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- Creator:
- Martin, Tara L, Young, LR, Goldsteen, D, Nunamaker, EA, Reynolds, P, Thompson-Iritani, S, Thurston, SE, and LaFollette, MR
- Description:
- This dataset contains the results of a survey of mouse handling methods by personnel working with laboratory mice. The survey included questions about preferred handling methods, barriers to use of refined handling methods, and a knowledge quiz about refined mouse handling. Data was collected via Qualtrics survey as described in the methodology section. This dataset is associated with the following publication, accepted by PLOS One: PONE-D-23-01633R1 Title: Using refined methods to pick up mice: A survey benchmarking prevalence & beliefs about tunnel and cup handling Authors: Lauren Young, Donna Goldsteen, Elizabeth A. Nunamaker, Mark J. Prescott, Penny Reynolds, Sally Thompson-Iritani, Sarah E. Thurston, Tara L. Martin, Megan R. LaFollette
- Keyword:
- Mouse, Refined Handling, Tunnel Handling, Cup Handling, Laboratory Animal, and Animal Care
- Citation to related publication:
- Young LR, Goldsteen D, Nunamaker EA, Prescott MJ, Reynolds P, Thompson-Iritani S, Thurston SE, Martin TL, LaFollette MR. Using refined methods to pick up mice: A survey benchmarking prevalence & beliefs about tunnel and cup handling. PLOS ONE. 2023. In Press.
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Ye, Zhengwei and Mi, Zetian
- Description:
- Generation of C2+ compounds using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water provides a promising path for carbon neutrality. The exploration of a catalyst to break the bottleneck of C-C coupling, for constructing a rational artificial photosynthesis integrated device, is at the core. Herein, based on operando spectroscopy measurements, theoretical calculations, and feedstock experiments, it is discovered that gold, in conjunction with iridium, can catalyze the reduction of CO2, achieving C-C coupling by insertion of CO2 into -CH3. Owing to a combination of optoelectronic and catalytic properties, the assembly of AuIr with InGaN nanowires on silicon (AuIr@InGaN NWs/Si) enables the achievement of a C2H6 activity of 58.8 mmol‧g-1‧h-1 with a turnover number of 54,595 over 60 hours. A light-to-fuels efficiency of ~0.59% for solar fuels production from CO2 and H2O is achieved without any other energy inputs. This work provides a carbon-negative path for producing higher order C compounds.
- Keyword:
- Carbon dioxide reduction and Photocatalysis
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Xu, Ying and Bradford, Nora
- Description:
- The data was collected from a survey study using Qualtrics described above. The data are in .csv format along with a codebook also in .csv format.
- Keyword:
- social chatbot, perception, and artificial intelligence
- Discipline:
- Social Sciences
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- Creator:
- Ludlow, Andrew and Kim, Jeongjin
- Description:
- Part of the regulation of telomerase activity includes the alternative splicing (AS) of the catalytic subunit telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT). Although a therapeutic window for telomerase/TERT inhibition exists between cancer cells and somatic cells, stem cells express TERT and rely on telomerase activity for physiological replacement of cells. Therefore, identifying differences in TERT regulation between stem cells and cancer cells is essential for developing telomerase inhibition-based cancer therapies that reduce damage to stem cells. In this study, we measured TERT splice variant expression and telomerase activity in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), neural progenitor cells (NPCs), and non-small cell lung cancer cells (NSCLC, Calu-6 cells). We observed that a NOVA1-PTBP1-PTBP2 axis regulates TERT alternative splicing (AS) in iPSCs and their differentiation into NPCs. We also found that splice-switching of TERT, which regulates telomerase activity, is induced by different cell densities in stem cells but not cancer cells. Lastly, we identified cell type-specific splicing factors that regulate TERT AS. Overall, our findings represent an important step forward in understanding the regulation of TERT AS in stem cells and cancer cells. These data and subsequent studies may reveal a splicing factor(s) or their binding site(s) that could be targeted with small molecule drugs or antisense oligonucleotides, respectively, to reduce telomerase activity in cancer cells and promote durable cancer remissions.
- Keyword:
- Telomere, telomerase, TERT, alternative RNA splicing
- Citation to related publication:
- Dynamics of TERT Regulation via Alternative Splicing in Stem Cells and Cancer Cells. Accepted in Plos One
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Umaña, Maria, Swenson, Nathan G, and Arellano, Gabriel
- Description:
- Identifying the functional traits that enable recovery after extreme events is necessary for assessing forest persistence and functioning, yet this is a difficult task because the traits mediating the responses to disturbance may vary depending on the disturbance type and over time. This study investigates the effects of traits on tree growth –for short and longer terms– in response to two vastly different extreme climatic events, droughts, and hurricanes, in a Puerto Rican forest.
- Keyword:
- Tropical tree, relative growth rates , and Puerto Rico
- Citation to related publication:
- Umaña, M. N. In review. The interplay of drought and hurricanes on tree recovery: insights from dynamic and weak functional responses. Forthcoming and Umana, M. (2023). Functional trait data across an elevational gradient of six tree species in El Yunque National Park, Puerto Rico in 2015 [Data set], University of Michigan - Deep Blue Data. https://doi.org/10.7302/7962-4t98
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Chenevert, Thomas L., Malyarenko, Dariya, Amouzandeh, Ghoncheh, Pickup, Stephen, Zhou, Rong, Manning, Henry Charles, Gamon, Seth T., Shoghi, Kooresh I., Quirk, James D., Sriram, Renuka, Larson, Peder, Lewis, Mickael T., Pautler, Robia G., Kinahan, Paul E., and Muzi, Mark
- Description:
- Goals of this work quantify repeatability and reproducibility across multiple NIH/NCI Co-Clinical Imaging Research Resources Program (CIRP) preclinical MRI systems in performing diffusion measurement using a standardized acquisition protocol on a shared phantom containing temperature-controlled medium of known diffusivity. To achieve these goals, the CIRP Image Acquisition Data Processing (IADP) working group (WG) performed a round-robin study of an ice water-based DWI phantom using a detailed phantom preparation procedure and standardized DWI acquisition protocol, with both site- and core-lab generated ADC measurements derived from shared datasets.
- Keyword:
- diffusion MRI, pre-clinical MRI, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), repeatability, reproducibility, and accuracy
- Citation to related publication:
- Tomography 2023, 9, 375–386. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography9010030
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Rivera-Rivera, Luis Y., Moore, Timothy C., and Glotzer, Sharon C.
- Description:
- The dataset is organized as follows: the data for each of the three target structures is contained within a directory with the structure name (e.g., kagome, pyrocholore and snub-square). Within each structure directory, data obtained from alchemical and self-assembly simulations are separated into alchem and self-assembly directories respectively. An additional suboptimal-self-assembly directory is only present for the snub-square structure and contains the data for the pattern registration analysis discussed in the SI. For a detailed description of each file contained within each directory, please refer to the README file.
- Keyword:
- inverse design, self-assembly, triblock Janus particles, crystallization slot, and digital alchemy
- Citation to related publication:
- Rivera-Rivera, LY, Moore, TC & SC Glotzer. Inverse design of triblock Janus spheres for self-assembly of complex structures in the crystallization slot via digital alchemy. Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 2726-2736 doi: 10.1039/d2sm01593e
- Discipline:
- Engineering
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- Creator:
- Lumeng, Julie C
- Description:
- Healthy full-term infants were enrolled in a longitudinal study designed to examine the development of infant eating behavior. Infant weight and length was measured, mothers completed questionnaires regarding infant eating behaviors, and infants were weighed and length measured at ages 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10 months. Trajectories of eating behaviors were identified using latent class growth modeling and bivariate analyses examined associations of infant eating behavior trajectory membership with infant and maternal characteristics. Cross-lagged analyses examined associations between BEBQ subscales and infant weight-for-length z-score.
- Keyword:
- infant, eating, weight gain, and feeding
- Citation to related publication:
- Harlan McCaffery, Julie Zaituna, Sophie Busch, Niko Kaciroti, Alison L. Miller, Julie C. Lumeng, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Ashley Gearhardt, Megan H. Pesch, Developmental trajectories of eating behaviors and cross-lagged associations with weight across infancy, Appetite, 2023, 106978
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and CTEES
- Description:
- Reconstructed CT slices for tooth in bone fragment of Colognathus obscurus (University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology catalog number UMMP 7506) as a series of TIFF images. Raw projections are not included in this dataset. The reconstructed slice data from the scan are offered here as a series of unsigned 16-bit integer TIFF images. The upper left corner of the first image (*_0000.tif) is the XYZ origin.
- Keyword:
- Paleontology, Fossil, CT, Reptile, UMMP, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Triassic, and bf7ead64-3fff-a3f2-6b15-d04548dae2da
- Discipline:
- Science
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Central Mali documentary videos
User Collection- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- Short documentary videos of practical activities and cultural events of Dogon, Fulbe, Songhay, and Bangande ethnic groups of eastern Central Mali. The videos were byproducts of linguistic research on the local language. They are presented here in three formats: wmv, avi, and either qt or mov. See the "readme" files in each work for a summary of the videos in it. and The footage was shot with various digital cameras. The oldest videos (2010 and one or two from 2011) were edited using iMovie. The later videos were edited using AVS editing software. Several of the 2010 videos, referred to as "compilations," are simple sequences of short clips that combine to illustrate a complex activity such as extracting oil from nuts. The later videos are in more flowing documentary form with overlaid titles in English. In some cases, vocabulary from the relevant native language is included in the titles.
- Keyword:
- Mali and Dogon
- Citation to related publication:
- www.dogonlanguages.org
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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Bozo languages of Mali (spreadsheets, media)
User Collection- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- This collection will archive lexical spreadsheets, audio files, geographic information, images, and videos that complement the reference grammars in pdf and docx form in the collection “Bozo languages of Mali (documents)” that are archived in Deep Blue Documents ( https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/6632). See the “readme” for that collection and the introductory material in the reference grammars for general information about the languages and the fieldwork., The initial material archived in the present collection consists of audio files. They are recordings of narratives, interviews, and conversations. Some of them have been transcribed and are presented as appendices in the reference grammars. Others have not been transcribed; they are presented here in the hope that they can eventually be transcribed or at least listened to by native speakers. If the author is able to transcribe some of them in the future, the transcriptions will be added here (and to the Deep Blue Documents collection)., Many of the recordings, as well as most of the images and videos to be added to this collection, have been made by project assistant Minkailou Djiguiba. He has courageously traveled into Bozo-speaking zones, some of which are highly insecure, to do this work. In addition, he has been instrumental in recruiting and transporting Bozo speakers to the author’s base in Bobo Dioulasso where much of the grammatical and lexical work has been done., and The author’s fieldwork is supported by grant PD-1941828 (2020-2024) from the National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages program, which is also supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Keyword:
- Bozo, Jenaama, Cliffs, Kelenga, Tigemaxo, and Tiéyaxo
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Brennan, Jonathan R.
- Description:
- These files contain the raw data and processing parameters to go with the paper "Hierarchical structure guides rapid linguistic predictions during naturalistic listening" by Jonathan R. Brennan and John T. Hale. These files include the stimulus (wav files), raw data (matlab format for the Fieldtrip toolbox), data processing paramters (matlab), and variables used to align the stimuli with the EEG data and for the statistical analyses reported in the paper.
- Keyword:
- linguistics, syntax, language, and eeg
- Citation to related publication:
- Brennan JR, Hale JT (2019) Hierarchical structure guides rapid linguistic predictions during naturalistic listening. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0207741. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207741
- Discipline:
- Social Sciences
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- Creator:
- McCuen, Brett A.
- Description:
- We present a comprehensive statistical analysis of high-frequency transient-large-amplitude (TLA) magnetic perturbation events that occurred at 12 high-latitude ground magnetometer stations throughout solar cycle 24 from 2009 to 2019. TLA signatures are defined as one or more second-timescale dB/dt interval with magnitude ≥ 6 nT/s within an hour event window. This study characterizes high-frequency TLA events based on their spatial and temporal behavior as well as relation to auroral substorms, geomagnetic storm phases and nighttime geomagnetic disturbance events events (GMD). We show that TLA events occur primarily at nighttime and solely in the high-latitude region above 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude. The largest TLA events occurred more often in the declining phase of the solar cycle when solar wind velocity was higher and ring current activity was lower, suggesting association to high-speed flows caused by coronal holes and subsequent corotating interaction regions reaching Earth. TLA perturbations often occurred preceding or within the most extreme nighttime geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) events with 5-10 minute timescales, but the TLA intervals were often even more localized than the ~300 km effective radius of GMDs: occurring at only some of the stations at which GMDs occurred. We show that TLA-related GMD events can result from dipolarization fronts in the magnetotail and fast flows toward Earth and are closely temporally associated to poleward boundary intensifications (PBI) and auroral streamers. The highly localized behavior and connection to the most extreme GMD events suggests that TLA intervals are a ground manifestation of the features within rapid and complex ionospheric structures that can drive GICs.
- Keyword:
- geomagnetic field, high frequency, space weather, transient-large-amplitude, TLA, high frequency dB/dt, dB/dt search algorithm
- Citation to related publication:
- McCuen, B. A., Moldwin, M. B., Engebretson, M. J., Weygand, J. G., Nishimura, Y. (2023). A Statistical Analysis of High-frequency Transient-Large-Amplitude Geomagnetic Disturbance. [To be submitted to] Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Cao, Yinyin, Lawson, Benn, and Pil, Frits K.
- Description:
- As part of a larger research study on social sustainability and human rights, this research examines the supplier codes of conduct lead firms adopt to achieve their social supply chain sustainability goals.
- Keyword:
- social sustainability, human rights, and supplier codes of conduct
- Citation to related publication:
- Cao, Y., Lawson, B., & Pil, F. K. (2023). Social sustainability and human rights in global supply chains, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-10-2022-0670.
- Discipline:
- Business
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- Creator:
- Brennan, Jonathan R
- Description:
- These files contain the raw data and processing parameters to go with the paper "Hierarchical structure guides rapid linguistic predictions during naturalistic listening" by Jonathan R. Brennan and John T. Hale. These files include the stimulus (wav files), raw data (BrainVision format), data processing parameters (matlab), and variables used to align the stimuli with the EEG data and for the statistical analyses reported in the paper (csv spreadsheet). and Updates in Version 2: - data in BrainVision format - added information about data analysis - corrected prePROCessing information for S02
- Keyword:
- Linguistics, Speech, and EEG
- Citation to related publication:
- Brennan, J. R., & Hale, J. T. (2019). Hierarchical structure guides rapid linguistic predictions during naturalistic listening. PLoS ONE 14(1). e0207741
- Discipline:
- Social Sciences
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Mali documentary videos from 2023
User Collection- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- Each "work" in this collection is a set of documentary-style videos in mp4 (m4v) format. The initial (2023) set of works is as follows: "farming and plant gathering (Mali mp4)", "construction and boatbuilding (Mali mp4)", "fishing (Mali mp4)", "food and beverage preparation (Mali mp4)", metalwork and woodwork (Mali mp4)", "cultural events (Mali mp4)", "firearms and gunpowder (Mali mp4)", "pottery (Mali mp4)", and "weaving and dyeing (Mali mp4)". Funding: National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages program. The readme's for each work give further details. Additional works with new videos may be added in the future. See also the Deep Blue Data collections "Burkina Faso documentary videos" and "Central Mali documentary videos". The latter contains Mali videos archived in 2018.
- Keyword:
- Mali and documentary videos
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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Burkina Faso documentary videos
User Collection- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- This is a collection of mostly short documentary-style videos related to linguistic fieldwork in southwestern Burkina Faso. The initial batch consists of videos produced in 2023, and others will be added. Versions of some of these videos overdubbed in native languages will also be produced for local consumption in Burkina. Most of the videos document everyday practical activities; some also feature useful native plants and insects. This collection is parallel to collections of videos from neighboring Mali: see "Central Mali documentary videos" (with documentaries produced up to 2018) and "Mali documentary videos from 2023 on" for the newer ones. A small collection from north-central Côte d'Ivoire is also in the works. Within each collection, the videos are organized into "works" based on the general type of activity documented.
- Keyword:
- Burkina Faso and documentary videos
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Ponder, Brandon M., Ridley, Aaron J., Goel, Ankit, and Bernstein, Dennis S.
- Description:
- This research was completed to statistically validate that a data-model refinement technique could integrate real measurements to remove bias from physics-based models via changing the forcing parameters such as the thermal conductivity coefficients.
- Keyword:
- Thermosphere, GITM, CHAMP, GRACE, MSIS, Upper Atmosphere Modeling, and Data Assimilation
- Citation to related publication:
- Ponder, B. M., Ridley, A. J., Goel, A., & Bernstein, D. S. (2023). Improving forecasting ability of GITM using data-driven model refinement. Space Weather, 21, e2022SW003290. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003290
- Discipline:
- Engineering and Science
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- Creator:
- Carlson, Jake
- Description:
- This data set is my analysis of data management plans (DMPs) that were written by researchers at the University of Michigan for awards made between March 2020 and February 2021. I conducted this analysis to explore the potential utility of DMPs as a tool to aid data curators in understanding and working with the associated data set. Variables collected include: the types and formats of the expected data sets, information about the metadata and documentation to be generated, the anticipated methods for making the data set publicly available, references to Intellectual Property allowances or concerns, and the stated duration for preserving the data sets.
- Keyword:
- Data management plans, Data curation, Data sharing, and Content Analysis
- Citation to related publication:
- Carlson, J. (2023) Untapped Potential: A Critical Analysis of the Utility of Data Management Plans in Facilitating Data Sharing. Journal of Research Administration. Fall 2023. Forthcoming.
- Discipline:
- Social Sciences
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- Creator:
- Kort, Eric A., Plant, Genevieve, Brandt, Adam R., Chen, Yuanlei, Gorchov Negron, Alan M., and Smith, Mackenzie L.
- Description:
- As part of the Flaring & Fossil Fuels: Uncovering Emissions & Losses (F3UEL) project, in 2022 the aircraft measurement platform sampled offshore oil & gas facilities in the US Gulf of Mexico to quantify facility-level emissions using the approach detailed in Conley et al. (2017). Vertical profiles were conducted on each flight to capture the vertical structure and mixing depths of the atmosphere. The data file contains all merged flight data from each flight day. Reference: Conley, S., Faloona, I., Mehrotra, S., Suard, M., Lenschow, D. H., Sweeney, C., Herndon, S., Schwietzke, S., Pétron, G., Pifer, J., Kort, E. A., and Schnell, R.: Application of Gauss’s theorem to quantify localized surface emissions from airborne measurements of wind and trace gases, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 3345 – 3358, 2017.
- Keyword:
- Offshore Oil & Gas, Methane, Nitrogen Oxides, and Gulf of Mexico
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Mohtat, Peyman, Siegel, Jason B., and Stefanopoulou, Anna G.
- Description:
- The goal here is to study the voltage and expansion response of lithium-ion batteries at different charging rates. Specifically, the goal is to capture the observation of the smoothing of the peaks in dV/dQ and retention of the peaks in d^2 (backslash)delta/dQ^2 at higher C-rates. The retention of the peaks at higher charging rates enables better estimation of the cell capacity. To achieve this goal a reduced order electrochemical and mechanical model with multiple particles with a size distribution is developed. This allows us to capture the smoothing and preservation of the phase transitions in the voltage and expansion measurements at high C-rates, respectively. The model is written in Matlab software.
- Keyword:
- Lithium-ion batteries, Modeling, Multiparticle, Mechanical response, and Electrochemical
- Citation to related publication:
- Mohtat, P., Lee, S., Sulzer, V., Siegel, J. B., & Stefanopoulou, A. G. (2020). Differential Expansion and Voltage Model for Li-ion Batteries at Practical Charging Rates. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(11), 110561. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/aba5d1
- Discipline:
- Engineering
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- Creator:
- Eckel, Catherine, Hoover, Hanna, Krupka, Erin, Sinha, Nishita, and Wilson, Rick
- Description:
- The research reported here is part of a larger study where we recruited students from the entering undergraduate classes in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 at Rice University. The aim of the larger project is to examine the evolution of economic preferences (altruism, risk aversion, time preference, competitiveness, loss aversion, in-group favoritism, among others) across their college years. Subjects participated in numerous laboratory and online studies between matriculation and 2021. This paper uses data from the experimental design of a subset of tasks that subjects completed. The survey wave used in this paper was collected in June and July of 2021. This survey was composed of fifteen modules and had a total of 710 participants. and The survey consisted of 15 modules. Module 1 consisted of questions on COVID-19 related behavior and future expectations of the COVID-19 pandemic. Module 2 consisted of an emotion elicitation task. Module 3 solicited trust levels of several authorities and news outlets. Module 4 consisted of several general socioeconomic preference questions. Module 5 asked questions related to how frequently subjects provide various forms of help. Module 6 solicited social appropriateness ratings regarding COVID-19 preventative behavior. Module 7 consisted of an estimation task. Module 8 was the dictator game with the freshmen recipient. Module 9 involved a risky investment decision task. Module 10 was the dictator game with the same-class recipient. Module 11 involved a trust-game. Module 12 was the dictator game with charity as the recipient. Module 13 asked questions regarding help received by the university as well as COVID-19 academic impact. Module 14 included questions regarding the subjects’ COVID-19 infection status. Module 15 posed questions regarding subjects’ resiliency. Only modules 8, 10, and 12 were used in this analysis. These corresponded to Q11 - Q18 of the instrument. In each module, subjects played a dictator game, guessed what others did in the game and played a coordination game designed to elicit norms for the dictator game they just played. After the subject completed the survey, we randomly selected a module for payment. Subjects then received an email alerting the subject which module was selected for payment and how much money they would receive given their responses in the selection module. Data was analyzed using STATA; if running the do file for STATA, and not already installed, then add ""capture ssc install estout" to the very top of the .do file.
- Keyword:
- Dictator game, Social norms, and Charitable giving
- Discipline:
- Social Sciences
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos of weaving (garments, baskets) and dyeing. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- weaving, basketry, indigo, and bogolan (dye)
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos of pottery making, notably a four-part documentary of one potter's work. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- pottery
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos profiling certain native plants. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Hibiscus
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos of pressing oil from seeds of native plants. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- oil (vegetable)
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos about making rifles and gunpowder. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Mali, rifle making, and gunpowder
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos of blacksmiths and carpenters (see also the work "construction and boatbuilding"). Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Mali, blacksmith, and carpentry
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos of food and beverage production by Bozo and Dogon people. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Mali, roselle, baobab, and Crateva
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos showing fishing techniques chiefly of Bozo people (plus some Dogon). Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Mali, Bozo, and fishing techniques
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos of construction of a granary and building a large skiff (boat). Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Mali, boatbuilding, brickmaking from molds, construction, and granary
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos of farming and of foraging for useful native plants. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Mali, farming, vetiver, palm hearts, water lily, and taro
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Videos of farming and plant gathering in SW Burkina Faso. Credits at end of videos. Other documentaries from Burkina may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Burkina Faso, farming, and plant gathering
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos showing food and beverage preparation in SW Burkina Faso. Credits at end of videos. Additional documentaries from Burkina may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Burkina Faso, cooking, food preparation, and beverage preparation
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentary videos of metalwork (blacksmiths) and woodwork from Burkina Faso. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Burkina may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Burkina Faso, blacksmith, metalwork, woodwork
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Occasional videos involving native insects of SW Burkina Faso. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Burkina may be added later. See also the "bees ..." work in this collection.
- Keyword:
- Burkina Faso, insects
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Videos featuring native plants of Burkina Faso. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Burkina may be added later. Images of native plants will be in a distinct collection.
- Keyword:
- Burkina Faso and native plants
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Five-part documentary on making apiaries and collecting honey. Vigué ethnicity, Viemo language. location: near Karangasso-Vigué, southwestern Burkina Faso. credits at end of videos. Other documentaries from Burkina may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Burkina Faso, Vigué, Viemo, beekeeping, and apiary
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Documentation of Dogon fox-track divination, a Dogon memorial altar, and a Bozo boat race. Credits are at the end of videos. Additional documentaries from Mali may be added later.
- Keyword:
- Mali, Dogon, Bozo, fox-track divination, and boatrace
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Zygophyllaceae, including Balanites ("wild date" tree). Only Balanites and Tribulus terrestris are common in Central Mali.
- Keyword:
- Zygophyllaceae and Balanites
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Rhamnaceae. The local genus is Ziziphus (jujube), of which Z. mauritiana has the most edible fruits, but is being supplanted by the introduced and planted Z. jujuba. In the wild, Z. mucronata is the other common species. Z. abyssinica was collected on the summit of Tabi mountain near Boni, Z. spina-christi occurs in deep floodplains in the Djenné area, and Z. lotus is a Saharan species.
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Solanaceae. Solanum nigrum and S. americanum belong to a tighly knit group whose taxonomy is unstable. Fruits of S. incanum and green fruits of S. nigrum/americanum are toxic. Datura spp. are narcotic. Capsicum spp. are chili peppers (and bell peppers). Solanum tuberosum is cultivated potato. Cultivated tomato is Solanum lycopersicum (or Lycopersicon esculentum). Cultivated tobacco is modern Nicotiana tabacum and the more traditional Nicotiana rustica.
- Keyword:
- Solanaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Plantaginaceae (sometimes called Veronicaceae). This family was recently separated from Scrophulariaceae (sensu lato), and taxonomy of these families remains unstable. Scoparia is an important medicinal plant.
- Keyword:
- Plantaginaceae and Scoparia
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Polygalaceae.
- Keyword:
- Polygalaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, family Aristolochiaceae.
- Keyword:
- Aristolochiaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, genera T to Z. Vigna unguiculata is cultivated cowpea (the local "beans"). Vigna subterranea (ex Vouandzeia) is cultivated groundnut (resembles peanut but harder).
- Keyword:
- Faboideae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of the family Pontederiaceae.
- Keyword:
- Pontederiaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Typhaceae (bulrushes).
- Keyword:
- Typhaceae and bulrush
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Lee, HaEun, Lori, Jody R, Sieka, Joseph, Reynolds, Christopher W, and Lockhart, Nancy
- Description:
- Mobile obstetric emergency system (MORES) is a promising intervention to enhance communication between rural health facilities and hospitals and to improve maternal and newborn outcomes.
- Keyword:
- Obstetric referral, WhatsApp, Mobile health, Referral system, and International Heath
- Citation to related publication:
- Lee, H., Dahn B., Sieka, J., Nyanplu, A., Reynolds, C., Edson, C., Lockhart, N., & Lori, J. The use of a mobile obstetric emergency system (MORES) to improve obstetric referrals in Bong County, Liberia: A pre/post study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. (2023) http://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.15175
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences and International Studies
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, genera A to E. Arachis hypogaea is cultivated peanut.
- Keyword:
- Faboideae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of flora from nature or of specimens, family Cucurbitaceae . There are some difficulties involving determinations of wild melons with protrusions (horns), Cucumis pustulatus/metuliferus/prophetarum. Cultivated spp. are Lagenaria (gourd, calabash), Citrullus lanatus (watermelon), and Cucurbita (squash/pumpkin).
- Keyword:
- Cucurbitaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of flora from nature or of specimens, family Convolvulaceae
- Keyword:
- Convolvulaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of flora from nature or of specimens, family Commelinaceae
- Keyword:
- Commelinaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants in nature or specimens, family Amaranthaceae. The ex-Chenopodiaceae are listed as Amaranthaceae_Chenopodioideae. Our specimens of the cultivated amaranth (a sauce vegetable) are listed as Amaranthus_cf._dubius/hybridus.
- Keyword:
- Amaranthaceae, amaranth
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants in nature or specimens, family Acanthaceae
- Keyword:
- Acanthaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Polygonaceae.
- Keyword:
- Polygonaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Olacaceae. The local genus is Ximenia, which occurs in the wild but is also planted in courtyards.
- Keyword:
- Olacaceae and Ximenia
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Malphighiaceae. The family is represented in rocky areas of Central Mali by Acridocarpus monodii, which is endemic to Mali and has become rare (and threatened).
- Keyword:
- Malphighiaceae and Acridocarpus monodii
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature and specimens, of family Geraniaceae
- Keyword:
- Geraniaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Elatinaceae
- Keyword:
- Elatinaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Orobanchaceae. The local species is Striga hermonthica, a root parasite of millet and other crop plants. The family (like Plantaginaceae) was recently separated from Scrophulariaceae, but family-level taxonomy remains controversial.
- Keyword:
- Orobanchaceae and Striga
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Salvadoraceae. The local species is Salvadora persica.
- Keyword:
- Salvadoraceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Verbenaceae. This family has been sharply reduced by the transfer of many genera to Lamiaceae (Vitex, Gmelina, Clerodendrum).
- Keyword:
- Verbenaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Sapotaceae.
- Keyword:
- Sapotaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Myrtaceae. Syzygium is the local native species and is featured here. Syzygium is rare in Central Mali but was found on the summit of Gandamiya mountain near Douentza. It is common farther south. The family also includes guava, clove, and eucalyptus.
- Keyword:
- Myrtaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Menyanthaceae (false water lilies).
- Keyword:
- Menyanthaceae and Nymphoides
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Turneraceae. Recently the family Turneraceae including Tricliceras was merged into Passifloraceae in one botanical system, but some botanists reject this. Tricliceras is a weed in villages.
- Keyword:
- Passifloraceae, Turneraceae, and Tricliceras
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Onagraceae. The local genus is Ludwigia. L. hyssopifolia and L. erecta are the two species known in Central Mali away from the main rivers (where other spp. are also found).
- Keyword:
- Onagraceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Vitaceae. These are climbing vines or small herbaceous bushes.
- Keyword:
- Vitaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of the family Meliaceae. Azadirachta (neem tree) is nonnative but is planted everywhere in Malian villages and cities. Khaya ("caïlcédrat") was formerly the boulevard tree of preference in cities in the colonial period; it is native to West Africa but occurs in the wild mainly farther south.
- Keyword:
- Meliaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Nymphaeaceae (true water lilies, compare Menyanthaceae). Nymphaea lotus is the largest species and has distinctive dentate leaf margins. N. maculata and N. micrantha are smaller; N. maculata has roughly circular leaves, while N. micrantha has more oval-shaped leaves and usually a tuft of hairs on top of the leaf next to the stem axis.
- Keyword:
- Nymphaeaceae and water lily
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Portulacaceae (purslanes). Portulaca oleracea, P. quadrifida, and P. foliosa are widespread weeds, P. grandiflora is an ornamental in courtyards. Specimens deteriorate quickly. Except when flowering, P. oleracea can be confused with Trianthema portulacastrum (Aizoaceae).
- Keyword:
- Portulacaceae and purslane
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Urticaceae.
- Keyword:
- Urticaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Nyctaginaceae. The genus Boerhavia has been revised since our collecting began and it is best to consider all of these images to be "Boerhavia sp.", though mostly B. coccinea.
- Keyword:
- Nyctaginaceae and Boerhavia
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Moringaceae. The local species is Moringa oleracea, planted here and there in villages chiefly for the foliage which is made into a sauce.
- Keyword:
- Moringaceae and Moringa
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Vahliaceae
- Keyword:
- Vahliaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Sapindaceae. Lepisanthes was formerly in genus Aphania.
- Keyword:
- Sapindaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of flora from nature or of specimens, family Cleomaceae. This family was previously part of Capparaceae, and is now sometimes included in Brassicaceae.
- Keyword:
- Cleomaceae, Cleome
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of the family Zingiberaceae. In Central Mali, the relevant species are Zingiber (ginger) and melegueta pepper (Aframomum). Ginger is cultivated or imported, and melegueta pepper is imported and sold as a spice or medicine.
- Keyword:
- Zingiberaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Rubiaceae
- Keyword:
- Rubiaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Poaceae (grasses), general P to Z.
- Keyword:
- Poaceae and grasses
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Poaceae (grasses), genera D to O
- Keyword:
- Poaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Poaceae (grasses), genera A to C.
- Keyword:
- Poaceae and grasses
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Pedaliaceae. Sesamum indicum is cultivated sesame, the other species are wild.
- Keyword:
- Pedaliaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Moraceae. All species in the zone covered are figs (Ficus spp.)
- Keyword:
- Moraceae and Ficus
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Malvaceae, genus Hibiscus. H. sabdariffa (roselle) is cultivated. H. esculentus (okra) is not widely cultivated in this zone. Of native species, H. micranthus can be confused with H. pseudohirtus.
- Keyword:
- Hibiscus
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Malvaceae, genera I to Z. Malvaceae (sensu lato) now includes former Bombacaceae (Adansonia, Ceiba, Bombax), Tiliaceae (Grewia, Corchorus, Triumfetta), and Sterculiaceae (Cola, Sterculia, Waltheria).
- Keyword:
- Malvaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature and specimens, of family Lythraceae. Lawsonia is the henna bush, planted in towns. Henna is a dark pigment used in body decorations, especially hands and feet.
- Keyword:
- Lythraceae and henna
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Loranthaceae (mistletoe). Englerina has yellow flowers. Tapinanthus spp. have red flowers and are difficult to distinguish from each other. Tapinanthus bangwensis is the common species in Central Mali.
- Keyword:
- Loranthaceae and mistletoe
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Limeaceae. This family has recently been separated from Molluginaceae. Only Limeum pterocarpum is widespread in Central Mali.
- Keyword:
- Limeaceae and Limeum
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Lentibulariaceae
- Keyword:
- Lentibulariaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Lauraceae. Cassytha is a native plant. Laurus nobilis (a kind of bay leaf) is an imported dried leaf used as a spice especially in Songhay cuisine.
- Keyword:
- Lauraceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Lami.aceae (synonym Labiatae). Leucas and Leonotis genera overlap and may be merged. Gmelina and Vitex have been transferreed to Lamiaceae from Verbenaceae but are still listed as Verbenaceae in some websites.
- Keyword:
- Lamiaceae and Vitex
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Hydrocharitaceae. Included is genus Najas, which is sometimes elevated to family status (Najadaceae). Najas spp. are difficult for a nonspecialist to distinguish from each other and from Lagarosiphon. Ottelia is easily recognized.
- Keyword:
- Hydrocharitaceae and Najas
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of plants of the family Hernandiaceae. Genus Gyrocarpus, the only one present in the zone, is sometimes placed in its own family Gyrocarpaceae.
- Keyword:
- Hernandiaceae and Gyrocarpus
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Heliotropiaceae. This family was recently separated from Boraginaceae.
- Keyword:
- Heliotropiaceae
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Gisekiaceae
- Keyword:
- Gisekiaceae, Gisekia
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Fabaceae (legumes), subfamily Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade, former Acacia spp. (sensu lato). The acacias were split in 2011 into several genera: African acacias were assigned to Faidherbia, Senegalia, and Vachellia. Acacia (sensu stricto) was delimited to Australia (due to strong-arming from the Australian timber industry), even though the type species was Acacia (now Vachellia) nilotica. Acacia ehrenbergiana was renamed Vachellia flava, in other cases the species epithet did not change when the genus changed. Many botanists continue to use Acacia for the entire complex, others recognize Faidherbia but retain Acacia for Senegalia and Vachellia. By strict botanical rules, Acacia should be limited to "Vachellia".
- Keyword:
- Acacia, Faidherbia, Vachellia, and Senegalia
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioidea, mimosoid clade excluding former Acacia spp.
- Keyword:
- mimosoid
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- images of plants, in nature or specimens, of family Fabaceae (legumes), subfamily Faboideae, genera M to S
- Keyword:
- Faboideae
- Discipline:
- Humanities