cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Prograde Metamorphism and Upper-Crustal Cooling in the Northern Panamint Range, California: New Insights into the Jurassic and Mid-Cretaceous Evolution of the Southern Sevier Fold-Thrust Belt
Creators: name: Turner, Elijah
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: The Jurassic-Cretaceous southern Sevier fold-thrust belt, which experiences changes in orientation and structural style as it approaches intersection with the Mesozoic continental arc, has been pervasively overprinted by Neogene-Quaternary faulting, rendering its evolution enigmatic. Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material (RSCM) thermometry data from 14 samples and zircon (U-Th)/He (ZHe) thermochronology data from 23 samples collected in the northern Panamint Range illuminate the history of metamorphism and upper-crustal cooling associated with this belt of shortening structures. Best estimate peak temperatures derived from RSCM thermometry increase from 166 ± 19°C at 2.5 km structural depth (measured from the top of the exposed Pennsylvanian-Permian Bird Spring Formation) to 470 ± 84°C at 10.5 km structural depth, defining a prograde metamorphic field gradient of 39 ± 2°C/km that likely developed during the Middle-Late Jurassic period. ZHe data preserve a Mesozoic fossil He partial retention zone with a base at ~6.2 km structural depth, an interval of enhanced cooling between structural levels of 6.2-7.4 km between ca. 110-100 Ma, and an interval of slow cooling between structural levels of 7.4-11.1 km from ca. 100-32 Ma. The interval of slow cooling is extended to 7.4-12.3 km from ca. 100-24 Ma including previously published data from the central Panamint Range. The transient, mid Cretaceous cooling event, previously undocumented in the southern Sevier belt, is interpreted to reflect hanging-wall exhumation during slip along the Panamint thrust, which dips to the west and roots beneath the Panamint Range. The protracted, mid-Cretaceous through Oligo-Miocene event is interpreted to reflect the erosional denudation and isostatic uplift of thickened orogenic crust. I suggest that much of the exposed bedrock in the northern Panamint Range is within the Lee Canyon thrust sheet, rather than the Wheeler Pass thrust sheet, and that the northern Panamint Range may exhibit a structural style intermediate between classic foreland structures in the Spring Mountains and ductile shearing near Clark Mountain, with footwall collapse and underthrusting resulting in subdued hanging-wall uplift, erosion, and cooling.
Said To Be Standing
Creators: name: Cassidy, Bonny
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360201
subject: Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)

description: 'Said To Be Standing' is a chapbook publication responding to experimental free verse poetry, specifically description of landscape. The efficacy of lyrical writing to express place is a longstanding enquiry within both modern poetry and the history of settler Australian poetry. In particular, this collection responds to Australian poet Jennifer Rankin, concerned with how the postcolonial voice finds agency in describing a global landscape. To this end, the collection asks: what techniques can transfer qualities of place, time and the body to the page? 2. Research Contribution Composing this work I undertook three months of funded travel in Japan, followed by central Australia. These contrasting localities allowed my writing to respond immediately to land formation and morphology. I tried to differentiate my work from the descriptive mode composed away from the subject. This process emphasized certain qualities of poetic voice and form such as the long poem, spatial play with the page, and the use of first person voice rather than detached description. It reframed the traditional poetic examination of the Australian landscape by setting it alongside international experiences of place, raising further questions about regional and global environments. 3. Research Significance The preparation of this work into a publishable manuscript resulted from an Asialink fellowship in 2008. It was launched in Sydney by Vagabond Press in April 2010 to peers; sold out through bookshops in Sydney and Melbourne and press events. It is now held in three Australian state libraries and was discussed on 2SER Radio program, "The Final Draft", in an interview with the author on 26/04/2010, broadcast live and podcast here: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=121909231157595&id=147155917794 This publication led directly to my being invited to participate in the University of Western Sydney's 'Biodiversity and the Arts' symposium, Sept 2010.
Cosmiocryptus weyrauchi
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cosmiocryptus
Cosmiocryptus weyrauchi

description: 7.7.2 Cosmiocryptus weyrauchi (Porter, 1967)
Distribution. Neotropical; Chile: Región de Arica y Parinacota (Porter 1967b; Porter 1985b).
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
title: Assessment of the Infrazygomatic Crest and Distal Infrazygomatic Crest for Bone Depth and Miniscrew Insertion
Creators: name: Tuttle, Kyle
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the bone depth at various postulated miniscrew insertion angles in both the Infrazygomatic Crest (IZC) and Distal Infrazygomatic Crest (DIZC) regions. Furthermore, root morphologies of the maxillary 1st and 2nd molars and their effect on bone depth and the various miniscrew insertion angles were analyzed.

A total of 69 CBCT images were collected from pre-orthodontic adult patients at the UNLV orthodontic residency clinic. Bone depth measurements were made at 8 postulated miniscrew insertion angles starting at 40° up to 75°. All measurements were recorded from the buccal bone at the “insertion point,” which was measured 5 mm apically from the CEJ of both the maxillary 1st and 2nd molars. Bone depth measurements were categorized by measurement outcome, meaning that whatever structure the measurement encountered. Three (3) outcomes were utilized: 1) Sinus floor contact, 2) Root contact, and 3) No bone measurement. Lastly, root morphology was recorded based on whether the root was converging toward root apices or diverging as viewed from the coronal slice. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze bone depth as well as the probability of outcome for each location. A student t-test was utilized to compare bone depth between both the IZC and DIZC regions.

Results showed that the overall bone depth in the IZC is 3-9mm and had a small percentage of measurements that contacted the sinus floor ranging from 0% to 39% from the 40°-75° angles respectively. Conversely, the DIZC had an average of 4-9mm but with a much larger percentage of measurements contacting the sinus floor. The probability of contacting the sinus floor was at least 55% at 60° and increased to 77% at the highest angle of 75°. The average bone depth when contacting the sinus floor in the DIZC was 7.2-8.98 mm. Root morphology was found to have no statistically significant impact on bone depth in both the IZC and DIZC regions.

The conclusions of our study show that the DIZC is a preferred location for miniscrew placement where bone depth is greater and potential for sinus floor contact is greater. The ideal insertion angle was 60° - 70° with an average bone depth in this range of 8.0-8.5 mm. Lastly, our method of measurement is one that can be employed by the typical clinician to measure bone depth and predictability if access to a CBCT is available.
Supplementary document for Unfiltered Holography: Optimizing High Diffraction Orders without Optical Filtering for Compact Holographic Displays - 5523480.pdf
Creators: name: Gopakumar, Manu
name: Kim, Jonghyun
name: Choi, Suyeon
name: Peng, Yifan
name: Wetzstein, Gordon
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplement 1
Cryptus Fabricius 1804
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cryptus

description: 7.8 Genus Cryptus Fabricius, 1804
Cryptus Fabricius, 1804: 70.
Type species Cryptus viduatorius Fabricius, 1804, by subsequent designation by Curtis (1837: 668).
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
title: Food Insecurity and Adiposity Among Children and Adults NHANES 2015-2016
Creators: name: Vidal, Denise
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Background: Obesity is a preventable disease that has been associated with many adverse health outcomes. A possible factor that may influence adiposity development is food insecurity. Although several epidemiological studies have been conducted examining the association between food insecurity and adiposity among children and adults, results have been inconsistent. Objective: This cross-sectional study investigates the relationship between food insecurity and adiposity among children and adults using recent data from a representative sample of the US population. Methods: We examined 3,391 adults and 2,837 children from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2015-2016. Household food insecurity was assessed using the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 18 item questionnaire. Weighted linear regression models were used to estimate βs and 95% confidence intervals (CI) between food insecurity with continuous measures of adiposity, including body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF%), lean mass index (LMI), and fat mass index (FMI), among adults. Weighted logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% CIs for the associations between food insecurity and being overweight or obese for both children and adults as well as the odds of having a waist circumference (WC) that is at risk for developing obesity in adults. For children, ORs and 95% CIs were also estimated for the association between food insecurity and low LMI and elevated FMI. Results: Compared to household food secure adults, food insecure adults had elevated BMI (β=1.20, 95% Cl 0.14, 2.25) and FMI (β=0.62, 95% Cl 0.02, 1.22). They also were 1.30 (95% CI 1.03, 1.66) times more likely to be overweight/obese compared to adults who were household food secure. Household food insecurity was also associated with elevated LMI (β=0.68, 95% Cl 0.21, 1.14) in adults. There were no statistically significant associations found between household food insecurity and any of the adiposity measurements among children. We observed evidence of effect measure modification by sex in the association between household food insecurity with BMI (pint=0.006) and FMI (pint=0.0047), with only women having significant positive associations. There was no evidence that the associations between household food insecurity and adiposity in adults were modified by either educational attainment, race/ethnicity, or income (pint>0.10). Conclusions: Findings from this study indicate that household food insecurity may play a role in increased adiposity, particularly among women. There was no evidence to support food insecurity increases adiposity among children.
Cryptus crassiusculus
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cryptus
Cryptus crassiusculus

description: 7.8.1 Cryptus crassiusculus (Spinola, 1851) *
Distribution. Chile (Spinola 1851).
Comments. Spinola (1851) in the original description does not cite any locality for the original type series.
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
title: The Karen Genre: Digital Memes as an Influencer of Political and Social Discourse
Creators: name: Wardle, Marc
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Social Media platforms are a source of transformation within the democratic process. Digital memes, seemingly facile and frivolous, contain a collection of dense and broad meanings that have become creative forms of political and social expression. Many complex messages can be communicated to mass audiences through mediated interpersonal communication platforms on social media through the usage of memes. This phenomenon creates what Limor Shifman refers to as a memeplexe. The focus of this study is to explore the transformative nature of the democratic process within digital and internet culture and the formation of an emergent genre of memes called ‘Karen.’ Karen memes contain serious social and political articulations, rhetoric at the heart of issues involving racism and social justice. In this thesis, the attributes of Karen memes are established and analyzed as two specific, novel Karen subgenres--racial injustice dealing with white privilege and white fragility and COVID-19 resistance and denialism. Ethical tensions involving democracy, gatekeeping, and the targeting of individuals are discussed. These Karen memes display the serious political ramifications memes can have as a form of evolving discourse.
Factors Affecting Behavior in Conducting Research: Public Administration Lecturers in the Rajabhat Universities
Creators: name: Khemmanat Pookongchai
Publisher: name: School of Public Administration, National Instritute of Development Administration (NIDA)
Year: 2015
Subjects: Factors affecting behavior in conducting research, public administration, Rajabhat University, technology acceptance model (TAM), unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT)

description: 2, 13, Thai Journal of Public Administration
Prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression in caregivers to assisted living residents during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Lane, Natasha E.
name: Hoben, Matthias
name: Amuah, Joseph E.
name: Hogan, David B.
name: Baumbusch, Jennifer
name: Gruneir, Andrea
name: Chamberlain, Stephanie A.
name: Griffith, Lauren E.
name: McGrail, Kimberlyn M.
name: Corbett, Kyle
name: Maxwell, Colleen J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2022

description: Abstract Background Family and friend caregivers play significant roles in advocating for and ensuring quality health and social care of residents in Assisted Living (AL) homes. However, little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic and related visitor restrictions affected their health and mental well-being. We examined the prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depressive symptoms among caregivers of AL residents during the initial wave of COVID-19 in two Canadian provinces. Methods A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted among family/friend caregivers of AL residents in Alberta and British Columbia (Oct 28, 2020—Mar 31, 2021) to collect data on their sociodemographic, health and caregiving characteristics, as well as concerns about residents’ health and social care before and during the first wave of the pandemic. A clinically significant anxiety disorder and depressive symptoms were assessed with the GAD-7 and CES-D10 instruments, respectively. Separate multivariable (modified) Poisson regression models identified caregiver correlates of each mental health condition. Results Among the 673 caregivers completing the survey (81% for Alberta residents), most were women (77%), white (90%) and aged ≥ 55 years (81%). Clinically significant anxiety and depression were present in 28.6% and 38.8% of caregivers respectively. Both personal stressors (comorbidity level, income reduction, low social support) and caregiving stressors exacerbated by the pandemic were independently associated with caregiver anxiety and depression. The latter included increased concern about the care recipients’ depression (adjusted risk ratio [adjRR] = 1.84, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.19–2.85 for caregiver anxiety and adjRR = 1.75, 95% CI 1.26–2.44 for caregiver depressive symptoms) and reported intention to withdraw the resident from AL because of COVID-19 (adjRR = 1.24, 95%CI 0.95–1.63 for caregiver anxiety and adjRR = 1.37, 95%CI 1.13–1.67 for caregiver depressive symptoms). Conclusions Caregivers of residents in AL homes reported significant personal and caregiving-related stressors during the initial wave of COVID-19 that were independently associated with an increased likelihood of experiencing clinically significant anxiety and depressive symptoms. Healthcare providers and AL staff should be aware of the prevalence and varied correlates of caregivers’ mental health during public health crises so that appropriate screening and support may identified and implemented.
title: Bystanders’ Willingness to Report Crimes and Cooperate with Legal Authorities: The Role of Individual and Contextual Differences
Creators: name: West, Matthew
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Studies and victimization surveys suggest that many, if not most, crimes are not reported to legal authorities. The overarching aim of this project was to examine the roles of individual and contextual differences in bystanders’ willingness to report crimes to, and cooperate with, legal authorities. A sample of 1,434 adults in the U.S. completed a survey in which they read and responded to crime vignettes and responded to items theoretically measuring individual differences in legal socialization, perceived legitimacy, the need for cognitive closure, right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and the general willingness to cooperate. Bystanders’ relationship to the victim, relationship to the suspected perpetrator, and the crime severity were experimentally manipulated between vignettes. I used latent variable models to examine the measurement structure of key concepts and the relationships between individual differences and the general willingness to cooperate; I used multilevel models to examine how both individual and situational differences predict the willingness to cooperate in hypothetical crime scenarios. Results supported multidimensional measurement models of legal socialization and perceived legitimacy, showed associations between dimensions of legal socialization and perceived legitimacy, and robust associations between dimensions of legal socialization, perceived legitimacy, and the willingness to cooperate. In addition, the need for cognitive closure, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation explained a substantive amount of variance in the willingness to cooperate, but the relationships were different depending on the particular facet of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation and, in some instance, the relationships changed depending on situational factors, especially the relationship to the victim. The need for cognitive closure, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation were associated with dimensions of both legal socialization and perceived legitimacy, offering empirical support for theoretical integration. Further, crime severity and the bystander’s relationship to the perpetrator had the strongest main effects on the willingness to report across different types of crime and controlling for every individual difference measure. The relationship to the victim also affected the willingness to cooperate, but the magnitude and direction of the relationship depended on individual differences. The findings both support and extend prior theory and studies. I discuss their implications, as well as limitations of the current study and directions for future research.
Cryptus laeviusculus
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cryptus
Cryptus laeviusculus

description: 7.8.2 Cryptus laeviusculus (Spinola, 1851) *
Distribution. Chile (Spinola 1851).
Comments. Spinola (1851) in the original description only cites “ provincias centrales ” for the type locality.
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
title: Official Misconduct and Error Correction Mechanisms in Exonerated Death Penalty Cases
Creators: name: Wetherell, Kamali'ilani
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: There has been an average of approximately 3.9 death penalty exonerations annually in the United States since 1973 (DPIC, 2021). Wrongful convictions and executions constitute grave and irreversible errors. Studies show official misconduct is one of the leading causes for wrongful convictions and exonerations. Misconduct by police, prosecutors, and judges includes a wide range of behaviors such as coercing confessions, depriving rights to legal counsel, threatening witnesses, and concealing evidence. Operating under the due process model, the adversarial legal system is designed to detect and prevent any procedural violations of defendant’s rights, including official misconduct. Utilizing Packer’s (1964) due process and crime control models, and major criminal justice theories such as subculture and rational choice as interpretive frameworks, the current study examines the nature of official misconduct and its impact on exoneration. Drawing on 167 exonerated death penalty cases from the Death Penalty Information Center’s website and employing the content analysis methodology, the current study generated several key findings. First, official misconduct was prevalent among these exonerated death penalty cases, with 60%, 65%, and 17% of the cases involving police, prosecutorial, and judicial misconduct respectively. Second, major typologies of official misconduct were identified, such as coercing defendants and witness, evidence tampering, and violating procedural rules. Third, police misconduct was significantly correlated with longer exoneration processes and exonerations through forces external to the criminal justice system. Major theoretical and policy implications for the effectiveness of the due process model in error corrections are discussed.
Supplementary document for Unfiltered Holography: Optimizing High Diffraction Orders without Optical Filtering for Compact Holographic Displays - 5523480.pdf
Creators: name: Gopakumar, Manu
name: Kim, Jonghyun
name: Choi, Suyeon
name: Peng, Yifan
name: Wetzstein, Gordon
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplement 1
Cryptus laterimacula
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cryptus
Cryptus laterimacula

description: 7.8.3 Cryptus laterimacula (Spinola, 1851) *
Distribution. Chile (Spinola 1851).
Comments. Spinola (1851) in the original description only cites “ provincias del sud ” for the type locality.
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
title: Understanding Visual Language and Visual Literacy: A Case Study of Young Children’s Meaning Making of Complex Wordless Picturebooks
Creators: name: Xu, Yunying
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: The world is quickly evolving and young children interact with technology more often and may have more interactions with technology than print materials. Incorporating wordless picturebooks into literacy instruction, specifically complex books that include multiple storylines, unconventional structures, figurative visual language, etc., provides a perfect medium for teachers to address the demands of this increasingly multimodal world and also the Common Core State Standards. This dissertation is a qualitative case study (Yin, 2017) that aimed to investigate how young children aged 3 to 6 made meaning of complex wordless picturebooks. This dissertation attempted to answer the following four research questions: (1) How do young children make meaning of complex wordless picturebooks?; (2) What strategies do young children use to make meaning of complex wordless picturebooks?; (3) What reader self-positions do young children take up when they make meaning of complex wordless picturebooks.The case study methodology guided the development of research designs and research procedures. Via online conferencing tools, data were collected from seven young children’s readings of five complex WPBs at different complexity levels. Three participants were from the U.S. and four were from China. Data analysis were informed by reader responses theories and the Social Semiotics Theory of reading. Three themes emerged from the analysis of the study: (1) Visual Reading Process: Unconventional Reading Path and Visual Language Development; (2) The Context: Interpretive Community and Story Rituals and Language; and (3) The Reader: Developing Reader Self-Positions and Emerging Language Development. This study’s findings have similar implications for theory and practices. First, this study calls for researchers and teachers to keep up with the demands of new technological developments to consider how new technology has turned over its traditional literacy pedagogy to our next generations. This study also calls for teachers to use newer pedagogical approaches that target multimodal literacies when considering their visual literacy instructions. Specifically, this study calls for teachers to consider visual languages different from written language and to apply appropriate visual literacy instructions to enhance children’s visual language knowledge such as visual grammar and reading path. This study also implores teachers to consider using more complex reading materials that are likely to reflect and mimic the multimodal challenges on children and to facilitate children’s multiliteracies development in the age of screen.
ProbeTools: designing hybridization probes for targeted genomic sequencing of diverse and hypervariable viral taxa
Creators: name: Prystajecky, Natalie
name: Kuchinski, Kevin
name: Duan, Jun
name: Himsworth, Chelsea
name: Prystajecky, Natalie
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2023

description: Background Sequencing viruses in many specimens is hindered by excessive background material from hosts, microbiota, and environmental organisms. Consequently, enrichment of target genomic material is necessary for practical high-throughput viral genome sequencing. Hybridization probes are widely used for enrichment in many fields, but their application to viral sequencing faces a major obstacle: it is difficult to design panels of probe oligo sequences that broadly target many viral taxa due to their rapid evolution, extensive diversity, and genetic hypervariability. To address this challenge, we created ProbeTools, a package of bioinformatic tools for generating effective viral capture panels, and for assessing coverage of target sequences by probe panel designs in silico. In this study, we validated ProbeTools by designing a panel of 3600 probes for subtyping the hypervariable haemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genome segments of avian-origin influenza A viruses (AIVs). Using in silico assessment of AIV reference sequences and in vitro capture on egg-cultured viral isolates, we demonstrated effective performance by our custom AIV panel and ProbeTools’ suitability for challenging viral probe design applications. Results Based on ProbeTool’s in silico analysis, our panel provided broadly inclusive coverage of 14,772 HA and 11,967 NA reference sequences. For each reference sequence, we calculated the percentage of nucleotide positions covered by our panel in silico; 90% of HA and NA references sequences had at least 90.8 and 95.1% of their nucleotide positions covered respectively. We also observed effective in vitro capture on a representative collection of 23 egg-cultured AIVs that included isolates from wild birds, poultry, and humans and representatives from all HA and NA subtypes. Forty-two of forty-six HA and NA segments had over 98.3% of their nucleotide positions significantly enriched by our custom panel. These in vitro results were further used to validate ProbeTools’ in silico coverage assessment algorithm; 89.2% of in silico predictions were concordant with in vitro results. Conclusions ProbeTools generated an effective panel for subtyping AIVs that can be deployed for genomic surveillance, outbreak prevention, and pandemic preparedness. Effective probe design against hypervariable AIV targets also validated ProbeTools’ design and coverage assessment algorithms, demonstrating their suitability for other challenging viral capture applications.
Learning Within and Across International Development Projects: A Case Study in the Health Sector of the Lao PDR
Creators: name: Malaython Phanavanh
Publisher: name: School of Public Administration, National Instritute of Development Administration (NIDA)
Year: 2015
Subjects: International development projects, within-project learning, cross-project learning, project learning, lessons learned

description: 2, 13, Thai Journal of Public Administration
title: Gambling Behaviors among VIP Hosts in Macao
Creators: name: Xu, Tiange
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Many studies have shown that casino employees are at-risk gamblers, but limited research on this topic has been conducted in Asia. Given the unique gambling setting of Macao, it would be meaningful to investigate the gambling behaviors among VIP Hosts, who play an important role in the gaming market. Specifically, the present study examined the relationship between problem gambling, cognitive distortions, and potential risk and protective factors. The author used a snowball technique to recruit participants and an online survey to collect data. A total of 41 responses were included in the data analysis. The results showed that VIP Hosts tended to have high problem gambling scores compared to the general population. Although a series of factors associated with problem gambling and cognitive distortions were introduced in the hypotheses, none of them were found statistically significant in affecting VIP Hosts’ gambling behaviors or cognitions. The findings of the current study did not support the view that cognitive distortions could predict problem gambling. Hence, both gaming operators and regulators should realize that the prevalence of problem gambling among VIP Hosts is relatively high. Also, the findings suggested that a nuanced approach to Responsible Gaming (RG) training might be more effective than a one-size-fits-all approach. Nonetheless, future research is needed to validate these conclusions due to the limitations associated with the current study.
Adoption of E-Government Services in Ukraine
Creators: name: Shovkovyy, Oleg
Publisher: name: School of Public Administration, National Instritute of Development Administration (NIDA)
Year: 2015
Subjects: Ukraine, public administration, e-government, adoption, e-ready citizens, technology acceptance model (TAM), mixed methods (MM) research design

description: 2, 13, Thai Journal of Public Administration
New specific and sensitive biomonitoring methods for chemicals of emerging health relevance
Creators: name: Fiddicke, Ulrike
name: Leng, Gabriele
name: Gries, Wolfgang
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biomonitoring

description: In this publication the challenges to cope for the aim to obtain innovative biomonitoring methods in our laboratory are visualized for di(2-propylheptyl)phthalate, 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxytoluene, 4-nonylphenol, 4-tert-octylphenol, 3-(4-methylbenzylidene)camphor, 4,4'-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, and Hexabromocyclododecane. For these substances new specific markers were explored based on animal or human kinetic data with urine being the preferred matrix compared to blood. The determination of these markers was complex in all cases, because the sample preparation as well as the detection by high performance liquid chromatography, capillary gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometers or high resolution mass spectrometry should enable the lowest possible detection limit by use of minimal biological sample volumes. To get a first hint of a possible background level, the analytical methods were applied to urine samples of about 40 persons for each chemical. For Di(2-propylheptyl)phthalate and 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole first results are presented from population biomonitoring. Quelle: http://www.sciencedirect.com
Facilitators and Inhibitors of Fear of Crime Among Thai People
Creators: name: Prapon Sahapattana
Publisher: name: School of Public Administration, National Instritute of Development Administration (NIDA)
Year: 2015
Subjects: Facilitators and inhibitors of fear of crime, Thailand, hierarchical linear model (HLM), crime prevention, crime suppression

description: 2, 13, Thai Journal of Public Administration
title: Do You Need a Break from Environmental Duties? Apply the Norm Activation Theory to Examine Pro Environmental Behaviors
Creators: name: Yang, Yanjia
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: This study aimed at examining how social environmental norms affect tourists’ pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) in the destination and home contexts by employing the focus theory of normative conduct and norm activation theory. It also tested the moderating effects of the belief of a vacation break from environmental duties and the mediating effect of personal norms in the relationships between social-environmental norms and PEBs. A total of 400 usable surveys was collected through an online survey. Both t-test and regression analysis techniques were employed to analyze the data. There were two major findings from this study. First, PEBs became weaker when people were on holiday than at home. However, PEBs increased when tourists arrived at a destination where there were higher social norms than their homes. Second, the vacation break from environmental duties negatively moderated the relationships between social norms and PEBs. Moreover, the degree of behavioral discrepancy is larger among the tourists holding a stronger belief in vacation break from environmental duties on vacation than those who do not.
Cryptus problema
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cryptus
Cryptus problema

description: 7.8.4 Cryptus problema (Spinola, 1851) *
Distribution. Chile: Región de Coquimbo (Spinola 1851).
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
title: Acoustic and Semantic Processing of Speech and Non-speech Sounds in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Creators: name: Yerkes, Breanne
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: The processing of semantically meaningful non-speech and speech sounds requires the use of acoustic and higher-order information, such as categorical knowledge and semantic context. Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been theorized to show enhanced processing of acoustic features and impaired processing of contextual information. The current study investigated how children with and without ASD use acoustic and semantic information during an auditory change detection task and semantic context during a speech-in-noise task. Furthermore, relationships among IQ, the presence of ASD symptoms and the use of acoustic and semantic information across the two tasks were examined among typically developing (TD) children. Results indicated that age-matched--but not IQ-matched--TD controls performed worse overall at the change detection task relative to the ASD group. However, all groups utilized acoustic and semantic information similarly. Results also revealed that all groups utilized semantic information to a greater degree than acoustic information and that all groups displayed an attentional bias to detecting changes that involve the human voice. For the speech-in-noise task, age-matched--but not IQ-matched--TD controls performed better than the ASD group. However, all groups utilized semantic context to the same degree. Regression analyses revealed that IQ or the presence of ASD symptoms did not predict the use of acoustic or semantic information among TD children. In conclusion, children with and without ASD utilize acoustic and semantic information when processing semantically meaningful speech and non-speech sounds during auditory change detection and speech-in-noise processing. Furthermore, a diagnosis of ASD alone does not determine lower performance on complex auditory tasks; rather, lower intellect appears to explain group differences in overall performance.
Integrated Budgeting for Development: Mechanism for Strategy Integration of Five Economic Ministries
Creators: name: Tippawan Lorsuwannarat
name: Sookyuen Tepthong
Publisher: name: School of Public Administration, National Instritute of Development Administration (NIDA)
Year: 2015
Subjects: Integrated budgeting, policy integration, economic ministries

description: 2, 13, Thai Journal of Public Administration
title: Degradation of Antibiotics in Aqueous Phase Using PMS Catalytic Decomposition with Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles Immobilized in SBA-15
Creators: name: Young, Christine
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) have been studied as an option for soil remediation and water treatment for many years. The capability of nZVI to produce oxidation/reduction processes, depending on the reaction conditions, has attracted great interest with their major drawback being reactivity loss through agglomeration. The loss in nZVI surface area has been reported to be prevented through immobilization onto a porous media (e.g., SBA-15, MCM-41, or zeolites). In this work, a mesoporous silica structure (SBA-15) is used as an nZVI supporting material to enhance its reactivity and promote peroxymonosulfate (PMS) catalytic decomposition for the degradation of antibiotics in aqueous phase through advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). The reactivity of the immobilized nZVI nanoparticles on SBA-15 (nZVI/SBA-15) for PMS decomposition and the potential of the nZVI/SBA-15/PMS system to degrade antibiotics (e.g., sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline and amoxicillin) was tested using three different nZVI/SBA-15 dosages (0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 g L-1) and two different PMS dosages (5, and 1.25 mmol L-1 ). The reactivity of the system using the different conditions tested was measured for hydroxyl radical production using a well- known free radical scavenger (p-nitroso-dimethylamine, pNDA) using UV-visible spectroscopy. The degradation curves for PMS and antibiotic concentrations were recorded using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a diode array detector. Samples were collected at approximately 5 min intervals with preliminary data showing a degradation rate > 97% using 1.5 g L-1 of nZVI/SBA-15 and 5 mmol L-1 PMS with a total reaction time of 30 min for sulfamethoxazole (SMX), 89.8% degradation using 0.5 g L -1 nZVI/SBA-15 and 1.25 mmol L-1 PMS of tetracycline (Tetra), and 63.9% using 1.0 g L-1 nZVI/SBA-15 and 5 mmol L-1 PMS of amoxicillin (AMX). It was observed that when lower nZVI/SBA-15 doses were used for the same concentration with PMS, the main reaction occurred within the first 5 min of the reaction. The same was observed when PMS was run alone (without nZVI/SBA-15). When high nZVI/SBA-15 doses, were used the initial reaction rate was found to be reduced suggesting different mechanisms for the degradation process might be at play. The nZVI/SBA-15/PMS system was found to be a highly interesting alternative for the removal of antibiotics in water.
title: Degradation of Antibiotics in Aqueous Phase Using PMS Catalytic Decomposition with Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles Immobilized in SBA-15
Creators: name: Zeidman, Ahdee
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) have been studied as an option for soil remediation and water treatment for many years. The capability of nZVI to produce oxidation/reduction processes, depending on the reaction conditions, has attracted great interest with their major drawback being reactivity loss through agglomeration. The loss in nZVI surface area has been reported to be prevented through immobilization onto a porous media (e.g., SBA-15, MCM-41, or zeolites). In this work, a mesoporous silica structure (SBA-15) is used as an nZVI supporting material to enhance its reactivity and promote peroxymonosulfate (PMS) catalytic decomposition for the degradation of antibiotics in aqueous phase through advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). The reactivity of the immobilized nZVI nanoparticles on SBA-15 (nZVI/SBA-15) for PMS decomposition and the potential of the nZVI/SBA-15/PMS system to degrade antibiotics (e.g., sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline and amoxicillin) was tested using three different nZVI/SBA-15 dosages (0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 g L-1) and two different PMS dosages (5, and 1.25 mmol L-1 ). The reactivity of the system using the different conditions tested was measured for hydroxyl radical production using a well- known free radical scavenger (p-nitroso-dimethylamine, pNDA) using UV-visible spectroscopy. The degradation curves for PMS and antibiotic concentrations were recorded using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a diode array detector. Samples were collected at approximately 5 min intervals with preliminary data showing a degradation rate > 97% using 1.5 g L-1 of nZVI/SBA-15 and 5 mmol L-1 PMS with a total reaction time of 30 min for sulfamethoxazole (SMX), 89.8% degradation using 0.5 g L -1 nZVI/SBA-15 and 1.25 mmol L-1 PMS of tetracycline (Tetra), and 63.9% using 1.0 g L-1 nZVI/SBA-15 and 5 mmol L-1 PMS of amoxicillin (AMX). It was observed that when lower nZVI/SBA-15 doses were used for the same concentration with PMS, the main reaction occurred within the first 5 min of the reaction. The same was observed when PMS was run alone (without nZVI/SBA-15). When high nZVI/SBA-15 doses, were used the initial reaction rate was found to be reduced suggesting different mechanisms for the degradation process might be at play. The nZVI/SBA-15/PMS system was found to be a highly interesting alternative for the removal of antibiotics in water.
title: The Bridge from Etude to Repertoire: Hermann Six Concert Studies, Op. 18
Creators: name: Zhao, Yuxin
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Scales and etudes are considered essential steps in developing an advanced technique on any instrument. The viola, as a member of the string family, was not nearly as popular or recognized as the violin or cello before the twentieth century. It is the same situation with the viola’s repertory and etudes: there are many pieces transposed from the cello or clarinet, for example, and many etudes are borrowed from the violin. However, even though the viola has a similar shape and playing posture to the violin, they are still different instruments with a significantly different technique. Violists should therefore avoid the reliance on etudes transposed from another instrument. They should instead become familiar with more works that were originally composed for the viola. Friedrich Hermann’s (1828–1907) Concert Studies for Viola, Op. 18 is an example of a collection that was written for this instrument specifically. Unfortunately, this body of work is not widely played outside of Europe. In this document, I will introduce Friedrich Hermann and his works, especially analyzing in particular the six pieces he wrote within his Concert Studies for Viola, Op. 18. It is the intent of this document to help violists learn more about etudes written specifically for their instrument, thus expanding the available repertoire and ultimately advancing viola pedagogy.
Key Factors Affecting the Success of Organic Agriculture in Thai Communities: Three Case Studies in Ubon Ratchathani and Srisaket Provinces
Creators: name: Pasupha Chinvarasopak
Publisher: name: School of Public Administration, National Instritute of Development Administration (NIDA)
Year: 2015
Subjects: Organic agriculture, local community, success factors

description: 2, 13, Thai Journal of Public Administration
Cryptus vulgivagus
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Cryptus
Cryptus vulgivagus

description: 7.8.5 Cryptus vulgivagus (Spinola, 1851) *
Distribution. Chile (Spinola 1851).
Comments. Spinola (1851) in the original description only cites “ provincias del norte y del centro ” for the type locality.
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657