cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effects of some entomopathogenic fungi on Citrus Mealybug Planococcus citri (Risso) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
Creators: name: Karaca, Gürsel
name: Kayahan, Ali
name: Simsek, Betül
name: Karaca, Ismail
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Beauveria bassiana; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Paecilomyces lilacinus; Planococcus citri

description: Citrus Mealybug Planococcus citri is an economically important pest species causing harm on citrus and some other plants. Biological control of the pest is gaining importance because of the problems caused by chemical control. In this study, effects of Beauveria bassiana, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus and Paecilomyces lilacinus against second instar larvae of mealybug were investigated. Healthy potato tubers were dipped into spore suspensions of the entomopathogens with 108 conidia/ml concentration and then infested with mealybugs. Potatoes were then kept in a climatic room with 25±1°C temperature and 60±5% humidity. Alive and dead mealybug individuals were determined 3, 5 and 7 days after applications and mortality rates were calculated. As a result, three entomopathogens caused different rates of mortality on the pest. B. bassiana isolate showed the highest effect and killed all pest individuals 5 days after the application. Mortality rates caused by P. fumosoroseus and P. lilacinus were lower in the first two observations, while they showed 96% and 82% mortality on the seventh day, respectively.
description: Entomologica, V. 47 (2016)
Determination of releasing dosage of Aphytis Melinus Debach (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) for the biological control of California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Turkey
Creators: name: Erkilic, Lerzan Bakircioglu
name: Demirbas, Halil
name: Guven, Bülent
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Aphytis melinus; Aonidiella aurantii; biological control; Turkey

description: California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is a key pest of citrus in all growing regions of Turkey. Mass releases of Aphytus melinus DeBach (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are conducted in Turkey for the biological control of the red scale. We studied the timing and releasing regime of the parasitoid.

The study was conducted in two orchards in Adana and Erzin (Hatay) in 2013 and 2014. Each orchard was divided in four equal areas. In each date we released 25000 and 50000 parazitoids per ha in two modalities: (i) 4 releases from April to June, (ii) multiple releases from April to October every 15 days.

There were no statistical differences in the scale infestation level between the two releases regimes. The infestation rate of the red scale on fruits before the release of A. melinus was 8% in Adana and 10% in Erzin; after releasing the infestation rate was 6% in 2013 and 4% in 2014 in Adana and 5% in 2013 and 5% in 2014 in Erzin. The population level of the red scale on the citrus leaves was different before and after release in both orchards. However, no significant differences were observed in the population level of the scale on branches.
description: Entomologica, V. 47 (2016)
The history of Dactylopius coccus (Costa) (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) in the Mediterranean basin: the Sicilian episode
Creators: name: Mazzeo, Gaetana
name: Russo, Agatino
name: Suma, Pompeo
name: Longo, Santi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2018
Subjects: cochineal dye; Italy; Cactaceae; rearing

description: Dactylopius coccus (Costa) belongs to the family Dacylopiidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha), that includes species that live exclusively on Cactaceae and are native in America as well as their host plants. From the dried body of the females, rich in carminic acid, can be extracted the red carmine dye used primarily for food, clothing and cosmetic coloring. In Mexico this species was already reared for that purpose by native people before the discovery of America. The Spanish conquistadors continued the rearing of the cochineal and adopted strong control measures setting up a monopole of the production and commercialization of the colorant. After the decay of their domination, the insect and its hostplants, i. e. various Cactaceae of Opuntia and Nopalea genera, were introduced to other territories (Africa, Mediterranean basin and Canary Islands) with the purpose to obtain the precious dye. The acclimation of both plant and insect was sometimes unsuccessful. It is the case of Italy, where repeated attempts were carried out to rear D. coccus for the carmine dye production, introducing strains in areas with mild climate (e. g. Sardinia and Sicily) but only the hostplant was able to find suitable conditions of life. In Sicily, the prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica was subsequently widely cultivated and appreciated for the edible fruit.

More recently, at the end of 90s in Sicily, another attempt of rearing the cochineal on cultivated prickly pear plants in glasshouse conditions was carried out. Based on the achieved results, it was possible to conclude as the high level of mortality of the nymphal stages of the scale, that hindered the maintaining of the population, was related with the relative humidity values, although low temperatures (till 0° C) were tolerated by crawlers that survived, by entering quiescence. Technically D. coccus could be reared for commercial purposes in the Mediterranean area only if temperature and humidity can be controlled (e. g. in glasshouse), avoiding any eventual threat related to its natural dispersal as occurred with other Dactylopius spp. that can compromise the fruit production.
description: Entomologica, V. 47 (2016)
title: Social change and the development of "modern" politics in Travancore: From the late nineteenth century to 1938.
Creators: name: Chiriyankandath, James Lazar
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1985

description: The subject is the development of politics, within a context of social change, in the Indian princely state of Travancore. The thesis is divided into two parts: Part One focuses upon social change, and Part Two on politics. Since, in considering the emergence of 'modern' forms of political expression we are concerned with the twin themes of political socialisation and mobilisation. Part One explores the social background. Beginning with the latter half of the nineteenth century it deals with the development of communal identity. Chapters Two and Three give a survey of the castes and communities in the state and their situation at the turn of the century. They cover social and religious reform movements and the emergence of communal associations. Chapter Four is devoted to religious reform in the 1918-38 period. Chapter Five turns to the economy of Travancore: it considers the rise of capitalism and the consequences of change for nascent class conflict. Having examined political development prior to 1918 in Chapter One, Part Two concentrates on politics in the eventful 1918-38 period. Chapter Six deals with the formation of the early political associations and the campaigns for civic equality and legislative reform in 1918-22. Chapter Seven covers the communal politics of the 1920s. Chapter Eight examines the Abstention movement of 1933-35 that sought an end to the political and administrative dominance of caste-Hindus. The final chapter looks at the background to the formation, in 1938, of the multi-communal Travancore State Congress on a platform of responsible government. The conclusion reviews the transformation of politics in a period of social and institutional change - the development and expression of a new sense of communal identity, nationalism, and an emergent class consciousness. It then goes on to consider the significance of all three in post-1938 Kerala.
title: The Bimbi cult in Southern Malawi.
Creators: name: Amanze, James Nathaniel
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1986

description: The Bimbi cult in Southern Malawi is a territorial cult, one among a number of other regional belief systems among the Chewa of Southern Malawi. As a religious system the Bimbi cult has a distinctive unwritten theology, elaborate liturgical observances, an organized inherited priesthood and a charismatic leader - the Bimbi - from whom the cult's name derives. The thesis begins by examining the life and structural position of the Bimbi who is, in all aspects the most representative and living symbol of the cult as a moral force. It then looks into the question of the call to Bimbiship and the processes of succession events which are believed to be divine acts from beginning to end. This is evidenced by the fact that succession to Bimbiship cuts across the principles of matrilineage of succession to headmanship among the Chewa. The third chapter of the thesis discusses the religious, shrine and political organizations of the cult which give it its territorial nature and enhance both the legitimacy of the Bimbi and the impact of the cult in the region. The fourth, fifth and sixth chapters set forth to answer the questions, "what is the faith and prayer of the cult?" and "how do the followers understand God, the social and the natural orders in the universe?" To this purpose the thesis examines the rituals, prayers, symbolisms, beliefs and practices of those who adhere to the cult. The seventh chapter of the thesis probes into what is remembered of the earlier history of the cult and the role which the title holders of Bimbiship have played for the past hundred years. Finally an attempt has been made to examine the nature of the interaction between the cult on the one hand and Christianity and Islam on the other.
Sviluppo preimmaginale in Euplectus sanguineus Denny (Coleoptera Pselaphidae)
Creators: name: De Marzo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: PREIMAGINAL DEVELOPMENT OF EUPLECTUS SANGUINEUS DENNY (COLEOPTERA PSELAPHIDAE)

Some 400 wintering adults of Euplectus sanguineus were selected from a single mass of plant debris of agricultural origin (dregs of pressed grapes) in a locality of Southern Italy; they were stored in jars to obtain oviposition. Eggs were discharged in February-March and hatched after 9-10 days; according to the rule in pselaphids, they did change in both shape and corion sculpture meanwhile they developed.

Larvae were fed with collembola (Poduridae) included in a small amount of debris selected from the field substrate. Their development required as many days as follows: 3-4 for first-instar, 3-4 for second-instar, 24- 25 for third-instar. Full-grown larvae led active life for about 20 days; then, they hid among debris on the jar ground and stayed immobile for 4-5 days before pupation. Neither a pupal cell nor a cocoon was built. Pupal time was evaluated on 6 individuals; it was 14-15 days long.

Uova, larve e pupe di Euplectus sanguineus Denny sono state ottenute in laboratorio, a partire da adulti raccolti d’inverno (febbraio-marzo) in un cumulo di vinaccia. Le ovideposizioni sono avvenute entro 20 giorni dalla cattura degli adulti, e le uova sono schiuse dopo 9-10 giorni.

Gli ulteriori dati ottenuti riguardano i seguenti aspetti: (a) variazioni di forma e scultura delle uova in sviluppo, (b) numero e durata degli stadi larvali, (c) attività trofica delle larve, (d) comportamento delle larve in fase di impupamento, (e) differenze morfologiche fra le larve dei tre stadi.

A fronte della constatata presenza di femmine ovideponenti, nessuna larva di pselafide è risultata presente nel medesimo cumulo di vinaccia.

Parole chiave: uovo, larve, pupa, tempi di sviluppo, comportamento.

As those of Euplectus sp. (described elsewhere), larvae of E. sanguineus lack exsertile head organs. Shape and length of their urogomphi are useful characters to recognize each instar.

Key words: egg, larvae, pupa, development time, behaviour.
description: Entomologica, Vol 38 (2004)
Nuovi dati per la conoscenza degli Xantholinini della Regione Orientale. V. Daolus hromadkai gen. n., sp. n. del Nepal e Thyreocephalus perakensis sp. n. della Malesia (Coleoptera Staphylinidae)
Creators: name: Bordoni, Arnaldo
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: NEW DATA FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE XANTHOLININI OF THE ORIENTAL REGION. V. DAOLUS HROMADKAI GEN. N., SP. N. FROM NEPAL AND THYREOCEPHALUS PERAKENSIS SP. N. FROM MALAYSIA (COLEOPTERA STAPHYLINIDAE)

New geonemical data on some Xantholinini are listed. Daolus hromadkai gen. n., sp. n. from Nepal and Thyreocephalus perakensis sp. n. from Malaysia are described.

Daolus gen. n. is closely related to the genus Thyreocephalus Guérin-Méneville, 1844: it differs in: (a) superior line of pronotal hypomera, which does not join to the inferior line; (b) shape of labrum; (c) shape of female genital segment.

Thyreocephalus perakensis sp. n. is very similar to T. lacustris Bordoni, 2003 from Sikkim: a careful examination of head, punctuation and aedeagus is necessary to divide these two species.

Key words: Staphylinidae, Xantholinini, new genus, new species, Oriental Region.

L’autore descrive Daolus hromadkai gen. n., sp. n. del Nepal, simile ad un piccolo Thyreocephalus Guérin- Méneville, 1844, da cui si distingue per la forma del labbro e del segmento genitale femminile e per avere linea epipleurale superiore intera e non congiunta con quella inferiore. Descrive inoltre Thyreocephalus perakensis sp. n. della Malesia, affine a T. lacustris Bordoni del Sikkim e fornisce nuovi dati geonemici su alcuni Xantholinini.

Parole chiave: Coleotteri, Stafilinidi, nuovo genere, nuove specie, Nepal, Penisola Malese.
description: Entomologica, Vol 38 (2004)
Use of attractant and repellent substances to control Tomicus destruens (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Pinus pinea and P. pinaster pine forests of Tuscany
Creators: name: Sabbatini Peverieri, Giuseppino
name: Faggi, Matteo
name: Marziali, Lorenzo
name: Panzavolta, Tiziana
name: Bonuomo, Luigi
name: Tiberi, Riziero
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: We report the results of a two-year study conducted in maritime pine and stone pine forests in Tuscany to test the efficacy of various substances in attracting or repelling adults of Tomicus destruens in the reproductive stage, i.e. while seeking trees or parts of trees suitable for reproduction. The attractants tested were: Tomowit, (-)- and (+)- a pinene, racemic b pinene, Mt-mix, trans-verbenole “Destruens” and “Ipm”. The repellents used were: Green leaf volatiles (Glv’s, jans-2-hexen-1-ol), octanol (octanol-1-octanol), verbenone, alcohols C6 and C8, benzyl alcohol, (-)-b-pinene and racemic limonene. The most effective attractant was (-)-a pinene, although bark-beetles were also caught with Tomowit and Ipm. As regards the repellents, logs protected with verbenone had the lowest level of attack, but this repellent lost its activity when combined with other substances.

Key words: terpenes, monitoring, protection, Pinus spp., Scolytidae.

MPIEGO DI SOSTANZE ATTRATTIVE E REPELLENTI NEI CONFRONTI DI TOMICUS DESTRUENS (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) IN PINETE DI PINUS PINEA E P. PINASTER DELLA TOSCANA

Si riportano i risultati di indagini biennali condotte in pinete di pino marittimo e di pino domestico della Toscana, allo scopo di valutare l’efficacia di semiochimici nell’attrarre o respingere adulti di Tomicus destruens nella fase di ricerca delle piante o parti di esse idonee alla riproduzione. Come attrattivi sono stati utilizzati: Tomowit, (-) e (+)-a pinene, il racemo di a pinene, Mt-mix, trans-verbenolo, “Destruens” e “Ipm”; come repellenti sono stati sperimentati: Green leaf volatiles (Glv’s, jans-2-hexen-1-ol), octanolo (octanol-1- octanol), verbenone, gli alcoli C6, C8, l’alcool benzilico, (-)-b pinene e il racemo di limonene. Tra le diverse sostanze attrattive sperimentate, (-)-a pinene è risultato il più efficace; catture si sono ottenute anche con l’impiego di Tomowit e con un nuovo formulato denominato Ipm. Tra le sostanze ad effetto repellente provate, il verbenone, quando impiegato da solo, sembra avere una certa attività, mentre perde questa sua proprietà quando viene provato in combinazione con altre sostanze.

Parole chiave: terpeni, monitoraggio, protezione, Pinus spp., Scolytidae.
description: Entomologica, Vol 38 (2004)
Segnalazione di tripidi nuovi per l’Italia peninsulare, con note tassonomiche (Thysanoptera Thripidae, Phlaeothripidae)
Creators: name: De Marzo, Luigi
name: Ravazzi, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: NEW RECORDS OF THRIPS FROM PENINSULAR ITALY, WITH SOME TAXONOMIC REMARKS (THYSANOPTERA THRIPIDAE, PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE)

Five species are reported as new for Italy, islands included: Caprithrips melanophthalmus (Bagnall), Oxythrips halidayi Bagnall, Ataliothrips reuteri (Bagnall), Liothrips setinodis (O.M. Reuter) and Podothrips graminum Priesner. Further two species were previously known from Sicily only: Chiraplothrips graminellus Priesner and Haplothrips simplex Buffa. Specimens were collected in Piedmont, Liguria, Basilicata and Apulia. Entire body and/or some parts of taxonomic importance are figured for each species.

Key words: new records, northern Italy, southern Italy.

In base a materiale raccolto in Piemonte, Liguria, Basilicata e Puglia vengono effettuate 7 segnalazioni faunistiche.

Specie nuove per l’Italia, isole comprese: Caprithrips melanophthalmus (Bagnall), Oxythrips halidayi Bagnall, Ataliothrips reuteri (Bagnall), Liothrips setinodis (O.M. Reuter) and Podothrips graminum Priesner. Specie nuove per l’Italia peninsulare, note finora di Sicilia: Chiraplothrips graminellus Priesner e Haplothrips simplex Buffa.

Di ciascuna specie vengono illustrati alcuni lineamenti morfologici di importanza tassonomica. Parole chiave: nuove segnalazioni, Nord Italia, Sud Italia.
description: Entomologica, Vol 38 (2004)
Six taxons africaines nouveaux de Sarcophaginae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
Creators: name: Lehrer, Andy Z.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: Six new taxa of the Sarcophaginae subfamily are described: Lucyphalla n. gen. (with species-type Lucyphalla nuzzacii n. sp. from Benin), Montagnieria n. gen. (with species-type Montagnieria todiscoae n. sp. from Cameroun), Mauritiella mutesa n. sp. from Uganda and Blaesoxipha rasoherina n. sp. from Madagascar.

Key words: Diptera, Sarcophagidae, new taxa, Benin, Cameroon, Madagascar, Uganda.

On décrit six taxons nouveaux de la sous-famille Sarcophaginae: Lucyphalla n. gen. (avec l’espèce-type Lucyphalla nuzzacii n. sp. de la faune de Bénin), Montagnieria n. gen. (avec l’espèce-type Montagnieria todiscoae n. sp. de Cameroun), Mauritiella mutesa n. sp. d’Ouganda et Blaesoxipha rasoherina n. sp. de Madagascar.

Mots clé: Diptera, Sarcophagidae, taxons nouveaux, Bénin, Cameroun, Madagascar, Uganda.
description: Entomologica, Vol 38 (2004)
An Advanced Tree Algorithm with Interference Cancellation in Uplink and Downlink
Creators: name: Vogel, Quirin
name: Deshpande, Yash
name: Stefanović, Čedomir
name: Kellerer, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we propose Advanced Tree-algorithm with Interference Cancellation (ATIC), a variant of binary tree-algorithm with successive interference cancellation (SICTA) introduced by Yu and Giannakis. ATIC assumes that Interference Cancellation (IC) can be performed both by the access point (AP), as in SICTA, but also by the users. Specifically, after every collision slot, the AP broadcasts the observed collision as feedback. Users who participated in the collision then attempt to perform IC by subtracting their transmissions from the collision signal. This way, the users can resolve collisions of degree 2 and, using a simple distributed arbitration algorithm based on user IDs, ensure that the next slot will contain just a single transmission. We show that ATIC reaches the asymptotic throughput of 0.924 as the number of initially collided users tends to infinity and reduces the number of collisions and packet delay. We also compare ATIC with other tree algorithms and indicate the extra feedback resources it requires.
description: This paper was be presented at the ASILOMAR Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers. Copyright IEEE 2023
Strichartz Estimates for the $(k,a)$-Generalized Laguerre Operators
Creators: name: Taira, Kouichi
name: Tamori, Hiroyoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35Q41, 22E45

description: In this paper, we prove Strichartz estimates for the $(k,a)$-generalized Laguerre operators $a^{-1}\bigl(-|x|^{2-a}Δ_k+|x|^a\bigr)$ which were introduced by Ben Sa\"ıd-Kobayashi-Orsted, and for the operators $|x|^{2-a}Δ_k$. Here $k$ denotes a non-negative multiplicity function for the Dunkl Laplacian $Δ_k$ and $a$ denotes a positive real number satisfying certain conditions. The cases $a=1,2$ were studied previously. We consider more general cases here. The proof depends on symbol-type estimates of special functions and a discrete analog of the stationary phase theorem inspired by the work of Ionescu-Jerison.
Reperti di Ceranisus menes (Walker) in Sud Italia (Hymenoptera Eulophidae)
Creators: name: De Marzo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: REPORTS OF CERANISUS MENES (WALKER) FROM SOUTHERN ITALY (HYMENOPTERA EULOPHIDAE)

Many females of C. menes were collected in field by shacking inflorescences of different herbaceous plants. Many other of them were obtained in laboratory from neanids of a host thrips, Thrips angusticeps Uzel.

Thrips neanids were selected from flowering tops of Calendula arvensis L. (Compositae) in spring and autumn; after they were stored in jars, they moulted into prepupae within 5 days. Pupae of C. menes arose from parasitized thrips prepupae 8-10 days later and moulted into adults after other 24-25 days.

Many parasitized neanids of T. angusticeps were obtained from samples of Calendula collected nearby vineyards in Bari province (Apulia), where pests of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) and Thrips tabaci Lindeman do usually occur. Therefore, author supposes that C. menes does attack also these pest thrips in the same localities.

Key words: field occurrence, host, Thrips angusticeps, development chronology.

Viene segnalata la presenza in Sud Italia dell’eulofide Ceranisus menes (Walker), noto parassitoide delle neanidi di molti tisanotteri. Gli individui identificati, tutti di sesso femminile, sono stati in parte raccolti in campo e in parte ottenuti da sfarfallamenti in laboratorio. Accertatamente, nelle zone di indagine, C. menes attacca il tripide Thrips angusticeps Uzel, che prolifera comunemente sulla composita Calendula arvensis L.

Sia il tripide sia la pianta sono comunemente diffusi nei dintorni dei vigneti coltivati a tendone in provincia di Bari. Pertanto, l’autore ritiene che, in queste zone agricole, C. menes possa esprimere la propria azione parassitaria anche nei confronti di due tripidi notoriamente dannosi alla vite: Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) e Thrips tabaci Lindeman.

Parole chiave: presenza in campo, ospite, Thrips angusticeps, tempi di sviluppo.
description: Entomologica, Vol 38 (2004)
Nouveaux Sarcophagides afrotropicaux et orientaux (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)
Creators: name: Lehrer, Andy Z.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: NEW AFROTROPICAL AND EASTERN SARCOPHAGIDES (DIPTERA, SARCOPHAGIDAE)

The author describe 9 new genera (Australophaga n. g., Hochiella n. g., Kenyophaga n. g., Kermalia n. g., Sabakia n. g., Sarconandia n. g., Sarconimba n. g., Sokotriella n. g., Yemeniella n. g.) and 25 new species (Anthostilophalla menelika n. sp., Australophaga reedi n. sp., Batissophalla siganella n. sp., Curranea masaiana n. sp., Dasysceloctis longanota n. sp., Hochiella pongola n. sp., Kenyophaga klinzigiana n. sp., Liosarcophaga bushmenia n. sp., Liosarcophaga evenhuisi n. sp., Liosarcophaga goodhopeia n. sp., Liosarcophaga shoniella n. sp., Mitumbana lubaia n. sp., Nesbittia etoshana n. sp., Pterolobomyia kalahariana n. sp., Pterolobomyia turkanella n. sp., Ravinia almaqahia n. sp., Sabakia tanzaniella n. sp., Sabiella mandelania n. sp., Sarconandia madrasiola n. sp., Sarconimba liberiphaga n. sp., Sokotriella jamila n. sp., Xanthopterisca ziegleri n. sp., Xanthopterisca zulunata n. sp., Xiphidiella hochae n. sp., and Yemeniella suhaylia n. sp.), of the Sarcophagidae family. It gives also the description of a neotype of the species Uroxanthisca absurda Lehrer, 2000 and presents the male genitalia of all taxa them mentioned.

Key words: Diptera, Sarcophagidae, new taxa, afrotropical area, Eastern area.

NUOVI SARCOPHAGIDES AFROTROPICALI ED ORIENTALI (DIPTERA, SARCOPHAGIDAE)

L’autore descrive 9 generi nuovi (Australophaga n. g., Hochiella n. g., Kenyophaga n. g., Kermalia n. g., Sabakia n. g., Sarconandia n. g., Sarconimba n. g., Sokotriella n. g., Yemeniella n. g.) e 25 specie nuove (Anthostilophalla menelika n. sp., Australophaga reedi n. sp., Batissophalla siganella n. sp., Curranea masaiana n. sp., Dasysceloctis longanota n. sp., Hochiella pongola n. sp., Kenyophaga klinzigiana n. sp., Liosarcophaga bushmenia n. sp., Liosarcophaga evenhuisi n. sp., Liosarcophaga goodhopeia n. sp., Liosarcophaga shoniella n. sp., Mitumbana lubaia n. sp., Nesbittia etoshana n. sp., Pterolobomyia kalahariana n. sp., Pterolobomyia turkanella n. sp., Ravinia almaqahia n. sp., Sabakia tanzaniella n. sp., Sabiella mandelania n. sp., Sarconandia madrasiola n. sp., Sarconimba liberiphaga n. sp., Sokotriella jamila n. sp., Xanthopterisca ziegleri n. sp., Xanthopterisca zulunata n. sp., Xiphidiella hochae n. sp. e Yemeniella suhaylia n. sp.) della famiglia Sarcophagidae. Dà anche la descrizione di un neotipus della specie Uroxanthisca absurda Lehrer, 2000 e presenta i genitali maschili di tutti i taxa citati.

Key words: Diptera, Sarcophagidae, taxons nuovi, regione afrotropicale, regione orientale.
description: Entomologica, Vol 39 (2005)
title: Data and Software Policy
Creators: name: Bosch, Rik Van Den
name: Batjes, Niels H.
Publisher: name: ISRIC - World Soil Information
Year: 2016
Subjects: Data Policy
Data management
Data citation
Data providers
Data users

description: This data and software policy describes the policy of ISRIC - World Soil Information (hereinafter referred to as ISRIC) with respect to the management and citation of data, as well the access and use of software developed by ISRIC. It consists of the following sections: Preamble; Principles for Data Sharing; Data Repository; Specific Terms and Conditions, which includes a section for 1) Data Providers and 2) Data Users; Software Policy; Data Citation; and, Disclaimer. The document ends with a key to main definitions as used in this document.
The uncertainty of quantum states with respect to the projective measurement
Creators: name: Zhao, Ming-Jing
name: Tao, Yuanhong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The uncertainty relation is a distinctive characteristic of quantum theory. The uncertainty is essentially rooted in quantum states. In this work we regard the uncertainty as an intrinsic property of quantum state and characterize it systematically with respect to given projective measurement. Some basic concepts about uncertainty are reformulated in this context. We prove and get the form of the uncertainty preserving operations. The quantum states with maximal uncertainty are characterized. A universal decomposition of uncertainty into classical uncertainty and quantum uncertainty is provided. Furthermore, a unified and general relation among uncertainty, coherence and coherence of assistance is established. These results are independent of any explicit uncertainty measure. At last, we propose a new uncertainty measure called the geometric uncertainty based on the fidelity and link it with the geometric coherence.
description: 15 pages
title: The Crusade of Nicopolis: A study based on the eastern and western sources and on an examination of the battlefield and its approaches.
Creators: name: Atiya, Aziz Suryal
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1933

description: The history of the Crusade of Nicopolis is the final chapter of a larger work on the Fourteenth Century Crusade. Neither of these subjects has been treated fully as a separate study. Owing, however, to limitations of time and space, it has been decided to write the history of the first and prepare the bibliography of the second. An exhaustive inquiry into the sources, manuscript and printed, has resulted in a complete narrative of the Crusade of Nicopolis, with previous errors rectified and many problems of general interest settled. The crusading propaganda, the routes towards Nicopolis, the elements of the conflicting hosts, the character and the tactics of the leaders, the use of the arrow and the horse, the Janissaries in the fourteenth century, the battle and its aftermath, the effect of the Christian defeat on the western mind and on the Muhammadan world, the chronology of the Crusade, the origin of the title of Sultan in Turkey - all these and other problems have received careful consideration, and transcriptions and translations form Western and Eastern manuscripts have been provided to illustrate the various aspects of the Crusade. Moreover, much light has been thrown on this study by a visit to the battlerfield and its approaches, and a special map of the Nicopolis district has been prepared for this purpose by the Royal Geographical Institute of Bulgaria at Sofia. Finally, in addition to the printed sources, the Bibliography of the Fourteenth Century Crusade includes a list of Several hundreds of manuscript volumes, Eastern and Western, actually examined in many archives and libraries in England, France, Italy, Spain and Catalunya, Austria, Turkey, Egypt and Algeris.
title: Anglo-Sikh relations 1839-1849.
Creators: name: Khanna, K. C.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1932

description: An attempt has be n made in the following pages to study, from original documents and other sources, the subject of Anglo-Sikh Relations from the death of Ranjit Singh to the annexation of the Punjab. The subject has always commanded the attention of the student of British Inadian history, and it is hoped that this thesis will form a contribution to the existing knowledge on it. No existing book on the period has exclusively approached these ten years of Punjab history in their relation to the British Government. In attempting to do this, the writer hopes he has succeeded in exposing to a closer and more detailed view the politics of the Lahore darbar on the one hand and the development of the British frontier policy on the other. The nature of the subject precluded any detailed description of the private character of the holders of power at Lahore, such as many writers on the subject have given. The writer does not consider that they explain the activities of the darbar. On the other hand, no opportunity has been lost to illustrate the political character of the leaders, with whom the British had to deal, and an Understanding of which is vital to a proper study of the subject. Since the subject could not be approached without a study of the political position existing in 1839, the author has attempted to examine minutely the tree ties of 1809 and 1833 between the British Government and the Sikhs. An examination of the latter explains, in one form or another, the course of Anglo-Sikh relations up to the end of the Afghan campaign, end of the former throws fresh light on the Sikh Cis-Sutlej possessions and the preliminaries of the First Sikh War. Another point, which hrs merited special treatment, is the position of the Dogras at Lahore, end it is hoped that this thesis will present, in its proper bearing, the Dogra policy leading to the establishment of an independent Dogra kingdom in Kashmir. The defensive preparations made by the British Government before the First War end the working of Lord Hardinge's policy from 1846-48 have been examined in detail. The letter leads to the conclusion that Hardinge's scheme was politic and well-intentioned, but, in the circumstances, doomed to failure. The causes of the Second Sikh War arose out of this policy, end Lord Delhousie's decision to annex the Punjab, though not effected with the full previous resent of the home authorities, was unanimously approved, and since then, has been justified by the advance made by the Punjab. It is unnecessary to add that the details of military history, being out of the compare of this subject, have not been pursued.
title: State of Buddhism in Ceylon as revealed by the Pali Commentaries of the fifth century AD.
Creators: name: Adikaram, A. W.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1933

description: The present work is an attempt to describe the state of Buddhism in Ceylon up to the fifth century A.D. and is based on the Pali Commentaries of that century. It is divided into two parts. Part I forms a necessary introduction to Part II. Its first chapter gives a brief survey of the Pali Commentaries and their authors; the next two deal with their sources; and the last one with the nature of their contents. Part II consists of ten chapters. The first gives a short account of the religious conditions in Ceylon prior to the advent of Mihinda. The second deals with the advent of this missionary and the establishment of the Buddhist religion. In the three succeeding chapters it in shown how the faith spread throughout the country, and how the growing influence of the religion was checked from time to time by political and other causes. The growth of dissentient schools forms the contents of the sixth. The seventh chapter is more or less geographies' and gives a brief account of the principal centres of Buddhism in Ceylon Mention is also made here of the various monasteries that are referred to in the Commentaries. The next two Chapters give a survey of Buddhism as n religion of the masses, describing how it affected the life of the people and how various forms of rite and ritual grew and became part of the popular religion. Finally, the attitude of the Ceylonese Buddhist towards the deities both Indian and local is discussed in the tenth chapters. An effort has been made in the fourth chapter of Part I and in the sixth, ninth and tenth chapters of Part II to estimate how far the Buddhism in Ceylon of the 5th century A.D. differed from the original faith.
title: Theology of the Saivagamas being a survey of the doctrines of the Saiva Siddhanta and Virasaivism.
Creators: name: Nandimath, S. C.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1930

description: Section I. (a) Brief survey of the Agama literature. It was once very influential and succeeded greatly in abolishing the Vedic ritualism and substituting in its place the temple ritualism. (b) A brief survey of the Saivagana literature. It was once very vast and is now almost extinct and unknown. About 258 Saivagamas are noticed, (c) Probable age: The Saivagamas were current in the 6th century A.D. (d) A brief survey of the contents of the four Padas,. vis. Kriya, Carya,Yoga and Jnana. The section is concluded with the observation of some of the important points on which the Saivagamas disagree with the Vedic literature. Section II. Pt.l. (a) As early as the 7th century A.D. the Saiva Siddhanta is seen existing in Kashmir, Central and Southern India. On epigraphic grounds some Saiva institutions existing in Northern, Central, and Southern India, and the line of teachers presiding over them are traced. Some of these teachers explicitly call themselves in their books the teachers of the doctrines of the Saiva Siddhanta. (b) The accounts of some prominent Sanskrit writers on the Saiva Siddhanta are sketched, (c) An attempt is made to review the accounts of the pre and post Meykandan (Tamil) writers. Part 2. Three Padarthas (topics): vis. Pati, Pasu and Pasa. Pati-padartha comprises (l) the conception, nature, functions etc. of the Supreme God, and (2) the treatment of the pure region, its residents their functions etc. Pasu-padartha deals with souls which are grouped into three classes vis. Vijnanakala, Pralayakala and Sakala, their nature etc. Pasa-padartha includes the treatment of the matter, the origin and development of the universe, and the entanglements such as Maya, Karma and Anava. In this section an attempt is made to present the Saiva Siddhanta views regarding God, Soul and Matter, the three eternal entities. The Saiva Tattvas are occasionally compared and contrasted with the Sankhya Tattvas. Section III. Pt. I. Virasaiviam does not seem to hare been originated with Basava, the minister of the Kalacuri King Bijjala (1156-1167 A.D.). It seems to be an ancient Saiva sect. A brief sketch of the works and accounts of the Virasaiva writers from 11th century to 18th century is attempted. Pt. 2. Sub-pt.l. A brief account of eight fold coverings (Astavarana) initiation, marriage and funeral in supplied. Sub-pt.2. The conception of God, the interpretation of the Linga, the nature and functions of Sakti are investigated from the Virasaiva point of view. The Virasaiva metaphysics based on the Karana-hasuge is reviewed. The doctrines of six and 101 Sthalas, stages in the soul's upward journey are investigated. At the end an abstract of the Siddhanta Sikhamani which treats 101 Sthalas is appended.
Unveiling the True Nature of Plasma Dynamics from the Reference Frame of a Super-penumbral Fibril
Creators: name: Bate, W.
name: Jess, D. B.
name: Grant, S. D. T.
name: Hillier, A.
name: Skirvin, S. J.
name: van Doorsselaere, T.
name: Jafarzadeh, S.
name: Wiegelmann, T.
name: Duckenfield, T.
name: Beck, C.
name: Moore, T.
name: Stangalini, M.
name: Keys, P. H.
name: Christian, D. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The magnetic geometry of the solar atmosphere, combined with projection effects, makes it difficult to accurately map the propagation of ubiquitous waves in fibrillar structures. These waves are of interest due to their ability to carry energy into the chromosphere and deposit it through damping and dissipation mechanisms. To this end, the Interferometric Bidimensional Spectrometer (IBIS) at the Dunn Solar Telescope was employed to capture high resolution H$α$ spectral scans of a sunspot, with the transverse oscillations of a prominent super-penumbral fibril examined in depth. The oscillations are re-projected from the helioprojective-cartesian frame to a new frame of reference oriented along the average fibril axis through non-linear force-free field extrapolations. The fibril was found to be carrying an elliptically polarised, propagating kink oscillation with a period of $430$ s and a phase velocity of $69\pm4$ km s$^{-1}$. The oscillation is damped as it propagates away from the sunspot with a damping length of approximately $9.2$ Mm, resulting in the energy flux decreasing at a rate on the order of $460$ W m$^{-2}$/Mm. The H$α$ line width is examined and found to increase with distance from the sunspot; a potential sign of a temperature increase. Different linear and non-linear mechanisms are investigated for the damping of the wave energy flux, but a first-order approximation of their combined effects is insufficient to recreate the observed damping length by a factor of at least $3$. It is anticipated that the re-projection methodology demonstrated in this study will aid with future studies of transverse waves within fibrillar structures.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ with 17 pages and 13 figures
title: A critical examination of the "Tarikh I Bayhaqi".
Creators: name: Siddiq, S. Muhammad
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1930

description: Abu'l-Fazl Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Bayhaqi, the author of the Tarikh I Mas'udi, was born in the year 385 A.H. (995) or 386 A.H. (996), and died in Safar , 470 A.H. (August, 1077). Among his contemporaries included several great men both in the field of literature and otherwise. His main work, the history of Sultan Mas'ud, the son of Mahmud of Ghaznah, is perhaps the only history of its kind which draws entirely first upon the first-hand, and then upon the eye-witness, information. So far there has been known in Europe and India only one edition of this book, i.e., the Bibliotheca Indica, Calcutta; but there is another, and more complete, edition of it, namely, the Tehran ed. 1307 A.H. (1889-90). The real title of this history is unknown, various authors calling it by different names. The greater part of the existing portion was composed during the years 450 - 451 A.H. (1058 - 1060), though a beginning was made in 448 A.H. (1056-7). The extant part comprises only Vols V and X, in part, and VI and VII to IX in full. It is generally said that this history started from the beginning of the Ghaznawid dynasty, but internal evidence shows that it began with the year 409 A.H. (1018-19) perhaps in continuation of Utbi's Tarikh I Yamini which is brought down to the year 409 or 410 (1018-19 or 1019-20). The period covered by the extant portion extends from Zu'l-Hijjah, 421 A.H. (November, 1030) to 15th, Sha'ban, 432 A.H. (21st April, 1041); while the period dealt with in the whole including the lost parts, may be summed up, though with no scrupulous exactitude, within the years 409 A.H. and 44 A.H. (1018-19 and 1053).
Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha, Coccomorpha) on host plants from family Ericaceae in Croatia
Creators: name: Milek, Tatiana Masten
name: Simala, Mladen
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Coccomorpha; Coccidae; Diaspididae; Margarodidae; Pseudococcidae; Ericaceae; Croatia

description: During ten years of faunistic research on scale insects in Croatia (2006-2015), ten Scale Insect (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) species from four families were found on eight host plants from family Ericaceae. Following species of scale insects were recorded: Coccidae: Coccushesperidum L., Saissetia oleae (Olivier); Diaspididae: Aspidiotus nerii Bouche, Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan), Diaspidiotus bavaricus (Lindinger); Margarodidae: Icerya purchasi (Maskell) and Pseudococcidae: Nipaecoccus delassusi (Balachowsky), Planococcus citri (Risso), Peliococcus calluneti (Lindinger) and Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti). Following materials and methods were used in conducted research: visual inspections, collecting of plant material, storing and preservation of samples, analysis of samples under stereomicroscope, preparation of microscopic slides and identification of species. Specimens were slide mounted under the dissecting stereomicroscope and identified. The most frequently recorded species were C. hesperidum and N. delassusi, which were found on almost half of the samples of collected host plants form family Ericaceae.
description: Entomologica, V. 47 (2016)
title: Qazi Mahmud Bahri: A mystic poet of the 12th century A. H. His times, life and poetical works.
Creators: name: Syed, Muhammad Hafiz
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1932

description: The theory that Vali was the first Urdu poet was disproved some years ago by the discovery of a number of MSS. three and four hundred years old. Only a few articles have been published hitherto giving a general view of the existence and nature of these MSS.; but so far no serious attempt has been made by any scholar to decipher and interpret any one of them. This thesis is the first attempt to discuss in detail the history, life and the poetical works of Bahri which up till now were buried in oblivion; the text and translation of sixty ghazals which have been deciphered for the first time are also included. The first chapter deals with the history of Bahri's times and gives a short account of the decline of the Adil Shahs and the condition of society in Aurangzib's time, when Bahri wrote his Man-Lagan. The second chapter consists of a survey of Bahri's contemporaries and some specimens of their poetry to enable readers to form a comparative estimate of the value of Bahrl's poems. The third chapter is devoted to Bahrl's life mostly based on internal evidence drawn from his Masnavi Man-Lagan and supported by quotations. Very little is known of him from external evidence. The fourth chapter is divided into five sections:- (1) a discussion of some variant readings of the three copies of Man-Lagan, with a full account of the main theme and its mystical bearings; (2) the general literary characteristic of the Ghazaliyat; (3) a few Marsiyas; (4) two Qasidas; (5) the leading ideas of the twelve Jams of the Bangnama. The fifth chapter contains the text of 60 ghazals deciphered from the original MS. in the candidate's possession. The sixth chapter contains literal translation into English of these ghazals. The seventh chapter comprises (1) a short account of some of the peculiarities of the script employed in the MS.; (2) some striking lines from the Masnavi; (3) glossary of archaic words, and (4) some grammatical characterisations of Bahrl's ghazals.
Potential for management of Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in organic avocado in eastern Sicily, Italy
Creators: name: Zappalà, Lucia
name: Biondi, Antonio
name: Japoshvili, George
name: Siscaro, Gaetano
name: Russo, Agatino
name: Suma, Pompeo
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Pyriform scale; natural enemies; Coccinellidae; Encyrtidae; IPM

description: Organic avocado (Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) farming is a growing industry in eastern Sicily, and in this environment Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) is a key pest. Biological control strategies against this invasive scale are thus crucial for the sustainability of this cropping system. A field trial was performed to record the natural enemy complex in early autumn, and for comparing the efficacy of a paraffinic oil application (Biolid E® at 2L/ha), of the release of adults (1/m2) of the predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), and of their combined application, i. e. oil spray and after one week predator release. In the pretreatment sampling a high proportion of ovipositing female, 38. 64% of the entire population, was recorded. The natural parasitoid community of P. pyriformis consisted of two primary parasitoids and one facultative hyperparasitoid species. Metaphycus helvolus (Compere) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) accounted for 81% of the parasitoids recovered; Microterys nietneri (Motschulski) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) for 8%, and the secondary parasitoid Pachyneuron muscarum (L. ) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) for 11%. The mean percentage of parasitism recorded was 2. 45%, however, an encapsulation rate of 1. 78% was also observed. Adults and larvae of generalist predators belonging to the genera Scymnus spp, Exochomus spp. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and larvae of Chrysopa spp. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) were also noticed actively feeding on immature stages of the soft scale. The number of live scales (N2-oviposting females) was reduced by 54. 16, 55. 73 and 19. 58 % following the oil application, the oil plus predator release and predator alone, respectively. While, in the control plots the number of live scales increased by 23. 4%, and no changes in the presence of natural enemies was recorded in the sprayed plots. The recorded data suggest that any pesticide application should take into account and thus respect the activity of the rich natural enemy assemblage. In addition, artificial releases of C. montrouzieri were not able to effectively control the scale population.
description: Entomologica, V. 47 (2016)