cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Does the in vitro egg hatch test predict the failure of benzimidazole treatment in Haemonchus contortus?
Creators: name: Babjak, Michal
name: Konigova, Alzbeta
name: Dolinska, Michaela Urda
name: Kupcinskas, Tomas
name: Vadlejch, Jaroslav
name: Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg Von
name: Petkevicius, Saulius
name: Varady, Marian
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Anthelmintic resistance
subject: Detection methods
subject: Egg hatch test
subject: Haemonchus contortus
subject: Goats
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: Considerable research has been directed towards optimising in vitro tests that can diagnose resistance in pre-parasitic stages of parasites. The objective of this study was to compare the in vivo faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT), the in vitro egg hatch test (EHT), and the molecular determination of the frequency of a codon 200 allele of β-tubulin isotype 1 associated with benzimidazole resistance in larval stages of Haemonchus contortus obtained from infected goats. Animals were infected with composite infective doses representing 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, and 80% resistant alleles. Faecal samples for the EHT were collected on 28, 33, and 35 days post-infection. The results of the in vivo FECRT indicated that albendazole treatment reduced infections consisting of composite doses of 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, and 80% larvae of the resistant isolate by 91.3, 78.0, 63.3, 48.4, 36.5, and 41.4%, respectively. The drug concentration at which 50% of the eggs were prevented from developing hatching larvae (ED50) in the in vitro EHT varied from 0.09 ± 0.01 to 15.63 ± 12.10 μg/mL thiabendazole. The results of the in vitro EHT indicated that the test could estimate in vivo resistance well. The EHT could thus accurately estimate the in vivo efficacy of the drug and percentage of the resistance allele in the population using hatching parameters in delineation doses. This finding was also supported by comparing the FECRT data to the hatching percentages in the EHT on 30 goat farms in Slovakia with natural mixed infections of gastrointestinal parasites.
Electric signal synchronization as a behavioural strategy to generate social attention in small groups of mormyrid weakly electric fish and a mobile fish robot
Creators: name: Worm, Martin
name: Landgraf, Tim
name: Emde, Gerhard Von Der
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Weakly electric fish
subject: Animal–robot interaction
subject: Electro-communication
subject: Signal synchronization
subject: Social attention
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: African weakly electric fish communicate at night by constantly emitting and perceiving brief electrical signals (electric organ discharges, EOD) at variable inter-discharge intervals (IDI). While the waveform of single EODs contains information about the sender’s identity, the variable IDI patterns convey information about its current motivational and behavioural state. Pairs of fish can synchronize their EODs to each other via echo responses, and we have previously formulated a ‘social attention hypothesis’ stating that fish use echo responses to address specific individuals and establish brief dyadic communication frameworks within a group. Here, we employed a mobile fish robot to investigate the behaviour of small groups of up to four Mormyrus rume and characterized the social situations during which synchronizations occurred. An EOD-emitting robot reliably evoked social following behaviour, which was strongest in smaller groups and declined with increasing group size. We did not find significant differences in motor behaviour of M. rume with either an interactive playback (echo response) or a random control playback by the robot. Still, the robot reliably elicited mutual synchronizations with other fish. Synchronizations mostly occurred during relatively close social interactions, usually when the fish that initiated synchronization approached either the robot or another fish from a distance. The results support our social attention hypothesis and suggest that electric signal synchronization might facilitate the exchange of social information during a wide range of social behaviours from aggressive territorial displays to shoaling and even cooperative hunting in some mormyrids.
title: Javanese indentured labourers in British North Borneo, 1914-1932.
Creators: name: De Silva, Maureen
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: This thesis examines the historical realities of Javanese indentured labour in British North Borneo from 1914 to 1932. The empirical findings are interpreted in terms of the theoretical debate surrounding the indentured labour system, seen either as a 'new system of slavery', or as a particular variety of 'free labour'. By using primary and secondary sources, the study analyses the dynamics of the Javanese indentured labour system, i.e. from the negotiation between the colonial states for the procurement of Javanese labour, to the actual recruitment in Java, and working conditions in British North Borneo under civil contracts, which sanctioned criminal punishments. The thesis argues that the desperate need for labour, the prevailing conditions in Java, the regulated recruitment and immigration procedures, the characteristics of their indenture experience on British North Borneo enterprises, the post-indenture options available to the labourers, the inferior position of the Company government vis-a-vis the Dutch authorities, and the incessant disagreement between employers' representatives, which weakened their collective bargaining power, have all helped to depict Javanese indentured labour experience in British North Borneo not so much as slavery in a disguised form, but as a unique variety of 'free labour'. This thesis contributes to the wider history of colonial labour in three ways. Firstly, it provides an extensive and analytical review of Javanese indentured labour in British North Borneo during the period of imperialism and colonialism, which has not been attempted before. Secondly, it goes beyond the study of colonial and capitalist interests, moving towards an analysis of the experience of indenture by Javanese immigrants themselves. Thirdly, in contrast with previous studies depicting Javanese labourers as part of British North Borneo's local history, this thesis frames the story in terms of the wider debate surrounding the system, thus providing a modest contribution from British North Borneo to continuing deliberations on this controversial topic.
Adding colour-realistic video images to audio playbacks increases stimulus engagement but does not enhance vocal learning in zebra finches
Creators: name: Varkevisser, Judith M.
name: Simon, Ralph
name: Mendoza, Ezequiel
name: How, Martin
name: Hijlkema, Idse Van
name: Jin, Rozanda
name: Liang, Qiaoyi
name: Scharff, Constance
name: Halfwerk, Wouter H.
name: Riebel, Katharina
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Bird song
subject: Vocal development
subject: Video tutors
subject: Multimodal communication
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Bird song and human speech are learned early in life and for both cases engagement with live social tutors generally leads to better learning outcomes than passive audio-only exposure. Real-world tutor–tutee relations are normally not uni- but multimodal and observations suggest that visual cues related to sound production might enhance vocal learning. We tested this hypothesis by pairing appropriate, colour-realistic, high frame-rate videos of a singing adult male zebra finch tutor with song playbacks and presenting these stimuli to juvenile zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Juveniles exposed to song playbacks combined with video presentation of a singing bird approached the stimulus more often and spent more time close to it than juveniles exposed to audio playback only or audio playback combined with pixelated and time-reversed videos. However, higher engagement with the realistic audio–visual stimuli was not predictive of better song learning. Thus, although multimodality increased stimulus engagement and biologically relevant video content was more salient than colour and movement equivalent videos, the higher engagement with the realistic audio–visual stimuli did not lead to enhanced vocal learning. Whether the lack of three-dimensionality of a video tutor and/or the lack of meaningful social interaction make them less suitable for facilitating song learning than audio–visual exposure to a live tutor remains to be tested.
title: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the construction of the Ahmadiyya identity.
Creators: name: Khan, Adil H.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: The presence of Jama'at-i Ahmadiyya has reinvigorated the debate on Islamic orthodoxy in South Asia's Muslim mainstream. Assessing Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's career has been made difficult by the polarized nature of the questions surrounding his reputation, which oscillate between messianic saviour and antichrist, where one extreme represents pristine orthodoxy and the other represents a perverse infidelity beyond the pale of Islam. The pre-eminence of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad over his disciples, the esoteric ambiguity of his spiritual claims, the emphasis that he placed on internal and external reform, and the exclusivity of his early community of followers are all indicative of a medieval Sufi order. However, the advent of modernity and the politics of colonial subjugation influenced and shaped the development of an unexpected Ahmadi identity which evolved in an increasingly globalized world. The Ahmadi identity is not wholly based on Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's controversial claims, but is also a result of the socio-political context of the early twentieth century South Asian environment from which it emerged. British rule in India initiated a reassessment of Muslim institutions and an evaluation of Muslim political autonomy leading up to the partition. Jama'at-i Ahmadiyya's involvement in major political crises, such as the conflict in Kashmir, the partition of India itself, and the Punjab disturbances of 1953, gradually led to the politicization of Ahmadi Islam. As the notion of Ahmadiyyat became increasingly politicized, the formation of the Ahmadi identity evolved, and the dichotomy between Ahmadiyyat and Islam widened. This study traces the development of the Ahmadiyya identity from its Sufi style beginnings to a formalized construct that has the potential of shedding its Islamic origins altogether. As this process progresses, Ahmadiyyat may develop into a unique religious movement with a distinct religious identity that is separate from Islam.
Unveiling Glycerolipid Fragmentation by Cryogenic Infrared Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Kirschbaum, Carla
name: Greis, Kim
name: Polewski, Lukasz
name: Gewinner, Sandy
name: Schöllkopf, Wieland
name: Meijer, Gerard
name: Helden, Gert Von
name: Pagel, Kevin
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Fragmentation
subject: Lipids
subject: Ions
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: Mass spectrometry is routinely employed for structure elucidation of molecules. Structural information can be retrieved from intact molecular ions by fragmentation; however, the interpretation of fragment spectra is often hampered by poor understanding of the underlying dissociation mechanisms. For example, neutral headgroup loss from protonated glycerolipids has been postulated to proceed via an intramolecular ring closure but the mechanism and resulting ring size have never been experimentally confirmed. Here we use cryogenic gas-phase infrared (IR) spectroscopy in combination with computational chemistry to unravel the structures of fragment ions and thereby shed light on elusive dissociation mechanisms. Using the example of glycerolipid fragmentation, we study the formation of protonated five-membered dioxolane and six-membered dioxane rings and show that dioxolane rings are predominant throughout different glycerolipid classes and fragmentation channels. For comparison, pure dioxolane and dioxane ions were generated from tailor-made dehydroxyl derivatives inspired by natural 1,2- and 1,3-diacylglycerols and subsequently interrogated using IR spectroscopy. Furthermore, the cyclic structure of an intermediate fragment occurring in the phosphatidylcholine fragmentation pathway was spectroscopically confirmed. Overall, the results contribute substantially to the understanding of glycerolipid fragmentation and showcase the value of vibrational ion spectroscopy to mechanistically elucidate crucial fragmentation pathways in lipidomics.
title: Contextualising the navel of the earth : The emergence, sustenance and religious transformation of Buddhism in the Bodhgaya region (circa 300 BCE-1200 CE).
Creators: name: Amar, Abhishek Singh
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: This study aims to examine the history of Buddhism at its birth-place, Bodhgaya, in the South Bihar region in early India (c. 300 BCE - 1200 CE) by analysing its social milieu and broader regional context. In an attempt to inquire into processes that helped the Buddhist sahgha emerge and sustain itself at Bodhgaya, this research highlights the key role of Buddhist sahgha in the development of a sacred landscape in and around Bodhgaya. Based on the findings of an archaeological survey of the region that surrounds Bodhgaya, conducted in 2005-06, this work traces the spread of Buddhism in tandem with settlements and the impact this spread had on socioeconomic processes in the region. While doing so, it argues that the Buddhist sahgha played a crucial role in the material and economic development of the local settlements by introducing and regulating irrigation mechanisms to promote rice- production, which helped them in spreading Buddhism and developing a new network of patronage for their sustenance. Finally, it also examines the nature, dynamics and responses of Buddhism to the competition and contestation that it faced from Brahmanical religious orders (Vaisnava and Saiva) in the study period. While analysing Buddhist responses, this thesis argues that the Buddhist sahgha dominated the Bodhgaya region by adopting a policy of ''hierarchic-inclusion', which was informed by the political dynamics and religio-political order of the south Bihar region. Thus, this thesis provides a historical analysis of the processes that were devised by the Buddhist sahgha for its development and sustenance in the Bodhgaya region.
Dite-HRNet: Dynamic Lightweight High-Resolution Network for Human Pose Estimation
Creators: name: Li, Qun
name: Zhang, Ziyi
name: Xiao, Fu
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Bhanu, Bir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A high-resolution network exhibits remarkable capability in extracting multi-scale features for human pose estimation, but fails to capture long-range interactions between joints and has high computational complexity. To address these problems, we present a Dynamic lightweight High-Resolution Network (Dite-HRNet), which can efficiently extract multi-scale contextual information and model long-range spatial dependency for human pose estimation. Specifically, we propose two methods, dynamic split convolution and adaptive context modeling, and embed them into two novel lightweight blocks, which are named dynamic multi-scale context block and dynamic global context block. These two blocks, as the basic component units of our Dite-HRNet, are specially designed for the high-resolution networks to make full use of the parallel multi-resolution architecture. Experimental results show that the proposed network achieves superior performance on both COCO and MPII human pose estimation datasets, surpassing the state-of-the-art lightweight networks. Code is available at: https://github.com/ZiyiZhang27/Dite-HRNet.
description: Accepted by IJCAI-ECAI 2022
sj-pdf-1-wso-10.1177_1747493020932787 - Supplemental material for A score to predict one-year risk of recurrence after acute ischemic stroke
Creators: name: Strambo, Davide
name: Zachariadis, Alexandros
name: Lambrou, Dimitris
name: Ghil Schwarz
name: Sirimarco, Gaia
name: Karolinaa Aarnio
name: Putaala, Jukka
name: Ntaios, George
name: Vemmos, Kostantinos
name: Michel, Patrik
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: Medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-wso-10.1177_1747493020932787 for A score to predict one-year risk of recurrence after acute ischemic stroke by Davide Strambo, Alexandros Zachariadis, Dimitris Lambrou, Ghil Schwarz, Gaia Sirimarco, Karolinaa Aarnio, Jukka Putaala, George Ntaios, Kostantinos Vemmos and Patrik Michel in International Journal of Stroke
title: The knowledge of India possessed by Arab geographers down to the 14th century A.D. with special reference to Southern India.
Creators: name: Nainar, S. Muhammad Husayn
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1938

description: The Introduction describes the scope of the Thesis and the sources which have been consulted. In this latter connection, the whole question of the origin of the Silsilat-al-Tawarikh and of the identity of Suleyman the merchant have been discussed de novo. In the first Chapter, on Geography, the writer's knowledge of Southern India and of the Dravidian languages has been fully utilised. Chapter II deals with Ethonology. Chapter III deals with kings and kingdoms of Southern India. The much debated identity of a king called 'Balhara' has been dealt with at length, fresh arguments being adduced. Chapter IV deals with the products of Southern India. It should be mentioned that in translating the works of Arab Geographers, manuscripts have been consulted which add to the information contained in the published books, notably in those of de Goeje.
Lifelong learning challenges in the era of artificial intelligence: a computational thinking perspective
Creators: name: Romero, Margarida
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought significant challenges to the education and workforce skills required to take advantage of AI for human-AI collaboration in the workplace. As AI continues to reshape industries and job markets, the need to define how AI literacy can be considered in lifelong learning has become increasingly critical (Cetindamar et al., 2022; Laupichler et al., 2022; Romero et al., 2023). Like any new technology, AI is the subject of both hopes and fears, and what it entails today presents major challenges (Cugurullo \& Acheampong, 2023; Villani et al., 2018). It also raises profound questions about our own humanity. Will the machine surpass the intelligence of the humans who designed it? What will be the relationship between so-called AI and our human intelligences? How could human-AI collaboration be regulated in a way that serves the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? This paper provides a review of the challenges of lifelong learning in the era of AI from a computational thinking, critical thinking, and creative competencies perspective, highlighting the implications for management and leadership in organizations.
Machine learning to explore high-entropy alloys with desired enthalpy for room-temperature hydrogen storage: Prediction of density functional theory and experimental data
Creators: name: Dangwal, Shivam
name: Ikeda, Yuji
name: Grabowski, Blazej
name: Edalati, Kaveh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Safe and high-density storage of hydrogen, for a clean-fuel economy, can be realized by hydride-forming materials, but these materials should be able to store hydrogen at room temperature. Some high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have recently been shown to reversibly store hydrogen at room temperature, but the design of HEAs with appropriate thermodynamics is still challenging. To explore HEAs with appropriate hydride formation enthalpy, this study employs machine learning (ML), in particular, Gaussian process regression (GPR) using four different kernels by training with 420 datum points collected from literature and curated here. The developed ML models are used to predict the formation enthalpy of hydrides for the TixZr2-xCrMnFeNi (x = 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5) system, which is not in the training set. The predicted values by ML are consistent with data from experiments and density functional theory (DFT). The present study thus introduces ML as a rapid and reliable approach for the design of HEAs with hydride formation enthalpies of -25 to -39 kJ/mol for hydrogen storage at room temperature.
Suppelemental_Material - Corporate Taxes, Patent Shifting, and Anti-avoidance Rules: Empirical Evidence
Creators: name: Baumann, Martina
name: Boehm, Tobias
name: Knoll, Bodo
name: Riedel, Nadine
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Economics
subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Suppelemental_Material for Corporate Taxes, Patent Shifting, and Anti-avoidance Rules: Empirical Evidence by Martina Baumann, Tobias Boehm, Bodo Knoll and Nadine Riedel in Public Finance Review
title: Studies in the "Vakyapadiya".
Creators: name: Pillai, Krishna Raghavan
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1951

description: Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya is a major work in Sanskrit Linguistics and its study is a long-felt need. In the thesis, some of the leading doctrines discussed in Cantos I and II of the work are discussed, and an attempt made to correlate them to some Modern doctrines. The four chapters of the Thesis are arranged such as to give a picture of the system of the philosophy of the Sanskrit grammarians. Chapter I discusses the doctrine of S'abda Brahman, the Supreme Word-principle from which the Universe of things and names is evolved. The Vedas, the Brahmanas and the Upanisads contain references to Vak as a creative principle functioning in association with Prajapati. The doctrine of S'abda Brahman developed in later times by grammarians like Shartrhari can be traced back to these texts. In Chapter II Bhartrhari conception of Speech as a human activity is discussed. Every speech-unit, such as the sentence, the word or the letter has two elements (1) the phonetic pattern (dhvani) and (2) the permanent speech-principle (sphota) which conveys the meaning of the unit. It is a primary Speech-sound (prakrtadhvani) which reveals the sphota and the utterance itself shows the speaker's personal variations of sounds (vaikrtadhvani). In Chapter III the sentence is discussed as an integral unit on the speech-level and as divisible on the level of interpretation. The controversies on the topic of the integral nature of the sentence on the Speech-level and the relation between the sentence and the word are discussed. Chapter IV discusses the word and the problems about it, such as the nature of word-meaning, the change in meaning, classification of meaning as primary, secondary and incidental and proper names. A translation of Cantos I and II of the Vakyapadiya is also included in the Thesis.
supplementary_file_(1) - Use of Embolectomy With Local Anesthesia for Anticoagulation Failure in Radial Artery Thrombosis
Creators: name: Yılmaz, Metin
name: Sönmez, Serkan
name: Oğuz Uğur
name: Gül, Murat
name: Oğuz Yıldırım
name: Özkan, Deniz
name: Bahadır Aytekin
name: İlker İnce
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: supplementary_file_(1) for Use of Embolectomy With Local Anesthesia for Anticoagulation Failure in Radial Artery Thrombosis by Metin Yılmaz, Serkan Sönmez, Oğuz Uğur, Murat Gül, Oğuz Yıldırım, Deniz Özkan, Bahadır Aytekin and İlker İnce in Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
OBSERVATIONS ON THE OLEANDER SCALE, ASPIDIOTUS NERII BOUCHÉ (HEMIPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE) AND ITS NATURAL ENEMIES ON BLUELEAF WATTLE IN ADANA PROVINCE, TURKEY
Creators: name: Karaka, I.
name: Senal, D.
name: Colkesen, T.
name: Ozgokce, M.S.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: OBSERVATIONS ON THE OLEANDER SCALE, ASPIDIOTUS NERII BOUCHÉ (HEMIPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE) AND ITS NATURAL ENEMIES ON BLUELEAF WATTLE IN ADANA PROVINCE, TURKEY.

The biology of Aspidiotus nerii Bouché and the overall efficiency of its natural enemies (the aphelinid parasitoid Aphytus melinus DeBach and the coccinellid predators Chilocorus bipustulatus (L.) and Rhyzobius lophantae (Blaisdell)) were studied. Forty leaves were collected at weekly intervals from 5 blueleaf wattle trees (Acacia saligna) from four compass bearings; all live and dead A. nerii and the number and stage of all parasitised scales were counted. There were two population peaks of A. nerii per year, in May/June and July/August. The number of parasitoids, however, fluctuated considerably, especially during the autumn and winter. The scale stage parasitised was primarily the adult female, followed by the pupae and then a few 2nd- instar nymphs. First-instar nymphs were never attacked by parasitoids but predators fed on all stages.

Key words: Acacia cyanophylla, damage, aspect, population density, mortality, shelter, wind breaks.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
title: Quantificational modification: the semantics of totality and proportionality.
Creators: name: Tsouhlaris, Zaina Hafiz
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: The thesis explores the syntactic and semantic dimensions of four linguistic elements that appear in Modern Greek arguably as quantifiers and modifiers, i.e., in the form of Quantificational Modifiers (QMods) olos 'all, whole, overall' and its extension olikos 'total', merikos 'some, a few, partial', ligos 'some, few, little, insignificant' and polls 'many, great, considerable'. Such QMods are analyzed as 'measure' quantifiers of scalar semantics that appeal' in a syntactic position common to adjectival modifiers. The thesis explores specific sets of reading and their interpretations. Such a phenomenon is common to Modern Greek, English, French and Arabic QMods and gives evidence to the universality of Quantificational Modification as a semantic subclass of Quantification. Chapter 1 discusses Quantification as semantic interpretation along with the main questions this research intends to answer, while Chapter 2 reviews recent literature on Quantification within and across languages. Chapter 3 focuses on Modern Greek expressions of Quantification and extends chapter 2 into a further discussion about their various syntactic manifestations. Chapter 4 and 5 are extensions to chapters 2 and 3 as they discuss the semantics of specific QMods as 'total' and 'partial' quantifiers, which operate on homomorphic sets of degrees and amounts. Chapter 6 discusses the broader issues in the thesis from a theoretical and typological perspective that establish Quantificational Modification as a universal and purely semantic subclass of Quantification. Our findings are summarized in chapter 7 followed by suggestions for expanding our investigation into other related areas.
POPULATION DYNAMICS OF AONIDIELLA ORIENTALIS (NEWSTEAD) (COCCOIDEA: DIASPIDIDAE) AND ITS PARASITOID HABROLEPIS ASPIDIOTI COMPERE & ANNECKE (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE)
Creators: name: Mohammad, Z. K.
name: Ghabbour, M.W.
name: Tawfink, M.H.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: POPULATION DYNAMICS OF AONIDIELLA ORIENTALIS (NEWSTEAD) (COCCOIDEA: DIASPIDIDAE) AND ITS

PARASITOID HABROLEPIS ASPIDIOTI COMPERE & ANNECKE (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE).

An experiment was carried out at Giza governorate, Egypt, between Aug. 1995 and Aug. 1997 to study the fluctuation and seasonal abundance of Aonidiella orientalis and its parasitoid Habrolepis aspidioti on Ficus nitida trees. A brief description of the parasitoid is given. The populations of A. orientalis in both years showed three distinct peaks during the summer, whilst the parasitoid probably had four. The effect of such climatic factors as temperature, relative humidity, photoperiod, dew point and wind velocity were also studied and the size of the populations of both the scale and the parasitoid appeared to be correlated with many of them.

Key words: biocontrol, citrus, meteorological conditions, ecology, oriental scale, host range, Chrysomphalus aonidum, Aonidiella aurantii, Habrolepis rouxi.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
Supplemental Material, JBD922618_supplement_2 - Convergence of behavioral and cardiac indicators of distress in toddlerhood: A systematic review and narrative synthesis
Creators: name: Waxman, Jordana A.
name: DiLorenzo, Miranda G.
name: Riddell, Rebecca R. Pillai
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental Material, JBD922618_supplement_2 for Convergence of behavioral and cardiac indicators of distress in toddlerhood: A systematic review and narrative synthesis by Jordana A. Waxman, Miranda G. DiLorenzo and Rebecca R. Pillai Riddell in International Journal of Behavioral Development
title: The lost tribes of Israel: Sources, motifs and discourse in the development of a literary myth.
Creators: name: Sherlock-Taselaar, Ingrid
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: For centuries people from different nations have speculated about the ultimate fate and whereabouts of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. As a result it has become a myth with universal appeal that has been recruited for a variety of causes, and even a myth that has the power to persuade people to create a past which has little or no bearing on the objective reality. It has travelled effortless through time and transcended national, cultural, and religious boundaries. The myth originated in a terse report of seven repetitive biblical verses and soon grew into a vast literary corpus. Nevertheless, the structure of the myth is such that it can be moulded according to the needs and aspirations of the user. Through a three-pronged methodology it was established that the myth of the Lost Tribes is an essential feature of Jewish-Christian deliverance discourse from biblical times until the present day. Firstly a number of representative sources and groups ranging from biblical times until today were chosen. Each of these sources enhanced the myth in their own way. A number of them were exclusively Jewish in nature, others were wholly Christian, several were shared between the two, and a few were deemed to be neither Christian nor Jewish. The periodization of these sources has been in centuries rather than in decades. One chapter is devoted to each period and contains a number of sources or groups. Secondly, the development and the use of the motifs that support the discourse were charted to discover whether a change in discourse participants influenced not only the quantity of the motifs but also the motifs themselves. Thirdly, the growth of the myth was tracked and the role of any embellishments discussed.
Supplemental Material, JBD922618_supplement_5 - Convergence of behavioral and cardiac indicators of distress in toddlerhood: A systematic review and narrative synthesis
Creators: name: Waxman, Jordana A.
name: DiLorenzo, Miranda G.
name: Riddell, Rebecca R. Pillai
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental Material, JBD922618_supplement_5 for Convergence of behavioral and cardiac indicators of distress in toddlerhood: A systematic review and narrative synthesis by Jordana A. Waxman, Miranda G. DiLorenzo and Rebecca R. Pillai Riddell in International Journal of Behavioral Development
A DISCUSSION OF SOME ECOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING COCCIDENCYRTUS MALLOI BLANCHARD (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) AS A PARASITOID OF DIASPIDID SCALES UNDER GLASS IN FRANCE
Creators: name: Panis, A.
name: Pinet, C.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: A DISCUSSION OF SOME ECOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING COCCIDENCYRTUS MALLOI BLANCHARD (HYMENOPTERA, ENCYRTIDAE) AS A PARASITOID OF DIASPIDID SCALES UNDER GLASS IN FRANCE.

The encyrtid parasitoid Coccidencyrtus malloi Blanchard has been recorded in orchid glasshouses of south-eastern France where its diaspidid host, Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret (Hemiptera, Diaspididae), is sometimes a pest of ornamentals. In order to study its biology and potential as a biological control agent, it was cultured on a bromeliad and released into several hot temperate commercial houses. It was found to have a very restricted distribution which appeared to be determined by deep shade and very high humidities.

Key words: Argentina, Boisduval scale, parasitoid development, thelytokous parthenogenesis, Diaspis bromeliae, D, coccois, Laeliocattleya, Vriesea, Aechmea, Cattleya, Citrullus, Cymbidium, Coccos, Dendrobium, Neodypsis, Hohenbergia.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
title: Reorganisation of the Panjab government 1847-1857.
Creators: name: Lai, R. C.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1937

description: The Treaty of Bhairowal established British protection over the Sikh State, which had been based upon military occupation. It had become week and. unstable by mutual intrigues and political jealousies from within. An attempt was made to reorganize it through the Regency Government with a British Resident at its head. The rehabilitation proceeded cautiously; but it was continually being inter-rupted by the inherent hostile elements of the Khalsa to the presence of the British at Lahore. This was principally because of the interference of the protecting power however circumscribed, and the unwillingness of the Sardare to listen to counsels of perfections unless backed by strong armed force. Consequently, the position of the British in the Panjab rapidly became untenable. It seemed ordained that Gujrat should be faught to assert whet the British had forgone at Sobraon annexation. Provincial Government was organized on an effective basis directly under the Supreme Government. The authority delegated through grades reached down to the Deputy Commissioner of a district with complete fusion of powers -magisterial, judicial and revenue. This Sikh abuses in land revenue were boldly tackled. Land was scientifically mapped and surveyed; assessments were leniently made on a carefully worked-out data. Local officers were appointed on more secure tenures with regular and defined remuneration. Enquiry into the general landed tenures as accomplish ed and its results carefully recorded in sets of documents. Rent-free tenures, which predominated the Sikh fiscal system, were investigated and a clear policy laid down in relation to them. Law and order was rapidly established throughout the and by the police organized into military and civil gradings. Organized crime disappeared under the severity of penal law; while civil justice was made regular, effective and popular. The social, moral and material well-being of the people was contemplated in an elaborate scheme of education and in establishing means of transport and communication and in the great projects of irrigation. All these problems are the subject matter of this treatise and are discussed at length in relevant chapters.
title: Phonology of the Sinhalese inscriptions up to the end of the 10th century A.D.
Creators: name: Wijeratne, P.B.F.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1944

description: The thesis deals with the Phonology of the Sinhalese Inscriptions from the earliest times up to the end of the 10th century A.D. The material for this study is culled from the Epigraphia Zeylanica and references are given to the various volumes, parts and pages in which the respective Inscriptions occur. The history of the Sanskrit sounds as recorded in these Inscriptions is traced throughout the centuries. Firstly that of the vowels - herein are given dates or probable dates of the shortening of original long vowels; of the first appearance in writing of contracted long vowels; of the secondary shortening of these vowels in certain cases; of vowel-modifications due to influence of other vowels in syllables immediately following; of the Influence of the Accent which ac- counts for many vowel-changes. Two important theories have been advanced: (1) compensatory lengthening due to shortening of original double consonants and consonant-groups and the fate of these compensatorily lengthened vowels is discussed. (2) criticiam of Geiger's theory of 'Vowel-levelling' and counter-arguments are adduced invalidating Geiger's theory. Secondly the fate of original single consonants is dealt with. It is shown when Sk. c- ,ch-> s- and Bk. j-> d- (the other initial consonants remain unchanged). Dates or probable dates are given of the voicing of intervocalic unvoiced stops > -y-, -v- and their final disappearance (and attention is drawn to the insertion of vocalic glides to avoid hiatus); of the change of original single intervocalic cerebrals to -1- and of original -c-, -j- to -d-. The fate of original -y-, -v-, -r-, -1-, -n-, -n-, -m- and the sibilants and h is shown and emphasis laid on the instability in the development of s and h in Sinhalese. The de-aspiration of the Sanskrit aspirates is stressed and 4- bh- is noted as a striking instance where aspiration is preserved. Thirdly the fate of the double consonants and consonant-groups of Sanskrit to considered and the date suggested for their shortening in Sinhalese; at the same time, the existence of double consonants and consonant-groups in Sinhalese due to elision of medial vowels is noted. Emphasis is laid on conservative spellings; on account of these the difficulty arises in deciding whether a word is a loan-word or not; consequently it is shown to be either. Finally, from the evidence of these Inscriptions it is shown that Sinhalese is fundamentally an Eastern language and wherever possible comparison is made with Modern Indian.
A STUDY OF TWO PLAGIOMERUS SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) PARASITISING DIASPIDID SCALES (COCCOIDEA) IN GLASSHOUSES IN FRANCE
Creators: name: Panis, A.
name: Pinet, C.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: A STUDY OF TWO PLAGIOMERUS SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) PARASITISING DIASPIDID SCALES (COCCOIDEA) IN GLASSHOUSES IN FRANCE.

Plagiomerus diaspidis Crawford was imported from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) and released experimentally as a biological control agent against Diaspis echinocacti (Bouché) (Hemiptera, Diaspididae) within a cactus glasshouse in south-eastern France but it failed to provide control, apparently due to very weak powers of dispersal. A second undescribed Plagiomerus was found in a wet tropical greenhouse in the same region of France and was thought to be a potential biocontrol agent of Diaspididae. It was found to parasitise the three Diaspis species (D. boisduvalii Signoret, D. coccois (Lichtenstein) and D. bromeliae (Kerner)) present in the greenhouse, although it failed to control them. Both parasitoid species reproduced by thelytokous parthenogenesis.

Key words: development, Boisduval scale, preferred environments, USA, Mexico, Azerbaidjan, Opuntia, Strelitzia, Calanthe, palm.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
POPULATION DYNAMICS AND BIOCONTROL OF THE JAPANESE SCALE, LOPHOLEUCASPIS JAPONICA (COCKERELL) IN GEORGIA
Creators: name: Tabatadze, E.S.
name: Yasnosh, V.A.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: POPULATION DYNAMICS AND BIOCONTROL OF THE JAPANESE SCALE,

LOPHOLEUCASPIS JAPONICA (COCKERELL) IN GEORGIA.

The Japanese scale, Lopholeucaspis japonica (Cockerell) was discovered in Georgia in the Batumi Botanical Garden in 1931, where it was probably introduced from Japan. During the 1950’s, it was widespread and became a major pest of citrus, other fruits, tea, tung and ornamental plants. Japanese scale differs greatly from many other diaspidid species because it is pupiparial, the adult female being enclosed in a chitinous “puparium” which makes the use of contact pesticides to control this insect difficult. The scale has 2 generations a year (sometimes 3) and development of some stages is prolonged. Recently, the populations of Japanese scale have been significantly reduced due to effective control by its natural enemies, which include some chalcid parasitoids and coccinellid predators, but which is mainly due to an undescribed species of the fungus genus Aschersonia, hitherto not found in the Caucasus.

Key words: Black Sea, insecticides, biology, Aphelinidae, Acarina, Chilocorus bipustulatus, Aspidiotiphagus citrinus, deuteromycete fungi, entomopathogenic fungi.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
OBSERVATIONS ON SOME MEALYBUGS (COCCINEA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AND THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES ON ARBORATE PLANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA
Creators: name: Yasnosh, V.A.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: OBSERVATIONS ON SOME MEALYBUGS (COCCINEA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AND THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES ON ARBORATE PLANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA.

Twenty-one species of Pseudococcidae are associated with arborate plants in Georgia. About 50% are adventive species which are mostly restricted to the subtropical zone of the Black Sea, although Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana) and Planococcus ficus (Signoret) are widespread, while the main pest is Planococcus ficus, which is injurious to grapevine and some other plants. The indigenous species are related to other European or Euro-central asian species. Three species have been described from Georgia, but native mealybugs are of no economic importance and are rarely found in urban areas. The main biocontrol agents for most of these mealybugs are encyrtid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). The species described from Georgia which may be effective biocontrol agents are: Aphycus hadzibeyliae Trjapitzin, a parasitoid of Phenacoccus aceris (Signoret) and Phenacoccus transcaucasicus Hadzibeyli, and Pseudaphycus phenacocci Jasnosh, also a parasitoid of P. aceris (as P. mespili (Signoret)). A revised check-list of the mealybugs and their parasitoids in Georgia is given.

Key words: distribution, host plants, damage, natural enemies, Aphelinidae, Proctotrupoidea, Platogasteridae, Coccinellidae, Chrysopidae, Chamaemyidae, Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, Signiphoridae, overwinter, faunistics, Nephus, Chrysopa, Leucopis.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
title: Ibn Taimiya and his projects of reform.
Creators: name: Haque, Serajul
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1937

description: The object of this Thesis is to investigate the views and teachings of Ibn Taimiya, so far as they can be determined from his works. For convenience of handling, the material is grouped in six chapters, which deal successively with his activities as exegete, traditionist, jurist, social reformer, theologian and philosopher. In each chapter, after a list of the available treatises of his relevant to the subject, his methods of treatment and doctrinal conclusions are examined, and typical examples adduced. In a final chapter the general character and direction of his teachings are summed up, and a list of his extant works and of the books ascribed to him is added in an appendix. Although several writers have touched upon Ibn Taimiya's activities as a precursor of the Wahhabi revival, no systematic examination of his work has previously been made, and the present thesis modifies in several respects the views hitherto expressed as to his doctrines and his position as so. Islamic reformer.
title: An analysis of Qur'anic themes in five Persian poets of the 5th/11th-6th/12th centuries, with comparative reference to Arabic `Abbasid poetry.
Creators: name: Abu Talib, Safa M.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1988

description: The present thesis analyses the extensive utilisation of Qur'anic materials by Unsuri, Farrukhi, Manuchehri, Abu 'l-Faraj-i Runi and Anvari, and seeks to determine the degree to which it may be seen as a particular thematic development within Persian poetry-rather than as part of a literary tradition developed from Arabic models. The introduction is followed by a comprehensive statistical survey of Qur'anic references in the. Persian poets, with, for comparison, a similar survey covering the work of five Arab poets: Abu Nuwas, Abu al-cAtahiya, Abu Tammam, al-Buhturi and al-Mutanabbi. Each of the following chapters covers a particular thematic area and, where appropriate, is internally subdivided according to the individual episodes. The first major thematic area to be treated is that of Paradise. This is followed by an extensive survey of the materials relating to the prophets, principally Moses, Jesus and Solomon. A third chapter considers miscellaneous other Qur'anic references. Each of these three chapters is organised along similar lines: an initial statistical survey giving a comprehensive listing of the individual citations is followed by general remarks on the context of use and a more detailed commentary on verses of particular literary and thematic interest. Arab and Persian usage is compared, and attention drawn to aspects of rhetorical technique. The implication of the findings yielded by the above investigation is discussed in the final summary. This seeks to evaluate how far the themes and techniques observed in the Persian poets are also present in the diwans of five major cAbbasid poets who, on the one hand, were clearly known to the Persian poets under consideration (and hence a model for them), and, on the other, represent a period when Islamic culture and, specifically, knowledge of the Qur'anic text, had become a standard ingredient of literary training, and hence available for exploitation alongside more traditional materials of poetic discourse.