bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Uso dos modelos CAL3QHC e I-Tree Canopy na avaliação da qualidade do ar em Aracaju: estimativas das concentrações de PM10 nas vias de tráfego intenso de automóveis
Authors: Anjos Max , Lopes António , Alves Elis
Published: April 2019

As emissões de poluentes nas vias com alta densidade de tráfego notabilizaram-se como uma das potenciais fontes de poluição do ar nas cidades. Baseado em simulações com o modelo de dispersão atmosférica (CAL3QHC) foram encontradas na área central de Aracaju concentrações de MP10 máxima até 120 µg m-3, que violam as normas nacionais e, portanto, com possíveis efeitos prejudiciais na saúde humana. Além disso, demostrou que a redução de 60% do fluxo de tráfego de automóveis nas vias de circulação mais congestionadas pode reduzir em até 70 µg m-3 as concentrações de MP10 e o aumento de 9% de árvores pode remover 16.8 kg anual de MP10 com o benefício econômico de R$ 390 reais, usando a ferramenta I-Tree Canopy. Os resultados simulados podem ser um complemento importante para a implementação de ações de controle à poluição do ar, como por exemplo, a instalação de uma rede mais densa de monitoramento da qualidade do ar na cidade.
Uma proposta metodológica de mapeamento de áreas suscetíveis à inundação e/ou alagamento, na bacia hidrográfica do córrego Indaiá-MS
Authors: Mantovani José Roberto , Bacani Vitor Matheus
Published: April 2019

Neste trabalho propõe-se um modelo matemático para efetuar o mapeamento de áreas suscetíveis à inundação e/ou alagamento, fundamentado no método AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process). A bacia hidrográfica do córrego Indaiá foi determinada como área experimental de análise, tendo em vista a sua ocupação que vem se processando nos últimos anos. Esta bacia está localizada no perímetro rural do município de Aquidauana, estado do Mato Grosso do Sul. Não há de fato, registros sobre ocorrência de inundações e/ou alagamentos nesta área; por outro lado, embora sejam fenômenos ocasionados por eventos naturais, de origem hidrometeorológica, eles podem ser potencializados e/ou deflagrados pela ação antrópica, o que justifica a busca pela minimização de suas consequências no meio ambiente, sobretudo, da regularização da ocupação dessa bacia sob análise. Visando o reconhecimento dos condicionantes e fatores que potencialmente exercem influência na formação e propagação desses eventos, foi utilizada uma metodologia de pesquisa geográfica, com base na análise integrada do ambiente sob a perspectiva sistêmica proporcionada pela escolha da bacia hidrográfica como unidade de análise, englobando técnica de análise multicritérios que considera fatores naturais e socioeconômicos que proporcionam a modelagem da realidade local de modo dinâmico. Os resultados mostraram que a bacia não apresenta elevada suscetibilidade, uma vez que as áreas com maior susceptibilidade representaram aproximadamente 23% da área total, relacionadas com as baixas declividades (fora da planície fluvial), solos mal drenados associados ao uso da terra com ausência de práticas conservacionistas. As áreas intermediárias (média suscetibilidade) representaram aproximadamente 42% da área total e as de menor suscetibilidade cerca de 37%. As áreas que apresentaram maiores suscetibilidades, em específico à inundação, estão relacionadas sobretudo com a planície fluvial, já as áreas com maiores tendências aos alagamentos estão relacionadas com a baixa declividade, somadas com as alterações antrópicas.
Pensar radicalmente sob a repressão: a geografia crítica brasileira no contexto da ditadura civil-militar
Authors: Verdi Elisa Favaro
Published: April 2019

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o contexto sócio-histórico de desenvolvimento da chamada Geografia Crítica brasileira. Tal movimento insere-se no momento da ditadura civil-militar, um período de autoritarismo e repressão política, social e intelectual. O questionamento que move essa reflexão, portanto, se deu no sentido de compreender como um pensamento crítico – a Geografia Crítica - se fortalece e prolifera em um momento de repressão. Para tanto, trataremos do processo de modernização autoritária que o regime militar implementou, com especial interesse na modernização do ensino superior e consequências para a Universidade de São Paulo (USP), mais especificamente para a Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). A intenção é compreender as possíveis relações entre tal contexto e a elaboração de novos temas e problemáticas na ciência geográfica, a partir dos sujeitos diretamente envolvidos nessa elaboração: os estudantes de graduação e pós-graduação em Geografia à época.
Introdução ao "Dossiê 40 anos da Geografia Crítica"
Authors: Carlos Ana Fani
Published: April 2019

No panorama nacional, se nos anos 1970 a pesquisa colocou acento na necessidade teó- rica que permitiu questionar a Geografia em suas possibilidades de entender o mundo, vivemos hoje um momento de refluxo (o que requer explicação), em que o debate teórico e o marxismo aparecem envoltos numa nuvem de preconceitos. Esse é um dos desafios que devemos enfrentar neste século.
KB4Rec: A Data Set for Linking Knowledge Bases with Recommender Systems
Authors: Zhao Wayne Xin , He Gaole , Yang Kunlin , Dou Hongjian , Huang Jin , Ouyang Siqi , Wen Ji-Rong
Published: April 2019

To develop a knowledge-aware recommender system, a key issue is how to obtain rich and structured knowledge base (KB) information for recommender system (RS) items. Existing data sets or methods either use side information from original RSs (containing very few kinds of useful information) or utilize a private KB. In this paper, we present KB4Rec v1.0, a data set linking KB information for RSs. It has linked three widely used RS data sets with two popular KBs, namely Freebase and YAGO. Based on our linked data set, we first preform qualitative analysis experiments, and then we discuss the effect of two important factors (i.e., popularity and recency) on whether a RS item can be linked to a KB entity. Finally, we compare several knowledge-aware recommendation algorithms on our linked data set.
MDKB-Bot: A Practical Framework for Multi-Domain Task-Oriented Dialogue System
Authors: Lao Yadi , Liu Weijie , Gao Sheng , Li Si
Published: April 2019

One of the major challenges to build a task-oriented dialogue system is that dialogue state transition frequently happens between multiple domains such as booking hotels or restaurants. Recently, the encoderdecoder model based on the end-to-end neural network has become an attractive approach to meet this challenge. However, it usually requires a sufficiently large amount of training data and it is not flexible to handle dialogue state transition. This paper addresses these problems by proposing a simple but practical framework called Multi-Domain KB-BOT (MDKB-BOT), which leverages both neural networks and rule-based strategy in natural language understanding (NLU) and dialogue management (DM). Experiments on the data set of the Chinese Human-Computer Dialogue Technology Evaluation Campaign show that MDKB-BOT achieves competitive performance on several evaluation metrics, including task completion rate and user satisfaction.
Joint Entity and Event Extraction with Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning
Authors: Zhang Tongtao , Ji Heng , Sil Avirup
Published: April 2019

We propose a new framework for entity and event extraction based on generative adversarial imitation learning—an inverse reinforcement learning method using a generative adversarial network (GAN). We assume that instances and labels yield to various extents of difficulty and the gains and penalties (rewards) are expected to be diverse. We utilize discriminators to estimate proper rewards according to the difference between the labels committed by the ground-truth (expert) and the extractor (agent). Our experiments demonstrate that the proposed framework outperforms state-of-the-art methods.
User Profiling for CSDN: Keyphrase Extraction, User Tagging and User Growth Value Prediction: First-place Entry for User Profiling Technology Evaluation Campaign in SMP Cup 2017
Authors: Xing Guoliang , Gao Hao , Cao Qi , Yue Xinyu , Xu Bingbing , Cen Keting , Shen Huawei
Published: April 2019

The Chinese Software Developer Network (CSDN) is one of the largest information technology communities and service platforms in China. This paper describes the user profiling for CSDN, an evaluation track of SMP Cup 2017. It contains three tasks: (1) user document keyphrase extraction, (2) user tagging and (3) user growth value prediction. In the first task, we treat keyphrase extraction as a classification problem and train a Gradient-Boosting-Decision-Tree model with comprehensive features. In the second task, to deal with class imbalance and capture the interdependency between classes, we propose a two-stage framework: (1) for each class, we train a binary classifier to model each class against all of the other classes independently; (2) we feed the output of the trained classifiers into a softmax classifier, tagging each user with multiple labels. In the third task, we propose a comprehensive architecture to predict user growth value. Our contributions in this paper are summarized as follows: (1) we extract various types of features to identify the key factors in user value growth; (2) we use the semi-supervised method and the stacking technique to extend labeled data sets and increase the generality of the trained model, resulting in an impressive performance in our experiments. In the competition, we achieved the first place out of 329 teams.
Large-scale directed network inference with multivariate transfer entropy and hierarchical statistical testing
Authors: Novelli Leonardo , Wollstadt Patricia , Mediano Pedro , Wibral Michael , Lizier Joseph T.
Published: April 2019

Network inference algorithms are valuable tools for the study of large-scale neuroimaging datasets. Multivariate transfer entropy is well suited for this task, being a model-free measure that captures nonlinear and lagged dependencies between time series to infer a minimal directed network model. Greedy algorithms have been proposed to efficiently deal with high-dimensional datasets while avoiding redundant inferences and capturing synergistic effects. However, multiple statistical comparisons may inflate the false positive rate and are computationally demanding, which limited the size of previous validation studies. The algorithm we present—as implemented in the IDTxl open-source software—addresses these challenges by employing hierarchical statistical tests to control the family-wise error rate and to allow for efficient parallelization. The method was validated on synthetic datasets involving random networks of increasing size (up to 100 nodes), for both linear and nonlinear dynamics. The performance increased with the length of the time series, reaching consistently high precision, recall, and specificity (>98% on average) for 10,000 time samples. Varying the statistical significance threshold showed a more favorable precision-recall trade-off for longer time series. Both the network size and the sample size are one order of magnitude larger than previously demonstrated, showing feasibility for typical EEG and magnetoencephalography experiments.
Generating dynamical neuroimaging spatiotemporal representations (DyNeuSR) using topological data analysis
Authors: Geniesse Caleb , Sporns Olaf , Petri Giovanni , Saggar Manish
Published: April 2019

In this article, we present an open source neuroinformatics platform for exploring, analyzing, and validating distilled graphical representations of high-dimensional neuroimaging data extracted using topological data analysis (TDA). TDA techniques like Mapper have been recently applied to examine the brain’s dynamical organization during ongoing cognition without averaging data in space, in time, or across participants at the outset. Such TDA-based approaches mark an important deviation from standard neuroimaging analyses by distilling complex high-dimensional neuroimaging data into simple—yet neurophysiologically valid and behaviorally relevant—representations that can be interactively explored at the single-participant level. To facilitate wider use of such techniques within neuroimaging and general neuroscience communities, our work provides several tools for visualizing, interacting with, and grounding TDA-generated graphical representations in neurophysiology. Through Python-based Jupyter notebooks and open datasets, we provide a platform to assess and visualize different intermittent stages of Mapper and examine the influence of Mapper parameters on the generated representations. We hope this platform could enable researchers and clinicians alike to explore topological representations of neuroimaging data and generate biological insights underlying complex mental disorders.
Siphonoecetini Just, 1983 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Ischyroceridae) 10: Belkginoecetes gen. nov., Tropicoecetes gen. nov. and Rhinoecetes Just, 1983 from north-eastern and northern Australian shallow water, with eight new species
Authors: JUST JEAN
Published: April 2019

Two new genera and eight new species of bubocorophiid Siphonoecetini are described from north-eastern and northernAustralia: Belkginoecetes bullockyensis gen. et sp. nov. B. cooee sp. nov. (type species), B. darwiniense sp. nov., B. fleu-rae sp. nov., B. solea sp. nov., B. springthorpei sp. nov., Tropicoecetes carinata gen. et sp. nov., Rhinoecetes anneae sp.nov. The concept of bubocorophiid siphonoecetids and their distribution along eastern and northern Australia is briefly discussed. A key to species of Belkginoecetes gen. nov. is presented.
The genus Cryptonura Cassagnau, 1979 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae) in Iran
Authors: SMOLIS ADRIAN , FALAHATI ASGHAR , SKARŻYŃSKI DARIUSZ
Published: April 2019

The first two non-European Cryptonura, C. persica sp. nov. and C. maxima sp. nov. from Iran are described and illustrated. Within the genus both new species are well defined, C. persica sp. nov. is easily distinguished by only two chaetae Di on Th.II–III and ogival labrum, C. maxima sp. nov. is recognizable due to numerous chaetae in group L on abdomen IV. Analysis of their morphological features indicate rather close relationship between them. New taxa are also similar to C. jubilaria Smolis, 2002 from Poland, nevertheless, they differ in many substantial characters e.g. colour of body, shape of dorsal tubercles, cheatotaxy of labrum and antennae. Differences between them and other species of the genus are presented in an updated key to Cryptonura and discussion.
Notes on Prosthecarthron Raffray, with description of P. insulanus, sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Qi’ao Island, South China
Authors: YIN ZI-WEI , HUANG SHAO-BIN , GU FU-KANG
Published: April 2019

The genus Prosthecarthron Raffray is redescribed. Prosthecarthron insulanus Yin & Huang, sp. n. is described from Qi’ao Island, South China and distinguished from the allied species. Illustrations of habitus and major diagnostic features of the new species are provided. An identification key, a distributional map and a list of species are included.
A new oryzomyine (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Quaternary of Curaçao (West Indies)
Authors: ZIJLSTRA JELLE S.
Published: April 2019

A collection of 17 isolated rodent molars from a cave in the eastern part of Duivelsklip, Curaçao, Dutch West Indies, isdescribed as Dushimys larsi, new genus and species. The new species is characterized by relatively large size, broad mo-lars, absence of mesolophid and presence of anterolophid and anterolabial cingulum on m3, absence of metaloph on M3,and m2 with three roots. Phylogenetic analysis could not conclusively resolve the position of the new species, and it isprovisionally regarded as a representative of an otherwise unknown oryzomyine genus. The material is likely middle Pleistocene in age.
A taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genera Gurawa Distant and Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from China with description of a new species
Authors: DUAN YANI , ZHANG YALIN
Published: April 2019

Chinese species of Gurawa Distant (tribe Chiasmini) are reviewed and a new species, Gurawa truncata sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The related genus Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey is reported from China for the first time and descriptions and illustrations are provided for the genus and one undetermined species. Checklists to species of both genera are provided.
Amphinemura palmeni is a valid Holarctic stonefly species (Plecoptera: Nemouridae)
Authors: BOUMANS LOUIS , BAUMANN RICHARD W.
Published: April 2019

The taxonomic status of Amphinemura palmeni, a rare stonefly from northern Fennoscandia, was re-evaluated in amorphological study combined with analyses of mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S sequences. Taxon sampling includedA. standfussi, with which A. palmeni has been confused, the Nearctic A. linda and seven other Amphinemura species.Amphinemura palmeni is confirmed as a valid species, and A. norvegica and A. linda identified as junior synonyms. Thespecies is illustrated with line drawings, photographs and SEM micrographs. Its COI haplotype diversity is compared with the intraspecific diversity in other stonefly species.
Review of the genus Ommatoiulus in Andalusia, Spain (Diplopoda: Julida) with description of ten new species and notes on a remarkable gonopod struc-ture, the fovea
Authors: AKKARI NESRINE , ENGHOFF HENRIK
Published: April 2019

A comprehensive revision of the species of the genus Ommatoiulus in Andalusia, southern Spain, is carried out for thefirst time, revealing the presence of a total of 19 species, among which are one new record for the country, one for con-tinental Spain, two new records for Andalusia and 10 species new to science: Ommatoiulus baenai, O. baileyi, O. hoff-mani, O. jaenensis, O. kimei, O. pseudoflagellatus, O. recueroi, O. reipi, O. sabinarensis, O. schubarti n.spp. Thefollowing taxa are synonymised: Schizophyllum hoplites Verhoeff, 1910, S. diplurum appendiculatum Brolemann,1925, and Ommatoiulus diplurus mauriesi Hoffman, 1975, are regarded as junior synonyms of Ommatoiulus diplurus(Attems, 1903), n.syn. Schizophyllum dorsovittatum estrellanum Verhoeff, 1910, and S. calatravanum Brolemann,1920, are junior synonyms of Ommatoiulus dorsovittatus (Verhoeff, 1893), n.syn. Schizophyllum nivale Schubart,1959, is a junior synonym of Omnmatoiulus ilicis (Brölemann, 1896), n.syn. Full descriptions and diagnostic notes areprovided for all the species with accounts on their distributions, habitats, and notes discussing their taxonomy. A di-chotomous identification key, based on gonopod structures, is presented to facilitate species identification. In the dis-cussion section, the general patterns of species distribution are underlined, showing a clear tendency to ‘endemism’ forthe majority of species and to polymorphism for species with broader distribution ranges, especially O. diplurus. A dis-junct distribution Andalusia/Pyrenees is registered for O. ilicis. A comprehensive comparison of gonopods is attempt-ed, and three main types of gonopod configuration are delimited, denoting a wide range of structural complexity. Thefovea, a cavity in the posterior gonopods, is explored for the first time with scanning electron microscopy, revealing anagglutination of spermatozoa and confirming Verhoeff’s original observation dating back nearly 120 years. The con-stancy of the fovea in all Schizophyllini, combined with its absence in the rest of the julids, provides an additional apomorphy for the tribe.
A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean—a region of high taxonomic novelty
Authors: NEAL L. , BARNICH R. , WIKLUND H. , GLOVER A.G.
Published: April 2019

We describe a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polynoidae, Macellicephalinae) from a previously unsampled areaof the Southern Ocean, Pine Island Bay in the Amundsen Sea. Austropolaria n. gen. is differentiated from other genera in thesubfamily Macellicephalinae by a combination of morphological characters such as the number of pharyngeal papillae, bodysegments, elytra, and position of ventral cirrus. The type species of this genus, Austropolaria magnicirrata n. sp., is described based on morphological characters, supplemented by molecular data.
A taxonomic revision of the mealybug genus Ferrisia Fullaway (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), with descriptions of eight new species and a new genus
Authors: KAYDAN M. B. , GULLAN P. J.
Published: April 2019

The mealybug genus Ferrisia Fullaway is revised to include 18 species, based on morphological and molecular data. Wedistinguish the widespread pest species F. virgata (Cockerell) from morphologically similar species and provide a reviseddescription and illustration for the adult female of F. virgata. We resurrect Dactylopius dasylirii Cockerell stat. rev. fromsynonymy with Dactylopius virgatus Cockerell as Ferrisia dasylirii (Cockerell) and apply this name to many North Amer-ican and Caribbean populations previously recognised as F. virgata; F. dasylirii is the most difficult to distinguish mor-phologically from F. virgata and exhibits morphological and molecular variation among some populations. We designatea lectotype for D. dasylirii Cockerell. Eight new species of Ferrisia are described and illustrated based on the adult female,and named as Ferrisia colombiana sp. n., F. cristinae sp. n., F. ecuadorensis sp. n., F. kondoi sp. n., F. milleri sp. n., F.pitcairnia sp. n., F. uzinuri sp. n. and F. williamsi sp. n. The relationships of five of these new species and five namedspecies are discussed in relation to a previously published phylogenetic tree that was based on nucleotide sequence data.Taxonomically informative morphological features (such as the size, shape and position of discoidal pores associated withthe dorsal enlarged tubular ducts and the ventral oral-collar tubular ducts), identified for each of the genetic groups (clades)on the tree, are used to help to diagnose the species. We also describe and illustrate the adult female of a form of F. gilliGullan, found on Magnolia and some other host plants, that has numerous clusters of small ventral oral-collar ducts onthe body margins. For seven named species—F. claviseta (Lobdell), F. malvastra (McDaniel), F. meridionalis Williams,F. multiformis Granara de Willink, F. quaintancii (Tinsley), F. setosa (Lobdell) and F. terani Williams & Granara de Will-ink—we provide revised illustrations of the adult females as well as diagnostic morphological notes and information ondistribution and host plants. We also recognise Eurycoccus copallinae Ferris as a junior synonym (syn. n.) of Dactylopiusquaintancii Tinsley (now F. quaintancii) and designate a lectotype for E. copallinae. We include photographs of the liveappearance of the adult females of six Ferrisia species and also a key to all known species of Ferrisia based on the mor-phology of the adult females. We transfer the species currently known as Ferrisia floridana (Ferris) to a new monotypicgenus, Pseudoferrisia gen. n., as Pseudoferrisia floridana (Ferris) comb. n., and provide a description of the genus and its type species (Ferrisiana floridana Ferris), as well as a new illustration of the adult female.
The shrimp family Pseudochelidae De Grave & Moosa, 2004 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) in Brazil, with the description of a new species
Authors: ANKER ARTHUR
Published: April 2019

A new species of the caridean shrimp genus Pseudocheles Chace & Brown, 1978 is described from an offshore localityabout 160 km east of the Rio Doce estuary in Espírito Santo, Brazil. Pseudocheles falsapinca sp. nov. is the fourth speciesin the genus, differing from its three congeners, P. enigma Chace & Brown, 1978, P. chacei Kensley, 1983 and P. neutraDe Grave & Moosa, 2004, by the combination of the following features: antennal tooth minute or absent, fifth pleuronwith acute posterior tooth, carpus of third, fourth and fifth pereiopod with robust spiniform seta, coxa of third and fourthpereiopods without acute projection mesially, rostrum with five dorsal teeth, all anterior to post-orbital margin, and thirdmaxilliped with rounded, epipod-like structure. The new species is the deepest species of Pseudocheles reported so far,with both type specimens dredged at a depth range of 68–71 m. Pseudocheles falsapinca sp. nov. also represents the first record of Pseudocheles and the family Pseudochelidae De Grave & Moosa, 2004 for Brazil and the South-West Atlantic.
Erratum: Mahmudul Hasan, Mitsuru Kuramoto, Mohammed Mafizul Islam, Mohammad Shafiqul Alam, Md. Mukhlesur Rahman Khan & Masayuki Sumida (2012) A new species of genus Hoplobatrachus (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from the coastal belt of Bangladesh. Zootaxa, 3312, 45–48.
Authors: HASAN MAHMUDUL , KURAMOTO MITSURU , ISLAM MOHAMMED MAFIZUL , ALAM MOHAMMAD SHAFIQUL , KHAN MD. MUKHLESUR RAHMAN , SUMIDA MASAYUKI
Published: April 2019

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Neotype designation for Cladotanytarsus (Lenziella) bicornutus (Kieffer), and first description of the distinctive female (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
Authors: GIŁKA WOJCIECH , SPIES MARTIN
Published: April 2019

A neotype for Cladotanytarsus (Lenziella) bicornutus (Kieffer, 1922), the type species of Lenziella Kieffer, 1922, is designated from material sampled by Krüger in the 1940’s and recently discovered in the Thienemann collection. The adult female of C. (L.) bicornutus is described for the first time, and its diagnostic characters are discussed.
Phylogeny of Bathysciotina Guéorguiev, 1974, based on morphology with a special emphasis to Italian genera and with the description of a new species of Halbherria (Coleoptera Leiodidae Cholevinae Leptodirini)
Authors: PERREAU MICHEL
Published: April 2019

The discovery of the new species Halbherria daffneri Perreau, n. sp., a troglobitic species with pholeuonid body shape, in the high altitude karst system of Piani Eterni in southern Dolomites (northern Italy) is taken as an opportunity for a morphological investigation of the phylogeny of Bathysciotina with a special emphasis to the Italian genera. The monophyly of the set of Italian genera, (Aphaotus, Halbherria, Lessiniella, Neobathyscia, Sinuicollia) is confidently supported, with Neobathysica as the sister group of the four other genera. However the monophyly of the subtribe Bathysciotina is not significantly supported and the genus Sphaerobathyscia should clearly be excluded from the subtribe. The subgenus Albanella of the genus Speonesiotes is raised to genus rank.
Three new species and a new record of the genus Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Pangraptinae) from China
Authors: HU YAN-QING , WANG MIN
Published: April 2019

Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 was erected for the North American species P. decoralis Hübner, 1818 as its type species. The genus Pangrapta presently consists of about 100 species, and is widely distributed in China and surrounding regions, as well as in the New World (Hu & Wang, 2013). In this article, three new species, P. nanlingensis sp. n., P. jianfenglingensis sp. n. and P. hainanensis sp. n., are described from China. Each of them is superficially similar to the species, P. neorecusata (Hu & Wang, 2013), P. perturbans (Walker, 1858) and P. pannosoides (Holloway, 2005), correspondently. The known Southeast Asian species, P. shivula (Guenée, 1852), is reported for the first time from China. Adults and genitalia are illustrated. The type series of all described species (including holotypes) are deposited in Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST), Mianyang, China.
ENSO Influence on the Atlantic Niño, Revisited: Multi-Year versus Single-Year ENSO Events
Authors: Tokinaga Hiroki , Richter Ingo , Kosaka Yu
Published: April 2019

The influence of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the Atlantic Niño over the past 113 years is investigated by comparing multi-year and single-year ENSO events. Multi-year ENSO events sustain an anomalous zonal gradient of sea surface temperature (SST) in the equatorial western to central Pacific even during boreal spring and summer. This SST gradient is coupled with an anomalous Walker circulation and atmospheric deep convection through the Bjerknes feedback. During multi-year La Niñas, for example, a strengthened Pacific Walker circulation extends into the tropical Atlantic in boreal spring, a season when both the Pacific and Atlantic intertropical convergence zones become more symmetric about the equator. As a result, surface westerly wind anomalies appear over the equatorial Atlantic, triggering an Atlantic Niño. By contrast, such a teleconnection is not found in the spring following the peak of single-year ENSO events. A Pacific pacemaker model experiment reproduces the observed atmospheric response and its impact on the Atlantic Niño, further supporting the importance of prolonged ENSO forcing. The contrasting influence of multi-year and single-year events explains the fragile relationship between ENSO and the Atlantic Niño. An empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis shows that the leading EOF mode (EOF-1) for the spring tropical western to central Pacific SST anomalies captures the characteristics of multi-year ENSO events. EOF-1 is highly correlated with the summer Atlantic Niño over the past 113 years while the Niño-3 SST is not. These correlations indicate that ocean–atmosphere coupling in the equatorial western to central Pacific plays a major role in shaping ENSO teleconnections in boreal spring.
Latitudinal Structure of Solitons in the South China Sea
Authors: Ramp Steven R. , Park J.-H. , Yang Yiing Jang , Bahr Frederick L. , Jeon Chanhyung
Published: April 2019

Four current-meter moorings and 12 pressure sensor–equipped inverted echo sounders (PIES) were deployed during summer 2011 in the South China Sea. The goal of the experiment was to obtain synoptic observations of the large-amplitude nonlinear internal waves from the near field to the far field as they propagated west-northwest across the sea. The program was unique because it was the first to observe the latitudinal variability of the wave crests in addition to the transformations along a single east–west transect. The waves were strongest down the center of the PIES array along roughly 20°45′N and were weaker off axis in both directions. Both a-waves and b-waves arrived earlier in the south than the north, but with different lag times indicating different propagation directions and therefore different sources. The waves were classified by their arrival patterns and source locations and not by their amplitude or packet structure. The Stanford Unstructured Nonhydrostatic Terrain-Following Adaptive Navier–Stokes Simulator (SUNTANS) model, calibrated against the array, showed that the a-waves developed out of the internal tide spawned in the southern portion of the Luzon Strait and the b-waves originated in the north. The northern tides were refracted and suffered large dissipative losses over the shallow portion of the western ridge, whereas the southern tides propagated west-northwest unimpeded, which resulted in a-waves that were larger and appeared sooner than the b-waves. The results were consistent with previous observations that can now be understood in light of the full three-dimensional structure of the internal waves and tides in the northeastern South China Sea.
Reversed Lateral Circulation in a Sharp Estuarine Bend with Weak Stratification
Authors: Kranenburg Wouter M. , Geyer W. Rockwell , Garcia Adrian Mikhail P. , Ralston David K.
Published: April 2019

Although the hydrodynamics of river meanders are well studied, the influence of curvature on flow in estuaries, with alternating tidal flow and varying water levels and salinity gradients, is less well understood. This paper describes a field study on curvature effects in a narrow salt-marsh creek with sharp bends. The key observations, obtained during times of negligible stratification, are 1) distinct differences between secondary flow during ebb and flood, with helical circulation as in rivers during ebb and a reversed circulation during flood, and 2) maximum (ebb and flood) streamwise velocities near the inside of the bend, unlike typical river bend flow. The streamwise velocity structure is explained by the lack of a distinct point bar and the relatively deep cross section in the estuary, which means that curvature-induced inward momentum redistribution is not overcome by outward redistribution by frictional and topographic effects. Through differential advection of the along-estuary salinity gradient, the laterally sheared streamwise velocity generates lateral salinity differences, with the saltiest water near the inside during flood. The resulting lateral baroclinic pressure gradient force enhances the standard helical circulation during ebb but counteracts it during flood. This first leads to a reversed secondary circulation during flood in the outer part of the cross section, which triggers a positive feedback mechanism by bringing slower-moving water from the outside inward along the surface. This leads to a reversal of the vertical shear in the streamwise flow, and therefore in the centrifugal force, which further enhances the reversed secondary circulation.
GlycA, a Novel Inflammatory Marker and Its Association With Peripheral Arterial Disease and Carotid Plaque: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Authors: Fashanu Oluwaseun E. , Oyenuga Abayomi O. , Zhao Di , Tibuakuu Martin , Mora Samia , Otvos James D. , Stein James H. , Michos Erin D.
Published: April 2019

GlycA, a composite biomarker of systemic inflammation, is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality, but its relationship with peripheral artery disease (PAD) is unknown. We assessed whether plasma GlycA is associated with ankle–brachial index (ABI), carotid plaque (CP), and incident clinical PAD among 6466 Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis participants without CVD at baseline. GlycA, ABI, and CP were measured at baseline. Both ABI and CP were remeasured at 10 years. Incident clinical PAD was ascertained from hospital records. We used logistic, Cox, and linear mixed regression models adjusted for demographic and lifestyle factors. Mean (standard deviation, SD) was 62 (10) years for age and 381 (61) µmol/L for GlycA; 53% were women. GlycA was associated with both prevalent low ABI ≤0.8 (prevalence odds ratio [95% confidence interval, CI] per SD increment in GlycA, 1.65 [1.39-1.97]) and CP (1.19 [1.11-1.27]) at baseline. There were no significant associations of GlycA with incident low ABI, incident CP, or 10-year change in ABI or CP score. We identified 110 incident cases of PAD after 79 590 person-years. The hazard ratio (95% CI) of incident PAD per SD increment in GlycA was 1.38 (1.14-1.66). In conclusion, GlycA was associated with prevalent low ABI, prevalent CP, and incident PAD after a median of 14 years.
Identifying distinctive psychological symptom profiles among a nationally representative sample of refugees resettled in Australia
Authors: Nickerson Angela , Hadzi-Pavlovic Dusan , Edwards Ben , O’Donnell Meaghan , Creamer Mark , Felmingham Kim L , Forbes David , McFarlane Alexander C , Silove Derrick , Steel Zachary , van Hoof Miranda , Bryant Richard A
Published: April 2019

Objective:

The number of refugees worldwide is unprecedented in recent history. Little is known, however, about profiles of psychological symptoms following persecution and displacement.

Methods:

This study reports on a latent class analysis that identified profiles of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety symptoms in a nationally representative sample of 1625 refugees in Australia. The association between specific symptom profiles, exposure to potentially traumatic events and post-migration stressors, and overall health and help-seeking was examined.

Results:

Latent class analysis yielded an optimal five-class solution. These classes comprised the Pervasive Symptom class (19.2%), the High PTSD Symptom class (17.1%), the High Depression/Anxiety Symptom class (16.4%), the Moderate PTSD Symptom class (16.2%) and the Low Symptom class (31.1%). Participants in the symptomatic classes were more likely to be female, older and report greater post-migration stressors than those in the Low Symptom class. In addition, individuals in classes characterized by PTSD symptoms had been exposed to more types of potentially traumatic events. Membership in symptomatic classes was associated with poorer overall heath and greater help-seeking.

Conclusion:

Qualitatively distinct symptom profiles were observed in a nationally representative sample of refugees. In addition to a group of people who reported high symptoms across psychological disorders and may warrant clinical intervention, we identified two subclinical classes who may be missed by existing diagnostic classification systems. Post-migration stressors play an important role in influencing refugee symptom profiles over and above exposure to potentially traumatic events. Clinicians should consider specific symptom profiles and contextual factors when planning interventions with refugees.
Fretting about Modest Risks Is a Mistake
Authors: Rabin Matthew , Bazerman Max
Published: April 2019

Managers often engage in risk-averse behavior, and economists, decision analysts, and managers treat risk aversion as a preference. In many cases, acting in a risk-averse manner is a mistake, but managers can correct this mistake with greater reflection. This article provides guidance on how individuals and organizations can move toward greater reflection and a more profitable aggregate portfolio of decisions. Inconsistency in risk preferences across decisions is a costly mistake for both individuals and for organizations.
(Can we) get together? Fat kids and physical education
Authors: Pausé Cat
Published: April 2019

Few fat kids enjoy physical education in school. Uniforms that do not fit, activities that have not been modified for fat bodies, taunting from peers and anti-fat bias from teachers, all of these result in a hostile environment that removes the joy associated with movement and exercise for fat kids. This is further reinforced as they are taught that physical movement is meant to produce weight loss, rather than being allowed to enjoy physical movement for enjoyment’s sake. This approach is counterproductive to supporting fat kids to engage in physical activity, but understandable given the obesity epidemic lens that frames how we think about fatness, health and activity. Using autoethnography, this article explores the author’s experience with physical education and concludes with suggestions as to how to create fat-positive spaces for fat kids in these educational settings.
A preliminary study on the preparation of seamless tubular bacterial cellulose-electrospun nanofibers-based nanocomposite fabrics
Authors: Naeem Muhammad Awais , Alfred Mensah , Saba Hina , Siddiqui Qasim , Naveed Tayyab , Shahbaz Umar , Wei Qufu
Published: April 2019

Due to various production stages involved, textiles and clothing industry is known for causing carbon dioxide emissions, water pollution, soil erosion and huge waste generation. It is a need of the hour to seek for natural, renewable, and bio-degradable fabrication materials and environmentally friendly production methods. This study proposes an eco-friendly approach to prepare bacterial cellulose/electrospun nanofibers membrane-based hybrid non-woven fabrics using in-situ self-assembly method. This fabrication method enables bacterial cellulose cultivation on nanofibrous membrane support to create custom-made seamless tubular hybrid fabrics in desirable dimensions, to be used for various textile applications with minimized material wastage. As-prepared nano-composite fabric was characterized using SEM, X-ray diffraction, and FTIR. FTIR and X-ray diffraction results confirmed the presence of bacterial cellulose in the composite structure. SEM analysis showed as the bacterial cellulose cultivates, its nanofibrils penetrate and grow into empty voids of membrane's structure, which results in secure binding and interlocking of electrospun nonofibers. Sample thickness and weight gain measurements after the modification were found to be approx. 33.90% and 39.02%, respectively. Reduced surface hydrophobicity, water uptake, and increased tensile strength might contribute towards better fabric performance and comfort. Overall, this study suggests an eco-friendly approach to prepare nano-composite fabrics that might be used for bio-textiles and related applications.
Whither Section 89(1) of the Police Act 1996?
Authors: Parpworth Neil
Published: April 2019

Shortly after the establishment of police forces in England, Parliament provided that it was an offence to assault an officer who was acting in the execution of their duty at the material time. This long-established offence is now to be found in s. 89(1) of the Police Act 1996. As this article seeks to demonstrate, establishing that an officer was acting within the execution of their duty has sometimes caused problems for the prosecution. It is argued here, however, that such difficulties need no longer arise following the enactment of s. 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. Without the matter being debated in Parliament, and despite the silence of the 2018 Act, the creation of the new statutory offence of assaulting an emergency worker while they are carrying out functions as such makes it highly likely that in the future, assaults on police officers will no longer be prosecuted under s. 89(1).
Teaching for America Across Two Hemispheres: Comparing the Ideological Appeal of the Teach for All Teacher Education Model in the United States and Brazil
Authors: Straubhaar Rolf
Published: April 2019

The last several decades have seen significant growth among private options in alternative teacher education and certification. In this article, I draw on two parallel ethnographic studies of the experiences of participants in variants of one particular alternative teacher education model, developed by Teach For America in the United States and spread internationally by Teach For All. Through analysis of interviews with recruits from Teach For America and its Brazilian sister organization Ensina!, I explore the thinking processes that leads young people to join these organizations, as well as how that thinking changes after 2 years of teaching in the classroom. I find that while participants in these studies joined because they admired the Teach For All teacher education model, many left their 2-year commitment questioning the underlying theories of change driving it.
Effects of Combined Versus Singular Verbal or Haptic Feedback on Acquisition, Retention, Difficulty, and Competence Perceptions in Motor Learning
Authors: Frikha Mohamed , Chaâri Nesrine , Elghoul Yousri , Mohamed-Ali Hasnaa H. , Zinkovsky Anatoly V.
Published: April 2019

While augmented feedback (AF) is widely acknowledged to affect motor learning, the effects of mode of feedback on motor learning acquisition, retention, and perceived competence has rarely been studied. The present investigation analyzes the effects of verbal, haptic, and combined (verbal and haptic) feedback when learning a novel gymnastic parallel bars task. Forty-eight physical education students and four expert gymnastics teachers participated in the study. We divided the students into three AF groups (verbal, haptic, and combined) and a no-feedback control group (CG). One gymnastics teacher led the learning sessions, while the others evaluated student performances following familiarization, acquisition, and retention learning phases. All sessions were video recoded, and the experts gave blind assessments according to an adapted gymnastic point code. We recorded task perceived difficulty (PD) and students' perceived self-competency throughout the sessions. A repeated measures analysis of variance revealed a significant effect of AF mode on acquisition and retention such that combined AF was best for learning stability and retention (19.1% improvement for combined vs. 9.9% for haptic and 6.9% for verbal). Similarly, participants in the combined AF group, relative to the verbal and haptic AF groups, also reported lower perceived difficulty and higher perceived self-competency after the retention phase. PE teachers are encouraged to combine verbal and haptic AF when teaching new motor skills.
Psychological and Environmental Correlates of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Step Counts Among Older Adults With Cognitive Decline
Authors: Harada Kazuhiro , Lee Sangyoon , Lee Sungchul , Bae Seongryu , Harada Kenji , Suzuki Takao , Shimada Hiroyuki
Published: April 2019

Promoting physical activity (PA) among older adults with cognitive decline is important for maintaining and improving their health. Identifying psychological and environmental PA correlates in this population can help develop effective strategies for PA promotion. Since past findings with healthy older adults may not generalize to those with cognitive decline, this study offers data on how self-efficacy, self-regulation, and social-environmental factors were associated with PA among a group of older adults with cognitive decline. We report secondary analysis of baseline data from a randomized control study of 262 older participants ( M = 76.2 years) who showed a decline in global cognitive function as defined by Mini-Mental State Examination scores between 21 and 24. The participants’ PA was measured by an accelerometer, and participants completed questionnaires measuring self-efficacy, self-regulation, social support, social network, and demographic variables. In this study, we evaluated the participants' neighborhood environment with a geographic information system and found through stepwise multiple regression analyses that self-efficacy, gender, and age were associated with PA variables, while self-regulation and environmental factors were not. Thus, perceived self-efficacy was an important psychological correlate of PA in this group of older adults with cognitive decline. PA promotion interventions for this population should attend to self-efficacy, gender, and age.
How crumbling school facilities perpetuate inequality
Authors: Filardo Mary , Vincent Jeffrey M. , Sullivan Kevin
Published: April 2019

The average public school building was built around 1968 — more than 50 years ago — and the National Center for Education Statistics reports that half of all public schools in the United States need at least one major facility repair. Mary Filardo, Jeffrey Vincent, and Kevin Sullivan explain how poorly maintained school buildings have a negative effect on both student and teacher performance and health. Because local districts are responsible for funding their own building maintenance and upgrades, poor communities lack the resources to keep facilities in adequate shape, much less to modernize them, and needed repairs may be made using the same operating funds used to pay teachers and purchase instructional materials. The authors express hope that interest in infrastructure improvements at the federal level will enable schools to receive the funding they need.
How state pension subsidies undermine equity
Authors: Shuls James V. , Hitt Collin , Costrell Robert M.
Published: April 2019

When policy advocates debate how best to ensure equity in public education funding, the topic of teacher pension reform rarely comes up. But, in fact, pensions represent a very large and fast-growing source of education spending, much of it distributed in ways that are, in a number of states, anything but equitable. When states subsidize teacher pensions directly, rather than expecting local school systems to fund those pensions themselves, affluent districts tend to benefit the most.
Beyond standards-based grading: Why equity must be part of grading reform
Authors: Feldman Joe
Published: April 2019

Most justifications for standards-based grading and similar practices focus on the pedagogical reasons for the shift, such as the fact that such grading practices more accurately reflect student mastery than traditional points-based grading. Joe Feldman argues that grading practices should also be viewed as a way to promote equity and that standards-based approaches are a vast improvement over traditional practices. An equity-based approach to grading reduces disparities between students who have resources and those who do not.