cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Program clarification, design, and plan for evaluation of a women's empowerment program within a church setting
Creators: name: Narkaus, Danielle Rene
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This dissertation focuses on the process of clarifying, designing and planning for the evaluation of a Women’s Empowerment Program for individuals who were members of, or affiliated with, a church in an urban community and were interested in self-improvement and growth. The program had been implemented initially by the First Lady of the church (the pastor’s wife). She had requested this evaluation process to assess the needs of the participants and to re-design the program. Maher’s (2000) program planning and evaluation framework was used to complete this process. Literature concerning working with African-American/Latina women and collaboration with faith-based organizations informed the design for the program. This dissertation was conducted with the intent to benefit the specific population of women involved in the program, to contribute to the literature, and to expand knowledge concerning mental health interventions in faith based organizations. Its intention was also to model reaching out to the community for resources in the treatment of diverse populations. Maher’s program planning and evaluation framework consists of four phases: clarification, design, implementation and evaluation. The implementation phase was beyond the scope of this dissertation but an evaluation plan was developed to be utilized during a future implementation. During the Clarification Phase, an assessment of the women’s needs and the relevant context was conducted. Results of the needs assessment revealed that women at the church had difficulties in the areas of (a) emotion-regulation; (b) problem-solving; (c) communication; and (d) spiritual growth, which had an impact on their daily living. The program was re-designed based on the needs identified in the Clarification Phase. The program was entitled the Women’s Empowerment Program and consisted of  iii  a monthly group designed to teach women skills to improve the identified needs. Following the program design, a plan for evaluation was created in order to provide a documented process that would lead to determining whether the program had added value and benefited the participants. Constraints of the dissertation are noted and recommendations are provided for future implementation and evaluation of the program. Implications for partnerships between faith-based organizations and mental health professionals are also provided.
Program evaluation of an inclusion program at an overnight summer camp
Creators: name: Kieval, David
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This dissertation documents the process of planning and conducting an evaluation of a program designed to include children with disabilities in a residential summer camp.  The Summer Camp Inclusion Program (SCIP) served children ages 8-16 who carried diagnoses of developmental, physical, and/or cognitive disabilities, and who lived and participated in activities with typically functioning same-age peers over 4 and 8 week camp sessions.  The program aimed to serve its participants by enhancing their social skills, increasing their rates of friendship and social interactions, and building their independence in activities of daily living.  The program evaluation was planned and conducted using the framework created and developed by Maher (2012).  The purpose of the program evaluation was to provide the client, the director of special needs programming at the summer camp, with information about SCIP that would be helpful in understanding how the program was being implemented and identifying its strengths and areas in need of improvement.  The evaluation also sought to determine the reactions to SCIP of various stakeholders, including program participants’ parents, camp staff members, and typically developing camper peers of the program participants.  Six program evaluation questions were delineated in order to gather this information, and were answered using data obtained from parent and staff member questionnaires and interviews with program personnel.  The program evaluation was conducted during the summer 2010 implementation of SCIP.  Results of the program evaluation indicated that program participants benefited socially from the opportunity to be incorporated into the camp program, and to a lesser degree gained independence in their daily activities.  Both staff members and campers in the camp at large benefited from their involvement in the program, including development of positive personal characteristics such as patience, tolerance, and compassion.  Results also suggested that staff members felt very positively about their responsibilities implementing the program, despite the fact that these responsibilities often added stress to their roles at camp.  The findings of the dissertation suggest that the program evaluation was feasible, successful, and useful to the client.  Recommendations were offered for the continued development and improvement of SCIP.
Analysis of EGFR Transcript Splicing in C. Elegans
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Many breast cancers are associated with an overproduction or hyperactivation of a signaling protein known as the EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor) receptor. This hyperactivity causes cells to divide excessively, leading to the production of tumors. The discovery of molecules that inhibit the activity of the EGF receptor has and will continue to be critical in the treatment of breast cancer. Based on several lines of evidence, we propose that there is an inhibitor of EGF signaling that is a form of the EGF receptor itself, produced from a process called alternative splicing. Alternative splicing is a regulatory mechanism that allows the production of multiple protein variants from a single gene. These splicing variants, or isoforms, can have different or even opposing functions. At present, we know very little about the role of alternative splicing in tumor progression.

 The main focus of my research will be to answer the question: "Do alternatively spliced forms of the EGF receptor play a role in the inhibition of EGF signaling?" To answer this question I will use the model organism C. elegans, a nematode in which the EGF receptor has been extensively studied. A comparison of DNA sequences between species reveals a region of the EGF receptor gene that is likely to be alternatively spliced. Our approach will be to screen the total complement of spliced genes (RNAs) in the nematode for the presence of the alternatively spliced sequence, in a procedure known as RT-PCR. Using molecular and biochemical approaches, I will confirm whether this alternatively spliced RNA makes the shortened, possibly inhibitory, form of the receptor that sequence analysis predicts. The advantage of working with C. elegans is that genetic techniques can then be used to address the role of this alternate isoform in well-characterized EGF signaling events. Using these techniques, we will determine whether or not we have isolated an inhibitor of EGF signaling.

 In order to identify factors that control alternative splicing, a series of genetic screens will be performed that will allow the isolation of mutants that are defective in this process. We propose to perform these screens to detect changes in the expression of genes that are alternatively spliced and known to play key roles in the control of cell division and cell death. The isolation of factors that regulate alternative splicing of these key genes will greatly further our understanding of the mechanisms by which cell survival and proliferation are controlled.

 Since over 50% of human genes are estimated to undergo alternative splicing, an understanding of this aspect of gene regulation will have profound consequences. The EGF receptor pathway in C. elegans provides an excellent context in which to investigate this process and develop new approaches for combating breast cancer.
Thanatoplagia tamutisi ALEKSEEV, MCKELLAR & BUKEJS, 2024, sp. nov.
Creators: name: ALEKSEEV, VITALII
name: MCKELLAR, RYAN C.
name: BUKEJS, ANDRIS
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fagales
Fagaceae
Thanatoplagia
Thanatoplagia tamutisi

description: 19. Thanatoplagia tamutisi sp. nov.
Holotype depository: ACAB.
References: present paper (description).
description: Published as part of ALEKSEEV, VITALII, MCKELLAR, RYAN C. & BUKEJS, ANDRIS, 2024, A revision and addition to Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Baltic amber: possible connections between modern Holarctic distributions and Eocene ' amber forests', pp. 201-247 in Zootaxa 5536 (2) on page 236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14033618
Demographic Questions for California BC Research
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Developing standard survey questions for identifying and reducing disparities in breast cancer

 Researchers at the Northern California Cancer Center and their collaborator at Harvard University will be working closely with scientific and community experts to develop a set of survey tools that will be used to gather data associated with breast cancer disparities more consistently. While scientists know that certain women are more likely to get breast cancer, be diagnosed with it at a late stage, receive sub-standard treatment, or die from their disease, they know less about the extent to which these problems affect some women more than others, which groups are more affected, and the reasons for these patterns. This is, in large part, because factors used to define population groups in the US are collected inconsistently. Thus, standardizing the way data are collected is a critical step in understanding breast cancer disparities and what can be done about them.

 The standards for data collection that are developed through this study will help to ensure that scientists can effectively interpret and compare information they use to study breast cancer. These include factors such as an individual’s race, ethnicity, birthplace, migration history, language, community characteristics, disability status, socioeconomic status, gender, and sexual orientation. Additionally, the survey tool used in this study will be translated into several major languages and reviewed and tested by a wide range of experts, making it applicable to gathering data for research within many different populations. With uniformly gathered data, scientists can more effectively compare their results regarding why and how breast cancer affects some women more than others, leading to new knowledge about how the unequal burden of breast cancer in the population can be eliminated.
An effectiveness study of the UCLA friendship and intimacy module
Creators: name: Hawthorne Seraile, Danielle
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: The sexual and relationship needs of individuals diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) are often ignored by psychiatric treatment providers.  The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the UCLA Friendship & Intimacy module, a manualized skills training intervention that focuses on teaching individuals with SPMI how to develop friendships, make sound decisions regarding their sexuality, and engage in safe and satisfying sex.  The sample consisted of 1& chronic psychiatric patients who were assigned to either the Friendship and Intimacy group or a manualized social skills group that did not include a focus on sexuality.  All groups were held in extended partial hospital programs.  Outcomes were assessed using a series of self-report instruments that measured: knowledge related to dating skills and sexual health, behavioral intentions and expectations to practice safe sex, attitudes regarding condom use, and quality of life.  Data, which were collected pre and post treatment, were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and univariate tests.  The results of the MANOVA were significant, in that, overall, there was a significant effect of treatment group (i.e., treatment versus control) on the set of nine outcome variables when considered together in the model. For participants in the Friendship and Intimacy group, hypothesized changes from pre- to post-treatment were observed on several variables related to knowledge acquisition and condom attitudes.  Due to small sample size, these differences were not statistically significant.  However, the effect sizes ranged from 0.11 (small effect) to 0.96 (large effect), suggesting that this intervention may be useful for promoting friendship and healthy sexuality in people with chronic SPMI.
Potential Tumor Suppressors in Breast Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Epithelial cells in the breast grow and die in response to signals delivered by hormones including estrogen, retinoids (oxidized forms of vitamin A), thyroid hormone (T3) and progesterone. Once they lose their ability to respond to these hormones they start to divide indefinitely, becoming breast cancer cells. For this reason, it is important to understand at the molecular level how these hormones exert their functions, thereby opening the possibility to interfere and regain control over breast cancer cells by administering hormone related drugs.

 It is now generally accepted that hormones have to bind to a family of proteins, called nuclear hormone receptors, to exert their functions. Nuclear hormone receptors can bind to DNA and modulate the genetic program of the cell. Depending on the hormone they bind, they can either stimulate or inhibit the growth of cells. The underlying mechanisms for the different behavior of related nuclear hormone receptors are not well understood.

 A step toward the understanding of this problem was achieved in our laboratory through the identification of a large protein named N-CoR (nuclear receptor co-repressor). This protein associates with nuclear receptors in the absence of hormones. Once these receptors bind their respective hormones, N-CoR loses its ability to bind to the nuclear receptors resulting in a change of the genetic program in the cell. Therefore, mutations in N-CoR which prevent the binding to nuclear receptors may affect cell growth control. Intriguingly, the effect of altered N-CoR function may be paradoxically opposite, dependent on the circumstances.

 In this project we will study a possible role for N-CoR in breast cancer formation. As breast cancer is a multifactorial disease with risk factors relating to hormonal exposure, e.g. pregnancy, diet, environmental agents and heredity, this complex interplay is best studied in an in vivo situation. Mice are useful model systems to gain new molecular insights into breast cancer formation. We will artificially create a situation in mice where N-CoR function is lost and vice versa where N-CoR protein is abundant. We can then directly assess the consequences for growth and survival of cells in the breast. In addition, breast cancer cell lines will be screened for altered N-CoR proteins. Identification of mutations in the N-CoR gene together with the understanding of its in vivo function would give us a new molecular tool to evaluate the aggressiveness of tumors in breast cancer.
Folsomia
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Isotomidae
Folsomia

description: Folsomia gr. sensibilis Kseneman, 1936
Name in source. Folsomia sp. in Deharveng & Bedos (1988). Source: Deharveng & Bedos (1988). Distribution in Thailand. Phang Nga (P). Habitat: cave.
Distribution outside Thailand. F. sensibilis is distributed in northern temperate regions and mountains of Europe. Remark. Bedos (1994) placed this species in the F. sensibilis group sensu Deharveng (1979).
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Folsomia Jantarit, Bedos & Deharveng, 2016, n.sp.
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Isotomidae
Folsomia

description: Folsomia spp.*
Name in source. Folsomia n.sp. 2 and n.sp. 3 in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b). Source: Deharveng et al. (1989), Deharveng & Bedos (1993b).
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N). Habitat: litter and soil s.l. above 1700 m. in Doi Inthanon forest.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
E-readers and adolescent engagement
Creators: name: Shurina, Kristine Lynch
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Introduction   As the use of e-readers becomes commonplace and more affordable, they will make their  way into the hands of students. This research provides information about how the devices  might be used as a tool to improve adolescent students‘ reading engagement and also  helps to identify the struggles and pitfalls educators may face in implementing classroom  use of e-readers.    Purpose of the Study    This study investigated how the use of dedicated electronic reading devices could be  implemented as an intervention in an eighth grade language arts classroom to improve  students‘ reading engagement.    Methods and Procedures    Six students from an eighth grade, heterogeneous class in a sizeable suburban middle  school in a large, regional district participated in formative design experiment (Reinking  & Bradley, 2008). Quantitative and qualitative data were collected prior to and after  implementation of the e-reader intervention to determine a baseline of the students‘  reading engagement and to assess any changes. Additionally, qualitative data were  collected throughout the intervention. Quantitative data were analyzed using a pairedsamples  t-test for the following measures: Reading Engagement Index (Guthrie et al.,  200&), Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile (Pitcher et al., 200&), Metacognitive  Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (Mokhtari& Reichard, 2002) and The  Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (Wigfield & Guthrie, 199&). Qualitative data  were coded for recurring themes derived from the following sources: classroom  observation and field notes, teacher reflective journal, student and intervention specialist  interviews and student written reflections.    Results and Discussion    Analyses revealed that using an e-reader for assigned school reading had a positive  impact on aspects of students reading engagement. Classroom implications, unanticipated  effects and changes to the educational environment are also discussed.
Digital distance learning communities
Creators: name: Pope, Cynthia
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This study was designed to look at K-12 teacher beliefs about the role that community plays in their online learning classes and how instructors use communication, technology and pedagogical methodologies to form class communities. This study sought to answer three major questions: 1) What are instructor beliefs about the role that community plays in online learning and what are the challenges to forming those communities? 2)  Which methodologies and technologies do instructors use to promote a feeling of community for their online students? 3)  Which artifacts of teaching provide evidence of the formation and continuation of digital distance education communities? This study used a qualitative multi-case research methodology which included teacher interviews and teaching artifact observations from eight online instructors who taught high school online credit classes. Findings from the study indicated that among the sample population, teachers who believed in the value of community, integrated community building features into their courses. Secondly, technologies which permitted interactive online classes produced the highest operating online learning communities. Finally, institutional support of online educational communities, including technology availability and high expectations, produced the highest operating communities. This study is important because community features such as trust, interdependence and feelings of connectedness have been associated with student persistence in online higher education and this study demonstrates these features have been found to be important in K-12 education too. Also, significant shifts of educational delivery are expected to include more digital distance education and future course designers can utilize this information as they build new K-12 online learning communities.
Folsomides americanus Denis 1931
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Isotomidae
Folsomides
Folsomides americanus

description: 92. Folsomides americanus Denis, 1931 *
Name in source. Folsomides sp. in Deharveng et al. (1989). Source: Deharveng et al. (1989), Bedos (1994). Distribution in Thailand. Widespread. Habitat: at 1700–2000 m. in Doi Inthanon forest Distribution outside Thailand. Cosmopolitan.
Remark. F. americanus was put in synonymy with F. parvulus by Fjellberg (1993). The two forms in our material were usually not mixed, and are therefore considered as good species.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Folsomides centralis Denis 1931
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Isotomidae
Folsomides
Folsomides centralis

description: 93. Folsomides centralis Denis, 1931 *
Source: Deharveng & Bedos (1993b), Bedos (1994). Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N), no detail (P). Habitat: at low altitude in secondary forest of Doi Inthanon.
Distribution outside Thailand. Pan-tropical.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Early Transitions in Breast Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: One of the major problems with treating breast cancer is that it is detected too late. Our best approach to treating or preventing cancer is early detection and an understanding of the earliest steps in the transition of normal cells to malignant ones. A laboratory-based model that mimics these transitions would provide molecular markers to allow us to detect cancer earlier and provide targets for preventive therapy. We believe we have identified such a model that has allowed us to identify a subpopulation of variant human mammary epithelial cells (vHMEC) that exhibit remarkable characteristics similar to those seen in pre-malignant lesions of breast cancer. These cells are present in healthy women with no known predisposition to breast cancer. By silencing the p16 gene, the vHMEC have acquired the ability to continue dividing until loss of the DNA integrity at the end of their chromosomes (telomeric sequences) causes chromosomal abnormalities. We propose to study how these putative precursor cells transition to malignancy.

 We hypothesize that the variant mammary epithelial cells are early precursors to breast cancer. These cells have many of the characteristics of early stages of cancer such as the same types of chromosomal damage, abnormalities in the structures organizing cell division (centrosomes), short telomeric sequences and gene activation patterns commonly observed in cancer cells. One would predict that if variant HMEC are precursors to cancer they should not only be found in the body (as we have already shown) but they should be present in at least a fraction of pre-malignant lesions. To test our hypothesis, we will look for markers of variant HMEC in these lesions.

 The methodology we will use to examine pre-malignant lesions for markers of variant HMEC is at the same time both old and new. We will use a powerful new microscope (dual photon confocal microscopy) and new labeling techniques to view the structures within a cell that we believe are critical to cancer transition. While the staining techniques to view whole chromosomes, chromosome ends (telomeres) and centrosomes are commonly used, the ability to see and count these structures in intact human tissue is new.

 We are studying cells that have never before been examined in the body (vHMEC). By identifying new markers that are unique to these putative precursor cells, we are able to see patches of these cells in healthy women, before cancer is formed. By studying the cells in plastic dishes we have learned about novel markers that can now be seen in these cells in the human body.
A case study of urban public high school students' perspectives of their school as 'in need of improvement' under No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Creators: name: Giple, Patrick Pepan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: Since its implementation in 2002, NCLB, through its expectations and sanctions, has created a state of urgency among school leaders and instructional staff in most urban public high schools. While there is significant literature on urban school reform promoting the academic performance of urban high school students, the perspectives of students—those most directly affected by NCLB state-mandated assessments— remain unexplored. The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of students in an urban public high school on their level of awareness of their school’s status as ‘in need of improvement’, the impact of teaching and learning on students’ academic performance, and their suggestions for corrective practices. The study employed a qualitative case study design in order to generate a thick, in-depth description of the perspectives of twelve purposely selected students. Data collected and analyzed from documentary evidence, focus group and one-to-one interviews, as well as informal observations were triangulated to enhance credibility and transferability of the findings. The study’s findings that students were inadequately informed about their school’s overall academic status, that disruptive classroom behavior was the primary factor contributing to students’ poor academic performance, and that students desired more student-based, project-based, interactive instructional practices underscored the usefulness of student voice in the school reform process. The study argues for a meaningful involvement of students in their education and the creation, in urban public high schools, of classroom environments that are productive in terms of student learning.
Identification and Prognostic Value of ERb in Breast Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The role of estrogen and estrogen receptors in the initiation and progression of breast cancer has been well demonstrated. The use of the anti-estrogen, tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer in healthy women and prevents recurrence in women with a history of breast cancer. Unfortunately, the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) causes a slight increase in breast cancer risk. Until recently, the benefit and risk of estrogens and anti-estrogens has been ascribed to the role of one type of estrogen receptor, ER . However, the discovery of a second estrogen receptor, ER puts into question the relative roles of these two receptors in breast cancer and possible side-effects in treatment with SERMs. Preliminary studies indicated that the majority of breast cancers and many breast cancer cell lines contain ER . Accurate quantification of ER is therefore a prerequisite to complete clinical understanding of the disease, and no accurate test is now available for this purpose

 Using BCRP support we will evaluate the potential of an antibody-based detection for ER . For this we will use a new "cocktail" of multiple antibodies against ER . Using pathology material from biopsies with existing histological and clinical work-up, we will first quantify the presence of ER in breast cancer tumors that were diagnosed as either ER + or ER -. After the general quantification we will attempt to answer what is the clinical significance of ER . We will look at tumors from women who had either a favorable or poor prognosis. For this analysis women are matched for various risk factors like age and estrogen receptor and who either had their breast cancer recur before the end of three years from diagnosis or did not progress for at least five years, (1) independent of treatment type, and (2) those who responded poorly or well to treatment with tamoxifen. We will stain the tumor slides for ER and send them to the pathologist in our trial for assessment. The pathologist, using a common scale, will quantify the intensity of the stain and the approximate percentage of cancer cells. We will than obtain clinical data about the patients using the UCSF Breast Care Center database as well as physical chart review. The use of statistical tools will enable us to complete the assessment of the role of ER as an independent marker of breast cancer outcome, and also in relation to other known risk factors- such as tumor size, lymph node involvement, and resistance to tamoxifen.

 Our goal is to shed new light on the role of ER in the initiation and progression of breast cancer and, especially, the patient's potential response to the current "gold standard" of anti-estrogen therapy, tamoxifen.
Developing creativity from school and home  experiences
Creators: name: Fisher, Sharyn
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2013

description: This dissertation looks at the nature of creativity and what it takes to create a creative environment between the home environment and the elementary classrooms. Children make meaning best through play, creativity and problem-solving; this theory is built on Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development (19&8) alongside schema theory and Sternberg and Lubart’s Investment Theory (1991). Vygotsky’s theories have also been mediated with Kress (199&) and with Csikszentmihalyi (1996).  This ten-month-long qualitative case study of administrators, teachers, parents, and students utilized interviews, artifacts, and focus groups. It studied the phenomenon of creativity (Patton 2002) while taking an ethnographic approach (Green & Bloome 199&). The observational work took place in families’ homes and at a school in a suburban school district in an upper-middle class community. Part of the interview work took place in the participants’ homes and at school. Focus groups and interviews with teachers and administrators were conducted about how they define, identify, and apply creativity in their planning, teaching, learning, and assessing.  Coding was established using the research questions and interview protocol to organize data. Coding schema meant that as codes were created, the goal was to capture the perceptions and beliefs of the participants. Grounded theory combined with discourse theory was used to track terms, concepts, and ideologies that recurred in the data. They were drawn them together into an integrated framework that was offered in the final chapter.  My data reveal the findings of the teachers and administrators, coded into five major categories, with corresponding subcategories: the classroom environment, the role of the teacher, the home connection, and difficulties. The major categories that emerged from the family participants were how the children and their families make creative use of space, time, and materials in their quest to observe, question, learn, and explore the world around them.  This dissertation contributes to the growing research bridging creativity and critical thinking, implications for standardized testing, and creative literacy practices.
Folsomides parvulus Stach 1922
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Isotomidae
Folsomides
Folsomides parvulus

description: 94. Folsomides parvulus Stach, 1922 *
Name in source. Folsomides exiguus in Deharveng & Bedos (1988), in Deharveng et al. (1989), in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b) and in Bedos (1994), F. purvus in Takeda (1981) (misspelling), F. parvus in Deharveng (1986). Source: Takeda (1981), Deharveng (1986), Deharveng & Bedos (1988), Deharveng et al. (1989), Deharveng & Bedos (1993b), Bedos (1994), Wiwatwitaya & Takeda (2005).
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N), Khon Kaen, Nakhon Ratchasima (NE), Surat Thani, Phang Nga (P). Habitat: cave in Surat Thani and Phang Nga provinces; at 700–2500 m. in Doi Inthanon forest; soil s.l. in mixed dry deciduous forest and deforested area at 800 m. in Khon Kaen province (Takeda 1981) and in dry evergreen forest in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Wiwatwitaya & Takeda 2005).
Distribution outside Thailand. Cosmopolitan.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 327, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Andrena (Planiandrena) veterana Pisanty 2022
Creators: name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Ismael, Halgurd R.
name: Baiocchi, Daniele
name: Hamad, Mudhafar I.
name: Bapir, Tahseen T.
name: Selis, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena veterana

description: 57.Andrena(Planiandrena)veteranaPisanty, 2022 *
Material examined.
Iraq: Duhok, Mt. Gara [S of Sarsing], 37.0158 ° N, 43.3506 ° E, 1912 m, 11. v. 2023, 1 ♀, leg. D. Baiocchi, MSVI; Lebanon: Beqaa, Rachaiya, 5 km S, Mount Hermon nature reserve, 33.4586 ° N, 35.8395 ° E, 1500 m, 8. iv. 2023, 10 ♀, leg. T. J. Wood, TJWC.
Remarks.
These records markedly expand the range of A. veterana which was described from Mount Hermon (Pisanty et al. 2022 a).
Distribution.
Israel, Lebanon *, Iraq * (Pisanty et al. 2022 a).
description: Published as part of Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, pp. 267-298 in ZooKeys 1205 on pages 267-298, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120033
Andrena (Simandrena) vetula Lepeletier 1841
Creators: name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Ismael, Halgurd R.
name: Baiocchi, Daniele
name: Hamad, Mudhafar I.
name: Bapir, Tahseen T.
name: Selis, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena vetula

description: 58.Andrena(Simandrena)vetulaLepeletier, 1841
Literature records.
Morice (1921 b); Derwesh (1965), mentioning “ Survey of Iraq Fauna 1915–1919 ”; Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002: dot map 504); Augul (2018); Ascher and Pickering (2023).
Remarks.
We have not examined any specimens of this species, but the presence of this species in Iraq is highly plausible based on its known global distribution, the map records indicated by Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002), and the presence of this species in neighbouring Turkey and Iran.
Distribution.
West and Central Palearctic (Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002; Wood and Monfared 2022; Ascher and Pickering 2023).
description: Published as part of Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, pp. 267-298 in ZooKeys 1205 on pages 267-298, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120033
Folsomides
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Isotomidae
Folsomides

description: Folsomides sp.
Source: Deharveng & Bedos (1988).
Distribution in Thailand. Surat Thani, Phang Nga (P). Habitat: cave.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer   Blake,   Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding.
Creators: name: Goode, G. B.
name: Bean, T. H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1883
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: NOTOSEMA, new genus.
Four specimens of a new genus and species, belonging to the Flounder family, were dredged by the Blake at Station 313, off Charleston, S. C., at a depth of seventy-five fathoms.
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In general appearance and size this species resembles Paralichthys quadrocellatus (Gill), Jordan and Gilbert. On account of its elongated ventral fin, the triangular elongation of the anterior rays of the dorsal, and the highly ctenoid character of the scales upon the colored side of the body, it seems necessary to establish lor it a new genus.
A genus of pleuronectoid fishes, with elliptical body and pedunculate caudal tin. Mouth moderate in size, and beneath the central axis of the body. Eyes large upon left side, close together, the upper one nearly encroaching upon the profile, the lower slightly in advance of the upper. Teeth in single series in the jaws, about equally developed upon each side, much largest in front; absent on vomer and palatines. Pectoral fins somewhat unequal, that upon the blind skle about three fourths as large as its mate. The dorsal fin commences slightly behind the anterior margin of the upper eye, and the first eight rays are separated into a distinct subdivision of the fin, several of them being much prolonged.
Caudal fin pedunculate, rounded posteriorly. Sinistral ventral much elongated. Scales small, ctenoid on colored side of body. Lateral line prominent, strongly arched over the pectoral, alike 011 both sides. Gill-rakers moderately numerous, rather stout, subtriangular, pectinate posteriorly. Pseudobranchiae well developed. Vertebrae 35.
description: Published as part of Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883, Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer " Blake, " Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding., pp. 183-226 in Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 10 (5) on pages 192-193, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28095
Folsomina infelicia Greenslade 1999
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Isotomidae
Folsomina
Folsomina infelicia

description: 95. Folsomina infelicia Greenslade, 1999 *
Name in source. Folsomina n.sp. in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b), Folsomina sp. in Bedos (1994). Source: Deharveng & Bedos (1993b), Bedos (1994), Greenslade (1999). Type deposition: SAMA. Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N). Habitat: soil at low altitude in Doi Inthanon forest. Distribution outside Thailand. Pacific, SE Asia.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Efficacy of a Community Program in Increasing Access to STAR
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer in African American women. Despite the lower rate of cancer in African American women, the mortality rate is higher than in other ethnic groups. Although the reasons for the difference is not entirely known, contributory factors may include diagnosis at a later stage of disease and a possible difference in the manner the tumors behaves and responds to therapy. Community outreach efforts to improve survival have focused on improving the early detection of cancer through breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast examination (CBE) and screening mammography.

 Although early detection of breast cancer is crucial to improved survival, prevention of cancer through a variety of interventions holds tremendous promise. The enrollment of African American women in chemopreventive clinical trials has been less than optimal, however. Given the potential variability in response to a therapeutic or preventive protocol, greater enrollment of minorities in clinical trials is needed.

 The Association of Black Women Physicians and the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research at the School of Public Health and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA propose to collaborate in the development of methods to increase the awareness of African American physicians and community women about breast cancer chemoprevention and clinical trials. The long-term goal of this CRC pilot study will be to test this approach in a randomized trial to lead to increased participation in chemoprevention clinical trials.
Notosema dilecta Goode & Bean, 1883, new species
Creators: name: Goode, G. B.
name: Bean, T. H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1883
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Pleuronectiformes
Pleuronectidae
Notosema
Notosema dilecta

description: 2. Notosema dilecta, new species.
Diagnosis of Species. -Extreme length of specimen described 0.122 mm.
The height of the body is contained twice in its total length, without caudal, and is equal to twice the distance of the origin of. the ventral from the snout. The height of the caudal peduncle is one ninth of the standard body length.
The length of the head is two sevenths of the standard length, and three times the diameter of the eye. "Width of interorbital area almost imperceptible. Mandible reaching to middle of pupil of lower eye, its length equal to half that of the head. Upper jaw contained twice and one half in length of head.
The dorsal fin, beginning almost over the anterior margin of the eye, is composed of about 68 rays, the longest of which are the second and third, which are contained twice in the greatest height of the body, and which are almost twice as long as the length of the base of the triangular division of the fin to which they belong.
The anal iin is made up of 54-56 simple rays, of which the posterior ones are largest, as they are also in the main portion of the dorsal. It begins close to the vent, at a distance from the snout equal to the length of the elongated rinistral ventral.
The caudal is pedunculate, its middle rays somewhate elongate, giving it a wedge-shaped outline.
The pectoral of the colored side is sul"triangular, its length contained five and one half times in the standard length.
The ventrals are composed of six rays, that upon the colored side much produced in its anterior portion, its length more than three times that of its mate. vol. x. - no. 5. 13
Color on the left side purplish brown, speckled with dark brown, and with three large ocellated subcircular spots, nearly as large as the eye, with white centre, dark iris, narrow light margin, and a brown encircling outline. They are arranged in the form of an isosceles triangle, the spot marking the apex being upon the lateral line, near the base of the caudal peduncle, the others distant from the lateral line, on either side, a space equal to their own diameter?, the lower one nearly reached by the tip of the elongate ventral. On the blind side white. Fins blotched with dark brown.
Radial formula: I). 69; A. 5G; P. 11; Y. 6; B. 7. Lateral line 48 (in straight portion).
description: Published as part of Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883, Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer " Blake, " Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding., pp. 183-226 in Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 10 (5) on pages 193-194, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28095