cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Shaping the Joint Liability Landscape? The Broader Consequences of WS v Frontex for EU Law
Creators: name: Gkliati, Mariana
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Frontex
subject: integrated administration
subject: joint liability
subject: accountability
subject: rule of law
subject: shared responsibility

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2024 9(1), 69-86
description: European Forum Insight of 02 May 2024
description: I. Introduction. - II. Frontex under scrutiny: allegations, investigations, and the rule of law dilemma. - III. From Aleppo to the CJEU: WS et al. challenge Frontex in Court. - IV. The findings of the Court: no direct causal link. - V. Legal remedies and litigation avenues before the CJEU. - VI. In light of precedent: evolving perspectives on causation and joint liability. - VII. Consequences of WS for Frontex Accountability. - vii.1. Rapid reactions and resounding criticism. - vii.2. Unaddressed aspects: what the Court didn't say. - vii.3. Frontex Liability under the Competence Model. - VIII. Broader Consequences of WS for EU Law. - viii.1. The ecosystem of integrated administration. - viii.2. Is there space in EU law for joint liability?. - IX. Conclusion: shaping the EU joint liability landscape?
description: The Insight delves into the CJEU judgment of WS et al. v Frontex, the first action for damages against the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, for human rights violations at the EU's external borders. Despite the prevalence of systemic violations and heightened attention to the agency's accountability, the Court, applying a stringent causality threshold, dismissed the claim, sidestepping crucial questions of positive obligations and responsibility attribution. The analysis critiques the judgment's shortcomings in causality assessment, emphasising its broader repercussions for EU law, particularly concerning liability frameworks and accountability dynamics within the new multi-actor reality of EU integrated administration. The Insight underscores the pressing need to reevaluate the existing competence model of determining liability in EU law to address its limitations and introduces the classification of these limitations as the binary of causality and the binary of jurisdiction. The CJEU’s reluctance to establish an effective framework for joint liability not only perpetuates contested accountability gaps but also risks establishing precarious areas devoid of accountability, thereby compromising the foundational principles of the Rule of Law in the European Union. The Insight concludes with a call to address these shortcomings, emphasising that rectification is not merely a matter of procedural refinement but a crucial step towards ensuring robust accountability mechanisms in EU law.
Mochlus striatus
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Mochlus
Mochlus striatus

description: Mochlus striatus (Hallowell, 1854)
Figure 12B
Euprepis striata Hallowell, 1854b: 98. Type locality: “ Liberia, wetern coast of Africa” in error. Corrected to Gabon by Hallowell (1860).
Euprepes (Tiliqua) elegans Fischer, 1883. Type locality: “ Sierra Leone ” (preoccupied by Euprepis elegans Peters, 1854).
Euprepes leoninus Fischer, 1884a: 7 (nomen novum pro E. elegans Fischer, 1883).
Lepidothyris striatus (Hallowell, 1854): Wagner et al. 2009: 16.
Mochlus striatus (Hallowell, 1854): Freitas et al. 2019: 1086.
Distribution. Central Africa. From southern Cameroon to Gabon and the Republic of the Congo, and east to Central African Republic. In Equatorial Guinea it has been reported in Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002) and Cabo San Juan (Boulenger 1905) as Lygosoma fernandi (Map 13A).
Comments. We confirm the presence of this species for Equatorial Guinea. Two species of Mochlus occur in Río Muni, M. fernandi and M. striatus. Although syntopy between both species has been recorded in southern Cameroon (Wagner et al. 2009c), no syntopic populations have yet been found in Río Muni. Based on the examined specimens, Mochlus striatus seems to be more common in Río Muni than M. fernandi.
Specimens examined. Five specimens. Río Muni: road from Aconibe to Asoc, 03 May 1987 (EBD 24996); without specific locality, 09 October 1966 (EBD 2840); Mongomo, Welé Nzas (EBD 20838); Mongomo, Welé Nzas, 16 April 1986 (EBD 20839); Cabo San Juan, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) (MNCN 5820).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on pages 50-51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Jacobsonina Hebard 1929
Creators: name: Wu, Keliang
name: Yue, Qiaoyun
name: Qiu, Deyi
name: Liu, Dexing
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Ectobiidae
Jacobsonina

description: Genus Jacobsonina Hebard, 1929
Jacobsonina Hebard, 1929: 56; Roth 1993: 282, Wang et al. 2009: 751.
Type species. Jacobsonina simplex Hebard, 1929.
Diagnosis. Tegmina and wings fully developed. Front femur Type B3. Pulvilli and arolia present, tarsal claws symmetrical, unspecialized. Abdominal terga unspecialized, or only the seventh or the first tergum specialized, with a glandular area. Supra-anal plate symmetrical, paraproct dissimilar. Hypandrium symmetrical or asymmetrical, styles absent.
Distribution. Oriental Region.
description: Published as part of Wu, Keliang, Yue, Qiaoyun, Qiu, Deyi & Liu, Dexing, 2014, One new species in the cockroach genus Jacobsonina Hebard 1929 (Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Blattellinae) from Mainland China, pp. 275-282 in Zootaxa 3847 (2) on page 276, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/229179
Trachylepis albilabris
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Trachylepis
Trachylepis albilabris

description: Trachylepis albilabris (Hallowell, 1857)
Figure 13A
Euprepes albilabris Hallowell, 1857: 51. Type locality: “Gaboon” Gabon.
Mabuia albilabris (Hallowell, 1857): Boulenger 1905: 184.
Euprepis albilabris Hallowell, 1857: Mausfeld-Lafdhiya et al. 2002 (by implication).
Trachylepis albilabris (Hallowell, 1857): Bauer 2003 (by implication).
Distribution. Widespread from West Africa (Guinea Conakry) to Central-East Africa (Uganda). In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Cabo San Juan (Boulenger 1905; Hoogmoed 1974), Benito River (Hoogmoed 1974), Evinayong (Hoogmoed 1974), and Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002) (Map 13C).
Comments. This species is sister to T. aureogularis (Müller, 1885) from West Africa (Allen et al. 2019).
Specimens examined. Two specimens. Río Muni: Cabo San Juan, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) (MNCN 5812, MNCN 5814).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Trachylepis maculilabris
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Trachylepis
Trachylepis maculilabris

description: Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845)
Figure 13B
Euprepis maculilabris Gray, 1845: 114. Type locality: “ West Africa ”.
Euprepes notabilis Peters, 1879a: 36. Type locality: “ Pungo-Andongo ” (Malanje Province) and “ Chinchoxo ” (Cabinda Province).
Mabuia (sic) maculilabris (Gray, 1845): Boulenger 1887: 164.
Mabuia maculilabris major Sternfeld, 1912. Type locality: “Kamerun”, “ Sudan ”.
Mabuia maculilabris var. kwidjwiensis Sternfeld, 1912. Type locality: “Kiwu-See”, “ Insel Wau im Kiwu-See” (Kivu lake).
Mabuia maculilabris var. wauensis Sternfeld, 1912. Type locality: “Fort Beni” Fort Beni, Kivi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mabuia maculilabris var. schubotzi Sternfeld, 1912. Type locality: “Mawambi” and “Awakubi”, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mabuia maculilabris var. graueri Sternfeld, 1912. Type locality: “Tanganyika” and “Lualaba” Democratic Republic of the Congo, “Kiwu-See” (Kivu lake).
Mabuia maculilabris var. rohrbecki Sternfeld, 1912. Type locality: “ Nguru D. O. Africa ”, Tanzania.
Mabuia maculilabris var. bergeri Sternfeld, 1912. Type locality: “ Mawambi ” (Zambia) and “Awakubi” (Democratic Republic of the Congo), “Fort Beni” (Fort Beni, Kivi, Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Mabuya maculilabris (Gray, 1845): Schmidt 1919: 525.
Mabuya maculilabris comorensis Loveridge, 1953: 200. Type locality: “ Chikwawa and Chiromo on the Shire River ”.
Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845): Bauer 2003 (by implication).
Distribution. Widespread from West Africa (Liberia) to East Africa (Ethiopia). In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Monte Mitra forest at Monte Alén National Park (Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) (Map 14A).
Comments. This taxon belongs to a species complex pending further systematic revisions (Mausfeld-Lafdhiya et al. 2004; Jesus et al. 2005b; Rocha et al. 2010b; Ceríaco et al. 2016; Allen et al. 2019; Ceríaco et al. 2020b). It is phylogenetically related to T. polytropis (Allen et al. 2017, 2019). Gonwouo & Nsang (2005) recorded T. maculilabris for the first time in Río Muni at Monte Mitra forest.
Specimens examined. Nine specimens. Río Muni: San Joaquín de Ndyiacom, 1990 [EBD 31515, EBD 31522 (2 exx: B-8357, B-8358)]; Bome, Bata, 23 October 1987 (EBD 27692–27693, 27695–27697); Río Muni, without specific locality (EBD 25053).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Trachylepis ozorii
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Trachylepis
Trachylepis ozorii

description: Trachylepis ozorii (Bocage, 1893)
Figure 13C
Mabuya ozorii Bocage, 1893a: 46. Type locality: “Anno-Bom”. Annobon.
Mabuia ozorii Bocage, 1893: Sternfeld 1917.
Trachylepis ozorii (Bocage, 1893): Bauer 2003 (by implication).
Distribution. Endemic to Annobon (Bocage 1893a,b, 1897; Boulenger 1906; Jesus et al. 2003, 2005c) (Map 14B).
Comments. The phylogenetic relationships of this species are not yet well studied. It is not closely related to any species from the Gulf of Guinea Islands (Jesus et al. 2005b). Based on some morphological traits, Ceríaco et al. (2016) tentatively suggested that this species could be related to T. polytropis and T. makolowodei Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & LeBreton, 2008.
Specimens examined. Twenty specimens. Annobon: Aeropuerto de Anobon, 25 November 1987 (EBD 27822); Annobon, November 1987 (EBD 27808–27821, EBD 27823, EBD 27900), 10 November 1987 (EBD 27698, EBD 27700, EBD 27704).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Riedlinia lipoxena
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Riedlinia
Riedlinia lipoxena

description: Riedlinia lipoxena (Womersley, 1952):
ORI
Schoengastia (Ascoschoengastia) lipoxena Womersley, 1952
Euschoengastia (Ascoschoengastia) lipoxena, Womersley 1952
Euschoengastia lipoxena, Audy 1952
Trombigastia (Scapularia) lipoxena, Vercammen-Grandjean & Fain 1958
Riedlinia (Riedlinia) lipoxena, Vercammen-Grandjean 1968c; Lakshana 1973
Riedlinia lipoxena, Ahamad et al. 2013; Stekolnikov 2021
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Trachylepis polytropis
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Trachylepis
Trachylepis polytropis

description: Trachylepis polytropis (Boulenger, 1903)
Mabuia polytropis Boulenger, 1903: 433. Type locality: “Benito River district, Gaboon”, Río Benito district, Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea.
Mabuya polytropis (Boulenger, 1903): Schmidt 1919: 531.
Euprepis polytropis (Boulenger, 1903): Mausfeld-Lafdhiya et al. 2002 (by implication).
Trachylepis polytropis (Boulenger, 1903): Bauer 2003 (by implication).
Distribution. This species ranges across West and Central Africa, from Liberia to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Bioko (Hoogmoed 1974) at Punta Frailes (Boulenger 1906), between San Carlos and Batete (Mertens 1964a), and at a beach (likely in Aleñá) across from the Island of Loros (Mertens 1964a), and from Río Muni at Benito River (Boulenger, 1903), and Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002) including Monte Mitra forest (Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) (Map 14C).
Comments. This species is related to T. maculilabris (Allen et al. 2017, 2019).
Specimens examined. No specimens of this taxon were found in the examined collections.
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Feylinia currori Gray 1845
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Feylinia
Feylinia currori

description: Feylinia currori Gray, 1845
Figure 14A
Feylinia currori Gray, 1845: 129. Type locality: “ Angola ”.
Distribution. Widely distributed in Central Africa. It extends from Sierra Leone to western Kenya at Kakamega forest. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni (Brygoo & Roux-Estève 1983) at Cabo San Juan (Boulenger 1905), Bata and Benito River (Wagner & Schmitz 2006) and Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002) (Map 15A).
Comments. The examined specimen (MNCN 23911), a juvenile, presents 22 scale rows at mid-body and the third supralabial contacting the eye. These traits correspond to those of F. currori. Brygoo & Roux-Estève (1983) reviewed this genus and Wagner & Schmitz (2006) updated the geographic distribution of F. currori. Lasso et al. (2002) reported a single specimen in a cultivated field of Monte Alén National Park.
Specimens examined. One specimen. Gulf of Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, without specific locality, but likely from Cabo San Juan as part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) (MNCN 23911).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Artotrogidae Brady 1880
Creators: name: Johnsson, Rodrigo
name: Neves, Elizabeth G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Siphonostomatoida
Artotrogidae

description: ARTOTROGIDAE Brady, 1880
Within the Artotrogidae there are presently 21 genera (Boxshall & Halsey 2004), which can be grouped according to characters related to the fourth leg. Among the variable states, it is possible to observe the reduction of the leg to a protopod bearing 1 or 2 setae, as seen in Pseudotrogus (Johnsson & Rocha 2002). Other conditions found are: the total absence of the endopod, as observed in Pteropontius, Cryptopontius, Dyspontius, Pulicitrogus and Ascidiopontius; or the absence of the whole leg, as in Artotrogus, Glyptotrogus, Tardotrogus and Sewellopontius. An uncommon, intermediary state is the endopodal ramus bearing two segments, found only in Arctopontius and Metapontius. All remaining genera of the family have P4 unmodified, with both rami present, and 3­segmented.Therefore Artopontius and Metapontius, among all other Artotrogidae genera, are probably very closely related. However, it is possible to distinguish these two genera based on the following characteristics. In Arctopontius, the pedigerous somite 4 is projected backwards as in the previous segment, reaching the mid­region of the genital double­somite. In Metapontius, pedigerous somite 4 is slightly rounded posteriorly, hardly reaching the lateral margin of the following pedigerous somite. Both genera also differ in the proportions of both lobes of the maxillule. In Arctopontius, the inner lobe is twice as long as the outer lobe while in Metapontius, the outer lobe is almost as long as the inner one.
description: Published as part of Johnsson, Rodrigo & Neves, Elizabeth G., 2005, A revision of Metapontius (Siphonostomatoida: Artotrogidae) with the description of a new species associated with an octocoral from Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands (USA), pp. 51-59 in Zootaxa 1035 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.169725
Feylinia elegans
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Feylinia
Feylinia elegans

description: Feylinia elegans (Hallowell, 1892)
Acontias elegans Hallowell, 1854: 64. Type locality: “ Liberia ” or “ Gabon ” (see Schmidt [1919] and Brygoo & Roux-Estève [1983]).
Sphenorhina elegans (Hallowell, 1854): Hallowell 1857: 52.
Anelytrops elegans (Hallowell, 1854): Bocage 1866a: 45.
Feylinia elegans (Hallowell, 1854): Schmidt 1919: 605.
Distribution. With the exception of the dubious type locality from Liberia in West Africa, this species is widespread across Central Africa, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Bata (Brygoo & Roux-Estève 1983) (Map 15B).
Comments. A specimen from Bata is drawn in Brygoo & Roux-Estève (1983), labelled as MNHN 90.359 and housed in the French National Museum of Natural History (MNHN).
Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Melanoseps occidentalis
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Melanoseps
Melanoseps occidentalis

description: Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1877)
Herpetosaura occidentalis Peters, 1877: 416. Type locality: “Cameruns”. Cameroon.
Scelotes occidentalis (Peters, 1877): Werner 1898: 530.
Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1877): Tornier 1901: 62.
Scelotes schebeni Sternfeld, 1910a. Type locality: “Windhuk”, Windhoek, Namibia.
Melanoseps occidentalis zairensis Brygoo & Roux-Esteve, 1982: 1187. Type locality: “Dekese”, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Distribution. It occurs in Central Africa, from Cameroon to Central African Republic and Angola. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko at Musola (Boulenger 1906) (Map 15C).
Comments. Morphologically similar and likely conspecific to Melanoseps poensis (Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1982). Further studies are needed to ascertain the identity and distribution of these taxa across Bioko, mainly through the revision of topotypic specimens of M. poensis, as the type series is lost (see comments in the account of M. poensis). The specimen recorded by Boulenger (1906) housed in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova was examined by Brygoo & Roux-Esteve (1982), supporting its identity as Melanoseps occidentalis.
Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Melanoseps poensis
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Melanoseps
Melanoseps poensis

description: Melanoseps poensis (Bocage, 1895)
Scelotes poensis Bocage, 1895b: 16. Type locality: “Bissé, nas faldas do Pico de Santa Isabel ”. Basilé, foothill of Pico Basilé.
Melanoseps poensis (Bocage, 1895): Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1982: 1171.
Distribution. Endemic to Bioko. This taxon is only known from the type locality, close to Basilé, Bioko (Bocage 1895b, 1897, 1903; Boulenger 1906) (Map 16A).
Comments. Treated as a synonym of Melanoseps occidentalis by Mertens (1964) without providing any justification. Morphologically allied and likely conspecific to Melanoseps occidentalis (Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1982), being the only difference between them is the number of supraciliary scales, five in M. poensis and four in M. occidentalis. Unfortunately, the types of Scelotes poensis were lost during the fire suffered in the Museu Bocage of Lisbon in 1977 (Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1982), hampering the solution of this taxonomic problem. The study of further collected topotypic specimens will be required in order to resolve its identity. Brygoo & Roux-Esteve (1982) tentatively treated M. poensis as a valid species until more data are available but suggesting the likely conspecificity of both taxa.
Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the collections examined.
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Riedlinia willmanni Vercammen-Grandjean and Minter 1964
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Riedlinia
Riedlinia willmanni

description: Riedlinia willmanni Vercammen-Grandjean and Minter, 1964:
AFR
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Monopeltis galeata
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Amphisbaenidae
Monopeltis
Monopeltis galeata

description: Monopeltis galeata (Hallowell, 1852)
Phractogonus galeatus Hallowell, 1852: 62. Type locality: “ Liberia, West Coast of Africa”; corrected to “Gaboon Country, West Africa” by Hallowell (1857).
Monopeltis (Phractogonus) magnipartitus Peters, 1879b: 276. Type locality: “ Angeblich von dem Gabun ”.
Lepidosternum galeatum (Hallowell, 1852): Strauch 1881: 121 (emendation).
Lepidosternum dumerilii Strauch, 1881: 122. Type locality: “ West Afrika (Gabon)”.
Lepidostenon magnipartitum Strauch, 1881: 124 (emendation).
Monopeltis galeata (Hallowell, 1852): Boulenger, 1885: 384.
Monopeltis unirostralis Mocquard, 1903: 210. Type locality: “ Gabon ”.
Monopeltis boveei Mocquard, 1903: 211. Type locality: “ Fernand Vaz (Congo français)”.
Distribution. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Corisco (Gans & Lehman 1973) (Map 16B).
Comments. The genus Monopeltis is sister to the South African genus Dalophia (Gray, 1865) (Measey & Tolley 2013). The phylogenetic relationships of M. galeata in relation to other congeneric species remain unknown. A comprehensive revision of this species was provided by Gans & Lehman (1973). The single known specimen of M. galeata from Equatorial Guinea (Corisco Island), currently held at the ANSP and labelled as ANSP 9682, is a possible paralectotype (Gans & Lehman 1973).
Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Ptilodactylidae
Creators: name: Lawrence, John F.
name: Slipinski, Adam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptilodactylidae

description: Key to genera of Ptilodactylidae occurring in Australia
1. Prosternum not extending posteriorly to meet postoxal process, so that trochantin is exposed (Figs. 1 B, D); antennal rami never articulated........................................................................................... 2
- Prosternum extending posteriorly to meet postcoxal process, so that.. trochantin is concealed (Fig. 1 C); antennal rami articulated in male......................................................................................... 4
2. Tarsomere 3 lobed beneath, more or less concealing reduced tarsomere 4 from below (Fig. 2 E); galea and lacinia densely clothed with short, thickened, hook-like setae (Fig. 2 D); dorsal vestiture of thickened orange and black setae forming a pattern (Fig. 1 A).............................................................................. Lycomimus gen. n.
description: Published as part of Lawrence, John F. & Slipinski, Adam, 2013, Lycomimus, a new genus of Australian Ptilodactylidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea), pp. 71-78 in Zootaxa 3702 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/284555
Monopeltis jugularis Peters 1880
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Amphisbaenidae
Monopeltis
Monopeltis jugularis

description: Monopeltis jugularis Peters, 1880
Figure 14B
Monopeltis (Phractogonus) jugularis Peters, 1880: 219. Type locality: “Westafrika”. West Africa.
Lepidosternon jugulare (Peters, 1880): Strauch 1881: 124 (emendation).
Lepidosternon koppenfelsii Strauch, 1881: 124. Type locality: “ Westafrika (Gabon)”.
Monopeltis semipunctata Boettger, 1893: 89. Type locality: “ Kamerun ”.
Distribution. Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and likely Gabon. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Río Muni at Etembue (Gans & Lehman 1973) (Map 16C).
Comments. The phylogenetic relationships of this species in relation to other congeneric species remains unknown (Measey & Tolley 2013). A comprehensive revision of this species was provided by Gans & Lehman (1973).
Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: without specific locality (EBD 02842).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Gastropholis echinata
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Lacertidae
Gastropholis
Gastropholis echinata

description: Gastropholis echinata (Cope, 1862)
Figure 14C
Lacerta (Zootoca) echinata Cope, 1862: 189. Type locality: “West Africa”. Very likely Liberia according to Loveridge (1941).
Lacerta hirticauda Vaillant, 1884: 344. Type locality: “Kinjabo” Kinjaho, Assini, Ghana.
Lacerta langi Schmidt, 1919: 492. Type locality: “Medje”, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Centromastix echinatus (Cope, 1862): Laurent 1958: 118.
Gastropholis echinata (Cope, 1862): Arnold 1989: 543.
Distribution. West and Central Africa, from Liberia to the Northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Benito River (Boulenger 1921) and Bioko (Pérez del Val 2001) (but see comments) (Map 17A).
Comments. Mertens (1964) did not include this species among the reptiles of Bioko. Later, Pérez del Val (2001) recorded a single specimen from the island (MNCN 6231). However, the collection locality of this specimen is tentative, and there are no recent confirmed records of this species in Bioko. In this sense, following Mertens (1964), we do not consider the presence of this species in Bioko. As this species inhabits the forest canopy, it is rarely observed and collected (Arnold 1989). Future prospections should be made to detect the presence (and confirm the Biokoan record) of this elusive species in Equatorial Guinea.
Specimens examined. One specimen. Equatorial Guinea, without specific locality (Bioko?) (MNCN 6231).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on pages 61-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Holaspis guentheri Gray 1863
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Lacertidae
Holaspis
Holaspis guentheri

description: Holaspis guentheri Gray, 1863
Figure 15A
Holaspis guentheri Gray, 1863: 153. Type locality: not stated.
Distribution. It occurs in West and Central Africa, from Sierra Leone to Uganda. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Cabo San Juan (Boulenger 1905), Benito River (Boulenger 1921), and Monte Alén National Park (Pauwels & Stévart 2007). Likely occurring in Bioko (Drewes et al. 1999) (Map 17B).
Comments. Drewes et al. (1999) suggested the presence of this species on Bioko based on a possible sight (not collected) between Luba and Malabo.
Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: Cabo San Juan, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) (MNCN 7981).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Poromera fordii
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Lacertidae
Poromera
Poromera fordii

description: Poromera fordii (Hallowell, 1857)
Figure 15B
Tachydromus fordii Hallowell, 1857: 48. Type locality: “Gaboon”. Gabon.
Poromera fordii (Hallowell, 1857): Boulenger 1887: 6.
Distribution. It occurs in Central Africa, from Cameroon to Central African Republic, southward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko at Bonyoma (at 450 m a.s.l.) and Parador (North of Musola) (Mertens 1968), and in Río Muni at Cabo San Juan (Boulenger 1905), Benito River (Boulenger 1900, 1921), and Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002) (Map 17C).
Comments. Photographic records by Twan Leenders from Los Altos de Nsork National Park are available in “https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/”, likely belonging to one of the specimens catalogued as “YPM HERR 014402” and “YPM HERR 014402” held in the Yale University Peabody Museum.
Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: Cabo San Juan, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) (MNCN 7983).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Riedlinia yuanti Wen and Xiang 1984
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Riedlinia
Riedlinia yuanti

description: Riedlinia yuanti Wen and Xiang, 1984 k:
PAL
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
title: Entwicklung stationärer Phasen für die Kationenaustauschchromatographie: Funktionalisierung, Charakterisierung, Anwendung
Creators: name: Schmitt, Matthias
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Massenspektrometrie
Retentionsmechanismus
Kationenaustauscher
Chemistry & allied sciences
Chemie
Stationäre Phase
Partikelanalyse

description: Eine Reihe strukturell ähnlicher Kationenaustauscher mit einem variablen Verhältnis von stark zu schwach sauren Austauschergruppen wird durch die Anwendung von modularen Kleinmolekülreaktionen auf Polystyrol/Divinylbenzol-Copolymerpartikeln erhalten. Es werden drei Reihen an Materialien mit unterschiedlicher Konzentration an Carbonsäuregruppen hergestellt, die zusätzlich jeweils mehrere unterschiedliche Sulfonierungsgrade aufweisen.
Mit Hilfe chromatographischer Tests und materialchemischer Charakterisierung wird ein gemischter Retentionsmechanismus bestehend aus Kationenaustausch und Verteilung gezeigt. Anhand der hergestellten Materialbibliothek wird der jeweilige Einfluss der beiden Austauschergruppen auf die Wechselwirkung mit einer großen Bandbreite von Modellanalyten untersucht. Eine neue Methode der induktiv gekoppelten Plasma-Massenspektrometrie im Einzelpartikel-Modus wird entwickelt, um die polymerbasierten Mikropartikel auf Einzelpartikelebene anhand ihrer funktionellen Gruppen auf Homogenität und Funktionalisierungsgrad zu untersuchen.
Die vorgestellte Säulenchemie wird für die Trennung der 20 kanonischen Aminosäuren optimiert und die Stabilität der stationären Phase in unterschiedlichen mobilen Phasen untersucht. Die robuste Trennsäule ermöglicht eine direkte Kopplung mit Elektrosprayionisations-Massenspektrometrie und die Quantifizierung von Aminosäuren in komplexen Realproben.
Calabaria reinhardtii
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Boidae
Calabaria
Calabaria reinhardtii

description: Calabaria reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1851)
Figure 16A
Eryx reinhardtii Schlegel, 1851: 1. Type locality: “Côte d’or” Ghana. Restricted to Aqua Pim (Akwapim), southern Ghana (Hughes & Barry 1969).
Calabaria fusca Gray, 1858: 155. Type locality: “Old Calabar, W. Africa ” Duke Town, Nigeria.
Rhoptrura reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1848): Peters, 1858: 340.
Rhoptrura petiti Sauvage, 1884: 202. Type locality: “l’ouest de l’Afrique”.
Calabaria reinhardti (Schlegel, 1848): Boulenger 1893: 92.
Distribution. It ranges from Liberia to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Bioko (Drewes et al. 1999) at Basilé, San Carlos (Bocage 1895 a, 1903; Boulenger 1906; Capocaccia 1961a), and Musola (Mertens 1941), and from Río Muni at Cabo San Juan (Boulenger 1905) and Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002) (Map 18B).
Comments. The genus Calabaria is currently monotypic and has a confusing taxonomic history. It was formerly placed in Pythonidae until molecular phylogenetic analyses clarified its evolutionary history as a member of Boidae (Pyron et al. 2014). Calabaria reinhardtii usually lives mainly inside superficial underground galleries and termite nests (Angelici et al. 2000). Despite its secretive behaviour, it is a well known species among the local people of Equatorial Guinea (Maximiliano Fero, pers. comm.).
Specimens examined. Twenty-two specimens. Bioko: without precise locality (MNCN 22818–22819); San Carlos, Bioko, July 1909 (MNCN 22820). Río Muni: Mongomo, 16 April 1986 (EBD 20794, EBD 20797, EBD 20799); road from Mongomo to Aconibe, 29 November 1985 (EBD 20796); Mongomo (road to Añisok), 06 June 1986 (EBD 20798); road from Mfaman to Niefang, 10 March 1986 (EBD 20795); Miboman (Km 27, road to Bata), 15 February 1986; Miboman (30 km from Niefang), 01 February 1987 (EBD 25008); Sanduma, 27 February 1965 (EBD 2845); 10 km before the road of Alosa from Bata, 09 May 1966 (EBD 2846); San Joaquín de Ndyiacom, 01 August 1986 (EBD 25007); San Joaquín de Ndyiacon (road from Bata to Ayamiken), 01 February 1987 (EBD 25009), 03 February 1987 (EBD 25010), December 1987 (EBD 27753, EBD 27779), September 1987 (EBD 27484), 1990 (EBD 31492); Nvom (road from Aconibe to Asok), 08 May 1987 (EBD 25011); Equatorial Guinea, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) from Cabo San Juan (MNCN 22316, MNCN 22821).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on pages 65-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Rituals and Practices of Megalith Building: An Archaeological and Ethnographic Study of Megaliths in Oinam Village in Manipur, Northeast India
Creators: name: Singh, Oinam Premchand
Publisher: name: Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
Year: 2024

description: Despite some reports of the living tradition of megalith building among a few communities in Northeast India, the rituals and practices involved in such undertakings have not been studied in detail. In this paper, I present the outcomes of an archaeological and ethnographic study of megaliths in Oinam, a village inhabited by the Poumai Naga tribe (a Tibeto-Burman ethnic community) in India’s northeastern state of Manipur. The practice of the erection of megaliths, albeit in modified forms, is also a living tradition in this village, offering avenues for multidisciplinary investigations. My survey documented and mapped 407 megaliths around Oinam, including 374 menhirs, 5 fallen menhirs, 2 slab graves, and 26 stone circles in the habitation areas and pathways descending from the village to the paddy fields. I also interviewed residents and documented the associated rituals and practices in megalith building. The study reveals that the motives behind the construction of megaliths and hosting feasts by sponsors are associated with ritual fulfilments and personal gratifications. However, while such endeavours are costly, they also bear features of economic redistribution of wealth in society and can be seen as an expression of the identity of Poumai Nagas of Oinam.
description: Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 26 (2024)
Transmission of Lithic and Ceramic Technical Know-how in the Early Neolithic of Central-Western Europe: Shedding Light on the Social Mechanisms Underlying Cultural Transition
Creators: name: Denis, Solène
name: Gomart, Louise
name: Burnez-Lanotte, Laurence
name: Allard, Pierre
Publisher: name: Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
Year: 2024

description: Research on European neolithisation agrees that a process of colonisation throughout the sixth millennium BCE underlies the spread of agricultural ways of life on the continent. From Central to Central-Western Europe, this colonisation path is characterised by one single cultural entity, the so-called Linear Pottery Culture (LBK). At the transition between the sixth and fifth millennia BCE, the LBK breaks apart into a mosaic of “post-LBK” cultural groups through mechanisms that are not entirely understood. To contribute to a better understanding of the social processes underlying this transition, we conduct an integrated analysis of the lithic and ceramic technical subsystems attributed to the LBK and the post-LBK in Middle Belgium, a region with unrivalled material evidence. We use the technical actions carried out by the early farmers to produce their lithic tool blanks and ceramics as proxies to shed light on (i) the modalities of technical know-how in intergenerational transmission, (ii) the possible exogenous influences within the technical system, and (iii) the trajectories of the social groups involved in the LBK-Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain (BQY/VSG) transition. Our results reveal that several overlapping mechanisms were at work during this cultural transition. While lithic and ceramic general technical trends are clearly transmitted from one period to another attesting to a clear filiation between the LBK and the post-LBK, both the lithic and ceramic detailed sequences of technical actions tend to hybridise after the transition. This reveals close and prolonged interactions between groups of producers from different learning networks, most likely stemming from population mobility during the cultural transition.
description: Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 26 (2024)
Syllogistics intellectus cognitum V3
Creators: name: Mikhail, Fedorchenko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 500308
subject: Logic
classificationCode: 500312
subject: Philosophy of cognition
classificationCode: 509999
subject: Other philosophy and religious studies not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 520401
subject: Cognition

description: Logic of Being. Logic of cognition. Logic of Life.
Dasypeltis fasciata Smith 1849
Creators: name: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
name: Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
name: Riva, Ignacio De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Dasypeltis
Dasypeltis fasciata

description: Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849
Figure 16B
Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849: 73. Type locality: “ Sierra Leone ”.
Dipsas carinatus Hallowell, 1844: 119 (nomen praeoccupatum).
Dasypeltis macrops Boulenger, 1907: 324. Type locality: “ Efulen, Cameroon ”.
Distribution. It is distributed from West Africa at Sierra Leone to East Africa at Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southward to Angola. There are no published records for Equatorial Guinea (Map 18C).
Comments. We provide the first record of this species for Equatorial Guinea. The specimen housed in the MNCN was collected during the “Expedición Pittaluga”, which took place across Equatorial Guinea in 1909. During this expedition, Pedro Bengoa collected some specimens of Natriciteres fuliginoides and Python sebae at Río Utoche (southern Río Muni), close to the locality where the specimen MNCN 46190 of Dasypeltis fasciata was found (at Vermakoyo) three days earlier. Pittaluga (1910) provided a map with both locality names, currently out-of-date.
Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: “Wermakofo” (=Vermakoyo), 07 August 1909 (MNCN 46190).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600
Reference-free structural variant detection in microbiomes via long-read co-assembly graphs with rhea
Creators: name: Curry, Kristen
name: Feiqiao Brian Yu
name: Vance, Summer E
name: Segarra, Santiago
name: Devaki Bhaya
name: Rayan Chikhi
name: Rocha, Eduardo P C
name: Treangen, Todd J
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2024

description: Rhea is a software algorithm for structural variant detection in long-read metagenomes. The method requires a series of similar samples to be compared, expected to be separated by time or some other measurable metric. These samples are first joined together to construct a single co-assembly graph. Reads are then aligned back to the constructed graph, where coverage and structure patterns between the subsequent samples in the series are used to predict developed structural variants.
Transformer-BEATS: A transformer model for time series prediction of dairy milk production
Creators: name: Naghashi, Vahid
name: Boukadoum, Mounir
name: Abdoulaye Banire  Diallo
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2024

description: Predicting the milk production of dairy cows is important for precision livestock management. It can be achieved by observing the historical volume of each cow and features encoding its health status and the farm environment. This problem can be modeled as a multivariate time-series forecasting task, which demands capturing temporal dependencies and inter-series relations effectively. The current time-series models for dairy forecasting often fall short to capture these intricate temporal dependencies and inter-series (spatial) relationships. Here, we present a Transformer-based architecture that effectively captures these spatial and temporal dependencies through self-attention components, with a new adaptive way to integrate the forecasts from the temporal and spatial encoders. The proposed model is enhanced by connecting two Transformer encoder blocks in a back-cast (residual) manner, ensuring that the most relevant information is provided to the following block.

Our approach yields better results, particularly in terms of average prediction error per cow, than the state-of-the-art methods when predicting milk production in upcoming lactation of 47,000 cows.