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In Honour of Brian MacWhinney: A Personal Account
No full textWhile this volume and the writings have made it amply clear what significant contributions Professor Brian MacWhinney has made to the field at large, in this afterword, we begin with a senior member of our author team (Ping Li, PL) followed by a mid-career member (Helen Zhao, HZ) and an early career member (Zhe Gao, ZG), to provide our personal accounts of Brian not only as a leading scholar but also as a role model who touches and changes people’s lives
‘Through the unknown, remembered gate’: the Brian Nettleton lecture – Outdoors Victoria conference, 2022
No full textThis paper is an adapted version of the Brian Nettleton Lecture given at the Outdoors Victoria Conference, 2022. It explores how the last two decades have seen an ever-accelerating Digital Revolution which has impacted on almost every aspect of human experience to the point that it is now omnipresent. Life is now mediated through the screen. As a result, children and young people have become hyper-vigilant, overly anxious, experience a sense of climate trauma, and have decreasing access to, and time spent in, the outdoors. In addition, children have just experienced two years of isolation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and evidence suggests that they are already experiencing significant mental health issues as a result. This paper considers the implications of this for Outdoors Victoria and Outdoor Education. © The Author(s) 2023
Japan’s New Basic Energy Plan
No full textAuthor accepted manuscript version of an article published in:
John S. Duffield and Brian Woodall, “Japan’s New Basic Energy Plan,” Energy Policy 39, no. 6 (June 2011): 3741-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.04.00
The Ethnogenesis of the Crimean Tatars. An Historical Reinterpretation. (Brian Glyn Williams)
No full texthis article is the translation of Brian Glyn Williams`s work “The Ethnogenesis of the Crimean Tatars. An Historical Reinterpretation”. Brian Williams is the professor of history of Islam on the Chair of Massachusetts University in Dartmouth, the USA. The source is: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Third Series, Vol. 11, № 3, (Nov., 2001), pp. 329–348. The article considers the issue of the Crimean Tatar`s ethnogenesis, their communal identity, social-economic conditions of the activities. On the basis of the studied material, the author comes to conclusion of necessity of Crimean Tatar`s History Reinterpretation
GENE THERAPY FOR NEOPLASTIC DISEASES
No full textIntroduction / Brian E. Huber -- Pt. I. The beginning: strategy and ethics -- Gene therapy strategies for treating neoplastic disease / Brian E. Huber -- The impact of gene therapy on medicine and society / William N. Kelley -- General discussion 1 / Chair: Brian E. Huber -- Pt. II. Gene transfer technology I - - Cationic liposomes for direct gene transfer in therapy of cancer and other diseases / Hassan Farhood, Xiang Gao, Kyonghee Son, Ya- Yun Yang, John S. Lazo, Leaf Huang, James Barsoum, Remo Bottega, and Richard M. Epand -- High-efficiency gene transfer mediated by adenovirus-polylysine-DNA complexes / David T. Curiel -- Pt. III. Gene transfer technology II -- The retroviral vector: replication cycle and safety considerations for retrovirus-mediated gene therapy / Kathleen Boris-Lawrie and Howard M. Temin -- Retroviral vectors for use in human gene therapy for cancer, Gaucher disease, and arthritis / Pauld. Robbins, Hideaki Tahara, Gunhild Mueller, Greg Hung, Alfred Bahnson, Laurence Zitvogel, Joanna Galea-Lauri, Toya Ohashi, Ken Patrene, Sallie S. Boggs, Christoptier H. Evans, John A. Barranger, and Michael T. Lotze -- Adenovirus-mediated in vivo gene transfer / Steven L. Brody and Ronald G. Crystal -- Pt. IV. Engineering drug sensitivity and drug resistance: implications in cancer therapy -- Virus-directed enzyme/prodrug therapy (VDEPT): selectively engineering drug sensitivity into tumors / Brian E. Huber, Cynthia A. Richards, and Elizabeth A. Austin -- Therapeutic strategies using c-erbB-2 promoter-controlled drug activation / Karol Sikora, Jonathan Harris, Helen Hurst, and Nick Lemoine -- Gene transfer of drug resistance genes: implications for cancer therapy / Michael M. Gottesman, Ursula A. Germann, Ivan Aksentijevich, Yoshikazu Sugimoto, Carol O. Cardarelli, and Ira Pastan -- General discussion 2 / Chair: Brian E. Huber -- Pt. V. Immunomodulation through gene therapy: implications for neoplastic disease -- Direct gene transfer for me understanding and treatment of human Disease / Gregory E. Plautz, Elizabeth G. Nabel, Bernard Fox, Zhi- Yong Yang, Michele Jaffe, David Gordon, Alfred Chang, and Gary J. Nabel -- Monoclonal antibody gene transfer: implications for tumor- specific cell-mediated cytotoxicity / F. James Primus, Margaret D. Finch, Scott A. Wetzel, Ann Maria Masci, Jeffrey Schlom, and S. V. S. Kashmiri -- Retrovirus-mediated gene transfer of the human y- IFN gene: a therapy for cancer / Brad Howard, Michelle Burrascano, Tammy McCallister, Kim Chong, Ramarao Gangavalli, Liv Severinsson, Douglas J. Jolly, Timothy Darrow, Carol Vervaert, Zeinhab Abdel- Wahab, Hilliard F. Siegler, and Jack R. Barber -- The use of gene- modified tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for cancer therapy / Patrick Hwu and Steven A. Rosenberg -- General discussion 3 / Chair: Gary J. Nabel -- Pt. VI. Implications of gene therapy in bone marrow transplantation and hematopoietic cells -- Gene marking and autologous bone marrow transplantation / Malcolm K. Brenner, Donna R. Rill, Robert C. Moen, Robert A. Krance, Helen E. Heslop, Joseph Mirro, Jr., W. French Anderson, and James N. Ihle -- Gene transfer into hematopoietic cells: implications for cancer therapy / Cynthia E. Dunbar, David M. Bodine, Brian Sorrentino, Robert Donahue, Kevin McDonagh, Michele Cottler-Fox, Joyce O'shaughnessy, Kenneth Cowan, Charles Carter, Sandra Doren, Aliza Cassell, and Arthur W. Nienhuis -- General discussion 4 / Chair: Malcolm K. Brenner -- Pt. VII. Other implications of gene therapy cancer treatment -- Development of antisense therapeutics: implications for cancer gene therapy / John F. Milligan, Robert J. Jones, Brian C. Froehler, and Mark D. Matteucci -- H-ras ribozyme-mediated alteration of the human melanoma phenotype / Yukinori Ohta, Takeshi Tone, Toshiya Shitara, Tadao Funato, Lu Jiao, Brandon I. Kashfian, Emmy Yoshida, Mark Horng, Patricia Tsai, Karen Lauterbach, Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, Viva Ann Florenes, Oystein Fodstad, and Kevin J. Scanlon -- Gene therapy and endothelial cell targeting for cancer / Robert R. Evans, Thierry P. Calmels, Bruce R. Pitt, Margaret A. Brookens, Candace S. Johnson, Ruth A. Modzelewski, and John S. Lazo -- Mechanisms of action of the p53 tumor suppressor and prospects for cancer gene therapy by reconstitution of p53 function / Klaus Roemer and Theodore Friedmann -- Pt. VIII. Practical development of gene therapy programs -- Designing clinical trials of somatic gene therapy / Fred D. Ledley. -- Human gene therapy: suggestions for avoiding liability / Julie Gage Palmer -- Transduction, expression, and secretion of human glucocerebrosidase by murine myoblasts / Vijaya Bansal, Patricia Mowery-Rushton, Lorrie Lucht, Juan Li, Alfred Bahnson, Simon C. Watkins, and John A. Barranger -- Poster papers -- Double-stranded phosphorothioate oligonucleotide modulation of gene expression / K.C. Ess, J.J. Hutton, and B.J. Aronow -- Engineered MHC class I Antigens as allogenizing molecules: potential for tumor immunotherapy / Krishn a V. Kesari and Jan Geliebter -- High-titer retroviral vectors for efficient transduction of functional genes into murine hematopoietic stem cells / Robert G. Hawley -- Receptor-mediated gene transfer into hepatic cells using asialogiycoprotein-labeled liposomes / K. Koike, T. Hara, Y. Aramaki, S. Takada, and S. Tsuchiya -- Mechanisms of tumor regression of INF gene-transduced meth: a cells transplanted in mice / Yoshikazu Koshita, Yoshinori Itoh, Shigeyuki Fujii, Hiroshi Neda, Minoru Takahashi, Naoki Watanabe, Yutaka Kohgo, and Yoshiro Niitsu -- Successful transfection of biotinylated B-galactosidase gene conjugated with transferrin into leukemia cells and interleukin-2-stimulated lymphocytes via transferrin receptor / H. Neda, M. Takahashi, Y. Itoh, Y. Koshita, T. Matsuyama, N. Watanabe, Y. Kohgo, and Y. Niitsu -- Subject index -- Index of contributor
DataStaR: Science Metadata Schemas Meet the Semantic Web
No full textBrian Caruso, Brian Lowe, and Gail Steinhart will present on the DataStaR project, which is building a Data Staging Repository to help scientists describe their research data and publish to discipline-based or institutional repositories. The team will explain the purpose and function of the staging repository, with emphasis on the metadata editor and infrastructure. DataStaR stores metadata using the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Web Ontology Language (OWL) while producing schema-compliant XML metadata files for deposition in today's repositories. The goal is to build a system that anticipates widespread adoption of Semantic Web technologies while remaining compatible with existing science metadata initiatives.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. III-0712989. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation
L’animale narrante. Brian Boyd e l’origine delle storie
No full textThe storytelling Animal. Brian Boyd and the origin of Stories
This paper will discuss about Literary Darwinism, a new branch of literary criticism that tries to explain storytelling in evolutionary terms. In particular, It will deal with the thesis proposed by Bryan Boyd, the most cited author of LD, according to which narrative is the most powerful tool to share and shape attention – especially in the form of fiction, which allows human beings to go beyond the here and now. Therefore, after having described his proposal and, briefly, its weaknesses, I will focus on the most interesting part of It: the one about ontogeny. So, using Boyd as a starting point, I will study the importance of narrative for the development of our most relevant cognitive skills
Dibenzyl ferrocene-1,1′-dicarboxylate
No full textIn the title compound, [Fe(C13H11O2)2], there are markedly different orientations of the two phenylmethoxycarbonyl substituents [O—C—C—C torsion angles = 84.5 (3) and 139.6 (2)°]. These orientations are mediated by a number of intermolecular C—H...O interactions, which result in a one-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network of molecules
Trachymyrmex turrifex
No full textT. turrifex (Wheeler) Atta (Trachymyrmex) turrifex Wheeler, 1903: 100. Syntype workers and queens, Marfa, Presidio County; Fort Stockton, Pecos County; Del Rio and Langtry, Valverde County; Marble Falls, Burnet County; Austin, Travis County; Texas, U.S.A. (AMNH, MCZC, USNM) [examined] Trachymyrmex turrifex Wheeler; Gallardo 1916: 242 [Combination in Trachymyrmex] Atta (Trachymyrmex) turrifex subsp. caroli Wheeler, 1911: 248. Syntype workers, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, U.S.A. (repository unknown) [not examined] syn. nov. Trachymyrmex turrifex caroli (Wheeler), Creighton 1950: 324 [Combination in Trachymyrmex] Diagnosis Worker: HL 0.88-1.0, HW 0.8-0.96, CI 91-96, SL 0.72-0.8, SI 83-91, ML 1.2-1.4. A medium sized, species (HL 0.88-1.0, HW 0.8-0.96) with the shortest antennal scapes (SI 83-91) relative to head width of all US Trachymyrmex species. The scapes reach or pass the posterior corner of the head by half its maximum diameter at most. Head slightly longer than broad (CI 91-96) with its maximum width close to the posterior border of head, tapering gradually from point of broadest width to mandibular insertion. Posterior margin moderately concave. Both preocular and frontal carinae long and subparallel, reaching back towards the posterior margin of head, forming well-developed antennal scrobes. In full face view, frontal lobes broad, rounded, describing a half circle. Anterolateral promesonotal teeth short, thin, in dorsal view sharply pointed, directed anterolaterally and upwards. Bases of median pronotal teeth fused, but the peaks of each tooth still distinguishable. Propodeal teeth pointed, almost twice as long as the distance between their bases. Dorsal body surface strongly tuberculate, tuberculi well developed, on first gastric tergite, sometimes connected through ridges. Tuberculi bearing long, dark, strongly recurved setae. Side of mesosoma less tuberculate, tuberculi smaller. Color is variable from yellowish brown to medium reddish brown. Queen: HL 1.1-1.2, HW 1.1-1.2, CI 100, SL 0.85-1.0, SI 71-87, ML 1.7-1.8. As in the worker diagnosis, except for case-specific structures of the mesosoma related to wing-bearing. Dorsoventral pronotal teeth pointed, broadly triangular in dorsal view; ventrolateral pronotal teeth small, lobelike. Mesoscutum with moderately abundant, short, coarse, longitudinal rugulae and abundant small tuberculi, each bearing a stiff, more or less recurved suberect or decumbent seta. Rear border of scutellum projecting posteriorly as two lobelike teeth. First gastric tergite covered with small tubercles interconnected by a network of fine rugulae forming an almost geometric pattern; each tubercle bearing a stiff, recurved, decumbent setae. Male: HL 0.7-0.75, HW 0.6, CI 80-86, SL 0.7-0.75, SI 117-125, ML 1.5-1.6. A distinctive Trachymyrmex male easily recognized by the general lack of tuberculi on all body surfaces. In addition, the rear border of the antennal scrobe is poorly defined or absent. Dorsoventral pronotal teeth small, triangular, usually sharply pointed; ventrolateral pronotal teeth absent. Mesoscutum sparsely to moderately longitudinally rugulose, interrugal spaces finely granulate. In dorsal view, rear border of scutellum forming two triangular teeth that project posteriorly. First gastric tergite finely granulate with scattered punctures bearing fine, appressed recurved setae. Discussion Trachymyrmex turrifex is distinguished from other North American species by its well-developed antennal scrobes. Only the allopatric T. jamaicensis has comparably developed antennal scrobes, but it may be easily distinguished from T. turrifex by its larger size, reddish-black coloration and shorter clypeal pilosity (as described in the key). Trachymyrmex turrifex is distributed throughout Texas, northeastern Mexico, western Louisiana, and barely reaches southern Oklahoma. Individuals are somewhat variable in size, and color varies from light yellowish brown to dark reddish-brown. Wheeler (1903) described turrifex from several localities in Central Texas, and T. turrifex caroli as a subspecies of T. turrifex from Huntsville, Texas (1911). Wheeler 's reasoning was that caroli "represents a depauperate, arenicolous race ranging considerably eastwards of the typical turrifex " (Wheeler 1911, p. 248). Wheeler distinguished between these two "subspecies" based on the smaller body size, brownish yellow coloration, smaller tubercles, and lack of longitudinal impression on first gastric tergite in T. turrifex caroli. In our experience, all of these character states fall well within the variation observed within and among colonies of typical turrifex, as seen throughout its known geographic range, which now extends to western Louisiana and places Huntsville towards the center of T. turrifex 's distribution (Figure 24C). Since we were not able to locate Wheeler 's type specimens of T. turrifex caroli, we collected fresh material at the type locality in Huntsville, Texas. These specimens were morphologically not different from other examined turrifex. Lastly, our DNA sequence information indicates that caroli is also genetically not distinct from turrifex (Figure 21). We therefore synonymize T. turrifex caroli with T. turrifex. Etymology The epithet for T. turrifex is derived from its characteristic turretlike nest entrances, which are built from soil particles and leaf litter debris. Biology The geographic range of T. turrifex is centered in Texas and extends into southern Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and south into the Mexican States of Chihuahua and Tamaulipas (Figure 24C). T. turrifex is abundant in open desert habitats of west Texas, the black clay soils of central Texas and is somewhat less abundant in the sandy soils of eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Dense populations occur in southern Texas, particularly in the Rio Grande Valley. When occurring sympatrically in sandy soils with T. septentrionalis, T. turrifex is less abundant, but the reverse pattern occurs in black clay soils where turrifex is usually more common than septentrionalis. The characteristic turretlike nest entrances, which are built from soil particles and plant litter debris during the wetter parts of the year, are a diagnostic character for turrifex in the field. Turrets are absent during winter dormancy and are reduced or absent in summer, particularly after a period of drought. Nests consist of 1-5 chambers, which are connected by vertical tunnels. Colonies are monogynous and contain up to 300 workers. Additional material examined: U.S.A.: Louisiana, Beauregard Parish: De Ridder (WF Buren); Rapides Parish: Alexandria (WF Buren); Vernon Parish: 7mi E Pickering (UG Mueller); Webster Parish: 3mi W Sibley (UG Mueller); Oklahoma, Love County: I35 & Red River, 200m N (UG Mueller); Texas, Austin County: Rt. 3013 crossing San Bernard River (UG Mueller); Bastrop County: Stengl Biological Station (UG Mueller, C Rabeling); Baylor County: Round Timber (UG Mueller); Blanco County: Rt. 3232, 3mi N Rt. 290 (UG Mueller), Pedernales State Park (UG Mueller, C Rabeling); Brewster County: 18mi NE Marathon (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall), 6mi E Alpine (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall), 6mi SE Panther Junction (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Brooks County: Falfurrias (TFM McGehee); Burnet County: Inks Lake State Park (NA Weber), Cameron County: Brownsville (UG Mueller), Harlingen (WF Buren, BC Stephenson), La Feria (WS Creighton, PT Riherd, RR Snelling), Resaca de Palma State Park (UG Mueller), Santa Rosa (UG Mueller), South Padre Island, Isla Blanca State Park (UG Mueller); Crass County: Atlanta State Park (JV Moody); Colorado County: Columbus (WF Buren); Crockett County: 15mi S Rankin (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall), Ozona (AC Cole); Crosby County: 10mi S Crosbytown (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Culberson County: Guadalupe Mountains Nat. Park (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Denton County: 8mi W Lewisville (JV Moody), Ray Roberts Lake State Park (UG Mueller); Dickens County: 13.5mi N Dickens (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Dimmit County: 15mi NW Carrizo Springs (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Donley County: 4mi N Clarendon (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Fisher County: 5.2mi N Rotan (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Floyd County: 4.5mi S Floydada (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Franklin County: I-30 to Mt. Pleasant (UG Mueller); Garza County: 2mi SW Post (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Gillespie County: 10.1mi N Fredericksburg (Bartell & Beckham); Grayson County: Eisenhower State Park (JV Moody); Hall County: 6mi SE Turkey (CW O 'Brian); Hardeman County: Copper Breaks State Park (UG Mueller); Haskell County: 13.3mi NE Haskell (Bartell, Beckham, Cooper, Henderson & Neece); Henderson County: Walnut Creek (WM Wheeler); Hidalgo County: Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park (UG Mueller, C Rabeling), Edinburgh (WL Sterling), Weslaco (WM Buren), Monte Cristo Tract (UG Mueller); Hood County: Granbury (UG Mueller); Howard County: 11mi NW Big Springs (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Irion County: 22mi N Barnhart (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Jeff Davis County: 4mi S Fort Davis (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall), Davis Mtns. (AC Cole); Kendall County: 3.9mi SW Boerne (Bartell & Beckham); Kenedy County: 2mi N Sarita (UG Mueller); Kent County: 5mi SW Clairemont (JV Moody); Knox County: Rt.266 & Brazos River (UG Mueller); Lee County: Lake Somerville State Park (UG Mueller); Llano County: Kingsland (UG Mueller); Lubbock County: Lubbock (JV Moody); Maverick County: 11.5mi SE Eagle Pass (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Medina County: Natalia, I-35 Rest Area (UG Mueller); Midland County: 17mi S Midland (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Montague County: Lake Nacona (UG Mueller); Motley County: 4mi NW Matador (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Nolan County: 18.6mi S Sweetwater (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Palo Pinto County: Oaks Crossing (UG Mueller); Pecos County: Fort Stockton (AC Cole); Refugio County: Refugio, Mission River Park (UG Mueller); Robertson County: 3.1mi NE Jct. OSR & FM1940 (SJ Merritt); Salle County: Millet (UG Mueller); Scurry County: 7.mi W Ira (WD Wisdom); Smith County: Tyler State Park (UG Mueller); Starr County: Falcon State Park (UG Mueller); Tom Green County: 15mi NW San Angelo (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Travis County: Austin (MH Long, UG Mueller, C Rabeling, JJ Scott), Bull Creek Park (UG Mueller, C Rabeling), Hamilton Pool Reserve (UG Mueller, C Rabeling); Upshur County: Rhonesboro (UG Mueller); Uvalde County: Uvalde (ACF Hung, UG Mueller), Val Verde County: Del Rio (UG Mueller); Walker County: Huntsville (C Rabeling & UG Mueller); Washington County: Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park (UG Mueller); Webb County: 52.5mi N Laredo (OF Francke, JV Moody & TB Hall); Willacy County: 0.7mi S Kenedy County border (UG Mueller); Wise County: 7.5mi SW Bridgeport (JV Moody); Wood County: 9mi E Minneola on US 80 (JV Moody); Young County: Fort Belknap (UG Mueller); Zapata County: Falcon State Park (UG Mueller); Zava County: Pryor (UG Mueller); MEXICO: Nuevo Leon, Vallecillo (E Buren); Tamaulipas, near Cuidad Victoria (Flores-Maldonado).Published as part of Rabeling, Ch., Cover, S. P., Johnson, R. A. & Mueller, U. G., 2007, A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-53 in Zootaxa 1664 on pages 22-2
A web-based screening tool for near-port air quality assessments
No full textAuthor(s): Isakov, Vlad; Barzyk, Timothy M; Smith, Elizabeth R; Arunachalam, Saravanan; Naess, Brian; Venkatram, Akul
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