cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Siphonops annulatus
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Siphonopidae
Siphonops
Siphonops annulatus

description: Siphonops annulatus (Mikan 1820)
Lectotype: RMNH 2419.
Type locality: “Sebastianopolis (Rio de Janeiro), Brasil.”
Distribution: Region 1. Widely distributed east of Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and French Guiana. In Venezuela, eastern slopes of the Andes in Barinas and Portuguesa States.
Selected references: Dunn (1942); Ginés (1959); Röhl (1959); Taylor (1968); Péfaur and Díaz de Pascual (1982); Nussbaum and Wilkinson (1989); Péfaur et al. (1992); Lynch (1999); Maciel and Hoogmoed (2011a).
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
DINIY EKSTREMIZM VA TERRORIZM ZAMONAVIY JAMIYAT UCHUN TAHDIDI
Creators: name: Bahodirov, Baxtiyorjon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu tezis diniy ekstremizm va terrorizmning zamonaviy jamiyat uchun tahdidlari tahliliga bag‘ishlangan. Terrorizmning kelib chiqish sabablari ijtimoiy adolatsizlik, siyosiy repressiya va iqtisodiy tengsizlik bilan bog‘liq. Diniy motivlarga asoslangan ekstremistik guruhlar, masalan, Al-Qoida va IShID, qo‘rquv va zo‘ravonlik orqali o‘z maqsadlariga erishishga intiladi. 2001-yil 11-sentabr voqealari global xavfsizlik choralarining kuchayishiga sabab bo‘ldi. Xalqaro hamjamiyat, xususan, BMT va yirik davlatlar terrorizmga qarshi kurashda muhim rol o‘ynaydi. Muammoni hal qilish uchun ta’lim, iqtisodiy imkoniyatlarni oshirish va radikallashuvning oldini olish muhim sanaladi.
Siphonops Wagler 1828
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Siphonopidae
Siphonops

description: Genus Siphonops Wagler, 1828
Type species: Caecilia annulata Mikan, 1820, by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Nectocaecilia Taylor 1968
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Typhlonectidae
Nectocaecilia

description: Genus Nectocaecilia Taylor, 1968
Type species: Chthonerpeton petersii Boulenger, 1882, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Nectocaecilia petersii
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Typhlonectidae
Nectocaecilia
Nectocaecilia petersii

description: Nectocaecilia petersii (Boulenger 1882)
Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.5. 68.
Type locality: “Upper Amazon.”
Distribution: Region 4. Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil. In Venezuela, southern half of Amazonas State.
Selected references: Dunn (1942); Taylor (1968); Nussbaum (1977); Nussbaum and Wilkinson (1989); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Maciel and Hoogmoed (2011).
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Potomotyphlus Taylor 1968
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Typhlonectidae
Potomotyphlus

description: Genus Potomotyphlus Taylor, 1968
Type species: Caecilia kaupii Berthold, 1859, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Typhlonectes compressicauda Dumeril et Bibron 1841
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Typhlonectidae
Typhlonectes
Typhlonectes compressicauda
Potomotyphlus
Potomotyphlus kaupii

description: Typhlonectes compressicauda Duméril et Bibron, 1841
Lectotype: MNHNP 4269.
Type locality: “Cayenne,” French Guiana.
Potomotyphlus kaupii (Berthold 1859)
Distribution: Region 4. Amazon Region, in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, and Ecuador. In Venezuela, only Puerto Ayacucho (Gorzula and Cerda, 1979; Barrio-Amorós 1998).
Holotype: ZFMK 27684.
Type locality: “Angostura,” Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.
Distribution: Regions 3, 4, 5. Orinoco and Amazons Basins, in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and French Guiana. In Venezuela, northern Amazonas and Bolívar States, and Delta of the Orinoco (Delta Amacuro).
Remarks: CBA saw a photo of a fisherman in San Vicente, Río Apure (a major tributary of the Orinoco) which obtained one specimen fishing and used it as bait.
Selected references: Taylor (1968); Nussbaum and Wilkinson (1989); Péfaur et al. (1992); Maciel and Hoogmoed (2011a).
Genus Typhlonectes Peters, 1880
Type species: Caecilia compressicauda Duméril and Bibron, 1841, by subsequent designation of Dunn (1942).
Selected references: Roze (1963); Roze and Solano (1963); Taylor (1968); Gorzula and Cerda (1979); Nussbaum and Wilkinson (1989); Péfaur et al. (1992); Wilkinson (1996a, 1996b); Lynch (1999); Maciel and Hoogmoed (2011a).
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Rhinella martyi Fouquet, Gaucher, Blanc and Velez-Rodriguez 2007
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Bufonidae
Rhinella
Rhinella martyi

description: Rhinella martyi Fouquet, Gaucher, Blanc and Vélez-Rodriguez, 2007
Fouquet et al. (2007) and Reynolds and MacCulloch (2012) show a locality in western Guyana (Baramita) near the Venezuelan border.As the R. margaritifera group requires further study, the presence of many described and undescribed species under this name would not be surprising. Avila-Pires et al. (2010) synonymized this name into R. margaritifera, which does not resolve the paraphyly that this name hides. Lavilla et al. (2013) considered this action premature, and Frost (2018) still counted it as valid.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 136, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Typhlonectes natans
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Typhlonectidae
Typhlonectes
Typhlonectes natans

description: Typhlonectes natans (Fischer 1880)
Syntypes: ZMB 9522–23 (two specimens).
Typelocality: “ Cauca, NebenflussdesMagdalenenstroms in Neu-Granada” = Cauca River, tributary of Magdalena River, Colombia.
Distribution: Region 6. Western and northern Colombia, and Maracaibo Lake Basin in northwestern Venezuela.
Remarks: Typhlonectes venezuelensis Fuhrmann, 1914 and Chthonerpeton haydeeae Roze, 1963 are junior synonyms of this species.
Selected references: Roze (1963); Roze and Solano (1963); Taylor (1968); Lancini (1969); Nussbaum and Wilkinson (1989); Péfaur et al. (1992); Wilkinson (1996a,b); Lynch (1999).
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 136, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Ameerega hahneli
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Dendrobatidae
Ameerega
Ameerega hahneli

description: Ameerega hahneli (Boulenger 1884)
Reported on different occasions from Venezuela (Lötters et al. 2007) with no vouchers or photos to sustain the claims; however, it could be present in the southern and easternmost parts of the country. Reynolds and MacCulloch (2012) report it from Baramita, Guyana, very near the Venezuelan border. Specimens from Baramita, however, should be compared with Ameerega picta (guayanensis).
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Dendrobates nubeculosus Jungfer and Bohme 2004
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Dendrobatidae
Dendrobates
Dendrobates nubeculosus

description: Dendrobates nubeculosus Jungfer and Böhme, 2004
Only known from its type locality, on the Essequibo River, Guyana. May be an arboreal inhabitant that has been completely overlooked. As many colleagues have commented (see Guayasamin et al. 2006 for a resumé), the next realm for exciting discoveries is the exploration of the rainforest high canopy.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Adelophryne patamona MacCulloch, Lathrop, Kok, Minter, Khan and Barrio-Amoros 2008
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Eleutherodactylidae
Adelophryne
Adelophryne patamona

description: Adelophryne patamona MacCulloch, Lathrop, Kok, Minter, Khan and Barrio-Amorós, 2008
This recently described minute species has been confused with Adelophryne gutturosa, a common species in Venezuela, but is only known from a few specimens and localities due to the difficulty of its collection in leaf litter.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
title: A strong Schottky lemma on n generators for CAT(0) spaces
Creators: name: Conder, Matthew J.
name: Schillewaert, Jeroen
Publisher: name: Mathematisches Institut (Universität Münster)
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 510 Mathematics

description: We give a criterion for a set of n hyperbolic isometries of a CAT(0) metric space X to generate a free group on n generators. This extends a result by Alperin, Farb, and Noskov who proved this for 2 generators under the additional assumption that X is complete and has no fake zero angles. Moreover, when X is locally compact, the group we obtain is also discrete. We then apply these results to Euclidean buildings.
Leptodactylus myersi Heyer 1995
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Leptodactylidae
Leptodactylus
Leptodactylus myersi

description: Leptodactylus myersi Heyer, 1995
Reported from rocky outcrops in French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and the neighboring Brazilian state of Roraima, this species seems not to be present in Venezuela, probably due to niche competition with L. rugosus, a similar-sized inhabitant of the same habitat from eastern Venezuela.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Dendropsophus counani Fouquet, Del Orrico, Ernst, Blanc, Martinez, Vacher, Rodrigues, Ouboter, Jairam and Ron 2015
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Hylidae
Dendropsophus
Dendropsophus counani

description: Dendropsophus counani Fouquet, Del Orrico, Ernst, Blanc, Martínez, Vacher, Rodrigues, Ouboter, Jairam and Ron, 2015
This recently described species of the D. parviceps group is known from the lowlands of the Guiana Shield, including localities in Guyana approximately 100 km from the eastern Venezuelan border, and could be present in the lowlands of the Cuyuni River Basin.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Osteocephalus oophagus Jungfer and Schiesari 1995
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Hylidae
Osteocephalus
Osteocephalus oophagus

description: Osteocephalus oophagus Jungfer and Schiesari, 1995
Known from nearby Colombia in Departamento de Guanía (Lynch and Vargas-Ramírez 2000) and Guyana (Kok and Kalamandeen 2008; Jungfer et al. 2013). It is similar to Osteocephalus taurinus in shape and iris coloration, but is much smaller. Examining O. taurinus or O. leprieurii samples in Venezuelan collections may lead to the recognition of this species in Venezuela.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Elachistocleis surumu Caramaschi 2010
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Microhylidae
Elachistocleis
Elachistocleis surumu

description: Elachistocleis surumu Caramaschi, 2010
Recently Caramaschi (2010) described from Pacaraima in Brazil, very close to Santa Elena de Uairén and the Gran Sabana. Perhaps those Elachistocleis sp. mentioned by Duellman (1997) could represent this species.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Lysapsus laevis
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Hylidae
Lysapsus
Lysapsus laevis

description: Lysapsus laevis (Parker 1935)
An aquatic hylid that could be present in the southeastern region of Venezuela, close to Brazil and Guyana (Cole et al. 2013).
Furthermore, many different species of caecilians have been described and are known from Guyana (Caecilia gracilis Shaw, 1802, Caecilia pressula Taylor, 1968, Oscaecilia zweifeli Taylor, 1968, Rhinatrema shiv Gower, Wilkinson, Sherratt and Kok, 2010, Caecilita iwokramae Wake and Donnelly, 2010, Microcaecilia iyob Wilkinson and Kok, 2010) (see Cole et al. 2013 and references therein). Caecilians are poorly studied amphibians and a much larger diversity could be present in Venezuela.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Atelopus undefined-1
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Bufonidae
Atelopus
Atelopus undefined-1

description: Atelopus sp. 1
Distribution: Endemic to Macizo de Guaramacal, between Trujillo and Portuguesa states, Venezuelan Andes.
Remarks: Though this new Atelopus was discovered in December 1987, it has not been described yet (García-Pérez and La Marca 2015). Its population status has been mentioned several times (García-Pérez 1997, 2005; García-Pérez and La Marca 2015). It appears as Atelopus sp. 2 in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (2005). The proper description of this species is imperative.
Selected references: García-Pérez 1997; La Marca and Lötters 1997; La Marca 2004; García-Pérez 2005; La Marca et al. 2005; Lötters et al. 2005; Rueda-Almonacid et al. 2005.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 167, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Rhinella proboscidea
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Bufonidae
Rhinella
Rhinella proboscidea

description: Rhinella cf. proboscidea (Spix, 1824)
Holotype: ZSM 1145 /0
Type locality: River Solimoes, Brazil.
Distribution: Upper and middle Amazon, from Peru to Manaus. This species is referred in Venezuela through a picture by Javier Mesa taken in the middle section of La Escalera, Sierra de Lema, Bolivar state (Image 26), that was compared with similar Rhinella (proboscidea, dapsilis). At this time, we concude that it looks more like proboscidea than any other species, pending the collection and examination of more specimens.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 167, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Atelopus undefined-2
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Bufonidae
Atelopus
Atelopus undefined-2

description: Atelopus sp. 2
Distribution: Endemic to near Queniquea, estado Táchira.
Remarks: This species was collected in 1988 and is not yet described (A. Chacón and CBA, in prep.).
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 167, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Cochranella Taylor 1951
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Centrolenidae
Cochranella

description: “ Cochranella ” sp.
Distribution: Temiche, base of Mount Marahuaka, Amazonas state.
Remarks: Rivero (1961) reported a “ Cochranella sp. ” from Temiche, at the base of Mount Marahuaka, a tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela. Goin (1968) mentions it could be Hyalinobatrachium taylori, but its poor condition prevents identification. It also could be “ C.” duidaeana, known from a higher altitude (2,140 m) in the same general area, or any other kind of glassfrog (or a Hylid, as Rivero proved to confuse his Centrolenella pulidoi also from Duida with Boana benitezi ― Faivovich et al. 2005; this work). As this area has been not well studied, more attention must be paid for new species. Unfortunately, old specimens of glassfrogs lose their characteristics quickly if not properly preserved, such as the specimen MCZ 28569.
References: Goin 1968; Rivero 1961.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 167, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ON THEME "JUNIPERUS L." (MOOC: COMPTECH IN BIOLOGY)
Creators: name: DImitriy Kliuiko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Данная презентация является результатом реализации индивидуального проекта Клюйко Димитрия по теме "Juniperus L." в рамках онлайн курса "Компьютерные технологии в биологии" (https://stepik.org/course/60859/promo)
Allobates marchesianus
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Aromobatidae
Allobates
Allobates marchesianus

description: Allobates aff. marchesianus (Melin, 1941)
Syntype: NHMG 509.
Type locality: “Taracuá, Río Uaupés [Estado do Amazonas,] Brazil ”.
Distribution: Reported from the foothills of Cerros Duida and Marahuaka, two neighboring tepuis in Amazonas state.
Remarks: Considered herein under one putative species name are all reports of Allobates brunneus and A. marchesianus from Venezuela, until the proper identity of such populations is resolved. They are considered aff. marchesianus rather than aff. brunneus as the marchesianus type locality is closer to the Venezuelan southern border and the possibility of its presence is still likely. Allobates brunneus is certainly not present in Venezuela, as its type locality lies south of the Amazon and, though similar, the Venezuelan material does not fall into the recent redescription of A. brunneus from its type locality (Lima et al. 2009).
Selected references: Caldwell et al. 2002; La Marca 1996e; Lima et al. 2009; Morales 1994; Rivero 1961, 1964a,b,d, 1988.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on pages 167-168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Allobates Neblina
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Aromobatidae
Allobates

description: Allobates “Neblina species”
Remarks: This is the Colosthetus sp. A in McDiarmid and Paolillo (1988) and already tested by Grant et al. (2006). It awaits formal description.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Aromobates undefined-1
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Aromobatidae
Aromobates
Aromobates undefined-1

description: Aromobates sp. 1
Remarks: This species was discovered during the Calderas RAP (Barrio-Amorós 2010; Barrio-Amorós and Molina 2010) and demonstrated as a candidate species by Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012); however, it was not described since the only materials were tadpoles and recent metamorphs.
References: Barrio-Amorós 2010a; Barrio-Amorós and Molina 2010; Barrio-Amorós and Santos 2012.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПОДДЕРЖКИ ПРЕПОДАВАТЕЛЯМИ ОДАРЕННЫХ КУРСАНТОВ НА ОСНОВЕ АКМЕОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ПОДХОДА
Creators: name: Курбанов Гани
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: В данной статье раскрыты особенности поддержки преподавателями одарённых курсантов. Этот процесс весьма важно осуществлять с учётом передовых информационных и цифровых технологий.
title: C*-algebras from partial isometric representations of LCM semigroups
Creators: name: Starling, Charles
name: Tolich, Ilija
Publisher: name: Mathematisches Institut (Universität Münster)
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 510 Mathematics

description: We give a new construction of a C*-algebra from a cancellative semigroup P via partial isometric representations, generalizing the construction from the second named author’s thesis. We then study our construction in detail for the special case when P is an LCM semigroup. In this case, we realize our algebras as inverse semigroup algebras and groupoid algebras, and apply our construction to free semigroups and Zappa–Szép products associated to self-similar groups.
Boana liliae
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Hylidae
Boana
Boana liliae

description: Boana liliae (Kok 2006)
Reported only from Kaieteur National Park in Guyana. However, as many other species known until recently from that area of Guyana, it could also be present in Sierra de Lema or other parts of the Gran Sabana in Venezuela.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Mannophryne undefined-2
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Aromobatidae
Mannophryne
Mannophryne undefined-2

description: Mannophryne sp. 2
Distribution: The Mannophryne sympatric with M. oblitteratus at Guatopo National Park is indeed a new species to be described (J.C. Santos and CBA; unpub. data). Barrio-Amorós and Santos refrained from describing it due to the lack of permits at the time.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Stefania undefined-1
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Hemiphractidae
Stefania
Stefania undefined-1

description: Stefania sp. 1
Distribution: Serranía de la Neblina, Amazonas state.
References: McDiarmid and Paolillo 1988.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
Stefania undefined-2
Creators: name: Barrio-Amorós, César L.
name: Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.
name: Señaris, J. Celsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Hemiphractidae
Stefania
Stefania undefined-2

description: Stefania sp. 2
Distribution: Abakapá-tepui, Bolívar state.
References: Kok et al. 2016.
description: Published as part of Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, pp. 1-198 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) (e 180) 13 (1) on page 168, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
title: What is a good pelagic habitat?
Creators: name: ICES
Publisher: name: ASC 2016 - Theme session J
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Conveners: Mark Dickey‐Collas (ICES), Abigail McQuatters‐Gollop (UK), Verena Trenkel (France).CM 2016/J:432. Better understanding of the state of pelagic habitat through the assessment of plankton functional and phylogenetic diversities. A. Aubert, I. Rombouts, F.A. Artigas, A. MacQuatters‐GollopCM 2016/J:555. Improvement of estimating kilka as the key species of ecosystem in the Caspian Sea. Zare Parviz, Svetlana KasatkinaCM 2016/J:234. Indicators and metrics, What can they contribute to define and monitor pelagic habitats?. V. Trenkel, M. Dickey-Collas, A. McQuatters-GollopCM 2016/J:573. Mapping the ecological status of the fish community in the pelagic habitat, spatio-temporal trends of size-based indicators in the Baltic Sea. Michele Casini, Filip Käll, Manon Sorais, Niklas LarsonCM 2016/J:490. On the lookout for suitable indicators for the Baltic pelagic food web - a potential evaluation framework. Saskia A. Otto, Martina Kadin, Michele Casini, Maria A. Torres, Anna Gårdmark, Magnus Huss, Ingo Fetzer, Thorsten BlencknerCM 2016/J:386. Phytoplankton: supporting a good pelagic habitat. Jacqueline F. Tweddle, Matthew Gubbins, Beth E. ScottCM 2016/J:590. Supertrait size: suitable, easy-to-measure ecological indicators based on size. Tim Dudeck, Norbert Rohlf, Christian Möllmann, Marc Hufnagl
title: An Interdisciplinary Design Process for Educational Technology Systems for Displaced War-Affected Children
Creators: name: Alain, George
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2022

description: According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there are at least 65 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. Around 25 million of these people are refugees fleeing their homeland, mostly because of war and persecution. Around 51% of refugees are children, and even in the most optimistic estimates, only 50% of these children are attending any form of schooling. Education is one of the most critical needs of displaced populations just after food and shelter. Education in emergencies faces numerous challenges, particularly when the displacement is a result of a war as it involves political and psychosocial complexities that affect the children’s wellbeing and motivation.

 There has been an increasing interest from the international NGOs and academia towards harnessing technology to support the refugees, especially emergency education, after the refugee crisis in 2015. However, there is little understanding of the different challenges and possibilities for designing technology systems in the complex displacement context. Many of the projects in this do not succeed due to the complexity of the context. Moreover, no design processes exist to guide the design of educational technology systems in displacement. This research aims to develop a design process based on an understanding of the disciplines of refugee studies, emergency education, motivation and engagement, system design, and participatory design. In addition to the literature review, the process was based on discussions with several actors from the field.

 The design process was then implemented and evaluated in two case studies with Syrian refugees in Greece. One case study was at Ritsona refugee camp and involved creating a digital self-learning space for displaced children. The second case study was conducted in cooperation with the Greek Ministry of Education in four formal Greek schools hosting refugee children from Ritsona refugee camp with their Greek students and led to solutions that supported the teachers and children’s learning difficulties. The data from both case studies was thematically analysed and resulted in the CRIT design method (Contextual complexity, Relevance, Involvement, and Trust). The data was later discussed and highlighted the importance of supporting motivation in the design process activities and in the resulting systems through supporting the innate needs of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) which are autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Moreover, the discussion highlights the importance of adopting the Scandinavian aspects of participatory design when designing in displacement and links it to motivation, ethics, and real democracy. Furthermore, the discussion provided an overview of the design challenges from the context of displacement, the practices that allow a better problem definition, and suggestions regarding the opportunities and challenges for the use of technology for education in displacement.
D5.5: Implementation And Documentation Of Final Object-Based Renderers
Creators: name: Duval, Benjamin
name: Mason, Andrew
name: Baume, Chris
name: Meier, Michael
name: Bogaards, Niels
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Renderers
User interfaces

description: This document aims to present an overview of work that has been carried by the various partners in the ORPHEUS consortium related to the renderers for object-based broadcasting clients.

Description of the demos and documentation is provided to illustrate the development related to the rendering in the web browser, in IP studio, in the pre-processor, in the AV receiver and in the iOS mobile app.
HYPERURICEMIA: EMERGING COMORBIDITY OR SIMPLE PRECURSOR?
Creators: name: BILAL BENGANA
name: SALIMA LEFKIR TAFIANI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Gout, Hyperuricemia, Consequence.

description: Abstract

Hyperuricemia, characterized by elevated levels of uric acid in the blood, has garnered significant interest due to its increasing prevalence globally. This condition is often associated with dietary changes, such as increased consumption of sugary and alcoholic beverages, as well as a diet rich in purines. The consequences of hyperuricemia extend beyond gout, with established links to other pathologies such as metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and renal insufficiency. This correlation raises the pivotal question of whether asymptomatic hyperuricemia should be treated. Managing hyperuricemia and its consequences involves hygienic and dietary approaches as well as specific treatments to lower uric acid levels in the blood. Advances in understanding the pathophysiology of gout and uric acid metabolism have led to the development of new therapeutic options. However, uncertainties persist regarding the optimal management of asymptomatic hyperuricemia, necessitating further research to determine relevant risk factors and the ideal timing to initiate urate-lowering therapy. This review explores the various aspects of hyperuricemia, from its clinical implications to its management strategies, providing a comprehensive overview of this increasingly concerning condition in the realm of health.
Deep Neural Yodelling
Creators: name: Pfäffli, Daniel (Autor/in)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Generative
Music synthesis
Convolution neural network
CNN
Variational autoencoder
VAE
Yodel
Natural yodel
WaveNet

description: Yodel music differs from most other genres by exercising the transition from chest voice to falsetto with an audible glottal stop which is recognised even by laymen. Yodel often consists of a yodeller with a choir accompaniment. In Switzerland, it is differentiated between the natural yodel and yodel songs. Today's approaches to music generation with machine learning algorithms are based on neural networks, which are best described by stacked layers of neurons which are connected with neurons of the lower layer. The networks are trained using real music samples in lead sheet or audio waveform to adapt their weights, so they produce similar ones. So far, proposed procedures have used piano music or polyphonic music that consisted of a classical orchestra. Approaches to vocal music were rarely found, and measured in sound quality less successful than for instrumental music.
To the best of the author's knowledge, up until this thesis, it has not been tried to produce yodel music with machine learning algorithms. In total 17h of natural yodel and 17h of yodel songs were available. For this work, convolution neural networks were used to investigate if generative approaches can produce yodel-like music in the audio waveform. Experiments with the model WaveNet which was proposed for music synthesis in the audio waveform confirmed the ability of generative methods to produce the timbre of yodel music. Two experts affirmed the conclusion in this thesis. Further investigations revealed that the model reproduces yodel-like vocalisation where high notes are sung with an "u" and breast notes with an "o" which is a typical characteristics of natural yodel. The model fails to provide a melody structure, and changes in metre are missed utterly. In summary, a WaveNet-based model successfully produced the timbre of yodel but was unable to compose yodel music. The generative approach Variational Autoencoder was investigated to tackle the shortcomings of WaveNet. Unfortunately, it did not succeed in producing anything different than noise which is explained by its short experimental time. Therefore, it is inconclusive whether the approach is appropriate for yodel music.
To conclude, the model WaveNet achieved to produce the timbre of yodel music. However, more research is necessary to generate entire yodel compositions.
description: + ID der Publikation: hslu_52660 + Art des Beitrages: Master-/Lizentiats-/Diplomarbeit + Name der Universität / Institution inkl. Ort: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Departement Information Technology + Land der Universität / Institution: Switzerland + Sprache: Englisch + Letzte Aktualisierung: 2018-03-09 16:52:33
Assessing health governance across countries: a scoping review protocol on indices and assessment tools applied globally.
Creators: name: Huang, Aidan
name: Lin, Yuling
name: Zhang, Liyuan
name: Dong, Jingwen
name: He, Qiwei
name: Tang, Kun
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Health policy
1506
1703
PUBLIC HEALTH
Public health

description: INTRODUCTION: Most global health indices or assessment tools focus on health outcomes rather than governance, and they have been developed primarily from the perspective of high-income countries. To benchmark global health governance for equity and solidarity, it becomes necessary to reflect on the current state of indices or assessment tools evaluating health governance across countries. This scoping review aims to review the existing multicountry indices and assessment tools applied globally with measurable indicators assessing health governance; summarise their differences and commonalities; identify the lessons learnt through analysis of their advantages and gaps; and evaluate the feasibility and necessity to establish a new index or consensus framework for assessing global health governance. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This scoping review protocol follows Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework, the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses methodology for scoping reviews. Key information sources will be bibliographic databases (PubMed, Embase and Web of Science Core Collection), grey literature and citation tracking. The time frame will be from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2021. Only indices or assessment tools that are globally applicable and provide measurable indicators of health governance will be eligible. A qualitative content analysis will follow the proposed data extraction form to explicate and compare each eligible index or assessment tool. An analysis based on a proposed preliminary evaluation framework will identify the advantages and gaps and summarise the lessons learnt. This scoping review will also discuss the feasibility and necessity of developing a new global health governance index or consensus framework to inform future research and practices. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This scoping review does not require ethics approval. Dissemination will include a peer-review article, policy briefs and conference presentations. This protocol has been registered in the Open Science Framework (osf.io/y93mj).
Anatomy of a Design Session
Creators: name: Walsh, Greg
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: children
designing with children
anatomy of a design session
design process
participatory design

description: You have probably read or heard about designing with children in any number of ACM publications or conferences. Whether we research- ers and designers ask the opinions of children about technology or work with them in the design of new technologies, the literature is ripe with discussions of methods used and new techniques devel- oped for working with children. Unfortunately, the more “pedestri- an” concepts of organizing a design session and the logistics of working with a group of children are often mentioned in passing, as the main contribution of the work, meth- ods and techniques, rarely go into much detail beyond what is neces- sary to extol the new contribution’s virtues. I know I am guilty of this.
Exploring the evolutionary protein landscape of red Rubisco towards improving plant photosynthesis.
Creators: name: Zhou, Yu
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2021

description: Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) conducts the carbon entry into the biosphere by fixing the CO2 into organic carbon. Rubisco is the most abundant enzyme on the Earth because it prevalently exists in plants, cyanobacteria, algae, bacteria and Archaea. Rubisco has the major defaults in its structure and then results in its slow and error-prone catalytic properties, but some red Rubisco have been characterised are more efficient. Using directed evolution approaches in the foreign host has been successfully improved the catalytic properties and functional assembly of some green Rubisco. The goals of this thesis were, firstly to assess the established RDE systems that could be used to evolve red type Rubisco that can functionally assemble in RDE and chloroplast; Secondly, to investigate the advantages of continuous evolution in RDE; and last, to test if the growth advantage could be brought by transplanting artificial evolved red Rubisco into plants.
Epiphany in Trump Town: Finding Common Ground with the “American Sniper” Crowd
Creators: name: Watkins, Dwight
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2017
Subjects: Donald Trump
Trump town
common ground
political tension

description: There may be hope yet for relations between white Donald Trump voters and non-Uncle Tom blacks — America may not be as divided as we think. That's what I discovered last weekend during a book tour stop at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival in Fort Myers.
What Being “A Real One” Really Means
Creators: name: Watkins, Dwight
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2017
Subjects: Baltimore
Baltimore City
Freddie Gray
hood neighborhoods
minorities

description: Being a "real one" and "keepin' it real" are terms that are always tossed around but often misunderstood. Many may claim realness, and yet fail to meet its simple requirements. Earlier this week, I wrote about running into an old friend, O.G., on the street in Brooklyn, and going back to his block to meet his friends. When O.G. and his friends called me "real," it was more about my accessibility and how we engaged than that scene of my guzzling a cup of Hennessy outside in an unfamiliar neighborhood (forget about calling women "bitches" or claiming to be gangsta, as these are things that I don’t do).
Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project - Volume 11
Creators: name: Hollister, C.D.
name: Ewing, J.I.
name: The Leg 11 Science Party
Publisher: name: U.S. Government Printing Office
Year: 1972
Subjects: Deep Sea Drilling Project
Glomar Challenger
DSDP
Leg 11
Site 98
Site 99
Site 100
Site 101
Site 102
Site 103
Site 104
Site 105
Site 106
Site 107
Site 108
North Atlantic Ocean
Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge
Bahamian Carbonate Province
Northeast Providence Channel
Cat Gap

description: This volume covers Leg 11 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel Glomar Challenger. Leg 11 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project began in Miami, Florida on April 8,1970 and ended in Hoboken, New Jersey on June 1, 1970. During this eight-week cruise 11 sites were drilled in the western North Atlantic in an attempt to achieve the broad scientific goals of the project and to pursue the more specific objectives outlined below: 1) to recover the oldest in-place material from the top of the ocean crust as near the continental margin as possible in an attempt to date the age of the western Atlantic and from this data infer the age of the breakup of North America and Africa; 2) to determine the paleo-environment of the developing Atlantic; 3) to sample and date the prominent seismic reflection horizons that lie below much of the western Atlantic; 4) to determine the composition and origin of the massive accumulation of sediment that forms the Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge system and the continental rise off North America; and 5) to gain more knowledge about the structure and history of the Bahamian carbonate province.