cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Favonigobius reichei
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Gobiidae
Favonigobius
Favonigobius reichei

description: 29. Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) ― Tropical Sand Goby― Native
Taxonomy. Original description: Gobius reichei Bleeker, 1854:509 [Padang, Sumatra [Sumatera Barat, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4672]. Synonyms: Aboma aliciae Herre, 1936; Pomatoschistus bacescui Nalbant, & Mayer, 1975; Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849; Ctenogobius cylindricus Bleeker, 1875; Acentrogobius ennorensis Menon & Rema Devi, 1980; Gobius littoreus Day, 1888; Gobius neilli Day, 1868; Rhinogobius robinsoni Fowler, 1934.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: New record from Dhofar region (Wadi Hasik).
General distribution. Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Vietnam, Marshall Islands and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Wadi Hasik, and probably in several other regions of the Arabian Peninsula.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Least Concern (LC).
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 214, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Noninvasive photoplethysmographic monitoring of pulse wave velocity and vascular stiffness for hypertension applications
Creators: name: Jamkhanawala, Taaha
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally. These usually have two main types of risk factors namely modifiable risk factors and non-modifiable risk factors. Among these, hypertension is the primary risk factor. Accurate noninvasive monitoring of hypertension in high risk patients is therefore essential in order to tackle or prevent their cardiovascular diseases.  In terms of hemodynamics, increased vascular stiffness has been recognized as the main contributing factor to hypertension. This leads to the observed increase in pressure pulse propagation velocity, or pulse wave velocity, in conduit arteries. Thus, a method that can afford continuous noninvasive monitoring of vascular stiffness will be clinically desirable. To achieve this, the current investigation provides a new method of application of a photoplethysmograph (PPG) that employs light emitting diodes of visible wavelengths coupled with new ambient light detectors for optimal recording of propagating pulses. PPG sensors are placed at two different superficial arterial sites (Dual PPG) for monitoring pulse transit time (PTT) and hence pulse wave velocity (PWV) in patients. Data were simultaneously recorded in a human model, sampled by means of a Biopac System and selective filtering was applied to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio. Vascular stiffness is obtained as elastic modulus through the Moens-Korteweg formula. Interventions were imposed to observe induced changes in vascular stiffness. Results show that our current design is accurate for continuous monitoring of vascular stiffness changes. Measured pulse wave velocities agree well with clinically reported values for different arterial sites, such as ear lobe artery to radial artery and brachial artery to index finger artery. The light-weight, low cost, continuous and noninvasive PPG design can be used for future routine screening of vascular stiffness. This can be used to predict hypertension, its severity in terms of structural changes, and potential evaluation of therapeutic efficacy of anti-hypertensive drugs in hypertensives.
Beneficial use of recycled scrap tire shreds to isolate ground-borne vibrations
Creators: name: Jafari, Farhad
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Ground-borne vibrations from construction activities, high-speed trains, and machine foundations can adversely affect the operation of sensitive equipment and damage structures. A wave barrier installed near the vibration source or in the area requiring protection can attenuate the vibrations by reflecting or scattering the wave energy. Wave barriers, including piles, sheet piles, and open or in-filled concrete, bentonite slurry or geofoam trench barriers, have been studied comprehensively, with various degrees of success reported. For this dissertation, the beneficial use of tire shreds as an isolation medium in trench barriers was investigated, and design guidelines were developed.    The performance of in-filled tire-shred trench barriers was comprehensively studied through numerical and experimental investigations. Two- and three-dimensional finite element models were developed using the ABAQUS package. The numerical models were validated, either through reference models or field measurements. The models were initially used to study the influence of geometrical parameters on the effectiveness of in-filled trench barriers for screening active (near-field) vibrations and for the design of a full-scale experimental program.  Based on the findings of the numerical investigation, a full-scale experimental study was designed and implemented to study the performance of in-filled tire-shred trench barriers. Because of the size of the tire shreds used in this study (50mm and 200mm), a full-scale study was warranted. Conventional construction equipment was used for the trench installation and placement of the tire shreds. A series of tests was conducted for open and in-filled trench barriers (with circular, semi-circular and linear configurations) to assess the performance of tire shreds relative to air, which is the most effective isolator, for full and partial isolation. The experimental study confirmed that the screening effectiveness of in-filled trench barriers is comparable to that of open trench barriers.     A parametric study was conducted to investigate the influence of key dynamic soil properties on the performance of in-filled trench barriers. For partial isolation cases, the limits of the effectively screened area behind a semi-circular and linear trench barrier were accurately delineated. Guidelines for the design of in-filled trench barriers were then developed.
Glossogobius tenuiformis Fowler 1934
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Gobiidae
Glossogobius
Glossogobius tenuiformis

description: 30. Glossogobius tenuiformis Fowler, 1934 ―Natal Flathead goby, Oman Freshwater Goby ―Native
Taxonomy: Original description: Glossogobius tenuiformis Fowler, 1934:496, fig. 49 [from the St. Lucia Lake, 20 miles up, northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Holotype: ANSP 60250]. Synonyms: None.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Wadi Shab, Oman by Freyhof et al. (2020) as Glossogobius sp., re-described by Al Jufaili et al. (2022), and confirmed by Esmaeili et al. (2022).
General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa); Oman. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Wadis Hasik and Shab.
Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Not Evaluated (NE).
Remarks: Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) was described from the Ganges River, India and is distributed in southern Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes, east to Society Islands, north to Philippines, south to Pilbara (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia (Fricke et al. 2023). Based on uncertainty about the type locality of Glossogobius giuris and its widespread distribution, a comprehensive study has been suggested to define the taxonomical status of this taxon. Hammer et al. (2021) grouped the G. giuris complex in four lineages based on molecular studies: “ giuris A” from Vietnam, Bangladesh and China; “ giuris B” from South Africa and India; “ giuris C” from India, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh and Vietnam and “ giuris D” from South Africa. The Oman populations of Glossogobius is placed in the “ giuris D” group and it is now considered as G. tenuiformis (Al Jufaili et al. 2022). Found in estuaries and freshwater (Larson 2022).
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 214, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Paramanduria celebensis Hennemann 2021
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Heteropterygidae
Paramanduria
Paramanduria celebensis

description: 1. Paramanduria celebensis (Günther, 1935: 14, pl. 2: 10 (♀)) [Neopromachus].
HT, ♀: Celebes, Matinangeb., 600m, X.1930, G. Heinrich leg.; Typus [MNHU]. n. comb.
Distribution: N-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tengah, Matinan Mountains [MNHU].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Toxicological profiles of perfluoroctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluornonanoic acid (PFNA) in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Creators: name: Jantzen, Carrie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are all members of the anthropogenic and persistent perfluoroalklyated class of compounds (PFASs). These compounds have similar structures and have been commonly grouped together in toxicity, treatment, and disposal analyses. It was hypothesized that PFOS, PFNA, and PFOA would result in similar toxicity profiles throughout different life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish were exposed from 3-120 hours post fertilization (hpf) and endpoints of morphometrics, behavior, and gene expression were analyzed at 5 dpf, 14 dpf, and 6 months (adults). At 5dpf, all PFASs resulted in gene expression changes of transforming growth factor tcf3a and adaptor protein ap1s1 and all fish were smaller size. PFOS exposed fish had the greatest number of endpoint and gene expression changes. At 14 dpf, all PFAS exposed fish showed hyperactivity and increased organic ion transporter slco2b1 expression. All other endpoints analyzed at these time points varied between PFASs. In adult fish, PFNA males were the most affected in behavior but all three PFASs resulted in gene expression changes in slco transcripts. Adult fish chronically exposed to PFOA had reproductive and fecundity affects, including reduced egg production, morphometric effects, and delayed development of the offspring. Chronic PFNA exposure had similar but less severe effects, and PFOS exposure resulted in P0 affects but no immediate reproductive changes. The null hypothesis of this dissertation was rejected at each time point and exposure; PFOS, PFNA, and PFOA exposure resulted in dissimilar toxicity profiles between compounds. The development age of the fish and the endpoints assessed determine which compound was having the greatest effect. In acute embryonic studies PFOS appeared to have the greatest effect. PFNA, in particular the males, are the most affected at the adult stage in terms of behavior. PFOA shows the greatest negative effects on reproduction after a chronic exposure. Additionally, multiple pathways such as ap1s1, slco and tgfb1a were identified as affected by PFASs and further studies are needed to determine if these altered genes during development and maturation may underlie the mechanism(s) of action for these compounds.
Orthotylus (Pseudorthotylus) bilineatus
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Orthotylus
Orthotylus bilineatus

description: Orthotylus (Pseudorthotylus) bilineatus (Fallén, 1807)
Orthotylus bilineatus – Önder 1976: 277.
Material examined
TURKEY – Artvin Province • 2 ♂♂; Borçka; 5 Sep. 1971; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
Sibero-European species that was recorded from the Caucasian region and Azerbaijan (Aukema 2023). This species was recorded from Artvin, Turkey by Önder (1976). This record was missed by Kerzhner & Josifov (1999). After examining the voucher specimens, we can confirm this record.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Consolidation characteristics of soft sediments by seepage induced consolidation test
Creators: name: Janbaz, Masoud
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The thesis presented herein outlines the seepage-induced consolidation test (SICT) results of soft sediments dredged from Newark bay, NJ, for the determination of consolidation characteristics. The Seepage induced consolidation testing device was constructed based on the original version (SICT) presented by Dr. Prof. Dobroslav Znidarcic at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU).  The author traveled to CU and consulted Dr. Znidarcic for recommendations on the device design and construction, preferred manufacturers, and sample testing procedures. A SICT device was then designed and constructed for Rutgers University in New Brunswick, with some modifications like deadweight loading system for easier troubleshooting. The SICT results for kaolinite clay, performed by Dr. Znidarcic at the CU laboratory, were compared with the author's test results from the Rutgers Soil and Soft Sediment Laboratory. The comparison served to assess the reliability and repeatability of the Rutgers University SICT device.  Following the collection of dredged sediment samples from the Newark bay area, five different clays were purchased and their consolidation characteristics were tested. In addition, the tests sought to determine a correlation between sediment index properties and consolidation model parameters. Index property determination is less time consuming and cumbersome than consolidation testing under seepage force, which is more technical and can take up to two weeks for a single test. Therefore, there is inherent merit in gaining insight into consolidation behavior without running the seepage tests.  A total of sixteen tests were performed. Eleven tests were conducted on the Newark soft sediments, and the remaining five on the clay samples. The results have been partially published via the 15th Asian Regional Conference in Japan, the International Conference on Civil Engineering in Iran, and the Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. The consolidation model parameters were correlated with the samples' index properties and the resulting equations satisfactorily approximated the reality.
Paramanduria Hennemann 2021
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Heteropterygidae
Paramanduria

description: 2. Paramanduria (?) nodosum (Günther, 1938: 79, figs. 16–17 (♂)) [Prisomera].
HT, ♂: Sarasin 8.I.1894, BoneTal ca. 200M, Nord-Cel.; Typus; Prisomera nodosum n. sp. K. Günther det. [NHMB, VI.D.136]; PT, ♂ nymph: N-Celebes, Bone-Tal ca. 700m, leg. Sarasin 14.I.1894; det. Günther [SMTD]. n. comb.
Distribution: S-Sulawesi, Sulawesi Selatan, Bone valley [NHMB, SMTD].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Towards gait-based human identification using front view depth images
Creators: name: Jhurani, Hitesh
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: There are several competing approaches towards identifying humans based on their biometrics.  In this thesis, we designed, implemented a system towards human front gait  identification. We leveraged the depth information obtained from front view depth image  of a person. We explain how basic features which can be extracted from the depth image  of an individual can be used for identifying a person correctly. Basic features such as depth  values of legs, the angle between the legs and height of the person are utilized. We conclude  the thesis discussing tradeoffs of the approach and avenues for further research.
5G Space-based Infrastructure - White paper
Creators: name: Gavras, Anastasius
name: Zaglauer, Helmut
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: 5G-IS; “5G system infrastructure study”, is a study funded under the ESA ARTES Strategic Programme Line “5G/6G and Sustainable Connectivity”. The study analyses and assesses different aspects of architecture design and related evaluation criteria, including key performance indicators, in order to identify potential system architecture options towards the deployment of a 5G space-based infrastructure (5GSBI – extending to beyond 5G and even 6G), complementing terrestrial next generation mobile networks. In a specific extension of the work, the focus of a dedicated deep dive was placed on 5G/6G satellite connectivity solutions for automotive/road transportation applications as one of the most promising market areas. 

Recent advances in space technologies (including new launch and propulsion concepts) have helped to significantly improve the performance and reduce the deployment cost of spacebased infrastructures. Collectively they have enabled a new generation of low earth orbiting satellites that allow to reduce round-trip air interface latency and make mega-constellations viable. The promise of service continuity, ubiquity and scalability that space-based assets can provide has drawn increased attention to the use of satellite communication technology as an inherent part of future communications infrastructures in the context of beyond 5G and 6G. 3GPP, the main standardisation body for 5G/6G mobile networks has recognised this development and made non-terrestrial networks (NTN) an integral part of its standards beginning with Release 17 and further expanding in scope and impact in the upcoming releases 18 and 19.
The relationship between Niemann Pick type C2 protein and lysobisphosphatidic acid in cholesterol transport
Creators: name: Jochum, Annette Marie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Niemann Pick Type C (NPC) disease is caused by a mutation in either Niemann Pick C1 or C2 protein, both found in the lysosome and both involved in the export of cholesterol from the lysosome to other parts of the cell.  NPC2 has been shown to interact directly with membranes to extract and transport cholesterol while minimizing its exposure to the aqueous environment, but defective NPC2 causes cholesterol accumulation within the lysosome.  NPC2 has also been shown to be able to interact with more than one membrane at once.  In particular, it appears as though NPC2 has a distinct and specific interaction with the unique lysosomal phospholipid lysobisphosphatidic acid (LBPA), which augments wild type (WT) NPC2 function dramatically.  In this study, alanine point mutations in the “hydrophobic knob”  region of NPC2, which is proposed to interact with membranes directly, reveal new information about the structure-function relationship of NPC2.  Only some of the mutant NPC2 proteins respond to the inclusion of LBPA in membranes, reinforcing that this region is LBPA-sensitive.  Past studies have shown that phosphatidylglycerol (PG) is a precursor to LBPA, which is generated along the lysosomal pathway and retains its precursorâ€™s fatty acid composition and glycerol backbone orientation.  It has been demonstrated that an increase in lysosomal LBPA content can increase cholesterol efflux from the lysosomes and relieve some of the phenotypical cholesterol accumulation in npc1-/- fibroblasts.  We reasoned that because of the interaction between LBPA and NPC2, increasing lysosomal LBPA content in npc2-/- cells would not clear cholesterol from the LE/LY.  Thus, WT, npc1-/-, and npc2-/- fibroblasts were supplemented with PG liposomes, which increased cellular LBPA content by at least 2-fold.  The increase in LBPA relieved cholesterol accumulation in NPC1 fibroblasts significantly, in agreement with previous literature, but did not diminish cholesterol distribution in NPC2-deficient fibroblasts.  This reinforces the critical interaction of NPC2 with LBPA in cholesterol trafficking.  In addition, the studies suggest that LBPA supplementation may have therapeutic benefits in patients with mutated NPC1, which account for 95% of NPC cases, but not in patients with defective NPC2.
Effect of egg yolk extract on proliferation and myogenic differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts
Creators: name: Joglekar, Devika Umesh
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Muscle wasting disorders like atrophy and sarcopenia are characterized by compromised skeletal muscle mass and function. One of the many causes of muscle wasting reported is the failure of satellite cells to fuse and form myofibres. Satellite cells are an integral part of skeletal muscle regeneration because of their self-renewal and differentiation abilities. Muscle regeneration research with respect to satellite cells has stimulated interest in discovering factors that enhance proliferation and differentiation as a first step in the regenerative process. The importance of nutrition in regulating muscle mass and muscle protein synthesis is well established. However, limited literature is available regarding the role of nutrition in muscle regeneration; specifically with respect to satellite cells. As for nutrition, chicken egg yolk appears to be a promising candidate. Egg yolks are rich in nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids and proteins which can provide sustained supply of nutrition to the cells in-vitro. In the present study, we tested the effect of different fractions and concentrations of egg yolk extract on C2C12 myoblasts. For this purpose, egg yolk extract was supplemented in growth media and cells were grown in this nutrient rich media for one week. Cell viability, fluorescence imaging and mRNA expression of muscle specific genes were analyzed at specific time points of proliferation and differentiation stages of myoblast. The study results showed that supplementation of the egg yolk extract in media enhanced proliferation and differentiation of myoblasts in a dose dependent manner which was analyzed by increase in cell viability, number of nuclei, number of myofibres and mRNA expression of muscle specific genes such as MyoD and myogenin.
Positivism's problem with the plenitude of principles
Creators: name: Johnson, Nevin Edward
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Ronald Dworkin's anti-positivist argument from theoretical disagreement (ATD) in Law's Empire (1986) was one of the most significant volleys levied against legal positivism in the twentieth century. Dworkin argues theoretical disagreements about law pose a serious problem for legal positivists (like H.L.A. Hart) and that Dworkin's theory of law accounts for the existence of these disagreements in a way the positivist cannot. Scott Shapiro, in his book Legality (2011), argues his positivist theory of law, the Planning Theory, meets the challenge posed by ATD. In this thesis I provide two main reasons why Shapiro has not met Dworkin's challenge. First, Shapiro does not address the full force of Dworkin's challenge, which is to give a metaphysical account of law in cases of theoretical disagreements, not just a practical or epistemological account of legal reasoning in cases of theoretical disagreements. Second, Shapiro's theory by its own terms does not address all types of theoretical disagreements. Shapiro identifies theoretical disagreements with what Shapiro calls meta-interpretive disagreements. In fact, some theoretical disagreements about law are not meta-interpretive disagreements (that is, they are just plain interpretive disagreements). Therefore, the Planning Theory of law does not fully address ATD as it purports to.
The visibility paradox
Creators: name: Kim, Heewon
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation investigates the ways in which distributed workers in a global high-tech organization engage with the affordances of enterprise social media for their everyday knowledge sharing practices. Drawing on the scholarship of process of knowing, I elaborate on how communication visibility, enabled by the use of enterprise social media, is closely intertwined with the situational, relational, and material aspects of knowing. To offer an in-depth understanding of emerging knowledge sharing practices among globally distributed workers, I employed a mixed-methods approach analyzing different types of data including quantitative, social network, and qualitative data. The findings highlight the visibility paradox: communication visibility facilitates knowledge sharing, yet brings into high relief existing knowledge disparities among diverse groups, which in turn reinforces status differentials.  Illustrating the intended and unintended consequences of technology adoption, this study disentangles the complex interrelationships among visibility, status hierarchies, and process of knowing. Although an enterprise social media platform was implemented to improve knowledge sharing across borders, emerging usage patterns ironically contributed to exacerbating knowledge disparities, which subsequently reproduced status asymmetry in the organization. This study builds a granular understanding of the paradoxical influences of visibility on knowledge sharing by presenting three central themes: knowledge (awareness of knowledge conversations vs. awareness of knowledge disparities), connectivity (connections as resources vs. connections as challenges), and power (leveraging panoptic effect vs. controlled by panoptic effect). These three constructs of knowledge, connectivity, and power are important status signals that are shaped by the visibility effects. This dissertation contributes to expanding the scholarship of organizational knowledge and paradox as well as extends practical insight into the management of technology, knowledge, and diversity in a global organization.
Semi-supervised transductive regression for survival analysis in medical prognostics
Creators: name: Khan, Faisal M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The central challenge in predictive modeling for survival analysis in medical prognostics is the management of censored observations in the data.  While time-to-event predictions can be modeled as regression problems, traditional regression techniques are challenged by the censored characteristics of the data.  In such problems the true target times of a majority of instances are unknown; what is known is a censored target representing some indeterminate time before the true target time.  The information for most patients is incomplete and only known â€œup-to-a-point.â€   Patients who have experienced the endpoint of interest (cancer recurrence, death, etc) during an often multi-year study are considered as non-censored or events.  They may represent as little as 9% of the available sample.  Most of the patients do not experience the endpoint or are lost to follow-up for various reasons (patient moved, died of other causes, etc.).  These censored samples often represent most of the available sample.  Modeling techniques which can correctly account for censored observations are crucial.  Such censored samples can be considered as semi-supervised targets, however most efforts in semi-supervised regression do not take into account the partial nature of unsupervised information; with samples treated as either fully labelled or unlabeled.  This dissertation presents a novel transduction approach for semi-supervised survival analysis.  The true target times are approximated from the censored times through transduction to improve predictive performance.  The framework can be employed to transform traditional regression methods for survival analysis, or to enhance existing survival analysis algorithms for improved predictive performance.  This proposed approach represents one of the first applications of semi-supervised regression to survival analysis and yields significant improvements in predictive performance for multiple applications in prostate and breast cancer prognostics.
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                     Sarcandra glabra (Caoshanhu) protects mesenchymal stem cells from oxidative stress: a bioevaluation and mechanistic chemistry
Creators: name: Jingjing Liu
name: Xican Li
name: Lin, Jian
name: Yunrong Li
name: Tingting Wang
name: Jiang, Qian
name: Dongfeng Chen
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Computational Biology

description: Experimental protocols for mechanistic chemistry. (DOCX 24 kb)
Physiological and metabolic factors associated with cold and freezing tolerance and induced recovery in cool season and warm season grass species
Creators: name: Keough, Jillian T.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Low temperature stress is a major abiotic stress affecting many plants worldwide.  Cool season and warm season grass species, that are used on high value turf areas, are susceptible to winter injury through chilling or freezing stress, or more commonly through the disruption of cold acclimation. Cold acclimation is a process in which plants are subjected to low temperatures before freezing temperatures to acquire low temperature tolerance.  Fluctuating temperatures due to consistently warmer autumn and winter months, cause a disruption in cold acclimation or de-acclimation, resulting in a loss in cold tolerance.  Little is known about the pathways of cold acclimation, but a better understanding of the physiological and biochemical changes during the acquisition of freezing tolerance will aid in the development of more tolerant grass species, or better management practices to induce cold tolerance.  Research goals were to investigate the physiological and metabolic changes during cold stress that play roles in the acquisition of cold tolerance and induce recovery after freezing stress. This was accomplished in many studies that included a comparison in the physiological and metabolic responses of warm-season and cool-season grass species to cold stress, with foliar application of naturally occurring cold responsive compounds, calcium dichloride, glycine betaine, abscisic acid, sucrose and potassium phosphate, and their effects on plant productivity and recovery from freezing stress.  The collection of this information will help to expand our knowledge of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in many grass species, and can be used for the development of more cold tolerance species or management practices to maintain plant health during low temperature or de-acclimation events.
Periphetes Stal 1877
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Periphetes

description: Genus Periphetes Stål, 1877
(Fig. 27)
Type-species: Phasma graniferum Westwood, 1859: 35, pl. 3: 4, by original designation.
Comments: A discussion of this genus and list of species included has been presented by Hennemann & Conle (2007: 53), who described a new species from the Philippines and established new synonymies of the most common species in Sulawesi, P. forcipatus (Bates, 1865). Precise type data of the latter taxa can be found in Hennemann & Conle (2007: 54) and are therefore omitted in the list of species below.
Distribution: Philippines, Sulawesi & Sangihe.
Species recorded from Sulawesi:
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Pachybrachius capitatus
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhyparochromidae
Pachybrachius
Pachybrachius capitatus

description: Pachybrachius capitatus (Horváth, 1882)
Fig. 3D
Pachybrachius capitatus – Önder et al. 1981: 167.
Material examined
TURKEY – Sakarya Province • 1 ♀; Yağbasan; 9 Jul. 1977; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
A rare species that is locally distributed in the southern Balkan peninsula and Azerbaijan (Aukema 2023). Although it was recorded from Sakarya, Turkey by Önder et al. (1981), this record was overlooked by Péricart (2001). We examined the corresponding specimen and confirmed this record (Fig. 3D).
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
The ephemeral gains theory vs. rational approaches
Creators: name: Klamann, Kevin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This analysis demonstrates the applicability of the ephemeral gains theory, originally used to study extremist violence, to the general use of force in interstate relations. The theory argues that violence is likely to follow a particular type of loss (or its threat) in a state's authority space, namely that of a gain made after a period of subordination (ephemeral gain). Applying the theory to indirect authority in a target state, a theory-testing process-tracing study of Russian foreign policy vis-Ã -vis Ukraine is conducted. The hypothesis that the case is typical in displaying a use of force after an ephemeral gain in the Euromaidan revolution of 2014 and its absence after a mere loss in the Orange Revolution of 2004 only receives partial support, as the latter loss is found to take the form of an ephemeral as well. Still, the case is of high illustrative value. President Putin's reaction in 2014 provides evidence for psychological mechanisms expected after ephemera and the theory can explain variance in Russian reactions based on the intensity of ephemeral gains, especially when adding its second factor of mortality salience. After the theory-testing analysis, an intertemporal comparison for 2004 and 2014 follows. It analyzes if factors related to diversionary war and realist theory have the potential to provide alternative, rational explanations for variance in the use of force. While the former receive no support, realist factors provide a plausible alternative, the author noting complementary potential between the theories.
Periphetes borealis Hennemann 2021, n. sp.
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Periphetes
Periphetes borealis

description: 1. Periphetes borealis n. sp.
Distribution: NE-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Utara, Minahasa, Masarang Mountains [NHMB]; NE-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Utara, Minahasa, Mount Mahawu, summit ca. 1300 m [NHMB].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Artheneis aegyptiaca Lindberg 1939
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Artheneidae
Artheneis
Artheneis aegyptiaca

description: Artheneis aegyptiaca Lindberg, 1939
See Péricart (1998a).
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Modeling, system analysis and control of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell
Creators: name: Kolar, Sudarshan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This thesis presents a control technique for a 9th-order linearized Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell model. This work starts with giving a brief introduction about the construction and working of PEM fuel cell. Then, various fuel cell subsystems and their corresponding non-linear dynamical equations are presented. These equations are simulated to obtain steady state operating points of the model which is further used in Jacobian linearization. The linearized model consists of nine states as opposed to the eight states of the linearized model available in the literature. A pole placement controller is designed for the linearized model to obtain desired transient performance. This work concludes with inspiring the readers about some future works that can be carried out on this model.
Ceratocombus (Ceratocombus) coleoptratus
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Ceratocombidae
Ceratocombus
Ceratocombus coleoptratus

description: Ceratocombus (Ceratocombus) coleoptratus (Zetterstedt, 1819)
See Heiss & Péricart (2007).
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Periphetes forcipatus
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Periphetes
Periphetes forcipatus

description: 2. Periphetes forcipatus (Bates, 1865: 338) [Lonchodes]. (Fig. 67C)
= Lonchodes duivenbodei Kaup, 1871: 30., pl. 2: 3 (♀). [Synonymised by Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 53]
= Dixippus furcatus Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907: 279. [Synonymised by Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 53]
= Periphetes sangirensis Dohrn, 1910: 408. [Synonymised by Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 53]
= Periphetes duivenbodei elongatus Günther, 1938: 58, 75. [Synonymised by Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 53]
Distribution: S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Tana Toraja, Rantepao, 700 m [coll. FH]; S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Bungadidi [coll. FH]; S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Saddan-Toraya [coll. OC]; SSulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Bungadidi [coll. FH]; SE-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tenggara, Buton Island [coll. FH, coll. OC]; Central Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Tengah, Lake Poso [NHMB]; N-Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara, Minhasa, Menado [OXUM, HLDH]; N-Sulawesi, Prov. Gorontalo, Kota Gorontalo [HLDH].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Empowering New Contributors: The Evolving Role of the R Development Guide
Creators: name: Bhogal, Saranjeet Kaur
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Open Source
Technical Documentation

description: Talk titled "Empowering New Contributors: The Evolving Role of the R Development Guide" presented at PyData Global 2024 hosted online from 3-5 December 2024.Abstract:The R Development Guide (R Dev Guide) serves as a resource for onboarding new contributors to the R project. Initially drafted in 2021 and then expanded during the Google Season of Docs 2022, the guide has evolved to make contributing more accessible, especially for newcomers. This talk will explore the latest developments in the guide, its impact on the R community, and how it fosters inclusivity within the project by simplifying the contribution process.

 

Description:The R Development Guide (R Dev Guide) has transformed into an essential resource, designed to simplify the onboarding process for new contributors to the R project. Launched in 2021 with support from the R Foundation and expanded during Google Season of Docs (GSoD) 2022, the guide has undergone many improvements since. These updates have made the contribution process more approachable, addressing the challenges posed by relying solely on official documentation.

This talk will share the current status of the R Dev Guide, discussing the ongoing work to implement further updates in response to community feedback. We'll highlight how the guide has positively impacted the R community, particularly by reducing barriers for new contributors, and by creating a more inclusive and welcoming environment for those engaging with the R project.

The session will cover:

Introduction to the R Development Guide (5 minutes): Overview of the guide’s creation and evolution, from its initial draft to its major updates in GSoD 2022.

Impact on the R Community (5 minutes): How the guide has benefited new contributors, fostering inclusivity and lowering the barriers to entry in the R project.

Current Overall Structure (10 minutes): Review of current structure of the guide.

How to Contribute to the R Dev Guide (5 minutes): How you can contribute to the guide by reviewing or adding content, and helping to further its growth.

Takeaways:Attendees will gain an understanding of the scope and content of the R Dev Guide, learn how they can contribute to its continuous improvement, and recognise the role the guide plays in fostering an inclusive and supportive R development community.

Audience:This talk is ideal for R developers, open-source contributors, and anyone interested in supporting the growth of the R project, especially those who may be new to contributing. A basic understanding of R is recommended.
Epitaxial engineering of high quality topological insulator films
Creators: name: Koirala, Nikesh
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Topological insulator is an exciting phase of matter because at its boundaries reside table-top version of Dirac fermions, while its bulk is supposed to be insulating. However, in real materials this latter condition is often far from being fulfilled and the bulk of the material is usually highly conducting due to the presence of inevitable defects. The aim of this dissertation is to understand the role of these defects on electrical properties of chalcogenide based topological insulators and utilize this knowledge to fabricate high quality films.     Topological insulator is an exciting phase of matter because at its boundaries reside table-top version of Dirac fermions, while its bulk is supposed to be insulating. However, in real materials this latter condition is often far from being fulfilled and the bulk of the material is usually highly conducting due to the presence of inevitable defects. The aim of this dissertation is to understand the role of these defects on electrical properties of chalcogenide based topological insulators and utilize this knowledge to fabricate high quality films.   We start out by briefly introducing topological insulators. This is followed by Chapter 2, where we discuss experimental techniques that are pertinent to this work: thin film growth technique and electrical measurement. In Chapter 3, we will first seek theoretical understanding of role of defects in determining electrical properties of topological insulators and follow this by experimental results on Bi2Se3 films grown on epitaxially engineered virtual substrate, which show near ideal topological insulator behavior: namely, high mobility conduction through topological surface states and highly insulating bulk. We follow this in Chapter 4 with report of topological surface state originated quantum Hall effect in these films. A summary of results followed by future outlook will conclude the dissertation.
Coriomeris brevicornis Lindberg 1923
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Coreidae
Coriomeris
Coriomeris brevicornis

description: Coriomeris brevicornis Lindberg, 1923
Comments
This species is an endemic of Crete and outside Crete, it was only recorded from Kahramanmaraş, Turkey by Kıyak (2002). Although it is plausible that this species lives in a wider area in the East Mediterranean region, lack of records from other East Mediterranean countries indicates otherwise. Hence the only record of this species outside Crete is doubtful and its confirmation is needed.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 9, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Study of polylysine and chitosan nanoparticles synthesized using various cross-linkers and their applications for heavy metal ion recovery
Creators: name: Kosuri, Sri Sai Venkata Shashank
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Nanotechnology offers the possibility of an e ective and efficient removal of pollutants  from waste water. This removal of pollutants and heavy metal ions is being accomplished  using nanoparticles, nanomembranes and nano powders of various materials.  Chitosan, a polysaccharide, and polylysine, a polypeptide, have been receiving increasing  attention for their metal scavenging and sequestering properties. One part of this  study focused on synthesizing nanoparticles of polylysine, chitosan and mixed chitosanpolylysine  nanoparticles using various cross-linkers involving ionic and covalent interactions.  The effect of pH on the type of bonding between polymers and cross-linkers  as well as the properties of nanoparticle suspensions were studied. Nanoparticles synthesized  were characterized based on their size and zeta potential using dynamic light  scattering techniques. Second part of the study focused on using these nanoparticles  for adsorbing copper from aqueous solutions and analyzing the amount of adsorption  using NMR spectroscopy technique.