cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Amorphinopsis atlantica Carvalho, Hajdu, Mothes & van Soest 2004
Creators: name: Veloso-Junior, Vanderlei C.
name: Pinto, Danilo P.
name: Da Silva, Eduardo M.
name: Neves, Elizabeth
name: Santana, José C.
name: Menegola, Carla
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Suberitida
Halichondriidae
Amorphinopsis
Amorphinopsis atlantica

description: Amorphinopsis atlantica Carvalho, Hajdu, Mothes & van Soest, 2004
Fig. 3
Material examined. UFBAPOR 5019, Iguape Bay / Paraguaçu River estuary, Cachoeira (Bahia, Brazil), (12°40ʹ26″ S; 38°51ʹ24″ W); on mud, 0.0 m depth; coll. V. C. Veloso-Junior (13.XI.2019); specimen measurements: 55 mm length, 46 mm width, and 60 mm thickness. UFBAPOR 5020, Iguape Bay / Paraguaçu River estuary, Cachoeira (Bahia, Brazil) (12°40ʹ26″ S; 38°51ʹ24″ W); pneumatophores and rhizophores of mangrove trees, 0.0 m depth; coll. V. C. Veloso-Junior (13.XI.2019); specimen measurements: 132 mm length, 52 mm width, and 47 mm thickness. UFBAPOR 5021, Iguape Bay / Paraguaçu River estuary, Cachoeira (Bahia, Brazil) (12°40ʹ26″ S; 38°51ʹ24″ W); wood fish trap, 0.0 m depth; coll. V. C. Veloso-Junior (13.XI.2019); specimen measurements: 73 mm length, 74 mm width, and 36 mm thickness.
description: Published as part of Veloso-Junior, Vanderlei C., Pinto, Danilo P., Da Silva, Eduardo M., Neves, Elizabeth, Santana, José C. & Menegola, Carla, 2023, First record of Amorphinopsis atlantica (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halicondriidae) in the Paraguaçu River estuary: Is its presence an invasion or an adaptation to changing environmental conditions?, pp. 467-474 in Zootaxa 5351 (4) on page 469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8392049
Oophagomyia
Creators: name: Zhang, Dong
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Wang, Chao
name: Pape, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sarcophagidae
Oophagomyia

description: Genus OOPHAGOMYIA
Oophagomyia Rohdendorf, 1928: 16. Type species: Oophagomyia plotnikovi Rohdendorf, 1928: 16, by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Dong, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Chao & Pape, Thomas, 2016, Catalog of the Paramacronychiinae of China (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 4208 (4) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208324
Otiorhynchus (Otiorhynchus) aurifer Boheman 1842
Creators: name: Drăghici, Andreea-Cătălina
name: Pintilioaie, Alexandru-Mihai
name: Murariu, Dumitru
name: Manci, Cosmin-Ovidiu
name: Ruzzier, Enrico
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Otiorhynchus
Otiorhynchus aurifer

description: Otiorhynchus (Otiorhynchus) aurifer Boheman, 1842
Materials examined. Constanța County: “Dunele Marine de la Agigea” Nature Reserve, 44.0876°N / 28.6422°E, 5.II.2024, under dead logs on the ground, Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie & Laura-Elena Topală leg. (1 specimen), AMPC; same place, 7.II.2024, under dead logs on the ground, Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie & Laura-Elena Topală leg. Three specimens were preserved in alcohol for further DNA analysis.
Remarks. Species with a Mediterranean distribution (Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2023), only recently recorded in Romania, in 2022, in a single site close to Constanța harbor (Olariu et al. 2024). At the time of the discovery, the establishment of this species in Romanian fauna was uncertain due to the low number of specimens found in 2022 and 2023 (Olariu et al. 2024); thus, the finding of an additional four hibernating specimens confirms the existence of a stable population around the area of first detection. The non-native status of this taxon remains unclear until genetic analyses will help in framing this population in the respect of those from other parts of Europe (Olariu et al. 2024).
description: Published as part of Drăghici, Andreea-Cătălina, Pintilioaie, Alexandru-Mihai, Murariu, Dumitru, Manci, Cosmin-Ovidiu & Ruzzier, Enrico, 2025, New additions and further records of non-native Coleoptera in Romania, pp. 409-428 in Zootaxa 5575 (3) on pages 419-420, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/14747112
Oophagomyia plotnikovi
Creators: name: Zhang, Dong
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Wang, Chao
name: Pape, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sarcophagidae
Oophagomyia
Oophagomyia plotnikovi

description: plotnikovi
Oophagomyia plotnikovi Rohdendorf, 1928: 16. Type locality: Kazakhstan, Kzyl-Orda Region, nr banks of Syrdarya. References: Rohdendorf (1928: 16, descriptions of male and female); Verves (1982: 294 –295, description, figs 261a: male cerci and surstyli, b–c: male terminalia; 262: female terminalia); Verves (1986: 117, catalog); Fan & Pape (1996: 244, checklist); Pape (1996: 166, catalog).
Chinese specimens examined. None.
Distribution. CHINA: Neimenggu (no further data); Palaearctic Region.
Remarks. Verves (1986) listed this species from Neimenggu, and the record was accepted by Fan & Pape (1996) without mentioning if any material was examined. We consider the record as reliable.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Dong, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Chao & Pape, Thomas, 2016, Catalog of the Paramacronychiinae of China (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 4208 (4) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208324
Harmonia axyridis
Creators: name: Drăghici, Andreea-Cătălina
name: Pintilioaie, Alexandru-Mihai
name: Murariu, Dumitru
name: Manci, Cosmin-Ovidiu
name: Ruzzier, Enrico
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Harmonia
Harmonia axyridis

description: Harmonia axyridis (Pallas 1773)
Materials examined. Bacău County: Târgu Ocna, 46.2808°N / 26.6103°E, 23. V.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); Bacău County: ComăneȘti, 46.4261°N / 26.4432°E, 10.VIII.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 exuvia, not collected); Constanța County: near Ion Corvin, 44.0868°N / 27.8136°E, under bark of dead Ulmus in 25.III.2022, photo by Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci (several tens of specimens, not collected); Constanța County: “Dunele Marine de la Agigea” Nature Reserve, 44.0876°N / 28.6422°E, 5.XI.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); same location, 1.XII.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); Dolj county: near Zăval: Zăval Forest, 43.8394°N / 23.8478°E, 30. V.2023, photo by Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci (several specimens, not collected); Ilfov county: BucureȘti, 44.4142°N / 26.1890°E, 14.XI.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); Neamț county: Poiana Teiului, 47.1150°N / 25.9253°E, 20. V.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); same place, 4.VIII.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 exuvia, not collected); TimiȘ county: near Sânandrei, 45.8305°N / 21.1871°E, larvae on Populus and Salix eatings aphids in 3. VI.2023, photo by Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci (several specimens, not collected).
Remarks. Originally from Northeast Asia (Sasaji 1971), now cosmopolitan. Introduced in Europe as a biological control agent for pest insects, including aphids and scale insects (cf. Iperti & Bertand 2001; Cornacchia & Nardi 2012), this species has since spread and increased in number dramatically, evolving into an invasive species (Roy et al. 2006). In Romania, it was first recorded by Ruicănescu & Alexandru (2009). Currently, it is a widespread species across the country; however, there are few published records of its current distribution.
description: Published as part of Drăghici, Andreea-Cătălina, Pintilioaie, Alexandru-Mihai, Murariu, Dumitru, Manci, Cosmin-Ovidiu & Ruzzier, Enrico, 2025, New additions and further records of non-native Coleoptera in Romania, pp. 409-428 in Zootaxa 5575 (3) on page 420, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/14747112
Consider the shrub
Creators: name: Ryan, Jennifer
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Parking lot designs depict large trees planted with the expectation that they will provide the ecological services of stormwater capture, cooling the air and shading. Yet, the harsh growing conditions in parking lots, including soil compaction, limited water access and high heat, limit the growth of the trees. How do these harsh conditions effect tree ecological function? Do shrubs, which are less costly and easier to replace, provide ecological function and are they limited by parking lot conditions as well? This study assessed tree and shrub transpiration over the course of growing season to understand plant water relations. Of the three tree species, transpiration at the leaf scale was not correlated to location in parking lot versus park setting, but trees were significantly smaller and less healthy in parking lot settings, which reduced canopy scale transpiration. Conversely, three out of four shrubs were affected by the location in parking lot versus the park setting, but size and health were similar. A parking lot design was made that showcases planting typologies  iii  appropriate to the amount of water infiltrating to the soil. Incorporating stormwater management, this design demonstrates the necessary infrastructure changes needed for full growth of trees which maximizes ecological services in a relatively small footprint.
Cube maze
Creators: name: Sahu, Pritish
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Conventional data visualization methods are very narrow in terms of the data typeson  which  they  are  applicable.   We  present  a  novel  way  of  viewing  multi-attributeddataset by grouping subsets of attributes into facets.  Cube-Maze interface visually rep-resents each data “entity” as a cube in three dimensional space.  Similarity among “datacubes” correspond to 0, 1, and 2 dimensional adjacencies.  Our current implementationprovides different modes of “EgoNet” navigation and  several interaction filters.  Thegraph counterpart for this cube maze representation is a “Labeled Multi Digraph”.
Paramacronychia
Creators: name: Zhang, Dong
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Wang, Chao
name: Pape, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sarcophagidae
Paramacronychia

description: Genus PARAMACRONYCHIA
Paramacronychia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889: 116. Type species: Macronychia flavipalpis Girschner, 1881, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Dong, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Chao & Pape, Thomas, 2016, Catalog of the Paramacronychiinae of China (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 4208 (4) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208324
Parena laesipennis
Creators: name: Shi, Hongliang
name: Liang, Hongbin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Parena
Parena laesipennis

description: 2. Parena laesipennis species group
This species group contains three very similar and allopatric species, distributed from East Asia to western part of Indonesia, but not known from south India or islands east of the Wallace line (Map 3). This species group is characterized by: dorsal surface entirely yellowish brown to reddish brown; elytral striae not incised, replaced by lines of punctures, intervals flat; elytral sutural angles more or less pointed, forming short spines, outer apical angles more or less angulate; LL much bigger than LW.
description: Published as part of Shi, Hongliang & Liang, Hongbin, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the genus Parena Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Metallicina), pp. 1-144 in Zootaxa 5286 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5286.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7958937
Parena cavipennis
Creators: name: Shi, Hongliang
name: Liang, Hongbin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Parena
Parena cavipennis

description: 1. Parena cavipennis species group
Only one species is included in this species group, which is widely distributed in East Asia (Map 2). This species group is characterized by: dorsal surface entirely yellowish brown; elytral striae well incised, intervals slightly convex; elytral sutural angles faintly pointed, outer apical angles rounded; apical lamella as long as wide (LL = LW).
description: Published as part of Shi, Hongliang & Liang, Hongbin, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the genus Parena Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Metallicina), pp. 1-144 in Zootaxa 5286 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5286.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7958937
Integrating duckweed into an aquaponics system
Creators: name: Sarubbi, Justin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Aquaponics, the combination of aquaculture and hydroponics, can lead to sustainable food production. This study shows how duckweed can add value to an aquaponics system. It builds off of a previous case study that explored the addition of hydroponic grown buttercrunch lettuce to a barramundi fish production system. That case study concluded that the benefits of the integrated system include the reduction in barramundi effluent disposal costs, and saving of water and nutrient costs of the lettuce system. We build off that analysis by adding duckweed to the integrated system, and compare the variable costs and revenue of a production system of barramundi and lettuce, to that of barramundi, lettuce, and duckweed. Duckweed serve as fish feed and a biological filter. The addition of duckweed results in a decrease in feed cost and effluent disposal cost, as well as significantly reduced the area needed to build the integrated system.
Amblycephalon Pillai 1954
Creators: name: Ravichandran, S.
name: Vigneshwaran, P.
name: Rameshkumar, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Cymothoidae
Amblycephalon

description: Genus Amblycephalon Pillai, 1954
Amblycephalon Pillai, 1954: 13; 1963: 66.— Bruce, 1987b: 361.
Type species. Amblycephalon indicus Pillai, 1954 by original designation (Pillai 1954).
Diagnosis of female. Body generally similar that of Anilocra Leach, 1818, peraeon relaxed, with the posterolateral corners of segments not produced; coxal plates except the last not reaching beyond the posterior border of the respective segments. Cephalon is highly flattened and considerably expanded, almost squarish, posterior margin trilobed as in Nerocila Leach, 1818. Eye small, dorsal. Pleon narrower than peraeon, not immerse. Peduncle of the uropod is massive, produced internally; exopcd is long and uniformly broad throughout, apically rounded and curved slightly inwards, one and a half times as long as the endopod; endopod is broad, apically bifid.
Remarks. In the triloped anterior border of the first pereon segment and in the shape of the telson Amblycephalon resembles with Nerocila. The pereon segments and the coxal plates are like those of Anilocra. The highly expanded cephalon and the apically forked endopod of the uropod distinguish Amblycephalon from all the known genera. A remote resemblance to Olencira Leach, 1818 is evident but in Olencira the cephalon is broadest at the base and the pereopod 7 is abruptly longer than the pereopod 6. In Amblycephalon the cephalon is proximally narrower and the pereopod 7 is subequal the pereopod 6. The generic name refers to the highly flattened and expanded cephalon.
Nerocila schadleri Nierstrasz, 1915 agrees well with Pillai’s (1963) diagnosis and transferred to Amblycephalon by Bruce (1987b). Both A. indicus and A. schadleri are in need of redescription before their status can be ascertained.
description: Published as part of Ravichandran, S., Vigneshwaran, P. & Rameshkumar, G., 2019, A taxonomic review of the fish parasitic isopod family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothooidea) of India, pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 4622 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4622.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3379899
Early fruit and vegetable introduction and its influence on later fruit and vegetable intake in 12-month old low-income minority infants
Creators: name: Santiago, Elena
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: During infancy and early childhood there is a shift in diet from formula or being breast- fed to being exposed to a variety of foods that have unfamiliar tastes and textures.  The food preferences that are developed in early childhood can predict adulthood dietary habits and have implications for developing long-term health problems, such as obesity or cardiovascular disease.  It is important to understand how early childhood dietary habits can contribute to unhealthy food preferences as well as undesirable weight status. Data from the 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) suggests that 8.1% of infants and toddlers are obese in the United States. The prevalence of obesity is higher in low-income Hispanic and Black children than any other ethnic groups that reside in the United States.  An adequate intake of fruits and vegetables consumed during early childhood has been linked to lowering the risk of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases.  Current research has shown that introduction to various fruits and vegetables within the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended window of 4-6 months may increase the amount and variety of these healthy foods consumed during early childhood. The objective of this thesis was to analyze data from the Rutgers Infant Nutrition and Growth (RING) Project to examine fruit and vegetable introduction within the recommended 4-6 months and its influence on later fruit and vegetable consumption and weight status in 12-month old low-income minority infants (n=96). It was found that mothers who introduced fruits earlier also introduced vegetables earlier to their infants.  However, no relationship was found between the age of introduction to fruits or vegetables during infancy and total fruit or vegetable intake per day at 12-months old.  Neither was a relationship found between the age of introduction to fruits or vegetables during infancy and total variety of fruit or vegetable intake at 12-months.  Mothers who exposed their infants to a greater variety of fruit to consume at 12-months also gave them more variety of vegetables to consume at 12-months.  Only ‘other Hispanic’ infants were having approximately two servings of fruits and vegetables per day, which meets the minimum recommended amounts. Surprisingly, infants at 12-months who were above the 85th percentile had a significantly greater total variety of fruit and vegetable intake than infants at a weight-for-length-percentile less than the 85th.   Furthermore, there was no relationship found between the age of introduction to fruits or vegetables during infancy and weight-for-length-percentile status at 12-months. Further research is needed to determine if introducing fruits and vegetables early can facilitate greater intake and variety of fruits and vegetables at 12-months.
Design and analysis of class E RF power amplifiers
Creators: name: Sehajpal, Sumati
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: The most important stage in a wireless transmitter is the power amplifier because this stage consumes a great deal of power in a wireless system and is a major factor in the battery life of portable equipment. Generally, switching RF power amplifiers have greater efficiency than their linear counterparts but they are also more difficult to analyze, have switching losses, and can introduce switching transients into the amplified signal. The research focus for this dissertation is on the Class E switching RF power amplifier. This circuit topology uses soft switching in order to minimize switching transients and achieve nearly 100% efficiency in the ideal case.    In this dissertation, a short range wireless power transfer system, based on a Class E power converter, is investigated. It operates at 200 kHz and was constructed using commonly available components. A mathematical analysis of a Class E RF power amplifier, operating at 3.9 MHz, is then presented. The model is based on modern state-space techniques and is simulated using both MATLAB and Simulink.    Class E RF power amplifiers are insensitive to signal amplitude variations so by itself, this system is only suitable for the amplification of constant envelope signals. This limitation can be overcome, however, with the addition of a supply modulator.  One of the most efficient supply modulators is the Class G dual supply modulator. This device utilizes two supply voltages and automatically switches between them depending on signal amplitude. The process of switching from one supply voltage to the other produces transients or ”glitches” that introduce undesirable broadband noise into the signal output. The effects of these glitches, on the noise floor at the Class E power amplifier output, are investigated using a detailed simulation model run on MATLAB. A typical input data stream, glitch depth, and glitch duration are applied to this operating model.  As a potential design aid, a purely hypothetical Class E amplifier state-space based model is analyzed based on same simplifying assumptions including a truncated Taylor series expansion of the matrix exponential. Two algebraic equations were derived to determine two Class E amplifier design components.    Class E systems are often designed using Raab’s formulas which were derived based on a number of simplifying assumptions. Furthermore, electronic components have tolerances. As a consequence of this a Class E amplifier or power converter must be tuned for proper operation. In order to simplify this process a detailed sensitivity analysis of the Class E circuit topology is presented. This investigation is approached from multiple directions including a state-space based model simulated using MATLAB, a SPICE based simulation, and an experimental Class E prototype operating at 100 kHz.
Building resilience in Jamaica
Creators: name: Sharpe, Charlene Lee
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2017

description: Food security has emerged as a national priority in Jamaica because double exposure to global and economic stressors threaten long term domestic food production, short term food supply and general food prices. This qualitative study examines how citizens in three different Jamaican communities that are customarily perceived as sites of vulnerability have sought to build resilience to food system insecurities, especially those that are induced by periodic natural hazards such as hurricanes and droughts.  The histories of resilience building projects undertaken by local community members and external aid giving organizations are identified, compared and contrasted. Focus groups and interviews with residents and officials reveal perceptions of factors that have constrained or facilitated these initiatives as well as opinions about future alternatives.  It is concluded that strengthening social capital and attachments to place are essential first steps that create the contexts in which hazard reduction measures have the best chance of succeeding, and without which they are likely to fail.
Global models of collapsing scalar field: endstate
Creators: name: Corona, Dario
name: Giambò, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The study of dynamic singularity formation in spacetime, focusing on scalar field collapse models, is analysed. We revisit key findings regarding open spatial topologies, concentrating on minimal conditions necessary for singularity and apparent horizon formation. Moreover, we examine the stability of initial data in the dynamical system governed by Einstein's equations, considering variations in parameters that influence naked singularity formation. We illustrate how these results apply to a family of scalar field models, concluding with a discussion on the concept of genericity in singularity studies.
description: 29 pages
Paramacronychia
Creators: name: Zhang, Dong
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Wang, Chao
name: Pape, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sarcophagidae
Paramacronychia

description: Paramacronychia sp. indet.
Paramacronychia flavipalpis: Verves (1986: 117, catalog); Fan & Pape (1996: 244, checklist); Pape (1996: 166, catalog). [Misidentified, see Remarks.]
Chinese specimens examined. None.
Distribution. CHINA: Xinjiang (Tien-Shan); Palaearctic Region.
Remarks. The first record of the genus Paramacronychia from China was made by Rohdendorf & Verves (1978), who recorded Paramacronychia flavipalpis (Girschner) from “Tien-Shan”. Verves (1986) listed this species from western Xinjiang (as “West Kashgaria”), and the record was accepted by Fan & Pape (1996) without mentioning if any material was examined. Zhang, Whitmore & Pape (unpublished) have examined several specimens of Paramacronychia from Kazakhstan and Mongolia, and these all belong to an undescribed species; we consider this as evidence that the record of P. flavipalpis from China is a misidentification of this undescribed species, whereas Paramacronychia flavipalpis appears to be endemic to Europe.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Dong, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Chao & Pape, Thomas, 2016, Catalog of the Paramacronychiinae of China (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 4208 (4) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208324
Naddia tangi Zhao & Hu, 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zhao, Qing-Hao
name: Hu, Fang-Shuo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Naddia
Naddia tangi

description: Naddia tangi sp. nov.
(Fig. 2)
Type series. Holotype: 1 male, Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / South India / S. Coorg. Ammattl / 3100 ft. V-1951 / P. S. Nathan (RBINS).
Diagnosis. Head and pronotum entirely covered with golden setae. Pronotum with sharp anterior angles. Pronotal hypomeron setose. Elytra red-orange. Tergites 3, 7 and 8 entirely covered with golden setae. Male sternite 7 with an arc-shaped cluster of setae in the middle.
Description. FL: 12.32 mm; WL: 24.22 mm. Head and pronotum black, densely covered with golden setae. Antennae dark brown, short and stout. Pronotum with sharp anterior angles. Pronotal hypomeron setose. Elytra red-orange. Tergites primarily dark brown. Tergite 3 entirely covered with golden setae, extending to paratergites. Tergites 4–6 each with a pair of lateral golden setal patches. Tergites 7–8 entirely covered with golden setae. Sternites 3-8 dark brown. Male sternite 7 with arc-shaped cluster of setae in middle and a shallow sub-triangular emargination at midpoint of posterior margin. Male sternite 8 with a moderately deep sub-triangular emargination at midpoint of posterior margin. Femora and tibiae dark brown. Tarsomeres 1–4 flat and strongly bilobed. Aedeagus slender. Median lobe of aedeagus parallel-sided in parameral view with a slight expansion near rounded apex. Paramere flat and strongly reduced, with six very short setae in central basal area. Apical lobe of median lobe straight in lateral view.
Comparison. This species can be distinguished from all other Naddia besides N. alexeyi sp. nov. by the sharp anterior angles of the pronotum. It can be distinguished from N. alexeyi sp. nov. by: head with golden setae, disc of pronotum without yellow oval setal patches, and a narrower median lobe of the aedeagus. The dorsal habitus of N. tangi sp. nov. resembles N. wielebnowskiae Schillhammer, 1996, but differs from it by: pronotum with sharp anterior angles, pronotal hypomeron setose, golden setal patches present on tergites 3 and 7.
Distribution. Naddia tangi sp. nov. is known only from its type locality in southwestern India. As a winged species, it likely has a wider distribution.
Etymology. The species is named after Liang Tang, who shows passion for and makes great contributions to the taxonomy of rove beetles.
description: Published as part of Zhao, Qing-Hao & Hu, Fang-Shuo, 2025, Two new species of Naddia Fauvel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) and creation of the N. alexeyi species group, pp. 333-338 in Zootaxa 5575 (2) on page 337, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/14746967
Musca latifrons
Creators: name: Zhang, Dong
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Wang, Chao
name: Pape, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Anthomyiidae
Musca
Musca latifrons

description: latifrons
Musca latifrons Fallén, 1817: 238. Sweden, Skåne, Äsperöd.
Agria latifrons: Xiang et al. (1989: 97, catalog, records); Shanghai Institute of Entomology Academia Sinica (1992: 85, checklist); Ma et al. (1998: 36, checklist); Nonnaizab (1999: 311, catalog and biology); Yao et al. (2000: 21, catalog).
Sarcophila latifrons: Verves (1982: 296, key); Verves (1985: 297–299, description, figs 264–265: male head, lateral and anterior views); Verves (1986: 117–118, catalog); Fan & Pape (1996: 244, checklist); Pape (1996: 167, catalog); Zhang et al. (2015: 484, 486, new synonymy, redescription, remarks; 485, fig. 19A: male body, lateral view, B: male terminalia, lateral view, C: male head, anterior view, D: male head, anterolateral view, E: male head, lateral view, F: male abdomen, dorsal view, G–H: labels).
Sarcophila mongolica Chao & Zhang, 1988: 274. Type locality: China, Neimenggu, Qog B. Holotype, male, in ZMCAS. References: Chao & Zhang (1988: 274 –275, description, remarks and records, fig. 2a–b: male terminalia); Yang & Sun (1991: 89, catalog); Fan (1992: 614, key, fig. 1246m –n: male terminalia); Fan & Pape (1996: 244, checklist); Pape (1996: 167, catalog); Xue & Chao (1998: 1562, fig. 3131Mp–L1: male terminalia; 1564, key and catalog); Nonnaizab (1999: 312, catalog); Tian et al. (1999: 54, checklist); Cui et al. (2007: 388, catalog); Zhang et al. (2015: 484, new synonymy).
Chinese specimens examined. Type specimens of Sarcophila mongolica Chao & Zhang, 1988. CHINA: Neimenggu: Holotype, male, Qog B, 29.VI.1978; paratypes: 3 males, Erenhot, 8.VII.1972, C.M. Chao; 2 males, Erenhot, 31.VII.1972, C.M. Chao (all ZMCAS). Other specimens. CHINA: 1 male, Xinjiang, Altay, Kalamaili, 16.VIII.2009, D. Zhang; 1 male, Ningxia, Lingwu, 19.VI.2012, Q. Gao & Y.R. Zhang; 7 males, Xinjiang, Altay, Kalamaili, 45°14’30.12”N, 89°4’28.86”E, alt. 950 m, 15.V–9.VI.2014, M. Zhang (all MBFU).
Distribution. CHINA: Neimenggu (Erenhot, Qog B, Urad), Ningxia (Lingwu), Xinjiang (Altay, Ruoqiang, Ürümqi); Oriental and Palaearctic regions.
Remarks. The presence of S. latifrons in the eastern Palaearctic has been debated, and Verves (1982) considered all records of this species from Mongolia to be misidentifications of S. rasnitzyni. Zhang et al. (2015) provided unambiguous documentation for the presence of this species in China.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Dong, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Chao & Pape, Thomas, 2016, Catalog of the Paramacronychiinae of China (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 4208 (4) on pages 309-311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208324
Amblycephalon indicus Pillai 1954
Creators: name: Ravichandran, S.
name: Vigneshwaran, P.
name: Rameshkumar, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Cymothoidae
Amblycephalon
Amblycephalon indicus

description: Amblycephalon indicus Pillai, 1954
Amblycephalon indicus Pillai, 1954: 13; 1963: 66–68, figs 1, 2.
Type and type locality. Pillai (1963) collected two female specimens from the caudal fin of Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 from Trivandrum, Kerala Coast, Arabian Sea. Pillai (1963) clearly stated that the holotype female specimen was deposited in the Indian Museum, Kolkata and paratype female specimen was deposited in the Marine Biological Laboratory, Trivandrum without any mention of the registration number. Our attempts to retrieve and enquire any ‘potential’ material that could be identified as the type material for Amblycephalon indicus ended in vain. As there are no museum records of Pillai’s (1954; 1963) material, it seems inevitable that the types were either not deposited or have been subsequently lost.
Remarks. Based on Pillai’s (1954, 1963) description, the species can be easily distinguished from other species of cymothoid by with the following characteristics: pereon segments are relaxed; cephalon large, almost squarish with the antero-median part slightly bulged, posterior margin trilobed; posterolateral margins of the pereon, except that of the pereonite 7 are not produced; pleon is slightly narrower than the pereon, not immersed. Moutparts appendages are roughly as in Anilocra, except that the molar portion of the mandibles has a movable membra-nous lamina. All the pereopods are prehensile with long falcate dactyli (Pillai 1954, 1963). Until now the identification of this species is based only on Pillai’s original description and it needs an accurate redescription.
Distribution. Recorded from Trivandrum, Kerala Coast, India (Pillai 1954, 1963).
Hosts. Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 (Pillai 1954, 1963).
description: Published as part of Ravichandran, S., Vigneshwaran, P. & Rameshkumar, G., 2019, A taxonomic review of the fish parasitic isopod family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothooidea) of India, pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 4622 (1) on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4622.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3379899
Subcutaneous delivery of protein therapeutics
Creators: name: Shen, Andrew Maurice
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Year: 2017

description: Since their discovery monoclonal antibodies have been a worldwide medical phenomenon that has documented numerous novel therapeutic uses. However, delivery of such large therapeutic proteins remains a challenge in maintaining efficacious systemic concentrations as well as minimal costs. Furthermore, pharmacokinetic profiles of monoclonal antibodies begin to vary from the norm when considering obese populations and require additional analysis to avoid over-dosing. The goals of this thesis work were: 1) to develop a generic bioanalytical method for quantifying concentrations of multiple monoclonal antibodies without requiring the use of specific coating antibodies for each separate monoclonal antibody evaluated; 2) to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of rituximab in obese rats and normal-weight control animals; 3) to develop an in-vitro cell culture permeability assay for evaluating permeability properties of monoclonal antibodies.
The comprehensive hazardous waste management plan
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Year: 1987

description: The NJ Department of Environmental Protection is pleased to present its Comprehensive Hazardous Waste Management Plan for the next five years. This Plan will launch a bold new direction for how hazardous wastes are managed in the future. This Plan is unique in its recognition that only through a comprehensive approach, blending existing hazardous waste authorities for maximum results, will the Department be able to address the hazardous waste issues in New Jersey.The major goal of this Plan, and the program which it directs, is simple: to protect public health and the environment. Encompassed in this goal are four elements that define our responsibility, as mandated by the Governor. These are to remediate past mismanagement of hazardous waste by industry, to control present activities, to prevent future hazardous waste problems and to define and support the role of the individual as an integral part of the management process.
Sarcophila
Creators: name: Zhang, Dong
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Wang, Chao
name: Pape, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sarcophagidae
Sarcophila

description: Genus SARCOPHILA
Sarcophila Rondani, 1856: 86. Type species: Musca latifrons Fallén, 1817, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Dong, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Chao & Pape, Thomas, 2016, Catalog of the Paramacronychiinae of China (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 4208 (4) on page 309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208324
Project: Clean Air the economic and fiscal impact of mobile source control strategies for New Jersey
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Year: 1991

description: Based upon the Ebasco report, Statewide Traffic andEmissions Analysis of Mobile Source Control Strategies(1990), supplemented by information of the California AirResources Board and the Motor Vehicles ManufacturersAssociation, this study investigates the direct financialcosts, and the total economic and fiscal effects ofimplementing the proposed strategies. To the extent thattravel and air quality modeling analysis was intended toprovide order of magnitude differences between strategies,rather than precise measures, the economic and fiscalimpacts similarly depict broad comparative differences.In addition, this study undertook a review of the literatureregarding health costs and benefits. Largely because ofdata deficiencies in epidemiological and clinical studiesrelated to emissions reductions, it was not possible toquantify these benefits. Available information suggestsrelatively low rates of consumer willingness-to-pay for theproven health benefits of ozone reduction, while too littleis known to derive reliable dose-response rates for valuingthe benefits of carbon monoxide reduction.This study is presented in three sections. The firstsection summarizes the estimates of direct costs preparedfor each strategy, in terms of costs to households, businessand government in New Jersey. It concludes with a measureof costs for packages of strategies. The second sectiondescribes the total economic effect of implementingalternative strategy packages on the future economy of NewJersey. The third section concludes with a measure offiscal impact on New Jersey's major sources of tax revenue.
Environmental planning elements
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Year: 1988

description: The purpose of this reference document as a part of the larger state development and redevelopment plan is to highlight several key legislative issues pertaining to the environment and the specific facts that weigh on them. Some of these issues include:Agricultural development areas,Fresh and saltwater wetlands,Flood plains,Stream corridors.Aquifer recharge areaSteep slopes,Areas of unique flora and fauna, and,Areas with scenic, historic, cultural and recreational values.
Project: Clean Air improving New Jersey's air quality a survey of New Jerseyan's assessment of air quality.
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Year: 1990

description: The following summarizes the key findings of a statewide survey of 800 New Jersey residents conducted between November 7 and 19, 1990. The main objective of this study is to establish a baseline of information aboutNew Jerseyans' awareness, knowledge and perceptions about air quality in New Jersey. In addition, it identifies the air quality programs and policies state residents are more or less likely to support.
Fault tolerant numerical solvers
Creators: name: Shukla, Aaditya
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Year: 2017

description: Soft errors are increasing in modern computer systems. These faults can corrupt the  results of numerical solvers commonly used in scientific and electromagnetic simulations.  If the severity of a bitflip is high, then our numerical code might never converge.  There are several techniques to address the issue of soft faults in numerical solvers.  Self-stabilizing and Algorithm-Based Fault Tolerance (ABFT) techniques are notably  the most popular choice when it comes to designing a fault tolerant scheme. Selfstabilizing  numerical methods have been developed to retrieve numerical stability in  the presence of faults at the cost of running computation-intensive reliable iterations.  Our work presents efficient techniques to determine when to execute the correction  loop in Self-stabilizing conjugate gradient methods (SS-CG). The proposed adaptive-F  and invariant check strategies have low overheads compared to current techniques used  in self-stabilizing methods. Developing resiliency in the presence of multiple faults is  another challenging aspect of fault tolerance. Most researchers consider the effect of a  single bitflip while designing their fault tolerant schemes. In this thesis, we address the  importance of addressing multiple faults and propose a novel recursive block checkSum  strategy to localize errors and correct them in sparse numerical code.
Catoessa Schioedte & Meinert 1884
Creators: name: Ravichandran, S.
name: Vigneshwaran, P.
name: Rameshkumar, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Cymothoidae
Catoessa

description: Genus Catoessa Schiöedte & Meinert, 1884
Catoessa Schiöedte & Meinert, 1884: 309–310.— Nierstrasz, 1931: 137.— Bowman & Tareen, 1983; 17–18.— Bruce, 1990: 251.— Trilles, 1994:136.— Trilles, Ravichandran & Rameshkumar, 2012: 180.
Type species. Catoessa scabricauda Schiöedte & Meinert, 1884 by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Bruce (1990) provided a provisional diagnosis; a detailed diagnosis was provided by Trilles et al. (2012).
Remarks. Catoessa is still best identified by the pleonite 1 narrower than 2 and pereopods 1–7 without carina on the basis and dilated merus, or with slender carina on basis 6–7 only; cephalon weakly immersed in pereonite 1, with an acute or truncate rostral margin. Pereopods without anterolateral carina on the basis or with only slender carina on basis 6 or 6 and 7, articles not dilated or expanded. Uropods rami not extending posterior of pleotelson or exceeding more or less posterior margin of pleotelson; endopod shorter than exopod.
Bowman & Tareen (1983) and Bruce (1990) considered that the Latin diagnosis of the genus Catoessa contains almost nothing of generic value. On the basis of this diagnosis by Schiöedte & Meinert (1884) and in the light of their study on Catoessa gruneri Bowman & Tareen, 1983 reported that there was little justification for separating Catoessa from Livoneca Leach, 1818 and recognized the little-known genus Catoessa as valid. Later Bruce (1990), reviewing and revising the genera Catoessa, Elthusa Schiöedte et Meinert, 1884 and Livoneca demonstrated that there is a great deal of difference between these three genera. The genus Catoessa was provisionally redefined by Bruce (1990) because the type species was still fully described.
Recently Trilles et al. (2012) provide the detailed diagnosis of the Catoessa based on the type specimen of Catoessa scabricauda Schiöedte & Meinert, 1884 and according to the new data on Catoessa gruneri (Bowman & Tareen 1983), Catoessa ambassae (Bruce 1990) and Catoessa boscii (Trilles et al. 2012). It is clear that the genus Catoessa is closely allied to the genus Elthusa as redefined by Bruce (1990) and later by Trilles and Randall (2010).
description: Published as part of Ravichandran, S., Vigneshwaran, P. & Rameshkumar, G., 2019, A taxonomic review of the fish parasitic isopod family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothooidea) of India, pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 4622 (1) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4622.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3379899
Sarcophila rasnitzyni
Creators: name: Zhang, Dong
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Wang, Chao
name: Pape, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sarcophagidae
Sarcophila
Sarcophila rasnitzyni

description: rasnitzyni
Sarcophila rasnitzyni Verves, 1982: 296. Type locality: Mongolia, Central Gobi Aimak, 20 km W Somon Lus. References: Verves (1982: 296, descriptions of male and female, key); Verves (1985: 300–302, description, figs 269–270: male terminalia, 271: female terminalia); Verves (1986: 118, catalog); Fan (1992: 613 –614, key, biology, records, fig. 1245n, r: male terminalia, w: female terminalia); Fan & Pape (1996: 244, checklist); Pape (1996: 167, catalog); Ma et al. (1998: 36, checklist); Xue & Chao (1998: 1562, fig. 3132M1–P1: male terminalia, V: female terminalia; 1563–1564, key, catalog and biology); Nonnaizab (1999: 312, catalog and biology); Tian et al. (1999: 53, checklist).
Chinese specimens examined. None.
Distribution. CHINA: Beijing (no further data), Heilongjiang (no further data), Neimenggu (Baotou, Bayannur, Dongsheng, Eastern Urad, Hohhot, Jungar, Qahar, Tomortei, Shangdu, Wuhai, Wushen), Qinghai (no further data), Xinjiang (Ürümqi); Palaearctic Region.
Remarks. In spite of numerous records from China, we have not been able to locate and study any material. While the presence of this species in China would seem beyond doubt considering that the type locality is in the Gobi Desert, shared between China and Mongolia, it is likely that some records could be misidentifications of the morphologically similar species A. japonica (see Remarks under that species).
description: Published as part of Zhang, Dong, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Chao & Pape, Thomas, 2016, Catalog of the Paramacronychiinae of China (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 4208 (4) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208324
Sarcotachina
Creators: name: Zhang, Dong
name: Zhang, Ming
name: Wang, Chao
name: Pape, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sarcophagidae
Sarcotachina

description: Genus SARCOTACHINA
Sarcotachina Portschinsky, 1881: 277. Type species: Sarcotachina subcylindrica Portschinsky, 1881, by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Dong, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Chao & Pape, Thomas, 2016, Catalog of the Paramacronychiinae of China (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 4208 (4) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208324
Culture in danger
Creators: name: Sotirhos, Crysta
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Year: 2017

description: For centuries, indigenous and tribal communities around the globe have upheld the celebrated roles and responsibilities of their ancestors as custodians of sacral lands. These sites, identified by cultural heritage professionals as Sacred Natural Sites, have been of increasing interest to heritage experts since UNESCO implemented its cultural landscape criteria for outstanding universal value in 1992. These sites are indispensable to Native American communities for it is in these domains that religion and nature intersect to recognize profound ancient and cultural traditional values that are still prevalent in their everyday lives. Despite their vital significance, sacred natural sites in the United States are faced with increased pressures of globalization and landscape development that threaten to extinguish not only the fragile ecosystems that custodians have spent centuries curating, but also the cultural values that utilize them. This thesis aims to investigate the current national frameworks that govern sacred natural site protection, namely religious freedom acts, land treaty claims and federal regulatory acts. Case studies involving the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona; Yucca Mountain, Nevada; and Lake Oahe, North Dakota will highlight the efficiency and effectiveness, if any, of current jurisprudence.