cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Chersobius boulengeri
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Chersobius
Chersobius boulengeri

description: Chersobius boulengeri (Duerden 1906:406)
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.23.4 (formerly1906.6.21.1).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Chelonoidis niger
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Chelonoidis
Chelonoidis niger

description: Chelonoidis niger
subspecies synonym
notdetermined:
Testudo clivosa Garman 1917:283
Holotype: MCZ 11075 (Barbour & Loveridge 1929:350; illustrated in the original description, Pl. 21); no paratypes designated.
Testudo typica Garman 1917:285
Holotype: MCZ 11072 (Barbour & Loveridge 1929:350); illustrated in the original description, Pl. 22, 34); no paratypes designated.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Clypeaster Lamarck 1801
Creators: name: Carrasco, Jose Francisco
name: Trif, Nicolae
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Echinoidea
Clypeasteroida
Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster

description: Genus Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801
 Taxonomic remarks
It is recommended to read the extensive synonymy lists of both the genus and the subgenus that can be found in Mortensen (1948), Durham (1955; 1966) and Smith & Kroh (2011).
description: Published as part of Carrasco, Jose Francisco & Trif, Nicolae, 2023, Clypeaster Surarui (Echinoidea, Eocene) A New Name For Clypeaster Transsylvanicus (Șuraru, Gábos & Șuraru, 1967) Preoccupied Name, pp. 41-43 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 19 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.35463/j.apr.2023.01.04, http://zenodo.org/record/12582914
Chelonoidis niger subsp. porteri
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Chelonoidis
Chelonoidis niger
Chelonoidis niger porteri (rothschild 1903:119)

description: Chelonoidis niger porteri (Rothschild 1903:119)
Holotype: BMNH 1949.1.4.38 (bones catalogued separately as BMNH 1974.2464; sampled genetically by Poulakakis et al. 2015).
Testudo nigrita Duméril & Bibron 1835:80
Syntypes (2): MNHN 9313 and BMNH 1949.1.4.37; latter called type by Günther (1875:268), recorded as such in the BMNH catalogue, and hence considered to be the lectotype; see also Olson (2013:206).
Testudo planiceps Gray 1854:12
Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.5.3 (formerly 1848.4.6.3).
Chelonoidis niger vandenburghi (DeSola 1930:80)
Holotype: CAS 8141 (Slevin & Leviton 1956:551).
Chelonoidis niger vicina (Günther 1875:277)
Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.90 (formerly 1874.7.15.1); illustrated in Garman (1917:Pl. 7).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Chersobius solus
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Chersobius
Chersobius solus

description: Chersobius solus (Branch 2007:11)
Holotype: PEM 8754; paratypes (13), PEM 8755-58, 8760-61, 8764-65, 9415, and 17046-49.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Chersina angulata
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Chersina
Chersina angulata

description: Chersina angulata (Schweigger 1812:321)
Syntypes (2): Not designated, although in MNHN according to original description (see also Ceríaco & Bour 2012:19); a stuffed specimen received from the MNHN (SMF 7857) is not the specimen measured in Schweigger (1812), but could be a syntype according to C. Crumly (pers. comm. to John Iverson; see also King & Burke, 1989:71); MNHN 4087 is the syntype measured by Schweigger (1812:360), according to Bour (2008b:30), who designated it as the lectotype (and photographed it), since the second syntype is lost. M. Hofmeyr took a tissue sample of 4087 (Bour 2008b:32) for a genetic study in progress.
Testudo bellii Gray 1828:2
Holotype: BMNH 2005.1631 (specimen c in Boulenger 1889:179; Bour 2008b:29, who mistakenly listed the type as 2005.1641).
Chersina angulata pallida Gray 1831:69
Holotype: Not located; possibly ZMH.
Testudo sculpta Brandt in Gray 1856:12
Holotype: BMNH 1850.12.12 (Gray 1873:14).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Letter from Jonathan Abbatt to Mary Dilworth (later Abbatt), February 04, 1855
Creators: name: Abbatt, Jonathan, 1829-1905
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Faith
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1198492
subject: Marriage
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1010443
subject: Families
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1728849
subject: Interpersonal relations
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/977397
subject: Courtship
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/881873
subject: Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1007090
subject: Man-woman relationships
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1007080
subject: Quakers
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1084913
subject: Quakers--Family relationships
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1084922

description: This letter is part of a series of courtship correspondence between Jonathan Abbatt and Mary Dilworth (later Abbatt). The Abbatt family was a Quaker family who lived in the towns and villages of Preston, Ribchester, and Garstang in Lancashire, England. The letters chronicle the courtship, discussions of faith, local events, shared sentiments, etc. Mary sometimes addressed as Polly in the letters. Please note that the months on the letters’ dates were added as numerical values rather than the month's name (e.g. 2 Mo = February). Mary is in Newcastle but she has come down with a cough. Her grandmother is also unwell and Jonathan is trying to get the latest information to send to Mary.
Chersobius signatus
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Chersobius
Chersobius signatus

description: Chersobius signatus (Gmelin 1789:1043)
Holotype: Not located; possibly in the NRM, apparently lost since not listed in Anderson (1900). Plate labelled “Testud. Sign. var.” in Walbaum (1782; Fig. 1–2) was designated lectotype by Bour (1998b:1) and reproduced in that work.
Testudo cafra Daudin 1801:291
Holotype: MNHN 7924; illustrated in Oppel
(1811: 37–38; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:40 and 43); photographed in Bour & Schmidtler (2014:40).
Testudo juvencella Daudin 1801:380
Syntypes (2 according to Bour & Schmidtler 2014:42): Not located; illustrated in Oppel (1811:Pl. 39; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:39).
Pseudomopus signatus peersi Hewitt 1935: 345
Syntypes (2): apparently in TM (Anon. 1958:128).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Geochelone platynota
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Geochelone
Geochelone platynota

description: Geochelone platynota (Blyth 1863:83)
Syntypes (3, supposedly in the BMNH and ZSI according to Smith 1931:140): ZSI 787, 788, and 789 (Das et al. 1998:128; Kundu et al. 2018:15, where all types are photographed). Boulenger (1889:162) listed three additional specimens in the BMNH but they were not listed as types.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Geochelone elegans
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Geochelone
Geochelone elegans

description: Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795:111)
Holotype / Syntypes: Not located, although Schoepff (1795) stated that the specimen illustrated in the original description (Pl. XXV) was from the “Museis Hagae Comitis et Harlemi” [possibly in the TSMHN in Haarlem, Netherlands]. Note that Wallin (1977:77) showed that the Linnaean type of Testudo geometrica (UUZM 20; Wallin 2001:126) is this species, rather than Psammobates geometricus (see Comment under that species).
Testudo actinodes Bell 1828:419
Syntypes (at least 5): OUM 8555-56, 8558-60 (Nowak-Kemp & Fritz 2010:16); although none of these is the specimen illustrated by Bell (1828: Pl. XXIII). Hence, additional syntypes may exist.
Testudo megalopus Blyth 1854:640
Holotype: ZSI 792 (Das et al. 1998:127; not located by Kundu et al. 2018:13).
Peltastes stellatus maura Gray 1870:8
Holotype: Not located; presumably BMNH (Gray 1873:8), apparently lost.
Peltastes stellatus seba Gray 1870:8
Holotype: BMNH 1843.2.29.6 (Gray 1873:8), apparently lost.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Gopherus berlandieri
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Gopherus
Gopherus berlandieri

description: Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz 1857:447)
Syntypes (5): USNM 59 (probably one of the two specimens included in USNM 60; Reynolds et al. 2007:33), 60 (2 specimens; both photographed in Bour 2017:64–65), 75, 222511 (originally USNM 85; photographed in Bour 2017:62–63), 222512 (originally USNM Osteo 1528 and later USNM Osteo 29610; Reynolds et al. 2007:33). Cochran (1961:236), Auffenberg & Franz (1978:1), and Smith & Smith (1980:622) each erroneously listed only USNM 60 (2 specimens) as syntypes. USNM 60 (2) designated lectotype by Bour (2017:61).
Testudo tuberculata Berlandier 1850:287
Syntypes (number uncertain): Not located; Plate V in the original description designated lectotype by Bour (2017:57, Fig. 3).
Testudo bicolor Berlandier 1850:287
Holotype: Not designated (Bour 2017:57).
Gopherus auffenbergi t Mooser 1972:61
Holotype: FC 500.
Gopherus evgoodei Edwards, Karl, Vaughn, Rosen, Meléndez-Torres, & Murphy 2016:140
Holotype: AMNH 164160 (photographed in the original description, pp. 143–149, Fig. 6–14); paratypes (3), AMNH 64157, 64158, and ROM 53301 (formerly AMNH 64159).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Gopherus agassizii
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Gopherus
Gopherus agassizii

description: Gopherus agassizii (Cooper 1861:120)
Syntypes (3): “Three young specimens”, apparently originally in the California State Geological Survey collection according to Cooper (1861:120). The syntypes were later transferred to other collections, since USNM 7888 was listed by Cochran (1961:236) and Reynolds et al. (2007:32) as one of the syntypes. The identity of the other two syntypes is uncertain; one was apparently in the CAS and potentially destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire and the other is apparently lost (see discussions in Reynolds et al. 2007:30 and Murphy et al. 2011:44–45). USNM 7888 designated lectotype by Murphy et al. (2011:39; sampled genetically and photographed therein, p. 53–57, Figs. 4–8).
Xerobates lepidocephalus Ottley & Velázquez Solis 1989:497.
Holotype: BYU 39706 (sampled genetically by Murphy et al. 2011); paratype (1), BYU 39707.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler 1959
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Gopherus
Gopherus flavomarginatus

description: Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler 1959:337
Holotype: USNM 61253 (Cochran 1961:231; Reynolds et al. 2007:31); paratypes (5), KU 39415 (Duellman & Berg 1962:195); UIMNH 42953- 54 (Smith et al. 1964:35); and USNM 60976 and 61254 (Cochran 1961:231; Reynolds et al. 2007:31).
Gopherus huecoensis t Strain 1966:24
Holotype: BEG (Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas) 40240-27 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. II –VI; see also Vlachos 2018); no paratypes designated.
Gopherus morafkai Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop, & Riedle 2011:53
Holotype: CAS 33867 (photographed in the original description, pp. 58–64, Fig. 9–15); paratypes (2), CAS 34263; and ROM 47501 (formerly CAS 13165).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
DEVELOPMENT OF VIRAL MOLECULAR DETECTION PLATFORMS FOR POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS
Creators: name: Sritong, Navaporn
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400305
subject: Biomedical instrumentation

description: The emergence of infectious diseases like HIV, influenza, and COVID-19 highlights the urgent need for highly scalable testing methods that can be deployed outside traditional laboratory settings. Despite decades of research in point-of-care (POC) diagnostics, the main challenge remains the limited performance of assays, especially in terms of sensitivity. Furthermore, most POC assays originating from academic research struggle to transition beyond the laboratory due to manufacturability issues. This dissertation aims to enhance the effectiveness of viral molecular detection platforms for POC diagnostics by improving analytical and clinical sensitivity and facilitating the practical adaptation of academic-developed POC devices for use outside laboratory settings.Each aim addresses a separate aspect of device development. The first aim addresses the need for clinical accuracy during test interpretation, especially in POC or at-home diagnostic tests, by developing an internal amplification control (IAC). Here, I develop a one-pot duplex reverse transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for detecting SARS-CoV- 2 along that incorporates a housekeeping gene as an IAC to ensure the quality of collected samples and the validity of assay reagents. The valid results can be easily visualized in triple-line lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA). The second aim makes progress towards overcoming the limited analytical sensitivity of existing rapid diagnostic tests for acute HIV infection screening. Here, I introduce a novel antibody-initiated LAMP assay targeting the HIV p24 capsid protein that combines LAMP sensitivity with the specificity of HIV p24 and its antibody. There are 3000 p24 capsid proteins present in the virion compared to only 2 viral RNA copies. In the assay, two DNA- conjugated antibody probes will each bind to p24 and their proximity will allow the DNA overlaps to generate a complete DNA target that acts as a trigger for the LAMP reaction. An LFIA is integrated into this design to enable simple result visualization. The third aim improves manufacturability and assembly of our existing nucleic acid detection platform by simplifying the platform components while maintaining the user-friendly sample-to-answer concept. Here, I validate material compatibility testing, assess chamber fabrication methods amenable to large-scale manufacturing, evaluate alternative heating units, and examine fluid flow control mechanisms of the redesigned wax valve. These combined aims demonstrate promising outcomes for practical implementation of molecular diagnostics to the POC.
ESTIMATION OF CLAY CONTENT USING THE FIRST AND SECOND NORM OF THE IDEALISED FALL CONE FLOW CURVE
Creators: name: Maregesi, Gerald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 410603
subject: Soil biology
classificationCode: 410605
subject: Soil physics
classificationCode: 410604
subject: Soil chemistry and soil carbon sequestration (excl. carbon sequestration science)
classificationCode: 400502
subject: Civil geotechnical engineering
classificationCode: 401902
subject: Geomechanics and resources geotechnical engineering

description: This paper presents two models that predict the quantity of active clay content within the soil matrix. The first model utilizes the ratio of the second to the first norm (distance factor) of the idealized fall cone flow curve. In contrast, the second model is based on the correlation between liquid limit and clay content. These models were developed by analyzing 307 Atterberg limits and clay content test results, a comprehensive data collection from thirteen published literature. The models were validated using 55 test results from four additional published literature. The predicted clay content was within the statistical testing bound of ±12 given in AASHTO T88-10.
Gopherus undetermined
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Gopherus
Gopherus undetermined

description: Gopherus sp. indet.
Testudo australis Girard 1858:470
Holotype: Not located; probably USNM but apparently lost.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
The institution of Mingongzhi in contemporary China and the strategies of MNEs : an institutional analysis
Creators: name: Zhang., Mingqiong
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 350706
subject: International business
classificationCode: 440403
subject: Labour, migration and development
classificationCode: 350503
subject: Human resources management

description: From the early 1980s, China has entered into an age of rural-urban migration. Millions of farmers have flooded into cities and towns for work and significantly reshaped the character of Chinese society. Confronted with the flood of rural-urban migrants, the central government, city 
governments, private and public companies and urban residents have responded on the various bases. Consequently, a combination of linked rules, values, norms, and patterned practices that structure the way that rural migrants should be treated in urban areas has emerged and rural migrants are being socially excluded. From the perspective of neoinstitutionalism, these linked 
hukou-based regulative, normative and cognitive elements demonstrate that a new institution has emerged, which is termed in this study the institution of mingongzhi. Like the terms slavery and apartheid, the institution of mingongzhi refers to a social-economic system under which rural 
migrant workers are socially excluded in urban areas of contemporary China based on their household registration (hukou) status. As a major institution of the labour market in contemporary China, mingongzhi has had a profound influence on China’s urban employment environment, industrial relations (IR) and human resource management (HRM) practices. It is an ideal variable to conduct analysis of the strategic response of MNEs to the institutional 
characteristics of a host country. This is the more so as international business scholars have accorded little systematic attention to the relationship between institutions and multinational enterprises (MNEs).

This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author. 

Author requested conversion to open access 7 Dec 2022
Letter from Jonathan Abbatt to Mary Dilworth (later Abbatt), February 08, 1855
Creators: name: Abbatt, Jonathan, 1829-1905
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Courtship
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/881873
subject: Quakers
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1084913
subject: Families
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1728849
subject: Interpersonal relations
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/977397
subject: Marriage
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1010443
subject: Faith
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1198492
subject: Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1007090
subject: Man-woman relationships
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1007080
subject: Quakers--Family relationships
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1084922

description: This letter is part of a series of courtship correspondence between Jonathan Abbatt and Mary Dilworth (later Abbatt). The Abbatt family was a Quaker family who lived in the towns and villages of Preston, Ribchester, and Garstang in Lancashire, England. The letters chronicle the courtship, discussions of faith, local events, shared sentiments, etc. Mary sometimes addressed as Polly in the letters. Please note that the months on the letters’ dates were added as numerical values rather than the month's name (e.g. 2 Mo = February). Although currently with a cold, Jonathan's sister Jane will visit Mary soon. Her grandmother is also getting better everyday.
Gopherus polyphemus
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Gopherus
Gopherus polyphemus

description: Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin 1802:256)
Syntypes: Not located.
Testudo depressa Guerin-Meneville 1829:Pl. 1, Fig. 1
Syntypes (number uncertain): MNHN 9252 and 9269 identified as syntypes by Bour (2003:544– 545).
Testudo carolina LeConte 1830:97
Syntypes (number uncertain): MNHN 9252 and
9269 identified as syntypes by Bour (2003:544– 545).
Testudo gopher Bartram in Gray 1844:4
Syntypes (2): BMNH 1839.10.18.30 and 1970.1916.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Homopus areolatus
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Homopus
Homopus areolatus

description: Homopus areolatus (Thunberg 1787:180)
Holotype: UPSZTY 298 (formerly UUZM 298 and ZIUS 298; Thunberg 1828:49).
Testudo miniata Lacepède 1788:166
Holotype: Not located; possibly MNHN.
Testudo fasciata Daudin 1801:294
Holotype: Not located; possibly MNHN.
Testudo africana Hermann 1804:218
Holotype: Not located; possibly ZMUS.
Chersine tetradactyla Merrem 1820:32
Holotype: Not located.
Testudo areolata pallida Gray 1831:13
Holotype: Not located; possibly OUM, although not listed by Nowak-Kemp & Fritz (2010).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Teaching Thermal Physiology of Reptiles and Amphibians to Undergraduate Students
Creators: name: Litmer, Allison
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2024

description: This module contains materials and activities for teaching undergraduate students about the thermal physiology of reptiles and amphibians. The module begins with an interactive lecture introducing the topic of thermoregulation and the importance of temperature to reptiles and amphibians, followed by an activity for hands-on learning. The second part of the module contains an interactive lecture introducing the thermal dependence of physiological traits in reptiles and amphibians, followed by another hands-on activity for linking ideas from both lectures with thermoregulation, behavior, and fitness. The final part of the module is a hands-on activity which tests the ability of students to think critically and link all concepts presented. I have included the presentations and materials for in-class activities and assignments.
Homopus femoralis Boulenger 1888
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Homopus
Homopus femoralis

description: Homopus femoralis Boulenger 1888:251
Syntypes (apparently 3): BMNH 1946.1.22.54 (formerly BMNH 1888.12.28.1) and two other specimens not located.
Indotestudo elongata (Blyth 1853:639)
Syntypes (4): ZSI 796, 798, 799, and 800 (Das et al. 1998:127; Das 2009:4; all photographed and recorded in Kundu et al. 2018:9, 11–12; see also Bourret 1941:189).
Testudo parallelus Annandale 1913:76
Holotype: ZSI 11379 (Das et al. 1998:128; not mentioned in Kundu et al. 2018); paratypes, not located.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Quantile Regression with Unobserved Heterogeneity: Advancing Policy Evaluation and Asset Pricing
Creators: name: XU, RUOFAN
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 380202
subject: Econometric and statistical methods

description: The central theme of this thesis is developing new methods for estimating and forecasting the distributional structure for a set of high-dimensional economics and financial data. This thesis advances the literature by extending the quantile random coefficient models and quantile varying-coefficient models to panel data. We adopt a quantile latent factor structure to flexibly capture the unobserved serial and cross-sectional heterogeneities embedded in the panel data. Applying these methods, we contribute to the empirical literature on policy evaluation and asset pricing.
Kinixys belliana Gray 1831
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Kinixys
Kinixys belliana

description: Kinixys belliana Gray 1831:69
Holotype: BMNH 1979.919 (illustrated in the original description and reproduced by Bour 2006e:9, Pl. 1, who also photographed it, p. 11, Pl. 2); not BMNH 1947.3.5.73 (formerly 1865.5.3.68) as originally indicated in the BMNH catalog, according to Broadley (1981a:196).
Kinixys schoensis Rüppell 1845:226
Holotype: SMF 7719 (Mertens 1967:51; Bour 2006e:14); illustrated in the original description (Pl. XVI, Fig. 1–3) and reproduced in Bour (2006e:14, Pl. 3). Reported as SMF 3143 by Mertens (1922:168).
Kinixys belliana mertensi Laurent 1956:27
Holotype: MRAC 4417; syntypes (17), IRSNB 4376; and MRAC 1604, 1825, 2770-73, 3282, 3322, 3330, 3344, 4411, 4418, 4430-31, 10394, and 14574.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
The stochastic specification of demand share equations: restricting predicted budget shares to the unit simplex
Creators: name: Stagoll, Jane M.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In the context of estimating systems of demand share equations, the argument that "the component (shares) predicted or implied by the model should be non-negative and sum to (unity)" (Bewley (1980), p.2) is not new. As a result, the aggregation restrictions should play a central role in the analysis of demand· share equations.The traditional approach to estimating such systems of demand share equations is to append a multivariate normal stochastic component and carry out the estimation. However, such a specification does not exploit the aggregation restriction to its full extent. That is, although we may specify a deterministic component that is restricted to the (0,1) interval, the use of an additive multivariate normal error term means that there is, at least in theory, a non-zero probability that the shares implied or predicted by the model will be outside the(0,1) interval. [...]
Indotestudo forstenii
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Indotestudo
Indotestudo forstenii

description: Indotestudo forstenii (Schlegel & Müller 1845:30)
Syntypes (number uncertain): Includes at least RMNH 3811 (Hoogmoed et al. 2010:20), which was designated lectotype by Hoogmoed & Crumly (1984:245, and photographed therein; p. 246, Fig. 2); also photographed in Vervoort (1981:246).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Kinixys erosa
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Kinixys
Kinixys erosa

description: Kinixys erosa (Schweigger 1812:321)
Syntypes (possibly 3): Not located; illustrated in Shaw (1802:Fig. 13; reproduced in Bour 2006e:9, Pl. 1), and that illustration designated lectotype by Bour (2006e:8); possibly in the Mannheim Museum and LM according to R. Bour (2006e and pers. comm. to John Iverson).
Kinixys castanea Bell 1827:398
Syntypes (at least 3): OUM 8519-21 (Nowak-Kemp & Fritz 2010:15). OUM8520 was illustrated in the original description (Pl. XVII; reproduced in Bour 2006e:9, Pl. 1). BMNH 1947.3.5.71 listed as a syntype in the BMNH catalogue (Bour 2006e:9), and designated as the lectotype by Boulenger (1889:143).
Kinixis denticulata Hallowell 1839:161
Holotype: Not located; type illustrated in the original description (Pl. VIII– IX).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Letter from Mary Dilworth (later Abbatt) to Jonathan Abbatt, February 08, 1855
Creators: name: Abbatt, Mary, 1828-1901
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1007090
subject: Marriage
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1010443
subject: Courtship
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/881873
subject: Man-woman relationships
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1007080
subject: Interpersonal relations
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/977397
subject: Families
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1728849
subject: Faith
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1198492
subject: Quakers--Family relationships
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1084922
subject: Quakers
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1084913

description: This letter is part of a series of courtship correspondence between Jonathan Abbatt and Mary Dilworth (later Abbatt). The Abbatt family was a Quaker family who lived in the towns and villages of Preston, Ribchester, and Garstang in Lancashire, England. The letters chronicle the courtship, discussions of faith, local events, shared sentiments, etc. Mary sometimes addressed as Polly in the letters. Please note that the months on the letters’ dates were added as numerical values rather than the month's name (e.g. 2 Mo = February). Mary updates Jonathan on her grandmother's health, and the health of her and her family. She talks about the weather and of receiving a valentine which featured a cobbler, and thought of him.
Post 9/11 Fears and the Latin American Fantastic
Creators: name: Bell, Lucy
Publisher: name: CoSMo | Comparative Studies in Modernism
Year: 2024

description: The relationship between fantastic narrative and ideology has rarely and obliquely been the subject of the ever-growing literature on the genre. In this paper, I read the New Weird in Latin America (Sanchiz & Bizzarri 2020) as a site uniquely able to register – but also actively engage in – epochal shifts that are having a profound impact on our relationship to ideology. Žižek’s reading of the era-defining changes produced by the 9/11 terror attacks is mobilized to explore three key elements of Samanta Schweblin’s Distancia de rescate: first, its Weird treatment of the “enemy within” and its reconfiguration of the Cortazarian trope of the “casa tomada”; second, its use of a very particular double-first-person narrator who refuse(s) or fail(s) to identify a real (political) enemy and instead scapegoat(s) multiple (female) Others; third, the impact of this same hallucinatory narrative voice on the perception of the shocking ecological catastrophe which, though central to the plot, undergoes what Žižek terms “derealization.” In turn, these readings offer new perspectives on how the Argentine and Latin American New Weird are opening up new forms of the fantastic that are able to better account for the impacts of contemporary (un)realities on gendered subjectivities; and might, ultimately, be able to offer ways of narrating ourselves out of ecosystem collapse.
description: CoSMo | Comparative Studies in Modernism, No. 24 (2024): The Fantastic and Ideology
Indotestudo travancorica Boulenger 1907
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Indotestudo
Indotestudo travancorica

description: Indotestudo travancorica Boulenger 1907:560
Syntypes (3): BMNH 1946.1.22.80-81 (formerly 1906.7.18.6-7; one illustrated in the original description, 2 Pls. btw. pp. 560–561, and reproduced by Hoogmoed & Crumly 1984: p. 249, Fig. 4), and 1947.3.5.4 (formerly 1933.11.11.1); Das (2009:3).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Kinixys lobatsiana Power 1927
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Kinixys
Kinixys lobatsiana

description: Kinixys lobatsiana Power 1927:410
Syntypes (4, according to the original description): BMNH 1947.3. 5.72 (formerly 1931.12.14.1); and MMK (McGregor Mus., Kimberly) 217, 221, and 224. Two syntypes (numbers uncertain) photographed in the original description (pl. XIX– XX).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Kinixys homeana Bell 1827
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Kinixys
Kinixys homeana

description: Kinixys homeana Bell 1827:400
Syntypes (at least 3): presumably at least two in the BMNH, according to the original description and Boulenger 1889:143 (specimens a and b); and OUM 8522 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. XVII, and reproduced in Bour 2006e:9, Pl. 1); Nowak-Kemp & Fritz 2010:15), which was designated as the lectoype by Bour (2006e:9).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Adaptation and mitigation actions for flood management.
Creators: name: Delgado Moreira, Maria Isabel
name: Reyna Bowen, José Lizardo
Publisher: name: Visions for Sustainability
Year: 2024

description: In order to generate information that facilitates decision-making concerning adaptation and mitigation actions related to planning for flood management, this study assessed the risk of flooding in the Garrapata microbasin, located in Chone, Ecuador, using a multi-criteria analysis based on GIS modelling. The technique involved choosing conditioning factors, which included secondary data and satellite photos. These were then processed using QGIS to produce theme maps of isohyets, river distance, elevation, slope, soil texture, and land use and cover. These maps were weighted using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to give distinct weights to each factor, producing a flood risk map that was validated with Google Earth Engine. The findings indicated that low plains spanning 12.64 km² close to the Garrapata River are at high risk of flooding as a result of heavy rainfall or overflows. This analysis shows that the use of AHP and GIS together is a useful technique for determining flood risk and providing essential data for decision-making, which helps build more resilient communities that are better equipped to handle flood-related disasters.
description: Visions for Sustainability, NEW Visions online
Kinixys natalensis Hewitt 1935
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Kinixys
Kinixys natalensis

description: Kinixys natalensis Hewitt 1935:353
Syntypes (2): AMG (now PEM) 6975A and unnumbered (14 additional specimens in the AMG were mentioned but not as types). The unnumbered AMG specimen (now PEM unnumbered) was designated lectotype by Broadley (1981a:206– 207; illustrated therein, p. 206, Fig. 7). AMG 69758 (possibly a syntype) photographed in Broadley (1981a; p. 207, Fig. 8). BMNH 1947.3.4.38 (formerly 1934.10.21.1) also listed as paratype in BMNH catalogue.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Student perceptions of environmental sustainability
Creators: name: Putra, Alfyananda Kurnia
name: Irawan, Listyo Yudha
name: Khalidy, Diky Al
name: Wijaya, Husni Wahyu
name: Mustika, Soraya Norma
name: Yembuu, Batchuluun
Publisher: name: Visions for Sustainability
Year: 2024

description: A growing cohort of higher education institutions, including Universitas Negeri Malang (UM), are embracing green campus initiatives as a strategic response to the imperative of environmental sustainability. This study scrutinizes the extent of student awareness regarding UM’s Green Campus strategies and employs a specified Universitas Indonesia (UI) Greenmetric indicator to map environmental features. A comprehensive survey capturing responses from 322 students across various faculties and academic levels was orchestrated to evaluate perceptions of environmental sustainability. The methodology integrated direct mapping and observational techniques, with data processing conducted via SPSS for statistical analysis and ArcGIS for polygon geometry calculations. The findings demonstrate a robust positive reception of the university’s environmental initiatives, with numerous elements achieving ratings surpassing 4.0. This research highlights significant student engagement and acknowledges the university’s pivotal role in nurturing a sustainable educational environment. Moreover, the study generated intricate maps delineating the spatial distribution and scope of forests, planted, and water absorption areas across UM’s tripartite campuses. These cartographic outputs are posited as essential tools for policymakers dedicated to advancing green campus practices informed by the UI Greenmetric criteria. The results not only reinforce the favourable influence of UM’s sustainability endeavours on student perceptions but also delineate potential avenues for policy refinement and practical improvements to augment UM’s sustainability trajectory.
description: Visions for Sustainability, NEW Visions online
Kinixys nogueyi
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Kinixys
Kinixys nogueyi

description: Kinixys nogueyi (Lataste 1886:286)
Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.22.46 (formerly 1920.1.20.3241) and 1947.3.5.75 (formerly 1920.1.20.3240).
Cinixys dorri Lataste 1888: 164
Syntypes (at least 3): including BMNH 1946.1.22.94 (formerly 1920.1.20.3709); others not located.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Kinixys zombensis Hewitt 1931
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Kinixys
Kinixys zombensis

description: Kinixys zombensis Hewitt 1931:469
Holotype: PEM 14961 (formerly AMG 121); photographed in the original description (Pl. XXXVIII, Fig. 17); no paratypes designated.
Kinixys belliana zuluensis Hewitt 1931:471
Syntypes (number uncertain, at least 4): apparently in the NM and AMG according to the original description, although syntypes may include BNMH specimens. Broadley (1981a:211) reported that NM 1203 was the holotype (with photographs, p. 210, Fig. 10). Some syntypes photographed in the original description (Pl. XXXVIII, Fig. 18–19).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Kinixys zombensis subsp. domerguei Vuillemin 1972
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Kinixys
Kinixys zombensis
Kinixys zombensis domerguei vuillemin 1972:169

description: Kinixys zombensis domerguei Vuillemin 1972:169
Holotype: MNHN 1993.0275 (formerly A.275); photographed in the original description, Pl. I, II, and III) and in Bour (2006f:46, Fig. 5).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
Malacochersus tornieri
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Malacochersus
Malacochersus tornieri

description: Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock 1903:443)
Holotype: ZMB 11748, destroyed during World War II (Crumly 1984; Fritz et al. 1994:169); illustrated in the original description (Figs. 1–3).
Testudo loveridgii Boulenger 1920:263
Syntypes (4): BMNH 1946.1.22.50-51 (formerly 1920.5.4.1-2) and MCZ 39956-57 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946:202).
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
REGREEN Factsheets
Creators: name: Rizzi, Daniela
name: Utkarsh, Shreya
Publisher: name: REGREEN  - Fostering  nature-based solutions for smart, green and healthy urban transitions in Europe and China. Horizon2020 Grant No.821016.
Year: 2021

description: 14 factsheets on best practice of NbS in Europe, developed as part of REGREEN Deliverable D2.2

The REGREEN Fact Sheets - From Start to Finish

Pollinator-Friendly Food Forest (Biodiversity)

Living Landscapes in Edinburgh (Biodiversity)

Green Roof Strategy of Hamburg (Governance)

Thamesmead Nature Forum of London (Governance)

Farfalle in Tour Project of Turin (Health and Well-Being)

“Let’s make our school a growing place” Project of Santhiá (Education)

Gorla Maggiore Water Park (Water Quality Improvement)

The Reduna Project in Almada (Flood Mitigation)

Green Noise Barrier of Sachsenheim (Noise Mitigation)
Kinixys spekii Gray 1863
Creators: name: Iverson, John B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Kinixys
Kinixys spekii

description: Kinixys spekii Gray 1863:381
Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.5.74 (formerly 1863.8.11.8).
Kinixys darlingi Boulenger 1902:15
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.22.60 (formerly 1902.2.12.1; illustrated in the original description, Pl. IV); no paratypes designated.
Testudo procterae Loveridge 1923:928
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.22.59 (formerly 1923.10.9.102); paratype (1), no located but not in BMNH.
Kinixys australis Hewitt 1931:477
Syntypes (number uncertain, although apparently originally in the AMG and TMP; some may have been destroyed in the 1941 fire in the AMG; Broadley 1981a:212); those photographed in the original description [Pl. XXXVI, Fig. 4–6] do not match existing specimens (Broadley 1981a:212). AMG 78C designated lectotype by Broadley (1981a:212; illustrated therein p. 213, Fig. 11), who identified five syntypes in the AMG (one numbered AMG 1295).
Kinixys jordani Hewitt 1931:482
Syntypes (2): Apparently in the AMG; photographed in the original description (Pl. XXXVII, Figs. 7–9).
Kinixys youngi Hewitt 1931:486
Syntypes (3): Apparently in the AMG; photographed in the original description (Pl. XXXVII, Figs. 10–11).
Kinixys australis mababiensis Fitzsimons 1932: 37
Holotype: TMP 14689 (formerly VLKE 1344; Anon 1958:128); no paratypes designated.
description: Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on pages 54-55, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441
MPEC 2024-M119 : 2024 MM1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 MM1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.