cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The use of expert judgement and pairwise comparison in the establishment of an assessment scale
Creators: name: Coniam, David
name: Lee, Tony
name: Lampropoulou, Leda
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Linguistics
Year: 2024

description: This paper explores the validation of an assessment by two complementary processes. Expert judgment assigns difficulty values to items on the basis of long-standing knowledge of as assessment scale; pairwise comparison establishes item difficulty values through statistical analysis. Given that expert judgement is accepted as the cornerstone of the accurate setting of test items at particular points on a proficiency scale, the accuracy of the expert judgement is crucial. In the study, the statistical pairwise comparison of test items provides a Rasch-calibrated, external perspective on item difficulty. Twelve experienced item writers rated a set of 23 multiple-choice items drawn from a large set of calibrated items via pairwise comparison principles. In the analysis, good fit statistics emerged, with difficulty values very comparable to the original expert-proposed values. The study validates how ‘expert’ item writers can be seen to produce accurately-located items, and that faith may be placed in their judgements.
description: Journal of Applied Linguistics, No 37 (2024)
Caraiba Zaher et al. 2009
Creators: name: Hedges, Blair
name: Couloux, Arnaud
name: Vidal, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Caraiba

description: Genus Caraiba Zaher et al., 2009
Type species. Liophis andreae Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862:214.
Diagnosis. The species in this genus has 17 midbody scale rows, 131–157 ventrals, 90–120 subcaudals, 1 apical scale pit, 8 upper labials, 9 lower labials, 20–23 total maxillary teeth, and 25–28 dentary teeth (Table 2). Caraiba differs in at least one of these characters from all other alsophiine genera except Hypsirhynchus. From that genus it differs in having a hemipene with enlarged papillate body calyces in the basal region and medial surface of the lobes (Zaher 1999).
Content. One species (six species + subspecies) is included in the genus (Table 1).
Distribution. The genus is distributed on Cuba, including Isla de Juventud (Fig. 2).
Remarks. The single species of Caraiba is a moderate-sized species of racer, occurring sympatrically with smaller and larger genera of racers on Cuba. The finding here (Figs. 1 and 4) that “ Antillophis ” andreae (Cuba) groups with large Cuban racers of another genus (see below) and that “ Antillophis ” parvifrons (Hispaniola) groups with Hispaniolan species (Hypsirhynchus) is also supported by morphology: the former species (Cuba) have 17 midbody scale rows whereas the latter species (Hispaniola) have 19 midbody scale rows. Myers (1973) also had reservations about Maglio’s (1970) recognition of Antillophis based on morphology. Zaher et al. (2009) described Caraiba for the single species, based only on its hemipenial differences.
description: Published as part of Hedges, Blair, Couloux, Arnaud & Vidal, Nicolas, 2009, Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the Tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2067 on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187018
Marjanus Chatzaki 2018
Creators: name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Chatzaki, Maria
name: Esyunin, Sergei L.
name: Marusik, Yuri M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Marjanus

description: Genus Marjanus Chatzaki, 2018
Marjanus Chatzaki, 2018: 522.
Marjanus – Seyyar et al. 2019: 201.
Type species
Zelotes platnicki Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001
Comments
The genus was known to be monotypic with the type species, Marjanus platnicki (Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001), distributed in Greece and China (WSC 2021). Diagnosis and description are given in Chatzaki (2018).
description: Published as part of Zamani, Alireza, Chatzaki, Maria, Esyunin, Sergei L. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, One new genus and nineteen new species of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iran, with other taxonomic considerations, pp. 68-114 in European Journal of Taxonomy 751 (1) on page 92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.751.1381, http://zenodo.org/record/4906007
Trachydomia nodosum
Creators: name: Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm
name: Karapunar, Baran
name: Charoentitirat, Thasinee
name: Nützel, Al- Exander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Cycloneritimorpha
Trachyspiridae
Trachydomia
Trachydomia nodosum

description: Trachydomia cf. nodosum (Meek & Worthen, 1866)
(Fig. 21 E–F)
cf. Trachydomia nodosum (Meek & Worthen, 1866); Knight 1933: 383, pl. 45, fig. 2a–i.
Material. One specimen: ESKU-19- LP 92.
Dimensions (mm): ESKU-19- LP 92: height = c. 2.9; width = 3.2.
Remarks. The single specimen at hand represents has the general characteristics of the genus Trachydomia. It is naticiform, ornamented with distinct nodes on whorl face and has a rather deep suture. It seems to resemble Trachydomia nodusum (Meek & Worthen, 1866) as illustrated by Knight (1933 b) from the Pennsylvanian of the U.S.A. This specimen can be differentiated from T. cf. dussaulti as described above in having coarser and denser nodes, an impressed suture, a subsutural ramp and a distinctly broader body whorl. The present specimen is too poorly preserved for a safe identification.
description: Published as part of Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm, Karapunar, Baran, Charoentitirat, Thasinee & Nützel, Al- Exander, 2020, Middle Permian (Roadian) gastropods from the Khao Khad Formation, Central Thailand: Implications for palaeogeography of the Indochina Terrane, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 4766 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3763907
Cubophis Hedges & Vidal
Creators: name: Hedges, Blair
name: Couloux, Arnaud
name: Vidal, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Cubophis

description: Genus Cubophis Hedges & Vidal, New Genus
Type species. Coluber cantherigerus Bibron, 1840:27.
Diagnosis. Species in this genus have 17 midbody scale rows, 159–187 ventrals, 101–133 subcaudals, 2 apical scale pits, 8 upper labials, 10 lower labials, 13–17 total maxillary teeth, and 17–21 dentary teeth (Table 2). Cubophis differs in at least one of these characters from all other alsophiine genera except Hypsirhynchus. It differs from Hypsirhynchus in hemipenial characters such as the presence of enlarged papillate body calyces in the basal region and medial surface of the lobes (Zaher 1999).
Content. Five species (13 species + subspecies) are included in the genus (Table 1).
Distribution. The genus is distributed in the western Caribbean: Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Swan Islands (Fig. 2).
Etymology. The generic name refers to its distribution, centered on Cuba and nearby islands.
Remarks. Species of Cubophis (Fig. 3 C) are large species of racers which occur sympatrically with small (Arrhyton) and moderate-sized (Caraiba) species of racers on Cuba. Our finding that the Cayman Island taxa are most closely related to Cubophis vudii supports their elevation from subspecies of Cubophis cantherigerus to full species. Zaher et al. (2009) classified all of these species together with Borikenophis portoricensis and other West Indian species in Ocyophis Cope, but our results (Figs. 1 and 4) contradict that decision (see Remarks in Hypsirhynchus)
description: Published as part of Hedges, Blair, Couloux, Arnaud & Vidal, Nicolas, 2009, Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the Tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2067 on pages 14-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187018
Ortegia hispanica Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllaceae
Ortegia
Ortegia hispanica

description: Ortegia hispanica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 560. 1753.
"Habitat in Castilia Minuart. Baetica Velez, Salamantica." RCN: 279.
Lectotype (López González in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 72. 1993): Löfling s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 53.1 (LINN).
Generitype of Ortegia Linnaeus.
Current name: Ortegia hispanica L. (Caryophyllaceae).
Note: See López González (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 56: 369-370. 1998), who argues that the correct generic form is, as used by Linnaeus in 1753, “Ortega”.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part O), pp. 696-717 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 711, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Curiosa relacion de los famosos hechos y gallardas hazañas del Roxo de Ledaña, à quien dieron muerte los soldados de Algarve de Alfonso Nuñez
Creators: name: S.N.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2019
Subjects: Occasionnels, literatura de cordel, pliegos sueltos, spanish chapbook, relaciones de sucesos

description: Recueil factice nº 260, (4) p. ; ill. "Oid, mancebos valientes,...".
description: Source: Bibliothèque patrimoniale Villon, cote: Mt m 20507-1-AD
Morphing the left atrium geometry: The role of the pulmonary veins on flow patterns and thrombus formation
Creators: name: Rodríguez-Aparicio, Sergio
name: Ferrera, Conrado
name: Fuentes-Cañamero, María Eugenia
name: García, Javier García
name: Dueñas-Pamplona, Jorge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Background: Despite the significant advances made in the field of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate the left atrium (LA) in atrial fibrillation (AF) conditions, the connection between atrial structure, flow dynamics, and blood stagnation in the left atrial appendage (LAA) remains unclear. Deepening our understanding of this relationship would have important clinical implications, as the thrombi formed within the LAA are one of the main causes of stroke.
 Aim: To highlight and better understand the fundamental role of the PV orientation in forming atrial flow patterns and systematically quantifying its effect on blood stasis within the LAA.
 Methods: Two patients with opposite atrial flow patterns were selected for the study. The atria were segmented and subsequently morphed to modify the pulmonary vein (PV) orientations in a highly controlled manner. CFD analysis were performed using a kinematic model able to reproduce AF conditions. Results were projected into the universal left atrial appendage coordinate (ULAAC) system to enhance data visualization and comparison.
 Results: The position of the main atrial vortex can be modified by controlled changes in the PV orientations, which to the best of our knowledge was not demonstrated before. This finding may have important clinical implications, as the behavior and position of the main atrial vortex is crucial to define the LA flow patterns and thus the LAA washing, making possible to assess the stroke risk for a particular patient.
description: Accepted manuscript, 19 pages, 11 figures, 6 tables
Lamium orvala Linnaeus 1759
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Lamium
Lamium orvala

description: Orvala garganica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 578. 1753.
"Habitat in valle Garganica montis Apuliae." RCN: 4217.
Lectotype (Mennema in Leiden Bot. Ser. 11: 132. 1989): [icon] "Papia Garganica, foliis Urticae, altius & eleganter incisis, flore purpureo" in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 20, t. 17. 1729.
Generitype of Orvala Linnaeus.
Current name: Lamium orvala L. (Lamiaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part O), pp. 696-717 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 711, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Trachyspira Gemmellaro 1889
Creators: name: Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm
name: Karapunar, Baran
name: Charoentitirat, Thasinee
name: Nützel, Al- Exander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Cycloneritimorpha
Trachyspiridae
Trachyspira

description: Trachyspira Gemmellaro, 1889
Type species. Trachyspira delphinuloides Gemmellaro, 1889, Permian, Italy; subsequent designation by Cossmann 1916.
description: Published as part of Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm, Karapunar, Baran, Charoentitirat, Thasinee & Nützel, Al- Exander, 2020, Middle Permian (Roadian) gastropods from the Khao Khad Formation, Central Thailand: Implications for palaeogeography of the Indochina Terrane, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 4766 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3763907
title: Manuel républicain de l’homme et du citoyen (1848)
Creators: name: Peillon, Vincent
name: Renouvier, Charles
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021

description: Présentation du "Manuel républicain de l’homme et du citoyen" de Charles Renouvier (1848). Pour accéder au document source: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5802152m
Haitiophis Hedges & Vidal
Creators: name: Hedges, Blair
name: Couloux, Arnaud
name: Vidal, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Haitiophis

description: Genus Haitiophis Hedges & Vidal, New Genus
Type species. Zamenis anomalus Peters, 1863:282.
Diagnosis. The single species in this genus has 21 midbody scale rows, 207–215 ventrals, 113–130 subcaudals, 2 apical scale pits, 8 upper labials, 10 lower labials, 14 total maxillary teeth, and 18–19 dentary teeth (Table 2). Haitiophis differs from all other genera except Alsophis in its high number (21) of midbody scales, and from Alsophis in its low number of total maxillary teeth (14 versus 18–21) and dentary teeth (18–19 versus 21–26).
Content. One species, Haitiophis anomalus, is included in the genus (Table 1).
Distribution. The genus is distributed in Hispaniola, including Ile de la Tortue (Haiti) and Isla Beata (Dominican Republic) (Fig. 2).
Etymology. The generic name is derived from the Taino word Haiti (meaning high mountains) for the entire island now called Hispaniola and refers to the distribution of the genus.
Remarks. The single species of Haitiophis is one of the largest snakes in the family Dipsadidae, reaching 2.8 meters in total length and 2.0 meters in SVL (Powell & Henderson 1998; Thomas et al. 2007) and past morphological studies have had difficulty in determining its relationship to other alsophiine species (Maglio 1970; Zaher 1999). Our molecular evidence from the 12S and 16S rRNA genes associates H. anomalus with Caraiba and Cubophis, but more data are needed to place it in the phylogeny with confidence. Maglio (1970) also noted that the species is closer to a Cuban species (Cubophis cantherigerus) than any other in the West Indies—in having similar vomer, postorbital, and supratemporal bones. We classify it here in a separate genus because it differs considerably in scalation from either Caraiba or Cubophis. Zaher et al. (2009) classified this species with Borikenophis portoricensis and other West Indian species including Cubophis vudii and Cubophis cantherigerus in Ocyophis Cope, but our results (Figs. 1 and 4) refute that classification (see Remarks in Hypsirhynchus).
description: Published as part of Hedges, Blair, Couloux, Arnaud & Vidal, Nicolas, 2009, Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the Tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2067 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187018
Using Large Language Models for Automated Grading of Student Writing about Science
Creators: name: Impey, Chris
name: Wenger, Matthew
name: Garuda, Nikhil
name: Golchin, Shahriar
name: Stamer, Sarah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Assessing writing in large classes for formal or informal learners presents a significant challenge. Consequently, most large classes, particularly in science, rely on objective assessment tools such as multiple-choice quizzes, which have a single correct answer. The rapid development of AI has introduced the possibility of using large language models (LLMs) to evaluate student writing. An experiment was conducted using GPT-4 to determine if machine learning methods based on LLMs can match or exceed the reliability of instructor grading in evaluating short writing assignments on topics in astronomy. The audience consisted of adult learners in three massive open online courses (MOOCs) offered through Coursera. One course was on astronomy, the second was on astrobiology, and the third was on the history and philosophy of astronomy. The results should also be applicable to non-science majors in university settings, where the content and modes of evaluation are similar. The data comprised answers from 120 students to 12 questions across the three courses. GPT-4 was provided with total grades, model answers, and rubrics from an instructor for all three courses. In addition to evaluating how reliably the LLM reproduced instructor grades, the LLM was also tasked with generating its own rubrics. Overall, the LLM was more reliable than peer grading, both in aggregate and by individual student, and approximately matched instructor grades for all three online courses. The implication is that LLMs may soon be used for automated, reliable, and scalable grading of student science writing.
description: Accepted at IJAIE
Γλωσσική εκπαίδευση μεταναστών και προσφύγων: Η περίπτωση των Τάξεων Υποδοχής
Creators: name: Θώμου, Παρασκευή
name: Κοντογιάννη, Διονυσία
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Linguistics
Year: 2024

description: Linguistically and culturally diverse students attend a Reception Class in order to learn the Greek language. The present study investigates language teaching in the Reception Class focusing on the teaching material and method. Research data was gathered by 9 semi-structured interviews taken from Reception Class teachers and also through semi-structured teaching observations and diary keeping. Research findings have shown that the teachers are not aware of the different teaching methodology applying in the main class, where Greek is taught as a mother tongue, in relation to that of the RC where Greek is taught as a second language. At the same time, most teachers are not aware of how to face language issues related to the structure of the Greek language or issues of interference of the first language of the students. Additionally, lessons are not communicatively organized in the RC and the linguistic and academic needs of the students are not properly treated.
description: Journal of Applied Linguistics, No 37 (2024)
Acritarchs and prasinophytes from the Upper Devonian of Armenia: biostratigraphic and palaeobiogeographic implications
Creators: name: Yeghiazaryan, Meri
name: Kroeck, David Marius
name: Danelian, Taniel
name: Grigoryan, Arayik
name: Regnier, Sylvie
name: Serobyan, Vahram
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The Frasnian–Famennian (F–F; Upper Devonian) siliciclastic sedimentary sequences of the Ertych section, located in south-central Armenia, yielded a relatively diverse and well-preserved marine phytoplankton assemblage consisting of acritarchs and prasinophytes. The former are represented by 19 species belonging to 10 genera; the latter comprise 6 species (5 genera). This constitutes the first report of marine organic-walled phytoplankton from the Upper Devonian successions of the South Armenian Block, then part of the northern Gondwanan continental margin. Comparison of the examined assemblage with others documented from elsewhere in Gondwana (e.g., Iran, Africa, South America, Australia), central and east Asia (South China, Tarim, Junggar), Variscan Terranes (Iberia, Armorica), and Laurussia (e.g., North America), establishes a close palaeobiogeographic affinity of the Armenian material with assemblages preserved in the Alborz Mountain Range, Iran. The presence in our material of several index acritarch species in palynomorph zones from the Eastern Alborz Mountains, Iran, signifies correlation with the late Frasnian–early Famennian interval, confirming previous results based on miospores. Furthermore, our observations provide additional data to previously suggested palaeobiogeographic patterns of Late Devonian organic-walled phytoplankton, supporting a closer affinity between floras from central to north-western Gondwana with those of Laurussia compared with those of higher palaeolatitudes (e.g., South America). Indeed, the assemblage from the Ertych section contains species evidently restricted to warm-temperate to arid climate belts.
Ialtris Cope 1862
Creators: name: Hedges, Blair
name: Couloux, Arnaud
name: Vidal, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Ialtris

description: Genus Ialtris Cope, 1862
Type species. Philodryas dorsalis Günther, 1858:126.
Diagnosis. Species in this genus have 19 midbody scale rows, 132–192 ventrals, 40–115 subcaudals, zero or two apical scale pits, seven upper labials, 8–9 lower labials, 18–19 total maxillary teeth, and 20–24 dentary teeth (Table 2). Ialtris differs in at least one of these characters from all other alsophiine genera except Hypsirhynchus. In most Ialtris, maxillary teeth are grooved whereas in Hypsirhynchus (as in other alsophiines) they are ungrooved; in I. haetianus they are ungrooved. Also, most Hypsirhynchus have eight upper labials whereas Ialtris has seven upper labials; the small Jamaican Hypsirhynchus (H. callilaemus, H. funereus, and H. polylepis) have seven upper labials (Table 2).
Content. Four species (six species + subspecies) are included in the genus (Table 1).
Distribution. The genus is distributed on Hispaniola (Fig. 2).
Remarks. Ialtris (Fig. 3 E) includes the former Genus Darlingtonia with its single species (A. haetianus) and three subspecies (the haetianus Group) and the three species in the genus Ialtris (the dorsalis Group) (Table 1). Besides the strong molecular support for the monophyly of this genus, there is some morphological support as well. All four species of the Genus Ialtris have seven upper labials, a rare number found only in the three species of the callilaemus group (Jamaica) of the genus Hypsirhynchus, among other members of the Subtribe Alsophiina (which otherwise have eight). Also, two species of the genus Ialtris (A. agyrtes and A. haetianus) lack apical scale pits; such pits are present in the genera Alsophis, Borikenophis, and Cubophis, and absent in the Genus Magliophis. Thus, the Genus Ialtris is separable from all other genera of Alsophiina except Hypsirhynchus. Relationships among the genera of the Subtribe Alsophiina are not well-resolved (Fig. 1), and it might be that these two genera (Ialtris and Hypsirhynchus) occurring on Hispaniola are closest relatives.
description: Published as part of Hedges, Blair, Couloux, Arnaud & Vidal, Nicolas, 2009, Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the Tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2067 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187018
Nomisia ameretatae Zamani & Chatzaki & Esyunin & Marusik 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Chatzaki, Maria
name: Esyunin, Sergei L.
name: Marusik, Yuri M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Nomisia
Nomisia ameretatae

description: Nomisia ameretatae sp. nov.
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Fig. 17
Diagnosis
The new species is most similar to N. ripariensis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) and N. levyi Chatzaki, 2010 by having a similar tibial apophysis with a triangular protrusion and the tegulum extending prolaterally. It differs from them by the embolic division composed of a pike-like, straight embolus and a subtriangular terminal apophysis behind it (vs broad at base of embolus and with a claw-like terminal apophysis in N. ripariensis, see Chatzaki 2010: figs 47–48, and small and vertical embolus connected to a long, transverse terminal apophysis in N. levyi, see Chatzaki 2010: figs 28–29).
Etymology
The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case and refers to Ameretat, the Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian divinity concept of immortality.
Type material
Holotype IRAN • ♂; Tehran Province, Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute park; 7–22 Jun. 2000; Y.M. Marusik leg.; MMUE.
Description
Male
Habitus as in Fig. 17A–B. Total length 7.30. Carapace 3.38 long, 2.45 wide. Sternum 1.74 long, 1.60 wide. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME = 0.12, ALE = 0.13, PME = 0.15, PLE = 0.13, PME–PME = 0.08. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicerae and maxillae dark reddish brown; carapace with numerous dark lines radiating from fovea to submarginal area. Chelicera (Fig. 17H) with serrated retromarginal keel. Legs light brown, with annulations. Abdomen light gray, dorsally with distinct darker pattern medially and marginally, ventrally with two light brown tracheal marks. Anterior spinnerets dark reddish brown, slightly lighter in the apex. Posterior spinnerets slightly lighter than abdomen. Measurements of legs: I: 13.78 (3.48, 1.87, 3.16, 3.25, 2.02), II: missing, III: 8.32 (2.22, 1.17, 1.45, 2.10, 1.42), IV: 11.74 (3.15, 1.44, 2.50, 3.24, 1.41).
Palp as in Fig. 17C–G, I–K. Tibia with small, membranous retroventral apophysis and well sclerotized retrolateral one; retrolateral apophysis shorter than tibia, broader in central part than at the base, tip rounded, central part with conical process; cymbium 2.3 times as long as wide; tegulum with massive protrusion directed prolaterally; terminal apophysis subtriangular, well sclerotized, parallel to embolus, arising behind tegulum; embolus pike-like, oblique, directed at an almost 2 o’clock position.
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Tehran Province, northern Iran.
description: Published as part of Zamani, Alireza, Chatzaki, Maria, Esyunin, Sergei L. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, One new genus and nineteen new species of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iran, with other taxonomic considerations, pp. 68-114 in European Journal of Taxonomy 751 (1) on pages 94-96, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.751.1381, http://zenodo.org/record/4906007
Kurzia (Kurzia) latissima Kurz 1875, s. lat.
Creators: name: Padhye, Sameer M.
name: Damme, Kay Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Branchiopoda
Diplostraca
Lepidoziaceae
Kurzia
Kurzia latissima

description: Kurzia (Kurzia) latissima (Kurz, 1875) s. lat.
(Figs. 1 and 2)
Length: 0.652 (parthenogenetic female) & 0.664 mm (sexual female).
Shape. Body sub-rectangular, compressed laterally, dorsal margin curved and tapering posteriorly, maximum height near the middle (Fig. 2 B).
Carapace lined with longitudinal lines, more conspicuous in parthenogenetic females, dorsal margin evenly arched, postero-ventral angle rounded, ventral margin lined with sub-equal setae starting anteriorly with long setae followed by short setae in the middle continued again by long setae which decrease in size posteriorly. Ventral margin of valves concave in middle bearing feathered setae longer at the anterior portion of the margin, decreasing in size in its middle and increasing in size at the posterior region (Fig. 2 B).
Head with a relatively short rostrum, ocellus smaller than compound eye situated closely to eye than to apex of rostrum (Fig.1 C; Fig. 2 B). Three connected circular major head pores (Fig. 2 C).
Labrum roughly sub triangular in shape, labral keel with a somewhat wavy anterior margin and bluntly pointed apex (Fig.1 C; Fig. 2 A).
Antennule long, narrow with nine aesthetascs which project well beyond the tip of rostrum. Antennal to rostral length is 0.8:1 (Fig.1 C; Fig. 2 B).
Antenna thin, setal formula: 0-0-3/1-1-3 and spine formula 1-0-1/0-0-1. The spine on basipodite undersized, not easily seen, terminal spines almost equal in length (full setae not illustrated due to damaged antennae) (Fig. 2 D)
Trunk Limb I with two longer IDL setae uniformly and finely serrated, smallest seta lined with small spine like setules (Fig. 2 G)
Postabdomen long, slightly tapering distally (Fig. 2 E), distal angle not projecting beyond base of claw (Fig. 2 F), preanal angle distinct, anal margin slightly concave or straight, distal angle with 2 marginal teeth, 7–8 marginal teeth on postanal margin, about 11 groups of lateral fascicles (each with the anterior most member longer than others) (Fig. 2 E) Terminal claw long, curved distally with a single basal spine twice long as basal diameter of terminal claw, basal spine without serrations, 4-5 fine setules on basal margin. Concave margin of the claw with two groups of setules, first group of setules increase in length distally and the second group of smaller setules similar in size almost reach the tip (Fig. 2 E).
Ephippial female and Ephippium. Similar to parthenogenetic female in overall characters with central part of the valves darkened and with distinct curved markings. Single oval resting egg present (Fig. 1 D). Male. Not found.
description: Published as part of Padhye, Sameer M. & Damme, Kay Van, 2015, Note on Kurzia (Kurzia) latissima (Kurz, 1875) (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda: Chydoridae) from India, pp. 293-297 in Zootaxa 3980 (2) on pages 293-296, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/243230
Gauge covariance of the gap equation: from the rainbow truncation to gauge symmetry constraints
Creators: name: El-Bennich, Bruno
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The gauge covariance of the quark gap equation is compared for three quark-gluon vertices: the bare vertex, a Ball-Chiu like vertex constrained by the corresponding Slavnov-Taylor identity, and a full vertex including the transverse components derived from transverse Slavnov-Taylor identities. The covariance properties are verified with the chiral quark condensate and the pion decay constant in the chiral limit.
description: Invited contribution to the special edition "Chiral Symmetry, and Restoration in Nuclear Dense Matter" to appear in Symmetry. 12 pages and 5 figures, improved discussion of vertex form factor on page 5
Γλωσσική ανισότητα στη χρήση των διαλέκτων: Η περίπτωση της κρητικής διαλέκτου
Creators: name: Λειβαδιωτάκης, Γεώργιος
name: Τζακώστα, Μαρίνα
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Linguistics
Year: 2024

description: From the early years of our lives, gender has a great effect on shaping our individual and social identity and determines our (socio)linguistic behavior (Τσοκαλίδου, 2001). At the same time, it is a significant factor of linguistic differentiation and inequality (Κανάκης, 2022). This paper examines whether language attitudes towards the dialect spoken in Crete, the biggest island in Greece, and its use in everyday life and professional areas are affected and/or are determined by the gender of the speakers of the dialect. For the qualitative approach of our research, we conducted 16 semi-structured interviews with dialectal speakers of Cretan origin. The findings of the research indicate that gender is a determining factor for the shape of linguistic attitudes and linguistic behaviors since most male speakers display negative attitudes towards women’s dialectophony, although they are the ones who use the dialect more. Inevitably, linguistic inequality regarding the use of dialect extends to professional domains.
description: Journal of Applied Linguistics, No 37 (2024)
Performance and strategy use in integrated writing paraphrase and source attribution
Creators: name: Machili, Ifigeneia
name: Papadopoulou, Iris
name: Kantaridou, Zoe
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Linguistics
Year: 2024

description: Despite the prevalence of integrated writing tasks in academia and in tests of academic English competence, problems in effective use of paraphrase and source attribution still persist, especially in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. The effectiveness of strategy instruction (SI) on these aspects of writing may hold much promise but remains scarce, and the relation between writing performance and language strategies warrants further investigation. Against this backdrop, this study conducts SI intervention in a watch-and-read-to-write integrated writing task. The aim is to investigate the effect of SI on students’ performance in paraphrase and source attribution along with the use of related language strategies in an integrated writing task. We also look into the influence of the students’ language competence level on their performance and strategy use. Results show similar patterns of both improved performance in paraphrasing and source attribution and increased frequency of strategies. Similar differences in performance and strategies related to the two skills between B1 and C1 levels are also indicated. The study highlights the developmental and volatile nature of strategies and the importance of SI scaffolding in English for Academic Purposes (EAP).
description: Journal of Applied Linguistics, No 37 (2024)
Magliophis Zaher et al. 2009
Creators: name: Hedges, Blair
name: Couloux, Arnaud
name: Vidal, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Magliophis

description: Genus Magliophis Zaher et al., 2009
Type species. Dromicus exiguus Cope, 1862 [1863]:79.
Diagnosis. Species in this genus have 19 midbody scale rows, 137–165 ventrals, 71–102 subcaudals, no apical scale pits, eight upper labials, and nine lower labials (Table 2). Magliophis differs from each of the other alsophiine genera in at least one of those characters.
Content. Two species (three species + subspecies) are included in the genus (Table 1).
Distribution. Species of Magliophis are distributed throughout the Puerto Rican Bank (Fig. 2).
Remarks. Species of Magliophis (Fig. 3 F) are small racers (438 mm, maximum snout-vent length, SVL) that occur sympatrically with the larger racers of the Genus Borikenophis on the Puerto Rican Bank. The two included species were previously placed in the Genus Arrhyton. The phylogenetic trees (Figs. 1 and 4) show that Magliophis stahli is quite divergent from M. exiguus, which agrees with morphology (Schwartz 1967) and supports its recognition as a distinct species rather than subspecies. Zaher et al. (2009) described this genus based on hemipenial characters in the species M. exiguus. Oddly, that species was omitted from their molecular phylogeny even though it was present in the data set of Vidal et al (2000), and corresponding sequences were available in GenBank.
description: Published as part of Hedges, Blair, Couloux, Arnaud & Vidal, Nicolas, 2009, Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the Tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2067 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187018
Tracing the ideological contours of Modern Greek language textbooks: Uncovering liquid racism
Creators: name: Moustakas, Spyros
name: Kostoulas, Achilleas
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Linguistics
Year: 2024

description: This qualitative study investigates the ideological substratum that shapes the Modern Greek language textbooks used in Junior High Schools in Greece between 2006 and the time of writing (2023). Using a synthetic approach that fused discourse strategy analysis and the grammar of visual composition, salient aspects of ideology are highlighted and their role in the textbooks is discussed. Specifically, the analysis shows that the content of the textbooks reveals a monocultural and monolingual construction of society. Assumptions with nationalist and racist undertones, though not explicitly articulated, are present in opaque (‘liquid’) forms. The findings suggest a pressing need for ideologically-aware language teaching and the development of critical literacy skills.
description: Journal of Applied Linguistics, No 37 (2024)
Prodidomus inexpectatus Zamani & Chatzaki & Esyunin & Marusik 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Chatzaki, Maria
name: Esyunin, Sergei L.
name: Marusik, Yuri M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Prodidomidae
Prodidomus
Prodidomus inexpectatus

description: Prodidomus inexpectatus sp. nov.
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Fig. 18
Diagnosis
The new species is very similar to P. redikorzevi Spassky, 1940 from which it differs by the shape of the tibial apophysis (with longer claw-like tip, and smaller dorsal lobe).
Etymology
The specific epithet is an adjective and refers to the unexpected discovery of a new species of this genus in Iran.
Type material
Holotype IRAN • ♂; Hormozgan Province, 75 km N of Bandar Abbas, Siahu; 27°33′ N, 55°38′ E; 16 Feb. 2018; A. Zamani leg.; MHNG.
Description
Male
Habitus as in Fig. 18A–B. Total length 2.32. Carapace 0.98 long, 0.84 wide. Sternum 0.72 long, 0.55 wide. Eye sizes: AME = 0.09, ALE = 0.08, PME = 0.11, PLE = 0.10. Body flattened, carapace ovoid. Ocular area triangular. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicerae and maxillae dark yellow, without any pattern and with slightly darker margins. Chelicera (Fig. 18G) without teeth. Legs the same color as carapace, without annulations. Abdomen and spinnerets light gray and without any pattern. Leg III measurements: 2.39 (0.65, 0.37, 0.44, 0.49, 0.44), rest of the legs missing.
Palp as in Fig. 18C–F, H–I. Femur length/width ratio 3.33; tibia with broad retrolateral apophysis and small, spine-like dorsal apophysis; lateral apophysis with claw-like tip and dorsal small lobe; cymbium elongated, oval, 1.7 times as long as wide, tip rounded; tegulum protruding ventrally, in lateral view, longer than cymbium’s width; embolus long, making roughly 2.25 loops.
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran.
description: Published as part of Zamani, Alireza, Chatzaki, Maria, Esyunin, Sergei L. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, One new genus and nineteen new species of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iran, with other taxonomic considerations, pp. 68-114 in European Journal of Taxonomy 751 (1) on pages 96-97, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.751.1381, http://zenodo.org/record/4906007
Strobeus de Koninck 1881
Creators: name: Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm
name: Karapunar, Baran
name: Charoentitirat, Thasinee
name: Nützel, Al- Exander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Soleniscidae
Strobeus

description: Strobeus de Koninck, 1881
Type species. Strobeus ventricosus de Koninck, 1881, Mississippian, Belgium.
description: Published as part of Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm, Karapunar, Baran, Charoentitirat, Thasinee & Nützel, Al- Exander, 2020, Middle Permian (Roadian) gastropods from the Khao Khad Formation, Central Thailand: Implications for palaeogeography of the Indochina Terrane, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 4766 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3763907
Strobeus de Koninck 1881
Creators: name: Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm
name: Karapunar, Baran
name: Charoentitirat, Thasinee
name: Nützel, Al- Exander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Soleniscidae
Strobeus

description: Strobeus? sp. 1
(Fig. 22 A–C)
Material. Two specimens: ESKU-19- LP 49, 90.
Dimensions (mm): ESKU-19- LP 49: height = c. 10.4; width = c. 10.9; apical angle = 90 º. ESKU-19- LP 90: height = 6.5; width = 5.9; apical angle = 82 º.
Description. Subglobose, broad, low-spired shell with elevated, acute spire; approximately four whorls; whorl embracing above periphery; whorls smooth; spire-whorls very slightly convex; periphery convex. Rounded; bodywhorl very inflated, strongly convex, rounded; suture shallow; base evenly rounded, inductura seemingly thick; aperture acute adapically, broken abapically.
Remarks. The incomplete specimens resemble Strobeus welleri Knight, 1931 a (p. 219, pl. 23, fig. 1) from the Desmoinesian (Pennsylvanian) Labette Shale of Missouri, USA. This species has also been reported from the Permian of Cambodia (Delpey, 1941; p. 61, fig. 54), the Middle Pennsylvanian of New Mexico (Kues & Batten, 2001; p. 85, fig. 16.30) and the Permian of Mexico (Sour-Tovar et al. 2005). The present specimens also resemble several other Late species representing Strobeus but it more low-spired than most of them. However, the broken aperture prevents an identification; presence or absence of columellar folds are important characters that cannot be seen in the present material.
description: Published as part of Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm, Karapunar, Baran, Charoentitirat, Thasinee & Nützel, Al- Exander, 2020, Middle Permian (Roadian) gastropods from the Khao Khad Formation, Central Thailand: Implications for palaeogeography of the Indochina Terrane, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 4766 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3763907
Oryza sativa Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Oryza
Oryza sativa

description: Oryza sativa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 333. 1753.
"Habitat forte in Aethiopia, colitur in Indiae paludosis." RCN: 2574.
Lectotype (Meikle, Fl. Cyprus 2: 1716. 1985): Herb. Linn. No. 460.1 (LINN).
Generitype of Oryza Linnaeus.
Current name: Oryza sativa L. (Poaceae).
Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 217. 1975) indicated unspecified material in LINN as type, this is not accepted as an effective typification (Art. 7.11). See Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000) for a detailed explanation.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part O), pp. 696-717 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 711, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Arrhyton Gunther 1858
Creators: name: Hedges, Blair
name: Couloux, Arnaud
name: Vidal, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Arrhyton

description: Genus Arrhyton Günther, 1858
Type species. Arrhyton taeniatum Günther, 1858:244.
Diagnosis. See diagnosis for the subtribe Arrhytonina.
Content. Eight species are included in the genus (Table 1).
Distribution. The genus is distributed throughout Cuba (Fig. 2).
Remarks. Species of Arrhyton (Fig. 3 G) are small (448 mm, maximum SVL) racers. An informal classification of Cuban Arrhyton was based on color pattern and scalation, especially ventral and subcaudal counts (Schwartz & Garrido 1981; Hedges & Garrido 1992). The most distinct species, morphologically, is A. taeniatum, because it lacks a loreal scale, has an enlarged rostral (presumably related to semi-fossorial habits), and has a boldly striped pattern. It was placed in its own species group (taeniatum Group) and the sequence evidence (Figs. 1 and 4), although missing A. ainictum, shows it to be the sister group of all other species of Arrhyton. The three species having high ventral scale counts and long tails (A. dolichura, A. procerum, and A. tanyplectum), were placed together in the dolichura Group, also supported by DNA evidence (Fig. 1). The remaining species, with lower ventral counts and relatively short tails, were placed in a separate group, the vittatum Group, though this is resolved (without maximal support) as paraphyletic in our phylogeny.
description: Published as part of Hedges, Blair, Couloux, Arnaud & Vidal, Nicolas, 2009, Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the Tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2067 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187018
Learners’ plurilingual profiles, multilingual needs, and relocation plans of adult migrants in Greece and Italy
Creators: name: Mouti, Anna
name: Rocca, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Linguistics
Year: 2024

description: The paper describes the Italian and the Greek contexts within the more complex European migration policies framework, attempting to provide a comparative approach with regard to linguistic integration aspects. The European situation regarding language requirements and learning opportunities for adult refugees and migrants has been extensively presented in the survey (Rocca et al., 2020), including both Greece and Italy, which are explored in detail in Mouti and Rocca (2023). This paper provides more detailed information based on empirical data regarding the two countries by focusing on multilingual needs, relocation plans, and plurilingual profiles. The current paper is concerned with the language teachers’ perceptions through an online questionnaire. We explore the plurilingual profiles and needs of the learners through the eyes/voices of their teachers by considering the context(s) of language use, and certainly, relocation plans that form the migrants’ journey.
description: Journal of Applied Linguistics, No 37 (2024)
Using intralingually subtitled videos in EFL class: Effects on motivation and linguistic performance
Creators: name: Papadopoulou, Nikoleta-Kalliopi
name: Kantaridou, Zoe
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Linguistics
Year: 2024

description: The current study aims to explore the effects of using intralingually subtitled videos (subtitles with audio and text in the same language) on Greek adolescent learners’ L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) (Dörnyei, 2009) and linguistic performance. This research employed the quasi-experimental method to compare motivational and linguistic scores of the learners who received video-based lessons (experimental group), and the group of learners who were taught English via the traditional coursebook-based instruction (control group). The results indicated that the video-based lessons could positively affect specific aspects of the learners’ L2MSS, such as their Interest in the English language, Attitudes towards learning English, Linguistic Self-confidence, while relatively decreasing their English Anxiety. In addition, the learners who received the intervention exhibited better linguistic performance in relation to vocabulary and grammar knowledge, as well as listening and reading skills in English. This study concludes with the teaching implications of such findings and with suggestions for further research.
description: Journal of Applied Linguistics, No 37 (2024)