cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488677.v2
title: Digital cranial endocast of <i>Pseudoplohophorus absolutus</i> (Xenarthra, Cingulata) and its systematic and evolutionary implications

description: ABSTRACTGlyptodonts are a group of extinct xenarthrans with several anatomical features that make them one of the most bizarre groups of mammals. By the late 19th century, some authors began to analyze the brain of Pleistocene glyptodonts using natural endocranial casts. These studies revealed the small size of the brain of the large Pleistocene forms. However, the evolution of the brain in glyptodonts and how it fits in a phylogenetic context has not been analyzed. In order to evaluate the evolution of the brain in this group, we described the first digital endocranial cast of the late Miocene glyptodont <i>Pseudoplohophorus absolutus</i> and compared it with digital endocranial casts of the Pleistocene glyptodonts <i>Glyptodon, Doedicurus</i>, and <i>Panochthus</i> and the extant armadillos <i>Dasypus, Euphractus, Chaetophractus</i>, and <i>Zaedyus</i>. The endocast morphology of <i>P. absolutus</i> is similar to that of Pleistocene glyptodonts: large olfactory bulbs, a small cerebrum with a single neocortical sulcus, and a large cerebellum. However, the relative brain size is larger than in the Pleistocene forms, with values of the encephalization quotient (EQ) close to that of extant armadillos. A comparison between xenarthrans orders shows that Cingulata (glyptodonts and armadillos) have lower EQ values than Pilosa (sloths and vermilinguas). This could possibly be related to certain restrictions and benefits imposed by the presence of the carapace in cingulates. Furthermore, because the carapace restricts the development of the cervical musculature that supports the skull, the small size of the brain in glyptodonts could be a trade-off (along with others) to reduce the weight of the skull.SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488661
title: Social Interactions at 2015 ESIP Summer Meeting

description: Dataset greated using <strong>Realtime Social Networking</strong> application (<em>http://rsn.hackerceo.org</em>) during its deployment at the <strong>ESIP Federation's 2015 Summer Meeting</strong>. This system uses QR coded event badges and smart phones to actively document the social interaction and collaboration efforts of the event's attendees.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488660
title: On the derivation of a spatially distributed aerosol climatology for its incorporation in a radiometric Landsat pre-processing framework

description: We developed a spatio-temporal path reflectance climatology for use in atmospheric corrections for a Landsat pre-processing framework. The climatology is intended as a fallback strategy for aerosol estimation in bright Southern African savannah ecosystems where the rarity of dark objects decreases the applicability of common image-based aerosol estimation strategies and the widespread burning prohibits the use of a fixed aerosol loading. We predicted the climatological path reflectance surface by applying a multivariate regression model to all available path reflectance retrievals on basis of the geolocation and the days of the year on which the data were acquired. The resulting predictions are able to successfully model major spatio-temporal gradients of the path reflectance distribution. The prediction error (weighted root mean squared Error at 0.483 µm) was less than 1% reflectance while the prediction itself varied by 4.6% reflectance. Thus, using the modelled climatology for atmospheric correction is favourable compared to a fixed aerosol content.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488661.v1
title: Social Interactions at 2015 ESIP Summer Meeting

description: Dataset greated using <strong>Realtime Social Networking</strong> application (<em>http://rsn.hackerceo.org</em>) during its deployment at the <strong>ESIP Federation's 2015 Summer Meeting</strong>. This system uses QR coded event badges and smart phones to actively document the social interaction and collaboration efforts of the event's attendees.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488663.v2
title: New Gateway-compatible vectors for a high-throughput protein–protein interaction analysis by a bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay in plants and their application to a plant clathrin structure analysis

description: Protein–protein interactions (PPI) play key roles in various biological processes. The bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay is an excellent tool for routine PPI analyses in living cells. We developed new Gateway vectors for a high-throughput BiFC analysis of plants, adopting a monomeric Venus split just after the tenth β-strand, and analyzed the interaction between <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> coated vesicle coatmers, the clathrin heavy chain (CHC), and the clathrin light chain (CLC). In competitive BiFC tests, CLC interacted with CHC through a coiled-coil motif in the middle section of CLC. R1340, R1448, and K1512 in CHC and W94 in CLC are potentially key amino acids underlying the inter-chain interaction, consistent with analyses based on homology modeling. Our Gateway BiFC system, the V10-BiFC system, provides a useful tool for a PPI analysis in living plant cells. The CLC–CHC interaction identified may facilitate clathrin triskelion assembly needed for cage formation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488663.v1
title: New Gateway-compatible vectors for a high-throughput protein–protein interaction analysis by a bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay in plants and their application to a plant clathrin structure analysis

description: Protein–protein interactions (PPI) play key roles in various biological processes. The bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay is an excellent tool for routine PPI analyses in living cells. We developed new Gateway vectors for a high-throughput BiFC analysis of plants, adopting a monomeric Venus split just after the tenth β-strand, and analyzed the interaction between <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> coated vesicle coatmers, the clathrin heavy chain (CHC), and the clathrin light chain (CLC). In competitive BiFC tests, CLC interacted with CHC through a coiled-coil motif in the middle section of CLC. R1340, R1448, and K1512 in CHC and W94 in CLC are potentially key amino acids underlying the inter-chain interaction, consistent with analyses based on homology modeling. Our Gateway BiFC system, the V10-BiFC system, provides a useful tool for a PPI analysis in living plant cells. The CLC–CHC interaction identified may facilitate clathrin triskelion assembly needed for cage formation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488660.v2
title: On the derivation of a spatially distributed aerosol climatology for its incorporation in a radiometric Landsat pre-processing framework

description: We developed a spatio-temporal path reflectance climatology for use in atmospheric corrections for a Landsat pre-processing framework. The climatology is intended as a fallback strategy for aerosol estimation in bright Southern African savannah ecosystems where the rarity of dark objects decreases the applicability of common image-based aerosol estimation strategies and the widespread burning prohibits the use of a fixed aerosol loading. We predicted the climatological path reflectance surface by applying a multivariate regression model to all available path reflectance retrievals on basis of the geolocation and the days of the year on which the data were acquired. The resulting predictions are able to successfully model major spatio-temporal gradients of the path reflectance distribution. The prediction error (weighted root mean squared Error at 0.483 µm) was less than 1% reflectance while the prediction itself varied by 4.6% reflectance. Thus, using the modelled climatology for atmospheric correction is favourable compared to a fixed aerosol content.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488660.v1
title: On the derivation of a spatially distributed aerosol climatology for its incorporation in a radiometric Landsat pre-processing framework

description: We developed a spatio-temporal path reflectance climatology for use in atmospheric corrections for a Landsat pre-processing framework. The climatology is intended as a fallback strategy for aerosol estimation in bright Southern African savannah ecosystems where the rarity of dark objects decreases the applicability of common image-based aerosol estimation strategies and the widespread burning prohibits the use of a fixed aerosol loading. We predicted the climatological path reflectance surface by applying a multivariate regression model to all available path reflectance retrievals on basis of the geolocation and the days of the year on which the data were acquired. The resulting predictions are able to successfully model major spatio-temporal gradients of the path reflectance distribution. The prediction error (weighted root mean squared Error at 0.483 µm) was less than 1% reflectance while the prediction itself varied by 4.6% reflectance. Thus, using the modelled climatology for atmospheric correction is favourable compared to a fixed aerosol content.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488644
title: Factors associated with excessive body fat in men and women living in urban and rural communities

description: This study looks at the factors associated with excessive body fat (overweight and obesity) among men and women living in a resource-poor rural urban community and an urban township of South Africa. It utilizes the a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, Cape Town Centre, conducted in 2009/2010.The PURE study is a multi-country investigation of the relative contributions of societal influences such as urbanization, nutrition, built environment and lifestyle behaviours on obesity and chronic health conditions including heart disease, diabetes and cancer. A rural community and an urban township were purposively selected for comparison and for feasibility of long term follow up. Stratified sampling and cluster sampling methods were used to collect data in the urban and rural locations respectively. Anthropometric measurements were obtained and risk factors were documented through face-to-face interviews using validated international PURE study protocols. The attached dataset is a sub-sample from the PURE study baseline data collected in 2009/2010, and included 1220 participants (77.2% women) aged 35-70 years for which physical measurement and risk factors of interest were available.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488644.v1
title: Factors associated with excessive body fat in men and women living in urban and rural communities

description: This study looks at the factors associated with excessive body fat (overweight and obesity) among men and women living in a resource-poor rural urban community and an urban township of South Africa. It utilizes the a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, Cape Town Centre, conducted in 2009/2010.The PURE study is a multi-country investigation of the relative contributions of societal influences such as urbanization, nutrition, built environment and lifestyle behaviours on obesity and chronic health conditions including heart disease, diabetes and cancer. A rural community and an urban township were purposively selected for comparison and for feasibility of long term follow up. Stratified sampling and cluster sampling methods were used to collect data in the urban and rural locations respectively. Anthropometric measurements were obtained and risk factors were documented through face-to-face interviews using validated international PURE study protocols. The attached dataset is a sub-sample from the PURE study baseline data collected in 2009/2010, and included 1220 participants (77.2% women) aged 35-70 years for which physical measurement and risk factors of interest were available.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488551
title: WHO/VBC alternative methods of vector control: Toxorhynchites project. report of consultants’ visit to Dar es Salaam, 28 March to 21 April 1971.

description: Corbet, P.S. and Smith, S.M. 1971. WHO/VBC alternative methods of vector control: Toxorhynchites project. report of consultants’ visit to Dar es Salaam, 28 March to 21 April 1971. Typescript. Abstract 1. This project comprises a significant portion of the WHO/VBC program for alternative methods of vector control. The intention in to mount a program of such caliber that the results obtained, whether they be defined as a success or a failure, will have a high probability of being unambiguous. The Toxorhynchites project has 2 objectives: •to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether, in any locality, Toxorhynchites can be employed in an inundation program to depress a vector population;•to use the predator in a real-life situation to protect a human population from a vector-borne disease. These 2 objectives define the stages by which the project will proceed. 2. The purposes of the consultants’ visit to Dar as Salaam were the following: •to select a site, possibly an island, that would be suitable for the feasibility stage of the project;•to undertake the necessary survey work at the proposed experimental site to permit the construction of protocols specifying, in detail, the procedures to be used in the inundative release trial; •to estimate the resources needed to implement the protocols. 3. While at Dar es Salaam, the consultants undertook their duties in 3 stages: •the assessment of several offshore coral islands as possible sites for the feasibility trial;•a review of this assessment leading to the decision not to use an island and to seek an urban site suitable for this trial;•groundwork in the urban site in preparation for the writing of protocols. 4. The assessment of the offshore islands led to the conclusion that, whether or not the project were based at the East Africa Aedes Research Unit, it should not be conducted on one of these islands. None of the islands provides a biotope suitable for the survival of adult Toxorhynchites; their size, location and vegetation present serious logistical problems; and the islands represent a biotope sufficiently different from the one in which the 2nd stage of the project would presumably be mounted (viz. a peridomestic biotope) to vitiate the predictive value of an inundation trial conducted there. The attributes of a site that would be suitable for the feasibility trial are specified and it is concluded that a site having many or all of the necessary characteristics could be found in the city of Dar es Salaam. The .zip archive •an aerial photograph of Bongoyo Island (October 1969 at 1617 from 6500 feet) (SD / TANZ.673 / FILM 1797 / OCT. 1969 / 6500' AMSL / WILD AVIOGON 6")•an aerial photo of Mbudya and Pangavini Islands, and scans of black-and-white photographs of habitats on the islands as well as from the tire dump at Buguruni (including a photo of a 4th-instar larva of Tx. brevipalpis preying on a sarcophagid adult.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488540
title: Indirect interactions in terrestrial plant communities: emerging patterns and research gaps Dataset

description: This is the dataset from: Sotomayor DA and Lortie CJ. 2015. Indirect interactions in terrestrial plant communities: emerging patterns and research gaps. Ecosphere 6(6): art103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00117.1<br>Methods<br>This dataset corresponds to a systematic review on inidirect interactions in terrestrial plant communities which captured the literature published between 1990 and July 2014 using the ISI Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and Google Scholar. The following keywords were used: "indirect", "plant", "interaction", "competition", "facilitation". The first three words were used together in combination with the last two words in separate queries (i.e. indirect* plant* interaction* competition OR indirect* plant* interaction* facilitation).<br>The initial serach yielded 490 research articles obtained from the WoS, which were screened in order to assess their relevance. Searches in both Scopus and Google Scholar were conducted to complement the WoS search. The following inclusion criteria were used: (1) studies explicitly dealing with indirect interactions in terrestrial ecosystems (i.e. 3 or more species reported in the interaction); (2) studies describing the results of experiments specifically designed to test effects of indirect interactions versus proposals of indirect interactions in discussion; and (3) primary empirical research reported (i.e., not reviews). Papers complying with these criteria were processed to extract data on (1) type of interaction tested; (2) number of species tested as targets, where target is defined as the species on which measurements of performance were taken; (3) role of the species involved in the interaction considering not only target species, but also species that were removed or mentioned by the authors as members of the interaction; (4) type of experiment and number of field sites; (5) type of ecosystem and geographical location of the study; and (6) type of measurements and statistical analysis performed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488551.v2
title: WHO/VBC alternative methods of vector control: Toxorhynchites project. report of consultants’ visit to Dar es Salaam, 28 March to 21 April 1971.

description: Corbet, P.S. and Smith, S.M. 1971. WHO/VBC alternative methods of vector control: Toxorhynchites project. report of consultants’ visit to Dar es Salaam, 28 March to 21 April 1971. Typescript. Abstract 1. This project comprises a significant portion of the WHO/VBC program for alternative methods of vector control. The intention in to mount a program of such caliber that the results obtained, whether they be defined as a success or a failure, will have a high probability of being unambiguous. The Toxorhynchites project has 2 objectives: •to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether, in any locality, Toxorhynchites can be employed in an inundation program to depress a vector population;•to use the predator in a real-life situation to protect a human population from a vector-borne disease. These 2 objectives define the stages by which the project will proceed. 2. The purposes of the consultants’ visit to Dar as Salaam were the following: •to select a site, possibly an island, that would be suitable for the feasibility stage of the project;•to undertake the necessary survey work at the proposed experimental site to permit the construction of protocols specifying, in detail, the procedures to be used in the inundative release trial; •to estimate the resources needed to implement the protocols. 3. While at Dar es Salaam, the consultants undertook their duties in 3 stages: •the assessment of several offshore coral islands as possible sites for the feasibility trial;•a review of this assessment leading to the decision not to use an island and to seek an urban site suitable for this trial;•groundwork in the urban site in preparation for the writing of protocols. 4. The assessment of the offshore islands led to the conclusion that, whether or not the project were based at the East Africa Aedes Research Unit, it should not be conducted on one of these islands. None of the islands provides a biotope suitable for the survival of adult Toxorhynchites; their size, location and vegetation present serious logistical problems; and the islands represent a biotope sufficiently different from the one in which the 2nd stage of the project would presumably be mounted (viz. a peridomestic biotope) to vitiate the predictive value of an inundation trial conducted there. The attributes of a site that would be suitable for the feasibility trial are specified and it is concluded that a site having many or all of the necessary characteristics could be found in the city of Dar es Salaam. The .zip archive •an aerial photograph of Bongoyo Island (October 1969 at 1617 from 6500 feet) (SD / TANZ.673 / FILM 1797 / OCT. 1969 / 6500' AMSL / WILD AVIOGON 6")•an aerial photo of Mbudya and Pangavini Islands, and scans of black-and-white photographs of habitats on the islands as well as from the tire dump at Buguruni (including a photo of a 4th-instar larva of Tx. brevipalpis preying on a sarcophagid adult.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1487715
title: Hybomitra arpadi (Diptera: Tabanidae) dataset

description: 18 July 2015 This data archive relates to the following paper: Smith, S.M., Turnbull, D.A. and Taylor, P.D. 1994. Assembly, mating, and energetics of Hybomitra arpadi (Diptera: Tabanidae) at Churchill, Manitoba. Journal of Insect Behavior, 7: 355–383. The archive contains analytical notes, raw data, SYSTAT command files, field notes, correspondence relating to the manuscript and some black-and-white and color photographs of the study site.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1488551.v1
title: WHO/VBC alternative methods of vector control: Toxorhynchites project. report of consultants’ visit to Dar es Salaam, 28 March to 21 April 1971.

description: Corbet, P.S. and Smith, S.M. 1971. WHO/VBC alternative methods of vector control: Toxorhynchites project. report of consultants’ visit to Dar es Salaam, 28 March to 21 April 1971. Typescript. Abstract 1. This project comprises a significant portion of the WHO/VBC program for alternative methods of vector control. The intention in to mount a program of such caliber that the results obtained, whether they be defined as a success or a failure, will have a high probability of being unambiguous. The Toxorhynchites project has 2 objectives: •to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether, in any locality, Toxorhynchites can be employed in an inundation program to depress a vector population;•to use the predator in a real-life situation to protect a human population from a vector-borne disease. These 2 objectives define the stages by which the project will proceed. 2. The purposes of the consultants’ visit to Dar as Salaam were the following: •to select a site, possibly an island, that would be suitable for the feasibility stage of the project;•to undertake the necessary survey work at the proposed experimental site to permit the construction of protocols specifying, in detail, the procedures to be used in the inundative release trial; •to estimate the resources needed to implement the protocols. 3. While at Dar es Salaam, the consultants undertook their duties in 3 stages: •the assessment of several offshore coral islands as possible sites for the feasibility trial;•a review of this assessment leading to the decision not to use an island and to seek an urban site suitable for this trial;•groundwork in the urban site in preparation for the writing of protocols. 4. The assessment of the offshore islands led to the conclusion that, whether or not the project were based at the East Africa Aedes Research Unit, it should not be conducted on one of these islands. None of the islands provides a biotope suitable for the survival of adult Toxorhynchites; their size, location and vegetation present serious logistical problems; and the islands represent a biotope sufficiently different from the one in which the 2nd stage of the project would presumably be mounted (viz. a peridomestic biotope) to vitiate the predictive value of an inundation trial conducted there. The attributes of a site that would be suitable for the feasibility trial are specified and it is concluded that a site having many or all of the necessary characteristics could be found in the city of Dar es Salaam. The .zip archive •an aerial photograph of Bongoyo Island (October 1969 at 1617 from 6500 feet) (SD / TANZ.673 / FILM 1797 / OCT. 1969 / 6500' AMSL / WILD AVIOGON 6")•an aerial photo of Mbudya and Pangavini Islands, and scans of black-and-white photographs of habitats on the islands as well as from the tire dump at Buguruni (including a photo of a 4th-instar larva of Tx. brevipalpis preying on a sarcophagid adult.