cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cerithium (Triforis) bigemma R. B. Watson 1880
Creators: name: Bakker, Piet A. J.
name: Albano, Paolo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Cerithiidae
Cerithium
Cerithium bigemma

description: Cerithium (Triforis) bigemma R.B. Watson, 1880
Cerithium (Triforis) bigemma R.B. Watson, 1880: 101.
Triforis bigemma (R.B. Watson, 1880) — Dall 1881: 81.
Triforis (Sychar) bigemma (R.B. Watson, 1880) —Dall 1889: 248.
Triphora bigemma (R.B. Watson, 1880) — Abbott 1974: 112.
Strobiligera bigemma (R.B. Watson, 1880) — Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2007: 14
Inella bigemma (R.B. Watson, 1880) — Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2008: 98, fig. 9a–b, 36b.
Type locality. U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas, North of Culebra Island, 18°38’30” N, 65°5’30” W, about 713 m deep, coral–mud.
Type material. NHMUK 1887.2.9.1762, lectotype.
Distribution. Bahamas (Dowgiallo 2004), Gulf of Mexico (Rosenberg et al. 2009), Puerto Rico (Rosenberg et al. 2009; Fernandes & Pimenta 2014), United States, Georgia (Abbott 1974), United States Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas (Watson 1880; Watson 1886; Paetel 1888; Dall 1889a; Dall 1889b; Albano et al. 2019), Yucatan Strait (Dall 1881; Watson 1886; Rosenberg et al. 2009).
Remarks. Lectotype designation by Rolán & Fernández-Garcés (2008). The distribution of this species is only known with certainty from the type location, Culebra Island (Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2008), records from other locations are not likely to be conspecific with the species in question.
description: Published as part of Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 5088 (1) on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5836536
Scythris buszkoi Baran 2004
Creators: name: Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.
name: Budashkin, Yury I.
name: Zhakov, Aleksandr V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Scythrididae
Scythris
Scythris buszkoi

description: Scythris buszkoi Baran, 2004
Material examined. 1♀, ZaporoZHie reg., Novonikolaevsk distr., ZoologiCal garden “ Tauria ”, 14.vii.2000 (Zhakov); 2♂, Odessa reg., Kominternovskiy distr., W vicinity of Korsuntsy vill., beaCH oF Kujal'nitskiy estuary, 16.v.2011 (Khalaim); 1♂, Zaporozhie reg., Melitopol’ distr., vicinity of Troitskoe vill., Troitskaya balka, 31.vii.2012 (ZHakov).
Distribution. Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland (FaZekas 2013). In Ukraine known From Ternopol’ and KHmel’nitskiy Regions (Baran 2004).
description: Published as part of Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Budashkin, Yury I. & Zhakov, Aleksandr V., 2017, Checklist of scythridid moths (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae) of Ukraine with description of two new species, pp. 481-503 in Zootaxa 4291 (3) on page 492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/827636
(De)constituting Alcoholics Anonymous: the four flows of anonymous communication
Creators: name: Kang, Kyung Won
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: To promote supportive interactions among stigmatized individuals, anonymity seems desirable. However, anonymity is a complex construct that could positively or negatively influence support depending on its use. To uncover the role of anonymity as a core communication principle in the context of support groups and organizations, this dissertation aims to understand the constituting (and potentially deconstituting) aspects of anonymous communication in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Adopting the anonymous communication model and the four flows model, this dissertation specifically explores how anonymity enables and constrains key organizing processes and key organizational/group/individual outcomes of AA. Using a mixed methods multiple case study of anonymous communication, 16 in-depth interviews and 93 questionnaires were analyzed from members of four AA groups. The data provide a rich description of how anonymity enables and constrains organizing processes of AA. Overall, despite anonymous communication’s constraining force, it mostly serves to constitute the organization across the various flows and it plays a significant role in this social support organization.
Increasing subsequences of linear size in random permutations and the Robinson-Schensted tableaux of permutons
Creators: name: Dubach, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60C05, 05A05

description: The study of longest increasing subsequences (LIS) in permutations led to that of Young diagrams via Robinson-Schensted's (RS) correspondence. In a celebrated paper, Vershik and Kerov obtained a limit theorem for such diagrams and found that the LIS of a uniform permutation of size n behaves as $2\sqrt{n}$. Independently and much later, Hoppen et al. introduced the theory of permutons as a scaling limit of permutations. In this paper, we extend in some sense the RS correspondence of permutations to the space of permutons. When the "RS-tableaux" of a permuton are non-trivial, we show that the RS-tableaux of random permutations sampled from this permuton exhibit a linear behavior, in the sense that their first rows and columns have lengths of linear order. In particular, the LIS of such permutations behaves as a multiple of n. We also prove some large deviation results for these convergences. Finally, by studying asymptotic properties of Fomin's algorithm for permutations, we show that the RS-tableaux of a permuton satisfy a partial differential equation.
description: 39 pages. Revised version, accepted for publication in Random Structures & Algorithms
Bombus mucidus subsp. mollis Perez 1879
Creators: name: Ornosa, Concepción
name: Torres, Félix
name: Rúa, Pilar De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Bombus
Bombus mucidus
Bombus mucidus mollis pérez 1879

description: Bombus mucidus mollis Pérez 1879
This subspecies appears in the Cantabrian Range and in the Pyrenees, between 1400 and 2500 m, on forest areas (Ornosa & Ortiz-Sánchez 2004). It was known by 13 individuals in historical records (1970-1998) and by 41 before 1950 (Ornosa 1984, Rasmont 1988, Castro 1996).
Currently, it has been collected in the Pyrenees between 1660 and 2050 m (Fig. 7), in grasslands and shrublands in forests of Pinus uncinata, with patches of upperforest subalpine scrub on Cirsium acaule (L.) Scop., Gentiana lutea L., Lotus corniculatus L. and Trifolium repens L.
According to current data, this species exhibits greater elevational tendency in its lower level (Fig. 7) in the Pyrenees, where it has decreased and seems to be threatened (Table 2).
New records. Spain: Girona: Camprodón, ski resort, 23-VII-2009, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; La Molina road, 25-VII-2009, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME. Huesca: Ordesa, Circo de Soaso, 10-VII-2013, 1 queen; Gradas de Soaso, 10-VII-2013, 1 queen; C. Ornosa leg. UCME; Las Cutas track, 11-VII-2013, 1 queen, C. Ornosa leg., UCME.
description: Published as part of Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix & Rúa, Pilar De La, 2017, Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status, pp. 41-77 in Zootaxa 4237 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/322688
МОЛИЯ БОЗОРИДА КОРПОРАТИВ ҚИММАТЛИ ҚОҒОЗЛАРНИНГ АХАМИЯТИ
Creators: name: Гулбаева, Ф.И.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Корпоратив қимматли қоғозлар корпоративлар томонидан эмиссия қилинган қимматликларга доир шартномалар тузиш ва амалга ошириш билан боғлик бўлган фаолиятдир. Корпоратив қимматли коғозларнинг мазмуни шундан иборатки, улар компаниялар ва акциядорлик жамияти томонидан чиқарилади.
The Daugavet and Delta-constants of points in Banach spaces
Creators: name: Choi, Geunsu
name: Jung, Mingu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We introduce two new notions called the Daugavet constant and $Δ$-constant of a point, which measure quantitatively how far the point is from being Daugavet point and $Δ$-point and allow us to study Daugavet and $Δ$-points in Banach spaces from a quantitative viewpoint. We show that these notions can be viewed as a localized version of certain global estimations of Daugavet and diametral local diameter two properties such as Daugavet indices of thickness. As an intriguing example, we present the existence of a Banach space $X$ in which all points on the unit sphere have positive Daugavet constants despite the Daugavet indices of thickness of $X$ being zero. Moreover, using the Daugavet and $Δ$-constants of points in the unit sphere, we describe the existence of almost Daugavet and $Δ$-points as well as the set of denting points of the unit ball. We also present exact values of the Daugavet and $Δ$-constant on several classical Banach spaces, as well as Lipschitz-free spaces. In particular, it is shown that there is a Lipschitz-free space with a $Δ$-point which is the furthest away from being a Daugavet point. Finally, we provide some related stability results concerning the Daugavet and $Δ$-constant.
description: 32 pages, 3 figures. Some mistakes/typos were fixed and some results were polished thanks to anonymous referees
Scythris sinensis Felder & Rogenhofer 1875
Creators: name: Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.
name: Budashkin, Yury I.
name: Zhakov, Aleksandr V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Scythrididae
Scythris
Scythris sinensis

description: Scythris sinensis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Material examined. 1♂, 1♀, Odessa reg., Kotovsk, 16, 17.v.2004 (Khalaim); 1♀, Kiev reg., Kiev distr., Hodosovka vill., 18.vi.2004, at light (Nesterov); 1♂, 1♀, Kiev reg., Kiev distr., Muzychi vill., 17.v, 10.vi.2006, at light (Nesterov); 1♂, [Tchernigiv reg.], Korop, 18–23.vii.2008 (Wikström) (coll. B. Wikström); 1♂, Volyn’ reg., Turiys’k, 29.v.2013, at ligHt (Vojtko).
Distribution. Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, LitHuania, Belarus, Russia (nortH-west and Center oF tHe European part, Western CauCasus, Middle Volga region, SoutH Ural, SoutH Siberia, Transbaikalia, Amur Region, SoutHern Primorie, SakHalin), CHina, Japan, Korea, Taiwan (Bengtsson 1997; Nupponen еt al. 2000; Nupponen & Nupponen 2001; Sinev 2008); introduCed in eastern NortH AmeriCa (Landry et al. 2013). New to Ukraine.
description: Published as part of Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Budashkin, Yury I. & Zhakov, Aleksandr V., 2017, Checklist of scythridid moths (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae) of Ukraine with description of two new species, pp. 481-503 in Zootaxa 4291 (3) on page 492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/827636
Isotriphora bilineata Kosuge 1962
Creators: name: Bakker, Piet A. J.
name: Albano, Paolo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Triphoridae
Isotriphora
Isotriphora bilineata

description: Isotriphora bilineata Kosuge, 1962
Isotriphora bilineata Kosuge, 1962b: 79, pl. 10, fig. 5, textfig. 4.
Litharium bilineata (Kosuge, 1962) — Habe & Kosuge 1966: 105, pl. 41, fig. 10.
Type locality. Japan, Ogokuda, Shiono –misaki, Kii Peninsula.
Type material. NSMT-Mo 13034, holotype.
Distribution. Hawaii (Hemmes & Goldsmith 1986), Japan (Kosuge 1962b; Higo et al. 1999; Okutani 2000; Higo et al. 2001; Okutani 2017).
description: Published as part of Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 5088 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5836536
Deep learning-based radiointerferometric imaging with GAN-aided training
Creators: name: Geyer, F.
name: Schmidt, K.
name: Kummer, J.
name: Brüggen, M.
name: Edler, H. W.
name: Elsässer, D.
name: Griese, F.
name: Poggenpohl, A.
name: Rustige, L.
name: Rhode, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radio interferometry invariably suffers from an incomplete coverage of the spatial Fourier space, which leads to imaging artifacts. The current state-of-the-art technique is to create an image by Fourier-transforming the incomplete visibility data and to clean the systematic effects originating from incomplete data in Fourier space. Previously, we have shown how super-resolution methods based on convolutional neural networks can reconstruct sparse visibility data. Our previous work has suffered from a low realism of the training data. The aim of this work is to build a whole simulation chain for realistic radio sources that then leads to a vastly improved neural net for the reconstruction of missing visibilities. This method offers considerable improvements in terms of speed, automatization and reproducibility over the standard techniques. Here we generate large amounts of training data by creating images of radio galaxies with a generative adversarial network (GAN) that has been trained on radio survey data. Then, we applied the Radio Interferometer Measurement Equation (RIME) in order to simulate the measurement process of a radio interferometer. We show that our neural network can reconstruct faithfully images of realistic radio galaxies. The reconstructed images agree well with the original images in terms of the source area, integrated flux density, peak flux density, and the multi-scale structural similarity index. Finally, we show how the neural net can be adapted to estimate the uncertainties in the imaging process.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Fixation selection for categorical target searches in real world scenes
Creators: name: Kleene, Nicholas
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: Computational models have seen widespread success in predicting fixation locations for visual search tasks that use artificial stimuli, such as Gabors in 1/f noise (Najemnik & Geisler, 2005), but comparatively little in predicting fixation locations for visual search tasks with natural stimuli. Critically, previous approaches have not accounted for the effects of our foveated visual system nor implemented decision rules to actually select a sequence of fixations (Torralba, Oliva, Castelhano, & Henderson, 2006; Ehinger, Hidalgo-Sotelo, Torralba, & Oliva, 2009). Here we present a Bayesian model of fixation selection in visual search tasks using natural images. The model used two known sources of information to select fixations: scene context and features that look similar to the target (termed target-relevant features here). Scene context functioned as a prior over possible target locations, while target-relevant features acted as the likelihood function (as in Ehinger et al., 2009). Scene context was measured using GIST (Torralba et al., 2006) and target-relevant features were measured using Histograms of Oriented Gradients (Dalal & Triggs, 2005). We represented scene context with a mixture of Gaussians and target-relevant features with a multivariate Gaussian distribution. The model selected new fixations using either a maximum a posteriori (MAP) or entropy limit minimization (ELM) rule. To compare the fixations selected by the models we tested human observers on a pedestrian search task in natural images. Prior to the search task, a visibility map was measured using data from human observers in detection task. The visibility map was then used to degrade the target-relevant feature information in our model simulations, representing the effects of foveation. We found evidence that human observers do use scene context and target-relevant features as sources of information to guide their fixations in natural scenes. Additionally, fixations selected by human observers were more consistent with the ELM decision rule than the MAP decision rule. We close by noting the limitations of the models and discuss potential extensions.
Triforis bilineata O. Meyer 1886
Creators: name: Bakker, Piet A. J.
name: Albano, Paolo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Triphoridae
Triforis
Triforis bilineata

description: † Triforis bilineata O. Meyer, 1886
Triforis bilineatus O. Meyer, 1886: 73, pl. 2, fig. 16.
Type locality. United States, Mississippi, Red Bluff.
Type stratum. Eocene.
Type material. Type material not located so far.
Distribution. United States, Mississippi (Meyer 1886).
Geological age. Eocene (Meyer 1886).
Remarks. The genus Triforis is of feminine gender, therefore the name should be Triforis bilineata.
description: Published as part of Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 5088 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5836536
Bombus muscorum Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Ornosa, Concepción
name: Torres, Félix
name: Rúa, Pilar De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Bombus
Bombus muscorum

description: Bombus muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
This bumblebee species has a Eurosiberian distribution. Due to a significant reduction of its distribution range, it is considered as Vulnerable in the IUCN European Red List (Rasmont et al. 2015).
In the Iberian Peninsula it can be found in the northern half and at isolated areas in more southern points. Elevational distribution ranges between 410 and 1800 m (Castro 1994, Ornosa & Ortiz-Sánchez 2004).
At present it has been sampled in the Pyrenees foraging in forest pastures and open areas with scrub between 1280 and 1660 m (Fig. 7), on Centaurea scabiosa L., Digitalis purpurea L., Echium vulgare L., Eryngium bourgatii Gouan, Lotus corniculatus L., Prunella vulgaris L., Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. Trifolium pratense L., and Trifolium repens L.
It is clearly a declining species in the Pyrenees (Table 2), as well as the entire Iberian Peninsula, where it needs special attention and assessment and very likely, protection. According to the current data, this species exhibits greater orophilous tendency (Fig. 7).
New records. Spain: Huesca: Chía, Mirador, Valle de Benasque, 14-VII-2011, 7 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Ordesa, Gradas de Soaso, 10-VII-2013, 1 queen; C. Ornosa leg., UCME; San Nicolás de Bujaruelo, 9- VIII-2014, 1 worker, P. De la Rúa leg., UMU; Zuriza, 10-VII-2009, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME.
description: Published as part of Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix & Rúa, Pilar De La, 2017, Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status, pp. 41-77 in Zootaxa 4237 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/322688
Scythris anomaloptera Staudinger 1880
Creators: name: Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.
name: Budashkin, Yury I.
name: Zhakov, Aleksandr V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Scythrididae
Scythris
Scythris anomaloptera

description: Scythris anomaloptera (Staudinger, 1880)
(Figs 25–29)
Material examined. 1♀, Dnepropetrovsk reg., Pavlograd distr., Andreevka vill., steppe, 22.v.1990 (Barsov); 3♂, 1♀, Odessa reg., Ivankovka distr., viCinity oF Severinovka vill., 30.iv.2016, at ligHt (ZHakov).
Distribution. Spain, FranCe, Bosnia-HerZegovina?, GreeCe, Bulgaria, Russia (Lower Volga region), Turkey (Bengtsson 1997; Nupponen 2007; Nupponen et al. 2007; Sinev 2008). New to Ukraine.
description: Published as part of Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Budashkin, Yury I. & Zhakov, Aleksandr V., 2017, Checklist of scythridid moths (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae) of Ukraine with description of two new species, pp. 481-503 in Zootaxa 4291 (3) on page 492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/827636
Bombus pascuorum Scopoli 1763
Creators: name: Ornosa, Concepción
name: Torres, Félix
name: Rúa, Pilar De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Bombus
Bombus pascuorum

description: Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763)
It is a western Palearctic species, very common and polytypic, represented in the Pyrenees by two subspecies (Ornosa & Ortiz-Sánchez 2004). It is ubiquitously present in many types of habitats, even in human altered landscapes. Therefore, its status in the IUCN European Red List is of Least Concern (Rasmont et al. 2015).
description: Published as part of Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix & Rúa, Pilar De La, 2017, Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status, pp. 41-77 in Zootaxa 4237 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/322688
Triphoris (Ino) bilix Hinds 1843
Creators: name: Bakker, Piet A. J.
name: Albano, Paolo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Triphoridae
Triphoris
Triphoris bilix

description: Triphoris (Ino) bilix Hinds, 1843
Triphoris (Ino) bilix Hinds, 1843b: 17.
Triforis bilix Hinds, 1843 — Tryon 1887: 179, pl. 37, fig. 86.
Viriola bilix (Hinds, 1843) — Habe & Kosuge 1966: 108, pl. 41, fig. 40.
Viriola (Viriola) bilix (Hinds, 1843) — Higo et al. 1999: 204.
Euthymella bilix (Hinds, 1843) — Okutani 2000: 313, pl. 155, fig. 64.
Type locality. Straits of Malacca, dredged from a muddy bottom in 20 fathoms deep (36.6 m).
Type material. NHMUK 1879.2.26.206, syntypes.
Distribution. French Polynesia (Tröndle & Boutet 2009), Hawaii (Kay 1979; Hemmes et al. 1996c; Higo et al. 1999; Severns 2011; Dumrongrojwattana et al. 2016; Polhemus 2020), Indonesia (Higo et al. 1999), Japan (Higo et al. 1999; Okutani 2000; Okutani 2017), Philippines (Higo et al. 1999; Poppe 2008), Straits of Malacca (Hinds 1843b; Hinds 1844; Tryon 1887; Paetel 1888; Albano et al. 2019), Taiwan (Dumrongrojwattana et al. 2016), Thailand (Dumrongrojwattana et al. 2016; Dumrongrojwattana & Tanamai 2020; Wells et al. 2021).
description: Published as part of Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 5088 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5836536
Monodromy kernels for strata of translation surfaces
Creators: name: Giannini, Riccardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The non-hyperelliptic connected components of the strata of translation surfaces are conjectured to be orbifold classifying spaces for some groups commensurable to some mapping class groups. The topological monodromy map of the non-hyperelliptic components projects naturally to the mapping class group of the underlying punctured surface and is an obvious candidate to test commensurability. In the present article, we prove that for the components $\mathcal{H}(3,1)$ and $\mathcal{H}^{nh}(4)$ in genus 3 the monodromy map fails to demonstrate the conjectured commensurability. In particular, building on work of Wajnryb, we prove that the kernels of the monodromy maps for $\mathcal{H}(3,1)$ and $\mathcal{H}^{nh}(4)$ are large, as they contain a non-abelian free group of rank $2$
description: Revised version. Comments and suggestions are welcome!
Triforis biplicata Rouault 1848
Creators: name: Bakker, Piet A. J.
name: Albano, Paolo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Triphoridae
Triforis
Triforis biplicata

description: † Triforis biplicata Rouault, 1848
Triforis biplicatus Rouault, 1848: 480, pl. 16, fig. 9a.
Triforis (Ogivia) biplicata Rouault, 1848 — Harris & Burrows 1891: 89.
Triphora biplicata Rouault, 1848 — Gougerot & Le Renard 1981: 57, fig. 36–37.
Type locality. France, Bos d’Arros.
Type stratum. Eocene.
Type material. Type material not located so far.
Distribution. France (Rouault 1848; Cossmann 1889; Harris & Burrows 1891).
Geological age. Eocene (Rouault 1848; Cossmann 1889; Harris & Burrows 1891).
Remarks. The genus Triforis is of feminine gender, therefore the name should be Triforis biplicata.
description: Published as part of Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 5088 (1) on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5836536
Scythris flaviventrella Herrich-Schaffer 1855
Creators: name: Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.
name: Budashkin, Yury I.
name: Zhakov, Aleksandr V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Scythrididae
Scythris
Scythris flaviventrella

description: Scythris flaviventrella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
(Figs 30–31)
Material examined. 1♀, Donetsk and ZaporoZHie reg., Kamennye Mogily Nat. Res., 8.viii.1990 (ZHakov) (gen. slide 158/13, O. Bidzilya); 1♂, 1♀, Crimea, Feodosia distr., S slope of Uzun-Syrt, 27.vii.2014 (Budashkin).
Distribution. FranCe, Italy, Austria, CZeCH RepubliC, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Russia (Middle Volga region, SoutH Ural, Altai), Turkey, Middle Asia (KyrgyZstan) (Bengtsson 1997; Nupponen еt al. 2000; Nupponen & Nupponen 2001; Sinev 2008; Nupponen 2011). New to Ukraine. Previous reCords From Kiev Region oF Ukraine (1.viii.1932 and 2.vii.1934, 3 eX, Coll. SIZK) (Lebedev 1937; Sovinskiy 1938) proved to be Roesslerstammia erxlebella (FabriCius, 1787).
description: Published as part of Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Budashkin, Yury I. & Zhakov, Aleksandr V., 2017, Checklist of scythridid moths (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae) of Ukraine with description of two new species, pp. 481-503 in Zootaxa 4291 (3) on page 492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/827636
Towards the quantization of integrable non-linear sigma models
Creators: name: Kotousov, Gleb
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Year: 2019

description: The class of integrable Non-Linear Sigma Models (NLSM) have many interesting applications in Quantum Field Theory, Condensed Matter Physics and String Theory. However, despite being integrable, their study still presents many challenges. In this thesis the quantization of integrable NLSM is considered within the framework of the Quantum Inverse Scattering Method (QISM). The main focus are the O(3) and O(4) NLSM and their integrable deformations. On these examples, we will encounter and discuss the long-standing conceptual challenges of quantizing NLSM in general. A key technical tool, that will allow us to make progress, is the so-called ODE/IQFT correspondence. Among the results presented in this thesis is a new approach to the problem with non-ultralocality; a study of the integrable structures in the O(3) model as well as its deformation; and a remarkable relation between the Casimir energies of the deformed O(4) model and certain solutions of the modified sinh-Gordon equation.
Bombus pascuorum subsp. freygessneri Vogt 1909
Creators: name: Ornosa, Concepción
name: Torres, Félix
name: Rúa, Pilar De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Bombus
Bombus pascuorum
Bombus pascuorum freygessneri vogt, 1909

description: Bombus pascuorum freygessneri Vogt, 1909
Iberian subspecies distributed mainly in the northeast (Catalonia and Valencia), but entering into the inner Peninsula, where hybrid forms with other subspecies appear. Its elevational distribution ranges from 150 to 1690 m (Ornosa & Ortiz-Sánchez 2004).
Recently it was located in the Pyrenees between 627 and 2152 m (Fig. 7), on Acinos alpinum (L.), Asarina procumbens Mill., Echium plantagineum (Nox.), Malva sylvestris L., Medicago sativa L., Rhododendron ferrugineum L. and Trifolium repens L.
According to current data, this species exhibits greater orophilous tendency (Fig. 7) but it is not regarded as being threatened (Table 2).
New records. Spain: Girona: La Molina, ski resort, 9-VII-2015, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Ribes de Freser, 13-VI-2013, 1 queen, B. Guzmán leg.; Ribes de Freser, 9-VII-2015, 6 workers, F. Torres, UCME; Sant Joan de les Abadesses, 8-VII-2015, 4 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME. Lleida: Espot, ski resort, 8-VII-2014, 1 worker, F. Torres leg., UCME; San Nicolás chapel-Estany Llebrera, 9-VII-2014, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Grasslands between Estany Ratera and Estany Sant Maurici, 8-VII-2014, 1 queen, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Sort pass track, 12-VIII-2012, 6 workers, P. De la Rúa leg., UMU.
description: Published as part of Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix & Rúa, Pilar De La, 2017, Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status, pp. 41-77 in Zootaxa 4237 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/322688
Craspedophorus brevicollis
Creators: name: Häckel, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Craspedophorus
Craspedophorus brevicollis

description: Key to species of Craspedophorus brevicollis group
1) Body wider, elytra ovoid. Pronotum strongly transverse (length/width ratio <1.7), base with a long, shallow incisure near each margin, pedunculation distinct (Plate 15, Figs 119–124). Each elytron with two yellow-red maculae at most, humeral and preapical............................................................................................2
- Body more parallel-sided. Pronotum less transverse (length/width ratio> 1.7), base without any distinct marginal incisure and without pedunculation. Each elytron with three maculae, one covering humerus, the second (posthumeral) distantly located in front of the elytral midlength, and the third is the preapical. (Plate 15, Figs 125–128). East and South Africa............................................................................................... C. abnormis Bates, 1886
2 Pronotum more convex anteriorly, anterior angles not protruded anteriorly. Elytra with yellow maculae large, wide, not fragmentated, humeral one reaching from II to IX interval, preapical one reaching from II (III) to VIII interval. Apterous, larger species, 17–21 mm. West Africa: Senegal to Benin .................................... C. brevicollis (Dejean, 1831)
- Pronotum less convex anteriorly, anterior angles weakly protruded anteriorly. Elytra with yellow maculae smaller, more transversal, fragmentated, humeral one reaching from III to VII interval, preapical one reaching from IV to VIII interval. Alate, smaller species, 18–19 mm. East Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Yemen .................. C. latifrons (Chaudoir, 1876)
description: Published as part of Häckel, Martin, 2017, A contribution to the knowledge of the subfamily Panagaeinae Hope, 1838 from Africa. Part 3. Revision of the Craspedophorus strachani and C. brevicollis groups (Coleoptera: Carabidae), pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 4330 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4330.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010167
Scythris inspersella
Creators: name: Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.
name: Budashkin, Yury I.
name: Zhakov, Aleksandr V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Scythrididae
Scythris
Scythris inspersella

description: Scythris inspersella (Hübner, [1817])
Distribution. NortHern and Central Europe, Russia (Kaliningrad Region, nortH-west, nortH and Center oF tHe European part, Cisbaikalia, Transbaikalia, Primorie, SaHalin), Iran, NortH AmeriCa (Landry 1991; Bengtsson 1997; BidZilya et al. 1998, 2004; Sinev 2008; Passerin d’Entrèves, Roggero 2009). In Ukraine known From Lvov and Kiev Regions (NowiCki 1865; KlemenCiewiCZ 1906, 1907; SCHille 1930; Lebedev 1937; Sovinskiy 1938).
description: Published as part of Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Budashkin, Yury I. & Zhakov, Aleksandr V., 2017, Checklist of scythridid moths (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae) of Ukraine with description of two new species, pp. 481-503 in Zootaxa 4291 (3) on page 494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/827636
Bone turnover and GLP-1 respond to a putative α-glucosidase inhibitor
Creators: name: Kreitman, Alexandra
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Year: 2019

description: The botanical, Salacia chinensis (SC), has α-glucosidase inhibitor (α-GI) properties that attenuates postprandial glycemic indices and increases secretion of glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1), a gut peptide that is associated with a reduced rate of bone resorption. A double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study was conducted to evaluate whether SC affected bone turnover and could be explained by changes in GLP-1. In this study, 21 healthy overweight/obese adults (body mass index: 29 ± 3.78 kg/m2; 21-59 years) received either placebo or SC with a fixed breakfast at each visit. A fasting blood sample was taken before and at 30-minute intervals after the meal to measure bone turnover markers as well as glycemic indices and gut peptides. Results indicated that SC attenuated the bone resorption marker, C-telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX), at 60, 90, and 120 minutes (p<0.05), and bone formation marker, osteocalcin (OC), at 180 minutes (p<0.05). In addition, SC lessened the rise in glucose compared with placebo whereas GLP-1 was increased at 60 minutes (p<0.05) with SC. Furthermore, GLP-1 and amylin were shown to be predictors of CTX. This study indicates that SC, known primarily to minimize the rise in postprandial glycemic indices, also markedly decreases postprandial bone resorption and is associated with a rise in GLP-1. Since SC attenuates postprandial bone resorption, longer term use could benefit bone health.
Laplacian eigenvalues of independence complexes via additive compound matrices
Creators: name: Lew, Alan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The independence complex of a graph $G=(V,E)$ is the simplicial complex $I(G)$ on vertex set $V$ whose simplices are the independent sets in $G$. We present new lower bounds on the eigenvalues of the $k$-dimensional Laplacian $L_k(I(G))$ in terms of the eigenvalues of the graph Laplacian $L(G)$. As a consequence, we show that for all $k\geq 0$, the dimension of the $k$-th reduced homology group (with real coefficients) of $I(G)$ is at most \[ \left| \left\{ 1\leq i_1<\cdots
The role of enterocyte fatty acid-binding proteins in the intestine and whole-body energy homeostasis
Creators: name: Lackey, Atreju Ian
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Year: 2019

description: The fatty acid binding protein (FABP) family consists of 14‐15 kDa cytoplasmic proteins which are abundantly expressed in various mammalian tissues. In the proximal small intestinal enterocyte, at least three FABPs are highly expressed: liver FABP (LFABP; FABP1), which is also expressed in the liver, intestinal FABP (IFABP; FABP2), which is only expressed in the small intestine, and cellular retinoid binding protein 2 (CRBP2), which is also only expressed in the small intestine. Previous studies in high fat (HF) fed mice null for either LFABP or IFABP revealed a divergent phenotype, with LFABP-/- mice displaying a metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype, while IFABP-/- mice remained lean. Conditional knock out LFABP mice (LFABP-cKO) were generated to assess what role intestinal-LFABP may have in the MHO phenotype. Like HF fed whole-body LFABP-/- mice, intestine-specific LFABP-/- (LFABPint-/-) were found to have better capacity for endurance exercise when compared to their wild-type (WT) “floxed” controls (LFABPfl/fl). Additionally, female LFABPint-/- were found to be more obese after the HF feeding challenge, having greater BW gain and increased fat mass. Thus, the ablation of intestine-specific ablation of LFABP is enough to induce the MHO phenotype in female mice, and improved exercise capacity in male and female mice. To assess the intestinal phenotypic changes that might explain their lean phenotype, HF feeding studies were performed in IFABP-/- mice. Additionally, as it was observed that HF fed IFABP-/- mice had a more fragile small intestine, we hypothesized that the ablation of IFABP may result in alterations in intestinal morphology and structure. IFABP-/- mice were found to have reduced energy absorption, taking in fewer calories while excreting the same amount of calories as their WT counterparts. Additionally, IFABP-/- mice had more rapid intestinal transit, partly explaining the reduction in energy absorption. IFABP-/- mice were observed to have a shortened average villus length, a thinner muscularis layer, reduced goblet cell density, and reduced Paneth cell abundance. The ablation of IFABP also resulted in alterations in tissue retinoid levels, and mucosal vitamin A-related gene expression. Although IFABP-/- mice were found to have a drastic reduction in mucosal CRBP2 gene expression, no changes were observed in CRBP2 protein abundance. Taken together, this work has demonstrated a role for enterocyte lipid binding proteins in efficient uptake and trafficking of not only dietary lipid, but nutrients in general. These studies have also revealed a role for the enterocyte FABPs in modulating intestinal physiology, intestinal morphology, and the whole-body ramifications of such alterations.
Bombus ruderarius Muller 1776
Creators: name: Ornosa, Concepción
name: Torres, Félix
name: Rúa, Pilar De La
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Bombus
Bombus ruderarius

description: Bombus ruderarius (Müller, 1776)
Western Palearctic species with a preference for open spaces in mountainous areas. Its status in the IUCN European Red List is of Least Concern (Rasmont et al. 2015). There are two subspecies in the Pyrenees:
description: Published as part of Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix & Rúa, Pilar De La, 2017, Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status, pp. 41-77 in Zootaxa 4237 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/322688
Craspedophorus reflexus
Creators: name: Häckel, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Craspedophorus
Craspedophorus reflexus

description: a) C. reflexus species group Häckel 2016 (8 species)
C. bonnyi Bates, 1890. Congo (Brazzaville), DR Congo: Orientale, Nord-Kivu Provinces; Gabon.
C. buettneri Kolbe, 1889. DR Congo: Bandundu Province.
C. carbonarius (Harold, 1879), as Eudema. Ethiopia: Oromiya; Kenya: Coast Province; Tanzania: Morogoro, Zanzibar Isl.
C. impictus (Boheman, 1848), as Panagaeus. Angola: Lunda Norte Province; DR Congo: Kasaï-Occidental, Katanga, Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu Provinces; Malawi; Mosambique: Maputo Province; South Africa: Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape Provinces; Tanzania: Rukwa; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
C. reflexus reflexus (Fabricius, 1781), as Carabus. Cameroon: Northwest Province; Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria: Oyo; Sierra Leone.
C. reflexus crampeli (Alluaud 1915) as Eudema. Cameroon: Central Province; Central African Republic.
C. reflexus megamacula Häckel, 2016. Burkina Faso, Gambia, Senegal.
C. reflexus rugatus Häckel, 2017. Cameroon: Central, Extreme North, West Provinces.
C. reflexus uelensis Burgeon, 1930. DR Congo: Orientale Province; Ethiopia: Gambela, Oromiya; Kenya, South Sudan.
C. ruvumanus Häckel, 2016. Tanzania: Iringa, Ruvuma, Singida, Tanga.
C. stanleyi Alluaud, 1930. Congo (Brazzaville), DR Congo: Équateur, Orientale Provinces; Tanzania: Iringa, Mbeya; Uganda.
description: Published as part of Häckel, Martin, 2017, A contribution to the knowledge of the subfamily Panagaeinae Hope, 1838 from Africa. Part 3. Revision of the Craspedophorus strachani and C. brevicollis groups (Coleoptera: Carabidae), pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 4330 (1) on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4330.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010167
Scythris acipenserella K. Nupponen & T. Nupponen 2000
Creators: name: Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.
name: Budashkin, Yury I.
name: Zhakov, Aleksandr V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Scythrididae
Scythris
Scythris acipenserella

description: Scythris acipenserella K. Nupponen & T. Nupponen, 2000
Material examined. 1♂, Crimea, Barakol’ lake, halophytic steppe, 11.vi.2007 (Budashkin); 103♂, 2♀, same loCation, but 28.v–10.vi, 14.vii–14.viii.2014 (BudasHkin).
Distribution. Spain, Russia (SoutH Ural, Altai) (Nupponen et al. 2000; Nupponen & Nupponen 2001; Sinev 2008). New to Ukraine.
Ecology. THe tropHiC speCialiZation and pHenology oF tHis speCies were studied in details in 2014 wHen tHe speCies was observed in numbers on tHe soutH bank oF Barakol Lake (Fig. 37) (BudasHkin 2014b). THe adult FligHt season is uninterrupted From late May to late August in two generations. THe speCies is restriCted to Artemisia santonica (AsteraCeae) plant Communities in HalopHytiC steppes. THe adults were regularly observed eXClusively on tHis plant, partiCularly in loCalities wHere A. santonica Forms most oF tHe vegetation Cover. In spite oF tHe FaCt tHat tHe immature stages Have not been observed, tHere is no doubt tHat A. santonica is a Host plant For S. acipenserella.
description: Published as part of Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Budashkin, Yury I. & Zhakov, Aleksandr V., 2017, Checklist of scythridid moths (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae) of Ukraine with description of two new species, pp. 481-503 in Zootaxa 4291 (3) on page 494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/827636
Craspedophorus leprieuri Hackel 2017
Creators: name: Häckel, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Craspedophorus
Craspedophorus leprieuri

description: b) C. leprieuri species group Häckel 2017 (4 species)
C. cameronus Bates, 1886. Cameroon, DR Congo: Orientale, Sud-Kivu Provinces; Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,
Guinea, Nigeria: Cross River State.
C. leprieuri leprieuri (Laporte de Castelnau, 1835), as Panagaeus. Cameroon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo.
C. leprieuri clasispilus (Alluaud 1915), as Eudema. Northern, central Cameroon, Central Africa, northern Congo, northeastern DR Congo: northern Orientale Province.
C. leprieuri guineensis Basilewsky, 1987. Coast of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.
C. leprieuri peringueyi Csiki, 1929. Mozambique: Niassa Province; Tanzania: Morogoro, Ruvuma; eastern Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe.
C. leprieuri zambianus Häckel, 2017. Angola: Lunda Norte Province; Burundi, Congo, DR Congo: Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Kasaï-Occidental, Katanga, Kinshasa, Sud-Kivu Provinces; Rwanda, Zambia.
C. merus merus Péringuey, 1904. DR Congo: Kasaï-Occidental, Kasaï-Oriental, Katanga, Maniema, Orientale Provinces; Tanzania: Iringa, Ruvuma; Zimbabwe.
C. merus lundanus Häckel, 2017. Angola: Lunda Norte Province; Democratic Congo: Kasaï-Oriental, Katanga Provinces.
C. merus pseudofestivus Burgeon, 1930. Burundi, DR Congo: Katanga, Orientale, Sud-Kivu Provinces; Rwanda, Tanzania: Kagera; Uganda.
C. pretiosus (Chaudoir, 1837), as Panagaeus. South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape Provinces.
description: Published as part of Häckel, Martin, 2017, A contribution to the knowledge of the subfamily Panagaeinae Hope, 1838 from Africa. Part 3. Revision of the Craspedophorus strachani and C. brevicollis groups (Coleoptera: Carabidae), pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 4330 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4330.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010167
Finite mixture models in survival data analysis
Creators: name: Li, Benjamin Yongbin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: In the pharmaceutical industry, cost-effectiveness analysis is an important step in the development of new health interventions. It is a method for assessing the gains in health relative to the costs of different health interventions. This assessment helps the regulators, providers, and potential users to make informed decisions. Health gains can be measured in several ways. One of them is the estimated gained life expectancy due to the intervention. Although the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered to be the most reliable sources of the evidence to be used in the cost-effectiveness analysis, data collected from these trials are often incomplete due to censoring and truncation. This requires the extrapolation of the survival probability beyond the time frame of the RCTs. For this purpose, parametric models are necessary to estimate the survival functions. Although there exist several single parametric models (such as the Weibull, Gamma, and lognormal) that can perform this task, they fail to provide accurate estimates when the survival data are heterogeneous. In these situations, the finite mixture models fit the data better and therefore their results are more consistent and reliable.This dissertation studies the implementation of the finite mixture models in survival data analysis. It discusses in detail how to estimate the parameters of a finite mixture models through the expectation and maximization (EM) algorithm. These steps are flexible to account for the effects of covariates. In addition, we propose a new approach via censored quantile regression for finding the initial values of the EM algorithm. This method takes into consideration the special features of survival data and therefore will help improve the efficiency of the EM algorithm. We also demonstrate how to construct the desired confidence intervals of the estimates through bootstrapping. In oncology as well as other therapeutic areas, some patients will not experience the relapse of the disease after being treated. These patients are considered to be cured. It is of interest to know both the cure rate and the survival function of the patients who are not cured by the intervention. We study the mixture cure model in the general framework of finite mixture models as a special case, and provide the modified EM algorithm to estimate both the cure rate and the survival function of the uncured patients.