cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Remote Sensing Of Suspended Sediment
Creators: name: LAVENDER, SAMANTHA JANE
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1996

description: A remote sensing near infrared suspended sediment algorithm is developed from first principles and applied to Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imagery (CASI) data flown over the Humber Estuary. Laboratory measurements were used as the basis for the algorithm development, with the resulting spectra indicating that the ideal wavelength for a suspended sediment algorithm is the near infrared. The resulting algorithm took the form of a waveband ratio which was subsequently validated with a semi-analytical water optics model based on the absorption/scattering properties of the optically active constituents. The model was then used to derive a global water-leaving radiance algorithm, which is independent of the sediment type. The algorithm was applied to the CASI data collected during August and September 1993, and the resulting SPM maps were compared with contemporaneous in-situ measurements. The in-situ measurements include calculations of the diffuse attenuation coefficient (Kd), which was correlated with the SPM concentration. Further developments to the algorithm through the use of an atmospheric correction are outlined.
AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACH TO THE PROCESSING OF RADAR RETURN SIGNALS FOR TARGET DETECTION
Creators: name: Li, Vincent Yiu Fai
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1999

description: Most of the operating vessel traffic management systems experience problems, such as track loss and track swap, which may cause confusion to the traffic regulators and lead to potential hazards in the harbour operation. The reason is mainly due to the limited adaptive capabilities of the algorithms used in the detection process. The decision on whether a target is present is usually based on the magnitude of the returning echoes. Such a method has a low efficiency in discriminating between the target and clutter, especially when the signal to noise ratio is low. The performance of radar target detection depends on the features, which can be used to discriminate between clutter and targets. To have a significant improvement in the detection of weak targets, more obvious discriminating features must be identified and extracted. This research investigates conventional Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) algorithms and introduces the approach of applying ar1ificial intelligence methods to the target detection problems. Previous research has been unde11aken to improve the detection capability of the radar system in the heavy clutter environment and many new CFAR algorithms, which are based on amplitude information only, have been developed. This research studies these algorithms and proposes that it is feasible to design and develop an advanced target detection system that is capable of discriminating targets from clutters by learning the .different features extracted from radar returns. The approach adopted for this further work into target detection was the use of neural networks. Results presented show that such a network is able to learn particular features of specific radar return signals, e.g. rain clutter, sea clutter, target, and to decide if a target is present in a finite window of data. The work includes a study of the characteristics of radar signals and identification of the features that can be used in the process of effective detection. The use of a general purpose marine radar has allowed the collection of live signals from the Plymouth harbour for analysis, training and validation. The approach of using data from the real environment has enabled the developed detection system to be exposed to real clutter conditions that cannot be obtained when using simulated data. The performance of the neural network detection system is evaluated with further recorded data and the results obtained are compared with the conventional CFAR algorithms. It is shown that the neural system can learn the features of specific radar signals and provide a superior performance in detecting targets from clutters. Areas for further research and development arc presented; these include the use of a sophisticated recording system, high speed processors and the potential for target classification.
Apomatus Philippi 1844
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Apomatus

description: Genus Apomatus Philippi, 1844
Apomatus ampulliferus Philippi, 1844
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008. REMARKS: There are four species of the complex Protula / Apomatus present in the Adriatic Sea: Apomatus ampulliferus Philippi, 1844, A. similis Marion & Bobretzky, 1875, Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803), and P. intestinum (Lamarck, 1818). The distinction between them is difficult and the previous records of one species may actually refer to one of the other three. Thus, the information on the distribution of these species in the present list is uncertain.
Apomatus similis Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Castelli et al. 2008. REMARKS: See Remarks under Apomatus ampulliferus.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
THE VARIETIES OF USER EXPERIENCE BRIDGING EMBODIED METHODOLOGIES FROM SOMATICS AND PERFORMANCE TO HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
Creators: name: Schiphorst, Thecia Henrietta Helena Maria
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2009

description: Embodied Interaction continues to gain significance within the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Its growing recognition and value is evidenced in part by a remarkable increase in systems design and publication focusing on various aspects of Embodiment. The enduring need to interact through experience has spawned a variety of interdisciplinary bridging strategies in the hope of gaining deeper understanding of human experience. Along with phenomenology, cognitive science, psychology and the arts, recent interdisciplinary contributions to HCI include the knowledge-rich domains of Somatics and Performance that carry long-standing traditions of embodied practice. The common ground between HCI and the fields of Somatics and Performance is based on the need to understand and model human experience. Yet, Somatics and Performance differ from normative HCI in their epistemological frameworks of embodiment. This is particularly evident in their histories of knowledge construction and representation. The contributions of Somatics and Performance to the history of embodiment are not yet fully understood within HCI. Differing epistemologies and their resulting approaches to experience identify an under-theorized area of research and an opportunity to develop a richer knowledge and practice base. This is examined by comparing theories and practices of embodied experience between HCI and Somatics (Performance) and analyzing influences, values and assumptions underlying epistemological frameworks. The analysis results in a set of design strategies based in embodied practices within Somatics and Performance. The subsequent application of these strategies is examined through a series of interactive art installations that employ embodied interaction as a central expression of technology. Case Studies provide evidence in the form of rigorously documented design processes that illustrate these strategies. This research exemplifies 'Research through Art' applied in the context of experience design for tangible, wearable and social interaction.
Ditrupa Berkeley 1835
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Ditrupa

description: Genus Ditrupa Berkeley, 1835
Ditrupa arietina (O.F. Müller, 1776)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Gamulin-Brida et al. 1968; Gamulin-Brida 1974; Bellan 1976; Zavodnik et al. 1981; Radić 1982; Amoureux 1983a; Fassari 1983; Murina & Zavodnik 1986; Požar-Domac 1986; Orel et al. 1987; Zavodnik & Vidaković 1987; Aleffi et al. 1988; Špan et al. 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995, 1997; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Aleffi et al. 2003; Simonini et al. 2005a; Zavodnik et al. 2006; Simonini et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: BM13, BM15, BM17, BM21, BM41, BM43, BM92, BM97, BM99, BM101.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
THE DECISION TO UNDERTAKE VOCATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION IN SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS IN THE UK
Creators: name: DINWOODIE, JOHN
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2001

description: This work investigates the decision to study shipping and logistics at advanced levels in the UK. Documented evidence reports and analyses the perceptions of students on vocational courses in shipping, transport and logistics and investigates why they chose their particular fields of study. A range of instruments are presented to analyse how students perceived that they had arrived at their study decisions, including national surveys of undergraduates in maritime business, postgraduates in shipping and logistics and professionals contemplating updating short courses. Qualitative, quantitative and mapping methods are presented along with perceptions of relevant professional outcome roles and other factors. Exploratory approaches to proposing and evaluating alternative approaches to teaching aimed at raising the student's perception of the nature of professional skills requirements were predicated by identifying and defining local student schemae and tailoring aids to their specific learning and teaching requirements. A cognitive mapping approach enabled comparisons of perceptions between postgraduates, whose individual beliefs, after being mapped and modelled as a directed network, were analysed, and differences between maps were quantified. Quantitative pairwise map comparisons included 54 individuals generating 1430 synchronal comparisons in one cohort and four diachronal cohort comparisons. These revealed that distance measures constrained by the numbers of transmitters or receivers, and the strength of relationships where appropriate, formed the best discriminators. Empirical and theoretical explanations of maps and attempts to compare particular subgroups and explain differences were often inconclusive. A unified social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice and performance generated useful propositions relating to how individuals manage issues of self-efFicacy, expected outcomes from decisions and their personal goals. Substantive work revealed problems of conflicting domains between students' verbatim statements, only weakly coincident with theoretical concepts. Conclusions that mapping is most powerful/when based on qualitative analysis of the richness and diversity of individual perceptions; infer that no simple standard decision process is operating and hence no single recruitment marketing device is apparent. In applying and disseminating findings, where possible, proposals were made to assist organisations promoting careers awareness and recruitment into relevant professions and university based vocational courses, published by relevant professional bodies.
Computer Simulation of Marine Traffic Systems
Creators: name: Colley, B.A.
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1985

description: A computer model was constructed that allowed two vessels involved in a possible collision situation to take collision avoidance action following the "International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea". The mariners’ actions were modelled by the concepts of the domain and the RDRR (Range to Domain/Range-rate). The domain was used to determine if a vessel was threatening and the RDRR to determine the time at which a vessel should give-way to a threatening target. Each vessel in the simulation had four domains corresponding to the type of encounter in which the vessel was involved. Values for the time at which a vessel manoeuvres and the domain radii were determined from an analysis of high quality cine films of the radar at H.M. Coastguard at St. Margaret's Bay, Dover. Information was also taken from simulator exercises set up on the Polytechnic radar simulator. The two ship encounter was then developed to become the multi-ship encounter and eventually was able to model over 400 vessels over a two day period through a computer representation of the Dover Strait. A further development included a computer graphical representation of a radar simulator running in real-time, and which allowed a mariner to navigate one of the vessels using computer control. A validation of the computer model was undertaken by comparing the simulated results with those observed from the cine films. Following the validation several examples of the computer model being used as a decision support system were included.
Ficopomatus Southern 1921
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Ficopomatus

description: Genus Ficopomatus Southern, 1921
(AL) Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Fauvel 1938; Igić 1968; Katzmann 1972; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Relini et al. 1977; Bedulli & Parisi 1978; Relini et al. 1978; Bianchi 1980, 1981b; Igić 1982; Matricardi & Bianchi 1982; Vaccarella & Pastorelli 1982; Bianchi 1983a; Bianchi & Morri 1984; Relini et al. 1985; Gherardi et al. 1993; Požar-Domac 1994; Bianchi et al. 1995; Bianchi & Morri 1996; Crema et al. 2000; Piscitelli et al. 2001; Rossi et al. 2001; Mistri et al. 2001, 2002a, 2002b, 2002c; Cilenti et al. 2002; Nonnis et al. 2002; Marchini et al. 2004; Sorokin et al. 2004; Munari et al. 2005, 2006; Ponti et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1923.
REMARKS: Subtropical alien species from Southern Australia (Fauvel 1923b; Zenetos et al. 2010), which probably invaded the Mediterranean Sea as ship fouling during the First World War (Zibrowius 1992). In the Adriatic Sea it was recorded for the first time in the Venice Lagoon (NA) by Fauvel (1938).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Filograna Berkeley 1835
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Filograna

description: Genus Filograna Berkeley, 1835
Filograna implexa Berkeley, 1835
DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1861; Lorenz 1863; Stossich 1883; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Igić 1968, 1972; Katzmann 1972; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Bianchi 1981b; Igić 1982; Bianchi 1983a; Zavodnik & Zavodnik 1986; Belamarić & Šerman 1989; Špan et al. 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM50.
REMARKS: Bianchi (1981a), following the opinion of Zibrowius (1973), who considered that it was not possible to identify correctly the species of the genera Filograna Berkeley, 1835 and Salmacina Claparède, 1870, reported specimens of both genera from the Italian waters as Filograna sp. The Filograna / Salmacina complex in the Adriatic Sea comprises three species: Filograna implexa, Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855) and S. incrustans Claparède, 1870. Due to the confusing literature the distributions of the different species is uncertain (Castelli et al. 2008).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Filogranula Langerhans 1884
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Filogranula

description: Genus Filogranula Langerhans, 1884
Filogranula annulata (O.G. Costa, 1861)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Simonini et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: Lavdara Island (Kornati Archipelago, CA) 20 m deep, in 1974 (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.); underwater cave 40 m deep, along the Mljet island (SA) (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.); underwater cave 10 m deep, near Bari (SA), in 1968 (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.).
Filogranula gracilis Langerhans, 1884
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: Velebitski kanal (east off the Krk Island; 45°11'24''N, 14°45'36''E; NA) 15 m deep, in 1965 during the Argonaut Expedition (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Janita Saint Joseph 1894
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Janita

description: Genus Janita Saint Joseph, 1894
® Janita fimbriata (Delle Chiaje, 1822)
DISTRIBUTION: CA.
NEW RECORDS: Lavdara Island (Kornati Archipelago, CA), 20 m deep, in 1975 (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.). REMARKS: This is the first record from the Adriatic Sea.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Janua Saint-Joseph 1894
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Janua

description: Genus Janua Saint-Joseph, 1894
Janua pagenstecheri (Quatrefages, 1866)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Vatova 1928, 1932; Fauvel 1938; Meštrov 1957; Zavodnik 1965, 1967a, 1967b; Banse 1970; Katzmann 1971, 1972; Ernst 1973; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Vrišer 1978; Bianchi 1981b; Vaccarella et al. 1981; Radić 1982; Vaccarella & Pastorelli 1982; Bianchi 1983a; Bianchi & Morri 1984; Vrišer 1986; Occhipinti- Ambrogi et al. 1987, 1988; Seneš 1988; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: BM14, BM19, BM76, BM78.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Spirorbis pagenstecheri Quatrefages, 1865; Dexiospira pagenstecheri (Quatrefages, 1865).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Application of Fractional Calculus to Rainfall-Streamflow Modelling
Creators: name: BORTHWICK, MARTIN FRANCIS
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2010

description: There is evidence that hydrologic systems exhibit memory processes that may be represented by fractional order systems. A new theory is developed in this work that generalises the classical unit hydrograph technique for the rainfall-runoff transformation. The theory is based upon a fractional order linear deterministic systems approach subject to an initial condition and is taken to apply to the entire rainfallstreamflow transformation (i.e. including baseflow). The general equation for a cascade of time-lagged linear reservoirs of fractional order subject to a constant initialisation function is derived, and is shown to be a form of fractional relaxation model. Dooge's (1959) general theory of the instantaneous unit hydrograph is shown to fit within the new theoretical framework. Similarly the relationship to the general storage equation of Chow and Kulandaiswamy (1971) is demonstrated. It is shown that the correct initialisation of cascade models requires a substantial number of initial conditions which may limit the viability of applying them in practice. Consequently, the differential formulation of the classical Nash cascade has been corrected and reinterpreted. The unbounded nature of the solution to the convolution integral form of the single fractional relaxation model is overcome by application of the Laplace transform of the pulse rainfall hyetograph following Wang and Wu (1983). The model parameters are fitted using the genetic algorithm. The fractional order cascade equations are tested for classical rainfall-runoff modelling using a set of 22 events for the River Nenagh. The cascade of 2 unequal fractionalorder reservoirs is shown to converge to that of the integer order case, whilst the cascade of equal reservoirs shows some differences. For the modelling of the total rainfall-streamflow process the single fractional order reservoir model with a constant initialisation function is tested on a selection of events for a range of UK catchment scales (22km^ to 510km ). A rainfall loss model is incorporated to account for infiltration and evapotranspiration. The results show that the new approach is viable for modelling the rainfall-streamflow transformation at the lumped catchment scale, although the parameter values are not constant for a given catchment. Further work is recommended on determining the nature of the initialisation function using field studies to improve the identification of the model parameters on an event-by-event basis.
Josephella Caullery & Mesnil 1896
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Josephella

description: Genus Josephella Caullery & Mesnil, 1896
® Josephella marenzelleri Caullery & Mesnil, 1896
DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.
NEW RECORDS: Island Krk (NA), 4-5 m deep, in 1970 (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.); near Bari (SA) in an underwater cave 10 m deep, in 1968 (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.). REMARKS: These are the first records from the Adriatic Sea.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Metavermilia Bush 1905
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Metavermilia

description: Genus Metavermilia Bush, 1905
Metavermilia multicristata (Philippi, 1844) DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Požar 1972; Amoureux 1975; Marano et al. 1976; Igić 1982; Vaccarella & Pastorelli 1982; Castelli et al. 2008.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Vermiliopsis multicristata (Philippi, 1844).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on pages 106-107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Neodexiospira Pillai 1970
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Neodexiospira

description: Genus Neodexiospira Pillai, 1970
Neodexiospira pseudocorrugata (Bush, 1905)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Vatova 1928, 1932; Fauvel 1938; Zavodnik 1965, 1967b; Katzmann 1971, 1972; Požar 1972; Bianchi 1980, 1981b; Igić 1982; Bianchi 1983a; Požar-Domac 1983; Bianchi & Morri 1984; Požar-Domac 1986; Occhipinti-Ambrogi et al. 1987; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM19, BM74.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Spirorbis corrugatus (Montagu, 1803); Dexiospira corrugata (Montagu, 1803).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Observations of Estuarine Turbulence and Floc Size Variations
Creators: name: McCabe, Jeremy Charles
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1991

description: Laboratory studies show that turbulence controls the size of flocs by disrupting those flocs which exceed a critical diameter. Estuarine floc sizes have been shown to vary with the spring/neap cycle and turbulence has been suggested as the mechanism. A survey of the tidal variations of cohesive sediment floc size distributions and turbulence parameters has been undertaken in the Tamar estuary in south-west Britain. In-situ particle size distributions have been obtained using a 'marinised' version of the 'Malvern' laser diffraction sizing system. Turbulent current speeds were obtained using 10 cm diameter annular electromagnetic current meters. Velocity data is analysed using the inertial dissipation method to provide turbulent dissipation rates. Turbulence and size data, along with profiles of current, salinity, temperature and suspended solids concentration, record the passage of turbidity maximum and salt intrusion over four complete tidal cycles. Time series of observed particle size distributions vary smoothly over timescales of about one hour and these variations are linked to the flow conditions. Eight subsections of the tidal cycle were selected over which size distributions and flow conditions were slowly varying and the size distributions were time averaged over these subsections, and the resulting distributions compared. Size distributions in the turbidity maximum are strongly influenced by the mean current speed and this is found to be due to the different resuspension characteristics of newly formed aggregates and consolidated primary particles. Distributions are less dependent on tidal range at other stages during the tidal cycle. The size dependence of settling velocities strongly influences the size distribution of particles reaching the bed during the final stages of erosion of the salt intrusion, when the salt/fresh interface descends at a rate less than the settling velocity of large flocs but greater than that of small particles. This tends to sharpen the downstream edge of the turbidity maximum and preferentially retain floc aggregates in the upper reaches of the estuary.
Topographically Induced Internal Waves and Enhanced Vertical Mixing in an Estuary
Creators: name: STURLEY, DARRELL RICHARD MARK
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1990

description: Stratified tidal flow over topographic features has often been thought to give rise to enhanced vertical mixing in estuaries. So far no estimates have been made of the transfer of energy from the barotropic tide to internal waves, and subsequently to increased potential energy of the water column. Observations have been made over a topographic depression at Cargreen in the Tamar Estuary. This work shows clearly the formation and evolution mechanisms for internal waves on the thermocline, on a neap and a spring tide. On a neap tide an internal wave formed as a nonlinear response to the tidal flow. It subsequently dissipated its energy to mixing through turbulence due to enhanced shear across the thermocline. On the spring tide the internal wave broke in situ in the form of a hydraulic jump. Estimates of the energy transfers are in excellent agreement with studies on the continental shelf edge, and in laboratory experiments of wave breaking, and are the first of their kind for estuaries. A nonlinear, hydrostatic, two-layer numerical model of the flow has been applied to the Cargreen topography, for the neap and spring tide observations. The model predicts the maximum wave heights and energies well, but fails to reproduce the more subtle details of the thermocline response. Other observations of the flow at Cargreen are put into a conceptual framework based on an internal Froude number, Fi, and it is indicated that Fi = 2 to 3 is appropriate for internal wave/hydraulic jump transitions at Cargreen.
Sunk and Opportunity Costs in Valuation and Bidding
Creators: name: Phillips, Owen R.
name: Battalio, R. C.
name: Kogut, C. A.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1991
Subjects: Economics

description: Studies have shown that when individuals make decisions they often do not ignore sunk costs. Richard Thaler [19] and Arkes and Blumer [1] show in their experiments that commitment to an endeavor is strengthened after sunk costs are paid. Generally, such behavior is explained by Kahneman and Tversky’s [11] prospect theory, in which individuals edit and evaluate choices using different mental rules. They model individual behavior with a value function that acts as a filter, weighing potential losses differently than potential gains. In this filter utility is defined on gains and losses, not the final wealth outcome. People dislike a loss so much that in an uncertain environment the prospect (perceived value) of a loss is not offset by the prospect of an equivalent gain. But after a loss is incurred, for example through the payment of a sunk cost, further investment is easier to make in order to obtain a gain. The value function is convex for losses and concave for gains.
Depth-Varying Constitutive Properties Observed in an Isothermal Glacier
Creators: name: Marshall, H. P.
name: Harper, J. T.
name: Pfeffer, W. T.
name: Humphrey, Neil
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Detailed three-dimensional in-situ measurements of deformation at depth are used to examine the rheology of a 6 x 106 m3 block of temperate glacier ice. Assuming that the viscosity of this ice is primarily dependent on stress, the relationship between inferred stress and measurements of strain-rate above similar to 115 m depth suggest a constitutive relationship with a stress exponent n similar to 1. Deformation below 115 m is described by a non-linear flow law with a power exponent of approximately 3-4. A sharp transition between the two flow regimes is likely caused by a change in the dominant mechanism from superplastic flow, basal slip, and/or diffusional flow near the surface to dislocation and intragranular deformation at depth.
Isolation and Decline of a Population of the Orange-Breasted Falcon
Creators: name: Berry, R. B.
name: Benkman, Craig
name: Muela, A.
name: Seminario, Y.
name: Curti, M.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Belize
subject: declining populations
subject: Falco deiroleucus
subject: Guatemala
subject: raptor management
subject: small populations
subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Probably always rare and local because of its ecology and specialized habitat, the small, isolated population of the Orange-breasted Falcon (Falco deiroleucus) in Belize and Guatemala, likely numbering fewer than 40 territorial pairs, appears to be in steep decline in Belize. Territory occupancy (n = 12 eyries) in the population we studied in Belize declined from 83% (1992 to 1997) to 54% (2003 to 2009), and occupancy in 2009 was only half the mean in the prior decade. Mean annual production of fledglings per territorial pair declined 35% from 0.77 to 0.50. Mean annual population productivity, which measures the combined effect of occupancy and fecundity, declined 57% from 0.90 to 0.38. In contrast, neither occupancy nor fledging success in Guatemala (n = 7 eyries) declined over the same time period. Historical records and recent surveys suggest that the Orange-breasted Falcon has been extirpated from much of Central America and southern Mexico and that its range is contracting in South America, despite large areas of apparently suitable habitat. We identify factors we think are contributing to this decline, especially human-related conflicts as well as competition for nest sites and depredation by increasing numbers of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus). We suggest potential management solutions, including genetic restoration and the creation of safe harbors for nesting.
Nidificaria Knight-Jones 1984
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Nidificaria

description: Genus Nidificaria Knight-Jones, 1984
Nidificaria clavus (Harris, 1968)
DISTRIBUTION: CA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Radić 2009.
REMARKS: The species was recently recorded in the CA along Fulija Island (near Iž Island) and at Kornati Islands (Radiae 2009).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Implicit and Explicit Processes in Multiple Cue Judgement
Creators: name: Rolison, Jonathan James
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2009

description: Making judgements often involves integrating multiple pieces of information, or cues, in the environment. While experts, such as physicians, are able to make accurate judgements from multiple cues, they often have poor insight into how they make their inferences. This provides some indication that judgement is influenced by knowledge that is implicit and inaccessible to verbal report. In the present thesis, the cognitive processes involved in multiple cue judgement were explored by training participants on a small number of novel cues using the multiple cue probability learning (MCPL) paradigm. In a training phase, participants predicted a criterion and received outcome feedback in response to each judgement. Learning and judgement in these tasks is often assumed to draw on explicit hypothesis-testing processes. However, a great deal of research suggests that implicit as well as explicit processes can contribute to performance on complex tasks. In eight experiments, several methods were used to examine the role of explicit and implicit processes in multiple cue judgement. While concurrent working memory loads failed to disrupt judgements after learning, we nevertheless found clear evidence that explicit processing is involved in the learning of negative, but not positive cues. Performance on such tasks was correlated with individual differences in working memory capacity, as well as measures of explicit knowledge obtained in the learning process. The results are discussed with respect to dual process theories of learning, judgement, and reasoning. The findings of the present thesis indicate that multiple cue judgement is best viewed within a dual process framework.
NAVIGATIONAL EFFICIENCY IN MARINE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS IN THE PORT OF KEELUNG
Creators: name: LIN, BIN
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1994

description: The rapid economic growth of Taiwan has been paralleled by an increase in marine. traffic in the port of Keelung. The increase has been evolutionary and, prior to this study, has lacked the benefit of supporting research necessary to ensure no loss in navigational efficiency. The study uses eclectic methodologies to: identify the nature of marine traffic at Keelung; assess the associated risks; and identify measures needed to reduce risk and increase navigational efficiency. For contextual purposes the study reviews current marine traffic operations at Keelung against the background of geographical constraint and environmental conditions. Radar survey and extensive sampling of professional opinion indicate that existent traffic control measures are both inadequate and open to contravention. Casualty analysis further identifies areas of concern where navigation risk has been shown to exist In particular the traffic separation scheme, introduced in 1990; has been found inadequate and lack of movement control reduces navigational efficiency. Use of visual simulators, at Taiwan Ocean University and University of Plymouth, provided a unique opportunity to compare present marine traffic operations against a modified model. The modified model incorporated limited vessel traffic service functions and channel markers, neither of which exist at present in the live situation. Most significantly the experiment has enabled evaluation of the difference between Taiwanese and foreign ship masters when handling ships in the port approaches. Analysis of ship's tracks, and subjects' perceptions, concludes that provision of channel markers and sequence control greatly simplifies the operation and reduces risk. The need to widen the traffic lanes by reducing the separation zone between inward and outward lanes is identified. The study shows that navigational safety and efficiency at Keelung can be improved through the introduction of small changes to operation and working practices, The study provides the basis for a programme of continuing work necessary to maintain or further improve standards once the recommendations of the study have been implemented.
Nearbed Flows and Sediment Movement on the Continental Slope
Creators: name: Chatwin, Paul Gareth
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1996

description: The steep continental slopes of the southern Celtic shelf have long been thought to be a major export region for the flux of sediment from the south west approaches to the deep ocean (47-49°). Recent studies have suggested that the transfer of energy from the large barotropic tidal currents to internal tides, and higher frequency internal waves is locally enhanced, and provides a mechanism for the re-suspension and downslope transport of bed material on the upper slope region. This material is thought to be preferentially transported at the head of the many submarine canyons that exist along these ocean margins, where the barotropic tidal currents are locally amplified and internal wave energy focused. A unique 23 day deployment of the benthic lander STABLE (Sediment Transport and Boundary Layer Equipment) in July 1990, was at a depth of 388m on La Chapelle Bank continental slope. The site was at the head of a canyon, and at a depth thought to be critical for the generation of internal tidal energy. It was also at the deep water end of a transect of two current meter moorings across the slope. These measurements have shown that during summer stratified conditions the barotropic and baroclinic tides are sufficiently energetic near to the bed to mobilise the sand/gravel sized sediment on the upper slopes and at the shelf break. Eulerian residual bottom currents and maximum tidal currents are orientated cross-slope and this has important implications for sediment transport. The shelf break is predicted to be a region of bed load parting with bedload transport shelfwards at the shelf break and downslope immediately oceanward. On the critical slope region peaks in suspended sediment concentration occur at times of locally enhanced maximum down-slope flow (40cmsˉ¹) and maximum current shear. This suggests that sediment is being eroded from the bed locally and confirms a net flux of material downslope. Above the boundary layer suspended particulate matter will be transported with the net flow of water which is predominantly along-shelf and polewards. A second 10.4 day deployment of STABLE (II) in January 1994 was at a depth of 879m on the Goban Spur. These observations demonstrated the variability of continental slope processes on the margins of the Celtic shelf. During the deployment, weaker tidal currents (maximum of 24cmsˉ¹) were orientated along-slope and there was no evidence to suggest that the fine cohesive sand/mud sized sediment was mobile. Current meter measurements show that any suspended material will be predominantly transported along-slope and poleward. This will be periodically reversed and the net flux will be equatorward. The two studies have highlighted the temporal and alongslope variability of geological and hydrodynamical conditions near to the bed and highlight the difficulties in estimating shelf-ocean fluxes of material across the whole of the north-west European continental margin.
Pileolaria Claparede 1869
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Pileolaria

description: Genus Pileolaria Claparède, 1869
® (AL) Pileolaria berkeleyana (Rioja, 1942)
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
NEW RECORDS: BM76, BM78.
REMARKS: Alien species in the Mediterranean with Eastern Pacific origin (Zenetos et al. 2010). The species was originally described from Acapulco, Western Mexico (Rioja 1942) as Spirorbis (Pileolaria). It was recorded in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time in a harbour of the western basin (Zibrowius & Bianchi 1981). Nowadays its distribution is considered to be circumglobal in the Northern Hemisphere (Rzhavsky 2010). These are the first records from the Adriatic Sea.
Pileolaria militaris Claparède, 1870
DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Vatova 1928; Zavodnik 1965, 1967b; Katzmann 1971, 1972; Požar 1972; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Vrišer 1978; Bianchi 1981b, 1983a; Bianchi & Morri 1984; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM14, BM68, BM76, BM78; south of Brindisi (Italy, SA), in 1988 (A. Giangrande, pers. comm.). OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Spirorbis militaris Claparède, 1870; Spirorbis mediterraneus Caullery & Mesnil, 1897; Laeospira militaris Claparède, 1868; Laeospira mediterraneus (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Political Altruism of Transboundary Water Sharing
Creators: name: Bhaduri, A.
name: Barbier, Edward B.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2008
Subjects: transboundary
water sharing
political altruism
Economics

description: In the paper, using a political altruism model, we make an attempt to explain why an upstream country might agree to a treaty that recognizes and enforces the water claims of a downstream country. In a natural extension of the standard economic model, it is possible to explain the above phenomena, by allowing for altruism between countries. The altruistic concerns of the countries are dependent on other country's willingness to have a good political relationship. If both the countries maintain favorable political relations with one another, then the upstream country will care about the impacts of its water diversion on the downstream country's welfare. The paper also illustrates the case of water sharing of the Ganges River between India and Bangladesh. The Ganges River, like many other rivers in the world, ignores political boundaries. In Bangladesh, the final downstream country along the Ganges, freshwater availability depends on the share of water diverted by the upstream country, India. For decades, India and Bangladesh failed to resolve the water-sharing issues of the Ganges River. However, in 1996, both India and Bangladesh signed a major new agreement on water sharing (Ganges River Treaty) in an effort to resolve the dispute. Using the political altruism model developed in the paper, we examine why despite needing more water than is available under the treaty, India has adapted to shortages instead of resorting to conflict with Bangladesh.
TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY: THE INFLUENCE OF SALIENT GROUP NORMS, ACTIVE SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND IN-GROUP IDENTIFICATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MORTALITY SALIENCE AND BIAS
Creators: name: GIANNAKAKIS, ANDREW ERIK
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2009

description: Terror management research has shown that mortality salience leads to especially positive reactions towards similar others and to especially negative reactions towards different others. The present research consists of six studies that investigate the influence of salient group norms, salient identities and in-group identification on the effects of mortality salience. In-group norms of collectivism and individualism were manipulated in Study I, whereas in-group norms of fairness and discrimination were manipulated in Study 2. Study 3 manipulated out-group norms of fairness and discrimination. The results of these studies provided evidence thai the content of salient in-group and out-group norms moderates the effects of mortality salience on bias. A mortality salience induction led to greater inter-group bias when salient norms prescribed collectivism and discrimination, as opposed to individualism and fairness respectively. Support to the view that death reminders can increase adherence to group norms was also provided. Studies 4- 6 focused on the role of salient identities and group identification on the effects of mortality salience. Study 4 primed English and student identities in a cross-categorization setting, whereas Study 5 primed English and European identities in a re-categorization in setting. In Study 6, in-group identification was measured. It was demonstrated that salient social identities moderate the effects of mortality salience on bias, whereas in-group identification does not. In Study 4, English students for whom mortality was salient displayed more bias toward Scottish students when the active identity was English as opposed to students. Study 5 showed that English that were reminded of their mortality displayed more bias toward French people when the salient identity was English than when it was Europeans. In Study 6, mortality salience led to increased inter-group bias irrespectively of participants' level of in-group identification. Discussion focuses on potential explanations, implications and future directions.
Placostegus Philippi 1844
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Placostegus

description: Genus Placostegus Philippi, 1844
Placostegus crystallinus Zibrowius, 1968
DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Gherardi et al. 1993; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: Velebitski Canal (east of the Krk Island; 45°11'24''N, 14°45'36''E; NA), 15 m deep, in 1965 during the Argonaut Expedition (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.).
Placostegus tridentatus (Fabricius, 1779)
DISTRIBUTION: SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Požar-Domac 1982, 1983; Gherardi et al. 1993; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on pages 107-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Protolaeospira Pixell 1912
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Protolaeospira

description: Genus Protolaeospira Pixell, 1912
Protolaeospira striata (Quiévreux, 1963)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Mizzan 2000; Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: BM78; Banjole Island (Rovinj, NA), in 1970 (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.); near Bari (SA), in an underwater cave 10 m deep, in 1968 (H. Zibrowius, pers. comm.).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663