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1. UNCF Emergency Student Aid: A Look at Program Expansion and Increased Impact

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UNCF, Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI), Nagle, B. T., and Saunders, K. M.

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The Campaign for Emergency Student Aid (CESA) is a unique United Negro College Fund (UNCF) scholarship program that provides "just-in-time" financial aid to historically black college and university (HBCU) students poised to graduate, but short of funding. In 2018, the Kresge Foundation provided UNCF with funding to better understand how students were selected for CESA awards, the impact of those awards and to gain an in-depth understanding of the array of emergency aid efforts and programs available on UNCF-member institution campuses and their effectiveness to improve student outcomes and increase graduation rates. Specific to emergency aid, this research includes the processes by which HBCUs administer aid, the methods for informing students about availability of aid, the types of aid available, the characteristics of students who receive the aid, funding sources, etc. This study is important as CESA funding revenue has been declining on an annual basis. UNCF seeks to learn more about what is working and what is not working relative to emergency aid programs for HBCU students as the emergency needs continue to grow. It is anticipated that this study will enable UNCF to strengthen its case for CESA support. Increased support will likely lead to increased revenue and, over the long term, improved student outcomes.

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2019

2. HBCUs Punching above Their Weight: A State-Level Analysis of Historically Black College and University Enrollment and Graduation

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UNCF, Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI), Saunders, K. M., and Nagle, B. T.

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A college degree is increasingly vital for career mobility and economic success as more employers are requiring greater levels of education and credentials. For more than 150 years, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a leading role in graduating black students and have made significant contributions to the workforce and economic vitality of the nation. A historically black college and university is defined as "… any historically black college or university that was established before 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of African Americans." There are 101 accredited public and private HBCUs located in 19 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. While these institutions only represent 3 percent of the nation's colleges and universities, they are economic engines in both their regional communities and the nation, generating substantial economic returns annually. gional economies and how much graduates benefit in terms of increased earnings over a working lifetime. The study noted that every dollar spent on, and by, an HBCU and its students has a positive chain reaction in terms of heightened economic activity, increased job creation, and greater earning potential for graduates. At the national level, the study's key findings revealed that: (1) HBCUs annually generate 134,090 jobs and $14.8 billion in total economic impact for their local and regional economies; and (2) HBCU graduates from 2014 can expect total earnings of $130 billion over their lifetimes--56 percent more than they could expect to earn without their college degrees.

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2018

4. Establishing an operational definition of sarcopenia in Australia and New Zealand: Delphi method based consensus statement

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Zanker, J., Scott, D., Reijnierse, E. M., Brennan-Olsen, S. L., Daly, R. M., Girgis, C. M., Grossman, M., Hayes, A., Hirani, V., Inderjeeth, C. A., Iuliano, S., Keogh, J. W. L., Lewis, Joshua R., Maier, A. B., Pasco, J. A., Phu, S., Saunders, K. M., Sim, Marc, Visvanathan, R., Waters, D. L., Yu, S.C.Y., Duque, G., Zanker, J., Scott, D., Reijnierse, E. M., Brennan-Olsen, S. L., Daly, R. M., Girgis, C. M., Grossman, M., Hayes, A., Hirani, V., Inderjeeth, C. A., Iuliano, S., Keogh, J. W. L., Lewis, Joshua R., Maier, A. B., Pasco, J. A., Phu, S., Saunders, K. M., Sim, Marc, Visvanathan, R., Waters, D. L., Yu, S.C.Y., and Duque, G.

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Background Globally there are several operational definitions for sarcopenia, complicating clinical and research applications. Objective The objective of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ANZSSFR) Task Force on Diagnostic Criteria for Sarcopenia was to reach consensus on the operational definition of sarcopenia for regional use by clinicians and researchers. Method A four-Phase modified Delphi process was undertaken in which 24 individuals with expertise or a recognised interest in sarcopenia from different fields across Australia and New Zealand were invited to be Task Force members. An initial face-to-face meeting was held in Adelaide, South Australia, in November 2017, followed by two subsequent online Phases conducted by electronic surveys. A final Phase was used to approve the final statements. Responses were analysed using a pre-specified strategy. The level of agreement required for consensus was 80%. Results In Phase 2, 94.1% of Task Force respondents voted in favour of adopting an existing operational definition of sarcopenia. In Phase 3, 94.4% of respondents voted in favour of adopting the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) definition as the operational definition for sarcopenia in Australia and New Zealand. Conclusion With consensus achieved, the ANZSSFR will adopt, promote and validate the EWGSOP operational definition of sarcopenia for use by clinicians and researchers in Australia and New Zealand.

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2018

5. Late Holocene changes in precipitation in northwest Tasmania and their potential links to shifts in the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds

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Saunders, K. M., Kamenik, C., Hodgson, D.A., Hunziker, S., Siffert, L., Fischer, D., Fujak, M., Gibson, J.A.E., Grosjean, M., Saunders, K. M., Kamenik, C., Hodgson, D.A., Hunziker, S., Siffert, L., Fischer, D., Fujak, M., Gibson, J.A.E., and Grosjean, M.

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Accurate projections of future climate changes in regions susceptible to drought depend on a good understanding of past climate changes and the processes driving them. In the absence of longer term instrumental data, paleoclimate data are needed. In this study we develop a precipitation reconstruction for Rebecca Lagoon (41°11′S, 144°41′E), northwest Tasmania. First, the relationship between scanning reflectance spectroscopy measurements of sediment cores in the visible spectrum (380–730 nm) and instrumental precipitation record (1912–2009) was used to develop a model to reconstruct precipitation back in time. Results showed that the ratio of reflectance between 660 and 670 nm (i.e., reflectance at 660 nm/reflectance at 670 nm; a measure of pigment diagenesis) was significantly related to annual precipitation. A calibration model was developed (R = − 0.56, pauto < 0.001, RMSEP = 43.0 mm yr− 1, 5 year triangular filtered data, calibration period 1912–2009). Second, this calibration-in-time model was used to reconstruct late Holocene precipitation changes over the last ~ 3000 years. This showed relatively dry conditions from ca. 3100–2800 cal yr BP, wet conditions from ca. 2800–2400 cal yr BP, dry conditions from ca. 2400–2000 calyr BP, and variable conditions after this. Relatively wet conditions occurred from ca. 500 cal yr BP to the late AD 1800 s (ca. 50 cal. yr BP). The precipitation reconstruction indicates that conditions were relatively dry for the 20th century compared to the last ~ 3000 years. In particular, the dry period measured in recent decades is one of the most intense in at least the last 500 years. As precipitation in this region is primarily driven by the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds, these changes are discussed in terms of shifts in westerly wind strength and/or position.

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2012

7. Establishing an operational definition of sarcopenia in Australia and New Zealand: Delphi method based consensus statement

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Zanker, J., Scott, D., Reijnierse, E. M., Brennan-Olsen, S. L., Daly, R. M., Girgis, C. M., Grossman, M., Hayes, A., Hirani, V., Inderjeeth, C. A., Iuliano, S., Keogh, J. W. L., Lewis, Joshua R., Maier, A. B., Pasco, J. A., Phu, S., Saunders, K. M., Sim, Marc, Visvanathan, R., Waters, D. L., Yu, S.C.Y., Duque, G., Zanker, J., Scott, D., Reijnierse, E. M., Brennan-Olsen, S. L., Daly, R. M., Girgis, C. M., Grossman, M., Hayes, A., Hirani, V., Inderjeeth, C. A., Iuliano, S., Keogh, J. W. L., Lewis, Joshua R., Maier, A. B., Pasco, J. A., Phu, S., Saunders, K. M., Sim, Marc, Visvanathan, R., Waters, D. L., Yu, S.C.Y., and Duque, G.

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Zanker, J., Scott, D., Reijnierse, E. M., Brennan-Olsen, S. L., Daly, R. M., Girgis, C. M., ... & Inderjeeth, C. A. (2018). Establishing an operational definition of sarcopenia in Australia and New Zealand: Delphi method based consensus statement. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 23(1) 105–110. Available here.

8. The impacts of intensive mining on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems: A case of sediment pollution and calcium decline in cool temperate Tasmania, Australia

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Beck, Kristen, Mariani, M., Fletcher, M.-S., Schneider, L., Aquino-López, M.-A., Gadd, P. S., Heijnis, H., Saunders, K. M., Zawadzki, A., Beck, Kristen, Mariani, M., Fletcher, M.-S., Schneider, L., Aquino-López, M.-A., Gadd, P. S., Heijnis, H., Saunders, K. M., and Zawadzki, A.

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Mining causes extensive damage to aquatic ecosystems via acidification, heavy metal pollution, sediment loading, and Ca decline. Yet little is known about the effects of mining on freshwater systems in the Southern Hemisphere. A case in point is the region of western Tasmania, Australia, an area extensively mined in the 19th century, resulting in severe environmental contamination. In order to assess the impacts of mining on aquatic ecosystems in this region, we present a multiproxy investigation of the lacustrine sediments from Owen Tarn, Tasmania. This study includes a combination of radiometric dating (14C and 210Pb), sediment geochemistry (XRF and ICP-MS), pollen, charcoal and diatoms. Generalised additive mixed models were used to test if changes in the aquatic ecosystem can be explained by other covariates. Results from this record found four key impact phases: (1) Pre-mining, (2) Early mining, (3) Intense mining, and (4) Post-mining. Before mining, low heavy metal concentrations, slow sedimentation, low fire activity, and high biomass indicate pre-impact conditions. The aquatic environment at this time was oligotrophic and dystrophic with sufficient light availability, typical of western Tasmanian lakes during the Holocene. Prosperous mining resulted in increased burning, a decrease in landscape biomass and an increase in sedimentation resulting in decreased light availability of the aquatic environment. Extensive mining at Mount Lyell in the 1930s resulted in peak heavy metal pollutants (Pb, Cu and Co) and a further increase in inorganic inputs resulted in a disturbed low light lake environment (dominated by Hantzschia amphioxys and Pinnularia divergentissima). Following the closure of the Mount Lyell Co. in 1994 CE, Ca declined to below pre- mining levels resulting in a new diatom assemblage and deformed diatom valves. Therefore, the Owen Tarn record demonstrates severe sediment pollution and continued impacts of mining long after mining has stopped at Mt.

9. A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

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Dmitry Divine, Dmitriy V. Ovchinnikov, Hugues Goosse, Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz, Anne Hormes, Narayan Prasad Gaire, Joelle Gergis, Katrine Husum, David J. Nash, Konrad Gajewski, Jens Zinke, Vladimir Mikhalenko, Darrell S. Kaufman, Eugene R. Wahl, Martin Grosjean, Nancy A. N. Bertler, Pierre Francus, Anastasia Gornostaeva, Diana Vladimirova, Kaustubh Thirumalai, Lucien von Gunten, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Michael Sigl, Ryu Uemura, Michael N. Evans, Hideaki Motoyama, Scott St. George, Marie-Alexandrine Sicre, Chris S. M. Turney, Johannes P. Werner, Robert Mulvaney, Jianghao Wang, Brian M. Chase, Mark A. J. Curran, Julien Emile-Geay, Takeshi Nakatsuka, David J. Sauchyn, Nerilie J. Abram, Bronwyn C. Dixon, Raphael Neukom, Cody C. Routson, Trevor J. Porter, Selvaraj Kandasamy, Mirko Severi, Massimo Frezzotti, Steven J. Phipps, Hans W. Linderholm, A. E. Viau, P. Graham Mortyn, Jessica E. Tierney, Eric J. Steig, Heidi A. Roop, K. Halimeda Kilbourne, Jason A. Addison, Jonathan J. Tyler, Mandy Freund, Daniel A. Dixon, Belen Martrat, Chenxi Xu, Krystyna M. Saunders, Min Te Chen, Xuemei Shao, Vasile Ersek, Philipp Munz, Hans Oerter, Masaki Sano, Zhixin Hao, Meloth Thamban, Alexey A. Ekaykin, Barbara Stenni, Kazuho Horiuchi, Ignacio A. Mundo, Zicheng Yu, Gregory T. Pederson, James W. C. White, Nalan Koc, Elisabeth Isaksson, Kathryn Allen, Rixt de Jong, Jeannine-Marie St. Jacques, Andrew Lorrey, Guillaume Leduc, Quansheng Ge, Kristine L. DeLong, Kenji Kawamura, Anais Orsi, Thomas Opel, Edward R. Cook, Kate E. Sinclair, Benjamin J. Henley, Nicholas P. McKay, Helen McGregor, Andrew D. Moy, Elizabeth R. Thomas, Jesper Björklund, Helena L. Filipsson, Udya Kuwar Thapa, Casey Saenger, Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff], Australian National University (ANU), United States Geological Survey [Reston] (USGS), University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System, Spanish National Research Council [Madrid] (CSIC), School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences [Sydney] (BEES), University of New South Wales [Sydney] (UNSW), Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), University of Bern, Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche [Trieste], Università degli studi di Trieste, University of Texas at Austin [Austin], Department of Earth and Space Sciences [Seattle], University of Washington [Seattle], Department of Earth Sciences [Oxford], University of Oxford [Oxford], Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Climate Change Institute (CCI), University of Maine, University of Northumbria at Newcastle [United Kingdom], Lund University [Lund], Centre Eau Terre Environnement - INRS (INRS-ETE), Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique [Québec] (INRS), Italian National agency for new technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development [Frascati] (ENEA), Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Quaternary Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Norwegian Polar Institute, Climate and Environmental Physics [Bern] (CEP), Physikalisches Institut [Bern], Universität Bern [Bern]-Universität Bern [Bern], University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement (CEREGE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Collège de France (CdF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona [Barcelona] (UAB), National Institute of Polar Research [Tokyo] (NiPR), British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, Abteilung Klinische Sozialmedizin, Berufs- und Umweltdermatologie, Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The University of Tokyo, Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels (LGP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1), Aarhus University [Aarhus], Department of Chemistry, University of Florence (UNIFI), Biogéochimie-Traceurs-Paléoclimat (BTP), Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), University of the Ryukyus [Okinawa], Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), PAGES 2k, Università degli studi di Trieste = University of Trieste, University of Oxford, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Climate Change Institute [Orono] (CCI), Centre Eau Terre Environnement [Québec] (INRS - ETE), Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Universität Bern [Bern] (UNIBE)-Universität Bern [Bern] (UNIBE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Glaces et Continents, Climats et Isotopes Stables (GLACCIOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence (UniFI), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)), Emile-Geay, J., Mckay, N. P., Kaufman, D. S., Von Gunten, L., Wang, Junrong, Anchukaitis, K. J., Abram, N. J., Addison, J. A., Curran, M. A. J., Evans, M. N., Henley, B. J., Hao, Z., Martrat, B., Mcgregor, H. V., Neukom, R., Pederson, G. T., Stenni, B., Thirumalai, K., Werner, J. P., Xu, C., Divine, D. V., Dixon, B. C., Gergis, J., Mundo, I. A., Nakatsuka, T., Phipps, S. J., Routson, C. C., Steig, E. J., Tierney, J. E., Tyler, J. J., Allen, K. J., Bertler, N. A. N., Bjorklund, J., Chase, B. M., Chen, M. -T., Cook, E., De Jong, R., Delong, K. L., Dixon, D. A., Ekaykin, A. A., Ersek, V., Filipsson, H. L., Francus, P., Freund, M. B., Frezzotti, M., Gaire, N. P., Gajewski, K., Ge, Q., Goosse, H., Gornostaeva, A., Grosjean, M., Horiuchi, K., Hormes, A., Husum, K., Isaksson, E., Kandasamy, S., Kawamura, K., Kilbourne, K. H., Koc, N., Leduc, G., Linderholm, H. W., Lorrey, A. M., Mikhalenko, V., Mortyn, P. G., Motoyama, H., Moy, A. D., Mulvaney, R., Munz, P. M., Nash, D. J., Oerter, H., Opel, T., Orsi, A. J., Ovchinnikov, D. V., Porter, T. J., Roop, H. A., Saenger, C., Sano, M., Sauchyn, D., Saunders, K. M., Seidenkrantz, M. -S., Severi, M., Shao, X., Sicre, M. -A., Sigl, M., Sinclair, K., St George, S., St Jacques, J. -M., Thamban, M., Thapa, U. K., Thomas, E. R., Turney, C., Uemura, R., Viau, A. E., Vladimirova, D. O., Wahl, E. R., White, J. W. C., Yu, Z., Zinke, J., École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226, and UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate

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Data Descriptor, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Mathematics: 410::Statistics: 412, VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Matematikk: 410::Statistikk: 412, F800, computer.software_genre, Palaeoclimate, 01 natural sciences, Proxy (climate), CECI [CISM], calcification, data integration objective, Climate change, trace metal analysis, 910 Geography & travel, geography.geographical_feature_category, Database, G500, data acquisition system, temperature of environmental material, Computer Science Applications, [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology, Temperature reconstruction, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Tree ring, Geology, wood, Information Systems, Statistics and Probability, glacial ice, radiance, 010506 paleontology, observation design, Library and Information Sciences, archaeal metabolite, Education, time series design, stable isotope analysis, Dendrochronology, 550 Earth sciences & geology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, geography, Global temperature, Glacier, 15. Life on land, Sea surface temperature, sediment, 13. Climate action, North Atlantic oscillation, Oceanic basin, computer
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Reproducible climate reconstructions of the Common Era (1 CE to present) are key to placing industrial-era warming into the context of natural climatic variability. Here we present a community-sourced database of temperature-sensitive proxy records from the PAGES2k initiative. The database gathers 692 records from 648 locations, including all continental regions and major ocean basins. The records are from trees, ice, sediment, corals, speleothems, documentary evidence, and other archives. They range in length from 50 to 2000 years, with a median of 547 years, while temporal resolution ranges from biweekly to centennial. Nearly half of the proxy time series are significantly correlated with HadCRUT4.2 surface temperature over the period 1850-2014. Global temperature composites show a remarkable degree of coherence between high- and low-resolution archives, with broadly similar patterns across archive types, terrestrial versus marine locations, and screening criteria. The database is suited to investigations of global and regional temperature variability over the Common Era, and is shared in the Linked Paleo Data (LiPD) format, including serializations in Matlab, R and Python., PAGES, a core project of Future Earth, is supported by the U.S. and Swiss National Science Foundations. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Some of this work was conducted as part of the North America 2k Working Group supported by the John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey. B. Bauer, W. Gross, and E. Gille (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information) are gratefully acknowledged for helping assemble the data citations and creating the NCEI versions of the PAGES 2k data records. We thank all the investigators whose commitment to data sharing enables the open science ethos embodied by this project.

Published
2017

10. The impacts of intensive mining on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems: A case of sediment pollution and calcium decline in cool temperate Tasmania, Australia.

Author

Beck KK, Mariani M, Fletcher MS, Schneider L, Aquino-López MA, Gadd PS, Heijnis H, Saunders KM, and Zawadzki A

Subjects
Australia, Calcium, Environmental Monitoring, Geologic Sediments, Tasmania, Ecosystem, Water Pollutants, Chemical analysis
Abstract

Mining causes extensive damage to aquatic ecosystems via acidification, heavy metal pollution, sediment loading, and Ca decline. Yet little is known about the effects of mining on freshwater systems in the Southern Hemisphere. A case in point is the region of western Tasmania, Australia, an area extensively mined in the 19th century, resulting in severe environmental contamination. In order to assess the impacts of mining on aquatic ecosystems in this region, we present a multiproxy investigation of the lacustrine sediments from Owen Tarn, Tasmania. This study includes a combination of radiometric dating ( 14 C and 210 Pb), sediment geochemistry (XRF and ICP-MS), pollen, charcoal and diatoms. Generalised additive mixed models were used to test if changes in the aquatic ecosystem can be explained by other covariates. Results from this record found four key impact phases: (1) Pre-mining, (2) Early mining, (3) Intense mining, and (4) Post-mining. Before mining, low heavy metal concentrations, slow sedimentation, low fire activity, and high biomass indicate pre-impact conditions. The aquatic environment at this time was oligotrophic and dystrophic with sufficient light availability, typical of western Tasmanian lakes during the Holocene. Prosperous mining resulted in increased burning, a decrease in landscape biomass and an increase in sedimentation resulting in decreased light availability of the aquatic environment. Extensive mining at Mount Lyell in the 1930s resulted in peak heavy metal pollutants (Pb, Cu and Co) and a further increase in inorganic inputs resulted in a disturbed low light lake environment (dominated by Hantzschia amphioxys and Pinnularia divergentissima). Following the closure of the Mount Lyell Co. in 1994 CE, Ca declined to below pre-mining levels resulting in a new diatom assemblage and deformed diatom valves. Therefore, the Owen Tarn record demonstrates severe sediment pollution and continued impacts of mining long after mining has stopped at Mt. Lyell Mining Co., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Published
2020
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11. Phenotypic stability of articular chondrocytes in vitro: the effects of culture models, bone morphogenetic protein 2, and serum supplementation.

Author

Stewart MC, Saunders KM, Burton-Wurster N, and Macleod JN

Subjects
Aggrecans, Animals, Base Sequence, Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2, Cartilage, Articular metabolism, Chondrocytes metabolism, DNA Primers, Fibronectins genetics, Fibronectins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Horses, Humans, Lectins, C-Type, Models, Biological, Phenotype, Procollagen genetics, Procollagen metabolism, Proteoglycans genetics, Proteoglycans metabolism, RNA, Messenger genetics, Recombinant Proteins pharmacology, Blood, Bone Morphogenetic Proteins pharmacology, Cartilage, Articular cytology, Chondrocytes cytology, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Transforming Growth Factor beta
Abstract

Numerous in vitro culture models have been developed for the investigation of chondrocyte and cartilage biology. In this study, we investigated the stability of the chondrocytic phenotype in monolayer, aggregate, pellet, and explant culture models and assessed the effects of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) and serum supplementation on the phenotype in each model. Phenotypic effects were assessed by analyses of procollagen type II, aggrecan, (V + C)- fibronectin, and procollagen type I messenger RNA expression. In monolayer cultures, we noted a characteristic loss of procollagen type II and induction of procollagen type I expression. The aggregate and pellet culture models supported matrix protein gene expression profiles more reflective of in vivo levels. In explant cultures, expression of matrix protein genes was consistently depressed. Treatment with rhBMP-2 significantly increased the expression of procollagen type II and aggrecan in monolayer cultures; however, other models showed comparatively little response. Similarly, serum supplementation significantly down-regulated procollagen type II and aggrecan expression in monolayer cultures but had less effect on gene expression in the other models. Serum supplementation increased procollagen type I expression in monolayer and aggregate cultures. These results suggest that the influence of exogenous BMP-2 and serum on expression of chondrocyte-specific matrix protein genes is influenced by aspects of substrate attachments, cellular morphology, and/or cytoskeletal organization. Finally, the analyses of fibronectin expression suggest that V and C region alternative splicing in chondrocytes is linked to the establishment of a three-dimensional multicellular complex.

Published
2000
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12. Effects of cryopreservation procedures on the cytology and fertilization rate of in vitro-matured bovine oocytes.

Author

Saunders KM and Parks JE

Subjects
Actin Cytoskeleton ultrastructure, Actins analysis, Animals, Chromosomes ultrastructure, Cytoskeleton chemistry, Ethylene Glycol pharmacology, Female, Freezing, Hot Temperature, Microtubules ultrastructure, Cattle, Cryopreservation methods, Fertilization in Vitro, Oocytes physiology, Oocytes ultrastructure
Abstract

The survival and developmental capacity of bovine oocytes after cryopreservation are greatly impaired, possibly due to organelle damage caused by freezing procedures. Distributions of chromosomes, microtubules, and microfilaments in bovine oocytes matured in vitro were examined after cooling, ethylene glycol (EG) exposure, or freezing. Oocytes were incubated after treatment for 20 min or 1 or 3 h, fixed, and evaluated using specific fluorescent probes. Abnormal cytological features increased over control levels after cooling or EG exposure and rewarming. Changes observed in oocytes during prefreezing manipulations included chromosome dispersal and clumping, microtubule depolymerization and alteration of spindle structure, and formation of craters and discontinuity in cytoskeletal actin staining. Freezing also led to an increase in the occurrence of cytological abnormalities. Less than 31% of frozen-thawed oocytes contained a normal chromosome arrangement 3 h postthaw (versus 90% of controls). Only 7-14% of frozen-thawed oocytes had normal spindles (versus 59-71% of controls). Normal distribution of filamentous actin was observed in less than 30% of oocytes postthaw (versus 62-89% of controls). These results indicate that the steps in a conventional freezing procedure cause irreversible alterations in multiple cytological components of bovine oocytes, demonstrating the need for improved strategies for preventing cellular damage during cryopreservation procedures.

Published
1999
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