cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Stenotarsus orbicularis Gerstaecker
Creators: name: Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel
name: Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago
name: Tomaszewska, Wioletta
name: Navarrete-Heredia, Jose Luis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Stenotarsus
Stenotarsus orbicularis

description: Stenotarsus orbicularis Gerstaecker
Stenotarsus orbicularis Gerstaecker, 1858: 322. Gorham 1890: 134; Arrow 1920: 50; Blackwelder 1945: 440; Strohecker 1953: 55; Roubik & Skelley 2001: 256; Shockley et al. 2009a: 84.
Remarks. This species was not located among the studied material, and the type, presumably deposited in MNHN was not found in that collection. Based on personal notes by H. F. Strohecker, Roubik & Skelley (2001) suggested the possibility of Stenotarsus ovalis Arrow being a junior synonym of S. orbicularis. This, however, can not be confirmed without examination of the type material.
description: Published as part of Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel, Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago, Tomaszewska, Wioletta & Navarrete-Heredia, Jose Luis, 2013, Preliminary review of the genus Stenotarsus Perty (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from México, Guatemala and Belize, with descriptions of twelve new species, pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 3645 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3645.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/283702
Investeringsagenda voor onderzoek en innovatie 2021‐2030
Creators: name: Kenniscoalitie
Publisher: name: De Kenniscoalitie
Year: 2020

description: De coronapandemie heeft gezorgd voor een wereldwijde crisis en de komende jaren zullen in het teken staan van het herstel van onze maatschappij. Onderzoek en innovatie leveren een essentiële bijdrage aan dit herstel en aan een wendbaar en weerbaar Nederland. De Tweede Kamer heeft recent de regering verzocht om samen met de Kenniscoalitie te onderzoeken hoe Nederland de investeringen in onderzoek en innovatie kan verhogen tot 3% van het BBP. De Kenniscoalitie pakt deze handschoen graag op. In dit pamflet presenteren wij ons voorstel om de investeringen de komende tien jaar stabiel te laten groeien. Een gerichte inzet op specifieke onderzoeksthema’s gaat hierbij hand in hand met de versterking van de basis van de kennisinstellingen.
Phytomyza obscura Hendel 1920
Creators: name: Černý, Miloš
name: Barták, Miroslav
name: Kubík, Štěpán
name: Vála, Miloslav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Phytomyza
Phytomyza obscura

description: Phytomyza obscura Hendel, 1920
Literature: Beiger 1979, Hubenov 2021.
Material examined: [39]: 2 ♂, 22.–24.vi.2016.
Distribution: European species.
description: Published as part of Černý, Miloš, Barták, Miroslav, Kubík, Štěpán & Vála, Miloslav, 2022, New records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from Bulgaria, pp. 401-438 in Zootaxa 5175 (4) on page 432, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7006411
title: Differential Impact of Fluid Shear Stress and YAP/TAZ on BMP/TGF‐β Induced Osteogenic Target Genes
Creators: name: Reichenbach, Maria
name: Mendez, Paul‐Lennard
name: Silva Madaleno, Carolina Da
name: Ugorets, Vladimir
name: Rikeit, Paul
name: Boerno, Stefan
name: Jatzlau, Jerome
name: Knaus, Petra
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: BMP/TGF‐β
subject: YAP/TAZ
classificationCode: 570
subject: Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Bone is a remarkable dynamic structure, which integrates mechanical and biochemical signaling inputs. Interstitial fluid in the intramedullary space transmits signals derived from compression‐induced fluid shear stress (FSS) to stimulate osteoblasts for bone formation. Using a flow system and human osteoblasts, this study demonstrates how BMP/TGF‐β signaling integrates stimuli derived from FSS and YAP/TAZ and confirms these findings by transcriptome analyses. Here, FSS positively affects the phosphorylation of both SMAD1/5 and SMAD2/3, the respective BMP‐ and TGFβ‐R‐SMADs. Increase in phosphorylated SMAD1/5 levels affects distinct target genes, which are susceptible to low levels of phosphorylated SMADs (such as ID1–3) or dependent on high levels of phosphorylated SMAD1/5 (NOG, noggin). Thus, FSS lowers the threshold for genes dependent on high levels of phosphorylated SMAD1/5 when less BMP is available. While the impact of FSS on direct BMP target genes is independent of YAP/TAZ, FSS acts cooperatively with YAP/TAZ on TGF‐β target genes, which are shared by both pathways (such as CTGF). As mechanical stimuli are key in bone regeneration, their crosstalk to biochemical signaling pathways such as BMP and TGF‐β and YAP/TAZ acts on different levels, which allows now to think about new and more specified intervention strategies for age‐related bone loss.
title: Experimental anonymous conference key agreement using linear cluster states
Creators: name: Rückle, Lukas
name: Budde, Jakob
name: Jong, Jarn De
name: Hahn, Frederik
name: Pappa, Anna
name: Barz, Stefanie
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optical quantum information processing
subject: Quantum communication
subject: Quantum networks
subject: Quantum optics
classificationCode: 530
subject: Physik

description: Multipartite entanglement enables secure and anonymous key exchange between multiple parties in a network. Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states have been introduced as resource states for anonymous key exchange protocols, in which an anonymous subset of parties within a larger network establishes a secret key. However, the use of other types of multipartite entanglement for such protocols remains relatively unexplored. Here, we demonstrate that linear cluster states can serve as a versatile and potentially scalable resource in such applications. We implemented an anonymous key exchange protocol with four photons in a linear cluster state and established a shared key between three parties in our network. We show how to optimize the protocol parameters to account for noise and to maximize the finite key rate under realistic conditions. As cluster states have been established as a flexible resource in quantum computation, we expect that our demonstration provides a first step towards their hybrid use for networked computing and communication.
Phytomyza obscurella Fallen 1823
Creators: name: Černý, Miloš
name: Barták, Miroslav
name: Kubík, Štěpán
name: Vála, Miloslav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Phytomyza
Phytomyza obscurella

description: Phytomyza obscurella Fallén, 1823
Literature: Buhr 1941, Beiger 1979, Hubenov 2018, 2021.
Material examined: [58]: 1 ♂, 5.–6.v.2018.
Distribution: Palaearctic species.
description: Published as part of Černý, Miloš, Barták, Miroslav, Kubík, Štěpán & Vála, Miloslav, 2022, New records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from Bulgaria, pp. 401-438 in Zootaxa 5175 (4) on page 432, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7006411
title: Prediction of Covid-19 spreading and optimal coordination of counter-measures
title: From microscopic to macroscopic models to Pareto fronts
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Wulkow, Hanna
name: Conrad, Tim O. F.
name: Djurdjevac Conrad, Nataša
name: Müller, Sebastian A.
name: Nagel, Kai
name: Schütte, Cristof
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Micro model: Agent-Based Model (ABM)
subject: Covid-19
subject: Covid-19 spreading
classificationCode: 519
subject: Wahrscheinlichkeiten, angewandte Mathematik

description: The Covid-19 disease has caused a world-wide pandemic with more than 60 million positive cases and more than 1.4 million deaths by the end of November 2020. As long as effective medical treatment and vaccination are not available, non-pharmaceutical interventions such as social distancing, self-isolation and quarantine as well as far-reaching shutdowns of economic activity and public life are the only available strategies to prevent the virus from spreading. These interventions must meet conflicting requirements where some objectives, like the minimization of disease-related deaths or the impact on health systems, demand for stronger counter-measures, while others, such as social and economic costs, call for weaker counter-measures. Therefore, finding the optimal compromise of counter-measures requires the solution of a multi-objective optimization problem that is based on accurate prediction of future infection spreading for all combinations of counter-measures under consideration. We present a strategy for construction and solution of such a multi-objective optimization problem with real-world applicability. The strategy is based on a micro-model allowing for accurate prediction via a realistic combination of person-centric data-driven human mobility and behavior, stochastic infection models and disease progression models including micro-level inclusion of governmental intervention strategies. For this micro-model, a surrogate macro-model is constructed and validated that is much less computationally expensive and can therefore be used in the core of a numerical solver for the multi-objective optimization problem. The resulting set of optimal compromises between counter-measures (Pareto front) is discussed and its meaning for policy decisions is outlined.
Aetea ligulata Busk 1852
Creators: name: Taylor, Paul D.
name: Tan, Shau-Hwai Aileen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Aeteidae
Aetea
Aetea ligulata

description: Aetea ligulata Busk, 1852
Fig. 2 A–F
Aetea ligulata Busk, 1852: 31, pl. 42.
Aetea ligulata – Osburn 1950: 13, pl. 1, fig. 4.
Material
MALAYSIA: MSL BRY001a, Pantai Pasir Hitam, Langkawi, collected intertidally from coral reef, fouling Hippopodina feegeensis. MSL BRY002, Kampung Kuala Temoyong, Langkawi, encrusting shell found among fishing debris.
Description
Colony encrusting, uniserial, runner-like with widely spaced branches (Fig. 2 A–B), delicate, feebly calcified. Autozooids slender with elongate pyriform proximal base and an erect distal part; proximal base 1.1–1.3 mm long by about 0.13 mm maximum width (Fig. 2C), with irregular transverse growth wrinkles and locally minutely porous or with finely reticulate ornamentation, a narrow proximal cauda of about same length as broader distal part; erect part often broken off or collapsed, about 0.42 mm long by 0.07 mm maximum width, proximally with widely spaced, hoop-like annulations about 0.02 mm apart (Fig. 2D), expanding a little distally where an elongated opesia, 0.25 mm long by 0.05 mm wide, is developed on proximal-facing side (Fig. 2E).
Remarks
This species was erected by Busk (1852) based on material collected by Charles Darwin from the coast of Patagonia and the Magellan Strait. Busk’s figure shows clearly the coarsely annulated erect parts of the zooids, very different from the finely striated annulations seen in the two common cosmopolitan species Aetea anguina (Linnaeus, 1758) and A. sica (Couch, 1844). A modern systematic study of Aetea combining morphological and molecular data is required and in the meantime there must be reservations about the identities of species with such seemingly wide latitudinal distributions as A. ligulata.
Abundant evidence of damage and repair can be observed in the skeleton. The skeletons of some zooids were apparently partly destroyed, eliciting reparative growth, sometimes on multiple occasions (Fig. 2C). Broken zooids may also reveal internal stolon-like structures (Fig. 2F), indicating growth through the dead zooid to re-establish connections between zooids and allow growth from the open ends of branches. Although the straggly, runner-like form of Aetea and various other uniserial cheilostomes would suggest a reduced commitment to maintaining the integrity of the colony, reparative growth that renews links between zooids and re-uses substrate space once occupied by dead zooids is a common feature of such bryozoans, Recent and fossil (Taylor 1988).
description: Published as part of Taylor, Paul D. & Tan, Shau-Hwai Aileen, 2015, Cheilostome Bryozoa from Penang and Langkawi, Malaysia, pp. 1-34 in European Journal of Taxonomy 149 on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.149, http://zenodo.org/record/3787554
title: Long term stability and infectivity of herpesviruses in water
Creators: name: Dayaram, Anisha
name: Franz, Mathias
name: Schattschneider, Alexander
name: Damiani, Armando Mario
name: Bischofberger, Sebastian
name: Osterrieder, Nikolaus
name: Greenwood, Alex D.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Herpes virus
subject: Viral reservoirs
subject: Viral vectors
classificationCode: 630
subject: Landwirtschaft

description: For viruses to utilize environmental vectors (hard surfaces, soil, water) for transmission, physical and chemical stability is a prerequisite. There are many factors including pH, salinity, temperature, and turbidity that are known to contribute to the ability of viruses to persist in water. Equine herpesvirus type-1 (EHV-1) is a pathogenic alphaherpesvirus associated with domestic horses and wild equids. EHV-1 and recombinants of EHV-1 and EHV-9 are able to cause infections in non-equid animal species, particularly in captive settings. Many of the captive non-equid mammals are not naturally sympatric with equids and do not share enclosures, however, in many cases water sources may overlap. Similarly, in the wild, equids encounter many species at waterholes in times of seasonal drought. Therefore, we hypothesized that EHV-1 is stable in water and that water may act as a vector for EHV-1. In order to establish the conditions promoting or hindering EHV-1 longevity, infectivity and genomic stability in water; we exposed EHV-1 to varied water environments (pH, salinity, temperature, and turbidity) in controlled experiments over 21 days. The presence and infectivity of the virus was confirmed by both qPCR and cell culture experiments. Our results show that EHV-1 remains stable and infectious under many conditions in water for up to three weeks.
title: Cephalometric studies of the mandible, its masticatory muscles and vasculature of growing Göttingen Minipigs — A comparative anatomical study to refine experimental mandibular surgery
Creators: name: Corte, Giuliano Mario
name: Hünigen, Hana
name: Richardson, Kenneth C.
name: Niehues, Stefan M.
name: Plendl, Johanna
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: anatomy
subject: Göttingen Minipigs
subject: mandibular surgery
classificationCode: 599
subject: Mammalia (Säugetiere)
classificationCode: 617
subject: Chirurgie und verwandte medizinische Einrichtungen

description: Over many decades, the Göttingen Minipig has been used as a large animal model in experimental surgical research of the mandible. Recently several authors have raised concerns over the use of the Göttingen Minipig in this research area, observing problems with post-operative wound healing and loosening implants. To reduce these complications during and after surgery and to improve animal welfare in mandibular surgery research, the present study elucidated how comparable the mandible of minipigs is to that of humans and whether these complications could be caused by specific anatomical characteristics of the minipigs’ mandible, its masticatory muscles and associated vasculature. Twenty-two mandibular cephalometric parameters were measured on CT scans of Göttingen Minipigs aged between 12 and 21 months. Ultimately, we compared this data with human data reported in the scientific literature. In addition, image segmentation was used to determine the masticatory muscle morphology and the configuration of the mandibular blood vessels. Compared to data of humans, significant differences in the mandibular anatomy of minipigs were found. Of the 22 parameters measured only four were found to be highly comparable, whilst the others were not. The 3D examinations of the minipigs vasculature showed a very prominent deep facial vein directly medial to the mandibular ramus and potentially interfering with the sectional plane of mandibular distraction osteogenesis. Damage to this vessel could result in inaccessible bleeding. The findings of this study suggest that Göttingen Minipigs are not ideal animal models for experimental mandibular surgery research. Nevertheless if these minipigs are used the authors recommend that radiographic techniques, such as computed tomography, be used in the specific planning procedures for the mandibular surgical experiments. In addition, it is advisable to choose suitable age groups and customize implants based on the mandibular dimensions reported in this study.
title: The bacterioplankton community composition and a host genotype dependent occurrence of taxa shape the Daphnia magna gut bacterial community
Creators: name: Callens, Martijn
name: Meester, Luc De
name: Muylaert, Koenraad
name: Mukherjee, Shinjini
name: Decaestecker, Ellen
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: gut bacterial community
subject: Daphnia magna
subject: community assembly
subject: colonization
subject: bacterioplankton
subject: host genotype
classificationCode: 570
subject: Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: The assembly of host-associated bacterial communities is influenced by a multitude of biotic and abiotic factors. It is essential to gain insight in the impact and relative strength of these factors if we want to be able to predict the effects of environmental change on the assembly of host-associated bacterial communities, or deliberately modify them. The environmental pool of bacteria, from which the host is colonized, and the genetic background of the host are both considered to be important in determining the composition of host-associated bacterial communities. We experimentally assessed the relative importance of these two factors and their interaction on the composition of Daphnia magna gut bacterial communities. Bacterioplankton originating from natural ponds or a laboratory culture were used to inoculate germ-free Daphnia of different genotypes. We found that the composition of the environmental bacterial community has a major influence on the Daphnia gut bacterial community, both reflected by the presence or absence of specific taxa as well as by a correlation between abundances in the environment and on the host. Our data also indicate a consistent effect of host genotype on the occurrence of specific bacterial taxa in the gut of Daphnia over different environments.
Laelaspis Berlese 1903
Creators: name: Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Laelapidae
Laelaspis

description: Genus Laelaspis Berlese, 1903
Laelaps (Laelaspis) Berlese, 1903: 13 (type species: Iphis astronomicus Koch, 1839, by original designation).
Diagnosis The concept of Laelaspis used here is based on that of De Moraes et al. (2022).
description: Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan, 2024, Laelaspis nematii sp. nov. (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), a new species of laelapid mites from southwest Iran, pp. 349-359 in Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (3) on page 350, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i3.85004, http://zenodo.org/record/14719371
Phytomyza petoei Hering 1924
Creators: name: Černý, Miloš
name: Barták, Miroslav
name: Kubík, Štěpán
name: Vála, Miloslav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Phytomyza
Phytomyza petoei

description: Phytomyza petoei Hering, 1924
Literature: Buhr 1941, Beiger 1979, Hubenov 2021.
Material examined: [4]: 1 ♂, 21.–22.vi.2018; [8]: 1 ♂, 17.vi.1990; [9]: 1 ♂, 15.vi.1990;
Distribution: European species.
description: Published as part of Černý, Miloš, Barták, Miroslav, Kubík, Štěpán & Vála, Miloslav, 2022, New records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from Bulgaria, pp. 401-438 in Zootaxa 5175 (4) on page 432, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7006411
title: SPLICE-q: a Python tool for genome-wide quantification of splicing efficiency
Creators: name: Melo Costa, Veronica Rodrigues De
name: Pfeuffer, Julianus
name: Louloupi, Annita
name: Ørom, Ulf A. V.
name: Piro, Rosario M.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Splicing efficiency
subject: RNA-seq
subject: Co-transcriptional splicing
subject: Splicing dynamics
classificationCode: 570
subject: Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Background Introns are generally removed from primary transcripts to form mature RNA molecules in a post-transcriptional process called splicing. An efficient splicing of primary transcripts is an essential step in gene expression and its misregulation is related to numerous human diseases. Thus, to better understand the dynamics of this process and the perturbations that might be caused by aberrant transcript processing it is important to quantify splicing efficiency. Results Here, we introduce SPLICE-q, a fast and user-friendly Python tool for genome-wide SPLICing Efficiency quantification. It supports studies focusing on the implications of splicing efficiency in transcript processing dynamics. SPLICE-q uses aligned reads from strand-specific RNA-seq to quantify splicing efficiency for each intron individually and allows the user to select different levels of restrictiveness concerning the introns’ overlap with other genomic elements such as exons of other genes. We applied SPLICE-q to globally assess the dynamics of intron excision in yeast and human nascent RNA-seq. We also show its application using total RNA-seq from a patient-matched prostate cancer sample. Conclusions Our analyses illustrate that SPLICE-q is suitable to detect a progressive increase of splicing efficiency throughout a time course of nascent RNA-seq and it might be useful when it comes to understanding cancer progression beyond mere gene expression levels. SPLICE-q is available at: https://github.com/vrmelo/SPLICE-q
Acanthodesia Canu & Bassler 1919
Creators: name: Taylor, Paul D.
name: Tan, Shau-Hwai Aileen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Membraniporidae
Acanthodesia

description: Acanthodesia Canu & Bassler, 1919
Remarks
The genus Acanthodesia, with the type species Membranipora savartii Audouin, 1826 (see Taylor & Foster 1994), is here interpreted to include numerous species once assigned to Membranipora but having more robustly calcified colonies, or, alternatively, to Biflustra but generally having encrusting colonies rather than the erect vincularian colonies of the type species of this genus. Although many bryozoologists use Biflustra in preference to Acanthodesia, the critical early astogeny is unknown in the type species of the former genus.
The paucity of skeletal morphological characters – avicularia and ovicells are lacking – makes species identification difficult. Molecular studies are much needed in this genus to clarify its diversity.
description: Published as part of Taylor, Paul D. & Tan, Shau-Hwai Aileen, 2015, Cheilostome Bryozoa from Penang and Langkawi, Malaysia, pp. 1-34 in European Journal of Taxonomy 149 on page 6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.149, http://zenodo.org/record/3787554
title: Measuring the contribution of evolution to community trait structure in freshwater zooplankton
Creators: name: Govaert, Lynn
name: Meester, Luc De
name: Rousseaux, Sarah
name: Declerck, Steven A. J.
name: Pantel, Jelena H.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: community trait structure
subject: Daphnia magna
subject: eco-evolutionary dynamics
subject: evolutionary ecology
subject: trait-based ecology
subject: zooplankton
classificationCode: 570
subject: Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: There are currently few predictions about when evolutionary processes are likely to play an important role in structuring community features. Determining predictors that indicate when evolution is expected to impact ecological processes in natural landscapes can help researchers identify eco-evolutionary ‘hotspots', where eco-evolutionary interactions are more likely to occur. Using data collected from a survey in freshwater cladoceran communities, landscape population genetic data and phenotypic trait data measured in a common garden, we applied a Bayesian linear model to assess whether the impact of local trait evolution in the keystone species Daphnia magna on cladoceran community trait values could be predicted by population genetic properties (within-population genetic diversity, genetic distance among populations), ecological properties (Simpson's diversity, phenotypic divergence) or environmental divergence. We found that the impact of local trait evolution varied among communities. Moreover, community diversity and phenotypic divergence were found to be better predictors of the contribution of evolution to community trait values than environmental features or genetic properties of the evolving species. Our results thus indicate the importance of ecological context for the impact of evolution on community features. Our study also demonstrates one way to detect signatures of eco-evolutionary interactions in communities inhabiting heterogeneous landscapes using survey data of contemporary ecological and evolutionary structure.
title: Atomic scale structure and bond stretching force constants in stoichiometric and off-stoichiometric kesterites
Creators: name: Ritter, Konrad
name: Gurieva, Galina
name: Eckner, Stefanie
name: Schwiddessen, Rene
name: D'Acapito, Francesco
name: Welter, Edmund
name: Schorr, Susan
name: Schnohr, Claudia S.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Atomic structure
subject: Crystallographic defects
subject: Stoichiometry
classificationCode: 530
subject: Physik

description: The deviation from stoichiometry and the understanding of its consequences are key factors for the application of kesterites as solar cell absorbers. Therefore, this study investigates the local atomic structure of off-stoichiometric Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS), Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) and Cu2ZnGeSe4 (CZGSe) by means of Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy. Temperature dependent measurements yield the bond stretching force constants of all cation-anion bonds in stoichiometric CZTS and CZTSe and nearly stoichiometric CZGSe. Low temperature measurements allow high precision analysis of the influence of off-stoichiometry on the element specific average bond lengths and their variances. The overall comparison between the materials is in excellent agreement with measures like ionic/atomic radii and bond ionicities. Furthermore, the small uncertainties allow the identification of systematic trends in the Cu–Se and Zn–Se bond lengths of CZTSe and CZGSe. These trends are discussed in context of the types and concentrations of certain point defects, which gives insight into the possible local configurations and their influence on the average structural parameters. The findings complement the understanding of the effect of off-stoichiometry on the local structure of kesterites, which affects their electronic properties and thus their application for solar cells.
Phytomyza plantaginis Robineau-Desvoidy 1851
Creators: name: Černý, Miloš
name: Barták, Miroslav
name: Kubík, Štěpán
name: Vála, Miloslav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Phytomyza
Phytomyza plantaginis

description: Phytomyza plantaginis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851
Literature: Buhr 1941, Beiger 1979, Černý & Merz 2006, Hubenov 2021.
Material examined: [2]: 1 ♂, 27.vi.2016; [4]: 1 ♂, 21.–22.vi.2018; [5]: 1 ♂, 25.vi.2018; [12]: 1 ♂, 12.vi.1990; [15]: 1 ♂, 18.vii.1987, 2 ♂, 19.vii.1987; [16]: 1 ♂, 15.vii.1987; [26]: 1 ♂, 15.–22.vi.2017; [28]: 1 ♂, 20.vi.2016, 1 ♂, [32]: 2 ♂, 23.–24.vi.2017; [33]: 9 ♂, 16.–26.vi.2017; [34]: 1 ♂, 4.v.2018; [35]: 1 ♂, 21.vii.1987; [37]: 1 ♂, 21.vii.1987; [44]: 3 ♂, 19.–20.vi.2018; [57]: 3 ♂, 29.iv.–9.v.2018; [58]: 1 ♂, 5.–6.v.2018.
Distribution: Cosmopolitan species.
description: Published as part of Černý, Miloš, Barták, Miroslav, Kubík, Štěpán & Vála, Miloslav, 2022, New records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from Bulgaria, pp. 401-438 in Zootaxa 5175 (4) on pages 432-433, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7006411
title: Secure Anonymous Conferencing in Quantum Networks
Creators: name: Grasselli, Federico
name: Murta, Gláucia
name: Jong, Jarn De
name: Hahn, Frederik
name: Bruss, Dagmar
name: Kampermann, Hermann
name: Pappa, Anna
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Photonics
subject: Quantum communication
subject: Quantum cryptography
classificationCode: 530
subject: Physik

description: Users of quantum networks can securely communicate via so-called (quantum) conference key agreement—making their identities publicly known. In certain circumstances, however, communicating users demand anonymity. Here, we introduce a security framework for anonymous conference key agreement with different levels of anonymity, which is inspired by the ε-security of quantum key distribution. We present efficient and noise-tolerant protocols exploiting multipartite Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states and prove their security in the finite-key regime. We analyze the performance of our protocols in noisy and lossy quantum networks and compare with protocols that only use bipartite entanglement to achieve the same functionalities. Our simulations show that GHZ-based protocols can outperform protocols based on bipartite entanglement and that the advantage increases for protocols with stronger anonymity requirements. Our results strongly advocate the use of multipartite entanglement for cryptographic tasks involving several users.
La configuración del espacio colonial en Cuba: estudio del sistema urbano en los siglos XVIII y XIX
Creators: name: Gavira, Carmen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 440612
subject: Urban geography

description: [ES] Texto basado en las impresiones de Don Pedro Agustín Morell de la Santa Cruz, obispo de la Yglesia Catedral de la Ciudad de Santiago de Cuba en un informe enviado al rey de España con sus impresiones sobre el estado de la provincia de la Habana (Cuba).[EN] Text based on the impressions of Don Pedro Agustín Morell de la Santa Cruz, bishop of the Cathedral Church of the City of Santiago de Cuba, in a report sent to the King of Spain with his impressions on the state of the province of Havana (Cuba).
Bembicinae Latreille 1802
Creators: name: Nemkov, Pavel G.
name: Lelej, Arkady S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae

description: Subfamily Bembicinae Latreille 1802
Diagnostic characters. Mandibular socket open, mandible not notched externoventrally, scutum without complete notauli, metapleuron with greatly reduced ventral area and separated from propodeum by sulcus, propodeal sternum absent, claws simple, female midtibia with two apical spurs.
description: Published as part of Nemkov, Pavel G. & Lelej, Arkady S., 2013, A cladistic analysis and classification of the subfamily Bembicinae (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with a key to the genera, pp. 201-231 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/222841
title: Niche use and co-occurrence patterns of zooplankton along a strong urbanization gradient
Creators: name: Pantel, Jelena H.
name: Engelen, J. M. T.
name: Meester, Luc De
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: co-occurrence
subject: niche
subject: niche overlap
subject: spatial statistics
subject: urbanization
subject: zooplankton
classificationCode: 570
subject: Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Community composition in a given landscape is a complex product of the constituent species' niche requirements, geographic connectivity, environmental properties, species interactions and drift. In this study, we examined niche use of 16 cladoceran species in 81 zooplankton communities that inhabit environmentally variable sites along a strong urbanization gradient. We tested to what extent niche shifts occurred along the urbanization gradient. We also quantified to what extent niche overlap can explain co-occurrence patterns and tested whether alternative processes such as dispersal limitation or environmental heterogeneity impact co-occurrence patterns. Niche use in the study region was size-mediated, with larger species preferring nutrient-rich environments while smaller species were more specialized on distinct niche axes. Our analyses also revealed that mainly generalist species were able to establish in urban sites. While the average niche position for most species was conserved from rural to urban sites, the niches of those species occurring in both rural and urban areas remain partly unfilled in the urban populations. We observed that a relatively small proportion (13%) of species pairs co-occurred more or less often than expected by chance, but also that niche overlap was the only predictor that was strongly and significantly associated with co-occurrence scores in our study. While most of these species pairs showed evidence for a role of environmental filtering, a few common, generalist species pairs displayed segregated co-occurrence patterns and high niche overlap, suggesting a role of limiting similarity relationships as well. Our study highlights the damaging effects on biodiversity of urbanization through biotic homogenization benefitting generalist species, as well as the difficulty species may face in occupying available niche space in urbanized habitats.
Phytomyza ptarmicae Hering 1937
Creators: name: Černý, Miloš
name: Barták, Miroslav
name: Kubík, Štěpán
name: Vála, Miloslav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Phytomyza
Phytomyza ptarmicae

description: Phytomyza ptarmicae Hering, 1937
Material examined: [14]: 3 ♂, 24.vi.2018; [48]: 1 ♂, 14.–17.vi.2019.
Distribution: European species. First record from Bulgaria and Balkan peninsula.
description: Published as part of Černý, Miloš, Barták, Miroslav, Kubík, Štěpán & Vála, Miloslav, 2022, New records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from Bulgaria, pp. 401-438 in Zootaxa 5175 (4) on page 433, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7006411
Acanthodesia falsitenuis Taylor & Tan 2015, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Taylor, Paul D.
name: Tan, Shau-Hwai Aileen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Membraniporidae
Acanthodesia
Acanthodesia falsitenuis
Membranipora
Membranipora falsitenuis

description: Acanthodesia cf. falsitenuis (Liu, 1992) comb. nov.
Fig. 3 A–C
cf. Membranipora falsitenuis Liu, 1992: 112, figs 3–6.
Material
MALAYSIA: MSL BRY003, Kampung Kuala Temoyong, Langkawi, encrusting an oyster found among fishing debris.
Description
Colony encrusting, multiserial, unilamellar, locally multilamellar. Ancestrula and early astogenetic stages not observed. Autozooids subhexagonal or subrectangular, distally well-rounded, elongate, 0.53– 0.73 mm long by 0.30–0.40 mm wide, zooidal boundaries marked by a fissure; mural rim salient, narrow, pustulose, pustules forming a single row; opesia occupying most of frontal surface, rim broadened distally, edged with tiny pustules; gymnocyst lacking; cryptocyst occupying one-third to almost one-half of proximal end of zooid, planar, sparsely pustulose, with a variably developed, anvil-shaped process bearing long spines extending for up to 0.14 mm over opesia (Fig. 3 B–C); no spine bases, spinules or tubercles. Kenozooids developed at convergences between colony lobes (Fig. 3A, upper right corner), variable in shape and size, opesia ovoidal.
Remarks
The most striking feature of this species is the anvil-shaped, spinose cryptocystal process projecting over the opesia (Fig. 3 B–C). Similar processes were depicted in zooids of two species from the South China Sea – Acanthodesia similis (Liu, 1992) (see Liu et al. 2001: pl. 9, fig. 2) and A. falsitenuis (Liu, 1992) (see Liu 1992: fig. 3) – and also in Acanthodesia crenulata (Okada, 1923), described by Tilbrook (2006: pl. 2b) from the Solomon Islands. Autozooids of A. similis are about half the length of those of the species described here from Langkawi, but judging from the scale bar shown by Liu (1992) in his figure of A. falsitenuis, this latter species is about the same size as the Langkawi material. However, the cryprocystal process is less developed in the Chinese material of A. falsitenuis and this also has zooids of a more rectangular shape with more ragged edges to the lateral cryptocyst.
description: Published as part of Taylor, Paul D. & Tan, Shau-Hwai Aileen, 2015, Cheilostome Bryozoa from Penang and Langkawi, Malaysia, pp. 1-34 in European Journal of Taxonomy 149 on pages 6-8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.149, http://zenodo.org/record/3787554
title: Resolving the neural dynamics of visual and auditory scene processing in the human brain
title: a methodological approach
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Cichy, Radoslaw M.
name: Teng, Santani
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: scene perception
subject: multivariate pattern classification
subject: deep neural networks
subject: representational similarity analysis
classificationCode: 150
subject: Psychologie

description: In natural environments, visual and auditory stimulation elicit responses across a large set of brain regions in a fraction of a second, yielding representations of the multimodal scene and its properties. The rapid and complex neural dynamics underlying visual and auditory information processing pose major challenges to human cognitive neuroscience. Brain signals measured non-invasively are inherently noisy, the format of neural representations is unknown, and transformations between representations are complex and often nonlinear. Further, no single non-invasive brain measurement technique provides a spatio-temporally integrated view. In this opinion piece, we argue that progress can be made by a concerted effort based on three pillars of recent methodological development: (i) sensitive analysis techniques such as decoding and cross-classification, (ii) complex computational modelling using models such as deep neural networks, and (iii) integration across imaging methods (magnetoencephalography/electroencephalography, functional magnetic resonance imaging) and models, e.g. using representational similarity analysis. We showcase two recent efforts that have been undertaken in this spirit and provide novel results about visual and auditory scene analysis. Finally, we discuss the limits of this perspective and sketch a concrete roadmap for future research.
title: Walking trajectory control for a biped robot
Creators: name: Cuevas, Erik
name: Zaldivar, Daniel
name: Rojas, Raùl
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2004
Subjects: classificationCode: 004
subject: Datenverarbeitung; Informatik

description: A not trivial problem in bipedal robot walking is the instability produced by the violent transition between the different dynamic walk phases. In this work an dynamic algorithm to control a biped robot is proposed. The algorithm is based on cubic polynomial interpolation of the initial conditions for the robot’s position, velocity and acceleration. This guarantee a constant velocity an a smooth transition in the control trajectories. The algorithm was successfully probed in the bipedal robot “Dany walker” designed at the Freie Universität Berlin, finally a briefly mechanical description of the robot structure is presented.
A Tutorial on Quantum Master Equations: Tips and tricks for quantum optics, quantum computing and beyond
Creators: name: Campaioli, Francesco
name: Cole, Jared H.
name: Hapuarachchi, Harini
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum master equations are an invaluable tool to model the dynamics of a plethora of microscopic systems, ranging from quantum optics and quantum information processing, to energy and charge transport, electronic and nuclear spin resonance, photochemistry, and more. This tutorial offers a concise and pedagogical introduction to quantum master equations, accessible to a broad, cross-disciplinary audience. The reader is guided through the basics of quantum dynamics with hands-on examples that build up in complexity. The tutorial covers essential methods like the Lindblad master equation, Redfield relaxation, and Floquet theory, as well as techniques like Suzuki-Trotter expansion and numerical approaches for sparse solvers. These methods are illustrated with code snippets implemented in python and other languages, which can be used as a starting point for generalisation and more sophisticated implementations.
description: 57 pages, 12 figures, 34 code examples
title: Futures of area-based initiatives in German education: results from a quantitative Delphi survey
Creators: name: Duveneck, Anika
name: Grund, Julius
name: Haan, Gerhard De
name: Wahler, Kathrin
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Area-based education
subject: Educational networks
subject: Educational governance
subject: Delphi method
subject: Rationalized myth
classificationCode: 370
subject: Bildung und Erziehung

description: To support schools, improve learning outcomes, create innovative learning opportunities, and reduce social disadvantage, many countries have introduced policies to mandate or incentivize educational networks in the last decade. This study focuses on Germany, where around 80% of municipalities established area-based initiative (ABI) structures following a broad range of ABIs. However, research has revealed a gap between intentions and implementation: There is a strong bias toward governance structures, while educational aims have not been achieved. To provide a foundation for purposeful development, a Delphi study has been conducted. Based on a sample of 180 nationwide ABI experts, data was collected in two steps using an online questionnaire on preferred and probable developments in crucial ABI fields. Statistical analyses offer insights into the relation between desirability and expectation and the degree of consensus or divergence among experts. The study shows that after 10 years of experience, the discrepancy between intentions and implementation is expected to remain. Further, it reveals tendencies on the level of governance and thereby contributes to identifying the scope of ABIs. The study concludes that, for future development, it is necessary to define ABIs’ contributions to their initial aims and to reassess their legitimacy.
Fine-structure transitions of Si and S induced by collisions with atomic hydrogen
Creators: name: Yan, Pei-Gen
name: Babb, James F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a quantum-mechanical close-coupling method, we calculate cross sections for fine structure excitation and relaxation of Si and S atoms in collisions with atomic hydrogen. Rate coefficients are calculated over a range of temperatures for astrophysical applications. We determine the temperature-dependent critical densities for the relaxation of Si and S in collisions with H and compare these to the critical densities for collisions with electrons. The present calculation should be useful in modeling environments exhibiting the [S i] 25 μm and [S i] 57 μm far-infrared emission lines or where cooling of S and Si by collisions with H are of interest.
description: Updated table 2
title: Champiñón :
title: Directrices para la ejecución del examen de la distinción, la homogeneidad y la estabilidad.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants,
Year: 0
Subjects: Plants
New Varieties of Plants
Agaricus

description: La finalidad de estas directrices (“directrices de examen”) es elaborar los principios que figuran en la Introducción General (documento TG/1/3) y sus documentos TGP conexos, con objeto de que sirvan de orientación práctica y detallada para el examen armonizado de la distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad (DHE) y en particular, para identificar los caracteres apropiados para el examen DHE y producir descripciones armonizadas de variedades.
title: Analysis of doping control samples using supercritical fluid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: Ready for routine use
Creators: name: Wuest, Bernhard
name: Gavrilović, Ivana
name: Cowan, David
name: Torre, Xavier De La
name: Botrè, Francesco
name: Parr, Maria Kristina
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: bioanalysis
subject: drugs
subject: doping agents
subject: method performance
subject: reliability
classificationCode: 615
subject: Pharmakologie, Therapeutik

description: Supercritical fluid chromatography is proving to be a good separation and sample preparation tool for various analytical applications and, as such, has gained the attention of the anti-doping community. Here, the applicability of supercritical fluid chromatography hyphenated to tandem mass spectrometry for routine doping control analysis was tested. A multi-analyte method was developed to cover 197 drugs and metabolites that are prohibited in sport. More than 1000 samples were analyzed by applying a “dilute and inject” approach after hydrolysis of glucuronide metabolites. Additionally, a comparison with routinely used liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was performed with 250 of the 1000 samples and a number of past positive anti-doping samples. It revealed some features where supercritical fluid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was found to be complementary or advantageous to liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for anti-doping purposes, such as better retention of analytes that are poorly retained in reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Our results suggest that supercritical fluid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry is sensitive (limit of detection <50% relevant minimum required performance level required by the World Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping analysis), reproducible, robust, precise (analytes of interest area coefficient of variation <5%; retention time difference coefficient of variation <1%) and complementary to existing techniques currently used for routine analysis in the World Anti-Doping Agency accredited laboratories.
The Effect of Flagella Stiffness on the Locomotion of a Multi-Flagellated Robot at Low Reynolds Environment
Creators: name: Chikere, Nnamdi
name: Ozkan-Aydin, Yasemin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Microorganisms such as algae and bacteria move in a viscous environment with extremely low Reynolds ($Re$), where the viscous drag dominates the inertial forces. They have adapted to this environment by developing specialized features such as whole-body deformations and flexible structures such as flagella (with various shapes, sizes, and numbers) that break the symmetry during the motion. In this study, we hypothesize that the changes in the flexibility of the flagella during a cycle of movement impact locomotion dynamics of flagellated locomotion. To test our hypothesis, we developed an autonomous, self-propelled robot with four flexible, multi-segmented flagella actuated together by a single DC motor. The stiffness of the flagella during the locomotion is controlled via a cable-driven mechanism attached to the center of the robot. Experimental assessments of the robot's swimming demonstrate that increasing the flexibility of the flagella during recovery stroke and reducing the flexibility during power stroke improves the swimming performance of the robot. Our results give insight into how these microorganisms manipulate their biological features to propel themselves in low viscous media and are of great interest to biomedical and research applications.