure equitable water access and promote gender equality. This review emphasizes that, despite the heterogeneity of local water vending practices, the gendered nature of these activities remains a critical factor influencing broader issues of inequality.
Belostoma testaceopallidum Latreille 1807
Creators: name: Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana
name: Reyes, Cristina Armúa De
name: Estévez, Ana Lía
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Belostomatidae
Belostoma
Belostoma testaceopallidum

description: Belostoma testaceopallidum Latreille, 1807
Belostoma testaceopallidum Latreille, 1807: Gen. Crust. Ins., 144–145.
General distribution. Brazil, Argentina (Moreira et al. 2011b).
Habitat. Belostoma testaceopallidum has been found in a shaded artificial reservoir, a small puddle, waterholes along a dry stream, the quiet edges of a stream (shallow and exposed to sunlight), and in a river with vegetated margins (Vianna & Melo 2003; Pelli et al. 2006; Ribeiro 2005, 2007).
At the INR, B. testaceopallidum was collected from the margins of lentic habitats with dense floating, emergent, and submerged vegetation (Estévez & Armúa de Reyes 2003, as B. grandicollum De Carlo, 1934; Estévez et al. 2003, as B. grandicollum).
description: Published as part of Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana, Reyes, Cristina Armúa De & Estévez, Ana Lía, 2022, Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Iberá Natural Reserve (Corrientes Province, Argentina), pp. 451-505 in Zootaxa 5104 (4) on page 477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6332126
Rhizomys sinensis Gray 1831
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Spalacidae
Rhizomys
Rhizomys sinensis

description: Rhizomys sinensis Gray 1831
Rhizomys sinensis Gray 1831, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831: 95.
Type Locality: China, Guangdon, near Canton.
Vernacular Names: Chinese Bamboo Rat.
Synonyms: Rhizomys chinensis Swinhoe 1870; Rhizomys davidi Thomas 1911; Rhizomys neowardi Wang 2003; Rhizomys pediculus Wang 2003; Rhizomys reductus Dao and Cao 1990; Rhizomys vestitus Milne-Edwards 1871; Rhizomys wardi Thomas 1921.
Distribution: S China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, north to S Gansu and S Shaanxi, east and south through Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi; G. M. Allen, 1940; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Wang, 1990; Zhang et al., 1997; Zheng and Zhang, 1990), N Burma (Ellerman, 1961), and N Vietnam (Dang et al., 1994).
Conservation: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992); G. M. Allen (1940) and Ellerman (1961) offered excellent portrayals concerning morphology, distribution, taxonomy, and ecology. Dao and Cao (1990) described reductus as a subspecies of R. sinensis from N Vietnam. Corbet and Hill (1992) listed troglodytes, which is based on Chinese fossils, in the synonymy of R. sinensis following Cao (1985), but Zheng (1993) documented fossils identified as R. sinensis and R. troglodytes from Pleistocene cave sediments in the Sichuan-Guizhou region. Wang (2003) recognized R. wardi as a species, with neowardi as subspecies.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, pp. 907-926 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 907, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Lethocerus maximus De Carlo 1938
Creators: name: Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana
name: Reyes, Cristina Armúa De
name: Estévez, Ana Lía
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Belostomatidae
Lethocerus
Lethocerus maximus

description: Lethocerus maximus De Carlo, 1938
Lethocerus maximus De Carlo, 1938: Anls. Mus. Arg. Cien. Nat., 209–210.
Material examined. Laguna Iberá RS: 3 ♂, Fernández Lagoon, 11.xii.2014.
General distribution. The Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Moreira et al. 2011b).
Habitat. Lethocerus maximus has been found in rivers, a reservoir, and it has been taken at lights (Nieser & Alkins-Koo 1991; Perez Goodwyn 2006; Armúa de Reyes & Estévez 2016; Almeida et al. 2019). This species was collected together with L. annulipes in the Paraná River (Argentina), in association with Salvinia sp. and Pontederia crassipes (Armúa de Reyes & Estévez 2016).
At the INR, specimens were collected from the margins of the Fernández Lagoon, exposed to sunlight and with submerged, emergent, and floating vegetation.
Remarks. This is the first record of L. maximus from INR. This species was previously recorded from Corrientes Province (Armúa de Reyes & Estévez 2016).
description: Published as part of Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana, Reyes, Cristina Armúa De & Estévez, Ana Lía, 2022, Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Iberá Natural Reserve (Corrientes Province, Argentina), pp. 451-505 in Zootaxa 5104 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6332126
Horvathinia pelocoroides Montandon 1911
Creators: name: Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana
name: Reyes, Cristina Armúa De
name: Estévez, Ana Lía
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Belostomatidae
Horvathinia
Horvathinia pelocoroides

description: Horvathinia pelocoroides Montandon, 1911
Horvathinia pelocoroides Montandon, 1911b: Ann. Mus. Nation. Hungar., 245.
General distribution. Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Moreira et al. 2011b).
Habitat. Very little information exists regarding the habitat associations of this species. Almost all specimens of H. pelocoroides currently known have been captured while flying attracted to lights (Schnack & Estévez 2005; Rodrigues et al. 2020). Almeida et al. (2019) examined material from the Guaporé River (Rondônia State, Brazil). Although sampling methods were not mentioned in the text, we believe this material has also been taken at lights together with Belostoma aurivillianum (Montandon, 1899), collected with light trap in the same place (see p. 5, under “Material examined”). In wetland habitats, H. pelocoroides has been collected from marshes densely filled with floating hydrophytes dominated by Pontederia crassipes and Pistia stratiotes in a permanent shallow pond (Laguna Don Blanco) in Corrientes Province, Argentina (Schnack et al. 2006).
At the INR, specimens were taken at lights in Colonia Carlos Pellegrini (Schnack & Estévez 2005), and collected in association with P. stratiotes, Salvinia sp., Egeria densa and P. crassipes in the Laguna Iberá (Armúa et al. 2011; Armúa de Reyes & Estévez 2016).
description: Published as part of Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana, Reyes, Cristina Armúa De & Estévez, Ana Lía, 2022, Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Iberá Natural Reserve (Corrientes Province, Argentina), pp. 451-505 in Zootaxa 5104 (4) on pages 477-478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6332126
Rhizomys sumatrensis
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Spalacidae
Rhizomys
Rhizomys sumatrensis

description: Rhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles 1821)
[Rhizomys] sumatrensis (Raffles 1821), Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 258.
Type Locality: Malaysia, Malacca.
Vernacular Names: Indomalayan Bamboo Rat.
Synonyms: Rhizomys cinereus M’Clelland 1842; Rhizomys dekan (Temminck 1832); Rhizomys erythrogenys Anderson 1877; Rhizomys insularis Thomas 1915; Rhizomys javanus (Cuvier 1829); Rhizomys padangensis Brongersma 1936.
Distribution: Sumatra and Malay Peninsula (Chasen, 1940; Medway, 1969), Thailand (J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977 a), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam (Dang et al., 1994), S China (SW Yunnan; Zhang et al., 1997), and Burma (Ellerman, 1961).
Conservation: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Informative regional reports covering distribution, taxonomy, morphology, and natural history exist for Thailand (J. T. Marshall, 1977 a), Burma (Ellerman, 1961), and China (G. M. Allen, 1940). Karyotype (2n = 50, FN = 100) documented by Hsu and Johnson (1963).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, pp. 907-926 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 907, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
The preservation of the Afro-Caribbean immigrant heritage
Creators: name: Belton, Cassandra
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Historical preservation plays a significant role in community building and ethnic identity. Focusing on Afro-Caribbean immigrants, this capstone investigates how immigrant families and communities structure themselves through literally works, civic, and social engagement. Specifically, this capstone discusses how immigrant families have prospered and suggests the contributions, tributes, and perseverance of the Afro-Caribbean immigrants should be recognized by historians. Additionally, it includes the different types of historical preservation that can be used to establish the legacy and heritage of the Afro-Caribbean people.  In the larger American society there has been a tendency to forget and vagueness for identifying, distinguishing, and cherishing the historic preservations of the Afro-Caribbean immigrant.  My goal is to shed light on how Afro-Caribbean immigrants, specifically those who are English-speaking,  are a group where further research and scholarship is warranted.
Lethocerus annulipes
Creators: name: Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana
name: Reyes, Cristina Armúa De
name: Estévez, Ana Lía
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Belostomatidae
Lethocerus
Lethocerus annulipes

description: Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1845)
Belostoma annulipes Herrich-Schaeffer, 1845: Wanzenart. Ins., 28.
Lethocerus annulipes: Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 188.
Material examined. Laguna Iberá RS: 6 ♂, Fernández Lagoon, 11.xii.2014. San Ignacio RS: 1 ♀, light trap, 27°49’26.52’’S, 56°50’52.26’’W, 16.xi.2018.
General distribution. Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay (Nieser 1975; Moreira et al. 2011b).
Habitat. Lethocerus annulipes has been found in the margins of pools, marshes, ponds, lakes and lagoons exposed to sunlight and with floating, emergent or submerged vegetation (Nieser 1975; Armúa de Reyes & Estévez 1999, 2016; Melo & Nieser 2004; Perez Goodwyn 2006). This species has also been collected in standing or slow-moving water along the margins of streams and in rivers which are slow to moderately fast flowing, with or without aquatic vegetation and in shaded or unshaded areas (Roback & Nieser 1974; Armúa de Reyes & Estévez 1999, 2016; Melo & Nieser 2004; Perez Goodwyn 2006). It has also been taken at lights (Nieser 1975; Almeida et al. 2019). This species was collected together with L. maximus in the Paraná River (Argentina) in association with Salvinia sp. and Pontederia crassipes (Armúa de Reyes & Estévez 2016).
At the INR, specimens were collected in the Fernández Lagoon and Iberá Lagoon (Armúa de Reyes & Estévez 1999, 2016). During the present study, this species was collected from the margins of the Fernández Lagoon, in shallow water with submerged, emergent and floating vegetation. One specimen was also taken at a light in San Ignacio Ranger Station.
Remarks. This species was also recorded from INR by Perez Goodwyn (2006).
description: Published as part of Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana, Reyes, Cristina Armúa De & Estévez, Ana Lía, 2022, Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Iberá Natural Reserve (Corrientes Province, Argentina), pp. 451-505 in Zootaxa 5104 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6332126
An exploratory study of the experiences of women directors of U.S. public corporation boards of directors
Creators: name: Gross, Mary Elizabeth
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: This dissertation was an exploratory study of the experiences of women directors of U.S. public corporations. The purpose of this study was to advance the understanding of women’s experiences as U.S. public company board directors in the hope that an increased level of understanding will also lead to increased representation of women in corporate director roles. This research used the theoretical frameworks of embedded intergroup relations (Alderfer, 1987) and tokenism (Kanter, 1977) as a basis for analysis and was conducted as a qualitative study utilizing McCracken’s (1988) qualitative research methods and a semi-structured interview protocol (Whyte, 1984). In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 participants; seven of whom were token females on the corporate boards on which they serve, four who were non-tokens, and one participant who was “mixed” (token on one corporate board and non-token on another). The analysis of the interview data yielded overall participant themes in three areas: Influences of one’s professional life on being a corporate board director, quality of experience in joining a U.S. public company board, and nature of experience participating on a U.S. public company board. In comparing responses of the token and non-token participant groups, one notable difference emerged – the perception by tokens that important conversations take place outside the boardroom. A surprising finding, given the theoretical frameworks, was the emergence of a meta-theme of the women corporate directors feeling confident in their capabilities and comfortable in their board director roles, regardless of whether they were tokens. Several explanations are offered for why the results of this study do not align with the theoretical expectations of embedded intergroup relations and tokenism. These include a potential lack of trust between the participants and the researcher (leading to hesitancy by participants to fully disclose negative experiences), the salience of other group memberships in the boardroom, and the overall environment (supra system) within which corporate boards operate, among others. Limitations of the study and implications for future research are also discussed. The key themes from this study can be helpful to U.S. public companies seeking women directors and to the women who aspire to those roles.
Exploring the effects of program development
Creators: name: Khan, Kavita Reshma
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: The national movement to increase the number of graduates with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors has placed pressure on undergraduate institutions to graduate 34% more STEM students each year. There is also tremendous pressure to retain women and racial/ethnic minorities in STEM majors given they are disproportionately underrepresented in the STEM workforce. In response to national pressure, universities have developed a range of retention programs aiming to support these underrepresented groups. Yet little research has examined whether the programs are associated with positive outcomes, including academic achievement, first-year university retention, and STEM retention. The Achievement In Math and Science (AIMS) learning community at Rutgers University provided a variety of academic interventions to four cohorts of students across four years. As the program developed, recruitment practices were modified, program elements were enhanced, and additional interventions were implemented yearly. This study examined whether the academic achievement, university retention, and STEM retention of successive cohorts improved across program years as the program was enhanced. The statistical analyses demonstrated that cohort was predictive of STEM retention, but not associated with academic achievement or predictive of university retention. This suggests that later program cohorts were more likely to be retained in STEM. Other noteworthy findings indicated that higher math placements were associated with increased academic success, but did not affect the grade point averages (GPAs) of later cohorts, females, and minorities. Additionally, gender was found to be predictive of first-year university retention with females more likely to be retained by the university during their first and second years. This is the first study to analyze different cohorts of the same program while focusing on first-year outcomes and STEM retention. These findings suggest that women and underrepresented minorities, controlling for cohort year, math placement, gender, and ethnicity, can experience academic success and retention rates equal to their peers. The findings identified from this study offer implications for the development of first-year programs that lead to improved retention and academic performance for women and minority groups enrolled in STEM disciplines at the undergraduate level. Namely, early intervention, academic and social integration, and academic skill-building may be essential to the retention of students in the STEM pipeline bringing diverse learners into the STEM workforce.
Ocyusa tibetana Pace, 2012, n. sp.
Creators: name: Pace, Roberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Ocyusa
Ocyusa tibetana

description: Ocyusa tibetana n. sp.
(Figg. 17 e 93)
Materiale tipico:
Holotypus ♀, China: Sichuan, Ganzi Tibetian Auton. Prefecture, Daxue Shan, 15 km S Kanding, 2800 m, 29°56'N, 101°58'E, 26.VI.1999, leg. A. Pütz (SMTD).
Descrizione:
Lunghezza 4,8 mm. Corpo debolmente lucido e nero, antenne nere con i due antennomeri basali bruno-rossicci, zampe rossicce. Secondo antennomero lungo quanto il primo, terzo più corto del secondo, quarto a sesto più lunghi che larghi, settimo lungo quanto largo, ottavo a decimo trasversi. Occhi più corti delle tempie. Reticolazione di capo ed elitre forte, quella delle elitre superficiale, quella dell’addome molto evanescente. Punteggiatura del capo finissima, fitta e superficiale. Granulosità di pronoto ed elitre fine e poco saliente, quella dell’addome fine e fittissima. Spermateca fig. 93.
Comparazioni:
Tra le specie di Ocyusa Kraatz, 1856 con introflessione apicale del bulbo distale della spermateca profonda, per la forma dell’edeago la nuova specie è simile a O. quadrisulcata (Bernhauer, 1936) del Kashmir, di cui ho esaminato la serie tipica di 1 ♂ e 1 ♀ (Museo di Chicago). La nuova specie se ne distingue per la parte prossimale della spermateca più ampiamente ricurva e per la presenza di strie interne presso il bulbo distale, mentre in quadrisulcata queste strie si trovano in posizione intermedia, lontano dal bulbo distale. Gli antennomeri quarto a sesto della nuova specie sono più lunghi che larghi, i medesimi sono trasversi in quadrisulcata.
Etimologia:
La nuova specie prende nome dal Tibet, ovviamente.
description: Published as part of Pace, Roberto, 2012, Biodiversità delle Aleocharinae della Cina: Hygronomini e Oxypodini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), pp. 125-163 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 (1) on page 142, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.62.1.125-163, http://zenodo.org/record/5872933
Spalax arenarius Reshetnik 1939
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Spalacidae
Spalax
Spalax arenarius

description: Spalax arenarius Reshetnik 1939
Spalax arenarius Reshetnik 1939, Reports Zool. Mus. Kiev, 23: 11.
Type Locality: Ukraine, Nikolaev Region, Golaya Pristan, NW shore of Black Sea.
Vernacular Names: Sandy Blind Mole Rat.
Distribution: Small range in S Ukraine (see Vorontsov et al., 1977 b, and Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995).
Conservation: IUCN - Vulnerable.
Discussion: Listed as a subspecies of S. microphthalmus by Corbet (1978 c) and included in S. giganteus by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987), but elevated to species by Topachevskii (1969) and recognized as such by Lyapunova et al. (1974), Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998), and Pavlinov et al. (1995 a). Topachevskii (1969) viewed the restricted geographic range of S. arenarius as relictual. Chromosomal traits (2n = 62, FN = 124) documented by Lyapunova et al. (1974). Reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, pp. 907-926 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 907, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Corixidae Leach 1815
Creators: name: Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana
name: Reyes, Cristina Armúa De
name: Estévez, Ana Lía
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Corixidae

description: Corixidae
Corixidae is one of the richest families of aquatic bugs in Argentina, with 28 recorded species in 5 genera (Coscarón 2017). Bachmann (1979, 1981), Poi de Neiff (1984, 1993, 2003), Contartese & Bachmann (1986), Estévez et al. (2003) and López Ruf et al. (2003) previously reported three species from INR, which were all collected during this study. Sigara denseconscripta (Breddin, 1897) is herein first recorded from this Reserve. Sigara rubyi (Hungerford, 1928) and S. schadei (Hungerford, 1928), reported from Corrientes Province (Bachmann 1961, 1979, 1981; Contartese & Bachmann 1986; López Ruf et al. 2003), have not been collected in the INR.
description: Published as part of Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana, Reyes, Cristina Armúa De & Estévez, Ana Lía, 2022, Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Iberá Natural Reserve (Corrientes Province, Argentina), pp. 451-505 in Zootaxa 5104 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6332126
Using critical incident interviews to determine strategies used to gain acceptance of play-based trauma intervention
Creators: name: Lenard, Karen Louise
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: This study documented the process by which certified Life Is Good® Playmakers® have spread the Playmaker approach to healing trauma and building resiliency in children. The LIG Playmaker Executive Committee identified Outstanding Playmakers (OP) for the purpose of identifying obstacles they faced when implementing the Playmaker approach and how they overcame these obstacles.
Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Spalacidae
Spalax
Spalax carmeli

description: Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001
Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001, Adaptive Radiation of Blind Subterranean Mole Rats: 23.
Type Locality: N Israel, Mt Carmel, Muhraka.
Vernacular Names: Mt Carmel Blind Mole Rat.
Distribution: Recorded from Kabri, Zippori, Mt Carmel, and Afiq in N Israel south of ranges of S. galili and S. golani (see Nevo et al., 2001:19).
Discussion: Member of the S. ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel with 2n = 58 (Nevo et al., 2001). See account of S. ehrenbergi.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, pp. 907-926 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 907, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
title: Infrastructures of Feeling: Digital Mediation, Captivation, Ambivalence
Creators: name: Coleman, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: structures of feeling
subject: infrastructures
subject: digital media
subject: affect
subject: cultural politics
classificationCode: 300
subject: Sozialwissenschaften

description: This paper proposes a concept of infrastructures of feeling, building on Raymond Williams’ work on structures of feeling and contributing to current work on digital media/tion, affect and time. It draws on empirical research conducted over the past decade on these themes, including art-making workshops with young people and interviews with digital media professionals. In the first part of the paper, I intro-duce the concept of infrastructures of feeling and what it might offer to understandings of the contem-porary period. In the second part, I develop its affective and temporal dimensions. I suggest that today’s digitally mediated feelings are non-unified, contested, ambiguous and ambivalent and that they indicate a condition of middleness, or being in midst of form/ation and transformation. In the third part, I consider some of the implications of this argument for cultural politics, including for rethinking distance/ resence and what resistance might look and feel like.
title: The reproduction of social stratification through recontextualizing into forms of communication in Chinese secondary classrooms
Creators: name: Li, Dan
name: Jin, Xin
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Recontextualization
subject: Pedagogic discourse
subject: Classification and framing
subject: Social stratification
classificationCode: 370
subject: Bildung und Erziehung

description: Schooling is widely acknowledged as an apparatus to legitimate and reproduce social inequality. However, its internal mechanisms through which it perpetuates social segregation remain under explored. Drawing on Bernstein's concept of recontextualization, this study takes various forms of communication in classroom practices as the indicator to recover their underlying regulative principle. Thirty-four classroom videotapes from three stream schools in China were coded and analyzed. The results show class disparities in the duration of peer interactions, the quality of classroom interaction, and the teachers’ instructional support across three streams of schools. Teachers from higher-stream schools allocate more time to peer interaction, which correlates with enhanced classroom interactional quality and teachers’ instructional support. In addition, the duration of peer interaction acts as a mediator, influencing the quality of interaction and teachers’ instruction, which are the direct predictors of students’ school achievements. These findings suggest that social class differences are transformed and legitimized into differential durations of peer interaction, which mediate classroom quality and then stratify students’ school achievements, ultimately reproducing social stratification.
title: Generalized Linear Response Theory for the Full Quantum Work Statistics
Creators: name: Guarnieri, Giacomo
name: Eisert, Jens
name: Miller, Harry J. D.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: quantum system
subject: linear response theory
subject: quantum work statistics
classificationCode: 530
subject: Physik

description: We consider a quantum system driven out of equilibrium via a small Hamiltonian perturbation. Building on the paradigmatic framework of linear response theory (LRT), we derive an expression for the full generating function of the dissipated work. Remarkably, we find that all information about the distribution can be encoded in a single quantity, the standard relaxation function in LRT, thus opening up new ways to use phenomenological models to study nonequilibrium fluctuations in complex quantum systems. Our results establish a number of refined quantum thermodynamic constraints on the work statistics that apply to regimes of perturbative but arbitrarily fast protocols, and do not rely on assumptions such as slow driving or weak coupling. Finally, our approach uncovers a distinctly quantum signature in the work statistics that originates from underlying zero-point energy fluctuations. This causes an increased dispersion of the probability distribution at short driving times, a feature that can be probed in efforts to witness nonclassical effects in quantum thermodynamics.
Smetanaetha smetanai PACE 1999
Creators: name: Pace, Roberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Smetanaetha
Smetanaetha smetanai

description: Smetanaetha smetanai PACE, 1999
Smetanaetha smetanai Pace, 1999: 117
1 ♂ e 2 ♀♀, China: W-Hubei, Daba Shan pass E of Mt. Da Shennongjia, 12 km NW Muyuping, 19.VII. 2001, 1950 m, leg. A. Smetana; 6 es., China: Shaanxi, Daba Shan, NW pass, 25 km NW Zhenping, 2150 m, 32°01'N 109°19'E, 11.VII.2001, leg. A. Smetana 1 ♀, China: N-Yunnan, Zhongdian Co., 46 km SSE Zhongdian, 27°27.0'N 99°54.7E, 3050-3100 m, 17.VII.2003, leg. A. Smetana; 1 ♂, China: N-Yunnan, Zhongdian Co., pass 28 km ESE Zhongdian, 27°43.9'N 99°58.2'E, 3700-3750 m, 22.VIII.2003, leg. A. Smetana.
Distribuzione:
Specie già nota del Sichuan.
description: Published as part of Pace, Roberto, 2012, Biodiversità delle Aleocharinae della Cina: Hygronomini e Oxypodini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), pp. 125-163 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 (1) on page 143, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.62.1.125-163, http://zenodo.org/record/5872933
Factsheet #5: Water Budget in the Raritan River Basin
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Raritan Basin Watershed Management Project
Year: 2000

description: A "water budget" quantifies the natural processes and human uses of water within a watershed (an area of land that collects runoff from precipitation and drains to streams, rivers, lakes and reservoirs). It is used to understand how water arrives, flows through, and leaves a watershed. A water budget is also valuable for understanding how human activities modify the natural flow of water. The Water Budget Report is one of a series of technical reports produced by the Raritan Basin Watershed Management Project. The report provides an overview of water use, and a general approach for calculating how much water enters and leaves the Basin throughout the year. This factsheet explains the concept of water budgets.
title: The discovery, naming and typification of Rosa persica (Rosaceae) with notes on its introduction into cultivation
Creators: name: Lack, Hans Walter
name: Callmander, Martin W.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Rosa persica
subject: discovery
subject: naming
subject: typification
classificationCode: 580
subject: Pflanzen (Botanik)

description: Rosa persica J.F. Gmel. (Rosaceae) stands out in the genus Rosa L. because of its simple undivided leaves lacking stipules and the intensely yellow petals carrying a dark-brownish to blackish blotch at their base. This rose was first collected by André Michaux in 1784 when he travelled in Persia [now Iran] in 1783–1784. Johann August Carl Sievers who explored for the first time the Tarbagatai Mountains in the Russian Empire (now Kazakhstan) in 1793 recollected this odd little plant and subsequently named it R. berberifolia Siev. This paper clarifies the taxonomy and nomenclature of this rose setting it into the context of its discovery and adds to our understanding of how R. persica was introduced into cultivation in western gardens. A neotype is designated for that name.
Spalax giganteus Nehring 1898
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Spalacidae
Spalax
Spalax giganteus

description: Spalax giganteus Nehring 1898
Spalax giganteus Nehring 1898, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin: 169.
Type Locality: Russia, Daghestan, W shore of Caspian Sea, near Makhachkala (see Topachevskii, 1969).
Vernacular Names: Giant Blind Mole Rat.
Distribution: Steppes north of the Caucuses and west of the Caspian Sea (Puzachenko, 1993). Distribution summarized by other researchers includes the Kazakhstan S. uralensis (Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995; Topachevskii, 1969; Vorontsov et al., 1977 b).
Conservation: IUCN - Vulnerable.
Discussion: Once included in S. microphthalmus (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951), but revised by Topachevskii (1969) as a separate species and listed as such by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987, 1998) and Pavlinov et al. (1995 a). Geographic range is parapatric with that of S. microphthalmus (Corbet, 1978 c). The taxon uralensis has usually been included in S. giganteus (e. g., Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995; Topachevskii, 1969; Vorontsov et al., 1977 b), but analyses of cranial dimensions and proportions indicated significant differences between populations from west of the Caspian Sea (giganteus) and the isolated segment in Kazakhstan (uralensis) and prompted the recognition of uralensis as a species (Puzachenko, 1993), an arrangement anticipated by Topachevskii (1969) and accepted by Pavlinov et al. (1995 a) and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998). Chromosomal traits (2n = 64, FN = 124) documented by Lyapunova et al. (1974). Reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995, Russian segment).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, pp. 907-926 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 907, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Factsheet #4: The Protection of Critical Habitats
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Raritan Basin Watershed Management Project
Year: 2000

description: "Critical habitat" refers to natural areas that support threatened and endangered plant and animal species. Critical habitats provide food, water, and shelter necessary for the survival of these sensitive species. As the population of New Jersey continues to grow, more and more natural areas are being developed. This has resulted in habitat losses for many species. The preservation of diverse numbers of plants and animals is important for maintaining a healthy ecosystem, and may also be important to human health. This factsheet discusses the importance of preserving critical habitats in New Jersey.
Trichoglossina PACE 1987
Creators: name: Pace, Roberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichoglossina

description: Trichoglossina PACE, 1987
Nota sul genere Trichoglossina PAce, 1987
In seguito alla revisione del genere Hygropetrophila Bernhauer, 1929 da parte di Assing & Wunderle (2000), risulta che le specie asiatiche da me attribuite a questo genere vanno assegnate al genere Trichoglossina Pace, 1987, la cui specie tipo è T. nepalicola Pace, 1987. L’errore di attribuzione è derivato dal fatto che la ligula in alcuni esemplari era sprovvista di setole, come sulla ligula delle specie di Hygropetrophila. Attribuisco l’assenza di setole a loro caduta in fase di raccolta degli esemplari. La ligula di Hygropetrophila, fig. 94 è molto più lunga di quella di Trichoglossina, fig. 106. A motivo di questo importante carattere i due generi sono ben distinti. Pertanto il catalogo in ordine alfabetico del genere Trichoglossina si compone delle seguenti specie:
Trichoglossina athetoides (Pace, 1992), comb. n. (Hygropetrophila)
Trichoglossina bifurcata (Pace, 1992), comb. n. (Hygropetrophila)
Trichoglossina coiffaiti (Pace, 1987), comb. n. (Hygropetrophila)
Trichoglossina elegans Pace, 1987
Trichoglossina festiva (Pace, 1987), comb. n. (Hygropetrophila)
Trichoglossina franzi Pace, 1984
Trichoglossina ghoropanica (Pace, 1992), comb. n. (Hygropetrophila)
Trichoglossina kuwadiensis Pace, 2006
Trichoglossina laetula Pace, 1999
Trichoglossina martensi Pace, 1987
Trichoglossina minor Pace, 1984
Trichoglossina nepalicola Pace, 1984
Trichoglossina parasmetanai Pace, 1999
Trichoglossina sichuanensis Pace, 1999
Trichoglossina smetanai (Pace, 1992), comb. n. (Hygropetrophila)
Trichoglossina smetanai Pace, 1999
Trichoglossina tristis Pace, 1984
Trichoglossina tronqueti (Pace, 1987), comb. n. (Hygropetrophila)
Con queste nuove combinazioni si origina un’omonimia. Qui la specie omonima è rinominata come segue:
Trichoglossina smetanaiana Pace, nomen n.
Trichoglossina smetanai Pace, 1999: 119, nec Trichoglossina smetanai (Pace, 1992), comb. n. (Hygropetrophila)
description: Published as part of Pace, Roberto, 2012, Biodiversità delle Aleocharinae della Cina: Hygronomini e Oxypodini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), pp. 125-163 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 (1) on page 143, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.62.1.125-163, http://zenodo.org/record/5872933
Sigara denseconscripta
Creators: name: Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana
name: Reyes, Cristina Armúa De
name: Estévez, Ana Lía
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Corixidae
Sigara
Sigara denseconscripta

description: Sigara denseconscripta (Breddin, 1897)
Corixa denseconscripta Breddin, 1897: Hamburg. Magalh. Sammelreise, 16.
Sigara denseconscripta: Jaczewski, 1927b: Ann. Zool. Mus. Polon. Hist. Nat., 251–253.
Material examined. San Ignacio RS: 1 ♂, light trap, 27°49’26.52’’S, 56°50’52.26’’W, 16.xi.2018. Yahaveré RS: 4 ♂, 1 ♀, Trin Lagoon, 12.xii.2014.
General distribution. Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Moreira et al. 2011b).
Habitat. Sigara denseconscripta has been found in lagoons, marshlands, streams and rivers (Poi de Neiff 1990; Corigliano et al. 1996; Fontanarrosa et al. 2004, 2013; Muzón et al. 2006). It has also been taken at lights (Bernardo et al. 2012). This species seems to prefer small and temporary lentic habitats, with scarce or no vegetation, and turbid waters warmed by the sun (Bachmann 1981).
At the INR, specimens were collected from the margins of the Trin Lagoon, in shallow waters with submerged, emergent, and floating vegetation. One specimen of this species was taken at a light in San Ignacio Ranger Station.
Remarks. This is the first record of S. denseconscripta from the INR. This species was previously recorded from Corrientes Province by Contartese & Bachmann (1986) and López Ruf et al. (2003).
description: Published as part of Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana, Reyes, Cristina Armúa De & Estévez, Ana Lía, 2022, Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Iberá Natural Reserve (Corrientes Province, Argentina), pp. 451-505 in Zootaxa 5104 (4) on page 480, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6332126
Factsheet #3: The Impact of Impervious Surfaces
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Raritan Basin Watershed Management Project
Year: 2000

description: Impervious surfaces are areas of the earth that have been covered by any material that impedes the infiltration of water into the soil, including areas covered by pavement or buildings. The addition of impervious cover decreases the amount of groundwater recharge and increases the amount of stormwater runoff. This can cause depletion of groundwater resources and flooding of local streams and rivers. Impervious surfaces also cause stormwater to carry nonpoint source pollution (NPS) directly into storm drains that empty to our local water bodies. This fact sheet discusses the impact of impervious surfaces and what the public can do to reduce that impact.