cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Notonyx gigacarcinicus Clark & Ng 2006
Creators: name: Rahayu, Dwi Listyo
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Goneplacidae
Notonyx
Notonyx gigacarcinicus

description: Notonyx gigacarcinicus Clark & Ng 2006
(Figs. 5 F, G, 6A)
Notonyx gigacarcinicus Clark & Ng, 2006: 544, figs 4, 5, 6B, 7; Ng et al. 2008: 80 (list).
Material. 1 male, 10.0 × 7.8 mm (MZB Cru 2783), 1 male, 7.2 × 5.5 mm (ZRC 2010.0292), Sira, northern Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands, 08°21.641'S, 116°06.272' E, coll. 21 July 2009. Comparative material - holotype, male, 12.1 × 8.7 mm (ZRC 2000.0981), 1 female, 13.8 × 9.9 mm (ZRC 2000.0982), in reef rubble, Ao Tang Khen Bay, Phuket, Thailand, coll. May 2000.
Remarks. The material agrees with the description of the species by Clark & Ng (2006). Examination of the holotype (ZRC 2000.0981), showed that the G2 is slightly different when viewed from different angles; the distal part is not just hooked (see Clark & Ng 2006: fig. 5I) but it is actually twisted twice and the tip is directed upwards (Fig. 5 F, G). This same shape is also found in the specimen from Lombok.
The life colour of the specimens from Lombok (Fig. 6 B) is similar to that reported by Clark & Ng (2006: fig. 7) for this species.
Distribution. Phuket (Western Thailand) and Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia).
description: Published as part of Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Ng, Peter K. L., 2010, The species of Notonyx A. Milne-Edwards, 1873, from Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands, Indonesia, with description of a new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacidae), pp. 51-60 in Zootaxa 2570 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197360
Additional file 1: of Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are associated with decreased CD4+ & CD8+ T cells and increased growth & differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) in peripheral blood
Creators: name: Freeman, Christine
name: Martinez, Carlos
name: Todt, Jill
name: Martinez, Fernando
name: Han, MeiLan
name: Thompson, Deborah
name: McCloskey, Lisa
name: Curtis, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplemental materials & methods.
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Cigarette smoke differentially modulates dendritic cell maturation and function in time
Creators: name: Givi, Masoumeh
name: Folkerts, Gert
name: Wagenaar, Gerry
name: Redegeld, Frank
name: Esmaeil Mortaz
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: BMDCs (control, CSE co-cultured, or LPS co-cultured) were mixed with CFSE-labeled DO11.10 T cells (CD4 KJ1-26) in ratio of 1:10 and 1:20 in the presence of OVA peptide for 72 h. After 72 h the CSFE dilution profile were analyzed by flow cytometry. (DOCX 196 kb)
Additional file 1: of Improvement of the banana “Musa acuminata” reference sequence using NGS data and semi-automated bioinformatics methods
Creators: name: Martin, Guillaume
name: Franc-Christophe Baurens
name: Droc, Gaëtan
name: Rouard, Mathieu
name: Cenci, Alberto
name: Kilian, Andrzej
name: Hastie, Alex
name: Doležel, Jaroslav
name: Jean-Marc Aury
name: Alberti, Adriana
name: Carreel, Françoise
name: D’Hont, Angélique
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Detailed description of tools and processes used to improve the Musa acuminata reference sequence and additional figures. (PDF 1604 kb)
SYNERGIZING SHADOWS AND SCREENS: LIGHTING AND MEDIA DESIGN FOR A BICYCLE COUNTRY
Creators: name: Garcia, Luis M
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Theater
subject: Design
subject: Lighting
subject: Media
subject: Projections
subject: Theatre

description: The following thesis explores the artistic ideas, concepts, design process, and execution of Luis Manuel Garcia’s lighting and media design for the University of Maryland - College Park’s production of A Bicycle Country. The production opened Friday, November 10th, 2023 in the Kogod Theatre at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. A Bicycle Country was written by Nilo Cruz, with direction by Fatima Quander, scenic design by Sofía Olivar, costume design by Becca Janney, and sound design by Justin Schmitz.
Challenges of Target and Irradiation Diagnostics of the IFMIF-DONES Facility
Creators: name: Torregrosa, Claudio
name: Arbeiter, Frederik
name: Becerril-Jarque, Santiago
name: Brenneis, Bjoern
name: Buligins, Leonids
name: Castellanos, Jesus
name: Chauvin, Nicolas
name: Fiore, Salvatore
name: Ibarra, Angel
name: Jimenez-Rey, David
name: Maestre, Jorge
name: Martínez, Javier
name: Matia-Hernando, Paloma
name: Mota, Fernando
name: Nitti, Francesco
name: Oliver, Concepcion
name: Podadera, Ivan
name: Qiu, Yuefeng
name: Regidor, David
name: Roldán, Andrés
name: Siegel, Thomas
name: Tadic, Tonci
name: Valenzuela, Juan
name: Wiacek, Urszula
name: De La Morena, Cristina
name: Álvarez Castro, Irene
name: Cai, Yunhai
name: Nagaitsev, Sergei
name: Kim, Dong Eon
name: Marx, Michaela
name: Schaa, Volker R. W.
Publisher: name: Joint Accelerator Conferences Website Publishing (JACoW)
Year: 2024
Subjects: Accelerator Physics
Beam Instrumentation and Interaction Devices

description: IFMIF-DONES will be a first-class scientific infrastructure consisting of an accelerator-driven neutron source delivering 1e17 n/s with a broad peak at 14 MeV. Such neutron flux will be created by impinging a continuous wave 125 mA, 40 MeV, 5 MW deuteron beam onto a liquid Li jet target, circulating at 15 m/s. Material specimens subjected to neutron irradiation will be placed a few millimeters downstream. Some of the most challenging technological aspects of the facility are the Diagnostics to monitor the Li jet, beam parameters on target, and characterization of the neutron irradiation field, with transversal implications in the scientific exploitation, machine protection and safety. Multiple solutions are foreseen, considering among others, Li jet thickness measurement methods based on optical metrology and millimeter-wave radar techniques, Li electromagnetic flowmeters, beam footprint measurements based on residual gas excitation, online neutron detectors such as SPNDs and micro-fission chambers, as well as offline neutron fluence measurements by activation foils or spheres. This contribution provides an overview of these aspects and the associated R activities.
The Other Life
Creators: name: Cronan, Anna Patrycja
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Creative writing
subject: Fine arts
subject: Anna Cronan
subject: baba yaga
subject: first-generation American
subject: pierogi
subject: Poland
subject: Polish-American

description: The Other Life is a collection of short stories about identity in between two cultures, Polish and American, and the gifts, pressures, mysteries, celebrations, and challenges that sprout from this experience. Showcased through interconnected stories centering food, language, the natural world, and a child’s perspective, this collection depicts a first-generation Polish-American’s exploration of identity. Three children visit their grandmother’s orchard, where mysterious events unfold that make them realize their grandmother may be a baba yaga. Two Eastern European girls find solace in one another in America, until they don’t. A young woman and her grandmother embark on a foray in search of mushrooms. A village in Poland recounts its complicated history with salt mining. Throughout these stories, the yearning and longing for a life that could have been is explored as a way to make sense of the life that is.
GIVE THE PEOPLE A PLACE TO DRINK: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TAVERN ASSEMBLAGES IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, SITE 44FX3194
Creators: name: Blanchard, Brittany Nicole
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Archaeology
subject: Colchester
subject: Old Colchester Park and Preserve
subject: Tavern

description: The Old Colchester Park and Preserve (OCPP) in southern Fairfax County, Virginia, harbors a rich historical landscape shaped by the development of port towns along tributaries leading into Chesapeake Bay. This thesis delves into archaeological evidence at Site 44FX3194, remains of a stone foundation associated with a building that may have functioned as a tavern during the later eighteenth century into the early nineteenth century. The thesis compares the site assemblage with the pattern associated with other eighteenth-century tavern sites emerging in the region. Focusing on the early development of Fairfax County, specifically around Colchester (established in 1753), this thesis examines historic records detailing tavern experiences as a part of town life. This study employs cultural material analysis to understand if patterns are comparable to social and behavioral patterns identified in known tavern assemblages. Conducted within the Fairfax County Park Authority framework, this investigation contributes to park master planning, shedding light on early port town emergence in the Chesapeake Bay region.
The Role of 3D Spatiotemporal Telemetry Analysis in Combat Flight Simulation
Creators: name: Mane, Sourabh Vijaykumar
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information science
subject: Computer engineering
subject: Data Visualization
subject: Human Computer Interaction
subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Interactive games
subject: Real-time simulation
subject: Time series analysis

description: Analyzing 3D telemetry data collected from competitive video games on the internet can support players in improving performance as well as spectators in viewing data-driven narratives of the gameplay. In this thesis, we conduct an in-depth qualitative study on the use of telemetry analysis by embedding over several weeks in a virtual F-14A Tomcat squadron in the multiplayer combat flight simulator DCS World (DCS) (2008). Based on formative interviews with DCS pilots, we design a web-based game analytics framework for rendering 3D telemetry from the flight simulator in a live 3D player, incorporating many of the data displays and visualizations requested by the participants. We then evaluate the framework with real mission data from several air-to-air engagements involving the virtual squadron. Our findings highlight the key role of 3D telemetry playback in competitive multiplayer gaming.
The Types of Equivalence in renderings the synonyms in the Iraqi Penal Code
Creators: name: Almuanaa N. W
name: Shifaa H.H
Publisher: name: gjrpublication
Year: 2024

description: This research investigates the nuances of equivalency in translating synonyms in the context of the Iraqi Penal Code, highlighting the crucial role that equivalency plays in legal translation that is influenced by linguistic, social, and cultural aspects. This research highlights the significance of formal correspondence and dynamic equivalency in legal interpretation and understanding, drawing on the core theories of translation equivalency of scholars like Nida, Newmark, and Koller. In addition, the study looks at Koller's taxonomy of equivalency types denotative, connotative, text-normative, and pragmatic and how well it applies to legal translation contexts. It emphasizes how crucial it is to maintain propositional content as well as legal effects while accurately representing the original meaning. Additionally, the research discusses certain synonymy difficulties, such as grammatical and lexical issues, and provides insights into how these difficulties affect translations into legal languages. With a methodological framework based in legal linguistics and translation theory, the research offers a thorough analysis with the objective of improving knowledge and procedures for translating legal Articles that take synonymy considerations from the Iraqi Penal Code.
Childhood Abuse and Institutional Misconduct
Creators: name: Brownstein, Carly Brooke
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Criminology
subject: FOS: Law

description: Youth with histories of physical and sexual abuse are over-represented in the juvenile justice system. Though an extensive literature exists detailing the relationship between traumatization and subsequent delinquent offending, fewer studies examine how this relationship functions in carceral settings. Using data from the National Survey of Youth in Custody, 2018, the current study examines the relationships between physical and sexual abuse, mental health, gender, and violent institutional misconduct among incarcerated youth. Findings indicate that both boys and girls who experienced physical abuse prior to custody are more likely to be written up for violent misconduct within the facility. However, while girls who were sexually abused are also significantly more likely to receive a write-up for violent misconduct, boys who were sexually abused are not. Further, symptoms of poor mental health partially mediate the association between abuse and violent misconduct write-ups for boys, but not for girls. These results inform policy and practice by highlighting the need for court-based diversion programs for this at-risk group, and/or for further development of needs- and gender-sensitive programming for incarcerated and abused youth.
Optimal Point-Spread-Function Engineering with Dynamic Optics and Event Cameras
Creators: name: Shah, Sachin
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer science
subject: Optics
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Computational Imaging
subject: Event Cameras
subject: Machine Learning

description: Computational imaging systems co-design optics and algorithms to observe phenomena beyond the reach of traditional cameras. Point-spread-function (PSF) engineering is a powerful technique wherein a custom phase mask is integrated into an optical system to encode additional information into captured images. Used in combination with deep learning, such systems now offer state-of-the-art performance at three-dimensional molecule localization, extended depth-of-field imaging, lensless imaging, and other tasks. Recent hardware breakthroughs are unlocking unprecedented ultrafast capabilities such as micro-electromechanical system based spatial light modulators will allow us to module light at kilohertz rates and neuromorphic event cameras will enable kilohertz lower-power and high-dynamic-range capture. Unfortunately, existing theories and algorithms are unable to fully harness these new capabilities. This work answers a natural question: Can one encode additional information and achieve superior performance by leveraging the ultrafast capabilities of spatial light modulators and event cameras. We first prove that the set of PSFs described by static phase masks is non-convex and that, as a result, time-averaged PSFs generated by dynamic phase masks displayed on a spatial light modulator are fundamentally more expressive. We then derive the theoretical limits on three-dimensional tracking with PSF-engineered event cameras. Using these bounds, we design new optimal phase masks and binary amplitude masks. We demonstrate the efficacy of our designs through extensive simulations and validate our method with a simple lab prototype.
Comparison of occlusal contacts on mounted dental models to contacts identified on digital 3D models using a new virtual alignment method
Creators: name: Straga, Robert William
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: As 3D imaging of dental models becomes more common in clinical dentistry, the need for accurate images will increase. In order for these 3D models to be of greatest benefit, they will need to be aligned to accurately represent the given presentation of the individuals they represent. This is an important step, since the acquisition of digital models results in two unrelated image files. This study evaluated a new technique for aligning 3D digital dental models using a 3D scan of the anterior teeth in occlusion of articulator mounted models as a “virtual bite registration.” Three-dimensional digital models of one set of epoxy dental models were created using a commercially available 3D laser scanner (Konica Minolta Vivid 910) and Geomagic software. Ten mountings of these same epoxy models were made, and a 3D scan of the anterior teeth in occlusion was made for each mounting. The 3D digital models were registered to the anterior 3D scan, and virtual occlusal contacts were recorded and compared to the actual occlusal contacts recorded on the epoxy models using shimstock and articulating film. Comparison of the new technique to the standards was made using sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value analyses. Specificity was high when using both shimstock and articulating film contacts as standards and digital contacts as tests, 0.97 and 0.98 respectively. When comparing the traditional methods of recording contacts to the new digital technique the sensitivity with shimstock as the standard was 0.63 and with articulating film as the standard the sensitivity was 0.54. Positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the digital technique compared to shimstock was 0.52 and 0.98 respectively. Compared to articulating paper the values were 0.76 and 0.96 respectively. Using a scan of the anterior teeth in occlusion as a virtual bite registration represents an appropriate method for aligning 3D digital dental models in an anatomically correct position. The technique described may represent a good technique for future comparison of the alignment of digital models to the alignment found on articulator mounted models or in the patient regardless of hardware and software being used.
Construction of higher genus CMC surfaces in R3 via the generalized Whitham flow
Creators: name: Holzwart, Daniel
Publisher: name: Hannover : Institutionelles Repositorium der Leibniz Universität Hannover
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: CMC
subject: Whitham flow
subject: integrable systems
subject: higher genus
subject: Riemann surfaces
subject: Wente torus
subject: 4-punctured sphere
subject: contains research data
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: In this thesis, we use the generalized Whitham flow to construct symmetric higher genus g > 1 CMC surfaces in R3. It is well-known that the existence of a conformally immersed CMC surface f : M → R3 is equivalent to the existence of a family of flat connections satisfying the intrinsic (periodicity of the conformal metric) and extrinsic (periodicity of the immersion) closing conditions. The generalized Whitham flow preserves the intrinsic while varies the extrinsic closing conditions. Thereby, the flow parameter, denoted by ρ, determines the genus of the resulting CMC surface. At the initial value ρ = 0 a torus has to be chosen, which in our case is the 3-lobed Wente torus T 2. For tori, the monodromy of the associated family can be parameterized by algebraic data on a hyperelliptic curve, called the spectral curve. The spectral curve of the 3-lobed Wente torus has spectral genus 2 and hyperelliptic reduction allows us to characterize the spectral data in terms of data on elliptic curves. This will help us to derive closing conditions at the initial value ρ = 0. In order to constructed closed symmetric higher genus CMC surfaces in R3, we will study families of flat connections on higher genus Riemann surfaces as the pullback of Fuchsian systems on the 4-punctured sphere, i.e., logarithmic connections on the holomorphically trivial rank two bundle. By that, the underlying Fuchsian system will be parameterized by flat line bundle connections on a torus. This particularly provides useful coordinates to study closing conditions of higher genus CMC surfaces.Investigating the spectral data shows that we have to open two double points outside the unit circle and increase the genus of the spectral curve to 6. By an implicit function theorem argument, we will show that the closing conditions are satisfied for ρ ∈ (−ϵ, ϵ) and prove the existence of compact and branched higher genus CMC surfaces in R3.
An experimental history of positive psychology
Creators: name: Eichenberger, Philipp
Publisher: name: Hannover : Institutionelles Repositorium der Leibniz Universität Hannover
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Positive Psychology
subject: Subjective well-being
subject: Happiness
subject: Positive Psychologie
subject: Glück
subject: Experiment
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::100 | Philosophie

description: The aim of this thesis is twofold: To give a historical account of the experiments and development of instruments needed for positive psychology to flourish, and to find a framework within which the epistemic status of another discipline can be assessed. The narrative follows the operationalizations and measurements of happiness research in psychology. This narrative is then compared with the 'problem of nomic measurement', the feedback loop between theory and measurement, of the historical cases of the theory of temperature and the definition of water as H2O.
The Role of Urban Agriculture in Baltimore Food Systems
Creators: name: Mathews, Meghna Anjali
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Agriculture
subject: Sustainability
subject: Environmental justice
subject: Baltimore
subject: Environmental justice
subject: Food insecurity
subject: Social science
subject: Sustainability
subject: Urban agriculture

description: The United States is one of the most agriculturally productive countries; and yet, food insecurityremains a significant issue. Urban agriculture in Baltimore, Maryland should be studied further because of its potential to address food insecurity while overcoming systemic barriers created and embedded within food systems. While numerous previous studies have explored food insecurity, knowledge gaps still exist regarding how urban agriculture has influenced food accessibility, and how availability, cultural values of foods, etc. can be improved through increased production and distribution practices of fresher fruits and vegetables in Healthy Food Priority Areas. To address these knowledge gaps, we queried food insecure community members and urban farmers in Baltimore, Maryland to better understand the underlying factors that influence low fruit and vegetable consumption and how they can be mitigated through the establishment of urban agriculture. Urban farmers were interviewed in detail about their production and distribution patterns, and factors influencing the low consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables by community members in Baltimore. Food insecure individuals were asked about their food consumption habits and the accessibility of fruit and vegetables, their food purchasing behavior and related challenges, and community needs. Results indicate that while accessibility and availability are two main factors in fresh produce consumption, there are other important factors that might have received limited attention in existing literature. Our interviews revealed that income, cultural value, and a lack of knowledge in food preparation are key factors in low consumption and purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables. To address the underlying factors and improve the accessibility and availability of fresh produce to low-income communities, it is important to assess community needs and provide policy recommendations that can potentially enhance their nutrition. Ensuring access to individuals with limited resources is a critical component of advancing social justice.
ARCHAEOBOTANICAL LEGACIES: CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH AN INVESTIGATION OF MACROBOTANICALS, MICRORESIDUES, AND ETHNOBOTANICAL DATA AT 12OR0001, HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST, INDIANA
Creators: name: Woodruff, Emma
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Archaeology
subject: Indigenous studies
subject: Museum studies
subject: Archaeobotony
subject: Consultation
subject: Cultural Significance
subject: Ethnobotony
subject: Starch
subject: Traditional Ecological Knowledge

description: Unequal archaeobotanical preservation has wide-reaching impacts on archaeologists’ views on what is culturally significant. By looking at the intersections and differences between ethnobotanical, macrobotanical, and microresidue data I examine the information streams that are available to archaeologists tasked with determining regulatory “ cultural significance” with regards to plants. This thesis documents the only microresidue research conducted as of this writing for 12Or0001, a site located on Hoosier National Forest in southern Indiana. Preliminary research is vital to beginning any consultation or collaboration process so that informed consent regarding laboratory methods and materials identification can be obtained. The viability of future microresidue studies, and their place in Cultural and Heritage Resource Management, are examined within the framework of existing United States legislation. Future research in ancient starches should include consultation and may aid the recovery of knowledge about traditionally utilized plants that has been lost to Indigenous Peoples over time.
MOESM1 of Proteins and peptides in parotid saliva of irradiated patients compared to that of healthy controls using SELDI-TOF-MS
Creators: name: Laheij, Alexa
name: Rasch, Coen
name: Brandt, Bernd
name: Soet, Johannes
name: Schipper, Raymond
name: Loof, Arnoud
name: Silletti, Erika
name: Loveren, Cor
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: S1. All significant peaks (m/z ratio) with corresponding p-values.
Notonyx kumi Naruse & Maenosono 2009
Creators: name: Rahayu, Dwi Listyo
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Goneplacidae
Notonyx
Notonyx kumi

description: Notonyx kumi Naruse & Maenosono, 2009
(Fig. 7)
Material. 2 males, 4.5 × 3.4 mm, 6.0 × 4.7 mm, 1 female, 10.0 × 7.3 mm (MZB Cru2784), 1 male, 7.8 × 5.6 mm (ZRC 2010.0295), Seram Island, Maluku; 1 male, 7 × 5. 4 mm, RMNH D1174, Banda, Maluku, coll. J. Semmelink; 1 male, 6.0 × 4.6 mm, RMNH, station 47, 13– 31 m depth, Bay of Bima, north coast of Sumbawa, Lesser Sunda Islands. Comparative material - 1 paratype male, 9.3 × 6.8 mm (ZRC 2008.0022), 0 m at low tide, Oh-jima Island, near Kume-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, coll. T. Maenosono, 1 April 2008.
Remarks. The specimens from Seram and Banda agree well with the description of the species by Naruse & Maenosono (2009), who also recorded the specimen from Sumbawa. Differences are noted on the chelipeds, which are slightly slimmer than those of the holotype and on the tube-like distolateral portion of the G1 which is relatively wider. These differences are minor and can easily be attributed to individual variation.
Distribution. Kumejima Island (Japan) and Sumbawa, Seram and Banda (Indonesia).
description: Published as part of Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Ng, Peter K. L., 2010, The species of Notonyx A. Milne-Edwards, 1873, from Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands, Indonesia, with description of a new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacidae), pp. 51-60 in Zootaxa 2570 on pages 59-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197360
Analyse von Abflussveränderungen und Niedrigwassersituationen in mittelländischen Einzugsgebieten der Schweiz im Herbst
Creators: name: Baumgartner, Luzius
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Bsc thesis in Geography, 10 ECTS, supervised by Bettina Schaefli

Zusammenfassung: Infolge des Klimawandels verändert sich die saisonale Abflussverteilung der Oberflächengewässer in der Schweiz. Aufgrund der Häufungen von Hitze- und Trockenperioden in den Sommermonaten nehmen Niedrigwasserereignisse in pluvialen Einzugsgebieten im Sommer zu. Zunehmend sind auch in den Herbstmonaten häufiger werdende Hitzewellen und Trockenperioden zu erkennen, wodurch auch im Herbst eine Zunahme der Niedrigwasserereignisse zu erwarten wäre. Diese Bachelorarbeit untersucht,wie sich der Abfluss und die Niedrigwassersituationen von pluvialen Einzugsgebieten im Herbst im Zeitraum von 1980 bis 2022 entwickelt und verändert haben. Hierzu werden Abflusstagesmittel der BAFU-Messstationen aus zehn ausgewählten pluvialen Einzugsgebieten im Schweizer Mittelland ausgewertete und analysiert. Mithilfe der Kenngrösse «Q347» werden Niedrigwasserereignisse registriert und quantifiziert. Für die meisten Einzugsgebiete zeigt sich sowohl im September als auch im Oktober ein Rückgang des mittleren monatlichen Abflusses. Zudem tritt der Monat mit dem jährlich geringsten Abfluss später im Jahr auf, was auf eine Verschiebung der Niedrigwasserereignisse hindeutet. Langanhaltende Niedrigwasserereignisse treten in den letzten Jahren häufiger auf, wobei insbesondere die Jahre 2015 und 2018 betroffen waren. Diese Entwicklung zeigt einen starken Zusammenhang mit der zeitlichen Niederschlagsentwicklung. Für einzelne Niedrigwassersituationen zeigt sich im September eine Zunahme und im Oktober eine Abnahme der Ereignisse. Hierbei ist ein deutliches regionales Muster zu erkennen, mit stärkeren Zunahmen der Niedrigwasserereignisse im westlichen Mittelland und schwächeren Zunahmen bis hin zu deutlichen Abnahmen der Niedrigwasserereigniss im östlichen Mittelland. Wiederum ist ein Zusammenhang zwischen der räumlichen Niederschlagsverteilung und dem räumlichen Auftreten von Niedrigwasserereignissen zu beobachten. Somit zeigt sich bereits heute eine Verschärfung der Niedrigwassersituationen im September, jedoch (noch) ohne Auswirkung auf den Oktober. Aufgrund der weiteren klimatischen Veränderungen in den nächsten Jahren und deren Einfluss auf die Schweizer Gewässer sind weitere Untersuchungen der Auswirkungen von hohem Interesse.
Additional file 1: Table S1. of A home calendar and recall method of last menstrual period for estimating gestational age in rural Bangladesh: a validation study
Creators: name: Gernand, Alison
name: Paul, Rina
name: Barkat Ullah
name: Taher, Muhammad
name: Witter, Frank
name: Wu, Lee
name: Labrique, Alain
name: West, Keith
name: Christian, Parul
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Computational Biology

description: Validity of LMP compared to CRL (using the Intergrowth 21st equation [19]) for gestational age estimation, overall and by parity, rural Bangladesh, 2008â  2009. (DOCX 16 kb)
All That Hunger, All That Thirst
Creators: name: Singh, Subraj
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Creative writing
subject: caribbean
subject: guyana
subject: guyanese
subject: postcolonial
subject: speculative
subject: west indian

description: These stories are set in Guyana, and feature characters who demonstrate how the offshoots of colonialism continue to be expressed within the minds and bodies of formerly colonized peoples. Because of this, violence, avarice, addiction, oppression, and death occupy large roles within these stories, emerging out of character motivations, and emphasizing traumas experienced by both the individual and the collective. Through the use of realism and fabulism, Standard English and Guyanese Creole, as well as various storytelling structures and techniques, the narratives in this manuscript seek to highlight the sprawling and insidious nature of colonialism, and to bring attention to the harmful legacies that have been installed in its place.
A Framework for Benchmarking Graph-Based Artificial Intelligence
Creators: name: O'Sullivan, Kent Daniel
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer science
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Benchmark
subject: Graph
subject: Intelligence and Security

description: Graph-based Artificial Intelligence (GraphAI) encompasses AI problems formulated using graphs, operating on graphs, or relying on graph structures for learning. Contemporary Artificial Intelligence (AI) research explores how structured knowledge from graphs can enhance existing approaches to meet the real world’s demands for transparency, explainability, and performance. Characterizing GraphAI performance is challenging because different combinations of graph abstractions, representations, algorithms, and hardware acceleration techniques can trigger unpredictable changes in efficiency. Although benchmarks enable testing different GraphAI implementations, most cannot currently capture the complex interaction between effectiveness and efficiency, especially across dynamic knowledge graphs. This work proposes an empirical ‘grey-box’ approach to GraphAI benchmarking, providing a method that enables experimentally trading between effectiveness and efficiency across different combinations of graph abstractions, representations, algorithms, and hardware accelerators. A systematic literature review yields a taxonomy of GraphAI tasks and a collection of intelligence and security problems that interact with GraphAI . The taxonomy and problem survey guide the development of a framework that fuses empirical computer science with constraint theory in an approach to benchmarking that does not require invasive workload analyses or code instrumentation. We formalize a methodology for developing problem-centric GraphAI benchmarks and develop a tool to create graphs from OpenStreetMaps data to fill a gap in real-world mesh graph datasets required for benchmark inputs. Finally, this work provides a completed benchmark for the Population Segmentation Intelligence and Security problem developed using the GraphAI benchmark problem development methodology. It provides experimental results that validate the utility of the GraphAI benchmark framework for evaluating if, how, and when GraphAI acceleration should be applied to the population segmentation problem.
Behavior Displacement in Sedentary and Screen Time Among Older Adults
Creators: name: Li, Mengying
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information science
subject: Displacement
subject: Intervention Strategies
subject: Older Adults
subject: Sedentary Behavior

description: In this thesis, I examine sedentary and screen-based activities among older adults, aim- ing to offer insights for designing effective behavior displacement interventions. While displacement represents a potentially effective intervention in reducing sedentary behavior, research in this area has largely overlooked older adults. Through a 7-day diary study and debriefing interviews, I examine reasons and factors that influence older adults’ decisions to displace sedentary and screen-based activities. I find that attention demand and overall productivity and quality of activities are key factors that influence older adults’ decisions to engage in displacement. I identify internal and external catalysts for displacement and preferred displacement strategies by older adults in various conditions. These findings emphasize the importance of designing personalized and adaptive interventions to reduce sedentary time, considering the diverse preferences and agency of older adults.
Metareasoning Strategies to Correct Navigation Failures of Autonomous Ground Robots
Creators: name: Molnar, Sidney Leigh
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics
subject: Autonomous Ground Robots
subject: Metareasoning
subject: Motion Planning and Navigation

description: Due to the complexity of autonomous systems, theoretically perfect path planning algorithms sometimes fail due to emergent behaviors that arise when interacting with different perception, mapping and goal planning subprocesses. These failures prevent mission success, especially in complex environments that have not previously been explored by the robot. To overcome these failures, many researchers have sought to develop parameter learning methods to improve either mission success or path planning convergence. Metareasoning, which can be simply described as “thinking about thinking,” offers another possible solution for mitigating these planning failures. This project offers a novel metareasoning approach that uses different methods of monitoring and control to detect and overcome path planning irregularities that contribute to path planning failures. All methods for the approaches were implemented as a part of the ARL ground autonomy stack which uses both global and local path planning ROS nodes. The proposed monitoring methods include listening to messages published to the system by the planning algorithms themselves, evaluating for the environmental context that the robot is in, the expected progress methods which use the robot’s movement capabilities to evaluate for progress that has been made from a milestone checkpoint, and the fixed radius methods which use user-selected parameters based on mission objectives to evaluate for the progress that has been made from a milestone checkpoint. The proposed control policies are the metric-based sequential policies which use benchmark robot performance metrics to select the order in which the planner combinations are to be launched, the context-based pairs policies which evaluate what happens when switching between only two planner combinations, and the restart policy which simply relaunches a new instance of the same planner combination. The study evaluated which monitoring and control policies, when paired, contributed to improved navigation performance and which policies contributed to degraded navigation performance by evaluating how close the robot was able to get to the final mission goal. Although specific methods were evaluated, the contributions of the project extend beyond the results by offering both a template for metareasoning approaches with regard to navigation as well as replicable algorithms that may be applied to any autonomous ground robot system. Additionally, this thesis presents ideas for additional research in order to determine under which conditions metareasoning will improve navigation.
Zhang Daqian’s Landscape Painting Style in the Taiwanese Period (1976–1983)
Creators: name: Cheng, Haojian
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Art history
subject: Chang Dai-Chien
subject: Zhang Daqian
subject: 张大千
subject: 張大千

description: Zhang Daqian (張大千 Chang Dai-Chien), one of the few internationally renowned Chinese artists of the twentieth century, captivated a global audience with his eclectic blend of styles that masterfully merged the ancient with the modern and the Chinese with the Western. His Taiwanese period (1976–1983) stands out as a unique phase in his career, when he created a remarkable fusion of styles. Despite its significance, this period remains largely underexplored in Western scholarship. This thesis begins with an account of each stylistic period in Zhang’s career before his Taiwanese period, emphasizing the foundations that underpin Zhang’s stylistic convergence. I then analyze his stylistic characteristics in the Taiwanese period, setting them in the context of Zhang’s political views, his unparalleled status in Chinese art historiography, his relationships with Eastern patrons and connoisseurs, and his response to detractors who cast doubt upon his artistic prowess in old age. The thesis concludes with a comprehensive interpretation of Zhang Daqian’s Panorama of Mount Lu 廬山圖, which, I argue, masterfully epitomizes his life’s voyage and final years in Taiwan.
MUSICAL NARRATIVES OF RESISTANCE: ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONARY SONGS IN THE ARMENIAN YOUTH FEDERATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
Creators: name: Yaralian, Alexandra Anoush
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Music

description: This thesis explores the role of Armenian revolutionary songs among Armenian youth in the diaspora, focusing on interpretations of these songs by members of the Armenian Youth Federation Washington, D.C. “Ani” Chapter. I demonstrate how these songs have been transformed over the years on the frontlines of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War by volunteersoldier and musician Arthur Khachents, through rock renditions by the Adana Project, and during protests led by Armenian youth in D.C. to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. I specifically focus on “Gini Lits” (“Pour the Wine”) and “Zartir Lao” (“Awake My Son”) and how contemporary renditions are adapted to current circumstances of war and political upheaval in Armenia and Artsakh.
AVIAN MOTIFS IN ARMENIAN MUSIC: AN EXPLORATION OF INTERGENERATIONAL MEMORY, TRAUMA, AND IDENTITY IN THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA
Creators: name: Yaralian, Lilia Medea
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Music

description: This thesis explores the theme of birds in Armenian music as it relates to identity, trauma, and commemoration. Based on one year of participant observation and interviews with Armenian Americans, I discuss the relationship between music and genocide commemoration among members of the diaspora in Washington, D.C. and, to a lesser extent, in Los Angeles. I analyze my interlocutors’ interpretations of Komitas Vardapet to learn why he is so meaningful for individuals in the diaspora. I then dedicate much of this thesis to analyzing individual interpretations of Komitas’ song “Krunk” (“The Crane”). I trace the indexical associations the song has accumulated over time to its present-day associations with diasporic identity, the 1915 Armenian genocide, and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. Lastly, this thesis explores genocide commemoration events among the Washington, D.C. area community and music’s role in memorializing trauma and shaping collective identity. I investigate whether these two communities have shared interpretations of songs commonly heard in commemorations or if being in different environments with varying levels of exposure to Armenian language and cultural practices impacts the ways in which community members value these songs.
MEN ON BOATS: A DESIGN EXPEDITION TO BRING THE NATURAL WONDERS OF THE GRAND CANYON TO THE STAGE A SCENIC DESIGN
Creators: name: Mosier, Gavin Edward
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Design
subject: Theater
subject: Scenic Design
subject: Scenography
subject: Set Design
subject: Theatrical Design

description: This thesis describes the scenic design process for the University of Maryland’s production of Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus. Men on Boats was directed by KenYatta Rogers and Elena Velasco. This production was produced by the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies within the College of Arts and Humanities at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in the Ina & Jack Kay Theatre. The following materials in this thesis were used as tools to convey the scenic design to the directors, fellow design collaborators, production team members, production shops, crew members, and actors: research images, sketches, photographs of ¼” scale color neutral and color models, drafting packet, paint elevations, a properties list, a properties book. Also included in this thesis are production photographs and written reflections of the entire process - from page to stage.
Additional file 4: Table S2. of “There’s no billing code for empathy” - Animated comics remind medical students of empathy: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Tsao, Pamela
name: Yu, Catherine
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Description of data: Themes and representative quotes from qualitative data. (PDF 53 kb)
EXPANDING THE HISTORIC NARRATIVE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WATERMEN IN CHESAPEAKE BAY COMMERCIAL FISHERIES: PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ENSURING FUTURE AFRICAN AMERICAN MARITIME PARTICIPATION THROUGH A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE
Creators: name: Black, Imani
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Environmental science
subject: African American
subject: Black watermen
subject: Chesapeake Bay
subject: Commercial Fishing Industry
subject: Cultural Heritage
subject: Preservation

description: This thesis investigates African Americans' historical and contemporary contributions to the Chesapeake Bay commercial fishing industry, employing a social-ecological system (SES) framework to explore their roles, challenges, and the decline in their participation. Utilizing methods such as oral histories, participant observations, and historical analysis, the research highlights the significant yet underrecognized contributions of African American communities to the maritime heritage of Chesapeake Bay. Through in-depth interviews with African American watermen, historians, and community members, the study examines their achievements, obstacles, and the impacts of ecological and social change on their participation trends. Additionally, it assesses the influence of prominent African American coastal communities on commercial fisheries and discusses strategies for future engagement and adaptation in a rapidly evolving industry. The findings challenge prevailing perceptions of marginal involvement by revealing substantial African American participation across various aspects of the fisheries, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging this legacy and promoting diversity and inclusion for industry sustainability. By showcasing the rich heritage and ongoing excellence of Black maritime traditions in Chesapeake Bay, this thesis underscores the critical need for greater recognition of African American contributions to the Bay’s preservation, restoration, and strong ties to the cultural heritage that have built the coastal communities along its shoreline.